[PATCH 1/1] efi_loader: support booting semihosting file

Heinrich Schuchardt heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com
Sat May 13 02:30:44 CEST 2023


Executing an EFI binary fails for files loaded via semihosting.

Construct a dummy device path for EFI binaries loaded via semihosting.

A future complete solution may include the creation of a handle with a
simple file system protocol.

Reported-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <heinrich.schuchardt at canonical.com>
---
 lib/efi_loader/efi_device_path.c | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/efi_device_path.c b/lib/efi_loader/efi_device_path.c
index e2e98a39be..20ad948498 100644
--- a/lib/efi_loader/efi_device_path.c
+++ b/lib/efi_loader/efi_device_path.c
@@ -1203,7 +1203,8 @@ efi_status_t efi_dp_from_name(const char *dev, const char *devnr,
 	} else if (!strcmp(dev, "Uart")) {
 		if (device)
 			*device = efi_dp_from_uart();
-	} else if (!strcmp(dev, "Mem")) {
+	} else if (!strcmp(dev, "Mem") || !strcmp(dev, "hostfs"))  {
+		/* loadm command and semihosting */
 		efi_get_image_parameters(&image_addr, &image_size);
 
 		if (device)
-- 
2.39.2



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