[PATCH v2 2/2] ARM: dts: Add nvmem node for BCM2711 bootloader public key

Stefan Wahren stefan.wahren at i2se.com
Thu Apr 13 11:44:26 PDT 2023


Hi Ivan,

Am 13.04.23 um 20:18 schrieb Ivan T. Ivanov:
> On 04-13 18:15, Stefan Wahren wrote:
>>
>> Hi Ivan,
>>
>> Am 13.04.23 um 10:52 schrieb Ivan T. Ivanov:
>>> From: Tim Gover <tim.gover at raspberrypi.com>
>>>
>>> Make a copy of the bootloader secure-boot public key available to the OS
>>> via an nvmem node. The placement information is populated by the
>>> Raspberry Pi firmware if a public key is present in the BCM2711
>>> bootloader EEPROM.
>>
>> It would be nice to have a helpful link like:
>> https://www.raspberrypi.com/documentation/computers/configuration.html#nvmem-nodes
> 
> Yep, make sense.
> 
>>> +
>>> +	/*
>>> +	 * RPi4 will copy the binary public key blob (if present) from the bootloader
>>> +	 * into memory for use by the OS.
>>> +	 */
>>> +	blpubkey: nvram at 1 {
>>> +		compatible = "raspberrypi,bootloader-public-key", "nvmem-rmem";
>>
>> Yes this looks better, but this introduce a new dtbs_check issue. The new
> 
> Oops, yes, I forgot to make this check.
> 
>> compatible must be documented in
>> Documentation/devicetree/bindings/nvmem/rmem.yaml in a separate patch and
>> reviewed by the DT guys.
> 
> Or I can drop the new compatible string altogether? It looks like
> only alias is strictly required?! Tim Gover is this correct?

i cannot speak for the firmware side, but i think we should try to keep 
it compatible with the vendor DTB here.

> 
> Regards,
> Ivan
> 



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