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1Porting Guide
2=============
3
4Introduction
5------------
6
7Porting Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A) to a new platform involves making some
8mandatory and optional modifications for both the cold and warm boot paths.
9Modifications consist of:
10
11-  Implementing a platform-specific function or variable,
12-  Setting up the execution context in a certain way, or
13-  Defining certain constants (for example #defines).
14
15The platform-specific functions and variables are declared in
16``include/plat/common/platform.h``. The firmware provides a default
17implementation of variables and functions to fulfill the optional requirements
18in order to ease the porting effort. Each platform port can use them as is or
19provide their own implementation if the default implementation is inadequate.
20
21   .. note::
22
23      TF-A historically provided default implementations of platform interfaces
24      as *weak* functions. This practice is now discouraged and new platform
25      interfaces as they get introduced in the code base should be *strongly*
26      defined. We intend to convert existing weak functions over time. Until
27      then, you will find references to *weak* functions in this document.
28
29Please review the :ref:`Threat Model` documents as part of the porting
30effort. Some platform interfaces play a key role in mitigating against some of
31the threats. Failing to fulfill these expectations could undermine the security
32guarantees offered by TF-A. These platform responsibilities are highlighted in
33the threat assessment section, under the "`Mitigations implemented?`" box for
34each threat.
35
36Some modifications are common to all Boot Loader (BL) stages. Section 2
37discusses these in detail. The subsequent sections discuss the remaining
38modifications for each BL stage in detail.
39
40Please refer to the :ref:`Platform Ports Policy` for the policy regarding
41compatibility and deprecation of these porting interfaces.
42
43Only Arm development platforms (such as FVP and Juno) may use the
44functions/definitions in ``include/plat/arm/common/`` and the corresponding
45source files in ``plat/arm/common/``. This is done so that there are no
46dependencies between platforms maintained by different people/companies. If you
47want to use any of the functionality present in ``plat/arm`` files, please
48propose a patch that moves the code to ``plat/common`` so that it can be
49discussed.
50
51Common modifications
52--------------------
53
54This section covers the modifications that should be made by the platform for
55each BL stage to correctly port the firmware stack. They are categorized as
56either mandatory or optional.
57
58Common mandatory modifications
59------------------------------
60
61A platform port must enable the Memory Management Unit (MMU) as well as the
62instruction and data caches for each BL stage. Setting up the translation
63tables is the responsibility of the platform port because memory maps differ
64across platforms. A memory translation library (see ``lib/xlat_tables_v2/``) is
65provided to help in this setup.
66
67Note that although this library supports non-identity mappings, this is intended
68only for re-mapping peripheral physical addresses and allows platforms with high
69I/O addresses to reduce their virtual address space. All other addresses
70corresponding to code and data must currently use an identity mapping.
71
72Also, the only translation granule size supported in TF-A is 4KB, as various
73parts of the code assume that is the case. It is not possible to switch to
7416 KB or 64 KB granule sizes at the moment.
75
76In Arm standard platforms, each BL stage configures the MMU in the
77platform-specific architecture setup function, ``blX_plat_arch_setup()``, and uses
78an identity mapping for all addresses.
79
80If the build option ``USE_COHERENT_MEM`` is enabled, each platform can allocate a
81block of identity mapped secure memory with Device-nGnRE attributes aligned to
82page boundary (4K) for each BL stage. All sections which allocate coherent
83memory are grouped under ``.coherent_ram``. For ex: Bakery locks are placed in a
84section identified by name ``.bakery_lock`` inside ``.coherent_ram`` so that its
85possible for the firmware to place variables in it using the following C code
86directive:
87
88::
89
90    __section(".bakery_lock")
91
92Or alternatively the following assembler code directive:
93
94::
95
96    .section .bakery_lock
97
98The ``.coherent_ram`` section is a sum of all sections like ``.bakery_lock`` which are
99used to allocate any data structures that are accessed both when a CPU is
100executing with its MMU and caches enabled, and when it's running with its MMU
101and caches disabled. Examples are given below.
102
103The following variables, functions and constants must be defined by the platform
104for the firmware to work correctly.
105
106.. _platform_def_mandatory:
107
108File : platform_def.h [mandatory]
109~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
110
111Each platform must ensure that a header file of this name is in the system
112include path with the following constants defined. This will require updating
113the list of ``PLAT_INCLUDES`` in the ``platform.mk`` file.
114
115Platform ports may optionally use the file ``include/plat/common/common_def.h``,
116which provides typical values for some of the constants below. These values are
117likely to be suitable for all platform ports.
118
119-  **#define : PLATFORM_LINKER_FORMAT**
120
121   Defines the linker format used by the platform, for example
122   ``elf64-littleaarch64``.
123
124-  **#define : PLATFORM_LINKER_ARCH**
125
126   Defines the processor architecture for the linker by the platform, for
127   example ``aarch64``.
128
129-  **#define : PLATFORM_STACK_SIZE**
130
131   Defines the normal stack memory available to each CPU. This constant is used
132   by ``plat/common/aarch64/platform_mp_stack.S`` and
133   ``plat/common/aarch64/platform_up_stack.S``.
134
135-  **#define : CACHE_WRITEBACK_GRANULE**
136
137   Defines the size in bytes of the largest cache line across all the cache
138   levels in the platform.
139
140-  **#define : FIRMWARE_WELCOME_STR**
141
142   Defines the character string printed by BL1 upon entry into the ``bl1_main()``
143   function.
144
145-  **#define : PLATFORM_CORE_COUNT**
146
147   Defines the total number of CPUs implemented by the platform across all
148   clusters in the system.
149
150-  **#define : PLAT_NUM_PWR_DOMAINS**
151
152   Defines the total number of nodes in the power domain topology
153   tree at all the power domain levels used by the platform.
