From: Luca Ceresoli via buildroot <buildroot@buildroot.org>
To: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com>
Cc: "Frager, Neal" <neal.frager@amd.com>,
"Frager, Neal via buildroot" <buildroot@buildroot.org>
Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/1] boot/uboot/uboot.mk: add stripped u-boot.elf support
Date: Tue, 22 Nov 2022 22:31:25 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20221122223125.33045c23@booty> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20221122214713.1359fcac@windsurf>
Hi Thomas, Neal,
On Tue, 22 Nov 2022 21:47:13 +0100
Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@bootlin.com> wrote:
> On Tue, 22 Nov 2022 19:07:43 +0100
> Luca Ceresoli <luca.ceresoli@bootlin.com> wrote:
>
> > I agree with the principle you are proposing.
> >
> > However, according to the U-Boot source code, u-boot.elf appears as
> > u-boot.bin repackaged into an ELF file. Is "stripped" a correct word
> > for this?
>
> I used "stripped" because that's how Neal described this file.
>
> Based on what you say, perhaps a better option name is:
>
> BR2_TARGET_UBOOT_FORMAT_BIN_ELF
> bool "u-boot.elf"
>
> Thoughts?
Seems better.
Neal, adding a short help text would also be useful IMO, as this "bin
elf" Frankenstein creation is really non intuitive.
--
Luca Ceresoli, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2022-11-22 5:36 [Buildroot] [PATCH v2 1/1] boot/uboot/uboot.mk: add stripped u-boot.elf support Neal Frager via buildroot
2022-11-22 9:01 ` Luca Ceresoli via buildroot
2022-11-22 9:43 ` Frager, Neal via buildroot
2022-11-22 16:13 ` Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot
2022-11-22 18:07 ` Luca Ceresoli via buildroot
2022-11-22 20:47 ` Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot
2022-11-22 21:31 ` Luca Ceresoli via buildroot [this message]
2022-11-23 0:09 ` Frager, Neal via buildroot
2022-11-23 13:31 ` Thomas Petazzoni via buildroot
2022-11-23 14:06 ` Frager, Neal via buildroot
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