On Mon, Apr 07, 2025 at 09:42:41AM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote: > Various subsystems embed non-code build artifacts into the kernel, > for example the initramfs, /proc/config.gz, vDSO image, etc. > Currently each user has their own implementation for that. > > Add a common "blob" framework to provide this functionality. > It provides standard kbuild and C APIs to embed and later access non-code > build artifacts into the kernel image or modules. > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <[email protected]> > > --- > Due to its closeness to kbuild this is currently added to its MAINTAINER > entry. > But I can also maintain it on its own. > --- > Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++-- > MAINTAINERS | 2 ++ > include/linux/blob.h | 32 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > scripts/Makefile.blobs | 19 +++++++++++++++++++ > scripts/Makefile.build | 6 ++++++ > scripts/Makefile.clean | 2 +- > scripts/blob-wrap.c | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++ > 7 files changed, 108 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
Thanks, looks good to me and I like the design! Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <[email protected]> -- Nicolas Schier
