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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-  ``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 in GCC for TF-A. This option is currently only supported for
539   AArch64. Default is 0.
540
541-  ``ENABLE_FEAT_MPAM``: Numeric value to enable lower ELs to use MPAM
542   feature. MPAM is an optional Armv8.4 extension that enables various memory
543   system components and resources to define partitions; software running at
544   various ELs can assign themselves to desired partition to control their
545   performance aspects.
546
547   This flag can take values 0 to 2, to align  with the ``ENABLE_FEAT``
548   mechanism. When this option is set to ``1`` or ``2``, EL3 allows lower ELs to
549   access their own MPAM registers without trapping into EL3. This option
550   doesn't make use of partitioning in EL3, however. Platform initialisation
551   code should configure and use partitions in EL3 as required. This option
552   defaults to ``2`` since MPAM is enabled by default for NS world only.
553   The flag is automatically disabled when the target
554   architecture is AArch32.
555
556-  ``ENABLE_FEAT_MPAM_PE_BW_CTRL``: This option enables Armv9.3 MPAM
557   PE-side bandwidth controls and disables traps to EL3/EL2 (when
558   ``INIT_UNUSED_NS_EL2`` = 1). The flag accepts values from 0 to 2, in
559   line with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism, and defaults to ``0``.
560
561-  ``ENABLE_FEAT_LS64_ACCDATA``: Numeric value to enable access and save and
562   restore the ACCDATA_EL1 system register, at EL2 and below. This flag can
563   take the values 0 to 2, to align  with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism.
564   Default value is ``0``.
565
566-  ``ENABLE_MPMM``: Boolean option to enable support for the Maximum Power
567   Mitigation Mechanism supported by certain Arm cores, which allows the SoC
568   firmware to detect and limit high activity events to assist in SoC processor
569   power domain dynamic power budgeting and limit the triggering of whole-rail
570   (i.e. clock chopping) responses to overcurrent conditions. Defaults to ``0``.
571
572-  ``ENABLE_PIE``: Boolean option to enable Position Independent Executable(PIE)
573   support within generic code in TF-A. This option is currently only supported
574   in BL2, BL31, and BL32 (TSP) for AARCH64 binaries, and
575   in BL32 (SP_min) for AARCH32. Default is 0.
576
577-  ``ENABLE_PMF``: Boolean option to enable support for optional Performance
578   Measurement Framework(PMF). Default is 0.
579
580-  ``ENABLE_PSCI_STAT``: Boolean option to enable support for optional PSCI
581   functions ``PSCI_STAT_RESIDENCY`` and ``PSCI_STAT_COUNT``. Default is 0.
582   In the absence of an alternate stat collection backend, ``ENABLE_PMF`` must
583   be enabled. If ``ENABLE_PMF`` is set, the residency statistics are tracked in
584   software.
585
586-  ``ENABLE_RUNTIME_INSTRUMENTATION``: Boolean option to enable runtime
587   instrumentation which injects timestamp collection points into TF-A to
588   allow runtime performance to be measured. Currently, only PSCI is
589   instrumented. Enabling this option enables the ``ENABLE_PMF`` build option
590   as well. Default is 0.
591
592-  ``ENABLE_SPE_FOR_NS`` : Numeric value to enable Statistical Profiling
593   extensions. This is an optional architectural feature for AArch64.
594   This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT``
595   mechanism. The default is 2 but is automatically disabled when the target
596   architecture is AArch32.
597
598-  ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS``: Numeric value to enable Scalable Vector Extension
599   (SVE) for the Non-secure world only. SVE is an optional architectural feature
600   for AArch64. This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the
601   ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. At this time, this build option cannot be used on
602   systems that have SPM_MM enabled. The default value is 2.
603
604   Note that when SVE is enabled for the Non-secure world, access
605   to SVE, SIMD and floating-point functionality from the Secure world is
606   independently controlled by build option ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_SWD``. When enabling
607   ``CTX_INCLUDE_FPREGS`` and ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS`` together, it is mandatory to
608   enable ``CTX_INCLUDE_SVE_REGS``. This is to avoid corruption of the Non-secure
609   world data in the Z-registers which are aliased by the SIMD and FP registers.
610
611-  ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_SWD``: Boolean option to enable SVE and FPU/SIMD functionality
612   for the Secure world. SVE is an optional architectural feature for AArch64.
613   The default is 0 and it is automatically disabled when the target architecture
614   is AArch32.
615
616   .. note::
617      This build flag requires ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS`` to be enabled. When enabling
618      ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_SWD``, a developer must carefully consider whether
619      ``CTX_INCLUDE_SVE_REGS`` is also needed.
620
621-  ``ENABLE_STACK_PROTECTOR``: String option to enable the stack protection
622   checks in GCC. Allowed values are "all", "strong", "default" and "none". The
623   default value is set to "none". "strong" is the recommended stack protection
624   level if this feature is desired. "none" disables the stack protection. For
625   all values other than "none", the ``plat_get_stack_protector_canary()``
626   platform hook needs to be implemented. The value is passed as the last
627   component of the option ``-fstack-protector-$ENABLE_STACK_PROTECTOR``.
628
629- ``ENABLE_ERRATA_ALL``: This option is used only for testing purposes, Boolean
630   option to enable the workarounds for all errata that TF-A implements. Normally
631   they should be explicitly enabled depending on each platform's needs. Not
632   recommended for release builds. This option is default set to 0.
633
634-  ``ENCRYPT_BL31``: Binary flag to enable encryption of BL31 firmware. This
635   flag depends on ``DECRYPTION_SUPPORT`` build flag.
636
637-  ``ENCRYPT_BL32``: Binary flag to enable encryption of Secure BL32 payload.
638   This flag depends on ``DECRYPTION_SUPPORT`` build flag.
639
640-  ``ENC_KEY``: A 32-byte (256-bit) symmetric key in hex string format. It could
641   either be SSK or BSSK depending on ``FW_ENC_STATUS`` flag. This value depends
642   on ``DECRYPTION_SUPPORT`` build flag.
643
644-  ``ENC_NONCE``: A 12-byte (96-bit) encryption nonce or Initialization Vector
645   (IV) in hex string format. This value depends on ``DECRYPTION_SUPPORT``
646   build flag.
647
648-  ``ERROR_DEPRECATED``: This option decides whether to treat the usage of
649   deprecated platform APIs, helper functions or drivers within Trusted
650   Firmware as error. It can take the value 1 (flag the use of deprecated
651   APIs as error) or 0. The default is 0.
652
653-  ``ETHOSN_NPU_DRIVER``: boolean option to enable a SiP service that can
654   configure an Arm® Ethos™-N NPU. To use this service the target platform's
655   ``HW_CONFIG`` must include the device tree nodes for the NPU. Currently, only
656   the Arm Juno platform has this included in its ``HW_CONFIG`` and the platform
657   only loads the ``HW_CONFIG`` in AArch64 builds. Default is 0.
658
659-  ``ETHOSN_NPU_TZMP1``: boolean option to enable TZMP1 support for the
660   Arm® Ethos™-N NPU. Requires ``ETHOSN_NPU_DRIVER`` and
661   ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT`` to be enabled.
662
663-  ``ETHOSN_NPU_FW``: location of the NPU firmware binary
664   (```ethosn.bin```). This firmware image will be included in the FIP and
665   loaded at runtime.
666
667-  ``EL3_EXCEPTION_HANDLING``: When set to ``1``, enable handling of exceptions
668   targeted at EL3. When set ``0`` (default), no exceptions are expected or
669   handled at EL3, and a panic will result. The exception to this rule is when
670   ``SPMD_SPM_AT_SEL2`` is set to ``1``, in which case, only exceptions
671   occuring during normal world execution, are trapped to EL3. Any exception
672   trapped during secure world execution are trapped to the SPMC. This is
673   supported only for AArch64 builds.
674
675-  ``EVENT_LOG_LEVEL``: Chooses the log level to use for Measured Boot when
676   ``MEASURED_BOOT`` is enabled. For a list of valid values, see ``LOG_LEVEL``.
677   Default value is 40 (LOG_LEVEL_INFO).
678
679-  ``FAULT_INJECTION_SUPPORT``: ARMv8.4 extensions introduced support for fault
680   injection from lower ELs, and this build option enables lower ELs to use
681   Error Records accessed via System Registers to inject faults. This is
682   applicable only to AArch64 builds.
683
684   This feature is intended for testing purposes only, and is advisable to keep
685   disabled for production images.
686
687-  ``FIP_NAME``: This is an optional build option which specifies the FIP
688   filename for the ``fip`` target. Default is ``fip.bin``.
689
690-  ``FWU_FIP_NAME``: This is an optional build option which specifies the FWU
691   FIP filename for the ``fwu_fip`` target. Default is ``fwu_fip.bin``.
692
693-  ``FW_ENC_STATUS``: Top level firmware's encryption numeric flag, values:
694
695   ::
696
697     0: Encryption is done with Secret Symmetric Key (SSK) which is common
698        for a class of devices.
699     1: Encryption is done with Binding Secret Symmetric Key (BSSK) which is
700        unique per device.
701
702   This flag depends on ``DECRYPTION_SUPPORT`` build flag.
703
704-  ``GENERATE_COT``: Boolean flag used to build and execute the ``cert_create``
705   tool to create certificates as per the Chain of Trust described in
706   :ref:`Trusted Board Boot`. The build system then calls ``fiptool`` to
707   include the certificates in the FIP and FWU_FIP. Default value is '0'.
708
709   Specify both ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT=1`` and ``GENERATE_COT=1`` to include support
710   for the Trusted Board Boot feature in the BL1 and BL2 images, to generate
711   the corresponding certificates, and to include those certificates in the
712   FIP and FWU_FIP.
713
714   Note that if ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT=0`` and ``GENERATE_COT=1``, the BL1 and BL2
715   images will not include support for Trusted Board Boot. The FIP will still
716   include the corresponding certificates. This FIP can be used to verify the
717   Chain of Trust on the host machine through other mechanisms.
718
719   Note that if ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT=1`` and ``GENERATE_COT=0``, the BL1 and BL2
720   images will include support for Trusted Board Boot, but the FIP and FWU_FIP
721   will not include the corresponding certificates, causing a boot failure.
722
723-  ``GICV2_G0_FOR_EL3``: Unlike GICv3, the GICv2 architecture doesn't have
724   inherent support for specific EL3 type interrupts. Setting this build option
725   to ``1`` assumes GICv2 *Group 0* interrupts are expected to target EL3, both
726   by :ref:`platform abstraction layer<platform Interrupt Controller API>` and
727   :ref:`Interrupt Management Framework<Interrupt Management Framework>`.
728   This allows GICv2 platforms to enable features requiring EL3 interrupt type.
729   This also means that all GICv2 Group 0 interrupts are delivered to EL3, and
730   the Secure Payload interrupts needs to be synchronously handed over to Secure
731   EL1 for handling. The default value of this option is ``0``, which means the
732   Group 0 interrupts are assumed to be handled by Secure EL1.
733
734-  ``HANDLE_EA_EL3_FIRST_NS``: When set to ``1``, External Aborts and SError
735   Interrupts, resulting from errors in NS world, will be always trapped in
736   EL3 i.e. in BL31 at runtime. When set to ``0`` (default), these exceptions
737   will be trapped in the current exception level (or in EL1 if the current
738   exception level is EL0).
739
740-  ``HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY``: On most Arm systems to-date, platform-specific
741   software operations are required for CPUs to enter and exit coherency.
742   However, newer systems exist where CPUs' entry to and exit from coherency
743   is managed in hardware. Such systems require software to only initiate these
744   operations, and the rest is managed in hardware, minimizing active software
745   management. In such systems, this boolean option enables TF-A to carry out
746   build and run-time optimizations during boot and power management operations.
747   This option defaults to 0 and if it is enabled, then it implies
748   ``WARMBOOT_ENABLE_DCACHE_EARLY`` is also enabled.
749
750   If this flag is disabled while the platform which TF-A is compiled for
751   includes cores that manage coherency in hardware, then a compilation error is
752   generated. This is based on the fact that a system cannot have, at the same
753   time, cores that manage coherency in hardware and cores that don't. In other
754   words, a platform cannot have, at the same time, cores that require
755   ``HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY=1`` and cores that require
756   ``HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY=0``.
757
758   Note that, when ``HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY`` is enabled, version 2 of
759   translation library (xlat tables v2) must be used; version 1 of translation
760   library is not supported.
761
762-  ``IMPDEF_SYSREG_TRAP``: Numeric value to enable the handling traps for
763   implementation defined system register accesses from lower ELs. Default
764   value is ``0``.
765
766-  ``INVERTED_MEMMAP``: memmap tool print by default lower addresses at the
767   bottom, higher addresses at the top. This build flag can be set to '1' to
768   invert this behavior. Lower addresses will be printed at the top and higher
769   addresses at the bottom.
770
771-  ``INIT_UNUSED_NS_EL2``: This build flag guards code that disables EL2
772   safely in scenario where NS-EL2 is present but unused. This flag is set to 0
773   by default. Platforms without NS-EL2 in use must enable this flag.
774
775-  ``KEY_ALG``: This build flag enables the user to select the algorithm to be
776   used for generating the PKCS keys and subsequent signing of the certificate.
777   It accepts 5 values: ``rsa``, ``rsa_1_5``, ``ecdsa``, ``ecdsa-brainpool-regular``
778   and ``ecdsa-brainpool-twisted``. The option ``rsa_1_5`` is the legacy PKCS#1
779   RSA 1.5 algorithm which is not TBBR compliant and is retained only for
780   compatibility. The default value of this flag is ``rsa`` which is the TBBR
781   compliant PKCS#1 RSA 2.1 scheme.
782
783-  ``KEY_SIZE``: This build flag enables the user to select the key size for
784   the algorithm specified by ``KEY_ALG``. The valid values for ``KEY_SIZE``
785   depend on the chosen algorithm and the cryptographic module.
786
787   +---------------------------+------------------------------------+
788   |         KEY_ALG           |        Possible key sizes          |
789   +===========================+====================================+
790   |           rsa             | 1024 , 2048 (default), 3072, 4096  |
791   +---------------------------+------------------------------------+
792   |          ecdsa            |         256 (default), 384         |
793   +---------------------------+------------------------------------+
794   |  ecdsa-brainpool-regular  |            256 (default)           |
795   +---------------------------+------------------------------------+
796   |  ecdsa-brainpool-twisted  |            256 (default)           |
797   +---------------------------+------------------------------------+
798
799-  ``HASH_ALG``: This build flag enables the user to select the secure hash
800   algorithm. It accepts 3 values: ``sha256``, ``sha384`` and ``sha512``.