154   This macro is used by the PSCI implementation to allocate
155   data structures to represent power domain topology.
156
157-  **#define : PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL**
158
159   Defines the maximum power domain level that the power management operations
160   should apply to. More often, but not always, the power domain level
161   corresponds to affinity level. This macro allows the PSCI implementation
162   to know the highest power domain level that it should consider for power
163   management operations in the system that the platform implements. For
164   example, the Base AEM FVP implements two clusters with a configurable
165   number of CPUs and it reports the maximum power domain level as 1.
166
167-  **#define : PLAT_MAX_OFF_STATE**
168
169   Defines the local power state corresponding to the deepest power down
170   possible at every power domain level in the platform. The local power
171   states for each level may be sparsely allocated between 0 and this value
172   with 0 being reserved for the RUN state. The PSCI implementation uses this
173   value to initialize the local power states of the power domain nodes and
174   to specify the requested power state for a PSCI_CPU_OFF call.
175
176-  **#define : PLAT_MAX_RET_STATE**
177
178   Defines the local power state corresponding to the deepest retention state
179   possible at every power domain level in the platform. This macro should be
180   a value less than PLAT_MAX_OFF_STATE and greater than 0. It is used by the
181   PSCI implementation to distinguish between retention and power down local
182   power states within PSCI_CPU_SUSPEND call.
183
184-  **#define : PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL_STATES**
185
186   Defines the maximum number of local power states per power domain level
187   that the platform supports. The default value of this macro is 2 since
188   most platforms just support a maximum of two local power states at each
189   power domain level (power-down and retention). If the platform needs to
190   account for more local power states, then it must redefine this macro.
191
192   Currently, this macro is used by the Generic PSCI implementation to size
193   the array used for PSCI_STAT_COUNT/RESIDENCY accounting.
194
195-  **#define : BL1_RO_BASE**
196
197   Defines the base address in secure ROM where BL1 originally lives. Must be
198   aligned on a page-size boundary.
199
200-  **#define : BL1_RO_LIMIT**
201
202   Defines the maximum address in secure ROM that BL1's actual content (i.e.
203   excluding any data section allocated at runtime) can occupy.
204
205-  **#define : BL1_RW_BASE**
206
207   Defines the base address in secure RAM where BL1's read-write data will live
208   at runtime. Must be aligned on a page-size boundary.
209
210-  **#define : BL1_RW_LIMIT**
211
212   Defines the maximum address in secure RAM that BL1's read-write data can
213   occupy at runtime.
214
215-  **#define : BL2_BASE**
216
217   Defines the base address in secure RAM where BL1 loads the BL2 binary image.
218   Must be aligned on a page-size boundary. This constant is not applicable
219   when BL2_IN_XIP_MEM is set to '1'.
220
221-  **#define : BL2_LIMIT**
222
223   Defines the maximum address in secure RAM that the BL2 image can occupy.
224   This constant is not applicable when BL2_IN_XIP_MEM is set to '1'.
225
226-  **#define : BL2_RO_BASE**
227
228   Defines the base address in secure XIP memory where BL2 RO section originally
229   lives. Must be aligned on a page-size boundary. This constant is only needed
230   when BL2_IN_XIP_MEM is set to '1'.
231
232-  **#define : BL2_RO_LIMIT**
233
234   Defines the maximum address in secure XIP memory that BL2's actual content
235   (i.e. excluding any data section allocated at runtime) can occupy. This
236   constant is only needed when BL2_IN_XIP_MEM is set to '1'.
237
238-  **#define : BL2_RW_BASE**
239
240   Defines the base address in secure RAM where BL2's read-write data will live
241   at runtime. Must be aligned on a page-size boundary. This constant is only
242   needed when BL2_IN_XIP_MEM is set to '1'.
243
244-  **#define : BL2_RW_LIMIT**
245
246   Defines the maximum address in secure RAM that BL2's read-write data can
247   occupy at runtime. This constant is only needed when BL2_IN_XIP_MEM is set
248   to '1'.
249
250-  **#define : BL31_BASE**
251
252   Defines the base address in secure RAM where BL2 loads the BL31 binary
253   image. Must be aligned on a page-size boundary.
254
255-  **#define : BL31_LIMIT**
256
257   Defines the maximum address in secure RAM that the BL31 image can occupy.
258
259-  **#define : PLAT_RSE_COMMS_PAYLOAD_MAX_SIZE**
260
261   Defines the maximum message size between AP and RSE. Need to define if
262   platform supports RSE.
263
264For every image, the platform must define individual identifiers that will be
265used by BL1 or BL2 to load the corresponding image into memory from non-volatile
266storage. For the sake of performance, integer numbers will be used as
267identifiers. The platform will use those identifiers to return the relevant
268information about the image to be loaded (file handler, load address,
269authentication information, etc.). The following image identifiers are
270mandatory:
271
272-  **#define : BL2_IMAGE_ID**
273
274   BL2 image identifier, used by BL1 to load BL2.
275
276-  **#define : BL31_IMAGE_ID**
277
278   BL31 image identifier, used by BL2 to load BL31.
279
280-  **#define : BL33_IMAGE_ID**
281
282   BL33 image identifier, used by BL2 to load BL33.
283
284If Trusted Board Boot is enabled, the following certificate identifiers must
285also be defined:
286
287-  **#define : TRUSTED_BOOT_FW_CERT_ID**
288
289   BL2 content certificate identifier, used by BL1 to load the BL2 content
290   certificate.
291
292-  **#define : TRUSTED_KEY_CERT_ID**
293
294   Trusted key certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the trusted key
295   certificate.
296
297-  **#define : SOC_FW_KEY_CERT_ID**
298
299   BL31 key certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the BL31 key
300   certificate.
