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2021-03-26binman: doc: Add documentation to htmldocsSimon Glass
Add a link to binman's documentation and adjust the files so that it is accessible. Use the name README.rst so it is easy to discover when binman is installed without U-Boot. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2021-03-26binman: Automatically expand phase binaries into sectionsSimon Glass
When creating an entry, check for an expanded version of that entry, then use it instead. This allows, for example use of: u-boot { }; instead of having to write out in full: u-boot { type = "section"; u-boot-nodtb { }; u-boot-dtb { }; }; Add an implementaion of this and associated documentation. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2021-03-02binman: Indicate how to make binman verboseSimon Glass
Add notes about how to make binman produce verbose logging when building. Add a comment on how to do this. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2021-01-30binman: Update the TODO listSimon Glass
Two of the items have been completed and I thought of another one. Update the list. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2020-10-29binman: Support compression of sectionsSimon Glass
With the previous changes, it is now possible to compress entire sections. Add some tests to check that compression works correctly, including updating the metadata. Also update the documentation. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2020-10-29binman: Drop CheckEntries()Simon Glass
This method introduces a separation between packing and checking that is different for sections. In order to handle compression properly, we need to be able to deal with a section's size being smaller than the uncompressed size of its contents. It is easier to make this work if everything happens in the Pack() method. The only real user of CheckEntries() is entry_Section and it can call it directly. Drop the call from 'control' and handle it locally. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2020-10-29binman: Drop the Entry.CheckSize() methodSimon Glass
This is only used by entry_Section and that class already calls it. Avoid calling it twice. Also drop it from the documentation. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2020-10-29binman: Expand docs and test for alignmentSimon Glass
Alignment does form part of the entry once the image is written out, but within binman the entry contents does not include the padding. Add documentation to make this clear, as well as a test. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2020-10-29binman: Expand docs and test for paddingSimon Glass
Padding becomes part of the entry once the image is written out, but within binman the entry contents does not include the padding. Add documentation to make this clear, as well as a test. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2020-09-22binman: Support help messages for missing blobsSimon Glass
When an external blob is missing it can be quite confusing for the user. Add a way to provide a help message that is shown. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Alper Nebi Yasak <[email protected]>
2020-09-22binman: Document how CROSS_COMPILE, CC, HOSTCC etc. are used in READMEAlper Nebi Yasak
Explain that binman interprets these environment variables in the "External tools" section to run target/host specific versions of the tools, and add a new section on how to use CROSS_COMPILE to run the tests on non-x86 machines. Signed-off-by: Alper Nebi Yasak <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2020-07-28Makefile: Rename ALL-y to INPUTS-ySimon Glass
When binman is in use, most of the targets built by the Makefile are inputs to binman. We then need a final rule to run binman to produce the final outputs. Rename the variable to indicate this, and add a new 'inputs' target. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <[email protected]>
2019-12-03cosmetic: Fix spelling and whitespace errorsThomas Hebb
Signed-off-by: Thomas Hebb <[email protected]>
2019-11-11binman: tegra: Adjust symbol calculation depending on end-at-4gbSimon Glass
A recent change adjusted the symbol calculation to work on x86 but broke it for Tegra. In fact this is because they have different needs. On x86 devices the code is linked to a ROM address and the end-at-4gb property is used for the image. In this case there is no need to add the base address of the image, since the base address is already built into the offset and image-pos properties. On other devices we must add the base address since the offsets start at zero. In addition the base address is currently added to the 'offset' and 'size' values. It should in fact only be added to 'image-pos', since 'offset' is relative to its parent and 'size' is not actually an address. This code should have been adjusted when support for 'image-pos' and 'size' was added, but it was not. To correct these problems: - move the code that handles adding the base address to section.py, which can check the end-at-4gb property and which property (offset/size/image-pos) is being read - add the base address only when needed (only for image-pos and not if the image uses end-at-4gb) - add a note to the documentation - add a separate test to cover x86 behaviour Fixes: 15c981cc (binman: Correct symbol calculation with non-zero image base) Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]> Tested-by: Stephen Warren <[email protected]>
2019-10-11binman: Use qemu-x86_defconfig in the exampleBin Meng
