Re: Re: Re: Firmware Partition Filesystem query

2024-07-23 Thread Ghennadi Procopciuc
>> Could this section be updated in order to reduce the number of different >> interpretations? > > Yes, it can be clarified. As Daniel says, this section is only > intended for platforms where there is no other place to store > firmware. If the OS and the firmware need to share a logical block >

Re: Re: Re: Firmware Partition Filesystem query

2024-07-23 Thread Grant Likely
a On Mon, Jul 22, 2024 at 2:46 PM Ghennadi Procopciuc wrote: > > On 7/22/2024 2:45 PM, Daniel Thompson wrote: > > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 07:51:26PM +, Ghennadi Procopciuc wrote: > >>> Yes, ideally this is what EBBR recommends as the second-best option (the > >>> best > >>> option being to u

Re: Re: Re: Firmware Partition Filesystem query

2024-07-22 Thread Ghennadi Procopciuc
On 7/22/2024 2:45 PM, Daniel Thompson wrote: > On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 07:51:26PM +, Ghennadi Procopciuc wrote: >>> Yes, ideally this is what EBBR recommends as the second-best option (the >>> best >>> option being to use a dedicated storage). >> >> Ok, I thought that the ideal case is when al

Re: Re: Firmware Partition Filesystem query

2024-07-22 Thread Daniel Thompson
On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 07:51:26PM +, Ghennadi Procopciuc wrote: > > Yes, ideally this is what EBBR recommends as the second-best option (the > > best > > option being to use a dedicated storage). > > Ok, I thought that the ideal case is when all firmware images are stored on a > dedicated sto

RE: Re: Firmware Partition Filesystem query

2024-07-19 Thread Ghennadi Procopciuc
> > Questions: > > 1. Does the above paragraph mean that, if the device allows, all > > firmware > binaries (TF-A, U-Boot, and some others) > > must be stored in a dedicated firmware partition formatted with a > > FAT > filesystem and GUID Partition Table (GPT) > > disk layout

Re: Firmware Partition Filesystem query

2024-07-19 Thread Vincent Stehlé
On Fri, Jul 19, 2024 at 02:12:59PM +, Ghennadi Procopciuc wrote: > Greetings everyone, > > I came across the following paragraph while reading the 'Firmware Partition > Filesystem' chapter from EBBR v2.2.0 > and I would like to clarify my understanding: > Where possible, firmware images

Firmware Partition Filesystem query

2024-07-19 Thread Ghennadi Procopciuc
Greetings everyone, I came across the following paragraph while reading the 'Firmware Partition Filesystem' chapter from EBBR v2.2.0 and I would like to clarify my understanding: Where possible, firmware images and data should be stored in a filesystem. Firmware can be stored either in a