801   The default value of this flag is ``sha256``.
802
803- ``HW_CONFIG_BASE``: This option specifies the location in memory where the DTB
804   should either be loaded by BL2 or can be found by later stages.
805
806-  ``LDFLAGS``: Extra user options appended to the linkers' command line in
807   addition to the one set by the build system.
808
809-  ``LOG_LEVEL``: Chooses the log level, which controls the amount of console log
810   output compiled into the build. This should be one of the following:
811
812   ::
813
814       0  (LOG_LEVEL_NONE)
815       10 (LOG_LEVEL_ERROR)
816       20 (LOG_LEVEL_NOTICE)
817       30 (LOG_LEVEL_WARNING)
818       40 (LOG_LEVEL_INFO)
819       50 (LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE)
820
821   All log output up to and including the selected log level is compiled into
822   the build. The default value is 40 in debug builds and 20 in release builds.
823
824-  ``MEASURED_BOOT``: Boolean flag to include support for the Measured Boot
825   feature. This flag can be enabled with ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT`` in order to
826   provide trust that the code taking the measurements and recording them has
827   not been tampered with.
828
829   This option defaults to 0.
830
831-  ``DISCRETE_TPM``: Boolean flag to include support for a Discrete TPM.
832
833   This option defaults to 0.
834
835-  ``TPM_INTERFACE``: When ``DISCRETE_TPM=1``, this is a required flag to
836   select the TPM interface. Currently only one interface is supported:
837
838   ::
839
840      FIFO_SPI
841
842-  ``MBOOT_TPM_HASH_ALG``: Build flag to select the TPM hash algorithm used during
843   Measured Boot. Currently only accepts ``sha256`` as a valid algorithm.
844
845-  ``MARCH_DIRECTIVE``: used to pass a -march option from the platform build
846   options to the compiler. An example usage:
847
848   .. code:: make
849
850      MARCH_DIRECTIVE := -march=armv8.5-a
851
852-  ``HARDEN_SLS``: used to pass -mharden-sls=all from the TF-A build
853   options to the compiler currently supporting only of the options.
854   GCC documentation:
855   https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/AArch64-Options.html#index-mharden-sls
856
857   An example usage:
858
859   .. code:: make
860
861      HARDEN_SLS := 1
862
863   This option defaults to 0.
864
865-  ``NON_TRUSTED_WORLD_KEY``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It
866   specifies a file that contains the Non-Trusted World private key in PEM
867   format or a PKCS11 URI. If ``SAVE_KEYS=1``, only a file is accepted and it
868   will be used to save the key.
869
870-  ``NS_BL2U``: Path to NS_BL2U image in the host file system. This image is
871   optional. It is only needed if the platform makefile specifies that it
872   is required in order to build the ``fwu_fip`` target.
873
874-  ``NS_TIMER_SWITCH``: (deprecated) Enable save and restore for non-secure
875   timer register contents upon world switch. It can take either 0 (don't save
876   and restore) or 1 (do save and restore). 0 is the default. An SPD may set
877   this to 1 if it wants the timer registers to be saved and restored. This
878   option has been deprecated since it breaks Linux preemption model.
879
880-  ``OVERRIDE_LIBC``: This option allows platforms to override the default libc
881   for the BL image. It can be either 0 (include) or 1 (remove). The default
882   value is 0.
883
884-  ``PL011_GENERIC_UART``: Boolean option to indicate the PL011 driver that
885   the underlying hardware is not a full PL011 UART but a minimally compliant
886   generic UART, which is a subset of the PL011. The driver will not access
887   any register that is not part of the SBSA generic UART specification.
888   Default value is 0 (a full PL011 compliant UART is present).
889
890-  ``PLAT``: Choose a platform to build TF-A for. The chosen platform name
891   must be subdirectory of any depth under ``plat/``, and must contain a
892   platform makefile named ``platform.mk``. For example, to build TF-A for the
893   Arm Juno board, select PLAT=juno.
894
895-  ``PLATFORM_REPORT_CTX_MEM_USE``: Reports the context memory allocated for
896   each core as well as the global context. The data includes the memory used
897   by each world and each privileged exception level. This build option is
898   applicable only for ``ARCH=aarch64`` builds. The default value is 0.
899
900-  ``PRELOADED_BL33_BASE``: This option enables booting a preloaded BL33 image
901   instead of the normal boot flow. When defined, it must specify the entry
902   point address for the preloaded BL33 image. This option is incompatible with
903   ``EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE``. If both are defined, ``EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE`` has priority
904   over ``PRELOADED_BL33_BASE``.
905
906-  ``PRESERVE_DSU_PMU_REGS``: This options when enabled allows the platform to
907   save/restore the DynamIQ Shared Unit's(DSU) Performance Monitoring Unit(PMU)
908   registers when the cluster goes through a power cycle. This is disabled by
909   default and platforms that require this feature have to enable them.
910
911-  ``PROGRAMMABLE_RESET_ADDRESS``: This option indicates whether the reset
912   vector address can be programmed or is fixed on the platform. It can take
913   either 0 (fixed) or 1 (programmable). Default is 0. If the platform has a
914   programmable reset address, it is expected that a CPU will start executing
915   code directly at the right address, both on a cold and warm reset. In this
916   case, there is no need to identify the entrypoint on boot and the boot path
917   can be optimised. The ``plat_get_my_entrypoint()`` platform porting interface
918   does not need to be implemented in this case.
919
920-  ``PSCI_EXTENDED_STATE_ID``: As per PSCI1.0 Specification, there are 2 formats
921   possible for the PSCI power-state parameter: original and extended State-ID
922   formats. This flag if set to 1, configures the generic PSCI layer to use the
923   extended format. The default value of this flag is 0, which means by default
924   the original power-state format is used by the PSCI implementation. This flag
925   should be specified by the platform makefile and it governs the return value
926   of PSCI_FEATURES API for CPU_SUSPEND smc function id. When this option is
927   enabled on Arm platforms, the option ``ARM_RECOM_STATE_ID_ENC`` needs to be
928   set to 1 as well.
929
930-  ``PSCI_OS_INIT_MODE``: Boolean flag to enable support for optional PSCI
931   OS-initiated mode. This option defaults to 0.
932
933-  ``ARCH_FEATURE_AVAILABILITY``: Boolean flag to enable support for the
934   optional SMCCC_ARCH_FEATURE_AVAILABILITY call. This option implicitly
935   interacts with IMPDEF_SYSREG_TRAP and software emulation. This option
936   defaults to 0.
937
938-  ``ENABLE_FEAT_RAS``: Boolean flag to enable Armv8.2 RAS features. RAS features
939   are an optional extension for pre-Armv8.2 CPUs, but are mandatory for Armv8.2
940   or later CPUs. This flag can take the values 0 or 1. The default value is 0.
941   NOTE: This flag enables use of IESB capability to reduce entry latency into
942   EL3 even when RAS error handling is not performed on the platform. Hence this
943   flag is recommended to be turned on Armv8.2 and later CPUs.
