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+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+
+Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU)
+=============================
+
+Overview
+--------
+
+The Device Firmware Upgrade (DFU) allows to download and upload firmware
+to/from U-Boot connected over USB.
+
+U-boot follows the Universal Serial Bus Device Class Specification for
+Device Firmware Upgrade Version 1.1 the USB forum (DFU v1.1 in www.usb.org).
+
+U-Boot implements this DFU capability (CONFIG_DFU) with the command dfu
+(cmd/dfu.c / CONFIG_CMD_DFU) based on:
+
+- the DFU stack (common/dfu.c and common/spl/spl_dfu.c), based on the
+ USB DFU download gadget (drivers/usb/gadget/f_dfu.c)
+- The access to mediums is done in DFU backends (driver/dfu)
+
+Today the supported DFU backends are:
+
+- MMC (RAW or FAT / EXT2 / EXT3 / EXT4 file system / SKIP / SCRIPT)
+- NAND
+- RAM
+- SF (serial flash)
+- MTD (all MTD device: NAND, SPI-NOR, SPI-NAND,...)
+- virtual
+
+These DFU backends are also used by
+
+- the dfutftp (see README.dfutftp)
+- the thordown command (cmd/thordown.c and gadget/f_thor.c)
+
+The "virtual" backend is a generic DFU backend to support a board specific
+target (for example OTP), only based on the weak functions:
+
+- dfu_write_medium_virt
+- dfu_get_medium_size_virt
+- dfu_read_medium_virt
+
+Configuration Options
+---------------------
+
+The following configuration option are relevant for device firmware upgrade:
+
+* CONFIG_DFU
+* CONFIG_DFU_OVER_USB
+* CONFIG_DFU_MMC
+* CONFIG_DFU_MTD
+* CONFIG_DFU_NAND
+* CONFIG_DFU_RAM
+* CONFIG_DFU_SF
+* CONFIG_DFU_SF_PART
+* CONFIG_DFU_TIMEOUT
+* CONFIG_DFU_VIRTUAL
+* CONFIG_CMD_DFU
+
+Environment variables
+---------------------
+
+The dfu command uses 3 environments variables:
+
+dfu_alt_info
+ The DFU setting for the USB download gadget with a semicolon separated
+ string of information on each alternate::
+
+ dfu_alt_info="<alt1>;<alt2>;....;<altN>"
+
+ When several devices are used, the format is:
+
+ - <interface> <dev>'='alternate list (';' separated)
+ - each interface is separated by '&'::
+
+ dfu_alt_info=\
+ "<interface1> <dev1>=<alt1>;....;<altN>&"\
+ "<interface2> <dev2>=<altN+1>;....;<altM>&"\
+ ...\
+ "<interfaceI> <devI>=<altY+1>;....;<altZ>&"
+
+dfu_bufsiz
+ size of the DFU buffer, when absent, defaults to
+ CONFIG_SYS_DFU_DATA_BUF_SIZE (8 MiB by default)
+
+dfu_hash_algo
+ name of the hash algorithm to use
+
+Commands
+--------
+
+dfu <USB_controller> [<interface> <dev>] list
+ list the alternate device defined in *dfu_alt_info*
+
+dfu <USB_controller> [<interface> <dev>] [<timeout>]
+ start the dfu stack on the USB instance with the selected medium
+ backend and use the *dfu_alt_info* variable to configure the
+ alternate setting and link each one with the medium
+ The dfu command continue until receive a ^C in console or
+ a DFU detach transaction from HOST. If CONFIG_DFU_TIMEOUT option
+ is enabled and <timeout> parameter is present in the command line,
+ the DFU operation will be aborted automatically after <timeout>
+ seconds of waiting remote to initiate DFU session.
+
+The possible values of <interface> are (with <USB controller> = 0 in the dfu
+command example)
+
+mmc
+ for eMMC and SD card::
+
+ dfu 0 mmc <dev>
+
+ each element in *dfu_alt_info* being
+
+ * <name> raw <offset> <size> [mmcpart <num>] raw access to mmc device
+ * <name> part <dev> <part_id> [mmcpart <num>] raw access to partition
+ * <name> fat <dev> <part_id> [mmcpart <num>] file in FAT partition
+ * <name> ext4 <dev> <part_id> [mmcpart <num>] file in EXT4 partition
+ * <name> skip 0 0 ignore flashed data
+ * <name> script 0 0 execute commands in shell
+
+ with
+
+ partid
+ being the GPT or DOS partition index,
+ num
+ being the eMMC hardware partition number.
+
+ A value of environment variable *dfu_alt_info* for eMMC could be::
+
+ u-boot raw 0x3e 0x800 mmcpart 1;bl2 raw 0x1e 0x1d mmcpart 1
+
+ A value of environment variable *dfu_alt_info* for SD card could be::
+
+ u-boot raw 0x80 0x800;uImage ext4 0 2
+
+ If don't want to flash given image file to storage, use "skip" type
+ entity.
