Hi Darwin, On Mon, 9 Jun 2014 11:12:59 -0700, Darwin Rambo <[email protected]> wrote:
> The armv8 ARM Trusted Firmware (ATF) can be used to load various ATF > images and u-boot, and does this for virtual platforms by using > semihosting. This commit extends this idea by allowing u-boot to also > use semihosting to load the kernel/ramdisk/dtb. This eliminates the need > for a bootwrapper and produces a more realistic boot sequence with > virtual models. > > Though the semihosting code is quite generic, support for armv7 in > fastmodel is less useful due to the wide range of available silicon > and the lack of a free armv7 fastmodel, so this change contains an > untested armv7 placeholder for the service trap opcode. > > Please refer to README.semihosting for a more detailed description of > semihosting and how it is used with the armv8 virtual platforms. > > Signed-off-by: Darwin Rambo <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > Cc: [email protected] > > --- Applied to u-boot-arm/master, with the change from "README..." to "doc/README..." as agreed, thanks! Amicalement, -- Albert. _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list [email protected] http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
