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+#
+# Copyright OpenEmbedded Contributors
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+#
+
+inherit kernel-arch deploy cml1 pkgconfig
+
+LICENSE ?= "GPL-2.0-only"
+
+PROVIDES += "virtual/bootloader"
+
+PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
+
+DEPENDS += "bison-native flex-native"
+
+S = "${WORKDIR}/barebox-${PV}"
+B = "${WORKDIR}/build"
+
+require conf/image-uefi.conf
+
+# For some platforms and configuration, the barebox build process will require
+# additional host tools that can be activated/deactivated here.
+PACKAGECONFIG ??= "openssl libusb fit"
+
+PACKAGECONFIG[openssl] = ",,openssl-native"
+PACKAGECONFIG[libusb] = ",,libusb1-native"
+PACKAGECONFIG[fit] = ",,u-boot-tools-native dtc-native"
+
+export KBUILD_BUILD_USER ?= "oe-user"
+export KBUILD_BUILD_HOST ?= "oe-host"
+
+# unlike the kernel, barebox may build against host tools like openssl
+export HOST_EXTRACFLAGS
+
+def get_layer_rev(path):
+    try:
+        rev, _ = bb.process.run("git describe --match='' --always --dirty --broken", cwd=path)
+    except bb.process.ExecutionError:
+        rev = ""
+    return rev.strip()
+
+BAREBOX_BUILDSYSTEM_VERSION[doc] = "Build system version to add to the barebox image. By default this is the git description of the containing layer."
+BAREBOX_BUILDSYSTEM_VERSION ??= "${@get_layer_rev(os.path.dirname(d.getVar('FILE')))}"
+
+BAREBOX_FIRMWARE_DIR[doc] = "Overwrite barebox' firmware blobs search directory (CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR) with this path, default ${B}/firmware"
+BAREBOX_FIRMWARE_DIR ??= "${B}/firmware"
+
+EXTRA_OEMAKE = " \
+    CROSS_COMPILE=${TARGET_PREFIX} -C ${S} O=${B} \
+    BUILDSYSTEM_VERSION=${BAREBOX_BUILDSYSTEM_VERSION} \
+    CONFIG_EXTRA_FIRMWARE_DIR=${BAREBOX_FIRMWARE_DIR} \
+    PKG_CONFIG=pkg-config-native \
+    CROSS_PKG_CONFIG=pkg-config \
+"
+
+BAREBOX_CONFIG[doc] = "The barebox kconfig defconfig file. Not used if a file called defconfig is added to the SRC_URI."
+BAREBOX_CONFIG ?= ""
+
+# set sensible default configs for some of oe-core's QEMU MACHINEs
+BAREBOX_CONFIG:qemuarm = "multi_v7_defconfig"
+BAREBOX_CONFIG:qemuarm64 = "multi_v8_defconfig"
+BAREBOX_CONFIG:qemux86-64 = "efi_defconfig"
+
+# prevent from acting as non-buildable provider
+python () {
+    bareboxconfig = d.getVar('BAREBOX_CONFIG')
+    bareboxdefconfig = 'file://defconfig' in d.getVar('SRC_URI')
+
+    if not bareboxconfig and not bareboxdefconfig:
+        raise bb.parse.SkipRecipe("BAREBOX_CONFIG must be set in the %s machine configuration or file://defconfig must be given in SRC_URI." % d.getVar("MACHINE"))
+}
+
+barebox_do_configure() {
+        if [ -e ${UNPACKDIR}/defconfig ]; then
+                cp ${UNPACKDIR}/defconfig ${B}/.config
+        else
+                if [ -n "${BAREBOX_CONFIG}" ]; then
+                        oe_runmake ${BAREBOX_CONFIG}
+                else
+                        bbfatal "No defconfig given. Either add file 'file://defconfig' to SRC_URI or set BAREBOX_CONFIG"
+                fi
+        fi
+
+        ${S}/scripts/kconfig/merge_config.sh -m .config ${@" ".join(find_cfgs(d))}
+        cml1_do_configure
+}
+
+BAREBOX_ENV_DIR[doc] = "Overlay the barebox built-in environment with the environment provided by the BSP if specified."
+BAREBOX_ENV_DIR ??= "${UNPACKDIR}/env/"
+
+barebox_do_compile () {
+        export userccflags="${TARGET_LDFLAGS}${HOST_CC_ARCH}${TOOLCHAIN_OPTIONS}"
+        unset LDFLAGS
+        unset CFLAGS
+        unset CPPFLAGS
+        unset CXXFLAGS
+        unset MACHINE
+        # Allow to use ${UNPACKDIR} in kconfig options to include additionally fetched files
+        export UNPACKDIR=${UNPACKDIR}
+
+        if [ -d ${BAREBOX_ENV_DIR} ]; then
+                BAREBOX_DEFAULT_ENV="$(grep ^CONFIG_DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_PATH .config | cut -d '=' -f 2 | tr -d '"')"
+                oe_runmake CONFIG_DEFAULT_ENVIRONMENT_PATH="\"${BAREBOX_DEFAULT_ENV} ${BAREBOX_ENV_DIR}\""
+        else
+                oe_runmake
+        fi
+}
+
+BAREBOX_BINARY[doc] = "Specify the barebox binary to install. If not specified all barebox artifacts are installed."
