[PATCH v5 00/23] FWU: Add FWU Multi Bank Update feature support
Sughosh Ganu
sughosh.ganu at linaro.org
Tue Jun 21 11:23:08 CEST 2022
hi,
On Mon, 20 Jun 2022 at 23:42, Patrick DELAUNAY
<patrick.delaunay at foss.st.com> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> On 6/9/22 14:29, Sughosh Ganu wrote:
> > The patchset adds support for the FWU Multi Bank Update[1]
> > feature. Certain aspects of the Dependable Boot[2] specification have
> > also been implemented.
> >
> > The FWU multi bank update feature is used for supporting multiple
> > sets(also called banks) of firmware image(s), allowing the platform to
> > boot from a different bank, in case it fails to boot from the active
> > bank. This functionality is supported by keeping the relevant
> > information in a structure called metadata, which provides information
> > on the images. Among other parameters, the metadata structure contains
> > information on the currect active bank that is being used to boot
> > image(s).
> >
> > Functionality is being added to work with the UEFI capsule driver in
> > u-boot. The metadata is read to gather information on the update bank,
> > which is the bank to which the firmware images would be flashed to. On
> > a successful completion of the update of all components, the active
> > bank field in the metadata is updated, to reflect the bank from which
> > the platform will boot on the subsequent boots.
> >
> > Currently, the feature is being enabled on the STM32MP157C-DK2 and
> > Synquacer boards. The DK2 board boots a FIP image from a uSD card
> > partitioned with the GPT partioning scheme, while the Synquacer board
> > boots a FIP image from a MTD partitioned SPI NOR flash device.
> >
> > This feature also requires changes in a previous stage of
> > bootloader, which parses the metadata and selects the bank to boot the
> > image(s) from. Support has being added in tf-a(BL2 stage) for the
> > STM32MP157C-DK2 board to boot the active bank images. These changes
> > have been merged to the upstream tf-a repository.
> >
> > Earlier, two separate patchsets were being sent. The patchset sent by
> > me was adding support for the feature, and enabling the feature on the
> > ST board. The other set of patches were being sent by Masami
> > Hiramatsu, which were enabling the feature on the Synquacer
> > platform. This patchset contains both set of patches, along with the
> > associated documentation and the python test script for testing the
> > feature.
> >
> > The upstreaming effort for this feature had been put on a temporary
> > hold to address the fixing of some issues in the capsule update code,
> > primarily using a per platform image GUID for the updatable
> > images. Now that the series has been merged, upstreaming effort for
> > the FWU update feature is being resumed. Hence, this version does not
> > have any review comments being addressed.
> >
> >
> > [1] - https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0118/a
> > [2] - https://git.codelinaro.org/linaro/dependable-boot/mbfw/uploads/6f7ddfe3be24e18d4319e108a758d02e/mbfw.pdf
> >
> > Jassi Brar (1):
> > developerbox: synquacer: Use FIP as the updatable image
> >
> > Masami Hiramatsu (9):
> > FWU: Add FWU metadata access driver for non-GPT MTD devices
> > dt/bindings: firmware: Add FWU metadata on MTD devices binding
> > tools: Add mkfwumdata tool for FWU metadata image
> > FWU: doc: Update documentation for the FWU non-GPT MTD
> > synquacer: Update for TBBR (BL2) based new FIP layout
> > FWU: synquacer: Add FWU Multi bank update support for DeveloperBox
> > FWU: synquacer: Generate dfu_alt_info from devicetree partition
> > doc: synquacer: Add how to enable FWU Multi Bank Update
> > [TEMP]configs: synquacer: Add FWU support for DeveloperBox
> >
> > Sughosh Ganu (13):
> > dt/bindings: Add bindings for FWU Metadata storage device
> > FWU: Add FWU metadata structure and driver for accessing metadata
> > FWU: Add FWU metadata access driver for GPT partitioned block devices
> > stm32mp1: dk2: Add a node for the FWU metadata device
> > stm32mp1: dk2: Add image information for capsule updates
> > FWU: stm32mp1: Add helper functions for accessing FWU metadata
> > FWU: STM32MP1: Add support to read boot index from backup register
