[U-Boot] [PATCH 0/5] FSL SECURE BOOT: Add support for next level image validation

[Kim Phillips]

On Fri, 29 Mar 2013 04:43:23 +0000
Gupta Ruchika-R66431 <R66431 at freescale.com> wrote:

> > From: otavio.salvador at gmail.com [mailto:otavio.salvador at gmail.com] On Behalf
> > Of Otavio Salvador
> > Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 8:23 PM
> > To: Gupta Ruchika-R66431
> > Cc: U-Boot Mailing List; Fleming Andy-AFLEMING
> > Subject: Re: [U-Boot] [PATCH 0/5] FSL SECURE BOOT: Add support for next
> > level image validation
> > 
> > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 7:46 AM, Ruchika Gupta <ruchika.gupta at freescale.com>
> > wrote:
> > > The patch set adds support for next level image validation (linux,
> > > rootfs, dtb) in secure boot scenarios.
> > 
> > It seems to focus in PowerPC, do you know if same code could be ported to
> > ARM?
> For the code to be ported to ARM platform, corresponding hardware blocks like cryptographic accelerator/SW support for crypto operations, IOMMU and a security monitor block will be required.

i.mx6 has, and other future ARM-based devices will have, a CAAM, so
I see no reason why any of this code should be restricted to power
arch at all.

How does this patchseries integrate with this SHA offload
patchseries:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot/156321

and this "verified boot" implementation:

http://article.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot/156422

?

Kim