From: Marco Felsch <m.felsch@pengutronix.de>
To: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Cc: barebox@lists.infradead.org, fpg@pengutronix.de,
Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@barebox.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 01/10] commands: devlookup: honour global.bootm.root_param for -k
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 11:46:12 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <er7tpu7joyb6vtfw2vleyvhzzws6yslwbkrsvqx36zpp5ybv3y@g23qmstyfzbb> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20261015092308.146516-2-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Hi Ahmad,
On 26-10-15 11:18, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> From: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@barebox.org>
>
> devlookup -k prints the root= option that bootm would add for
> global.bootm.root_dev, but it always calls it root=, even though
> global.bootm.root_param now allows bootm to use e.g. verity= instead, so
> only the initramfs and not the kernel picks up the root file system.
>
> Let's use the same option name as bootm, so scripts can assemble the
> option bootm would append for images it doesn't append it to, like
> unified kernel images.
>
> Assisted-by: Claude:opus-5.5
> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@barebox.org>
> ---
> commands/devlookup.c | 5 +++--
> common/block.c | 5 +++--
> include/block.h | 6 ++++--
> 3 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/commands/devlookup.c b/commands/devlookup.c
> index 8f3468735267..164c005236de 100644
> --- a/commands/devlookup.c
> +++ b/commands/devlookup.c
> @@ -85,7 +85,8 @@ static int do_devlookup(int argc, char *argv[])
> }
>
> if (kernelopt)
> - val = buf = cdev_get_linux_rootarg(cdev);
> + val = buf = cdev_get_linux_rootarg(cdev,
> + getenv_nonempty("global.bootm.root_param") ?: "root");
^
Wouldn't it make more sense if cdev_get_linux_rootarg() returns the
correct <key>= so it's fixed for all possible cdev_get_linux_rootarg()
users?
In other words put this logic into cdev_get_linux_rootarg() and keep the
API.
Regards,
Marco
> else if (paramname)
> val = dev_get_param(cdev->dev, paramname);
> else
> @@ -109,7 +110,7 @@ BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("parameter with that name is looked up.")
> BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("")
> BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_TEXT("Options:")
> BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-v", "write output to VARIABLE instead of printing it")
> -BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-k", "output kernel rootarg line")
> +BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-k", "output kernel rootarg line (see global.bootm.root_param)")
> BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_OPT ("-a", "output resolution of cdev alias")
> BAREBOX_CMD_HELP_END
>
> diff --git a/common/block.c b/common/block.c
> index 5441c7ca1848..16075bb146ec 100644
> --- a/common/block.c
> +++ b/common/block.c
> @@ -665,7 +665,8 @@ int cdev_get_linux_root_and_opts(const struct cdev *partcdev, const char **root,
> return 0;
> }
>
> -char *cdev_get_linux_rootarg(const struct cdev *partcdev)
> +char *cdev_get_linux_rootarg(const struct cdev *partcdev,
> + const char *root_param)
> {
> int err;
> const char *root = NULL;
> @@ -675,5 +676,5 @@ char *cdev_get_linux_rootarg(const struct cdev *partcdev)
> if (err)
> return NULL;
>
> - return format_root_bootarg("root", root, rootopts);
> + return format_root_bootarg(root_param, root, rootopts);
> }
> diff --git a/include/block.h b/include/block.h
> index 065ae81358b4..91ab91f9109b 100644
> --- a/include/block.h
> +++ b/include/block.h
> @@ -109,7 +109,8 @@ static inline int block_flush(struct block_device *blk)
>
> #ifdef CONFIG_BLOCK
> unsigned file_list_add_blockdevs(struct file_list *files);
> -char *cdev_get_linux_rootarg(const struct cdev *partcdev);
> +char *cdev_get_linux_rootarg(const struct cdev *partcdev,
> + const char *root_param);
> int cdev_get_linux_root_and_opts(const struct cdev *partcdev, const char **root,
> const char **rootopts);
> #else
> @@ -117,7 +118,8 @@ static inline unsigned file_list_add_blockdevs(struct file_list *files)
> {
> return 0;
> }
> -static inline char *cdev_get_linux_rootarg(const struct cdev *partcdev)
> +static inline char *cdev_get_linux_rootarg(const struct cdev *partcdev,
> + const char *root_param)
> {
> return NULL;
> }
> --
> 2.47.3
>
>
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-10-15 9:47 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-10-15 9:18 [PATCH v2 00/10] efi: payload: allow passing arguments to UKIs Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-15 9:18 ` [PATCH v2 01/10] commands: devlookup: honour global.bootm.root_param for -k Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-15 9:46 ` Marco Felsch [this message]
2026-10-15 9:52 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-15 9:18 ` [PATCH v2 02/10] common: bootargs: don't leave linux_bootargs dangling after free Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-15 9:49 ` Marco Felsch
2026-10-15 9:18 ` [PATCH v2 03/10] common: bootargs: drop legacy bootargs fallback with FLEXIBLE_BOOTARGS Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-15 9:52 ` Marco Felsch
2026-10-15 9:18 ` [PATCH v2 04/10] globalvar: skip empty variables in globalvar_get_match() Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-15 9:54 ` Marco Felsch
2026-10-15 9:18 ` [PATCH v2 05/10] efi: payload: honour bootm dryrun in the EFI application handler Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-15 9:18 ` [PATCH v2 06/10] efi: payload: always shutdown barebox when booting Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-15 10:03 ` Marco Felsch
2026-10-15 10:16 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-15 9:18 ` [PATCH v2 07/10] efi: payload: pass shell arguments as load options to executed images Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-15 10:14 ` Marco Felsch
2026-10-15 10:25 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-15 10:49 ` Marco Felsch
2026-10-15 9:18 ` [PATCH v2 08/10] efi: add global.efi.bootargs for bootm'd EFI applications Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-15 10:34 ` Marco Felsch
2026-10-15 10:38 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-15 9:18 ` [PATCH v2 09/10] Documentation: efi: describe load options handling Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-15 11:08 ` Marco Felsch
2026-10-15 11:19 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-15 12:13 ` Marco Felsch
2026-10-15 12:47 ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-10-15 9:18 ` [PATCH v2 10/10] test: py: efiloader: check global.efi.bootargs reaches the kernel Ahmad Fatoum
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