Re: [PATCH] x86: efi: fix objcopy flags for barebox.efi

[Lucas Stach <l.stach@pengutronix.de>]

Hi Sascha,

can this patch please be added to the 2026.04 stable series? Missing
this patch currently prevents a successful build of Barebox for the x86
platform in Yocto wrynose.

Regards,
Lucas

Am Mittwoch, dem 29.04.2026 um 10:07 +0200 schrieb
corentin.guillevic@smile.fr:
> From: Corentin Guillevic <corentin.guillevic@smile.fr>
> 
> Since the 2.46 version of binutils, a stricter target checking has been added
> (see [1]) meaning that the --target=efi-app-x86_64 option no longer works:
> a 'file format not recognized' error occurs.
> 
> Replace the --target option, which defines both the input and output targets,
> with --output-target.
> 
> [1] https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=5e83077d552ed6f81dbc092eb3ccf827a43de42c
> 
> Signed-off-by: Corentin Guillevic <corentin.guillevic@smile.fr>
> ---
>  arch/x86/Makefile | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
> index 647d075f016..9456815fa8a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
> @@ -62,7 +62,7 @@ KBUILD_LDFLAGS := --no-undefined
>  
>  OBJCOPYFLAGS_barebox.efi = \
>  	-j .text -j .sdata -j .data -j .dynamic -j .dynsym -j .rel -j .rela \
> -	-j .reloc -j .bbenv.* -j .bblogo.* -j .barebox_imd --target=$(TARGET)
> +	-j .reloc -j .bbenv.* -j .bblogo.* -j .barebox_imd --output-target=$(TARGET)
>  
>  barebox.efi: $(KBUILD_BINARY) FORCE
>  	$(call if_changed,objcopy)