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| author | Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de> | 2021-06-04 10:46:55 +0200 |
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| committer | Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de> | 2021-06-09 12:20:05 +0200 |
| commit | 152bbdb7cfefab89132549ea83fb0b859c290e8a (patch) | |
| tree | 8f6f7d3aa7b0b8cd24462fb44d15429b1bd22265 /Documentation | |
| parent | 550cfbc917c9d48110e6e4e7c348e928fa69a4c6 (diff) | |
| download | barebox-152bbdb7cfefab89132549ea83fb0b859c290e8a.tar.gz barebox-152bbdb7cfefab89132549ea83fb0b859c290e8a.tar.xz | |
MIPS: qemu-malta: generate swapped image as part of multi-image build
Having to manually swap the words in the MIPS Malta image for QEMU
little endian emulation is annoying.
Have the multi-image build for Malta generate a second .swapped
image that can be readily used if needed.
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.barebox.org/20210604084704.17410-5-a.fatoum@pengutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/boards/mips/qemu-malta.rst | 16 |
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 12 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/boards/mips/qemu-malta.rst b/Documentation/boards/mips/qemu-malta.rst index e188ae8c64..fd37d5edb2 100644 --- a/Documentation/boards/mips/qemu-malta.rst +++ b/Documentation/boards/mips/qemu-malta.rst @@ -10,31 +10,23 @@ QEMU run string: qemu-system-mips -nodefaults -M malta -m 256 \ -device VGA -serial stdio -monitor null \ - -bios barebox-flash-image + -bios ./images/barebox-qemu-malta.img Little-endian mode ------------------ -Running little-endian Malta is a bit tricky. In little-endian mode the 32bit words in the boot flash image are swapped, a neat trick which allows bi-endian firmware. -You have to swap words of ``zbarebox.bin`` image, e.g.: - -.. code-block:: sh - - echo arch/mips/pbl/zbarebox.bin \ - | cpio --create \ - | cpio --extract --swap --unconditional - -QEMU run string: +The barebox build generates a second ``./images/barebox-qemu-malta.img.swapped`` +image that can be used in this case, e.g.: .. code-block:: sh qemu-system-mipsel -nodefaults -M malta -m 256 \ -device VGA -serial stdio -monitor null \ - -bios barebox-flash-image + -bios ./images/barebox-qemu-malta.img.swapped Using GXemul |