commit | 1153b2ef5c9eb7b12941e08389f1019e18f346e7 | [log] [tgz] |
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author | Julius Werner <jwerner@chromium.org> | Wed Jan 06 14:41:08 2021 -0800 |
committer | Patrick Georgi <pgeorgi@google.com> | Fri Jan 08 08:04:04 2021 +0000 |
tree | acdf90846d240b678a0df53540aca152b301699b | |
parent | 7e06a9044a3da814ce3a3e99532d064170fd5521 [diff] |
cbfstool: Use flock() when accessing CBFS files Trying to do multiple operations on the same CBFS image at the same time likely leads to data corruption. For this reason, add BSD advisory file locking (flock()) to cbfstool (and ifittool which is using the same file I/O library), so that only one process will operate on the same file at the same time and the others will wait in line. This should help resolve parallel build issues with the INTERMEDIATE target on certain platforms. Unfortunately, some platforms use the INTERMEDIATE target to do a direct dd into the CBFS image. This should generally be discouraged and future platforms should aim to clearly deliminate regions that need to be written directly by platform scripts with custom FMAP sections, so that they can be written with `cbfstool write`. For the time being, update the legacy platforms that do this with explicit calls to the `flock` utility. Signed-off-by: Julius Werner <jwerner@chromium.org> Change-Id: I022468f6957415ae68a7a7e70428ae6f82d23b06 Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/49190 Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org> Reviewed-by: Arthur Heymans <arthur@aheymans.xyz> Reviewed-by: Furquan Shaikh <furquan@google.com>
coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) found in most computers. coreboot performs a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a payload.
With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly firmware, run operating systems in flash, load custom bootloaders, or implement firmware standards, like PC BIOS services or UEFI. This allows for systems to only include the features necessary in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space required.
coreboot was formerly known as LinuxBIOS.
After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any desired "payload" can be started by coreboot.
See https://www.coreboot.org/Payloads for a list of supported payloads.
coreboot supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards.
For details please consult:
ANY_TOOLCHAIN
Kconfig option if you're feeling lucky (no support in this case).Optional:
make menuconfig
and make nconfig
)Please consult https://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO for details.
If you want to test coreboot without any risks before you really decide to use it on your hardware, you can use the QEMU system emulator to run coreboot virtually in QEMU.
Please see https://www.coreboot.org/QEMU for details.
Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development guidelines and more can be found on the coreboot website:
You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list:
https://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist
The copyright on coreboot is owned by quite a large number of individual developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details.
coreboot is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Some files are licensed under the "GPL (version 2, or any later version)", and some files are licensed under the "GPL, version 2". For some parts, which were derived from other projects, other (GPL-compatible) licenses may apply. Please check the individual source files for details.
This makes the resulting coreboot images licensed under the GPL, version 2.