[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 1/3] spl: mmc: support uboot image offset on main partition

Stefan Roese sr at denx.de
Mon Aug 12 13:13:58 UTC 2019


Hi Baruch,

On 06.08.19 08:15, Stefan Roese wrote:
> On 29.07.19 09:12, Baruch Siach wrote:
>> On Armada 38x platforms the ROM code loads SPL from offset 0 of eMMC
>> hardware boot partitions. When there are no boot partitions (i.e. SD
>> card) the ROM skips the first sector that usually contains the (logical)
>> partition table. Since the generated .kwb image contains the main U-Boot
>> image in a fixed location (0x140 sectors by default), we end up with the
>> main U-Boot image in offset of 1 sector. The current workaround is to
>> manually set CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR to 0x141 to
>> compensate for that.
>>
>> This patch uses the run-time detected boot partition to determine the
>> right offset of the main U-Boot partition. The generated .kwb image is
>> now compatible with both eMMC boot partition, and SD card main data
>> partition.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Baruch Siach <baruch at tkos.co.il>
>> ---
>> v2: Rebase on top of current master
>> ---
>>    common/spl/Kconfig   | 12 ++++++++++++
>>    common/spl/spl_mmc.c | 15 +++++++++++++--
>>    2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/common/spl/Kconfig b/common/spl/Kconfig
>> index 5d6da5db89bc..e43eefe046bc 100644
>> --- a/common/spl/Kconfig
>> +++ b/common/spl/Kconfig
>> @@ -293,6 +293,18 @@ config SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR
>>    	  Address on the MMC to load U-Boot from, when the MMC is being used
>>    	  in raw mode. Units: MMC sectors (1 sector = 512 bytes).
>>    
>> +config SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_DATA_PART_OFFSET
>> +	hex "U-Boot main hardware partition image offset"
>> +	depends on SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR
>> +	default 0x0
>> +	help
>> +	  On some platforms SPL location depends on hardware partition. The ROM
>> +	  code skips the MBR sector when loading SPL from main hardware data
>> +	  partition. This adds offset to the main U-Boot image. Set this symbol
>> +	  to the number of skipped sectors.
>> +
>> +	  If unsure, leave the default.
>> +
>>    config SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_PARTITION
>>    	bool "MMC Raw mode: by partition"
>>    	help
>> diff --git a/common/spl/spl_mmc.c b/common/spl/spl_mmc.c
>> index b3619889f794..72439c029f4a 100644
>> --- a/common/spl/spl_mmc.c
>> +++ b/common/spl/spl_mmc.c
>> @@ -49,6 +49,16 @@ static ulong h_spl_load_read(struct spl_load_info *load, ulong sector,
>>    	return blk_dread(mmc_get_blk_desc(mmc), sector, count, buf);
>>    }
>>    
>> +static __maybe_unused unsigned long spl_mmc_raw_uboot_offset(int part)
>> +{
>> +#if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_USE_SECTOR)
> 
> Use if (IS_ENABLED()) instead ?
> 
>> +	if (part == 0)
> 
> Why is this restricted to part == 0 ?

Any updates on this?

Thanks,
Stefan


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