[RFC PATCH v1 9/9] tools: Add tool to create Renesas SPKG images

Pali Rohár pali at kernel.org
Tue Aug 9 15:03:48 CEST 2022


On Tuesday 09 August 2022 08:59:59 Ralph Siemsen wrote:
> From: Michel Pollet <michel.pollet at bp.renesas.com>
> 
> Renesas RZ/N1 devices contain BootROM code that loads a custom SPKG
> image from QSPI, NAND or USB DFU. This tool converts a binary image into
> an SPKG.
> 
> SPKGs can optionally be signed, however this tool does not currently
> support signed SPKGs.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Michel Pollet <michel.pollet at bp.renesas.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ralph Siemsen <ralph.siemsen at linaro.org>
> ---
> This tool could possibly be incorporated into mkimage / imagetools.
> However it is unclear how to handle the extra commandline parameters
> (NAND ECC settings, etc). So for now it is stand-alone tool.

Hello! You can use for example config file, like it has kwbimage.c which
is integrated into mkimage and has support for NAND ECC settings.

It is really better if BootROM specific image format is included in
standard mkimage and dumpimage tools instead of new custom vendor tools.


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