[Buildroot] [PATCH 8/9] boot/syslinux: add option to install the EFI image

Arnout Vandecappelle arnout at mind.be
Mon Apr 28 06:18:53 UTC 2014


On 25/04/14 00:30, Yann E. MORIN wrote:
> From: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> 
> syslinux can now also build an EFI application.
> 
> If the target is 64-bit, we build the 64-bit EFI app,
> otherwise we build the 32-bit EFI app.
> 
> Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> Cc: Frank Hunleth <fhunleth at troodon-software.com>
> ---
>  boot/syslinux/Config.in                            | 24 +++++++++++++-
>  .../syslinux-000-user-headers-from-sysroot.patch   | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++
>  boot/syslinux/syslinux.mk                          | 21 ++++++++++--
>  3 files changed, 78 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 boot/syslinux/syslinux-000-user-headers-from-sysroot.patch
> 
> diff --git a/boot/syslinux/Config.in b/boot/syslinux/Config.in
> index b92f28f..d556c55 100644
> --- a/boot/syslinux/Config.in
> +++ b/boot/syslinux/Config.in
> @@ -2,7 +2,6 @@ config BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX
>  	bool "syslinux"
>  	depends on BR2_i386 || BR2_x86_64
>  	select BR2_HOSTARCH_NEEDS_IA32_COMPILER
> -	select BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_ISOLINUX if !BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_PXELINUX
>  	help
>  	  The syslinux bootloader for x86 systems.
>  	  This includes: syslinux, pxelinux, extlinux.
> @@ -11,6 +10,27 @@ config BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX
>  
>  if BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX
>  
> +choice
> +	bool "Image type"

 Why is this a choice? It's possible to build both, no? Similar to
iso/pxe. So it makes more sense to me to add efi as a third option after
iso and pxe.

> +
> +config BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_LEGACY_BIOS
> +	bool "bios (legacy)"
> +	select BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_ISOLINUX if !BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_PXELINUX
> +	help
> +	  Install one or more of the the legacy BIOS images:
> +	    - isolinux
> +	    - pxelinux
> +
> +config BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_EFI
> +	bool "efi"
> +	select BR2_PACKAGE_GNU_EFI
> +	help
> +	  Install the 'efi' image, to boot from an EFI environment.
> +
> +endchoice
> +
> +if BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_LEGACY_BIOS
> +
>  config BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_ISOLINUX
>  	bool "isolinux"
>  	default y
> @@ -24,4 +44,6 @@ config BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_PXELINUX
>  	  Install the legacy BIOS 'pxelinux' image, to boot off
>  	  the network using PXE.
>  
> +endif # BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_LEGACY_BIOS
> +
>  endif # BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX
> diff --git a/boot/syslinux/syslinux-000-user-headers-from-sysroot.patch b/boot/syslinux/syslinux-000-user-headers-from-sysroot.patch
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000..5edf79f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/boot/syslinux/syslinux-000-user-headers-from-sysroot.patch
> @@ -0,0 +1,37 @@
> +efi: look for headers and libs in the sysroot
> +
> +Currently, syslinux hard-codes search paths to /usr/.... directories.
> +This does not play well in cross-compilation.
> +
> +If $SYSROOT is defined, prepend it to the search paths.
> +
> +Signed-off-by: "Yann E. MORIN" <yann.morin.1998 at free.fr>
> +
> +diff -durN syslinux-6.02.orig/efi/find-gnu-efi.sh syslinux-6.02/efi/find-gnu-efi.sh
> +--- syslinux-6.02.orig/efi/find-gnu-efi.sh	2013-10-13 19:59:03.000000000 +0200
> ++++ syslinux-6.02/efi/find-gnu-efi.sh	2014-04-22 00:19:23.638483887 +0200
> +@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@
> + find_include()
> + {
> +     for d in $include_dirs; do
> +-	found=`find $d -name efi -type d 2> /dev/null`
> ++	found=`find $SYSROOT$d -name efi -type d 2> /dev/null`
> + 	if [ "$found"x != "x" ] && [ -e $found/$ARCH/efibind.h ]; then
> + 	    echo $found
> + 	    break;
> +@@ -20,12 +20,12 @@
> + find_lib()
> + {
> +     for d in $lib_dirs; do
> +-	found=`find $d -name libgnuefi.a 2> /dev/null`
> ++	found=`find $SYSROOT$d -name libgnuefi.a 2> /dev/null`
> + 	if [ "$found"x != "x" ]; then
> + 	    crt_name='crt0-efi-'$ARCH'.o'
> +-	    crt=`find $d -name $crt_name 2> /dev/null`
> ++	    crt=`find $SYSROOT$d -name $crt_name 2> /dev/null`
> + 	    if [ "$crt"x != "x" ]; then
> +-		echo $d
> ++		echo $SYSROOT$d
> + 		break;
> + 	    fi
> + 	fi
> diff --git a/boot/syslinux/syslinux.mk b/boot/syslinux/syslinux.mk
> index bec132f..bf0bae5 100644
> --- a/boot/syslinux/syslinux.mk
> +++ b/boot/syslinux/syslinux.mk
> @@ -15,6 +15,20 @@ SYSLINUX_INSTALL_IMAGES = YES
>  
>  SYSLINUX_DEPENDENCIES = host-nasm host-util-linux host-upx
>  
> +ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_LEGACY_BIOS),y)
> +SYSLINUX_TARGET = bios

