1Build Options 2============= 3 4The TF-A build system supports the following build options. Unless mentioned 5otherwise, these options are expected to be specified at the build command 6line and are not to be modified in any component makefiles. Note that the 7build system doesn't track dependency for build options. Therefore, if any of 8the build options are changed from a previous build, a clean build must be 9performed. 10 11.. _build_options_common: 12 13Common build options 14-------------------- 15 16- ``AARCH32_INSTRUCTION_SET``: Choose the AArch32 instruction set that the 17 compiler should use. Valid values are T32 and A32. It defaults to T32 due to 18 code having a smaller resulting size. 19 20- ``AARCH32_SP`` : Choose the AArch32 Secure Payload component to be built as 21 as the BL32 image when ``ARCH=aarch32``. The value should be the path to the 22 directory containing the SP source, relative to the ``bl32/``; the directory 23 is expected to contain a makefile called ``<aarch32_sp-value>.mk``. 24 25- ``AMU_RESTRICT_COUNTERS``: Register reads to the group 1 counters will return 26 zero at all but the highest implemented exception level. External 27 memory-mapped debug accesses are unaffected by this control. 28 The default value is 1 for all platforms. 29 30- ``ARCH`` : Choose the target build architecture for TF-A. It can take either 31 ``aarch64`` or ``aarch32`` as values. By default, it is defined to 32 ``aarch64``. 33 34- ``ARM_ARCH_FEATURE``: Optional Arm Architecture build option which specifies 35 one or more feature modifiers. This option has the form ``[no]feature+...`` 36 and defaults to ``none``. It translates into compiler option 37 ``-march=armvX[.Y]-a+[no]feature+...``. See compiler's documentation for the 38 list of supported feature modifiers. 39 40- ``ARM_ARCH_MAJOR``: The major version of Arm Architecture to target when 41 compiling TF-A. Its value must be numeric, and defaults to 8 . See also, 42 *Armv8 Architecture Extensions* and *Armv7 Architecture Extensions* in 43 :ref:`Firmware Design`. 44 45- ``ARM_ARCH_MINOR``: The minor version of Arm Architecture to target when 46 compiling TF-A. Its value must be a numeric, and defaults to 0. See also, 47 *Armv8 Architecture Extensions* in :ref:`Firmware Design`. 48 49- ``ARM_BL2_SP_LIST_DTS``: Path to DTS file snippet to override the hardcoded 50 SP nodes in tb_fw_config. 51 52- ``ARM_SPMC_MANIFEST_DTS`` : path to an alternate manifest file used as the 53 SPMC Core manifest. Valid when ``SPD=spmd`` is selected. 54 55- ``BL2``: This is an optional build option which specifies the path to BL2 56 image for the ``fip`` target. In this case, the BL2 in the TF-A will not be 57 built. 58 59- ``BL2U``: This is an optional build option which specifies the path to 60 BL2U image. In this case, the BL2U in TF-A will not be built. 61 62- ``RESET_TO_BL2``: Boolean option to enable BL2 entrypoint as the CPU reset 63 vector instead of the BL1 entrypoint. It can take the value 0 (CPU reset to BL1 64 entrypoint) or 1 (CPU reset to BL2 entrypoint). 65 The default value is 0. 66 67- ``BL2_RUNS_AT_EL3``: This is an implicit flag to denote that BL2 runs at EL3. 68 While it is explicitly set to 1 when RESET_TO_BL2 is set to 1 it can also be 69 true in a 4-world system where RESET_TO_BL2 is 0. 70 71- ``BL2_ENABLE_SP_LOAD``: Boolean option to enable loading SP packages from the 72 FIP. Automatically enabled if ``SP_LAYOUT_FILE`` is provided. 73 74- ``BL2_IN_XIP_MEM``: In some use-cases BL2 will be stored in eXecute In Place 75 (XIP) memory, like BL1. In these use-cases, it is necessary to initialize 76 the RW sections in RAM, while leaving the RO sections in place. This option 77 enable this use-case. For now, this option is only supported 78 when RESET_TO_BL2 is set to '1'. 79 80- ``BL31``: This is an optional build option which specifies the path to 81 BL31 image for the ``fip`` target. In this case, the BL31 in TF-A will not 82 be built. 83 84- ``BL31_KEY``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It specifies a 85 file that contains the BL31 private key in PEM format or a PKCS11 URI. If 86 ``SAVE_KEYS=1``, only a file is accepted and it will be used to save the key. 87 88- ``BL32``: This is an optional build option which specifies the path to 89 BL32 image for the ``fip`` target. In this case, the BL32 in TF-A will not 90 be built. 91 92- ``BL32_EXTRA1``: This is an optional build option which specifies the path to 93 Trusted OS Extra1 image for the ``fip`` target. 94 95- ``BL32_EXTRA2``: This is an optional build option which specifies the path to 96 Trusted OS Extra2 image for the ``fip`` target. 97 98- ``BL32_KEY``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It specifies a 99 file that contains the BL32 private key in PEM format or a PKCS11 URI. If 100 ``SAVE_KEYS=1``, only a file is accepted and it will be used to save the key. 101 102- ``RMM``: This is an optional build option used when ``ENABLE_RME`` is set. 103 It specifies the path to RMM binary for the ``fip`` target. If the RMM option 104 is not specified, TF-A builds the TRP to load and run at R-EL2. 105 106- ``BL33``: Path to BL33 image in the host file system. This is mandatory for 107 ``fip`` target in case TF-A BL2 is used. 108 109- ``BL33_KEY``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It specifies a 110 file that contains the BL33 private key in PEM format or a PKCS11 URI. If 111 ``SAVE_KEYS=1``, only a file is accepted and it will be used to save the key. 112 113- ``BRANCH_PROTECTION``: Numeric value to enable ARMv8.3 Pointer Authentication 114 and ARMv8.5 Branch Target Identification support for TF-A BL images themselves. 115 If enabled, it is needed to use a compiler that supports the option 116 ``-mbranch-protection``. The value of the ``-march`` (via ``ARM_ARCH_MINOR`` 117 and ``ARM_ARCH_MAJOR``) option will control which instructions will be 118 emitted (HINT space or not). Selects the branch protection features to use: 119- 0: Default value turns off all types of branch protection (FEAT_STATE_DISABLED) 120- 1: Enables all types of branch protection features 121- 2: Return address signing to its standard level 122- 3: Extend the signing to include leaf functions 123- 4: Turn on branch target identification mechanism 124- 5: Enables all types of branch protection features, only if present in 125 hardware (FEAT_STATE_CHECK). 126 127 The table below summarizes ``BRANCH_PROTECTION`` values, GCC compilation options 128 and resulting PAuth/BTI features. 129 130 +-------+--------------+-------+-----+ 131 | Value | GCC option | PAuth | BTI | 132 +=======+==============+=======+=====+ 133 | 0 | none | N | N | 134 +-------+--------------+-------+-----+ 135 | 1 | standard | Y | Y | 136 +-------+--------------+-------+-----+ 137 | 2 | pac-ret | Y | N | 138 +-------+--------------+-------+-----+ 139 | 3 | pac-ret+leaf | Y | N | 140 +-------+--------------+-------+-----+ 141 | 4 | bti | N | Y | 142 +-------+--------------+-------+-----+ 143 | 5 | dynamic | Y | Y | 144 +-------+--------------+-------+-----+ 145 146 This option defaults to 0. 147 Note that Pointer Authentication is enabled for Non-secure world 148 irrespective of the value of this option if the CPU supports it. 149 150- ``BUILD_MESSAGE_TIMESTAMP``: String used to identify the time and date of the 151 compilation of each build. It must be set to a C string (including quotes 152 where applicable). Defaults to a string that contains the time and date of 153 the compilation. 154 155- ``BUILD_STRING``: Input string for VERSION_STRING, which allows the TF-A 156 build to be uniquely identified. Defaults to the current git commit id. 157 158- ``BUILD_BASE``: Output directory for the build. Defaults to ``./build`` 159 160- ``CFLAGS``: Extra user options appended on the compiler's command line in 161 addition to the options set by the build system. 162 163- ``COLD_BOOT_SINGLE_CPU``: This option indicates whether the platform may 164 release several CPUs out of reset. It can take either 0 (several CPUs may be 165 brought up) or 1 (only one CPU will ever be brought up during cold reset). 166 Default is 0. If the platform always brings up a single CPU, there is no 167 need to distinguish between primary and secondary CPUs and the boot path can 168 be optimised. The ``plat_is_my_cpu_primary()`` and 169 ``plat_secondary_cold_boot_setup()`` platform porting interfaces do not need 170 to be implemented in this case. 171 172- ``COT``: When Trusted Boot is enabled, selects the desired chain of trust. 173 Defaults to ``tbbr``. 174 175- ``CRASH_REPORTING``: A non-zero value enables a console dump of processor 176 register state when an unexpected exception occurs during execution of 177 BL31. This option defaults to the value of ``DEBUG`` - i.e. by default 178 this is only enabled for a debug build of the firmware. 179 180- ``CREATE_KEYS``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It tells the 181 certificate generation tool to create new keys in case no valid keys are 182 present or specified. Allowed options are '0' or '1'. Default is '1'. 183 184- ``CTX_INCLUDE_AARCH32_REGS`` : Boolean option that, when set to 1, will cause 185 the AArch32 system registers to be included when saving and restoring the 186 CPU context. The option must be set to 0 for AArch64-only platforms (that 187 is on hardware that does not implement AArch32, or at least not at EL1 and 188 higher ELs). Default value is 1. 189 190- ``CTX_INCLUDE_FPREGS``: Boolean option that, when set to 1, will cause the FP 191 registers to be included when saving and restoring the CPU context. Default 192 is 0. 193 194- ``CTX_INCLUDE_MPAM_REGS``: Boolean option that, when set to 1, will cause the 195 Memory System Resource Partitioning and Monitoring (MPAM) 196 registers to be included when saving and restoring the CPU context. 197 Default is '0'. 198 199- ``CTX_INCLUDE_NEVE_REGS``: Numeric value, when set will cause the Armv8.4-NV 200 registers to be saved/restored when entering/exiting an EL2 execution 201 context. This flag can take values 0 to 2, to align with the 202 ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. Default value is 0. 203 204- ``CTX_INCLUDE_PAUTH_REGS``: Numeric value to enable the Pointer 205 Authentication for Secure world. This will cause the ARMv8.3-PAuth registers 206 to be included when saving and restoring the CPU context as part of world 207 switch. Automatically enabled when ``BRANCH_PROTECTION`` is enabled. This flag 208 can take values 0 to 2, to align with ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. Default value 209 is 0. 210 211 Note that Pointer Authentication is enabled for Non-secure world irrespective 212 of the value of this flag if the CPU supports it. Alternatively, when 213 ``BRANCH_PROTECTION`` is enabled, this flag is superseded. 