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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+:
bootflow command
================
Synopis
-------
::
bootflow scan [-abelGH] [bootdev]
bootflow list [-e]
bootflow select [<num|name>]
bootflow info [-d]
bootflow boot
Description
-----------
The `bootflow` command is used to manage bootflows. It can scan bootdevs to
locate bootflows, list them and boot them.
See :doc:`../../develop/bootstd` for more information.
bootflow scan
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Scans for available bootflows, optionally booting the first valid one it finds.
This operates in two modes:
- If no bootdev is selected (see `bootdev select`) it scans bootflows one
by one, extracting all the bootdevs from each
- If a bootdev is selected, it just scans that one bootflow
Flags are:
-a
Collect all bootflows, even those that cannot be loaded. Normally if a file
is not where it is expected, then the bootflow fails and so is dropped
during the scan. With this option you can see why each bootflow would be
dropped.
-b
Boot each valid bootflow as it is scanned. Typically only the first bootflow
matters, since by then the system boots in the OS and U-Boot is no-longer
running. `bootflow scan -b` is a quick way to boot the first available OS.
A valid bootflow is one that made it all the way to the `loaded` state.
-e
Used with -l to also show errors for each bootflow. The shows detailed error
information for each bootflow that failed to make it to the `loaded` state.
-l
List bootflows while scanning. This is helpful when you want to see what
is happening during scanning. Use it with the `-b` flag to see which
bootdev and bootflows are being tried.
-G
Skip global bootmeths when scanning. By default these are tried first, but
this flag disables them.
-H
Don't use bootdev hunters. By default these are used before each boot
priority or label is tried, to see if more bootdevs can be discovered, but
this flag disables that process.
The optional argument specifies a particular bootdev to scan. This can either be
the name of a bootdev or its sequence number (both shown with `bootdev list`).
Alternatively a convenience label can be used, like `mmc0`, which is the type of
device and an optional sequence number. Specifically, the label is the uclass of
the bootdev's parent followed by the sequence number of that parent. Sequence
numbers are typically set by aliases, so if you have 'mmc0' in your devicetree
alias section, then `mmc0` refers to the bootdev attached to that device.
bootflow list
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Lists the previously scanned bootflows. You must use `bootflow scan` before this
to see anything.
If you scanned with -a and have bootflows with errors, -e can be used to show
those errors.
The list looks something like this:
=== ====== ====== ======== ==== =============================== ================
Seq Method State Uclass Part Name Filename
=== ====== ====== ======== ==== =============================== ================
0 distro ready mmc 2 mmc\@7e202000.bootdev.part_2 /boot/extlinux/extlinux.conf
1 pxe ready ethernet 0 smsc95xx_eth.bootdev.0 rpi.pxe/extlinux/extlinux.conf
=== ====== ====== ======== ==== =============================== ================
The fields are as follows:
Seq:
Sequence number in the scan, used to reference the bootflow later
Method:
The boot method (bootmeth) used to find the bootflow. Several methods are
included in U-Boot.
State:
Current state of the bootflow, indicating how far the bootdev got in
obtaining a valid one. See :ref:`BootflowStates` for a list of states.
Uclass:
Name of the media device's Uclass. This indicates the type of the parent
device (e.g. MMC, Ethernet).
Part:
Partition number being accesseed, numbered from 1. Normally a device will
have a partition table with a small number of partitions. For devices
without partition tables (e.g. network) this field is 0.
Name:
Name of the bootflow. This is generated from the bootdev appended with
the partition information
Filename:
Name of the bootflow file. This indicates where the file is on the
filesystem or network device.
bootflow select
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Use this to select a particular bootflow. You can select it by the sequence
number or name, as shown in `bootflow list`.
Once a bootflow is selected, you can use `bootflow info` and `bootflow boot`.
