[U-Boot] [PATCH v3] ARM: mxs: tools: Use mkimage for BootStream generation

Marek Vasut marex at denx.de
Tue Sep 24 18:51:36 CEST 2013


Dear Otavio Salvador,

> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 1:28 PM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
> > Dear Otavio Salvador,
> > 
> >> On Tue, Sep 24, 2013 at 12:39 PM, Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de> wrote:
> >> > Now that mkimage can generate an BootStream for i.MX23 and i.MX28,
> >> > use the mkimage as a default tool to generate the BootStreams instead
> >> > of the elftosb tool. This cuts out another obscure dependency.
> >> > 
> >> > Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex at denx.de>
> >> 
> >> ..
> >> 
> >> >  # Specify the target for use in elftosb call
> >> > 
> >> > -ELFTOSB_TARGET-$(CONFIG_MX23) = imx23
> >> > -ELFTOSB_TARGET-$(CONFIG_MX28) = imx28
> >> > +MKIMAGE_TARGET-$(CONFIG_MX23) = mx23
> >> > +MKIMAGE_TARGET-$(CONFIG_MX28) = mx28
> >> > 
> >> > -$(OBJTREE)/u-boot.bd:
> >> > $(SRCTREE)/$(CPUDIR)/$(SOC)/u-boot-$(ELFTOSB_TARGET-y).bd
> >> > +$(OBJTREE)/mxsimage.cfg:
> >> > $(SRCTREE)/$(CPUDIR)/$(SOC)/mxsimage.$(MKIMAGE_TARGET-y).cfg
> >> > 
> >> >         sed "s at OBJTREE@$(OBJTREE)@g" $^ > $@
> >> 
> >> This is clearly a mxsimage thing; I do believe MXSIMAGE_TARGET is more
> >> clear.
> > 
> > Please read the patch again, the tool that is invoked is called "mkimage"
> > . I disagree.
> 
> But it is used to generate the mxsimage.cfg in
> .../mxsimage.$(MKIMAGE_TARGET-y).cfg
> 
> So it is really an mxsimage thing.
> 
> For something named MKIMAGE_TARGET I would expect it being in the mkimage
> call.

IFF you look at the pattern above (-ELFTOSB -> +MKIMAGE), you can see the name 
of the variable contains the name of the tool. I want to stick with MKIMAGE_ 
here.

Best regards,
Marek Vasut


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