[PATCH v8 0/8] Support metadata-driven A/B boot for STM32MP25

[Patrice CHOTARD]

On 5/13/26 10:00, Ilias Apalodimas wrote:
> Hi Patrice,
> 
> Can you please get an Ack from Sughosh before queuing these up? I'll
> also ping him and see if has time to havea  look
> 
> Thanks
> /Ilias

Hi Ilias

Oups, i already submitted the pull request including this series.

Patrice

> 
> 
> On Wed, 13 May 2026 at 08:48, Patrice CHOTARD
> <patrice.chotard at foss.st.com> wrote:
>>
>>
>>
>> On 4/30/26 10:06, Dario Binacchi wrote:
>>> 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 v8:
>>> - Skip the test in case the CONFIG_MCC is not enabled or the mmc
>>>   device is not found.
>>> - Add Reviewed-by of Patrice Chotard
>>> - Skip cmd_test_part tests for configurations where MMC is not enabled
>>>   or the device is missing
>>>
>>> Changes in v7:
>>> - Add Reviewed-by of Simon Glass for patc 7/8 of "test: dm:
>>> fwu_mdata: add test for fwu_mdata_get_image_guid"
>>>
>>> Changes in v6:
>>> - Add Reviewed-by of Simon Glass to patch 3/8 "test: cmd: add unit
>>>   tests for part command"
>>>
>>> Changes in v5:
>>> - Update doc/usage/cmd/part.rst to reflect the changes related to the
>>>   part command.
>>> - Add Acked-by of Ilias Apalodimas to patch 6/8 "fwu: add helper to get
>>>   image GUID by type and bank index"
>>>
>>> Changes in v4:
>>> - Place the part command tests in the cmd suite rather than the dm
>>>   suite.
>>> - Order the include files according the U-Boot coding style.
>>> - Add patch 7/8 test: dm: fwu_mdata: add test for fwu_mdata_get_image_guid
>>>
>>> Changes in v3:
>>> - Wrap lines exceeding 80 columns in test/cmd/part.c file.
>>> - Combine run_command() and ut_asserteq() -> ut_asserteq(1, run_command(
>>> - Add kerneldoc comment for fwu_mdata_get_image_guid() above its declaration
>>>   in fwu.h.
>>> - Add log_warning() messages to fwu_platform_hook() to catch inconsistent
>>>   FWU metadata (boot GUID found but root GUID missing or viceversa), as
>>>   suggested by Simon Glass.
>>>
>>> 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 (8):
>>>   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
>>>   test: dm: fwu_mdata: add test for fwu_mdata_get_image_guid
>>>   board: st: stm32mp25: support dynamic A/B bank bootup
>>>
>>>  board/st/stm32mp2/stm32mp2.c          |  32 ++++
>>>  cmd/part.c                            |  12 +-
>>>  doc/README.gpt                        |   2 +
>>>  doc/usage/cmd/part.rst                |   6 +-
>>>  include/configs/stm32mp25_st_common.h |  15 ++
>>>  include/fwu.h                         |  11 ++
>>>  include/part_efi.h                    |   3 +
>>>  lib/fwu_updates/fwu.c                 |  33 ++++
>>>  lib/uuid.c                            |   1 +
>>>  test/cmd/Makefile                     |   1 +
>>>  test/cmd/part.c                       | 227 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>>  test/dm/fwu_mdata.c                   |  48 ++++++
>>>  test/dm/part.c                        |  53 ++++++
>>>  13 files changed, 437 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>>>  create mode 100644 test/cmd/part.c
>>>
>> For the whole series
>>
>> Applied to u-boot-stm32/master
>>
>> Thanks
>> Patrice