[PATCH v3 3/6] spl: LOAD_FIT_FULL: Relocate FDT for u-boot payloads

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Fri Apr 16 14:26:20 CEST 2021


On Thu, Apr 01, 2021 at 01:25:28PM -0500, Alexandru Gagniuc wrote:

> U-Boot expects the FDT to be located right after the _end
> linker symbol (see fdtdec.c: board_fdt_blob_setup())
> 
> The "basic" LOAD_FIT path is aware of this limitation, and relocates
> the FDT at the expected location. Guessing the expected location
> probably only works reliably on 32-bit arm, and it feels like a hack.
> One proposal would be to pass the FDT address to u-boot
> (e.g. using 'r2' on arm platforms).
> 
> The variable is named "fdt_hack" to remind future contributors that,
> "hey! we should fix the underlying problem". However, that is beyond
> the scope of this patch.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me at gmail.com>

Applied to u-boot/master, thanks!

-- 
Tom
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