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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 v2 10/21] PBL: allow to link ELF image into PBL
Date: Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:53:13 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260106-pbl-load-elf-v2-10-487bc760f045@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260106-pbl-load-elf-v2-0-487bc760f045@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>
---
 Makefile        | 16 ++++++++++------
 images/Makefile |  2 +-
 pbl/Kconfig     |  9 +++++++++
 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index aa12b385c779512fe20d33792f4968fed2eec29a..d1e6e3e418e4875b0fdee2e156acecdbbd5e3c9a 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -831,7 +831,11 @@ export KBUILD_BINARY ?= barebox.bin
 # Also any assignments in arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile take precedence over
 # the default value.
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_PBL_IMAGE_ELF),y)
+export BAREBOX_PROPER ?= vmbarebox
+else
 export BAREBOX_PROPER ?= barebox.bin
+endif
 
 barebox-flash-images: $(KBUILD_IMAGE)
 	@echo $^ > $@
@@ -854,7 +858,7 @@ endif
 
 all: $(symlink-y)
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_PBL_IMAGE)-$(CONFIG_PBL_IMAGE_NO_PIGGY),y-)
-all: barebox.elf
+all: vmbarebox
 endif
 
 .SECONDEXPANSION:
@@ -1099,12 +1103,12 @@ barebox.fit: images/barebox-$(CONFIG_ARCH_LINUX_NAME).fit
 barebox.srec: barebox
 	$(OBJCOPY) -O srec $< $@
 
-OBJCOPYFLAGS_barebox.elf = --strip-debug --strip-unneeded \
-			   --remove-section=.comment \
-			   --remove-section=.note* \
-			   --remove-section=.gnu.hash
+OBJCOPYFLAGS_vmbarebox = --strip-debug --strip-unneeded \
+			 --remove-section=.comment \
+			 --remove-section=.note* \
+			 --remove-section=.gnu.hash
 
-barebox.elf: barebox FORCE
+vmbarebox: barebox FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,objcopy)
 
 quiet_cmd_barebox_proper__ = CC      $@
diff --git a/images/Makefile b/images/Makefile
index ebbf57b463558724c97a6b4ca65c33f80dad253b..dd1be18eeef1a4ef42d3b9dc4b9c4f5d22c10d1a 100644
--- a/images/Makefile
+++ b/images/Makefile
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ ifneq ($(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/pbl/Kconfig b/pbl/Kconfig
index cab9325d16e8625bcca10125b3281062abffedbc..63f29cd6135926c48b355b80fc7a123b90098c20 100644
--- a/pbl/Kconfig
+++ b/pbl/Kconfig
@@ -21,6 +21,15 @@ 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
+	select ELF
+	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:[~2026-01-06 13:02 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 46+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-01-06 12:53 [PATCH v2 00/21] PBL: Add PBL ELF loading support with dynamic relocations Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 01/21] elf: only accept images matching the native ELF_CLASS Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 12:58   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 02/21] elf: build for PBL as well Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:26   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 03/21] elf: add dynamic relocation support Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:51   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 04/21] ARM: implement elf_apply_relocations() for ELF " Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:07   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 14:25     ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 05/21] riscv: define generic relocate_image Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:10   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 13:11     ` Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 06/21] riscv: implement elf_apply_relocations() for ELF relocation support Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:11   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 07/21] elf: implement elf_load_inplace() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:53   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 08/21] elf: create elf_open_binary_into() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:55   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 09/21] Makefile: add barebox.elf build target Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:13   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` Sascha Hauer [this message]
2026-01-06 13:18   ` [PATCH v2 10/21] PBL: allow to link ELF image into PBL Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 11/21] mmu: add MAP_CACHED_RO mapping type Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:14   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 12/21] mmu: introduce pbl_remap_range() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:15   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 13/21] ARM: use relative jumps in exception table Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:57   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 14/21] ARM: exceptions: make in-binary exception table const Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 14:00   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 15/21] ARM: linker script: create separate PT_LOAD segments for text, rodata, and data Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 14:05   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 16/21] ARM: link ELF image into PBL Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 14:06   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 17/21] ARM: PBL: setup MMU with proper permissions from ELF segments Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 14:10   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 18/21] riscv: link ELF image into PBL Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 14:11   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 19/21] riscv: linker script: create separate PT_LOAD segments for text, rodata, and data Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 14:12   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-08 15:25     ` Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 20/21] riscv: Allwinner D1: Drop M-Mode Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 13:11   ` Ahmad Fatoum
2026-01-06 12:53 ` [PATCH v2 21/21] riscv: add ELF segment-based memory protection with MMU Sascha Hauer
2026-01-06 14:20   ` Ahmad Fatoum

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