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Instead of sprinkling custom code and calls over the Vexpress64
boardfile, create a command that loads images using semihosting
just like we would load from flash memory of over the network,
using a special command:
smhload <image> <address>
This will make it possible to remove some custom calls and
code and make the boot easier.
Signed-off-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>
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/*
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* Copyright 2014 Broadcom Corporation.
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*
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* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
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*/
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Semihosting is ARM's way of having a real or virtual target communicate
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with a host or host debugger for basic operations such as file I/O,
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console I/O, etc. Please see
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http://infocenter.arm.com/help/index.jsp?topic=/com.arm.doc.dui0471c/Bgbjjgij.html for more information.
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For developing on armv8 virtual fastmodel platforms, semihosting is a
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valuable tool since it allows access to image/configuration files before
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eMMC or other NV media are available.
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There are two main ARM virtual Fixed Virtual Platform (FVP) models,
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Versatile Express (VE) FVP and BASE FVP (See
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http://www.arm.com/products/tools/models/fast-models/foundation-model.php)
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The initial vexpress64 u-boot board created here runs on the VE virtual
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platform using the license-free Foundation_v8 simulator. Fortunately,
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the Foundation_v8 simulator also supports the BASE_FVP model which
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companies can purchase licenses for and contain much more functionality.
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So we can, in u-boot, run either model by either using the VE FVP (default),
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or turning on CONFIG_BASE_FVP for the more full featured model.
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Rather than create a new armv8 board similar to armltd/vexpress64, add
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semihosting calls to the existing one, enabled with CONFIG_SEMIHOSTING
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and CONFIG_BASE_FVP both set. Also reuse the existing board config file
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vexpress_aemv8a.h but differentiate the two models by the presence or
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absence of CONFIG_BASE_FVP. This change is tested and works on both the
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Foundation and Base fastmodel simulators.
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The semihosting code adds a command:
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smhload <image> <address> [env var]
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That will load an image from the host filesystem into RAM at the specified
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address and optionally store the load end address in the specified
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environment variable.
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