[U-Boot] Improve default "make" targets (ALL-y)

[U-Boot] Improve default "make" targets (ALL-y)

[Loïc Minier]

        Hey

 For the Debian package, we currently maintain lists like:
dbau1100        u-boot.img
dockstar        u-boot.kwb
eNET            u-boot.bin
efikamx         u-boot.imx
omap4_panda     MLO u-boot.bin
[...]

 for two reasons:
 - because we need to call make u-boot.kwb explicitly to get it built
 - to list the files from the obj-dir that we actually want in the .deb

 it would be nicer for the packaging, but I guess also for u-boot
 maintainers, if these files were just generated by default when one
 calls "make".

 The subsequent patches will generate u-boot.imx and u-boot.kwb when
 it's obvious that these are desired.

 However, I didn't manage to find hints in the u-boot tree on when
 "u-boot.img" should be generated, and when u-boot.bin is enough;
 apparently one can mkimage -T firmware for any board config.  Ideas
 welcome on how to detect these.

   Thanks,

-- 
Lo?c Minier

[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Build u-boot.imx by default when board uses it

[Loïc Minier]

Signed-off-by: Lo?c Minier <loic.minier@linaro.org>
---
 Makefile |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 294c762..0ccc3bf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -365,6 +365,10 @@ ALL-$(CONFIG_MMC_U_BOOT) += $(obj)mmc_spl/u-boot-mmc-spl.bin
 ALL-$(CONFIG_SPL) += $(obj)spl/u-boot-spl.bin
 ALL-$(CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE) += $(obj)u-boot.dtb $(obj)u-boot-dtb.bin
 
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG),)
+ALL-y += $(obj)u-boot.imx
+endif
+
 all:		$(ALL-y) $(SUBDIR_EXAMPLES)
 
 $(obj)u-boot.dtb:	$(obj)u-boot
-- 
1.7.7.1

[U-Boot] [PATCH 2/2] Build u-boot.kwb by default when board uses it

[Loïc Minier]

Signed-off-by: Lo?c Minier <loic.minier@linaro.org>
---
 Makefile |    4 ++++
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 0ccc3bf..be9fadf 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -369,6 +369,10 @@ ifneq ($(CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG),)
 ALL-y += $(obj)u-boot.imx
 endif
 
+ifneq ($(CONFIG_SYS_KWD_CONFIG),)
+ALL-y += $(obj)u-boot.kwb
+endif
+
 all:		$(ALL-y) $(SUBDIR_EXAMPLES)
 
 $(obj)u-boot.dtb:	$(obj)u-boot
-- 
1.7.7.1

[U-Boot] Improve default "make" targets (ALL-y)

[Tom Rini]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011 at 6:49 AM, Lo?c Minier <loic.minier@linaro.org> wrote:
> ? ? ? ?Hey
>
> ?For the Debian package, we currently maintain lists like:
> dbau1100 ? ? ? ?u-boot.img
> dockstar ? ? ? ?u-boot.kwb
> eNET ? ? ? ? ? ?u-boot.bin
> efikamx ? ? ? ? u-boot.imx
> omap4_panda ? ? MLO u-boot.bin
> [...]
>
> ?for two reasons:
> ?- because we need to call make u-boot.kwb explicitly to get it built
> ?- to list the files from the obj-dir that we actually want in the .deb
>
> ?it would be nicer for the packaging, but I guess also for u-boot
> ?maintainers, if these files were just generated by default when one
> ?calls "make".
>
> ?The subsequent patches will generate u-boot.imx and u-boot.kwb when
> ?it's obvious that these are desired.
>
> ?However, I didn't manage to find hints in the u-boot tree on when
> ?"u-boot.img" should be generated, and when u-boot.bin is enough;
> ?apparently one can mkimage -T firmware for any board config. ?Ideas
> ?welcome on how to detect these.

Any omap3/omap4/omap5/am335x where you generate MLO you want
u-boot.img rather than u-boot.bin, even for panda iirc.

