[PATCH 1/1] Documentation extended with specific information for VirtualBox

thomas.mittelstaedt at de.bosch.com thomas.mittelstaedt at de.bosch.com
Thu Aug 17 15:46:47 CEST 2023


From: Thomas Mittelstaedt <thomas.mittelstaedt at de.bosch.com>

Signed-off-by: Thomas Mittelstaedt <thomas.mittelstaedt at de.bosch.com>
---
 doc/develop/uefi/u-boot_on_efi.rst | 76 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 76 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/develop/uefi/u-boot_on_efi.rst b/doc/develop/uefi/u-boot_on_efi.rst
index acad6397e8..927e1dc266 100644
--- a/doc/develop/uefi/u-boot_on_efi.rst
+++ b/doc/develop/uefi/u-boot_on_efi.rst
@@ -254,6 +254,82 @@ This shows running with serial enabled (see `include/configs/efi-x86_app.h`)::
 
    => QEMU: Terminated
 
+Run at VirtualBox (x86)
+--------------------------
+
+Enable EFI
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+At settings for virtual machine the flag at **System->Motherboard->Enable EFI (special OSes only)** has to be enabled.
+
+Installation
+~~~~~~~~~~~~
+Install the needed system at a VDI disk and connect this to SATA controller (type AHCI) at settings
+for virtual machine at **System->Storage->Controller:SATA**.
+
+For the following description 3 partitions are assumed:
+
+- Partition 1: formatted as **vfat**, used for U-Boot and and its environment filesenvironment, flag **boot** set
+- Partition 2: formatted as **ext2/ext4**, used for Linux image and boot configuration, flag **boot** set
+- Partition 3: formatted as **ext4**, used for root file system
+
+Create an extlinux.conf or a boot script
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Following files are assumed to be located at system for boot configuration::
+
+ Partition  File                    Comment
+ 1          EFI/BOOT/BOOTX64.efi    # renamed U-Boot EFI image
+ 2          Image                   # Linux image 
+ 2          Initrd                  # Initramfs of Linux
+
+Boot script
+~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The boot script **boot.scr** is assumed to be located at::
+
+ Partition  File        Comment
+ 2          boot.scr    # Boot script, generated with mkimage from template 
+
+Content of **boot.scr**:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  ext4load ${devtype} ${devnum}:${distro_bootpart} ${kernel_addr_r} ${prefix}Image
+  setenv kernel_size ${filesize}
+  ext4load ${devtype} ${devnum}:${distro_bootpart} ${ramdisk_addr_r} ${prefix}Initrd
+  setenv initrd_size ${filesize}
+  zboot  ${kernel_addr_r} ${kernel_size} ${ramdisk_addr_r} ${initrd_size}
+
+Extlinux configuration
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+Alternatively a configuration **extlinux.conf** can be used. **extlinux.conf** is assumed to be located at::
+
+ Partition  File                        Comment
+ 2          extlinux/extlinux.conf      # Extlinux boot configuration
+
+Content of **extlinux.conf**:
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+  default l0
+  menu title U-Boot menu
+  prompt 0
+  timeout 50
+
+  label l0
+    menu label Linux
+    linux /Image
+    initrd /Initrd
+
+
+Additionally something like (sda is assumed as disk device):
+
+.. code-block:: bash
+
+	append  root=/dev/sda3 console=tty0 console=ttyS0,115200n8 rootwait rw
+
+
 
 Future work
 -----------
-- 
2.30.2



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