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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-  ``ARCH`` : Choose the target build architecture for TF-A. It can take either
26   ``aarch64`` or ``aarch32`` as values. By default, it is defined to
27   ``aarch64``.
28
29-  ``ARM_ARCH_MAJOR``: The major version of Arm Architecture to target when
30   compiling TF-A. Its value must be numeric, and defaults to 8 . See also,
31   *Armv8 Architecture Extensions* and *Armv7 Architecture Extensions* in
32   :ref:`Firmware Design`.
33
34-  ``ARM_ARCH_MINOR``: The minor version of Arm Architecture to target when
35   compiling TF-A. Its value must be a numeric, and defaults to 0. See also,
36   *Armv8 Architecture Extensions* in :ref:`Firmware Design`.
37
38-  ``BL2``: This is an optional build option which specifies the path to BL2
39   image for the ``fip`` target. In this case, the BL2 in the TF-A will not be
40   built.
41
42-  ``BL2U``: This is an optional build option which specifies the path to
43   BL2U image. In this case, the BL2U in TF-A will not be built.
44
45-  ``BL2_AT_EL3``: This is an optional build option that enables the use of
46   BL2 at EL3 execution level.
47
48-  ``BL2_IN_XIP_MEM``: In some use-cases BL2 will be stored in eXecute In Place
49   (XIP) memory, like BL1. In these use-cases, it is necessary to initialize
50   the RW sections in RAM, while leaving the RO sections in place. This option
51   enable this use-case. For now, this option is only supported when BL2_AT_EL3
52   is set to '1'.
53
54-  ``BL31``: This is an optional build option which specifies the path to
55   BL31 image for the ``fip`` target. In this case, the BL31 in TF-A will not
56   be built.
57
58-  ``BL31_KEY``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It specifies the
59   file that contains the BL31 private key in PEM format. If ``SAVE_KEYS=1``,
60   this file name will be used to save the key.
61
62-  ``BL32``: This is an optional build option which specifies the path to
63   BL32 image for the ``fip`` target. In this case, the BL32 in TF-A will not
64   be built.
65
66-  ``BL32_EXTRA1``: This is an optional build option which specifies the path to
67   Trusted OS Extra1 image for the  ``fip`` target.
68
69-  ``BL32_EXTRA2``: This is an optional build option which specifies the path to
70   Trusted OS Extra2 image for the ``fip`` target.
71
72-  ``BL32_KEY``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It specifies the
73   file that contains the BL32 private key in PEM format. If ``SAVE_KEYS=1``,
74   this file name will be used to save the key.
75
76-  ``BL33``: Path to BL33 image in the host file system. This is mandatory for
77   ``fip`` target in case TF-A BL2 is used.
78
79-  ``BL33_KEY``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It specifies the
80   file that contains the BL33 private key in PEM format. If ``SAVE_KEYS=1``,
81   this file name will be used to save the key.
82
83-  ``BRANCH_PROTECTION``: Numeric value to enable ARMv8.3 Pointer Authentication
84   and ARMv8.5 Branch Target Identification support for TF-A BL images themselves.
85   If enabled, it is needed to use a compiler that supports the option
86   ``-mbranch-protection``. Selects the branch protection features to use:
87-  0: Default value turns off all types of branch protection
88-  1: Enables all types of branch protection features
89-  2: Return address signing to its standard level
90-  3: Extend the signing to include leaf functions
91
92   The table below summarizes ``BRANCH_PROTECTION`` values, GCC compilation options
93   and resulting PAuth/BTI features.
94
95   +-------+--------------+-------+-----+
96   | Value |  GCC option  | PAuth | BTI |
97   +=======+==============+=======+=====+
98   |   0   |     none     |   N   |  N  |
99   +-------+--------------+-------+-----+
100   |   1   |   standard   |   Y   |  Y  |
101   +-------+--------------+-------+-----+
102   |   2   |   pac-ret    |   Y   |  N  |
103   +-------+--------------+-------+-----+
104   |   3   | pac-ret+leaf |   Y   |  N  |
105   +-------+--------------+-------+-----+
106
107   This option defaults to 0 and this is an experimental feature.
108   Note that Pointer Authentication is enabled for Non-secure world
109   irrespective of the value of this option if the CPU supports it.
