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1
2Firmware Management
3-------------------
4 Copyright 2016 Google Inc.
5 Copyright 2016 Linaro Ltd.
6
7Interface-Manifest
8------------------
9
10All firmware packages on the Modules or Interfaces are managed by a special
11Firmware Management Protocol. To support Firmware Management by the AP, the
12Interface Manifest shall at least contain the Firmware Management Bundle and a
13Firmware Management Protocol CPort within it.
14
15The bundle may contain additional CPorts based on the extra functionality
16required to manage firmware packages.
17
18For example, this is how the Firmware Management part of the Interface Manifest
19may look like:
20
21	; Firmware Management Bundle (Bundle 1):
22	[bundle-descriptor 1]
23	class = 0x16
24
25	; (Mandatory) Firmware Management Protocol on CPort 1
26	[cport-descriptor 2]
27	bundle = 1
28	protocol = 0x18
29
30	; (Optional) Firmware Download Protocol on CPort 2
31	[cport-descriptor 1]
32	bundle = 1
33	protocol = 0x17
34
35	; (Optional) SPI protocol on CPort 3
36	[cport-descriptor 3]
37	bundle = 1
38	protocol = 0x0b
39
40	; (Optional) Component Authentication Protocol (CAP) on CPort 4
41	[cport-descriptor 4]
42	bundle = 1
43	protocol = 0x19
44
45
46Sysfs Interfaces - Firmware Management
47--------------------------------------
48
49The Firmware Management Protocol interacts with Userspace using the character
50device interface. The character device will be present in /dev/ directory
51and will be named gb-fw-mgmt-<N>. The number <N> is assigned at runtime.
52
53Identifying the Character Device
54================================
55
56There can be multiple devices present in /dev/ directory with name gb-fw-mgmt-N
57and user first needs to identify the character device used for
58firmware-management for a particular interface.
59
60The Firmware Management core creates a device of class 'gb_fw_mgmt', which shall
61be used by the user to identify the right character device for it. The class
62device is created within the Bundle directory for a particular Interface.
63
64For example this is how the class-device can be present:
65
66/sys/bus/greybus/devices/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1.1/gb_fw_mgmt/gb-fw-mgmt-0
67
68The last name in this path: gb-fw-mgmt-0 is precisely the name of the char
69device and so the device in this case will be:
70
71/dev/gb-fw-mgmt-0.
72
73Operations on the Char device
74=============================
75
76The Character device (gb-fw-mgmt-0 in example) can be opened by the userspace
77application and it can perform various 'ioctl' operations on the device. The
78device doesn't support any read/write operations.
79
80Following are the IOCTLs and their data structures available to the user:
81
82/* IOCTL support */
83#define GB_FW_LOAD_METHOD_UNIPRO		0x01
84#define GB_FW_LOAD_METHOD_INTERNAL		0x02
85
86#define GB_FW_LOAD_STATUS_FAILED		0x00
87#define GB_FW_LOAD_STATUS_UNVALIDATED		0x01
88#define GB_FW_LOAD_STATUS_VALIDATED		0x02
89#define GB_FW_LOAD_STATUS_VALIDATION_FAILED	0x03
90
91#define GB_FW_BACKEND_FW_STATUS_SUCCESS		0x01
92#define GB_FW_BACKEND_FW_STATUS_FAIL_FIND	0x02
93#define GB_FW_BACKEND_FW_STATUS_FAIL_FETCH	0x03
94#define GB_FW_BACKEND_FW_STATUS_FAIL_WRITE	0x04
95#define GB_FW_BACKEND_FW_STATUS_INT		0x05
96#define GB_FW_BACKEND_FW_STATUS_RETRY		0x06
97#define GB_FW_BACKEND_FW_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED	0x07
98
99#define GB_FW_BACKEND_VERSION_STATUS_SUCCESS		0x01
100#define GB_FW_BACKEND_VERSION_STATUS_NOT_AVAILABLE	0x02
101#define GB_FW_BACKEND_VERSION_STATUS_NOT_SUPPORTED	0x03
102#define GB_FW_BACKEND_VERSION_STATUS_RETRY		0x04
103#define GB_FW_BACKEND_VERSION_STATUS_FAIL_INT		0x05
104
105
106struct fw_mgmt_ioc_get_intf_version {
107	__u8 firmware_tag[GB_FIRMWARE_U_TAG_MAX_SIZE];
108	__u16 major;
109	__u16 minor;
110} __attribute__ ((__packed__));
111
112struct fw_mgmt_ioc_get_backend_version {
113	__u8 firmware_tag[GB_FIRMWARE_U_TAG_MAX_SIZE];
114	__u16 major;
115	__u16 minor;
116	__u8 status;
117} __attribute__ ((__packed__));
118
119struct fw_mgmt_ioc_intf_load_and_validate {
120	__u8			firmware_tag[GB_FIRMWARE_TAG_MAX_SIZE];
121	__u8			load_method;
122	__u8			status;
123	__u16			major;
124	__u16			minor;
