[PATCH v4] docs/firmware: Update FW_JUMP documentation
Andrew Jones
ajones at ventanamicro.com
Mon Sep 26 22:30:52 PDT 2022
On Tue, Sep 27, 2022 at 01:19:41PM +0800, Nylon Chen wrote:
> 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 | 17 +++++++++++++++++
> 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/docs/firmware/fw_jump.md b/docs/firmware/fw_jump.md
> index 35a4301..30046d6 100644
> --- a/docs/firmware/fw_jump.md
> +++ b/docs/firmware/fw_jump.md
> @@ -41,6 +41,23 @@ follows:
> provided, then the OpenSBI firmware will pass the FDT address passed by the
> previous booting stage to the next booting stage.
>
> + When using the default *FW_JUMP_FDT_ADDR* with *PLATFORM=generic*, 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
> -----------------
>
> --
> 2.36.1
>
I'd still prefer we merge the two awks together into one awk invocation,
but anyway
Reviewed-by: Andrew Jones <ajones at ventanamicro.com>
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