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From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
To: BAREBOX <barebox@lists.infradead.org>
Cc: "Claude Sonnet 4.5" <noreply@anthropic.com>
Subject: [PATCH 09/19] PBL: allow to link ELF image into PBL
Date: Mon, 05 Jan 2026 12:26:50 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260105-pbl-load-elf-v1-9-e97853f98232@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260105-pbl-load-elf-v1-0-e97853f98232@pengutronix.de>

Some architectures want to link the barebox proper ELF image into the
PBL. Allow that and provide a Kconfig option to select the ELF image.

Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
---
 images/Makefile | 18 ++++++++++++++++--
 images/piggy.S  |  4 ++++
 pbl/Kconfig     |  8 ++++++++
 3 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/images/Makefile b/images/Makefile
index 448479ee8cf355a771ce63314ce64a631544f488..8d4fd1504ab64d4f4d1cc19f2b36cff9939964e3 100644
--- a/images/Makefile
+++ b/images/Makefile
@@ -138,7 +138,13 @@ $(obj)/%.itb: $(obj)/%.its FORCE
 $(obj)/%.fit: $(obj)/$$(FILE_$$(@F)) $(dtstree)/dtbs-list FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,fit)
 
-$(obj)/piggy.o: $(obj)/barebox.z FORCE
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_PBL_IMAGE_ELF),)
+PIGGY_IMAGE := $(obj)/barebox.z
+else
+PIGGY_IMAGE := $(obj)/barebox.elf.z
+endif
+
+$(obj)/piggy.o: ${PIGGY_IMAGE} FORCE
 
 $(obj)/sha_sum.o: $(obj)/barebox.sha.bin FORCE
 
@@ -154,6 +160,14 @@ $(obj)/barebox.sum: $(obj)/barebox.z FORCE
 $(obj)/barebox.z: $(obj)/../$(BAREBOX_PROPER) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,$(suffix_y))
 
+# barebox.elf.z - compressed barebox ELF binary
+# ----------------------------------------------------------------
+# Prevent the %.elf pattern rule from building ../barebox.elf
+$(obj)/../barebox.elf: ;
+
+$(obj)/barebox.elf.z: $(obj)/../barebox.elf FORCE
+	$(call if_changed,$(suffix_y))
+
 # %.img - create a copy from another file
 # ----------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -219,7 +233,7 @@ ifneq ($(pblx-y)$(pblx-),)
   $(error pblx- has been removed. Please use pblb- instead.)
 endif
 
-targets += $(image-y) pbl.lds barebox.x barebox.z piggy.o sha_sum.o barebox.sha.bin barebox.sum
+targets += $(image-y) pbl.lds barebox.x barebox.z barebox.elf.z piggy.o sha_sum.o barebox.sha.bin barebox.sum
 targets += $(patsubst %,%.pblb,$(pblb-y))
 targets += $(patsubst %,%.pbl,$(pblb-y))
 targets += $(patsubst %,%.s,$(pblb-y))
diff --git a/images/piggy.S b/images/piggy.S
index 654933ea2ffe4aad9bbed44a44971ef67a3fe183..b09fbfd2e215c674548caeab544ef5ada49a40ea 100644
--- a/images/piggy.S
+++ b/images/piggy.S
@@ -3,6 +3,10 @@
         .section .piggydata,"a"
         .globl  input_data
 input_data:
+#ifdef CONFIG_PBL_IMAGE_ELF
+        .incbin "images/barebox.elf.z"
+#else
         .incbin "images/barebox.z"
+#endif
         .globl  input_data_end
 input_data_end:
diff --git a/pbl/Kconfig b/pbl/Kconfig
index cab9325d16e8625bcca10125b3281062abffedbc..66bba5a4b21a715f3eb55d39c820977bfb3c459f 100644
--- a/pbl/Kconfig
+++ b/pbl/Kconfig
@@ -21,6 +21,14 @@ config PBL_IMAGE_NO_PIGGY
 	  want to use the piggy mechanism to load barebox proper.
 	  It's so far only intended for sandbox.
 
+config PBL_IMAGE_ELF
+	bool
+	depends on PBL_IMAGE
+	help
+	  If yes, link ELF image into the PBL, otherwise a raw binary
+	  is linked into the PBL. This must match the loader code in the
+	  PBL.
+
 config PBL_MULTI_IMAGES
 	bool
 	select PBL_IMAGE

-- 
2.47.3




  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-01-05 11:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 49+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-05 11:26 [PATCH 00/19] PBL: Add PBL ELF loading support with dynamic relocations Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 11:26 ` [PATCH 01/19] elf: Use memcmp to make suitable for PBL Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 11:46   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-05 11:26 ` [PATCH 02/19] elf: build for PBL as well Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 11:26 ` [PATCH 03/19] elf: add dynamic relocation support Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 14:05   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-05 11:26 ` [PATCH 04/19] ARM: implement elf_apply_relocations() for ELF " Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 11:58   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-05 19:53     ` Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 11:26 ` [PATCH 05/19] riscv: " Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 11:26 ` [PATCH 06/19] elf: implement elf_load_inplace() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 13:37   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-05 22:42     ` Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06  8:18       ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-05 11:26 ` [PATCH 07/19] elf: create elf_open_binary_into() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 11:26 ` [PATCH 08/19] Makefile: add barebox.elf build target Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 12:22   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-05 15:43     ` Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 17:11       ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-05 11:26 ` Sascha Hauer [this message]
2026-01-05 12:11   ` [PATCH 09/19] PBL: allow to link ELF image into PBL Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-05 11:26 ` [PATCH 10/19] mmu: add MAP_CACHED_RO mapping type Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 12:14   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-05 11:26 ` [PATCH 11/19] mmu: introduce pbl_remap_range() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 12:15   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06  8:50     ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06  9:25       ` Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 11:26 ` [PATCH 12/19] ARM: use relative jumps in exception table Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 11:44   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-05 12:29     ` Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 12:31       ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-05 11:26 ` [PATCH 13/19] ARM: exceptions: make in-binary exception table const Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 11:26 ` [PATCH 14/19] ARM: linker script: create separate PT_LOAD segments for text, rodata, and data Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 13:11   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-05 23:01     ` Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06  7:59       ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-05 11:26 ` [PATCH 15/19] ARM: link ELF image into PBL Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 12:27   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-05 11:26 ` [PATCH 16/19] ARM: PBL: setup MMU with proper permissions from ELF segments Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 12:58   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-05 11:26 ` [PATCH 17/19] riscv: link ELF image into PBL Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 13:12   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-05 11:26 ` [PATCH 18/19] riscv: linker script: create separate PT_LOAD segments for text, rodata, and data Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 13:40   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-05 11:27 ` [PATCH 19/19] riscv: add ELF segment-based memory protection with MMU Sascha Hauer
2026-01-05 13:58   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-05 14:08 ` [PATCH 00/19] PBL: Add PBL ELF loading support with dynamic relocations Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-05 16:47   ` Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06  8:35     ` Ahmad Fatoum

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