From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
To: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>,
BAREBOX <barebox@lists.infradead.org>
Cc: "Claude Sonnet 4.5" <noreply@anthropic.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 18/21] riscv: link ELF image into PBL
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2026 15:11:12 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <17419bd0-c4b3-440d-84a5-8009f24c55e5@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260106-pbl-load-elf-v2-18-487bc760f045@pengutronix.de>
On 1/6/26 1:53 PM, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> Instead of linking the raw binary barebox proper image into the PBL link
> the ELF image into the PBL. With this barebox proper starts with a properly
> linked and fully initialized C environment, so the calls to
> relocate_to_adr() and setup_c() can be removed from barebox proper.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
Reviewed-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
> ---
> arch/riscv/Kconfig | 1 +
> arch/riscv/boot/start.c | 6 ------
> arch/riscv/boot/uncompress.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
> 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> index 96d013d8514ac12de5c34a426262d85f8cf021b9..d9794354f4ed2e8bf7276e03b968c566002c2ec6 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ config RISCV
> select HAS_KALLSYMS
> select RISCV_TIMER if RISCV_SBI
> select HW_HAS_PCI
> + select PBL_IMAGE_ELF
> select HAVE_ARCH_BOARD_GENERIC_DT
> select HAVE_ARCH_BOOTM_OFTREE
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/start.c b/arch/riscv/boot/start.c
> index 5091340c8a374fc360ab732ba01ec8516e82a83d..002ab3eccb4292d8d88a95f8b93163c970cb1d64 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/boot/start.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/boot/start.c
> @@ -123,12 +123,6 @@ void barebox_non_pbl_start(unsigned long membase, unsigned long memsize,
> unsigned long barebox_size = barebox_image_size + MAX_BSS_SIZE;
> unsigned long barebox_base = riscv_mem_barebox_image(membase, endmem, barebox_size);
>
> - relocate_to_current_adr();
> -
> - setup_c();
> -
> - barrier();
> -
> irq_init_vector(riscv_mode());
>
> pr_debug("memory at 0x%08lx, size 0x%08lx\n", membase, memsize);
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/uncompress.c b/arch/riscv/boot/uncompress.c
> index 84142acf9c66fe1fcceb6ae63d15ac078ccddee7..fba04cf4fb6ed450d80b83a8a595346a3186f1e7 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/boot/uncompress.c
> +++ b/arch/riscv/boot/uncompress.c
> @@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ void __noreturn barebox_pbl_start(unsigned long membase, unsigned long memsize,
> unsigned long barebox_base;
> void *pg_start, *pg_end;
> unsigned long pc = get_pc();
> + struct elf_image elf;
> + int ret;
>
> irq_init_vector(riscv_mode());
>
> @@ -68,7 +70,24 @@ void __noreturn barebox_pbl_start(unsigned long membase, unsigned long memsize,
>
> sync_caches_for_execution();
>
> - barebox = (void *)barebox_base;
> + ret = elf_open_binary_into(&elf, (void *)barebox_base);
> + if (ret) {
> + pr_err("Failed to open ELF binary: %d\n", ret);
> + hang();
> + }
> +
> + ret = elf_load_inplace(&elf);
> + if (ret) {
> + pr_err("Failed to relocate ELF: %d\n", ret);
> + hang();
> + }
> +
> + /*
> + * TODO: Add pbl_mmu_setup_from_elf() call when RISC-V PBL
> + * MMU support is implemented, similar to ARM
> + */
> +
> + barebox = (void *)elf.entry;
>
> pr_debug("jumping to uncompressed image at 0x%p. dtb=0x%p\n", barebox, fdt);
>
>
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next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-06 14:11 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-06 12:53 [PATCH v2 00/21] PBL: Add PBL ELF loading support with dynamic relocations Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 01/21] elf: only accept images matching the native ELF_CLASS Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 12:58 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 02/21] elf: build for PBL as well Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:26 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 03/21] elf: add dynamic relocation support Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:51 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 04/21] ARM: implement elf_apply_relocations() for ELF " Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:07 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 14:25 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 05/21] riscv: define generic relocate_image Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:10 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 13:11 ` Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 06/21] riscv: implement elf_apply_relocations() for ELF relocation support Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:11 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 07/21] elf: implement elf_load_inplace() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:53 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 08/21] elf: create elf_open_binary_into() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:55 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 09/21] Makefile: add barebox.elf build target Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:13 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 10/21] PBL: allow to link ELF image into PBL Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:18 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 11/21] mmu: add MAP_CACHED_RO mapping type Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:14 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 12/21] mmu: introduce pbl_remap_range() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:15 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 13/21] ARM: use relative jumps in exception table Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:57 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 14/21] ARM: exceptions: make in-binary exception table const Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 14:00 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 15/21] ARM: linker script: create separate PT_LOAD segments for text, rodata, and data Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 14:05 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 16/21] ARM: link ELF image into PBL Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 14:06 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 17/21] ARM: PBL: setup MMU with proper permissions from ELF segments Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 14:10 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 18/21] riscv: link ELF image into PBL Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 14:11 ` Ahmad Fatoum [this message]
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 19/21] riscv: linker script: create separate PT_LOAD segments for text, rodata, and data Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 14:12 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-08 15:25 ` Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 20/21] riscv: Allwinner D1: Drop M-Mode Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:11 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 21/21] riscv: add ELF segment-based memory protection with MMU Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 14:20 ` Ahmad Fatoum
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