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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
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Buildman build tool
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===================
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Quick-start
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-----------
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If you just want to quickly set up buildman so you can build something (for
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example Raspberry Pi 2):
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.. code-block:: bash
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cd /path/to/u-boot
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PATH=$PATH:`pwd`/tools/buildman
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buildman --fetch-arch arm
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buildman -k rpi_2
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ls ../current/rpi_2
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# u-boot.bin is the output image
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What is this?
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-------------
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This tool handles building U-Boot to check that you have not broken it
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with your patch series. It can build each individual commit and report
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which boards fail on which commits, and which errors come up. It aims
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to make full use of multi-processor machines.
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A key feature of buildman is its output summary, which allows warnings,
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errors or image size increases in a particular commit or board to be
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quickly identified and the offending commit pinpointed. This can be a big
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help for anyone working with >10 patches at a time.
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Caveats
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-------
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Buildman can be stopped and restarted, in which case it will continue
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where it left off. This should happen cleanly and without side-effects.
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If not, it is a bug, for which a patch would be welcome.
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Buildman gets so tied up in its work that it can ignore the outside world.
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You may need to press Ctrl-C several times to quit it. Also it will print
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out various exceptions when stopped. You may have to kill it since the
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Ctrl-C handling is somewhat broken.
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Theory of Operation
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-------------------
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(please read this section in full twice or you will be perpetually confused)
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Buildman is a builder. It is not make, although it runs make. It does not
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produce any useful output on the terminal while building, except for
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progress information (but see -v below). All the output (errors, warnings and
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binaries if you ask for them) is stored in output directories, which you can
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look at from a separate 'buildman -s' instance while the build is progressing,
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or when it is finished.
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Buildman is designed to build entire git branches, i.e. muliple commits. It
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can be run repeatedly on the same branch after making changes to commits on
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that branch. In this case it will automatically rebuild commits which have
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changed (and remove its old results for that commit). It is possible to build
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a branch for one board, then later build it for another board. This adds to
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the output, so now you have results for two boards. If you want buildman to
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re-build a commit it has already built (e.g. because of a toolchain update),
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use the -f flag.
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Buildman produces a concise summary of which boards succeeded and failed.
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It shows which commit introduced which board failure using a simple
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red/green colour coding (with yellow/cyan for warnings). Full error
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information can be requested, in which case it is de-duped and displayed
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against the commit that introduced the error. An example workflow is below.
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Buildman stores image size information and can report changes in image size
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from commit to commit. An example of this is below.
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Buildman starts multiple threads, and each thread builds for one board at
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a time. A thread starts at the first commit, configures the source for your
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board and builds it. Then it checks out the next commit and does an
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incremental build (i.e. not using 'make xxx_defconfig' unless you use -C).
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Eventually the thread reaches the last commit and stops. If a commit causes
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an error or warning, buildman will try it again after reconfiguring (but see
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-Q). Thus some commits may be built twice, with the first result silently
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discarded. Lots of errors and warnings will causes lots of reconfigures and your
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build will be very slow. This is because a file that produces just a warning
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would not normally be rebuilt in an incremental build. Once a thread finishes
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building all the commits for a board, it starts on the commits for another
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board.
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Buildman works in an entirely separate place from your U-Boot repository.
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It creates a separate working directory for each thread, and puts the
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output files in the working directory, organised by commit name and board
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name, in a two-level hierarchy (but see -P).
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Buildman is invoked in your U-Boot directory, the one with the .git
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directory. It clones this repository into a copy for each thread, and the
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threads do not affect the state of your git repository. Any checkouts done
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by the thread affect only the working directory for that thread.
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Buildman automatically selects the correct tool chain for each board. You
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must supply suitable tool chains (see --fetch-arch), but buildman takes care
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of selecting the right one.
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Buildman generally builds a branch (with the -b flag), and in this case
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builds the upstream commit as well, for comparison. So even if you have one
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commit in your branch, two commits will be built. Put all your commits in a
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branch, set the branch's upstream to a valid value, and all will be well.
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Otherwise buildman will perform random actions. Use -n to check what the
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random actions might be.
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Buildman effectively has two modes: without -s it builds, with -s it
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summarises the results of previous (or active) builds.
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If you just want to build the current source tree, leave off the -b flag.
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This will display results and errors as they happen. You can still look at
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them later using -se. Note that buildman will assume that the source has
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changed, and will build all specified boards in this case.
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Buildman is optimised for building many commits at once, for many boards.
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On multi-core machines, Buildman is fast because it uses most of the
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available CPU power. When it gets to the end, or if you are building just
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a few commits or boards, it will be pretty slow. As a tip, if you don't
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plan to use your machine for anything else, you can use -T to increase the
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number of threads beyond the default.
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Selecting which boards to build
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Buildman lets you build all boards, or a subset. Specify the subset by passing
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command-line arguments that list the desired build target, architecture,
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CPU, board name, vendor, SoC or options. Multiple arguments are allowed. Each
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argument will be interpreted as a regular expression, so behaviour is a superset
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of exact or substring matching. Examples are:
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- 'tegra20' - all boards with a Tegra20 SoC
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- 'tegra' - all boards with any Tegra Soc (Tegra20, Tegra30, Tegra114...)
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- '^tegra[23]0$' - all boards with either Tegra20 or Tegra30 SoC
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- 'powerpc' - all PowerPC boards
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While the default is to OR the terms together, you can also make use of
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the '&' operator to limit the selection:
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- 'freescale & arm sandbox' - all Freescale boards with ARM architecture, plus
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sandbox
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You can also use -x to specifically exclude some boards. For example:
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buildman arm -x nvidia,freescale,.*ball$
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means to build all arm boards except nvidia, freescale and anything ending
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with 'ball'.
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For building specific boards you can use the --boards (or --bo) option, which
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takes a comma-separated list of board target names and be used multiple times
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on the command line:
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.. code-block:: bash
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buildman --boards sandbox,snow --boards
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It is convenient to use the -n option to see what will be built based on
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the subset given. Use -v as well to get an actual list of boards.
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Buildman does not store intermediate object files. It optionally copies
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the binary output into a directory when a build is successful (-k). Size
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information is always recorded. It needs a fair bit of disk space to work,
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typically 250MB per thread.
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Setting up
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#. Get the U-Boot source. You probably already have it, but if not these
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steps should get you started with a repo and some commits for testing.
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.. code-block:: bash
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cd /path/to/u-boot
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git clone git://git.denx.de/u-boot.git .
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git checkout -b my-branch origin/master
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# Add some commits to the branch, reading for testing
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#. Create ~/.buildman to tell buildman where to find tool chains (see
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buildman_settings_ for details). As an example::
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# Buildman settings file
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[toolchain]
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root: /
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rest: /toolchains/*
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eldk: /opt/eldk-4.2
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arm: /opt/linaro/gcc-linaro-arm-linux-gnueabihf-4.8-2013.08_linux
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aarch64: /opt/linaro/gcc-linaro-aarch64-none-elf-4.8-2013.10_linux
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[toolchain-prefix]
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arc = /opt/arc/arc_gnu_2021.03_prebuilt_elf32_le_linux_install/bin/arc-elf32-
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[toolchain-alias]
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riscv = riscv32
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sh = sh4
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x86: i386
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This selects the available toolchain paths. Add the base directory for
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each of your toolchains here. Buildman will search inside these directories
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and also in any '/usr' and '/usr/bin' subdirectories.
