Am 23. Juni 2026 21:03:38 MESZ schrieb Jon Mason <[email protected]>: >On Fri, Jun 19, 2026 at 12:46 PM Heinrich Schuchardt <[email protected]> >wrote: >> >> Am 19. Juni 2026 17:58:57 MESZ schrieb Jon Mason <[email protected]>: >> >With commit bd3f9ee679b4d1456d0d3c261ab76788950e6096 >> >(kbuild: Bump the build system to 6.1), there is an issue when trying to >> >build out of tree, where efi_var_seed.S wants ubootefi.var to be in the >> >object tree, but lib/efi_loader/efi_var_seed.o wants ubootefi.var to be >> >in the source tree. >> >> Ubootefi.var is an optional file with the EFI security database. Why would >> you ever put it into the build directory? > >I didn't know that was a limitation. > >Would you prefer that I make a change like: >-$(obj)/efi_var_seed.o: $(srctree)/$(EFI_VAR_SEED_FILE) >+$(obj)/efi_var_seed.o: $(srctree)/lib/efi_loader/$(EFI_VAR_SEED_FILE)
Hello Jon, It is still not clear to me why you want to change this. If you don't like the current default, why wouldn't you change CONFIG_EFI_VAR_SEED_FILE in your local .config file to match the storage location of your seed file? Best regards Heinrich > >This seems to work for my use case, and still keeps it in the src directory. > >Thanks, >Jon > >> >> Heinrich >> >> > >> >If we change efi_var_seed.o to look in the objtree, then it should work >> >in both local and out-of-tree. However, it would require anything >> >previously working to put ubootefi.vars to the objtree, but it's broken >> >now anyway. >> > >> >Signed-off-by: Jon Mason <[email protected]> >> >--- >> > lib/efi_loader/Makefile | 2 +- >> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) >> > >> >diff --git a/lib/efi_loader/Makefile b/lib/efi_loader/Makefile >> >index f490081f6542..9c836f6ee237 100644 >> >--- a/lib/efi_loader/Makefile >> >+++ b/lib/efi_loader/Makefile >> >@@ -74,7 +74,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_ECPT) += efi_conformance.o >> > obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_DEBUG_SUPPORT) += efi_debug_support.o >> > >> > EFI_VAR_SEED_FILE := $(subst $\",,$(CONFIG_EFI_VAR_SEED_FILE)) >> >-$(obj)/efi_var_seed.o: $(srctree)/$(EFI_VAR_SEED_FILE) >> >+$(obj)/efi_var_seed.o: $(objtree)/$(EFI_VAR_SEED_FILE) >> > >> > ifeq ($(CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_AUTHENTICATE),y) >> > capsule_crt_path=($(subst $(quote),,$(CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_CRT_FILE))) >>
