[U-Boot] [PATCH v5 10/18] rockchip: boot0 hook: support early return for RK3188/RK3066-style BROM

Philipp Tomsich philipp.tomsich at theobroma-systems.com
Tue Oct 10 14:21:10 UTC 2017


Some Rockchip BROM versions (e.g. the RK3188 and RK3066) first read 1KB data
from NAND into SRAM and executes it. Then, following a return to bootrom, the
BROM loads additional code to SRAM (not overwriting the first block read) and
reenters at the same address as the first time.

To support booting either a TPL (on the RK3066) or SPL (on the RK3188) using
this model of having to count entries, this commit adds code to the boot0
hook to track the number of entries and handle them accordingly.

Signed-off-by: Philipp Tomsich <philipp.tomsich at theobroma-systems.com>
Signed-off-by: Paweł Jarosz <paweljarosz3691 at gmail.com>
Tested-by: Andy Yan <andy.yan at rock-chips.com>

---

Changes in v5:
- set return value to 0 before returning to the BROM

Changes in v4: None
Changes in v3: None
Changes in v2: None

 arch/arm/include/asm/arch-rockchip/boot0.h | 25 +++++++++++++++++++------
 arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Kconfig             | 28 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 47 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-rockchip/boot0.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-rockchip/boot0.h
index f7c6146..af3a733 100644
--- a/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-rockchip/boot0.h
+++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/arch-rockchip/boot0.h
@@ -19,12 +19,25 @@
 	 * beginning of the executable.	 However, as we want to keep
 	 * this generic and make it applicable to builds that are like
 	 * the RK3368 (TPL needs this, SPL doesn't) or the RK3399 (no
-	 * TPL, but extra space needed in the SPL), we simply repeat
-	 * the 'b reset' with the expectation that the first one will
-	 * be overwritten, if this is the first stage contained in the
-	 * final image created with mkimage)...
+	 * TPL, but extra space needed in the SPL), we simply insert
+	 * a branch-to-next-instruction-word with the expectation that
+	 * the first one may be overwritten, if this is the first stage
+	 * contained in the final image created with mkimage)...
 	 */
-	b reset	 /* may be overwritten --- should be 'nop' or a 'b reset' */
+	b 1f	 /* if overwritten, entry-address is at the next word */
+1:
+#endif
+#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(ROCKCHIP_EARLYRETURN_TO_BROM)
+	adr     r3, entry_counter
+	ldr	r0, [r3]
+	cmp	r0, #1           /* check if entry_counter == 1 */
+	beq	reset            /* regular bootup */
+	add     r0, #1
+	str	r0, [r3]         /* increment the entry_counter in memory */
+	mov     r0, #0           /* return 0 to the BROM to signal 'OK' */
+	bx	lr               /* return control to the BROM */
+entry_counter:
+	.word   0
 #endif
 	b reset
 #if !defined(CONFIG_ARM64)
@@ -32,7 +45,7 @@
 	 * For armv7, the addr '_start' will used as vector start address
 	 * and write to VBAR register, which needs to aligned to 0x20.
 	 */
-	.align(5)
+	.align(5), 0x0
 _start:
 	ARM_VECTORS
 #endif
diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Kconfig
index 31e9864..d59a1d5 100644
--- a/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/mach-rockchip/Kconfig
@@ -158,6 +158,34 @@ config ROCKCHIP_SPL_RESERVE_IRAM
 config ROCKCHIP_BROM_HELPER
 	bool
 
+config SPL_ROCKCHIP_EARLYRETURN_TO_BROM
+        bool "SPL requires early-return (for RK3188-style BROM) to BROM"
+	depends on SPL && ENABLE_ARM_SOC_BOOT0_HOOK
+	help
+	  Some Rockchip BROM variants (e.g. on the RK3188) load the
+	  first stage in segments and enter multiple times. E.g. on
+	  the RK3188, the first 1KB of the first stage are loaded
+	  first and entered; after returning to the BROM, the
+	  remainder of the first stage is loaded, but the BROM
+	  re-enters at the same address/to the same code as previously.
+
+	  This enables support code in the BOOT0 hook for the SPL stage
+	  to allow multiple entries.
+
+config TPL_ROCKCHIP_EARLYRETURN_TO_BROM
+        bool "TPL requires early-return (for RK3188-style BROM) to BROM"
+	depends on TPL && ENABLE_ARM_SOC_BOOT0_HOOK
+	help
+	  Some Rockchip BROM variants (e.g. on the RK3188) load the
+	  first stage in segments and enter multiple times. E.g. on
+	  the RK3188, the first 1KB of the first stage are loaded
+	  first and entered; after returning to the BROM, the
+	  remainder of the first stage is loaded, but the BROM
+	  re-enters at the same address/to the same code as previously.
+
+	  This enables support code in the BOOT0 hook for the TPL stage
+	  to allow multiple entries.
+
 config SPL_MMC_SUPPORT
 	default y if !SPL_ROCKCHIP_BACK_TO_BROM
 
-- 
2.1.4



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