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Make sure the tags (here root: rest: and eldk:) are unique.
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The toolchain-alias section indicates that the i386 toolchain should be used
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to build x86 commits.
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Note that you can also specific exactly toolchain prefixes if you like::
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[toolchain-prefix]
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arm: /opt/arm-eabi-4.6/bin/arm-eabi-
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or even::
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[toolchain-prefix]
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arm: /opt/arm-eabi-4.6/bin/arm-eabi-gcc
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This tells buildman that you want to use this exact toolchain for the arm
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architecture. This will override any toolchains found by searching using the
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[toolchain] settings.
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Since the toolchain prefix is an explicit request, buildman will report an
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error if a toolchain is not found with that prefix. The current PATH will be
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searched, so it is possible to use::
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[toolchain-prefix]
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arm: arm-none-eabi-
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and buildman will find arm-none-eabi-gcc in /usr/bin if you have it
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installed.
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Another example::
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[toolchain-wrapper]
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wrapper: ccache
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This tells buildman to use a compiler wrapper in front of CROSS_COMPILE. In
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this example, ccache. It doesn't affect the toolchain scan. The wrapper is
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added when CROSS_COMPILE environtal variable is set. The name in this
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section is ignored. If more than one line is provided, only the last one
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is taken.
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#. Make sure you have the require Python pre-requisites
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Buildman uses multiprocessing, Queue, shutil, StringIO, ConfigParser and
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urllib2. These should normally be available, but if you get an error like
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this then you will need to obtain those modules::
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ImportError: No module named multiprocessing
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#. Check the available toolchains
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Run this check to make sure that you have a toolchain for every architecture::
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$ ./tools/buildman/buildman --list-tool-chains
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Scanning for tool chains
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- scanning prefix '/opt/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/x86_64-linux/bin/x86_64-linux-'
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='x86', priority 1
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- scanning prefix '/opt/arm-eabi-4.6/bin/arm-eabi-'
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='arm', priority 1
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- scanning path '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/i386-linux'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/i386-linux/.'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/i386-linux/bin'
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- found '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/i386-linux/bin/i386-linux-gcc'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/i386-linux/usr/bin'
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='i386', priority 4
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- scanning path '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/aarch64-linux'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/aarch64-linux/.'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/aarch64-linux/bin'
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- found '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/aarch64-linux/bin/aarch64-linux-gcc'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/aarch64-linux/usr/bin'
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='aarch64', priority 4
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- scanning path '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/microblaze-linux'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/microblaze-linux/.'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/microblaze-linux/bin'
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- found '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/microblaze-linux/bin/microblaze-linux-gcc'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/microblaze-linux/usr/bin'
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='microblaze', priority 4
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- scanning path '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/mips64-linux'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/mips64-linux/.'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/mips64-linux/bin'
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- found '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/mips64-linux/bin/mips64-linux-gcc'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/mips64-linux/usr/bin'
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='mips64', priority 4
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- scanning path '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/sparc64-linux'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/sparc64-linux/.'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/sparc64-linux/bin'
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- found '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/sparc64-linux/bin/sparc64-linux-gcc'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/sparc64-linux/usr/bin'
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='sparc64', priority 4
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- scanning path '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/.'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/bin'
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- found '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/bin/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi-gcc'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/usr/bin'
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='arm', priority 3
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Toolchain '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi/bin/arm-unknown-linux-gnueabi-gcc' at priority 3 will be ignored because another toolchain for arch 'arm' has priority 1
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- scanning path '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/sparc-linux'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/sparc-linux/.'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/sparc-linux/bin'
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- found '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/sparc-linux/bin/sparc-linux-gcc'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/sparc-linux/usr/bin'
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='sparc', priority 4
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- scanning path '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/mips-linux'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/mips-linux/.'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/mips-linux/bin'
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- found '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/mips-linux/bin/mips-linux-gcc'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/mips-linux/usr/bin'
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='mips', priority 4
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- scanning path '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/x86_64-linux'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/x86_64-linux/.'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/x86_64-linux/bin'
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- found '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/x86_64-linux/bin/x86_64-linux-gcc'
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- found '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/x86_64-linux/bin/x86_64-linux-x86_64-linux-gcc'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/x86_64-linux/usr/bin'
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='x86_64', priority 4
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='x86_64', priority 4
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Toolchain '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/x86_64-linux/bin/x86_64-linux-x86_64-linux-gcc' at priority 4 will be ignored because another toolchain for arch 'x86_64' has priority 4
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- scanning path '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/m68k-linux'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/m68k-linux/.'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/m68k-linux/bin'
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- found '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/m68k-linux/bin/m68k-linux-gcc'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/m68k-linux/usr/bin'
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='m68k', priority 4
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- scanning path '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/powerpc-linux'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/powerpc-linux/.'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/powerpc-linux/bin'
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- found '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/powerpc-linux/bin/powerpc-linux-gcc'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/powerpc-linux/usr/bin'
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='powerpc', priority 4
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- scanning path '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/bfin-uclinux'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/bfin-uclinux/.'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/bfin-uclinux/bin'
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- found '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/bfin-uclinux/bin/bfin-uclinux-gcc'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/bfin-uclinux/usr/bin'
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='bfin', priority 6
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- scanning path '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/sparc-linux'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/sparc-linux/.'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/sparc-linux/bin'
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- found '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/sparc-linux/bin/sparc-linux-gcc'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/sparc-linux/usr/bin'
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='sparc', priority 4
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Toolchain '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/sparc-linux/bin/sparc-linux-gcc' at priority 4 will be ignored because another toolchain for arch 'sparc' has priority 4
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- scanning path '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/mips-linux'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/mips-linux/.'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/mips-linux/bin'
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- found '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/mips-linux/bin/mips-linux-gcc'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/mips-linux/usr/bin'
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='mips', priority 4
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Toolchain '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/mips-linux/bin/mips-linux-gcc' at priority 4 will be ignored because another toolchain for arch 'mips' has priority 4
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- scanning path '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/m68k-linux'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/m68k-linux/.'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/m68k-linux/bin'
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- found '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/m68k-linux/bin/m68k-linux-gcc'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/m68k-linux/usr/bin'
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='m68k', priority 4
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Toolchain '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/m68k-linux/bin/m68k-linux-gcc' at priority 4 will be ignored because another toolchain for arch 'm68k' has priority 4
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- scanning path '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/powerpc-linux'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/powerpc-linux/.'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/powerpc-linux/bin'
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- found '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/powerpc-linux/bin/powerpc-linux-gcc'
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- looking in '/toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/powerpc-linux/usr/bin'
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='powerpc', priority 4
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='or32', priority 4
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- scanning path '/'
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- looking in '/.'
