[PATCH v1 10/11] siemens: capricorn: rework bootcmd environment variables
Heiko Schocher
hs at nabladev.com
Sat Jan 24 06:54:51 CET 2026
From: Adrian Freihofer <adrian.freihofer at siemens.com>
Rework the boot state machine to a significantly simpler and more
robust implementation. The basic idea is to revert to the previous
partition whenever an issue is detected during the boot process.
- Broken SPL
If one of the two SPLs does not boot, the ROM code of the i.MX8 SoC
automatically starts the second SPL from the second boot partition.
For example, if the system's active partition is A but the SPL from
partition A is broken, the ROM code automatically uses the SPL/u-boot
from partition B.
Proceeding with this boot procedure would lead to booting the kernel/
rootfs from partition A, which could potentially successfully boot
the system and allow the user to apply the firmware update with the
broken SPL again. This would lead to a non-bootable system because
thesecond update would overwrite the last working bootloader.
To prevent such situations, zigzag boots are detected and the system
reverts to the previous partition rather than booting the kernel/rootfs
from the currently active partition. Detecting zigzag boots is done
via the new fallback variable.
To make this state machine even more consistent, the partitionset_active
variable is no longer used to determine the active partition during
boot. Instead, the active partition is always read from the eMMC
partconf registers.
For backward compatibility, the partitionset_active variable is still
updated whenever a partition switch occurs. However, u-boot no longer
relies on this variable, as it could potentially be out of sync with
the actual partition state, leading to situations where the ROM code
of the i.MX8 SoC would be out of sync with u-boot.
- Broken kernel, initramfs or rootfs
If the upgrade_available variable is set, u-boot counts the number of
consecutive boots via the bootcount variable. If the bootcount exceeds
the bootlimit variable, u-boot starts the altbootcmd instead of the
bootcmd. Previously, this logic was bypassed by assigning the regular
bootcmd to altbootcmd. Now, the altbootcmd is used to revert to the
previous partition when the bootlimit is exceeded.
The netdev variable is changed to eth0 by default. This is what the FEC
driver uses on Capricorn boards. For devices with switches and DSA
subsystems in use, the netdev should be set accordingly by additional
logic in the environment or u-boot code. This is not part of this commit.
Signed-off-by: Adrian Freihofer <adrian.freihofer at siemens.com>
Signed-off-by: Heiko Schocher <hs at nabladev.com>
---
Ignore checkpatch warning:
board/siemens/capricorn/capricorn_default.env:4: warning: line length of 118 exceeds 100 columns
board/siemens/capricorn/capricorn_default.env:37: warning: line length of 130 exceeds 100 columns
board/siemens/capricorn/capricorn_default.env:40: warning: line length of 321 exceeds 100 columns
board/siemens/capricorn/capricorn_default.env | 13 +++++++------
1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/board/siemens/capricorn/capricorn_default.env b/board/siemens/capricorn/capricorn_default.env
index cf5bd09a4da..9d2eba0181f 100644
--- a/board/siemens/capricorn/capricorn_default.env
+++ b/board/siemens/capricorn/capricorn_default.env
@@ -1,10 +1,10 @@
-altbootcmd=run bootcmd
+altbootcmd=run toggle_partition
baudrate=115200
bootcmd=run flash_self;reset;
+bootcmd=if test -n "$fallback"; then echo "fallback: $fallback"; run toggle_partition ; else run flash_self; reset; fi
bootdelay=3
bootdir=targetdir/rootfs/boot
bootlimit=3
