Some Linux parameters can be set automatically by U-Boot, if it knows the
device being used. For example, since U-Boot knows the serial console
being used, it can add parameters for earlycon and console.
Add support for this.
Note that this is an experimental feature and we will see how useful it
turns out to be. It is very handy for ChromeOS, since otherwise it is very
difficult to manually determine the UART address or port number,
particularly in a script.
Provide an example of how this is used with ChromeOS.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
Add a bootflow command to update the command line more easily. This allows
changing a particular parameter rather than editing a very long strings.
It is also easier to handle with scripting.
The new 'bootflow cmdline' command allows getting and setting single
parameters.
Fix up the example output while we are here, since there are a few new
items.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
On x86 boards Linux uses a block of binary data to provide information
about the command line, memory map, etc. Provide a way to store this in
the bootflow so it can be passed on to the OS.
No attempt is made to generalise the code, since other archs don't need
this information. The field is present always, though, to avoid needing
accessors or #ifdefs when building code on other archs.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
The "bootargs" environment variable is used to set the command-line
arguments to pass to the OS. Use this same mechanism with bootstd as well.
When the variable is updated, it is written to the current bootflow. When
the current bootflow is updated, the environment variable is updated too.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
Some operating systems have a command line which can be adjusted before
booting. Store this in the bootflow so it can be controlled within
U-Boot.
Fix up the example output while we are here, since there are a few new
items.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
In a few cases the error handling is not quite right. Make sure we
return the actual error in distro_efi_read_bootflow_file() rather than
-EINVAL. Return -IO when a file cannot be read. Also show the error name
if available.
This does not change operation, but does make it easier to diagnose
problems.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
The patch to relax flag requirements was not accepted[1], so we still have
to have separate bootcommands depending on CMD_BOOTFLOW_FULL.
The previous attempt at this did not work, since it used the wrong name
for the options.
Fix this and change the message to mention BOOTSTD_FULL since this affects
not just the flags, but all functionality, so is more likely what the user
wants.
Drop the useless condition on CMD_BOOTFLOW_FULL while we are here.
[1] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/20230329071655.1959513-2-sjg@chromium.org/
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Fixes: a91492b6e9 ("bootstd: Provide a default command")
When building this with clang, we get a warning such as:
cmd/bootflow.c:412:27: warning: variable 'bflow' is uninitialized when used here [-Wuninitialized]
printf("Selected: %s\n", bflow->os_name ? bflow->os_name : bflow->name);
^~~~~
And a suggestion to just initialize bflow to NULL. This would however
would be ensuring a bad dereference. Instead, looking at the function we
rework things so that when CONFIG_EXPO is not enabled (and so, no UI) we
error early and would never reach this point in the code. Simplify the
rest slightly as well while at this.
Signed-off-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Enable some messages that might provide hints, but only for
CMD_BOOTFLOW_FULL since otherwise the -l flag is not available.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Suggested-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
It is sometimes useful to have one without the other, e.g. on a device
without a display, since at present the expo feature requires CONFIG_VIDEO
to be enabled.
Update the Makefile and bootflow command to support this, as well as the
EXPO dependency.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
This function is not used outside tests. Drop it and rename
bootflow_scan_dev() since it is how we start a scan now.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
We want to support scanning a single label, like 'mmc' or 'usb0'. Add
this feature by plumbing the label through to the iterator, setting a
flag to indicate that only siblings of the initial device should be used.
This means that scanning a bootdev by its name is not supported anymore.
That feature doesn't seem very useful in practice, so it is no great loss.
Add a test for bootdev_find_by_any() while we are here.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Add a flag to control whether hunters are used when scanning for
bootflows. Enable it by default and tidy up the flag comments a little.
Fow now this has no effect, until a future patch enables this feature.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
These are associated with the ethernet boot device but do not match its
uclass name, so handle them as special cases.
Provide a way to pass flags through with the bootdev so that we know
how to process it. The flags are checked by the bootmeths, to ensure that
only the selected bootmeth is used.
While these both use the network device, they work quite differently. It
is common to run only one of these, or to run PXE before DHCP. Provide
bootflow flags to control which methods are used. Check these in the two
bootmeths so that only the chosen one is used.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Some bootmeths provide a way to load a device tree as well as the base
OS image. Add a way to store this in the bootflow. Update the
'bootflow info' command to show this information.
Note that the device tree is not allocated, but instead is stored at
an address provided by an environment variable. This may need to be
adjusted at some point, but for now it works well and fits in with the
existing distro-boot scripts.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Create an expo to handle the boot menu. For now this is quite simple, with
just a header, some menu items and a pointer to show the current one.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Some operating systems provide a logo in bmp format. Read this in if
present so it can be displayed in the menu.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Add the concept of an OS name to the bootflow. This typically includes the
OS name, version and kernel version.
Implement this for the distro and script bootmeths so that it works with
Armbian and older version of Fedora.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Add support for handling this concept in bootflows. Update the 'bootflow'
command to allow only the normal bootmeths to be used. This alllows
skipping EFI bootmgr and VBE, for example.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
With global bootmeths we want to scan without a bootdev. Update the logic
to allow this.
Change the bootflow command to show the bootdev only when valid.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
