[PATCH v3] docs/firmware: Update FW_JUMP documentation
Nylon Chen
nylon.chen at sifive.com
Mon Sep 26 20:20:09 PDT 2022
From: "Nylon.Chen" <nylon.chen at sifive.com>
Add a tip for OpenSBI's FW_JUMP which helps
users avoid overwriting the kernel.
Signed-off-by: Nylon Chen <nylon.chen at sifive.com>
---
docs/firmware/fw_jump.md | 15 +++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 15 insertions(+)
diff --git a/docs/firmware/fw_jump.md b/docs/firmware/fw_jump.md
index 35a4301..df4fb97 100644
--- a/docs/firmware/fw_jump.md
+++ b/docs/firmware/fw_jump.md
@@ -41,6 +41,21 @@ follows:
provided, then the OpenSBI firmware will pass the FDT address passed by the
previous booting stage to the next booting stage.
+ If your *PLATFORM=generic* and your *FW_JUMP_FDT_ADDR* is default, you must
+ ensure *FW_JUMP_FDT_ADDR* is set high enough to avoid overwriting the kernel
+ You can use the following method.
+
+ ```
+ ${CROSS_COMPILE}objdump -h $KERNEL_ELF | sort -k 5,5 | awk '/^ +[0-9]+ / ' \
+ | awk -n '{addr="0x"$3; size="0x"$5; printf "0x""%x\n",addr+size}' | \
+ (( `tail -1` > 0x2200000 )) && echo fdt overlaps kernel, increase FW_JUMP_FDT_ADDR
+
+
+ ${LLVM}objdump -h --show-lma $KERNEL_ELF | sort -k 5,5 | awk '/^ +[0-9]+ / ' \
+ | awk -n '{addr="0x"$3; size="0x"$5; printf "0x""%x\n",addr+size}' | \
+ (( `tail -1` > 0x2200000 )) && echo fdt overlaps kernel, increase FW_JUMP_FDT_ADDR
+ ```
+
*FW_JUMP* Example
-----------------
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2.36.1
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