944
945-  ``RESET_TO_BL31``: Enable BL31 entrypoint as the CPU reset vector instead
946   of the BL1 entrypoint. It can take the value 0 (CPU reset to BL1
947   entrypoint) or 1 (CPU reset to BL31 entrypoint).
948   The default value is 0.
949
950-  ``RESET_TO_SP_MIN``: SP_MIN is the minimal AArch32 Secure Payload provided
951   in TF-A. This flag configures SP_MIN entrypoint as the CPU reset vector
952   instead of the BL1 entrypoint. It can take the value 0 (CPU reset to BL1
953   entrypoint) or 1 (CPU reset to SP_MIN entrypoint). The default value is 0.
954
955-  ``RME_GPT_BITLOCK_BLOCK``: This defines the block size (in number of 512MB
956-  blocks) covered by a single bit of the bitlock structure during RME GPT
957-  operations. The lower the block size, the better opportunity for
958-  parallelising GPT operations but at the cost of more bits being needed
959-  for the bitlock structure. This numeric parameter can take the values
960-  from 0 to 512 and must be a power of 2. The value of 0 is special and
961-  and it chooses a single spinlock for all GPT L1 table entries. Default
962-  value is 1 which corresponds to block size of 512MB per bit of bitlock
963-  structure.
964
965-  ``RME_GPT_MAX_BLOCK``: Numeric value in MB to define the maximum size of
966   supported contiguous blocks in GPT Library. This parameter can take the
967   values 0, 2, 32 and 512. Setting this value to 0 disables use of Contigious
968   descriptors. Default value is 512.
969
970-  ``ROT_KEY``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It specifies a
971   file that contains the ROT private key in PEM format or a PKCS11 URI and
972   enforces public key hash generation. If ``SAVE_KEYS=1``, only a file is
973   accepted and it will be used to save the key.
974
975-  ``SAVE_KEYS``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It tells the
976   certificate generation tool to save the keys used to establish the Chain of
977   Trust. Allowed options are '0' or '1'. Default is '0' (do not save).
978
979-  ``SCP_BL2``: Path to SCP_BL2 image in the host file system. This image is optional.
980   If a SCP_BL2 image is present then this option must be passed for the ``fip``
981   target.
982
983-  ``SCP_BL2_KEY``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It specifies a
984   file that contains the SCP_BL2 private key in PEM format or a PKCS11 URI.
985   If ``SAVE_KEYS=1``, only a file is accepted and it will be used to save the key.
986
987-  ``SCP_BL2U``: Path to SCP_BL2U image in the host file system. This image is
988   optional. It is only needed if the platform makefile specifies that it
989   is required in order to build the ``fwu_fip`` target.
990
991-  ``SDEI_SUPPORT``: Setting this to ``1`` enables support for Software
992   Delegated Exception Interface to BL31 image. This defaults to ``0``.
993
994   When set to ``1``, the build option ``EL3_EXCEPTION_HANDLING`` must also be
995   set to ``1``.
996
997-  ``SEPARATE_CODE_AND_RODATA``: Whether code and read-only data should be
998   isolated on separate memory pages. This is a trade-off between security and
999   memory usage. See "Isolating code and read-only data on separate memory
1000   pages" section in :ref:`Firmware Design`. This flag is disabled by default
1001   and affects all BL images.
1002
1003-  ``SEPARATE_NOBITS_REGION``: Setting this option to ``1`` allows the NOBITS
1004   sections of BL31 (.bss, stacks, page tables, and coherent memory) to be
1005   allocated in RAM discontiguous from the loaded firmware image. When set, the
1006   platform is expected to provide definitions for ``BL31_NOBITS_BASE`` and
1007   ``BL31_NOBITS_LIMIT``. When the option is ``0`` (the default), NOBITS
1008   sections are placed in RAM immediately following the loaded firmware image.
1009
1010-  ``SEPARATE_BL2_NOLOAD_REGION``: Setting this option to ``1`` allows the
1011   NOLOAD sections of BL2 (.bss, stacks, page tables) to be allocated in RAM
1012   discontiguous from loaded firmware images. When set, the platform need to
1013   provide definitions of ``BL2_NOLOAD_START`` and ``BL2_NOLOAD_LIMIT``. This
1014   flag is disabled by default and NOLOAD sections are placed in RAM immediately
1015   following the loaded firmware image.
1016
1017-  ``SEPARATE_BL2_FIP``: This option enables the separation of the BL2 FIP image
1018   from the main FIP image. When this option is enabled, the BL2 FIP image is built
1019   as a separate FIP image. The default value is 0.
1020
1021-  ``SEPARATE_SIMD_SECTION``: Setting this option to ``1`` allows the SIMD context
1022    data structures to be put in a dedicated memory region as decided by platform
1023    integrator. Default value is ``0`` which means the SIMD context is put in BSS
1024    section of EL3 firmware.
1025
1026-  ``SMC_PCI_SUPPORT``: This option allows platforms to handle PCI configuration
1027   access requests via a standard SMCCC defined in `DEN0115`_. When combined with
1028   UEFI+ACPI this can provide a certain amount of OS forward compatibility
1029   with newer platforms that aren't ECAM compliant.
1030
1031-  ``SPD``: Choose a Secure Payload Dispatcher component to be built into TF-A.
1032   This build option is only valid if ``ARCH=aarch64``. The value should be
1033   the path to the directory containing the SPD source, relative to
1034   ``services/spd/``; the directory is expected to contain a makefile called
1035   ``<spd-value>.mk``. The SPM Dispatcher standard service is located in
1036   services/std_svc/spmd and enabled by ``SPD=spmd``. The SPM Dispatcher
1037   cannot be enabled when the ``SPM_MM`` option is enabled.
1038
1039-  ``SPIN_ON_BL1_EXIT``: This option introduces an infinite loop in BL1. It can
1040   take either 0 (no loop) or 1 (add a loop). 0 is the default. This loop stops
1041   execution in BL1 just before handing over to BL31. At this point, all
1042   firmware images have been loaded in memory, and the MMU and caches are
1043   turned off. Refer to the "Debugging options" section for more details.
1044
1045-  ``SPMC_AT_EL3`` : This boolean option is used jointly with the SPM
1046   Dispatcher option (``SPD=spmd``). When enabled (1) it indicates the SPMC
1047   component runs at the EL3 exception level. The default value is ``0`` (
1048   disabled). This configuration supports pre-Armv8.4 platforms (aka not
1049   implementing the ``FEAT_SEL2`` extension).
1050
1051-  ``SPMC_AT_EL3_SEL0_SP`` : Boolean option to enable SEL0 SP load support when
1052   ``SPMC_AT_EL3`` is enabled. The default value if ``0`` (disabled). This
1053   option cannot be enabled (``1``) when (``SPMC_AT_EL3``) is disabled.
1054
1055-  ``SPMC_OPTEE`` : This boolean option is used jointly with the SPM
1056   Dispatcher option (``SPD=spmd``) and with ``SPMD_SPM_AT_SEL2=0`` to
1057   indicate that the SPMC at S-EL1 is OP-TEE and an OP-TEE specific loading
1058   mechanism should be used.
