[PATCHv2 4/5] fwu: DeveloperBox: add support for FWU

[AKASHI Takahiro]

On Mon, Oct 03, 2022 at 04:51:32PM +0300, Ilias Apalodimas wrote:
> Hi Jassi,
> 
> On Mon, 3 Oct 2022 at 16:40, Jassi Brar <jassisinghbrar at gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 6:04 AM AKASHI Takahiro
> > <takahiro.akashi at linaro.org> wrote:
> >
> > > > diff --git a/board/socionext/developerbox/developerbox.c b/board/socionext/developerbox/developerbox.c
> > > > index f5a5fe0121..a0db26eaf3 100644
> > > > --- a/board/socionext/developerbox/developerbox.c
> > > > +++ b/board/socionext/developerbox/developerbox.c
> > > > @@ -20,6 +20,13 @@
> > > >
> > > >  #if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(EFI_HAVE_CAPSULE_SUPPORT)
> > > >  struct efi_fw_image fw_images[] = {
> > > > +#if defined(CONFIG_FWU_MULTI_BANK_UPDATE)
> > > > +     {
> > > > +             .image_type_id = DEVELOPERBOX_FIP_IMAGE_GUID,
> > > > +             .fw_name = u"DEVELOPERBOX-FIP",
> > > > +             .image_index = 1,
> > > > +     },
> > > > +#else
> > >
> > > From curiosity, why do you want to use different capsule formats
> > > for multi-bank update and normal case?
> > >
> > normal/legacy layout has one image for each component - uboot, tfa and
> > optee, whereas the new layout contains everything in one fip image.

Yes, that is exactly what I understand here.

> > So I thought it would be better to make the image_index consistent by
> > making the fip's as 1.
> 
> FWIW this does make a lot of sense.  Since the SCP firmware is not
> included in the capsule and that SCP firmware is needed to transition
> from old -> new layout, I think we are better off having those in
> different GUIDs.  On top of that those GUIDs can be used in LVFS if we
> ever decide to upload firmwares there.
> 
> Not having discrete GUIDs means there's a chance to brick the board on
> old -> new update,  unless the SCP is explicitly updated.

SCP? I don't care.
My question is why you use a single capsule (FIP) in A/B update while you use
three separate capsule files in normal case.

-Takahiro Akashi

> Cheers
> /Ilias
> >
> > cheers.