301
302-  **#define : SOC_FW_CONTENT_CERT_ID**
303
304   BL31 content certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the BL31 content
305   certificate.
306
307-  **#define : NON_TRUSTED_FW_KEY_CERT_ID**
308
309   BL33 key certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the BL33 key
310   certificate.
311
312-  **#define : NON_TRUSTED_FW_CONTENT_CERT_ID**
313
314   BL33 content certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the BL33 content
315   certificate.
316
317-  **#define : FWU_CERT_ID**
318
319   Firmware Update (FWU) certificate identifier, used by NS_BL1U to load the
320   FWU content certificate.
321
322If the AP Firmware Updater Configuration image, BL2U is used, the following
323must also be defined:
324
325-  **#define : BL2U_BASE**
326
327   Defines the base address in secure memory where BL1 copies the BL2U binary
328   image. Must be aligned on a page-size boundary.
329
330-  **#define : BL2U_LIMIT**
331
332   Defines the maximum address in secure memory that the BL2U image can occupy.
333
334-  **#define : BL2U_IMAGE_ID**
335
336   BL2U image identifier, used by BL1 to fetch an image descriptor
337   corresponding to BL2U.
338
339If the SCP Firmware Update Configuration Image, SCP_BL2U is used, the following
340must also be defined:
341
342-  **#define : SCP_BL2U_IMAGE_ID**
343
344   SCP_BL2U image identifier, used by BL1 to fetch an image descriptor
345   corresponding to SCP_BL2U.
346
347   .. note::
348      TF-A does not provide source code for this image.
349
350If the Non-Secure Firmware Updater ROM, NS_BL1U is used, the following must
351also be defined:
352
353-  **#define : NS_BL1U_BASE**
354
355   Defines the base address in non-secure ROM where NS_BL1U executes.
356   Must be aligned on a page-size boundary.
357
358   .. note::
359      TF-A does not provide source code for this image.
360
361-  **#define : NS_BL1U_IMAGE_ID**
362
363   NS_BL1U image identifier, used by BL1 to fetch an image descriptor
364   corresponding to NS_BL1U.
365
366If the Non-Secure Firmware Updater, NS_BL2U is used, the following must also
367be defined:
368
369-  **#define : NS_BL2U_BASE**
370
371   Defines the base address in non-secure memory where NS_BL2U executes.
372   Must be aligned on a page-size boundary.
373
374   .. note::
375      TF-A does not provide source code for this image.
376
377-  **#define : NS_BL2U_IMAGE_ID**
378
379   NS_BL2U image identifier, used by BL1 to fetch an image descriptor
380   corresponding to NS_BL2U.
381
382For the the Firmware update capability of TRUSTED BOARD BOOT, the following
383macros may also be defined:
384
385-  **#define : PLAT_FWU_MAX_SIMULTANEOUS_IMAGES**
386
387   Total number of images that can be loaded simultaneously. If the platform
388   doesn't specify any value, it defaults to 10.
389
390If a SCP_BL2 image is supported by the platform, the following constants must
391also be defined:
392
393-  **#define : SCP_BL2_IMAGE_ID**
394
395   SCP_BL2 image identifier, used by BL2 to load SCP_BL2 into secure memory
396   from platform storage before being transferred to the SCP.
397
398-  **#define : SCP_FW_KEY_CERT_ID**
399
400   SCP_BL2 key certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the SCP_BL2 key
401   certificate (mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled).
402
403-  **#define : SCP_FW_CONTENT_CERT_ID**
404
405   SCP_BL2 content certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the SCP_BL2
406   content certificate (mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled).
407
408If a BL32 image is supported by the platform, the following constants must
409also be defined:
410
411-  **#define : BL32_IMAGE_ID**
412
413   BL32 image identifier, used by BL2 to load BL32.
414
415-  **#define : TRUSTED_OS_FW_KEY_CERT_ID**
416
417   BL32 key certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the BL32 key
418   certificate (mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled).
419
420-  **#define : TRUSTED_OS_FW_CONTENT_CERT_ID**
421
422   BL32 content certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the BL32 content
423   certificate (mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled).
424
425-  **#define : BL32_BASE**
426
427   Defines the base address in secure memory where BL2 loads the BL32 binary
428   image. Must be aligned on a page-size boundary.
429
430-  **#define : BL32_LIMIT**
431
432   Defines the maximum address that the BL32 image can occupy.
433
434If the Test Secure-EL1 Payload (TSP) instantiation of BL32 is supported by the
435platform, the following constants must also be defined:
436
437-  **#define : TSP_SEC_MEM_BASE**
438
439   Defines the base address of the secure memory used by the TSP image on the
440   platform. This must be at the same address or below ``BL32_BASE``.
441
442-  **#define : TSP_SEC_MEM_SIZE**
443
444   Defines the size of the secure memory used by the BL32 image on the
445   platform. ``TSP_SEC_MEM_BASE`` and ``TSP_SEC_MEM_SIZE`` must fully
446   accommodate the memory required by the BL32 image, defined by ``BL32_BASE``
447   and ``BL32_LIMIT``.
448
449-  **#define : TSP_IRQ_SEC_PHY_TIMER**
450
451   Defines the ID of the secure physical generic timer interrupt used by the
452   TSP's interrupt handling code.
453
454If the platform port uses the translation table library code, the following
455constants must also be defined:
456
457-  **#define : PLAT_XLAT_TABLES_DYNAMIC**
458
459   Optional flag that can be set per-image to enable the dynamic allocation of
460   regions even when the MMU is enabled. If not defined, only static
461   functionality will be available, if defined and set to 1 it will also
462   include the dynamic functionality.
