util/sconfig: Drop use of ref_count for chip_instance

chip_instance structure currently uses a ref_count to determine how
many devices hold reference to that instance. If the count drops to
zero, then it is assumed that the chip instance is a duplicate in
override tree and has a similar instance that is already overriden in
base device tree.

ref_count is currently decremented whenever a device in override tree
matches the one in base device tree and the registers from the
override tree instance are copied over to the base tree instance. On
the other hand, if a device in override tree does not match any device
in base tree under a given parent, then the device is added to base
tree and all the devices in its subtree that hold pointers to its
parent chip instance are updated to point to the parent's chip
instance in base tree. This is done as part of update_chip_pointers.

However, there are a couple of issues that this suffers from:
a) If a device is present only in override tree and it does not have
its own chip (i.e. pointing to parent's chip instance), then it
results in sconfig emiiting parent's chip instance (which can be the
SoC chip instance) in static.c even though it is unused. This is
because update_chip_pointers() does not call delete_chip_instance()
before reassigning the chip instance pointer.
b) If a device is added under root device only in the override tree
and it does not have its own chip instance (i.e. uses SoC chip
instance), then it results in sconfig emitting a copy of the SoC chip
instance and setting that as chip_ops for this new device in the
override tree.

In order to fix the above issues, this change drops the ref_count
field from chip_instance structure and instead adds a forwarding
pointer `base_chip_instance`. This is setup as per the following
rules:
1. If the instance belongs to base devicetree, base_chip_instance is
set to NULL.
2. If the instance belongs to override tree, then it is set to its
corresponding chip instance in base tree (if present), else set to
NULL.

State of base_chip_instance is then used when emitting chips and
devices using the following rules:
1. If a chip_instance has non-NULL base_chip_instance, then that chip
instance is not emitted to static.c
2. When emitting chip_ops for a device, base_chip_instance is used to
determine the correct chip instance name to emit.

BUG=b:155549176
TEST=Verified that the static.c file generated for base/override tree
combination is correct when new devices without chips are added only
to override tree.

Change-Id: Idbb5b34f49bf874da3f30ebb6a6a0e2d8d091fe5
Signed-off-by: Furquan Shaikh <furquan@google.com>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/41007
Reviewed-by: Aaron Durbin <adurbin@chromium.org>
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
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tree: 085bced832a4005b258c5a65ee54d50751b9ca6e
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  2. configs/
  3. Documentation/
  4. LICENSES/
  5. payloads/
  6. src/
  7. tests/
  8. util/
  9. .checkpatch.conf
  10. .clang-format
  11. .editorconfig
  12. .gitignore
  13. .gitmodules
  14. .gitreview
  15. AUTHORS
  16. COPYING
  17. gnat.adc
  18. MAINTAINERS
  19. Makefile
  20. Makefile.inc
  21. README.md
  22. toolchain.inc
README.md

coreboot README

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.

Payloads

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.

Supported Hardware

coreboot supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards.

For details please consult:

Build Requirements

  • make
  • gcc / g++ Because Linux distribution compilers tend to use lots of patches. coreboot does lots of "unusual" things in its build system, some of which break due to those patches, sometimes by gcc aborting, sometimes - and that's worse - by generating broken object code. Two options: use our toolchain (eg. make crosstools-i386) or enable the ANY_TOOLCHAIN Kconfig option if you're feeling lucky (no support in this case).
  • iasl (for targets with ACPI support)
  • pkg-config
  • libssl-dev (openssl)

Optional:

  • doxygen (for generating/viewing documentation)
  • gdb (for better debugging facilities on some targets)
  • ncurses (for make menuconfig and make nconfig)
  • flex and bison (for regenerating parsers)

Building coreboot

Please consult https://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO for details.

Testing coreboot Without Modifying Your Hardware

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.

Website and Mailing List

Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development guidelines and more can be found on the coreboot website:

https://www.coreboot.org

You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list:

https://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist

Copyright and License

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.