[PATCH 3/3] doc: Update CapsuleUpdate READMEs

Ilias Apalodimas ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org
Fri Jul 16 09:09:40 CEST 2021


> > +
> > +The directory \EFI\UpdateCapsule is checked for capsules only within the
> > +EFI system partition on the device specified in the active boot option
> > +determine by reference to BootNext variable or BootOrder variable processing.
> 
> %s/determine/determined/
> 

sure 

> > +The active Boot Variable is the variable with highest priority BootNext or
> 
> Does only the device have to be present or also the file?
> Should we check only the binary or also the initrd?

I don't follow on the initrd.
The whole paragraph is copied verbatim from the EFI spec. Basically you
need a valid boot option (with priority) that points to the ESP partition
your capsule is.  Akashi's code is also doing the right thing following the
spec.

Regards
/Ilias
> 
> Best regards
> 
> Heinrich
> 
> > +within BootOrder that refers to a device found to be present. Boot variables
> > +in BootOrder but referring to devices not present are ignored when determining
> > +active boot variable.
> > +Before starting a capsule update make sure your capsules are installed in the
> > +correct ESP partition or set BootNext.
> > +
> > +Performing the update
> > +*********************
> > +
> > +Since U-boot doesn't currently support SetVariable at runtime there's a Kconfig
> > +option (CONFIG_EFI_IGNORE_OSINDICATIONS) to disable the OsIndications variable
> > +check. If that option is enabled just copy your capsule to \EFI\UpdateCapsule.
> > +
> > +If that option is disabled, you'll need to set the OsIndications variable with::
> > +
> > +    => setenv -e -nv -bs -rt -v OsIndications =0x04
> > +
> > +Finally, the capsule update can be initiated either by rebooting the board,
> > +which is the preferred method, or by issuing the following command::
> > +
> > +    => efidebug capsule disk-update
> > +
> > +**The efidebug command is should only be used during debugging/development.**
> > +
> > +Enabling Capsule Authentication
> > +*******************************
> > +
> > +The UEFI specification defines a way of authenticating the capsule to
> > +be updated by verifying the capsule signature. The capsule signature
> > +is computed and prepended to the capsule payload at the time of
> > +capsule generation. This signature is then verified by using the
> > +public key stored as part of the X509 certificate. This certificate is
> > +in the form of an efi signature list (esl) file, which is embedded as
> > +part of U-Boot.
> > +
> > +The capsule authentication feature can be enabled through the
> > +following config, in addition to the configs listed above for capsule
> > +update::
> > +
> > +    CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_AUTHENTICATE=y
> > +    CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_KEY_PATH=<path to .esl cert>
> > +
> > +The public and private keys used for the signing process are generated
> > +and used by the steps highlighted below::
> > +
> > +    1. Install utility commands on your host
> > +       * OPENSSL
> > +       * efitools
> > +
> > +    2. Create signing keys and certificate files on your host
> > +
> > +        $ openssl req -x509 -sha256 -newkey rsa:2048 -subj /CN=CRT/ \
> > +            -keyout CRT.key -out CRT.crt -nodes -days 365
> > +        $ cert-to-efi-sig-list CRT.crt CRT.esl
> > +
> > +        $ openssl x509 -in CRT.crt -out CRT.cer -outform DER
> > +        $ openssl x509 -inform DER -in CRT.cer -outform PEM -out CRT.pub.pem
> > +
> > +        $ openssl pkcs12 -export -out CRT.pfx -inkey CRT.key -in CRT.crt
> > +        $ openssl pkcs12 -in CRT.pfx -nodes -out CRT.pem
> > +
> > +The capsule file can be generated by using the GenerateCapsule.py
> > +script in EDKII::
> > +
> > +    $ ./BaseTools/BinWrappers/PosixLike/GenerateCapsule -e -o \
> > +      <capsule_file_name> --monotonic-count <val> --fw-version \
> > +      <val> --lsv <val> --guid \
> > +      e2bb9c06-70e9-4b14-97a3-5a7913176e3f --verbose \
> > +      --update-image-index <val> --signer-private-cert \
> > +      /path/to/CRT.pem --trusted-public-cert \
> > +      /path/to/CRT.pub.pem --other-public-cert /path/to/CRT.pub.pem \
> > +      <u-boot.bin>
> > +
> > +Place the capsule generated in the above step on the EFI System
> > +Partition under the EFI/UpdateCapsule directory
> > +
> > +Testing on QEMU
> > +***************
> > +
> > +Currently, support has been added on the QEMU ARM64 virt platform for
> > +updating the U-Boot binary as a raw image when the platform is booted
> > +in non-secure mode, i.e. with CONFIG_TFABOOT disabled. For this
> > +configuration, the QEMU platform needs to be booted with
> > +'secure=off'. The U-Boot binary placed on the first bank of the NOR
> > +flash at offset 0x0. The U-Boot environment is placed on the second
> > +NOR flash bank at offset 0x4000000.
> > +
> > +The capsule update feature is enabled with the following configuration
> > +settings::
> > +
> > +    CONFIG_MTD=y
> > +    CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD=y
> > +    CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS=y
> > +    CONFIG_CMD_DFU=y
> > +    CONFIG_DFU_MTD=y
> > +    CONFIG_PCI_INIT_R=y
> > +    CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_ON_DISK=y
> > +    CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_FIRMWARE_MANAGEMENT=y
> > +    CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_FIRMWARE=y
> > +    CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_FIRMWARE_RAW=y
> > +    CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_FMP_HEADER=y
> > +
> > +In addition, the following config needs to be disabled(QEMU ARM specific)::
> > +
> > +    CONFIG_TFABOOT
> > +
> > +The capsule file can be generated by using the tools/mkeficapsule::
> > +
> > +    $ mkeficapsule --raw <u-boot.bin> --index 1 <capsule_file_name>
> > +
> >   Executing the boot manager
> >   ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > 
> > 
> 


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