Updated/extended documentation for library mode

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# Build wolfBoot as Library
## Example Build steps
Instead of building as standalone repository, wolfBoot can be built as
a secure-boot library and integrated in third party bootloaders, custom
staging solutions etc.
## Library API
The wolfBoot secure-boot image verification has a very simple interface.
The core object describing the image is a `struct wolfBoot_image`, which
is initialized when `wolfBoot_open_image_address()` is called. The signature is:
`int wolfBoot_open_image_address(struct wolfBoot_image* img, uint8_t* image)`
where `img` is a pointer to a local (uninitialized) structure of type `wolfBoot_image`, and
`image` is a pointer to where the signed image is mapped in memory, starting from the beginning
of the manifest header.
On success, zero is returned. If the image does not contain a valid 'magic number' at the beginning
of the manifest, or if the size of the image is bigger than `WOLFBOOT_PARTITION_SIZE`, -1 is returned.
If the `open_image_address` operation is successful, two other functions can be invoked:
- `int wolfBoot_verify_integrity(struct wolfBoot_image *img)`
This function verifies the integrity of the image, by calculating the SHA hash of the image content,
and comparing it with the digest stored in the manifest header. `img` is a pointer to
an object of type `wolfBoot_image`, previously initialized by `wolfBoot_open_image_address`.
0 is returned if the image integrity could be successfully verified, -1 otherwise.
- `int wolfBoot_verify_authenticity(struct wolfBoot_image *img)`
This function verifies that the image content has been signed by a trusted
counterpart (i.e. that could be verified using one of the public keys available).
`0` is returned in case of successful authentication, `-1` if anything went wrong during the operation,
and `-2` if the signature could be found, but was not possible to authenticate against its public key.
## Library mode: example application
An example application is provided in `hal/library.c`.
The application `test-lib` opens a file from a path passed as argument
from the command line, and verifies that the file contains a valid, signed
image that can be verified for integrity and authenticity using wolfBoot in library
mode.
## Configuring and compiling the test-lib application
Step 1: use the provided configuration to compile wolfBoot in library mode:
```
ln -s config/examples/library.config .config
cp config/examples/library.config .config
```
Step 2: create a file `target.h` that only contains the following lines:
```
cat > include/target.h << EOF
#ifndef H_TARGETS_TARGET_
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EOF
```
Change `WOLFBOOT_PARTITION_SIZE` accordingly. `wolfBoot_open_image_address()` will discard images larger than
`WOLFBOOT_PARTITION_SIZE` - `IMAGE_HEADER_SIZE`.
Step 3: compile keytools and create keys.
```
touch empty
make keytools
./tools/keytools/keygen --ed25519 src/ed25519_pub_key.c
```
Step 4: Create an empty file and sign it using the private key.
```
touch empty
./tools/keytools/sign --ed25519 --sha256 empty ed25519.der 1
```
Step 5: compile the test-lib application, linked with wolfBoot in library mode, and the
public key from the keypair created at step 4.
```
make test-lib
./test-lib empty_v1_signed.bin
```
Step 6: run the application with the signed image
```
./test-lib empty_v1_signed.bin
```
If everything went right, the output should be similar to:
```
Firmware Valid
booting 0x5609e3526590(actually exiting)
```