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| author | Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu@linaro.org> | 2022-10-21 15:46:06 +0300 |
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| committer | Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com> | 2022-10-31 21:47:33 +0300 |
| commit | 6da9271af112a3133748b624c27e2ff09b6ee842 (patch) | |
| tree | 3fccd3393734ebd5fec17f8c5131cc4585702a6a /doc | |
| parent | 873cf8ac70b620a0c1417d804bd4fb4246c34ebc (diff) | |
| download | u-boot-6da9271af112a3133748b624c27e2ff09b6ee842.tar.xz | |
mkeficapsule: Add support for generating empty capsules
The Dependable Boot specification[1] describes the structure of the
firmware accept and revert capsules. These are empty capsules which
are used for signalling the acceptance or rejection of the updated
firmware by the OS. Add support for generating these empty capsules.
[1] - https://git.codelinaro.org/linaro/dependable-boot/mbfw/uploads/6f7ddfe3be24e18d4319e108a758d02e/mbfw.pdf
Signed-off-by: Sughosh Ganu <sughosh.ganu@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>
Acked-by: Etienne Carriere <etienne.carriere@linaro.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'doc')
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/mkeficapsule.1 | 29 |
1 files changed, 22 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/doc/mkeficapsule.1 b/doc/mkeficapsule.1 index 09bdc24295..77ca061efd 100644 --- a/doc/mkeficapsule.1 +++ b/doc/mkeficapsule.1 @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ mkeficapsule \- Generate EFI capsule file for U-Boot .SH SYNOPSIS .B mkeficapsule -.RI [ options "] " image-blob " " capsule-file +.RI [ options ] " " [ image-blob ] " " capsule-file .SH "DESCRIPTION" .B mkeficapsule @@ -23,8 +23,13 @@ Optionally, a capsule file can be signed with a given private key. In this case, the update will be authenticated by verifying the signature before applying. +Additionally, an empty capsule file can be generated for acceptance or +rejection of firmware images by a governing component like an Operating +System. The empty capsules do not require an image-blob input file. + + .B mkeficapsule -takes any type of image files, including: +takes any type of image files when generating non empty capsules, including: .TP .I raw image format is a single binary blob of any type of firmware. @@ -36,18 +41,16 @@ multiple binary blobs in a single capsule file. This type of image file can be generated by .BR mkimage . -.PP -If you want to use other types than above two, you should explicitly -specify a guid for the FMP driver. - .SH "OPTIONS" + .TP .BI "-g\fR,\fB --guid " guid-string Specify guid for image blob type. The format is: xxxxxxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxx The first three elements are in little endian, while the rest -is in big endian. +is in big endian. The option must be specified for all non empty and +image acceptance capsules .TP .BI "-i\fR,\fB --index " index @@ -57,6 +60,18 @@ Specify an image index .BI "-I\fR,\fB --instance " instance Specify a hardware instance +.PP +For generation of firmware accept empty capsule +.BR --guid +is mandatory +.TP +.BI "-A\fR,\fB --fw-accept " +Generate a firmware acceptance empty capsule + +.TP +.BI "-R\fR,\fB --fw-revert " +Generate a firmware revert empty capsule + .TP .BR -h ", " --help Print a help message |