110
111-  ``BUILD_MESSAGE_TIMESTAMP``: String used to identify the time and date of the
112   compilation of each build. It must be set to a C string (including quotes
113   where applicable). Defaults to a string that contains the time and date of
114   the compilation.
115
116-  ``BUILD_STRING``: Input string for VERSION_STRING, which allows the TF-A
117   build to be uniquely identified. Defaults to the current git commit id.
118
119-  ``CFLAGS``: Extra user options appended on the compiler's command line in
120   addition to the options set by the build system.
121
122-  ``COLD_BOOT_SINGLE_CPU``: This option indicates whether the platform may
123   release several CPUs out of reset. It can take either 0 (several CPUs may be
124   brought up) or 1 (only one CPU will ever be brought up during cold reset).
125   Default is 0. If the platform always brings up a single CPU, there is no
126   need to distinguish between primary and secondary CPUs and the boot path can
127   be optimised. The ``plat_is_my_cpu_primary()`` and
128   ``plat_secondary_cold_boot_setup()`` platform porting interfaces do not need
129   to be implemented in this case.
130
131-  ``COT``: When Trusted Boot is enabled, selects the desired chain of trust.
132   Defaults to ``tbbr``.
133
134-  ``CRASH_REPORTING``: A non-zero value enables a console dump of processor
135   register state when an unexpected exception occurs during execution of
136   BL31. This option defaults to the value of ``DEBUG`` - i.e. by default
137   this is only enabled for a debug build of the firmware.
138
139-  ``CREATE_KEYS``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It tells the
140   certificate generation tool to create new keys in case no valid keys are
141   present or specified. Allowed options are '0' or '1'. Default is '1'.
142
143-  ``CTX_INCLUDE_AARCH32_REGS`` : Boolean option that, when set to 1, will cause
144   the AArch32 system registers to be included when saving and restoring the
145   CPU context. The option must be set to 0 for AArch64-only platforms (that
146   is on hardware that does not implement AArch32, or at least not at EL1 and
147   higher ELs). Default value is 1.
148
149-  ``CTX_INCLUDE_FPREGS``: Boolean option that, when set to 1, will cause the FP
150   registers to be included when saving and restoring the CPU context. Default
151   is 0.
152
153-  ``CTX_INCLUDE_PAUTH_REGS``: Boolean option that, when set to 1, enables
154   Pointer Authentication for Secure world. This will cause the ARMv8.3-PAuth
155   registers to be included when saving and restoring the CPU context as
156   part of world switch. Default value is 0 and this is an experimental feature.
157   Note that Pointer Authentication is enabled for Non-secure world irrespective
158   of the value of this flag if the CPU supports it.
159
160-  ``DEBUG``: Chooses between a debug and release build. It can take either 0
161   (release) or 1 (debug) as values. 0 is the default.
162
163-  ``DECRYPTION_SUPPORT``: This build flag enables the user to select the
164   authenticated decryption algorithm to be used to decrypt firmware/s during
165   boot. It accepts 2 values: ``aes_gcm`` and ``none``. The default value of
166   this flag is ``none`` to disable firmware decryption which is an optional
167   feature as per TBBR. Also, it is an experimental feature.
168
169-  ``DISABLE_BIN_GENERATION``: Boolean option to disable the generation
170   of the binary image. If set to 1, then only the ELF image is built.
171   0 is the default.
172
173-  ``DYN_DISABLE_AUTH``: Provides the capability to dynamically disable Trusted
174   Board Boot authentication at runtime. This option is meant to be enabled only
175   for development platforms. ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT`` flag must be set if this
176   flag has to be enabled. 0 is the default.
177
178-  ``E``: Boolean option to make warnings into errors. Default is 1.
179
180-  ``EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE``: This option enables booting an EL3 payload instead of
181   the normal boot flow. It must specify the entry point address of the EL3
182   payload. Please refer to the "Booting an EL3 payload" section for more
183   details.
184
185-  ``ENABLE_AMU``: Boolean option to enable Activity Monitor Unit extensions.
186   This is an optional architectural feature available on v8.4 onwards. Some
187   v8.2 implementations also implement an AMU and this option can be used to
188   enable this feature on those systems as well. Default is 0.
