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authorSimon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>2024-08-26 13:11:39 -0600
committerSimon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>2024-09-26 12:40:30 +0200
commit01a609930b996499b36418108125ee53ab7094b5 (patch)
tree748967827daf391f922da36539595a4767c64565 /tools/binman/elf.py
parentf2154c30f6174eb27dfe92c91950f6436f802f1b (diff)
binman: Add minor improvements to symbol-writing
Add a clarification to the documentation and add a missing comment. Also update the test so that when it fails it is easier to see what is going on, rather than having to decode hex strings. Signed-off-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
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diff --git a/tools/binman/elf.py b/tools/binman/elf.py
index 1c3b1e225f4..73394830ebe 100644
--- a/tools/binman/elf.py
+++ b/tools/binman/elf.py
@@ -247,7 +247,8 @@ def LookupAndWriteSymbols(elf_fname, entry, section, is_elf=False,
entry
entry: Entry to process
section: Section which can be used to lookup symbol values
- base_sym: Base symbol marking the start of the image
+ base_sym: Base symbol marking the start of the image (__image_copy_start
+ by default)
Returns:
int: Number of symbols written