463
464-  **#define : MAX_XLAT_TABLES**
465
466   Defines the maximum number of translation tables that are allocated by the
467   translation table library code. To minimize the amount of runtime memory
468   used, choose the smallest value needed to map the required virtual addresses
469   for each BL stage. If ``PLAT_XLAT_TABLES_DYNAMIC`` flag is enabled for a BL
470   image, ``MAX_XLAT_TABLES`` must be defined to accommodate the dynamic regions
471   as well.
472
473-  **#define : MAX_MMAP_REGIONS**
474
475   Defines the maximum number of regions that are allocated by the translation
476   table library code. A region consists of physical base address, virtual base
477   address, size and attributes (Device/Memory, RO/RW, Secure/Non-Secure), as
478   defined in the ``mmap_region_t`` structure. The platform defines the regions
479   that should be mapped. Then, the translation table library will create the
480   corresponding tables and descriptors at runtime. To minimize the amount of
481   runtime memory used, choose the smallest value needed to register the
482   required regions for each BL stage. If ``PLAT_XLAT_TABLES_DYNAMIC`` flag is
483   enabled for a BL image, ``MAX_MMAP_REGIONS`` must be defined to accommodate
484   the dynamic regions as well.
485
486-  **#define : PLAT_VIRT_ADDR_SPACE_SIZE**
487
488   Defines the total size of the virtual address space in bytes. For example,
489   for a 32 bit virtual address space, this value should be ``(1ULL << 32)``.
490
491-  **#define : PLAT_PHY_ADDR_SPACE_SIZE**
492
493   Defines the total size of the physical address space in bytes. For example,
494   for a 32 bit physical address space, this value should be ``(1ULL << 32)``.
495
496If the platform port uses the IO storage framework, the following constants
497must also be defined:
498
499-  **#define : MAX_IO_DEVICES**
500
501   Defines the maximum number of registered IO devices. Attempting to register
502   more devices than this value using ``io_register_device()`` will fail with
503   -ENOMEM.
504
505-  **#define : MAX_IO_HANDLES**
506
507   Defines the maximum number of open IO handles. Attempting to open more IO
508   entities than this value using ``io_open()`` will fail with -ENOMEM.
509
510-  **#define : MAX_IO_BLOCK_DEVICES**
511
512   Defines the maximum number of registered IO block devices. Attempting to
513   register more devices this value using ``io_dev_open()`` will fail
514   with -ENOMEM. MAX_IO_BLOCK_DEVICES should be less than MAX_IO_DEVICES.
515   With this macro, multiple block devices could be supported at the same
516   time.
517
518If the platform needs to allocate data within the per-cpu data framework in
519BL31, it should define the following macro. Currently this is only required if
520the platform decides not to use the coherent memory section by undefining the
521``USE_COHERENT_MEM`` build flag. In this case, the framework allocates the
522required memory within the the per-cpu data to minimize wastage.
523
524-  **#define : PLAT_PCPU_DATA_SIZE**
525
526   Defines the memory (in bytes) to be reserved within the per-cpu data
527   structure for use by the platform layer.
528
529The following constants are optional. They should be defined when the platform
530memory layout implies some image overlaying like in Arm standard platforms.
531
532-  **#define : BL31_PROGBITS_LIMIT**
533
534   Defines the maximum address in secure RAM that the BL31's progbits sections
535   can occupy.
536
537-  **#define : TSP_PROGBITS_LIMIT**
538
539   Defines the maximum address that the TSP's progbits sections can occupy.
540
541If the platform supports OS-initiated mode, i.e. the build option
542``PSCI_OS_INIT_MODE`` is enabled, and if the platform's maximum power domain
543level for PSCI_CPU_SUSPEND differs from ``PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL``, the following
544constant must be defined.
545
546-  **#define : PLAT_MAX_CPU_SUSPEND_PWR_LVL**
547
548   Defines the maximum power domain level that PSCI_CPU_SUSPEND should apply to.
549
550If the platform port uses the PL061 GPIO driver, the following constant may
551optionally be defined:
552
553-  **PLAT_PL061_MAX_GPIOS**
554   Maximum number of GPIOs required by the platform. This allows control how
555   much memory is allocated for PL061 GPIO controllers. The default value is
556
557   #. $(eval $(call add_define,PLAT_PL061_MAX_GPIOS))
558
559If the platform port uses the partition driver, the following constant may
560optionally be defined:
561
562-  **PLAT_PARTITION_MAX_ENTRIES**
563   Maximum number of partition entries required by the platform. This allows
564   control how much memory is allocated for partition entries. The default
565   value is 128.
566   For example, define the build flag in ``platform.mk``:
567   PLAT_PARTITION_MAX_ENTRIES := 12
568   $(eval $(call add_define,PLAT_PARTITION_MAX_ENTRIES))
569
570-  **PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE**
571   The size of partition block. It could be either 512 bytes or 4096 bytes.
572   The default value is 512.
573   For example, define the build flag in ``platform.mk``:
574   PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE := 4096
575   $(eval $(call add_define,PLAT_PARTITION_BLOCK_SIZE))
576
577If the platform port uses the Arm® Ethos™-N NPU driver, the following
578configuration must be performed:
579
580- The NPU SiP service handler must be hooked up. This consists of both the
581  initial setup (``ethosn_smc_setup``) and the handler itself
582  (``ethosn_smc_handler``)
583
584If the platform port uses the Arm® Ethos™-N NPU driver with TZMP1 support
585enabled, the following constants and configuration must also be defined:
586
587- **ETHOSN_NPU_PROT_FW_NSAID**
588
589  Defines the Non-secure Access IDentity (NSAID) that the NPU shall use to
590  access the protected memory that contains the NPU's firmware.