214 215- ``CTX_INCLUDE_SVE_REGS``: Boolean option that, when set to 1, will cause the 216 SVE registers to be included when saving and restoring the CPU context. Note 217 that this build option requires ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_SWD`` to be enabled. In 218 general, it is recommended to perform SVE context management in lower ELs 219 and skip in EL3 due to the additional cost of maintaining large data 220 structures to track the SVE state. Hence, the default value is 0. 221 222- ``DEBUG``: Chooses between a debug and release build. It can take either 0 223 (release) or 1 (debug) as values. 0 is the default. 224 225- ``DECRYPTION_SUPPORT``: This build flag enables the user to select the 226 authenticated decryption algorithm to be used to decrypt firmware/s during 227 boot. It accepts 2 values: ``aes_gcm`` and ``none``. The default value of 228 this flag is ``none`` to disable firmware decryption which is an optional 229 feature as per TBBR. 230 231- ``DISABLE_BIN_GENERATION``: Boolean option to disable the generation 232 of the binary image. If set to 1, then only the ELF image is built. 233 0 is the default. 234 235- ``DISABLE_MTPMU``: Numeric option to disable ``FEAT_MTPMU`` (Multi Threaded 236 PMU). ``FEAT_MTPMU`` is an optional feature available on Armv8.6 onwards. 237 This flag can take values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 238 mechanism. Default is ``0``. 239 240- ``DYN_DISABLE_AUTH``: Provides the capability to dynamically disable Trusted 241 Board Boot authentication at runtime. This option is meant to be enabled only 242 for development platforms. ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT`` flag must be set if this 243 flag has to be enabled. 0 is the default. 244 245- ``E``: Boolean option to make warnings into errors. Default is 1. 246 247 When specifying higher warnings levels (``W=1`` and higher), this option 248 defaults to 0. This is done to encourage contributors to use them, as they 249 are expected to produce warnings that would otherwise fail the build. New 250 contributions are still expected to build with ``W=0`` and ``E=1`` (the 251 default). 252 253- ``EARLY_CONSOLE``: This option is used to enable early traces before default 254 console is properly setup. It introduces EARLY_* traces macros, that will 255 use the non-EARLY traces macros if the flag is enabled, or do nothing 256 otherwise. To use this feature, platforms will have to create the function 257 plat_setup_early_console(). 258 Default is 0 (disabled) 259 260- ``EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE``: This option enables booting an EL3 payload instead of 261 the normal boot flow. It must specify the entry point address of the EL3 262 payload. Please refer to the "Booting an EL3 payload" section for more 263 details. 264 265- ``ENABLE_AMU_AUXILIARY_COUNTERS``: Enables support for AMU auxiliary counters 266 (also known as group 1 counters). These are implementation-defined counters, 267 and as such require additional platform configuration. Default is 0. 268 269- ``ENABLE_ASSERTIONS``: This option controls whether or not calls to ``assert()`` 270 are compiled out. For debug builds, this option defaults to 1, and calls to 271 ``assert()`` are left in place. For release builds, this option defaults to 0 272 and calls to ``assert()`` function are compiled out. This option can be set 273 independently of ``DEBUG``. It can also be used to hide any auxiliary code 274 that is only required for the assertion and does not fit in the assertion 275 itself. 276 277- ``ENABLE_BACKTRACE``: This option controls whether to enable backtrace 278 dumps or not. It is supported in both AArch64 and AArch32. However, in 279 AArch32 the format of the frame records are not defined in the AAPCS and they 280 are defined by the implementation. This implementation of backtrace only 281 supports the format used by GCC when T32 interworking is disabled. For this 282 reason enabling this option in AArch32 will force the compiler to only 283 generate A32 code. This option is enabled by default only in AArch64 debug 284 builds, but this behaviour can be overridden in each platform's Makefile or 285 in the build command line. 286 287- ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 288 The Arm architecture defines several architecture extension features, 289 named FEAT_xxx in the architecure manual. Some of those features require 290 setup code in higher exception levels, other features might be used by TF-A 291 code itself. 292 Most of the feature flags defined in the TF-A build system permit to take 293 the values 0, 1 or 2, with the following meaning: 294 295 :: 296 297 ENABLE_FEAT_* = 0: Feature is disabled statically at compile time. 298 ENABLE_FEAT_* = 1: Feature is enabled unconditionally at compile time. 299 ENABLE_FEAT_* = 2: Feature is enabled, but checked at runtime. 300 301 When setting the flag to 0, the feature is disabled during compilation, 302 and the compiler's optimisation stage and the linker will try to remove 303 as much of this code as possible. 304 If it is defined to 1, the code will use the feature unconditionally, so the 305 CPU is expected to support that feature. The FEATURE_DETECTION debug 306 feature, if enabled, will verify this. 307 If the feature flag is set to 2, support for the feature will be compiled 308 in, but its existence will be checked at runtime, so it works on CPUs with 309 or without the feature. This is mostly useful for platforms which either 310 support multiple different CPUs, or where the CPU is configured at runtime, 311 like in emulators. 312 313- ``ENABLE_FEAT_AMU``: Numeric value to enable Activity Monitor Unit 314 extensions. This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the 315 ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. This is an optional architectural feature 316 available on v8.4 onwards. Some v8.2 implementations also implement an AMU 317 and this option can be used to enable this feature on those systems as well. 318 This flag can take the values 0 to 2, the default is 0. 319 320- ``ENABLE_FEAT_AMUv1p1``: Numeric value to enable the ``FEAT_AMUv1p1`` 321 extension. ``FEAT_AMUv1p1`` is an optional feature available on Arm v8.6 322 onwards. This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the 323 ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 324 325- ``ENABLE_FEAT_CPA2``: Numeric value to enable the ``FEAT_CPA2`` extension. 326 It enables checked pointer arithmetic in EL3, which will result in address 327 faults in the event that a pointer arithmetic overflow error occurs. This is 328 an optional feature starting from Arm v9.4 and This flag can take values 0 to 329 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 330 331- ``ENABLE_FEAT_CSV2_2``: Numeric value to enable the ``FEAT_CSV2_2`` 332 extension. It allows access to the SCXTNUM_EL2 (Software Context Number) 333 register during EL2 context save/restore operations. ``FEAT_CSV2_2`` is an 334 optional feature available on Arm v8.0 onwards. This flag can take values 335 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. 336 Default value is ``0``. 337 338- ``ENABLE_FEAT_CSV2_3``: Numeric value to enable support for ``FEAT_CSV2_3`` 339 extension. This feature is supported in AArch64 state only and is an optional 340 feature available in Arm v8.0 implementations. 341 ``FEAT_CSV2_3`` implies the implementation of ``FEAT_CSV2_2``. 342 The flag can take values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 343 mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 344 345- ``ENABLE_FEAT_DEBUGV8P9``: Numeric value to enable ``FEAT_DEBUGV8P9`` 346 extension which allows the ability to implement more than 16 breakpoints 347 and/or watchpoints. This feature is mandatory from v8.9 and is optional 348 from v8.8. This flag can take the values of 0 to 2, to align with the 349 ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 350 351- ``ENABLE_FEAT_DIT``: Numeric value to enable ``FEAT_DIT`` (Data Independent 352 Timing) extension. It allows setting the ``DIT`` bit of PSTATE in EL3. 353 ``FEAT_DIT`` is a mandatory architectural feature and is enabled from v8.4 354 and upwards. This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the 355 ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 356 357- ``ENABLE_FEAT_ECV``: Numeric value to enable support for the Enhanced Counter 358 Virtualization feature, allowing for access to the CNTPOFF_EL2 (Counter-timer 359 Physical Offset register) during EL2 to EL3 context save/restore operations. 360 Its a mandatory architectural feature and is enabled from v8.6 and upwards. 361 This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 362 mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 363 364- ``ENABLE_FEAT_FPMR``: Numerical value to enable support for Floating Point 365 Mode Register feature, allowing access to the FPMR register. FPMR register 366 controls the behaviors of FP8 instructions. It is an optional architectural 367 feature from v9.2 and upwards. This flag can take value of 0 to 2, to align 368 with the ``FEATURE_DETECTION`` mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 369 370- ``ENABLE_FEAT_FGT``: Numeric value to enable support for FGT (Fine Grain Traps) 371 feature allowing for access to the HDFGRTR_EL2 (Hypervisor Debug Fine-Grained 372 Read Trap Register) during EL2 to EL3 context save/restore operations. 373 Its a mandatory architectural feature and is enabled from v8.6 and upwards. 374 This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 375 mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 376 377- ``ENABLE_FEAT_FGT2``: Numeric value to enable support for FGT2 378 (Fine Grain Traps 2) feature allowing for access to Fine-grained trap 2 registers 379 during EL2 to EL3 context save/restore operations. 380 Its an optional architectural feature and is available from v8.8 and upwards. 381 This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 382 mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 383 384- ``ENABLE_FEAT_FGWTE3``: Numeric value to enable support for 385 Fine Grained Write Trap EL3 (FEAT_FGWTE3), a feature that allows EL3 to 386 restrict overwriting certain EL3 registers after boot. 387 This lockdown is established by setting individual trap bits for 388 system registers that are not expected to be overwritten after boot. 389 This feature is an optional architectural feature and is available from 390 Armv9.4 onwards. This flag can take values from 0 to 2, aligning with 391 the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. The default value is 0. 392 393 .. note:: 394 This feature currently traps access to all EL3 registers in 395 ``FGWTE3_EL3``, except for ``MDCR_EL3``, ``MPAM3_EL3``, 396 ``TPIDR_EL3``(when ``CRASH_REPORTING=1``), and 397 ``SCTLR_EL3``(when ``HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY=0``). 398 If additional traps need to be disabled for specific platforms, 399 please contact the Arm team on `TF-A public mailing list`_. 400 401- ``ENABLE_FEAT_HCX``: Numeric value to set the bit SCR_EL3.HXEn in EL3 to 402 allow access to HCRX_EL2 (extended hypervisor control register) from EL2 as 403 well as adding HCRX_EL2 to the EL2 context save/restore operations. Its a 404 mandatory architectural feature and is enabled from v8.7 and upwards. This 405 flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 406 mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 407 408- ``ENABLE_FEAT_MOPS``: Numeric value to enable FEAT_MOPS (Standardization 409 of memory operations) when INIT_UNUSED_NS_EL2=1. 