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15.Dd May 19, 2020
16.Dt DDI_UFM 9E
17.Os
18.Sh NAME
19.Nm ddi_ufm ,
20.Nm ddi_ufm_op_nimages ,
21.Nm ddi_ufm_op_fill_image ,
22.Nm ddi_ufm_op_fill_slot ,
23.Nm ddi_ufm_op_getcaps
24.Nd DDI upgradable firmware module entry points
25.Sh SYNOPSIS
26.Vt typedef struct ddi_ufm_handle ddi_ufm_handle_t
27.Vt typedef struct ddi_ufm_ops ddi_ufm_ops_t
28.In sys/ddi_ufm.h
29.Ft int
30.Fo ddi_ufm_op_getcaps
31.Fa "ddi_ufm_handle_t *uhp"
32.Fa "void *drv_arg"
33.Fa "ddi_ufm_cap_t *caps"
34.Fc
35.Ft int
36.Fo ddi_ufm_op_nimages
37.Fa "ddi_ufm_handle_t *uhp"
38.Fa "void *drv_arg"
39.Fa "uint_t *nimgp"
40.Fc
41.Ft int
42.Fo ddi_ufm_op_fill_image
43.Fa "ddi_ufm_handle_t *uhp"
44.Fa "void *drv_arg"
45.Fa "uint_t imgid"
46.Fa "ddi_ufm_image_t *imgp"
47.Fc
48.Ft int
49.Fo ddi_ufm_op_fill_slot
50.Fa "ddi_ufm_handle_t *uhp"
51.Fa "void *drv_arg"
52.Fa "uint_t imgid"
53.Fa "uint_t slotid"
54.Fa "ddi_ufm_slot_t *slotp"
55.Fc
56.Ft int
57.Fo ddi_ufm_op_readimg
58.Fa "ddi_ufm_handle_t *uhp"
59.Fa "void *drv_arg"
60.Fa "uint_t imgid"
61.Fa "uint_t slotid"
62.Fa "uint64_t len"
63.Fa "uint64_t offset"
64.Fa "void *buf"
65.Fa "uint64_t *nreadp"
66.Fc
67.Sh INTERFACE LEVEL
68.Sy Evolving - This interface is evolving still in illumos. API and ABI stability is not guaranteed.
69.Sh PARAMETERS
70.Bl -tag -width Fa
71.It Fa uhp
72A handle corresponding to the device's UFM handle.
73This is the same value as returned in
74.Xr ddi_ufm_init 9F .
75.It Fa drv_arg
76This is a private value that the driver passed in when calling
77.Xr ddi_ufm_init 9F .
78.It Fa nimgp
79A pointer that the driver should set with a number of images.
80.It Fa nslotp
81A pointer that the driver should set with a number of slots.
82.It Fa imgid
83An integer indicating which image information is being requested for.
84.It Fa imgp
85An opaque pointer that represents a UFM image.
86.It Fa slotid
87An integer indicating which slot information is being requested for.
88.It Fa slotp
89An opaque pointer that represents a UFM slot.
90.It Fa len
91Indicates the number of bytes from a firmware payload that are desired.
92.It Fa offset
93Indicates an offset in a firmware payload to start reading from.
94.It Fa buf
95A buffer to place data firmware data read into.
96.It Fa nreadp
97A pointer whose value should be updated with the number of bytes
98actually read from the image.
99.El
100.Sh DESCRIPTION
101Upgradable firmware modules (UFM) are a potential component of many
102devices.
103These interfaces aim to provide a simple series of callbacks
104for a device driver to implement such that it is easy to report
105information and in the future, manipulate firmware modules.
106.Ss UFM Background
107UFMs may come in different flavors and styles ranging from a
108firmware blob, to an EEPROM image, to microcode, and more.
109Take for example a hard drive.
110While it is a field replaceable unit (FRU), it also contains some amount
111of firmware that manages the drive which can be updated independently of
112replacing the drive.
113.Pp
114The motherboard often has a UFM in the form of the BIOS or UEFI.
115The Lights out management controller on a system has a UFM, which is usually
116the entire system image.
117CPUs also have a UFM in the form of microcode.
118.Pp
119An important property of a UFM is that it is a property of the device
120itself.
121For example, many WiFi device drivers are required to send a binary blob of
122firmware to the device after every reset.
123Because these images are not properties of the device and must be upgraded by
124either changing the device driver or related system files, we do not consider
125these UFMs.
126.Pp
127There are also devices that have firmware which is a property of the
128device, but may not be upgradable from the running OS.
