diff options
Diffstat (limited to 'doc/develop/bloblist.rst')
-rw-r--r-- | doc/develop/bloblist.rst | 16 |
1 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/doc/develop/bloblist.rst b/doc/develop/bloblist.rst index 317ebc4919..47274cf8e2 100644 --- a/doc/develop/bloblist.rst +++ b/doc/develop/bloblist.rst @@ -59,6 +59,22 @@ Bloblist provides a fairly simple API which allows blobs to be created and found. All access is via the blob's tag. Blob records are zeroed when added. +Placing the bloblist +-------------------- + +The bloblist is typically positioned at a fixed address by TPL, or SPL. This +is controlled by `CONFIG_BLOBLIST_ADDR`. But in some cases it is preferable to +allocate the bloblist in the malloc() space. Use the `CONFIG_BLOBLIST_ALLOC` +option to enable this. + +The bloblist is automatically relocated as part of U-Boot relocation. Sometimes +it is useful to expand the bloblist in U-Boot proper, since it may want to add +information for use by Linux. Note that this does not mean that Linux needs to +know anything about the bloblist format, just that it is convenient to use +bloblist to place things contiguously in memory. Set +`CONFIG_BLOBLIST_SIZE_RELOC` to define the expanded size, if needed. + + Finishing the bloblist ---------------------- |