410 This feature is mandatory from v8.8 and enabling of FEAT_MOPS does not 411 require any settings from EL3 as the controls are present in EL2 registers 412 (HCRX_EL2.{MSCEn,MCE2} and SCTLR_EL2.MSCEn) and in most configurations 413 we expect EL2 to be present. But in case of INIT_UNUSED_NS_EL2=1 , 414 EL3 should configure the EL2 registers. This flag 415 can take values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. 416 Default value is ``0``. 417 418- ``ENABLE_FEAT_MTE2``: Numeric value to enable Memory Tagging Extension2 419 if the platform wants to use this feature and MTE2 is enabled at ELX. 420 This flag can take values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 421 mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 422 423- ``ENABLE_FEAT_PAN``: Numeric value to enable the ``FEAT_PAN`` (Privileged 424 Access Never) extension. ``FEAT_PAN`` adds a bit to PSTATE, generating a 425 permission fault for any privileged data access from EL1/EL2 to virtual 426 memory address, accessible at EL0, provided (HCR_EL2.E2H=1). It is a 427 mandatory architectural feature and is enabled from v8.1 and upwards. This 428 flag can take values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 429 mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 430 431- ``ENABLE_FEAT_PAUTH_LR``: Numeric value to enable the ``FEAT_PAUTH_LR`` 432 extension. ``FEAT_PAUTH_LR`` is an optional feature available from Arm v9.4 433 onwards. This feature requires PAUTH to be enabled via the 434 ``BRANCH_PROTECTION`` flag. This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align 435 with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 436 437- ``ENABLE_FEAT_RNG``: Numeric value to enable the ``FEAT_RNG`` extension. 438 ``FEAT_RNG`` is an optional feature available on Arm v8.5 onwards. This 439 flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 440 mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 441 442- ``ENABLE_FEAT_RNG_TRAP``: Numeric value to enable the ``FEAT_RNG_TRAP`` 443 extension. This feature is only supported in AArch64 state. This flag can 444 take values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. 445 Default value is ``0``. ``FEAT_RNG_TRAP`` is an optional feature from 446 Armv8.5 onwards. 447 448- ``ENABLE_FEAT_SB``: Boolean option to let the TF-A code use the ``FEAT_SB`` 449 (Speculation Barrier) instruction ``FEAT_SB`` is an optional feature and 450 defaults to ``0`` for pre-Armv8.5 CPUs, but is mandatory for Armv8.5 or 451 later CPUs. It is enabled from v8.5 and upwards and if needed can be 452 overidden from platforms explicitly. 453 454- ``ENABLE_FEAT_SEL2``: Numeric value to enable the ``FEAT_SEL2`` (Secure EL2) 455 extension. ``FEAT_SEL2`` is a mandatory feature available on Arm v8.4. 456 This flag can take values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 457 mechanism. Default is ``0``. 458 459- ``ENABLE_FEAT_TWED``: Numeric value to enable the ``FEAT_TWED`` (Delayed 460 trapping of WFE Instruction) extension. ``FEAT_TWED`` is a optional feature 461 available on Arm v8.6. This flag can take values 0 to 2, to align with the 462 ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. Default is ``0``. 463 464 When ``ENABLE_FEAT_TWED`` is set to ``1``, WFE instruction trapping gets 465 delayed by the amount of value in ``TWED_DELAY``. 466 467- ``ENABLE_FEAT_VHE``: Numeric value to enable the ``FEAT_VHE`` (Virtualization 468 Host Extensions) extension. It allows access to CONTEXTIDR_EL2 register 469 during EL2 context save/restore operations.``FEAT_VHE`` is a mandatory 470 architectural feature and is enabled from v8.1 and upwards. It can take 471 values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. 472 Default value is ``0``. 473 474- ``ENABLE_FEAT_TCR2``: Numeric value to set the bit SCR_EL3.ENTCR2 in EL3 to 475 allow access to TCR2_EL2 (extended translation control) from EL2 as 476 well as adding TCR2_EL2 to the EL2 context save/restore operations. Its a 477 mandatory architectural feature and is enabled from v8.9 and upwards. This 478 flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 479 mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 480 481- ``ENABLE_FEAT_S2PIE``: Numeric value to enable support for FEAT_S2PIE 482 at EL2 and below, and context switch relevant registers. This flag 483 can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 484 mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 485 486- ``ENABLE_FEAT_S1PIE``: Numeric value to enable support for FEAT_S1PIE 487 at EL2 and below, and context switch relevant registers. This flag 488 can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 489 mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 490 491- ``ENABLE_FEAT_S2POE``: Numeric value to enable support for FEAT_S2POE 492 at EL2 and below, and context switch relevant registers. This flag 493 can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 494 mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 495 496- ``ENABLE_FEAT_S1POE``: Numeric value to enable support for FEAT_S1POE 497 at EL2 and below, and context switch relevant registers. This flag 498 can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 499 mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 500 501- ``ENABLE_FEAT_GCS``: Numeric value to set the bit SCR_EL3.GCSEn in EL3 to 502 allow use of Guarded Control Stack from EL2 as well as adding the GCS 503 registers to the EL2 context save/restore operations. This flag can take 504 the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. 505 Default value is ``0``. 506 507 - ``ENABLE_FEAT_GCIE``: Boolean value to enable support for the GICv5 CPU 508 interface (see ``USE_GIC_DRIVER`` for the IRI). GICv5 and GICv3 are mutually 509 exclusive, so the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism is currently not supported. 510 Default value is ``0``. 511 512- ``ENABLE_FEAT_THE``: Numeric value to enable support for FEAT_THE 513 (Translation Hardening Extension) at EL2 and below, setting the bit 514 SCR_EL3.RCWMASKEn in EL3 to allow access to RCWMASK_EL1 and RCWSMASK_EL1 515 registers and context switch them. 516 Its an optional architectural feature and is available from v8.8 and upwards. 517 This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 518 mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 519 520- ``ENABLE_FEAT_SCTLR2``: Numeric value to enable support for FEAT_SCTLR2 521 (Extension to SCTLR_ELx) at EL2 and below, setting the bit 522 SCR_EL3.SCTLR2En in EL3 to allow access to SCTLR2_ELx registers and 523 context switch them. This feature is OPTIONAL from Armv8.0 implementations 524 and mandatory in Armv8.9 implementations. 525 This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 526 mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 527 528- ``ENABLE_FEAT_D128``: Numeric value to enable support for FEAT_D128 529 at EL2 and below, setting the bit SCT_EL3.D128En in EL3 to allow access to 530 128 bit version of system registers like PAR_EL1, TTBR0_EL1, TTBR1_EL1, 531 TTBR0_EL2, TTBR1_EL2, TTBR0_EL12, TTBR1_EL12 , VTTBR_EL2, RCWMASK_EL1, and 532 RCWSMASK_EL1. Its an optional architectural feature and is available from 533 9.3 and upwards. 534 This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 535 mechanism. Default value is ``0``. 536 537- ``ENABLE_LTO``: Boolean option to enable Link Time Optimization (LTO) 538 support. This option is currently only supported for AArch64. Default is 0. 539 540- ``ENABLE_FEAT_MPAM``: Numeric value to enable lower ELs to use MPAM 541 feature. MPAM is an optional Armv8.4 extension that enables various memory 542 system components and resources to define partitions; software running at 543 various ELs can assign themselves to desired partition to control their 544 performance aspects. 545 546 This flag can take values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 547 mechanism. When this option is set to ``1`` or ``2``, EL3 allows lower ELs to 548 access their own MPAM registers without trapping into EL3. This option 549 doesn't make use of partitioning in EL3, however. Platform initialisation 550 code should configure and use partitions in EL3 as required. This option 551 defaults to ``2`` since MPAM is enabled by default for NS world only. 552 The flag is automatically disabled when the target 553 architecture is AArch32. 554 555- ``ENABLE_FEAT_MPAM_PE_BW_CTRL``: This option enables Armv9.3 MPAM 556 PE-side bandwidth controls and disables traps to EL3/EL2 (when 557 ``INIT_UNUSED_NS_EL2`` = 1). The flag accepts values from 0 to 2, in 558 line with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism, and defaults to ``0``. 559 560- ``ENABLE_FEAT_LS64_ACCDATA``: Numeric value to enable access and save and 561 restore the ACCDATA_EL1 system register, at EL2 and below. This flag can 562 take the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. 563 Default value is ``0``. 564 565- ``ENABLE_MPMM``: Boolean option to enable support for the Maximum Power 566 Mitigation Mechanism supported by certain Arm cores, which allows the SoC 567 firmware to detect and limit high activity events to assist in SoC processor 568 power domain dynamic power budgeting and limit the triggering of whole-rail 569 (i.e. clock chopping) responses to overcurrent conditions. Defaults to ``0``. 570 571- ``ENABLE_PIE``: Boolean option to enable Position Independent Executable(PIE) 572 support within generic code in TF-A. This option is currently only supported 573 in BL2, BL31, and BL32 (TSP) for AARCH64 binaries, and 574 in BL32 (SP_min) for AARCH32. Default is 0. 575 576- ``ENABLE_PMF``: Boolean option to enable support for optional Performance 577 Measurement Framework(PMF). Default is 0. 578 579- ``ENABLE_PSCI_STAT``: Boolean option to enable support for optional PSCI 580 functions ``PSCI_STAT_RESIDENCY`` and ``PSCI_STAT_COUNT``. Default is 0. 581 In the absence of an alternate stat collection backend, ``ENABLE_PMF`` must 582 be enabled. If ``ENABLE_PMF`` is set, the residency statistics are tracked in 583 software. 584 585- ``ENABLE_RUNTIME_INSTRUMENTATION``: Boolean option to enable runtime 586 instrumentation which injects timestamp collection points into TF-A to 587 allow runtime performance to be measured. Currently, only PSCI is 588 instrumented. Enabling this option enables the ``ENABLE_PMF`` build option 589 as well. Default is 0. 590 591- ``ENABLE_SPE_FOR_NS`` : Numeric value to enable Statistical Profiling 592 extensions. This is an optional architectural feature for AArch64. 593 This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 594 mechanism. The default is 2 but is automatically disabled when the target 595 architecture is AArch32. 