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- looking in '/bin'
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- looking in '/usr/bin'
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- found '/usr/bin/i586-mingw32msvc-gcc'
|
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- found '/usr/bin/c89-gcc'
|
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- found '/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc'
|
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- found '/usr/bin/gcc'
|
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- found '/usr/bin/c99-gcc'
|
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- found '/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc'
|
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- found '/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc'
|
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- found '/usr/bin/winegcc'
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- found '/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc'
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='i586', priority 11
|
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='c89', priority 11
|
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='x86_64', priority 4
|
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Toolchain '/usr/bin/x86_64-linux-gnu-gcc' at priority 4 will be ignored because another toolchain for arch 'x86_64' has priority 4
|
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='sandbox', priority 11
|
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='c99', priority 11
|
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='arm', priority 4
|
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Toolchain '/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabi-gcc' at priority 4 will be ignored because another toolchain for arch 'arm' has priority 1
|
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='aarch64', priority 4
|
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Toolchain '/usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc' at priority 4 will be ignored because another toolchain for arch 'aarch64' has priority 4
|
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='sandbox', priority 11
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Toolchain '/usr/bin/winegcc' at priority 11 will be ignored because another toolchain for arch 'sandbox' has priority 11
|
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Tool chain test: OK, arch='arm', priority 4
|
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Toolchain '/usr/bin/arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc' at priority 4 will be ignored because another toolchain for arch 'arm' has priority 1
|
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List of available toolchains (34):
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aarch64 : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/aarch64-linux/bin/aarch64-linux-gcc
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alpha : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/alpha-linux/bin/alpha-linux-gcc
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am33_2.0 : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/am33_2.0-linux/bin/am33_2.0-linux-gcc
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arm : /opt/arm-eabi-4.6/bin/arm-eabi-gcc
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bfin : /toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/bfin-uclinux/bin/bfin-uclinux-gcc
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c89 : /usr/bin/c89-gcc
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c99 : /usr/bin/c99-gcc
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frv : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/frv-linux/bin/frv-linux-gcc
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h8300 : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/h8300-elf/bin/h8300-elf-gcc
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hppa : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/hppa-linux/bin/hppa-linux-gcc
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hppa64 : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/hppa64-linux/bin/hppa64-linux-gcc
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i386 : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/i386-linux/bin/i386-linux-gcc
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i586 : /usr/bin/i586-mingw32msvc-gcc
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ia64 : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/ia64-linux/bin/ia64-linux-gcc
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m32r : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/m32r-linux/bin/m32r-linux-gcc
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m68k : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/m68k-linux/bin/m68k-linux-gcc
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microblaze: /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/microblaze-linux/bin/microblaze-linux-gcc
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mips : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/mips-linux/bin/mips-linux-gcc
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mips64 : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/mips64-linux/bin/mips64-linux-gcc
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or32 : /toolchains/gcc-4.5.1-nolibc/or32-linux/bin/or32-linux-gcc
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powerpc : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/powerpc-linux/bin/powerpc-linux-gcc
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powerpc64 : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/powerpc64-linux/bin/powerpc64-linux-gcc
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ppc64le : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/ppc64le-linux/bin/ppc64le-linux-gcc
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s390x : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/s390x-linux/bin/s390x-linux-gcc
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sandbox : /usr/bin/gcc
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sh4 : /toolchains/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/sh4-linux/bin/sh4-linux-gcc
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sparc : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/sparc-linux/bin/sparc-linux-gcc
|
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sparc64 : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/sparc64-linux/bin/sparc64-linux-gcc
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tilegx : /toolchains/gcc-4.6.2-nolibc/tilegx-linux/bin/tilegx-linux-gcc
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x86 : /opt/gcc-4.6.3-nolibc/x86_64-linux/bin/x86_64-linux-gcc
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x86_64 : /toolchains/gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/x86_64-linux/bin/x86_64-linux-gcc
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You can see that everything is covered, even some strange ones that won't
|
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be used (c88 and c99). This is a feature.
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|
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#. Install new toolchains if needed
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|
|
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You can download toolchains and update the [toolchain] section of the
|
|
settings file to find them.
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|
|
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To make this easier, buildman can automatically download and install
|
|
toolchains from kernel.org. First list the available architectures::
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|
|
$ ./tools/buildman/buildman --fetch-arch list
|
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Checking: https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/4.6.3/
|
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Checking: https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/4.6.2/
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Checking: https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/4.5.1/
|
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Checking: https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/4.2.4/
|
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Available architectures: alpha am33_2.0 arm bfin cris crisv32 frv h8300
|
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hppa hppa64 i386 ia64 m32r m68k mips mips64 or32 powerpc powerpc64 s390x sh4
|
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sparc sparc64 tilegx x86_64 xtensa
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|
|
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Then pick one and download it::
|
|
|
|
$ ./tools/buildman/buildman --fetch-arch or32
|
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Checking: https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/4.6.3/
|
|
Checking: https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/4.6.2/
|
|
Checking: https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/4.5.1/
|
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Downloading: https://www.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/files/bin/x86_64/4.5.1//x86_64-gcc-4.5.1-nolibc_or32-linux.tar.xz
|
|
Unpacking to: /home/sjg/.buildman-toolchains
|
|
Testing
|
|
- looking in '/home/sjg/.buildman-toolchains/gcc-4.5.1-nolibc/or32-linux/.'
|
|
- looking in '/home/sjg/.buildman-toolchains/gcc-4.5.1-nolibc/or32-linux/bin'
|
|
- found '/home/sjg/.buildman-toolchains/gcc-4.5.1-nolibc/or32-linux/bin/or32-linux-gcc'
|
|
Tool chain test: OK
|
|
|
|
Or download them all from kernel.org and move them to /toolchains directory:
|
|
|
|
.. code-block:: bash
|
|
|
|
./tools/buildman/buildman --fetch-arch all
|
|
sudo mkdir -p /toolchains
|
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sudo mv ~/.buildman-toolchains/*/* /toolchains/
|
|
|
|
Buildman should now be set up to use your new toolchain.
|
|
|
|
At the time of writing, U-Boot has these architectures:
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|
|
arc, arm, m68k, microblaze, mips, nios2, powerpc, sandbox, sh, x86, xtensa
|
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How to run it
|
|
-------------
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|
|
|
First do a dry run using the -n flag: (replace <branch> with a real, local
|
|
branch with a valid upstream):
|
|
|
|
.. code-block:: bash
|
|
|
|
./tools/buildman/buildman -b <branch> -n
|
|
|
|
If it can't detect the upstream branch, try checking out the branch, and
|
|
doing something like 'git branch --set-upstream-to upstream/master'
|
|
or something similar. Buildman will try to guess a suitable upstream branch
|
|
if it can't find one (you will see a message like "Guessing upstream as ...").
|
|
You can also use the -c option to manually specify the number of commits to
|
|
build.
|
|
|
|
As an example::
|
|
|
|
Dry run, so not doing much. But I would do this:
|
|
|
|
Building 18 commits for 1059 boards (4 threads, 1 job per thread)
|
|
Build directory: ../lcd9b
|
|
5bb3505 Merge branch 'master' of git://git.denx.de/u-boot-arm
|
|
c18f1b4 tegra: Use const for pinmux_config_pingroup/table()
|
|
2f043ae tegra: Add display support to funcmux
|
|
e349900 tegra: fdt: Add pwm binding and node
|
|
424a5f0 tegra: fdt: Add LCD definitions for Tegra
|
|
0636ccf tegra: Add support for PWM
|
|
a994fe7 tegra: Add SOC support for display/lcd
|
|
fcd7350 tegra: Add LCD driver
|
|
4d46e9d tegra: Add LCD support to Nvidia boards
|
|
991bd48 arm: Add control over cachability of memory regions
|
|
54e8019 lcd: Add CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT to select frame buffer alignment
|
|
d92aff7 lcd: Add support for flushing LCD fb from dcache after update
|
|
dbd0677 tegra: Align LCD frame buffer to section boundary
|
|
0cff9b8 tegra: Support control of cache settings for LCD
|
|
9c56900 tegra: fdt: Add LCD definitions for Seaboard
|
|
5cc29db lcd: Add CONFIG_CONSOLE_SCROLL_LINES option to speed console
|
|
cac5a23 tegra: Enable display/lcd support on Seaboard
|
|
49ff541 wip
|
|
|
|
Total boards to build for each commit: 1059
|
|
|
|
This shows that it will build all 1059 boards, using 4 threads (because
|
|
we have a 4-core CPU). Each thread will run with -j1, meaning that each
|
|
make job will use a single CPU. The list of commits to be built helps you
|
|
confirm that things look about right. Notice that buildman has chosen a
|
|
'base' directory for you, immediately above your source tree.