+
+ - It can be used to protect flashing wrong image for the specific board.
+ - Especailly, this layout will be useful when thor protocol is used,
+ which performs flashing in batch mode, where more than one file is
+ processed.
+
+ For example, if one makes a single tar file with support for the two
+ boards with u-boot-<board1>.bin and u-boot-<board2>.bin files, one
+ can use it to flash a proper u-boot image on both without a failure::
+
+ u-boot-<board1>.bin raw 0x80 0x800; u-boot-<board2>.bin skip 0 0
+
+ When flashing new system image requires do some more complex things
+ than just writing data to the storage medium, one can use 'script'
+ type. Data written to such entity will be executed as a command list
+ in the u-boot's shell. This for example allows to re-create partition
+ layout and even set new *dfu_alt_info* for the newly created paritions.
+ Such script would look like::
+
+ setenv dfu_alt_info ...
+ setenv mbr_parts ...
+ mbr write ...
+
+ Please note that this means that user will be able to execute any
+ arbitrary commands just like in the u-boot's shell.
+
+nand
+ raw slc nand device::
+
+ dfu 0 nand <dev>
+
+ each element in *dfu_alt_info* being either of
+
+ * <name> raw <offset> <size> raw access to mmc device
+ * <name> part <dev> <part_id> raw acces to partition
+ * <name> partubi <dev> <part_id> raw acces to ubi partition
+
+ with
+
+ partid
+ is the MTD partition index
+
+ram
+ raw access to ram::
+
+ dfu 0 ram <dev>
+
+ dev
+ is not used for RAM target
+
+ each element in *dfu_alt_info* being::
+
+ <name> ram <offset> <size> raw access to ram
+
+sf
+ serial flash : NOR::
+
+ cmd: dfu 0 sf <dev>
+
+ each element in *dfu_alt_info* being either of:
+
+ * <name> raw <offset> <size> raw access to sf device
+ * <name> part <dev> <part_id> raw acces to partition
+ * <name> partubi <dev> <part_id> raw acces to ubi partition
+
+ with
+
+ partid
+ is the MTD partition index
+
+mtd
+ all MTD device: NAND, SPI-NOR, SPI-NAND,...::
+
+ cmd: dfu 0 mtd <dev>
+
+ with
+
+ dev
+ the mtd identifier as defined in mtd command
+ (nand0, nor0, spi-nand0,...)
+
+ each element in *dfu_alt_info* being either of:
+
+ * <name> raw <offset> <size> forraw access to mtd device
+ * <name> part <dev> <part_id> for raw acces to partition
+ * <name> partubi <dev> <part_id> for raw acces to ubi partition
+
+ with
+
+ partid
+ is the MTD partition index
+
+virt
+ virtual flash back end for DFU
+
+ ::
+
+ cmd: dfu 0 virt <dev>
+
+ each element in *dfu_alt_info* being:
+
+ * <name>
+
+<interface> and <dev> are absent, the dfu command to use multiple devices::
+
+ cmd: dfu 0 list
+ cmd: dfu 0
+
+*dfu_alt_info* variable provides the list of <interface> <dev> with
+alternate list separated by '&' with the same format for each <alt>::
+
+ mmc <dev>=<alt1>;....;<altN>
+ nand <dev>=<alt1>;....;<altN>
+ ram <dev>=<alt1>;....;<altN>
+ sf <dev>=<alt1>;....;<altN>
+ mtd <dev>=<alt1>;....;<altN>
+ virt <dev>=<alt1>;....;<altN>
+
+Callbacks
+---------
+
+The weak callback functions can be implemented to manage specific behavior
+
+dfu_initiated_callback
+ called when the DFU transaction is started, used to initiase the device
+
+dfu_flush_callback
+ called at the end of the DFU write after DFU manifestation, used to manage
+ the device when DFU transaction is closed
+
+Host tools
+----------
+
+When U-Boot runs the dfu stack, the DFU host tools can be used
+to send/receive firmwares on each configurated alternate.
+
+For example dfu-util is a host side implementation of the DFU 1.1
+specifications(http://dfu-util.sourceforge.net/) which works with U-Boot.
+
+Usage
+-----
+
+Example 1: firmware located in eMMC or SD card, with:
+
+- alternate 1 (alt=1) for SPL partition (GPT partition 1)
+- alternate 2 (alt=2) for U-Boot partition (GPT partition 2)
+
+The U-Boot configuration is::
+
+ U-Boot> env set dfu_alt_info "spl part 0 1;u-boot part 0 2"
+
+ U-Boot> dfu 0 mmc 0 list
+ DFU alt settings list:
+ dev: eMMC alt: 0 name: spl layout: RAW_ADDR
+ dev: eMMC alt: 1 name: u-boot layout: RAW_ADDR
+
+ Boot> dfu 0 mmc 0
+
+On the Host side:
+
+list the available alternate setting::
+
+ $> dfu-util -l
+ dfu-util 0.9
+
+ Copyright 2005-2009 Weston Schmidt, Harald Welte and OpenMoko Inc.
