From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Delivery-date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:35:53 +0200 Received: from metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:2:b01:1d::104]) by lore.white.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.3) tls TLS_ECDHE_RSA_WITH_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (Exim 4.96) (envelope-from ) id 1wCN4b-00Bp8b-1u for lore@lore.pengutronix.de; Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:35:53 +0200 Received: from bombadil.infradead.org ([2607:7c80:54:3::133]) by metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtps (TLS1.3:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1wCN4b-0006LF-07 for lore@pengutronix.de; Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:35:53 +0200 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20210309; h=Sender:List-Subscribe:List-Help :List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:Content-Transfer-Encoding: Content-Type:In-Reply-To:From:References:Cc:To:Subject:MIME-Version:Date: Message-ID:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date:Resent-From: Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:List-Owner; bh=ymmNg6EdNdpq94BLlJKOLz3kdwOaXH493J1pVTV57M0=; b=KCiASGcIg85o9xxQXvQCBqAzn6 IlY1yXxK/j3e/ACWlQdR7vGaWS1fXJZ/OVXQWNAMDL1Y7NZw+L4VbBf3QkY2IjN6r9pglNQLBNMv6 477W9TSTKWfox/9krz4LoSoQBI4OXylIz1oUMwtd6oXkoqX/gncGoXpu19UOZ4ruIyjGes4Hb1kg8 SEL2smahEhXbQPChriAXK6r2uPeeVMvK4lR4XhSa4q63D6IiFe6dknnsEa0hlOxb8xeZo5jq9XsI3 kAn8Vgjc81uD9DEtOePHqLvoQxoJJTCAYHNXepDO8gx6DXBJxDWqVK+hW6Bx1K6IAEy3ynVY8vxQN xJk4f79Q==; Received: from localhost ([::1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wCN4A-0000000GJW3-2EIC; Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:35:26 +0000 Received: from metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:2:b01:1d::104]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.98.2 #2 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1wCN48-0000000GJVg-3S5k for barebox@lists.infradead.org; Mon, 13 Apr 2026 19:35:26 +0000 Received: from ptz.office.stw.pengutronix.de ([2a0a:edc0:0:900:1d::77] helo=[127.0.0.1]) by metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1wCN47-0006HQ-7k; Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:35:23 +0200 Message-ID: Date: Mon, 13 Apr 2026 21:35:22 +0200 MIME-Version: 1.0 User-Agent: Mozilla Thunderbird To: Alexander Shiyan Cc: Barebox List References: Content-Language: en-US From: Ahmad Fatoum In-Reply-To: Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20260413_123524_886050_CEF29152 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 17.69 ) X-BeenThere: barebox@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.34 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: "barebox" X-SA-Exim-Connect-IP: 2607:7c80:54:3::133 X-SA-Exim-Mail-From: barebox-bounces+lore=pengutronix.de@lists.infradead.org X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.2 required=4.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_MED,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_NONE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 Subject: Re: blspec X-SA-Exim-Version: 4.2.1 (built Wed, 08 May 2019 21:11:16 +0000) X-SA-Exim-Scanned: Yes (on metis.whiteo.stw.pengutronix.de) Hello, On 4/13/26 21:15, Alexander Shiyan wrote: > Hello Ahmad. > > Is it possible to implement a similar provider that parses extlinux.conf > (i.e. finds DEFAULT, reads the corresponding LABEL section, extracts > KERNEL, INITRD, APPEND) and creates boot records based on it? Sure, you can implement a custom `struct bootscanner` and do whatever you like. We already have a driver handling the U-Boot environment, so I don't see why an optional extlinux.conf parser shouldn't be appropriate for upstream if someone contributes it. Cheers, Ahmad > > Thanks! > > пн, 13 апр. 2026 г. в 17:01, Ahmad Fatoum : >> >> Hello Alexander, >> >> On 4/10/26 4:02 PM, Alexander Shiyan wrote: >>> Hello All. >>> >>> Can anyone explain how to use the built-in blspec support? >>> I would like to try setting up booting via exlinux.conf... >> >> exlinux.conf and bootloader spec are different formats. >> >> Here's a bootloader spec example: >> >> $ cat /loader/entries/imx8mp-evk.conf >> title PTXdist - Pengutronix-DistroKit imx8mp-evk >> version 6.18 >> options rootwait >> linux /boot/Image >> devicetree /boot/imx8mp-evk.dtb >> linux-appendroot true >> >> >> You can have multiple files under /loader/entries and barebox will >> iterate over them, extract the compatible of the referenced devicetree, >> compare it against its own and then decide what to boot. >> >> The linux-appendroot key is barebox-specific and means barebox should >> fixup root= according to the device it found the bootloader spec file >> on. This is useful for the case where the bootloader spec files are >> directly in the rootfs and not in a separate partition. >> >> Cheers, >> Ahmad >> >> >> >>> >>> Thanks! >>> >>> >> >> -- >> Pengutronix e.K. | | >> Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | >> 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | >> Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 | >> > -- Pengutronix e.K. | | Steuerwalder Str. 21 | http://www.pengutronix.de/ | 31137 Hildesheim, Germany | Phone: +49-5121-206917-0 | Amtsgericht Hildesheim, HRA 2686 | Fax: +49-5121-206917-5555 |