If no bootflow name or number is provided, then any existing bootflow is
unselected.
bootflow info
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This shows information on the current bootflow, with the format looking like
this:
========= ===============================
Name mmc\@7e202000.bootdev.part_2
Device mmc\@7e202000.bootdev
Block dev mmc\@7e202000.blk
Type distro
Method: extlinux
State ready
Partition 2
Subdir (none)
Filename /extlinux/extlinux.conf
Buffer 3db7ad48
Size 232 (562 bytes)
FDT: <NULL>
Error 0
========= ===============================
Most of the information is the same as `bootflow list` above. The new fields
are:
Device
Name of the bootdev
Block dev
Name of the block device, if any. Network devices don't have a block device.
Subdir
Subdirectory used for retrieving files. For network bootdevs this is the
directory of the 'bootfile' parameter passed from DHCP. All file retrievals
when booting are relative to this.
Buffer
Buffer containing the bootflow file. You can use the :doc:`md` to look at
it, or dump it with `bootflow info -d`.
Size
Size of the bootflow file
FDT:
Filename of the device tree, if supported. The EFI bootmeth uses this to
remember the filename to load. If `<NULL>` then there is none.
Error
Error number returned from scanning for the bootflow. This is 0 if the
bootflow is in the 'loaded' state, or a negative error value on error. You
can look up Linux error codes to find the meaning of the number.
Use the `-d` flag to dump out the contents of the bootfile file.
bootflow boot
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This boots the current bootflow.
Example
-------
Here is an example of scanning for bootflows, then listing them::
U-Boot> bootflow scan -l
Scanning for bootflows in all bootdevs
Seq Type State Uclass Part Name Filename
--- ----------- ------ -------- ---- ------------------------ ----------------
Scanning bootdev 'mmc@7e202000.bootdev':
0 distro ready mmc 2 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p /extlinux/extlinux.conf
Scanning bootdev 'sdhci@7e300000.bootdev':
Card did not respond to voltage select! : -110
Scanning bootdev 'smsc95xx_eth.bootdev':
Waiting for Ethernet connection... done.
BOOTP broadcast 1
DHCP client bound to address 192.168.4.30 (4 ms)
Using smsc95xx_eth device
TFTP from server 192.168.4.1; our IP address is 192.168.4.30
Filename 'rpi.pxe/'.
Load address: 0x200000
Loading: *
TFTP error: 'Is a directory' (0)
Starting again
missing environment variable: pxeuuid
Retrieving file: rpi.pxe/pxelinux.cfg/01-b8-27-eb-a6-61-e1
Waiting for Ethernet connection... done.
Using smsc95xx_eth device
TFTP from server 192.168.4.1; our IP address is 192.168.4.30
Filename 'rpi.pxe/pxelinux.cfg/01-b8-27-eb-a6-61-e1'.
Load address: 0x2500000
Loading: ################################################## 566 Bytes
45.9 KiB/s
done
Bytes transferred = 566 (236 hex)
1 distro ready ethernet 0 smsc95xx_eth.bootdev.0 rpi.pxe/extlinux/extlinux.conf
No more bootdevs
--- ----------- ------ -------- ---- ------------------------ ----------------
(2 bootflows, 2 valid)
U-Boot> bootflow l
Showing all bootflows
Seq Type State Uclass Part Name Filename
--- ----------- ------ -------- ---- ------------------------ ----------------
0 distro ready mmc 2 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p /extlinux/extlinux.conf
1 pxe ready ethernet 0 smsc95xx_eth.bootdev.0 rpi.pxe/extlinux/extlinux.conf
--- ----------- ------ -------- ---- ------------------------ ----------------
(2 bootflows, 2 valid)
The second one is then selected by name (we could instead use `bootflow sel 0`),
displayed and booted::
U-Boot> bootflow info
No bootflow selected
U-Boot> bootflow sel mmc@7e202000.bootdev.part_2
U-Boot> bootflow info
Name: mmc@7e202000.bootdev.part_2
Device: mmc@7e202000.bootdev
Block dev: mmc@7e202000.blk
Sequence: 1
Method: distro
State: ready
Partition: 2
Subdir: (none)
Filename: extlinux/extlinux.conf
Buffer: 3db7ae88
Size: 232 (562 bytes)
Error: 0
U-Boot> bootflow boot
** Booting bootflow 'smsc95xx_eth.bootdev.0'
Ignoring unknown command: ui
Ignoring malformed menu command: autoboot
Ignoring malformed menu command: hidden
Ignoring unknown command: totaltimeout
1: Fedora-Workstation-armhfp-31-1.9 (5.3.7-301.fc31.armv7hl)
Retrieving file: rpi.pxe/initramfs-5.3.7-301.fc31.armv7hl.img
get 2700000 rpi.pxe/initramfs-5.3.7-301.fc31.armv7hl.img
Waiting for Ethernet connection... done.
