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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2020, Linaro Limited. All rights reserved.
+ * Author: Sumit Garg <sumit.garg@linaro.org>
+ *
+ * SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+ */
+
+#ifndef FIRMWARE_ENCRYPTED_H
+#define FIRMWARE_ENCRYPTED_H
+
+#include <stdint.h>
+
+/* This is used as a signature to validate the encryption header */
+#define ENC_HEADER_MAGIC		0xAA640001U
+
+/* Firmware encryption status flag mask */
+#define FW_ENC_STATUS_FLAG_MASK		0x1
+
+/*
+ * SSK: Secret Symmetric Key
+ * BSSK: Binding Secret Symmetric Key
+ */
+enum fw_enc_status_t {
+	FW_ENC_WITH_SSK = 0,
+	FW_ENC_WITH_BSSK = 1,
+};
+
+#define ENC_MAX_IV_SIZE			16U
+#define ENC_MAX_TAG_SIZE		16U
+#define ENC_MAX_KEY_SIZE		32U
+
+struct fw_enc_hdr {
+	uint32_t magic;
+	uint16_t dec_algo;
+	uint16_t flags;
+	uint16_t iv_len;
+	uint16_t tag_len;
+	uint8_t iv[ENC_MAX_IV_SIZE];
+	uint8_t tag[ENC_MAX_TAG_SIZE];
+};
+
+#endif /* FIRMWARE_ENCRYPTED_H */