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docs: Add documentation about dynamic firmware

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This patch adds documenation about dynamic firmware.

Signed-off-by: Anup Patel <anup.patel@wdc.com>
Reviewed-by: Alistair Francis <alistair.francis@wdc.com>
Reviewed-by: Atish Patra <atish.patra@wdc.com>
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Anup Patel
2019-04-29 12:50:33 +05:30
committed by Anup Patel
parent a4c2f50b64
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@@ -9,12 +9,22 @@ OpenSBI generic library code. The supported firmwares type will differ in how
the arguments passed by the platform early boot stage are handled, as well as
how the boot stage following the firmware will be handled and executed.
OpenSBI currently supports two different types of firmwares.
OpenSBI currently supports three different types of firmwares.
Firmware with Dynamic Information (*FW_DYNAMIC*)
------------------------------------------------
The *FW_DYNAMIC* firmware gets information about the next booting stage entry,
e.g. a bootloader or an OS kernel, from previous booting stage at runtime.
A *FW_DYNAMIC* firmware is particularly useful when the booting stage executed
prior to OpenSBI firmware is capable of loading both the OpenSBI firmware
and the booting stage binary to follow OpenSBI firmware.
Firmware with Jump Address (*FW_JUMP*)
--------------------------------------
The *FW_JUMP* firmware only handles the address of the next booting stage
The *FW_JUMP* firmware assumes a fixed address of the next booting stage
entry, e.g. a bootloader or an OS kernel, without directly including the
binary code for this next stage.
@@ -48,14 +58,17 @@ configuration parameter.
loads OpenSBI firmware.
Additionally, each firmware type as a set of type specific configuration
parameters. Detailed information for each firmware type can be found in the
parameters. Detailed information for each firmware type can be found in the
following documents.
* *[FW_DYNAMIC]*: The *Firmware with Dynamic Information (FW_DYNAMIC)* is
described in more details in the file *fw_dynamic.md*.
* *[FW_JUMP]*: The *Firmware with Jump Address (FW_JUMP)* is described in more
details in the file *fw_jump.md*.
* *[FW_PAYLOAD]*: The *Firmware with Payload (FW_PAYLOAD)* is described in more
details in the file *fw_payload.md*.
[FW_DYNAMIC]: fw_dynamic.md
[FW_JUMP]: fw_jump.md
[FW_PAYLOAD]: fw_payload.md