[U-Boot] [PATCH v2 4/5] cmd: bootefi: run an EFI application of a specific load option

Heinrich Schuchardt xypron.glpk at gmx.de
Tue Feb 26 19:30:50 UTC 2019


On 1/15/19 3:54 AM, AKASHI Takahiro wrote:
> With this patch applied, we will be able to selectively execute
> an EFI application by specifying a load option, say "1" for Boot0001,
> "2" for Boot0002 and so on.
> 
>   => bootefi bootmgr <fdt addr> 1, or
>      bootefi bootmgr - 1

You already introduced the support for BootNext. So is there a real benefit?

> 
> Please note that BootXXXX need not be included in "BootOrder".
> 
> Signed-off-by: AKASHI Takahiro <takahiro.akashi at linaro.org>
> ---
>  cmd/bootefi.c | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/cmd/bootefi.c b/cmd/bootefi.c
> index 3be01b49b589..241fd0f987ab 100644
> --- a/cmd/bootefi.c
> +++ b/cmd/bootefi.c
> @@ -471,16 +471,15 @@ static efi_status_t bootefi_test_prepare
>  
>  #endif /* CONFIG_CMD_BOOTEFI_SELFTEST */
>  
> -static int do_bootefi_bootmgr_exec(void)
> +static int do_bootefi_bootmgr_exec(int boot_id)
>  {
>  	struct efi_device_path *device_path, *file_path;
>  	void *addr;
>  	efi_status_t r;
>  
> -	addr = efi_bootmgr_load(EFI_BOOTMGR_DEFAULT_ORDER,
> -				&device_path, &file_path);
> +	addr = efi_bootmgr_load(boot_id, &device_path, &file_path);
>  	if (!addr)
> -		return 1;
> +		return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
>  
>  	printf("## Starting EFI application at %p ...\n", addr);
>  	r = do_bootefi_exec(addr, device_path, file_path);
> @@ -488,9 +487,9 @@ static int do_bootefi_bootmgr_exec(void)
>  	       r & ~EFI_ERROR_MASK);
>  
>  	if (r != EFI_SUCCESS)
> -		return 1;
> +		return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
>  
> -	return 0;
> +	return CMD_RET_SUCCESS;
>  }
>  
>  /* Interpreter command to boot an arbitrary EFI image from memory */
> @@ -546,10 +545,28 @@ static int do_bootefi(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
>  	} else
>  #endif
>  	if (!strcmp(argv[1], "bootmgr")) {
> -		if (efi_handle_fdt(argc > 2 ? argv[2] : NULL))
> -			return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
> +		char *fdtstr, *endp;
> +		int boot_id = EFI_BOOTMGR_DEFAULT_ORDER;
> +
> +		if (argc > 2) {
> +			fdtstr = argv[2];
> +			 /* Special address "-" means no device tree */
> +			if (fdtstr[0] == '-')
> +				fdtstr = NULL;
> +
> +			r = efi_handle_fdt(fdtstr);
> +			if (r)
> +				return CMD_RET_FAILURE;
> +		}
> +
> +		if (argc > 3) {
> +			boot_id = (int)simple_strtoul(argv[3], &endp, 0);
> +			if ((argv[3] + strlen(argv[3]) != endp) ||
> +			    boot_id > 0xffff)
> +				return CMD_RET_USAGE;
> +		}
>  
> -		return do_bootefi_bootmgr_exec();
> +		return do_bootefi_bootmgr_exec(boot_id);

Why not communicate via the BootNext variable?

>  	} else {
>  		saddr = argv[1];
>  
> @@ -590,7 +607,7 @@ static char bootefi_help_text[] =
>  	"    Use environment variable efi_selftest to select a single test.\n"
>  	"    Use 'setenv efi_selftest list' to enumerate all tests.\n"
>  #endif
> -	"bootefi bootmgr [fdt addr]\n"
> +	"bootefi bootmgr [<fdt addr>|'-' [<boot id>]]\n"
>  	"  - load and boot EFI payload based on BootOrder/BootXXXX variables.\n"
>  	"\n"
>  	"    If specified, the device tree located at <fdt address> gets\n"
> @@ -598,7 +615,7 @@ static char bootefi_help_text[] =
>  #endif
>  
>  U_BOOT_CMD(
> -	bootefi, 3, 0, do_bootefi,
> +	bootefi, 5, 0, do_bootefi,

Why 5?

Best regards

Heinrich

>  	"Boots an EFI payload from memory",
>  	bootefi_help_text
>  );
> 



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