189
190-  ``ENABLE_ASSERTIONS``: This option controls whether or not calls to ``assert()``
191   are compiled out. For debug builds, this option defaults to 1, and calls to
192   ``assert()`` are left in place. For release builds, this option defaults to 0
193   and calls to ``assert()`` function are compiled out. This option can be set
194   independently of ``DEBUG``. It can also be used to hide any auxiliary code
195   that is only required for the assertion and does not fit in the assertion
196   itself.
197
198-  ``ENABLE_BACKTRACE``: This option controls whether to enable backtrace
199   dumps or not. It is supported in both AArch64 and AArch32. However, in
200   AArch32 the format of the frame records are not defined in the AAPCS and they
201   are defined by the implementation. This implementation of backtrace only
202   supports the format used by GCC when T32 interworking is disabled. For this
203   reason enabling this option in AArch32 will force the compiler to only
204   generate A32 code. This option is enabled by default only in AArch64 debug
205   builds, but this behaviour can be overridden in each platform's Makefile or
206   in the build command line.
207
208-  ``ENABLE_LTO``: Boolean option to enable Link Time Optimization (LTO)
209   support in GCC for TF-A. This option is currently only supported for
210   AArch64. Default is 0.
211
212-  ``ENABLE_MPAM_FOR_LOWER_ELS``: Boolean option to enable lower ELs to use MPAM
213   feature. MPAM is an optional Armv8.4 extension that enables various memory
214   system components and resources to define partitions; software running at
215   various ELs can assign themselves to desired partition to control their
216   performance aspects.
217
218   When this option is set to ``1``, EL3 allows lower ELs to access their own
219   MPAM registers without trapping into EL3. This option doesn't make use of
220   partitioning in EL3, however. Platform initialisation code should configure
221   and use partitions in EL3 as required. This option defaults to ``0``.
222
223-  ``ENABLE_PIE``: Boolean option to enable Position Independent Executable(PIE)
224   support within generic code in TF-A. This option is currently only supported
225   in BL2_AT_EL3, BL31, and BL32 (TSP). Default is 0.
226
227-  ``ENABLE_PMF``: Boolean option to enable support for optional Performance
228   Measurement Framework(PMF). Default is 0.
229
230-  ``ENABLE_PSCI_STAT``: Boolean option to enable support for optional PSCI
231   functions ``PSCI_STAT_RESIDENCY`` and ``PSCI_STAT_COUNT``. Default is 0.
232   In the absence of an alternate stat collection backend, ``ENABLE_PMF`` must
233   be enabled. If ``ENABLE_PMF`` is set, the residency statistics are tracked in
234   software.
235
236-  ``ENABLE_RUNTIME_INSTRUMENTATION``: Boolean option to enable runtime
237   instrumentation which injects timestamp collection points into TF-A to
238   allow runtime performance to be measured. Currently, only PSCI is
239   instrumented. Enabling this option enables the ``ENABLE_PMF`` build option
240   as well. Default is 0.
241
242-  ``ENABLE_SPE_FOR_LOWER_ELS`` : Boolean option to enable Statistical Profiling
243   extensions. This is an optional architectural feature for AArch64.
244   The default is 1 but is automatically disabled when the target architecture
245   is AArch32.
246
247-  ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS``: Boolean option to enable Scalable Vector Extension
248   (SVE) for the Non-secure world only. SVE is an optional architectural feature
249   for AArch64. Note that when SVE is enabled for the Non-secure world, access
250   to SIMD and floating-point functionality from the Secure world is disabled.
251   This is to avoid corruption of the Non-secure world data in the Z-registers
252   which are aliased by the SIMD and FP registers. The build option is not
253   compatible with the ``CTX_INCLUDE_FPREGS`` build option, and will raise an
254   assert on platforms where SVE is implemented and ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS`` set to
255   1. The default is 1 but is automatically disabled when the target
256   architecture is AArch32.
257
258-  ``ENABLE_STACK_PROTECTOR``: String option to enable the stack protection
259   checks in GCC. Allowed values are "all", "strong", "default" and "none". The
260   default value is set to "none". "strong" is the recommended stack protection
261   level if this feature is desired. "none" disables the stack protection. For
262   all values other than "none", the ``plat_get_stack_protector_canary()``
263   platform hook needs to be implemented. The value is passed as the last
264   component of the option ``-fstack-protector-$ENABLE_STACK_PROTECTOR``.
