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

Raymond Mao raymond.mao at linaro.org
Sat Mar 29 02:00:26 CET 2025


Hi Tom and Simon,

On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 at 20:02, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 11:38:14PM +0000, Simon Glass wrote:
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > On Fri, 28 Mar 2025 at 10:18, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Mar 28, 2025 at 09:43:54AM -0600, Simon Glass 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
> > > >
> > > > 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=*
> > >
> > > Based on how it's documented to be run in
> > > doc/board/armltd/vexpress64.rst in the next branch, have you confirmed
> > > that platforms using the handoff spec still work?
> >
> > I believe so, yes. I don't have that board to test it though. Raymond
> > may be able to test this series on QEMU?
>
> I was pointing you at the docs so that you would have access to testing
> it. That's part of the docs, running the emulator.
>

I can help to test the firmware handoff on qemu.
I have all the necessary changes and unit tests for the OP-TEE repo
qemu v8 build to test this.
I will try to find some time early next week to review and test this
series before turning back to you.

Regards,
Raymond

> --
> Tom


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