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The pldmfw library is used to implement common logic needed to flash devices based on firmware files using the format described by the PLDM for Firmware Update standard. This library consists of logic to parse the PLDM file format from a firmware file object, as well as common logic for sending the relevant PLDM header data to the device firmware. A simple ops table is provided so that device drivers can implement device specific hardware interactions while keeping the common logic to the pldmfw library. This library will be used by the Intel ice networking driver as part of implementing device flash update via devlink. The library aims to be vendor and device agnostic. For this reason, it has been placed in lib/pldmfw, in the hopes that other devices which use the PLDM firmware file format may benefit from it in the future. However, do note that not all features defined in the PLDM standard have been implemented. Signed-off-by: Jacob Keller <jacob.e.keller@intel.com> Signed-off-by: David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net>
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.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
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Driver-specific callbacks
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The ``pldmfw`` module relies on the device driver for implementing device
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specific behavior using the following operations.
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``.match_record``
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-----------------
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The ``.match_record`` operation is used to determine whether a given PLDM
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record matches the device being updated. This requires comparing the record
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descriptors in the record with information from the device. Many record
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descriptors are defined by the PLDM standard, but it is also allowed for
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devices to implement their own descriptors.
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The ``.match_record`` operation should return true if a given record matches
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the device.
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``.send_package_data``
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----------------------
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The ``.send_package_data`` operation is used to send the device-specific
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package data in a record to the device firmware. If the matching record
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provides package data, ``pldmfw`` will call the ``.send_package_data``
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function with a pointer to the package data and with the package data
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length. The device driver should send this data to firmware.
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``.send_component_table``
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-------------------------
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The ``.send_component_table`` operation is used to forward component
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information to the device. It is called once for each applicable component,
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that is, for each component indicated by the matching record. The
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device driver should send the component information to the device firmware,
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and wait for a response. The provided transfer flag indicates whether this
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is the first, last, or a middle component, and is expected to be forwarded
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to firmware as part of the component table information. The driver should an
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error in the case when the firmware indicates that the component cannot be
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updated, or return zero if the component can be updated.
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``.flash_component``
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--------------------
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The ``.flash_component`` operation is used to inform the device driver to
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flash a given component. The driver must perform any steps necessary to send
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the component data to the device.
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``.finalize_update``
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--------------------
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The ``.finalize_update`` operation is used by the ``pldmfw`` library in
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order to allow the device driver to perform any remaining device specific
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logic needed to finish the update.
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