1059
1060-  ``SPMD_SPM_AT_SEL2`` : This boolean option is used jointly with the SPM
1061   Dispatcher option (``SPD=spmd``). When enabled (1) it indicates the SPMC
1062   component runs at the S-EL2 exception level provided by the ``FEAT_SEL2``
1063   extension. This is the default when enabling the SPM Dispatcher. When
1064   disabled (0) it indicates the SPMC component runs at the S-EL1 execution
1065   state or at EL3 if ``SPMC_AT_EL3`` is enabled. The latter configurations
1066   support pre-Armv8.4 platforms (aka not implementing the ``FEAT_SEL2``
1067   extension).
1068
1069-  ``SPM_MM`` : Boolean option to enable the Management Mode (MM)-based Secure
1070   Partition Manager (SPM) implementation. The default value is ``0``
1071   (disabled). This option cannot be enabled (``1``) when SPM Dispatcher is
1072   enabled (``SPD=spmd``).
1073
1074-  ``SP_LAYOUT_FILE``: Platform provided path to JSON file containing the
1075   description of secure partitions. The build system will parse this file and
1076   package all secure partition blobs into the FIP. This file is not
1077   necessarily part of TF-A tree. Only available when ``SPD=spmd``.
1078
1079-  ``SP_MIN_WITH_SECURE_FIQ``: Boolean flag to indicate the SP_MIN handles
1080   secure interrupts (caught through the FIQ line). Platforms can enable
1081   this directive if they need to handle such interruption. When enabled,
1082   the FIQ are handled in monitor mode and non secure world is not allowed
1083   to mask these events. Platforms that enable FIQ handling in SP_MIN shall
1084   implement the api ``sp_min_plat_fiq_handler()``. The default value is 0.
1085
1086-  ``SVE_VECTOR_LEN``: SVE vector length to configure in ZCR_EL3.
1087   Platforms can configure this if they need to lower the hardware
1088   limit, for example due to asymmetric configuration or limitations of
1089   software run at lower ELs. The default is the architectural maximum
1090   of 2048 which should be suitable for most configurations, the
1091   hardware will limit the effective VL to the maximum physically supported
1092   VL.
1093
1094-  ``TRNG_SUPPORT``: Setting this to ``1`` enables support for True
1095   Random Number Generator Interface to BL31 image. This defaults to ``0``.
1096
1097-  ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT``: Boolean flag to include support for the Trusted Board
1098   Boot feature. When set to '1', BL1 and BL2 images include support to load
1099   and verify the certificates and images in a FIP, and BL1 includes support
1100   for the Firmware Update. The default value is '0'. Generation and inclusion
1101   of certificates in the FIP and FWU_FIP depends upon the value of the
1102   ``GENERATE_COT`` option.
1103
1104   .. warning::
1105      This option depends on ``CREATE_KEYS`` to be enabled. If the keys
1106      already exist in disk, they will be overwritten without further notice.
1107
1108-  ``TRUSTED_WORLD_KEY``: This option is used when ``GENERATE_COT=1``. It
1109   specifies a file that contains the Trusted World private key in PEM
1110   format or a PKCS11 URI. If ``SAVE_KEYS=1``, only a file is accepted and
1111   it will be used to save the key.
1112
1113-  ``TSP_INIT_ASYNC``: Choose BL32 initialization method as asynchronous or
1114   synchronous, (see "Initializing a BL32 Image" section in
1115   :ref:`Firmware Design`). It can take the value 0 (BL32 is initialized using
1116   synchronous method) or 1 (BL32 is initialized using asynchronous method).
1117   Default is 0.
1118
1119-  ``TSP_NS_INTR_ASYNC_PREEMPT``: A non zero value enables the interrupt
1120   routing model which routes non-secure interrupts asynchronously from TSP
1121   to EL3 causing immediate preemption of TSP. The EL3 is responsible
1122   for saving and restoring the TSP context in this routing model. The
1123   default routing model (when the value is 0) is to route non-secure
1124   interrupts to TSP allowing it to save its context and hand over
1125   synchronously to EL3 via an SMC.
1126
1127   .. note::
1128      When ``EL3_EXCEPTION_HANDLING`` is ``1``, ``TSP_NS_INTR_ASYNC_PREEMPT``
1129      must also be set to ``1``.
1130
1131-  ``TS_SP_FW_CONFIG``: DTC build flag to include Trusted Services (Crypto and
1132   internal-trusted-storage) as SP in tb_fw_config device tree.
1133
1134-  ``TWED_DELAY``: Numeric value to be set in order to delay the trapping of
1135   WFE instruction. ``ENABLE_FEAT_TWED`` build option must be enabled to set
1136   this delay. It can take values in the range (0-15). Default value is ``0``
1137   and based on this value, 2^(TWED_DELAY + 8) cycles will be delayed.
1138   Platforms need to explicitly update this value based on their requirements.
1139
1140-  ``USE_ARM_LINK``: This flag determines whether to enable support for ARM
1141   linker. When the ``LINKER`` build variable points to the armlink linker,
1142   this flag is enabled automatically. To enable support for armlink, platforms
1143   will have to provide a scatter file for the BL image. Currently, Tegra
1144   platforms use the armlink support to compile BL3-1 images.
1145
1146-  ``USE_COHERENT_MEM``: This flag determines whether to include the coherent
1147   memory region in the BL memory map or not (see "Use of Coherent memory in
1148   TF-A" section in :ref:`Firmware Design`). It can take the value 1
1149   (Coherent memory region is included) or 0 (Coherent memory region is
1150   excluded). Default is 1.
1151
1152-  ``USE_KERNEL_DT_CONVENTION``: When this option is enabled, the hardware
1153   device tree is passed to BL33 using register x0, aligning with the expectations
1154   of the Linux kernel on Arm platforms. If this option is disabled, a different
1155   register, typically x1, may be used instead. This build option is
1156   not necessary when firmware handoff is active (that is, when TRANSFER_LIST=1
1157   is set), and it will be removed once all platforms have transitioned to that
1158   convention.
1159
1160-  ``USE_DSU_DRIVER``: This flag enables DSU (DynamIQ Shared Unit) driver.
1161   The DSU driver allows save/restore of DSU PMU registers through
1162   ``PRESERVE_DSU_PMU_REGS`` build option, provides access to PMU registers at
1163   EL1 and allows platforms to configure powerdown and power settings of DSU.
1164
1165-  ``ARM_IO_IN_DTB``: This flag determines whether to use IO based on the
1166   firmware configuration framework. This will move the io_policies into a
1167   configuration device tree, instead of static structure in the code base.
1168
1169-  ``COT_DESC_IN_DTB``: This flag determines whether to create COT descriptors
1170   at runtime using fconf. If this flag is enabled, COT descriptors are
1171   statically captured in tb_fw_config file in the form of device tree nodes
1172   and properties. Currently, COT descriptors used by BL2 are moved to the
1173   device tree and COT descriptors used by BL1 are retained in the code
1174   base statically.
1175
1176-  ``SDEI_IN_FCONF``: This flag determines whether to configure SDEI setup in
1177   runtime using firmware configuration framework. The platform specific SDEI
1178   shared and private events configuration is retrieved from device tree rather
1179   than static C structures at compile time. This is only supported if
1180   SDEI_SUPPORT build flag is enabled.
1181
1182-  ``SEC_INT_DESC_IN_FCONF``: This flag determines whether to configure Group 0
1183   and Group1 secure interrupts using the firmware configuration framework. The
1184   platform specific secure interrupt property descriptor is retrieved from
1185   device tree in runtime rather than depending on static C structure at compile
1186   time.
