[Buildroot] Cannot get build to use start_x.elf and fixup_x.dat Raspberry Pi 3

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Yann" == Yann E MORIN <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr> writes:

 > Vijay, All,
 > On 2020-07-31 18:01 -0700, Vijay spake thusly:
 >> I'm fairly new to buildroot and cannot find a solution to this problem
 >> I'm having. Everything works well for me and I'm able to create the SD
 >> card images to run on my Pi 3. However, I'm trying to get the extended
 >> ("x") firmware to boot. In the Target Packages > Hardware Handling >
 >> Firmware section, I'm selecting the extended option. Buildroot is
 >> building all the different variations of the start.elf (including
 >> start_x.elf, start_cd.elf) but only using the start.elf file in the
 >> final image instead of the start_x.elf file (same with fixup.dat). So
 >> basically whether I select the "default" option on that screen or
 >> "extended," the resulting boot image is the same. If I manually copy
 >> the start_x.elf and fixup_x.dat files as start.elf and fixup.dat the
 >> I get the extended functionality - specifically the camera working.
 >> I hope all that makes sense. Please let me know if you need any
 >> further information. Any help is greatly appreciated.

 > The corret files are copied to the unqualified names, and the
 > unqualified names are loaded at boot; see the comment in config.txt

 > Also, see commit 1bdc0334f, which fixed that recently on master. It was
 > backported to 2020.05.x, but not to the LTS 2020.02...

Yes it was, in commit d92af490a5 (included in 2020.02.4).

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard