[PATCH V3 1/5] imx: imx8mq_evk: switch to binman

Peng Fan (OSS) peng.fan at oss.nxp.com
Mon Nov 22 09:58:13 CET 2021



On 2021/11/11 22:41, Patrick Wildt wrote:
> On Fri, Oct 22, 2021 at 10:42:16AM +0800, Peng Fan (OSS) wrote:
>> From: Peng Fan <peng.fan at nxp.com>
>>
>> Switch to use binman to pack images
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <peng.fan at nxp.com>
> 
> I'm unsure how to reply to this.  On the one hand I really like to see
> this go in, on the other hand this changes the expectation of what
> flash.bin is.  We had the same discussion for i.MX8MM.
> 
> Because historically, flash.bin is SPL+U-Boot.itb, and for i.MX8MM
> people have changed the binman config to generate a single bootable
> file again: 028abfd9b1576b45cf756b9a0c978cfe17906314
> 
> So, I would ask you to adjust the imx8mq-u-boot.dts changes in the same
> way as done for i.MX8MM.  You should be able to see the differences
> by diffing e.g. these files:

ok, thanks for pointing this to me, I'll modify the file to output a
single flash.bin as i.MX8MM.

THanks,
Peng.

> 
> diff -u arch/arm/dts/imx8mq-u-boot.dtsi arch/arm/dts/imx8mm-evk-u-boot.dtsi
> 
>> ---
>>   arch/arm/dts/imx8mq-evk-u-boot.dtsi     |   2 +
>>   arch/arm/dts/imx8mq-u-boot.dtsi         | 122 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8m/Kconfig         |   1 +
>>   board/freescale/imx8mq_evk/Kconfig      |   2 +-
>>   board/freescale/imx8mq_evk/imximage.cfg |  11 +++
>>   configs/imx8mq_evk_defconfig            |   2 +-
>>   6 files changed, 138 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>>   create mode 100644 arch/arm/dts/imx8mq-u-boot.dtsi
>>   create mode 100644 board/freescale/imx8mq_evk/imximage.cfg
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/imx8mq-evk-u-boot.dtsi b/arch/arm/dts/imx8mq-evk-u-boot.dtsi
>> index 2cfc12b7e0..6f9c81462e 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/dts/imx8mq-evk-u-boot.dtsi
>> +++ b/arch/arm/dts/imx8mq-evk-u-boot.dtsi
>> @@ -1,5 +1,7 @@
>>   // SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR MIT)
>>   
>> +#include "imx8mq-u-boot.dtsi"
>> +
>>   &usdhc1 {
>>   	mmc-hs400-1_8v;
>>   };
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/dts/imx8mq-u-boot.dtsi b/arch/arm/dts/imx8mq-u-boot.dtsi
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000..2c10e9b645
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/arch/arm/dts/imx8mq-u-boot.dtsi
>> @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@
>> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
>> +/*
>> + * Copyright 2021 NXP
>> + */
>> +
>> +/ {
>> +	binman: binman {
>> +		multiple-images;
>> +	};
>> +
>> +};
>> +
>> +&binman {
>> +	u-boot-spl-ddr {
>> +		filename = "u-boot-spl-ddr.bin";
>> +		pad-byte = <0xff>;
>> +		align-size = <4>;
>> +		align = <4>;
>> +
>> +		u-boot-spl {
>> +			align-end = <4>;
>> +		};
>> +
>> +		blob_1: blob-ext at 1 {
>> +			filename = "lpddr4_pmu_train_1d_imem.bin";
>> +			size = <0x8000>;
>> +		};
>> +
>> +		blob_2: blob-ext at 2 {
>> +			filename = "lpddr4_pmu_train_1d_dmem.bin";
>> +			size = <0x4000>;
>> +		};
>> +
>> +		blob_3: blob-ext at 3 {
>> +			filename = "lpddr4_pmu_train_2d_imem.bin";
>> +			size = <0x8000>;
>> +		};
>> +
>> +		blob_4: blob-ext at 4 {
>> +			filename = "lpddr4_pmu_train_2d_dmem.bin";
>> +			size = <0x4000>;
>> +		};
>> +	};
>> +
>> +	signed_hdmi {
>> +		filename = "signed_hdmi.bin";
>> +
>> +		blob_5: blob-ext at 5 {
>> +			filename = "signed_hdmi_imx8m.bin";
>> +		};
>> +	};
>> +
>> +	flash {
>> +		mkimage {
>> +			args = "-n spl/u-boot-spl.cfgout -T imx8mimage -e 0x7e1000";
>> +
>> +			blob {
