[PATCH 03/13] ARM: k3: r5: drop loading of separate binaries

Marco Felsch m.felsch at pengutronix.de
Mon Mar 10 11:44:56 PDT 2025


On 25-02-28, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> For starting the A52 cores we need TFA, OP-TEE, barebox and ti-dm
	             ^
		     3
> binaries. These can be loaded as separate files from SD/eMMC/DFU or
> alternatively combined into a single FIP image.
> FIP images are convenient to handle, they can easily be generated on the
> command line and fiptool also has support for replacing blobs in images.
> This makes handling of separate binaries rather unnecessary and support
> for it only makes the loading code more complex. Drop it and make FIP
> images the only option which also faciliates integrating of secure boot.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
> ---
>  arch/arm/mach-k3/r5.c | 70 +--------------------------------------------------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 69 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-k3/r5.c b/arch/arm/mach-k3/r5.c
> index ced1eb2856..2418e9ae73 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/mach-k3/r5.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-k3/r5.c
> @@ -288,50 +288,15 @@ static void do_dfu(void)
>  	struct usbgadget_funcs funcs = {};
>  	int ret;
>  	struct stat s;
> -	ssize_t size;
>  
>  	funcs.flags |= USBGADGET_DFU;
> -	funcs.dfu_opts = "/optee.bin(optee)c,"
> -			 "/bl31.bin(tfa)c,"
> -			 "/ti-dm.bin(ti-dm)c,"
> -			 "/barebox.bin(barebox)cs,"
> -			 "/fip.img(fip)cs";
> +	funcs.dfu_opts = "/fip.img(fip)cs";
>  
>  	ret = usbgadget_prepare_register(&funcs);
>  	if (ret)
>  		goto err;
>  
>  	while (1) {
> -		if (!have_bl32) {
> -			size = read_file_into_buf("/optee.bin", BL32_ADDRESS, SZ_32M);
> -			if (size > 0) {
> -				printf("Downloaded OP-TEE\n");
> -				have_bl32 = true;
> -			}
> -		}
> -
> -		if (!have_bl31) {
> -			size = read_file_into_buf("/bl31.bin", BL31_ADDRESS, SZ_32M);
> -			if (size > 0) {
> -				printf("Downloaded TF-A\n");
> -				have_bl31 = true;
> -			}
> -		}
> -
> -		if (!k3_ti_dm) {
> -			ret = read_file_2("/ti-dm.bin", &size, &k3_ti_dm, FILESIZE_MAX);
> -			if (!ret) {
> -				printf("Downloaded TI-DM\n");
> -			}
> -		}
> -
> -		size = read_file_into_buf("/barebox.bin", BAREBOX_ADDRESS, SZ_32M);
> -		if (size > 0) {
> -			have_bl33 = true;
> -			printf("Downloaded barebox image, DFU done\n");
> -			break;
> -		}
> -
>  		ret = stat("/fip.img", &s);
>  		if (!ret) {
>  			printf("Downloaded FIP image, DFU done\n");
> @@ -352,45 +317,12 @@ static void do_dfu(void)
>  
>  static int load_images(void)
>  {
> -	ssize_t size;
>  	int err;
>  
>  	err = load_fip("/boot/k3.fip", 0);

Since load_fip() is the only call we could remove the entire function
and call load_fip() directly from k3_r5_start_image().

Regards,
  Marco

>  	if (!err)
>  		return 0;
>  
> -	size = read_file_into_buf("/boot/optee.bin", BL32_ADDRESS, SZ_32M);
> -	if (size < 0) {
> -		if (size != -ENOENT) {
> -			pr_err("Cannot load optee.bin: %pe\n", ERR_PTR(size));
> -			return size;
> -		}
> -		pr_info("optee.bin not found, continue without\n");
> -	} else {
> -		pr_debug("Loaded optee.bin (size %u) to 0x%p\n", size, BL32_ADDRESS);
> -	}
> -
> -	size = read_file_into_buf("/boot/barebox.bin", BAREBOX_ADDRESS, SZ_32M);
> -	if (size < 0) {
> -		pr_err("Cannot load barebox.bin: %pe\n", ERR_PTR(size));
> -		return size;
> -	}
> -	pr_debug("Loaded barebox.bin (size %u) to 0x%p\n", size, BAREBOX_ADDRESS);
> -
> -	size = read_file_into_buf("/boot/bl31.bin", BL31_ADDRESS, SZ_32M);
> -	if (size < 0) {
> -		pr_err("Cannot load bl31.bin: %pe\n", ERR_PTR(size));
> -		return size;
> -	}
> -	pr_debug("Loaded bl31.bin (size %u) to 0x%p\n", size, BL31_ADDRESS);
> -
> -	err = read_file_2("/boot/ti-dm.bin", &size, &k3_ti_dm, FILESIZE_MAX);
> -	if (err) {
> -		pr_err("Cannot load ti-dm.bin: %pe\n", ERR_PTR(err));
> -		return err;
> -	}
> -	pr_debug("Loaded ti-dm.bin (size %u)\n", size);
> -
>  	return 0;
>  }
>  
> 
> -- 
> 2.39.5
> 
> 
> 



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