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.. _dfu:
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Device Firmware Upgrade
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Overview
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The Device Firmware Upgrade subsystem provides the necessary frameworks to
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upgrade the image of a Zephyr-based application at run time. It currently
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consists of two different modules:
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* :file:`boot/`: Interface code to bootloaders
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* :file:`img_util/`: Image management code
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The DFU subsystem deals with image management, but not with the transport
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or management protocols themselves required to send the image to the target
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device. For information on these protocols and frameworks please refer to the
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:ref:`mgmt` section.
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Bootloaders
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.. _mcuboot:
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MCUboot
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Zephyr is directly compatible with the open source, cross-RTOS `MCUboot`_ boot
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loader. It interfaces with MCUboot and is aware of the image format required
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by it, so that Device Firmware Upgrade is available when MCUboot is the boot
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loader used with Zephyr. The source code itself is hosted in the
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`MCUboot GitHub Project`_ page.
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In order to use MCUboot with Zephyr you need to take the following into account:
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1. You will need to define the :ref:`mcuboot_partitions` required by MCUboot in
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the :ref:`flash_partitions`.
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2. Your application's :file:`.conf` file needs to enable the
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:option:`CONFIG_BOOTLOADER_MCUBOOT` Kconfig option in order for Zephyr to
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be built in an MCUboot-compatible manner
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3. You need to build and flash MCUboot itself on your device
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4. You might need to take precautions to avoid mass erasing the flash and also
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to flash the Zephyr application image at the correct offset (right after the
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bootloader)
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More detailed information regarding the use of MCUboot with Zephyr can be found
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in the `MCUboot with Zephyr`_ documentation page on the MCUboot website.
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.. _MCUboot with Zephyr: https://mcuboot.com/mcuboot/readme-zephyr.html
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.. _MCUboot GitHub Project: https://github.com/runtimeco/mcuboot
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