Hi Marek, On Thu, 12 Feb 2026 at 17:12, Marek Vasut <[email protected]> wrote: > > Add support for setting the CST backend, both via DT property and > CST_BACKEND environment variable. The CST currently supports two > backends, 'ssl' and 'pkcs11', with 'ssl' being the default when > CST tool is invoked without any -b parameter. Keep 'ssl' backend > as the default, but explicitly pass it via the '-b' parameter, > unless the user selects 'pkcs11' via either method. > > Signed-off-by: Marek Vasut <[email protected]> > --- > Cc: Alper Nebi Yasak <[email protected]> > Cc: Simon Glass <[email protected]> > Cc: Tom Rini <[email protected]> > Cc: [email protected] > --- > tools/binman/etype/nxp_imx8mcst.py | 12 +++++++++++- > 1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/tools/binman/etype/nxp_imx8mcst.py > b/tools/binman/etype/nxp_imx8mcst.py > index dd9f226b751..3a95da6a35d 100644 > --- a/tools/binman/etype/nxp_imx8mcst.py > +++ b/tools/binman/etype/nxp_imx8mcst.py > @@ -90,6 +90,10 @@ class Entry_nxp_imx8mcst(Entry_mkimage): > 'SRK_KEY', fdt_util.GetString(self._node, 'nxp,srk-crt', > f'SRK1_{KEY_NAME}.pem')) > > + self.backend = os.getenv( > + 'CST_BACKEND', fdt_util.GetString(self._node, 'nxp,cst-backend', > + 'ssl')) > + > self.unlock = fdt_util.GetBool(self._node, 'nxp,unlock') > self.ReadEntries() > > @@ -161,8 +165,14 @@ class Entry_nxp_imx8mcst(Entry_mkimage): > with open(cfg_fname, 'w') as cfgf: > config.write(cfgf) > > + # SSL is the default backend, PKCS11 backend is optional > + if self.backend == "pkcs11": > + cst_backend = "pkcs11" > + else: > + cst_backend = "ssl" > + > output_fname = > tools.get_output_filename(f'nxp.csf-output-blob.{uniq}') > - args = ['-i', cfg_fname, '-o', output_fname] > + args = ['-i', cfg_fname, '-o', output_fname, '-b', cst_backend] > if self.cst.run_cmd(*args) is not None: > outdata = tools.read_file(output_fname) > # fixme: 0x2000 should be CONFIG_CSF_SIZE > -- > 2.51.0 >
This should be documented somewhere, likely in the comment for this entry type, so it ends up visible in the docs. Also, this code path will need a test, please. Regards, Simon

