[U-Boot] [RFC][PATCH 00/15] bootm refactoring

Kumar Gala galak at kernel.crashing.org
Tue Aug 12 23:17:22 CEST 2008


[PATCH 01/15] Update linux bootm to support ePAPR client interface
[PATCH 02/15] add ability to disable ft_board_setup as part of bootm

possibly drop this patch if the boots method is acceptable

[PATCH 03/15] Clean up usage of icache_disable/dcache_disable
[PATCH 04/15] fdt: added the ability to set initrd start/end via chosen command
[PATCH 05/15] fdt: fdt addr w/o any args reports back the current working address
[PATCH 06/15] bootm: refactor entry point code
[PATCH 07/15] bootm: refactor ramdisk locating code
[PATCH 08/15] bootm: refactor fdt locating and relocation code
[PATCH 09/15] bootm: Set working fdt address as part of the bootm flow
[PATCH 10/15] bootm: move lmb into the bootm_headers_t structure
[PATCH 11/15] bootm: refactor image detection and os load steps
[PATCH 12/15] fdt: refactor fdt resize code
[PATCH 13/15] fdt: refactor initrd related code
[PATCH 14/15] fdt: Added resize command
[PATCH 15/15] boots: start of sub commands

I believe all the patches except 15/15 should be in a reasonable state
for u-boot-testing.  I need to add an 'interrupt enable/disable' command
but with a small hack I'm able to mimic the bootm command on ppc by:

	boots start <A> <B> <C>
	boots load_os	/* hacked to disable interrupts */
	boots prep_os
	boots initrd_relocate
	boots fdt_relocate
	fdt chosen $initrd_start $initrd_end
	fdt boardsetup
	boots jump

Right now 15/15 is focused on only PPC w/Linux.  If this looks acceptable
I'll split 15/15 into proper patches an add support for the other ARCHes
and OSes.

- k



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