util/supermicro: Add and use new tool smcbiosinfo

The BMC and tools interacting with it depend on metadata placed inside
the ROM in order the flash the BIOS.

Add a new tool smcbiosinfo, integrate it into the build system, and
generate a 128byte metadata file called smcbiosinfo.bin on build.

You need to provide the BoardID for every SMC mainboard through a new
Kconfig symbol: SUPERMICRO_BOARDID

Some fields are unknown, but it's sufficient to flash it using SMC
vendor tools.

Tested on Supermicro X11SSH:
* Flashing using the WebUI works
* Flashing using SMCIPMITool works

No further validation is done on the firmware.

Change-Id: Id608c2ce78614b45a2fd0b26d97d666f02223998
Signed-off-by: Patrick Rudolph <patrick.rudolph@9elements.com>
Reviewed-on: https://review.coreboot.org/c/coreboot/+/35484
Tested-by: build bot (Jenkins) <no-reply@coreboot.org>
Reviewed-by: Philipp Deppenwiese <zaolin.daisuki@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Nico Huber <nico.h@gmx.de>
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Patrick Rudolph
2019-09-20 12:53:09 +02:00
committed by Nico Huber
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- [X10SLM+-F](supermicro/x10slm-f.md)
- [X11 LGA1151 series](supermicro/x11-lga1151-series/x11-lga1151-series.md)
- [Flashing using the BMC](supermicro/flashing_on_vendorbmc.md)
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# Flashing coreboot using SMC IPMI (BMC) firmware
## Metadata
In order to flash anything to the "BIOS" IC, it needs to contain a valid
BIOSINFO struct.
The BIOSINFO struct contains a `$FID` marker at the beginning and is
128 bytes in total. Besides the *BoardID* it contains the *firmware version*
and *build date*. The BMC verifies that the BoardID is correct and refuses to
flash if it's not.
The struct has no checksum or cryptographic protection.
## The smcinfobios tool
The smcbiosinfo tool can be found in `util/supermicro/smcbiosinfo`.
It parses the `build/build.h` header to get the current coreboot version and
build timestamp.
The *board ID* is passed as command line argument.
It will place a file in CBFS called `smcbiosinfo.bin`, which is then found
by the vendor tools. The file contains the struct described above.
## Flashing using SMCIPMItool
You can use the *SMCIPMITool* to remotely flash the BIOS:
`SMCIPMITool <remote BMC IP> <user> <password> bios update build/coreboot.rom`
Make sure that the ME isn't in recovery mode, otherwise you get an error
message on updating the BIOS.