Re: [PATCH v2] kbuild: buildtar: add arm64 dtbs support

[Domenico Andreoli <domenico.andreoli@linux.com>]

On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 09:02:52PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 27, 2020 at 6:40 AM Domenico Andreoli <domenico.andreoli@linux.com> wrote:
> > On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 03:16:58PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > > On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 5:51 AM Domenico Andreoli <domenico.andreoli@linux.com> wrote:

[...]

> > > >
> > > > +       arm64)
> > > > +               make ARCH="${ARCH}" -f ${srctree}/Makefile INSTALL_DTBS_PATH="${tmpdir}/boot/dtbs/${KERNELRELEASE}" dtbs_install
> > > > +               ;;
> > > > +esac
> > > > +
> > >
> > >
> > > Or, you can use INSTALL_PATH="${tmpdir}/boot"
> > > to make it shorter.
> >
> > This does not work, INSTALL_DTBS_PATH gets somehow defined along the
> > twisted path to buildtar and therefore needs to be explicitly specified
> > for the new destination.
> 
> It works.
> 
> See line 1002 of the top Makefile
> 
> export INSTALL_DTBS_PATH ?= $(INSTALL_PATH)/dtbs/$(KERNELRELEASE)

Exactly. INSTALL_DTBS_PATH is _exported_ in the top Makefile.


This is what it seems to happen, in the order:

1. outer 'make dir-pkg'
   INSTALL_DTBS_PATH is exported with some content

2. control arrives to buildtar
   INSTALL_DTBS_PATH is there as environment variable

3. inner 'make INSTALL_PATH=${tmpdir}/boot dtbs_install'
   INSTALL_DTBS_PATH is already set, therefore it is not modified


To make the inner invocation work, I see these two options:

1. 'make INSTALL_DTBS_PATH= INSTALL_PATH=${tmpdir}/boot dtb_install' (untested)

2. 'make INSTALL_DTBS_PATH=${tmpdir}/boot/dtbs/${KERNELRELEASE} dtbs_install'

I chose 2 but I can switch to 1, if you prefer. No problem.


Regards,
Domenico

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