Hi Sughosh,
On Tue, 27 Jun 2023 at 13:08, Sughosh Ganu sughosh.ganu@linaro.org wrote:
hi Simon,
On Tue, 27 Jun 2023 at 16:50, Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org wrote:
Hi Sughosh,
On Tue, 27 Jun 2023 at 05:57, Sughosh Ganu sughosh.ganu@linaro.org wrote:
hi Simon,
On Mon, 26 Jun 2023 at 17:43, Sughosh Ganu sughosh.ganu@linaro.org wrote:
hi Simon,
On Mon, 26 Jun 2023 at 14:38, Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org wrote:
Hi Sughosh,
On Wed, 21 Jun 2023 at 05:26, Sughosh Ganu sughosh.ganu@linaro.org wrote:
hi Simon,
On Mon, 19 Jun 2023 at 18:07, Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org wrote: > > Hi Sughosh, > > On Thu, 15 Jun 2023 at 17:25, Sughosh Ganu sughosh.ganu@linaro.org wrote: > > > > hi Simon, > > > > On Thu, 15 Jun 2023 at 14:44, Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org wrote: > > > > > > Hi Sughosh, > > > > > > On Tue, 13 Jun 2023 at 11:39, Sughosh Ganu sughosh.ganu@linaro.org wrote: > > > > > > > > Add a target for building EFI capsules. The capsule parameters are > > > > specified through a config file, and the path to the config file is > > > > specified through CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_CFG_FILE. When the config file is > > > > not specified, the command only builds tools. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Sughosh Ganu sughosh.ganu@linaro.org > > > > --- > > > > Makefile | 9 +++++++++ > > > > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) > > > > > > > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > > > > index 10bfaa52ad..96db29aa77 100644 > > > > --- a/Makefile > > > > +++ b/Makefile > > > > @@ -1151,6 +1151,15 @@ dtbs: dts/dt.dtb > > > > dts/dt.dtb: u-boot > > > > $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=dts dtbs > > > > > > > > +quiet_cmd_mkeficapsule = MKEFICAPSULE $@ > > > > +cmd_mkeficapsule = $(objtree)/tools/mkeficapsule $@ > > > > + > > > > +PHONY += capsule > > > > +capsule: tools > > > > +ifneq ($(CONFIG_EFI_CAPSULE_CFG_FILE),"") > > > > + $(call cmd,mkeficapsule) > > > > +endif > > > > + > > > > quiet_cmd_copy = COPY $@ > > > > cmd_copy = cp $< $@ > > > > > > > > -- > > > > 2.34.1 > > > > > > > > > > We should be using binman to build images...you seem to be building > > > something in parallel with that. Can you please take a look at binman? > > > > Again, I had explored using binman for this task. The one issue where > > I find the above flow better is that I can simply build my payload > > image(s) followed by 'make capsule' to generate the capsules for > > earlier generated images. In it's current form, I don't see an easy > > way to enforce this dependency in binman when I want to build the > > payload followed by generation of capsules. I did see the mention of > > encapsulating an entry within another dependent entry, but I think > > that makes the implementation more complex than it ought to be. > > > > I think it is much easier to use the make flow to generate the images > > followed by capsules, instead of tweaking the binman node to first > > generate the payload images, followed by enabling the capsule node to > > build the capsules. If there is an easy way of enforcing this > > dependency, please let me know. Thanks > > Can you share your explorations? I think the capsule should be created > as part of the build, if enabled. Rather than changing the input > files, binman should produce new output files.
This is an issue of handling dependencies in binman, and not changing input files. We do not have support for telling binman "build/generate this particular image first before you proceed to build the capsules using the earlier built images". I am not sure if this can be done in a generic manner in binman, so that irrespective of the image being generated, it can be specified to build capsules once the capsule input images have been generated.
I'm just not sure what you are getting out here.
See INPUTS-y for the input files to binman. Then binman uses these to generate output files. It does not mess with the input files, nor should it. Please read the top part of the Binman motivation to understand how all this works.
At the risk of repeating myself, we want the Makefile to focus on building U-Boot, with Binman handling the laterprocessing of those files. Binman may run as part of the U-Boot build, and/or can be run later, with the input files.
> > We are trying to remove most of the output logic in Makefile. It > should just be producing input files for binman.
I understand. However, like I mentioned above, as of now, we don't have a way of handling dependencies in binman, at least in a generic manner. Once this support gets added, I know that it would be trivial to add support for building capsules in binman.
What dependencies do you need? Please describe it in a simple manner so I can understand. It cannot involve change the binman input files.
Consider the following scenarios.
One board, say Board A uses fip.bin as the input file(payload) for generating the capsule file. The fip.bin is being generated through binman. A binman entry is also added for generating the capsule(say fip.capule). Now, binman has to generate fip.bin *and subsequently* fip.capsule, as the capsule file will contain fip.bin as it's payload(input).