+ Copyright 2010-2016 Tormod Volden and Stefan Schmidt
+ This program is Free Software and has ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY
+ Please report bugs to http://sourceforge.net/p/dfu-util/tickets/
+
+ Found DFU: [0483:5720] ver=0200, devnum=45, cfg=1, intf=0, path="3-1.3.1", \
+ alt=1, name="u-boot", serial="003A00203438510D36383238"
+ Found DFU: [0483:5720] ver=0200, devnum=45, cfg=1, intf=0, path="3-1.3.1", \
+ alt=0, name="spl", serial="003A00203438510D36383238"
+
+ To download to U-Boot, use -D option
+
+ $> dfu-util -a 0 -D u-boot-spl.bin
+ $> dfu-util -a 1 -D u-boot.bin
+
+ To upload from U-Boot, use -U option
+
+ $> dfu-util -a 0 -U u-boot-spl.bin
+ $> dfu-util -a 1 -U u-boot.bin
+
+ To request a DFU detach and reset the USB connection:
+ $> dfu-util -a 0 -e -R
+
+
+Example 2: firmware located in NOR (sf) and NAND, with:
+
+- alternate 1 (alt=1) for SPL partition (NOR GPT partition 1)
+- alternate 2 (alt=2) for U-Boot partition (NOR GPT partition 2)
+- alternate 3 (alt=3) for U-Boot-env partition (NOR GPT partition 3)
+- alternate 4 (alt=4) for UBI partition (NAND GPT partition 1)
+
+::
+
+ U-Boot> env set dfu_alt_info \
+ "sf 0:0:10000000:0=spl part 0 1;u-boot part 0 2; \
+ u-boot-env part 0 3&nand 0=UBI partubi 0,1"
+
+ U-Boot> dfu 0 list
+
+ DFU alt settings list:
+ dev: SF alt: 0 name: spl layout: RAW_ADDR
+ dev: SF alt: 1 name: ssbl layout: RAW_ADDR
+ dev: SF alt: 2 name: u-boot-env layout: RAW_ADDR
+ dev: NAND alt: 3 name: UBI layout: RAW_ADDR
+
+ U-Boot> dfu 0
+
+::
+
+ $> dfu-util -l
+ Found DFU: [0483:5720] ver=9999, devnum=96, cfg=1,\
+ intf=0, alt=3, name="UBI", serial="002700333338511934383330"
+ Found DFU: [0483:5720] ver=9999, devnum=96, cfg=1,\
+ intf=0, alt=2, name="u-boot-env", serial="002700333338511934383330"
+ Found DFU: [0483:5720] ver=9999, devnum=96, cfg=1,\
+ intf=0, alt=1, name="u-boot", serial="002700333338511934383330"
+ Found DFU: [0483:5720] ver=9999, devnum=96, cfg=1,\
+ intf=0, alt=0, name="spl", serial="002700333338511934383330"
+
+Same example with MTD backend
+
+::
+
+ U-Boot> env set dfu_alt_info \
+ "mtd nor0=spl part 1;u-boot part 2;u-boot-env part 3&"\
+ "mtd nand0=UBI partubi 1"
+
+ U-Boot> dfu 0 list
+ using id 'nor0,0'
+ using id 'nor0,1'
+ using id 'nor0,2'
+ using id 'nand0,0'
+ DFU alt settings list:
+ dev: MTD alt: 0 name: spl layout: RAW_ADDR
+ dev: MTD alt: 1 name: u-boot layout: RAW_ADDR
+ dev: MTD alt: 2 name: u-boot-env layout: RAW_ADDR
+ dev: MTD alt: 3 name: UBI layout: RAW_ADDR
+
+Example 3
+
+firmware located in SD Card (mmc) and virtual partition on OTP and PMIC not
+volatile memory
+
+- alternate 1 (alt=1) for scard
+- alternate 2 (alt=2) for OTP (virtual)
+- alternate 3 (alt=3) for PMIC NVM (virtual)
+
+::
+
+ U-Boot> env set dfu_alt_info \
+ "mmc 0=sdcard raw 0 0x100000&"\
+ "virt 0=otp" \
+ "virt 1=pmic"
+
+::
+
+ U-Boot> dfu 0 list
+ DFU alt settings list:
+ dev: eMMC alt: 0 name: sdcard layout: RAW_ADDR
+ dev: VIRT alt: 1 name: otp layout: RAW_ADDR
+ dev: VIRT alt: 2 name: pmic layout: RAW_ADDR
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.. toctree::
:maxdepth: 1
+ dfu
fdt_overlays
fit
netconsole