-check_upgrade=if test ${upgrade_available} -eq 1; then echo upgrade_available is set; if test ${bootcount} -gt ${bootlimit}; then setenv upgrade_available 0;echo toggle partition;run toggle_partition;fi;fi;
cntr_addr=0x88000000
cntr_file=os_cntr_signed.bin
console=ttyLP2
@@ -19,13 +19,13 @@ initrd_high=0xffffffffffffffff
ip_method=none
kernel_name=Image
loadaddr=0x80400000
-mmc_boot=run set_bootargs;run check_upgrade; run set_partition;run set_bootargs_mmc;run mmc_load_bootfiles
+mmc_boot=run set_bootargs; run set_partition;run set_bootargs_mmc;run mmc_load_bootfiles
mmc_boot_fit=ext4load mmc 0:${mmc_part_nr} 0x88000000 boot/fitImage;if test -n ${A};then setenv bootargs ${bootargs} rootfs_sig=${sig_a};fi;if test -n ${B};then setenv bootargs ${bootargs} rootfs_sig=${sig_b};fi;bootm 0x88000000#conf-${dtb_name}.dtb;bootm 0x88000000
mmc_boot_image=ext4load mmc 0:${mmc_part_nr} ${fdt_addr} boot/${dtb_name}.dtb;if test $? -eq 1;then ext4load mmc 0:${mmc_part_nr} ${fdt_addr} boot/${dtb_name_default}.dtb;fi; ext4load mmc 0:${mmc_part_nr} ${loadaddr} boot/${kernel_name}; booti ${loadaddr} - ${fdt_addr}
mmc_load_bootfiles=echo -n Loading from eMMC ...; if test -e mmc 0:${mmc_part_nr} boot/fitImage; then echo fit; setenv fdt_high; setenv initrd_high; run mmc_boot_fit; else echo image; run mmc_boot_image; fi
net_nfs=wdt dev scu-wdt; wdt stop; echo Booting from network ...; run set_bootargs_net; tftpboot ${loadaddr} ${bootdir}/${kernel_name}; printenv bootargs; if test ${kernel_name} = fitImage; then setenv fdt_high; setenv initrd_high; bootm ${loadaddr}#conf-${dtb_name}.dtb; else tftpboot ${fdt_addr} ${serverip}:${bootdir}/${dtb_name}.dtb; if test $? -eq 1; then echo Loading default.dtb!; tftpboot ${fdt_addr} ${serverip}:${bootdir}/${dtb_name_default}.dtb; fi; booti ${loadaddr} - ${fdt_addr}; fi
net_unfs=setenv nfsopts vers=3,udp,rsize=4096,wsize=4096,nolock,port=3049,mountport=3048 rw; run net_nfs
-netdev=lan0
+netdev=eth0
nfsopts=vers=3,udp,rsize=4096,wsize=4096,nolock rw
partitionset_active=A
rootfs_name=/dev/mmcblk0
@@ -34,9 +34,10 @@ script_file=u-boot-commands.img
set_bootargs_mmc=setenv bootargs ${bootargs} root=${mmc_active_vol} ro rootdelay=1 rootwait rootfstype=ext4 ip=${ip_method}
set_bootargs_net=run set_bootargs; if test ${kernel_name} = fitImage; then setenv loadaddr 0x88000000; fi; setenv bootargs ${bootargs} root=/dev/nfs nfsroot=${serverip}:${rootpath},${nfsopts} ip=${ipaddr}:${serverip}:${gatewayip}:${netmask}:${hostname}:${netdev}:off
set_bootargs=setenv bootargs console=${console},${baudrate} target_env=${target_env} ${testargs} ${optargs}
-set_partition=setenv ${partitionset_active} true;if test -n ${A}; then setenv mmc_part_nr 1;fi;if test -n ${B}; then setenv mmc_part_nr 2;fi;setenv mmc_active_vol ${rootfs_name}p${mmc_part_nr}
+set_partition=mmc partconf 0 v_mmc_part_nr; setenv mmc_part_nr $v_mmc_part_nr; setenv mmc_active_vol ${rootfs_name}p$v_mmc_part_nr
tftp_run_script=tftpboot ${kernel_loadaddr} ${serverip}:${script_file};if test $? -eq 0;then source ${kernel_loadaddr};fi
-toggle_partition=setenv ${partitionset_active} true; if test -n ${A}; then setenv partitionset_active B; mmc partconf 0 1 2 0; env delete A; fi; if test -n ${B}; then setenv partitionset_active A; mmc partconf 0 1 1 0; env delete B; fi;saveenv; reset
+toggle_partition_fin=bootcount reset; setenv upgrade_available 0; saveenv; reset
+toggle_partition=mmc partconf 0 v_mmc_part_nr; if test $v_mmc_part_nr -eq 1; then mmc partconf 0 1 2 0; setenv partitionset_active B; run toggle_partition_fin; elif test $v_mmc_part_nr -eq 2; then mmc partconf 0 1 1 0; setenv partitionset_active A; run toggle_partition_fin; else echo error mmc_part_nr $v_mmc_part_nr; fi
upgrade_available=0
emmc_dev=0
sd_dev=1
--
2.20.1
More information about the U-Boot
mailing list