On Mon, Jun 08, 2026 at 03:59:11PM +0200, Quentin Schulz wrote: > Hi Daniel, > > On 6/8/26 3:06 PM, Daniel Palmer wrote: > > - CONFIG_LOADB causes the xyzModem code to get built and that code depends > > on CONFIG_CRC16. If you don't have something else that selects > > CONFIG_CRC16 > > you can unselect it and then the final link will fail: > > > > LD u-boot > > /usr/bin/m68k-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: common/xyzModem.o: in function > > `xyzModem_get_hdr': > > u-boot/common/xyzModem.c:388:(.text.xyzModem_get_hdr+0x17a): undefined > > reference to `crc16_ccitt' > > > > - Add CONFIG_YMODEM_SUPPORT, make that select CONFIG_CRC16 and make > > CONFIG_LOADB select CONFIG_YMODEM_SUPPORT. > > > > - SPL/TPL already have Kconfig symbols for ymodem support but the spl > > ymodem code has issues building in the TPL phase and doesn't seem to > > be used: > > > > /usr/bin/aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: common/spl/spl_ymodem.o: in function > > `spl_ymodem_load_image': > > u-boot/common/spl/spl_ymodem.c:138:(.text.spl_ymodem_load_image+0xdc): > > undefined reference to `spl_load_simple_fit' > > u-boot/common/spl/spl_ymodem.c:138:(.text.spl_ymodem_load_image+0xdc): > > relocation truncated to fit: R_AARCH64_CALL26 against undefined symbol > > `spl_load_simple_fit' > > make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.xpl:546: tpl/u-boot-tpl] Error 1 > > > > - Remove the ymodem symbol entirely for TPL. > > > > - Select CONFIG_SPL_CRC16 for SPL. > > > > - Finally, since everyone is now using the ymodem support symbols remove > > the special rule for loadb in the makefile. > > > > When you need to list what you're doing in a commit log, it usually means > you should be splitting the content into multiple separate patches (in a > single series is usually fine/recommended). > > What I could identify (slightly reworked, which better match how *I* would > write the patches): > > - changes made to common/spl/Kconfig.tpl with the justification given above, > - adding the missing CRC16 dependency to CMD_LOADB, > - adding missing SPL_CRC16 dependency to SPL_YMODEM_SUPPORT (possibly > squashed with the CMD_LOADB+CRC16 patch above, I'm undecided on what's best > here), > - create new YMODEM_SUPPORT symbol and migrate CMD_LOADB + common/Makefile > to use that, > > This makes it clearer what the purpose of each individual commit is: > - remove dead code > - fix existing support for CMD_LOADB, > - fix existing support for SPL_YMODEM_SUPPORT, > - quality of life improvement by migrating the CRC16 dependency from > CMD_LOADB into a new symbol + making use of that new symbol in > common/Makefile instead of "hardlinking" CMD_LOADB with building xyzModem.o > (which is quite honestly confusing, so good to see this fixed!), > > What do you think? > > > Signed-off-by: Daniel Palmer <[email protected]> > > --- > > > > v2: Fix the SPL/TPL stuff as brought up by Tom. This opened a can of > > worms when I tested if the TPL builds or not so I decided to just > > remove the TPL ymodem stuff. It didn't seem to be used in any > > defconfig and there isn't a CONFIG_TPL_CRC16 to enable the needed > > crc16 code anyhow so maybe it hasn't been used for a while? > > > > cmd/Kconfig | 1 + > > common/Kconfig | 4 ++++ > > common/Makefile | 1 - > > common/spl/Kconfig | 1 + > > common/spl/Kconfig.tpl | 11 +---------- > > 5 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/cmd/Kconfig b/cmd/Kconfig > > index c71c6824a196..503fc51f6bb4 100644 > > --- a/cmd/Kconfig > > +++ b/cmd/Kconfig > > @@ -1412,6 +1412,7 @@ config CMD_W1 > > config CMD_LOADB > > bool "loadb" > > default y > > + select YMODEM_SUPPORT > > help > > Load a binary file over serial line. > > diff --git a/common/Kconfig b/common/Kconfig > > index 8e8c733aa295..0db74aa580e4 100644 > > --- a/common/Kconfig > > +++ b/common/Kconfig > > @@ -1274,3 +1274,7 @@ config IO_TRACE > > confirm that the driver behaves the same way before and after a code > > change. To add support for your architecture, add '#include > > <iotrace.h>' to the bottom of arch/<arch>/include/asm/io.h and test. > > + > > +config YMODEM_SUPPORT > > + bool > > + select CRC16 > > Is there any reason we wouldn't want the user to be able to select this > independently from CMD_LOADB? > > I'm asking because this is both invisible (no prompt) and has no help text.
I think this should stay hidden as it's *not* hidden for xPL as it's the equivalent of CMD_LOADB but it's the symbol for the library portion. As a maybe clearer result, maybe the library symbol should be XYZMODEM_SUPPORT / xPL_XYZMODEM_SUPPORT, to control building common/xyzModem.o ? -- Tom
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