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From: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
To: u-boot@lists.denx.de
Subject: [U-Boot] [PATCH v2] common: fit: Allow U-Boot images to be booted
Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2016 08:27:37 -0400	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20160720122737.GV7260@bill-the-cat> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20160720063250.19532-1-mario.six@gdsys.cc>

On Wed, Jul 20, 2016 at 08:32:50AM +0200, Mario Six wrote:

> In certain circumstances it comes in handy to be able to boot into a second
> U-Boot. But as of now it is not possible to boot a U-Boot binary that is inside
> a FIT image, which is problematic for projects that e.g. need to guarantee a
> unbroken chain of trust from SOC all the way into the OS, since the FIT signing
> mechanism cannot be used.
> 
> This patch adds the capability to load such FIT images.
> 
> An example .its snippet (utilizing signature verification) might look
> like the following:
> 
> images {
> 	firmware at 1 {
> 		description = "2nd stage U-Boot image";
> 		data = /incbin/("u-boot-dtb.img.gz");
> 		type = "firmware";
> 		arch = "arm";
> 		os = "u-boot";
> 		compression = "gzip";
> 		load = <0x8FFFC0>;
> 		entry = <0x900000>;
> 		signature at 1 {
> 			algo = "sha256,rsa4096";
> 			key-name-hint = "key";
> 		};
> 	};
> };
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mario Six <mario.six@gdsys.cc>

Reviewed-by: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>

-- 
Tom
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  reply	other threads:[~2016-07-20 12:27 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2016-07-20  6:32 [U-Boot] [PATCH v2] common: fit: Allow U-Boot images to be booted Mario Six
2016-07-20 12:27 ` Tom Rini [this message]
2016-07-20 12:59 ` Robert P. J. Day
2016-07-20 13:39   ` Mario Six
2016-07-20 13:56     ` Robert P. J. Day
2016-07-20 14:26       ` Mario Six
2016-07-21 10:56         ` Robert P. J. Day
2016-07-26  2:32 ` [U-Boot] [U-Boot, " Tom Rini

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