1187
1188-  ``USE_ROMLIB``: This flag determines whether library at ROM will be used.
1189   This feature creates a library of functions to be placed in ROM and thus
1190   reduces SRAM usage. Refer to :ref:`Library at ROM` for further details. Default
1191   is 0.
1192
1193-  ``V``: Verbose build. If assigned anything other than 0, the build commands
1194   are printed. Default is 0.
1195
1196-  ``VERSION_STRING``: String used in the log output for each TF-A image.
1197   Defaults to a string formed by concatenating the version number, build type
1198   and build string.
1199
1200-  ``W``: Warning level. Some compiler warning options of interest have been
1201   regrouped and put in the root Makefile. This flag can take the values 0 to 3,
1202   each level enabling more warning options. Default is 0.
1203
1204   This option is closely related to the ``E`` option, which enables
1205   ``-Werror``.
1206
1207   - ``W=0`` (default)
1208
1209     Enables a wide assortment of warnings, most notably ``-Wall`` and
1210     ``-Wextra``, as well as various bad practices and things that are likely to
1211     result in errors. Includes some compiler specific flags. No warnings are
1212     expected at this level for any build.
1213
1214   - ``W=1``
1215
1216     Enables warnings we want the generic build to include but are too time
1217     consuming to fix at the moment. It re-enables warnings taken out for
1218     ``W=0`` builds (a few of the ``-Wextra`` additions). This level is expected
1219     to eventually be merged into ``W=0``. Some warnings are expected on some
1220     builds, but new contributions should not introduce new ones.
1221
1222   - ``W=2`` (recommended)
1223
1224    Enables warnings we want the generic build to include but cannot be enabled
1225    due to external libraries. This level is expected to eventually be merged
1226    into ``W=0``. Lots of warnings are expected, primarily from external
1227    libraries like zlib and compiler-rt, but new controbutions should not
1228    introduce new ones.
1229
1230   - ``W=3``
1231
1232     Enables warnings that are informative but not necessary and generally too
1233     verbose and frequently ignored. A very large number of warnings are
1234     expected.
1235
1236   The exact set of warning flags depends on the compiler and TF-A warning
1237   level, however they are all succinctly set in the top-level Makefile. Please
1238   refer to the `GCC`_ or `Clang`_ documentation for more information on the
1239   individual flags.
1240
1241-  ``WARMBOOT_ENABLE_DCACHE_EARLY`` : Boolean option to enable D-cache early on
1242   the CPU after warm boot. This is applicable for platforms which do not
1243   require interconnect programming to enable cache coherency (eg: single
1244   cluster platforms). If this option is enabled, then warm boot path
1245   enables D-caches immediately after enabling MMU. This option defaults to 0.
1246
1247-  ``ERRATA_SPECULATIVE_AT``: This flag determines whether to enable ``AT``
1248   speculative errata workaround or not. It accepts 2 values: ``1`` and ``0``.
1249   The default value of this flag is ``0``.
1250
1251   ``AT`` speculative errata workaround disables stage1 page table walk for
1252   lower ELs (EL1 and EL0) in EL3 so that ``AT`` speculative fetch at any point
1253   produces either the correct result or failure without TLB allocation.
1254
1255   This boolean option enables errata for all below CPUs.
1256
1257   +---------+--------------+-------------------------+
1258   | Errata  |      CPU     |     Workaround Define   |
1259   +=========+==============+=========================+
1260   | 1165522 |  Cortex-A76  |  ``ERRATA_A76_1165522`` |
1261   +---------+--------------+-------------------------+
1262   | 1319367 |  Cortex-A72  |  ``ERRATA_A72_1319367`` |
1263   +---------+--------------+-------------------------+
1264   | 1319537 |  Cortex-A57  |  ``ERRATA_A57_1319537`` |
1265   +---------+--------------+-------------------------+
1266   | 1530923 |  Cortex-A55  |  ``ERRATA_A55_1530923`` |
1267   +---------+--------------+-------------------------+
1268   | 1530924 |  Cortex-A53  |  ``ERRATA_A53_1530924`` |
1269   +---------+--------------+-------------------------+
1270
1271   .. note::
1272      This option is enabled by build only if platform sets any of above defines
1273      mentioned in ’Workaround Define' column in the table.
1274      If this option is enabled for the EL3 software then EL2 software also must
1275      implement this workaround due to the behaviour of the errata mentioned
1276      in new SDEN document which will get published soon.
1277
1278- ``ERRATA_SME_POWER_DOWN``: Boolean option to disable SME (PSTATE.{ZA,SM}=0)
1279  before power down and downgrade a suspend to power down request to a normal
1280  suspend request. This is necessary when software running at lower ELs requests
1281  power down without first clearing these bits. On affected cores, the CME
1282  connected to it will reject its power down request. The default value is 0.
1283
1284- ``RAS_TRAP_NS_ERR_REC_ACCESS``: This flag enables/disables the SCR_EL3.TERR
1285  bit, to trap access to the RAS ERR and RAS ERX registers from lower ELs.
1286  This flag is disabled by default.
1287
1288- ``OPENSSL_DIR``: This option is used to provide the path to a directory on the
1289  host machine where a custom installation of OpenSSL is located, which is used
1290  to build the certificate generation, firmware encryption and FIP tools. If
1291  this option is not set, the default OS installation will be used.
1292
1293- ``USE_SP804_TIMER``: Use the SP804 timer instead of the Generic Timer for
1294  functions that wait for an arbitrary time length (udelay and mdelay). The
1295  default value is 0.
1296
1297- ``ENABLE_BRBE_FOR_NS``: Numeric value to enable access to the branch record
1298  buffer registers from NS ELs when FEAT_BRBE is implemented. BRBE is an
1299  optional architectural feature for AArch64. This flag can take the values
1300  0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. The default is 0
1301  and it is automatically disabled when the target architecture is AArch32.
1302
1303- ``ENABLE_TRBE_FOR_NS``: Numeric value to enable access of trace buffer
1304  control registers from NS ELs, NS-EL2 or NS-EL1(when NS-EL2 is implemented
1305  but unused) when FEAT_TRBE is implemented. TRBE is an optional architectural
1306  feature for AArch64. This flag can take the values  0 to 2, to align with the
1307  ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. The default is 0 and it is automatically
1308  disabled when the target architecture is AArch32.
1309
1310- ``ENABLE_SYS_REG_TRACE_FOR_NS``: Numeric value to enable trace system
1311  registers access from NS ELs, NS-EL2 or NS-EL1 (when NS-EL2 is implemented
1312  but unused). This feature is available if trace unit such as ETMv4.x, and
1313  ETE(extending ETM feature) is implemented. This flag can take the values
1314  0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. The default is 0.
1315
1316- ``ENABLE_TRF_FOR_NS``: Numeric value to enable trace filter control registers
1317  access from NS ELs, NS-EL2 or NS-EL1 (when NS-EL2 is implemented but unused),
1318  if FEAT_TRF is implemented. This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align
1319  with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. This flag is disabled by default.
