[PATCH v2 10/21] PBL: allow to link ELF image into PBL

Ahmad Fatoum a.fatoum at pengutronix.de
Tue Jan 6 05:18:12 PST 2026


Hi,

On 1/6/26 1:53 PM, Sascha Hauer wrote:
> 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

Should be squashed into previous commit.

>  
>  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

Shouldn't be needed, there's already

ifdef CONFIG_PBL_IMAGE
all: $(BAREBOX_PROPER) images

>  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)

Ok. I can add a patch later with --strip-section-headers.

>  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

barebox.elf.z not needed.

Cheers,
Ahmad

>  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
> 

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