[PATCH v2 10/21] PBL: allow to link ELF image into PBL
Sascha Hauer
s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Tue Jan 6 04:53:13 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>
---
Makefile | 16 ++++++++++------
images/Makefile | 2 +-
pbl/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aa12b385c779512fe20d33792f4968fed2eec29a..d1e6e3e418e4875b0fdee2e156acecdbbd5e3c9a 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 $^ > $@
@@ -854,7 +858,7 @@ endif
all: $(symlink-y)
ifeq ($(CONFIG_PBL_IMAGE)-$(CONFIG_PBL_IMAGE_NO_PIGGY),y-)
-all: barebox.elf
+all: vmbarebox
endif
.SECONDEXPANSION:
@@ -1099,12 +1103,12 @@ barebox.fit: images/barebox-$(CONFIG_ARCH_LINUX_NAME).fit
barebox.srec: barebox
$(OBJCOPY) -O srec $< $@
-OBJCOPYFLAGS_barebox.elf = --strip-debug --strip-unneeded \
- --remove-section=.comment \
- --remove-section=.note* \
- --remove-section=.gnu.hash
+OBJCOPYFLAGS_vmbarebox = --strip-debug --strip-unneeded \
+ --remove-section=.comment \
+ --remove-section=.note* \
+ --remove-section=.gnu.hash
-barebox.elf: barebox FORCE
+vmbarebox: barebox FORCE
$(call if_changed,objcopy)
quiet_cmd_barebox_proper__ = CC $@
diff --git a/images/Makefile b/images/Makefile
index ebbf57b463558724c97a6b4ca65c33f80dad253b..dd1be18eeef1a4ef42d3b9dc4b9c4f5d22c10d1a 100644
--- a/images/Makefile
+++ b/images/Makefile
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ ifneq ($(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/pbl/Kconfig b/pbl/Kconfig
index cab9325d16e8625bcca10125b3281062abffedbc..63f29cd6135926c48b355b80fc7a123b90098c20 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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