Second Board B, uses u-boot.itb, which is a FIT image, as the input file for generating the capsule. The u-boot.itb is being generated through binman, and so is the capsule. But binman needs to build the u-boot.itb *before* it generates the corresponding capsule file, which uses u-boot.itb as the capsule payload.
There can be multiple such examples of input files being generated by binman, followed by the capsule getting generated by binman. How do I specify this dependency in binman -- build/generate the input file first, and then use that files in generating the capsule.
At present you can do this by ordering the images correctly, i.e. put the first image first and the dependent image after it. For the dependent image you can have a blob which is the entire first image.
If putting the image entries in a certain order under the binman node *guarantees* the generation of the first image prior to the generation of the second image, I think that should work for my use case. However, when I look at the binman.rst document, I see this mentioned under the 'Image dependencies' section.
<quote> Binman does not currently support images that depend on each other. For example, if one image creates `fred.bin` and then the next uses this `fred.bin` to produce a final `image.bin`, then the behaviour is undefined. It may work, or it may produce an error about `fred.bin` being missing, or it may use a version of `fred.bin` from a previous run. </quote>
I believe the above is precisely what my use case is. One image generating fip.bin(for e.g.), and the next image using this fip.bin to produce the final fip.capsule. Or is this a case of the document not reflecting the actual code?
So long as the images are in the correct order in the resulting .dtb, then it will work. Quite a few boards rely on this.
This comment is there because I planned to implement concurrent image generation (as is done for sections). But for now this is not implemented. Also I plan to implement templates before parallel images, so we can handle dependencies in a more general way.
So if that is the only blocker, I am sorry for the docs being too conservative. I will send a patch.
If you are trying to do a second binman operation later, then perhaps something like 'binman sign' would be useful. Then people can provide their own key and sign the images in a separate binman operation. This is likely needed anyway for things to work on a signing server.
Can you confirm if the above dependencies can be handled in binman currently. If not, I'd suggest you remove your Nak for patch 6 of this series [1]. Like I mentioned earlier, if there is a means of specifying dependencies for generating images in binman, moving the capsule generation to binman will not be a difficult task.
Also, can you go through the other set of patches in V2, specifically the ones where putting the public key ESL into the dtb is being done through binman.
The order of operation is supposed to be:
- Various projects used to build their ouputs (e.g. TF-A)
- Makefile used to build U-Boot:
2a. The build produces a set of files which serve as inputs to binman (INPUTS-y) 2b. Binman runs on INPUTS-y, picking up all the bits and creating the final firmware image(s) 3. If necessary, separate from the U-Boot build, binman can be used separately to do signing or whatever is needed on the final image(s)
I understand that the public key is available in a CONFIG, so it should be possible to embed it in the build as input, either as a .dtsi build using 2a, or as a binary file pulled in by binman in 2b.
Using a dtsi would mean that every platform which wants to enable capsule authentication would need to add a signature node to it's dtsi. Instead, is it not simpler to just generate a dtbo and merge it with the dtb being generated. That is what was being done in V1 [1].
Why is it simpler? The .dtsi is where we are supposed to put devicetree properties. It seems a lot harder (to me) to add it later. It could be a #include, or even just put it in the .dtsi if it is the same for all boards?
For your suggestion to pull it in as a binary file in binman, that still does not fix the issue of not changing INPUTS-y.
If you ask me, the embedding of the public-key into the dtb is not a task suitable for binman. Why? Because this task is actually changing one of the INPUTS-y file that feeds into binman. And yes, we can generate a different set of files, like u-boot-capsule.dtb and u-boot-capsule.bin -- implementing that is not at all difficult. But like I had highlighted earlier, and also explained by Ilias, we already have platforms that use capsule updates and which use u-boot.dtb and u-boot.bin. Also, platforms would not want a separate
Those platforms should change, IMO. But how can this be, when this functionality has not yet been added to U-Boot?
set of files, one for normal boot, one when using capsules. So I think it is imperative that we generate the same set of files irrespective of whether a platform enables capsule updates. So a proper design would be to add/embed the public key into the dtb as the dtb is getting built. Again, this is what was being done in V1.
I completely disagree with this. A capsule update is not the same as the vanilla board build / binary. Please can you just give up on this idea? Many platforms generate their output in separate files, e.g. see u-boot-rockchip.bin - it just does not make sense to change the built binary after it is built.
The patches I reviewed are modifying the input files (INPUTS-y) which is not allowed. Nor does it seem to be necessary.
The necessity was explained by me and Ilias earlier, and above.
OK, but it still is not correct.
Regards, Simon
-sughosh
[1] - https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot/2023-June/520121.html
As to having 'real' dependencies between images in Binman, I believe that should be possible. At the moment images are entirely independent, but I am looking at implementing a simple 'template' scheme, where you can include some or all of an image description in another image. See [1] common-part in case you have thoughts on that.
Regards, Simon
[1] https://patchwork.ozlabs.org/project/uboot/patch/9e905abd369f1d8b182e6fc6e3c...