[PATCH v8 4/9] sandbox: Build the mkeficapsule tool for the sandbox variants

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Sat Aug 12 19:03:36 CEST 2023


Hi Tom,

On Sat, 12 Aug 2023 at 08:28, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 08:24:59AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
> > Hi Tom,
> >
> > On Sat, 12 Aug 2023 at 08:22, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Sat, Aug 12, 2023 at 07:08:44AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
> > > > Hi Tom,
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, 11 Aug 2023 at 09:56, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 08:26:36AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote:
> > > > > > Hi Sughosh,
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Fri, 11 Aug 2023 at 08:23, Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu at linaro.org>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > On Fri, 11 Aug 2023 at 19:28, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 04:29:37PM +0530, Sughosh Ganu wrote:
> > > > > > > > > On Thu, 10 Aug 2023 at 22:47, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 10:39:06PM +0530, Sughosh Ganu wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, 10 Aug 2023 at 21:22, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 07:53:33PM +0530, Sughosh Ganu
> > > > wrote:
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Build the mkeficapsule tool for all the sandbox variants.
> > > > This tool
> > > > > > > > > > > > > will be used subsequently for testing capsule generation
> > > > in binman.
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu at linaro.org>
> > > > > > > > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > > > > > > > Changes since V7: None
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >  tools/Kconfig | 6 +++---
> > > > > > > > > > > > >  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/tools/Kconfig b/tools/Kconfig
> > > > > > > > > > > > > index 6e23f44d55..353a855243 100644
> > > > > > > > > > > > > --- a/tools/Kconfig
> > > > > > > > > > > > > +++ b/tools/Kconfig
> > > > > > > > > > > > > @@ -91,10 +91,10 @@ config TOOLS_SHA512
> > > > > > > > > > > > >         Enable SHA512 support in the tools builds
> > > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > >  config TOOLS_MKEFICAPSULE
> > > > > > > > > > > > > -     bool "Build efimkcapsule command"
> > > > > > > > > > > > > -     default y if EFI_CAPSULE_ON_DISK
> > > > > > > > > > > > > +     bool "Build mkeficapsule tool"
> > > > > > > > > > > > > +     default y if EFI_CAPSULE_ON_DISK || SANDBOX
> > > > > > > > > > > > >       help
> > > > > > > > > > > > > -       This command allows users to create a UEFI
> > > > capsule file and,
> > > > > > > > > > > > > +       This tool allows users to create a UEFI capsule
> > > > file and,
> > > > > > > > > > > > >         optionally sign that file. If you want to enable
> > > > UEFI capsule
> > > > > > > > > > > > >         update feature on your target, you certainly need
> > > > this.
> > > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > > Sorry, what is this fixing exactly?
> > > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > > The tool is required to be supported on the sandbox_spl
> > > > variant, since
> > > > > > > > > > > that is used for the binman tests in CI. Simon had then asked
> > > > me to
> > > > > > > > > > > add support for the tool on all sandbox variants. I missed
> > > > putting his
> > > > > > > > > > > R-b on this patch.
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > > OK, moving forward just depend on:
> > > > > > > > > >
> > > > https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/20230810165224.514772-1-trini@konsulko.com/
> > > > > > > > > > instead please, thanks.
> > > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > > I will base my changes on top of your patch. However, we would
> > > > still
> > > > > > > > > need this patch as part of the series, since Simon wants the
> > > > capsules
> > > > > > > > > to be generated for all the sandbox variants. Thanks.
> > > > > > > >
> > > > > > > > No, this isn't needed.  Any sandbox variant that needs capsules has
> > > > > > > > EFI_CAPSULE_ON_DISK enabled.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Simon wants the capsules to be generated on all sandbox variants,
> > > > > > > including those that do not have the EFI_CAPSULE_ON_DISK enabled.
> > > > > > > Which is why we need to have the tool enabled for all sandbox
> > > > > > > variants.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > I want to avoid #ifdefs in the sandbox .dts so far as possible.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Tom, I'll let you make the final decision.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > In any case, the multiple-images thing needs to be fixed.
> > > > >
> > > > > Sughosh, please update the other sandbox defconfigs to just enable
> > > > > EFI_CAPSULE_ON_DISK.
> > > > >
> > > > > Simon, this I think is an example of where re-working
> > > > > configs/sandbox64_defconfig
> > > > > configs/sandbox_defconfig
> > > > > configs/sandbox_flattree_defconfig
> > > > > configs/sandbox_noinst_defconfig
> > > > > configs/sandbox_spl_defconfig
> > > > > configs/sandbox_vpl_defconfig
> > > > >
> > > > > To be configs/sandbox_defconfig + boards/sandbox/flattree.config,
> > > > > noinst.config, spl.config, vpl.config would be helpful.  There's the
> > > > > sandbox config itself where EFI_CAPSULE_ON_DISK=y and then every other
> > > > > variant just gets that, and we don't have to tweak N configs.
> > > >
> > > > You mean split configs? So far I am unable to build those...
> > >
> > > I don't know what you mean by split configs.  I mean that I think the
> > > only intentional difference between configs/sandbox_defconfig and
> > > configs/sandbox64_defconfig is:
> > > CONFIG_SANDBOX64=y
> > > CONFIG_DEFAULT_DEVICE_TREE="sandbox64"
> > >
> > > And everything else is unintentional.  And there's lots of other deltas
> > > like that between each of the other variants, and sandbox.  And that
> > > this isn't the first, nor likely the last, time where we need to enable
> > > some option on other sandbox config files too, so that CI passes.  This
> > > would all be avoided by using the config fragments mechanism so that
> > > we captured only the intentional delta of a fragment rather than
> > > maintaining N nearly identical, but not quite, files.
> >
> > Well we do have other intentional differences, e.g. OF_LIVE. But OK if
> > we can find a way to make fragments work with buildman (amd qconfig),
> > then we could do this.
>
> Yes, I was noting this in hopes of sparking your interest in figuring
> out how to handle fragments with buildman.  It's similar to how we have
> the override option today.

We need a list of fragments somewhere, so that it is possible to
enumerate the different board combinations. Does the main defconfig
have a way to specify this, or could we add it?

Regards,
Simon


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