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<title>lbmk.git/script/update/release, branch 20241206rev9</title>
<subtitle>libreboot build system (LibreBoot MaKe)
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<title>merge script/update/release into build</title>
<updated>2024-05-11T03:15:30+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
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<published>2024-05-11T02:52:52+00:00</published>
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the main script isn't that big, and since the main
purpose of lbmk is geared toward the releases, it
makes sense to reduce the number of scripts by
merging into the main one

the way this works, "./update release" still works
afterward

so, the way lbmk is used shall remain unchanged

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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the main script isn't that big, and since the main
purpose of lbmk is geared toward the releases, it
makes sense to reduce the number of scripts by
merging into the main one

the way this works, "./update release" still works
afterward

so, the way lbmk is used shall remain unchanged

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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<title>merge script/build/serprog with script/build/roms</title>
<updated>2024-05-09T12:52:49+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-09T12:52:49+00:00</published>
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previous command:

./build serprog

now it is:

./build roms serprog

after that, it's the same arguments e.g.

./build roms serprog stm32
./build roms serprog rp2040

further cleanup to commence

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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previous command:

./build serprog

now it is:

./build roms serprog

after that, it's the same arguments e.g.

./build roms serprog stm32
./build roms serprog rp2040

further cleanup to commence

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>merge include/err.sh with include/option.sh</title>
<updated>2024-05-06T21:54:55+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-06T21:54:55+00:00</published>
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<title>Libreboot 20240504 release</title>
<updated>2024-05-04T05:25:42+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
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<published>2024-05-04T05:25:42+00:00</published>
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<title>update/release: purge test/lib/strlcat.c in u-boot</title>
<updated>2024-05-03T13:02:02+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
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<published>2024-05-03T13:02:02+00:00</published>
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<entry>
<title>update/release: say when an archive is being made</title>
<updated>2024-05-03T06:11:43+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-05-03T06:11:43+00:00</published>
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without this change, the user might think lbmk crashed

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without this change, the user might think lbmk crashed

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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<title>update/release: disable status checking</title>
<updated>2024-04-27T21:42:12+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-27T21:42:12+00:00</published>
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just to ensure that nothing goes wrong. we don't rely on
the status variable for releases, because there is another
variable, release, that target.cfg files declare, e.g.

release="n"
release="y"

you can just omit the variable, because it defaults to y, so
you only need declare it when it needs to be "n"

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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just to ensure that nothing goes wrong. we don't rely on
the status variable for releases, because there is another
variable, release, that target.cfg files declare, e.g.

release="n"
release="y"

you can just omit the variable, because it defaults to y, so
you only need declare it when it needs to be "n"

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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<entry>
<title>haswell: only provide NRI-based ROMs in releases</title>
<updated>2024-04-24T04:27:27+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-04-24T04:27:27+00:00</published>
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release="n" is set in target.cfg on haswell build targets
that use mrc.bin

script/update/release exports LBMK_RELEASE="y"

script/build/roms skips building a given target if release="n"
in target.cfg *and* LBMK_RELEASE="y"

you could also do the export yourself before running ./build roms,
for example:

export LBMK_RELEASE="y"
./build roms all

This would skip these ROM images. The native haswell raminit is
now stable enough in my testing, that I wish to delete the MRC-based
targets. This is in line with Libreboot's Binary Blob Reduction Policy,
which states: if a blob can be avoided, it should be avoided.

The problem is that users often run the inject script in *lbmk* from
Git, instead of from the src release archive. I forsee some users
running this on modern lbmk with older release images. If the mrc-based
target isn't there, the user may use an NRI-based target name, and
think it works; they will insert without MRC. I foresaw this ages
ago, which is why Caleb and I ensured that the script checks hashes,
and hashes are included in releases.

Therefore: for the time being, keep the MRC-based configs in lbmk
but do not include images for them in releases. This can be done
indefinitely, but I'll probably remove those configs entirely at
some point.

On the following boards, Libreboot now will *only* provide NRI-based
ROM images for the following machines:

* Dell OptiPlex 9020 SFF
* Dell OptiPlex 9020 MT
* Lenovo ThinkPad T440p
* Lenovo ThinkPad W541/W540

I now recommend exclusive use of NRI-based images, on Haswell
hardware. It's stable enough in my testing, and now supports S3.

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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release="n" is set in target.cfg on haswell build targets
that use mrc.bin

script/update/release exports LBMK_RELEASE="y"

script/build/roms skips building a given target if release="n"
in target.cfg *and* LBMK_RELEASE="y"

you could also do the export yourself before running ./build roms,
for example:

export LBMK_RELEASE="y"
./build roms all

This would skip these ROM images. The native haswell raminit is
now stable enough in my testing, that I wish to delete the MRC-based
targets. This is in line with Libreboot's Binary Blob Reduction Policy,
which states: if a blob can be avoided, it should be avoided.

