Hi André, On Wed, 5 Aug 2020 at 08:20, André Przywara <[email protected]> wrote: > > On 19/07/2020 20:56, Simon Glass wrote: > > Hi, > > > On x86 various files that need to be created by binman. It does not make > > sense to enumerate these in the Makefile. They are described in the > > configuration (devicetree) for each board and we can simply run binman > > (always) to generate them. > > > > Update the Makefile to have a separate, final step which runs binman, > > once all input dependencies are present. > > > > This avoid sprinkling the Makefile with arch-specific code. > > it seems that this patch (committed as 42b18df80fdb) breaks sunxi(!). > When building current master, the Trusted Firmware binary does not make > it into the u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin file. U-Boot still runs, but Linux > won't get very far without BL31. To me it looks like we combine > u-boot.img with the SPL, instead of u-boot.itb. Only the latter contains > bl31.bin. > > I bisected down into the hunks of this patch here, and by reverting just > hunk #3 (the one introducing .binman_stamp) it works again. > My knowledge of the U-Boot build system is somewhat limited, so I don't > immediately see the problem or a fix. > > A simple way to verify a build is complete would be: > $ strings u-boot-sunxi-with-spl.bin | grep BL31 > If it reports some lines, TF-A is included and it would work correctly. > If it comes back empty, TF-A is missing and we won't boot. > > I would be grateful for any insights!
Thanks for the info. Which board is this? Regards, SImon
