[U-Boot] [PATCH 3/4] imx: hab: Specify IVT padding size

Bryan O'Donoghue bryan.odonoghue at linaro.org
Sat Mar 17 11:06:04 UTC 2018



On 15/03/18 16:54, Breno Matheus Lima wrote:
> Hi Bryan,
> 
> 2018-03-09 14:35 GMT-03:00 Bryan O'Donoghue <bryan.odonoghue at linaro.org>:
>> This patch adds IVT_PAD_SIZE at 0xC00. The IVT header is padded to this
>> size. Defining the size explicitly makes it possible to use the define to
>> locate the start/end of an IVT header without using magic numbers in code.
>>
> 
> As far as I know the 0xC00 pad size is only mandatory in U-Boot/SPL
> images, for instance in some U-Boot images the first 0xC00 should
> include IVT + Boot data + DCD table + padding to 0xC00.
> Are you using the IVT_PAD_SIZE in your current code? Or this macro
> will be used in a next series?
> 
> Thanks,
> Breno Lima
> 

All of my images - kernel, u-boot, optee, boot.scr are signed in the 
same first-stage format with this padding present - for simplicity.

Maybe this better named "BOOTROM_IVT_PAD_SIZE" since only the bootrom 
requires it.


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