[PATCH v2 1/9] boot: Create a function for final pre-boot steps
Max Merchel
max.merchel at ew.tq-group.com
Wed Feb 25 09:31:13 CET 2026
Am 24.02.26 um 15:25 schrieb Simon Glass:
> There are various functions which announce that booting is imminent and
> do related preparation. Most of these are arch-specific.
>
> In practice, most archs do the a similar thing. It would be better to
change "the a" to "a"
> have a common function, with perhaps some events for things that are
> really arch- and board-specific.
>
> Create a new function for this. For now, nothing uses it. Be careful to
> avoid using BIT() macros which are not available with host tools.
>
> Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <simon.glass at canonical.com>
> ---
>
> (no changes since v1)
>
> MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> boot/Makefile | 2 +-
> boot/bootm_final.c | 12 ++++++++++++
> include/bootm.h | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> 4 files changed, 31 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> create mode 100644 boot/bootm_final.c
>
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index f8d4f6ee8b2..beebb491f28 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -983,6 +983,7 @@ M: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> S: Maintained
> F: boot/bootdev*.c
> F: boot/bootflow.c
> +F: boot/bootm_final.c
> F: boot/bootmeth*.c
> F: boot/bootstd.c
> F: cmd/bootdev.c
> diff --git a/boot/Makefile b/boot/Makefile
> index 7fb56e7ef37..12477fabe28 100644
> --- a/boot/Makefile
> +++ b/boot/Makefile
> @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_PXE_UTILS) += pxe_utils.o
>
> endif
>
> -obj-y += image.o image-board.o
> +obj-y += image.o image-board.o bootm_final.o
>
> obj-$(CONFIG_ANDROID_AB) += android_ab.o
> obj-$(CONFIG_ANDROID_BOOT_IMAGE) += image-android.o image-android-dt.o
> diff --git a/boot/bootm_final.c b/boot/bootm_final.c
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000000..15ddbbe5e74
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/boot/bootm_final.c
> @@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
> +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
> +/*
> + * Cleanup before handing off to the OS
> + *
> + * Copyright 2025 Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
> + */
> +
> +#include <bootm.h>
> +
> +void bootm_final(enum bootm_final_t flags)
> +{
> +}
> diff --git a/include/bootm.h b/include/bootm.h
> index 4060cec7fc0..32711eabb2e 100644
> --- a/include/bootm.h
> +++ b/include/bootm.h
> @@ -16,6 +16,16 @@ struct cmd_tbl;
> #define BOOTM_ERR_OVERLAP (-2)
> #define BOOTM_ERR_UNIMPLEMENTED (-3)
>
> +/**
> + * enum bootm_final_t - flags to control bootm_final()
> + *
> + * @BOOTM_FINAL_FAKE: true to do everything except actually boot; it then
> + * returns to the caller
> + */
> +enum bootm_final_t {
> + BOOTM_FINAL_FAKE = 1 << 0,
> +};
> +
> /**
> * struct bootm_info() - information used when processing images to boot
> *
> @@ -321,4 +331,11 @@ void zimage_dump(struct boot_params *base_ptr, bool show_cmdline);
> */
> int bootm_boot_start(ulong addr, const char *cmdline);
>
> +/**
> + * bootm_final() - Announce and do cleanup before boot
> + *
> + * @flags: Flags to control what this function does
> + */
> +void bootm_final(enum bootm_final_t flags);
> +
> #endif
--
Best regards,
Max
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