> > FWU: Add boot time checks as highlighted by the FWU specification
> > FWU: Add support for the FWU Multi Bank Update feature
> > FWU: cmd: Add a command to read FWU metadata
> > mkeficapsule: Add support for generating empty capsules
> > FWU: doc: Add documentation for the FWU feature
> > sandbox: fwu: Add support for testing FWU feature on sandbox
> >
> > arch/arm/dts/stm32mp157c-dk2-u-boot.dtsi | 7 +
> > .../synquacer-sc2a11-developerbox-u-boot.dtsi | 40 +-
> > arch/arm/mach-stm32mp/include/mach/stm32.h | 4 +
> > arch/sandbox/Kconfig | 6 +
> > arch/sandbox/dts/test.dts | 45 +-
> > board/sandbox/sandbox.c | 49 ++
> > board/socionext/developerbox/Kconfig | 14 +
> > board/socionext/developerbox/Makefile | 1 +
> > board/socionext/developerbox/developerbox.c | 17 +-
> > board/socionext/developerbox/fwu_plat.c | 200 ++++++++
> > board/st/stm32mp1/stm32mp1.c | 141 ++++++
> > cmd/Kconfig | 7 +
> > cmd/Makefile | 1 +
> > cmd/fwu_mdata.c | 74 +++
> > common/board_r.c | 5 +
> > configs/sandbox64_defconfig | 12 +-
> > configs/synquacer_developerbox_defconfig | 10 +-
> > doc/board/socionext/developerbox.rst | 110 +++++
> > doc/develop/uefi/fwu_updates.rst | 200 ++++++++
> > doc/develop/uefi/index.rst | 1 +
> > doc/develop/uefi/uefi.rst | 2 +
> > .../firmware/fwu-mdata.txt | 18 +
> > .../firmware/uboot,fwu-mdata-mtd.yaml | 38 ++
> > doc/mkeficapsule.1 | 29 +-
> > drivers/Kconfig | 2 +
> > drivers/Makefile | 1 +
> > drivers/fwu-mdata/Kconfig | 24 +
> > drivers/fwu-mdata/Makefile | 8 +
> > drivers/fwu-mdata/fwu-mdata-uclass.c | 459 ++++++++++++++++++
> > drivers/fwu-mdata/fwu_mdata_gpt_blk.c | 404 +++++++++++++++
> > drivers/fwu-mdata/fwu_mdata_mtd.c | 308 ++++++++++++
> > include/configs/stm32mp15_common.h | 4 +
> > include/configs/synquacer.h | 21 +-
> > include/dm/uclass-id.h | 1 +
> > include/fwu.h | 74 +++
> > include/fwu_mdata.h | 67 +++
> > lib/Kconfig | 6 +
> > lib/Makefile | 1 +
> > lib/efi_loader/efi_capsule.c | 231 ++++++++-
> > lib/efi_loader/efi_setup.c | 3 +-
> > lib/fwu_updates/Kconfig | 31 ++
> > lib/fwu_updates/Makefile | 7 +
> > lib/fwu_updates/fwu.c | 206 ++++++++
> > lib/fwu_updates/fwu_mtd.c | 173 +++++++
> > .../test_capsule_firmware_fit.py | 1 -
> > .../py/tests/test_fwu_updates/capsule_defs.py | 10 +
> > test/py/tests/test_fwu_updates/conftest.py | 78 +++
> > .../test_fwu_updates/test_fwu_updates.py | 367 ++++++++++++++
> > tools/Kconfig | 9 +
> > tools/Makefile | 4 +
> > tools/eficapsule.h | 8 +
> > tools/mkeficapsule.c | 139 +++++-
> > tools/mkfwumdata.c | 298 ++++++++++++
> > 53 files changed, 3903 insertions(+), 73 deletions(-)
> > create mode 100644 board/socionext/developerbox/fwu_plat.c
> > create mode 100644 cmd/fwu_mdata.c
> > create mode 100644 doc/develop/uefi/fwu_updates.rst
> > create mode 100644 doc/device-tree-bindings/firmware/fwu-mdata.txt
> > create mode 100644 doc/device-tree-bindings/firmware/uboot,fwu-mdata-mtd.yaml
> > create mode 100644 drivers/fwu-mdata/Kconfig
> > create mode 100644 drivers/fwu-mdata/Makefile
> > create mode 100644 drivers/fwu-mdata/fwu-mdata-uclass.c
> > create mode 100644 drivers/fwu-mdata/fwu_mdata_gpt_blk.c
> > create mode 100644 drivers/fwu-mdata/fwu_mdata_mtd.c
> > create mode 100644 include/fwu.h
> > create mode 100644 include/fwu_mdata.h
> > create mode 100644 lib/fwu_updates/Kconfig
> > create mode 100644 lib/fwu_updates/Makefile
> > create mode 100644 lib/fwu_updates/fwu.c
> > create mode 100644 lib/fwu_updates/fwu_mtd.c
> > create mode 100644 test/py/tests/test_fwu_updates/capsule_defs.py
> > create mode 100644 test/py/tests/test_fwu_updates/conftest.py
> > create mode 100644 test/py/tests/test_fwu_updates/test_fwu_updates.py
> > create mode 100644 tools/mkfwumdata.c
> >
>
> Minor remark for all the added files with SPDX-License-Identifier
>
> "GPL-2.0+" is obsolete are replaced by "GPL-2.0-or-later"
>
> Reference: _https://spdx.dev/ids/_ <https://spdx.dev/ids/>:
> *_GNU licenses_*
> For GNU licenses, do not use just the bare license ID, such as “GPL-2.0”.
> Instead, always use either the suffix “-only“ or the suffix “-or-later“
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Will change in the next version. Thanks.
-sughosh
>
>
> regards
>
> Patrick
>
>
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