On Thu, Sep 19, 2013 at 01:56:38PM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> On 09:00 Wed 18 Sep , Sascha Hauer wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 17, 2013 at 09:52:18AM +0200, Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD wrote:
> > > Signed-off-by: Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD <plagnioj@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > > common/filetype.c | 3 +++
> > > include/filetype.h | 1 +
> > > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/common/filetype.c b/common/filetype.c
> > > index 7507d85..59ea25a 100644
> > > --- a/common/filetype.c
> > > +++ b/common/filetype.c
> > > @@ -35,6 +35,7 @@ static const struct filetype_str filetype_str[] = {
> > > [filetype_lzo_compressed] = { "lzo compressed", "lzo" },
> > > [filetype_lz4_compressed] = { "lz4 compressed", "lz4" },
> > > [filetype_arm_barebox] = { "arm barebox image", "arm-barebox" },
> > > + [filetype_arm_uboot] = { "arm u-boot image", "arm-u-boot" },
> > > [filetype_uimage] = { "U-Boot uImage", "u-boot" },
> > > [filetype_ubi] = { "UBI image", "ubi" },
> > > [filetype_jffs2] = { "JFFS2 image", "jffs2" },
> > > @@ -226,6 +227,8 @@ enum filetype file_detect_type(const void *_buf, size_t bufsize)
> > >
> > > if (is_barebox_arm_head(_buf))
> > > return filetype_arm_barebox;
> > > + if (buf[15] == 0xdeadbeef)
> > > + return filetype_arm_uboot;
> >
> > 0xdeadbeef is such a widely used placeholder that we should use it for
> > filetype detection. Also, I don't think that U-Boot ever specified
> > 0xdeadbeef at this offset as a fixed value. It could be changed without
> > notice.
>
> on ARM it's keeped for years > 7 IIRC
Yes, and there's no indication that it will change. Anyway, this was
never meant as an API and everybody uses 0xdeadbeef as placeholder.
Sascha
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