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

From: Ivan T. Ivanov
Date: Thu Apr 13 2023 - 14:18:36 EST


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@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > 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@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?

Regards,
Ivan