[PATCH 0/4] bloblist: fdt: Clean up the code

[Raymond Mao]

Hi Simon,

On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 at 11:44, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
>
> The bloblist code took what I consider to be a wrong turn a year or so
> ago. As discussed with Tom, this series proposes a way to arrange things
> so that it is simpler to understand and manage.
>
> - Unwind some of the nesting in bloblist_init()
> - Avoid needing to init the bloblist just to get the FDT
> - Create a deterministic OF_BLOBLIST option rather than using guesswork
>
We now have a kconfig BLOBLIST_PASSAGE_MANDATORY which means
mandatorily use bloblist to hand over everything between boot stages
including fdt, creating OF_BLOBLIST is not necessary.

> It is to be hoped that we can get a platform which uses OF_BLOBLIST into
> CI at some point. In the meantime, the standard passage series[1] could
> be resurrected to give some coverage.
>
> [1] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/list/?series=281465&state=*
>
>
> Simon Glass (4):
>   bloblist: Simplify bloblist init
>   fdt: Introduce OF_BLOBLIST
>   bloblist: Provide access to the FDT address
>   fdt: Obtain the FDT from bloblist without parsing it
>
>  arch/arm/lib/xferlist.c            |   6 +-
>  common/bloblist.c                  | 102 ++++++++++++++++++-----------
>  doc/develop/devicetree/control.rst |   3 +
>  dts/Kconfig                        |   8 +++
>  include/bloblist.h                 |  16 ++++-
>  lib/fdtdec.c                       |  65 +++++++-----------
>  6 files changed, 116 insertions(+), 84 deletions(-)
>
> --
> 2.43.0
>