The doc currently uses sandbox_defconfig as examples of enabling debug/verbose output of binman. However during a sandbox build it does not call binman at all. Change it to qemu-x86_defconfig. Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-10-08binman: Allow selection of logging verbositySimon Glass
Support a new BINMAN_VERBOSE option to the build, to allow passing the -v flag to binman. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <[email protected]> Tested-by: Bin Meng <[email protected]>
2019-07-29binman: Add command-line support for replacing entriesSimon Glass
Add a 'replace' command to binman to permit entries to be replaced, either individually or all at once (using a filter). Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-29binman: Add a few more features to the wishlistSimon Glass
Add mention of a few other desirable features that may be implemented in the future. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-29binman: Allow updating entries that change sizeSimon Glass
So far we don't allow entries to change size when repacking. But this is not very useful since it is common for entries to change size after an updated binary is built, etc. Add support for this, respecting the original offset/size/alignment constraints of the image layout. For this to work the original image must have been created with the 'allow-repack' property. This does not support entry types with sub-entries such as files and CBFS, but it does support sections. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-29binman: Update documentation for image creationSimon Glass
There are a few more steps in the process now. Update the documentation to reflect this. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-29binman: Add info to allow safely repacking an image laterSimon Glass
At present it is not possible to discover the contraints to repacking an image (e.g. maximum section size) since this information is not preserved from the original image description. Add new 'orig-offset' and 'orig-size' properties to hold this. Add them to the main device tree in the image. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-29binman: Support updating entries in an existing imageSimon Glass
While it is useful and efficient to build images in a single pass from a unified description, it is sometimes desirable to update the image later. Add support for replace an existing file with one of the same size. This avoids needing to repack the file. Support for more advanced updates will come in future patches. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-24binman: Add an 'extract' commandSimon Glass
It is useful to be able to extract all binaries from the image, or a subset of them. Add a new 'extract' command to handle this. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-24binman: Allow for logging information to be displayedSimon Glass
Binman generally operates silently but in some cases it is useful to see what Binman is actually doing at each step. Enable some logging output with different logging levels selectable via the -v flag. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-24binman: Support listing an imageSimon Glass
Add support for listing the entries in an image. This relies on the image having an FDT map. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-24binman: Allow entries to expand after packingSimon Glass
Add support for detecting entries that change size after they have already been packed, and re-running packing when it happens. This removes the limitation that entry size cannot change after PackEntries() is called. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-24binman: Move compression into the Entry base classSimon Glass
Compression is currently available only with blobs. However we want to report the compression algorithm and uncompressed size for all entries, so that other entry types can support compression. This will help with the forthcoming 'list' feature which lists entries in the image. Move the compression properties into the base class. Also fix up the docs which had the wrong property name. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-24binman: Convert to use ArgumentParserSimon Glass
This class is the new way to handle arguments in Python. Convert binman over to use it. At the same time, introduce commands so that we can separate out the different parts of binman functionality. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-24binman: Add an image headerSimon Glass
It is useful to be able to quickly locate the FDT map in the image. An easy way to do this is with a pointer at the start or end of the image. Add an 'image header' entry, which places a magic number followed by a pointer to the FDT map. This can be located at the start or end of the image, or at a chosen location. As part of this, update GetSiblingImagePos() to detect missing siblings. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-24binman: Add an FDT mapSimon Glass
An FDT map is an entry which holds a full description of the image entries, in FDT format. It can be discovered using the magic string at its start. Tools can locate and read this entry to find out what entries are in the image and where each entry is located. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-24binman: Update help for new featuresSimon Glass
A few new features have been added. This has rendered part of the README obsolete. Update it. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-24binman: Update future featuresSimon Glass
A few features have been completed and a few items are added. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-23binman: Allow preserving test directoriesSimon Glass
