[PATCH v9 09/10] doc: Add documentation to highlight capsule generation related updates

Sughosh Ganu sughosh.ganu at linaro.org
Sat Aug 12 16:55:48 CEST 2023


hi Simon,

On Sat, 12 Aug 2023 at 19:55, Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Sughosh,
>
> On Fri, 11 Aug 2023 at 23:58, Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu at linaro.org> wrote:
> >
> > The EFI capsules can now be generated as part of u-boot build, through
>
> U-Boot

Will change

>
> > binman. Highlight these changes in the documentation.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu at linaro.org>
> > Acked-by: Heinrich Schuchardt <xypron.glpk at gmx.de>
> > ---
> > Changes since V8:
> > * Remove mention of capsule generation through config file.
> >
> >  doc/develop/uefi/uefi.rst | 16 ++++++++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/doc/develop/uefi/uefi.rst b/doc/develop/uefi/uefi.rst
> > index a7a41f2fac..1ab5e5e2d1 100644
> > --- a/doc/develop/uefi/uefi.rst
> > +++ b/doc/develop/uefi/uefi.rst
> > @@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ Run the following command
> >        --guid <image GUID> \
> >        <capsule_file_name>
> >
> > +Capsule with firmware version
> > +*****************************
> > +
> >  The UEFI specification does not define the firmware versioning mechanism.
> >  EDK II reference implementation inserts the FMP Payload Header right before
> >  the payload. It coutains the fw_version and lowest supported version,
> > @@ -345,6 +348,19 @@ add --fw-version option in mkeficapsule tool.
> >  If the --fw-version option is not set, FMP Payload Header is not inserted
> >  and fw_version is set as 0.
> >
> > +Capsule Generation through binman
> > +*********************************
> > +
> > +Support has also been added to generate capsules during u-boot build
>
> same

Will change

>
> > +through binman. This requires the platform's DTB to be populated with
> > +the capsule entry nodes for binman. The capsules then can be generated
> > +by specifying the capsule parameters as properties in the capsule
> > +entry node.
> > +
> > +Check the arch/sandbox/dts/sandbox_capsule.dtsi file for the sandbox
> > +platform as reference for how to generate capsules through binman as
> > +part of u-boot build.
>
> same
>
> Here you should add a link to the binman entry-type docs for efi-capsule, e.g.:
>
>    See etype_efi_capsule_ for documentation about the efi-capsule entry type.

Okay

-sughosh

>
> > +
> >  Performing the update
> >  *********************
> >
> > --
> > 2.34.1
> >
>
> Regards,
> SImon


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