Using smsc95xx_eth device
TFTP from server 192.168.4.1; our IP address is 192.168.4.30
Filename 'rpi.pxe/initramfs-5.3.7-301.fc31.armv7hl.img'.
Load address: 0x2700000
Loading: ###################################T ############### 57.7 MiB
1.9 MiB/s
done
Bytes transferred = 60498594 (39b22a2 hex)
Retrieving file: rpi.pxe//vmlinuz-5.3.7-301.fc31.armv7hl
get 80000 rpi.pxe//vmlinuz-5.3.7-301.fc31.armv7hl
Waiting for Ethernet connection... done.
Using smsc95xx_eth device
TFTP from server 192.168.4.1; our IP address is 192.168.4.30
Filename 'rpi.pxe//vmlinuz-5.3.7-301.fc31.armv7hl'.
Load address: 0x80000
Loading: ################################################## 7.2 MiB
2.3 MiB/s
done
Bytes transferred = 7508480 (729200 hex)
append: ro root=UUID=9732b35b-4cd5-458b-9b91-80f7047e0b8a rhgb quiet LANG=en_US.UTF-8 cma=192MB cma=256MB
Retrieving file: rpi.pxe//dtb-5.3.7-301.fc31.armv7hl/bcm2837-rpi-3-b.dtb
get 2600000 rpi.pxe//dtb-5.3.7-301.fc31.armv7hl/bcm2837-rpi-3-b.dtb
Waiting for Ethernet connection... done.
Using smsc95xx_eth device
TFTP from server 192.168.4.1; our IP address is 192.168.4.30
Filename 'rpi.pxe//dtb-5.3.7-301.fc31.armv7hl/bcm2837-rpi-3-b.dtb'.
Load address: 0x2600000
Loading: ################################################## 13.8 KiB
764.6 KiB/s
done
Bytes transferred = 14102 (3716 hex)
Kernel image @ 0x080000 [ 0x000000 - 0x729200 ]
## Flattened Device Tree blob at 02600000
Booting using the fdt blob at 0x2600000
Using Device Tree in place at 02600000, end 02606715
Starting kernel ...
[ OK ] Started Show Plymouth Boot Screen.
[ OK ] Started Forward Password R…s to Plymouth Directory Watch.
[ OK ] Reached target Local Encrypted Volumes.
[ OK ] Reached target Paths.
....
Here we scan for bootflows and boot the first one found::
U-Boot> bootflow scan -bl
Scanning for bootflows in all bootdevs
Seq Method State Uclass Part Name Filename
--- ----------- ------ -------- ---- ---------------------- ----------------
Scanning bootdev 'mmc@7e202000.bootdev':
0 distro ready mmc 2 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p /extlinux/extlinux.conf
** Booting bootflow 'mmc@7e202000.bootdev.part_2'
Ignoring unknown command: ui
Ignoring malformed menu command: autoboot
Ignoring malformed menu command: hidden
Ignoring unknown command: totaltimeout
1: Fedora-KDE-armhfp-31-1.9 (5.3.7-301.fc31.armv7hl)
Retrieving file: /initramfs-5.3.7-301.fc31.armv7hl.img
getfile 2700000 /initramfs-5.3.7-301.fc31.armv7hl.img
Retrieving file: /vmlinuz-5.3.7-301.fc31.armv7hl
getfile 80000 /vmlinuz-5.3.7-301.fc31.armv7hl
append: ro root=UUID=b8781f09-e2dd-4cb8-979b-7df5eeaaabea rhgb LANG=en_US.UTF-8 cma=192MB console=tty0 console=ttyS1,115200
Retrieving file: /dtb-5.3.7-301.fc31.armv7hl/bcm2837-rpi-3-b.dtb
getfile 2600000 /dtb-5.3.7-301.fc31.armv7hl/bcm2837-rpi-3-b.dtb
Kernel image @ 0x080000 [ 0x000000 - 0x729200 ]
## Flattened Device Tree blob at 02600000
Booting using the fdt blob at 0x2600000
Using Device Tree in place at 02600000, end 02606715
Starting kernel ...
