[PATCH 1/4] doc: signature.txt: Document the keydir and keyfile arguments
Alexandru Gagniuc
mr.nuke.me at gmail.com
Thu Feb 4 20:57:02 CET 2021
After lots of debating, this documents how we'd like mkimage to treat
'keydir' and 'keyfile' arguments. The rest is in the docs.
Signed-off-by: Alexandru Gagniuc <mr.nuke.me at gmail.com>
---
doc/uImage.FIT/signature.txt | 13 +++++++++++++
1 file changed, 13 insertions(+)
diff --git a/doc/uImage.FIT/signature.txt b/doc/uImage.FIT/signature.txt
index 0139295d33..d9a9121190 100644
--- a/doc/uImage.FIT/signature.txt
+++ b/doc/uImage.FIT/signature.txt
@@ -472,6 +472,19 @@ Test Verified Boot Run: signed config with bad hash: OK
Test passed
+Software signing: keydir vs keyfile
+-----------------------------------
+
+In the simplest case, signing is done by giving mkimage the 'keyfile'. This is
+the path to a file containing the signing key.
+
+The alternative is to pass the 'keydir' argument. In this case the filename of
+the key is derived from the 'keydir' and the "key-name-hint" property in the
+FIT. In this case the "key-name-hint" property is mandatory, and the key must
+exist in "<keydir>/<key-name-hint>.<ext>" Here the extension "ext" is
+specific to the signing algorithm.
+
+
Hardware Signing with PKCS#11 or with HSM
-----------------------------------------
--
2.26.2
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