From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
To: BAREBOX <barebox@lists.infradead.org>
Cc: "Claude Sonnet 4.5" <noreply@anthropic.com>,
Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v3 19/23] riscv: link ELF image into PBL
Date: Thu, 08 Jan 2026 16:50:16 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260108-pbl-load-elf-v3-19-e28c931fc179@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260108-pbl-load-elf-v3-0-e28c931fc179@pengutronix.de>
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.
Reviewed-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@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);
--
2.47.3
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-08 16:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 25+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-08 15:49 [PATCH v3 00/23] PBL: Add PBL ELF loading support with dynamic relocations Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:49 ` [PATCH v3 01/23] Makefile.compiler: add objcopy-option Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 16:25 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-08 15:49 ` [PATCH v3 02/23] elf: only accept images matching the native ELF_CLASS Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 03/23] elf: build for PBL as well Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 04/23] elf: add dynamic relocation support Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 05/23] ARM: implement elf_apply_relocations() for ELF " Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 06/23] riscv: define generic relocate_image Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 07/23] riscv: implement elf_apply_relocations() for ELF relocation support Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 08/23] elf: implement elf_load_inplace() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 09/23] elf: create elf_open_binary_into() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 10/23] Makefile: add vmbarebox build target Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 11/23] PBL: allow to link ELF image into PBL Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 12/23] mmu: add MAP_CACHED_RO mapping type Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 13/23] mmu: introduce pbl_remap_range() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 14/23] ARM: drop arm_fixup_vectors() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 15/23] ARM: linker script: create separate PT_LOAD segments for text, rodata, and data Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 16/23] ARM: link ELF image into PBL Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 17/23] ARM: PBL: setup MMU with proper permissions from ELF segments Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 18/23] riscv: linker script: create separate PT_LOAD segments for text, rodata, and data Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` Sascha Hauer [this message]
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 20/23] riscv: Allwinner D1: Drop M-Mode Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 21/23] riscv: add ELF segment-based memory protection with MMU Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 22/23] ARM: cleanup barebox proper entry Sascha Hauer
2026-01-08 15:50 ` [PATCH v3 23/23] riscv: " Sascha Hauer
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