On Tue, Mar 22, 2022 at 10:41:17AM +0000, Rui Miguel Silva wrote: > cp.b is used a lot as a way to load binaries to memory and execute > them, however we may need to integrate this with the efi subsystem to > set it up as a bootdev. > > So, introduce a loadm command that will be consistent with the other > loadX commands and will call the efi API's. > > ex: loadm $kernel_addr $kernel_addr_r $kernel_size > > with this a kernel with CONFIG_EFI_STUB enabled will be loaded and > then subsequently booted with bootefi command. > > Signed-off-by: Rui Miguel Silva <rui.si...@linaro.org> > --- > README | 1 + > cmd/Kconfig | 6 ++++ > cmd/bootefi.c | 12 ++++++++ > cmd/load.c | 48 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > include/efi_loader.h | 2 ++ > lib/efi_loader/efi_device_path.c | 9 ++++++ > 6 files changed, 78 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/README b/README > index fe3ba01865e6..2932734b3edc 100644 > --- a/README > +++ b/README > @@ -2693,6 +2693,7 @@ rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP > protocol > diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd' > loads - load S-Record file over serial line > loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode) > +loadm - load binary blob from source address to destination address > md - memory display > mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing) > nm - memory modify (constant address)
There's likely a spot under doc/ that needs updating now too, as we move to having better documentation. > diff --git a/cmd/Kconfig b/cmd/Kconfig > index 564daa7bbc8d..d70e8398a558 100644 > --- a/cmd/Kconfig > +++ b/cmd/Kconfig > @@ -1076,6 +1076,12 @@ config CMD_LOADB > help > Load a binary file over serial line. > > +config CMD_LOADM > + bool "loadm" > + default y > + help > + Load a binary over memory mapped. We don't make new commands default y for everyone, that adds to every board. This also needs a test, and should be enabled in sandbox so it is tested and also passed through coverity. -- Tom
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