Semi-Falcon Mode is a hybrid boot approach that bypasses the A72 SPL while retaining U-Boot in the boot flow. This mode provides faster boot times compared to normal boot while maintaining U-Boot's flexibility for kernel loading and system configuration..
Boot logs link : https://gist.github.com/GokulPraveen2001/fef407a482e2dad30272006de557627c Gokul Praveen (3): configs: add semi-falcon mode fragment for k3 devices arm: k3-binman: add tisemifalcon.bin for semi-falcon mode doc: ti: document semi-falcon mode for J784S4 EVM Makefile | 2 +- arch/arm/dts/k3-binman.dtsi | 47 ++++++++ arch/arm/dts/k3-j784s4-binman.dtsi | 65 +++++++++++ arch/arm/dts/k3-j784s4-evm-u-boot.dtsi | 14 +++ configs/k3_a72_semifalcon.config | 1 + configs/k3_r5_semifalcon.config | 1 + doc/board/ti/j784s4_evm.rst | 143 +++++++++++++++++++++++++ 7 files changed, 272 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 configs/k3_a72_semifalcon.config create mode 100644 configs/k3_r5_semifalcon.config -- 2.34.1