591
592- **ETHOSN_NPU_PROT_DATA_RW_NSAID**
593
594  Defines the Non-secure Access IDentity (NSAID) that the NPU shall use for
595  read/write access to the protected memory that contains inference data.
596
597- **ETHOSN_NPU_PROT_DATA_RO_NSAID**
598
599  Defines the Non-secure Access IDentity (NSAID) that the NPU shall use for
600  read-only access to the protected memory that contains inference data.
601
602- **ETHOSN_NPU_NS_RW_DATA_NSAID**
603
604  Defines the Non-secure Access IDentity (NSAID) that the NPU shall use for
605  read/write access to the non-protected memory.
606
607- **ETHOSN_NPU_NS_RO_DATA_NSAID**
608
609  Defines the Non-secure Access IDentity (NSAID) that the NPU shall use for
610  read-only access to the non-protected memory.
611
612- **ETHOSN_NPU_FW_IMAGE_BASE** and **ETHOSN_NPU_FW_IMAGE_LIMIT**
613
614  Defines the physical address range that the NPU's firmware will be loaded
615  into and executed from.
616
617- Configure the platforms TrustZone Controller (TZC) with appropriate regions
618  of protected memory. At minimum this must include a region for the NPU's
619  firmware code and a region for protected inference data, and these must be
620  accessible using the NSAIDs defined above.
621
622- Include the NPU firmware and certificates in the FIP.
623
624- Provide FCONF entries to configure the image source for the NPU firmware
625  and certificates.
626
627- Add MMU mappings such that:
628
629 - BL2 can write the NPU firmware into the region defined by
630   ``ETHOSN_NPU_FW_IMAGE_BASE`` and ``ETHOSN_NPU_FW_IMAGE_LIMIT``
631 - BL31 (SiP service) can read the NPU firmware from the same region
632
633- Add the firmware image ID ``ETHOSN_NPU_FW_IMAGE_ID`` to the list of images
634  loaded by BL2.
635
636Please see the reference implementation code for the Juno platform as an example.
637
638
639The following constant is optional. It should be defined to override the default
640behaviour of the ``assert()`` function (for example, to save memory).
641
642-  **PLAT_LOG_LEVEL_ASSERT**
643   If ``PLAT_LOG_LEVEL_ASSERT`` is higher or equal than ``LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE``,
644   ``assert()`` prints the name of the file, the line number and the asserted
645   expression. Else if it is higher than ``LOG_LEVEL_INFO``, it prints the file
646   name and the line number. Else if it is lower than ``LOG_LEVEL_INFO``, it
647   doesn't print anything to the console. If ``PLAT_LOG_LEVEL_ASSERT`` isn't
648   defined, it defaults to ``LOG_LEVEL``.
649
650If the platform port uses the DRTM feature, the following constants must be
651defined:
652
653-  **#define : PLAT_DRTM_EVENT_LOG_MAX_SIZE**
654
655   Maximum Event Log size used by the platform. Platform can decide the maximum
656   size of the Event Log buffer, depending upon the highest hash algorithm
657   chosen and the number of components selected to measure during the DRTM
658   execution flow.
659
660-  **#define : PLAT_DRTM_MMAP_ENTRIES**
661
662   Number of the MMAP entries used by the DRTM implementation to calculate the
663   size of address map region of the platform.
664
665File : plat_macros.S [mandatory]
666~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
667
668Each platform must ensure a file of this name is in the system include path with
669the following macro defined. In the Arm development platforms, this file is
670found in ``plat/arm/board/<plat_name>/include/plat_macros.S``.
671
672-  **Macro : plat_crash_print_regs**
673
674   This macro allows the crash reporting routine to print relevant platform
675   registers in case of an unhandled exception in BL31. This aids in debugging
676   and this macro can be defined to be empty in case register reporting is not
677   desired.
678
679   For instance, GIC or interconnect registers may be helpful for
680   troubleshooting.
681
682Handling Reset
683--------------
684
685BL1 by default implements the reset vector where execution starts from a cold
686or warm boot. BL31 can be optionally set as a reset vector using the
687``RESET_TO_BL31`` make variable.
688
689For each CPU, the reset vector code is responsible for the following tasks:
690
691#. Distinguishing between a cold boot and a warm boot.
692
693#. In the case of a cold boot and the CPU being a secondary CPU, ensuring that
694   the CPU is placed in a platform-specific state until the primary CPU
695   performs the necessary steps to remove it from this state.
696
697#. In the case of a warm boot, ensuring that the CPU jumps to a platform-
698   specific address in the BL31 image in the same processor mode as it was
699   when released from reset.
700
701The following functions need to be implemented by the platform port to enable
702reset vector code to perform the above tasks.
703
704Function : plat_get_my_entrypoint() [mandatory when PROGRAMMABLE_RESET_ADDRESS == 0]
705~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
706
707::
708
709    Argument : void
710    Return   : uintptr_t
711
712This function is called with the MMU and caches disabled
713(``SCTLR_EL3.M`` = 0 and ``SCTLR_EL3.C`` = 0). The function is responsible for
714distinguishing between a warm and cold reset for the current CPU using
715platform-specific means. If it's a warm reset, then it returns the warm
716reset entrypoint point provided to ``plat_setup_psci_ops()`` during
717BL31 initialization. If it's a cold reset then this function must return zero.
718
719This function does not follow the Procedure Call Standard used by the
720Application Binary Interface for the Arm 64-bit architecture. The caller should
721not assume that callee saved registers are preserved across a call to this
722function.
723
724This function fulfills requirement 1 and 3 listed above.
725
726Note that for platforms that support programming the reset address, it is
727expected that a CPU will start executing code directly at the right address,
728both on a cold and warm reset. In this case, there is no need to identify the
729type of reset nor to query the warm reset entrypoint. Therefore, implementing
730this function is not required on such platforms.
