On 2023-08-24 06:02 +03:00, Simon Glass wrote: > In this early stage of using binman to produce output files, we are mostly > seeing people using common extensions such as '.bin' and '.rom' > > But unusual extensions appear in some places. > > We would like 'buildman -k' to keep the build outputs, but this is hard if > there is no consistency as to the extension used. > > This series adjusts binman to enforce just 4 extensions for output images: > > .bin > .rom > .itb > .img > > Other extensions will produce an error. With this rule observed, buildman > can keep the required files.
I dislike this limitation. We know what files we will generate, they are listed in binman dtb, so we can add something like `binman build --ls` to print their names/paths for buildman to preserve them. Regarding the output directory suggestion, I think the binman outputs (not temporary/intermediate files) should be in the same directory as make outputs, and the Makefile should default to O=build to achieve the "output dir". I'm not sure if that's going to happen.
