[PATCH] cmd: Add a SEAMA image load command

Tom Rini trini at konsulko.com
Tue Feb 7 17:54:06 CET 2023


On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 12:16:13AM +0100, Linus Walleij wrote:

> Add a command to load SEAMA (Seattle Image), a NAND flash
> on-flash storage format.
> 
> This type of flash image is found in some D-Link routers such
> as DIR-645, DIR-842, DIR-859, DIR-860L, DIR-885L, DIR890L and
> DCH-M225, as well as in WD and NEC routers on the ath79
> (MIPS), Broadcom BCM53xx, and RAMIPS platforms.
> 
> This U-Boot command will read and decode a SEAMA image from
> raw NAND flash on any platform. As it is always using big endian
> format for the data decoding is always necessary on platforms
> such as ARM.
> 
> The command is needed to read a SEAMA-encoded boot image on the
> D-Link DIR-890L router for boot from NAND flash in an upcoming
> port of U-Boot to the Broadcom Northstar (BCM4709, BCM53xx)
> architecture.
> 
> A basic test and documentation is added as well. The test must
> be run on a target with NAND flash support and at least one
> resident SEAMA image in flash.
> 
> Cc: Rafał Miłecki <rafal at milecki.pl>
> Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij at linaro.org>

Applied to u-boot/master, thanks!

-- 
Tom
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