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>
The armv8 ARM Trusted Firmware (ATF) can be used to load various ATF
images and u-boot, and does this for virtual platforms by using
semihosting. This commit extends this idea by allowing u-boot to also
use semihosting to load the kernel/ramdisk/dtb. This eliminates the need
for a bootwrapper and produces a more realistic boot sequence with
virtual models.
Though the semihosting code is quite generic, support for armv7 in
fastmodel is less useful due to the wide range of available silicon
and the lack of a free armv7 fastmodel, so this change contains an
untested armv7 placeholder for the service trap opcode.
Please refer to doc/README.semihosting for a more detailed description
of semihosting and how it is used with the armv8 virtual platforms.
Signed-off-by: Darwin Rambo <drambo@broadcom.com>
Cc: trini@ti.com
Cc: fenghua@phytium.com.cn
Cc: bhupesh.sharma@freescale.com
Linus Walleij
Darwin Rambo