+BAREBOX_BINARY ??= "${@'barebox.efi' if d.getVar('EFI_PROVIDER') == 'barebox' else ''}"
+BAREBOX_SUFFIX[doc] = "Specify the suffix for ${BAREBOX_IMAGE}."
+BAREBOX_SUFFIX ??= "img"
+BAREBOX_IMAGE[doc] = "A unique barebox image name. Unused if ${BAREBOX_BINARY} is not set."
+BAREBOX_IMAGE_DEFAULT ?= "${PN}-${MACHINE}-${PV}-${PR}.${BAREBOX_SUFFIX}"
+BAREBOX_IMAGE ?= "${@'${EFI_BOOT_IMAGE}' if d.getVar('EFI_PROVIDER') == 'barebox' else '${BAREBOX_IMAGE_DEFAULT}'}"
+
+BAREBOX_INSTALL_PATH ?= "${@'${EFI_FILES_PATH}' if d.getVar('EFI_PROVIDER') == 'barebox' else '/boot'}"
+
+barebox_do_install () {
+        if [ -n "${BAREBOX_BINARY}" ]; then
+
+                BAREBOX_BIN=${B}/${BAREBOX_BINARY}
+                if [ ! -f "${BAREBOX_BIN}" ]; then
+                        BAREBOX_BIN=${B}/images/${BAREBOX_BINARY}
+                fi
+                if [ ! -f "${BAREBOX_BIN}" ]; then
+                        bbfatal "Failed to locate ${BAREBOX_BINARY}"
+                fi
+
+                install -D -m 644 ${BAREBOX_BIN} ${D}${BAREBOX_INSTALL_PATH}/${BAREBOX_IMAGE}
+                ln -sf ${BAREBOX_IMAGE} ${D}${BAREBOX_INSTALL_PATH}/${BAREBOX_BINARY}
+        else
+                install -d ${D}${BAREBOX_INSTALL_PATH}/
+                for image in $(cat ${B}/barebox-flash-images); do
+                        install -m 644 ${B}/${image} ${D}${BAREBOX_INSTALL_PATH}/
+                done
+        fi
+}
+FILES:${PN} = "${BAREBOX_INSTALL_PATH}"
+
+barebox_do_deploy () {
+        if [ -n "${BAREBOX_BINARY}" ]; then
+
+                BAREBOX_BIN=${B}/${BAREBOX_BINARY}
+                if [ ! -f "${BAREBOX_BIN}" ]; then
+                        BAREBOX_BIN=${B}/images/${BAREBOX_BINARY}
+                fi
+
+                install -D -m 644 ${BAREBOX_BIN} ${DEPLOYDIR}/${BAREBOX_IMAGE}
+                ln -sf ${BAREBOX_IMAGE} ${DEPLOYDIR}/${BAREBOX_BINARY}
+        else
+                for image in $(cat ${B}/barebox-flash-images); do
+                        cp ${B}/${image} ${DEPLOYDIR}
+                done
+        fi
+}
+addtask deploy after do_compile
+
+EXPORT_FUNCTIONS do_configure do_compile do_install do_deploy
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@  RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-automake = "Robert Yang <liezhi.yang@windriver.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-avahi = "Yi Zhao <yi.zhao@windriver.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-babeltrace = "Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-babeltrace2 = "Alexander Kanavin <alex.kanavin@gmail.com>"
+RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-barebox = "Enrico Jörns <yocto@pengutronix.de>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-baremetal-helloworld = "Alejandro Hernandez <alejandro@enedino.org>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-base-files = "Anuj Mittal <anuj.mittal@intel.com>"
 RECIPE_MAINTAINER:pn-base-passwd = "Anuj Mittal <anuj.mittal@intel.com>"
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@  but their recipes claim otherwise by setting UPSTREAM_VERSION_UNKNOWN. Please re
 
         def is_maintainer_exception(entry):
             exceptions = ["musl", "newlib", "picolibc", "linux-yocto", "linux-dummy", "mesa-gl", "libgfortran", "libx11-compose-data",
-                          "cve-update-nvd2-native",]
+                          "cve-update-nvd2-native", "barebox"]
             for i in exceptions:
                  if i in entry:
                      return True
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+SUMMARY = "barebox is a bootloader designed for embedded systems. It runs on a variety of architectures including x86, ARM, MIPS, PowerPC and others."
+DESCRIPTION = "barebox aims to be a versatile and flexible bootloader not only for booting embedded Linux systems, \
+but also for initial hardware bringup and development. \
+Users should feel right at home with a shell with UNIX-like virtual file system access to hardware, \
+Linux kernel driver API for making driver porting easier, \
+and a subset of the POSIX C library for writing more command-line utilities."
+HOMEPAGE = "https://barebox.org/"
+SECTION = "bootloaders"
+
+LIC_FILES_CHKSUM = "file://COPYING;md5=f5125d13e000b9ca1f0d3364286c4192"
+
+inherit barebox
+
+SRC_URI = "https://barebox.org/download/barebox-${PV}.tar.bz2"
+SRC_URI[sha256sum] = "b08a762da8d63dd18b4f2d9f5d0a8da001b6e608d1b3eff6dcebc6a2e575d535"