596 597- ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS``: Numeric value to enable Scalable Vector Extension 598 (SVE) for the Non-secure world only. SVE is an optional architectural feature 599 for AArch64. This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the 600 ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. At this time, this build option cannot be used on 601 systems that have SPM_MM enabled. The default value is 2. 602 603 Note that when SVE is enabled for the Non-secure world, access 604 to SVE, SIMD and floating-point functionality from the Secure world is 605 independently controlled by build option ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_SWD``. When enabling 606 ``CTX_INCLUDE_FPREGS`` and ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS`` together, it is mandatory to 607 enable ``CTX_INCLUDE_SVE_REGS``. This is to avoid corruption of the Non-secure 608 world data in the Z-registers which are aliased by the SIMD and FP registers. 609 610- ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_SWD``: Boolean option to enable SVE and FPU/SIMD functionality 611 for the Secure world. SVE is an optional architectural feature for AArch64. 612 The default is 0 and it is automatically disabled when the target architecture 613 is AArch32. 614 615 .. note:: 616 This build flag requires ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS`` to be enabled. When enabling 617 ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_SWD``, a developer must carefully consider whether 618 ``CTX_INCLUDE_SVE_REGS`` is also needed. 619 620- ``ENABLE_STACK_PROTECTOR``: String option to enable the stack protection 621 checks in GCC. Allowed values are "all", "strong", "default" and "none". The 622 default value is set to "none". "strong" is the recommended stack protection 623 level if this feature is desired. "none" disables the stack protection. For 624 all values other than "none", the ``plat_get_stack_protector_canary()`` 625 platform hook needs to be implemented. The value is passed as the last 626 component of the option ``-fstack-protector-$ENABLE_STACK_PROTECTOR``. 627 628- ``ENABLE_ERRATA_ALL``: This option is used only for testing purposes, Boolean 629 option to enable the workarounds for all errata that TF-A implements. Normally 630 they should be explicitly enabled depending on each platform's needs. Not 631 recommended for release builds. This option is default set to 0. 632 633- ``ENCRYPT_BL31``: Binary flag to enable encryption of BL31 firmware. This 634 flag depends on ``DECRYPTION_SUPPORT`` build flag. 635 636- ``ENCRYPT_BL32``: Binary flag to enable encryption of Secure BL32 payload. 637 This flag depends on ``DECRYPTION_SUPPORT`` build flag. 638 639- ``ENC_KEY``: A 32-byte (256-bit) symmetric key in hex string format. It could 640 either be SSK or BSSK depending on ``FW_ENC_STATUS`` flag. This value depends 641 on ``DECRYPTION_SUPPORT`` build flag. 642 643- ``ENC_NONCE``: A 12-byte (96-bit) encryption nonce or Initialization Vector 644 (IV) in hex string format. This value depends on ``DECRYPTION_SUPPORT`` 645 build flag. 646 647- ``ERROR_DEPRECATED``: This option decides whether to treat the usage of 648 deprecated platform APIs, helper functions or drivers within Trusted 649 Firmware as error. It can take the value 1 (flag the use of deprecated 650 APIs as error) or 0. The default is 0. 651 652- ``ETHOSN_NPU_DRIVER``: boolean option to enable a SiP service that can 653 configure an Arm® Ethos™-N NPU. To use this service the target platform's 654 ``HW_CONFIG`` must include the device tree nodes for the NPU. Currently, only 655 the Arm Juno platform has this included in its ``HW_CONFIG`` and the platform 656 only loads the ``HW_CONFIG`` in AArch64 builds. Default is 0. 657 658- ``ETHOSN_NPU_TZMP1``: boolean option to enable TZMP1 support for the 659 Arm® Ethos™-N NPU. Requires ``ETHOSN_NPU_DRIVER`` and 660 ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT`` to be enabled. 661 662- ``ETHOSN_NPU_FW``: location of the NPU firmware binary 663 (```ethosn.bin```). This firmware image will be included in the FIP and 664 loaded at runtime. 665 666- ``EL3_EXCEPTION_HANDLING``: When set to ``1``, enable handling of exceptions 667 targeted at EL3. When set ``0`` (default), no exceptions are expected or 668 handled at EL3, and a panic will result. The exception to this rule is when 669 ``SPMD_SPM_AT_SEL2`` is set to ``1``, in which case, only exceptions 670 occuring during normal world execution, are trapped to EL3. Any exception 671 trapped during secure world execution are trapped to the SPMC. This is 672 supported only for AArch64 builds. 673 674- ``EVENT_LOG_LEVEL``: Chooses the log level to use for Measured Boot when 675 ``MEASURED_BOOT`` is enabled. For a list of valid values, see ``LOG_LEVEL``. 676 Default value is 40 (LOG_LEVEL_INFO). 677 678- ``FAULT_INJECTION_SUPPORT``: ARMv8.4 extensions introduced support for fault 679 injection from lower ELs, and this build option enables lower ELs to use 680 Error Records accessed via System Registers to inject faults. This is 681 applicable only to AArch64 builds. 682 683 This feature is intended for testing purposes only, and is advisable to keep 684 disabled for production images. 685 686- ``FIP_NAME``: This is an optional build option which specifies the FIP 687 filename for the ``fip`` target. Default is ``fip.bin``. 688 689- ``FWU_FIP_NAME``: This is an optional build option which specifies the FWU 690 FIP filename for the ``fwu_fip`` target. Default is ``fwu_fip.bin``. 691 692- ``FW_ENC_STATUS``: Top level firmware's encryption numeric flag, values: 693 694 :: 695 696 0: Encryption is done with Secret Symmetric Key (SSK) which is common 697 for a class of devices. 698 1: Encryption is done with Binding Secret Symmetric Key (BSSK) which is 699 unique per device. 700 701 This flag depends on ``DECRYPTION_SUPPORT`` build flag. 702 703- ``GENERATE_COT``: Boolean flag used to build and execute the ``cert_create`` 704 tool to create certificates as per the Chain of Trust described in 705 :ref:`Trusted Board Boot`. The build system then calls ``fiptool`` to 706 include the certificates in the FIP and FWU_FIP. Default value is '0'. 707 708 Specify both ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT=1`` and ``GENERATE_COT=1`` to include support 709 for the Trusted Board Boot feature in the BL1 and BL2 images, to generate 710 the corresponding certificates, and to include those certificates in the 711 FIP and FWU_FIP. 712 713 Note that if ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT=0`` and ``GENERATE_COT=1``, the BL1 and BL2 714 images will not include support for Trusted Board Boot. The FIP will still 715 include the corresponding certificates. This FIP can be used to verify the 716 Chain of Trust on the host machine through other mechanisms. 717 718 Note that if ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT=1`` and ``GENERATE_COT=0``, the BL1 and BL2 719 images will include support for Trusted Board Boot, but the FIP and FWU_FIP 720 will not include the corresponding certificates, causing a boot failure. 721 722- ``GICV2_G0_FOR_EL3``: Unlike GICv3, the GICv2 architecture doesn't have 723 inherent support for specific EL3 type interrupts. Setting this build option 724 to ``1`` assumes GICv2 *Group 0* interrupts are expected to target EL3, both 725 by :ref:`platform abstraction layer<platform Interrupt Controller API>` and 726 :ref:`Interrupt Management Framework<Interrupt Management Framework>`. 727 This allows GICv2 platforms to enable features requiring EL3 interrupt type. 728 This also means that all GICv2 Group 0 interrupts are delivered to EL3, and 729 the Secure Payload interrupts needs to be synchronously handed over to Secure 730 EL1 for handling. The default value of this option is ``0``, which means the 731 Group 0 interrupts are assumed to be handled by Secure EL1. 732 733- ``HANDLE_EA_EL3_FIRST_NS``: When set to ``1``, External Aborts and SError 734 Interrupts, resulting from errors in NS world, will be always trapped in 735 EL3 i.e. in BL31 at runtime. When set to ``0`` (default), these exceptions 736 will be trapped in the current exception level (or in EL1 if the current 737 exception level is EL0). 738 739- ``HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY``: On most Arm systems to-date, platform-specific 740 software operations are required for CPUs to enter and exit coherency. 741 However, newer systems exist where CPUs' entry to and exit from coherency 742 is managed in hardware. Such systems require software to only initiate these 743 operations, and the rest is managed in hardware, minimizing active software 744 management. In such systems, this boolean option enables TF-A to carry out 745 build and run-time optimizations during boot and power management operations. 746 This option defaults to 0 and if it is enabled, then it implies 747 ``WARMBOOT_ENABLE_DCACHE_EARLY`` is also enabled. 748 749 If this flag is disabled while the platform which TF-A is compiled for 750 includes cores that manage coherency in hardware, then a compilation error is 751 generated. This is based on the fact that a system cannot have, at the same 752 time, cores that manage coherency in hardware and cores that don't. In other 753 words, a platform cannot have, at the same time, cores that require 754 ``HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY=1`` and cores that require 755 ``HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY=0``. 756 757 Note that, when ``HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY`` is enabled, version 2 of 758 translation library (xlat tables v2) must be used; version 1 of translation 759 library is not supported. 760 761- ``IMPDEF_SYSREG_TRAP``: Numeric value to enable the handling traps for 762 implementation defined system register accesses from lower ELs. Default 763 value is ``0``. 764 765- ``INVERTED_MEMMAP``: memmap tool print by default lower addresses at the 766 bottom, higher addresses at the top. This build flag can be set to '1' to 767 invert this behavior. Lower addresses will be printed at the top and higher 768 addresses at the bottom. 769 770- ``INIT_UNUSED_NS_EL2``: This build flag guards code that disables EL2 771 safely in scenario where NS-EL2 is present but unused. This flag is set to 0 772 by default. Platforms without NS-EL2 in use must enable this flag. 773 774- ``KEY_ALG``: This build flag enables the user to select the algorithm to be 775 used for generating the PKCS keys and subsequent signing of the certificate. 776 It accepts 5 values: ``rsa``, ``rsa_1_5``, ``ecdsa``, ``ecdsa-brainpool-regular`` 777 and ``ecdsa-brainpool-twisted``. The option ``rsa_1_5`` is the legacy PKCS#1 778 RSA 1.5 algorithm which is not TBBR compliant and is retained only for 779 compatibility. The default value of this flag is ``rsa`` which is the TBBR 780 compliant PKCS#1 RSA 2.1 scheme. 781 782- ``KEY_SIZE``: This build flag enables the user to select the key size for 783 the algorithm specified by ``KEY_ALG``. The valid values for ``KEY_SIZE`` 784 depend on the chosen algorithm and the cryptographic module. 