[U-Boot] [PATCH 4/6] spl: mmc: support loading i.MX container format file

[Marek Vasut]

On 5/20/19 3:30 AM, Peng Fan wrote:
> Hi Simon,
> 
>> Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/6] spl: mmc: support loading i.MX container format file
>>
>> Hi Peng,
>>
>> On Tue, 7 May 2019 at 06:52, Peng Fan <peng.fan at nxp.com> wrote:
>>>
>>> i.MX8 only support AHAB secure boot with Container format image, we
>>> could not use FIT to support secure boot, so introduce container
>>
>> Why not FIT?
> 
> Actually before we implement secure boot, we use FIT image, however
> i.MX8 only support i.MX container format image for secure boot,
> The chip will verify the container image when secure boot. It could not recognize
> FIT image. So we have to drop FIT image.
> 
>>
>>> support to let SPL could load container images.
>>
>> What is a container image? Can you please point to documentation?
> 
> Sadly, there is no public reference manual. There is a doc that has
> a bit of information. https://community.nxp.com/docs/DOC-343178

Shouldn't it suffice for the SPL to be in this custom format , while the
rest of the binaries can be in fitImage ?

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Best regards,
Marek Vasut