[U-Boot] powerpc/CoreNet: Allow pbl images to take u-boot images != 512K

chris packham chris.packham at alliedtelesis.co.nz
Sun Jun 23 23:27:13 CEST 2013


Hi Andy,

>>>On 6/22/2013 at 08:31 AM, Andy Fleming <afleming at freescale.com> wrote: 
> On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 10:51:46AM +1200, Chris Packham wrote:
>> From: Chris Packham <chris.packham at alliedtelesis.co.nz>
>> 
>> Instead of assuming that SYS_TEXT_BASE is 0xFFF80000 calculate the initial
>> pbl command offset by subtracting the image size from the top of the
>> 24-bit address range. Also increase the size of the memory buffer to
>> accommodate a larger output image.
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Chris Packham <chris.packham at alliedtelesis.co.nz>
> 
> I've applied this (thanks), but I'll note it had a warning about unused
> variable "size". Because it was unused. Please build-test any patches,
> and ensure they are free of warnings.
>> + * The PBL can load up to 64 bytes at a time, so we split the U-Boot
>> + * image into 64 byte chunks. PBL needs a command for each piece, of
>> + * the form "81xxxxxx", where "xxxxxx" is the offset. Calculate the
>> + * start offset by subtracting the size of the u-boot image from the
>> + * top of the allowable 24-bit range.
>> + */
>> +static void init_next_pbl_cmd(FILE *fp_uboot)
>> +{
>> +	struct stat st;
>> +	int fd = fileno(fp_uboot);
>> +	size_t size;
> 
> This was the variable, for future reference.

OK I'll keep an eye out in the future. I usually run with CFLAGS+='-Wall -Werror'
so I'm not sure how I missed this.

>> +
>> +	if (fstat(fd, &st) == -1) {
>> +		printf("Error: Could not determine u-boot image size. %s\n",
>> +			strerror(errno));
>> +		exit(EXIT_FAILURE);
>> +	}
>> +
>> +	next_pbl_cmd = 0x82000000 - st.st_size;
>> +}
> 
> Andy




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