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

[Heinrich Schuchardt]

On 25.06.25 16:18, Heinrich Schuchardt wrote:
> 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)/ 

You should not remove the color (':').

Best regards

Heinrich

>> 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