[PATCH] rpi: copy /chosen/bootloader partition and set boot_partition

Gregor Herburger gregor.herburger at linutronix.de
Wed Jul 8 08:30:11 CEST 2026


The Raspberry Pi has the "tryboot" feature where it can boot from a
different partition enabling failsafe A/B updates. After boot the
firmware sets 'partition' property in /chosen/bootloader. Copy this
property to the device tree and set the env variable boot_partition.
This allows boards to create a bootcmd based on the boot partition.

Signed-off-by: Gregor Herburger <gregor.herburger at linutronix.de>
---
 board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c | 18 ++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 18 insertions(+)

diff --git a/board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c b/board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c
index 1da5df92351..7a2ff646ac8 100644
--- a/board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c
+++ b/board/raspberrypi/rpi/rpi.c
@@ -480,6 +480,20 @@ static void set_serial_number(void)
 	env_set("serial#", serial_string);
 }
 
+static void set_boot_partition_fdt(void)
+{
+	void *fdtp = (void *)gd->fdt_blob;
+	u32 partition;
+
+	partition = fdt_getprop_u32_default(fdtp, "/chosen/bootloader", "partition", 1);
+	if (!partition) {
+		printf("Failed to the get partition property.\n");
+		return;
+	}
+
+	env_set_ulong("boot_partition", partition);
+}
+
 int misc_init_r(void)
 {
 	set_fdt_addr();
@@ -489,6 +503,7 @@ int misc_init_r(void)
 	set_board_info();
 #endif
 	set_serial_number();
+	set_boot_partition_fdt();
 
 	return 0;
 }
@@ -641,6 +656,9 @@ void  update_fdt_from_fw(void *fdt, void *fw_fdt)
 
 	/* copy uart clk as provided by the firmware */
 	copy_property(fdt, fw_fdt, "/clocks/clk-uart", "clock-frequency");
+
+	/* Copy the boot partition */
+	copy_property(fdt, fw_fdt, "/chosen/bootloader", "partition");
 }
 
 int ft_board_setup(void *blob, struct bd_info *bd)

---
base-commit: ee5d46b45ec0c63f8f9dd1e816e0dac3452ccc3d
change-id: 20260708-tryboot-c11aa44bf1cc

Best regards,
--  
Gregor Herburger <gregor.herburger at linutronix.de>



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