[PATCH v3] xload: get barebox size from barebox_arm_head

Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD plagnioj at jcrosoft.com
Tue Sep 4 10:41:36 EDT 2012


On 14:27 Tue 04 Sep     , Jan Weitzel wrote:
> Am Dienstag, den 04.09.2012, 11:28 +0200 schrieb Sascha Hauer:
> > On Tue, Sep 04, 2012 at 09:34:22AM +0200, Jan Weitzel wrote:
> > > Am Mittwoch, den 29.08.2012, 14:21 +0200 schrieb Jean-Christophe
> > > > > +unsigned int get_image_size(void *head)
> > > > > +{
> > > > > +	unsigned int ret = 0;
> > > > > +	unsigned int *psize = head + HEAD_SIZE_OFFSET;
> > > > > +	const char *pmagic = head + HEAD_MAGICWORD_OFFSET;
> > > > > +
> > > > > +	if (!strcmp(pmagic, "barebox"))
> > > > > +		ret = *psize;
> > > > > +	debug("Detected barebox image size %u\n", ret);
> > > > factorise the code with filetype
> > > What exactly do you mean? I could factorise it by boot source (mmc / nand) with complete omap_xload_boot_nand.
> > 
> > He means that you should use file_detect_type() To detect whether it's a
> > barebox image.
> > I'm unsure I share this opinion. After detecting that it's a barebox
> > file you have to look into the header anyway to get the actual size.
> I wasn't aware of this function. I would like to avoid adding
> CONFIG_FILETYPE to MLO config.

so factorize the detection of the barebox-arm in a header share by both

duplication of the code NACK

Best Regards,
J.



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