Re: [PATCH v2 6/9] kbuild: consolidate Devicetree dtb build rules

[Masahiro Yamada]

2018-09-06 8:53 GMT+09:00 Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>:
> There is nothing arch specific about building dtb files other than their
> location under /arch/*/boot/dts/. Keeping each arch aligned is a pain.
> The dependencies and supported targets are all slightly different.
> Also, a cross-compiler for each arch is needed, but really the host
> compiler preprocessor is perfectly fine for building dtbs. Move the
> build rules to a common location and remove the arch specific ones. This
> is done in a single step to avoid warnings about overriding rules.
>
> The build dependencies had been a mixture of 'scripts' and/or 'prepare'.
> These pull in several dependencies some of which need a target compiler
> (specifically devicetable-offsets.h) and aren't needed to build dtbs.
> All that is really needed is dtc, so adjust the dependencies to only be
> dtc.
>
> This change enables support 'dtbs_install' on some arches which were
> missing the target.
>
> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michal Marek <michal.lkml@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Vineet Gupta <vgupta@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michal Simek <monstr@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: James Hogan <jhogan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Ley Foon Tan <lftan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@xxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-snps-arc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: uclinux-h8-devel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: nios2-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: linux-xtensa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Signed-off-by: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Please ack so I can take the whole series via the DT tree.
>
> v2:
>  - Fix $arch/boot/dts path check for out of tree builds
>  - Fix dtc dependency for building built-in dtbs
>  - Fix microblaze built-in dtb building
>
>  Makefile                          | 32 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  arch/arc/Makefile                 |  6 ------
>  arch/arm/Makefile                 | 20 +------------------
>  arch/arm64/Makefile               | 17 +---------------
>  arch/c6x/Makefile                 |  2 --
>  arch/h8300/Makefile               | 11 +----------
>  arch/microblaze/Makefile          |  4 +---
>  arch/microblaze/boot/dts/Makefile |  2 ++
>  arch/mips/Makefile                | 15 +--------------
>  arch/nds32/Makefile               |  2 +-
>  arch/nios2/Makefile               |  7 -------
>  arch/nios2/boot/Makefile          |  4 ----
>  arch/powerpc/Makefile             |  3 ---
>  arch/xtensa/Makefile              | 12 +-----------
>  scripts/Makefile.lib              |  2 +-
>  15 files changed, 42 insertions(+), 97 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 2b458801ba74..bc18dbbc16c5 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -1212,6 +1212,32 @@ kselftest-merge:
>                 $(srctree)/tools/testing/selftests/*/config
>         +$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile olddefconfig
>
> +# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +# Devicetree files
> +
> +ifneq ($(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/boot/dts/),)
> +dtstree := arch/$(SRCARCH)/boot/dts
> +endif
> +
> +ifdef CONFIG_OF_EARLY_FLATTREE
> +
> +%.dtb %.dtb.S %.dtb.o: | dtc
> +       $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(dtstree) $(dtstree)/$@


Hmm, I was worried about '%.dtb.o: | dtc'
but seems working.

Compiling %.S -> %.o requires objtool for x86,
but x86 does not support DT.

If CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y, scripts/genksyms/genksyms is required,
%.dtb.S does not contain EXPORT_SYMBOL.


BTW, 'dtc' should be a PHONY target.



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada