Merge branch 'feature/rename-bootloader_ld' into 'master'

change(bootloader): rename bootloader.ld -> bootloader.ld.in

Closes IDF-9793

See merge request !42014

components/bootloader/subproject/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -69,9 +69,9 @@ set(LD_DEFAULT_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/main/ld/${IDF_TARGET}")
 idf_build_set_property(BOOTLOADER_LINKER_SCRIPT "${LD_DEFAULT_PATH}/bootloader.rom.ld" APPEND)
 project(bootloader)
 if(CONFIG_ESP32P4_REV_MIN_300)
-    target_linker_script("__idf_main" INTERFACE "${LD_DEFAULT_PATH}/bootloader.rev3.ld")
+    target_linker_script("__idf_main" INTERFACE "${LD_DEFAULT_PATH}/bootloader.rev3.ld.in")
 else()
-    target_linker_script("__idf_main" INTERFACE "${LD_DEFAULT_PATH}/bootloader.ld")
+    target_linker_script("__idf_main" INTERFACE "${LD_DEFAULT_PATH}/bootloader.ld.in")
 endif()
 
 idf_build_set_property(COMPILE_DEFINITIONS "BOOTLOADER_BUILD=1" APPEND)

components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32/bootloader.ld.in

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#include "sdkconfig.h"
+
 /*
 Linker file used to link the bootloader.
 */

components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32c2/bootloader.ld.in

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#include "sdkconfig.h"
+
 /** Simplified memory map for the bootloader.
  *  Make sure the bootloader can load into main memory without overwriting itself.
  *

components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32c3/bootloader.ld.in

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#include "sdkconfig.h"
+
 /** Simplified memory map for the bootloader.
  *  Make sure the bootloader can load into main memory without overwriting itself.
  *

components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32c5/bootloader.ld.in

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#include "sdkconfig.h"
+
 /** Simplified memory map for the bootloader.
  *  Make sure the bootloader can load into main memory without overwriting itself.
  *

components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32c6/bootloader.ld.in

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#include "sdkconfig.h"
+
 /** Simplified memory map for the bootloader.
  *  Make sure the bootloader can load into main memory without overwriting itself.
  *

components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32c61/bootloader.ld.in

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#include "sdkconfig.h"
+
 /** Simplified memory map for the bootloader.
  *  Make sure the bootloader can load into main memory without overwriting itself.
  *

components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32h2/bootloader.ld.in

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#include "sdkconfig.h"
+
 /** Simplified memory map for the bootloader.
  *  Make sure the bootloader can load into main memory without overwriting itself.
  *

components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32h21/bootloader.ld.in

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#include "sdkconfig.h"
+
 /** Simplified memory map for the bootloader.
  *  Make sure the bootloader can load into main memory without overwriting itself.
  *

components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32h4/bootloader.ld.in

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#include "sdkconfig.h"
+
 /** Simplified memory map for the bootloader.
  *  Make sure the bootloader can load into main memory without overwriting itself.
  *

components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32p4/bootloader.ld.in

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#include "sdkconfig.h"
+
 /**
  * Simplified memory map for the bootloader.
  *  Make sure the bootloader can load into main memory without overwriting itself.

components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32p4/bootloader.rev3.ld.in

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#include "sdkconfig.h"
+
 /**
  * Simplified memory map for the bootloader.
  *  Make sure the bootloader can load into main memory without overwriting itself.

components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32s2/bootloader.ld.in

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#include "sdkconfig.h"
+
 /* Simplified memory map for the bootloader.
  * Make sure the bootloader can load into main memory without overwriting itself.
  */

components/bootloader/subproject/main/ld/esp32s3/bootloader.ld.in

@@ -3,6 +3,9 @@
  *
  * SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
  */
+
+#include "sdkconfig.h"
+
 /** Simplified memory map for the bootloader.
  *  Make sure the bootloader can load into main memory without overwriting itself.
  *

components/bootloader_support/private_include/bootloader_init.h

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ extern "C" {
 
 /**@{*/
 /**
- * @brief labels from bootloader linker script: bootloader.ld
+ * @brief labels from bootloader linker script: bootloader.ld.in
  *
  */
 extern int _bss_start;

components/esp_system/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -99,7 +99,15 @@ else()
         PROPERTIES COMPILE_FLAGS
         -fno-stack-protector)
 
