1 # Managing local additions
3 This section describes the site-local mechanism, what it is good for and
7 site-local is the name of a directory that won't ever appear in the
8 upstream coreboot repository but is referred to in several key places of its
9 configuration and build system. The intent is provide a single location to
10 store local modifications.
12 By keeping local additions to builds in this place, it can be versioned
13 independently from upstream (e.g. controlled by git in another repository)
14 and any changes made there won't ever conflict with upstream changes.
16 This optional directory is searched for in the top-level of the coreboot
17 repo and is called `site-local`.
19 A common approach for developing and testing internal additions to coreboot
20 from the site-local directory is to use `symlink` targets. By replicating
21 the coreboot directory structure within site-local and creating a
22 `symlink.txt` file that contains the path (relative to the root of the
23 coreboot directory), the `symlink` target can recursively scan the
24 site-local directory and create symbolic links into the coreboot tree,
25 allowing the build process to proceed as if the additions were integrated
26 directly into the main coreboot tree. The `symlink.txt` file must be placed
27 at the root of the new directory.
29 The following targets can be used to create/remove the symlinks:
31 `make symlink` - Creates symbolic links from site-local into coreboot tree
32 `make clean-symlink` - Removes symbolic links created by `make symlink`
33 `make cleanall-symlink` - Removes all symbolic links in the coreboot tree
35 ### Example symlink usage
36 Directory structure with symlink from site-local into coreboot:
46 │ └── test-soc-from-site-local -> ../../site-local/src/soc/test-soc-from-site-local/
52 └── test-soc-from-site-local/
56 Contents of `symlink.txt`:
59 src/soc/test-soc-from-site-local
62 *Note:* To keep the symlinks updated throughout development, the following
63 line may be added to `site-local/Makefile.mk` to declare symlink as a
64 `site-local-target` dependency, ensuring the symlink target is run anytime
67 site-local-target:: symlink
70 ## Integration into the configuration system
71 Kconfig includes `site-local/Kconfig` relatively early, so it can be used
72 to pre-define some configuration before coreboot's regular ruleset sets
75 ## Integration into the build system
76 The build system includes, if present, `site-local/Makefile.mk`. The main
77 purpose so far has been to add additional files to a CBFS image. A single
78 Makefile.inc can serve multiple boards, for example:
80 cbfs-files-$(CONFIG_BOARD_INTEL_D945GCLF) += pci8086,2772.rom
81 pci8086,2772.rom-file := intel_d945gclf/pci8086,2772.rom
82 pci8086,2772.rom-type := optionrom
84 cbfs-files-$(CONFIG_BOARD_KONTRON_986LCD_M) += pci8086,27a2.rom
85 pci8086,27a2.rom-file := kontron_986lcd-m/pci8086,27a2.rom
86 pci8086,27a2.rom-type := optionrom
88 This adds the correct Option ROM binary (which are non-redistributable and
89 therefore can't become part of the coreboot.org repos) to coreboot.rom when
90 built for intel/d945gclf or kontron/986lcd-m.