[PATCH 1/2] environment: support DT-compatible-specific overlays
Ahmad Fatoum
a.fatoum at barebox.org
Mon Apr 13 03:20:20 PDT 2026
Board-specific environments are registered from board code via
defaultenv_append_directory(), but this isn't possible when using
CONFIG_DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_PATH with an external environment.
Add support for a match.of_compatible/ directory convention within
the default environment. Subdirectories named after DT root compatible
strings are overlaid onto /env from most generic to most specific
after the default environment is loaded. The match.of_compatible/
directory is removed afterwards to keep /env clean.
Example layout in CONFIG_DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_PATH:
barebox-defaultenv/
nv/boot.default
match.of_compatible/
fsl,imx8mm/
nv/boot.default
fsl,imx8mq-evk/
nv/boot.default
For compatible = "fsl,imx8mm-evk", "fsl,imx8mm":
1. fsl,imx8mm/ overlay applied first (most generic)
2. fsl,imx8mm-evk/ overlay applied second (most specific)
Signed-off-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at barebox.org>
---
common/startup.c | 47 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
1 file changed, 47 insertions(+)
diff --git a/common/startup.c b/common/startup.c
index 2e2b5f820fe9..e630033e3505 100644
--- a/common/startup.c
+++ b/common/startup.c
@@ -46,6 +46,7 @@
#include <pbl/handoff-data.h>
#include <libfile.h>
#include <fuzz.h>
+#include <of.h>
extern initcall_t __barebox_initcalls_start[], __barebox_early_initcalls_end[],
__barebox_initcalls_end[];
@@ -95,6 +96,50 @@ void autoload_external_env(bool endis)
}
#endif
+static void env_merge_of_compat_overlays(const char *dir)
+{
+ struct device_node *root;
+ const char *compat;
+ struct stat s;
+ char *ofdir, *src;
+ int count;
+
+ root = of_get_root_node();
+ if (!root)
+ return;
+
+ ofdir = xasprintf("%s/match.of_compatible", dir);
+
+ if (stat(ofdir, &s) || !S_ISDIR(s.st_mode))
+ goto out;
+
+ count = of_property_count_strings(root, "compatible");
+
+ /*
+ * Apply overlays from most generic to most specific, so that
+ * more specific entries take precedence.
+ */
+ for (int i = count - 1; i >= 0; i--) {
+ if (of_property_read_string_index(root, "compatible",
+ i, &compat))
+ continue;
+
+ src = xasprintf("%s/%s", ofdir, compat);
+
+ if (stat(src, &s) == 0 && S_ISDIR(s.st_mode)) {
+ pr_debug("Applying '%s'-compatible environment overlay\n",
+ compat);
+ copy_recursive(src, dir, 0);
+ }
+
+ free(src);
+ }
+
+ unlink_recursive(ofdir, NULL);
+out:
+ free(ofdir);
+}
+
static int load_environment(void)
{
const char *default_environment_path;
@@ -115,6 +160,8 @@ static int load_environment(void)
pr_info("external environment support %s. Using default environment\n",
IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_ENV_HANDLING) ? "disallowed" : "disabled");
+ env_merge_of_compat_overlays("/env");
+
nvvar_load();
return 0;
--
2.47.3
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