Broken build with disabling OpenSSL crypto

Rudi Heitbaum rudi at heitbaum.com
Fri Oct 8 11:34:03 CEST 2021


On Wed, Oct 06, 2021 at 05:05:24PM -0500, Alex G. wrote:
> Hi Jernej,
> 
> On 10/6/21 4:27 PM, Jernej ?krabec wrote:
> > Hi everyone!
> > 
> > Commit cb9faa6f98ae ("tools: Use a single target-independent config to enable
> > OpenSSL") recently introduced option to disable usage of OpenSSL via
> > CONFIG_TOOLS_LIBCRYPTO. However, just a bit later, another commit b4f3cc2c42d9
> > ("tools: kwbimage: Do not hide usage of secure header under
> > CONFIG_ARMADA_38X") made U-Boot tools hard dependent on OpenSSL. That totally
> > defeats the purpose of first commit. I suggest that it gets reverted.
> > 
> > I would like disable OpenSSL for my usage, since it gives me troubles when
> > cross-compiling U-Boot inside LibreELEC build system. It's not needed for our
> > case anyway.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > 
> 
> Can you please give the following diff a try, and if it works for you, submit as patch?
> 
> Alex

Hi Alex,

I can confirm the patch does work as expected.

https://github.com/LibreELEC/LibreELEC.tv/pull/5719/files

Setting the CONFIG_TOOLS_LIBCRYPTO=n - now results in a successful
build. It fixes the must have SSL regression introduced in b4f3cc2c42d9.

Regards
Rudi

> diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
> index 4a86321f64..7f72ff9645 100644
> --- a/tools/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/Makefile
> @@ -96,7 +96,8 @@ AES_OBJS-$(CONFIG_TOOLS_LIBCRYPTO) := $(addprefix lib/aes/, \
> 
>   # Cryptographic helpers that depend on openssl/libcrypto
>   LIBCRYPTO_OBJS-$(CONFIG_TOOLS_LIBCRYPTO) := $(addprefix lib/, \
> -					fdt-libcrypto.o)
> +					fdt-libcrypto.o) \
> +					kwbimage.o
> 
>   ROCKCHIP_OBS = lib/rc4.o rkcommon.o rkimage.o rksd.o rkspi.o
> 
> @@ -117,7 +118,6 @@ dumpimage-mkimage-objs := aisimage.o \
>   			imximage.o \
>   			imx8image.o \
>   			imx8mimage.o \
> -			kwbimage.o \
>   			lib/md5.o \
>   			lpc32xximage.o \
>   			mxsimage.o \
> @@ -169,8 +169,8 @@ HOST_EXTRACFLAGS	+= -DCONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE_MAX_SIZE=0xffffffff
>   HOST_EXTRACFLAGS	+= -DCONFIG_FIT_CIPHER
>   endif
> 
> -# MXSImage needs LibSSL
> -ifneq ($(CONFIG_MX23)$(CONFIG_MX28)$(CONFIG_ARMADA_38X)$(CONFIG_TOOLS_LIBCRYPTO),)
> +# MXSImage needs LibSSL <- Nope! Read the frogging notice at the top
> +ifneq ($(CONFIG_TOOLS_LIBCRYPTO),)
>   HOSTCFLAGS_kwbimage.o += \
>   	$(shell pkg-config --cflags libssl libcrypto 2> /dev/null || echo "")
>   HOSTLDLIBS_mkimage += \


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