[OpenWrt-Devel] [PATCH 1/2] build: define check-kernel-size to remove unflashable images

[Jeff Kletsky]

From: Jeff Kletsky <git-commits at allycomm.com>

Certain boards have limitations on U-Boot that prevent flashing
of images where the kernel size exceeds a threshold, yet
sysupgrade can sucessfully manage larger kernels. The current
check-size will remove the target artifact if its total size
exceeds the threshold. If applied after append-kernel,
it will remove the kernel, but the remaining image-assembly
steps will continue, resulting in an image without a kernel
that is likely unbootable.

By defining check-kernel-size, it is now possible to prevent release
of such unbootable images through a construct similar to:

  IMAGE/factory.img := append-kernel | pad-to $$$$(GL_UBOOT_UBI_OFFSET) | \
    append-ubi | check-kernel-size $$$$(GL_UBOOT_UBI_OFFSET)

Cc: Chuanhong Guo <gch981213 at gmail.com>

Signed-off-by: Jeff Kletsky <git-commits at allycomm.com>
---
 include/image-commands.mk | 7 +++++++
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/image-commands.mk b/include/image-commands.mk
index 5dfd6a2c2f..f561ad4669 100644
--- a/include/image-commands.mk
+++ b/include/image-commands.mk
@@ -271,6 +271,13 @@ define Build/check-size
 	}
 endef
 
+define Build/check-kernel-size
+	@[ $$(($(subst k,* 1024,$(subst m, * 1024k,$(1))))) -ge "$$(stat -c%s $(IMAGE_KERNEL))" ] || { \
+		echo "WARNING: Kernel for $@ is too big > $(1)" >&2; \
+		rm -f $@; \
+	}
+endef
+
 define Build/combined-image
 	-sh $(TOPDIR)/scripts/combined-image.sh \
 		"$(IMAGE_KERNEL)" \
-- 
2.20.1


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