|
|
|
|
Buildman works entirely inside the base directory, here ../lcd9b,
|
|
creating a working directory for each thread, and creating output
|
|
directories for each commit and board.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Suggested Workflow
|
|
------------------
|
|
|
|
To run the build for real, take off the -n:
|
|
|
|
.. code-block:: bash
|
|
|
|
./tools/buildman/buildman -b <branch>
|
|
|
|
Buildman will set up some working directories, and get started. After a
|
|
minute or so it will settle down to a steady pace, with a display like this::
|
|
|
|
Building 18 commits for 1059 boards (4 threads, 1 job per thread)
|
|
528 36 124 /19062 -18374 1:13:30 : SIMPC8313_SP
|
|
|
|
This means that it is building 19062 board/commit combinations. So far it
|
|
has managed to successfully build 528. Another 36 have built with warnings,
|
|
and 124 more didn't build at all. It has 18374 builds left to complete.
|
|
Buildman expects to complete the process in around an hour and a quarter.
|
|
Use this time to buy a faster computer.
|
|
|
|
|
|
To find out how the build went, ask for a summary with -s. You can do this
|
|
either before the build completes (presumably in another terminal) or
|
|
afterwards. Let's work through an example of how this is used::
|
|
|
|
$ ./tools/buildman/buildman -b lcd9b -s
|
|
...
|
|
01: Merge branch 'master' of git://git.denx.de/u-boot-arm
|
|
powerpc: + galaxy5200_LOWBOOT
|
|
02: tegra: Use const for pinmux_config_pingroup/table()
|
|
03: tegra: Add display support to funcmux
|
|
04: tegra: fdt: Add pwm binding and node
|
|
05: tegra: fdt: Add LCD definitions for Tegra
|
|
06: tegra: Add support for PWM
|
|
07: tegra: Add SOC support for display/lcd
|
|
08: tegra: Add LCD driver
|
|
09: tegra: Add LCD support to Nvidia boards
|
|
10: arm: Add control over cachability of memory regions
|
|
11: lcd: Add CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT to select frame buffer alignment
|
|
12: lcd: Add support for flushing LCD fb from dcache after update
|
|
arm: + lubbock
|
|
13: tegra: Align LCD frame buffer to section boundary
|
|
14: tegra: Support control of cache settings for LCD
|
|
15: tegra: fdt: Add LCD definitions for Seaboard
|
|
16: lcd: Add CONFIG_CONSOLE_SCROLL_LINES option to speed console
|
|
17: tegra: Enable display/lcd support on Seaboard
|
|
18: wip
|
|
|
|
This shows which commits have succeeded and which have failed. In this case
|
|
the build is still in progress so many boards are not built yet (use -u to
|
|
see which ones). But already we can see a few failures. The galaxy5200_LOWBOOT
|
|
never builds correctly. This could be a problem with our toolchain, or it
|
|
could be a bug in the upstream. The good news is that we probably don't need
|
|
to blame our commits. The bad news is that our commits are not tested on that
|
|
board.
|
|
|
|
Commit 12 broke lubbock. That's what the '+ lubbock', in red, means. The
|
|
failure is never fixed by a later commit, or you would see lubbock again, in
|
|
green, without the +.
|
|
|
|
To see the actual error::
|
|
|
|
$ ./tools/buildman/buildman -b <branch> -se
|
|
...
|
|
12: lcd: Add support for flushing LCD fb from dcache after update
|
|
arm: + lubbock
|
|
+common/libcommon.o: In function `lcd_sync':
|
|
+common/lcd.c:120: undefined reference to `flush_dcache_range'
|
|
+arm-none-linux-gnueabi-ld: BFD (Sourcery G++ Lite 2010q1-202) 2.19.51.20090709 assertion fail /scratch/julian/2010q1-release-linux-lite/obj/binutils-src-2010q1-202-arm-none-linux-gnueabi-i686-pc-linux-gnu/bfd/elf32-arm.c:12572
|
|
+make: *** [build/u-boot] Error 139
|
|
13: tegra: Align LCD frame buffer to section boundary
|
|
14: tegra: Support control of cache settings for LCD
|
|
15: tegra: fdt: Add LCD definitions for Seaboard
|
|
16: lcd: Add CONFIG_CONSOLE_SCROLL_LINES option to speed console
|
|
-common/lcd.c:120: undefined reference to `flush_dcache_range'
|
|
+common/lcd.c:125: undefined reference to `flush_dcache_range'
|
|
17: tegra: Enable display/lcd support on Seaboard
|
|
18: wip
|
|
|
|
So the problem is in lcd.c, due to missing cache operations. This information
|
|
should be enough to work out what that commit is doing to break these
|
|
boards. (In this case pxa did not have cache operations defined).
|
|
|
|
Note that if there were other boards with errors, the above command would
|
|
show their errors also. Each line is shown only once. So if lubbock and snow
|
|
produce the same error, we just see::
|
|
|
|
12: lcd: Add support for flushing LCD fb from dcache after update
|
|
arm: + lubbock snow
|
|
+common/libcommon.o: In function `lcd_sync':
|
|
+common/lcd.c:120: undefined reference to `flush_dcache_range'
|
|
+arm-none-linux-gnueabi-ld: BFD (Sourcery G++ Lite 2010q1-202) 2.19.51.20090709 assertion fail /scratch/julian/2010q1-release-linux-lite/obj/binutils-src-2010q1-202-arm-none-linux-gnueabi-i686-pc-linux-gnu/bfd/elf32-arm.c:12572
|
|
+make: *** [build/u-boot] Error 139
|
|
|
|
But if you did want to see just the errors for lubbock, use:
|
|
|
|
.. code-block:: bash
|
|
|
|
./tools/buildman/buildman -b <branch> -se lubbock
|
|
|
|
If you see error lines marked with '-', that means that the errors were fixed
|
|
by that commit. Sometimes commits can be in the wrong order, so that a
|
|
breakage is introduced for a few commits and fixed by later commits. This
|
|
shows up clearly with buildman. You can then reorder the commits and try
|
|
again.
|
|
|
|
At commit 16, the error moves: you can see that the old error at line 120
|
|
is fixed, but there is a new one at line 126. This is probably only because
|
|
we added some code and moved the broken line further down the file.
|
|
|
|
As mentioned, if many boards have the same error, then -e will display the
|
|
error only once. This makes the output as concise as possible. To see which
|
|
boards have each error, use -l. So it is safe to omit the board name - you
|
|
will not get lots of repeated output for every board.
|
|
|
|
Buildman tries to distinguish warnings from errors, and shows warning lines
|
|
separately with a 'w' prefix. Warnings introduced show as yellow. Warnings
|
|
fixed show as cyan.