265
266-  ``ERROR_DEPRECATED``: This option decides whether to treat the usage of
267   deprecated platform APIs, helper functions or drivers within Trusted
268   Firmware as error. It can take the value 1 (flag the use of deprecated
269   APIs as error) or 0. The default is 0.
270
271-  ``EL3_EXCEPTION_HANDLING``: When set to ``1``, enable handling of exceptions
272   targeted at EL3. When set ``0`` (default), no exceptions are expected or
273   handled at EL3, and a panic will result. This is supported only for AArch64
274   builds.
275
276-  ``FAULT_INJECTION_SUPPORT``: ARMv8.4 extensions introduced support for fault
277   injection from lower ELs, and this build option enables lower ELs to use
278   Error Records accessed via System Registers to inject faults. This is
279   applicable only to AArch64 builds.
280
281   This feature is intended for testing purposes only, and is advisable to keep
282   disabled for production images.
283
284-  ``FIP_NAME``: This is an optional build option which specifies the FIP
285   filename for the ``fip`` target. Default is ``fip.bin``.
286
287-  ``FWU_FIP_NAME``: This is an optional build option which specifies the FWU
288   FIP filename for the ``fwu_fip`` target. Default is ``fwu_fip.bin``.
289
290-  ``GENERATE_COT``: Boolean flag used to build and execute the ``cert_create``
291   tool to create certificates as per the Chain of Trust described in
292   :ref:`Trusted Board Boot`. The build system then calls ``fiptool`` to
293   include the certificates in the FIP and FWU_FIP. Default value is '0'.
294
295   Specify both ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT=1`` and ``GENERATE_COT=1`` to include support
296   for the Trusted Board Boot feature in the BL1 and BL2 images, to generate
297   the corresponding certificates, and to include those certificates in the
298   FIP and FWU_FIP.
299
300   Note that if ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT=0`` and ``GENERATE_COT=1``, the BL1 and BL2
301   images will not include support for Trusted Board Boot. The FIP will still
302   include the corresponding certificates. This FIP can be used to verify the
303   Chain of Trust on the host machine through other mechanisms.
304
305   Note that if ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT=1`` and ``GENERATE_COT=0``, the BL1 and BL2
306   images will include support for Trusted Board Boot, but the FIP and FWU_FIP
307   will not include the corresponding certificates, causing a boot failure.
308
309-  ``GICV2_G0_FOR_EL3``: Unlike GICv3, the GICv2 architecture doesn't have
310   inherent support for specific EL3 type interrupts. Setting this build option
311   to ``1`` assumes GICv2 *Group 0* interrupts are expected to target EL3, both
312   by `platform abstraction layer`__ and `Interrupt Management Framework`__.
313   This allows GICv2 platforms to enable features requiring EL3 interrupt type.
314   This also means that all GICv2 Group 0 interrupts are delivered to EL3, and
315   the Secure Payload interrupts needs to be synchronously handed over to Secure
316   EL1 for handling. The default value of this option is ``0``, which means the
317   Group 0 interrupts are assumed to be handled by Secure EL1.
318
319   .. __: platform-interrupt-controller-API.rst
320   .. __: interrupt-framework-design.rst
321
322-  ``HANDLE_EA_EL3_FIRST``: When set to ``1``, External Aborts and SError
323   Interrupts will be always trapped in EL3 i.e. in BL31 at runtime. When set to
324   ``0`` (default), these exceptions will be trapped in the current exception
325   level (or in EL1 if the current exception level is EL0).
326
327-  ``HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY``: On most Arm systems to-date, platform-specific
328   software operations are required for CPUs to enter and exit coherency.
329   However, newer systems exist where CPUs' entry to and exit from coherency
330   is managed in hardware. Such systems require software to only initiate these
331   operations, and the rest is managed in hardware, minimizing active software
332   management. In such systems, this boolean option enables TF-A to carry out
333   build and run-time optimizations during boot and power management operations.
334   This option defaults to 0 and if it is enabled, then it implies
335   ``WARMBOOT_ENABLE_DCACHE_EARLY`` is also enabled.
336
337   If this flag is disabled while the platform which TF-A is compiled for
338   includes cores that manage coherency in hardware, then a compilation error is
339   generated. This is based on the fact that a system cannot have, at the same
340   time, cores that manage coherency in hardware and cores that don't. In other
341   words, a platform cannot have, at the same time, cores that require
342   ``HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY=1`` and cores that require
343   ``HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY=0``.
