From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from metis.ext.pengutronix.de ([2001:6f8:1178:4:290:27ff:fe1d:cc33]) by merlin.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.80.1 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1VNIHA-00042M-50 for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Sat, 21 Sep 2013 08:10:49 +0000 Date: Sat, 21 Sep 2013 10:10:26 +0200 From: Sascha Hauer Message-ID: <20130921081026.GK30088@pengutronix.de> References: <1379404339-6716-1-git-send-email-plagnioj@jcrosoft.com> <20130918070049.GK30088@pengutronix.de> <20130919115638.GC24065@ns203013.ovh.net> <20130920062927.GU30088@pengutronix.de> <20130920080257.GH1137@ns203013.ovh.net> <20130920115659.GG30088@pengutronix.de> <20130921065343.GJ1137@ns203013.ovh.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20130921065343.GJ1137@ns203013.ovh.net> List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "barebox" Errors-To: barebox-bounces+u.kleine-koenig=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/2] filetype: add arm u-boot support To: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org On Sat, Sep 21, 2013 at 08:53:43AM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > On 13:56 Fri 20 Sep , Sascha Hauer wrote: > > On Fri, Sep 20, 2013 at 10:02:57AM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > > > On 08:29 Fri 20 Sep , Sascha Hauer wrote: > > > > On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 01:56:38PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > > > > > On 09:00 Wed 18 Sep , Sascha Hauer wrote: > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 09:52:18AM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote: > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > > common/filetype.c | 3 +++ > > > > > > > include/filetype.h | 1 + > > > > > > > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/common/filetype.c b/common/filetype.c > > > > > > > index 7507d85..59ea25a 100644 > > > > > > > --- a/common/filetype.c > > > > > > > +++ b/common/filetype.c > > > > > > > @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ static const struct filetype_str filetype_str[] = { > > > > > > > [filetype_lzo_compressed] = { "lzo compressed", "lzo" }, > > > > > > > [filetype_lz4_compressed] = { "lz4 compressed", "lz4" }, > > > > > > > [filetype_arm_barebox] = { "arm barebox image", "arm-barebox" }, > > > > > > > + [filetype_arm_uboot] = { "arm u-boot image", "arm-u-boot" }, > > > > > > > [filetype_uimage] = { "U-Boot uImage", "u-boot" }, > > > > > > > [filetype_ubi] = { "UBI image", "ubi" }, > > > > > > > [filetype_jffs2] = { "JFFS2 image", "jffs2" }, > > > > > > > @@ -226,6 +227,8 @@ enum filetype file_detect_type(const void *_buf, size_t bufsize) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > if (is_barebox_arm_head(_buf)) > > > > > > > return filetype_arm_barebox; > > > > > > > + if (buf[15] == 0xdeadbeef) > > > > > > > + return filetype_arm_uboot; > > > > > > > > > > > > 0xdeadbeef is such a widely used placeholder that we should use it for > > > > > > filetype detection. Also, I don't think that U-Boot ever specified > > > > > > 0xdeadbeef at this offset as a fixed value. It could be changed without > > > > > > notice. > > > > > > > > > > on ARM it's keeped for years > 7 IIRC > > > > > > > > Yes, and there's no indication that it will change. Anyway, this was > > > > never meant as an API and everybody uses 0xdeadbeef as placeholder. > > > > > > so the question remain how to boot a u-boot that can be a second stage > > > > 'go'? You could also embed it in an uImage if you really want to use the > > bootm command. > > I really hate the go you need to load in ram and then do the go You could also use the -f option to bootm instead. Sascha -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Industrial Linux Solutions | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | Peiner Str. 6-8, 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | _______________________________________________ barebox mailing list barebox@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/barebox