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@@ -3152,8 +3152,18 @@ CBFS (Coreboot Filesystem) support
Enable the hash verify command (hash -v). This adds to code
size a little.
- CONFIG_SHA1 - support SHA1 hashing
- CONFIG_SHA256 - support SHA256 hashing
+ CONFIG_SHA1 - This option enables support of hashing using SHA1
+ algorithm. The hash is calculated in software.
+ CONFIG_SHA256 - This option enables support of hashing using
+ SHA256 algorithm. The hash is calculated in software.
+ CONFIG_SHA_HW_ACCEL - This option enables hardware acceleration
+ for SHA1/SHA256 hashing.
+ This affects the 'hash' command and also the
+ hash_lookup_algo() function.
+ CONFIG_SHA_PROG_HW_ACCEL - This option enables
+ hardware-acceleration for SHA1/SHA256 progressive hashing.
+ Data can be streamed in a block at a time and the hashing
+ is performed in hardware.
Note: There is also a sha1sum command, which should perhaps
be deprecated in favour of 'hash sha1'.
@@ -3447,8 +3457,10 @@ FIT uImage format:
CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE
This option enables signature verification of FIT uImages,
- using a hash signed and verified using RSA. See
- doc/uImage.FIT/signature.txt for more details.
+ using a hash signed and verified using RSA. If
+ CONFIG_SHA_PROG_HW_ACCEL is defined, i.e support for progressive
+ hashing is available using hardware, RSA library will use it.
+ See doc/uImage.FIT/signature.txt for more details.
WARNING: When relying on signed FIT images with required
signature check the legacy image format is default