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1QEMU virt Armv8-A
2=================
3
4Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A) implements the EL3 firmware layer for QEMU virt
5Armv8-A. BL1 is used as the BootROM, supplied with the -bios argument.
6When QEMU starts all CPUs are released simultaneously, BL1 selects a
7primary CPU to handle the boot and the secondaries are placed in a polling
8loop to be released by normal world via PSCI.
9
10BL2 edits the Flattened Device Tree, FDT, generated by QEMU at run-time to
11add a node describing PSCI and also enable methods for the CPUs.
12
13If ``ARM_LINUX_KERNEL_AS_BL33`` is set to 1 then this FDT will be passed to BL33
14via register x0, as expected by a Linux kernel. This allows a Linux kernel image
15to be booted directly as BL33 rather than using a bootloader.
16
17An ARM64 defconfig v5.5 Linux kernel is known to boot, FDT doesn't need to be
18provided as it's generated by QEMU.
19
20Current limitations:
21
22-  Only cold boot is supported
23-  No build instructions for QEMU\_EFI.fd and rootfs-arm64.cpio.gz
24
25``QEMU_EFI.fd`` can be dowloaded from
26http://snapshots.linaro.org/components/kernel/leg-virt-tianocore-edk2-upstream/latest/QEMU-KERNEL-AARCH64/RELEASE_GCC5/QEMU_EFI.fd
27
28Booting via semi-hosting option
29-------------------------------
30
31Boot binaries, except BL1, are primarily loaded via semi-hosting so all
32binaries has to reside in the same directory as QEMU is started from. This
33is conveniently achieved with symlinks the local names as:
34
35-  ``bl2.bin`` -> BL2
36-  ``bl31.bin`` -> BL31
37-  ``bl33.bin`` -> BL33 (``QEMU_EFI.fd``)
38-  ``Image`` -> linux/arch/arm64/boot/Image
39
40To build:
41
42.. code:: shell
43
44    make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-none-elf- PLAT=qemu
45
46To start (QEMU v4.1.0):
47
48.. code:: shell
49
50    qemu-system-aarch64 -nographic -machine virt,secure=on -cpu cortex-a57  \
51        -kernel Image                           \
52        -append "console=ttyAMA0,38400 keep_bootcon root=/dev/vda2"   \
53        -initrd rootfs-arm64.cpio.gz -smp 2 -m 1024 -bios bl1.bin   \
54        -d unimp -semihosting-config enable,target=native
55
56Booting via flash based firmwares
57---------------------------------
58
59Boot firmwares are loaded via secure FLASH0 device so ``bl1.bin`` and
60``fip.bin`` should be concatenated to create a ``flash.bin`` that is flashed
61onto secure FLASH0.
62
63-  ``bl32.bin`` -> BL32 (``tee-header_v2.bin``)
64-  ``bl32_extra1.bin`` -> BL32 Extra1 (``tee-pager_v2.bin``)
65-  ``bl32_extra2.bin`` -> BL32 Extra2 (``tee-pageable_v2.bin``)
66-  ``bl33.bin`` -> BL33 (``QEMU_EFI.fd``)
67-  ``Image`` -> linux/arch/arm64/boot/Image
68
69To build:
70
71.. code:: shell
72
73    make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- PLAT=qemu BL32=bl32.bin \
74        BL32_EXTRA1=bl32_extra1.bin BL32_EXTRA2=bl32_extra2.bin \
75        BL33=bl33.bin BL32_RAM_LOCATION=tdram SPD=opteed all fip
76
77To build with TBBR enabled, BL31 and BL32 encrypted with test key:
78
79.. code:: shell
80
81    make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- PLAT=qemu BL32=bl32.bin \
82        BL32_EXTRA1=bl32_extra1.bin BL32_EXTRA2=bl32_extra2.bin \
83        BL33=bl33.bin BL32_RAM_LOCATION=tdram SPD=opteed all fip \
84        MBEDTLS_DIR=<path-to-mbedtls-repo> TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT=1 \
85        GENERATE_COT=1 DECRYPTION_SUPPORT=aes_gcm FW_ENC_STATUS=0 \
86        ENCRYPT_BL31=1 ENCRYPT_BL32=1
87
88To build flash.bin:
89
90.. code:: shell
91
92    dd if=build/qemu/release/bl1.bin of=flash.bin bs=4096 conv=notrunc
93    dd if=build/qemu/release/fip.bin of=flash.bin seek=64 bs=4096 conv=notrunc
94
95To start (QEMU v2.6.0):
96
97.. code:: shell
98
99    qemu-system-aarch64 -nographic -machine virt,secure=on -cpu cortex-a57  \
100        -kernel Image -no-acpi                     \
101        -append 'console=ttyAMA0,38400 keep_bootcon root=/dev/vda2'  \
102        -initrd rootfs-arm64.cpio.gz -smp 2 -m 1024 -bios flash.bin   \
103        -d unimp
104