344
345   Note that, when ``HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY`` is enabled, version 2 of
346   translation library (xlat tables v2) must be used; version 1 of translation
347   library is not supported.
348
349-  ``INVERTED_MEMMAP``: memmap tool print by default lower addresses at the
350   bottom, higher addresses at the top. This buid flag can be set to '1' to
351   invert this behavior. Lower addresses will be printed at the top and higher
352   addresses at the bottom.
353
354-  ``JUNO_AARCH32_EL3_RUNTIME``: This build flag enables you to execute EL3
355   runtime software in AArch32 mode, which is required to run AArch32 on Juno.
356   By default this flag is set to '0'. Enabling this flag builds BL1 and BL2 in
357   AArch64 and facilitates the loading of ``SP_MIN`` and BL33 as AArch32 executable
358   images.
359
360-  ``KEY_ALG``: This build flag enables the user to select the algorithm to be
361   used for generating the PKCS keys and subsequent signing of the certificate.
362   It accepts 3 values: ``rsa``, ``rsa_1_5`` and ``ecdsa``. The option
363   ``rsa_1_5`` is the legacy PKCS#1 RSA 1.5 algorithm which is not TBBR
364   compliant and is retained only for compatibility. The default value of this
365   flag is ``rsa`` which is the TBBR compliant PKCS#1 RSA 2.1 scheme.
366
367-  ``KEY_SIZE``: This build flag enables the user to select the key size for
368   the algorithm specified by ``KEY_ALG``. The valid values for ``KEY_SIZE``
369   depend on the chosen algorithm and the cryptographic module.
370
371   +-----------+------------------------------------+
372   |  KEY_ALG  |        Possible key sizes          |
373   +===========+====================================+
374   |    rsa    | 1024 , 2048 (default), 3072, 4096* |
375   +-----------+------------------------------------+
376   |   ecdsa   |            unavailable             |
377   +-----------+------------------------------------+
378
379   * Only 2048 bits size is available with CryptoCell 712 SBROM release 1.
380     Only 3072 bits size is available with CryptoCell 712 SBROM release 2.
381
382-  ``HASH_ALG``: This build flag enables the user to select the secure hash
383   algorithm. It accepts 3 values: ``sha256``, ``sha384`` and ``sha512``.
384   The default value of this flag is ``sha256``.
385
386-  ``LDFLAGS``: Extra user options appended to the linkers' command line in
387   addition to the one set by the build system.
388
389-  ``LOG_LEVEL``: Chooses the log level, which controls the amount of console log
390   output compiled into the build. This should be one of the following:
391
392   ::
393
394       0  (LOG_LEVEL_NONE)
395       10 (LOG_LEVEL_ERROR)
396       20 (LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE)
397       30 (LOG_LEVEL_WARNING)
398       40 (LOG_LEVEL_INFO)
399       50 (LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE)
400
401   All log output up to and including the selected log level is compiled into
402   the build. The default value is 40 in debug builds and 20 in release builds.
403
404-  ``MEASURED_BOOT``: Boolean flag to include support for the Measured Boot
405   feature. If this flag is enabled ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT`` must be set.
406   This option defaults to 0 and is an experimental feature in the stage of
407   development.
408
409-  ``NON_TRUSTED_WORLD_KEY``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It
410   specifies the file that contains the Non-Trusted World private key in PEM
411   format. If ``SAVE_KEYS=1``, this file name will be used to save the key.
412
413-  ``NS_BL2U``: Path to NS_BL2U image in the host file system. This image is
414   optional. It is only needed if the platform makefile specifies that it
415   is required in order to build the ``fwu_fip`` target.
416
417-  ``NS_TIMER_SWITCH``: Enable save and restore for non-secure timer register
418   contents upon world switch. It can take either 0 (don't save and restore) or
419   1 (do save and restore). 0 is the default. An SPD may set this to 1 if it
420   wants the timer registers to be saved and restored.
421
422-  ``OVERRIDE_LIBC``: This option allows platforms to override the default libc
423   for the BL image. It can be either 0 (include) or 1 (remove). The default
424   value is 0.
425
426-  ``PL011_GENERIC_UART``: Boolean option to indicate the PL011 driver that
427   the underlying hardware is not a full PL011 UART but a minimally compliant
428   generic UART, which is a subset of the PL011. The driver will not access
429   any register that is not part of the SBSA generic UART specification.