785 786 +---------------------------+------------------------------------+ 787 | KEY_ALG | Possible key sizes | 788 +===========================+====================================+ 789 | rsa | 1024 , 2048 (default), 3072, 4096 | 790 +---------------------------+------------------------------------+ 791 | ecdsa | 256 (default), 384 | 792 +---------------------------+------------------------------------+ 793 | ecdsa-brainpool-regular | 256 (default) | 794 +---------------------------+------------------------------------+ 795 | ecdsa-brainpool-twisted | 256 (default) | 796 +---------------------------+------------------------------------+ 797 798- ``HASH_ALG``: This build flag enables the user to select the secure hash 799 algorithm. It accepts 3 values: ``sha256``, ``sha384`` and ``sha512``. 800 The default value of this flag is ``sha256``. 801 802- ``HW_CONFIG_BASE``: This option specifies the location in memory where the DTB 803 should either be loaded by BL2 or can be found by later stages. 804 805- ``LDFLAGS``: Extra user options appended to the linkers' command line in 806 addition to the one set by the build system. 807 808- ``LOG_LEVEL``: Chooses the log level, which controls the amount of console log 809 output compiled into the build. This should be one of the following: 810 811 :: 812 813 0 (LOG_LEVEL_NONE) 814 10 (LOG_LEVEL_ERROR) 815 20 (LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE) 816 30 (LOG_LEVEL_WARNING) 817 40 (LOG_LEVEL_INFO) 818 50 (LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE) 819 820 All log output up to and including the selected log level is compiled into 821 the build. The default value is 40 in debug builds and 20 in release builds. 822 823- ``MEASURED_BOOT``: Boolean flag to include support for the Measured Boot 824 feature. This flag can be enabled with ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT`` in order to 825 provide trust that the code taking the measurements and recording them has 826 not been tampered with. 827 828 This option defaults to 0. 829 830- ``DISCRETE_TPM``: Boolean flag to include support for a Discrete TPM. 831 832 This option defaults to 0. 833 834- ``TPM_INTERFACE``: When ``DISCRETE_TPM=1``, this is a required flag to 835 select the TPM interface. Currently only one interface is supported: 836 837 :: 838 839 FIFO_SPI 840 841- ``MBOOT_TPM_HASH_ALG``: Build flag to select the TPM hash algorithm used during 842 Measured Boot. Currently only accepts ``sha256`` as a valid algorithm. 843 844- ``MARCH_DIRECTIVE``: used to pass a -march option from the platform build 845 options to the compiler. An example usage: 846 847 .. code:: make 848 849 MARCH_DIRECTIVE := -march=armv8.5-a 850 851- ``HARDEN_SLS``: used to pass -mharden-sls=all from the TF-A build 852 options to the compiler currently supporting only of the options. 853 GCC documentation: 854 https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/AArch64-Options.html#index-mharden-sls 855 856 An example usage: 857 858 .. code:: make 859 860 HARDEN_SLS := 1 861 862 This option defaults to 0. 863 864- ``NON_TRUSTED_WORLD_KEY``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It 865 specifies a file that contains the Non-Trusted World private key in PEM 866 format or a PKCS11 URI. If ``SAVE_KEYS=1``, only a file is accepted and it 867 will be used to save the key. 868 869- ``NS_BL2U``: Path to NS_BL2U image in the host file system. This image is 870 optional. It is only needed if the platform makefile specifies that it 871 is required in order to build the ``fwu_fip`` target. 872 873- ``NS_TIMER_SWITCH``: Enable save and restore for non-secure timer register 874 contents upon world switch. It can take either 0 (don't save and restore) or 875 1 (do save and restore). 0 is the default. An SPD may set this to 1 if it 876 wants the timer registers to be saved and restored. 877 878- ``OVERRIDE_LIBC``: This option allows platforms to override the default libc 879 for the BL image. It can be either 0 (include) or 1 (remove). The default 880 value is 0. 881 882- ``PL011_GENERIC_UART``: Boolean option to indicate the PL011 driver that 883 the underlying hardware is not a full PL011 UART but a minimally compliant 884 generic UART, which is a subset of the PL011. The driver will not access 885 any register that is not part of the SBSA generic UART specification. 886 Default value is 0 (a full PL011 compliant UART is present). 887 888- ``PLAT``: Choose a platform to build TF-A for. The chosen platform name 889 must be subdirectory of any depth under ``plat/``, and must contain a 890 platform makefile named ``platform.mk``. For example, to build TF-A for the 891 Arm Juno board, select PLAT=juno. 892 893- ``PLATFORM_REPORT_CTX_MEM_USE``: Reports the context memory allocated for 894 each core as well as the global context. The data includes the memory used 895 by each world and each privileged exception level. This build option is 896 applicable only for ``ARCH=aarch64`` builds. The default value is 0. 897 898- ``PRELOADED_BL33_BASE``: This option enables booting a preloaded BL33 image 899 instead of the normal boot flow. When defined, it must specify the entry 900 point address for the preloaded BL33 image. This option is incompatible with 901 ``EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE``. If both are defined, ``EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE`` has priority 902 over ``PRELOADED_BL33_BASE``. 903 904- ``PRESERVE_DSU_PMU_REGS``: This options when enabled allows the platform to 905 save/restore the DynamIQ Shared Unit's(DSU) Performance Monitoring Unit(PMU) 906 registers when the cluster goes through a power cycle. This is disabled by 907 default and platforms that require this feature have to enable them. 908 909- ``PROGRAMMABLE_RESET_ADDRESS``: This option indicates whether the reset 910 vector address can be programmed or is fixed on the platform. It can take 911 either 0 (fixed) or 1 (programmable). Default is 0. If the platform has a 912 programmable reset address, it is expected that a CPU will start executing 913 code directly at the right address, both on a cold and warm reset. In this 914 case, there is no need to identify the entrypoint on boot and the boot path 915 can be optimised. The ``plat_get_my_entrypoint()`` platform porting interface 916 does not need to be implemented in this case. 917 918- ``PSCI_EXTENDED_STATE_ID``: As per PSCI1.0 Specification, there are 2 formats 919 possible for the PSCI power-state parameter: original and extended State-ID 920 formats. This flag if set to 1, configures the generic PSCI layer to use the 921 extended format. The default value of this flag is 0, which means by default 922 the original power-state format is used by the PSCI implementation. This flag 923 should be specified by the platform makefile and it governs the return value 924 of PSCI_FEATURES API for CPU_SUSPEND smc function id. When this option is 925 enabled on Arm platforms, the option ``ARM_RECOM_STATE_ID_ENC`` needs to be 926 set to 1 as well. 927 928- ``PSCI_OS_INIT_MODE``: Boolean flag to enable support for optional PSCI 929 OS-initiated mode. This option defaults to 0. 930 931- ``ARCH_FEATURE_AVAILABILITY``: Boolean flag to enable support for the 932 optional SMCCC_ARCH_FEATURE_AVAILABILITY call. This option implicitly 933 interacts with IMPDEF_SYSREG_TRAP and software emulation. This option 934 defaults to 0. 935 936- ``ENABLE_FEAT_RAS``: Boolean flag to enable Armv8.2 RAS features. RAS features 937 are an optional extension for pre-Armv8.2 CPUs, but are mandatory for Armv8.2 938 or later CPUs. This flag can take the values 0 or 1. The default value is 0. 939 NOTE: This flag enables use of IESB capability to reduce entry latency into 940 EL3 even when RAS error handling is not performed on the platform. Hence this 941 flag is recommended to be turned on Armv8.2 and later CPUs. 942 943- ``RESET_TO_BL31``: Enable BL31 entrypoint as the CPU reset vector instead 944 of the BL1 entrypoint. It can take the value 0 (CPU reset to BL1 945 entrypoint) or 1 (CPU reset to BL31 entrypoint). 946 The default value is 0. 947 948- ``RESET_TO_SP_MIN``: SP_MIN is the minimal AArch32 Secure Payload provided 949 in TF-A. This flag configures SP_MIN entrypoint as the CPU reset vector 950 instead of the BL1 entrypoint. It can take the value 0 (CPU reset to BL1 951 entrypoint) or 1 (CPU reset to SP_MIN entrypoint). The default value is 0. 952 953- ``RME_GPT_BITLOCK_BLOCK``: This defines the block size (in number of 512MB 954- blocks) covered by a single bit of the bitlock structure during RME GPT 955- operations. The lower the block size, the better opportunity for 956- parallelising GPT operations but at the cost of more bits being needed 957- for the bitlock structure. This numeric parameter can take the values 958- from 0 to 512 and must be a power of 2. The value of 0 is special and 959- and it chooses a single spinlock for all GPT L1 table entries. Default 960- value is 1 which corresponds to block size of 512MB per bit of bitlock 961- structure. 962 963- ``RME_GPT_MAX_BLOCK``: Numeric value in MB to define the maximum size of 964 supported contiguous blocks in GPT Library. This parameter can take the 965 values 0, 2, 32 and 512. Setting this value to 0 disables use of Contigious 966 descriptors. Default value is 512. 967 968- ``ROT_KEY``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It specifies a 969 file that contains the ROT private key in PEM format or a PKCS11 URI and 970 enforces public key hash generation. If ``SAVE_KEYS=1``, only a file is 971 accepted and it will be used to save the key. 972 973- ``SAVE_KEYS``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It tells the 974 certificate generation tool to save the keys used to establish the Chain of 975 Trust. Allowed options are '0' or '1'. Default is '0' (do not save). 976 977- ``SCP_BL2``: Path to SCP_BL2 image in the host file system. This image is optional. 978 If a SCP_BL2 image is present then this option must be passed for the ``fip`` 979 target. 980 981- ``SCP_BL2_KEY``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It specifies a 982 file that contains the SCP_BL2 private key in PEM format or a PKCS11 URI. 983 If ``SAVE_KEYS=1``, only a file is accepted and it will be used to save the key. 984 985- ``SCP_BL2U``: Path to SCP_BL2U image in the host file system. This image is 986 optional. It is only needed if the platform makefile specifies that it 987 is required in order to build the ``fwu_fip`` target. 988 989- ``SDEI_SUPPORT``: Setting this to ``1`` enables support for Software 990 Delegated Exception Interface to BL31 image. This defaults to ``0``. 991 992 When set to ``1``, the build option ``EL3_EXCEPTION_HANDLING`` must also be 993 set to ``1``. 994 995- ``SEPARATE_CODE_AND_RODATA``: Whether code and read-only data should be 996 isolated on separate memory pages. This is a trade-off between security and 997 memory usage. See "Isolating code and read-only data on separate memory 998 pages" section in :ref:`Firmware Design`. This flag is disabled by default 999 and affects all BL images. 