From: Jamin Lin <jamin_lin@aspeedtech.com>
To: <docs@lists.yoctoproject.org>
Cc: <troy_lee@aspeedtech.com>, <jamin_lin@aspeedtech.com>
Subject: [PATCH v3] ref-manual: uboot-sign: Add how to enable ATF, TEE and User defined snippet ITS for U-Boot FIT image
Date: Fri, 7 Mar 2025 16:14:22 +0800 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250307081422.718699-1-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 | 13 ++++
documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst | 102 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
2 files changed, 115 insertions(+)
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
index b93279ff6..02749df3d 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/classes.rst
@@ -3401,6 +3401,19 @@ 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) image
+ in the U-Boot FIT image.
+- :term:`UBOOT_FIT_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_IMAGE`: specifies the path to the
+ Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A) image.
+- :term:`UBOOT_FIT_TEE`: include the Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) image in the
+ U-Boot FIT image.
+- :term:`UBOOT_FIT_TEE_IMAGE`: specifies the path to the Trusted Execution Environment
+ (TEE) image.
+- :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 60984cc8f..3c7e627f5 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/variables.rst
@@ -9826,6 +9826,28 @@ 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 image with an Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A) image.
+
+ 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) image. Its default value is "bl31.bin"::
+
+ UBOOT_FIT_ARM_TRUSTED_FIRMWARE_IMAGE ?= "bl31.bin"
+
+ :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::
@@ -9874,6 +9896,86 @@ 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
+ image with a Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) image.
+
+ 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) image. Its
+ default value is "tee-raw.bin"::
+
+ UBOOT_FIT_TEE_IMAGE ?= "tee-raw.bin"
+
+ :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 contents of the U-Boot Image Tree Source (ITS) are 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 contents of the U-Boot Image Tree Source (ITS) are 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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2025-03-07 8:14 Jamin Lin [this message]
2025-03-11 10:23 ` [PATCH v3] 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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