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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
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# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
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#
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#
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+=========== Table of Contents ===========
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+ 1 U-Boot on EFI
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+ 1.1 In God's Name, Why?
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+ 1.2 Status
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+ 1.3 Build Instructions
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+ 1.4 Trying it out
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+ 1.5 Inner workings
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+ 1.6 EFI Application
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+ 1.7 EFI Payload
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+ 1.8 Tables
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+ 1.9 Interrupts
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+ 1.10 32/64-bit
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+ 1.11 Future work
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+ 1.12 Where is the code?
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+
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+ 2 EFI on U-Boot
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+ 2.1 In God's Name, Why?
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+ 2.2 How do I get it?
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+ 2.3 Status
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+ 2.4 Future work
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U-Boot on EFI
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U-Boot on EFI
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=============
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=============
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This document provides information about U-Boot running on top of EFI, either
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This document provides information about U-Boot running on top of EFI, either
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@@ -234,7 +256,6 @@ board/efi/efi-x86/efi.c
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common/cmd_efi.c
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common/cmd_efi.c
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the 'efi' command
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the 'efi' command
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-
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--
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--
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Ben Stoltz, Simon Glass
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Ben Stoltz, Simon Glass
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Google, Inc
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Google, Inc
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@@ -242,3 +263,63 @@ July 2015
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[1] http://www.qemu.org
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[1] http://www.qemu.org
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[2] http://www.tianocore.org/ovmf/
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[2] http://www.tianocore.org/ovmf/
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+-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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+EFI on U-Boot
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+=============
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+In addition to support for running U-Boot as a UEFI application, U-Boot itself
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+can also expose the UEFI interfaces and thus allow UEFI payloads to run under
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+it.
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+
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+In God's Name, Why?
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+-------------------
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+
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+With this support in place, you can run any UEFI payload (such as the Linux
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+kernel, grub2 or gummiboot) on U-Boot. This dramatically simplifies boot loader
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+configuration, as U-Boot based systems now look and feel (almost) the same way
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+as TianoCore based systems.
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+
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+How do I get it?
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+----------------
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+
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+EFI support for 32bit ARM and AArch64 is already included in U-Boot. All you
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+need to do is enable
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+
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+ CONFIG_CMD_BOOTEFI=y
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+ CONFIG_EFI_LOADER=y
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+
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+in your .config file and you will automatically get a bootefi command to run
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+an efi application as well as snippet in the default distro boot script that
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+scans for removable media efi binaries as fallback.
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+
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+Status
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+------
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+
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+I am successfully able to run grub2 and Linux EFI binaries with this code on
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+ARMv7 as well as AArch64 systems.
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+
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+When enabled, the resulting U-Boot binary only grows by ~10KB, so it's very
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+light weight.
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+
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+All storage devices are directly accessible from the uEFI payload
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+
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+Removable media booting (search for /efi/boot/boota{a64,arm}.efi) is supported.
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+
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+Simple use cases like "Plug this SD card into my ARM device and it just
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+boots into grub which boots into Linux", work very well.
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+
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+Future work
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+-----------
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+
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+Of course, there are still a few things one could do on top:
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+
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+ - Improve disk media detection (don't scan, use what information we
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+have)
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+ - Add EFI variable support using NVRAM
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+ - Add GFX support
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+ - Make EFI Shell work
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+ - Network device support
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+ - Support for payload exit
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+ - Payload Watchdog support
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