Created a capsule update porting section in the documentation that outlines the steps a board developer must do when porting from an existing reference board implementation.
In particular, added a big warning that new capsule GUID's need to be defined. Signed-off-by: Jonathan Humphreys <j-humphr...@ti.com> --- doc/develop/uefi/uefi.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/doc/develop/uefi/uefi.rst b/doc/develop/uefi/uefi.rst index 0389b269c01..36ac75278fa 100644 --- a/doc/develop/uefi/uefi.rst +++ b/doc/develop/uefi/uefi.rst @@ -631,6 +631,18 @@ where version.dtso looks like:: The properties of image-type-id and image-index must match the value defined in the efi_fw_image array as image_type_id and image_index. +Porting Capsule Updates to new boards +************************************* + +It is important, when using a reference board as a starting point for a custom +board, that certain steps are taken to properly support Capsule Updates. + +Capsule GUIDs need to be unique for each firmware and board. That is, if two +firmwares are built from the same source but result in different binaries +because they are built for different boards, they should have different GUIDs. +Therefore it is important when creating support for a new board, new GUIDs are +defined in the board's header file. *DO NOT* reuse capsule GUIDs. + Executing the boot manager ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- 2.34.1
