U-BOOT 2021.07 and STM32MP15x issues for Trusted Boot Chain

Hello list, I was wondering what I am doing wrong following the procedure explained in the doc/board/st/stm32mp1.rst documentation file.
I am using the latest git version (the Makefile says 2021.07).
My goal is to run from sdcard in trusted boot chain (TrustZone secure monitor) the evaluation kit STM32MP157C-DK2.
The procedure says:
The **Trusted** boot chain
defconfig_file : stm32mp15_trusted_defconfig +-------------+-------------------------+------------+-------+ | ROM code | FSBL | SSBL | OS | + +-------------------------+------------+-------+ | |Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A)| U-Boot | Linux | +-------------+-------------------------+------------+-------+ | TrustZone |secure monitor | +-------------+-------------------------+------------+-------+ TF-A performs a full initialization of Secure peripherals and installs a secure monitor, BL32: * SPMin provided by TF-A or * OP-TEE from specific partitions (teeh, teed, teex). U-Boot is running in normal world and uses the secure monitor to access to secure resources.
As far as I understand there is only a single first-stage-boot-loader (FSBL) and a second-stage-boot-loader (SSBL), otherwise in the *Basic Boot Chain* I have FSBL1 and FSBL2 _and_ a SSBL.
Build Procedure
Install the required tools for U-Boot
install package needed in U-Boot makefile (libssl-dev, swig, libpython-dev...)
install ARMv7 toolchain for 32bit Cortex-A (from Linaro, from SDK for STM32MP15x, or any crosstoolchains from your distribution) (you can use any gcc cross compiler compatible with U-Boot)
Done. I am in a Debian Buster DevelWorkstation, so everything is coming from the official repos.
At the moment the arm toolchain is: > arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -v
Using built-in specs. COLLECT_GCC=arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc COLLECT_LTO_WRAPPER=/usr/lib/gcc-cross/arm-linux-gnueabihf/8/lto-wrapper Target: arm-linux-gnueabihf Configured with: ../src/configure -v --with-pkgversion='Debian 8.3.0-2' --with-bugurl=file:///usr/share/doc/gcc-8/README.Bugs --enable-languages=c,ada,c++,go,d,fortran,objc,obj-c++ --prefix=/usr --with-gcc-major-version-only --program-suffix=-8 --enable-shared --enable-linker-build-id --libexecdir=/usr/lib --without-included-gettext --enable-threads=posix --libdir=/usr/lib --enable-nls --with-sysroot=/ --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-libstdcxx-debug --enable-libstdcxx-time=yes --with-default-libstdcxx-abi=new --enable-gnu-unique-object --disable-libitm --disable-libquadmath --disable-libquadmath-support --enable-plugin --enable-default-pie --with-system-zlib --with-target-system-zlib --enable-multiarch --disable-sjlj-exceptions --with-arch=armv7-a --with-fpu=vfpv3-d16 --with-float=hard --with-mode=thumb --disable-werror --enable-checking=release --build=x86_64-linux-gnu --host=x86_64-linux-gnu --target=arm-linux-gnueabihf --program-prefix=arm-linux-gnueabihf- --includedir=/usr/arm-linux-gnueabihf/include Thread model: posix gcc version 8.3.0 (Debian 8.3.0-2)
Set the cross compiler::
# export CROSS_COMPILE=/path/to/toolchain/arm-linux-gnueabi-
export CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf-
Select the output directory (optional)::
# export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/path/to/output
for example: use one output directory for each configuration::