430   Default value is 0 (a full PL011 compliant UART is present).
431
432-  ``PLAT``: Choose a platform to build TF-A for. The chosen platform name
433   must be subdirectory of any depth under ``plat/``, and must contain a
434   platform makefile named ``platform.mk``. For example, to build TF-A for the
435   Arm Juno board, select PLAT=juno.
436
437-  ``PRELOADED_BL33_BASE``: This option enables booting a preloaded BL33 image
438   instead of the normal boot flow. When defined, it must specify the entry
439   point address for the preloaded BL33 image. This option is incompatible with
440   ``EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE``. If both are defined, ``EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE`` has priority
441   over ``PRELOADED_BL33_BASE``.
442
443-  ``PROGRAMMABLE_RESET_ADDRESS``: This option indicates whether the reset
444   vector address can be programmed or is fixed on the platform. It can take
445   either 0 (fixed) or 1 (programmable). Default is 0. If the platform has a
446   programmable reset address, it is expected that a CPU will start executing
447   code directly at the right address, both on a cold and warm reset. In this
448   case, there is no need to identify the entrypoint on boot and the boot path
449   can be optimised. The ``plat_get_my_entrypoint()`` platform porting interface
450   does not need to be implemented in this case.
451
452-  ``PSCI_EXTENDED_STATE_ID``: As per PSCI1.0 Specification, there are 2 formats
453   possible for the PSCI power-state parameter: original and extended State-ID
454   formats. This flag if set to 1, configures the generic PSCI layer to use the
455   extended format. The default value of this flag is 0, which means by default
456   the original power-state format is used by the PSCI implementation. This flag
457   should be specified by the platform makefile and it governs the return value
458   of PSCI_FEATURES API for CPU_SUSPEND smc function id. When this option is
459   enabled on Arm platforms, the option ``ARM_RECOM_STATE_ID_ENC`` needs to be
460   set to 1 as well.
461
462-  ``RAS_EXTENSION``: When set to ``1``, enable Armv8.2 RAS features. RAS features
463   are an optional extension for pre-Armv8.2 CPUs, but are mandatory for Armv8.2
464   or later CPUs.
465
466   When ``RAS_EXTENSION`` is set to ``1``, ``HANDLE_EA_EL3_FIRST`` must also be
467   set to ``1``.
468
469   This option is disabled by default.
470
471-  ``RESET_TO_BL31``: Enable BL31 entrypoint as the CPU reset vector instead
472   of the BL1 entrypoint. It can take the value 0 (CPU reset to BL1
473   entrypoint) or 1 (CPU reset to BL31 entrypoint).
474   The default value is 0.
475
476-  ``RESET_TO_SP_MIN``: SP_MIN is the minimal AArch32 Secure Payload provided
477   in TF-A. This flag configures SP_MIN entrypoint as the CPU reset vector
478   instead of the BL1 entrypoint. It can take the value 0 (CPU reset to BL1
479   entrypoint) or 1 (CPU reset to SP_MIN entrypoint). The default value is 0.
480
481-  ``ROT_KEY``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It specifies the
482   file that contains the ROT private key in PEM format and enforces public key
483   hash generation. If ``SAVE_KEYS=1``, this
484   file name will be used to save the key.
485
486-  ``SAVE_KEYS``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It tells the
487   certificate generation tool to save the keys used to establish the Chain of
488   Trust. Allowed options are '0' or '1'. Default is '0' (do not save).
489
490-  ``SCP_BL2``: Path to SCP_BL2 image in the host file system. This image is optional.
491   If a SCP_BL2 image is present then this option must be passed for the ``fip``
492   target.
493
494-  ``SCP_BL2_KEY``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It specifies the
495   file that contains the SCP_BL2 private key in PEM format. If ``SAVE_KEYS=1``,
496   this file name will be used to save the key.
497
498-  ``SCP_BL2U``: Path to SCP_BL2U image in the host file system. This image is
499   optional. It is only needed if the platform makefile specifies that it
500   is required in order to build the ``fwu_fip`` target.
501
502-  ``SDEI_SUPPORT``: Setting this to ``1`` enables support for Software
503   Delegated Exception Interface to BL31 image. This defaults to ``0``.
504
505   When set to ``1``, the build option ``EL3_EXCEPTION_HANDLING`` must also be
506   set to ``1``.
