[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/4] imx: Align the imximage header and payload to multiples of 4k

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Mon Feb 25 19:19:55 CET 2013


The MX53 ROM loads the data from NAND in multiples of pages and
supports maximum page size of 4k. Thus, align the image and header
to 4k to be safe from ROM bugs.

Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
Cc: Benoît Thébaudeau <benoit.thebaudeau at advansee.com>
Cc: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam at freescale.com>
Cc: Stefano Babic <sbabic at denx.de>
---
 tools/imximage.c |   11 +++++++----
 tools/imximage.h |    3 ++-
 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/imximage.c b/tools/imximage.c
index fa308c9..c018562 100644
--- a/tools/imximage.c
+++ b/tools/imximage.c
@@ -518,11 +518,14 @@ static void imximage_set_header(void *ptr, struct stat *sbuf, int ifd,
 
 	/*
 	 * ROM bug alert
-	 * mx53 only loads 512 byte multiples.
-	 * The remaining fraction of a block bytes would
-	 * not be loaded.
+	 *
+	 * MX53 only loads 512 byte multiples in case of SD boot.
+	 * MX53 only loads NAND page multiples in case of NAND boot and
+	 * supports up to 4096 byte large pages, thus align to 4096.
+	 *
+	 * The remaining fraction of a block bytes would not be loaded!
 	 */
-	*header_size_ptr = ROUND(sbuf->st_size + imxhdr->flash_offset, 512);
+	*header_size_ptr = ROUND(sbuf->st_size + imxhdr->flash_offset, 4096);
 }
 
 int imximage_check_params(struct mkimage_params *params)
diff --git a/tools/imximage.h b/tools/imximage.h
index 42b6090..dfd2e9e 100644
--- a/tools/imximage.h
+++ b/tools/imximage.h
@@ -151,13 +151,14 @@ typedef struct {
 	dcd_v2_t dcd_table;
 } imx_header_v2_t;
 
+/* The header must be aligned to 4k on MX53 for NAND boot */
 struct imx_header {
 	union {
 		imx_header_v1_t hdr_v1;
 		imx_header_v2_t hdr_v2;
 	} header;
 	uint32_t flash_offset;
-};
+} __attribute__((aligned(4096)));
 
 typedef void (*set_dcd_val_t)(struct imx_header *imxhdr,
 					char *name, int lineno,
-- 
1.7.10.4



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