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authorSean Anderson <sean.anderson@seco.com>2022-03-22 16:59:19 -0400
committerTom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>2022-04-01 15:03:13 -0400
commit8e1c9fe243a31a0b0a40a80cc20fc3c06246d675 (patch)
tree5b76008074fe6615f96c318e9fe656c65e4c65e5 /arch/arm/lib
parent12a05b3bcd85ff4aa930e7a1fb8795d5a6bfdf81 (diff)
downloadu-boot-8e1c9fe243a31a0b0a40a80cc20fc3c06246d675.tar.gz
spl: Add semihosting boot method
This adds a boot method for loading the next stage from the host. It is mostly modeled off of spl_load_image_ext. I am not really sure why/how spl_load_image_fat uses three different methods to load the image, but the simple case seems to work OK for now. To control the presence of this boot method, we add a config symbol. While we're at it, we update the original semihosting config symbol. I think semihosting has some advantages of other forms of JTAG boot. Common other ways to boot from JTAG include: - Implementing DDR initialization through JTAG (typically with dozens of lines of TCL) and then loading U-Boot. The DDR initialization typically uses hard-coded register writes, and is not easily adapted to different boards. BOOT_DEVICE_SMH allows booting with SPL, leveraging U-Boot's existing DDR initialization code. This is the method used by NXP's CodeWarrior IDE on Layerscape processors (see AN12270). - Loading a bootloader into SDRAM, waiting for it to initialize DDR, and then loading U-Boot. This is tricky, because the debugger must stop the boot after the bootloader has completed its work. Trying to load U-Boot too early can cause failure to boot. This is the method used by Xilinx with its Zynq(MP) processors. - Loading SPL with BOOT_DEVICE_RAM and breaking before SPL loads the image to load U-Boot at the appropriate place. This can be a bit tricky, because the load address is dependent on the header size. An elf with symbols must also be used in order to stop at the appropriate point. BOOT_DEVICE_SMH can be viewed as an extension of this process, where SPL automatically stops and tells the host where to place the image. Signed-off-by: Sean Anderson <sean.anderson@seco.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'arch/arm/lib')
-rw-r--r--arch/arm/lib/Makefile2
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/arch/arm/lib/Makefile b/arch/arm/lib/Makefile
index c48e1f622d..594fc1228a 100644
--- a/arch/arm/lib/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/lib/Makefile
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ else
obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_TPL_)USE_ARCH_MEMSET) += memset.o
obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_TPL_)USE_ARCH_MEMCPY) += memcpy.o
endif
-obj-$(CONFIG_SEMIHOSTING) += semihosting.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_$(SPL_TPL_)SEMIHOSTING) += semihosting.o
obj-y += bdinfo.o
obj-y += sections.o