[OE-core] [PATCH v2] linux-dtb: Use kernel build system to generate the dtb files
Bruce Ashfield
bruce.ashfield at windriver.com
Tue Aug 13 18:36:26 UTC 2013
On 13-08-13 09:52 AM, Otavio Salvador wrote:
> As the Linux kernel, unconditionally, builds the dtc application and
> it is the compatible version with the DeviceTree files shipped within
> the kernel it is better to use it and the kernel build system to
> generate the dtb files.
>
> Some DeviceTree files rely on CPP and kernel headers to be able to
> generate the dtb binary contents and it is harder to replicate it
> outside of Linux kernel build system so we /use/ it.
>
> To comply with these assumptions we need to use the dtb file when
> calling 'make' instead of pointing to the DeviceTree source file; the
> code has been made backward compatible but it is advised to move to
> the new definition to avoid warnings as:
>
> ,----[ Original definition ]
> | KERNEL_DEVICETREE = "${S}/arch/arm/boot/dts/imx6q-sabresd.dts"
> `----
>
> Becomes:
>
> ,----[ New definition ]
> | KERNEL_DEVICETREE = "imx6q-sabresd.dtb"
> `----
>
>
> Signed-off-by: Otavio Salvador <otavio at ossystems.com.br>
This passed a build test on the yocto reference mpc8315e-rdb, so at
least in a simple case, it worked for me.
Acked-by: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield at windriver.com>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Drop debug warning left by mistake
> - Improve bbwarn message (Bruce Ashfield)
> - Improve commit log (Bruce Ascfield)
>
> meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dtb.inc | 58 +++++++++++++++------------------
> 1 file changed, 26 insertions(+), 32 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dtb.inc b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dtb.inc
> index 41dd599..cebc76a 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dtb.inc
> +++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/linux-dtb.inc
> @@ -1,44 +1,38 @@
> # Support for device tree generation
> FILES_kernel-devicetree = "/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/devicetree*"
> -KERNEL_DEVICETREE_FLAGS ?= "-R 8 -p 0x3000"
>
> python __anonymous () {
> - devicetree = d.getVar("KERNEL_DEVICETREE", True) or ''
> - if devicetree:
> - depends = d.getVar("DEPENDS", True)
> - d.setVar("DEPENDS", "%s dtc-native" % depends)
> - packages = d.getVar("PACKAGES", True)
> - d.setVar("PACKAGES", "%s kernel-devicetree" % packages)
> + d.appendVar("PACKAGES", " kernel-devicetree")
> }
>
> do_install_append() {
> if test -n "${KERNEL_DEVICETREE}"; then
> - for DTS_FILE in ${KERNEL_DEVICETREE}; do
> - if [ ! -f ${DTS_FILE} ]; then
> - echo "Warning: ${DTS_FILE} is not available!"
> - continue
> + for DTB in ${KERNEL_DEVICETREE}; do
> + if echo ${DTB} | grep -q '/dts/'; then
> + bbwarn "${DTB} contains the full path to the the dts file, but only the dtb name should be used."
> + DTB=`basename ${DTB} | sed 's,\.dts$,.dtb,g'`
> fi
> - DTS_BASE_NAME=`basename ${DTS_FILE} | awk -F "." '{print $1}'`
> - DTB_NAME=`echo ${KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE_NAME} | sed "s/${MACHINE}/${DTS_BASE_NAME}/g"`
> - DTB_SYMLINK_NAME=`echo ${KERNEL_IMAGE_SYMLINK_NAME} | sed "s/${MACHINE}/${DTS_BASE_NAME}/g"`
> - dtc -I dts -O dtb ${KERNEL_DEVICETREE_FLAGS} -o ${DTS_BASE_NAME} ${DTS_FILE}
> - install -m 0644 ${DTS_BASE_NAME} ${D}/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/devicetree-${DTB_SYMLINK_NAME}.dtb
> + DTB_BASE_NAME=`basename ${DTB} .dtb`
> + DTB_NAME=`echo ${KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE_NAME} | sed "s/${MACHINE}/${DTB_BASE_NAME}/g"`
> + DTB_SYMLINK_NAME=`echo ${KERNEL_IMAGE_SYMLINK_NAME} | sed "s/${MACHINE}/${DTB_BASE_NAME}/g"`
> + oe_runmake ${DTB}
> + install -m 0644 ${B}/arch/${ARCH}/boot/${DTB} ${D}/${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/devicetree-${DTB_SYMLINK_NAME}.dtb
> done
> fi
> }
>
> do_deploy_append() {
> if test -n "${KERNEL_DEVICETREE}"; then
> - for DTS_FILE in ${KERNEL_DEVICETREE}; do
> - if [ ! -f ${DTS_FILE} ]; then
> - echo "Warning: ${DTS_FILE} is not available!"
