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Diffstat (limited to 'tools/binman/btool/softhsm2_util.py')
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1 files changed, 11 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/tools/binman/btool/softhsm2_util.py b/tools/binman/btool/softhsm2_util.py index 869221d841d..fd2ff2d6473 100644 --- a/tools/binman/btool/softhsm2_util.py +++ b/tools/binman/btool/softhsm2_util.py @@ -7,7 +7,17 @@ from binman import bintool class Bintoolsofthsm2_util(bintool.Bintool): - """SoftHSMv2 -- support tool for libsofthsm2""" + """SoftHSMv2 -- support tool for libsofthsm2 + + This bintool wraps the `softhsm2-util` command shipped with SoftHSMv2 (a + software implementation of a PKCS#11 token). Binman uses this wrapper only + to check that softhsm2-util is installed (and to fetch it if missing); any + actual token initialisation or key import for signing FIT images or + capsules is done outside binman, typically via mkimage and the OpenSSL + PKCS#11 engine. + + See https://www.opendnssec.org/softhsm/ for more details. + """ def __init__(self, name): super().__init__('softhsm2-util', 'SoftHSMv2 support tool for libsofthsm2', |