[PATCH 0/8] Add some more EFI capsule tooling support

[Sughosh Ganu]

hi Tom,

On Thu, 14 Sept 2023 at 00:54, Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Sep 08, 2023 at 05:29:54PM +0530, Sughosh Ganu wrote:
>
> > Recently, a set of patches were merged in next, which were adding
> > support for generating capsules as part of the U-Boot build. Mid way
> > through the review of those patches, it was decided to drop the
> > patches for generating capsules through a config file. That was
> > primarily due to the use of absolute paths in binman for testing the
> > capsule genertion through config file. Now that the base set of
> > patches have been merged, this series is picking up the remaining
> > patches for review. This series addresses the concern that Simon Glass
> > had with the use of absolute paths.
> >
> > The first set of patches are adding support for generating capsules by
> > parsing the capsule parameters through a config file, and adding a
> > binman entry type for this. These are patches 1-5.
> >
> > The other set of patches is for generating empty accept and revert
> > capsules through binman. These capsules are needed for the FWU A/B
> > update functionality.
>
> I think what we really need next is to be able to implement and document
> how to use the capsule (and FWU!) spec / mechanisms on another platform
> and I think the Synquacer DeveloperBox would be a good target here as I
> believe you have access to one and so does Simon to we can deal with
> feedback on a real platform that both of you have access to.

That should be possible. And although I personally don't have access
to the board, folks in the team do(including Ilias). I will work on
this once the patches for supporting empty capsules in binman get
merged.

-sughosh