[PATCH] binman: add CST backend selection for i.MX8M signing

Marek Vasut marex at nabladev.com
Fri Feb 13 01:11:41 CET 2026


Add support for setting the CST backend, both via DT property and
CST_BACKEND environment variable. The CST currently supports two
backends, 'ssl' and 'pkcs11', with 'ssl' being the default when
CST tool is invoked without any -b parameter. Keep 'ssl' backend
as the default, but explicitly pass it via the '-b' parameter,
unless the user selects 'pkcs11' via either method.

Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <marex at nabladev.com>
---
Cc: Alper Nebi Yasak <alpernebiyasak at gmail.com>
Cc: Simon Glass <sjg at chromium.org>
Cc: Tom Rini <trini at konsulko.com>
Cc: u-boot at lists.denx.de
---
 tools/binman/etype/nxp_imx8mcst.py | 12 +++++++++++-
 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/nxp_imx8mcst.py b/tools/binman/etype/nxp_imx8mcst.py
index dd9f226b751..3a95da6a35d 100644
--- a/tools/binman/etype/nxp_imx8mcst.py
+++ b/tools/binman/etype/nxp_imx8mcst.py
@@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ class Entry_nxp_imx8mcst(Entry_mkimage):
                 'SRK_KEY', fdt_util.GetString(self._node, 'nxp,srk-crt',
                                               f'SRK1_{KEY_NAME}.pem'))
 
+        self.backend = os.getenv(
+            'CST_BACKEND', fdt_util.GetString(self._node, 'nxp,cst-backend',
+                                              'ssl'))
+
         self.unlock = fdt_util.GetBool(self._node, 'nxp,unlock')
         self.ReadEntries()
 
@@ -161,8 +165,14 @@ class Entry_nxp_imx8mcst(Entry_mkimage):
         with open(cfg_fname, 'w') as cfgf:
             config.write(cfgf)
 
+        # SSL is the default backend, PKCS11 backend is optional
+        if self.backend == "pkcs11":
+            cst_backend = "pkcs11"
+        else:
+            cst_backend = "ssl"
+
         output_fname = tools.get_output_filename(f'nxp.csf-output-blob.{uniq}')
-        args = ['-i', cfg_fname, '-o', output_fname]
+        args = ['-i', cfg_fname, '-o', output_fname, '-b', cst_backend]
         if self.cst.run_cmd(*args) is not None:
             outdata = tools.read_file(output_fname)
             # fixme: 0x2000 should be CONFIG_CSF_SIZE
-- 
2.51.0



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