From: Jamin Lin <jamin_lin@aspeedtech.com>
To: <docs@lists.yoctoproject.org>
Cc: <troy_lee@aspeedtech.com>, <jamin_lin@aspeedtech.com>
Subject: [PATCH v6] ref-manual: uboot-sign: Add how to enable ATF, TEE and User defined snippet ITS for U-Boot FIT image
Date: Fri, 14 Mar 2025 10:15:35 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250314021535.1677985-1-jamin_lin@aspeedtech.com> (raw)
Add how to enable ATF, TEE and User defined ITS for U-Boot FIT image generation.
Signed-off-by: Jamin Lin <jamin_lin@aspeedtech.com>
---
documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst | 14 +++
documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 137 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 151 insertions(+)
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
index b93279ff6..0a73a956e 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
@@ -3401,6 +3401,20 @@ The variables used by this class are:
- :term:`UBOOT_FITIMAGE_ENABLE`: enable the generation of a U-Boot FIT image.
- :term:`UBOOT_MKIMAGE_DTCOPTS`: DTC options for U-Boot ``mkimage`` when
rebuilding the FIT image containing the kernel.
+- :term:`UBOOT_FIT_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE`: include the Trusted Firmware-A
+ (TF-A) binary in the U-Boot FIT binary.
+- :term:`UBOOT_FIT_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_IMAGE`: specifies the path to the
+ Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A) binary.
+- :term:`UBOOT_FIT_TEE`: include the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE)
+ binary in the U-Boot FIT binary.
+- :term:`UBOOT_FIT_TEE_IMAGE`: specifies the path to the Trusted Execution
+ Environment (TEE) binary.
+- :term:`UBOOT_FIT_USER_SETTINGS`: adds a user-specific snippet to the ITS.
+ Users can include their custom ITS snippet in this variable.
+- :term:`UBOOT_FIT_CONF_USER_LOADABLES`: adds one or more user-defined images
+ to the ``loadables`` property of the configuration node. It should be a
+ comma-separated list of strings and each string needs to be surrounded by
+ quotes too.
See U-Boot's documentation for details about `verified boot
<https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/blob/master/doc/uImage.FIT/verified-boot.txt>`__
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
index 861b04eaa..4a8049e14 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -9949,6 +9949,45 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
See `more details about #address-cells <https://elinux.org/Device_Tree_Usage#How_Addressing_Works>`__.
+ :term:`UBOOT_FIT_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE`
+ `Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A) <https://www.trustedfirmware.org/projects/tf-a>`__
+ is a reference implementation of secure world software for Arm A-Profile
+ architectures (Armv8-A and Armv7-A), including an Exception Level 3 (EL3)
+ Secure Monitor. This variable enables the generation of a U-Boot FIT
+ binary with an Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A) binary.
+
+ Its default value is "0", so set it to "1" to enable this functionality::
+
+ UBOOT_FIT_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE = "1"
+
+ :term:`UBOOT_FIT_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_IMAGE`
+ Specifies the path to the Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A) binary. Its default
+ value is "bl31.bin"::
+
+ UBOOT_FIT_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_IMAGE ?= "bl31.bin"
+
+ If a relative path is provided, the file is expected to be relative to
+ U-Boot's :term:`B` directory. An absolute path can be provided too,
+ e.g.::
+
+ UBOOT_FIT_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_IMAGE ?= "${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/bl31.bin"
+
+ If the Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A) binary is built in a separate recipe,
+ you must add the necessary dependency in a U-Boot ``.bbappend`` file. The
+ recipe name for Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A) binary is
+ ``trusted-firmware-a``, which comes from the
+ :yocto_git:`meta-arm </meta-arm>` layer::
+
+ do_compile[depends] += "trusted-firmware-a:do_deploy"
+
+ :term:`UBOOT_FIT_CONF_USER_LOADABLES`
+ Adds one or more user-defined images to the ``loadables`` property of the
+ configuration node of the U-Boot Image Tree Source (ITS). It should be a
+ comma-separated list of strings and each string needs to be surrounded by
+ quotes too, e.g.::
+
+ UBOOT_FIT_CONF_USER_LOADABLES = '\"fwa\", \"fwb\"'
+
:term:`UBOOT_FIT_DESC`
Specifies the description string encoded into a U-Boot fitImage. The default
value is set by the :ref:`ref-classes-uboot-sign` class as follows::
@@ -9997,6 +10036,104 @@ system and gives an overview of their function and contents.
of bits. The default value for this variable is set to "2048"
by the :ref:`ref-classes-uboot-sign` class.
