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Patrick Rudolph d23edb21a3 UefiPayloadPkg/Include/Coreboot: Add definitions for SMMSTOREv2 table
Since commit bc744f5893fc4d53275ed26dd8d968011c6a09c1 coreboot supports
the SMMSTORE v2 feature. It implements an SMI handler that is able to
write, read and erase pages in the boot media (SPI flash).
The existence of this optional feature is advertised by a coreboot
table.

Add the tag and header definition to be able to parse the table.

Signed-off-by: Patrick Rudolph <patrick.rudolph@9elements.com>
Signed-off-by: Sergii Dmytruk <sergii.dmytruk@3mdeb.com>
2025-04-09 18:12:48 +00:00
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UefiPayloadPkg

Provide UEFI Universal Payload for different bootloader to generate EFI environment

Spec

Uefi UniversalPayload Format

Binary Format HandOffPayload - HOB
ELF V (Default)
FIT V

Binary Format

  • ELF

                  +  +-----------------------+
                  |  | UniversalPayloadEntry | <----------- UefiPayloadPkg\UefiPayloadEntry\UniversalPayloadEntry.c:_ModuleEntryPoint (HOB)
                  |  +-----------------------+
                  |  | .upld_info            | patch it directly
    ELF Format    |  +-----------------------+
                  |  | .upld.uefi_fv         | patch it directly
                  |  +-----------------------+
                  |  | .upld.bds_fv          | patch it directly
                  |  +-----------------------+
                  |  | .upld.<afpx>_fv       | patch it directly
                  +  +-----------------------+
    
  • FIT

                  +  +-----------------------+
    FIT Data      |  | FIT Header            | <----------- Generate by pylibfdt
                  +  +-----------------------+
    PECOFF Format |  | UniversalPayloadEntry | <----------- UefiPayloadPkg\UefiPayloadEntry\FitUniversalPayloadEntry.c:_ModuleEntryPoint (HOB)
                  +  +-----------------------+
    Relocate Data |  | reloc-start           |
                  +  +-----------------------+
                  |  | uefi_fv               | patch it directly
                  |  +-----------------------+
    Multi Binary  |  | bds_fv                | patch it directly
                  |  +-----------------------+
                  |  | afp_xxx_fv            | patch it directly
                  |  +-----------------------+
                  |  | afp_xxx_fv            | patch it directly
                  +  +-----------------------+
    

Build Environment

  • ELF
    Install GCC compiler on linux and MSVC compiler on windows
    Install CLANG compiler https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/releases/tag/llvmorg-10.0.1 on windows and linux
    
  • FIT
    Install GCC compiler on linux and MSVC compiler on windows
    pip3 install pefile
    pip3 install pylibfdt
    

How to build UEFI UniversalPayload

  • Windows

    • edksetup Rebuild
  • Linux

    • make -C BaseTools
    • source edksetup.sh
  • UniversalPayload.elf

    • python UefiPayloadPkg/UniversalPayloadBuild.py -t <TOOL_CHAIN_TAG>
    • llvm-objdump -h Build/UefiPayloadPkgX64/UniversalPayload.elf
  • UniversalPayload.fit

    • python UefiPayloadPkg/UniversalPayloadBuild.py -t <TOOL_CHAIN_TAG> --Fit

How to dump payload binary data

  • UniversalPayload.elf

  • UniversalPayload.fit

    • Install fdtdump tool

      • Windows
        Set-ExecutionPolicy Bypass -Scope Process -Force; [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol = [System.Net.ServicePointManager]::SecurityProtocol -bor 3072; iex ((New-Object System.Net.WebClient).DownloadString('https://chocolatey.org/install.ps1'))
        choco install dtc-msys2
        
      • Linux
        sudo apt install -y u-boot-tools
        
    • fdtdump Build/UefiPayloadPkgX64/UniversalPayload.fit

Edk2boot + UefiUniversalPayload

ELF Edk2boot use below way to support compress and sign.

  • ELF Behavior - Edk2boot + UefiUniversalPayload.elf
    Boot Flow
    +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
    | Platform Init                                                                       | Universal Loader Interface                                                                                | OS                |
    +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
                                                                                                                                                                       HOBs
    SEC -> PEI -> DXE -> DXE IPL -> UefiPayloadPkg\PayloadLoaderPeim\PayloadLoaderPeim.c ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------> Load UniversalPayload.elf -> Operation System
    
    
    | Platform Initialize - Edk2                                                                                                                                                                      | UniversalPayload - Edk2        |
    +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+--------------------------------+
    
