[PATCH 17/19] riscv: link ELF image into PBL

Sascha Hauer s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Mon Jan 5 03:26:58 PST 2026


Instead of linking the raw binary barebox proper image into the PBL link
the ELF image into the PBL. With this barebox proper starts with a properly
linked and fully initialized C environment, so the calls to
relocate_to_adr() and setup_c() can be removed from barebox proper.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
---
 arch/riscv/Kconfig           |  2 ++
 arch/riscv/boot/start.c      |  4 ----
 arch/riscv/boot/uncompress.c | 16 +++++++++++++++-
 3 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 96d013d8514ac12de5c34a426262d85f8cf021b9..f8c8b38ed6d7fdae48669e6d7b737f695f1c4cc9 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -17,6 +17,8 @@ config RISCV
 	select HAS_KALLSYMS
 	select RISCV_TIMER if RISCV_SBI
 	select HW_HAS_PCI
+	select ELF
+	select PBL_IMAGE_ELF
 	select HAVE_ARCH_BOARD_GENERIC_DT
 	select HAVE_ARCH_BOOTM_OFTREE
 
diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/start.c b/arch/riscv/boot/start.c
index 5091340c8a374fc360ab732ba01ec8516e82a83d..874f4e72ae46fe7435c9defedceaf5b4e9662b55 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/boot/start.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/boot/start.c
@@ -123,10 +123,6 @@ void barebox_non_pbl_start(unsigned long membase, unsigned long memsize,
 	unsigned long barebox_size = barebox_image_size + MAX_BSS_SIZE;
 	unsigned long barebox_base = riscv_mem_barebox_image(membase, endmem, barebox_size);
 
-	relocate_to_current_adr();
-
-	setup_c();
-
 	barrier();
 
 	irq_init_vector(riscv_mode());
diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/uncompress.c b/arch/riscv/boot/uncompress.c
index 84142acf9c66fe1fcceb6ae63d15ac078ccddee7..dc0d1fd5d41a88acea8717a7f5fcdb8da3298663 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/boot/uncompress.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/boot/uncompress.c
@@ -32,6 +32,8 @@ void __noreturn barebox_pbl_start(unsigned long membase, unsigned long memsize,
 	unsigned long barebox_base;
 	void *pg_start, *pg_end;
 	unsigned long pc = get_pc();
+	struct elf_image elf;
+	int ret;
 
 	irq_init_vector(riscv_mode());
 
@@ -68,7 +70,19 @@ void __noreturn barebox_pbl_start(unsigned long membase, unsigned long memsize,
 
 	sync_caches_for_execution();
 
-	barebox = (void *)barebox_base;
+	ret = elf_open_binary_into(&elf, (void *)barebox_base);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("Failed to open ELF binary: %d\n", ret);
+		hang();
+	}
+
+	ret = elf_load_inplace(&elf);
+	if (ret) {
+		pr_err("Failed to relocate ELF: %d\n", ret);
+		hang();
+	}
+
+	barebox = (void *)elf.entry;
 
 	pr_debug("jumping to uncompressed image at 0x%p. dtb=0x%p\n", barebox, fdt);
 

-- 
2.47.3




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