commit | 0655f78041ef617844f436306fa5431e211f4431 | [log] [tgz] |
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author | Julius Werner <jwerner@chromium.org> | Wed Dec 11 16:19:48 2019 -0800 |
committer | Philipp Deppenwiese <zaolin.daisuki@gmail.com> | Fri Oct 30 11:13:35 2020 +0000 |
tree | 90e3382ce42dbdb6636b52f028f34403a0c4f56b | |
parent | 0a9eea0f5bb192a7e92115c87480836fb3395471 [diff] |
commonlib/bsd: Add new CBFS core implementation This patch adds a new CBFS implementation that is intended to replace the existing commonlib/cbfs.c. The new implementation is designed to meet a bunch of current and future goals that in aggregate make it easier to start from scratch than to adapt the exisiting implementation: 1. Be BSD-licensed so it can evetually be shared with libpayload. 2. Allow generating/verifying a metadata hash for future CBFS per-file verification (see [1][2]). 3. Be very careful about reading (not mmaping) all data only once, to be suitable for eventual TOCTOU-safe verification. 4. Make it possible to efficiently implement all current and future firmware use cases (both with and without verification). The main primitive is the cbfs_walk() function which will traverse a CBFS and call a callback for every file. cbfs_lookup() uses this to implement the most common use case of finding a file so that it can be read. A host application using this code (e.g. coreboot, libpayload, cbfstool) will need to provide a <cbfs_glue.h> header to provide the glue to access the respective CBFS storage backend implementation. This patch merely adds the code, the next patch will integrate it into coreboot. [1]: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hs_EhewBgtM [2]: https://osfc.io/uploads/talk/paper/47/The_future_of_firmware_verification_in_coreboot.pdf (Note: In early discussions the metadata hash was called "master hash".) Change-Id: Ica64c1751fa37686814c0247460c399261d5814c Signed-off-by: Julius Werner <jwerner@chromium.org> Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/38421 Reviewed-by: Aaron Durbin <adurbin@chromium.org> Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
coreboot is a Free Software project aimed at replacing the proprietary BIOS (firmware) found in most computers. coreboot performs a little bit of hardware initialization and then executes additional boot logic, called a payload.
With the separation of hardware initialization and later boot logic, coreboot can scale from specialized applications that run directly firmware, run operating systems in flash, load custom bootloaders, or implement firmware standards, like PC BIOS services or UEFI. This allows for systems to only include the features necessary in the target application, reducing the amount of code and flash space required.
coreboot was formerly known as LinuxBIOS.
After the basic initialization of the hardware has been performed, any desired "payload" can be started by coreboot.
See https://www.coreboot.org/Payloads for a list of supported payloads.
coreboot supports a wide range of chipsets, devices, and mainboards.
For details please consult:
ANY_TOOLCHAIN
Kconfig option if you're feeling lucky (no support in this case).Optional:
make menuconfig
and make nconfig
)Please consult https://www.coreboot.org/Build_HOWTO for details.
If you want to test coreboot without any risks before you really decide to use it on your hardware, you can use the QEMU system emulator to run coreboot virtually in QEMU.
Please see https://www.coreboot.org/QEMU for details.
Further details on the project, a FAQ, many HOWTOs, news, development guidelines and more can be found on the coreboot website:
You can contact us directly on the coreboot mailing list:
https://www.coreboot.org/Mailinglist
The copyright on coreboot is owned by quite a large number of individual developers and companies. Please check the individual source files for details.
coreboot is licensed under the terms of the GNU General Public License (GPL). Some files are licensed under the "GPL (version 2, or any later version)", and some files are licensed under the "GPL, version 2". For some parts, which were derived from other projects, other (GPL-compatible) licenses may apply. Please check the individual source files for details.
This makes the resulting coreboot images licensed under the GPL, version 2.