1000 1001- ``SEPARATE_NOBITS_REGION``: Setting this option to ``1`` allows the NOBITS 1002 sections of BL31 (.bss, stacks, page tables, and coherent memory) to be 1003 allocated in RAM discontiguous from the loaded firmware image. When set, the 1004 platform is expected to provide definitions for ``BL31_NOBITS_BASE`` and 1005 ``BL31_NOBITS_LIMIT``. When the option is ``0`` (the default), NOBITS 1006 sections are placed in RAM immediately following the loaded firmware image. 1007 1008- ``SEPARATE_BL2_NOLOAD_REGION``: Setting this option to ``1`` allows the 1009 NOLOAD sections of BL2 (.bss, stacks, page tables) to be allocated in RAM 1010 discontiguous from loaded firmware images. When set, the platform need to 1011 provide definitions of ``BL2_NOLOAD_START`` and ``BL2_NOLOAD_LIMIT``. This 1012 flag is disabled by default and NOLOAD sections are placed in RAM immediately 1013 following the loaded firmware image. 1014 1015- ``SEPARATE_BL2_FIP``: This option enables the separation of the BL2 FIP image 1016 from the main FIP image. When this option is enabled, the BL2 FIP image is built 1017 as a separate FIP image. The default value is 0. 1018 1019- ``SEPARATE_SIMD_SECTION``: Setting this option to ``1`` allows the SIMD context 1020 data structures to be put in a dedicated memory region as decided by platform 1021 integrator. Default value is ``0`` which means the SIMD context is put in BSS 1022 section of EL3 firmware. 1023 1024- ``SMC_PCI_SUPPORT``: This option allows platforms to handle PCI configuration 1025 access requests via a standard SMCCC defined in `DEN0115`_. When combined with 1026 UEFI+ACPI this can provide a certain amount of OS forward compatibility 1027 with newer platforms that aren't ECAM compliant. 1028 1029- ``SPD``: Choose a Secure Payload Dispatcher component to be built into TF-A. 1030 This build option is only valid if ``ARCH=aarch64``. The value should be 1031 the path to the directory containing the SPD source, relative to 1032 ``services/spd/``; the directory is expected to contain a makefile called 1033 ``<spd-value>.mk``. The SPM Dispatcher standard service is located in 1034 services/std_svc/spmd and enabled by ``SPD=spmd``. The SPM Dispatcher 1035 cannot be enabled when the ``SPM_MM`` option is enabled. 1036 1037- ``SPIN_ON_BL1_EXIT``: This option introduces an infinite loop in BL1. It can 1038 take either 0 (no loop) or 1 (add a loop). 0 is the default. This loop stops 1039 execution in BL1 just before handing over to BL31. At this point, all 1040 firmware images have been loaded in memory, and the MMU and caches are 1041 turned off. Refer to the "Debugging options" section for more details. 1042 1043- ``SPMC_AT_EL3`` : This boolean option is used jointly with the SPM 1044 Dispatcher option (``SPD=spmd``). When enabled (1) it indicates the SPMC 1045 component runs at the EL3 exception level. The default value is ``0`` ( 1046 disabled). This configuration supports pre-Armv8.4 platforms (aka not 1047 implementing the ``FEAT_SEL2`` extension). 1048 1049- ``SPMC_AT_EL3_SEL0_SP`` : Boolean option to enable SEL0 SP load support when 1050 ``SPMC_AT_EL3`` is enabled. The default value if ``0`` (disabled). This 1051 option cannot be enabled (``1``) when (``SPMC_AT_EL3``) is disabled. 1052 1053- ``SPMC_OPTEE`` : This boolean option is used jointly with the SPM 1054 Dispatcher option (``SPD=spmd``) and with ``SPMD_SPM_AT_SEL2=0`` to 1055 indicate that the SPMC at S-EL1 is OP-TEE and an OP-TEE specific loading 1056 mechanism should be used. 1057 1058- ``SPMD_SPM_AT_SEL2`` : This boolean option is used jointly with the SPM 1059 Dispatcher option (``SPD=spmd``). When enabled (1) it indicates the SPMC 1060 component runs at the S-EL2 exception level provided by the ``FEAT_SEL2`` 1061 extension. This is the default when enabling the SPM Dispatcher. When 1062 disabled (0) it indicates the SPMC component runs at the S-EL1 execution 1063 state or at EL3 if ``SPMC_AT_EL3`` is enabled. The latter configurations 1064 support pre-Armv8.4 platforms (aka not implementing the ``FEAT_SEL2`` 1065 extension). 1066 1067- ``SPM_MM`` : Boolean option to enable the Management Mode (MM)-based Secure 1068 Partition Manager (SPM) implementation. The default value is ``0`` 1069 (disabled). This option cannot be enabled (``1``) when SPM Dispatcher is 1070 enabled (``SPD=spmd``). 1071 1072- ``SP_LAYOUT_FILE``: Platform provided path to JSON file containing the 1073 description of secure partitions. The build system will parse this file and 1074 package all secure partition blobs into the FIP. This file is not 1075 necessarily part of TF-A tree. Only available when ``SPD=spmd``. 1076 1077- ``SP_MIN_WITH_SECURE_FIQ``: Boolean flag to indicate the SP_MIN handles 1078 secure interrupts (caught through the FIQ line). Platforms can enable 1079 this directive if they need to handle such interruption. When enabled, 1080 the FIQ are handled in monitor mode and non secure world is not allowed 1081 to mask these events. Platforms that enable FIQ handling in SP_MIN shall 1082 implement the api ``sp_min_plat_fiq_handler()``. The default value is 0. 1083 1084- ``SVE_VECTOR_LEN``: SVE vector length to configure in ZCR_EL3. 1085 Platforms can configure this if they need to lower the hardware 1086 limit, for example due to asymmetric configuration or limitations of 1087 software run at lower ELs. The default is the architectural maximum 1088 of 2048 which should be suitable for most configurations, the 1089 hardware will limit the effective VL to the maximum physically supported 1090 VL. 1091 1092- ``TRNG_SUPPORT``: Setting this to ``1`` enables support for True 1093 Random Number Generator Interface to BL31 image. This defaults to ``0``. 1094 1095- ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT``: Boolean flag to include support for the Trusted Board 1096 Boot feature. When set to '1', BL1 and BL2 images include support to load 1097 and verify the certificates and images in a FIP, and BL1 includes support 1098 for the Firmware Update. The default value is '0'. Generation and inclusion 1099 of certificates in the FIP and FWU_FIP depends upon the value of the 1100 ``GENERATE_COT`` option. 1101 1102 .. warning:: 1103 This option depends on ``CREATE_KEYS`` to be enabled. If the keys 1104 already exist in disk, they will be overwritten without further notice. 1105 1106- ``TRUSTED_WORLD_KEY``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It 1107 specifies a file that contains the Trusted World private key in PEM 1108 format or a PKCS11 URI. If ``SAVE_KEYS=1``, only a file is accepted and 1109 it will be used to save the key. 1110 1111- ``TSP_INIT_ASYNC``: Choose BL32 initialization method as asynchronous or 1112 synchronous, (see "Initializing a BL32 Image" section in 1113 :ref:`Firmware Design`). It can take the value 0 (BL32 is initialized using 1114 synchronous method) or 1 (BL32 is initialized using asynchronous method). 1115 Default is 0. 1116 1117- ``TSP_NS_INTR_ASYNC_PREEMPT``: A non zero value enables the interrupt 1118 routing model which routes non-secure interrupts asynchronously from TSP 1119 to EL3 causing immediate preemption of TSP. The EL3 is responsible 1120 for saving and restoring the TSP context in this routing model. The 1121 default routing model (when the value is 0) is to route non-secure 1122 interrupts to TSP allowing it to save its context and hand over 1123 synchronously to EL3 via an SMC. 1124 1125 .. note:: 1126 When ``EL3_EXCEPTION_HANDLING`` is ``1``, ``TSP_NS_INTR_ASYNC_PREEMPT`` 1127 must also be set to ``1``. 1128 1129- ``TS_SP_FW_CONFIG``: DTC build flag to include Trusted Services (Crypto and 1130 internal-trusted-storage) as SP in tb_fw_config device tree. 1131 1132- ``TWED_DELAY``: Numeric value to be set in order to delay the trapping of 1133 WFE instruction. ``ENABLE_FEAT_TWED`` build option must be enabled to set 1134 this delay. It can take values in the range (0-15). Default value is ``0`` 1135 and based on this value, 2^(TWED_DELAY + 8) cycles will be delayed. 1136 Platforms need to explicitly update this value based on their requirements. 1137 1138- ``USE_ARM_LINK``: This flag determines whether to enable support for ARM 1139 linker. When the ``LINKER`` build variable points to the armlink linker, 1140 this flag is enabled automatically. To enable support for armlink, platforms 1141 will have to provide a scatter file for the BL image. Currently, Tegra 1142 platforms use the armlink support to compile BL3-1 images. 1143 1144- ``USE_COHERENT_MEM``: This flag determines whether to include the coherent 1145 memory region in the BL memory map or not (see "Use of Coherent memory in 1146 TF-A" section in :ref:`Firmware Design`). It can take the value 1 1147 (Coherent memory region is included) or 0 (Coherent memory region is 1148 excluded). Default is 1. 1149 1150- ``USE_KERNEL_DT_CONVENTION``: When this option is enabled, the hardware 1151 device tree is passed to BL33 using register x0, aligning with the expectations 1152 of the Linux kernel on Arm platforms. If this option is disabled, a different 1153 register, typically x1, may be used instead. This build option is 1154 not necessary when firmware handoff is active (that is, when TRANSFER_LIST=1 1155 is set), and it will be removed once all platforms have transitioned to that 1156 convention. 1157 1158- ``USE_DSU_DRIVER``: This flag enables DSU (DynamIQ Shared Unit) driver. 1159 The DSU driver allows save/restore of DSU PMU registers through 1160 ``PRESERVE_DSU_PMU_REGS`` build option, provides access to PMU registers at 1161 EL1 and allows platforms to configure powerdown and power settings of DSU. 1162 1163- ``ARM_IO_IN_DTB``: This flag determines whether to use IO based on the 1164 firmware configuration framework. This will move the io_policies into a 1165 configuration device tree, instead of static structure in the code base. 1166 1167- ``COT_DESC_IN_DTB``: This flag determines whether to create COT descriptors 1168 at runtime using fconf. If this flag is enabled, COT descriptors are 1169 statically captured in tb_fw_config file in the form of device tree nodes 1170 and properties. Currently, COT descriptors used by BL2 are moved to the 1171 device tree and COT descriptors used by BL1 are retained in the code 1172 base statically. 1173 1174- ``SDEI_IN_FCONF``: This flag determines whether to configure SDEI setup in 1175 runtime using firmware configuration framework. The platform specific SDEI 1176 shared and private events configuration is retrieved from device tree rather 1177 than static C structures at compile time. This is only supported if 1178 SDEI_SUPPORT build flag is enabled. 1179 1180- ``SEC_INT_DESC_IN_FCONF``: This flag determines whether to configure Group 0 1181 and Group1 secure interrupts using the firmware configuration framework. The 1182 platform specific secure interrupt property descriptor is retrieved from 1183 device tree in runtime rather than depending on static C structure at compile 1184 time. 1185 1186- ``USE_ROMLIB``: This flag determines whether library at ROM will be used. 1187 This feature creates a library of functions to be placed in ROM and thus 1188 reduces SRAM usage. Refer to :ref:`Library at ROM` for further details. Default 1189 is 0. 