efi_loader: Sporadic build failure: Error: file not found: <path>/capsule_esl_file

[Heinrich Schuchardt]

On 25.06.25 15:32, Anthony Pighin (Nokia) wrote:
> Following the introduction of commit fd58c275f6ba524101ba0990e53f5a11ac390bd0,
> we have seen sporadic build failures with the following footprint:
> 
> <path>/u-boot/2025.04/git/lib/efi_loader/efi_capsule_key.S:14:
> Error: file not found: <path>/u-boot/2025.04/git/capsule_esl_file
> 
> Upstream commit 739ad58dbee874a3ad3bddd116e995212a254e07 also touched this area,
> and we pulled it back into our build as a test. However, it still appears there is a missing
> dependency:
> 
> --- a/lib/efi_loader/Makefile
> +++ b/lib/efi_loader/Makefile
> @@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ $(objtree)/capsule_esl_file: FORCE
>          fi
>          $(call cmd,capsule_esl_gen)
> 
> -$(obj)/efi_capsule.o: $(objtree)/capsule_esl_file FORCE
> +$(obj)/efi_capsule.o $(obj)/efi_capsule_key.o: $(srctree)/capsule_esl_file FORCE
>   asflags-y += -DCAPSULE_ESL_PATH=\"$(objtree)/capsule_esl_file\"
>   endif
> 
> Anthony

Hello Anthony,

Could you, please, provide logs showing the error and the matching 
defconfig.

Best regards

Heinrich