[PATCH 1/4] riscv: spl: Introduce SPL_OPENSBI_OS_BOOT

[Rick Chen]

> On Mon, Dec 12, 2022 at 03:49:10PM +0800, Rick Chen wrote:
> > > On 12/7/22 01:23, Rick Chen wrote:
> > > > In RISC-V, it only provide normal mode booting currently.
> > > > To speed up the booting process, here provide SPL_OPENSBI_OS_BOOT
> > > > to achieve this feature which will be call Fast-Boot mode. By
> > >
> > > Can you name this something different. We already have something called
> > > fastboot in-tree (the Android-derived protocol) and there's a Microsoft
> > > technology called fastboot (some kind of hibernation). "OS Boot" isn't
> > > very specific either, since we (almost always) boot an OS. Maybe "Eagle
> > > mode" by analogy to Falcon mode, which lets SPL directly boot an OS.
> >
> > I think fast boot is a behavior which shall be interpreted widely but
> > not proprietary.
> > Or maybe I can  rename it as RISC-V Fast Boot to distinguish them.
> >
> > >
> > > (Is this substantially different from falcon mode anyway?)
> >
> > Please see the explanations to Tom.
> >
> > >
> > > > enabling SPL_OPENSBI_OS_BOOT, it will generate linux.itb instead
> > > > of default u-boot.itb after compiling. It initializes memory with
> > > > the U-Boot SPL at the first stage, just like what a regular booting
> > > > process (i.e. Normal Boot) does in the beginning. Instead of jumping
> > > > to the U-Boot proper from OpenSBI before booting Linux Kernel, the
> > > > Fast Boot process jumps directly to Linux Kernel to gain shorter
> > > > booting time.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Rick Chen <rick at andestech.com>
> > > > ---
> > > >   common/spl/Kconfig       | 14 ++++++++++++++
> > > >   common/spl/spl_fit.c     |  3 ++-
> > > >   common/spl/spl_opensbi.c | 25 ++++++++++++-------------
> > > >   3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/common/spl/Kconfig b/common/spl/Kconfig
> > > > index 05181bdba3..8805aba1b7 100644
> > > > --- a/common/spl/Kconfig
> > > > +++ b/common/spl/Kconfig
> > > > @@ -1509,6 +1509,20 @@ config SPL_OPENSBI_SCRATCH_OPTIONS
> > > >         Options passed to fw_dynamic, for example SBI_SCRATCH_NO_BOOT_PRINTS or
> > > >         SBI_SCRATCH_DEBUG_PRINTS.
> > > >
> > > > +config SPL_OPENSBI_OS_BOOT
> > >
> > > Please use the same name for the config as for the description.
> > >
> > > > +     bool "openSBI Fast Boot"
> > > > +     depends on SPL_OPENSBI
> > > > +     help
> > > > +       Enable this openSBI can jump to Linux Kernel directly.
> > >
> > > Can you put some of the explanation from the commit message here?
> >
> > OK, I will move some messages here from commit messages.
> >
> > >
> > > > +
> > > > +config SPL_OPENSBI_FIT_NAME
> > > > +     string "SPL openSBI fit image name"
> > > > +     depends on SPL_OPENSBI
> > > > +     default "linux.itb" if SPL_OPENSBI_OS_BOOT
> > > > +     default "u-boot.itb"
> > > > +     help
> > > > +       This will help to generate different fit name accordingly.
> > >
> > > Why not SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME?
> > >
> > > It looks like the code changes below do not use these configs. Can you
> > > move them to the next patch so it is clearer that they are for binman?
> >
> > I have saw this config, but it does't support SPL_RAM but only for filesystem
> > That is why I don't leverage it.
> >
> > I can prepare a patch as below if no other concerns:
> >
> > config SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
> > string "File to load for U-Boot from the filesystem"
> > depends on SPL_FS_EXT4 || SPL_FS_FAT || SPL_FS_SQUASHFS || SPL_RAM
> > default "tispl.bin" if SYS_K3_SPL_ATF
> > default "u-boot.itb" if SPL_LOAD_FIT
> > default "linux.itb" if SPL_OPENSBI_OS_BOOT
> > default "u-boot.img"
> > help
> >   Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from filesystem.
>
> But in the case you have it's for the output name, and not at all about
> what's being loaded from a filesystem yes? This shouldn't be a "SPL_.."

For SPL_RAM purpose,
it is just an output name to distinguish normal boot (u-boot.itb) and
fast boot (linux.itb) indeed.

But for SPL_OPENSBI_OS_BOOT && SPL_MMC && SPL_FAT this combination,
it can help to load linux.itb automatically from SD card.

> option, but should be under arch/riscv/Kconfig somewhere, since it's
> changing the general riscv binman.dtsi file. And on a related note,

I will fall back on the earlier changes and move
SPL_OPENSBI_OS_BOOT and SPL_OPENSBI_FIT_NAME to arch/riscv/Kconfig.

> please make sure that 'make htmldocs' is happy with your documentation
> changes as I think I see some spacing problems in 4/4.

Sorry about the spacing problems. I will check it.

Thanks,
Rick

>
> --
> Tom