[PATCH v7 01/24] doc: uefi: capsules: Add Capsule Update porting section

Jonathan Humphreys j-humphreys at ti.com
Fri Jun 14 18:35:28 CEST 2024


Created a capsule update porting section in the documentation that outlines
the steps a board developer must do when porting from an existing reference
board implementation.

In particular, added a big warning that new capsule GUID's need to be
defined.

Signed-off-by: Jonathan Humphreys <j-humphreys at ti.com>
Acked-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas at linaro.org>
---
 doc/develop/uefi/uefi.rst | 12 ++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/doc/develop/uefi/uefi.rst b/doc/develop/uefi/uefi.rst
index 0389b269c01..36ac75278fa 100644
--- a/doc/develop/uefi/uefi.rst
+++ b/doc/develop/uefi/uefi.rst
@@ -631,6 +631,18 @@ where version.dtso looks like::
 The properties of image-type-id and image-index must match the value
 defined in the efi_fw_image array as image_type_id and image_index.
 
+Porting Capsule Updates to new boards
+*************************************
+
+It is important, when using a reference board as a starting point for a custom
+board, that certain steps are taken to properly support Capsule Updates.
+
+Capsule GUIDs need to be unique for each firmware and board. That is, if two
+firmwares are built from the same source but result in different binaries
+because they are built for different boards, they should have different GUIDs.
+Therefore it is important when creating support for a new board, new GUIDs are
+defined in the board's header file.  *DO NOT* reuse capsule GUIDs.
+
 Executing the boot manager
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-- 
2.34.1



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