731
732Function : plat_secondary_cold_boot_setup() [mandatory when COLD_BOOT_SINGLE_CPU == 0]
733~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
734
735::
736
737    Argument : void
738
739This function is called with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is responsible
740for placing the executing secondary CPU in a platform-specific state until the
741primary CPU performs the necessary actions to bring it out of that state and
742allow entry into the OS. This function must not return.
743
744In the Arm FVP port, when using the normal boot flow, each secondary CPU powers
745itself off. The primary CPU is responsible for powering up the secondary CPUs
746when normal world software requires them. When booting an EL3 payload instead,
747they stay powered on and are put in a holding pen until their mailbox gets
748populated.
749
750This function fulfills requirement 2 above.
751
752Note that for platforms that can't release secondary CPUs out of reset, only the
753primary CPU will execute the cold boot code. Therefore, implementing this
754function is not required on such platforms.
755
756Function : plat_is_my_cpu_primary() [mandatory when COLD_BOOT_SINGLE_CPU == 0]
757~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
758
759::
760
761    Argument : void
762    Return   : unsigned int
763
764This function identifies whether the current CPU is the primary CPU or a
765secondary CPU. A return value of zero indicates that the CPU is not the
766primary CPU, while a non-zero return value indicates that the CPU is the
767primary CPU.
768
769Note that for platforms that can't release secondary CPUs out of reset, only the
770primary CPU will execute the cold boot code. Therefore, there is no need to
771distinguish between primary and secondary CPUs and implementing this function is
772not required.
773
774Function : platform_mem_init() [mandatory]
775~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
776
777::
778
779    Argument : void
780    Return   : void
781
782This function is called before any access to data is made by the firmware, in
783order to carry out any essential memory initialization.
784
785Function: plat_get_rotpk_info()
786~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
787
788::
789
790    Argument : void *, void **, unsigned int *, unsigned int *
791    Return   : int
792
793This function is mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled. It returns a
794pointer to the ROTPK stored in the platform (or a hash of it) and its length.
795The ROTPK must be encoded in DER format according to the following ASN.1
796structure:
797
798::
799
800    AlgorithmIdentifier  ::=  SEQUENCE  {
801        algorithm         OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
802        parameters        ANY DEFINED BY algorithm OPTIONAL
803    }
804
805    SubjectPublicKeyInfo  ::=  SEQUENCE  {
806        algorithm         AlgorithmIdentifier,
807        subjectPublicKey  BIT STRING
808    }
809
810In case the function returns a hash of the key:
811
812::
813
814    DigestInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
815        digestAlgorithm   AlgorithmIdentifier,
816        digest            OCTET STRING
817    }
818
819The function returns 0 on success. Any other value is treated as error by the
820Trusted Board Boot. The function also reports extra information related
821to the ROTPK in the flags parameter:
822
823::
824
825    ROTPK_IS_HASH      : Indicates that the ROTPK returned by the platform is a
826                         hash.
827    ROTPK_NOT_DEPLOYED : This allows the platform to skip certificate ROTPK
828                         verification while the platform ROTPK is not deployed.
829                         When this flag is set, the function does not need to
830                         return a platform ROTPK, and the authentication
831                         framework uses the ROTPK in the certificate without
832                         verifying it against the platform value. This flag
833                         must not be used in a deployed production environment.
834
835Function: plat_get_nv_ctr()
836~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
837
838::
839
840    Argument : void *, unsigned int *
841    Return   : int
842
843This function is mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled. It returns the
844non-volatile counter value stored in the platform in the second argument. The
845cookie in the first argument may be used to select the counter in case the
846platform provides more than one (for example, on platforms that use the default
847TBBR CoT, the cookie will correspond to the OID values defined in
848TRUSTED_FW_NVCOUNTER_OID or NON_TRUSTED_FW_NVCOUNTER_OID).
849
850The function returns 0 on success. Any other value means the counter value could
851not be retrieved from the platform.
852
853Function: plat_set_nv_ctr()
854~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
855
856::
857
858    Argument : void *, unsigned int
859    Return   : int
860
861This function is mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled. It sets a new
862counter value in the platform. The cookie in the first argument may be used to
863select the counter (as explained in plat_get_nv_ctr()). The second argument is
864the updated counter value to be written to the NV counter.
865
866The function returns 0 on success. Any other value means the counter value could
867not be updated.
868
869Function: plat_set_nv_ctr2()
870~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
871
872::
873
874    Argument : void *, const auth_img_desc_t *, unsigned int
875    Return   : int
876
877This function is optional when Trusted Board Boot is enabled. If this
878interface is defined, then ``plat_set_nv_ctr()`` need not be defined. The
879first argument passed is a cookie and is typically used to
880differentiate between a Non Trusted NV Counter and a Trusted NV
881Counter. The second argument is a pointer to an authentication image
882descriptor and may be used to decide if the counter is allowed to be
883updated or not. The third argument is the updated counter value to
884be written to the NV counter.
885
886The function returns 0 on success. Any other value means the counter value
887either could not be updated or the authentication image descriptor indicates
888that it is not allowed to be updated.
889
890Dynamic Root of Trust for Measurement support (in BL31)
891-------------------------------------------------------
892
893The functions mentioned in this section are mandatory, when platform enables
894DRTM_SUPPORT build flag.
895
896Function : plat_get_addr_mmap()
897~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
898
899::
900
901    Argument : void
902    Return   : const mmap_region_t *
903
904This function is used to return the address of the platform *address-map* table,
905which describes the regions of normal memory, memory mapped I/O
906and non-volatile memory.
907
908Function : plat_has_non_host_platforms()
909~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
910
911::
912
913    Argument : void
914    Return   : bool
915
916This function returns *true* if the platform has any trusted devices capable of
917DMA, otherwise returns *false*.
