Binman and blobs

[Tom Rini]

On Tue, Mar 03, 2026 at 08:14:59AM -0700, Simon Glass wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> At present binman handles finding/building tools needed to build images.
> 
> There is no equivalent mechanism for the firmware blobs themselves.
> Users must manually obtain these and point binman at them.
> 
> This is quite painful at present. Each board requires some splunking,
> reading vendor documentation, etc.
> 
> I believe we could create a similar setup for blobs, where they are
> described in the image description (compatible string) and there is a
> way to build them, download them, etc.
> 
> What do people think?

Sounds like something that other tools and systems handle, but another
option would have wider adoption in the overall community if it wasn't
bundled inside of U-Boot.

-- 
Tom
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