129This may be because the vendor doesn't have tooling to upgrade the image or
130because the firmware image itself cannot be upgraded in the field at all.
131For example, a YubiKey has a firmware image that's burned into it in the
132factory, but there is no way to change the firmware on it short of
133replacing the device in its entirety.
134However, because these images are a permanent part of the device, we also
135consider them a UFM.
136.Ss Images and Slots
137A device that supports UFMs is made up of one or more distinct firmware
138images.
139Each image has its own unique purpose.
140For example, a motherboard may have both a BIOS and a CPLD image, each of which
141has independent firmware revisions.
142.Pp
143A given image may have a number of slots.
144A slot represents a particular version of the image.
145Only one slot can be active at a given time.
146Devices support slots such that a firmware image can be downloaded
147to the device without impacting the current device if it fails half-way
148through.
149The slot that's currently in use is referred to as the
150.Em active
151slot.
152.Pp
153The various entry points are designed such that all a driver has to do
154is provide information about the image and its slots to the kernel, it
155does not have to wrangle with how that is marshalled to users and the
156appearance of those structures.
157.Ss Registering with the UFM Subsystem
158During a device driver's
159.Xr attach 9E
160entry point, a device driver should register with the UFM subsystem by
161filling out a UFM operations vector and then calling
162.Xr ddi_ufm_init 9F .
163The driver may pass in a value, usually a pointer to its soft state
164pointer, which it will then receive when its subsequent entry points are
165called.
166.Pp
167Once the driver has finished initializing, it must call
168.Xr ddi_ufm_update 9F
169to indicate that the driver is in a state where it's ready to receive
170calls to the entry points.
171.Pp
172The various UFM entry points may be called from an arbitrary kernel
173context.
174However, they will only ever be called from a single thread at
175a given time.
176.Ss UFM operations vector
177The UFM operations vector is a structure that has the following members:
178.Bd -literal -offset indent
179typedef struct ddi_ufm_ops {
180	int (*ddi_ufm_op_nimages)(ddi_ufm_handle_t *uhp, void *drv_arg,
181	    uint_t *nimgp);
182	int (*ddi_ufm_op_fill_image)(ddi_ufm_handle_t *uhp, void *drv_arg,
183            uint_t imgid, ddi_ufm_image_t *imgp);
184	int (*ddi_ufm_op_fill_slot)(ddi_ufm_handle_t *uhp, void *drv_arg,
185            int imgid, ddi_ufm_image_t *img, uint_t slotid,
186	    ddi_ufm_slot_t *slotp);
187	int (*ddi_ufm_op_getcaps)(ddi_ufm_handle_t *uhp, void *drv_arg,
188	    ddi_ufm_cap_t *caps);
189	int (*ddi_ufm_op_readimg)(ddi_ufm_handle_t *uhp, void *drv_arg,
190	    uint_t imgid, uint_t slotid, uint64_t len, uint64_t offset,
191	    void *buf, uint64_t *nreadp);
192} ddi_ufm_ops_t;
193.Ed
194.Pp
195The
196.Fn ddi_ufm_op_nimages
197and
198.Fn ddi_ufm_op_readimg
199entry points are optional.
200If a device only has a single image, then there is no reason to implement the
201.Fn ddi_ufm_op_nimages
202entry point.
203The system will assume that there is only a single image.
204.Pp
205Slots and images are numbered starting at zero.
206If a driver indicates support for multiple images or slots then the images
207or slots will be numbered sequentially going from 0 to the number of images or
208slots minus one.
209These values will be passed to the various entry points to indicate which image
210and slot the system is interested in.
211It is up to the driver to maintain a consistent view of the images and slots
212for a given UFM.
213.Pp
214The members of this structure should be filled in the following ways:
215.Bl -tag -width Fn
216.It Fn ddi_ufm_op_nimages
217The
218.Fn ddi_ufm_op_nimages
219entry point is an optional entry point that answers the question of how
220many different, distinct firmware images are present on the device.
221Once the driver determines how many are present, it should set the value in
222.Fa nimgp
223to the determined value.
224.Pp
225It is legal for a device to pass in zero for this value, which indicates
226that there are none present.
227.Pp
228Upon successful completion, the driver should return
229.Sy 0 .
230Otherwise, the driver should return the appropriate error number.
231For a full list of error numbers, see
232.Xr Intro 2 .
233Common values are:
234.Bl -tag -width Er -offset width
235.It Er EIO
236An error occurred while communicating with the device to determine the
237number of firmware images.
