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[V4,2/3] scripts: dtc: Build fdtoverlay tool

Message ID facca66aba8070ef8bdb075ec442287c81e7d23e.1610431620.git.viresh.kumar@linaro.org
State Superseded
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Series scripts: dtc: Build fdtoverlay | expand

Commit Message

Viresh Kumar Jan. 12, 2021, 8:29 a.m. UTC
We will start building overlays for platforms soon in the kernel and
would need fdtoverlay going forward. Lets start building it.

The fdtoverlay program applies (or merges) one ore more overlay dtb
blobs to a base dtb blob. The kernel build system would later use
fdtoverlay to generate the overlaid blobs based on platform specific
configurations.

Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

---
 scripts/dtc/Makefile | 6 +++++-
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

-- 
2.25.0.rc1.19.g042ed3e048af

Comments

Frank Rowand Jan. 19, 2021, 4:37 p.m. UTC | #1
Hi Viresh,

I made these comments in the v2 patch series.  I am copying them here since
this is the current version.

On 1/12/21 2:29 AM, Viresh Kumar wrote:
> We will start building overlays for platforms soon in the kernel and

> would need fdtoverlay going forward. Lets start building it.

> 

> The fdtoverlay program applies (or merges) one ore more overlay dtb

> blobs to a base dtb blob. The kernel build system would later use

> fdtoverlay to generate the overlaid blobs based on platform specific

> configurations.

> 

> Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

> ---

>  scripts/dtc/Makefile | 6 +++++-

>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

> 

> diff --git a/scripts/dtc/Makefile b/scripts/dtc/Makefile

> index 4852bf44e913..5f19386a49eb 100644

> --- a/scripts/dtc/Makefile

> +++ b/scripts/dtc/Makefile

> @@ -1,13 +1,17 @@

>  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0

>  # scripts/dtc makefile

>  

> -hostprogs-always-$(CONFIG_DTC)		+= dtc

> +hostprogs-always-$(CONFIG_DTC)		+= dtc fdtoverlay

>  hostprogs-always-$(CHECK_DT_BINDING)	+= dtc

>  

>  dtc-objs	:= dtc.o flattree.o fstree.o data.o livetree.o treesource.o \

>  		   srcpos.o checks.o util.o

>  dtc-objs	+= dtc-lexer.lex.o dtc-parser.tab.o

>  


# The upstream project builds libfdt as a separate library.  We are choosing to
# instead directly link the libfdt object files into fdtoverly

> +libfdt-objs	:= fdt.o fdt_ro.o fdt_wip.o fdt_sw.o fdt_rw.o fdt_strerror.o fdt_empty_tree.o fdt_addresses.o fdt_overlay.o

> +libfdt		= $(addprefix libfdt/,$(libfdt-objs))

> +fdtoverlay-objs	:= $(libfdt) fdtoverlay.o util.o

> +

>  # Source files need to get at the userspace version of libfdt_env.h to compile

>  HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += -I $(srctree)/$(src)/libfdt

>  

> 


In general, I am a proponent of using shared libraries (which the upstream project
builds by default) because if a security bug in the library is fixed, it is fixed
for all users of the library.

In this specific case, I actually prefer the implementation that the patch provides
(directly linking the library object files into fdtoverlay, which uses the library)
because it is the only user of the library _and_ fdtoverlay will not inadvertently
use the system wide libfdt if it happens to be installed (as it is on my system).

Any thoughts on this Rob?

-Frank
Rob Herring Jan. 20, 2021, 3:47 p.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, Jan 19, 2021 at 12:28 PM Frank Rowand <frowand.list@gmail.com> wrote:
>

> Hi Viresh,

>

> I made these comments in the v2 patch series.  I am copying them here since

> this is the current version.

>

> On 1/12/21 2:29 AM, Viresh Kumar wrote:

> > We will start building overlays for platforms soon in the kernel and

> > would need fdtoverlay going forward. Lets start building it.

> >

> > The fdtoverlay program applies (or merges) one ore more overlay dtb

> > blobs to a base dtb blob. The kernel build system would later use

> > fdtoverlay to generate the overlaid blobs based on platform specific

> > configurations.

> >

> > Signed-off-by: Viresh Kumar <viresh.kumar@linaro.org>

> > ---

> >  scripts/dtc/Makefile | 6 +++++-

> >  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

> >

> > diff --git a/scripts/dtc/Makefile b/scripts/dtc/Makefile

> > index 4852bf44e913..5f19386a49eb 100644

> > --- a/scripts/dtc/Makefile

> > +++ b/scripts/dtc/Makefile

> > @@ -1,13 +1,17 @@

> >  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0

> >  # scripts/dtc makefile

> >

> > -hostprogs-always-$(CONFIG_DTC)               += dtc

> > +hostprogs-always-$(CONFIG_DTC)               += dtc fdtoverlay

> >  hostprogs-always-$(CHECK_DT_BINDING) += dtc

> >

> >  dtc-objs     := dtc.o flattree.o fstree.o data.o livetree.o treesource.o \

> >                  srcpos.o checks.o util.o

> >  dtc-objs     += dtc-lexer.lex.o dtc-parser.tab.o

> >

>

> # The upstream project builds libfdt as a separate library.  We are choosing to

> # instead directly link the libfdt object files into fdtoverly

>

> > +libfdt-objs  := fdt.o fdt_ro.o fdt_wip.o fdt_sw.o fdt_rw.o fdt_strerror.o fdt_empty_tree.o fdt_addresses.o fdt_overlay.o

> > +libfdt               = $(addprefix libfdt/,$(libfdt-objs))

> > +fdtoverlay-objs      := $(libfdt) fdtoverlay.o util.o

> > +

> >  # Source files need to get at the userspace version of libfdt_env.h to compile

> >  HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += -I $(srctree)/$(src)/libfdt

> >

> >

>

> In general, I am a proponent of using shared libraries (which the upstream project

> builds by default) because if a security bug in the library is fixed, it is fixed

> for all users of the library.

>

> In this specific case, I actually prefer the implementation that the patch provides

> (directly linking the library object files into fdtoverlay, which uses the library)

> because it is the only user of the library _and_ fdtoverlay will not inadvertently

> use the system wide libfdt if it happens to be installed (as it is on my system).

>

> Any thoughts on this Rob?


I agree. No point in complicating the build to do a library.

Rob
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diff --git a/scripts/dtc/Makefile b/scripts/dtc/Makefile
index 4852bf44e913..5f19386a49eb 100644
--- a/scripts/dtc/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/dtc/Makefile
@@ -1,13 +1,17 @@ 
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # scripts/dtc makefile
 
-hostprogs-always-$(CONFIG_DTC)		+= dtc
+hostprogs-always-$(CONFIG_DTC)		+= dtc fdtoverlay
 hostprogs-always-$(CHECK_DT_BINDING)	+= dtc
 
 dtc-objs	:= dtc.o flattree.o fstree.o data.o livetree.o treesource.o \
 		   srcpos.o checks.o util.o
 dtc-objs	+= dtc-lexer.lex.o dtc-parser.tab.o
 
+libfdt-objs	:= fdt.o fdt_ro.o fdt_wip.o fdt_sw.o fdt_rw.o fdt_strerror.o fdt_empty_tree.o fdt_addresses.o fdt_overlay.o
+libfdt		= $(addprefix libfdt/,$(libfdt-objs))
+fdtoverlay-objs	:= $(libfdt) fdtoverlay.o util.o
+
 # Source files need to get at the userspace version of libfdt_env.h to compile
 HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += -I $(srctree)/$(src)/libfdt