From: Marek Vasut marek.vasut@gmail.com
This patch allows loading RAW ramdisk via bootz command. The raw ramdisk is loaded only in case it's size is specified:
bootz <kernel addr> <ramdisk addr>:<ramdisk size> <fdt addr>
For example:
bootz 0x42000000 0x43000000:0x12345 0x44000000
Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut marex@denx.de Signed-off-by: Rob Herring rob.herring@calxeda.com Cc: Tom Warren TWarren@nvidia.com Cc: albert.u.boot@aribaud.net Cc: afleming@gmail.com Cc: Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org Cc: Stephen Warren swarren@nvidia.com Cc: Nicolas Pitre nico@fluxnic.net Cc: Wolfgang Denk wd@denx.de Cc: Detlev Zundel dzu@denx.de --- V3: - fix operation when CONFIG_FIT is enabled as FIT images use <addr>[:<subimage>]
README | 5 +++++ common/cmd_bootm.c | 6 ++++-- common/image.c | 15 ++++++++++++--- 3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
diff --git a/README b/README index 5141751..068ec71 100644 --- a/README +++ b/README @@ -4330,6 +4330,11 @@ On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same as the syntax of "bootm" command.
+Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_INITRD_RAW allows user to supply +kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the +address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following +format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>". +
Standalone HOWTO: ================= diff --git a/common/cmd_bootm.c b/common/cmd_bootm.c index b49d4f7..2f9b214 100644 --- a/common/cmd_bootm.c +++ b/common/cmd_bootm.c @@ -1634,9 +1634,11 @@ static int do_bootz(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[]) U_BOOT_CMD( bootz, CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS, 1, do_bootz, "boot Linux zImage image from memory", - "[addr [initrd] [fdt]]\n - boot Linux zImage stored in memory\n" + "[addr [initrd[:size]] [fdt]]\n" + " - boot Linux zImage stored in memory\n" "\tThe argument 'initrd' is optional and specifies the address\n" - "\tof the initrd in memory.\n" + "\tof the initrd in memory. The optional argument ':size' allows\n" + "\tspecifying the size of RAW initrd.\n" #if defined(CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT) "\tWhen booting a Linux kernel which requires a flat device-tree\n" "\ta third argument is required which is the address of the\n" diff --git a/common/image.c b/common/image.c index 77ca6e4..2a25f5f 100644 --- a/common/image.c +++ b/common/image.c @@ -796,6 +796,7 @@ int boot_get_ramdisk(int argc, char * const argv[], bootm_headers_t *images, ulong rd_addr, rd_load; ulong rd_data, rd_len; const image_header_t *rd_hdr; + char *end; #if defined(CONFIG_FIT) void *fit_hdr; const char *fit_uname_config = NULL; @@ -989,9 +990,17 @@ int boot_get_ramdisk(int argc, char * const argv[], bootm_headers_t *images, break; #endif default: - puts("Wrong Ramdisk Image Format\n"); - rd_data = rd_len = rd_load = 0; - return 1; +#ifdef CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD + if (argc >= 3 && (end = strchr(argv[2], ':'))) { + rd_len = simple_strtoul(++end, NULL, 16); + rd_data = rd_addr; + } else +#endif + { + puts("Wrong Ramdisk Image Format\n"); + rd_data = rd_len = rd_load = 0; + return 1; + } } } else if (images->legacy_hdr_valid && image_check_type(&images->legacy_hdr_os_copy,