ARM: mxs: tools: Use mkimage for BootStream generation

Now that mkimage can generate an BootStream for i.MX23 and i.MX28,
use the mkimage as a default tool to generate the BootStreams instead
of the elftosb tool. This cuts out another obscure dependency.

Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex@denx.de>
Cc: Fabio Estevam <fabio.estevam@freescale.com>
Cc: Otavio Salvador <otavio@ossystems.com.br>
Cc: Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>

diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/Makefile b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/Makefile
index 3d66892..ea397c7 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/Makefile
@@ -25,14 +25,15 @@ $(LIB):     $(OBJS)
        $(call cmd_link_o_target, $(OBJS))
 
 # Specify the target for use in elftosb call
-ELFTOSB_TARGET-$(CONFIG_MX23) = imx23
-ELFTOSB_TARGET-$(CONFIG_MX28) = imx28
+MKIMAGE_TARGET-$(CONFIG_MX23) = mx23
+MKIMAGE_TARGET-$(CONFIG_MX28) = mx28
 
-$(OBJTREE)/u-boot.bd: $(SRCTREE)/$(CPUDIR)/$(SOC)/u-boot-$(ELFTOSB_TARGET-y).bd
+$(OBJTREE)/mxsimage.cfg: $(SRCTREE)/$(CPUDIR)/$(SOC)/mxsimage.$(MKIMAGE_TARGET-y).cfg
        sed "s@OBJTREE@$(OBJTREE)@g" $^ > $@
 
-$(OBJTREE)/u-boot.sb: $(OBJTREE)/u-boot.bin $(OBJTREE)/spl/u-boot-spl.bin $(OBJTREE)/u-boot.bd
-               elftosb -zf $(ELFTOSB_TARGET-y) -c $(OBJTREE)/u-boot.bd -o $(OBJTREE)/u-boot.sb
+$(OBJTREE)/u-boot.sb: $(OBJTREE)/u-boot.bin $(OBJTREE)/spl/u-boot-spl.bin $(OBJTREE)/mxsimage.cfg
+       $(OBJTREE)/tools/mkimage -n $(OBJTREE)/mxsimage.cfg -T mxsimage $@
+
 
 #########################################################################
 

diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage.mx23.cfg b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage.mx23.cfg
index 8118767..c9cf4b3 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage.mx23.cfg
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage.mx23.cfg
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 SECTION 0x0 BOOTABLE
  TAG LAST
- LOAD     0x0        spl/u-boot-spl.bin
+ LOAD     0x0        OBJTREE/spl/u-boot-spl.bin
  CALL     0x14       0x0
- LOAD     0x40000100 u-boot.bin
+ LOAD     0x40000100 OBJTREE/u-boot.bin
  CALL     0x40000100 0x0

diff --git a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage.mx28.cfg b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage.mx28.cfg
index ea772f0..676f5c8 100644 (file)
--- a/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage.mx28.cfg
+++ b/arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/mxsimage.mx28.cfg
@@ -1,8 +1,8 @@
 SECTION 0x0 BOOTABLE
  TAG LAST
- LOAD     0x0        spl/u-boot-spl.bin
+ LOAD     0x0        OBJTREE/spl/u-boot-spl.bin
  LOAD IVT 0x8000     0x14
  CALL HAB 0x8000     0x0
- LOAD     0x40000100 u-boot.bin
+ LOAD     0x40000100 OBJTREE/u-boot.bin
  LOAD IVT 0x8000     0x40000100
  CALL HAB 0x8000     0x0

diff --git a/doc/README.mxs b/doc/README.mxs
index 2919bbf..0235a5a 100644 (file)
--- a/doc/README.mxs
+++ b/doc/README.mxs
@@ -27,9 +27,25 @@ Contents
 1) Prerequisites
 ----------------
 
-To make a MXS based board bootable, some tools are necessary. The first one is
-the "elftosb" tool distributed by Freescale Semiconductor. The other one is the
-"mxsboot" tool found in U-Boot source tree.
+To make a MXS based board bootable, some tools are necessary. The only
+mandatory tool is the "mxsboot" tool found in U-Boot source tree. The
+tool is built automatically when compiling U-Boot for i.MX23 or i.MX28.
+
+The production of BootStream image is handled via "mkimage", which is
+also part of the U-Boot source tree. The "mkimage" requires OpenSSL
+development libraries to be installed. In case of Debian and derivates,
+this is installed by running:
+
+       $ sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
+
+NOTE: The "elftosb" tool distributed by Freescale Semiconductor is no
+      longer necessary for general use of U-Boot on i.MX23 and i.MX28.
+      The mkimage supports generation of BootStream images encrypted
+      with a zero key, which is the vast majority of use-cases. In
+      case you do need to produce image encrypted with non-zero key
+      or other special features, please use the "elftosb" tool,
+      otherwise continue to section 2). The installation procedure of
+      the "elftosb" is outlined below:
 
 Firstly, obtain the elftosb archive from the following location:
 
@@ -63,11 +79,6 @@ copy the binary by hand:
 Make sure the "elftosb" binary can be found in your $PATH, in this case this
 means "/usr/local/bin/" has to be in your $PATH.
 
-Install the 'libssl-dev' package as well. On a Debian-based distribution, this
-package can be installed as follows:
-
-       $ sudo apt-get install libssl-dev
-
 2) Compiling U-Boot for a MXS based board
 -------------------------------------------
 
@@ -112,6 +123,18 @@ The code produces "u-boot.sb" file. This file needs to be augmented with a
 proper header to allow successful boot from SD or NAND. Adding the header is
 discussed in the following chapters.
 
+NOTE: The process that produces u-boot.sb uses the mkimage to generate the
+      BootStream. The BootStream is encrypted with zero key. In case you need
+      some special features of the BootStream and plan on using the "elftosb"
+      tool instead, the invocation to produce a compatible BootStream with the
+      one produced by mkimage is outlined below. For further details, refer to
+      the documentation bundled with the "elftosb" package.
+
+       $ elftosb -zf imx23 -c arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/u-boot-imx23.bd \
+               -o u-boot.sb
+       $ elftosb -zf imx28 -c arch/arm/cpu/arm926ejs/mxs/u-boot-imx28.bd \
+               -o u-boot.sb
+
 3) Installation of U-Boot for a MXS based board to SD card
 ----------------------------------------------------------