507
508-  ``SEPARATE_CODE_AND_RODATA``: Whether code and read-only data should be
509   isolated on separate memory pages. This is a trade-off between security and
510   memory usage. See "Isolating code and read-only data on separate memory
511   pages" section in :ref:`Firmware Design`. This flag is disabled by default and
512   affects all BL images.
513
514-  ``SEPARATE_NOBITS_REGION``: Setting this option to ``1`` allows the NOBITS
515   sections of BL31 (.bss, stacks, page tables, and coherent memory) to be
516   allocated in RAM discontiguous from the loaded firmware image. When set, the
517   platform is expected to provide definitons for ``BL31_NOBITS_BASE`` and
518   ``BL31_NOBITS_LIMIT``. When the option is ``0`` (the default), NOBITS
519   sections are placed in RAM immediately following the loaded firmware image.
520
521-  ``SPD``: Choose a Secure Payload Dispatcher component to be built into TF-A.
522   This build option is only valid if ``ARCH=aarch64``. The value should be
523   the path to the directory containing the SPD source, relative to
524   ``services/spd/``; the directory is expected to contain a makefile called
525   ``<spd-value>.mk``.
526
527-  ``SPIN_ON_BL1_EXIT``: This option introduces an infinite loop in BL1. It can
528   take either 0 (no loop) or 1 (add a loop). 0 is the default. This loop stops
529   execution in BL1 just before handing over to BL31. At this point, all
530   firmware images have been loaded in memory, and the MMU and caches are
531   turned off. Refer to the "Debugging options" section for more details.
532
533-  ``SPM_MM`` : Boolean option to enable the Management Mode (MM)-based Secure
534   Partition Manager (SPM) implementation. The default value is ``0``.
535
536-  ``SP_LAYOUT_FILE``: Platform provided path to JSON file containing the
537   description of secure partitions. Build system will parse this file and
538   package all secure partition blobs in FIP. This file not necessarily be
539   part of TF-A tree. Only avaialbe when ``SPD=spmd``.
540
541-  ``SP_MIN_WITH_SECURE_FIQ``: Boolean flag to indicate the SP_MIN handles
542   secure interrupts (caught through the FIQ line). Platforms can enable
543   this directive if they need to handle such interruption. When enabled,
544   the FIQ are handled in monitor mode and non secure world is not allowed
545   to mask these events. Platforms that enable FIQ handling in SP_MIN shall
546   implement the api ``sp_min_plat_fiq_handler()``. The default value is 0.
547
548-  ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT``: Boolean flag to include support for the Trusted Board
549   Boot feature. When set to '1', BL1 and BL2 images include support to load
550   and verify the certificates and images in a FIP, and BL1 includes support
551   for the Firmware Update. The default value is '0'. Generation and inclusion
552   of certificates in the FIP and FWU_FIP depends upon the value of the
553   ``GENERATE_COT`` option.
554
555   .. warning::
556      This option depends on ``CREATE_KEYS`` to be enabled. If the keys
557      already exist in disk, they will be overwritten without further notice.
558
559-  ``TRUSTED_WORLD_KEY``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It
560   specifies the file that contains the Trusted World private key in PEM
561   format. If ``SAVE_KEYS=1``, this file name will be used to save the key.
562
563-  ``TSP_INIT_ASYNC``: Choose BL32 initialization method as asynchronous or
564   synchronous, (see "Initializing a BL32 Image" section in
565   :ref:`Firmware Design`). It can take the value 0 (BL32 is initialized using
566   synchronous method) or 1 (BL32 is initialized using asynchronous method).
567   Default is 0.
568
569-  ``TSP_NS_INTR_ASYNC_PREEMPT``: A non zero value enables the interrupt
570   routing model which routes non-secure interrupts asynchronously from TSP
571   to EL3 causing immediate preemption of TSP. The EL3 is responsible
572   for saving and restoring the TSP context in this routing model. The
573   default routing model (when the value is 0) is to route non-secure
574   interrupts to TSP allowing it to save its context and hand over
575   synchronously to EL3 via an SMC.
576
577   .. note::
578      When ``EL3_EXCEPTION_HANDLING`` is ``1``, ``TSP_NS_INTR_ASYNC_PREEMPT``
579      must also be set to ``1``.