The problem is that users often run the inject script in *lbmk* from
Git, instead of from the src release archive. I forsee some users
running this on modern lbmk with older release images. If the mrc-based
target isn't there, the user may use an NRI-based target name, and
think it works; they will insert without MRC. I foresaw this ages
ago, which is why Caleb and I ensured that the script checks hashes,
and hashes are included in releases.

Therefore: for the time being, keep the MRC-based configs in lbmk
but do not include images for them in releases. This can be done
indefinitely, but I'll probably remove those configs entirely at
some point.

On the following boards, Libreboot now will *only* provide NRI-based
ROM images for the following machines:

* Dell OptiPlex 9020 SFF
* Dell OptiPlex 9020 MT
* Lenovo ThinkPad T440p
* Lenovo ThinkPad W541/W540

I now recommend exclusive use of NRI-based images, on Haswell
hardware. It's stable enough in my testing, and now supports S3.

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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<title>allow users to specify number of build threads</title>
<updated>2024-03-27T07:38:16+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-27T07:14:47+00:00</published>
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lbmk otherwise uses nproc to set the number of build threads,
in these places:

* generic make commands in script/update/trees
* crossgcc make command in script/update/trees

the -T0 option is also used in script/update/release, when running
tar.

with this change, you can do:

export LBMK_THREADS=x

where x is the number of threads. when you then run
lbmk, your chosen number of threads will override
the default. this may be useful on a host that does
not have a lot of memory.

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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lbmk otherwise uses nproc to set the number of build threads,
in these places:

* generic make commands in script/update/trees
* crossgcc make command in script/update/trees

the -T0 option is also used in script/update/release, when running
tar.

with this change, you can do:

export LBMK_THREADS=x

where x is the number of threads. when you then run
lbmk, your chosen number of threads will override
the default. this may be useful on a host that does
not have a lot of memory.

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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<title>safer, simpler error handling in lbmk</title>
<updated>2024-03-27T01:50:31+00:00</updated>
<author>
<name>Leah Rowe</name>
<email>leah@libreboot.org</email>
</author>
<published>2024-03-27T01:19:39+00:00</published>
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in shell scripts, a function named the same as a program included in
the $PATH will override that program. for example, you could make a
function called ls() and this would override the standand "ls".

in lbmk, a part of it was first trying to run the "fail" command,
deferring to "err", because some scripts call fail() which does
some minor cleanup before calling err.

in most cases, fail() is not defined, and it's possible that the user
could have a program called "fail" in their $PATH, the behaviour of
which we could not determine, and it could have disastrous effects.

lbmk error handling has been re-engineered in such a way that the
err function is defined in a variable, which defaults to err_ which
calls err_, so defined under include/err.sh.

in functions that require cleanup prior to error handling, a fail()
function is still defined, and err is overridden, thus:

err="fail"

this change has made xx_() obsolete, so now only x_ is used. the x_
function is a wrapper that can be used to run a command and exit with
non-zero status (from lbmk) if the command fails. the xx_ command
did the same thing, but called fail() which would have called err();
now everything is $err

example:

	rm -f "$filename" || err "could not delete file"

this would now be:

	rm -f "$filename" || $err "could not delete file"

overriding of err= must be done *after* including err.sh. for
example:

err="fail"
. "include/err.sh"

^ this is wrong. instead, one must do:

. "include/err.sh"
err="fail"

this is because err is set as a global variable under err.sh

the new error handling is much cleaner, and safer. it also reduces
the chance of mistakes such as: calling err when you meant to
call fail. this is because the standard way is now to call $err,
so you set err="fail" at the top of the script and all is well.

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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in shell scripts, a function named the same as a program included in
the $PATH will override that program. for example, you could make a
function called ls() and this would override the standand "ls".

in lbmk, a part of it was first trying to run the "fail" command,
deferring to "err", because some scripts call fail() which does
some minor cleanup before calling err.

in most cases, fail() is not defined, and it's possible that the user
could have a program called "fail" in their $PATH, the behaviour of
which we could not determine, and it could have disastrous effects.

lbmk error handling has been re-engineered in such a way that the
err function is defined in a variable, which defaults to err_ which
calls err_, so defined under include/err.sh.

in functions that require cleanup prior to error handling, a fail()
function is still defined, and err is overridden, thus:

err="fail"

this change has made xx_() obsolete, so now only x_ is used. the x_
function is a wrapper that can be used to run a command and exit with
non-zero status (from lbmk) if the command fails. the xx_ command
did the same thing, but called fail() which would have called err();
now everything is $err

example:

	rm -f "$filename" || err "could not delete file"

this would now be:

	rm -f "$filename" || $err "could not delete file"

overriding of err= must be done *after* including err.sh. for
example:

err="fail"
. "include/err.sh"

^ this is wrong. instead, one must do:

. "include/err.sh"
err="fail"

this is because err is set as a global variable under err.sh

the new error handling is much cleaner, and safer. it also reduces
the chance of mistakes such as: calling err when you meant to
call fail. this is because the standard way is now to call $err,
so you set err="fail" at the top of the script and all is well.

Signed-off-by: Leah Rowe &lt;leah@libreboot.org&gt;
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