Hi Simon,
On Thu, 19 Sept 2024 at 18:00, Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Ilias,
>
[...]
> > > > +
> > > > + if (!addr)
> > > > + return log_msg_ret("mem", -ENOMEM);
> > > > + } else {
> > > > + pages = efi_size_in_pages(TABLE_SIZE);
> > > > +
> > > > + ret = efi_allocate_pages(EFI_ALLOCATE_ANY_PAGES,
> > > > + EFI_ACPI_RECLAIM_MEMORY,
> > > > + pages, &new_acpi_addr);
> > > > + if (ret != EFI_SUCCESS)
> > > > + return log_msg_ret("mem", -ENOMEM);
> > > > +
> > > > + addr = (void *)(uintptr_t)new_acpi_addr;
> > > > + }
> > > > +
> > >
> > > The tables should be written regardless of whether EFI_LOADER is enabled.
> >
> > *Why*? How do you expect to hand them over to the OS?
>
> Why - because boards which need ACPI tables to boot should generate
> them;
Noone argued that.
> also this happens when U-Boot starts up, in last_stage_init()
> How - it isn't possible, but eventually I suppose it will be, once we
> have a use case for booting with ACPI but without EFI
Are you aware of such an OS? If not, we can accept the patches when we
have a reason.
I remember patches being hard NAK'ed on using DTs to pass the ACPI
table address in the past.
>
> >
> > >
> > > Can we drop this else clause? We should always use the bloblist.
> >
> > Both Heinrich and I said the exact opposite. Unless there's a
> > perfectly good reason why we should keep them in bloblist memory, I'd
> > like us to do that
>
> The main reason is that we should not be putting things in memory
> between the start of RAM and the bottom of the U-Boot area. That
> region of memory is supposed to be for loading images. Most boards
> hard-code the image-load addresses in environment variables. But even
> if they didn't, we should not be using that memory for U-Boot data.
EFI allows you to request a specific address to use. We can choose one
that fits the requirements
>
> Another reason is that the bloblist is designed for this, for keeping
> tables in a small, contiguous area of memory, so that when passed to
> Linux they are not spread all over the place.
Linux does not and will not read tables from a bloblist though
Thanks
/Ilias
>
> Regards,
> Simon
>
>
> >
> > Thanks
> > /Ilias
> > >
> > > We should use efi_add_memory_map() to add to the memory map.
> > >
> > > > + table_addr = virt_to_phys(addr);
> > > > +
> > > > + gd->arch.table_start_high = table_addr;
> > > > +
> > > > + table_end = write_acpi_tables(table_addr);
> > > > + if (!table_end) {
> > > > + log_err("Can't create ACPI configuration table\n");
> > > > + return -EINTR;
> > > > + }
> > > > +
> > > > + log_debug("- wrote 'acpi' to %llx, end %llx\n", table_addr,
> > > > table_end);
> > > > + if (table_end - table_addr > TABLE_SIZE) {
> > > > + log_err("Out of space for configuration tables: need
> > > > %llx, have %x\n",
> > > > + table_end - table_addr, TABLE_SIZE);
> > > > + return log_msg_ret("acpi", -ENOSPC);
> > > > + }
> > > > + gd->arch.table_end_high = table_end;
> > > > +
> > > > + log_debug("- done writing tables\n");
> > > > +
> > > > + return 0;
> > > > +}
> > > > +
> > > > +EVENT_SPY_SIMPLE(EVT_LAST_STAGE_INIT, alloc_write_acpi_tables);
> > > > diff --git a/test/py/tests/test_event_dump.py
> > > > b/test/py/tests/test_event_dump.py
> > > > index e282c67335..459bfa26bb 100644
> > > > --- a/test/py/tests/test_event_dump.py
> > > > +++ b/test/py/tests/test_event_dump.py
> > > > @@ -18,6 +18,7 @@ def test_event_dump(u_boot_console):
> > > > -------------------- ------------------------------
> > > > ------------------------------
> > > > EVT_FT_FIXUP bootmeth_vbe_ft_fixup
> > > > .*boot/vbe_request.c:.*
> > > > EVT_FT_FIXUP bootmeth_vbe_simple_ft_fixup
> > > > .*boot/vbe_simple_os.c:.*
> > > > +EVT_LAST_STAGE_INIT alloc_write_acpi_tables
> > > > .*lib/efi_loader/efi_acpi.c:.*
> > > > EVT_LAST_STAGE_INIT install_smbios_table
> > > > .*lib/efi_loader/efi_smbios.c:.*
> > > > EVT_MISC_INIT_F sandbox_early_getopt_check
> > > > .*arch/sandbox/cpu/start.c:.*
> > > > EVT_TEST h_adder_simple
> > > > .*test/common/event.c:'''
> > > > --
> > > > 2.46.0
> > > >
> > >
> > > REgards,
> > > Simon