580
581-  ``USE_ARM_LINK``: This flag determines whether to enable support for ARM
582   linker. When the ``LINKER`` build variable points to the armlink linker,
583   this flag is enabled automatically. To enable support for armlink, platforms
584   will have to provide a scatter file for the BL image. Currently, Tegra
585   platforms use the armlink support to compile BL3-1 images.
586
587-  ``USE_COHERENT_MEM``: This flag determines whether to include the coherent
588   memory region in the BL memory map or not (see "Use of Coherent memory in
589   TF-A" section in :ref:`Firmware Design`). It can take the value 1
590   (Coherent memory region is included) or 0 (Coherent memory region is
591   excluded). Default is 1.
592
593-  ``USE_DEBUGFS``: When set to 1 this option activates an EXPERIMENTAL feature
594   exposing a virtual filesystem interface through BL31 as a SiP SMC function.
595   Default is 0.
596
597-  ``USE_FCONF_BASED_IO``: This flag determines whether to use IO based on the
598   firmware configuration framework. This allows moving the io_policies into a
599   configuration device tree, instead of static structure in the code base.
600
601
602-  ``USE_ROMLIB``: This flag determines whether library at ROM will be used.
603   This feature creates a library of functions to be placed in ROM and thus
604   reduces SRAM usage. Refer to :ref:`Library at ROM` for further details. Default
605   is 0.
606
607-  ``V``: Verbose build. If assigned anything other than 0, the build commands
608   are printed. Default is 0.
609
610-  ``VERSION_STRING``: String used in the log output for each TF-A image.
611   Defaults to a string formed by concatenating the version number, build type
612   and build string.
613
614-  ``W``: Warning level. Some compiler warning options of interest have been
615   regrouped and put in the root Makefile. This flag can take the values 0 to 3,
616   each level enabling more warning options. Default is 0.
617
618-  ``WARMBOOT_ENABLE_DCACHE_EARLY`` : Boolean option to enable D-cache early on
619   the CPU after warm boot. This is applicable for platforms which do not
620   require interconnect programming to enable cache coherency (eg: single
621   cluster platforms). If this option is enabled, then warm boot path
622   enables D-caches immediately after enabling MMU. This option defaults to 0.
623
624Debugging options
625-----------------
626
627To compile a debug version and make the build more verbose use
628
629.. code:: shell
630
631    make PLAT=<platform> DEBUG=1 V=1 all
632
633AArch64 GCC uses DWARF version 4 debugging symbols by default. Some tools (for
634example DS-5) might not support this and may need an older version of DWARF
635symbols to be emitted by GCC. This can be achieved by using the
636``-gdwarf-<version>`` flag, with the version being set to 2 or 3. Setting the
637version to 2 is recommended for DS-5 versions older than 5.16.
638
639When debugging logic problems it might also be useful to disable all compiler
640optimizations by using ``-O0``.
641
642.. warning::
643   Using ``-O0`` could cause output images to be larger and base addresses
644   might need to be recalculated (see the **Memory layout on Arm development
645   platforms** section in the :ref:`Firmware Design`).
646
647Extra debug options can be passed to the build system by setting ``CFLAGS`` or
648``LDFLAGS``:
649
650.. code:: shell
651
652    CFLAGS='-O0 -gdwarf-2'                                     \
653    make PLAT=<platform> DEBUG=1 V=1 all
654
655Note that using ``-Wl,`` style compilation driver options in ``CFLAGS`` will be
656ignored as the linker is called directly.
657
658It is also possible to introduce an infinite loop to help in debugging the
659post-BL2 phase of TF-A. This can be done by rebuilding BL1 with the
660``SPIN_ON_BL1_EXIT=1`` build flag. Refer to the :ref:`build_options_common`
661section. In this case, the developer may take control of the target using a
662debugger when indicated by the console output. When using DS-5, the following
663commands can be used:
664
665::
666
667    # Stop target execution
668    interrupt
669
670    #
671    # Prepare your debugging environment, e.g. set breakpoints
672    #
673
674    # Jump over the debug loop
675    set var $AARCH64::$Core::$PC = $AARCH64::$Core::$PC + 4
676
677    # Resume execution
678    continue
679
680--------------
681
682*Copyright (c) 2019-2020, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.*
683