|
|
|
|
The full build output in this case is available in::
|
|
|
|
../lcd9b/12_of_18_gd92aff7_lcd--Add-support-for/lubbock/
|
|
|
|
Files:
|
|
|
|
done
|
|
Indicates the build was done, and holds the return code from make. This is 0
|
|
for a good build, typically 2 for a failure.
|
|
|
|
err
|
|
Output from stderr, if any. Errors and warnings appear here.
|
|
|
|
log
|
|
Output from stdout. Normally there isn't any since buildman runs in silent
|
|
mode. Use -V to force a verbose build (this passes V=1 to 'make')
|
|
|
|
toolchain
|
|
Shows information about the toolchain used for the build.
|
|
|
|
sizes
|
|
Shows image size information.
|
|
|
|
It is possible to get the build binary output there also. Use the -k option
|
|
for this. In that case you will also see some output files, like:
|
|
|
|
- System.map
|
|
- toolchain
|
|
- u-boot
|
|
- u-boot.bin
|
|
- u-boot.map
|
|
- autoconf.mk
|
|
- SPL/TPL versions like u-boot-spl and u-boot-spl.bin if available
|
|
|
|
|
|
Checking Image Sizes
|
|
--------------------
|
|
|
|
A key requirement for U-Boot is that you keep code/data size to a minimum.
|
|
Where a new feature increases this noticeably it should normally be put
|
|
behind a CONFIG flag so that boards can leave it disabled and keep the image
|
|
size more or less the same with each new release.
|
|
|
|
To check the impact of your commits on image size, use -S. For example::
|
|
|
|
$ ./tools/buildman/buildman -b us-x86 -sS
|
|
Summary of 10 commits for 1066 boards (4 threads, 1 job per thread)
|
|
01: MAKEALL: add support for per architecture toolchains
|
|
02: x86: Add function to get top of usable ram
|
|
x86: (for 1/3 boards) text -272.0 rodata +41.0
|
|
03: x86: Add basic cache operations
|
|
04: x86: Permit bootstage and timer data to be used prior to relocation
|
|
x86: (for 1/3 boards) data +16.0
|
|
05: x86: Add an __end symbol to signal the end of the U-Boot binary
|
|
x86: (for 1/3 boards) text +76.0
|
|
06: x86: Rearrange the output input to remove BSS
|
|
x86: (for 1/3 boards) bss -2140.0
|
|
07: x86: Support relocation of FDT on start-up
|
|
x86: + coreboot-x86
|
|
08: x86: Add error checking to x86 relocation code
|
|
09: x86: Adjust link device tree include file
|
|
10: x86: Enable CONFIG_OF_CONTROL on coreboot
|
|
|
|
|
|
You can see that image size only changed on x86, which is good because this
|
|
series is not supposed to change any other board. From commit 7 onwards the
|
|
build fails so we don't get code size numbers. The numbers are fractional
|
|
because they are an average of all boards for that architecture. The
|
|
intention is to allow you to quickly find image size problems introduced by
|
|
your commits.
|
|
|
|
Note that the 'text' region and 'rodata' are split out. You should add the
|
|
two together to get the total read-only size (reported as the first column
|
|
in the output from binutil's 'size' utility).
|
|
|
|
A useful option is --step which lets you skip some commits. For example
|
|
--step 2 will show the image sizes for only every 2nd commit (so it will
|
|
compare the image sizes of the 1st, 3rd, 5th... commits). You can also use
|
|
--step 0 which will compare only the first and last commits. This is useful
|
|
for an overview of how your entire series affects code size. It will build
|
|
only the upstream commit and your final branch commit.
|
|
|
|
You can also use -d to see a detailed size breakdown for each board. This
|
|
list is sorted in order from largest growth to largest reduction.
|
|
|
|
It is even possible to go a little further with the -B option (--bloat). This
|
|
shows where U-Boot has bloated, breaking the size change down to the function
|
|
level. Example output is below::
|
|
|
|
$ ./tools/buildman/buildman -b us-mem4 -sSdB
|
|
...
|
|
19: Roll crc32 into hash infrastructure
|
|
arm: (for 10/10 boards) all -143.4 bss +1.2 data -4.8 rodata -48.2 text -91.6
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paz00 : all +23 bss -4 rodata -29 text +56
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u-boot: add: 1/0, grow: 3/-2 bytes: 168/-104 (64)
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function old new delta
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hash_command 80 160 +80
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crc32_wd_buf - 56 +56
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ext4fs_read_file 540 568 +28
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insert_var_value_sub 688 692 +4
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run_list_real 1996 1992 -4
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do_mem_crc 168 68 -100
|
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trimslice : all -9 bss +16 rodata -29 text +4
|
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u-boot: add: 1/0, grow: 1/-3 bytes: 136/-124 (12)
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function old new delta
|
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hash_command 80 160 +80
|
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crc32_wd_buf - 56 +56
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ext4fs_iterate_dir 672 668 -4
|
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ext4fs_read_file 568 548 -20
|
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do_mem_crc 168 68 -100
|
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whistler : all -9 bss +16 rodata -29 text +4
|
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u-boot: add: 1/0, grow: 1/-3 bytes: 136/-124 (12)
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function old new delta
|
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hash_command 80 160 +80
|
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crc32_wd_buf - 56 +56
|
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ext4fs_iterate_dir 672 668 -4
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ext4fs_read_file 568 548 -20
|
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do_mem_crc 168 68 -100
|
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seaboard : all -9 bss -28 rodata -29 text +48
|
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u-boot: add: 1/0, grow: 3/-2 bytes: 160/-104 (56)
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function old new delta
|
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hash_command 80 160 +80
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crc32_wd_buf - 56 +56
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ext4fs_read_file 548 568 +20
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run_list_real 1996 2000 +4
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do_nandboot 760 756 -4
|
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do_mem_crc 168 68 -100
|
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colibri_t20 : all -9 rodata -29 text +20
|
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u-boot: add: 1/0, grow: 2/-3 bytes: 140/-112 (28)
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function old new delta
|
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hash_command 80 160 +80
|
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crc32_wd_buf - 56 +56
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read_abs_bbt 204 208 +4
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do_nandboot 760 756 -4
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ext4fs_read_file 576 568 -8
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do_mem_crc 168 68 -100
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ventana : all -37 bss -12 rodata -29 text +4
|
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u-boot: add: 1/0, grow: 1/-3 bytes: 136/-124 (12)
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function old new delta
|
|
hash_command 80 160 +80
|
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crc32_wd_buf - 56 +56
|
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ext4fs_iterate_dir 672 668 -4
|
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ext4fs_read_file 568 548 -20
|
