[PATCH v3 0/7] x86: Improve support for chain-loading U-Boot

Andy Shevchenko andriy.shevchenko at linux.intel.com
Tue Mar 10 15:51:27 CET 2020


On Sat, Mar 07, 2020 at 04:22:13PM -0700, Simon Glass wrote:
> This little series adds a few checks into the code to allow better
> operation when booting a build from a previous-state loader such as
> coreboot.
> 
> At present we have a 'coreboot' target but this runs very different code
> from the bare-metal targets, such as coral. There is very little in common
> between them.
> 
> It is useful to be able to boot the same U-Boot on a device, with or
> without a first-stage bootloader. For example, with chromebook_coral, it
> is helpful for testing to be able to boot the same U-Boot (complete with
> FSP) on bare metal and from coreboot. It allows checking of things like
> CPU speed, comparing registers, ACPI tables and the like.
> 
> This series allows U-Boot to detect that it ran from coreboot and
> automatically do the right thing.
> 
> This series makes the most important changes to allow the same u-boot.bin
> for coral to boot after coreboot (by itself) or bare metal (via TPL->SPL).

I see only this and one patch out of 7 (seven?).
Please, (re)send it correctly.

-- 
With Best Regards,
Andy Shevchenko




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