[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 4/7] SPL: Add XIP booting support

Alexandru Gagniuc alex.g at adaptrum.com
Thu Jun 1 16:24:23 UTC 2017


On 05/28/2017 12:55 PM, Vikas Manocha wrote:
> Enable support for XIP (execute in place) of U-Boot or kernel image. There is
> no need to copy image from flash to ram if flash supports execute in place.
>
> Signed-off-by: Vikas Manocha <vikas.manocha at st.com>
> ---
>
> Changed in v2:
> - removed v7m thumb mode for entry point, added separate patch.
> - removed extra blank line.
>
>  arch/arm/include/asm/spl.h |  1 +
>  common/spl/Kconfig         |  9 +++++++++
>  common/spl/Makefile        |  1 +
>  common/spl/spl_xip.c       | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  4 files changed, 39 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 common/spl/spl_xip.c
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/spl.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/spl.h
> index a0bda28..0a3536b 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/spl.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/spl.h
> @@ -29,6 +29,7 @@ enum {
>  	BOOT_DEVICE_I2C,
>  	BOOT_DEVICE_BOARD,
>  	BOOT_DEVICE_DFU,
> +	BOOT_DEVICE_XIP,
>  	BOOT_DEVICE_NONE
>  };
>  #endif
> diff --git a/common/spl/Kconfig b/common/spl/Kconfig
> index f51ae2c..52a5271 100644
> --- a/common/spl/Kconfig
> +++ b/common/spl/Kconfig
> @@ -459,6 +459,15 @@ config SPL_NOR_SUPPORT
>  	  a memory-mapped device makes it very easy to access. Loading from
>  	  NOR is typically achieved with just a memcpy().
>
> +config SPL_XIP_SUPPORT
> +	bool "Support XIP"
> +	depends on SPL
> +	help
> +	  Enable support for execute in place of U-Boot or kernel image. There
> +	  is no need to copy image from flash to ram if flash supports execute
> +	  in place. Its very useful in systems having enough flash but not
> +	  enough ram to load the image.
> +
>  config SPL_ONENAND_SUPPORT
>  	bool "Support OneNAND flash"
>  	depends on SPL
> diff --git a/common/spl/Makefile b/common/spl/Makefile
> index 1933cbd..88deeaf 100644
> --- a/common/spl/Makefile
> +++ b/common/spl/Makefile
> @@ -12,6 +12,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK) += spl.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT) += spl_fit.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPL_NOR_SUPPORT) += spl_nor.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_SPL_XIP_SUPPORT) += spl_xip.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPL_YMODEM_SUPPORT) += spl_ymodem.o
>  ifndef CONFIG_SPL_UBI
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SUPPORT) += spl_nand.o
> diff --git a/common/spl/spl_xip.c b/common/spl/spl_xip.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..18c7d11
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/common/spl/spl_xip.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,28 @@
> +/*
> + * Copyright (C) 2017 Vikas Manocha <vikas.manocha at st.com>
> + *
> + * SPDX-License-Identifier:	GPL-2.0+
> + */
> +
> +#include <common.h>
> +#include <spl.h>
> +
> +static int spl_xip(struct spl_image_info *spl_image,
> +		   struct spl_boot_device *bootdev)
> +{
> +#ifdef CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT
> +	if (!spl_start_uboot()) {
> +		spl_image->arg = (void *)CONFIG_SYS_FDT_BASE;
> +		spl_image->name = "Linux";
> +		spl_image->os = IH_OS_LINUX;
> +		spl_image->load_addr = CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR;
> +		spl_image->entry_point = CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR;
> +		debug("spl: payload xipImage, load addr: 0x%lx\n",
> +		      spl_image->load_addr);
> +		return 0;
> +	}
> +#endif
> +	return(spl_parse_image_header(spl_image, (const struct image_header *)
> +	       CONFIG_SYS_UBOOT_BASE));
> +}
> +SPL_LOAD_IMAGE_METHOD("XIP", 0, BOOT_DEVICE_XIP, spl_xip);

Reviewed-by: Alexandru Gagniuc <alex.g at adaptrum.com>


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