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do_mem_crc 168 68 -100
|
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harmony : all -37 bss -16 rodata -29 text +8
|
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u-boot: add: 1/0, grow: 2/-3 bytes: 140/-124 (16)
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function old new delta
|
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hash_command 80 160 +80
|
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crc32_wd_buf - 56 +56
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nand_write_oob_syndrome 428 432 +4
|
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ext4fs_iterate_dir 672 668 -4
|
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ext4fs_read_file 568 548 -20
|
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do_mem_crc 168 68 -100
|
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medcom-wide : all -417 bss +28 data -16 rodata -93 text -336
|
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u-boot: add: 1/-1, grow: 1/-2 bytes: 88/-376 (-288)
|
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function old new delta
|
|
crc32_wd_buf - 56 +56
|
|
do_fat_read_at 2872 2904 +32
|
|
hash_algo 16 - -16
|
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do_mem_crc 168 68 -100
|
|
hash_command 420 160 -260
|
|
tec : all -449 bss -4 data -16 rodata -93 text -336
|
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u-boot: add: 1/-1, grow: 1/-2 bytes: 88/-376 (-288)
|
|
function old new delta
|
|
crc32_wd_buf - 56 +56
|
|
do_fat_read_at 2872 2904 +32
|
|
hash_algo 16 - -16
|
|
do_mem_crc 168 68 -100
|
|
hash_command 420 160 -260
|
|
plutux : all -481 bss +16 data -16 rodata -93 text -388
|
|
u-boot: add: 1/-1, grow: 1/-3 bytes: 68/-408 (-340)
|
|
function old new delta
|
|
crc32_wd_buf - 56 +56
|
|
do_load_serial_bin 1688 1700 +12
|
|
hash_algo 16 - -16
|
|
do_fat_read_at 2904 2872 -32
|
|
do_mem_crc 168 68 -100
|
|
hash_command 420 160 -260
|
|
powerpc: (for 5/5 boards) all +37.4 data -3.2 rodata -41.8 text +82.4
|
|
MPC8610HPCD : all +55 rodata -29 text +84
|
|
u-boot: add: 1/0, grow: 0/-1 bytes: 176/-96 (80)
|
|
function old new delta
|
|
hash_command - 176 +176
|
|
do_mem_crc 184 88 -96
|
|
MPC8641HPCN : all +55 rodata -29 text +84
|
|
u-boot: add: 1/0, grow: 0/-1 bytes: 176/-96 (80)
|
|
function old new delta
|
|
hash_command - 176 +176
|
|
do_mem_crc 184 88 -96
|
|
MPC8641HPCN_36BIT: all +55 rodata -29 text +84
|
|
u-boot: add: 1/0, grow: 0/-1 bytes: 176/-96 (80)
|
|
function old new delta
|
|
hash_command - 176 +176
|
|
do_mem_crc 184 88 -96
|
|
sbc8641d : all +55 rodata -29 text +84
|
|
u-boot: add: 1/0, grow: 0/-1 bytes: 176/-96 (80)
|
|
function old new delta
|
|
hash_command - 176 +176
|
|
do_mem_crc 184 88 -96
|
|
xpedite517x : all -33 data -16 rodata -93 text +76
|
|
u-boot: add: 1/-1, grow: 0/-1 bytes: 176/-112 (64)
|
|
function old new delta
|
|
hash_command - 176 +176
|
|
hash_algo 16 - -16
|
|
do_mem_crc 184 88 -96
|
|
...
|
|
|
|
|
|
This shows that commit 19 has reduced codesize for arm slightly and increased
|
|
it for powerpc. This increase was offset in by reductions in rodata and
|
|
data/bss.
|
|
|
|
Shown below the summary lines are the sizes for each board. Below each board
|
|
are the sizes for each function. This information starts with:
|
|
|
|
add
|
|
number of functions added / removed
|
|
|
|
grow
|
|
number of functions which grew / shrunk
|
|
|
|
bytes
|
|
number of bytes of code added to / removed from all functions, plus the total
|
|
byte change in brackets
|
|
|
|
The change seems to be that hash_command() has increased by more than the
|
|
do_mem_crc() function has decreased. The function sizes typically add up to
|
|
roughly the text area size, but note that every read-only section except
|
|
rodata is included in 'text', so the function total does not exactly
|
|
correspond.
|
|
|
|
It is common when refactoring code for the rodata to decrease as the text size
|
|
increases, and vice versa.
|
|
|
|
|
|
.. _buildman_settings:
|
|
|
|
The .buildman settings file
|
|
---------------------------
|
|
|
|
The .buildman file provides information about the available toolchains and
|
|
also allows build flags to be passed to 'make'. It consists of several
|
|
sections, with the section name in square brackets. Within each section are
|
|
a set of (tag, value) pairs.
|
|
|
|
'[global]' section
|
|
allow-missing
|
|
Indicates the policy to use for missing blobs. Note that the flags
|
|
``--allow-missing`` (``-M``) and ``--no-allow-missing`` (``--no-a``)
|
|
override these setting.
|
|
|
|
always
|
|
Run with ``-M`` by default.
|
|
|
|
multiple
|
|
Run with ``-M`` if more than one board is being built.
|
|
|
|
branch
|
|
Run with ``-M`` if a branch is being built.
|
|
|
|
Note that the last two can be given together::
|
|
|
|
allow-missing = multiple branch
|
|
|
|
'[toolchain]' section
|
|
This lists the available toolchains. The tag here doesn't matter, but
|
|
make sure it is unique. The value is the path to the toolchain. Buildman
|
|
will look in that path for a file ending in 'gcc'. It will then execute
|
|
it to check that it is a C compiler, passing only the --version flag to
|
|
it. If the return code is 0, buildman assumes that it is a valid C
|
|
compiler. It uses the first part of the name as the architecture and
|
|
strips off the last part when setting the CROSS_COMPILE environment
|
|
variable (parts are delimited with a hyphen).
|
|
|
|
For example powerpc-linux-gcc will be noted as a toolchain for 'powerpc'
|
|
and CROSS_COMPILE will be set to powerpc-linux- when using it.
|
|
|
|
'[toolchain-alias]' section
|
|
This converts toolchain architecture names to U-Boot names. For example,
|
|
if an x86 toolchains is called i386-linux-gcc it will not normally be
|
|
used for architecture 'x86'. Adding 'x86: i386 x86_64' to this section
|
|
will tell buildman that the i386 and x86_64 toolchains can be used for
|
|
the x86 architecture.
|
|
|
|
'[make-flags]' section
|
|
U-Boot's build system supports a few flags (such as BUILD_TAG) which
|
|
affect the build product. These flags can be specified in the buildman
|
|
settings file. They can also be useful when building U-Boot against other
|
|
open source software.
|
|
|
|
[make-flags]
|
|
at91-boards=ENABLE_AT91_TEST=1
|
|
snapper9260=${at91-boards} BUILD_TAG=442
|
|
snapper9g45=${at91-boards} BUILD_TAG=443
|
|
|
|
This will use 'make ENABLE_AT91_TEST=1 BUILD_TAG=442' for snapper9260
|
|
and 'make ENABLE_AT91_TEST=1 BUILD_TAG=443' for snapper9g45. A special
|
|
variable ${target} is available to access the target name (snapper9260
|
|
and snapper9g20 in this case). Variables are resolved recursively. Note
|
|
that variables can only contain the characters A-Z, a-z, 0-9, hyphen (-)
|
|
and underscore (_).
|
|
|
|
It is expected that any variables added are dealt with in U-Boot's
|
|
config.mk file and documented in the README.
|
|
|
|
Note that you can pass ad-hoc options to the build using environment
|
|
variables, for example:
|
|
|
|
SOME_OPTION=1234 ./tools/buildman/buildman my_board
|
|
|
|
|
|
Quick Sanity Check
|
|
------------------
|
|
|
|
If you have made changes and want to do a quick sanity check of the
|
|
currently checked-out source, run buildman without the -b flag. This will
|
|
build the selected boards and display build status as it runs (i.e. -v is
|
|
enabled automatically). Use -e to see errors/warnings as well.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Building Ranges
|
|
---------------
|
|
|
|
You can build a range of commits by specifying a range instead of a branch
|
|
when using the -b flag. For example::
|
|
|
|
buildman -b upstream/master..us-buildman
|
|
|
|
will build commits in us-buildman that are not in upstream/master.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Building Faster
|
|
---------------
|
|
|
|
By default, buildman doesn't execute 'make mrproper' prior to building the
|
|
first commit for each board. This reduces the amount of work 'make' does, and
|
|
hence speeds up the build. To force use of 'make mrproper', use -the -m flag.
