[bug#64142] Update arm-trusted-firmware to 2.9
Commit Message
The attached patch updates arm-trusted-firmware to 2.9.
I was able to rebuild all the dependent u-boot-* packages!
Unfortunately, arm-trusted-firmware-imx8mq no longer builds, ending with
the error:
aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: /tmp/guix-build-arm-trusted-firmware-imx8mq-2.9.drv-0/source/build/imx8mq/release/bl31/bl31.elf section `.xlat_table' will not fit in region `RAM'
aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: BL31 image has exceeded its limit.
aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: region `RAM' overflowed by 20480 bytes
Upstream has essentially abandoned this target due to tight size
contraints for imx8mq, though there is a maintained vendor fork based
off of some older version, so either we need to freeze this at 2.8 or
use the vendor fork or maybe drop it entirely. I do not believe
arm-trusted-firmware-imx8mq is used by any other guix packages...
... thoughts?
live well,
vagrant
Comments
On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 08:47:49PM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
> The attached patch updates arm-trusted-firmware to 2.9.
>
> I was able to rebuild all the dependent u-boot-* packages!
>
> Unfortunately, arm-trusted-firmware-imx8mq no longer builds, ending with
> the error:
>
> aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: /tmp/guix-build-arm-trusted-firmware-imx8mq-2.9.drv-0/source/build/imx8mq/release/bl31/bl31.elf section `.xlat_table' will not fit in region `RAM'
> aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: BL31 image has exceeded its limit.
> aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: region `RAM' overflowed by 20480 bytes
>
> Upstream has essentially abandoned this target due to tight size
> contraints for imx8mq, though there is a maintained vendor fork based
> off of some older version, so either we need to freeze this at 2.8 or
> use the vendor fork or maybe drop it entirely. I do not believe
> arm-trusted-firmware-imx8mq is used by any other guix packages...
>
> ... thoughts?
I tried adjusting the flags to -Oz (not recognized) or -Os and it still
didn't fit. What device(s) use the imx8mq? Is that the chip in the
Librem 5?
I've added some people who might be interested in the chip. I suppose at
first glance I'd prefer using the vendor fork (assuming there's some
form of ongoing maintenance) over keeping the older version.
On 2023-06-18, Efraim Flashner wrote:
> On Sat, Jun 17, 2023 at 08:47:49PM -0700, Vagrant Cascadian wrote:
>> The attached patch updates arm-trusted-firmware to 2.9.
>>
>> I was able to rebuild all the dependent u-boot-* packages!
Notably, I forgot to mention that I have not boot tested any of them
yet...
>> Unfortunately, arm-trusted-firmware-imx8mq no longer builds, ending with
>> the error:
>>
>> aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: /tmp/guix-build-arm-trusted-firmware-imx8mq-2.9.drv-0/source/build/imx8mq/release/bl31/bl31.elf section `.xlat_table' will not fit in region `RAM'
>> aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: BL31 image has exceeded its limit.
>> aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.bfd: region `RAM' overflowed by 20480 bytes
>>
>> Upstream has essentially abandoned this target due to tight size
>> contraints for imx8mq, though there is a maintained vendor fork based
>> off of some older version, so either we need to freeze this at 2.8 or
>> use the vendor fork or maybe drop it entirely. I do not believe
>> arm-trusted-firmware-imx8mq is used by any other guix packages...
>>
>> ... thoughts?
>
> I tried adjusting the flags to -Oz (not recognized) or -Os and it still
> didn't fit. What device(s) use the imx8mq? Is that the chip in the
> Librem 5?
Librem 5 and MNT Reform are probably the most interesting platforms I am
aware of.
> I've added some people who might be interested in the chip. I suppose at
> first glance I'd prefer using the vendor fork (assuming there's some
> form of ongoing maintenance) over keeping the older version.
Although imx8mq (at least the platforms I am aware of) all still require
blobs to initialize the DDR, so will likely never fully land in guix
proper (at least at the boot firmware level)... which is why I maybe
learn towards dropping it entirely.
live well,
vagrant
From 3e41d1cf2753757b45b81d75cd406c6fe0c5232b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org>
Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2023 20:14:17 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] gnu: arm-trusted-firmware: Update to 2.9.
* gnu/packages/firmware.scm (make-arm-trusted-firmware): Update to 2.9.
---
gnu/packages/firmware.scm | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
@@ -1025,7 +1025,7 @@ (define* (make-arm-trusted-firmware platform
(gnu-triplet->nix-system triplet))))))
(package
(name (string-append "arm-trusted-firmware-" platform))
- (version "2.8")
+ (version "2.9")
(source
(origin
(method git-fetch)
@@ -1036,7 +1036,7 @@ (define* (make-arm-trusted-firmware platform
(file-name (git-file-name "arm-trusted-firmware" version))
(sha256
(base32
- "0grq3fgxi9xhcljnhwlxjvdghyz15gaq50raw41xy4lm8rkmnzp3"))
+ "16fjbn1zck0d8b554h8lk1svqqn0zlawvrlkjxry9l71s9h4vd0p"))
(snippet
#~(begin
(use-modules (guix build utils))
base-commit: 428b810ca23fa1c1c565da15c0e95273f6487384
--
2.39.2