[ 0.000000] Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0
Here is am example using the -e flag to see all errors::
U-Boot> bootflow scan -a
Card did not respond to voltage select! : -110
Waiting for Ethernet connection... done.
BOOTP broadcast 1
DHCP client bound to address 192.168.4.30 (4 ms)
Using smsc95xx_eth device
TFTP from server 192.168.4.1; our IP address is 192.168.4.30
Filename 'rpi.pxe/'.
Load address: 0x200000
Loading: *
TFTP error: 'Is a directory' (0)
Starting again
missing environment variable: pxeuuid
Retrieving file: rpi.pxe/pxelinux.cfg/01-b8-27-eb-a6-61-e1
Waiting for Ethernet connection... done.
Using smsc95xx_eth device
TFTP from server 192.168.4.1; our IP address is 192.168.4.30
Filename 'rpi.pxe/pxelinux.cfg/01-b8-27-eb-a6-61-e1'.
Load address: 0x2500000
Loading: ################################################## 566 Bytes
49.8 KiB/s
done
Bytes transferred = 566 (236 hex)
U-Boot> bootflow l -e
Showing all bootflows
Seq Type State Uclass Part Name Filename
--- ----------- ------ -------- ---- --------------------- ----------------
0 distro fs mmc 1 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p /extlinux/extlinux.conf
** File not found, err=-2
1 distro ready mmc 2 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p /extlinux/extlinux.conf
2 distro fs mmc 3 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p /extlinux/extlinux.conf
** File not found, err=-1
3 distro media mmc 0 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p <NULL>
** No partition found, err=-2
4 distro media mmc 0 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p <NULL>
** No partition found, err=-2
5 distro media mmc 0 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p <NULL>
** No partition found, err=-2
6 distro media mmc 0 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p <NULL>
** No partition found, err=-2
7 distro media mmc 0 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p <NULL>
** No partition found, err=-2
8 distro media mmc 0 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p <NULL>
** No partition found, err=-2
9 distro media mmc 0 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p <NULL>
** No partition found, err=-2
a distro media mmc 0 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p <NULL>
** No partition found, err=-2
b distro media mmc 0 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p <NULL>
** No partition found, err=-2
c distro media mmc 0 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p <NULL>
** No partition found, err=-2
d distro media mmc 0 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p <NULL>
** No partition found, err=-2
e distro media mmc 0 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p <NULL>
** No partition found, err=-2
f distro media mmc 0 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p <NULL>
** No partition found, err=-2
10 distro media mmc 0 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p <NULL>
** No partition found, err=-2
11 distro media mmc 0 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p <NULL>
** No partition found, err=-2
12 distro media mmc 0 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p <NULL>
** No partition found, err=-2
13 distro media mmc 0 mmc@7e202000.bootdev.p <NULL>
** No partition found, err=-2
14 distro ready ethernet 0 smsc95xx_eth.bootdev.0 rpi.pxe/extlinux/extlinux.conf
--- ----------- ------ -------- ---- --------------------- ----------------
(21 bootflows, 2 valid)
U-Boot>
Return value
------------
On success `bootflow boot` normally boots into the Operating System and does not
return to U-Boot. If something about the U-Boot processing fails, then the
return value $? is 1. If the boot succeeds but for some reason the Operating
System returns, then $? is 0, indicating success.
For other subcommands, the return value $? is always 0 (true).
.. BootflowStates_:
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