[PATCH v4 2/2] kbuild: Use if_changed for font and splash .incbin rules
Simon Glass
sjg at chromium.org
Mon Apr 13 15:15:38 CEST 2026
The generated .S files for fonts and splash screens use .incbin with the
full prerequisite path. When building with O= this bakes an absolute
path into the .S file. If the build directory is later used on a
different machine (e.g. in a container), the assembler cannot find the
source file.
Follow the existing DTB convention: rename the object targets to use
compound suffixes (.ttf.o, .bmp.o), switch the pattern rules from
direct $(call cmd,...) to FORCE + $(call if_changed,...), and register
the new suffixes with intermediate_targets so that kbuild loads their
.cmd files. This lets if_changed detect when the recorded command
(including source paths) has changed and regenerate the .S file
automatically.
The EFI rule is left unchanged since its prerequisite is a generated
file in the build directory, like the DTB and DTBO rules.
The intermediate_targets entries stay in scripts/Makefile.build rather
than moving to scripts/Makefile.lib-u-boot, because that file is
included before intermediate_targets is defined and 'targets' is ':=',
so a '$(call intermediate_targets, ...)' inside it would expand to
empty and silently drop the entries. To keep the upstream block
untouched, the U-Boot additions go in a separate 'targets +=' block
immediately below.
Suggested-by: Rasmus Villemoes <ravi at prevas.dk>
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
---
Changes in v4:
- Add a separate 'targets +=' block for .ttf.o/.bmp.o per Rasmus
Changes in v3:
- Use if_changed with compound suffixes (.ttf.o, .bmp.o)
Changes in v2:
- Move U-Boot .incbin rules to Makefile.lib-u-boot first (previous patch)
- Drop the EFI .incbin change since .efi files are generated, not source
- Use per-file AFLAGS instead of modifying a_flags in Makefile.lib
drivers/video/Makefile | 2 +-
drivers/video/fonts/Makefile | 10 +++++-----
scripts/Makefile.build | 4 ++++
scripts/Makefile.lib-u-boot | 8 ++++----
4 files changed, 14 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/drivers/video/Makefile b/drivers/video/Makefile
index 984768ea156..dbc3018d716 100644
--- a/drivers/video/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/video/Makefile
@@ -24,7 +24,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_$(PHASE_)PANEL) += panel-uclass.o
obj-$(CONFIG_PANEL_HX8238D) += hx8238d.o
obj-$(CONFIG_$(PHASE_)SIMPLE_PANEL) += simple_panel.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO) += u_boot_logo.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO) += u_boot_logo.bmp.o
obj-$(CONFIG_$(PHASE_)BMP) += bmp.o
endif
diff --git a/drivers/video/fonts/Makefile b/drivers/video/fonts/Makefile
index 1111f92a2c6..4d32fa43994 100644
--- a/drivers/video/fonts/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/video/fonts/Makefile
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
# (C) Copyright 2000-2007
# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd at denx.de.
-obj-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRUETYPE_NIMBUS) += nimbus_sans_l_regular.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRUETYPE_ANKACODER) += ankacoder_c75_r.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRUETYPE_RUFSCRIPT) += rufscript010.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRUETYPE_CANTORAONE) += cantoraone_regular.o
-obj-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRUETYPE_DEJAVU) += dejavu_mono.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRUETYPE_NIMBUS) += nimbus_sans_l_regular.ttf.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRUETYPE_ANKACODER) += ankacoder_c75_r.ttf.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRUETYPE_RUFSCRIPT) += rufscript010.ttf.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRUETYPE_CANTORAONE) += cantoraone_regular.ttf.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_CONSOLE_TRUETYPE_DEJAVU) += dejavu_mono.ttf.o
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index e625f99986e..73b6769ab90 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -440,6 +440,10 @@ targets += $(call intermediate_targets, .asn1.o, .asn1.c .asn1.h) \
$(call intermediate_targets, .lex.o, .lex.c) \
$(call intermediate_targets, .tab.o, .tab.c .tab.h)
+# Added for U-Boot
+targets += $(call intermediate_targets, .ttf.o, .ttf.S) \
+ $(call intermediate_targets, .bmp.o, .bmp.S)
+
# Build
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.lib-u-boot b/scripts/Makefile.lib-u-boot
index c55f8d8e0c3..4d60a8eee49 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.lib-u-boot
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.lib-u-boot
@@ -20,8 +20,8 @@ cmd_S_ttf= \
echo '.balign 16'; \
) > $@
-$(obj)/%.S: $(src)/%.ttf
- $(call cmd,S_ttf)
+$(obj)/%.ttf.S: $(src)/%.ttf FORCE
+ $(call if_changed,S_ttf)
# Splash logos
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -40,8 +40,8 @@ cmd_S_splash= \
echo '.balign 16'; \
) > $@
-$(obj)/%.S: $(src)/%.bmp
- $(call cmd,S_splash)
+$(obj)/%.bmp.S: $(src)/%.bmp FORCE
+ $(call if_changed,S_splash)
# EFI applications
# A Makefile target *.efi is built as EFI application.
---
base-commit: e2fa3e570f83ab0f9ce667ddaec9dc738bcf05b9
branch: font-us4
--
2.43.0
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