-- 
Tom

[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Build u-boot.imx by default when board uses it

[Stefano Babic]

On 11/10/2011 02:49 PM, Lo?c Minier wrote:
> Signed-off-by: Lo?c Minier <loic.minier@linaro.org>
> ---
>  Makefile |    4 ++++
>  1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 294c762..0ccc3bf 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -365,6 +365,10 @@ ALL-$(CONFIG_MMC_U_BOOT) += $(obj)mmc_spl/u-boot-mmc-spl.bin
>  ALL-$(CONFIG_SPL) += $(obj)spl/u-boot-spl.bin
>  ALL-$(CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE) += $(obj)u-boot.dtb $(obj)u-boot-dtb.bin
>  
> +ifneq ($(CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG),)
> +ALL-y += $(obj)u-boot.imx
> +endif
> +
>  all:		$(ALL-y) $(SUBDIR_EXAMPLES)
>  
>  $(obj)u-boot.dtb:	$(obj)u-boot

Acked-by: Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>

Best regards,
Stefano Babic

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[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Build u-boot.imx by default when board uses it

[Mike Frysinger]

On Thursday 10 November 2011 08:49:41 Lo?c Minier wrote:
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> 
> +ifneq ($(CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG),)
> +ALL-y += $(obj)u-boot.imx
> +endif

why won't this work:
ALL-$(CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG) += $(obj)u-boot.mix

that was the point of naming it "ALL-y" in the first place ...
-mike
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[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Build u-boot.imx by default when board uses it

[Loïc Minier]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > +ifneq ($(CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG),)
> > +ALL-y += $(obj)u-boot.imx
> > +endif
> why won't this work:
> ALL-$(CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG) += $(obj)u-boot.mix
> that was the point of naming it "ALL-y" in the first place ...

 That's what I tried at first, but CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG is actually the
 name of the config file to pass to mkimage; same for u-boot.kwb.

 CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG is set in boards.cfg.

-- 
Lo?c Minier

[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Build u-boot.imx by default when board uses it

[Mike Frysinger]

On Thursday 10 November 2011 18:45:30 Lo?c Minier wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > > +ifneq ($(CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG),)
> > > +ALL-y += $(obj)u-boot.imx
> > > +endif
> > 
> > why won't this work:
> > ALL-$(CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG) += $(obj)u-boot.mix
> > that was the point of naming it "ALL-y" in the first place ...
> 
>  That's what I tried at first, but CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG is actually the
>  name of the config file to pass to mkimage; same for u-boot.kwb.
> 
>  CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG is set in boards.cfg.

ugly undocumented CONFIG's are awesome

this really should be in a subdir rather than the top level.  we want to keep 
arch/soc-specific cruft out of the top level Makefile if possible.  isn't there 
a sub-config.mk somewhere you could add the line unconditionally ?
-mike
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[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Build u-boot.imx by default when board uses it

[Daniel Schwierzeck]

On 11.11.2011 00:45, Lo?c Minier wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>> +ifneq ($(CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG),)
>>> +ALL-y += $(obj)u-boot.imx
>>> +endif
>> why won't this work:
>> ALL-$(CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG) += $(obj)u-boot.mix
>> that was the point of naming it "ALL-y" in the first place ...
>
>   That's what I tried at first, but CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG is actually the
>   name of the config file to pass to mkimage; same for u-boot.kwb.
>
>   CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG is set in boards.cfg.
>

why not

ALL-$(CONFIG_UBOOT_IMG) += $(obj)u-boot.img
ALL-$(CONFIG_UBOOT_IMX) += $(obj)u-boot.imx
ALL-$(CONFIG_UBOOT_KWB) += $(obj)u-boot.kwb

then you can define CONFIG_UBOOT_KWB or CONFIG_UBOOT_IMX in your board 
config if needed

Best regards,
Daniel

[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Build u-boot.imx by default when board uses it

[Aneesh V]

On Friday 11 November 2011 07:21 AM, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> On Thursday 10 November 2011 18:45:30 Lo?c Minier wrote:
>> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>>> +ifneq ($(CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG),)
>>>> +ALL-y += $(obj)u-boot.imx
>>>> +endif
>>>
>>> why won't this work:
>>> ALL-$(CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG) += $(obj)u-boot.mix
>>> that was the point of naming it "ALL-y" in the first place ...
>>
>>   That's what I tried at first, but CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG is actually the
>>   name of the config file to pass to mkimage; same for u-boot.kwb.
>>
>>   CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG is set in boards.cfg.
>
> ugly undocumented CONFIG's are awesome
>
> this really should be in a subdir rather than the top level.  we want to keep
> arch/soc-specific cruft out of the top level Makefile if possible.  isn't there
> a sub-config.mk somewhere you could add the line unconditionally ?

