Re: [v4 PATCH] RISC-V: Add an Image header that boot loader can parse.

2019-05-28 Thread Atish Patra
gt;> Cc: Troy Benjegerdes ; Karsten Merker >>> ; Albert Ou ; Jonathan >>> Corbet ; Ard Biesheuvel ; >>> linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List ; Zong Li >>> ; Atish Patra ; Palmer >>> Dabbelt ; paul.walms...@sifive.com; Nick Kossifidis >>> ; linux-ri.

Re: [v4 PATCH] RISC-V: Add an Image header that boot loader can parse.

2019-05-28 Thread Ard Biesheuvel
gt; > Corbet ; Ard Biesheuvel ; > > linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List ; Zong Li > > ; Atish Patra ; Palmer > > Dabbelt ; paul.walms...@sifive.com; Nick Kossifidis > > ; linux-ri...@lists.infradead.org; > > marek.va...@gmail.com > > Subject: Re: [v4 PATCH] RISC-V: Add an

RE: [v4 PATCH] RISC-V: Add an Image header that boot loader can parse.

2019-05-28 Thread Anup Patel
lmer > Dabbelt ; paul.walms...@sifive.com; Nick Kossifidis > ; linux-ri...@lists.infradead.org; > marek.va...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [v4 PATCH] RISC-V: Add an Image header that boot loader can > parse. > > On Tue, May 28, 2019 at 03:54:02AM +, Anup Patel wrote: > > &

RE: [v4 PATCH] RISC-V: Add an Image header that boot loader can parse.

2019-05-27 Thread Anup Patel
...@sifive.com; linux- > ri...@lists.infradead.org; marek.va...@gmail.com > Subject: Re: [v4 PATCH] RISC-V: Add an Image header that boot loader can > parse. > > > > > On May 27, 2019, at 5:16 PM, Karsten Merker > wrote: > > > > On Mon, May 27, 2019 at 04:34:57PM +02

Re: [v4 PATCH] RISC-V: Add an Image header that boot loader can parse.

2019-05-27 Thread Loys Ollivier
On Thu 23 May 2019 at 21:18, Atish Patra wrote: > Currently, the last stage boot loaders such as U-Boot can accept only > uImage which is an unnecessary additional step in automating boot > process. > > Add an image header that boot loader understands and boot Linux from > flat Image directly. >

Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: Add an Image header that boot loader can parse.

2019-05-01 Thread Mark Rutland
On Wed, May 01, 2019 at 10:41:52PM +0530, Anup Patel wrote: > On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 10:30 PM Mark Rutland wrote: > > > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 10:42:40PM -0700, Atish Patra wrote: > > > On 4/29/19 4:40 PM, Palmer Dabbelt wrote: > > > > On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:25:06 PDT (-0700),

Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: Add an Image header that boot loader can parse.

2019-05-01 Thread Atish Patra
On 5/1/19 10:02 AM, Anup Patel wrote: On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 10:14 PM Karsten Merker wrote: On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 10:42:40PM -0700, Atish Patra wrote: On 4/29/19 4:40 PM, Palmer Dabbelt wrote: On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:25:06 PDT (-0700), atish.pa...@wdc.com wrote: Currently, last stage boot

Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: Add an Image header that boot loader can parse.

2019-05-01 Thread Anup Patel
On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 10:30 PM Mark Rutland wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 10:42:40PM -0700, Atish Patra wrote: > > On 4/29/19 4:40 PM, Palmer Dabbelt wrote: > > > On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:25:06 PDT (-0700), atish.pa...@wdc.com wrote: > > > > Currently, last stage boot loaders such as U-Boot

Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: Add an Image header that boot loader can parse.

2019-05-01 Thread Anup Patel
On Wed, May 1, 2019 at 10:14 PM Karsten Merker wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 10:42:40PM -0700, Atish Patra wrote: > > On 4/29/19 4:40 PM, Palmer Dabbelt wrote: > > > On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:25:06 PDT (-0700), atish.pa...@wdc.com wrote: > > > > Currently, last stage boot loaders such as U-Boot

Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: Add an Image header that boot loader can parse.

2019-05-01 Thread Mark Rutland
On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 10:42:40PM -0700, Atish Patra wrote: > On 4/29/19 4:40 PM, Palmer Dabbelt wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:25:06 PDT (-0700), atish.pa...@wdc.com wrote: > > > Currently, last stage boot loaders such as U-Boot can accept only > > > uImage which is an unnecessary additional

Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: Add an Image header that boot loader can parse.

2019-05-01 Thread Karsten Merker
On Mon, Apr 29, 2019 at 10:42:40PM -0700, Atish Patra wrote: > On 4/29/19 4:40 PM, Palmer Dabbelt wrote: > > On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:25:06 PDT (-0700), atish.pa...@wdc.com wrote: > > > Currently, last stage boot loaders such as U-Boot can accept only > > > uImage which is an unnecessary additional

Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: Add an Image header that boot loader can parse.

2019-04-29 Thread Atish Patra
On 4/29/19 4:40 PM, Palmer Dabbelt wrote: On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:25:06 PDT (-0700), atish.pa...@wdc.com wrote: Currently, last stage boot loaders such as U-Boot can accept only uImage which is an unnecessary additional step in automating boot flows. Add a simple image header that boot loaders

Re: [PATCH] RISC-V: Add an Image header that boot loader can parse.

2019-04-29 Thread Palmer Dabbelt
On Tue, 23 Apr 2019 16:25:06 PDT (-0700), atish.pa...@wdc.com wrote: Currently, last stage boot loaders such as U-Boot can accept only uImage which is an unnecessary additional step in automating boot flows. Add a simple image header that boot loaders can parse and directly load kernel flat

[PATCH] RISC-V: Add an Image header that boot loader can parse.

2019-04-23 Thread Atish Patra
Currently, last stage boot loaders such as U-Boot can accept only uImage which is an unnecessary additional step in automating boot flows. Add a simple image header that boot loaders can parse and directly load kernel flat Image. The existing booting methods will continue to work as it is.