[U-Boot] [PATCH v3 9/9] doc: Update info on using secure devices from TI

Andreas Dannenberg
2016-06-27T14:19:24Z

Adds information regarding SPL handling the loading and processing of
secured u-boot images as part of the second stage boot the SPL does.
Introduces the description of a new interface script in the TI SECDEV
Package which handles the creation and prep of secured binary images.

Signed-off-by: Daniel Allred <d-allred@ti.com>
Signed-off-by: Andreas Dannenberg <dannenberg@ti.com>
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
---
doc/README.ti-secure | 177 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++----------------
1 file changed, 123 insertions(+), 54 deletions(-)

diff --git a/doc/README.ti-secure b/doc/README.ti-secure
index 7fc9b9b..54c996d 100644
--- a/doc/README.ti-secure
+++ b/doc/README.ti-secure
@@ -19,69 +19,80 @@ control restrictions. Access must be requested and granted by TI before the
package is viewable and downloadable. Contact TI, either online or by way
of a local TI representative, to request access.

-When CONFIG_TI_SECURE_DEVICE is set, the U-Boot SPL build process requires
-the presence and use of these tools in order to create a viable boot image.
-The build process will look for the environment variable TI_SECURE_DEV_PKG,
-which should be the path of the installed SECDEV package. If the
-TI_SECURE_DEV_PKG variable is not defined or if it is defined but doesn't
-point to a valid SECDEV package, a warning is issued during the build to
-indicate that a final secure bootable image was not created.
-
-Within the SECDEV package exists an image creation script:
-
-${TI_SECURE_DEV_PKG}/scripts/create-boot-image.sh
-
-This is called as part of the SPL/u-boot build process. As the secure boot
-image formats and requirements differ between secure SOC from TI, the
-purpose of this script is to abstract these details as much as possible.
-
-The script is basically the only required interface to the TI SECDEV package
-for secure TI devices.
-
-Invoking the script for AM43xx Secure Devices
-=============================================
-
-create-boot-image.sh <IMAGE_FLAG> <INPUT_FILE> <OUTPUT_FILE> <SPL_LOAD_ADDR>
-
-<IMAGE_FLAG> is a value that specifies the type of the image to generate OR
-the action the image generation tool will take. Valid values are:
- SPI_X-LOADER - Generates an image for SPI flash (byte swapped)
- XIP_X-LOADER - Generates a single stage u-boot for NOR/QSPI XiP
- ISSW - Generates an image for all other boot modes
-
-<INPUT_FILE> is the full path and filename of the public world boot loader
-binary file (depending on the boot media, this is usually either
-u-boot-spl.bin or u-boot.bin).
-
-<OUTPUT_FILE> is the full path and filename of the final secure image. The
-output binary images should be used in place of the standard non-secure
-binary images (see the platform-specific user's guides and releases notes
-for how the non-secure images are typically used)
+Booting of U-Boot SPL
+=====================
+
+ When CONFIG_TI_SECURE_DEVICE is set, the U-Boot SPL build process
+ requires the presence and use of these tools in order to create a
+ viable boot image. The build process will look for the environment
+ variable TI_SECURE_DEV_PKG, which should be the path of the installed
+ SECDEV package. If the TI_SECURE_DEV_PKG variable is not defined or
+ if it is defined but doesn't point to a valid SECDEV package, a
+ warning is issued during the build to indicate that a final secure
+ bootable image was not created.
+
+ Within the SECDEV package exists an image creation script:
+
+ ${TI_SECURE_DEV_PKG}/scripts/create-boot-image.sh
+
+ This is called as part of the SPL/u-boot build process. As the secure
+ boot image formats and requirements differ between secure SOC from TI,
+ the purpose of this script is to abstract these details as much as
+ possible.
+
+ The script is basically the only required interface to the TI SECDEV
+ package for creating a bootable SPL image for secure TI devices.
+
+ Invoking the script for AM43xx Secure Devices
+ =============================================
+
+ create-boot-image.sh \
+ <IMAGE_FLAG> <INPUT_FILE> <OUTPUT_FILE> <SPL_LOAD_ADDR>
+
+ <IMAGE_FLAG> is a value that specifies the type of the image to
+ generate OR the action the image generation tool will take. Valid
+ values are:
+ SPI_X-LOADER - Generates an image for SPI flash (byte
+ swapped)
+ XIP_X-LOADER - Generates a single stage u-boot for
+ NOR/QSPI XiP
+ ISSW - Generates an image for all other boot modes
+
+ <INPUT_FILE> is the full path and filename of the public world boot
+ loaderbinary file (depending on the boot media, this is usually
+ either u-boot-spl.bin or u-boot.bin).
+
+ <OUTPUT_FILE> is the full path and filename of the final secure
+ image. The output binary images should be used in place of the standard
+ non-secure binary images (see the platform-specific user's guides and
+ releases notes for how the non-secure images are typically used)
u-boot-spl_HS_SPI_X-LOADER - byte swapped boot image for SPI flash
u-boot_HS_XIP_X-LOADER - boot image for NOR or QSPI flash
u-boot-spl_HS_ISSW - boot image for all other boot media

