[PATCH 4/4] board: vexpress64: enable bloblist for SPL handoff

[Harrison Mutai]

On 18/12/2024 16:31, Tom Rini wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 18, 2024 at 03:39:31PM +0000, Harrison Mutai wrote:
> 
>> Enable bloblist on vexpress64 platforms to facilitate information
>> passing from TF-A using the firmware handoff framework.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Harrison Mutai <harrison.mutai at arm.com>
> [snip]
>> diff --git a/configs/vexpress_fvp_bloblist_defconfig b/configs/vexpress_fvp_bloblist_defconfig
>> new file mode 100644
>> index 0000000000..dcc87db872
>> --- /dev/null
>> +++ b/configs/vexpress_fvp_bloblist_defconfig
>> @@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
>> +#include <configs/vexpress_fvp_defconfig>
>> +
>> +CONFIG_BLOBLIST=y
>> +CONFIG_BLOBLIST_PASSAGE=y
>> +CONFIG_BLOBLIST_SIZE_RELOC=0x10000
> 
> I wonder if this means we should also do:
> 
> diff --git a/common/Kconfig b/common/Kconfig
> index 11066ec64315..cca33ed28f32 100644
> --- a/common/Kconfig
> +++ b/common/Kconfig
> @@ -1087,7 +1087,6 @@ config BLOBLIST_SIZE
>   config BLOBLIST_SIZE_RELOC
>   	hex "Size of bloblist after relocation"
>   	default BLOBLIST_SIZE if BLOBLIST_FIXED || BLOBLIST_ALLOC
> -	default 0x0 if BLOBLIST_PASSAGE
>   	default 0x20000 if (ARM && EFI_LOADER && GENERATE_ACPI_TABLE)
>   	help
>   	  Sets the size of the bloblist in bytes after relocation. Since U-Boot
> 
> Because in this case we do need to set the size of the bloblist we use
> internally to non-zero?
> 
That makes sense. The relocation in board_f will fail, as 
reserve_bloblist relies on this value being non-zero. However, if 
CONFIG_BLOBLIST_PASSAGE implies GD_FLG_SKIP_RELOC, then the relocation 
may not be necessary?