[U-Boot] [U-Boot, RFC, v2] bootm: fix passing argc to standalone apps

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Mon Oct 3 15:36:49 CEST 2016


On Fri, Sep 09, 2016 at 09:18:58AM +0100, Zubair Lutfullah Kakakhel wrote:

> This bug appears in b6396403 which makes u-boot unable to pass
> arguments via bootm to a standalone application without this patch.
> 
> Steps to reproduce.
> 
> Compile a u-boot. Use mkimage to package the standalone hello_world.bin
> file.
> 
> e.g. For the MIPS Boston platform
> 
> mkimage -n "hello" -A mips -O u-boot -C none -T standalone \
>      -a 0xffffffff80200000 -d hello_world.bin \
>      -ep 0xffffffff80200000 hello_out
> 
> Then tftp hello_out and run it using
> 
> boston # dhcp 192.168.154.45:hello_out
> ...
> boston # bootm $loadaddr 123 321
> 
> Without the patch the following output is observed.
> 
> boston # bootm $loadaddr 123 321
>    Image Name:   hello
>    Image Type:   MIPS U-Boot Standalone Program (uncompressed)
>    Data Size:    1240 Bytes = 1.2 KiB
>    Load Address: 80200000
>    Entry Point:  80200000
>    Verifying Checksum ... OK
>    Loading Standalone Program ... OK
> Example expects ABI version 8
> Actual U-Boot ABI version 8
> Hello World
> argc = 0
> argv[0] = "0xffffffff88000000"
> 
> With the patch, you see the following.
> 
> boston # bootm $loadaddr 123 321
>    Image Name:   hello
>    Image Type:   MIPS U-Boot Standalone Program (uncompressed)
>    Data Size:    1240 Bytes = 1.2 KiB
>    Load Address: 80200000
>    Entry Point:  80200000
>    Verifying Checksum ... OK
>    Loading Standalone Program ... OK
> Example expects ABI version 8
> Actual U-Boot ABI version 8
> Hello World
> argc = 3
> argv[0] = "0xffffffff88000000"
> argv[1] = "123"
> argv[2] = "321"
> argv[3] = "<NULL>"
> 
> Without the patch, the go command at the entry point seems to work.
> 
> boston # go 0xffffffff80200000 123 321
> Example expects ABI version 8
> Actual U-Boot ABI version 8
> Hello World
> argc = 3
> argv[0] = "0xffffffff80200000"
> argv[1] = "123"
> argv[2] = "321"
> argv[3] = "<NULL>"
> Hit any key to exit ...
> 
> Signed-off-by: Zubair Lutfullah Kakakhel <Zubair.Kakakhel at imgtec.com>
> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>

Applied to u-boot/master, thanks!

-- 
Tom
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