1190 1191- ``V``: Verbose build. If assigned anything other than 0, the build commands 1192 are printed. Default is 0. 1193 1194- ``VERSION_STRING``: String used in the log output for each TF-A image. 1195 Defaults to a string formed by concatenating the version number, build type 1196 and build string. 1197 1198- ``W``: Warning level. Some compiler warning options of interest have been 1199 regrouped and put in the root Makefile. This flag can take the values 0 to 3, 1200 each level enabling more warning options. Default is 0. 1201 1202 This option is closely related to the ``E`` option, which enables 1203 ``-Werror``. 1204 1205 - ``W=0`` (default) 1206 1207 Enables a wide assortment of warnings, most notably ``-Wall`` and 1208 ``-Wextra``, as well as various bad practices and things that are likely to 1209 result in errors. Includes some compiler specific flags. No warnings are 1210 expected at this level for any build. 1211 1212 - ``W=1`` 1213 1214 Enables warnings we want the generic build to include but are too time 1215 consuming to fix at the moment. It re-enables warnings taken out for 1216 ``W=0`` builds (a few of the ``-Wextra`` additions). This level is expected 1217 to eventually be merged into ``W=0``. Some warnings are expected on some 1218 builds, but new contributions should not introduce new ones. 1219 1220 - ``W=2`` (recommended) 1221 1222 Enables warnings we want the generic build to include but cannot be enabled 1223 due to external libraries. This level is expected to eventually be merged 1224 into ``W=0``. Lots of warnings are expected, primarily from external 1225 libraries like zlib and compiler-rt, but new controbutions should not 1226 introduce new ones. 1227 1228 - ``W=3`` 1229 1230 Enables warnings that are informative but not necessary and generally too 1231 verbose and frequently ignored. A very large number of warnings are 1232 expected. 1233 1234 The exact set of warning flags depends on the compiler and TF-A warning 1235 level, however they are all succinctly set in the top-level Makefile. Please 1236 refer to the `GCC`_ or `Clang`_ documentation for more information on the 1237 individual flags. 1238 1239- ``WARMBOOT_ENABLE_DCACHE_EARLY`` : Boolean option to enable D-cache early on 1240 the CPU after warm boot. This is applicable for platforms which do not 1241 require interconnect programming to enable cache coherency (eg: single 1242 cluster platforms). If this option is enabled, then warm boot path 1243 enables D-caches immediately after enabling MMU. This option defaults to 0. 1244 1245- ``ERRATA_SPECULATIVE_AT``: This flag determines whether to enable ``AT`` 1246 speculative errata workaround or not. It accepts 2 values: ``1`` and ``0``. 1247 The default value of this flag is ``0``. 1248 1249 ``AT`` speculative errata workaround disables stage1 page table walk for 1250 lower ELs (EL1 and EL0) in EL3 so that ``AT`` speculative fetch at any point 1251 produces either the correct result or failure without TLB allocation. 1252 1253 This boolean option enables errata for all below CPUs. 1254 1255 +---------+--------------+-------------------------+ 1256 | Errata | CPU | Workaround Define | 1257 +=========+==============+=========================+ 1258 | 1165522 | Cortex-A76 | ``ERRATA_A76_1165522`` | 1259 +---------+--------------+-------------------------+ 1260 | 1319367 | Cortex-A72 | ``ERRATA_A72_1319367`` | 1261 +---------+--------------+-------------------------+ 1262 | 1319537 | Cortex-A57 | ``ERRATA_A57_1319537`` | 1263 +---------+--------------+-------------------------+ 1264 | 1530923 | Cortex-A55 | ``ERRATA_A55_1530923`` | 1265 +---------+--------------+-------------------------+ 1266 | 1530924 | Cortex-A53 | ``ERRATA_A53_1530924`` | 1267 +---------+--------------+-------------------------+ 1268 1269 .. note:: 1270 This option is enabled by build only if platform sets any of above defines 1271 mentioned in ’Workaround Define' column in the table. 1272 If this option is enabled for the EL3 software then EL2 software also must 1273 implement this workaround due to the behaviour of the errata mentioned 1274 in new SDEN document which will get published soon. 1275 1276- ``ERRATA_SME_POWER_DOWN``: Boolean option to disable SME (PSTATE.{ZA,SM}=0) 1277 before power down and downgrade a suspend to power down request to a normal 1278 suspend request. This is necessary when software running at lower ELs requests 1279 power down without first clearing these bits. On affected cores, the CME 1280 connected to it will reject its power down request. The default value is 0. 1281 1282- ``RAS_TRAP_NS_ERR_REC_ACCESS``: This flag enables/disables the SCR_EL3.TERR 1283 bit, to trap access to the RAS ERR and RAS ERX registers from lower ELs. 1284 This flag is disabled by default. 1285 1286- ``OPENSSL_DIR``: This option is used to provide the path to a directory on the 1287 host machine where a custom installation of OpenSSL is located, which is used 1288 to build the certificate generation, firmware encryption and FIP tools. If 1289 this option is not set, the default OS installation will be used. 1290 1291- ``USE_SP804_TIMER``: Use the SP804 timer instead of the Generic Timer for 1292 functions that wait for an arbitrary time length (udelay and mdelay). The 1293 default value is 0. 1294 1295- ``ENABLE_BRBE_FOR_NS``: Numeric value to enable access to the branch record 1296 buffer registers from NS ELs when FEAT_BRBE is implemented. BRBE is an 1297 optional architectural feature for AArch64. This flag can take the values 1298 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. The default is 0 1299 and it is automatically disabled when the target architecture is AArch32. 1300 1301- ``ENABLE_TRBE_FOR_NS``: Numeric value to enable access of trace buffer 1302 control registers from NS ELs, NS-EL2 or NS-EL1(when NS-EL2 is implemented 1303 but unused) when FEAT_TRBE is implemented. TRBE is an optional architectural 1304 feature for AArch64. This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the 1305 ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. The default is 0 and it is automatically 1306 disabled when the target architecture is AArch32. 1307 1308- ``ENABLE_SYS_REG_TRACE_FOR_NS``: Numeric value to enable trace system 1309 registers access from NS ELs, NS-EL2 or NS-EL1 (when NS-EL2 is implemented 1310 but unused). This feature is available if trace unit such as ETMv4.x, and 1311 ETE(extending ETM feature) is implemented. This flag can take the values 1312 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. The default is 0. 1313 1314- ``ENABLE_TRF_FOR_NS``: Numeric value to enable trace filter control registers 1315 access from NS ELs, NS-EL2 or NS-EL1 (when NS-EL2 is implemented but unused), 1316 if FEAT_TRF is implemented. This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align 1317 with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. This flag is disabled by default. 1318 1319- ``CONDITIONAL_CMO``: Boolean option to enable call to platform-defined routine 1320 ``plat_can_cmo`` which will return zero if cache management operations should 1321 be skipped and non-zero otherwise. By default, this option is disabled which 1322 means platform hook won't be checked and CMOs will always be performed when 1323 related functions are called. 1324 1325- ``ERRATA_ABI_SUPPORT``: Boolean option to enable support for Errata management 1326 firmware interface for the BL31 image. By default its disabled (``0``). 1327 1328- ``ERRATA_NON_ARM_INTERCONNECT``: Boolean option to enable support for the 1329 errata mitigation for platforms with a non-arm interconnect using the errata 1330 ABI. By default its disabled (``0``). 1331 1332- ``ENABLE_CONSOLE_GETC``: Boolean option to enable `getc()` feature in console 1333 driver(s). By default it is disabled (``0``) because it constitutes an attack 1334 vector into TF-A by potentially allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary data. 1335 This option should only be enabled on a need basis if there is a use case for 1336 reading characters from the console. 1337 1338GIC driver options 1339-------------------- 1340 1341The generic GIC driver can be included with the ``USE_GIC_DRIVER`` option. It is 1342a numeric option that can take the following values: 1343 1344 - ``0``: generic GIC driver not enabled. Any support is entirely in platform 1345 code. Strongly discouraged for GIC based interrupt controllers. 1346 1347 - ``1``: enable the use of the generic GIC driver but do not include any files 1348 or function definitions. It is then the platform's responsibility to provide 1349 these. This is useful if the platform either has a custom GIC implementation 1350 or an alternative interrupt controller design. Use of this option is strongly 1351 discouraged for standard GIC implementations. 1352 1353 - ``2``: use the GICv2 driver 1354 1355 - ``3``: use the GICv3 driver. See the next section on how to further configure 1356 it. Use this option for GICv4 implementations. Requires calling 1357 ``gic_set_gicr_frames()``. 1358 1359 - ``5``: use the EXPERIMENTAL GICv5 driver. Requires ``ENABLE_FEAT_GCIE=1``. 1360 1361 For GIC driver versions other than ``1``, deciding when to save and restore GIC 1362 context on a power domain state transition, as well as any GIC actions outside 1363 of the PSCI library's visibility are the platform's responsibility. The driver 1364 provides implementations of all necessary subroutines, they only need to be 1365 called as appropriate. 1366 1367GICv3 driver options 1368~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1369 1370``USE_GIC_DRIVER=3`` is the preferred way of including GICv3 driver files. The 1371old (deprecated) way of included them is using the directive: 1372``include drivers/arm/gic/v3/gicv3.mk`` 1373 1374The driver can be configured with the following options set in the platform 1375makefile: 1376 1377- ``GICV3_SUPPORT_GIC600``: Add support for the GIC-600 variants of GICv3. 1378 Enabling this option will add runtime detection support for the 1379 GIC-600, so is safe to select even for a GIC500 implementation. 1380 This option defaults to 0. 1381 1382- ``GICV3_SUPPORT_GIC600AE_FMU``: Add support for the Fault Management Unit 1383 for GIC-600 AE. Enabling this option will introduce support to initialize 1384 the FMU. Platforms should call the init function during boot to enable the 1385 FMU and its safety mechanisms. This option defaults to 0. 1386 1387- ``GICV3_IMPL_GIC600_MULTICHIP``: Selects GIC-600 variant with multichip 1388 functionality. This option defaults to 0 1389 1390- ``GICV3_OVERRIDE_DISTIF_PWR_OPS``: Allows override of default implementation 1391 of ``arm_gicv3_distif_pre_save`` and ``arm_gicv3_distif_post_restore`` 1392 functions. This is required for FVP platform which need to simulate GIC save 1393 and restore during SYSTEM_SUSPEND without powering down GIC. Default is 0. 