150477SpeterWhat:		/sys/firmware/secvar
21598SrgrimesDate:		August 2019
3156813SruContact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
4156813SruDescription:	This directory is created if the POWER firmware supports OS
558284Speter		secureboot, thereby secure variables. It exposes interface
6156813Sru		for reading/writing the secure variables
7116865Speter
8129269ScognetWhat:		/sys/firmware/secvar/vars
91598SrgrimesDate:		August 2019
10143145SgrogContact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
11180627SmaximDescription:	This directory lists all the secure variables that are supported
12180627Smaxim		by the firmware.
13171245Sbz
14180627SmaximWhat:		/sys/firmware/secvar/format
15180627SmaximDate:		August 2019
16180428SobrienContact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
17180627SmaximDescription:	A string indicating which backend is in use by the firmware.
18180428Sobrien		This determines the format of the variable and the accepted
19180428Sobrien		format of variable updates.
20180428Sobrien
21143145Sgrog		On powernv/OPAL, this value is provided by the OPAL firmware
22124610Sru		and is expected to be "ibm,edk2-compat-v1".
23143145Sgrog
2461744Sobrien		On pseries/PLPKS, this is generated by the kernel based on the
2561744Sobrien		version number in the SB_VERSION variable in the keystore, and
2661744Sobrien		has the form "ibm,plpks-sb-v<version>", or
2761744Sobrien		"ibm,plpks-sb-unknown" if there is no SB_VERSION variable.
2827356Sjkh
2927356SjkhWhat:		/sys/firmware/secvar/vars/<variable name>
30171245SbzDate:		August 2019
31179174SobrienContact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
32179174SobrienDescription:	Each secure variable is represented as a directory named as
33179174Sobrien		<variable_name>. The variable name is unique and is in ASCII
34143145Sgrog		representation. The data and size can be determined by reading
35179174Sobrien		their respective attribute files.
36179174Sobrien
37179174SobrienWhat:		/sys/firmware/secvar/vars/<variable_name>/size
38143145SgrogDate:		August 2019
39179174SobrienContact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
40179174SobrienDescription:	An integer representation of the size of the content of the
41179174Sobrien		variable. In other words, it represents the size of the data.
42171245Sbz
43179174SobrienWhat:		/sys/firmware/secvar/vars/<variable_name>/data
44143145SgrogDate:		August 2019
45179174SobrienContact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
46143145SgrogDescription:	A read-only file containing the value of the variable. The size
47181432Sphilip		of the file represents the maximum size of the variable data.
48181432Sphilip
49181756SphilipWhat:		/sys/firmware/secvar/vars/<variable_name>/update
50181756SphilipDate:		August 2019
51181756SphilipContact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
52181756SphilipDescription:	A write-only file that is used to submit the new value for the
53181432Sphilip		variable. The size of the file represents the maximum size of
54181432Sphilip		the variable data that can be written.
55181432Sphilip
56181432SphilipWhat:		/sys/firmware/secvar/config
57181432SphilipDate:		February 2023
581598SrgrimesContact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
59Description:	This optional directory contains read-only config attributes as
60		defined by the secure variable implementation.  All data is in
61		ASCII format. The directory is only created if the backing
62		implementation provides variables to populate it, which at
63		present is only PLPKS on the pseries platform.
64
65What:		/sys/firmware/secvar/config/version
66Date:		February 2023
67Contact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
68Description:	Config version as reported by the hypervisor in ASCII decimal
69		format.
70
71		Currently only provided by PLPKS on the pseries platform.
72
73What:		/sys/firmware/secvar/config/max_object_size
74Date:		February 2023
75Contact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
76Description:	Maximum allowed size of	objects in the keystore in bytes,
77		represented in ASCII decimal format.
78
79		This is not necessarily the same as the max size that can be
80		written to an update file as writes can contain more than
81		object data, you should use the size of the update file for
82		that purpose.
83
84		Currently only provided by PLPKS on the pseries platform.
85
86What:		/sys/firmware/secvar/config/total_size
87Date:		February 2023
88Contact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
89Description:	Total size of the PLPKS in bytes, represented in ASCII decimal
90		format.
91
92		Currently only provided by PLPKS on the pseries platform.
93
94What:		/sys/firmware/secvar/config/used_space
95Date:		February 2023
96Contact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
97Description:	Current space consumed by the key store, in bytes, represented
98		in ASCII decimal format.
99
100		Currently only provided by PLPKS on the pseries platform.
101
102What:		/sys/firmware/secvar/config/supported_policies
103Date:		February 2023
104Contact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
105Description:	Bitmask of supported policy flags by the hypervisor,
106		represented as an 8 byte hexadecimal ASCII string. Consult the
107		hypervisor documentation for what these flags are.
108
109		Currently only provided by PLPKS on the pseries platform.
110
111What:		/sys/firmware/secvar/config/signed_update_algorithms
112Date:		February 2023
113Contact:	Nayna Jain <nayna@linux.ibm.com>
114Description:	Bitmask of flags indicating which algorithms the hypervisor
115		supports for signed update of objects, represented as a 16 byte
116		hexadecimal ASCII string. Consult the hypervisor documentation
117		for what these flags mean.
118
119		Currently only provided by PLPKS on the pseries platform.
120