[PATCH 09/19] PBL: allow to link ELF image into PBL
Sascha Hauer
s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Mon Jan 5 03:26:50 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.
Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer at pengutronix.de>
---
images/Makefile | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
images/piggy.S | 4 ++++
pbl/Kconfig | 8 ++++++++
3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
diff --git a/images/Makefile b/images/Makefile
index 448479ee8cf355a771ce63314ce64a631544f488..8d4fd1504ab64d4f4d1cc19f2b36cff9939964e3 100644
--- a/images/Makefile
+++ b/images/Makefile
@@ -138,7 +138,13 @@ $(obj)/%.itb: $(obj)/%.its FORCE
$(obj)/%.fit: $(obj)/$$(FILE_$$(@F)) $(dtstree)/dtbs-list FORCE
$(call if_changed,fit)
-$(obj)/piggy.o: $(obj)/barebox.z FORCE
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_PBL_IMAGE_ELF),)
+PIGGY_IMAGE := $(obj)/barebox.z
+else
+PIGGY_IMAGE := $(obj)/barebox.elf.z
+endif
+
+$(obj)/piggy.o: ${PIGGY_IMAGE} FORCE
$(obj)/sha_sum.o: $(obj)/barebox.sha.bin FORCE
@@ -154,6 +160,14 @@ $(obj)/barebox.sum: $(obj)/barebox.z FORCE
$(obj)/barebox.z: $(obj)/../$(BAREBOX_PROPER) FORCE
$(call if_changed,$(suffix_y))
+# barebox.elf.z - compressed barebox ELF binary
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------
+# Prevent the %.elf pattern rule from building ../barebox.elf
+$(obj)/../barebox.elf: ;
+
+$(obj)/barebox.elf.z: $(obj)/../barebox.elf FORCE
+ $(call if_changed,$(suffix_y))
+
# %.img - create a copy from another file
# ----------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -219,7 +233,7 @@ ifneq ($(pblx-y)$(pblx-),)
$(error pblx- has been removed. Please use pblb- instead.)
endif
-targets += $(image-y) pbl.lds barebox.x barebox.z piggy.o sha_sum.o barebox.sha.bin barebox.sum
+targets += $(image-y) pbl.lds barebox.x barebox.z barebox.elf.z piggy.o sha_sum.o barebox.sha.bin barebox.sum
targets += $(patsubst %,%.pblb,$(pblb-y))
targets += $(patsubst %,%.pbl,$(pblb-y))
targets += $(patsubst %,%.s,$(pblb-y))
diff --git a/images/piggy.S b/images/piggy.S
index 654933ea2ffe4aad9bbed44a44971ef67a3fe183..b09fbfd2e215c674548caeab544ef5ada49a40ea 100644
--- a/images/piggy.S
+++ b/images/piggy.S
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
.section .piggydata,"a"
.globl input_data
input_data:
+#ifdef CONFIG_PBL_IMAGE_ELF
+ .incbin "images/barebox.elf.z"
+#else
.incbin "images/barebox.z"
+#endif
.globl input_data_end
input_data_end:
diff --git a/pbl/Kconfig b/pbl/Kconfig
index cab9325d16e8625bcca10125b3281062abffedbc..66bba5a4b21a715f3eb55d39c820977bfb3c459f 100644
--- a/pbl/Kconfig
+++ b/pbl/Kconfig
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ 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
+ 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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