[PATCH v3 1/5] Image size checks: Move all configs in one place

Marek Vasut marek.vasut at mailbox.org
Thu Sep 4 15:54:54 CEST 2025


On 9/4/25 10:12 AM, Philip Oberfichtner wrote:
> On Wed, Sep 03, 2025 at 02:50:49PM +0200, Marek Vasut wrote:
>> On 9/3/25 12:56 PM, Philip Oberfichtner wrote:
>>> How image size limiting works in U-Boot should be easier to grasp if we
>>> have all related options in one place.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Philip Oberfichtner <pro at denx.de>
>>> ---
>>>    Kconfig                | 59 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>    common/spl/Kconfig     | 38 ---------------------------
>>>    common/spl/Kconfig.tpl |  7 -----
>>>    common/spl/Kconfig.vpl |  7 -----
>>>    4 files changed, 59 insertions(+), 52 deletions(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig
>>> index 70125c4e5a6..f1a6be299e8 100644
>>> --- a/Kconfig
>>> +++ b/Kconfig
>>> @@ -535,6 +535,8 @@ config BUILD_TARGET
>>>    	  special image will be automatically built upon calling
>>>    	  make / buildman.
>>> +menu "Image size limits"
>>> +
>>>    config HAS_BOARD_SIZE_LIMIT
>>>    	bool "Define a maximum size for the U-Boot image"
>>>    	depends on !COMPILE_TEST
>>> @@ -554,6 +556,63 @@ config BOARD_SIZE_LIMIT
>>>    	  include SPL nor TPL, on platforms that use that functionality, they
>>>    	  have separate options to restrict size.
>>> +config VPL_SIZE_LIMIT
>>> +	depends on VPL
>>> +	hex "Maximum size of VPL image"
>>> +	default 0x0
>>> +	help
>>> +	  Specifies the maximum length of the U-Boot VPL image.
>>> +	  If this value is zero, it is ignored.
>>> +
>>> +config TPL_SIZE_LIMIT
>>> +	depends on TPL
>>> +	hex "Maximum size of TPL image"
>>> +	default 0x0
>>> +	help
>>> +	  Specifies the maximum length of the U-Boot TPL image.
>>> +	  If this value is zero, it is ignored.
>> The point of separate common/spl/Kconfig.tpl and common/spl/Kconfig.vpl
>> files is to group SPL / TPL / VPL symbols in those files .
> 
> There is "config TPL_" definitions literally all over the place. I think
> there might actually even be more of them outside Kconfig.tpl than
> inside.

That does not make it OK to make that situation worse.

This config TPL... should be in common/spl/Kconfig.tpl .


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