'of_compatible' and 'model' imd records are unusable

Antony Pavlov antonynpavlov at gmail.com
Sat Oct 2 02:44:47 PDT 2021 

On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 10:48:50 +0200
Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de> wrote:

Hi Sascha!

> On Fri, Oct 01, 2021 at 02:24:53PM +0300, Antony Pavlov wrote:
> > Hi all!
> > 
> > I have cloned barebox c67ada0024da (v2021.08.0) and found that
> > 'of_compatible' and 'model' imd records are unusable.
> > 
> > E.g.
> > 
> > barebox$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- imx_v8_defconfig
> > barebox$ make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu-
> > ...
> > images built:
> > barebox-nxp-imx8mm-evk.img
> > barebox-prt-prt8mm.img
> > barebox-nxp-imx8mp-evk.img
> > barebox-nxp-imx8mq-evk.img
> > barebox-zii-imx8mq-dev.img
> > barebox-phytec-phycore-imx8mq.img
> > 
> > barebox$ ./scripts/bareboximd images/barebox-nxp-imx8mm-evk.img
> > build: #1 Fri Oct 1 10:16:30 UTC 2021
> > buildsystem version: 
> > crc32: 0x00000000
> > release: 2021.08.0
> > barebox$ 
> > 
> > There is no 'of_compatible' and 'model' imd records in bareboximd output.
> > 
> > So there is no chance to imd_find_type(..., IMD_TYPE_OF_COMPATIBLE)
> > (see common/bbu.c) in a barebox image file.
> > 
> > scripts/gen-dtb-s puts IMD_TYPE_OF_COMPATIBLE and IMD_TYPE_MODEL
> > records into barebox_imd_0 section.
> > 
> > BAREBOX_IMD macro (include/asm-generic/barebox.lds.h)
> > does not KEEP barebox_imd_0 section":
> 
> This is done on purpose because otherwise...
> 
> > 
> > #define BAREBOX_IMD                             \
> >         STRUCT_ALIGN();                         \
> >         KEEP(*(.barebox_imd_start))             \
> >         KEEP(*(.barebox_imd_1*))                \
> >         *(.barebox_imd_0*)                      \
> >         KEEP(*(.barebox_imd_end))
> > 
> > KEEPing barebox_imd_0 leads to several 'of_compatible' and 'model' records
> > in one barebox image file, e.g.:
> 
> ...exactly this would happen.
> 
> To get the of_compatible and model imd tags in an image you have to put
> IMD_USED_OF() explicitly into the entry function of the image handling
> this compatible, there's no way for the build process to know which
> image handles which device tree. See below for an example which adds the
> tags for the boards you are currently compiling.

There are two remarks:

1. It looks like we still able to automatically add of_compatible and model imd tags.
Please see my message http://lists.infradead.org/pipermail/barebox/2021-October/037412.html

2. I have no lowlevel.c board files on MIPS :(

Can we automaticaly generate of_compatible and model imd tags for most of the boards
and explicitly generate tags with IMD_USED_OF() just for selected boards?