# export KBUILD_OUTPUT=stm32mp15_trusted
export KBUILD_OUTPUT=stm32mp15_trusted
Configure U-Boot::
# make <defconfig_file>
with <defconfig_file>:
- For **trusted** boot mode : **stm32mp15_trusted_defconfig**
make stm32mp15_trusted_defconfig
make[1]: Entering directory '/home/gianluca/Progetti-GIT/stm32mp1-debian/bootrom/downloads/u-boot-2021.07/stm32mp15_trusted' HOSTCC scripts/basic/fixdep GEN Makefile HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/conf.o YACC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.c LEX scripts/kconfig/zconf.lex.c HOSTCC scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o HOSTLD scripts/kconfig/conf # # configuration written to .config # make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/gianluca/Progetti-GIT/stm32mp1-debian/bootrom/downloads/u-boot-2021.07/stm32mp15_trusted'
Configure the device-tree and build the U-Boot image::
# make DEVICE_TREE=<name> all
make DEVICE_TREE=stm32mp157c-dk2 all make[1]: Entering directory '/home/gianluca/Progetti-GIT/stm32mp1-debian/bootrom/downloads/u-boot-2021.07/stm32mp15_trusted' GEN Makefile scripts/kconfig/conf --syncconfig Kconfig UPD include/config.h CFG u-boot.cfg GEN include/autoconf.mk GEN include/autoconf.mk.dep CFGCHK u-boot.cfg UPD include/config/uboot.release Using .. as source for U-Boot GEN Makefile UPD include/generated/version_autogenerated.h UPD include/generated/timestamp_autogenerated.h UPD include/generated/dt.h ... ... ... CC net/tftp.o AR net/built-in.o LDS u-boot.lds LD u-boot OBJCOPY u-boot-nodtb.bin DTC arch/arm/dts/stm32mp157a-dk1.dtb DTC arch/arm/dts/stm32mp157a-avenger96.dtb DTC arch/arm/dts/stm32mp157a-icore-stm32mp1-ctouch2.dtb DTC arch/arm/dts/stm32mp157a-icore-stm32mp1-edimm2.2.dtb DTC arch/arm/dts/stm32mp157a-microgea-stm32mp1-microdev2.0.dtb DTC arch/arm/dts/stm32mp157a-microgea-stm32mp1-microdev2.0-of7.dtb DTC arch/arm/dts/stm32mp157c-dk2.dtb DTC arch/arm/dts/stm32mp157c-ed1.dtb DTC arch/arm/dts/stm32mp157c-ev1.dtb DTC arch/arm/dts/stm32mp157c-odyssey.dtb DTC arch/arm/dts/stm32mp15xx-dhcom-drc02.dtb DTC arch/arm/dts/stm32mp15xx-dhcom-pdk2.dtb DTC arch/arm/dts/stm32mp15xx-dhcom-picoitx.dtb DTC arch/arm/dts/stm32mp15xx-dhcor-avenger96.dtb SHIPPED dts/dt.dtb CAT u-boot-dtb.bin COPY u-boot.bin MKIMAGE u-boot.stm32 OBJCOPY u-boot.srec SYM u-boot.sym COPY u-boot.dtb make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/gianluca/Progetti-GIT/stm32mp1-debian/bootrom/downloads/u-boot-2021.07/stm32mp15_trusted'
Output files
BootRom and TF-A expect binaries with STM32 image header SPL expects file with U-Boot uImage header
So in the output directory (selected by KBUILD_OUTPUT), you can found the needed files:
For **Trusted** boot (with or without OP-TEE)
- FSBL = **tf-a.stm32** (provided by TF-A compilation)
- SSBL = **u-boot.stm32**
No tf-a.stm32 for TrustZone Boot but only the u-boot.stm32 file.
For Basic boot
- FSBL = spl/u-boot-spl.stm32
- SSBL = u-boot.img
find . -name 'tf-a.stm32'
find . -name '*tf-a*'
find . -name '*tfa*' ./include/config/tfaboot.h ./include/config/arch/support/tfaboot.h
Where is the tf-a.stm32?????
Something missing by my side???
Regards, Gianluca Renzi

Hi Gianluca,
On 7/22/21 10:01 AM, gianluca wrote:
Hello list, I was wondering what I am doing wrong following the procedure explained in the doc/board/st/stm32mp1.rst documentation file.
I am using the latest git version (the Makefile says 2021.07).
My goal is to run from sdcard in trusted boot chain (TrustZone secure monitor) the evaluation kit STM32MP157C-DK2.
