On Thu, Jul 18, 2024 at 10:23:21AM +0200, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote: > On 16.07.24 21:08, Tom Rini wrote: > > On Sat, Jul 13, 2024 at 09:40:17PM +0200, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote: > > > > > > > > > Am 13. Juli 2024 10:12:50 MESZ schrieb Mark Kettenis > > > <mark.kette...@xs4all.nl>: > > > > > From: Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> > > > > > Date: Sat, 13 Jul 2024 08:00:34 +0100 > > > > > > > > > > Universal Payload (UPL) is an Industry Standard for firmware > > > > > components[1]. > > > > > > > > I think you have some trouble understanding the concept of industry > > > > standard ;). I guess you want this to become an industry standard. > > > > Firmly https://xkcd.com/927/ territory if you ask me. > > > > > > > > > UPL is designed to improve interoperability within the > > > > > firmware industry, allowing mixing and matching of projects with less > > > > > friction and fewer project-specific implementations. UPL is > > > > > cross-platform, supporting ARM, x86 and RISC-V initially. > > > > > > > > > > This series provides some initial support for this, targeting 0.9.1 > > > > > and > > > > > sandbox only. > > > > > > > > > > Features still to come include: > > > > > - Support for architectures > > > > > - FIT validation > > > > > - Handoff validation > > > > > - Interoperability tests > > > > > > > > > > This series is available at dm/uplb-working and requires the alist > > > > > series at dm/alist-working[2] > > > > > > Why is this series needed? > > > > Because UPL is a standard, supported by other projects, which requires > > more than Just Nothing Else on top of what we do today. Please do > > provide constructive feedback on the changes themselves, but bringing in > > UPL support proper is something we should (and will) do. Thanks! > > > > SPL loading a FIT image (e.g. EDK II + OpenSBI) seems to be very close > to UPL. What is missing? > > UPL is meant as the interface between two firmware pieces and not > between firmware and the OS. Why should we let main U-Boot support UPL? > Isn't SPL support sufficient? > > Which other projects implement the UPL standard?
coreboot for one, as talked about in the announcement Simon forwarded to the U-Boot list just before this series. -- Tom
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