U-Boot zboot on x86-64 VirtualBox UEFI.

[Christian Melki]

On 6/11/21 3:40 PM, Simon Glass wrote:
> +Heinrich Schuchardt
> 
> Hi Christian,
> 
> On Fri, 11 Jun 2021 at 07:30, Christian Melki
> <christian.melki at t2data.com> wrote:
>>
>> Hi.
>>
>> I have been trying to boot a bzImage with zboot from a VirtualBox UEFI
>> instance -> U-Boot UEFI payload. So far I've been using 2021.07-rc1. I'd
>> like to try a newer rc, but even if built exactly the same with the same
>> .config, newer won't boot as an UEFI payload. So right now, I'm stuck at
>> rc1.
>>
>> Anyway.
>> The kernel in question starts when configured with an EFI stub from the
>> UEFI shell.
>>
>> U-boot fails to boot the bzImage from the console using zboot though.
>> Just freezes after "Starting kernel..."
> 
> We don't actually have tests for this in CI at present.
> 
> I don't see any changes in the zboot stuff though. There is quite a
> bit in efi_loader. You could perhaps try a bisect.

I can live with 2021.07-rc1 right now as it atleast starts as an UEFI
payload.
But my big issue is that I can't start the kernel with zboot.
Full debug build isn't that much more informative either.
I was thinking different load offsets, but mine seems pretty much
standard, so I don't know. I've played around a bit with configuration
on both halves, but it doesn't help.

> 
> Heinrich, do you have any ideas?
> 
>>
>> zboot 01080000 - 04000000 319c000
>> Valid Boot Flag
>> Magic signature found
>> Linux kernel version 5.12.0 (ptxdist at ptxdist) #2 SMP PREEMPT
>> 2021-06-01T00:00:00+00:00
>> Building boot_params at 0x00090000
>> Loading bzImage at address 100000 (6516096 bytes)
>> Initial RAM disk at linear address 0x04000000, size 52019200 bytes
>> Kernel command line: "console=ttyS0,115200 rw quiet"
>> Kernel loaded at 00100000, setup_base=00090000
>>
>> Starting kernel ...
>>
>> Any ideas?
> 
> Regards,
> Simon
>