125} __packed;
126
127struct fw_mgmt_ioc_backend_fw_update {
128	__u8			firmware_tag[GB_FIRMWARE_TAG_MAX_SIZE];
129	__u8			status;
130} __packed;
131
132#define FW_MGMT_IOCTL_BASE			'S'
133#define FW_MGMT_IOC_GET_INTF_FW			_IOR(FW_MGMT_IOCTL_BASE, 0, struct fw_mgmt_ioc_get_intf_version)
134#define FW_MGMT_IOC_GET_BACKEND_FW		_IOWR(FW_MGMT_IOCTL_BASE, 1, struct fw_mgmt_ioc_get_backend_version)
135#define FW_MGMT_IOC_INTF_LOAD_AND_VALIDATE	_IOWR(FW_MGMT_IOCTL_BASE, 2, struct fw_mgmt_ioc_intf_load_and_validate)
136#define FW_MGMT_IOC_INTF_BACKEND_FW_UPDATE	_IOWR(FW_MGMT_IOCTL_BASE, 3, struct fw_mgmt_ioc_backend_fw_update)
137#define FW_MGMT_IOC_SET_TIMEOUT_MS		_IOW(FW_MGMT_IOCTL_BASE, 4, unsigned int)
138#define FW_MGMT_IOC_MODE_SWITCH			_IO(FW_MGMT_IOCTL_BASE, 5)
139
1401. FW_MGMT_IOC_GET_INTF_FW:
141
142   This ioctl shall be used by the user to get the version and firmware-tag of
143   the currently running Interface Firmware. All the fields of the 'struct
144   fw_mgmt_ioc_get_fw' are filled by the kernel.
145
1462. FW_MGMT_IOC_GET_BACKEND_FW:
147
148   This ioctl shall be used by the user to get the version of a currently
149   running Backend Interface Firmware identified by a firmware-tag. The user is
150   required to fill the 'firmware_tag' field of the 'struct fw_mgmt_ioc_get_fw'
151   in this case. The 'major' and 'minor' fields are set by the kernel in
152   response.
153
1543. FW_MGMT_IOC_INTF_LOAD_AND_VALIDATE:
155
156   This ioctl shall be used by the user to load an Interface Firmware package on
157   an Interface. The user needs to fill the 'firmware_tag' and 'load_method'
158   fields of the 'struct fw_mgmt_ioc_intf_load_and_validate'. The 'status',
159   'major' and 'minor' fields are set by the kernel in response.
160
1614. FW_MGMT_IOC_INTF_BACKEND_FW_UPDATE:
162
163   This ioctl shall be used by the user to request an Interface to update a
164   Backend Interface Firmware.  The user is required to fill the 'firmware_tag'
165   field of the 'struct fw_mgmt_ioc_get_fw' in this case. The 'status' field is
166   set by the kernel in response.
167
1685. FW_MGMT_IOC_SET_TIMEOUT_MS:
169
170   This ioctl shall be used by the user to increase the timeout interval within
171   which the firmware must get loaded by the Module. The default timeout is 1
172   second. The user needs to pass the timeout in milliseconds.
173
1746. FW_MGMT_IOC_MODE_SWITCH:
175
176   This ioctl shall be used by the user to mode-switch the module to the
177   previously loaded interface firmware. If the interface firmware isn't loaded
178   previously, or if another unsuccessful FW_MGMT_IOC_INTF_LOAD_AND_VALIDATE
179   operation is started after loading interface firmware, then the firmware core
180   wouldn't allow mode-switch.
181
182
183Sysfs Interfaces - Authentication
184---------------------------------
185
186The Component Authentication Protocol interacts with Userspace using the
187character device interface. The character device will be present in /dev/
188directory and will be named gb-authenticate-<N>. The number <N> is assigned at
189runtime.
190
191Identifying the Character Device
192================================
193
194There can be multiple devices present in /dev/ directory with name
195gb-authenticate-N and user first needs to identify the character device used for
196authentication a of particular interface.
197
198The Authentication core creates a device of class 'gb_authenticate', which shall
199be used by the user to identify the right character device for it. The class
200device is created within the Bundle directory for a particular Interface.
201
202For example this is how the class-device can be present:
203
204/sys/bus/greybus/devices/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1.1/gb_authenticate/gb-authenticate-0
205
206The last name in this path: gb-authenticate-0 is precisely the name of the char
207device and so the device in this case will be:
208
209/dev/gb-authenticate-0.
210
211Operations on the Char device
212=============================
213
214The Character device (/dev/gb-authenticate-0 in above example) can be opened by
215the userspace application and it can perform various 'ioctl' operations on the
216device. The device doesn't support any read/write operations.