1320
1321- ``CONDITIONAL_CMO``: Boolean option to enable call to platform-defined routine
1322  ``plat_can_cmo`` which will return zero if cache management operations should
1323  be skipped and non-zero otherwise. By default, this option is disabled which
1324  means platform hook won't be checked and CMOs will always be performed when
1325  related functions are called.
1326
1327- ``ERRATA_ABI_SUPPORT``: Boolean option to enable support for Errata management
1328  firmware interface for the BL31 image. By default its disabled (``0``).
1329
1330- ``ERRATA_NON_ARM_INTERCONNECT``: Boolean option to enable support for the
1331  errata mitigation for platforms with a non-arm interconnect using the errata
1332  ABI. By default its disabled (``0``).
1333
1334- ``ENABLE_CONSOLE_GETC``: Boolean option to enable `getc()` feature in console
1335  driver(s). By default it is disabled (``0``) because it constitutes an attack
1336  vector into TF-A by potentially allowing an attacker to inject arbitrary data.
1337  This option should only be enabled on a need basis if there is a use case for
1338  reading characters from the console.
1339
1340GIC driver options
1341--------------------
1342
1343The generic GIC driver can be included with the ``USE_GIC_DRIVER`` option. It is
1344a numeric option that can take the following values:
1345
1346 - ``0``: generic GIC driver not enabled. Any support is entirely in platform
1347   code. Strongly discouraged for GIC based interrupt controllers.
1348
1349 - ``1``: enable the use of the generic GIC driver but do not include any files
1350   or function definitions. It is then the platform's responsibility to provide
1351   these. This is useful if the platform either has a custom GIC implementation
1352   or an alternative interrupt controller design. Use of this option is strongly
1353   discouraged for standard GIC implementations.
1354
1355 - ``2``: use the GICv2 driver
1356
1357 - ``3``: use the GICv3 driver. See the next section on how to further configure
1358   it. Use this option for GICv4 implementations. Requires calling
1359   ``gic_set_gicr_frames()``.
1360
1361 - ``5``: use the EXPERIMENTAL GICv5 driver. Requires ``ENABLE_FEAT_GCIE=1``.
1362
1363 For GIC driver versions other than ``1``, deciding when to save and restore GIC
1364 context on a power domain state transition, as well as any GIC actions outside
1365 of the PSCI library's visibility are the platform's responsibility. The driver
1366 provides implementations of all necessary subroutines, they only need to be
1367 called as appropriate.
1368
1369GICv3 driver options
1370~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1371
1372``USE_GIC_DRIVER=3`` is the preferred way of including GICv3 driver files. The
1373old (deprecated) way of included them is using the directive:
1374``include drivers/arm/gic/v3/gicv3.mk``
1375
1376The driver can be configured with the following options set in the platform
1377makefile:
1378
1379-  ``GICV3_SUPPORT_GIC600``: Add support for the GIC-600 variants of GICv3.
1380   Enabling this option will add runtime detection support for the
1381   GIC-600, so is safe to select even for a GIC500 implementation.
1382   This option defaults to 0.
1383
1384- ``GICV3_SUPPORT_GIC600AE_FMU``: Add support for the Fault Management Unit
1385   for GIC-600 AE. Enabling this option will introduce support to initialize
1386   the FMU. Platforms should call the init function during boot to enable the
1387   FMU and its safety mechanisms. This option defaults to 0.
1388
1389-  ``GICV3_IMPL_GIC600_MULTICHIP``: Selects GIC-600 variant with multichip
1390   functionality. This option defaults to 0
1391
1392-  ``GICV3_OVERRIDE_DISTIF_PWR_OPS``: Allows override of default implementation
1393   of ``arm_gicv3_distif_pre_save`` and ``arm_gicv3_distif_post_restore``
1394   functions. This is required for FVP platform which need to simulate GIC save
1395   and restore during SYSTEM_SUSPEND without powering down GIC. Default is 0.
1396
1397-  ``GIC_ENABLE_V4_EXTN`` : Enables GICv4 related changes in GICv3 driver.
1398   This option defaults to 0.
1399
1400-  ``GIC_EXT_INTID``: When set to ``1``, GICv3 driver will support extended
1401   PPI (1056-1119) and SPI (4096-5119) range. This option defaults to 0.
1402
1403Debugging options
1404-----------------
1405
1406To compile a debug version and make the build more verbose use
1407
1408.. code:: shell
1409
1410    make PLAT=<platform> DEBUG=1 V=1 all
1411
1412AArch64 GCC 11 uses DWARF version 5 debugging symbols by default. Some tools
1413(for example Arm-DS) might not support this and may need an older version of
1414DWARF symbols to be emitted by GCC. This can be achieved by using the
1415``-gdwarf-<version>`` flag, with the version being set to 2, 3, 4 or 5. Setting
1416the version to 4 is recommended for Arm-DS.
1417
1418When debugging logic problems it might also be useful to disable all compiler
1419optimizations by using ``-O0``.
1420
1421.. warning::
1422   Using ``-O0`` could cause output images to be larger and base addresses
1423   might need to be recalculated (see the **Memory layout on Arm development
1424   platforms** section in the :ref:`Firmware Design`).
1425
1426Extra debug options can be passed to the build system by setting ``CFLAGS`` or
1427``LDFLAGS``:
1428
1429.. code:: shell
1430
1431    CFLAGS='-O0 -gdwarf-2'                                     \
1432    make PLAT=<platform> DEBUG=1 V=1 all
1433
1434Note that using ``-Wl,`` style compilation driver options in ``CFLAGS`` will be
1435ignored as the linker is called directly.
1436
1437It is also possible to introduce an infinite loop to help in debugging the
1438post-BL2 phase of TF-A. This can be done by rebuilding BL1 with the
1439``SPIN_ON_BL1_EXIT=1`` build flag. Refer to the :ref:`build_options_common`
1440section. In this case, the developer may take control of the target using a
1441debugger when indicated by the console output. When using Arm-DS, the following
1442commands can be used:
1443
1444::
1445
1446    # Stop target execution
1447    interrupt
1448
1449    #
1450    # Prepare your debugging environment, e.g. set breakpoints
1451    #
1452
1453    # Jump over the debug loop
1454    set var $AARCH64::$Core::$PC = $AARCH64::$Core::$PC + 4
1455
1456    # Resume execution
1457    continue
1458
1459.. _build_options_experimental:
1460
1461Experimental build options
1462---------------------------
1463
1464Common build options
1465~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1466
1467-  ``DICE_PROTECTION_ENVIRONMENT``: Boolean flag to specify the measured boot
1468   backend when ``MEASURED_BOOT`` is enabled. The default value is ``0``. When
1469   set to ``1`` then measurements and additional metadata collected during the
1470   measured boot process are sent to the DICE Protection Environment for storage
1471   and processing. A certificate chain, which represents the boot state of the
1472   device, can be queried from the DPE.
1473
1474-  ``DRTM_SUPPORT``: Boolean flag to enable support for Dynamic Root of Trust
1475   for Measurement (DRTM). This feature has trust dependency on BL31 for taking
1476   the measurements and recording them as per `PSA DRTM specification`_. For
1477   platforms which use BL2 to load/authenticate BL31 ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT`` can
1478   be used and for the platforms which use ``RESET_TO_BL31`` platform owners
1479   should have mechanism to authenticate BL31. This option defaults to 0.