|
|
This flag will slow down any buildman invocation, since it increases the amount
|
|
of work done on any build.
|
|
|
|
One possible application of buildman is as part of a continual edit, build,
|
|
edit, build, ... cycle; repeatedly applying buildman to the same change or
|
|
series of changes while making small incremental modifications to the source
|
|
each time. This provides quick feedback regarding the correctness of recent
|
|
modifications. In this scenario, buildman's default choice of build directory
|
|
causes more build work to be performed than strictly necessary.
|
|
|
|
By default, each buildman thread uses a single directory for all builds. When a
|
|
thread builds multiple boards, the configuration built in this directory will
|
|
cycle through various different configurations, one per board built by the
|
|
thread. Variations in the configuration will force a rebuild of affected source
|
|
files when a thread switches between boards. Ideally, such buildman-induced
|
|
rebuilds would not happen, thus allowing the build to operate as efficiently as
|
|
the build system and source changes allow. buildman's -P flag may be used to
|
|
enable this; -P causes each board to be built in a separate (board-specific)
|
|
directory, thus avoiding any buildman-induced configuration changes in any
|
|
build directory.
|
|
|
|
U-Boot's build system embeds information such as a build timestamp into the
|
|
final binary. This information varies each time U-Boot is built. This causes
|
|
various files to be rebuilt even if no source changes are made, which in turn
|
|
requires that the final U-Boot binary be re-linked. This unnecessary work can
|
|
be avoided by turning off the timestamp feature. This can be achieved using
|
|
the `-r` flag, which enables reproducible builds by setting
|
|
`SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH=0` when building.
|
|
|
|
Combining all of these options together yields the command-line shown below.
|
|
This will provide the quickest possible feedback regarding the current content
|
|
of the source tree, thus allowing rapid tested evolution of the code::
|
|
|
|
./tools/buildman/buildman -Pr tegra
|
|
|
|
|
|
Checking configuration
|
|
----------------------
|
|
|
|
A common requirement when converting CONFIG options to Kconfig is to check
|
|
that the effective configuration has not changed due to the conversion.
|
|
Buildman supports this with the -K option, used after a build. This shows
|
|
differences in effective configuration between one commit and the next.
|
|
|
|
For example::
|
|
|
|
$ buildman -b kc4 -sK
|
|
...
|
|
43: Convert CONFIG_SPL_USBETH_SUPPORT to Kconfig
|
|
arm:
|
|
+ u-boot.cfg: CONFIG_SPL_ENV_SUPPORT=1 CONFIG_SPL_NET=1
|
|
+ u-boot-spl.cfg: CONFIG_SPL_MMC=1 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SUPPORT=1
|
|
+ all: CONFIG_SPL_ENV_SUPPORT=1 CONFIG_SPL_MMC=1 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SUPPORT=1 CONFIG_SPL_NET=1
|
|
am335x_evm_usbspl :
|
|
+ u-boot.cfg: CONFIG_SPL_ENV_SUPPORT=1 CONFIG_SPL_NET=1
|
|
+ u-boot-spl.cfg: CONFIG_SPL_MMC=1 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SUPPORT=1
|
|
+ all: CONFIG_SPL_ENV_SUPPORT=1 CONFIG_SPL_MMC=1 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SUPPORT=1 CONFIG_SPL_NET=1
|
|
44: Convert CONFIG_SPL_USB_HOST to Kconfig
|
|
...
|
|
|
|
This shows that commit 44 enabled three new options for the board
|
|
am335x_evm_usbspl which were not enabled in commit 43. There is also a
|
|
summary for 'arm' showing all the changes detected for that architecture.
|
|
In this case there is only one board with changes, so 'arm' output is the
|
|
same as 'am335x_evm_usbspl'/
|
|
|
|
The -K option uses the u-boot.cfg, spl/u-boot-spl.cfg and tpl/u-boot-tpl.cfg
|
|
files which are produced by a build. If all you want is to check the
|
|
configuration you can in fact avoid doing a full build, using -D. This tells
|
|
buildman to configuration U-Boot and create the .cfg files, but not actually
|
|
build the source. This is 5-10 times faster than doing a full build.
|
|
|
|
By default buildman considers the follow two configuration methods
|
|
equivalent::
|
|
|
|
#define CONFIG_SOME_OPTION
|
|
|
|
CONFIG_SOME_OPTION=y
|
|
|
|
The former would appear in a header filer and the latter in a defconfig
|
|
file. The achieve this, buildman considers 'y' to be '1' in configuration
|
|
variables. This avoids lots of useless output when converting a CONFIG
|
|
option to Kconfig. To disable this behaviour, use --squash-config-y.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Checking the environment
|
|
------------------------
|
|
|
|
When converting CONFIG options which manipulate the default environment,
|
|
a common requirement is to check that the default environment has not
|
|
changed due to the conversion. Buildman supports this with the -U option,
|
|
used after a build. This shows differences in the default environment
|
|
between one commit and the next.
|
|
|
|
For example::
|
|
|
|
$ buildman -b squash brppt1 -sU
|
|
Summary of 2 commits for 3 boards (3 threads, 3 jobs per thread)
|
|
01: Migrate bootlimit to Kconfig
|
|
02: Squashed commit of the following:
|
|
c brppt1_mmc: altbootcmd=mmc dev 1; run mmcboot0; -> mmc dev 1; run mmcboot0
|
|
c brppt1_spi: altbootcmd=mmc dev 1; run mmcboot0; -> mmc dev 1; run mmcboot0
|
|
+ brppt1_nand: altbootcmd=run usbscript
|
|
- brppt1_nand: altbootcmd=run usbscript
|
|
(no errors to report)
|
|
|
|
This shows that commit 2 modified the value of 'altbootcmd' for 'brppt1_mmc'
|
|
and 'brppt1_spi', removing a trailing semicolon. 'brppt1_nand' gained an a
|
|
value for 'altbootcmd', but lost one for ' altbootcmd'.
|
|
|
|
The -U option uses the u-boot.env files which are produced by a build.
|
|
Internally, buildman writes out an out-env file into the build directory for
|
|
later comparison.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Building with clang
|
|
-------------------
|
|
|
|
To build with clang (sandbox only), use the -O option to override the
|
|
toolchain. For example:
|
|
|
|
.. code-block:: bash
|
|
|
|
buildman -O clang-7 --board sandbox
|
|
|
|
|
|
Building without LTO
|
|
--------------------
|
|
|
|
Link-time optimisation (LTO) is designed to reduce code size by globally
|
|
optimising the U-Boot build. Unfortunately this can dramatically slow down
|
|
builds. This is particularly noticeable when running a lot of builds.
|
|
|
|
Use the -L (--no-lto) flag to disable LTO.
