[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH 1/4] tools: build squashfs (v3) for ath79

Zoltan HERPAI wigyori at uid0.hu
Thu Jun 14 16:38:58 EDT 2018


Felix Fietkau wrote:
> On 2018-06-13 20:01, Mathias Kresin wrote:
>   
>> 13.06.2018 10:51, Zoltan HERPAI:
>>     
>>> Certain Netgear devices use BE squashfs for the kernel image. As
>>> squashfs4 only supports creating LE images, add squashfs (v3) into
>>> the tools to be built for ath79.
>>>
>>> Trying to use an LE squashfs (thus trying to use squashfs4 only for
>>> building the image) for the kernel image results in the bootloader
>>> barfing and stopping.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Zoltan HERPAI <wigyori at uid0.hu>
>>> ---
>>>   tools/Makefile | 1 +
>>>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
>>> index d2b5daf..c8ef02c 100644
>>> --- a/tools/Makefile
>>> +++ b/tools/Makefile
>>> @@ -31,6 +31,7 @@ tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_orion_generic) += wrt350nv2-builder upslug2
>>>   tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_x86) += qemu
>>>   tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_mxs) += elftosb sdimage
>>>   tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_ar71xx) += lzma-old squashfs
>>> +tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_ath79) += squashfs
>>>   tools-$(CONFIG_USES_MINOR) += kernel2minor
>>>   tools-y += lzma squashfs4
>>>   tools-$(BUILD_B43_TOOLS) += b43-tools
>>>
>>>       
>> Hey Zoltan,
>>
>> I tried to do exactly the same at time I noticed the issue. If I apply 
>> your patch, the following (and even more related) new warnings are shown 
>> on my system:
>>
>> tools/Makefile:153: warning: overriding recipe for target 
>> 'tools/squashfs/clean'
>> tools/Makefile:153: warning: ignoring old recipe for target 
>> 'tools/squashfs/clean'
>> tools/Makefile:153: warning: overriding recipe for target 
>> 'tools/squashfs/download'
>> tools/Makefile:153: warning: ignoring old recipe for target 
>> 'tools/squashfs/download'
>> tools/Makefile:153: warning: overriding recipe for target 
>> 'tools/squashfs/prepare'
>> tools/Makefile:153: warning: ignoring old recipe for target 
>> 'tools/squashfs/prepare'
>> tools/Makefile:153: warning: overriding recipe for target 
>> 'tools/squashfs/compile'
>>
>> I've no idea what is going wrong. Instead I've the following change in 
>> my local tree since a few days (but didn't managed to send it yet):
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/Makefile b/tools/Makefile
>> index d2b5daf..b546c64 100644
>> --- a/tools/Makefile
>> +++ b/tools/Makefile
>> @@ -30,7 +30,10 @@ tools-y += mtools dosfstools libressl
>>   tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_orion_generic) += wrt350nv2-builder upslug2
>>   tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_x86) += qemu
>>   tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_mxs) += elftosb sdimage
>> -tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_ar71xx) += lzma-old squashfs
>> +tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_ar71xx) += lzma-old
>> +ifeq ($(CONFIG_TARGET_ar71xx)$(CONFIG_TARGET_ath79),y)
>> +  tools-y += squashfs
>> +endif
>>     
> How about this instead:
> tools-$(CONFIG_TARGET_ar71xx)$(CONFIG_TARGET_ath79) += squashfs
>
> - Felix
>   
I'm happy with either, whichever you guys fancy.

Thanks,
-w-



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