217
218Following are the IOCTLs and their data structures available to the user:
219
220#define CAP_CERTIFICATE_MAX_SIZE	1600
221#define CAP_SIGNATURE_MAX_SIZE		320
222
223/* Certificate class types */
224#define CAP_CERT_IMS_EAPC		0x00000001
225#define CAP_CERT_IMS_EASC		0x00000002
226#define CAP_CERT_IMS_EARC		0x00000003
227#define CAP_CERT_IMS_IAPC		0x00000004
228#define CAP_CERT_IMS_IASC		0x00000005
229#define CAP_CERT_IMS_IARC		0x00000006
230
231/* IMS Certificate response result codes */
232#define CAP_IMS_RESULT_CERT_FOUND	0x00
233#define CAP_IMS_RESULT_CERT_CLASS_INVAL	0x01
234#define CAP_IMS_RESULT_CERT_CORRUPT	0x02
235#define CAP_IMS_RESULT_CERT_NOT_FOUND	0x03
236
237/* Authentication types */
238#define CAP_AUTH_IMS_PRI		0x00000001
239#define CAP_AUTH_IMS_SEC		0x00000002
240#define CAP_AUTH_IMS_RSA		0x00000003
241
242/* Authenticate response result codes */
243#define CAP_AUTH_RESULT_CR_SUCCESS	0x00
244#define CAP_AUTH_RESULT_CR_BAD_TYPE	0x01
245#define CAP_AUTH_RESULT_CR_WRONG_EP	0x02
246#define CAP_AUTH_RESULT_CR_NO_KEY	0x03
247#define CAP_AUTH_RESULT_CR_SIG_FAIL	0x04
248
249
250/* IOCTL support */
251struct cap_ioc_get_endpoint_uid {
252	__u8			uid[8];
253} __attribute__ ((__packed__));
254
255struct cap_ioc_get_ims_certificate {
256	__u32			certificate_class;
257	__u32			certificate_id;
258
259	__u8			result_code;
260	__u32			cert_size;
261	__u8			certificate[CAP_CERTIFICATE_MAX_SIZE];
262} __attribute__ ((__packed__));
263
264struct cap_ioc_authenticate {
265	__u32			auth_type;
266	__u8			uid[8];
267	__u8			challenge[32];
268
269	__u8			result_code;
270	__u8			response[64];
271	__u32			signature_size;
272	__u8			signature[CAP_SIGNATURE_MAX_SIZE];
273} __attribute__ ((__packed__));
274
275#define CAP_IOCTL_BASE			'C'
276#define CAP_IOC_GET_ENDPOINT_UID	_IOR(CAP_IOCTL_BASE, 0, struct cap_ioc_get_endpoint_uid)
277#define CAP_IOC_GET_IMS_CERTIFICATE	_IOWR(CAP_IOCTL_BASE, 1, struct cap_ioc_get_ims_certificate)
278#define CAP_IOC_AUTHENTICATE		_IOWR(CAP_IOCTL_BASE, 2, struct cap_ioc_authenticate)
279
280
2811. CAP_IOC_GET_ENDPOINT_UID:
282
283   This ioctl shall be used by the user to get the endpoint UID associated with
284   the Interface.  All the fields of the 'struct cap_ioc_get_endpoint_uid' are
285   filled by the kernel.
286
2872. CAP_IOC_GET_IMS_CERTIFICATE:
288
289   This ioctl shall be used by the user to retrieve one of the available
290   cryptographic certificates held by the Interface for use in Component
291   Authentication. The user is required to fill the 'certificate_class' and
292   'certificate_id' field of the 'struct cap_ioc_get_ims_certificate' in this
293   case. The other fields will be set by the kernel in response. The first
294   'cert_size' bytes of the 'certificate' shall be read by the user and others
295   must be discarded.
296
2973. CAP_IOC_AUTHENTICATE:
298
299   This ioctl shall be used by the user to authenticate the Module attached to
300   an Interface.  The user needs to fill the 'auth_type', 'uid', and 'challenge'
301   fields of the 'struct cap_ioc_authenticate'. The other fields will be set by
302   the kernel in response.  The first 'signature_size' bytes of the 'signature'
303   shall be read by the user and others must be discarded.
304
305
306Sysfs Interfaces - Firmware Download
307------------------------------------
308
309The Firmware Download Protocol uses the existing Linux Kernel's Firmware class
310and the interface provided to userspace are described in:
311Documentation/firmware_class/.
312
313
314Sysfs Interfaces - SPI Flash
315----------------------------
316
317The SPI flash is exposed in userspace as a MTD device and is created
318within the Bundle directory. For example, this is how the path may look like:
319
320$ ls /sys/bus/greybus/devices/1-1/1-1.1/1-1.1.1/spi_master/spi32766/spi32766.0/mtd
321mtd0    mtd0ro
322
323
324Sample Applications
325-------------------
326
327The current directory also provides a firmware.c test application, which can be
328referenced while developing userspace application to talk to firmware-management
329protocol.
330
331The current directory also provides a authenticate.c test application, which can
332be referenced while developing userspace application to talk to
333component authentication protocol.
334