On Tue, Nov 16, 2021 at 11:47:10AM +0100, Heiko Thiery wrote: > While converting to binman for an imx8mq board, it has been found that > building in the u-boot CI fails. This is because an imx8mq requires an > external binary (signed_hdmi_imx8m.bin). If this file cannot be found > mkimage fails. > To be able to build this board in the u-boot CI a binman option > (--fake-ext-blobs) is introduced that can be switched on via the u-boot > makefile option BINMAN_FAKE_EXT_BLOBS. With that the needed dummy files are > created. > > Signed-off-by: Heiko Thiery <heiko.thi...@gmail.com> > --- > Makefile | 1 + > tools/binman/cmdline.py | 2 ++ > tools/binman/control.py | 16 ++++++++++++++++ > tools/binman/entry.py | 1 + > tools/binman/etype/blob_ext.py | 1 + > 5 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
Since this ends up being a problem for a number of boards, does anyone have comments on this? At first glance, this seems reasonable to me, and a follow-up making CI make use of this would be handy to finish evaluating. -- Tom
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