[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH 2/4] bcm63xx: image: don't add the CFE to the sercomm factory

[Álvaro Fernández Rojas]

Ok, I assume it’s safe to drop this, since the bootloader is on a separate partition and all Sercomm devices seem to have both bootloaders available from factory.

> El 4 jun 2020, a las 0:48, Daniel González Cabanelas <dgcbueu at gmail.com> escribió:
> 
> There is no need to include the CFE bootloader in the Sercomm factory
> images.
> 
> There might be a case when this could be useful:
>  - We are running the stock firmware on the first Sercomm image
>  - The second partition storing the botloader was erased (unlikely)
> Even in this case flashing an image without a bootlader is harmless.
> 
> Don't include the bootloader in the factory image creation and rid of the
> risk of flashing factory images with an untested bootloader partition.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Daniel González Cabanelas <dgcbueu at gmail.com>
> ---
> target/linux/bcm63xx/image/Makefile | 12 ------------
> 1 file changed, 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/target/linux/bcm63xx/image/Makefile b/target/linux/bcm63xx/image/Makefile
> index eb4b78b06a..e57b99391f 100644
> --- a/target/linux/bcm63xx/image/Makefile
> +++ b/target/linux/bcm63xx/image/Makefile
> @@ -242,20 +242,8 @@ define Build/cfe-sercomm-part
> 		--part-name rootfs_lib \
> 		--part-version $(SERCOMM_VERSION)
> 
> -	rm -rf $@-bootloader
> -	mkdir -p $@-bootloader
> -	cp $(KDIR)/bcm63xx-cfe/$(CFE_RAM_FILE) $@-bootloader/$(CFE_RAM_JFFS2_NAME)
> -	$(call Build/cfe-jffs2,$@-bootloader)
> -	$(call Build/pad-to,$(BLOCKSIZE))
> -	$(TOPDIR)/scripts/sercomm-partition-tag.py \
> -		--input-file $@ \
> -		--output-file $@.bootloader \
> -		--part-name bootloader \
> -		--part-version $(SERCOMM_VERSION)
> -
> 	mv $@.kernel_rootfs $@
> 	dd if=$@.rootfs_lib >> $@
> -	dd if=$@.bootloader >> $@
> endef
> 
> define Build/cfe-sercomm-load
> -- 
> 2.27.0
> 
> 
> 
> 


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