[PATCH RFT] ARM: lib32: bootm: support booting EFI-stubbed kernels without EFI

Fabian Pflug f.pflug at pengutronix.de
Wed Jun 10 04:55:32 PDT 2026


On Tue, 2026-06-09 at 18:09 +0200, Ahmad Fatoum wrote:
> The bootm_efi_check_image callback implements the global.bootm.efi aware
> handling for EFI-stubbed kernels:
> 
>   - If no CONFIG_EFI_LOADER support is compiled in, boot normally
>   - If CONFIG_EFI_LOADER=y, consult global.bootm.efi
> 
> In absence of this callback, the filetype match is taken literally,
> which will just lead to EFI-stubbed kernel images being refused
> outright.
> 
> Align ARM32 with what ARM64 and RISC-V already do and set
> image_handler::check_image appropriately.
> 
> Fixes: 0fca24055c57 ("filetype: add new filetype for efi-stubbed ARM zImages")
> Reported-by: Fabian Pflug <f.pflug at pengutronix.de>

Tested-by: Fabian Pflug <f.pflug at pengutronix.de>

> Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at barebox.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm/lib32/bootm.c | 2 ++
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/lib32/bootm.c b/arch/arm/lib32/bootm.c
> index 4bca29c3fbf8..e94bb979eff9 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/lib32/bootm.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/lib32/bootm.c
> @@ -515,12 +515,14 @@ static int do_bootz_linux(struct image_data *data)
>  static struct image_handler zimage_handler = {
>  	.name = "ARM zImage",
>  	.bootm = do_bootz_linux,
> +	.check_image = bootm_efi_check_image,
>  	.filetype = filetype_arm_zimage,
>  };
>  
>  static struct image_handler barebox_handler = {
>  	.name = "ARM barebox",
>  	.bootm = do_bootm_linux,
> +	.check_image = bootm_efi_check_image,
>  	.filetype = filetype_arm_barebox,
>  };
>  



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