On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 12:07:25AM +0800, Sune Brian wrote:
> On Fri, Jan 30, 2026 at 12:03 AM Tom Rini <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 11:58:50PM +0800, Sune Brian wrote:
> > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 11:46 PM Tom Rini <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 11:43:02PM +0800, Sune Brian wrote:
> > > > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 11:34 PM Tom Rini <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 11:31:51PM +0800, Sune Brian wrote:
> > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 11:26 PM Tom Rini <[email protected]> 
> > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 11:25:03PM +0800, Sune Brian wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 11:19 PM Tom Rini 
> > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 11:06:59PM +0800, Sune Brian wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 10:54 PM Tom Rini 
> > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 10:58:21AM +0800, Sune Brian 
> > > > > > > > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 10:51 PM Tom Rini 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > <[email protected]> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 28, 2026 at 10:49:37PM +0800, Sune 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Brian wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Tom,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > The commits after 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > c08da5d03c2a0b72e81a11ff7ca507e3a6414db3
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > All Cyclone V boards are unable to boot, not sure 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > this patch is the fix?
> > > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi Tom,
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, those commits were unintentional and have been 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > > reverted.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Had tested the last commit 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > 6a1bdb7e952d5841f42742fefa907cae5dc8d50a
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Same situation that the boards are unable to enter 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > the SPL phase.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > The commit 8de6e8f8a076d2c9b6d38d8563db135c167077ec 
> > > > > > > > > > > > > works properly.
> > > > > > > > > > > > > After that things are broken.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Please give
> > > > > > > > > > > > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/[email protected]/
> > > > > > > > > > > > a try as I think it might have been working before by 
> > > > > > > > > > > > alignment luck
> > > > > > > > > > > > rather than design.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Hi Tom,
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > It is the revert itself that is broken.
> > > > > > > > > > > I tested f4dfa5d3c2680322fd17fcc7c6221876e00a03c2
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > U-Boot SPL 2026.01-00754-gf4dfa5d3c268-dirty (Jan 29 2026 
> > > > > > > > > > > - 22:56:17 +0800)
> > > > > > > > > > > Trying to boot from MMC1
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Which revert is correct.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > But once dc2d8423b19d30472b02e02b41504226908a4291
> > > > > > > > > > > And revert to 431f1ce46bbffff0db8f03437a34400b11b30175
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Then all these broken I don't understand why even file 
> > > > > > > > > > > diff cannot
> > > > > > > > > > > show any changes.
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > Do you mean the revert is broken and fixed by alignment?
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > I mean that arbitrary changes (as part of testing these 
> > > > > > > > > > things, the
> > > > > > > > > > "-dirty" in the version string would lead to failing trees 
> > > > > > > > > > now passing)
> > > > > > > > > > can make the difference between pass/fail to boot. Did you 
> > > > > > > > > > try Marek's
> > > > > > > > > > patch I linked to?
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > Yes, I had tried. Cannot boot same as I had mentioned failing 
> > > > > > > > > commit #.
> > > > > > > > > I apply that patch on the latest master commit.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > The other, maybe, thing is you need a bigger 
> > > > > > > > SPL_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN ?
> > > > > > > > Otherwise, you'll need to dig more and see why the device tree 
> > > > > > > > isn't
> > > > > > > > being found where expected on your platform, and possibly where 
> > > > > > > > it is
> > > > > > > > instead.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > No the failing point is done after
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > f4dfa5d3c2680322fd17fcc7c6221876e00a03c2
> > > > > > > Revert "arm: spl: Correct alignment of .rel.dyn section"
> > > > > > > This reverts commit 380ddb4. Signed-off-by: Tom Rini 
> > > > > > > <[email protected]>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This commit I tried to boot and works..
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Then this commit
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > dc2d8423b19d30472b02e02b41504226908a4291
> > > > > > > count rel_dyn
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <[email protected]>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I manually replaced the old Makefile.xpl and also worked it boot.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Then 431f1ce46bbffff0db8f03437a34400b11b30175
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Revert a number of incorrect commits
> > > > > > > As part of debugging the appended device tree failure, I 
> > > > > > > inadvertently
> > > > > > > committed some changes as I was debugging to master, and not a 
> > > > > > > private
> > > > > > > branch, and pushed them as part of the release. This reverts 
> > > > > > > commit
> > > > > > > dc2d842 through 380ddb4. Signed-off-by: Tom Rini 
> > > > > > > <[email protected]>
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This is the point that everything no longer boots.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > But between those commits there are no extra codes.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > After that all things no longer work.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Yes, and I need you to investigate your failure case here. There is 
> > > > > > no
> > > > > > code change between a working commit and a failing commit, which 
> > > > > > leads
> > > > > > me to the suggestions I gave for debugging.
> > > > >
> > > > > I even tried a fresh clone from https://github.com/u-boot/u-boot.
> > > > > Same situation.
> > > > > I don't understand.
> > > > > The commit missed or messed up?
> > > >
> > > > You need to look at the resulting binaries and see why the device tree
> > > > is not where it's expected to be.
> > > >
> > > > You might find it helpful looking through
> > > > https://lore.kernel.org/u-boot/caomzo5biqcp2hyjgrynpqln8q52z05fkjbqvkpxxka8d3cn...@mail.gmail.com/
> > > > for some ideas.
> > >
> > > So you are suggesting even the commit between revert could introduce this 
> > > issue?
> > > Aren't the revert only applied to two changes?
> >
> > What I'm saying is that the underlying issue is that the device tree is
> > not where it's expected to be. The likely root cause is that we now
> > require the device tree to be (correctly!) 8 byte aligned in memory and
> > not 4 byte aligned. In the case of appending a device tree to our binary
> > any sort of change in the code can change the size of the binary and in
> > turn mean that the address where the device tree is ends up being at a
> > different alignment.
> 
> You are correct on this, but I don't understand why even reverting to
> two code changes
> could introduce this issue.
> 
> The revert also included other commits?
> 
> "
> Revert a number of incorrect commits
> As part of debugging the appended device tree failure, I inadvertently
> committed some changes as I was debugging to master, and not a private
> branch, and pushed them as part of the release. This reverts commit
> dc2d842 through 380ddb4.
> "
> 
> This is my debug case:
> 
> Correct boot:
> hexdump -Cv spl/u-boot-spl.sfp | grep 'd0 0d fe ed'
> 00001ba0  08 00 70 47 6f f0 12 00  70 47 00 bf d0 0d fe ed  |..pGo...pG......|
> 0000beb0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  d0 0d fe ed 00 00 08 c8  |................|
> 
> Fail boot:
> hexdump -Cv u-boot-spl_a.sfp | grep 'd0 0d fe ed'
> 00001ba0  08 00 70 47 6f f0 12 00  70 47 00 bf d0 0d fe ed  |..pGo...pG......|
> 0000beb0  00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00  00 00 00 00 d0 0d fe ed  |................|

Yup, so it's mis-aligned. I guess can you tell me what the defconfig
you're using is?

-- 
Tom

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