-<SPL_LOAD_ADDR> is the address at which SOC ROM should load the <INPUT_FILE>
+ <SPL_LOAD_ADDR> is the address at which SOC ROM should load the
+ <INPUT_FILE>

-Invoking the script for DRA7xx/AM57xx Secure Devices
-====================================================
+ Invoking the script for DRA7xx/AM57xx Secure Devices
+ ====================================================

-create-boot-image.sh <IMAGE_TYPE> <INPUT_FILE> <OUTPUT_FILE>
+ create-boot-image.sh <IMAGE_TYPE> <INPUT_FILE> <OUTPUT_FILE>

-<IMAGE_TYPE> is a value that specifies the type of the image to generate OR
-the action the image generation tool will take. Valid values are:
- X-LOADER - Generates an image for NOR or QSPI boot modes
- MLO - Generates an image for SD/MMC/eMMC boot modes
- ULO - Generates an image for USB/UART peripheral boot modes
- Note: ULO is not yet used by the u-boot build process
+ <IMAGE_TYPE> is a value that specifies the type of the image to
+ generate OR the action the image generation tool will take. Valid
+ values are:
+ X-LOADER - Generates an image for NOR or QSPI boot modes
+ MLO - Generates an image for SD/MMC/eMMC boot modes
+ ULO - Generates an image for USB/UART peripheral boot modes
+ Note: ULO is not yet used by the u-boot build process

-<INPUT_FILE> is the full path and filename of the public world boot loader
-binary file (for this platform, this is always u-boot-spl.bin).
+ <INPUT_FILE> is the full path and filename of the public world boot
+ loader binary file (for this platform, this is always u-boot-spl.bin).

-<OUTPUT_FILE> is the full path and filename of the final secure image. The
-output binary images should be used in place of the standard non-secure
-binary images (see the platform-specific user's guides and releases notes
-for how the non-secure images are typically used)
+ <OUTPUT_FILE> is the full path and filename of the final secure image.
+ The output binary images should be used in place of the standard
+ non-secure binary images (see the platform-specific user's guides
+ and releases notes for how the non-secure images are typically used)
u-boot-spl_HS_MLO - boot image for SD/MMC/eMMC. This image is
copied to a file named MLO, which is the name that
the device ROM bootloader requires for loading from
@@ -89,3 +100,61 @@ for how the non-secure images are typically used)
non-secure devices)
u-boot-spl_HS_X-LOADER - boot image for all other flash memories
including QSPI and NOR flash
+
+Booting of Primary U-Boot (u-boot.img)
+======================================
+
+ The SPL image is responsible for loading the next stage boot loader,
+ which is the main u-boot image. For secure TI devices, the SPL will
+ be authenticated, as described above, as part of the particular
+ device's ROM boot process. In order to continue the secure boot
+ process, the authenticated SPL must authenticate the main u-boot
+ image that it loads.
+
+ The configurations for secure TI platforms are written to make the boot
+ process use the FIT image format for the u-boot.img (CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK
+ and CONFIG_SPL_LOAD_FIT). With these configurations the binary
+ components that the SPL loads include a specific DTB image and u-boot
+ image. These DTB image may be one of many available to the boot
+ process. In order to secure these components so that they can be
+ authenticated by the SPL as they are loaded from the FIT image, the
+ build procedure for secure TI devices will secure these images before
+ they are integrated into the FIT image. When those images are extracted
+ from the FIT image at boot time, they are post-processed to verify that
+ they are still secure. The outlined security-related SPL post-processing
+ is enabled through the CONFIG_SPL_FIT_IMAGE_POST_PROCESS option which
+ must be enabled for the secure boot scheme to work. In order to allow
+ verifying proper operation of the secure boot chain in case of successful
+ authentication messages like "Authentication passed: CERT_U-BOOT-NOD" are
+ output by the SPL to the console for each blob that got extracted from the
+ FIT image. Note that the last part of this log message is the (truncated)
+ name of the signing certificate embedded into the blob that got processed.
+
+ The exact details of the how the images are secured is handled by the
+ SECDEV package. Within the SECDEV package exists a script to process
+ an input binary image:
+
+ ${TI_SECURE_DEV_PKG}/scripts/secure-binary-image.sh
+
+ This is called as part of the u-boot build process. As the secure
+ image formats and requirements can differ between the various secure
+ SOCs from TI, this script in the SECDEV package abstracts these
+ details. This script is essentially the only required interface to the
+ TI SECDEV package for creating a u-boot.img image for secure TI
+ devices.
+
+ The SPL/u-boot code contains calls to dedicated secure ROM functions
+ to perform the validation on the secured images. The details of the
+ interface to those functions is shown in the code. The summary
+ is that they are accessed by invoking an ARM secure monitor call to
+ the device's secure ROM (fixed read-only-memory that is secure and
+ only accessible when the ARM core is operating in the secure mode).
+
+ Invoking the secure-binary-image script for Secure Devices
+ ==========================================================
+
+ secure-binary-image.sh <INPUT_FILE> <OUTPUT_FILE>
+
+ <INPUT_FILE> is the full path and filename of the input binary image
+
+ <OUTPUT_FILE> is the full path and filename of the output secure image.
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