-    include(${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/ld/ld.cmake)
+    target_linker_script(${COMPONENT_LIB} INTERFACE "ld/${target}/memory.ld.in")
+
+    # Generate sections.ld.in and pass it through linker script generator
+    set(sections_name "ld/${target}/sections.ld.in")
+    if(CONFIG_ESP32P4_REV_MIN_300)
+        set(sections_name "ld/${target}/sections.rev3.ld.in")
+    endif()
+    target_linker_script(${COMPONENT_LIB} INTERFACE "${sections_name}"
+                        PROCESS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ld/sections.ld")
 endif()
 
 if(CONFIG_IDF_ENV_FPGA OR CONFIG_ESP_BRINGUP_BYPASS_CPU_CLK_SETTING)

components/esp_system/ld/esp32s3/memory.ld.in

@@ -28,7 +28,7 @@
 
 #define SRAM_IRAM_START     0x40370000
 #define SRAM_DIRAM_I_START  0x40378000
-#define SRAM_IRAM_END       0x403CB700 /* Please refer to ESP32-S3 bootloader.ld for more information on this */
+#define SRAM_IRAM_END       0x403CB700 /* Please refer to ESP32-S3 bootloader linker script for more information on this */
 #define I_D_SRAM_OFFSET     (SRAM_DIRAM_I_START - SRAM_DRAM_START)
 
 #define SRAM_DRAM_START     0x3FC88000

components/esp_system/ld/ld.cmake

@@ -1,57 +0,0 @@
-idf_build_get_property(target IDF_TARGET)
-idf_build_get_property(sdkconfig_header SDKCONFIG_HEADER)
-idf_build_get_property(config_dir CONFIG_DIR)
-
-file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ld")
-
-# Cmake script that generates linker script from "*.ld.in" scripts using compiler preprocessor
-set(linker_script_generator "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ld/linker_script_generator.cmake")
-file(WRITE ${linker_script_generator}
-[=[
-execute_process(COMMAND "${CC}" "-C" "-P" "-x" "c" "-E" "-I" "${CONFIG_DIR}" "-I" "${LD_DIR}" "${SOURCE}"
-                RESULT_VARIABLE RET_CODE
-                OUTPUT_VARIABLE PREPROCESSED_LINKER_SCRIPT
-                ERROR_VARIABLE ERROR_VAR)
-if(RET_CODE AND NOT RET_CODE EQUAL 0)
-    message(FATAL_ERROR "Can't generate ${TARGET}\nRET_CODE: ${RET_CODE}\nERROR_MESSAGE: ${ERROR_VAR}")
-endif()
-string(REPLACE "\\n" "\n" TEXT "${PREPROCESSED_LINKER_SCRIPT}")
-file(WRITE "${TARGET}" "${TEXT}")
-]=])
-
-set(target_folder "${target}")
-
-function(preprocess_linker_file name_in name_out out_path)
-    set(script_in "${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}/${target_folder}/${name_in}")
-    set(script_out "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ld/${name_out}")
-    set(${out_path} ${script_out} PARENT_SCOPE)
-
-    add_custom_command(
-        OUTPUT ${script_out}
-        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
-            "-DCC=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}"
-            "-DSOURCE=${script_in}"
-            "-DTARGET=${script_out}"
-            "-DCONFIG_DIR=${config_dir}"
-            "-DLD_DIR=${CMAKE_CURRENT_LIST_DIR}"
-            -P "${linker_script_generator}"
-        MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${script_in}
-        DEPENDS ${sdkconfig_header}
-        COMMENT "Generating ${script_out} linker script..."
-        VERBATIM)
-    add_custom_target("${name_out}" DEPENDS "${script_out}")
-    add_dependencies(${COMPONENT_LIB} "${name_out}")
-endfunction()
-
-# Generate memory.ld
-preprocess_linker_file("memory.ld.in" "memory.ld" ld_out_path)
-target_linker_script(${COMPONENT_LIB} INTERFACE "${ld_out_path}")
-
-# Generate sections.ld.in and pass it through linker script generator
-if(CONFIG_ESP32P4_REV_MIN_300)
-    preprocess_linker_file("sections.rev3.ld.in" "sections.ld.in" ld_out_path)
-else()
-    preprocess_linker_file("sections.ld.in" "sections.ld.in" ld_out_path)
-endif()
-target_linker_script(${COMPONENT_LIB} INTERFACE "${ld_out_path}"
-                    PROCESS "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ld/sections.ld")

