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diff --git a/tools/buildman/buildman.rst b/tools/buildman/buildman.rst index 2a7593d08b..2a83cb7e4f 100644 --- a/tools/buildman/buildman.rst +++ b/tools/buildman/buildman.rst @@ -906,6 +906,25 @@ also allows build flags to be passed to 'make'. It consists of several sections, with the section name in square brackets. Within each section are a set of (tag, value) pairs. +'[global]' section + allow-missing + Indicates the policy to use for missing blobs. Note that the flags + ``--allow-missing`` (``-M``) and ``--no-allow-missing`` (``--no-a``) + override these setting. + + always + Run with ``-M`` by default. + + multiple + Run with ``-M`` if more than one board is being built. + + branch + Run with ``-M`` if a branch is being built. + + Note that the last two can be given together:: + + allow-missing = multiple branch + '[toolchain]' section This lists the available toolchains. The tag here doesn't matter, but make sure it is unique. The value is the path to the toolchain. Buildman @@ -1133,6 +1152,30 @@ not cause the build to fail: buildman -o /tmp/build --board sandbox -wWI +Support for binary blobs +------------------------ + +U-Boot is moving to using Binman (see :doc:`../develop/package/binman`) for +dealing with the complexities of packaging U-Boot along with binary files from +other projects. These are called 'external blobs' by Binman. + +Typically a missing external blob causes a build failure. For build testing of +a lot of boards, or boards for which you do not have the blobs, you can use the +-M flag to allow missing blobs. This marks the build as if it succeeded, +although with warnings shown, including 'Some images are invalid'. If any boards +fail in this way, buildman exits with status 101. + +To convert warnings to errors, use -E. To make buildman return success with +these warnings, use -W. + +It is generally safe to default to enabling -M for all runs of buildman, so long +as you check the exit code. To do this, add:: + + allow-missing = "always" + +to the top of the buildman_settings_ file. + + Changing the configuration -------------------------- |