On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 01:23:31PM -0500, Ryan Eatmon wrote:
> 
> 
> On 9/14/2023 12:08 PM, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote:
> >On Wed, Sep 13, 2023 at 10:12:57PM +0530, Chirag Shilwant via 
> >lists.yoctoproject.org wrote:
> >>On 13/09/23 01:34, Denys Dmytriyenko wrote:
> >>>On Sat, Sep 09, 2023 at 02:00:04AM +0530, Chirag Shilwant wrote:
> >>>>- Add a new file u-boot-mergeconfig.inc which will ensure we handle 
> >>>>fragment u-boot configs
> >>>>using a new variable UBOOT_CONFIG_FRAGMENT which stores the name of 
> >>>>fragment u-boot config
> >>>>to be used.
> >>>Would be nice to provide extra details here in the commit message about 
> >>>config
> >>>fragment support in U-boot and its recipe. E.g.:
> >>>
> >>>* U-boot recipe in OE-Core supports out-of-tree config fragments that are
> >>>passed via SRC_URI and automatically merges all *.cfg files as fragments.
> >>>This makes specifying config fragments in the machine configuration a bit
> >>>difficult.
> >>>
> >>>* U-boot itself supports in-tree config fragments and recently been adding
> >>>fragments with *.config extension (first in configs/ dir, but will be 
> >>>moving
> >>>to the corresponding board/ dir), so adding a way to specify and pass 
> >>>those.
> >>
> >>Sure, will update the commit message & provide extra details in my
> >>v2 PATCH.
> >>
> >>>
> >>>>- Include u-boot-mergeconfig.inc in u-boot-ti.inc
> >>>>
> >>>>Signed-off-by: Chirag Shilwant <[email protected]>
> >>>>---
> >>>>  meta-ti-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-mergeconfig.inc | 7 +++++++
> >>>>  meta-ti-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-ti.inc          | 1 +
> >>>>  2 files changed, 8 insertions(+)
> >>>>  create mode 100644 meta-ti-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-mergeconfig.inc
> >>>>
> >>>>diff --git a/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-mergeconfig.inc 
> >>>>b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-mergeconfig.inc
> >>>>new file mode 100644
> >>>>index 00000000..69db6260
> >>>>--- /dev/null
> >>>>+++ b/meta-ti-bsp/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot-mergeconfig.inc
> >>>>@@ -0,0 +1,7 @@
> >>>>+do_compile:prepend () {
> >>>Should be done in do_configure instead. Tasks should be self-contained and
> >>>granular. Plus, do_compile can be repeated w/o do_configure. If you are
> >>>re-configuring every time and generate a new .config file in do_compile,
> >>>that would probably trigger full re-compile due to make tracking file
> >>>timestamps...
> >>>
> >>Yes, we can update this to happen in do_configure. I believe
> >>do_configure:append should be good & will work. Will handle this in
> >>v2.
> >>
> >>>>+   if [ -n "${UBOOT_CONFIG_FRAGMENT}" ]
> >>>Multiple fragments are supported, so maybe call it UBOOT_CONFIG_FRAGMENTS
> >>>plural?
> >>>
> >>>
> >>>>+   then
> >>>>+       oe_runmake -C ${S} O=${B} ${UBOOT_MACHINE} 
> >>>>${UBOOT_CONFIG_FRAGMENT}
> >>>>+       oe_runmake -C ${S} O=${B} olddefconfig
> >>>>+   fi
> >>>So, this basically repeats configuration done in u-boot-configure.inc in
> >>>OE-Core. But it also ignores UBOOT_CONFIG support for multiple 
> >>>(def-)configs.
> >>>While I realize you just want to address a single use-case, making it a bit
> >>>future-proof shouldn't be overlooked.
> >>>
> >>>Think of supporting both UBOOT_CONFIG and UBOOT_CONFIG_FRAGMENTS at the 
> >>>same
> >>>time. Probably completely rewriting do_configure from u-boot-configure.inc
> >>>would be needed...
> >>>
> >>>BTW, UBOOT_CONFIG naming is unfortunate - it has nothing to do with config
> >>>fragments. While UBOOT_MACHINE specifies a single defconfig, UBOOT_CONFIG
> >>>takes a list of defconfigs and iterates through them building each 
> >>>separately.
> >>>
> >>Thanks for your suggestions. I appreciate your idea to cover all use
> >>cases with u-boot-mergeconfig.inc, but I have few concerns due to
> >>the current release situation we are into.
> >>
> >>As far as I know, meta-ti does not have a use case for UBOOT_CONFIG
> >>itself.
> >
> >It does:
> >https://git.yoctoproject.org/meta-ti/tree/meta-ti-bsp/conf/machine/am335x-hs-evm.conf#n7
> >
> >Which means, since your new code is added to all TI platforms, it could
> >potentially break AM335x HS platform.
> 
> The code is wrapped behind the setting of UBOOT_CONFIG_FRAGMENT, so
> unless we set both UBOOT_CONFIG_FRAGMENT and UBOOT_CONFIG in am335
> it should be ok.

Correct, that's why I phrased it as "could potentially break". Maybe not even 
specific to TI's AM335x HS, but to some downstream customer platform using 
meta-ti. As meta-ti is not the end product.


> >>We are using UBOOT_MACHINE for handling the base defconfig,
> >>which works well for our needs. The concept of having u-boot
> >>fragments was introduced recently in ti-u-boot after we got a
> >>feedback from upstream uboot as around 90% of configs were same
> >>between am62xx-evm & am62xxsip-evm. This was a valid input and hence
> >>we considered in ti-u-boot. In order to support that I had to find a
> >>quick way to handle this in Yocto it with UBOOT_MACHINE along with
> >>UBOOT_CONFIG_FRAGMENT logic, which I had also discussed with you on
> >>the syncup call.
> >
> >Actually, the support was pretty much always there in U-boot, as kconfig
> >framework along with support for fragments by calling merge_config.sh was
> >borrowed from the kernel long ago and had been periodically synced with
> >latest. Though U-boot didn't have own in-tree config fragments until very
> >recently. First few got into the main config/ directory, but going forward
> >those will reside in the corresponding board/ directories...
> >
> >
> >>Considering that the am62xxsip-evm release is only two weeks away,
> >>can we consider the fragments approach for now and avoid any
> >>potential risks or delays. I will work with you in coming weeks to
> >>make this better by handling all the cases of uboot-config and
> >>fragments.
> >
> >Sure, this can be handled in stages. A bit more checks would be needed then
> >to avoid breaking at least UBOOT_CONFIG use case.
> >
> >
> >>Please let me know if I you agree with my views and if I can proceed
> >>with fixing the other issues you highlighted, they are trivial I can
> >>submit a patch tomorrow.
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