238.El
239.It Fn ddi_ufm_op_fill_image
240The
241.Fn ddi_ufm_op_fill_image
242entry point is used to fill in information about a given image.
243The value in
244.Fa imgid
245is used to indicate which image the system is asking to fill
246information about.
247If the driver does not recognize the image ID in
248.Fa imgid
249then it should return an error.
250.Pp
251The
252.Ft ddi_ufm_image_t
253structure passed in
254.Fa imgp
255is opaque.
256To fill in information about the image, the driver should call the functions
257described in
258.Xr ddi_ufm_image 9F .
259.Pp
260The driver should call the
261.Xr ddi_ufm_image_set_desc 9F
262function to set a description of the image which indicates its purpose.
263This should be a human-readable string.
264The driver may also set any ancillary data that it deems may be useful with the
265.Xr ddi_ufm_image_set_misc 9F function.
266This function takes an nvlist, allowing the driver to set arbitrary keys and values.
267.Pp
268Once the driver has finished setting all of the information about the
269image then the driver should return
270.Sy 0 .
271Otherwise, the driver should return the appropriate error number.
272For a full list of error numbers, see
273.Xr Intro 2 .
274Common values are:
275.Bl -tag -width Er -offset width
276.It Er EINVAL
277The image indicated by
278.Fa imgid
279is unknown.
280.It Er EIO
281An error occurred talking to the device while trying to fill out
282firmware image information.
283.It Er ENOMEM
284The driver was unable to allocate memory while filling out image
285information.
286.El
287.It Fn ddi_ufm_op_fill_slot
288The
289.Fn ddi_ufm_op_fill_slot
290function is used to fill in information about a specific slot for a
291specific image.
292The value in
293.Fa imgid
294indicates the image the system wants slot information for and the value
295in
296.Fa slotid
297indicates which slot of that image the system is interested in.
298If the device driver does not recognize the value in either or
299.Fa imgid
300or
301.Fa slotid ,
302then it should return an error.
303.Pp
304The
305.Ft ddi_ufm_slot_t
306structure passed in
307.Fa slotp
308is opaque.
309To fill in information about the image the driver should call the functions
310described in
311.Xr ddi_ufm_slot 9F .
312.Pp
313The driver should call the
314.Xr ddi_ufm_slot_set_version 9F
315function to indicate the version of the UFM.
316The version is a device-specific character string.
317It should contain the current version of the UFM as a human can understand it
318and it should try to match the format used by device vendor.
319.Pp
320The
321.Xr ddi_ufm_slot_set_attrs 9F
322function should be used to set the attributes of the UFM slot.
323These attributes include the following enumeration values:
324.Bl -tag -width Dv
325.It Dv DDI_UFM_ATTR_READABLE
326This attribute indicates that the firmware image in the specified slot
327may be read, even if the device driver does not currently support such
328functionality.
329.It Dv DDI_UFM_ATTR_WRITEABLE
330This attributes indicates that the firmware image in the specified slot
331may be updated, even if the driver does not currently support such
332functionality.
333.It Dv DDI_UFM_ATTR_ACTIVE
334This attributes indicates that the firmware image in the specified slot
335is the active
336.Pq i.e. currently running
337firmware.
338Only one slot should be marked active.
339.It Dv DDI_UFM_ATTR_EMPTY
340This attributes indicates that the specified slot does not currently contain
341any firmware image.
342.El
343.Pp
344If the driver supports the
345.Fn ddi_ufm_op_readimg
346entry point, then the driver should attempt to determine the size in
347bytes of the image in the slot and indicate that by calling the
348.Xr ddi_ufm_slot_set_imgsize 9F
349function.
350.Pp
351Finally, if there are any device-specific key-value pairs that form
352useful, ancillary data, then the driver should assemble an nvlist and
353pass it to the
354.Xr ddi_ufm_slot_set_misc 9F
355function.
356.Pp
357Once the driver has finished setting all of the information about the
358slot then the driver should return
359.Sy 0 .
360Otherwise, the driver should return the appropriate error number.
361For a full list of error numbers, see
362.Xr Intro 2 .
363Common values are:
364.Bl -tag -width Er -offset width
365.It Er EINVAL
366The image or slot indicated by
367.Fa imgid
368and
369.Fa slotid
370is unknown.
371.It Er EIO
372An error occurred talking to the device while trying to fill out
373firmware slot information.
374.It Er ENOMEM
375The driver was unable to allocate memory while filling out slot
376information.
377.El
378.It Fn ddi_ufm_op_getcaps
379The
380.Fn ddi_ufm_op_getcaps
381function is used to indicate which DDI UFM capabilities are supported by this
382driver instance.
