> Subject: Re: [PATCH V4 5/8] tools: binman: section: replace @ with -
>
> On 20/05/2022 17:10, Peng Fan (OSS) wrote:
> > From: Peng Fan <peng....@nxp.com>
> >
> > In arch/arm/dts/imx8mp-u-boot.dtsi, there are blob-ext@1, blob-ext@2
> > and etc which is for packing ddr phy firmware. However we could not
> > declare symbol name such as 'binman_sym_declare(ulong, blob_ext@1,
> > image_pos)', because '@' is not allowed, so we choose to declare the
> > symbol 'binman_sym_declare(ulong, blob_ext_1, image_pos);' with '@'
> > replaced with '_'. It does not impact if there is no '@' in section name.
> >
> > Tested-by: Tim Harvey <thar...@gateworks.com> #imx8m[m,n,p]-venice
> > Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <tr...@konsulko.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Peng Fan <peng....@nxp.com>
> > ---
> > tools/binman/etype/section.py | 2 +-
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> This shouldn't be necessary if you keep the old names for the binman entries
> and use `binman_sym_declare(ulong, imem_1d, image_pos);` etc.
> for the symbols.
No, as I replied in the other mail, imem_1d is not a binman type.
>
> > diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/section.py
> > b/tools/binman/etype/section.py index bd67238b919..e3f362b442b 100644
> > --- a/tools/binman/etype/section.py
> > +++ b/tools/binman/etype/section.py
> > @@ -875,7 +875,7 @@ class Entry_section(Entry):
> > entries[entry.GetPath()] = entry
> > for entry in to_add.values():
> > self._CollectEntries(entries, entries_by_name, entry)
> > - entries_by_name[add_entry.name] = add_entry
> > + entries_by_name[add_entry.name.replace('@', '-')] = add_entry
>
> The correct place to do this would be LookupSymbol() in
> binman/etype/section.py, but I'm not convinced this should be done at all. I'd
> say if an entry is important enough to have a symbol for it, it should have a
> unique, descriptive, non-@ name.
Since blob_ext@[1,2,3] is used, this is to replace and generate symbols as
blob_ext_[1,2,3]
Thanks,
Peng.
>
> >
> > def MissingArgs(self, entry, missing):
> > """Report a missing argument, if enabled
