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+Building Supporting Tools
+=========================
+
+.. note::
+
+ OpenSSL 3.0 is needed in order to build the tools. A custom installation
+ can be used if not updating the OpenSSL version on the OS. In order to do
+ this, use the ``OPENSSL_DIR`` variable after the ``make`` command to
+ indicate the location of the custom OpenSSL build. Then, to run the tools,
+ use the ``LD_LIBRARY_PATH`` to indicate the location of the built
+ libraries. More info about ``OPENSSL_DIR`` can be found at
+ :ref:`Build Options`.
+
+Building and using the FIP tool
+-------------------------------
+
+The following snippets build a :ref:`FIP<Image Terminology>` for the FVP
+platform. While it is not an intrinsic part of the FIP format, a BL33 image is
+required for these examples. For the purposes of experimentation, `Trusted
+Firmware-A Tests`_ (`tftf.bin``) may be used. Refer to to the `TFTF
+documentation`_ for instructions on building a TFTF binary.
+
+The TF-A build system provides the make target ``fip`` to create a FIP file
+for the specified platform using the FIP creation tool included in the TF-A
+project. Examples below show how to build a FIP file for FVP, packaging TF-A
+and BL33 images.
+
+For AArch64:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ make PLAT=fvp BL33=<path-to>/bl33.bin fip
+
+For AArch32:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ make PLAT=fvp ARCH=aarch32 AARCH32_SP=sp_min BL33=<path-to>/bl33.bin fip
+
+The resulting FIP may be found in:
+
+::
+
+ build/fvp/<build-type>/fip.bin
+
+For advanced operations on FIP files, it is also possible to independently build
+the tool and create or modify FIPs using this tool. To do this, follow these
+steps:
+
+It is recommended to remove old artifacts before building the tool:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ make -C tools/fiptool clean
+
+Build the tool:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ make [DEBUG=1] [V=1] fiptool
+
+The tool binary can be located in:
+
+::
+
+ ./tools/fiptool/fiptool
+
+Invoking the tool with ``help`` will print a help message with all available
+options.
+
+Example 1: create a new Firmware package ``fip.bin`` that contains BL2 and BL31:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ ./tools/fiptool/fiptool create \
+ --tb-fw build/<platform>/<build-type>/bl2.bin \
+ --soc-fw build/<platform>/<build-type>/bl31.bin \
+ fip.bin
+
+Example 2: view the contents of an existing Firmware package:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ ./tools/fiptool/fiptool info <path-to>/fip.bin
+
+Example 3: update the entries of an existing Firmware package:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ # Change the BL2 from Debug to Release version
+ ./tools/fiptool/fiptool update \
+ --tb-fw build/<platform>/release/bl2.bin \
+ build/<platform>/debug/fip.bin
+
+Example 4: unpack all entries from an existing Firmware package:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ # Images will be unpacked to the working directory
+ ./tools/fiptool/fiptool unpack <path-to>/fip.bin
+
+Example 5: remove an entry from an existing Firmware package:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ ./tools/fiptool/fiptool remove \
+ --tb-fw build/<platform>/debug/fip.bin
+
+Note that if the destination FIP file exists, the create, update and
+remove operations will automatically overwrite it.
+
+The unpack operation will fail if the images already exist at the
+destination. In that case, use -f or --force to continue.
+
+More information about FIP can be found in the :ref:`Firmware Design` document.
+
+.. _tools_build_cert_create:
+
+Building the Certificate Generation Tool
+----------------------------------------
+
+The ``cert_create`` tool is built as part of the TF-A build process when the
+``fip`` make target is specified and TBB is enabled (as described in the
+previous section), but it can also be built separately with the following
+command:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ make PLAT=<platform> [DEBUG=1] [V=1] certtool
+
+For platforms that require their own IDs in certificate files, the generic
+'cert_create' tool can be built with the following command. Note that the target
+platform must define its IDs within a ``platform_oid.h`` header file for the
+build to succeed.
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ make PLAT=<platform> USE_TBBR_DEFS=0 [DEBUG=1] [V=1] certtool
+
+``DEBUG=1`` builds the tool in debug mode. ``V=1`` makes the build process more
+verbose. The following command should be used to obtain help about the tool:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ ./tools/cert_create/cert_create -h
+
+.. _tools_build_enctool:
+
+Building the Firmware Encryption Tool
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+The ``encrypt_fw`` tool is built as part of the TF-A build process when the
+``fip`` make target is specified, DECRYPTION_SUPPORT and TBB are enabled, but
+it can also be built separately with the following command:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ make PLAT=<platform> [DEBUG=1] [V=1] enctool
+
+``DEBUG=1`` builds the tool in debug mode. ``V=1`` makes the build process more
+verbose. The following command should be used to obtain help about the tool:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ ./tools/encrypt_fw/encrypt_fw -h
+
+Note that the enctool in its current implementation only supports encryption
+key to be provided in plain format. A typical implementation can very well
+extend this tool to support custom techniques to protect encryption key.
+
+Also, a user may choose to provide encryption key or nonce as an input file
+via using ``cat <filename>`` instead of a hex string.
+
+--------------
+
+*Copyright (c) 2019-2022, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.*
+
+.. _Trusted Firmware-A Tests: https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-A/tf-a-tests.git/
+.. _TFTF documentation: https://trustedfirmware-a-tests.readthedocs.io/en/latest/