[Buildroot] [PATCH v3 1/1] package/rpi-firmware: bad startup file names

[Peter Korsgaard]

>>>>> "Stéphane" == Stéphane Veyret <sveyret at gmail.com> writes:

 > When booting, a Raspberry Pi will load the appropriate start files,
 > depending on the provided configuration. For example, if the config.txt
 > file contains ’gpu_mem=16’ the board will automatically load the
 > cut-down startup files (start_cd.elf and fixup_cd.dat on non-Rpi4).

 > Unfortunately, even when the appropriate version is selected in the
 > configuration menu, if the rpi-firmware makefile takes the good files,
 > it renames them to non-qualified, i.e. start.elf and fixup.dat. But as
 > these are not the files searched by the Raspberry Pi, the board will not
 > start.

 > This patch will set the names of the files to load as constant in the
 > config.txt file. This guarantees that the rpi firmware blobs do not take
 > any other corner-case decision based on any other as-yet unknown
 > conditions.

 > This eases the maintenance, as only the names of the source files
 > matter; the destination filenames are constants, and so are the
 > filenames in config.txt.

 > Fixes: #13026

 > Signed-off-by: Stéphane Veyret <sveyret at gmail.com>

 > ---
 > Changes v2 -> v3:
 >   - factorization of start file copy, rework on code (suggested by
 >     Yann E. MORIN).
 > Changes v1 -> v2:
 >   - update config.txt instead of keeping firmware name (suggested by
 >     Yann E. MORIN).

Committed to 2020.02.x and 2020.05.x, thanks.

-- 
Bye, Peter Korsgaard