This is what I have done for u-boot.img for OMAP4.

arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap4/config.mk has this:

ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
ALL-y	+= $(OBJTREE)/MLO
else
ALL-y	+= $(obj)u-boot.img
endif

However, this may have to be duplicated in many such config.mk files.

br,
Aneesh

[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Build u-boot.imx by default when board uses it

[Loïc Minier]

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011, Daniel Schwierzeck wrote:
> ALL-$(CONFIG_UBOOT_IMG) += $(obj)u-boot.img
> ALL-$(CONFIG_UBOOT_IMX) += $(obj)u-boot.imx
> ALL-$(CONFIG_UBOOT_KWB) += $(obj)u-boot.kwb
> 
> then you can define CONFIG_UBOOT_KWB or CONFIG_UBOOT_IMX in your
> board config if needed

 That'd be a fine solution for me if others agree it's the right
 approach; ideally, we would even set CONFIG_UBOOT_IMX when
 CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG is set (not sure where though).

-- 
Lo?c Minier

[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Build u-boot.imx by default when board uses it

[Loïc Minier]

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011, Aneesh V wrote:
> arch/arm/cpu/armv7/omap4/config.mk has this:
> 
> ifdef CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
> ALL-y	+= $(OBJTREE)/MLO
> else
> ALL-y	+= $(obj)u-boot.img
> endif
> 
> However, this may have to be duplicated in many such config.mk files.

 Ah I had seen this snippet and wondered why you hadn't put it in
 spl/Makefile, but now I realize that only the MLO part could go there,
 and that you don't want to built u-boot.img when building a spl.

 I don't really mind whether we set these things in some specific .mk
 files or in Makefile + spl/Makefile; I care that it's consistent and
 that related things are kept together as to update them together.  I
 guess we can follow the OMAP approach for other boards.

-- 
Lo?c Minier

[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Build u-boot.imx by default when board uses it

[Loïc Minier]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> >  CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG is set in boards.cfg.
> 
> ugly undocumented CONFIG's are awesome
> 
> this really should be in a subdir rather than the top level.  we want
> to keep arch/soc-specific cruft out of the top level Makefile if
> possible.  isn't there a sub-config.mk somewhere you could add the
> line unconditionally ?

 Can't see one, but Aneesh proposes the OMAP approach of
 arch/arm/cpu/**/config.mk files.

 The CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG actually changes per-board, so the boards.cfg
 approach to set it seems ok; however we could try defining the
 u-boot.imx rule in a common i.MX makefile snippet somewhere.

 Perhaps arch/arm/cpu/armv7/config.mk or
 arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/Makefile, or a new file; I don't have a strong
 opinion.

-- 
Lo?c Minier

[U-Boot] Improve default "make" targets (ALL-y)

[Loïc Minier]

On Thu, Nov 10, 2011, Tom Rini wrote:
> Any omap3/omap4/omap5/am335x where you generate MLO you want
> u-boot.img rather than u-boot.bin, even for panda iirc.

 Thanks for the hint; I'll follow that rule for OMAP3/OMAP4 boards we
 build in Debian ATM; Aneesh pointed at the Makefile snippet which adds
 u-boot.img on omap3 and omap4 platforms, sounds good to me.

 There are other architectures where it's less obvious:

Debian architecture     board           target
----------------------------------------------
avr32                   hammerhead      u-boot.img
i386                    eNET            u-boot.bin
mipsel                  dbau1100        u-boot.img
mips                    qemu_mips       u-boot.img
powerpc                 ZUMA            u-boot.img
sh4                     r2dplus         u-boot.img
sh4                     sh7785lcr_32bit u-boot.img
sparc                   gr_xc3s_1500    u-boot.img

 I didn't check for each of the single boards above, I wonder whether I
 can tell from the u-boot source code (if it's correct) whether indeed
 u-boot.img or u-boot.bin is the correct binary to ship for that board.