tools/cmake/linker_script_preprocessor.cmake

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+# Split CFLAGS string into list for proper argument passing
+# Uses UNIX_COMMAND method because NATIVE_COMMAND has issues on Windows
+# where the first argument is parsed specially, causing problems with quoted paths
+# Note: Paths are expected to be quoted in the CFLAGS variable
+separate_arguments(CFLAGS_LIST UNIX_COMMAND "${CFLAGS}")
+
+execute_process(COMMAND "${CC}" "-C" "-P" "-x" "c" "-E" ${CFLAGS_LIST} "${SOURCE}"
+                RESULT_VARIABLE RET_CODE
+                OUTPUT_VARIABLE PREPROCESSED_LINKER_SCRIPT
+                ERROR_VARIABLE ERROR_VAR)
+if(RET_CODE AND NOT RET_CODE EQUAL 0)
+    message(FATAL_ERROR "Can't generate ${TARGET}\nRET_CODE: ${RET_CODE}\nERROR_MESSAGE: ${ERROR_VAR}")
+endif()
+string(REPLACE "\\n" "\n" TEXT "${PREPROCESSED_LINKER_SCRIPT}")
+file(WRITE "${TARGET}" "${TEXT}")

tools/cmake/utilities.cmake

@@ -132,18 +132,112 @@ function(file_append_line file line)
     file(APPEND "${file}" "${line}${line_ending}")
 endfunction()
 
-# Add one or more linker scripts to the target, including a link-time dependency
+# Preprocess linker script using C preprocessor
 #
-# Automatically adds a -L search path for the containing directory (if found),
+# Processes .in linker script files through the C preprocessor to handle:
-# and then adds -T with the filename only. This allows INCLUDE directives to be
+# - #include directives for modular linker scripts
-# used to include other linker scripts in the same directory.
+# - #define macros and conditional compilation
+# - Config-dependent linker script generation
+#
+# This function creates a custom command to preprocess the input script,
+# determines the appropriate output path, and generates a CMake target for dependency tracking.
+#
+# Parameters:
+#   cmake_target    - CMake target to add dependencies to
+#   script_in       - Input .in file path (absolute)
+#   output_var      - Variable name to store the resulting output path
+#   preserve_suffix - Whether to keep .in suffix in output filename (optional)
+function(preprocess_linker_file cmake_target script_in output_var preserve_suffix)
+    set(output_dir "${CMAKE_CURRENT_BINARY_DIR}/ld")
+    # Ensure output directory exists
+    file(MAKE_DIRECTORY "${output_dir}")
+
+    # Determine output filename with conditional .in suffix removal
+    get_filename_component(script_name "${script_in}" NAME)
+    set(script_out "${output_dir}/${script_name}")
+
+    # Remove .in suffix if not preserving it
+    if(NOT preserve_suffix)
+        string(REGEX REPLACE "\\.in$" "" script_out "${script_out}")
+    endif()
+
+    # Return the output path to caller
+    set(${output_var} "${script_out}" PARENT_SCOPE)
+
+    # Get build properties
+    idf_build_get_property(sdkconfig_header SDKCONFIG_HEADER)
+    idf_build_get_property(config_dir CONFIG_DIR)
+    idf_build_get_property(idf_path IDF_PATH)
+    idf_build_get_property(idf_target IDF_TARGET)
+
+    # Reference the linker script generator
+    set(linker_script_generator "${idf_path}/tools/cmake/linker_script_preprocessor.cmake")
+
+    # check if the script_in parent directory is the name of the idf_target
+    get_filename_component(script_parent_dir "${script_in}" DIRECTORY)
+    get_filename_component(script_parent_name "${script_parent_dir}" NAME)
+
+    # Initialize extra_cflags to avoid undefined variable
+    set(extra_cflags "")
+
+    if(script_parent_name STREQUAL idf_target)
+        # Add "../.." directory to include path (e.g. for esp_system component)
+        get_filename_component(dir_to_include "${script_parent_dir}" DIRECTORY)
+        set(extra_cflags "-I\"${dir_to_include}\"")
+    endif()
+
+    add_custom_command(
+        OUTPUT ${script_out}
+        COMMAND ${CMAKE_COMMAND}
+            "-DCC=${CMAKE_C_COMPILER}"
+            "-DSOURCE=${script_in}"
+            "-DTARGET=${script_out}"
+            "-DCFLAGS=-I\"${config_dir}\" ${extra_cflags}"
+            -P "${linker_script_generator}"
+        MAIN_DEPENDENCY ${script_in}
+        DEPENDS ${sdkconfig_header}
+        COMMENT "Preprocessing linker script ${script_in} -> ${script_out}"
+        VERBATIM)
+
+    # Create target name based on script filename
+    string(MAKE_C_IDENTIFIER "${script_name}_preprocess" target_name)
+    add_custom_target("${target_name}" DEPENDS "${script_out}")
+
+    add_dependencies(${cmake_target} "${target_name}")
+endfunction()
+
+# Add one or more linker scripts to the target, including a link-time dependency.
+#
+# Core Features:
+# - Adds -L search path for the containing directory (enables INCLUDE directives)
+# - Adds -T with the filename only for linker command
+# - Automatically preprocesses .in files using C preprocessor
+# - Supports explicit PROCESS parameter to enable ldgen processing
+#
+# Parameters:
+#   target      - Target to add linker scripts to
+#   deptype     - Dependency type (PUBLIC, PRIVATE, INTERFACE)
+#   scriptfiles - List of linker script files (.ld, .ld.in, etc.)
+#   PROCESS     - Optional: enable ldgen processing
 function(target_linker_script target deptype scriptfiles)
     cmake_parse_arguments(_ "" "PROCESS" "" ${ARGN})
     foreach(scriptfile ${scriptfiles})
         get_filename_component(abs_script "${scriptfile}" ABSOLUTE)
         message(STATUS "Adding linker script ${abs_script}")
 
