[PATCH v2 4/7] dts: beagleplay: binman: Include firmware capsules binman nodes
Tom Rini
trini at konsulko.com
Thu May 23 17:17:40 CEST 2024
On Wed, May 22, 2024 at 11:12:35PM -0500, Jon Humphreys wrote:
> Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> writes:
>
> > On Tue, May 21, 2024 at 09:20:26PM -0500, Jon Humphreys wrote:
> >> Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> writes:
> >>
> >> > On Fri, Apr 19, 2024 at 04:28:16PM -0500, Jonathan Humphreys wrote:
> >> >
> >> >> Fill in the BeaglePlay's capsule GUID properties of the base binman capsule
> >> >> nodes.
> >> >>
> >> >> Signed-off-by: Jonathan Humphreys <j-humphreys at ti.com>
> >> >> ---
> >> >> arch/arm/dts/k3-am625-beagleplay-u-boot.dtsi | 27 ++++++++++++++++++++
> >> >> arch/arm/dts/k3-am625-r5-beagleplay.dts | 15 +++++++++++
> >> >> 2 files changed, 42 insertions(+)
> >> >
> >> > This series introduces failure to build in CI, and it's a little tricky
> >> > to replicate locally, depending on your environment. You first need to
> >> > NOT have BINMAN_INDIRS set and instead be using fake binaries. Second,
> >> > it seems python version dependent perhaps? I don't see this on my host,
> >> > but by:
> >> > - Using the CI container
> >> > - Setting up a virtualenv inside of it
> >> > - pip install -r tools/buildman/requirements.txt
> >> > I get:
> >> > $ ./tools/buildman/buildman --keep-outputs --reproducible-builds -dvel --force-build -PEWM --output /tmp/am62x_beagleplay_r5 --board am62x_beagleplay_r5
> >> > Building current source for 1 boards (1 thread, 12 jobs per thread)
> >> > arm: + am62x_beagleplay_r5
> >> > +(am62x_beagleplay_r5) Image 'tiboot3-am62x-gp-evm.bin' is missing optional external blobs but is still functional: ti-fs-gp.bin
> >> > +(am62x_beagleplay_r5)
> >> > +(am62x_beagleplay_r5) /binman/tiboot3-am62x-gp-evm.bin/ti-fs-gp.bin (ti-sysfw/ti-fs-firmware-am62x-gp.bin):
> >> > +(am62x_beagleplay_r5) Missing blob
> >> > +(am62x_beagleplay_r5) binman: object of type 'NoneType' has no len()
> >> > +(am62x_beagleplay_r5) make[1]: *** [Makefile:1126: .binman_stamp] Error 1
> >> > +(am62x_beagleplay_r5) make: *** [Makefile:177: sub-make] Error 2
> >> > 0 0 1 /1 am62x_beagleplay_r5
> >>
> >> Tom, this is failing in the CI container because the container is missing
> >> the mkeficapsule tool.
> >>
> >> To solve this, we just need to add it to the CI container.
> >>
> >> My understanding of binman's handling of missing bintools is that it should
> >> gracefully continue with fake data, so that buildman can successfully test
> >> out builds for boards even when you don't have all the required bintools.
> >> If I have that correct, I can also create a patch to properly handle this
> >> when using mkeficapsule. But I want to verify this is the desired behavior,
> >> since mkeficapsule isn't a unique or vendor specific tool, so shouldn't we
> >> require it as part of the U-Boot build environment and err out if it is
> >> missing?
> >
> > Perhaps it's a binman issue since we build mkeficapsule or at least
> > should be? Neha?
> >
>
> Never mind - I figured it out.
>
> The mkeficapsule tools is built by u-boot if TOOLS_MKEFICAPSULE config is
> set. I didn't explicitly set it because it is implied by
> EFI_CAPSULE_ON_DISK config. But this is only set for the A core u-boot, as
> that is what would apply the capsules. SPL running on the R cores does not
> need this. But that then means that the R core u-boot builds don't have
> TOOLS_MKEFICAPSULE set and if that is all that is being built (as in the
> case of buildman), the mkeficapsule tool isn't built and so is missing.
>
> So I need to explicitly set TOOLS_MKEFICAPSULE in the R core defconfigs.
> I'll repost the patches.
Interesting. My next thought here is that whatever symbol is allowing
for "make a capsule" should be select'ing TOOLS_MKEFICAPSULE and so the
current logic is a bit flawed. I'm just not sure off-hand where it
should be instead, do you have some ideas now? Thanks.
--
Tom
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