linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] kbuild: rpm-pkg: add dtb files in kernel rpm

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Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2024 02:33:19 +0900
From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <jtornosm@...hat.com>
Cc: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, 
	nathan@...nel.org, nicolas@...sle.eu
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] kbuild: rpm-pkg: add dtb files in kernel rpm

On Tue, Mar 12, 2024 at 1:22 AM Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez
<jtornosm@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> Some architectures, like aarch64 ones, need a dtb file to configure the
> hardware. The default dtb file can be preloaded from u-boot, but the final
> and/or more complete dtb file needs to be able to be loaded later from
> rootfs.
>
> Add the possible dtb files to the kernel rpm and mimic Fedora shipping
> process, storing the dtb files in the module directory. These dtb files
> will be copied to /boot directory by the install scripts, but add fallback
> just in case, checking if the content in /boot directory is correct.
>
> Mark the files installed to /boot as %ghost to make sure they will be
> removed when the package is uninstalled.
>
> Tested with Fedora Rawhide (x86_64 and aarch64) with dnf and rpm tools.
> In addition, fallback was also tested after modifying the install scripts.
>
> Signed-off-by: Jose Ignacio Tornos Martinez <jtornosm@...hat.com>
> ---
> V1 -> V2:
> - Follow the suggestions from Masahiro Yamada to improve the checks and
> avoid the loop to ghost the dtb files in /boot folder.


Applied to linux-kbuild.
Thanks.






-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada