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Problems with BIF Attribute [bootimage] #18

Open cubex108 opened 2 years ago

cubex108 commented 2 years ago

The [bootimage] attribute seems to modify the state of the original partition in the input image, especially the partition with the [offset] attribute specified.

The test process is as follows:

  1. I used the following bif file to generate an image called BASE_BOOT.BIN
    the_loader_image:  
    {                                         
    [bootloader] ./images/linux/zynq_fsbl.elf
    ./images/linux/system.bit
    ./images/linux/u-boot.elf
    [load=0x00100000] ./images/linux/system.dtb
    [offset=0x440000, partition_owner=uboot] ./images/linux/boot.scr
    } 

    2.Then I used the following bif file to generate another image called RE_BASE_BOOT.BIN

    the_ROM_image:
    {
    [bootimage] ./images/linux/BASE_BOOT.BIN
    }

    3.BASE_BOOT.BIN and RE_BASE_BOOT.BIN are not the same size, so I compared the binary content of the two files. I found that the address of the ./images/linux/boot.scr partition has changed, Its starting address becomes the address immediately following the ./images/linux/system.dtb partition,In other words, the [offset] attribute of the ./images/linux/boot.scr partition is invalid

I don’t know if this is a bug, and I want to know how to avoid this problem: do not modify the original state of the input partition when using the [bootimage] attribute

RamyaDarapuneni commented 2 years ago

Hi @cubex108 Ideally this is never supported, so I am not sure if we should call this a bug. But for my understanding, Can you please explain the use case you are trying this for?

Thanks Ramya Darapuneni