[PATCH v5 12/22] PBL: allow to link ELF image into PBL

Sascha Hauer s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Fri Jan 16 00:12:23 PST 2026


Some architectures want to link the barebox proper ELF image into the
PBL. Allow that and provide a Kconfig option to select the ELF image.

Reviewed-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum at pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
---
 Makefile    | 4 ++++
 pbl/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2350592cde..25b548712c 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -831,7 +831,11 @@ export KBUILD_BINARY ?= barebox.bin
 # Also any assignments in arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile take precedence over
 # the default value.
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_PBL_IMAGE_ELF),y)
+export BAREBOX_PROPER ?= vmbarebox
+else
 export BAREBOX_PROPER ?= barebox.bin
+endif
 
 barebox-flash-images: $(KBUILD_IMAGE)
 	@echo $^ > $@
diff --git a/pbl/Kconfig b/pbl/Kconfig
index cab9325d16..63f29cd613 100644
--- a/pbl/Kconfig
+++ b/pbl/Kconfig
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ config PBL_IMAGE_NO_PIGGY
 	  want to use the piggy mechanism to load barebox proper.
 	  It's so far only intended for sandbox.
 
+config PBL_IMAGE_ELF
+	bool
+	depends on PBL_IMAGE
+	select ELF
+	help
+	  If yes, link ELF image into the PBL, otherwise a raw binary
+	  is linked into the PBL. This must match the loader code in the
+	  PBL.
+
 config PBL_MULTI_IMAGES
 	bool
 	select PBL_IMAGE

-- 
2.47.3




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