>> +				filename = "u-boot-spl-ddr.bin";
>> +			};
>> +
>> +		};
>> +
>> +	};
>> +
>> +	itb {
>> +		filename = "u-boot.itb";
>> +
>> +		fit {
>> +			description = "Configuration to load ATF before U-Boot";
>> +			#address-cells = <1>;
>> +			fit,external-offset = <CONFIG_FIT_EXTERNAL_OFFSET>;
>> +
>> +			images {
>> +				uboot {
>> +					description = "U-Boot (64-bit)";
>> +					type = "standalone";
>> +					arch = "arm64";
>> +					compression = "none";
>> +					load = <CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE>;
>> +
>> +					uboot_blob: blob-ext {
>> +						filename = "u-boot-nodtb.bin";
>> +					};
>> +				};
>> +
>> +				atf {
>> +					description = "ARM Trusted Firmware";
>> +					type = "firmware";
>> +					arch = "arm64";
>> +					compression = "none";
>> +					load = <0x910000>;
>> +					entry = <0x910000>;
>> +
>> +					atf_blob: blob-ext {
>> +						filename = "bl31.bin";
>> +					};
>> +				};
>> +
>> +				fdt {
>> +					description = "NAME";
>> +					type = "flat_dt";
>> +					compression = "none";
>> +
>> +					uboot_fdt_blob: blob-ext {
>> +						filename = "u-boot.dtb";
>> +					};
>> +				};
>> +			};
>> +
>> +			configurations {
>> +				default = "conf";
>> +
>> +				conf {
>> +					description = "NAME";
>> +					firmware = "uboot";
>> +					loadables = "atf";
>> +					fdt = "fdt";
>> +				};
>> +			};
>> +		};
>> +	};
>> +};
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8m/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8m/Kconfig
>> index 276b8bd974..c556e712b7 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8m/Kconfig
>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8m/Kconfig
>> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ config TARGET_IMX8MQ_CM
>>   
>>   config TARGET_IMX8MQ_EVK
>>   	bool "imx8mq_evk"
>> +	select BINMAN
>>   	select IMX8MQ
>>   	select IMX8M_LPDDR4
>>   
>> diff --git a/board/freescale/imx8mq_evk/Kconfig b/board/freescale/imx8mq_evk/Kconfig
>> index c4d20ad7c7..a7c49744b3 100644
>> --- a/board/freescale/imx8mq_evk/Kconfig
>> +++ b/board/freescale/imx8mq_evk/Kconfig
>> @@ -10,6 +10,6 @@ config SYS_CONFIG_NAME
>>   	default "imx8mq_evk"
>>   
>>   config IMX_CONFIG
>> -	default "arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8m/imximage.cfg"
>> +	default "board/freescale/imx8mq_evk/imximage.cfg"
>>   
>>   endif
>> diff --git a/board/freescale/imx8mq_evk/imximage.cfg b/board/freescale/imx8mq_evk/imximage.cfg
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000..74f12b30d2
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/board/freescale/imx8mq_evk/imximage.cfg
>> @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
>> +/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
>> +/*
>> + * Copyright 2021 NXP
>> + */
>> +
>> +#define __ASSEMBLY__
>> +
>> +FIT
>> +BOOT_FROM	sd
>> +SIGNED_HDMI	signed_hdmi.bin
>> +LOADER		mkimage.flash.mkimage	0x7e1000
>> diff --git a/configs/imx8mq_evk_defconfig b/configs/imx8mq_evk_defconfig
>> index 62fe6f1523..5970d8c164 100644
>> --- a/configs/imx8mq_evk_defconfig
>> +++ b/configs/imx8mq_evk_defconfig
>> @@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR=0x40480000
>>   CONFIG_FIT=y
>>   CONFIG_FIT_EXTERNAL_OFFSET=0x3000
>>   CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT=y
>> -CONFIG_SPL_FIT_GENERATOR="arch/arm/mach-imx/mkimage_fit_atf.sh"
>> +# CONFIG_USE_SPL_FIT_GENERATOR is not set
>>   CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F=y
>>   CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT=y
>>   CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT=y
>> -- 
>> 2.30.0
>>


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