Sometimes when debugging tests it is useful to keep the input and output directories so they can be examined later. Add an option for this and update the binman tests to support it. This affects both the test class and the tearDown() function called after each test. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-23patman: Add functions to compress and decompress dataSimon Glass
Add utility functions to compress and decompress using lz4 and lzma algorithms. In the latter case these use the legacy lzma support favoured by coreboot's CBFS. No tests are provided as these functions will be tested by the CBFS tests in a separate patch. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-23binman: Add a function to decode an ELF fileSimon Glass
Add a function which decodes an ELF file, working out where in memory each part of the data should be written. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-23binman: Add a --toolpath option to set the tool search pathSimon Glass
Sometimes tools used by binman may not be in the normal PATH search path, such as when the tool is built by the U-Boot build itself (e.g. mkimage). Provide a way to specify an additional search path for tools. The flag can be used multiple times. Update the help to describe this option. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-23binman: Add coverage tools info for Python 3Simon Glass
Test coverage with Python 3 requires a new package. Add details about this. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-07-10binman: Document parallel testsSimon Glass
Since binman can run tests in parallel, document this. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2019-05-08binman: Allow sections to have an offsetSimon Glass
At present sections are always placed automatically. Even if an 'offset' property is provided it is ignored. Update the logic to support an offset for sections. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <[email protected]>
2018-11-20binman: Add a way to enable debugging from the buildSimon Glass
When the build fails due to something wrong in binman it is sometimes useful to get a full backtrace showing the location of the failure. Add a BINMAN_DEBUG environment variable to support this along with some documentation. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2018-09-30Merge git://git.denx.de/u-boot-dmTom Rini
2018-09-29binman: Support hashing entriesSimon Glass
Sometimesi it us useful to be able to verify the content of entries with a hash. Add an easy way to do this in binman. The hash information can be retrieved from the device tree at run time. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2018-09-29binman: Mention section attributes in docsSimon Glass
Images and sections have the same attributes, since an image is mostly just a top-level section. Update the docs to explain this. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2018-09-29binman: Support expanding entriesSimon Glass
It is useful to have entries which can grow automatically to fill available space. Add support for this. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2018-09-29binman: Support compressed entriesSimon Glass
Add support for compressing blob entries. This can help reduce image sizes for many types of data. It requires that the firmware be able to decompress the data at run-time. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2018-09-28binman: Move 'special properties' docs to README.entriesSimon Glass
This information should be in the entry it relates to, not in the main README. Move it. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2018-09-27binman: Add a new "skip-at-start" property in Section classJagdish Gediya
Currently binman calculates '_skip_at_start' based on 'end-at-4gb' property and it is used for x86 images. For PowerPC mpc85xx based CPU, CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE is the entry offset of the first entry. It can be 0xeff40000 or 0xfff40000 for nor flash boot, 0x201000 for sd boot etc, so "_skip_at_start" should be set to CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE. 'end-at-4gb' property is not applicable where CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE + Image size != 4gb. Add new property 'skip-at-start' in Section class so that '_skip_at_start' can be calculated either based on 'end-at-4gb' or based on "skip-at-start". Add a test case to check that 'skip-at-start' and 'end-at-4gb' property can't be used together. Signed-off-by: Jagdish Gediya <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: York Sun <[email protected]>
2018-09-18binman: fix a few typos in documentationMichael Heimpold
This fixes four small typos in the README file. Signed-off-by: Michael Heimpold <[email protected]> Cc: Simon Glass <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2018-08-01binman: Create README.entriesSimon Glass
Create a new README containing documentation for the entry types supported by binman. This provides an easy reference in one place. It is automatically generated from the source-code documentation. Add a reference to this from the binman README. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>
2018-08-01binman: Add support for passing arguments to entriesSimon Glass
Sometimes it is useful to pass binman the value of an entry property from the command line. For example some entries need access to files and it is not always convenient to put these filenames in the image definition (device tree). Add a -a option which can be used like this: -a<prop>=<value> where <prop> is the property to set <value> is the value to set it to Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <[email protected]>