918
919Function : plat_has_unmanaged_dma_peripherals()
920~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
921
922::
923
924    Argument : void
925    Return   : bool
926
927This function returns *true* if platform uses peripherals whose DMA is not
928managed by an SMMU, otherwise returns *false*.
929
930Note -
931If the platform has peripherals that are not managed by the SMMU, then the
932platform should investigate such peripherals to determine whether they can
933be trusted, and such peripherals should be moved under "Non-host platforms"
934if they can be trusted.
935
936Function : plat_get_total_num_smmus()
937~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
938
939::
940
941    Argument : void
942    Return   : unsigned int
943
944This function returns the total number of SMMUs in the platform.
945
946Function : plat_enumerate_smmus()
947~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
948::
949
950
951    Argument : void
952    Return   : const uintptr_t *, size_t
953
954This function returns an array of SMMU addresses and the actual number of SMMUs
955reported by the platform.
956
957Function : plat_drtm_get_dma_prot_features()
958~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
959
960::
961
962    Argument : void
963    Return   : const plat_drtm_dma_prot_features_t*
964
965This function returns the address of plat_drtm_dma_prot_features_t structure
966containing the maximum number of protected regions and bitmap with the types
967of DMA protection supported by the platform.
968For more details see section 3.3 Table 6 of `DRTM`_ specification.
969
970Function : plat_drtm_dma_prot_get_max_table_bytes()
971~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
972
973::
974
975    Argument : void
976    Return   : uint64_t
977
978This function returns the maximum size of DMA protected regions table in
979bytes.
980
981Function : plat_drtm_get_tpm_features()
982~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
983
984::
985
986    Argument : void
987    Return   : const plat_drtm_tpm_features_t*
988
989This function returns the address of *plat_drtm_tpm_features_t* structure
990containing PCR usage schema, TPM-based hash, and firmware hash algorithm
991supported by the platform.
992
993Function : plat_drtm_get_min_size_normal_world_dce()
994~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
995
996::
997
998    Argument : void
999    Return   : uint64_t
1000
1001This function returns the size normal-world DCE of the platform.
1002
1003Function : plat_drtm_get_imp_def_dlme_region_size()
1004~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1005
1006::
1007
1008    Argument : void
1009    Return   : uint64_t
1010
1011This function returns the size of implementation defined DLME region
1012of the platform.
1013
1014Function : plat_drtm_get_tcb_hash_table_size()
1015~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1016
1017::
1018
1019    Argument : void
1020    Return   : uint64_t
1021
1022This function returns the size of TCB hash table of the platform.
1023
1024Function : plat_drtm_get_acpi_tables_region_size()
1025~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1026
1027::
1028
1029    Argument : void
1030    Return   : uint64_t
1031
1032This function returns the size of ACPI tables region of the platform.
1033
1034Function : plat_drtm_get_tcb_hash_features()
1035~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1036
1037::
1038
1039    Argument : void
1040    Return   : uint64_t
1041
1042This function returns the Maximum number of TCB hashes recorded by the
1043platform.
1044For more details see section 3.3 Table 6 of `DRTM`_ specification.
1045
1046Function : plat_drtm_get_dlme_img_auth_features()
1047~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1048
1049::
1050
1051    Argument : void
1052    Return   : uint64_t
1053
1054This function returns the DLME image authentication features.
1055For more details see section 3.3 Table 6 of `DRTM`_ specification.
1056
1057Function : plat_drtm_validate_ns_region()
1058~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1059
1060::
1061
1062    Argument : uintptr_t, uintptr_t
1063    Return   : int
1064
1065This function validates that given region is within the Non-Secure region
1066of DRAM. This function takes a region start address and size an input
1067arguments, and returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.
1068
1069Function : plat_set_drtm_error()
1070~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1071
1072::
1073
1074    Argument : uint64_t
1075    Return   : int
1076
1077This function writes a 64 bit error code received as input into
1078non-volatile storage and returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.
1079
1080Function : plat_get_drtm_error()
1081~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1082
1083::
1084
1085    Argument : uint64_t*
1086    Return   : int
1087
1088This function reads a 64 bit error code from the non-volatile storage
1089into the received address, and returns 0 on success and -1 on failure.
1090
1091Common mandatory function modifications
1092---------------------------------------
1093
1094The following functions are mandatory functions which need to be implemented
1095by the platform port.
1096
1097Function : plat_my_core_pos()
1098~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1099
1100::
1101
1102    Argument : void
1103    Return   : unsigned int
1104
1105This function returns the index of the calling CPU which is used as a
1106CPU-specific linear index into blocks of memory (for example while allocating
1107per-CPU stacks). This function will be invoked very early in the
1108initialization sequence which mandates that this function should be
1109implemented in assembly and should not rely on the availability of a C
1110runtime environment. This function can clobber x0 - x8 and must preserve
1111x9 - x29.
1112
1113This function plays a crucial role in the power domain topology framework in
1114PSCI and details of this can be found in
1115:ref:`PSCI Power Domain Tree Structure`.
1116
1117Function : plat_core_pos_by_mpidr()
1118~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1119
1120::
1121
1122    Argument : u_register_t
1123    Return   : int
1124
1125This function validates the ``MPIDR`` of a CPU and converts it to an index,
1126which can be used as a CPU-specific linear index into blocks of memory. In
1127case the ``MPIDR`` is invalid, this function returns -1. This function will only
1128be invoked by BL31 after the power domain topology is initialized and can
1129utilize the C runtime environment. For further details about how TF-A
1130represents the power domain topology and how this relates to the linear CPU
1131index, please refer :ref:`PSCI Power Domain Tree Structure`.