383The following capabilities are supported and the drivers should return a
384bitwise-inclusive-OR of the following values:
385.Bl -tag -width Dv -offset width
386.It Dv DDI_UFM_CAP_REPORT
387Indicates that the driver is capable of reporting UFM information and
388implements the
389.Fn ddi_ufm_op_fill_slot
390entry point and optionally the
391.Fn ddi_ufm_op_fill_image
392entry point.
393.It Dv DDI_UFM_CAP_READIMG
394Indicates that the driver is capable of reading a binary firmware
395payload off of a device.
396.El
397.Pp
398The driver should indicate the supported capabilities by setting the value in
399the
400.Ft caps
401parameter.
402Once the driver has populated
403.Ft caps
404with an appropriate value, then the driver should return
405.Sy 0 .
406Otherwise, the driver should return the appropriate error number.
407For a full list of error numbers, see
408.Xr Intro 2 .
409Common values are:
410.Bl -tag -width Er -offset width
411.It Er EIO
412An error occurred talking to the device while trying to discover firmware
413capabilities.
414.It Er ENOMEM
415The driver was unable to allocate memory.
416.El
417.It Fn ddi_ufm_op_readimg
418The
419.Fn ddi_ufm_op_readimg
420is an optional entry point that allows the system to read a binary
421firmware payload from the device.
422The driver should read the firmware payload indicated by both
423.Fa imgid
424and
425.Fa slotid .
426The driver should check to make sure that the region requested, starting
427at
428.Fa offset
429bytes into the image
430and
431.Fa len
432bytes long is valid for the image and if not, return the error
433.Er EINVAL .
434Data from the device should be copied into
435.Fa buf
436and the number of bytes successfully read should be placed into
437.Fa nreadp .
438.Pp
439Upon successfully reading this data, the driver should return
440.Sy 0 .
441Otherwise the driver should return the appropriate error number.
442For a full list of error numbers, see
443.Xr Intro 2 .
444Common values are:
445.Bl -tag -width Er -offset width
446.It Er EINVAL
447The image or slot indicate by
448.Fa imgid
449and
450.Fa slotid
451is unknown.
452The combination of
453.Fa offset
454and
455.Fa len
456would overflow or read from a region of the image which is not valid.
457The device currently has an alignment restriction and the requested
458offset and length do not honor that.
459.It Er EIO
460An error occurred while communicating with the device to read the
461firmware image.
462.It Er ENOTSUP
463The driver does not support reading a firmware payload on this device or
464from a particular image and slot.
465.El
466.El
467.Ss Caching and Updates
468The system will fetch firmware and slot information on an as-needed
469basis.
470Once it obtains some information, it may end up caching this information on
471behalf of the driver.
472Whenever the driver believes that something could have changed -- it need know
473that it has -- then the driver must call
474.Xr ddi_ufm_update 9F .
475.Ss Locking
476All UFM operations on a single UFM handle will always be run serially.
477However, the device driver may still need to apply adequate locking to
478its structure members as other may be accessing the same data structure
479or trying to communicate with the device.
480.Ss Unregistering from the UFM subsystem
481When a device driver is detached, it should unregister from the UFM
482subsystem.
483To do so, the driver should call
484.Xr ddi_ufm_fini 9F .
485By the time this function returns, the driver is guaranteed that no UFM
486entry points will be called.
487However, if there are outstanding UFM related activity, the function will
488block until it is terminated.
489.Ss ioctl Interface
490Userland consumers can access UFM information via a set of ioctls that are
491implemented by the
492.Xr ufm 7D
493driver.
494.Sh CONTEXT
495The various UFM entry points that a device driver must implement will
496always be called from
497.Sy kernel
498context.
499.Sh SEE ALSO
500.Xr Intro 2 ,
501.Xr ufd 7D ,
502.Xr attach 9E ,
503.Xr ddi_ufm_fini 9F ,
504.Xr ddi_ufm_image 9F ,
505.Xr ddi_ufm_image_set_desc 9F ,
506.Xr ddi_ufm_image_set_misc 9F ,
507.Xr ddi_ufm_image_set_nslots 9F ,
508.Xr ddi_ufm_init 9F ,
509.Xr ddi_ufm_slot 9F ,
510.Xr ddi_ufm_slot_set_attrs 9F ,
511.Xr ddi_ufm_slot_set_misc 9F ,
512.Xr ddi_ufm_slot_set_version 9F ,
513.Xr ddi_ufm_update 9F
514