early_handoff - early_handoff - 2026.1 English - UG1283

Bootgen User Guide (UG1283)

Document ID
UG1283
Release Date
2026-06-23
Version
2026.1 English

Syntax

[early_handoff] <partition>

Description

This flag ensures an immediate handoff to applications that are critical right after loading the partition. Otherwise, the system loads all partitions sequentially and also performs the handoff in a sequential fashion.

Note: In the following scenario, the FSBL loads app1, then app2, and immediately hands off the control to app2 before app1.

Example

all:
{
	[bootloader, destination_cpu=a53_0]fsbl.el
	[destination_cpu=r5-0]app1.elf
	[destination_cpu=r5-1,early_handoff]app2.elf
}