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

[Tom Rini]

On Thu, Sep 14, 2023 at 05:42:49PM +0530, Sughosh Ganu wrote:
> 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.

We need to make this the next task as not being able to put this to use
on a real platform today is blocking understanding of what abstractions
do and don't make real sense.  To tie this to another thread, since it's
not really clear how a real platform would make use of capsules it's not
really clear what sandbox should make every time.

-- 
Tom
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