[PATCH v3 00/19] bootstd: Support recording images

[Simon Glass]

Hi,

On Mon, 4 Nov 2024 at 10:51, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
>
> This series provides a way to keep track of the images used in bootstd,
> including the type of each image.
>
> At present this is sort-of handled by struct bootflow but in quite an
> ad-hoc way. The structure has become quite large and is hard to query.
> Future work will be able to reduce its size.
>
> Ultimately the 'bootflow info' command may change to also show images as
> a list, but that is left for later, as this series is already fairly
> long. So for now, just introduce the concept and adjust bootstd to use
> it, with a simple command to list the images.
>
> This series includes various alist enhancements, to make use of this new
> data structure a little easier.
>
> Changes in v3:
> - Add a helper in bootflow
> - Add a new patch supporting ad-hoc bootflows
> - Add new patch to export bootdev_get_from_blk()
> - Add new patch to record loaded files in an ad-hoc bootflow
> - Update bootstd_add_bootflow() to return the element number
> - Use the helper function
>
> Changes in v2:
> - Add an image type extension in bootflow.h
> - Change the tag to bootmeth_efi
> - Drop patches already applied
> - Drop patches which add new image types
> - Update to use a new image-type enum in bootflow.h
> - Use the word 'feature' instead of 'hack'
>
> Simon Glass (19):
>   bootstd: Move bootflow-adding to bootstd
>   bootstd: Move bootflow-clearing to bootstd
>   bootstd: Add a function to get bootstd only if available
>   bootstd: Drop the bootdev-specific list of bootflows
>   bootstd: Move the bootflow list into an alist
>   bootstd: Maintain a list of images
>   bootstd: Update bootmeth_alloc_file() to record images
>   boot: pxe: Drop the duplicate comment on get_pxe_file()
>   bootmeth_efi: Simplify reading files by using the common function
>   bootmeth: Update the read_file() method to include a type
>   bootmeth_efi: Check the filename-allocation in the network path
>   boot: Update extlinux pxe_getfile_func() to include type
>   boot: Update pxe bootmeth to record images
>   Update bootmeth_alloc_other() to record images
>   bootstd: Update cros bootmeth to record images
>   bootstd: Add a simple command to list images
>   bootstd: Export bootdev_get_from_blk()
>   bootstd: Add the concept of an ad-hoc bootflow
>   fs: Record loaded files in an ad-hoc bootflow
>
>  boot/bootdev-uclass.c            |  78 ++++++-------------
>  boot/bootflow.c                  |  77 +++++++++++++++----
>  boot/bootmeth-uclass.c           |  29 +++++--
>  boot/bootmeth_android.c          |   3 +-
>  boot/bootmeth_cros.c             |  17 ++++-
>  boot/bootmeth_efi.c              |  16 ++--
>  boot/bootmeth_efi_mgr.c          |   3 +-
>  boot/bootmeth_extlinux.c         |   7 +-
>  boot/bootmeth_pxe.c              |  10 ++-
>  boot/bootmeth_qfw.c              |   3 +-
>  boot/bootmeth_sandbox.c          |   3 +-
>  boot/bootmeth_script.c           |   7 +-
>  boot/bootstd-uclass.c            | 104 +++++++++++++++++++++++--
>  boot/pxe_utils.c                 |  36 ++++-----
>  boot/vbe_simple.c                |   5 +-
>  cmd/Kconfig                      |   9 +++
>  cmd/Makefile                     |   1 +
>  cmd/bootdev.c                    |   2 +-
>  cmd/bootflow.c                   |  11 +--
>  cmd/bootstd.c                    |  65 ++++++++++++++++
>  cmd/pxe.c                        |   2 +-
>  cmd/sysboot.c                    |   6 +-
>  doc/develop/bootstd/overview.rst |  24 +++++-
>  doc/usage/cmd/bootstd.rst        |  79 +++++++++++++++++++
>  doc/usage/index.rst              |   1 +
>  fs/fs.c                          |  15 ++++
>  include/bootdev.h                |  36 +++------
>  include/bootflow.h               |  88 ++++++++++++++++++---
>  include/bootmeth.h               |  22 ++++--
>  include/bootstd.h                |  69 ++++++++++++++++-
>  include/pxe_utils.h              |  14 +++-
>  test/boot/bootflow.c             | 126 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  test/py/tests/test_ut.py         |   3 +-
>  33 files changed, 788 insertions(+), 183 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 cmd/bootstd.c
>  create mode 100644 doc/usage/cmd/bootstd.rst
>
> --
> 2.34.1
>

patchwork link: https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/list/?series=433068

What is the status of this series please?

Regards,
Simon