Re: [PATCH] lib: logo: support a single pre-rendered logo file as an alternative to SVG

Hoi Ahmad,


>
> Hello Johannes,
> 
> On 6/2/26 8:08 AM, Johannes Schneider wrote:
> > Add a "Logo source" choice that switches between the upstream behaviour
> > (BAREBOX_LOGO_STOCK -- render Documentation/barebox.svg at build time
> > with ImageMagick) and a new pre-rendered single-file mode
> > (BAREBOX_LOGO_FILE -- include one PNG verbatim, no conversion).
> >
> > The single-file mode addresses two issues for vendor-branded splashes
> > on fixed-resolution panels:
> >
> >   - The multi-size stock options can be combined; e.g. enabling 640
> >     and a hypothetical 800 variant in parallel embedded both blobs,
> >     even though only one is ever displayed on a given panel.  The new
> >     BAREBOX_LOGO_FILE selector replaces all of the BAREBOX_LOGO_<size>
> >     flags with a single configurable PNG path -- exactly one logo
> >     blob in the resulting binary.
> >
> >   - It removes the build-time ImageMagick dependency in the
> >     custom-logo path.  CI environments where Inkscape and ImageMagick
> >     versions drift (see the SELF_CALL=xxx Inkscape workaround at
> >     the top of cmd_png) can produce a pre-rendered PNG once and check
> >     it in.  Stock mode keeps its existing convert(1) chain.
> >
> > The new symbol is barebox-logo-custom; the resulting bblogo blob is
> > embedded under __bblogo_barebox_logo_custom_{start,end} and exposed at
> > /logo/barebox-logo-custom.<ext> in the running barebox.
> >
> > CONFIG_BAREBOX_LOGO_FILE_PATH selects the source PNG, relative to the
> > barebox srctree (default lib/logo/barebox-logo-custom.png).  The
> > existing BAREBOX_LOGO_64..640 size options remain available, gated on
> > BAREBOX_LOGO_STOCK.
> 
> CONFIG_BAREBOX_LOGO is solely about including the barebox logo.
> 
> To include your custom PNG, just put it into your environment (e.g.
> /env/data), no need to patch barebox. You are not even limited to one
> logo in that case.
>

... *that* is indeed the better solution.

so please disregard this patch :-S

>
> Tangentially related, I am in favor of including vendor logos (e.g. in
> your case Leica's) into barebox for use with the vendor board support,
> but these should also be SVGs IMO.
>

they are SVGs, but (now would) live in the yocto/bitbake level, not the sources
directly - like the rest of the files going into the /env while we build barebox


gruß
Johannes


>
> > Upstream-Status: Pending
> 
> Please drop this out-of-place tag.
> 
> Cheers,
> Ahmad
> 
> >
> > Assisted-by: Claude Opus 4.7 (1M context)
> > Signed-off-by: Johannes Schneider <[email protected]>
> > ---
> >  lib/logo/Kconfig  | 35 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  lib/logo/Makefile | 19 +++++++++++++++++++
> >  2 files changed, 54 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/lib/logo/Kconfig b/lib/logo/Kconfig
> > index 7e5a6fcb63..ab64ce242d 100644
> > --- a/lib/logo/Kconfig
> > +++ b/lib/logo/Kconfig
> > @@ -35,6 +35,30 @@ config BAREBOX_LOGO_QOI
> >
> >  endchoice
> >
> > +choice
> > +     prompt "Logo source"
> > +     default BAREBOX_LOGO_STOCK
> > +     help
> > +       Choose how the boot logo is produced.
> > +
> > +config BAREBOX_LOGO_STOCK
> > +     bool "Stock barebox logo (rendered from SVG)"
> > +     help
> > +       Render Documentation/barebox.svg at build time into the sizes
> > +       selected below.  Requires ImageMagick's convert tool in the
> > +       build environment.
> > +
> > +config BAREBOX_LOGO_FILE
> > +     bool "Pre-rendered logo from file"
> > +     help
> > +       Use a pre-rendered PNG as the boot logo, taken verbatim with
> > +       no build-time conversion.  Suitable for vendor-branded boot
> > +       splashes; no ImageMagick dependency.
> > +
> > +endchoice
> > +
> > +if BAREBOX_LOGO_STOCK
> > +
> >  config BAREBOX_LOGO_64
> >       bool "include 64x32 pixel logo"
> >
> > @@ -50,4 +74,15 @@ config BAREBOX_LOGO_400
> >  config BAREBOX_LOGO_640
> >       bool "include 640x320 pixel logo"
> >
> > +endif # BAREBOX_LOGO_STOCK
> > +
> > +config BAREBOX_LOGO_FILE_PATH
> > +     string "Pre-rendered logo path (relative to srctree)"
> > +     depends on BAREBOX_LOGO_FILE
> > +     default "lib/logo/barebox-logo-custom.png"
> > +     help
> > +       Path to the pre-rendered PNG, relative to the barebox source
> > +       tree.  The file is included as-is; drop it at this location
> > +       before invoking the build.
> > +
> >  endif # BAREBOX_LOGO
> > diff --git a/lib/logo/Makefile b/lib/logo/Makefile
> > index 9792a4699f..7bd7fbb352 100644
> > --- a/lib/logo/Makefile
> > +++ b/lib/logo/Makefile
> > @@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
> >  # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> >
> > +ifdef CONFIG_BAREBOX_LOGO_STOCK
> >  OPTS_barebox-logo-w64 = -resize 64
> >  bblogo-$(CONFIG_BAREBOX_LOGO_64) += barebox-logo-w64
> >
> > @@ -14,6 +15,14 @@ bblogo-$(CONFIG_BAREBOX_LOGO_400) += barebox-logo-w400
> >
> >  OPTS_barebox-logo-w640 = -resize 640
> >  bblogo-$(CONFIG_BAREBOX_LOGO_640) += barebox-logo-w640
> > +endif
> > +
> > +ifdef CONFIG_BAREBOX_LOGO_FILE
> > +# Strip the Kconfig string's surrounding quotes.
> > +barebox-logo-file-path := $(patsubst "%",%,$(CONFIG_BAREBOX_LOGO_FILE_PATH))
> > +
> > +bblogo-y += barebox-logo-custom
> > +endif
> >
> >  obj-y += $(patsubst %,%.bblogo.o,$(bblogo-y))
> >  extra-y += $(patsubst %,%.bblogo,$(bblogo-y))
> > @@ -62,6 +71,7 @@ endif
> >
> >  CONVERTOPTS += -background none
> >
> > +ifdef CONFIG_BAREBOX_LOGO_STOCK
> >  quiet_cmd_bmp = BMP     $@
> >        cmd_bmp = convert $(OPTS_$(@F:.bmp=)) $(CONVERTOPTS) $< bmp:$@
> >
> > @@ -76,6 +86,15 @@ quiet_cmd_png = PNG     $@
> >
> >  %.png: $(srctree)/Documentation/barebox.svg FORCE
> >       $(call if_changed,png)
> > +endif
> > +
> > +ifdef CONFIG_BAREBOX_LOGO_FILE
> > +quiet_cmd_logo_copy = COPY    $@
> > +      cmd_logo_copy = cp $< $@
> > +
> > +barebox-logo-custom.png: $(srctree)/$(barebox-logo-file-path) FORCE
> > +     $(call if_changed,logo_copy)
> > +endif
> >
> >  quiet_cmd_qoi = QOI     $@
> >        cmd_qoi =      $(objtree)/scripts/qoiconv $< $@
> >
> > base-commit: 81fbe2e8d0d445032498a0bfecf9fd270f00985a
>