[PATCH 4/7] spl: fit: Warn if FIT contains "fpga" property in config node

Alex G. mr.nuke.me at gmail.com
Fri Mar 19 15:53:45 CET 2021



On 3/18/21 1:44 AM, Simon Glass wrote:
> Hi Alexandru,
> 
> On Thu, 11 Mar 2021 at 07:04, Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> Commit 4afc4f37c70e ("doc: FIT image: Clarify format and simplify
>> syntax") requires that FPGA images be referenced through the
>> "loadables" in the config node. This means that "fpga" properties in
>> config nodes are deprecated.
>>
>> Given that there are likely FIT images which use "fpga", let's not
>> break those right away. Print a warning message that such use is
>> deprecated, and give users a couple of releases to update their
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me at gmail.com>
>> ---
>>   common/spl/spl_fit.c | 9 +++++++++
>>   1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>>
>> diff --git a/common/spl/spl_fit.c b/common/spl/spl_fit.c
>> index 55fca9f399..68f29c0026 100644
>> --- a/common/spl/spl_fit.c
>> +++ b/common/spl/spl_fit.c
>> @@ -526,6 +526,13 @@ __weak bool spl_load_simple_fit_skip_processing(void)
>>          return false;
>>   }
>>
>> +static void warn_deprecated(const char *msg)
>> +{
>> +       printf("DEPRECATED: %s\n", msg);
>> +       printf("\tThis will stop working in a future u-boot release\n");
>> +       printf("\tSee doc/uImage.FIT/source_file_format.txt\n");
> 
> That is a lot of text to add...can it be shorter?

Sure. The idea was that we'd remove this message in a couple of releases 
anyway, and we want it very loud until then. If I remove the middle 
printf(), will thgat work ?

Alex

>> +}
>> +
>>   static int spl_fit_upload_fpga(struct spl_fit_info *ctx, int node,
>>                                 struct spl_image_info *fpga_image)
>>   {
>> @@ -558,6 +565,8 @@ static int spl_fit_load_fpga(struct spl_fit_info *ctx,
>>          if (node < 0)
>>                  return node;
>>
>> +       warn_deprecated("'fpga' property in config node. Use 'loadables'");
>> +
>>          /* Load the image and set up the fpga_image structure */
>>          ret = spl_load_fit_image(info, sector, ctx, node, &fpga_image);
>>          if (ret) {
>> --
>> 2.26.2
>>
> 
> Regards,
> Simon
> 


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