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From: Vagrant Cascadian <vagrant@debian.org>
To: Efraim Flashner <efraim@flashner.co.il>
Cc: phodina@protonmail.com, 64142@debbugs.gnu.org, ludo@gnu.org,
	jonathan.brielmaier@web.de, marius@gnu.org
Subject: [bug#64142] Update arm-trusted-firmware to 2.9
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2023 00:47:02 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87r0q99pqh.fsf@wireframe> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <ZI6rYPe3QHFeQFRH@3900XT>

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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

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      reply	other threads:[~2023-06-18  7:48 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2023-06-18  3:47 [bug#64142] Update arm-trusted-firmware to 2.9 Vagrant Cascadian
2023-06-18  6:59 ` Efraim Flashner
2023-06-18  7:47   ` Vagrant Cascadian [this message]

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