[PATCH v2 0/7] Support metadata-driven A/B boot for STM32MP25

Dario Binacchi dario.binacchi at amarulasolutions.com
Sat Apr 4 17:23:27 CEST 2026


This series, the mainline version of [1], provides the necessary changes
in U-Boot to support the metadata-driven A/B update flow for STM32MP25
boards. It implements the logic required to dynamically select the boot
bank based on FWU metadata.

These changes are designed to be backward compatible while providing
the necessary infrastructure for the A/B scheme.

The series has been tested on the STM32MP257F-EV1 board.

Additionally, some patches in the series propose changes with
general-purpose utility:

 1/7 lib: uuid: add partition type GUID for extended bootloader
 4/7 cmd: part: support lookup by UUID in 'part number'
 6/7 fwu: add helper to get image GUID by type and bank index

[1] https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/u-boot/pull/6

Changes in v2:
- Add links to the XBOOTLDR specification in the commit message of patch
   1/7 lib: uuid: add partition type GUID for extended bootloader.
- Update help for 'part start', 'part size' to mention UUID.
- Add kerneldoc comment for fwu_mdata_get_image_guid().
- Pass efi_guid_t by pointer in fwu_mdata_get_image_guid().
- Add patches:
   5/7 test: cmd: part: add UUID lookup tests
   3/7 test: cmd: add unit tests for part command
   2/7 test: dm: part: add test for part_get_info_by_uuid

Dario Binacchi (7):
  lib: uuid: add partition type GUID for extended bootloader
  test: dm: part: add test for part_get_info_by_uuid
  test: cmd: add unit tests for part command
  cmd: part: support lookup by UUID
  test: cmd: part: add UUID lookup tests
  fwu: add helper to get image GUID by type and bank index
  board: st: stm32mp25: support dynamic A/B bank bootup

 board/st/stm32mp2/stm32mp2.c          |  25 ++++
 cmd/part.c                            |  12 +-
 doc/README.gpt                        |   2 +
 include/configs/stm32mp25_st_common.h |  15 ++
 include/fwu.h                         |   3 +
 include/part_efi.h                    |   3 +
 lib/fwu_updates/fwu.c                 |  33 +++++
 lib/uuid.c                            |   1 +
 test/cmd/Makefile                     |   1 +
 test/cmd/part.c                       | 204 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 test/dm/part.c                        |  53 +++++++
 11 files changed, 348 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 test/cmd/part.c

-- 
2.43.0

base-commit: 4dc4080805fac1b1ed7606ce3bc8fb44a6d59d5e
branch: fwupdate-ab


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