in kernel/setup.c [498:550]
void __init handle_uboot_args(void)
{
bool use_embedded_dtb = true;
bool append_cmdline = false;
/* check that we know this tag */
if (uboot_tag != UBOOT_TAG_NONE &&
uboot_tag != UBOOT_TAG_CMDLINE &&
uboot_tag != UBOOT_TAG_DTB) {
pr_warn(IGNORE_ARGS "invalid uboot tag: '%08x'\n", uboot_tag);
goto ignore_uboot_args;
}
if (uboot_magic != UBOOT_MAGIC_VALUE) {
pr_warn(IGNORE_ARGS "non zero uboot magic\n");
goto ignore_uboot_args;
}
if (uboot_tag != UBOOT_TAG_NONE &&
uboot_arg_invalid((unsigned long)uboot_arg)) {
pr_warn(IGNORE_ARGS "invalid uboot arg: '%px'\n", uboot_arg);
goto ignore_uboot_args;
}
/* see if U-boot passed an external Device Tree blob */
if (uboot_tag == UBOOT_TAG_DTB) {
machine_desc = setup_machine_fdt((void *)uboot_arg);
/* external Device Tree blob is invalid - use embedded one */
use_embedded_dtb = !machine_desc;
}
if (uboot_tag == UBOOT_TAG_CMDLINE)
append_cmdline = true;
ignore_uboot_args:
if (use_embedded_dtb) {
machine_desc = setup_machine_fdt(__dtb_start);
if (!machine_desc)
panic("Embedded DT invalid\n");
}
/*
* NOTE: @boot_command_line is populated by setup_machine_fdt() so this
* append processing can only happen after.
*/
if (append_cmdline) {
/* Ensure a whitespace between the 2 cmdlines */
strlcat(boot_command_line, " ", COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
strlcat(boot_command_line, uboot_arg, COMMAND_LINE_SIZE);
}
}