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This commit adds the bootctl platform driver for Mellanox BlueField
Soc, which queries secure state and controls the eMMC boot partition
swapping by sending SMC calls to ATF running at EL3.
Below are the sequences of typical use case.
1. User requests boot partition swapping, which could be on-demand or
during boot-image upgrade via UEFI capsule;
2. This bootctl driver handles the request and sends SMC call
to ATF. ATF programs register BREADCRUMB0 which has value
preserved during warm reset. It also programs eMMC to swap
the boot partition;
3. After software reset (rebooting), ATF BL1 (BootRom) checks
register BREADCRUMB0 and enable watchdog if configured;
4. If booting fails, the watchdog timer will trigger rebooting.
In such case, ATF Boot ROM will switch the boot partition
back to the previous one. This is a robust feature and used
to prevent failure during boot partition upgrade.
Reviewed-by: Vadim Pasternak <vadimp@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Liming Sun <lsun@mellanox.com>
Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@linux.intel.com>
Linux kernel
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There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.