Hi Daniel,
 
 On mer., sept. 26 2018, Daniel Schwierzeck <daniel.schwierz...@gmail.com> 
wrote:

> On 25.09.2018 15:01, Gregory CLEMENT wrote:
>> The kernels built for the Vcore III linux kernel have different
>> expectation in the way the data were passed.
>> 
>> Unlike with yamon, the command line is expected to be a single string
>> passed in argv[1]. An other expectation is that the arguments are located
>> in the cached address space.
>> 
>> However, like yamon, they expect that rd_start and rd_size was passed by
>> the bootloader in the command line of the kernel, and besides that it
>> also wait for the root=/dev/ram0.
>
> Can't you use existing boot interfaces? The preferred way would be to
> pass a device-tree blob to the kernel and let U-Boot fill the bootargs
> in that DTB. I wonder why the linux-mips guys let you add another boot
> interface. Or do you simply want to boot some legacy or propietary
> kernels?

Actually we support the dtb way, but the legacy kernel still neeeds this
see:

https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v4.19-rc7/source/arch/mips/generic/board-ocelot.c#L38

Gregory


>
>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clem...@bootlin.com>
>> ---
>>  arch/mips/lib/bootm.c | 62 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------------
>>  1 file changed, 42 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/arch/mips/lib/bootm.c b/arch/mips/lib/bootm.c
>> index deca5189e3..417f5ce452 100644
>> --- a/arch/mips/lib/bootm.c
>> +++ b/arch/mips/lib/bootm.c
>> @@ -44,22 +44,38 @@ void arch_lmb_reserve(struct lmb *lmb)
>>      lmb_reserve(lmb, sp, gd->ram_top - sp);
>>  }
>>  
>> -static void linux_cmdline_init(void)
>> +static void linux_cmdline_init(int vcoreiii)
>>  {
>> +    if (!vcoreiii) {
>> +            linux_argv = (char **)UNCACHED_SDRAM(gd->bd->bi_boot_params);
>> +            linux_argp = (char *)(linux_argv + LINUX_MAX_ARGS);
>> +    } else {
>> +            /*
>> +             * Vcore III linux kernels expect arguments in the cached
>> +             * address space. They also expect the command line being a
>> +             * single string in the first argument
>> +             */
>> +            linux_argv = (char **)(gd->bd->bi_boot_params);
>> +            linux_argp = (char *)(linux_argv + LINUX_MAX_ARGS);
>> +            linux_argv[1] = linux_argp;
>> +    }
>>      linux_argc = 1;
>> -    linux_argv = (char **)UNCACHED_SDRAM(gd->bd->bi_boot_params);
>>      linux_argv[0] = 0;
>> -    linux_argp = (char *)(linux_argv + LINUX_MAX_ARGS);
>>  }
>>  
>> -static void linux_cmdline_set(const char *value, size_t len)
>> +static void linux_cmdline_set(const char *value, size_t len, int vcoreiii)
>>  {
>> -    linux_argv[linux_argc] = linux_argp;
>>      memcpy(linux_argp, value, len);
>> -    linux_argp[len] = 0;
>> -
>> +    if (!vcoreiii)  {
>> +            linux_argv[linux_argc] = linux_argp;
>> +            linux_argp[len] = 0;
>> +            linux_argc++;
>> +    } else {
>> +            linux_argp[len] = ' ';
>> +            linux_argp[len + 1] = 0;
>> +            linux_argc = 2;
>> +    }
>>      linux_argp += len + 1;
>> -    linux_argc++;
>>  }
>>  
>>  static void linux_cmdline_dump(void)
>> @@ -73,12 +89,10 @@ static void linux_cmdline_dump(void)
>>              debug("   arg %03d: %s\n", i, linux_argv[i]);
>>  }
>>  
>> -static void linux_cmdline_legacy(bootm_headers_t *images)
>> +static void linux_cmdline_legacy(bootm_headers_t *images, int vcoreiii)
>>  {
>>      const char *bootargs, *next, *quote;
>> -
>> -    linux_cmdline_init();
>> -
>> +    linux_cmdline_init(vcoreiii);
>>      bootargs = env_get("bootargs");
>>      if (!bootargs)
>>              return;
>> @@ -104,7 +118,7 @@ static void linux_cmdline_legacy(bootm_headers_t *images)
>>              if (!next)
>>                      next = bootargs + strlen(bootargs);
>>  
>> -            linux_cmdline_set(bootargs, next - bootargs);
>> +            linux_cmdline_set(bootargs, next - bootargs, vcoreiii);
>>  
>>              if (*next)
>>                      next++;
>> @@ -113,7 +127,7 @@ static void linux_cmdline_legacy(bootm_headers_t *images)
>>      }
>>  }
>>  
>> -static void linux_cmdline_append(bootm_headers_t *images)
>> +static void linux_cmdline_append(bootm_headers_t *images, int vcoreiii)
>>  {
>>      char buf[24];
>>      ulong mem, rd_start, rd_size;
>> @@ -121,7 +135,7 @@ static void linux_cmdline_append(bootm_headers_t *images)
>>      /* append mem */
>>      mem = gd->ram_size >> 20;
>>      sprintf(buf, "mem=%luM", mem);
>> -    linux_cmdline_set(buf, strlen(buf));
>> +    linux_cmdline_set(buf, strlen(buf), vcoreiii);
>>  
>>      /* append rd_start and rd_size */
>>      rd_start = images->initrd_start;
>> @@ -129,9 +143,13 @@ static void linux_cmdline_append(bootm_headers_t 
>> *images)
>>  
>>      if (rd_size) {
>>              sprintf(buf, "rd_start=0x%08lX", rd_start);
>> -            linux_cmdline_set(buf, strlen(buf));
>> +            linux_cmdline_set(buf, strlen(buf), vcoreiii);
>>              sprintf(buf, "rd_size=0x%lX", rd_size);
>> -            linux_cmdline_set(buf, strlen(buf));
>> +            linux_cmdline_set(buf, strlen(buf), vcoreiii);
>> +            if (vcoreiii) {
>> +                    sprintf(buf, "root=/dev/ram0");
>> +                    linux_cmdline_set(buf, strlen(buf), vcoreiii);
>> +            }
>>      }
>>  }
>>  
>> @@ -276,11 +294,15 @@ static void boot_prep_linux(bootm_headers_t *images)
>>              boot_reloc_fdt(images);
>>              boot_setup_fdt(images);
>>      } else {
>> -            if (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(MIPS_BOOT_CMDLINE_LEGACY)) {
>> -                    linux_cmdline_legacy(images);
>> +            if (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(SOC_VCOREIII)) {
>> +                    linux_cmdline_legacy(images, 1);
>> +                    linux_cmdline_append(images, 1);
>> +                    linux_cmdline_dump();
>> +            } else if (CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(MIPS_BOOT_CMDLINE_LEGACY)) {
>> +                    linux_cmdline_legacy(images, 0);
>>  
>>                      if (!CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(MIPS_BOOT_ENV_LEGACY))
>> -                            linux_cmdline_append(images);
>> +                            linux_cmdline_append(images, 0);
>>  
>>                      linux_cmdline_dump();
>>              }
>> 
>
> -- 
> - Daniel
>

-- 
Gregory Clement, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
http://bootlin.com
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