[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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