[PATCH 1/7] firmware: fw_dynamic: add boot_dtb field to struct fw_dynamic_info
Zong Li
zong.li at sifive.com
Mon Jul 6 20:39:48 PDT 2026
Introduce a new info version (FW_DYNAMIC_INFO_VERSION_3) and add an
unsigned long 'boot_dtb' member at the end of struct fw_dynamic_info to
carry the device tree blob (DTB) address.
This field will be consumed by the new FW_DYNAMIC_APPEND firmware type.
Signed-off-by: Zong Li <zong.li at sifive.com>
---
include/sbi/fw_dynamic.h | 17 ++++++++++++++++-
1 file changed, 16 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/include/sbi/fw_dynamic.h b/include/sbi/fw_dynamic.h
index 2ab4dbab..5fcf5dab 100644
--- a/include/sbi/fw_dynamic.h
+++ b/include/sbi/fw_dynamic.h
@@ -26,13 +26,16 @@
#define FW_DYNAMIC_INFO_OPTIONS_OFFSET (4 * __SIZEOF_LONG__)
/** Offset of boot_hart member in fw_dynamic_info (version >= 2) */
#define FW_DYNAMIC_INFO_BOOT_HART_OFFSET (5 * __SIZEOF_LONG__)
+/** Offset of boot_dtb member in fw_dynamic_info (version >= 3) */
+#define FW_DYNAMIC_INFO_BOOT_DTB_OFFSET (6 * __SIZEOF_LONG__)
/** Expected value of info magic ('OSBI' ascii string in hex) */
#define FW_DYNAMIC_INFO_MAGIC_VALUE 0x4942534f
/** Maximum supported info version */
#define FW_DYNAMIC_INFO_VERSION_2 0x2
-#define FW_DYNAMIC_INFO_VERSION_MAX FW_DYNAMIC_INFO_VERSION_2
+#define FW_DYNAMIC_INFO_VERSION_3 0x3
+#define FW_DYNAMIC_INFO_VERSION_MAX FW_DYNAMIC_INFO_VERSION_3
/** Possible next mode values */
#define FW_DYNAMIC_INFO_NEXT_MODE_U 0x0
@@ -73,6 +76,17 @@ struct fw_dynamic_info {
* to use the relocation lottery mechanism.
*/
unsigned long boot_hart;
+ /**
+ * Address of the device tree blob (DTB) to be passed to the next
+ * booting stage.
+ *
+ * This field is only meaningful for the FW_DYNAMIC_APPEND firmware
+ * type (version >= 3), where the previous booting stage patches the
+ * appended fw_dynamic_info structure at the tail of the OpenSBI
+ * binary instead of passing a pointer in a2. fw_base.S loads this
+ * value into a1 before the normal boot flow.
+ */
+ unsigned long boot_dtb;
} __packed;
/**
@@ -85,6 +99,7 @@ assert_member_offset(struct fw_dynamic_info, next_addr, FW_DYNAMIC_INFO_NEXT_ADD
assert_member_offset(struct fw_dynamic_info, next_mode, FW_DYNAMIC_INFO_NEXT_MODE_OFFSET);
assert_member_offset(struct fw_dynamic_info, options, FW_DYNAMIC_INFO_OPTIONS_OFFSET);
assert_member_offset(struct fw_dynamic_info, boot_hart, FW_DYNAMIC_INFO_BOOT_HART_OFFSET);
+assert_member_offset(struct fw_dynamic_info, boot_dtb, FW_DYNAMIC_INFO_BOOT_DTB_OFFSET);
#endif
--
2.43.7
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