The procedure says:
The **Trusted** boot chain
defconfig_file : stm32mp15_trusted_defconfig +-------------+-------------------------+------------+-------+ | ROM code | FSBL | SSBL | OS | + +-------------------------+------------+-------+ | |Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A)| U-Boot | Linux | +-------------+-------------------------+------------+-------+ | TrustZone |secure monitor | +-------------+-------------------------+------------+-------+ TF-A performs a full initialization of Secure peripherals and installs a secure monitor, BL32: * SPMin provided by TF-A or * OP-TEE from specific partitions (teeh, teed, teex). U-Boot is running in normal world and uses the secure monitor to access to secure resources.
As far as I understand there is only a single first-stage-boot-loader (FSBL) and a second-stage-boot-loader (SSBL), otherwise in the *Basic Boot Chain* I have FSBL1 and FSBL2 _and_ a SSBL.
FSBL1 / FBSL2 => can be use for basic or trusted boot chain = it is 2 copy for the FSBL for failsafe update
the ROM code will check integrity of FSBL1 ..... if it is failing, it will use FSBL2 instead
This feature allo to always boot even if FSBL1 update is interrupted....
if this feature is not needed you can remove the second FSBL partition.
Build Procedure
- Install the required tools for U-Boot
* install package needed in U-Boot makefile (libssl-dev, swig, libpython-dev...)
* install ARMv7 toolchain for 32bit Cortex-A (from Linaro, from SDK for STM32MP15x, or any crosstoolchains from your distribution) (you can use any gcc cross compiler compatible with U-Boot)
Done. I am in a Debian Buster DevelWorkstation, so everything is coming from the official repos.
At the moment the arm toolchain is: > arm-linux-gnueabihf-gcc -v
(...)
- Output files
BootRom and TF-A expect binaries with STM32 image header SPL expects Gianlucafile with U-Boot uImage header
So in the output directory (selected by KBUILD_OUTPUT), you can found the needed files:
- For **Trusted** boot (with or without OP-TEE)
- FSBL = **tf-a.stm32** (provided by TF-A compilation) - SSBL = **u-boot.stm32**
No tf-a.stm32 for TrustZone Boot but only the u-boot.stm32 file.
"tf-a.stm32" is provided by TF-A compilation (see after.
- For Basic boot
- FSBL = spl/u-boot-spl.stm32 - SSBL = u-boot.img
find . -name 'tf-a.stm32'
find . -name '*tf-a*'
find . -name '*tfa*' ./include/config/tfaboot.h ./include/config/arch/support/tfaboot.h
Where is the tf-a.stm32?????
Something missing by my side???
Regards, Gianluca Renzi
"TF-A" = "Trusted Firmware-A" is a separate component and it need to be compiled separately.
TF-A references =
- https://www.trustedfirmware.org/projects/tf-a/
- https://trustedfirmware-a.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
=> https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a.git/
For build information at upstream, you can check
https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a.git/tree/docs/plat/s...
For first test you can use SP_min as secure monitor:
|make CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux-gnueabihf- PLAT=stm32mp1 ARCH=aarch32 ARM_ARCH_MAJOR=7 AARCH32_SP=sp_min STM32MP_SDMMC=1 STM32MP_EMMC=1 STM32MP_RAW_NAND=1 STM32MP_SPI_NAND=1 STM32MP_SPI_NOR=1 DTB_FILE_NAME=stm32mp157c-ev1.dtb |
I will update the stm32mp1 readme to indicate these missing information.
you need to compile 2 projects
- TF-A => FSBL
- U-Boot => SSBL
PS: to have a full secure support support with FIP (when it will be supported on TF-A side),
you can use OP-TEE as the secure OS.... but it is a separate project
TF-A REF =
- https://optee.readthedocs.io/en/latest/
- BUILD = https://optee.readthedocs.io/en/latest/building/devices/stm32mp1.html
=> https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os
In this case you need to compile the binary include in FIP
- OP-TEE => Secure OS
- U-Boot => SSBL
Then you can compile:
- TF-A => FSBL & FIP (including OP-TEE and U-Boot)
Regards
Patrick
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