Sometimes it is useful to build an image even though external binaries are
not present. This allows the build system to continue to function without
these files, albeit not producing valid images.
U-Boot does with with ATF (ARM Trusted Firmware) today.
Add a new flag to binman to request this behaviour.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
Sometimes it is useful to build an image even though external binaries are
not present. This allows the build system to continue to function without
these files, albeit not producing valid images.
U-Boot does with with ATF (ARM Trusted Firmware) today.
Add a new flag to binman to request this behaviour.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
At present patman sets the python path on startup so that it can access
the libraries it needs. If we convert to use absolute imports this is not
necessary.
Move patman to use absolute imports. This requires changes in tools which
use the patman libraries (which is most of them).
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
At present binman sets the python path on startup so that it can access
the libraries it needs. If we convert to use absolute imports this is not
necessary.
Move binman to use absolute imports. This enables removable of the path
adjusting in Entry also.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
At present the symbol information is written to binaries just before
binman exits. This is fine for entries within sections since the section
contents is calculated when it is needed, so the updated symbol values are
included in the image that is written.
However some binaries are inside entries which have already generated
their contents and do not notice that the entries have changed (e.g. Intel
IFWI).
Move the symbol writing earlier to cope with this.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
At present if libfdt is not available binman can't do anything much.
Improve the situation a little.
Ideally there should be a test to cover this, but I'm not quite sure how
to fake this.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
(fixed up missing ReadChildData() enty test)
At present the verbose flag only works for the 'build' command. This is
not intended, nor is it useful. Update the code to support the verbose
flag and make use of a command exception handler.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
[bmeng: rebase the patch against u-boot-x86/next to get it applied cleanly]
Signed-off-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
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 <sjg@chromium.org>
This code has three distinct phases:
1. The image is loaded and the state module is set up
2. The entry is written to the image
3. The image is repacked and written back to the file
Split the code out with three separate functions, one for each phase.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
At present binman cannot replace data within a CBFS since it does not
allow rewriting of the files in that CBFS. Implement this by using the
new WriteData() method to handle the case.
Add a header to compressed data so that the amount of compressed data can
be determined without reference to the size of the containing entry. This
allows the entry to be larger that the contents, without causing errors in
decompression. This is necessary to cope with a compressed device tree
being updated in such a way that it shrinks after the entry size is
already set (an obscure case). It is not used with CBFS since it has its
own metadata for this. Increase the number of passes allowed to resolve
the position of entries, to handle this case.
Add a test for this new logic.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Sometimes an entry may shrink after it has already been packed. In that
case we must repack the items. Of course it is always possible to just
leave the entry at its original size and waste space at the end. This is
what binman does by default, since there is the possibility of the entry
changing size every time binman calculates its contents, thus causing a
loop.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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 <sjg@chromium.org>
When reading an image in, write its fdtmap to a file in the output
directory. This is useful for debugging. Update the 'ls' command to set up
the output directory; otherwise it will fail.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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 <sjg@chromium.org>
This function name conflicts with Entry.GetFdts() which has a different
purpose. Rename it to avoid confusion. Also update a stale comment
relating to this function.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Further reduce the size of the main Binman() function by moving this setup
code into its own function.
Note that the 'images' value is accessed from other modules so must be made
a global.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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 <sjg@chromium.org>
It is useful to be able to extract entry contents from an image to see
what is inside. Add a simple function to read the contents of an entry,
decompressing it by default.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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 <sjg@chromium.org>
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 <sjg@chromium.org>
Add support for putting CBFSs (Coreboot Filesystems) in an image. This
allows binman to produce firmware images used by coreboot to boot.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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 <sjg@chromium.org>
This code works OK in Python 2 but Python 3 complains. Adjust it to avoid
deleting elements from a dict while iterating through it.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Python 3 requires this, and Python 2 allows it. Convert the code over to
ensure compatibility with Python 3.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
This message is not very important since it is simply indicating that the
user's instructions are being followed. Only show it when the verbosity
level is above the default.
