RFC: machine customized ixp4xx NPE firmware
Robin Farine
robin.farine at terminus.org
Tue May 15 12:00:06 CEST 2007
Hello everyone,
The platform I am working on is using NPE-B and NPE-C as Ethernet
interfaces. The ixp4xx-npe package from the OE snapshot I am currently
using builds firmware for NPE-B only and the firmware type is hard-coded
in "IxNpeMicrocode.h".
The patch below proposes a means of letting the machine configuration file
decide which NPE firmware to build.
Another but somewhat related point is the COMPATIBLE_MACHINE variable. If
my machine's name does not start with nslug or ixp4xx, I am forced to
change many package recipes (I suspect it is a FAQ but I do not seem to
able to access the mailing-list archive at the moment), perhaps a
COMPATIBLE_ARCH variable would be help here ?
Thanks,
Robin
diff --git a/packages/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe-native-2.3.2/IxNpeMicrocode.h b/packages/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe-native-2.3.2/IxNpeMicrocode.h
--- a/packages/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe-native-2.3.2/IxNpeMicrocode.h
+++ b/packages/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe-native-2.3.2/IxNpeMicrocode.h
@@ -42,7 +42,7 @@
// #define IX_NPEDL_NPEIMAGE_NPEB_DMA
// #define IX_NPEDL_NPEIMAGE_NPEB_ETH_SPAN_FIREWALL_VLAN_QOS_HDR_CONV
// #define IX_NPEDL_NPEIMAGE_NPEB_ETH_LEARN_FILTER_SPAN_FIREWALL_VLAN_QOS
-#define IX_NPEDL_NPEIMAGE_NPEB_ETH_LEARN_FILTER_SPAN_FIREWALL
+// #define IX_NPEDL_NPEIMAGE_NPEB_ETH_LEARN_FILTER_SPAN_FIREWALL
// #define IX_NPEDL_NPEIMAGE_NPEC_ETH_SPAN_MASK_FIREWALL_VLAN_QOS_HDR_CONV_EXTMIB
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
// #define IX_NPEDL_NPEIMAGE_NPEC_DMA
// #define IX_NPEDL_NPEIMAGE_NPEC_CRYPTO_AES_ETH_LEARN_FILTER_SPAN
// #define IX_NPEDL_NPEIMAGE_NPEC_CRYPTO_AES_ETH_LEARN_FILTER_FIREWALL
-#define IX_NPEDL_NPEIMAGE_NPEC_CRYPTO_AES_CCM_ETH
+// #define IX_NPEDL_NPEIMAGE_NPEC_CRYPTO_AES_CCM_ETH
// #define IX_NPEDL_NPEIMAGE_NPEC_CRYPTO_ETH_LEARN_FILTER_SPAN_FIREWALL
// #define IX_NPEDL_NPEIMAGE_NPEC_ETH_SPAN_FIREWALL_VLAN_QOS_HDR_CONV
// #define IX_NPEDL_NPEIMAGE_NPEC_ETH_LEARN_FILTER_SPAN_FIREWALL_VLAN_QOS
diff --git a/packages/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe-native_2.3.2.bb b/packages/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe-native_2.3.2.bb
--- a/packages/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe-native_2.3.2.bb
+++ b/packages/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe-native_2.3.2.bb
@@ -7,9 +7,14 @@ inherit native
inherit native
S = "${WORKDIR}/ixp400_xscale_sw/src/npeDl"
+# A space-separated list of CPP defines that select the firmware images
+# to build for the target machine.
+IXP4XX_NPE_FIRWMARE_DEFINES ?= "\
+-DIX_NPEDL_NPEIMAGE_NPEB_ETH_LEARN_FILTER_SPAN_FIREWALL"
+
do_compile() {
mv ${WORKDIR}/IxNpeMicrocode.h ${S}/
- gcc -Wall IxNpeMicrocode.c -o IxNpeMicrocode
+ gcc -Wall ${IXP4XX_NPE_FIRWMARE_DEFINES} IxNpeMicrocode.c -o IxNpeMicrocode
}
do_stage() {
diff --git a/packages/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe_2.3.2.bb b/packages/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe_2.3.2.bb
--- a/packages/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe_2.3.2.bb
+++ b/packages/ixp4xx/ixp4xx-npe_2.3.2.bb
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ S = "${WORKDIR}/ixp400_xscale_sw/src/npe
COMPATIBLE_MACHINE = "(nslu2|ixp4xx)"
-FILES_${PN} = "${base_libdir}/firmware/NPE-B"
+FILES_${PN} = "${base_libdir}/firmware/NPE-*"
do_compile() {
${STAGING_BINDIR_NATIVE}/IxNpeMicrocode-${PV} -be
@@ -21,13 +21,20 @@ do_compile() {
do_install() {
install -d ${D}/${base_libdir}/firmware/
- rm ${S}/NPE-B
- mv ${S}/NPE-B.* ${S}/NPE-B
- install ${S}/NPE-B ${D}/${base_libdir}/firmware/
+ for npe in A B C; do
+ rm ${S}/NPE-${npe} 2>/dev/null || true
+ mv ${S}/NPE-${npe}.* ${S}/NPE-${npe} 2>/dev/null || true
+ if test -f ${S}/NPE-${npe}; then
+ install -m 644 ${S}/NPE-${npe} ${D}/${base_libdir}/firmware/
+ fi
+ done
}
do_populate_staging() {
install -d ${STAGING_FIRMWARE_DIR}
- install ${S}/NPE-B ${STAGING_FIRMWARE_DIR}/
+ for npe in A B C; do
+ if test -f ${S}/NPE-${npe}; then
+ install -m 644 ${S}/NPE-${npe} ${STAGING_FIRMWARE_DIR}/
+ fi
+ done
}
-
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