[PATCH v3 11/23] PBL: allow to link ELF image into PBL
Sascha Hauer
s.hauer at pengutronix.de
Thu Jan 8 07:50:08 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 | 4 ++++
pbl/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9d8fe242411422163cb800c0b2dd1eb9f0709f47..44011868083135e2a4c53413535bedf70f1704f7 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 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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