[PATCH v2] build: Revive and update LDR format support

LDR format files are used primarily by Analog Devices processors but may be of interest to other vendors. Previously support existed for this format as part of the U-Boot build, but it has been unmaintained and unused for a long time. In preparation for adding support for modern ADI processors that use LDR, modernize the LDR support:
- Introduce CONFIG_LDR_CPU as the CPU string recognized by the LDR tool may not be the same as CONFIG_CPU - Add an SPL target that repackages u-boot-spl inside an LDR file
An almost identical target for packaging u-boot into an LDR file already exists and did not need to be created.
Co-developed-by: Nathan Barrett-Morrison nathan.morrison@timesys.com Signed-off-by: Nathan Barrett-Morrison nathan.morrison@timesys.com Signed-off-by: Ian Roberts ian.roberts@timesys.com Signed-off-by: Greg Malysa greg.malysa@timesys.com
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Changes in v2: - Add HAS_LDR prerequisite to avoid prompting for LDR_CPU on unrelated platforms - Fixed accidentally moving 'source "api/Kconfig"' which is unrelated to this patch
--- Kconfig | 14 ++++++++++++++ Makefile | 2 +- scripts/Makefile.spl | 5 +++++ 3 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/Kconfig b/Kconfig index 5710934000..bccacb773a 100644 --- a/Kconfig +++ b/Kconfig @@ -715,6 +715,20 @@ config SYS_CLK_FREQ A static value for the CPU frequency. Note that if not required for a given SoC, this can be left at 0.
+config HAS_LDR + bool + help + Enables building .ldr targets for U-Boot and SPL. This does not + automatically build any additional targets with make or buildman. + +config LDR_CPU + string "CPU name to be passed to LDR utility." + depends on HAS_LDR + help + Set the CPU name for the -T parameter in the LDR utility. This is + generally used on processors from Analog Devices, but may be also + be useful for other vendors. + source "api/Kconfig"
endmenu # General setup diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index a2bc9d5903..db3272a439 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1328,7 +1328,7 @@ u-boot-nodtb.bin: u-boot FORCE
u-boot.ldr: u-boot $(CREATE_LDR_ENV) - $(LDR) -T $(CONFIG_CPU) -c $@ $< $(LDR_FLAGS) + $(LDR) -T $(CONFIG_LDR_CPU) -c $@ $< $(LDR_FLAGS) $(BOARD_SIZE_CHECK)
# binman diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.spl b/scripts/Makefile.spl index 407fc52376..58d6a452e5 100644 --- a/scripts/Makefile.spl +++ b/scripts/Makefile.spl @@ -381,6 +381,11 @@ $(obj)/$(BOARD)-spl.bin: $(obj)/u-boot-spl.bin $(objtree)/tools/mkexynosspl) $(VAR_SIZE_PARAM) $< $@ endif
+$(obj)/u-boot-spl.ldr: $(obj)/u-boot-spl + $(CREATE_LDR_ENV) + $(LDR) -T $(CONFIG_LDR_CPU) -c $@ $< $(LDR_FLAGS) + $(BOARD_SIZE_CHECK) + quiet_cmd_objcopy = OBJCOPY $@ cmd_objcopy = $(OBJCOPY) $(OBJCOPYFLAGS) $(OBJCOPYFLAGS_$(@F)) $< $@

On Tue, 19 Mar 2024 22:16:07 -0400, Greg Malysa wrote:
LDR format files are used primarily by Analog Devices processors but may be of interest to other vendors. Previously support existed for this format as part of the U-Boot build, but it has been unmaintained and unused for a long time. In preparation for adding support for modern ADI processors that use LDR, modernize the LDR support:
- Introduce CONFIG_LDR_CPU as the CPU string recognized by the LDR tool may not be the same as CONFIG_CPU
- Add an SPL target that repackages u-boot-spl inside an LDR file
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Applied to u-boot/master, thanks!
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Greg Malysa
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Tom Rini