    Binary Format
    
    +-------------------+
    | BIOS.rom          |
    +-------------------+
    | Other Firmware    |
    +-------------------+
    | ...               |  FMMT                                                                                                                                                                        UniversalPayloadBuild.py
    +-------------------+<----------------+-----------------------+  GenFfs    +-----------------------+  Rsa2048Sha256 Sign +-----------------------+  LzmaCompress +----------------------+  GenSec +--------------------------------+
    |                   |                 | EDK2 FFS Header       |<-----------| Rsa2048Sha256 Hash    |<--------------------| UniversalPayload.lzma |<--------------| EDK2 SEC Header      |<--------| UniversalPayload.elf           |
    | RAW Data          |                 +-----------------------+            +-----------------------+                     +-----------------------+               +----------------------+         +--------------------------------+
    |                   |                 | Rsa2048Sha256 Hash    |            | UniversalPayload.lzma |                                                             | UniversalPayload.elf |         | upld_info                      |
    |                   |                 +-----------------------+            +-----------------------+                                                             +----------------------+         +--------------------------------+
    |                   |                 | UniversalPayload.lzma |                                                                                                  | upld_info            |         | upld.uefi_fv                   |
    +-------------------+<----------------+-----------------------+                                                                                                  +----------------------+         +--------------------------------+
    | ...               |                                                                                                                                            | upld.uefi_fv         |         | upld.bds_fv                    |
    +-------------------+                                                                                                                                            +----------------------+         +--------------------------------+
    | Other Firmware    |                                                                                                                                            | upld.bds_fv          |         | upld.AFP1                      |
    +-------------------+                                                                                                                                            +----------------------+         +--------------------------------+
                                                                                                                                                                     | upld.AFP1            |         | upld.AFP2                      |
                                                                                                                                                                     +----------------------+         +--------------------------------+
                                                                                                                                                                     | upld.AFP2            |         | ...                            |
                                                                                                                                                                     +----------------------+         +--------------------------------+
                                                                                                                                                                     | ...                  |         | upld.AFPn                      |
                                                                                                                                                                     +----------------------+         +--------------------------------+
                                                                                                                                                                     | upld.AFPn            |
                                                                                                                                                                     +----------------------+
    

FIT Edk2boot use below way to support compress and sign

  • FIT Behavior - Edk2boot + UefiUniversalPayload.fit
    Boot Flow
    +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
    | Platform Init                                                                       | Universal Loader Interface                                             | OS                |
    +-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------+-------------------+
                                                                                                        HOBs
    SEC -> PEI -> DXE -> DXE IPL -> *UefiPayloadPkg\PayloadLoaderPeim\PayloadLoaderPeim.c ----------------------------------------------> Load UniversalPayload.fit -> Operation System
    
    Binary Format
    
    | Platform Initialize - Edk2                                                                                                | UniversalPayload - Edk2 (UniversalPayloadBuild.py --Fit)                                |
    +---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
    
    +-------------------+
    | BIOS.rom          |
    +-------------------+
    | Other Firmware    |
    +-------------------+
    | ...               |  FMMT                                                                                                  UniversalPayloadBuild.py --Fit    tianocore -> data-offset
    +-------------------+<----------------+--------------------------------+  GenFfs +--------------------------------+  GenSec +--------------------------------+ tianocore -> reloc-start +--------------------------+
    |                   |                 | EDK2 FFS Header                |<--------| EDK2 SEC Header                |<--------| FIT Header                     |<-------------------------| UniversalPayload.pecoff  |
    |                   |                 +--------------------------------+         +--------------------------------+         | description = "Uefi Payload";  |                          +--------------------------+
    |                   |                 | EDK2 SEC Header                |         | FIT Header                     |         | ...                            |
    | RAW Data          |                 +--------------------------------+         |                                |         | images {                       | uefi-fv -> data-offset   +--------------------------+
    |                   |                 | FIT Header                     |         |                                |         |   tianocore {...};             |<-------------------------| uefi_fv                  |
    |                   |                 |                                |         +--------------------------------+         |   uefi-fv {...};               | bds-fv -> data-offset    +--------------------------+
    |                   |                 |                                |         | tianocore -> data              |         |   bds-fv {...};                |<-------------------------| bds_fv                   |
    |                   |                 +--------------------------------+         +--------------------------------+         |   afp1-fv {...};               | AFP1 -> data-offset      +--------------------------+
    |                   |                 | tianocore -> data              |         | tianocore -> reloc-start       |         |   ...                          |<-------------------------| AFP1                     |
    |                   |                 +--------------------------------+         +--------------------------------+         |   afpn-fv {...};               | AFP2 -> data-offset      +--------------------------+
    |                   |                 | tianocore -> reloc-start       |         | uefi-fv -> data                |         | }                              |<-------------------------| AFP2                     |
    |                   |                 +--------------------------------+         +--------------------------------+         | configurations {               | ...                      +--------------------------+
    |                   |                 | uefi-fv -> data                |         | bds-fv -> data                 |         |   conf-1 {...}                 |<-------------------------| ...                      |
    |                   |                 +--------------------------------+         +--------------------------------+         | }                              | AFPn -> data-offset      +--------------------------+
    |                   |                 | bds-fv -> data                 |         | AFP1-fv -> data                |         |                                |<-------------------------| AFPn                     |
    |                   |                 +--------------------------------+         +--------------------------------+         |                                |                          +--------------------------+
    |                   |                 | AFP1-fv -> data                |         | AFP2-fv -> data                |         |                                |
    |                   |                 +--------------------------------+         +--------------------------------+         +--------------------------------+
    |                   |                 | AFP2-fv -> data                |         | ...                            |         | tianocore -> data              |
    |                   |                 +--------------------------------+         +--------------------------------+         +--------------------------------+
    |                   |                 | ...                            |         | AFPn-fv -> data                |         | tianocore -> reloc-start       |
    |                   |                 +--------------------------------+         +--------------------------------+         +--------------------------------+
    |                   |                 | AFPn-fv -> data                |                                                    | uefi-fv -> data                |
    +-------------------+<----------------+--------------------------------+                                                    +--------------------------------+
    | ...               |                                                                                                       | bds-fv -> data                 |
    +-------------------+                                                                                                       +--------------------------------+
    | Other Firmware    |                                                                                                       | AFP1-fv -> data                |
    +-------------------+                                                                                                       +--------------------------------+
                                                                                                                                | AFP2-fv -> data                |
                                                                                                                                +--------------------------------+
                                                                                                                                | ...                            |
                                                                                                                                +--------------------------------+
                                                                                                                                | AFPn-fv -> data                |
                                                                                                                                +--------------------------------+