1480
1481-  ``ENABLE_RME``: Numeric value to enable support for the ARMv9 Realm
1482   Management Extension. This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with
1483   the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. Default value is 0.
1484
1485-  ``ENABLE_FEAT_MEC``: Numeric value to enable support for the ARMv9.2 Memory
1486   Encryption Contexts (MEC). This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align
1487   with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. MEC supports multiple encryption
1488   contexts for Realm security state and only one encryption context for the
1489   rest of the security states. Default value is 0.
1490
1491-  ``RMMD_ENABLE_EL3_TOKEN_SIGN``: Numeric value to enable support for singing
1492   realm attestation token signing requests in EL3. This flag can take the
1493   values 0 and 1. The default value is ``0``. When set to ``1``, this option
1494   enables additional RMMD SMCs to push and pop requests for signing to
1495   EL3 along with platform hooks that must be implemented to service those
1496   requests and responses.
1497
1498-  ``ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS``: Numeric value to enable Scalable Matrix Extension
1499   (SME), SVE, and FPU/SIMD for the non-secure world only. These features share
1500   registers so are enabled together. Using this option without
1501   ENABLE_SME_FOR_SWD=1 will cause SME, SVE, and FPU/SIMD instructions in secure
1502   world to trap to EL3. Requires ``ENABLE_SVE_FOR_NS`` to be set as SME is a
1503   superset of SVE. SME is an optional architectural feature for AArch64.
1504   At this time, this build option cannot be used on systems that have
1505   SPD=spmd/SPM_MM and atempting to build with this option will fail.
1506   This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT``
1507   mechanism. Default is 0.
1508
1509-  ``ENABLE_SME2_FOR_NS``: Numeric value to enable Scalable Matrix Extension
1510   version 2 (SME2) for the non-secure world only. SME2 is an optional
1511   architectural feature for AArch64.
1512   This should be set along with ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS=1, if not, the default SME
1513   accesses will still be trapped. This flag can take the values 0 to 2, to
1514   align with the ``ENABLE_FEAT`` mechanism. Default is 0.
1515
1516-  ``ENABLE_SME_FOR_SWD``: Boolean option to enable the Scalable Matrix
1517   Extension for secure world. Used along with SVE and FPU/SIMD.
1518   ENABLE_SME_FOR_NS and ENABLE_SVE_FOR_SWD must also be set to use this.
1519   Default is 0.
1520
1521-  ``ENABLE_SPMD_LP`` : This boolean option is used jointly with the SPM
1522   Dispatcher option (``SPD=spmd``). When enabled (1) it indicates support
1523   for logical partitions in EL3, managed by the SPMD as defined in the
1524   FF-A v1.2 specification. This flag is disabled by default. This flag
1525   must not be used if ``SPMC_AT_EL3`` is enabled.
1526
1527-  ``FEATURE_DETECTION``: Boolean option to enable the architectural features
1528   verification mechanism. This is a debug feature that compares the
1529   architectural features enabled through the feature specific build flags
1530   (ENABLE_FEAT_xxx) with the features actually available on the CPU running,
1531   and reports any discrepancies.
1532   This flag will also enable errata ordering checking for ``DEBUG`` builds.
1533
1534   It is expected that this feature is only used for flexible platforms like
1535   software emulators, or for hardware platforms at bringup time, to verify
1536   that the configured feature set matches the CPU.
1537   The ``FEATURE_DETECTION`` macro is disabled by default.
1538
1539-  ``PSA_CRYPTO``: Boolean option for enabling MbedTLS PSA crypto APIs support.
1540   The platform will use PSA compliant Crypto APIs during authentication and
1541   image measurement process by enabling this option. It uses APIs defined as
1542   per the `PSA Crypto API specification`_. This feature is only supported if
1543   using MbedTLS 3.x version. It is disabled (``0``) by default.
1544
1545-  ``LFA_SUPPORT``: Boolean flag to enable support for Live Firmware
1546   activation as per the specification. This option defaults to 0.
1547
1548-  ``TRANSFER_LIST``: Setting this to ``1`` enables support for Firmware
1549   Handoff using Transfer List defined in `Firmware Handoff specification`_.
1550   This defaults to ``0``. Current implementation follows the Firmware Handoff
1551   specification v0.9.
1552
1553-  ``USE_DEBUGFS``: When set to 1 this option exposes a virtual filesystem
1554   interface through BL31 as a SiP SMC function.
1555   Default is disabled (0).
1556
1557-  ``HOB_LIST``: Setting this to ``1`` enables support for passing boot
1558   information using HOB defined in `Platform Initialization specification`_.
1559   This defaults to ``0``.
1560
1561-  ``ENABLE_ACS_SMC``: When set to ``1``, this enables support for ACS SMC
1562   handler code to handle SMC calls from the Architecture Compliance Suite. The
1563   handler is intentionally empty to reserve the SMC section and allow
1564   project-specific implementations in future ACS use cases.
1565
1566Firmware update options
1567~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1568
1569-  ``PSA_FWU_SUPPORT``: Enable the firmware update mechanism as per the
1570   `PSA FW update specification`_. The default value is 0.
1571   PSA firmware update implementation has few limitations, such as:
1572
1573   -  BL2 is not part of the protocol-updatable images. If BL2 needs to
1574      be updated, then it should be done through another platform-defined
1575      mechanism.
1576
1577   -  It assumes the platform's hardware supports CRC32 instructions.
1578
1579-  ``NR_OF_FW_BANKS``: Define the number of firmware banks. This flag is used
1580   in defining the firmware update metadata structure. This flag is by default
1581   set to '2'.
1582
1583-  ``NR_OF_IMAGES_IN_FW_BANK``: Define the number of firmware images in each
1584   firmware bank. Each firmware bank must have the same number of images as per
1585   the `PSA FW update specification`_.
1586   This flag is used in defining the firmware update metadata structure. This
1587   flag is by default set to '1'.
1588
1589- ``PSA_FWU_METADATA_FW_STORE_DESC``: To be enabled when the FWU
1590   metadata contains image description. The default value is 1.
1591
1592   The version 2 of the FWU metadata allows for an opaque metadata
1593   structure where a platform can choose to not include the firmware
1594   store description in the metadata structure. This option indicates
1595   if the firmware store description, which provides information on
1596   the updatable images is part of the structure.
1597
1598--------------
1599
1600*Copyright (c) 2019-2025, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.*
1601
1602.. _DEN0115: https://developer.arm.com/docs/den0115/latest
1603.. _PSA FW update specification: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0118/latest/
1604.. _PSA DRTM specification: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0113/a
1605.. _GCC: https://gcc.gnu.org/onlinedocs/gcc/Warning-Options.html
1606.. _Clang: https://clang.llvm.org/docs/DiagnosticsReference.html
1607.. _Firmware Handoff specification: https://github.com/FirmwareHandoff/firmware_handoff/releases/tag/v0.9
1608.. _PSA Crypto API specification: https://armmbed.github.io/mbed-crypto/html/
1609.. _Platform Initialization specification: https://uefi.org/specs/PI/1.8/index.html
1610.. _TF-A public mailing list: https://lists.trustedfirmware.org/mailman3/lists/tf-a.lists.trustedfirmware.org/
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