By adding a multiboot header, U-Boot can be loaded by GRUB2. Using GRUB2 to
bootstrap U-Boot is useful for using an existing BIOS to get an initial
U-Boot port up and running before implementing the low-level reset vector
code, SDRAM init, etc. and overwriting the BIOS
Signed-off-by: Graeme Russ <graeme.r...@gmail.com>
---
Changes for v1:
- None (skipped to set single version for consolidated series)
Changes for v2:
- Consolidated patch series
arch/x86/cpu/start.S | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++
1 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
diff --git a/arch/x86/cpu/start.S b/arch/x86/cpu/start.S
index 5adb387..d099fc9 100644
--- a/arch/x86/cpu/start.S
+++ b/arch/x86/cpu/start.S
@@ -129,3 +129,23 @@ die: hlt
blank_idt_ptr:
.word 0 /* limit */
.long 0 /* base */
+
+ .p2align 2 /* force 4-byte alignment */
+
+multiboot_header:
+ /* magic */
+ .long 0x1BADB002
+ /* flags */
+ .long (1 << 16)
+ /* checksum */
+ .long -0x1BADB002 - (1 << 16)
+ /* header addr */
+ .long multiboot_header - _x86boot_start + CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+ /* load addr */
+ .long CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
+ /* load end addr */
+ .long 0
+ /* bss end addr */
+ .long 0
+ /* entry addr */
+ .long CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE
--
1.7.5.2.317.g391b14
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