[PATCH v2 18/21] riscv: link ELF image into PBL
Sascha Hauer
s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Tue Jan 6 04:53:21 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 | 1 +
arch/riscv/boot/start.c | 6 ------
arch/riscv/boot/uncompress.c | 21 ++++++++++++++++++++-
3 files changed, 21 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/riscv/Kconfig b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
index 96d013d8514ac12de5c34a426262d85f8cf021b9..d9794354f4ed2e8bf7276e03b968c566002c2ec6 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/riscv/Kconfig
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ config RISCV
select HAS_KALLSYMS
select RISCV_TIMER if RISCV_SBI
select HW_HAS_PCI
+ 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..002ab3eccb4292d8d88a95f8b93163c970cb1d64 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/boot/start.c
+++ b/arch/riscv/boot/start.c
@@ -123,12 +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());
pr_debug("memory at 0x%08lx, size 0x%08lx\n", membase, memsize);
diff --git a/arch/riscv/boot/uncompress.c b/arch/riscv/boot/uncompress.c
index 84142acf9c66fe1fcceb6ae63d15ac078ccddee7..fba04cf4fb6ed450d80b83a8a595346a3186f1e7 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 +70,24 @@ 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();
+ }
+
+ /*
+ * TODO: Add pbl_mmu_setup_from_elf() call when RISC-V PBL
+ * MMU support is implemented, similar to ARM
+ */
+
+ 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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