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

[Marek Vasut]

Dear Benoît Thébaudeau,

> On Monday, February 25, 2013 7:19:55 PM, Marek Vasut wrote:
> > 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)));
> 
> So what is the exact rule for the image start page in the FCB? Is it just
> 0x400 + 4096 + start page * page size? This does not seem to match table
> 7-12, unless 0 has a special meaning?

I believe it's '0 == offset 4096 in NAND', do you happen to have board with 4k 
page NAND to verify this?

> >  typedef void (*set_dcd_val_t)(struct imx_header *imxhdr,
> >  
> >  					char *name, int lineno,
> > 
> > --
> > 1.7.10.4
> 
> Best regards,
> Benoît

Best regards,
Marek Vasut