From: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
To: BAREBOX <barebox@lists.infradead.org>
Cc: "Claude Sonnet 4.5" <noreply@anthropic.com>,
Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Subject: [PATCH v5 12/22] PBL: allow to link ELF image into PBL
Date: Fri, 16 Jan 2026 09:12:23 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20260116-pbl-load-elf-v5-12-51d042021c5a@pengutronix.de> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260116-pbl-load-elf-v5-0-51d042021c5a@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.
Reviewed-by: Ahmad Fatoum <a.fatoum@pengutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Sascha Hauer <s.hauer@pengutronix.de>
---
Makefile | 4 ++++
pbl/Kconfig | 9 +++++++++
2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 2350592cde..25b548712c 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 $^ > $@
diff --git a/pbl/Kconfig b/pbl/Kconfig
index cab9325d16..63f29cd613 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
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-01-16 8:35 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 24+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-01-16 8:12 [PATCH v5 00/22] PBL: Add PBL ELF loading support with dynamic relocations Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 01/22] Makefile.compiler: add objcopy-option Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 02/22] elf: only accept images matching the native ELF_CLASS Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 03/22] elf: build for PBL as well Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 04/22] elf: add elf segment iterator Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 05/22] elf: add dynamic relocation support Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 06/22] ARM: implement elf_apply_relocations() for ELF " Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 07/22] riscv: define generic relocate_image Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 08/22] riscv: implement elf_apply_relocations() for ELF relocation support Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 09/22] elf: implement elf_load_inplace() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 10/22] elf: create elf_open_binary_into() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 11/22] Makefile: add vmbarebox build target Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` Sascha Hauer [this message]
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 13/22] mmu: add MAP_CACHED_RO mapping type Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 14/22] ARM: drop arm_fixup_vectors() Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 15/22] ARM: linker script: create separate PT_LOAD segments for text, rodata, and data Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 16/22] ARM: link ELF image into PBL Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 17/22] ARM: cleanup barebox proper entry Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 18/22] ARM: PBL: setup MMU with proper permissions from ELF segments Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 19/22] riscv: linker script: create separate PT_LOAD segments for text, rodata, and data Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 20/22] riscv: link ELF image into PBL Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 21/22] riscv: Allwinner D1: Drop M-Mode Sascha Hauer
2026-01-16 8:12 ` [PATCH v5 22/22] riscv: add ELF segment-based memory protection with MMU Sascha Hauer
2026-01-19 12:23 ` [PATCH v5 00/22] PBL: Add PBL ELF loading support with dynamic relocations Sascha Hauer
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