QEMU: arm64: bloblist not found and alloc space exhausted

[Tom Rini]

On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 10:26:35AM +0000, Johannes Krottmayer wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> I'm tried to compile U-Boot for an QEMU AArch64 environment, but get
> some error messages in SPL:
> 
> --
> Bloblist at 0 not found (err=-2)
> alloc space exhausted ptr 400 limit 0
> Bloblist at 0 not found (err=-2)
> 
> 
> U-Boot 2026.01 (Feb 24 2026 - 10:22:15 +0100)
> [...]
> --
> 
> Started the QEMU instance with the command line:
> $ qemu-system-aarch64 -m 4G -machine virt -cpu cortex-a53 /
> bios u-boot.bin
> $
> 
> Also the same errors when I use TF-A and OP-TEE with enabled
> EL3 and EL2 in QEMU and "u-boot.bin" as BL33.
> 
> Has somebody noticed the same issue?
> 
> I used the configuration "qemu_arm64_defconfig".

That's odd. We run it in CI, but as cortex-a57 not a53 with otherwise
similar arguments. Running with TF-A/OP-TEE is also in CI, but more
difficult to configure.

-- 
Tom
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