 [ Ideally, "make" would also build the right one, or perhaps "make
 install" or some other special target which represents the final
 deliverables for that board. ]

-- 
Lo?c Minier

[U-Boot] Improve default "make" targets (ALL-y)

[Mike Frysinger]

On Friday 11 November 2011 08:41:46 Lo?c Minier wrote:
>  [ Ideally, "make" would also build the right one, or perhaps "make
>  install" or some other special target which represents the final
>  deliverables for that board. ]

yes, `make` should output by default the necessary images imo.  this is why we 
have ALL-y and the ability for arches/boards to customize things.

there however is no way currently to tell the user what they should be using.  
they'd simply have to do `ls u-boot*` and then follow the simple rules:
	- ignore: u-boot u-boot.{map,lds,srec,ihex}
	- if there is a file other than u-boot.bin, you probably want that
	- otherwise, you want u-boot.bin
-mike
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[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Build u-boot.imx by default when board uses it

[Mike Frysinger]

On Friday 11 November 2011 08:35:14 Lo?c Minier wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > >  CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG is set in boards.cfg.
> > 
> > ugly undocumented CONFIG's are awesome
> > 
> > this really should be in a subdir rather than the top level.  we want
> > to keep arch/soc-specific cruft out of the top level Makefile if
> > possible.  isn't there a sub-config.mk somewhere you could add the
> > line unconditionally ?
> 
>  Can't see one, but Aneesh proposes the OMAP approach of
>  arch/arm/cpu/**/config.mk files.
> 
>  The CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG actually changes per-board, so the boards.cfg
>  approach to set it seems ok; however we could try defining the
>  u-boot.imx rule in a common i.MX makefile snippet somewhere.
> 
>  Perhaps arch/arm/cpu/armv7/config.mk or
>  arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/Makefile, or a new file; I don't have a strong
>  opinion.

if there's a config option to key off of, and it affects multiple arm 
arches/socs, then arch/arm/config.mk would probably be the best place to add 
the lines.

maybe Albert has an opinion on the arch/arm/ layout.
-mike
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[U-Boot] Improve default "make" targets (ALL-y)

[Loïc Minier]

On Fri, Nov 11, 2011, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> 	- ignore: u-boot u-boot.{map,lds,srec,ihex}
> 	- if there is a file other than u-boot.bin, you probably want that
> 	- otherwise, you want u-boot.bin

 These are decent rules; plus SPL files I guess, and perhaps DTB
 versions.

 What did you think of some kind of "install" or "dist" rule?

-- 
Lo?c Minier

[U-Boot] Improve default "make" targets (ALL-y)

[Mike Frysinger]

On Friday 11 November 2011 16:01:46 Lo?c Minier wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011, Mike Frysinger wrote:
> > 	- ignore: u-boot u-boot.{map,lds,srec,ihex}
> > 	- if there is a file other than u-boot.bin, you probably want that
> > 	- otherwise, you want u-boot.bin
> 
>  These are decent rules; plus SPL files I guess, and perhaps DTB
>  versions.
> 
>  What did you think of some kind of "install" or "dist" rule?

i don't have a problem with "install", but "dist" has clear semantics and is 
not appropriate for what you want: it's for creating a tarball of the current 
source tree for distribution (i.e. making a release).
-mike
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[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Build u-boot.imx by default when board uses it

[Stefano Babic]

On 11/11/2011 02:35 PM, Lo?c Minier wrote:
> On Thu, Nov 10, 2011, Mike Frysinger wrote:
>>>   CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG is set in boards.cfg.
>>
>> ugly undocumented CONFIG's are awesome
>>
>> this really should be in a subdir rather than the top level.  we want
>> to keep arch/soc-specific cruft out of the top level Makefile if
>> possible.  isn't there a sub-config.mk somewhere you could add the
>> line unconditionally ?
>
>   Can't see one, but Aneesh proposes the OMAP approach of
>   arch/arm/cpu/**/config.mk files.
>
>   The CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG actually changes per-board, so the boards.cfg
>   approach to set it seems ok; however we could try defining the
>   u-boot.imx rule in a common i.MX makefile snippet somewhere.
>
>   Perhaps arch/arm/cpu/armv7/config.mk or
>   arch/arm/cpu/armv7/mx5/Makefile, or a new file; I don't have a strong
>   opinion.

Then maybe in arch/arm/cpu/armv7/config.mk - the coming MX6 SOC will use 
CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG, too.