Also drop the unnecessary extra newline on this message, which causes two
line breaks.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@gmail.com>
When we get a problem like overlapping regions it is sometimes hard to
figure what what is going on. At present we don't write the map file in
this case. However the file does provide useful information.
Catch any packing errors and write a map file (if enabled with -m) to aid
debugging.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
In some cases it is useful to add a group of files to the image and be
able to access them at run-time. Of course it is possible to generate
the binman config file with a set of blobs each with a filename. But for
convenience, add an entry type which can do this.
Add required support (for adding nodes and string properties) into the
state module.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Binman currently supports updating the main device tree with things like
the position of each entry. Extend this support to SPL and TPL as well,
since they may need (a subset of) this information.
Also adjust DTB output files to have a .out extension since this seems
clearer than having a .dtb extension with 'out' in the name somwhere.
Also add a few missing comments and update the DT setup code to use
ReadFile and WriteFile().
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
We use a fake device tree in tests most of the time since tests don't
normally care about the actual data. For example, for U-Boot proper we use
U_BOOT_DTB_DATA which is just a four-character string. This makes testing
the image output against an expected value very easy.
However in some cases, such as when the test wants to check that the DT
output containing particular nodes, we do actually need the real DT. Add
support for this, along with a command-line option to select 'test mode'.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
We always have a device tree for U-Boot proper. But we may also have one
for SPL and TPL. Add a new Entry method to find out what DTs an entry
has, and use that list when updating DTs.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
At present the control module has state information in it, since it is the
primary user of this. But it is a bit odd to have entries and other
modules importing control to obtain this information.
It seems better to have a dedicated state module, which control can use as
well. Create a new module using code from control and update other modules
to use it.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
At present we require the caller to manually update the device tree using
individual calls to libfdt functions. This is not ideal. It would be
better if we could make changes using the Python structure and then call a
Sync() function to write them back.
Add this feature to the Fdt class. Update binman and the tests to match.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Sometimes it is useful to build only a subset of the images provided by
the binman configuration. Add a -i option for this. It can be given
multiple times to build several images. If the option is not given, all
images are built.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Binman supports quite a number of different entries now. The operation of
these is not always obvious but at present the source code is the only
reference for understanding how an entry works.
Add a way to create documentation (from the source code) which can be put
in a new 'README.entries' file.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
At present binman needs libfdt.py to be available before it will do
anything, even print help. Import those modules later to avoid this, as it
is bad practice to fail to even show help on startup.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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 <sjg@chromium.org>
At present each entry has an offset within its parent section. This is
useful for figuring out how entries relate to one another. However it
is sometimes necessary to locate an entry within an image, regardless
of which sections it is nested inside.
Add a new 'image-pos' property to provide this information. Also add
some documentation for the -u option binman provides, which updates the
device tree with final entry information.
Since the image position is a better symbol to use for the position of
U-Boot as obtained by SPL, update the SPL symbols to use this instead of
offset, which might be incorrect if hierarchical sections are used.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
After some thought, I believe there is an unfortunate naming flaw in
binman. Entries have a position and size, but now that we support
hierarchical sections it is unclear whether a position should be an
absolute position within the image, or a relative position within its
parent section.
At present 'position' actually means the relative position. This indicates
a need for an 'image position' for code that wants to find the location of
an entry without having to do calculations back through parents to
discover this image position.
A better name for the current 'position' or 'pos' is 'offset'. It is not
always an absolute position, but it is always an offset from its parent
offset.
It is unfortunate to rename this concept now, 18 months after binman was
introduced. However I believe it is the right thing to do. The impact is
mostly limited to binman itself and a few changes to in-tree users to
binman:
tegra
sunxi
x86
The change makes old binman definitions (e.g. downstream or out-of-tree)
incompatible if they use the 'pos = <...>' property. Later work will
adjust binman to generate an error when it is used.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
It is useful to write the position and size of each entry back to the
device tree so that U-Boot can access this at runtime. Add a feature to
support this, along with associated tests.
Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
