add ble f/w blobs for STEVAL-MKBOXPRO board

Configure zephyr/module.yaml to allow importation of BLE
controller-only firmware required to work with zephyr
bluetooth stack. Also, add in ./CMakeLists.txt the include file
generation from the blob.

Signed-off-by: Armando Visconti <[email protected]>

CMakeLists.txt

@@ -6,3 +6,8 @@
 
 add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_HAS_STM32CUBE stm32cube)
 add_subdirectory_ifdef(CONFIG_HAS_STM32LIB lib)
+
+# Add BT firmware images upgrade support for STEVAL-MKBOX board family
+if(CONFIG_DT_HAS_ST_HCI_SPI_V1_ENABLED OR CONFIG_DT_HAS_ST_HCI_SPI_V2_ENABLED)
+  add_subdirectory(ble_fw_mkbox)
+endif()

ble_fw_mkbox/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# Copyright (c) 2024 STMicroelectronics
+#
+# Bluetooth controller-only firmware images upgrade
+#
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: Apache-2.0
+
+set(hal_dir            ${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/..)
+set(blob_gen_inc_file  ${ZEPHYR_BINARY_DIR}/include/generated/dtm.bin.inc)
+
+if(CONFIG_BOARD_SENSORTILE_BOX)
+  set(hal_blobs_dir      ${hal_dir}/zephyr/blobs/ble-ctrlonly-fw/steval-mksbox1v1)
+elseif(CONFIG_BOARD_SENSORTILE_BOX_PRO)
+  set(hal_blobs_dir      ${hal_dir}/zephyr/blobs/ble-ctrlonly-fw/steval-mkboxpro)
+else() # it's not a Sensortile Box board
+  set(hal_blobs_dir      "")
+endif()
+
+set(blob_hcd_file      ${hal_blobs_dir}/dtm.bin)
+
+# generate Bluetooth include blob from .bin
+if(EXISTS ${blob_hcd_file})
+  message(INFO " generate include of ble-fw blob: ${blob_hcd_file}")
+  generate_inc_file_for_target(app ${blob_hcd_file} ${blob_gen_inc_file})
+endif()

zephyr/blobs/ble-ctrlonly-fw/license.md

@@ -0,0 +1,80 @@
+SLA0044 Rev5/February 2018
+
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zephyr/module.yml

@@ -17,3 +17,10 @@ blobs:
     license-path: zephyr/blobs/stm32wba/lib/license.md
     url: https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/STM32CubeWBA/raw/v1.3.1/Middlewares/ST/STM32_WPAN/ble/stack/lib/stm32wba_ble_stack_llo.a
     description: "Binary Stack library for the STM32WBA Bluetooth subsystem"
+  - path: ble-ctrlonly-fw/steval-mkboxpro/dtm.bin
+    sha256: f65b59363482a1122d4155ceb843b1fe7bb5612496f81feb50746f110fc27ebf
+    type: img
+    version: '1.0.0'
+    license-path: zephyr/blobs/ble-ctrlonly-fw/license.md
+    url: https://github.com/STMicroelectronics/stsw-mkbox-bleco/raw/v1.0.0/img/steval-mkboxpro/DTM_SPI_WITH_UPDATER_CONTROLLER.bin
+    description: "controller-only BLE f/w image for the STEVAL-MKBOXPRO board"