Stefano

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[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Build u-boot.imx by default when board uses it

[Wolfgang Denk]

Dear =?iso-8859-1?Q?Lo=EFc?= Minier,

In message <20111111133514.GC2895@bee.dooz.org> you wrote:
>
>  The CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG actually changes per-board, so the boards.cfg
>  approach to set it seems ok; however we could try defining the

No. The ability to pass additional parameters in boards.cfg was
primarily needed to be able to remove existing board support from the
top level Makefile, which often used lots of such stuff.

New boards, or changes to existing boards, should only make minimal
use of this, or even better help to reduce that.

Best regards,

Wolfgang Denk

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[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Build u-boot.imx by default when board uses it

[Stefano Babic]

On 11/11/2011 14:26, Lo?c Minier wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011, Daniel Schwierzeck wrote:
>> ALL-$(CONFIG_UBOOT_IMG) += $(obj)u-boot.img
>> ALL-$(CONFIG_UBOOT_IMX) += $(obj)u-boot.imx
>> ALL-$(CONFIG_UBOOT_KWB) += $(obj)u-boot.kwb
>>
>> then you can define CONFIG_UBOOT_KWB or CONFIG_UBOOT_IMX in your
>> board config if needed
> 
>  That'd be a fine solution for me if others agree it's the right
>  approach; ideally, we would even set CONFIG_UBOOT_IMX when
>  CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG is set (not sure where though).

Sorry to bring a dead thread to new life...

The issue is not yet solved and I am asking if we can do something for
the incoming release 2012.04. I would prefer we do not add a new switch
CONFIG_UBOOT_IMX into the configuration file, because it is possible to
have the same u-boot image running on different storages, for example on
NAND or NOR, and they have different offsets. This means different
imximage (header), while u-boot itself (binary) remains the same. So
this information should be not interpreted by the compiler.

Rereading the thread a major point is that we must not change the main
Makefile. What about if the changes suggested in the patch are put into
arch/arm/cpu/armv7/config.mk ?

Best regards,
Stefano Babic

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[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Build u-boot.imx by default when board uses it

[Mike Frysinger]

On Mon, Apr 2, 2012 at 13:03, Stefano Babic wrote:
> On 11/11/2011 14:26, Lo?c Minier wrote:
>> On Fri, Nov 11, 2011, Daniel Schwierzeck wrote:
>>> ALL-$(CONFIG_UBOOT_IMG) += $(obj)u-boot.img
>>> ALL-$(CONFIG_UBOOT_IMX) += $(obj)u-boot.imx
>>> ALL-$(CONFIG_UBOOT_KWB) += $(obj)u-boot.kwb
>>>
>>> then you can define CONFIG_UBOOT_KWB or CONFIG_UBOOT_IMX in your
>>> board config if needed
>>
>> ?That'd be a fine solution for me if others agree it's the right
>> ?approach; ideally, we would even set CONFIG_UBOOT_IMX when
>> ?CONFIG_IMX_CONFIG is set (not sure where though).
>
> Sorry to bring a dead thread to new life...
>
> The issue is not yet solved and I am asking if we can do something for
> the incoming release 2012.04. I would prefer we do not add a new switch
> CONFIG_UBOOT_IMX into the configuration file, because it is possible to
> have the same u-boot image running on different storages, for example on
> NAND or NOR, and they have different offsets. This means different
> imximage (header), while u-boot itself (binary) remains the same. So
> this information should be not interpreted by the compiler.

i'm not sure i follow.  it's been a while since this thread came
through, but it seemed like you could handle this (defining the
various CONFIG_xxx stuff) in arch/soc asm/config.h files ?

> Rereading the thread a major point is that we must not change the main
> Makefile. What about if the changes suggested in the patch are put into
> arch/arm/cpu/armv7/config.mk ?

the suggested ALL-$(CONFIG_xxx) syntax should be usable in the
arch/soc config.mk files
-mike

[U-Boot] [PATCH 1/2] Build u-boot.imx by default when board uses it

[Stefano Babic]

On 02/04/2012 20:25, Mike Frysinger wrote:

> 
> the suggested ALL-$(CONFIG_xxx) syntax should be usable in the
> arch/soc config.mk files

Right. I push a new version ;-)

Stefano

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