[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] fs: add uimage support w/ example for cpio

Spenser Gilliland spenser at gillilanding.com
Thu Apr 11 14:20:09 UTC 2013


Please Ignore this patch.  One will be coming soon that actually works.

Spenser

On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 11:23 PM, Spenser Gilliland
<spenser at gillilanding.com> wrote:
> From: Spenser Gilliland <Spenser309 at gmail.com>
>
> Adds uimage support for various root filesystems.  Uimage support is needed
> when using the bootm command in uboot.  This provides both a simple infrastructure
> similar to the current BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_$(2)_GZ for adding compression. To define the a rootfs should have a UIMAGE wrapper simply create the BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_$(2)_UIMAGE symbol.
>
> Signed-off-by: Spenser Gilliland <Spenser309 at gmail.com>
> ---
>  fs/common.mk      |   20 ++++++++++++++++++--
>  fs/cpio/Config.in |    7 +++++++
>  2 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/fs/common.mk b/fs/common.mk
> index a0b7b39..8f55a40 100644
> --- a/fs/common.mk
> +++ b/fs/common.mk
> @@ -31,6 +31,8 @@
>  # BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_$(FSTYPE)_LZMA exist and are enabled, then the
>  # macro will automatically generate a compressed filesystem image.
>
> +MKIMAGE_RAMDISK = $(HOST_DIR)/usr/bin/mkimage -A $(BR2_ARCH) -T ramdisk -C $(1) -d $(2) u$(2)
> +
>  FAKEROOT_SCRIPT = $(BUILD_DIR)/_fakeroot.fs
>  FULL_DEVICE_TABLE = $(BUILD_DIR)/_device_table.txt
>  ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE) \
> @@ -39,7 +41,7 @@ ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLES = $(call qstrip,$(BR2_ROOTFS_DEVICE_TABLE) \
>  define ROOTFS_TARGET_INTERNAL
>
>  # extra deps
> -ROOTFS_$(2)_DEPENDENCIES += host-fakeroot host-makedevs $$(if $$(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_$(2)_LZMA),host-lzma)
> +ROOTFS_$(2)_DEPENDENCIES += host-fakeroot host-makedevs $$(if $$(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_$(2)_LZMA),host-lzma) $$(if $$(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_$(2)_UIMAGE,host-uboot-tools)
>
>  $$(BINARIES_DIR)/rootfs.$(1): $$(ROOTFS_$(2)_DEPENDENCIES)
>         @$$(call MESSAGE,"Generating root filesystem image rootfs.$(1)")
> @@ -70,7 +72,21 @@ endif
>  ifeq ($$(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_$(2)_LZMA),y)
>         $$(LZMA) -9 -c $$@ > $$@.lzma
>  endif
> -
> +ifeq ($$(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_$(2)_UIMAGE),y)
> +ifeq($$(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_NONE),y)
> +       $$(call MKIMAGE_RAMDISK,none,$$@)
> +endif
> +ifeq($$(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_$(2)_GZIP,y)
> +       $$(call MKIMAGE_RAMDISK,gzip,$$@.gz)
> +endif
> +ifeq($$(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_$(2)_BZIP2,y)
> +       $$(call MKIMAGE_RAMDISK,bzip2,$$@.bz2)
> +endif
> +ifeq($$(BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_$(2)_LZMA),y)
> +       $$(call MKIMAGE_RAMDISK,lzma,$$@.lzma)
> +endif
> +endif
> +
>  rootfs-$(1)-show-depends:
>         @echo $$(ROOTFS_$(2)_DEPENDENCIES)
>
> diff --git a/fs/cpio/Config.in b/fs/cpio/Config.in
> index 0669a44..b0c0210 100644
> --- a/fs/cpio/Config.in
> +++ b/fs/cpio/Config.in
> @@ -5,6 +5,13 @@ config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO
>           used for an initial RAM filesystem that is passed to the kernel
>           by the bootloader.
>
> +config BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_UIMAGE
> +       bool "Add U-Boot header to the root filesystem"
> +       depends on BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO
> +        help
> +         Add a u-boot header to the cpio root filesystem.  This allows
> +         the image to be booted by the bootm command in uboot.
> +
>  choice
>          prompt "Compression method"
>          default BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_NONE
> --
> 1.7.9.5
>



-- 
Spenser Gilliland
Computer Engineer
Doctoral Candidate



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