[PATCH v3] arm: imx8m: add boot_device and boot_instance env variables

William MARTIN william.martin at muxen.fr
Wed Feb 11 14:18:28 CET 2026


Le 11/02/2026 à 12:49, Peng Fan a écrit :
> Hi William,
>
> Thanks for your patch!
>
>> Subject: [PATCH v3] arm: imx8m: add boot_device and boot_instance
>> env variables
>>
>> Some SoCs have supports for 'boot_device' and 'boot_instance'
>> environment variable. Those variables help to choose the right boot
>> media during the execution of the boot command.
>>
>> The i.MX8M SoC doesn't have support for those variables but provides
>> internally all the needed information to create those variables.
>>
>> Fill this lack adding support for those variables in the i.MX8M SoC.
>>
>> Signed-off-by: William MARTIN <william.martin at muxen.fr>
>> ---
> No change log here.
I will add in next patch
>
>>   arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8m/soc.c | 72
>> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 72 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8m/soc.c b/arch/arm/mach-
>> imx/imx8m/soc.c index 1fe083ae94f..498b565183b 100644
>> --- a/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8m/soc.c
>> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-imx/imx8m/soc.c
>> @@ -1472,6 +1472,76 @@ void reset_cpu(void)  #endif
>>
>>   #if IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ARCH_MISC_INIT)
>> +static void setup_boot_mode(void)
>> +{
>> +       enum boot_device dev = get_boot_device();
>> +
>> +       log_debug("setup_boot_mode = %u\n", dev);
>> +
>> +       switch (dev) {
>> +       case USB_BOOT:
>> +               env_set("boot_device", "usb");
>> +               env_set("boot_instance", "0");
>> +               break;
>> +
>> +       case USB2_BOOT:
>> +               env_set("boot_device", "usb");
>> +               env_set("boot_instance", "1");
>> +               break;
>> +
>> +       case QSPI_BOOT:
>> +               env_set("boot_device", "flexspi");
> i.MX8MQ does not have flexspi. It is qspi.
> i.MX8MM/N/P has flexspi.
>
> Regards
> Peng.

Thanks for your feedback.

Does the use of IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_IMX8MQ) to change boot_device from 
flexspi to qspi is enought ?

Regards,
William

>
>> +               env_set("boot_instance", "0");
>> +               break;
>> +
>> +       case SPI_NOR_BOOT:
>> +               env_set("boot_device", "spi");
>> +               env_set("boot_instance", "0");
>> +               break;
>> +
>> +       case NAND_BOOT:
>> +               env_set("boot_device", "nand");
>> +               env_set("boot_instance", "0");
>> +               break;
>> +
>> +       case SD1_BOOT:
>> +               env_set("boot_device", "sdcard");
>> +               env_set("boot_instance", "0");
>> +               break;
>> +
>> +       case SD2_BOOT:
>> +               env_set("boot_device", "sdcard");
>> +               env_set("boot_instance", "1");
>> +               break;
>> +
>> +       case SD3_BOOT:
>> +               env_set("boot_device", "sdcard");
>> +               env_set("boot_instance", "2");
>> +               break;
>> +
>> +       case MMC1_BOOT:
>> +               env_set("boot_device", "mmc");
>> +               env_set("boot_instance", "0");
>> +               break;
>> +
>> +       case MMC2_BOOT:
>> +               env_set("boot_device", "mmc");
>> +               env_set("boot_instance", "1");
>> +               break;
>> +
>> +       case MMC3_BOOT:
>> +               env_set("boot_device", "mmc");
>> +               env_set("boot_instance", "2");
>> +               break;
>> +
>> +       default:
>> +               env_set("boot_device", "invalid");
>> +               env_set("boot_instance", "");
>> +               log_err("unexpected boot mode = %x\n", dev);
>> +               break;
>> +       }
>> +}
>> +
>>   int arch_misc_init(void)
>>   {
>>          if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FSL_CAAM)) { @@ -1483,6 +1553,8 @@
>> int arch_misc_init(void)
>>                          printf("Failed to initialize caam_jr: %d\n", ret);
>>          }
>>
>> +       setup_boot_mode();
>> +
>>          return 0;
>>   }
>>   #endif
>> --
>> 2.47.3


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