On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 07:23:54PM +0000, Johannes Krottmayer wrote:
> Hello Tom!
> 
> On 2/24/26 6:09 PM, Tom Rini wrote:
> > On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 10:26:35AM +0000, Johannes Krottmayer wrote:
> > 
> > > Hello,
> > > 
> > > I'm tried to compile U-Boot for an QEMU AArch64 environment, but get
> > > some error messages in SPL:
> > > 
> > > --
> > > Bloblist at 0 not found (err=-2)
> > > alloc space exhausted ptr 400 limit 0
> > > Bloblist at 0 not found (err=-2)
> > > 
> > > 
> > > U-Boot 2026.01 (Feb 24 2026 - 10:22:15 +0100)
> > > [...]
> > > --
> > > 
> > > Started the QEMU instance with the command line:
> > > $ qemu-system-aarch64 -m 4G -machine virt -cpu cortex-a53 /
> > > bios u-boot.bin
> > > $
> > > 
> > > Also the same errors when I use TF-A and OP-TEE with enabled
> > > EL3 and EL2 in QEMU and "u-boot.bin" as BL33.
> > > 
> > > Has somebody noticed the same issue?
> > > 
> > > I used the configuration "qemu_arm64_defconfig".
> > 
> > That's odd. We run it in CI, but as cortex-a57 not a53 with otherwise
> > similar arguments. Running with TF-A/OP-TEE is also in CI, but more
> > difficult to configure.
> > 
> 
> I have tried it now with the Cortex-A57 but running into the same
> issue without OP-TEE and TF-A. Using OP-TEE and TF-A works now
> without the issue because I have forgotten to pass the option
> TRANSFER_LIST=1 to TF-A and CFG_TRANSFER_LIST=y and
> CFG_MAP_EXT_DT_SECURE=y to OP-TEE.
> 
> Host OS: Debian 13 (Trixie)
> QEMU version:
> $ qemu-system-aarch64 --version
> QEMU emulator version 10.0.7 (Debian 1:10.0.7+ds-0+deb13u1+b1)
> Copyright (c) 2003-2025 Fabrice Bellard and the QEMU Project developers
> $
> 
> BTW: doc/board/emulation/qemu-arm.rst doesn't mention how to build
> U-Boot with OP-TEE and TF-A. Should I include the build steps into the
> docs and create a patch for the doc? I think it's also useful for
> other users.

Yes, some doc updates would be appreciated and please CC the board
maintainers as well. And perhaps the question I forgot to ask earlier
is, are you seeing those as fatal errors, or just noting they exist?

-- 
Tom

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