nvidia/tegra build tool

[Isaac]

The new nvidia/tegra124 support requires a build tool from NVIDIA called 
cbootimage (https://github.com/NVIDIA/cbootimage). I'm not sure of the 
best way to add support into coreboot so I'd like to get some feedback.

Would it make sense to just add it into the util directory and build as 
needed?

[Idwer Vollering]

2014-08-14 23:25 GMT+02:00 Isaac :
> The new nvidia/tegra124 support requires a build tool from NVIDIA called
> cbootimage (https://github.com/NVIDIA/cbootimage). I'm not sure of the best
> way to add support into coreboot so I'd like to get some feedback.
>
> Would it make sense to just add it into the util directory and build as
> needed?

So it's GPL2 licenced, that's a plus.

Is NVIDIA's maintainer involved, or will the tool bitrot once imported?

[Peter Stuge]

Isaac wrote:
> The new nvidia/tegra124 support requires a build tool from NVIDIA called 
> cbootimage (https://github.com/NVIDIA/cbootimage). I'm not sure of the best 
> way to add support into coreboot so I'd like to get some feedback.

I would suggest either a git submodule or the manual equivalent like
is done by the coreboot build system when building SeaBIOS.
> Would it make sense to just add it into the util directory and build
> as needed?

No, not that. It's important that the coreboot repo only has a
reference to the tool's repo and the commit hash we want to use.

//Peter

[Stefan Reinauer]

* Peter Stuge  [140814 23:31]:
> Isaac wrote:
> > The new nvidia/tegra124 support requires a build tool from NVIDIA called 
> > cbootimage (https://github.com/NVIDIA/cbootimage). I'm not sure of the best 
> > way to add support into coreboot so I'd like to get some feedback.
>
> I would suggest either a git submodule or the manual equivalent like
> is done by the coreboot build system when building SeaBIOS.

I think either would be a good approach. submodule might be easier
because iirc jenkins instances are not allowed to connect to the network
while they're building.

Stefan

[Patrick Georgi]

Am 15.08.2014 um 00:26 schrieb Stefan Reinauer:
> I think either would be a good approach. submodule might be easier
> because iirc jenkins instances are not allowed to connect to the network
> while they're building.

Submodule, using a local mirror. I'll set things up.

Patrick