linux-kernel - RE: [PATCH] of/fdt: add kernel command line option for dtb

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Date:	Mon, 6 Dec 2010 10:37:14 -0800
From:	Stephen Neuendorffer <stephen.neuendorffer@...inx.com>
To:	<dirk.brandewie@...il.com>, <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
CC:	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...otime.net>,
	<devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org>, <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: RE: [PATCH] of/fdt: add kernel command line option for dtb_compat string



> -----Original Message-----
> From:
devicetree-discuss-bounces+stephen.neuendorffer=xilinx.com@...ts.ozlabs.
org [mailto:devicetree-
> discuss-bounces+stephen.neuendorffer=xilinx.com@...ts.ozlabs.org] On
Behalf Of
> dirk.brandewie@...il.com
> Sent: Monday, December 06, 2010 9:54 AM
> To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: Randy Dunlap; devicetree-discuss@...ts.ozlabs.org;
linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
> Subject: [PATCH] of/fdt: add kernel command line option for dtb_compat
string
> 
> From: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.brandewie@...il.com>
> 
> Adds a kernel command line option "dtb_compat=<string>".  This string
> will be used to select the first compatible device tree blob linked
> into the kernel if a device tree blob is was *not* passed in by the
> bootloader.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dirk Brandewie <dirk.brandewie@...il.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt |    8 ++++++
>  drivers/of/fdt.c                    |   48
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 56 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> index 92e83e5..64093e5 100644
> --- a/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> +++ b/Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt
> @@ -655,6 +655,14 @@ and is between 256 and 4096 characters. It is
defined in the file
> 
>  	dscc4.setup=	[NET]
> 
> +	dtb_compat=	[KNL]
> +			Specify the "compatible" string for the device
> +			tree blob present in the vmlinux image.  This
> +			string will be used to select the first device
> +			tree blob whose compatible property matches
> +			the string if a dtb was NOT passed in by the
> +			bootloader.
> +
>  	dynamic_printk	Enables pr_debug()/dev_dbg() calls if
>  			CONFIG_DYNAMIC_PRINTK_DEBUG has been enabled.
>  			These can also be switched on/off via
> diff --git a/drivers/of/fdt.c b/drivers/of/fdt.c
> index c1360e0..ca1318c 100644
> --- a/drivers/of/fdt.c
> +++ b/drivers/of/fdt.c
> @@ -15,6 +15,8 @@
>  #include <linux/of_fdt.h>
>  #include <linux/string.h>
>  #include <linux/errno.h>
> +#include <asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h>
> +
> 
>  #ifdef CONFIG_PPC
>  #include <asm/machdep.h>
> @@ -604,3 +606,49 @@ void __init unflatten_device_tree(void)
> 
>  	pr_debug(" <- unflatten_device_tree()\n");
>  }
> +
> +extern uint8_t __dtb_start[];
> +extern uint8_t __dtb_end[];
> +static void __init *of_flat_dt_find_compatible_dtb(char *name)
> +{
> +	void *rc = NULL;
> +	unsigned long root, size;
> +	struct boot_param_header  *orig_initial_boot_params;
> +	uint8_t *blob;
> +
> +	orig_initial_boot_params = initial_boot_params;
> +	blob = __dtb_start;
> +	initial_boot_params = (struct boot_param_header *)blob;

Oy... can you avoid the pointer dance by using of_fdt_is_compatible()
from my recent set of patches?
It takes a blob argument.  Then the loop below goes away.

Steve

> +
> +
> +	while (blob < __dtb_end) {
> +		if (be32_to_cpu(initial_boot_params->magic) !=
OF_DT_HEADER) {
> +			WARN(1, "Invalid device tree blob in
vmlinux\n");
> +			break;
> +		}
> +
> +		root = of_get_flat_dt_root();
> +		if (of_flat_dt_is_compatible(root, name) > 0) {
> +			rc = blob;
> +			break;
> +		}
> +
> +		size =  be32_to_cpu(initial_boot_params->totalsize);
> +		blob =  PTR_ALIGN(blob + size, STRUCT_ALIGNMENT);
> +		initial_boot_params = (struct boot_param_header *)blob;
> +	}
> +
> +	if (rc == NULL)
> +		initial_boot_params = orig_initial_boot_params;
> +	return rc;
> +}
> +
> +
> +static int __init of_flat_dtb_compat_setup(char *line)
> +{
> +	if (!initial_boot_params)
> +		initial_boot_params =
of_flat_dt_find_compatible_dtb(line);
> +	return 1;
> +}
> +
> +early_param("dtb_compat", of_flat_dtb_compat_setup);
> +
> --
> 1.7.2.3
> 
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