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-rw-r--r--docs/user-guide.rst4
-rw-r--r--make_helpers/build_macros.mk9
-rw-r--r--make_helpers/defaults.mk3
3 files changed, 16 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/docs/user-guide.rst b/docs/user-guide.rst
index 01cf17a2..2a21bd21 100644
--- a/docs/user-guide.rst
+++ b/docs/user-guide.rst
@@ -369,6 +369,10 @@ Common build options
- ``DEBUG``: Chooses between a debug and release build. It can take either 0
(release) or 1 (debug) as values. 0 is the default.
+- ``DISABLE_BIN_GENERATION``: Boolean option to disable the generation
+ of the binary image. If set to 1, then only the ELF image is built.
+ 0 is the default.
+
- ``DYN_DISABLE_AUTH``: Provides the capability to dynamically disable Trusted
Board Boot authentication at runtime. This option is meant to be enabled only
for development platforms. ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT`` flag must be set if this
diff --git a/make_helpers/build_macros.mk b/make_helpers/build_macros.mk
index 5d33954a..2d41b2db 100644
--- a/make_helpers/build_macros.mk
+++ b/make_helpers/build_macros.mk
@@ -438,6 +438,11 @@ else
--script $(LINKERFILE) $(BUILD_DIR)/build_message.o \
$(OBJS) $(LDPATHS) $(LIBWRAPPER) $(LDLIBS) $(BL_LIBS)
endif
+ifeq ($(DISABLE_BIN_GENERATION),1)
+ @${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
+ @echo "Built $$@ successfully"
+ @${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
+endif
$(DUMP): $(ELF)
$${ECHO} " OD $$@"
@@ -451,7 +456,11 @@ $(BIN): $(ELF)
@${ECHO_BLANK_LINE}
.PHONY: bl$(1)
+ifeq ($(DISABLE_BIN_GENERATION),1)
+bl$(1): $(ELF) $(DUMP)
+else
bl$(1): $(BIN) $(DUMP)
+endif
all: bl$(1)
diff --git a/make_helpers/defaults.mk b/make_helpers/defaults.mk
index be84f779..dc797ed1 100644
--- a/make_helpers/defaults.mk
+++ b/make_helpers/defaults.mk
@@ -62,6 +62,9 @@ DEBUG := 0
# Build platform
DEFAULT_PLAT := fvp
+# Disable the generation of the binary image (ELF only).
+DISABLE_BIN_GENERATION := 0
+
# Enable capability to disable authentication dynamically. Only meant for
# development platforms.
DYN_DISABLE_AUTH := 0