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author | David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org> | 2008-05-23 16:58:12 +0400 |
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committer | David Woodhouse <David.Woodhouse@intel.com> | 2008-07-10 17:30:39 +0400 |
commit | 4d2acfbfdf68257e846aaa355edd10fc35ba0feb (patch) | |
tree | 6ab49a7d46036fffb0f4588595ede7abca11a51a | |
parent | 5658c769443d543728b6c5c673dffc2df8676317 (diff) | |
download | linux-4d2acfbfdf68257e846aaa355edd10fc35ba0feb.tar.xz |
firmware: Add CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE option
This allows arbitrary firmware files to be included in the static kernel
where the firmware loader can find them without requiring userspace to
be alive.
(Updated and CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR added with lots of help from
Johannes Berg).
Signed-off-by: David Woodhouse <dwmw2@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Johannes Berg <johannes@sipsolutions.net>
-rw-r--r-- | Makefile | 2 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | drivers/base/Kconfig | 39 | ||||
-rw-r--r-- | firmware/Makefile | 88 |
3 files changed, 128 insertions, 1 deletions
@@ -450,7 +450,7 @@ scripts: scripts_basic include/config/auto.conf # Objects we will link into vmlinux / subdirs we need to visit init-y := init/ -drivers-y := drivers/ sound/ +drivers-y := drivers/ sound/ firmware/ net-y := net/ libs-y := lib/ core-y := usr/ diff --git a/drivers/base/Kconfig b/drivers/base/Kconfig index d7da109c24fd..13cfcb435f7d 100644 --- a/drivers/base/Kconfig +++ b/drivers/base/Kconfig @@ -34,6 +34,45 @@ config FW_LOADER require userspace firmware loading support, but a module built outside the kernel tree does. +config EXTRA_FIRMWARE + string "External firmware blobs to build into the kernel binary" + depends on FW_LOADER + help + This option allows firmware to be built into the kernel, for the + cases where the user either cannot or doesn't want to provide it from + userspace at runtime (for example, when the firmware in question is + required for accessing the boot device, and the user doesn't want to + use an initrd). + + This option is a string, and takes the (space-separated) names of the + firmware files -- the same names which appear in MODULE_FIRMWARE() + and request_firmware() in the source. These files should exist under + the directory specified by the EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR option, which is + by default the firmware/ subdirectory of the kernel source tree. + + So, for example, you might set CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE="usb8388.bin", + copy the usb8388.bin file into the firmware/ directory, and build the + kernel. Then any request_firmware("usb8388.bin") will be + satisfied internally without needing to call out to userspace. + + WARNING: If you include additional firmware files into your binary + kernel image which are not available under the terms of the GPL, + then it may be a violation of the GPL to distribute the resulting + image -- since it combines both GPL and non-GPL work. You should + consult a lawyer of your own before distributing such an image. + +config EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR + string "Firmware blobs root directory" + depends on EXTRA_FIRMWARE != "" + default "firmware" + help + This option controls the directory in which the kernel build system + looks for the firmware files listed in the EXTRA_FIRMWARE option. + The default is the firmware/ directory in the kernel source tree, + but by changing this option you can point it elsewhere, such as + the /lib/firmware/ directory or another separate directory + containing firmware files. + config DEBUG_DRIVER bool "Driver Core verbose debug messages" depends on DEBUG_KERNEL diff --git a/firmware/Makefile b/firmware/Makefile new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e69461f9362b --- /dev/null +++ b/firmware/Makefile @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +# +# kbuild file for firmware/ +# + +# Create $(fwabs) from $(CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR) -- if it doesn't have a +# leading /, it's relative to $(srctree). +fwdir := $(subst ",,$(CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR)) +fwabs := $(addprefix $(srctree)/,$(filter-out /%,$(fwdir)))$(filter /%,$(fwdir)) + +fw-external-y := $(subst ",,$(CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE)) + +firmware-y := $(fw-external-y) $(fw-shipped-y) +firmware-dirs := $(sort $(patsubst %,$(objtree)/$(obj)/%/,$(dir $(firmware-y) $(fw-shipped-)))) + +quiet_cmd_mkdir = MKDIR $(patsubst $(objtree)/%,%,$@) + cmd_mkdir = mkdir -p $@ + +quiet_cmd_ihex = IHEX $@ + cmd_ihex = $(OBJCOPY) -Iihex -Obinary $< $@ + +quiet_cmd_fwbin = MK_FW $@ + cmd_fwbin = FWNAME="$(patsubst firmware/%.gen.S,%,$@)"; \ + FWSTR="$(subst /,_,$(subst .,_,$(subst -,_,$(patsubst \ + firmware/%.gen.S,%,$@))))"; \ + ASM_WORD=$(if $(CONFIG_64BIT),.quad,.long); \ + ASM_ALIGN=$(if $(CONFIG_64BIT),3,2); \ + PROGBITS=$(if $(CONFIG_ARM),%,@)progbits; \ + echo "/* Generated by firmware/Makefile */" > $@;\ + echo " .section .rodata" >>$@;\ + echo " .p2align $${ASM_ALIGN}" >>$@;\ + echo "_fw_$${FWSTR}_bin:" >>$@;\ + echo " .incbin \"$(2)\"" >>$@;\ + echo "_fw_end:" >>$@;\ + echo " .section .rodata.str,\"aMS\",$${PROGBITS},1" >>$@;\ + echo " .p2align $${ASM_ALIGN}" >>$@;\ + echo "_fw_$${FWSTR}_name:" >>$@;\ + echo " .string \"$$FWNAME\"" >>$@;\ + echo " .section .builtin_fw,\"a\",$${PROGBITS}" >>$@;\ + echo " .p2align $${ASM_ALIGN}" >>$@;\ + echo " $${ASM_WORD} _fw_$${FWSTR}_name" >>$@;\ + echo " $${ASM_WORD} _fw_$${FWSTR}_bin" >>$@;\ + echo " $${ASM_WORD} _fw_end - _fw_$${FWSTR}_bin" >>$@; + +# One of these files will change, or come into existence, whenever +# the configuration changes between 32-bit and 64-bit. The .S files +# need to change when that happens. +wordsize_deps := $(wildcard include/config/64bit.h include/config/32bit.h \ + include/config/ppc32.h include/config/ppc64.h \ + include/config/superh32.h include/config/superh64.h \ + include/config/x86_32.h include/config/x86_64.h) + +# Workaround for make < 3.81, where .SECONDEXPANSION doesn't work. +# It'll end up depending on these targets, so make them a PHONY rule which +# depends on _all_ the directories in $(firmware-dirs), and it'll work out OK. +PHONY += $(objtree)/$$(%) $(objtree)/$(obj)/$$(%) +$(objtree)/$$(%) $(objtree)/$(obj)/$$(%): $(firmware-dirs) + @true + +# For the $$(dir %) trick, where we need % to be expanded first. +.SECONDEXPANSION: + +$(patsubst %,$(obj)/%.gen.S, $(fw-shipped-y)): %: $(wordsize_deps) \ + | $(objtree)/$$(dir %) + $(call cmd,fwbin,$(patsubst %.gen.S,%,$@)) +$(patsubst %,$(obj)/%.gen.S, $(fw-external-y)): %: $(wordsize_deps) \ + include/config/builtin/firmware/dir.h | $(objtree)/$$(dir %) + $(call cmd,fwbin,$(fwabs)/$(patsubst $(obj)/%.gen.S,%,$@)) + +# The .o files depend on the binaries directly; the .S files don't. +$(patsubst %,$(obj)/%.gen.o, $(fw-shipped-y)): %.gen.o: % +$(patsubst %,$(obj)/%.gen.o, $(fw-external-y)): $(obj)/%.gen.o: $(fwdir)/% + +$(obj)/%: $(obj)/%.ihex | $(objtree)/$(obj)/$$(dir %) + $(call cmd,ihex) + +$(firmware-dirs): + $(call cmd,mkdir) + +obj-y := $(patsubst %,%.gen.o, $(firmware-y)) + +# Remove .S files and binaries created from ihex +# (during 'make clean' .config isn't included so they're all in $(fw-shipped-)) +targets := $(fw-shipped-) $(patsubst $(obj)/%,%, \ + $(shell find $(obj) -name \*.gen.S 2>/dev/null)) + +# Without this, built-in.o won't be created when it's empty, and the +# final vmlinux link will fail. +obj-n := dummy |