|
|
|
|
.. code-block:: bash
|
|
|
|
buildman -L --board sandbox
|
|
|
|
|
|
Doing a simple build
|
|
--------------------
|
|
|
|
In some cases you just want to build a single board and get the full output, use
|
|
the -w option, for example:
|
|
|
|
.. code-block:: bash
|
|
|
|
buildman -o /tmp/build --board sandbox -w
|
|
|
|
This will write the full build into /tmp/build including object files. You must
|
|
specify the output directory with -o when using -w.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Support for IDEs (Integrated Development Environments)
|
|
------------------------------------------------------
|
|
|
|
Normally buildman summarises the output and shows information indicating the
|
|
meaning of each line of output. For example a '+' symbol appears at the start of
|
|
each error line. Also, buildman prints information about what it is about to do,
|
|
along with a summary at the end.
|
|
|
|
When using buildman from an IDE, it is helpful to drop this behaviour. Use the
|
|
-I/--ide option for that. You might find -W helpful also so that warnings do
|
|
not cause the build to fail:
|
|
|
|
.. code-block:: bash
|
|
|
|
buildman -o /tmp/build --board sandbox -wWI
|
|
|
|
|
|
Support for binary blobs
|
|
------------------------
|
|
|
|
U-Boot is moving to using Binman (see :doc:`../develop/package/binman`) for
|
|
dealing with the complexities of packaging U-Boot along with binary files from
|
|
other projects. These are called 'external blobs' by Binman.
|
|
|
|
Typically a missing external blob causes a build failure. For build testing of
|
|
a lot of boards, or boards for which you do not have the blobs, you can use the
|
|
-M flag to allow missing blobs. This marks the build as if it succeeded,
|
|
although with warnings shown, including 'Some images are invalid'. If any boards
|
|
fail in this way, buildman exits with status 101.
|
|
|
|
To convert warnings to errors, use -E. To make buildman return success with
|
|
these warnings, use -W.
|
|
|
|
It is generally safe to default to enabling -M for all runs of buildman, so long
|
|
as you check the exit code. To do this, add::
|
|
|
|
allow-missing = "always"
|
|
|
|
to the top of the buildman_settings_ file.
|
|
|
|
|
|
Changing the configuration
|
|
--------------------------
|
|
|
|
Sometimes it is useful to change the CONFIG options for a build on the fly. This
|
|
can be used to build a board (or multiple) with a few changes to see the impact.
|
|
The -a option supports this:
|
|
|
|
.. code-block:: bash
|
|
|
|
-a <cfg>
|
|
|
|
where <cfg> is a CONFIG option (with or without the `CONFIG_` prefix) to enable.
|
|
For example:
|
|
|
|
.. code-block:: bash
|
|
|
|
buildman -a CMD_SETEXPR_FMT
|
|
|
|
will build with CONFIG_CMD_SETEXPR_FMT enabled.
|
|
|
|
You can disable options by preceding them with tilde (~). You can specify the
|
|
-a option multiple times:
|
|
|
|
.. code-block:: bash
|
|
|
|
buildman -a CMD_SETEXPR_FMT -a ~CMDLINE
|
|
|
|
Some options have values, in which case you can change them:
|
|
|
|
.. code-block:: bash
|
|
|
|
buildman -a 'BOOTCOMMAND="echo hello"' CONFIG_SYS_LOAD_ADDR=0x1000
|
|
|
|
Note that you must put quotes around string options and the whole thing must be
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in single quotes, to make sure the shell leave it alone.
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If you try to set an option that does not exist, or that cannot be changed for
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some other reason (e.g. it is 'selected' by another option), then buildman
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shows an error::
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$ buildman --board sandbox -a FRED
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Building current source for 1 boards (1 thread, 32 jobs per thread)
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0 0 0 /1 -1 (starting)errs
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Some CONFIG adjustments did not take effect. This may be because
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the request CONFIGs do not exist or conflict with others.
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Failed adjustments:
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FRED Missing expected line: CONFIG_FRED=y
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One major caveat with this feature with branches (-b) is that buildman does not
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name the output directories differently when you change the configuration, so
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doing the same build again with different configuration will not trigger a
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rebuild. You can use -f to work around that.
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Other options
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-------------
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Buildman has various other command-line options. Try --help to see them.
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To find out what toolchain prefix buildman will use for a build, use the -A
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option.
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To request that compiler warnings be promoted to errors, use -E. This passes the
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-Werror flag to the compiler. Note that the build can still produce warnings
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with -E, e.g. the migration warnings::
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===================== WARNING ======================
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This board does not use CONFIG_DM_MMC. Please update
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...
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====================================================
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When doing builds, Buildman's return code will reflect the overall result::
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0 (success) No errors or warnings found
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100 Errors found
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101 Warnings found (only if no -W)
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You can use -W to tell Buildman to return 0 (success) instead of 101 when
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warnings are found. Note that it can be useful to combine -E and -W. This means
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that all compiler warnings will produce failures (code 100) and all other
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warnings will produce success (since 101 is changed to 0).
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If there are both warnings and errors, errors win, so buildman returns 100.
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The -y option is provided (for use with -s) to ignore the bountiful device-tree
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warnings. Similarly, -Y tells buildman to ignore the migration warnings.
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Sometimes you might get an error in a thread that is not handled by buildman,
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perhaps due to a failure of a tool that it calls. You might see the output, but
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then buildman hangs. Failing to handle any eventuality is a bug in buildman and
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should be reported. But you can use -T0 to disable threading and hopefully
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figure out the root cause of the build failure.
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Build summary
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-------------
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When buildman finishes it shows a summary, something like this::
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Completed: 5 total built, duration 0:00:21, rate 0.24
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This shows that a total of 5 builds were done across all selected boards, it
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took 21 seconds and the builds happened at the rate of 0.24 per second. The
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latter number depends on the speed of your machine and the efficiency of the
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U-Boot build.
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Using boards.cfg
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----------------
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This file is no-longer needed by buildman but it is still generated in the
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working directory. This helps avoid a delay on every build, since scanning all
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the Kconfig files takes a few seconds. Use the `-R <filename>` flag to force
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regeneration of the file - in that case buildman exits after writing the file
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with exit code 2 if there was an error in the maintainer files. To use the
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default filename, use a hyphen, i.e. `-R -`.
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You should use 'buildman -nv <criteria>' instead of greoing the boards.cfg file,
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since it may be dropped altogether in future.
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Checking maintainers
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--------------------
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Sometimes a board is added without a corresponding entry in a MAINTAINERS file.
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Use the `--maintainer-check` option to check this::
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$ buildman --maintainer-check
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WARNING: board/mikrotik/crs3xx-98dx3236/MAINTAINERS: missing defconfig ending at line 7
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WARNING: no maintainers for 'clearfog_spi'
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Buildman returns with an exit code of 2 if there area any warnings.
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Checking the command
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--------------------
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Buildman writes out the toolchain information to a `toolchain` file within the
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output directory. It also writes the commands used to build U-Boot in an
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`out-cmd` file. You can check these if you suspect something strange is
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happening.
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TODO
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----
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Many improvements have been made over the years. There is still quite a bit of
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scope for more though, e.g.:
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- easier access to log files
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- 'hunting' for problems, perhaps by building a few boards for each arch, or
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checking commits for changed files and building only boards which use those
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files
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Credits
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-------
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Thanks to Grant Grundler <grundler@chromium.org> for his ideas for improving
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the build speed by building all commits for a board instead of the other
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way around.
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.. sectionauthor:: Simon Glass
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.. sectionauthor:: Copyright (c) 2013 The Chromium OS Authors.
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.. sectionauthor:: sjg@chromium.org
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.. Halloween 2012
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.. Updated 12-12-12
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.. Updated 23-02-13
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.. Updated 09-04-20
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