[RFC] Makefile.lib: find capsule ESL dtsi file when CONFIG_OF_UPSTREAM=y

Jon Humphreys j-humphreys at ti.com
Fri Mar 29 09:34:43 CET 2024


Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu at linaro.org> writes:

> On Thu, 28 Mar 2024 at 09:34, Jon Humphreys <j-humphreys at ti.com> wrote:
>>
>> Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu at linaro.org> writes:
>>
>> > hi Jonathan,
>> >
>> > On Wed, 27 Mar 2024 at 08:05, Jonathan Humphreys <j-humphreys at ti.com> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> When CONFIG_OF_UPSTREAM is enabled, DTS files are in SOC subdirectories (vs the
>> >> top level dts directory), but when CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_AUTHENTICATE is enabled,
>> >> the dynamically created dtsi file containing the capsule ESL DT node is in the
>> >> parent directory.  This results in a build failure because the #include inserted
>> >> in the DTS file is local to the current directory.  Update Makefile to have the
>> >> DT preprocessing of #includes search in the parent (dts top level) directory
>> >> too.
>> >>
>> >> I'm not sure if this is the best solution.
>> >>
>> >> I was also tempted to just manually include the capsule-key property in the
>> >> board dts, and avoid the Makefile implicit inclusion trickery.  I would actually
>> >> prefer this approach as everything is more explicit.  But this isn't an option
>> >> because if CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_AUTHENTICATE is enabled, the implicit inclusion of
>> >> the dtsi file happens.  It would be better, IMO, if we only included the
>> >> generated dtsi file if CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_ESL_FILE is defined.  Was only
>> >> supporting the implicit inclusiong approach an intentional design choice?
>> >
>> > I was not sure if users would want to manually insert the contents of
>> > the ESL file, which is a binary file(a few hundred bytes at least)
>> > into the DTS. If you prefer having such an option, we can change the
>> > logic to what you propose. Thanks.
>>
>> What I was thinking is that one would explictly add the capsule-key
>> property to the board dts but do it just as the generated dtsi does
>> where it references the .esl file.
>
> Okay. In any case, that can be done by having the addition of the
> capsule_esl_dtsi to the dtsi_include_list under the
> CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_ESL_FILE  conditional, isn't it? That way, we have
> both solutions. Users can then define the config flag to automate the
> inclusion of the capsule-key. Those who prefer to explicitly include
> the node to the board dts can do so on similar lines to how it is
> defined in the lib/efi_loader/capsule_esl.dtsi.in file.
>

exactly!

Jon

> -sughosh
>
>>
>>
>> Jon
>>
>> >
>> > -sughosh
>> >
>> >>
>> >> Thanks
>> >> Jon
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Humphreys <j-humphreys at ti.com>
>> >> ---
>> >>  scripts/Makefile.lib | 2 +-
>> >>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib b/scripts/Makefile.lib
>> >> index 12857316c58..62f87517c09 100644
>> >> --- a/scripts/Makefile.lib
>> >> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib
>> >> @@ -334,7 +334,7 @@ cmd_dtc = mkdir -p $(dir ${dtc-tmp}) ; \
>> >>         (cat $< > $(pre-tmp)); \
>> >>         $(foreach f,$(subst $(quote),,$(dtsi_include_list)), \
>> >>           echo '$(pound)include "$(f)"' >> $(pre-tmp);) \
>> >> -       $(HOSTCC) -E $(dtc_cpp_flags) -x assembler-with-cpp -o $(dtc-tmp) $(pre-tmp) ; \
>> >> +       $(HOSTCC) -E $(dtc_cpp_flags) -I$(obj) -x assembler-with-cpp -o $(dtc-tmp) $(pre-tmp) ; \
>> >>         $(DTC) -O dtb -o $@ -b 0 \
>> >>                 -i $(dir $<) -i $(u_boot_dtsi_loc) $(DTC_FLAGS) \
>> >>                 -d $(depfile).dtc.tmp $(dtc-tmp) || \
>> >> --
>> >> 2.34.1
>> >>


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