> - continue
> + for DTB in ${KERNEL_DEVICETREE}; do
> + if echo ${DTB} | grep -q '/dts/'; then
> + bbwarn "${DTB} contains the full path to the the dts file, but only the dtb name should be used."
> + DTB=`basename ${DTB} | sed 's,\.dts$,.dtb,g'`
> fi
> - DTS_BASE_NAME=`basename ${DTS_FILE} | awk -F "." '{print $1}'`
> - DTB_NAME=`echo ${KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE_NAME} | sed "s/${MACHINE}/${DTS_BASE_NAME}/g"`
> - DTB_SYMLINK_NAME=`echo ${KERNEL_IMAGE_SYMLINK_NAME} | sed "s/${MACHINE}/${DTS_BASE_NAME}/g"`
> + DTB_BASE_NAME=`basename ${DTB} .dtb`
> + DTB_NAME=`echo ${KERNEL_IMAGE_BASE_NAME} | sed "s/${MACHINE}/${DTB_BASE_NAME}/g"`
> + DTB_SYMLINK_NAME=`echo ${KERNEL_IMAGE_SYMLINK_NAME} | sed "s/${MACHINE}/${DTB_BASE_NAME}/g"`
> install -d ${DEPLOYDIR}
> - install -m 0644 ${B}/${DTS_BASE_NAME} ${DEPLOYDIR}/${DTB_NAME}.dtb
> + install -m 0644 ${B}/arch/${ARCH}/boot/${DTB} ${DEPLOYDIR}/${DTB_NAME}.dtb
> cd ${DEPLOYDIR}
> ln -sf ${DTB_NAME}.dtb ${DTB_SYMLINK_NAME}.dtb
> cd -
> @@ -48,20 +42,20 @@ do_deploy_append() {
>
> pkg_postinst_kernel-devicetree () {
> cd /${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}
> - for DTS_FILE in ${KERNEL_DEVICETREE}
> + for DTB_FILE in ${KERNEL_DEVICETREE}
> do
> - DTS_BASE_NAME=`basename ${DTS_FILE} | awk -F "." '{print $1}'`
> - DTB_SYMLINK_NAME=`echo ${KERNEL_IMAGE_SYMLINK_NAME} | sed "s/${MACHINE}/${DTS_BASE_NAME}/g"`
> - update-alternatives --install /${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/${DTS_BASE_NAME}.dtb ${DTS_BASE_NAME}.dtb devicetree-${DTB_SYMLINK_NAME}.dtb ${KERNEL_PRIORITY} || true
> + DTB_BASE_NAME=`basename ${DTB_FILE} | awk -F "." '{print $1}'`
> + DTB_SYMLINK_NAME=`echo ${KERNEL_IMAGE_SYMLINK_NAME} | sed "s/${MACHINE}/${DTB_BASE_NAME}/g"`
> + update-alternatives --install /${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}/${DTB_BASE_NAME}.dtb ${DTB_BASE_NAME}.dtb devicetree-${DTB_SYMLINK_NAME}.dtb ${KERNEL_PRIORITY} || true
> done
> }
>
> pkg_postrm_kernel-devicetree () {
> cd /${KERNEL_IMAGEDEST}
> - for DTS_FILE in ${KERNEL_DEVICETREE}
> + for DTB_FILE in ${KERNEL_DEVICETREE}
> do
> - DTS_BASE_NAME=`basename ${DTS_FILE} | awk -F "." '{print $1}'`
> - DTB_SYMLINK_NAME=`echo ${KERNEL_IMAGE_SYMLINK_NAME} | sed "s/${MACHINE}/${DTS_BASE_NAME}/g"`
> - update-alternatives --remove ${DTS_BASE_NAME}.dtb devicetree-${DTB_SYMLINK_NAME}.dtb ${KERNEL_PRIORITY} || true
> + DTB_BASE_NAME=`basename ${DTB_FILE} | awk -F "." '{print $1}'`
> + DTB_SYMLINK_NAME=`echo ${KERNEL_IMAGE_SYMLINK_NAME} | sed "s/${MACHINE}/${DTB_BASE_NAME}/g"`
> + update-alternatives --remove ${DTB_BASE_NAME}.dtb devicetree-${DTB_SYMLINK_NAME}.dtb ${KERNEL_PRIORITY} || true
> done
> }
>
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