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

[AKASHI Takahiro]

On Tue, Feb 26, 2019 at 08:30:50PM +0100, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> 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?

This is a convenient way of running EFI application directly,
but I already removed this feature from the next version.

> > 
> > 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?

I don't get your point.
BootNext and BootOrder are both defined by UEFI specification.

> >  	} 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?

For additional/optional '-' and <boot id>.
But I removed this feature from bootefi.

Thanks,
-Takahiro Akashi


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