-- 
Best regards,
  Antony Pavlov


> 
> Sascha
> 
> --------------------------------8<-------------------------
> 
> From 456d90992fe0b9f4258b693a946f8d13ba5b0b4c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
> From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
> Date: Sat, 2 Oct 2021 10:45:04 +0200
> Subject: [PATCH] ARM: i.MX8m: Add of_compatible imd tags for i.MX8 boards
> 
> The build process has to be manually told which image is compatible to
> which device tree. Add the IMD_USED_OF() calls to the i.MX8m based
> boards.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
> ---
>  arch/arm/boards/nxp-imx8mm-evk/lowlevel.c        | 3 +++
>  arch/arm/boards/nxp-imx8mp-evk/lowlevel.c        | 3 +++
>  arch/arm/boards/nxp-imx8mq-evk/lowlevel.c        | 3 +++
>  arch/arm/boards/protonic-imx8m/lowlevel-prt8mm.c | 3 +++
>  arch/arm/boards/zii-imx8mq-dev/lowlevel.c        | 4 ++++
>  5 files changed, 16 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/nxp-imx8mm-evk/lowlevel.c b/arch/arm/boards/nxp-imx8mm-evk/lowlevel.c
> index 4bd29c2269..c2f6206cfd 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boards/nxp-imx8mm-evk/lowlevel.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/boards/nxp-imx8mm-evk/lowlevel.c
> @@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
>  #include <mfd/bd71837.h>
>  #include <soc/imx8m/ddr.h>
>  #include <soc/fsl/fsl_udc.h>
> +#include <image-metadata.h>
>  
>  extern char __dtb_imx8mm_evk_start[];
>  
> @@ -177,5 +178,7 @@ ENTRY_FUNCTION(start_nxp_imx8mm_evk, r0, r1, r2)
>  	relocate_to_current_adr();
>  	setup_c();
>  
> +	IMD_USED_OF(imx8mm_evk);
> +
>  	nxp_imx8mm_evk_start();
>  }
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/nxp-imx8mp-evk/lowlevel.c b/arch/arm/boards/nxp-imx8mp-evk/lowlevel.c
> index 3298ded586..5732ccc645 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boards/nxp-imx8mp-evk/lowlevel.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/boards/nxp-imx8mp-evk/lowlevel.c
> @@ -4,6 +4,7 @@
>  #include <common.h>
>  #include <debug_ll.h>
>  #include <firmware.h>
> +#include <image-metadata.h>
>  #include <asm/mmu.h>
>  #include <asm/cache.h>
>  #include <asm/sections.h>
> @@ -189,5 +190,7 @@ ENTRY_FUNCTION(start_nxp_imx8mp_evk, r0, r1, r2)
>  	relocate_to_current_adr();
>  	setup_c();
>  
> +	IMD_USED_OF(imx8mp_evk);
> +
>  	nxp_imx8mp_evk_start();
>  }
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/nxp-imx8mq-evk/lowlevel.c b/arch/arm/boards/nxp-imx8mq-evk/lowlevel.c
> index 564621abef..92cc22e022 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boards/nxp-imx8mq-evk/lowlevel.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/boards/nxp-imx8mq-evk/lowlevel.c
> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
>  
>  #include <common.h>
>  #include <firmware.h>
> +#include <image-metadata.h>
>  #include <linux/sizes.h>
>  #include <mach/generic.h>
>  #include <asm/barebox-arm-head.h>
> @@ -106,5 +107,7 @@ ENTRY_FUNCTION(start_nxp_imx8mq_evk, r0, r1, r2)
>  	relocate_to_current_adr();
>  	setup_c();
>  
> +	IMD_USED_OF(imx8mq_evk);
> +
>  	nxp_imx8mq_evk_start();
>  }
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/protonic-imx8m/lowlevel-prt8mm.c b/arch/arm/boards/protonic-imx8m/lowlevel-prt8mm.c
> index 3b8b53b36e..24d98fe6c9 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boards/protonic-imx8m/lowlevel-prt8mm.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/boards/protonic-imx8m/lowlevel-prt8mm.c
> @@ -2,6 +2,7 @@
>  
>  #include <asm/barebox-arm.h>
>  #include <common.h>
> +#include <image-metadata.h>
>  #include <debug_ll.h>
>  #include <firmware.h>
>  #include <mach/atf.h>
> @@ -118,5 +119,7 @@ ENTRY_FUNCTION(start_prt_prt8mm, r0, r1, r2)
>  	relocate_to_current_adr();
>  	setup_c();
>  
> +	IMD_USED_OF(imx8mm_prt8mm);
> +
>  	prt_prt8mm_start();
>  }
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boards/zii-imx8mq-dev/lowlevel.c b/arch/arm/boards/zii-imx8mq-dev/lowlevel.c
> index 311e61fb1d..cf53fb2def 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boards/zii-imx8mq-dev/lowlevel.c
> +++ b/arch/arm/boards/zii-imx8mq-dev/lowlevel.c
> @@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
>  
>  #include <common.h>
>  #include <firmware.h>
> +#include <image-metadata.h>
>  #include <linux/sizes.h>
>  #include <mach/generic.h>
>  #include <asm/barebox-arm-head.h>
> @@ -200,5 +201,8 @@ ENTRY_FUNCTION(start_zii_imx8mq_dev, r0, r1, r2)
>  	relocate_to_current_adr();
>  	setup_c();
>  
> +	IMD_USED_OF(imx8mq_zii_ultra_rmb3);
> +	IMD_USED_OF(imx8mq_zii_ultra_zest);
> +
>  	zii_imx8mq_dev_start();
>  }
> -- 
> 2.30.2
> 
> 
> 
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