Hi Martin,

> Hi Lukasz,
> 
> On 2018-04-27 16:51, Lukasz Majewski wrote:
> > This commit provides the ability to generate u-boot environment(s)
> > as images, which afterwards can be used to produce image (with wic)
> > for flashing (eMMC or SPI-NOR).
> > 
> > This change removes the need to run "env default" during production
> > phase, as proper environment (including redundant one) is already
> > stored on persistent memory (the CRC is also correct).  
> 
> I think we should create a separate recipe to install the native 
> mkenvimage binary (e.g. u-boot-mkenvimage_%.bb) or update 
> u-boot-mkimage_%.bb install it.

I see your point.
I suppose that the above idea is more OE style than:

${B}/tools/mkenvimage 
and DEPENDS = "u-boot:compile"

> 
> Then a new recipe to create the environment images can depend on 
> u-boot-mkenvimage-native.

Ok.

> 
> Also note the recently added upstream support for external
> environment definitions:
> http://git.denx.de/?p=u-boot.git;a=commit;h=f3d8f7dd73ac5dde258eb786d4a01869395b56d7

Those features are complementary.

1. Envs definition from CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS are provided
externally,

2. The one generated by source/scripts/get_default_envs.sh are simply
the ones from u-boot's "default environment" (extracted from the
binary).

They both produce *.txt file which is the input for mkenvimage.

> 
> For our usecase we need the ability to generate environment images in 
> yocto from such external definitions.

Ok. I see.

> 
> // Martin
> 
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Lukasz Majewski <lukma@denx.de>
> > 
> > ---
> > This patch depends on "u-boot: Upgrade to 2018.03 release"
> > https://patchwork.openembedded.org/patch/149998/
> > ---
> >   meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc | 35
> > +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 35 insertions(+)
> > 
> > diff --git a/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc
> > b/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc index c2bcf99840..2796e503cf
> > 100644 --- a/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc
> > +++ b/meta/recipes-bsp/u-boot/u-boot.inc
> > @@ -305,3 +305,38 @@ do_deploy () {
> >   }
> >   
> >   addtask deploy before do_build after do_compile
> > +
> > +# Create new rules to extract default envs
> > +UBOOT_ENVS_DEFAULT ?= "uboot-envs-default"
> > +DEFAULT_ENVS ?= "u-boot-env-default.txt"
> > +DEFAULT_ENVS_SIZE ?= "65536"
> > +
> > +# Generate default environment
> > +do_gen_default_envs[doc] = "Generate image with default U-Boot
> > environment(s)" +do_gen_default_envs () {
> > +	${B}/source/scripts/get_default_envs.sh ${B} >
> > ${B}/${DEFAULT_ENVS} +
> > +	# Generate env image
> > +	${B}/tools/mkenvimage -s ${DEFAULT_ENVS_SIZE} -o
> > ${B}/${UBOOT_ENVS_DEFAULT} ${B}/${DEFAULT_ENVS} +
> > +	# Generate redundant env image
> > +	${B}/tools/mkenvimage -r -s ${DEFAULT_ENVS_SIZE} -o
> > ${B}/${UBOOT_ENVS_DEFAULT}_r ${B}/${DEFAULT_ENVS} +
> > +	rm ${B}/${DEFAULT_ENVS}
> > +}
> > +
> > +addtask gen_default_envs before do_deploy_default_envs after
> > do_compile +
> > +# Deploy default environment
> > +do_deploy_default_envs[doc] = "Copy images with default U-Boot
> > environment to deployment directory" +do_deploy_default_envs () {
> > +	install -d ${DEPLOYDIR}
> > +
> > +	install ${B}/${UBOOT_ENVS_DEFAULT}
> > ${DEPLOYDIR}/${UBOOT_ENVS_DEFAULT}
> > +	install ${B}/${UBOOT_ENVS_DEFAULT}_r
> > ${DEPLOYDIR}/${UBOOT_ENVS_DEFAULT}_r +
> > +	rm ${B}/${UBOOT_ENVS_DEFAULT}
> > +	rm ${B}/${UBOOT_ENVS_DEFAULT}_r
> > +}
> > +
> > +addtask deploy_default_envs before do_deploy after
> > do_gen_default_envs 




Best regards,

Lukasz Majewski

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