On Feb 18, 2008, at 1:15 PM, Jerry Van Baren wrote:
> Kumar Gala wrote:
>> On Feb 18, 2008, at 11:51 AM, Jerry Van Baren wrote:
>>> Kumar Gala wrote:
>>>> Doing the fdt before the ramdisk allows us to grow the fdt w/o
>>>> concern
>>>> however it does mean we have to go in and fixup the initrd info
>>>> since
>>>> we don't know where it will be.
>>>> Signed-off-by: Kumar Gala <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>
>>> Hi Kumar,
>>>
>>>> ---
>>>> Fixed up the error handling. The old code tried returning an
>>>> error and
>>>> should have called do_reset().
>>>> lib_ppc/bootm.c | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++-----
>>>> 1 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>>> diff --git a/lib_ppc/bootm.c b/lib_ppc/bootm.c
>>>> index 5158ccc..09e349e 100644
>>>> --- a/lib_ppc/bootm.c
>>>> +++ b/lib_ppc/bootm.c
>>>> @@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ do_bootm_linux(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag,
>>>> bd_t *kbd;
>>>> void (*kernel)(bd_t *, ulong, ulong, ulong, ulong);
>>>> - int has_of = 0;
>>>> + int ret, has_of = 0;
>>>
>>> I would strongly prefer to see "ret" declared on a separate line.
>>> I'm not a fan of comma declared variables and, when one is
>>> initialized and the other isn't, it makes my brain play tricks on
>>> me (thinking ret is initialized to 0 too, which it isn't).
>>>
>>>> #if defined(CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT)
>>>> char *of_flat_tree;
>>>> @@ -121,9 +121,6 @@ do_bootm_linux(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag,
>>>> rd_len = rd_data_end - rd_data_start;
>>>> - alloc_current = ramdisk_high (alloc_current, rd_data_start,
>>>> rd_len,
>>>> - sp_limit, get_sp (), &initrd_start, &initrd_end);
>>>> -
>>>> #if defined(CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT)
>>>> /* find flattened device tree */
>>>> alloc_current = get_fdt (alloc_current,
>>>> @@ -134,7 +131,8 @@ do_bootm_linux(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag,
>>>> * if the user wants it (the logic is in the subroutines).
>>>> */
>>>> if (of_flat_tree) {
>>>> - if (fdt_chosen(of_flat_tree, initrd_start, initrd_end,
>>>> 0) < 0) {
>>>> + /* pass in dummy initrd info, we'll fix up later */
>>>> + if (fdt_chosen(of_flat_tree, rd_data_start, rd_data_end,
>>>> 0) < 0) {
>>>
>>> If you pass in 0,0 for rd_data_start, rd_data_end it will not
>>> create the ramdisk entry...
>> If rd_data_start, rd_data_end are 0,0 than we don't have a ramdisk,
>> so its ok.
>
> My point is to pass in 0,0 *so that* they are not created at all,
> rather than passing in dummy values, creating entries that we have
> to delete/rewrite later.
>
>>>> fdt_error ("/chosen node create failed");
>>>> do_reset (cmdtp, flag, argc, argv);
>>>> }
>>>> @@ -157,6 +155,38 @@ do_bootm_linux(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag,
>>>> }
>>>> #endif /* CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT */
>>>> + alloc_current = ramdisk_high (alloc_current, rd_data_start,
>>>> rd_len,
>>>> + sp_limit, get_sp (), &initrd_start, &initrd_end);
>>>> +
>>>> +#if defined(CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT)
>>>> + /* fixup the initrd now that we know where it should be */
>>>> + if ((of_flat_tree) && (initrd_start && initrd_end)) {
>>>> + uint64_t addr, size;
>>>> + int total = fdt_num_mem_rsv(of_flat_tree);
>>>> + int j;
>>>> +
>>>> + /* Look for the dummy entry and delete it */
>>>> + for (j = 0; j < total; j++) {
>>>> + fdt_get_mem_rsv(of_flat_tree, j, &addr, &size);
>>>> + if (addr == rd_data_start) {
>>>> + fdt_del_mem_rsv(of_flat_tree, j);
>>>> + break;
>>>> + }
>>>> + }
>>>
>>> ...and the above loop and delete will then be unnecessary.
>> Again, protected by initrd_start/_end being non-zero.
>
> My point is to pass in 0,0 *so that* they are not created at all,
> rather than passing in dummy values, creating entries that we have
> to delete/rewrite later.
>
>>>> + ret = fdt_add_mem_rsv(of_flat_tree, initrd_start,
>>>> + initrd_end - initrd_start + 1);
>>>> + if (ret < 0) {
>>>> + printf("fdt_chosen: %s\n", fdt_strerror(ret));
>>>> + do_reset (cmdtp, flag, argc, argv);
>>>> + }
>>>> +
>>>> + do_fixup_by_path_u32(of_flat_tree, "/chosen",
>>>> + "linux,initrd-start", initrd_start, 0);
>>>> + do_fixup_by_path_u32(of_flat_tree, "/chosen",
>>>> + "linux,initrd-end", initrd_end, 0);
>>>> + }
>>>> +#endif
>>>> debug ("## Transferring control to Linux (at address %08lx) ...
>>>> \n",
>>>> (ulong)kernel);
>>>
>>> ...and you will have to pass in '1' for the create (last)
>>> parameter in the do_fixup_by_path_u32() calls to create them if
>>> they don't exist.
>> They should exist by the time we are doing the fixup.
>>> Is that better, or just a different way to do the same thing? It
>>> seems more straight-forward to me.
>> Its just re-ordering the way we do things.
>> - k
>
> The patch is creating dummy initrd entries in the reserved map and
> in /chosen, only to work hard to delete and re-create the reserved
> map entries and rewrite the /chosen entries.
>
> My counter-proposal is to not bother with dummy values. Simply pass
> in 0,0 which will prevent the creation of the initrd entries by
> fdt_chosen(). By not creating dummy entries, you can simply create
> the proper entries once you know what the the correct values are,
> rather than the more complicated rsvmap search & delete + rsvmap
> creation + /chosen modifications.
Ahh, the reason I wanted them created was to ensure we have enough
size for them up front rather than figuring that out later. By
creating them and replacing them I will not being changing the size at
all.
- k
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