[U-Boot] [PATCH v5 24/30] efi_loader: Add distro boot script for removable media

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Thu Mar 10 00:16:11 CET 2016


On Thu, Mar 10, 2016 at 12:05:12AM +0100, Alexander Graf wrote:
> 
> 
> On 04.03.16 01:10, Alexander Graf wrote:
> > UEFI defines a simple boot protocol for removable media. There we should look
> > at the EFI (first GPT FAT) partition and search for /efi/boot/bootXXX.efi with
> > XXX being different between different platforms (x86, x64, arm, aa64, ...).
> > 
> > This patch implements a simple version of that protocol for the default distro
> > boot script. With this we can automatically boot from valid UEFI enabled
> > removable media.
> > 
> > Because from all I could see U-Boot by default doesn't deliver device tree
> > blobs with its firmware, we also need to load the dtb from somewhere. Traverse
> > the same EFI partition for an fdt file that fits our current board so that
> > an OS receives a valid device tree when booted automatically.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Alexander Graf <agraf at suse.de>
> > Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> > ---
> >  include/config_distro_bootcmd.h | 47 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-
> >  1 file changed, 46 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/include/config_distro_bootcmd.h b/include/config_distro_bootcmd.h
> > index 37c6b43..c19f1b0 100644
> > --- a/include/config_distro_bootcmd.h
> > +++ b/include/config_distro_bootcmd.h
> > @@ -90,6 +90,48 @@
> >  	BOOT_TARGET_DEVICES_references_UBIFS_without_CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS
> >  #endif
> >  
> > +#ifdef CONFIG_EFI_LOADER
> > +#if defined(CONFIG_ARM64)
> > +#define BOOTEFI_NAME "bootaa64.efi"
> > +#elif defined(CONFIG_ARM)
> > +#define BOOTEFI_NAME "bootarm.efi"
> > +#endif
> > +#endif
> > +
> > +#ifdef BOOTEFI_NAME
> > +#define BOOTENV_SHARED_EFI                                                \
> > +	"boot_efi_binary="                                                \
> > +		"load ${devtype} ${devnum}:${distro_bootpart} "           \
> > +			"${kernel_addr_r} efi/boot/"BOOTEFI_NAME"; "      \
> > +		"bootefi ${kernel_addr_r}\0"                              \
> > +	\
> > +	"load_efi_dtb="                                                   \
> > +		"load ${devtype} ${devnum}:${distro_bootpart} "           \
> > +			"${fdt_addr_r} ${prefix}${fdt_name}; "           \
> > +		"fdt addr ${fdt_addr_r}\0"                                \
> > +	\
> > +	"efi_dtb_prefixes=/ /dtb/ /dtb/current/\0"                        \
> > +	"scan_dev_for_efi="                                               \
> > +		"for prefix in ${efi_dtb_prefixes}; do "                  \
> > +			"if test -e ${devtype} "                          \
> > +					"${devnum}:${distro_bootpart} "   \
> > +					"${prefix}${fdt_name}; then "     \
> > +				"run load_efi_dtb; "                      \
> > +			"fi;"                                             \
> > +		"done;"                                                   \
> > +		"if test -e ${devtype} ${devnum}:${distro_bootpart} "     \
> > +					"efi/boot/"BOOTEFI_NAME"; then "  \
> > +				"echo Found EFI removable media binary "  \
> > +					"efi/boot/"BOOTEFI_NAME"; "       \
> > +				"run boot_efi_binary; "                   \
> > +				"echo EFI LOAD FAILED: continuing...; "   \
> > +		"fi; "
> 
> Whoever applies this, please also apply the patch below on top and
> squash it in (or tell me to resend). Without the fix, we end up slurping
> the boot_prefix variable into the scan_dev_for_efi variable.
> 
> 
> Alex
> 
> diff --git a/include/config_distro_bootcmd.h
> b/include/config_distro_bootcmd.h
> index e7d7002..ad9045e 100644
> --- a/include/config_distro_bootcmd.h
> +++ b/include/config_distro_bootcmd.h
> @@ -125,7 +125,7 @@
>                                         "efi/boot/"BOOTEFI_NAME"; "       \
>                                 "run boot_efi_binary; "                   \
>                                 "echo EFI LOAD FAILED: continuing...; "   \
> -               "fi; "
> +               "fi; \0"
>  #define SCAN_DEV_FOR_EFI "run scan_dev_for_efi;"
>  #else
>  #define BOOTENV_SHARED_EFI

Please make just a v6 of this patch and re-post, thanks!

-- 
Tom
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