Hi Rob, Please find my response inline. > -----Original Message----- > From: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2021 8:05 PM > To: Nava kishore Manne <navam@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: mdf@xxxxxxxxxx; trix@xxxxxxxxxx; Michal Simek <michals@xxxxxxxxxx>; > arnd@xxxxxxxx; Rajan Vaja <RAJANV@xxxxxxxxxx>; > gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx; Amit Sunil Dhamne > <amitsuni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Tejas Patel <tejasp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; > zou_wei@xxxxxxxxxx; Manish Narani <MNARANI@xxxxxxxxxx>; Sai Krishna > Potthuri <lakshmis@xxxxxxxxxx>; Jiaying Liang <jliang@xxxxxxxxxx>; linux- > fpga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- > kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; git > <git@xxxxxxxxxx>; chinnikishore369@xxxxxxxxx > Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/4] fpga: Add new properties to support user-key > encrypted bitstream loading > > On Thu, May 13, 2021 at 5:55 AM Nava kishore Manne <navam@xxxxxxxxxx> > wrote: > > > > Hi Rob, > > > > Please find my response inline. > > > > > -----Original Message----- > > > From: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > Sent: Thursday, May 13, 2021 8:01 AM > > > To: Nava kishore Manne <navam@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > Cc: mdf@xxxxxxxxxx; trix@xxxxxxxxxx; Michal Simek > > > <michals@xxxxxxxxxx>; arnd@xxxxxxxx; Rajan Vaja > <RAJANV@xxxxxxxxxx>; > > > gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx; Amit Sunil > > > Dhamne <amitsuni@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Tejas Patel > > > <tejasp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; zou_wei@xxxxxxxxxx; Manish Narani > > > <MNARANI@xxxxxxxxxx>; Sai Krishna Potthuri <lakshmis@xxxxxxxxxx>; > > > Jiaying Liang <jliang@xxxxxxxxxx>; linux- fpga@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > > devicetree@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; linux- kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; > > > linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; git <git@xxxxxxxxxx>; > > > chinnikishore369@xxxxxxxxx > > > Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH 2/4] fpga: Add new properties to support > > > user-key encrypted bitstream loading > > > > > > On Tue, May 04, 2021 at 03:52:25PM +0530, Nava kishore Manne wrote: > > > > This patch Adds ‘encrypted-key-name’ and > > > > ‘encrypted-user-key-fpga-config’ properties to support user-key > > > > encrypted bitstream loading use case. > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Nava kishore Manne <nava.manne@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > --- > > > > Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fpga/fpga-region.txt | 5 +++++ > > > > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+) > > > > > > > > diff --git > > > > a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fpga/fpga-region.txt > > > > b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fpga/fpga-region.txt > > > > index d787d57491a1..957dc6cbcd9e 100644 > > > > --- a/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fpga/fpga-region.txt > > > > +++ b/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/fpga/fpga-region.txt > > > > @@ -177,6 +177,9 @@ Optional properties: > > > > it indicates that the FPGA has already been programmed with > > > > this > > > image. > > > > If this property is in an overlay targeting a FPGA region, it is a > > > > request to program the FPGA with that image. > > > > +- encrypted-key-name : should contain the name of an encrypted > > > > +key file > > > located > > > > + on the firmware search path. It will be used to decrypt the > > > > + FPGA > > > image > > > > + file. > > > > - fpga-bridges : should contain a list of phandles to FPGA > > > > Bridges that must > > > be > > > > controlled during FPGA programming along with the parent FPGA > > > bridge. > > > > This property is optional if the FPGA Manager handles the bridges. > > > > @@ -187,6 +190,8 @@ Optional properties: > > > > - external-fpga-config : boolean, set if the FPGA has already > > > > been > > > configured > > > > prior to OS boot up. > > > > - encrypted-fpga-config : boolean, set if the bitstream is > > > > encrypted > > > > +- encrypted-user-key-fpga-config : boolean, set if the bitstream > > > > +is > > > encrypted > > > > + with user key. > > > > > > What's the relationship with encrypted-fpga-config? Both present or > > > mutually exclusive? Couldn't this be implied by encrypted-key-name > > > being present? > > > > > > > In Encryption we have two kinds of use case one is Encrypted Bitstream > > loading with Device-key and Other one is Encrypted Bitstream loading > > with User-key. encrypted-fpga-config and > > encrypted-user-key-fpga-config are mutually exclusive. To differentiate > both the use cases I have added this new flag and Aes Key file(encrypted-key- > name) is needed only for encrypted-user-key-fpga-config use cases. > > If encrypted-key-name is required for a user key, then why do you need > encrypted-user-key-fpga-config also? > > IOW, why have 3 properties (that's 9 possible combinations) for 2 modes? > Agree, we can use encrypted-key-name for user-key use cases instead of having both encrypted-key-name and encrypted-user-key-fpga-config flags. Will fix this issue in v2. Regards, Navakishore.