+        # === SCRIPT PROCESSING PIPELINE ===
+        # Stage 1: Auto-preprocess .in files (C preprocessor)
+        # Stage 2: Apply explicit template processing (ldgen templates)
+
+        # Stage 1: Handle .in files with C preprocessor
+        if(abs_script MATCHES "\\.in$")
+            message(STATUS "  -> Preprocessing .in script: ${abs_script}")
+            preprocess_linker_file("${target}" "${abs_script}" abs_script "${__PROCESS}")
+        endif()
+
+        # Stage 2: Apply explicit ldgen template processing (if requested)
         if(__PROCESS)
+            message(STATUS "  -> Applying ldgen processing: ${abs_script}")
             get_filename_component(output "${__PROCESS}" ABSOLUTE)
             __ldgen_process_template(${abs_script} ${output})
             set(abs_script ${output})
@@ -165,7 +259,7 @@ function(target_linker_script target deptype scriptfiles)
         # For the time being, record all linker scripts in __LINK_DEPENDS and attach manually to
         # the executable target once it is known.
         if(NOT __PROCESS)
-            idf_build_set_property(__LINK_DEPENDS ${abs_script} APPEND)
+            idf_build_set_property(__LINK_DEPENDS "${abs_script}" APPEND)
         endif()
     endforeach()
 endfunction()

tools/idf_py_actions/hints.yml

@@ -579,3 +579,7 @@
 -
     re: "error: implicit declaration of function 'esp_lcd_new_panel_nt35510'"
     hint: "The NT35510 LCD device driver has been moved out of ESP-IDF and is now hosted in the Component Registry. You can add it to your project by running idf.py add-dependency \"espressif/esp_lcd_nt35510\""
+
+-
+    re: "cannot open linker script file bootloader.ld"
+    hint: "The file 'bootloader.ld' was renamed to 'bootloader.ld.in' in ESP-IDF v6.0. Please use update your build scripts."