[U-Boot] [PATCH v2] fdt: Allow non-FDT kernels to boot when CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT is defined

The boot commands - bootz/bootm mandate a third argument which is the address to the FDT blob. In cases where this argument is not specified, boot fails with a message indicating a missing FDT.
This causes non-FDT kernels to fail to boot. This patch allows both FDT and non-FDT kernels to boot by making the third parameter to the bootm/bootz optional.
Signed-off-by: Suriyan Ramasami suriyan.r@gmail.com
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Changes in v2: - Simon: take care of real non error cases by introducing a no_fdt label to jump to instead of piggy backing on the error label. Also, use !select instead of argc <= 2. - I am assuming this will have to be Tested-by and Acked-by again as there are more code changes than before. Hence dropping them.
Changes in v1: - First try
common/image-fdt.c | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/common/image-fdt.c b/common/image-fdt.c index 1d76bd6..e3f06cd 100644 --- a/common/image-fdt.c +++ b/common/image-fdt.c @@ -237,6 +237,7 @@ int boot_get_fdt(int flag, int argc, char * const argv[], uint8_t arch, int fdt_noffset; #endif const char *select = NULL; + int ok_no_fdt = 0;
*of_flat_tree = NULL; *of_size = 0; @@ -309,7 +310,7 @@ int boot_get_fdt(int flag, int argc, char * const argv[], uint8_t arch, fdt_addr); fdt_hdr = image_get_fdt(fdt_addr); if (!fdt_hdr) - goto error; + goto no_fdt;
/* * move image data to the load address, @@ -379,7 +380,7 @@ int boot_get_fdt(int flag, int argc, char * const argv[], uint8_t arch, break; default: puts("ERROR: Did not find a cmdline Flattened Device Tree\n"); - goto error; + goto no_fdt; }
printf(" Booting using the fdt blob at %#08lx\n", fdt_addr); @@ -413,11 +414,11 @@ int boot_get_fdt(int flag, int argc, char * const argv[], uint8_t arch, } } else { debug("## No Flattened Device Tree\n"); - goto error; + goto no_fdt; } } else { debug("## No Flattened Device Tree\n"); - goto error; + goto no_fdt; }
*of_flat_tree = fdt_blob; @@ -427,9 +428,15 @@ int boot_get_fdt(int flag, int argc, char * const argv[], uint8_t arch,
return 0;
+no_fdt: + ok_no_fdt = 1; error: *of_flat_tree = NULL; *of_size = 0; + if (!select && ok_no_fdt) { + debug("Continuing to boot without FDT\n"); + return 0; + } return 1; }

On 27 November 2014 at 14:24, Suriyan Ramasami suriyan.r@gmail.com wrote:
The boot commands - bootz/bootm mandate a third argument which is the address to the FDT blob. In cases where this argument is not specified, boot fails with a message indicating a missing FDT.
This causes non-FDT kernels to fail to boot. This patch allows both FDT and non-FDT kernels to boot by making the third parameter to the bootm/bootz optional.
Signed-off-by: Suriyan Ramasami suriyan.r@gmail.com
Changes in v2:
- Simon: take care of real non error cases by introducing a no_fdt label to jump to instead of piggy backing on the error label. Also, use !select instead of argc <= 2.
- I am assuming this will have to be Tested-by and Acked-by again as there are more code changes than before. Hence dropping them.
Changes in v1:
- First try
common/image-fdt.c | 15 +++++++++++---- 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
Looks good, thanks!
Acked-by: Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org

On Thu, Nov 27, 2014 at 01:24:16PM -0800, Suriyan Ramasami wrote:
The boot commands - bootz/bootm mandate a third argument which is the address to the FDT blob. In cases where this argument is not specified, boot fails with a message indicating a missing FDT.
This causes non-FDT kernels to fail to boot. This patch allows both FDT and non-FDT kernels to boot by making the third parameter to the bootm/bootz optional.
Signed-off-by: Suriyan Ramasami suriyan.r@gmail.com Acked-by: Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org
Applied to u-boot/master, thanks!
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