1394 1395- ``GIC_ENABLE_V4_EXTN`` : Enables GICv4 related changes in GICv3 driver. 1396 This option defaults to 0. 1397 1398- ``GIC_EXT_INTID``: When set to ``1``, GICv3 driver will support extended 1399 PPI (1056-1119) and SPI (4096-5119) range. This option defaults to 0. 1400 1401Debugging options 1402----------------- 1403 1404To compile a debug version and make the build more verbose use 1405 1406.. code:: shell 1407 1408 make PLAT=<platform> DEBUG=1 V=1 all 1409 1410AArch64 GCC 11 uses DWARF version 5 debugging symbols by default. Some tools 1411(for example Arm-DS) might not support this and may need an older version of 1412DWARF symbols to be emitted by GCC. This can be achieved by using the 1413``-gdwarf-<version>`` flag, with the version being set to 2, 3, 4 or 5. Setting 1414the version to 4 is recommended for Arm-DS. 1415 1416When debugging logic problems it might also be useful to disable all compiler 1417optimizations by using ``-O0``. 1418 1419.. warning:: 1420 Using ``-O0`` could cause output images to be larger and base addresses 1421 might need to be recalculated (see the **Memory layout on Arm development 1422 platforms** section in the :ref:`Firmware Design`). 1423 1424Extra debug options can be passed to the build system by setting ``CFLAGS`` or 1425``LDFLAGS``: 1426 1427.. code:: shell 1428 1429 CFLAGS='-O0 -gdwarf-2' \ 1430 make PLAT=<platform> DEBUG=1 V=1 all 1431 1432Note that using ``-Wl,`` style compilation driver options in ``CFLAGS`` will be 1433ignored as the linker is called directly. 1434 1435It is also possible to introduce an infinite loop to help in debugging the 1436post-BL2 phase of TF-A. This can be done by rebuilding BL1 with the 1437``SPIN_ON_BL1_EXIT=1`` build flag. Refer to the :ref:`build_options_common` 1438section. In this case, the developer may take control of the target using a 1439debugger when indicated by the console output. When using Arm-DS, the following 1440commands can be used: 1441 1442:: 1443 1444 # Stop target execution 1445 interrupt 1446 1447 # 1448 # Prepare your debugging environment, e.g. set breakpoints 1449 # 1450 1451 # Jump over the debug loop 1452 set var $AARCH64::$Core::$PC = $AARCH64::$Core::$PC + 4 1453 1454 # Resume execution 1455 continue 1456 1457.. _build_options_experimental: 1458 1459Experimental build options 1460--------------------------- 1461 1462Common build options 1463~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1464 1465- ``DICE_PROTECTION_ENVIRONMENT``: Boolean flag to specify the measured boot 1466 backend when ``MEASURED_BOOT`` is enabled. The default value is ``0``. When 1467 set to ``1`` then measurements and additional metadata collected during the 1468 measured boot process are sent to the DICE Protection Environment for storage 1469 and processing. A certificate chain, which represents the boot state of the 1470 device, can be queried from the DPE. 1471 1472- ``DRTM_SUPPORT``: Boolean flag to enable support for Dynamic Root of Trust 1473 for Measurement (DRTM). This feature has trust dependency on BL31 for taking 1474 the measurements and recording them as per `PSA DRTM specification`_. For 1475 platforms which use BL2 to load/authenticate BL31 ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT`` can 1476 be used and for the platforms which use ``RESET_TO_BL31`` platform owners 1477 should have mechanism to authenticate BL31. This option defaults to 0. 1478 1479- ``ENABLE_RME``: Numeric value to enable support for the ARMv9 Realm 1480 Management Extension. This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with 1481 the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. Default value is 0. 1482 1483- ``ENABLE_FEAT_MEC``: Numeric value to enable support for the ARMv9.2 Memory 1484 Encryption Contexts (MEC). This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align 1485 with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. MEC supports multiple encryption 1486 contexts for Realm security state and only one encryption context for the 1487 rest of the security states. Default value is 0. 1488 1489- ``RMMD_ENABLE_EL3_TOKEN_SIGN``: Numeric value to enable support for singing 1490 realm attestation token signing requests in EL3. This flag can take the 1491 values 0 and 1. The default value is ``0``. When set to ``1``, this option 1492 enables additional RMMD SMCs to push and pop requests for signing to 1493 EL3 along with platform hooks that must be implemented to service those 1494 requests and responses. 1495 1496- ``ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS``: Numeric value to enable Scalable Matrix Extension 1497 (SME), SVE, and FPU/SIMD for the non-secure world only. These features share 1498 registers so are enabled together. Using this option without 1499 ENABLE_SME_FOR_SWD=1 will cause SME, SVE, and FPU/SIMD instructions in secure 1500 world to trap to EL3. Requires ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS`` to be set as SME is a 1501 superset of SVE. SME is an optional architectural feature for AArch64. 1502 At this time, this build option cannot be used on systems that have 1503 SPD=spmd/SPM_MM and atempting to build with this option will fail. 1504 This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` 1505 mechanism. Default is 0. 1506 1507- ``ENABLE_SME2_FOR_NS``: Numeric value to enable Scalable Matrix Extension 1508 version 2 (SME2) for the non-secure world only. SME2 is an optional 1509 architectural feature for AArch64. 1510 This should be set along with ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS=1, if not, the default SME 1511 accesses will still be trapped. This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to 1512 align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. Default is 0. 1513 1514- ``ENABLE_SME_FOR_SWD``: Boolean option to enable the Scalable Matrix 1515 Extension for secure world. Used along with SVE and FPU/SIMD. 1516 ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS and ENABLE_SVE_FOR_SWD must also be set to use this. 1517 Default is 0. 1518 1519- ``ENABLE_SPMD_LP`` : This boolean option is used jointly with the SPM 1520 Dispatcher option (``SPD=spmd``). When enabled (1) it indicates support 1521 for logical partitions in EL3, managed by the SPMD as defined in the 1522 FF-A v1.2 specification. This flag is disabled by default. This flag 1523 must not be used if ``SPMC_AT_EL3`` is enabled. 1524 1525- ``FEATURE_DETECTION``: Boolean option to enable the architectural features 1526 verification mechanism. This is a debug feature that compares the 1527 architectural features enabled through the feature specific build flags 1528 (ENABLE_FEAT_xxx) with the features actually available on the CPU running, 1529 and reports any discrepancies. 1530 This flag will also enable errata ordering checking for ``DEBUG`` builds. 1531 1532 It is expected that this feature is only used for flexible platforms like 1533 software emulators, or for hardware platforms at bringup time, to verify 1534 that the configured feature set matches the CPU. 1535 The ``FEATURE_DETECTION`` macro is disabled by default. 1536 1537- ``PSA_CRYPTO``: Boolean option for enabling MbedTLS PSA crypto APIs support. 1538 The platform will use PSA compliant Crypto APIs during authentication and 1539 image measurement process by enabling this option. It uses APIs defined as 1540 per the `PSA Crypto API specification`_. This feature is only supported if 1541 using MbedTLS 3.x version. It is disabled (``0``) by default. 1542 1543- ``LFA_SUPPORT``: Boolean flag to enable support for Live Firmware 1544 activation as per the specification. This option defaults to 0. 1545 1546- ``TRANSFER_LIST``: Setting this to ``1`` enables support for Firmware 1547 Handoff using Transfer List defined in `Firmware Handoff specification`_. 1548 This defaults to ``0``. Current implementation follows the Firmware Handoff 1549 specification v0.9. 1550 1551- ``USE_DEBUGFS``: When set to 1 this option exposes a virtual filesystem 1552 interface through BL31 as a SiP SMC function. 1553 Default is disabled (0). 1554 1555- ``HOB_LIST``: Setting this to ``1`` enables support for passing boot 1556 information using HOB defined in `Platform Initialization specification`_. 1557 This defaults to ``0``. 1558 1559- ``ENABLE_ACS_SMC``: When set to ``1``, this enables support for ACS SMC 1560 handler code to handle SMC calls from the Architecture Compliance Suite. The 1561 handler is intentionally empty to reserve the SMC section and allow 1562 project-specific implementations in future ACS use cases. 1563 1564Firmware update options 1565~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1566 1567- ``PSA_FWU_SUPPORT``: Enable the firmware update mechanism as per the 1568 `PSA FW update specification`_. The default value is 0. 1569 PSA firmware update implementation has few limitations, such as: 1570 1571 - BL2 is not part of the protocol-updatable images. If BL2 needs to 1572 be updated, then it should be done through another platform-defined 1573 mechanism. 1574 1575 - It assumes the platform's hardware supports CRC32 instructions. 1576 1577- ``NR_OF_FW_BANKS``: Define the number of firmware banks. This flag is used 1578 in defining the firmware update metadata structure. This flag is by default 1579 set to '2'. 1580 1581- ``NR_OF_IMAGES_IN_FW_BANK``: Define the number of firmware images in each 1582 firmware bank. Each firmware bank must have the same number of images as per 1583 the `PSA FW update specification`_. 1584 This flag is used in defining the firmware update metadata structure. This 1585 flag is by default set to '1'. 1586 1587- ``PSA_FWU_METADATA_FW_STORE_DESC``: To be enabled when the FWU 1588 metadata contains image description. The default value is 1. 1589 1590 The version 2 of the FWU metadata allows for an opaque metadata 1591 structure where a platform can choose to not include the firmware 1592 store description in the metadata structure. This option indicates 1593 if the firmware store description, which provides information on 1594 the updatable images is part of the structure. 1595 1596-------------- 1597 1598*Copyright (c) 2019-2025, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.* 1599 1600.. _DEN0115: https://developer.arm.com/docs/den0115/latest 1601.. _PSA FW update specification: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0118/latest/ 1602.. _PSA DRTM specification: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0113/a 1603.. _GCC: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Warning-Options.html 1604.. _Clang: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/DiagnosticsReference.html 1605.. _Firmware Handoff specification: https://github.com/FirmwareHandoff/firmware_handoff/releases/tag/v0.9 1606.. _PSA Crypto API specification: https://armmbed.github.io/mbed-crypto/html/ 1607.. _Platform Initialization specification: https://uefi.org/specs/PI/1.8/index.html 1608.. _TF-A public mailing list: https://lists.trustedfirmware.org/mailman3/lists/tf-a.lists.trustedfirmware.org/ 1609