Hi Heiko, On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 at 09:06, Simon Glass <s...@chromium.org> wrote: > > Hi Heiko, > > On Wed, 5 Jan 2022 at 05:58, Heiko Thiery <heiko.thi...@gmail.com> 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> > > --- > > v3: > > - add CheckFakedBlobs() and print a list of faked files at the end > > - add unittest > > > > v2: > > - pass allow_fake_blobs to ProcessImage() > > - set AllowAllowFakeBlob() to images/entries > > - create fake blob in Entry_blot.ObtainContents() when file is missing and > > creation is allowed > > > > still missing: > > - unittest > > - option to set BINMAN_FAKE_EXT_BLOBS in Makefile via environment > > variable. With that we could simply set this env variable in the CI > > (gitlab-ci.yml) with adding support to buildman. > > > > Makefile | 1 + > > tools/binman/cmdline.py | 2 ++ > > tools/binman/control.py | 26 +++++++++++++++++++------- > > tools/binman/entry.py | 23 +++++++++++++++++++++++ > > tools/binman/etype/blob.py | 18 ++++++++++++++++++ > > tools/binman/etype/blob_ext.py | 8 ++++++++ > > tools/binman/etype/mkimage.py | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ > > tools/binman/etype/section.py | 20 ++++++++++++++++++++ > > tools/binman/ftest.py | 13 ++++++++++++- > > tools/binman/test/203_fake_blob.dts | 14 ++++++++++++++ > > 10 files changed, 137 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) > > create mode 100644 tools/binman/test/203_fake_blob.dts > > Please check that you keep to 80cols, except where it would split a string. > > This is missing a few holes in test coverage. Did you try 'binman test -T' ? > > If you are stuck I could fiddle with it a bit.
BTW if you need the external tools you might try u-boot-dm/bin-working which has a command that might fetch them: binman tool --fetch missing It is WIP at present, so has an old version of your patch in there. Regards, Simon