Image creation proceeds in the following order, for each entry in the image.
-1. GetEntryContents() - the contents of each entry are obtained, normally by
+1. AddMissingProperties() - binman can add calculated values to the device
+tree as part of its processing, for example the position and size of each
+entry. This method adds any properties associated with this, expanding the
+device tree as needed. These properties can have placeholder values which are
+set later by SetCalculatedProperties(). By that stage the size of sections
+cannot be changed (since it would cause the images to need to be repacked),
+but the correct values can be inserted.
+
+2. ProcessFdt() - process the device tree information as required by the
+particular entry. This may involve adding or deleting properties. If the
+processing is complete, this method should return True. If the processing
+cannot complete because it needs the ProcessFdt() method of another entry to
+run first, this method should return False, in which case it will be called
+again later.
+
+3. GetEntryContents() - the contents of each entry are obtained, normally by
reading from a file. This calls the Entry.ObtainContents() to read the
contents. The default version of Entry.ObtainContents() calls
Entry.GetDefaultFilename() and then reads that file. So a common mechanism
retry calling the functions a few times if False is returned, allowing
dependencies between the contents of different entries.
-2. GetEntryPositions() - calls Entry.GetPositions() for each entry. This can
+4. GetEntryPositions() - calls Entry.GetPositions() for each entry. This can
return a dict containing entries that need updating. The key should be the
entry name and the value is a tuple (pos, size). This allows an entry to
provide the position and size for other entries. The default implementation
of GetEntryPositions() returns {}.
-3. PackEntries() - calls Entry.Pack() which figures out the position and
+5. PackEntries() - calls Entry.Pack() which figures out the position and
size of an entry. The 'current' image position is passed in, and the function
returns the position immediately after the entry being packed. The default
implementation of Pack() is usually sufficient.
-4. CheckSize() - checks that the contents of all the entries fits within
+6. CheckSize() - checks that the contents of all the entries fits within
the image size. If the image does not have a defined size, the size is set
large enough to hold all the entries.
-5. CheckEntries() - checks that the entries do not overlap, nor extend
+7. CheckEntries() - checks that the entries do not overlap, nor extend
outside the image.
-6. ProcessEntryContents() - this calls Entry.ProcessContents() on each entry.
+8. SetCalculatedProperties() - update any calculated properties in the device
+tree. This sets the correct 'pos' and 'size' vaues, for example.
+
+9. ProcessEntryContents() - this calls Entry.ProcessContents() on each entry.
The default implementatoin does nothing. This can be overriden to adjust the
contents of an entry in some way. For example, it would be possible to create
an entry containing a hash of the contents of some other entries. At this
stage the position and size of entries should not be adjusted.
-6. WriteEntryInfo()
+10. WriteSymbols() - write the value of symbols into the U-Boot SPL binary.
+See 'Access to binman entry positions at run time' below for a description of
+what happens in this stage.
-7. BuildImage() - builds the image and writes it to a file. This is the final
+11. BuildImage() - builds the image and writes it to a file. This is the final
step.
To enable Python test coverage on Debian-type distributions (e.g. Ubuntu):
- $ sudo apt-get install python-pip python-pytest
- $ sudo pip install coverage
+ $ sudo apt-get install python-coverage python-pytest
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