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* [PATCH v4 0/3] bootconfig: Support embedding a bootconfig in kernel for non initrd boot
@ 2022-03-26 23:53 Masami Hiramatsu
  2022-03-26 23:53 ` [PATCH v4 1/3] bootconfig: Check the checksum before removing the bootconfig from initrd Masami Hiramatsu
                   ` (3 more replies)
  0 siblings, 4 replies; 10+ messages in thread
From: Masami Hiramatsu @ 2022-03-26 23:53 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Steven Rostedt
  Cc: Masami Hiramatsu, Padmanabha Srinivasaiah, LKML, Jonathan Corbet,
	linux-doc, Randy Dunlap, Nick Desaulniers, Sami Tolvanen,
	Nathan Chancellor, llvm, Masahiro Yamada,
	Linux Kbuild mailing list

Hi,

Here are the 4th version of the patchset to enable kernel embedded bootconfig
for non-initrd kernel boot environment. I've fixed Makefile to determine
update by checking the contents of embedding bootconfig file with filechk macro.
Thanks Masahiro! Here is the previous version [1] (sorry, I missed to update the
version tag in that series)

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/164724890153.731226.1478494969800777757.stgit@devnote2/T/#u

You can embed a bootconfig file into the kernel as a default bootconfig,
which will be used if there is no initrd or no bootconfig is attached to initrd. 

This needs 2 options: CONFIG_EMBED_BOOT_CONFIG=y and set the file
path to CONFIG_EMBED_BOOT_CONFIG_FILE. Even if you embed the bootconfig file
to the kernel, it will not be enabled unless you pass "bootconfig" kernel
command line option at boot. Moreover, since this is just a "default"
bootconfig, you can override it with a new bootconfig if you attach another
bootconfig to the initrd (if possible).
CONFIG_EMBED_BOOT_CONFIG_FILE can take both absolute and relative path, but
to simplify and make it independent from the build environment, I recommend
you to use an absolute path for that.

This is requested by Padmanabha at the below thread[2];

[2] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220307184011.GA2570@pswork/T/#u


KNOWN ISSUE:

According to the report from Padmanabha[3], the embedded bootconfig data may not
be updated if you do incremental build the kernel with CONFIG_LTO. This is
under investigation.

[3] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220321183500.GA4065@pswork/T/#u

Thank you,

---

Masami Hiramatsu (3):
      bootconfig: Check the checksum before removing the bootconfig from initrd
      bootconfig: Support embedding a bootconfig file in kernel
      docs: bootconfig: Add how to embed the bootconfig into kernel


 Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst |   30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 include/linux/bootconfig.h               |   10 ++++++++++
 init/Kconfig                             |   21 ++++++++++++++++++++
 init/main.c                              |   31 +++++++++++++++---------------
 lib/.gitignore                           |    1 +
 lib/Makefile                             |   10 ++++++++++
 lib/bootconfig.c                         |   23 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

--
Masami Hiramatsu (Linaro) <mhiramat@kernel.org>

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* [PATCH v4 0/3] bootconfig: Support embedding a bootconfig in kernel for non initrd boot
@ 2022-03-26 23:36 Masami Hiramatsu
  2022-03-26 23:38 ` Masami Hiramatsu
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 10+ messages in thread
From: Masami Hiramatsu @ 2022-03-26 23:36 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Steven Rostedt
  Cc: Masami Hiramatsu, Padmanabha Srinivasaiah, LKML, Jonathan Corbet,
	linux-doc, Randy Dunlap

Hi,

Here are the 4th version of the patchset to enable kernel embedded bootconfig
for non-initrd kernel boot environment. I've fixed Makefile to determine
update by checking the contents of embedding bootconfig file. Thanks
Masahiro!

You can embed a bootconfig file into the kernel as a default bootconfig,
which will be used if there is no initrd or no bootconfig is attached to initrd. 

This needs 2 options: CONFIG_EMBED_BOOT_CONFIG=y and set the file
path to CONFIG_EMBED_BOOT_CONFIG_FILE. Even if you embed the bootconfig file
to the kernel, it will not be enabled unless you pass "bootconfig" kernel
command line option at boot. Moreover, since this is just a "default"
bootconfig, you can override it with a new bootconfig if you attach another
bootconfig to the initrd (if possible).
CONFIG_EMBED_BOOT_CONFIG_FILE can take both absolute and relative path, but
to simplify and make it independent from the build environment, I recommend
you to use an absolute path for that.

This is requested by Padmanabha at the below thread;

 https://lore.kernel.org/all/20220307184011.GA2570@pswork/T/#u

Thank you,

---

Masami Hiramatsu (3):
      bootconfig: Check the checksum before removing the bootconfig from initrd
      bootconfig: Support embedding a bootconfig file in kernel
      docs: bootconfig: Add how to embed the bootconfig into kernel


 Documentation/admin-guide/bootconfig.rst |   30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++---
 include/linux/bootconfig.h               |   10 ++++++++++
 init/Kconfig                             |   21 ++++++++++++++++++++
 init/main.c                              |   31 +++++++++++++++---------------
 lib/.gitignore                           |    1 +
 lib/Makefile                             |   10 ++++++++++
 lib/bootconfig.c                         |   23 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 7 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

--
Masami Hiramatsu (Linaro) <mhiramat@kernel.org>

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