On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 12:32:30PM -0600, Simon Glass wrote: > Hi Tom, > > On Fri, 15 May 2026 at 12:24, Tom Rini <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 12:13:50PM -0600, Simon Glass wrote: > > > Hi Tom, > > > > > > On Fri, 15 May 2026 at 10:03, Tom Rini <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 09:35:10AM -0600, Simon Glass wrote: > > > > > Hi Tom, > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, 15 May 2026 at 08:54, Tom Rini <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 07:43:27AM +0200, Wadim Egorov wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > A file like rm-cfg.yaml accidentally left in the source tree root > > > > > > > shadows the board-specific copy. binman builds the wrong YAML, the > > > > > > > resulting rm-cfg.bin may match a different SoC, and we end up with > > > > > > > the following error: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > k3_system_controller sysctrler: k3_sysctrler_start: > > > > > > > Boot Notification response failed. ret = -110 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Move the board directory ahead of the srctree root so that the > > > > > > > most-specific match wins. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Wadim Egorov <[email protected]> > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > > Makefile | 2 +- > > > > > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > > > > > > > index 552328f9f2c..1ec29dfe0be 100644 > > > > > > > --- a/Makefile > > > > > > > +++ b/Makefile > > > > > > > @@ -1682,7 +1682,7 @@ cmd_binman = $(srctree)/tools/binman/binman > > > > > > > $(if $(BINMAN_DEBUG),-D) \ > > > > > > > build -u -d $(binman_dtb) -O . -m \ > > > > > > > --allow-missing --fake-ext-blobs \ > > > > > > > $(if $(BINMAN_ALLOW_MISSING),--ignore-missing) \ > > > > > > > - -I . -I $(srctree) -I $(srctree)/board/$(BOARDDIR) \ > > > > > > > + -I . -I $(srctree)/board/$(BOARDDIR) -I $(srctree) \ > > > > > > > $(foreach f,$(of_list_dirs),-I $(f)) -a > > > > > > > of-list=$(of_list) \ > > > > > > > $(foreach f,$(BINMAN_INDIRS),-I $(f)) \ > > > > > > > -a atf-bl1-path=${BL1} \ > > > > > > > > > > > > Why do we need to look in $(srctree) itself? > > > > > > > > > > See for example: > > > > > > > > > > arch/arm/dts/k3-j721e-binman.dtsi:308: private-key = > > > > > "arch/arm/mach-k3/keys/custMpk.pem"; > > > > > > > > That's not great, I'm sorry I missed it at the time. I wonder how easy > > > > replacing that key is with a non-dummy key. Hopefully it's done in a way > > > > that doesn't encourage checking private keys in to repositories.. > > > > > > Typically we would use an environment var passed in from the Makefile, > > > as we do with BL31, TEE, TI_DM, etc. > > > > > > > > > > > > Also, people sometimes put files in the source tree, e.g. BL31 images, > > > > > in the hope that they will be found. > > > > > > > > That's also a bad practice and what BINMAN_INDIRS is for. > > > > > > Yes, but that came quite a bit later with the bintool stuff (2021). > > > > > > Anyway, with a bit of work I believe we could drop the source dir. > > > Would you like to look at it, or should I? > > > > Well, the first step would be getting some more feedback on how people > > override some of these files for example. Even more environment files > > seems like a bad idea and I'm not sure what BINMAN_INDIRS can't cover > > today. > > Assuming you mean 'environment variables', we do need the actual > filename, not just the directory. We could have default filenames for > each entry type, I suppose. Some do already.
Yes, I think moving that way is the right direction. I was going to use -scp-path=$(SCP) as an example of something to move away from, but it looks like that's already being done in a way BINMAN_INDIRS should handle. -- Tom
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