 If you follow my suggestion, this would become SYSLINUX_TARGETS of
course. And +=


 Regards,
 Arnout

> +endif
> +
> +ifeq ($(BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_EFI),y)
> +ifeq ($(BR2_ARCH_IS_64),y)
> +SYSLINUX_EFI_BITS = efi64
> +else
> +SYSLINUX_EFI_BITS = efi32
> +endif # 64-bit
> +SYSLINUX_DEPENDENCIES += gnu-efi
> +SYSLINUX_TARGET = $(SYSLINUX_EFI_BITS)
> +endif # EFI
> +
>  # The syslinux tarball comes with pre-compiled binaries.
>  # Since timestamps might not be in the correct order, a rebuild is
>  # not always triggered for all the different images.
> @@ -30,7 +44,7 @@ SYSLINUX_POST_PATCH_HOOKS += SYSLINUX_CLEANUP
>  # be used.
>  define SYSLINUX_BUILD_CMDS
>  	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE1) CC="$(HOSTCC) -idirafter $(HOST_DIR)/usr/include $(HOST_LDFLAGS)" \
> -	    AR="$(HOSTAR)" -C $(@D) bios
> +	    AR="$(HOSTAR)" SYSROOT=$(STAGING_DIR) -C $(@D) $(SYSLINUX_TARGET)
>  endef
>  
>  define SYSLINUX_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
> @@ -40,12 +54,13 @@ define SYSLINUX_INSTALL_TARGET_CMDS
>  	# Repeat CC and AR, since syslinux really wants to check them at
>  	# install time
>  	$(TARGET_MAKE_ENV) $(MAKE1) CC="$(HOSTCC) -idirafter $(HOST_DIR)/usr/include $(HOST_LDFLAGS)" \
> -	    AR="$(HOSTAR)" INSTALLROOT=$(HOST_DIR) \
> -	    -C $(@D) bios install
> +	    AR="$(HOSTAR)" SYSROOT=$(STAGING_DIR) INSTALLROOT=$(HOST_DIR) \
> +	    -C $(@D) $(SYSLINUX_TARGET) install
>  endef
>  
>  SYSLINUX_IMAGES-$(BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_ISOLINUX) += bios/core/isolinux.bin
>  SYSLINUX_IMAGES-$(BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_PXELINUX) += bios/core/pxelinux.bin
> +SYSLINUX_IMAGES-$(BR2_TARGET_SYSLINUX_EFI) += $(SYSLINUX_EFI_BITS)/efi/syslinux.efi
>  
>  define SYSLINUX_INSTALL_IMAGES_CMDS
>  	for i in $(SYSLINUX_IMAGES-y); do \
> 


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