+ :term:`UBOOT_FIT_TEE`
+ A Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) is a secure environment for
+ executing code, ensuring high levels of trust in asset management within
+ the surrounding system. This variable enables the generation of a U-Boot
+ FIT binary with a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) binary.
+
+ Its default value is "0", so set it to "1" to enable this functionality::
+
+ UBOOT_FIT_TEE = "1"
+
+ :term:`UBOOT_FIT_TEE_IMAGE`
+ Specifies the path to the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) binary. Its
+ default value is "tee-raw.bin"::
+
+ UBOOT_FIT_TEE_IMAGE ?= "tee-raw.bin"
+
+ If a relative path is provided, the file is expected to be relative to
+ U-Boot's :term:`B` directory. An absolute path can be provided too,
+ e.g.::
+
+ UBOOT_FIT_TEE_IMAGE ?= "${DEPLOY_DIR_IMAGE}/tee-raw.bin"
+
+ If the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) binary is built in a separate
+ recipe, you must add the necessary dependency in a U-Boot ``.bbappend``
+ file. The recipe name for Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) binary is
+ ``optee-os``, which comes from the :yocto_git:`meta-arm </meta-arm>`
+ layer::
+
+ do_compile[depends] += "optee-os:do_deploy"
+
+ :term:`UBOOT_FIT_USER_SETTINGS`
+ Add a user-specific snippet to the U-Boot Image Tree Source (ITS). This
+ variable allows the user to add one or more user-defined ``/images`` node
+ to the U-Boot Image Tree Source (ITS). For more details, please refer to
+ https://fitspec.osfw.foundation/\ .
+
+ The original content of the U-Boot Image Tree Source (ITS) is as
+ follows::
+
+ images {
+ uboot {
+ description = "U-Boot image";
+ data = /incbin/("u-boot-nodtb.bin");
+ type = "standalone";
+ os = "u-boot";
+ arch = "";
+ compression = "none";
+ load = <0x80000000>;
+ entry = <0x80000000>;
+ };
+ };
+
+ Users can include their custom ITS snippet in this variable, e.g.::
+
+ UBOOT_FIT_FWA_ITS = '\
+ fwa {\n\
+ description = \"FW A\";\n\
+ data = /incbin/(\"fwa.bin\");\n\
+ type = \"firmware\";\n\
+ arch = \"\";\n\
+ os = \"\";\n\
+ load = <0xb2000000>;\n\
+ entry = <0xb2000000>;\n\
+ compression = \"none\";\n\
+ };\n\
+ '
+
+ UBOOT_FIT_USER_SETTINGS = "${UBOOT_FIT_FWA_ITS}"
+
+ Newlines are stripped, and if they need to be included, they must be
+ explicitly added using ``\n``.
+
+ The generated content of the U-Boot Image Tree Source (ITS) is as
+ follows::
+
+ images {
+ uboot {
+ description = "U-Boot image";
+ data = /incbin/("u-boot-nodtb.bin");
+ type = "standalone";
+ os = "u-boot";
+ arch = "";
+ compression = "none";
+ load = <0x80000000>;
+ entry = <0x80000000>;
+ };
+ fwa {
+ description = "FW A";
+ data = /incbin/("fwa.bin");
+ type = "firmware";
+ arch = "";
+ os = "";
+ load = <0xb2000000>;
+ entry = <0xb2000000>;
+ compression = "none";
+ };
+ };
+
:term:`UBOOT_FITIMAGE_ENABLE`
This variable allows to generate a FIT image for U-Boot, which is one
of the ways to implement a verified boot process.
--
2.34.1
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2025-03-17 9:20 ` [PATCH v6] ref-manual: uboot-sign: Add how to enable ATF, TEE and User defined snippet ITS for U-Boot FIT image Antonin Godard
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