1132
1133Function : plat_get_mbedtls_heap() [when TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT == 1]
1134~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1135
1136::
1137
1138    Arguments : void **heap_addr, size_t *heap_size
1139    Return    : int
1140
1141This function is invoked during Mbed TLS library initialisation to get a heap,
1142by means of a starting address and a size. This heap will then be used
1143internally by the Mbed TLS library. Hence, each BL stage that utilises Mbed TLS
1144must be able to provide a heap to it.
1145
1146A helper function can be found in `drivers/auth/mbedtls/mbedtls_common.c` in
1147which a heap is statically reserved during compile time inside every image
1148(i.e. every BL stage) that utilises Mbed TLS. In this default implementation,
1149the function simply returns the address and size of this "pre-allocated" heap.
1150For a platform to use this default implementation, only a call to the helper
1151from inside plat_get_mbedtls_heap() body is enough and nothing else is needed.
1152
1153However, by writting their own implementation, platforms have the potential to
1154optimise memory usage. For example, on some Arm platforms, the Mbed TLS heap is
1155shared between BL1 and BL2 stages and, thus, the necessary space is not reserved
1156twice.
1157
1158On success the function should return 0 and a negative error code otherwise.
1159
1160Function : plat_get_enc_key_info() [when FW_ENC_STATUS == 0 or 1]
1161~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1162
1163::
1164
1165    Arguments : enum fw_enc_status_t fw_enc_status, uint8_t *key,
1166                size_t *key_len, unsigned int *flags, const uint8_t *img_id,
1167                size_t img_id_len
1168    Return    : int
1169
1170This function provides a symmetric key (either SSK or BSSK depending on
1171fw_enc_status) which is invoked during runtime decryption of encrypted
1172firmware images. `plat/common/plat_bl_common.c` provides a dummy weak
1173implementation for testing purposes which must be overridden by the platform
1174trying to implement a real world firmware encryption use-case.
1175
1176It also allows the platform to pass symmetric key identifier rather than
1177actual symmetric key which is useful in cases where the crypto backend provides
1178secure storage for the symmetric key. So in this case ``ENC_KEY_IS_IDENTIFIER``
1179flag must be set in ``flags``.
1180
1181In addition to above a platform may also choose to provide an image specific
1182symmetric key/identifier using img_id.
1183
1184On success the function should return 0 and a negative error code otherwise.
1185
1186Note that this API depends on ``DECRYPTION_SUPPORT`` build flag.
1187
1188Function : plat_fwu_set_images_source() [when PSA_FWU_SUPPORT == 1]
1189~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1190
1191::
1192
1193    Argument : const struct fwu_metadata *metadata
1194    Return   : void
1195
1196This function is mandatory when PSA_FWU_SUPPORT is enabled.
1197It provides a means to retrieve image specification (offset in
1198non-volatile storage and length) of active/updated images using the passed
1199FWU metadata, and update I/O policies of active/updated images using retrieved
1200image specification information.
1201Further I/O layer operations such as I/O open, I/O read, etc. on these
1202images rely on this function call.
1203
1204In Arm platforms, this function is used to set an I/O policy of the FIP image,
1205container of all active/updated secure and non-secure images.
1206
1207Function : plat_fwu_set_metadata_image_source() [when PSA_FWU_SUPPORT == 1]
1208~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1209
1210::
1211
1212    Argument : unsigned int image_id, uintptr_t *dev_handle,
1213               uintptr_t *image_spec
1214    Return   : int
1215
1216This function is mandatory when PSA_FWU_SUPPORT is enabled. It is
1217responsible for setting up the platform I/O policy of the requested metadata
1218image (either FWU_METADATA_IMAGE_ID or BKUP_FWU_METADATA_IMAGE_ID) that will
1219be used to load this image from the platform's non-volatile storage.
1220
1221FWU metadata can not be always stored as a raw image in non-volatile storage
1222to define its image specification (offset in non-volatile storage and length)
1223statically in I/O policy.
1224For example, the FWU metadata image is stored as a partition inside the GUID
1225partition table image. Its specification is defined in the partition table
1226that needs to be parsed dynamically.
1227This function provides a means to retrieve such dynamic information to set
1228the I/O policy of the FWU metadata image.
1229Further I/O layer operations such as I/O open, I/O read, etc. on FWU metadata
1230image relies on this function call.
1231
1232It returns '0' on success, otherwise a negative error value on error.
1233Alongside, returns device handle and image specification from the I/O policy
1234of the requested FWU metadata image.
1235
1236Function : plat_fwu_get_boot_idx() [when PSA_FWU_SUPPORT == 1]
1237~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1238
1239::
1240
1241    Argument : void
1242    Return   : uint32_t
1243
1244This function is mandatory when PSA_FWU_SUPPORT is enabled. It provides the
1245means to retrieve the boot index value from the platform. The boot index is the
1246bank from which the platform has booted the firmware images.
1247
1248By default, the platform will read the metadata structure and try to boot from
1249the active bank. If the platform fails to boot from the active bank due to
1250reasons like an Authentication failure, or on crossing a set number of watchdog
1251resets while booting from the active bank, the platform can then switch to boot
1252from a different bank. This function then returns the bank that the platform
1253should boot its images from.
1254
1255Common optional modifications
1256-----------------------------
1257
1258The following are helper functions implemented by the firmware that perform
1259common platform-specific tasks. A platform may choose to override these
1260definitions.
1261
1262Function : plat_set_my_stack()
1263~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1264
1265::
1266
1267    Argument : void
1268    Return   : void
1269
1270This function sets the current stack pointer to the normal memory stack that
1271has been allocated for the current CPU. For BL images that only require a
1272stack for the primary CPU, the UP version of the function is used. The size
1273of the stack allocated to each CPU is specified by the platform defined
1274constant ``PLATFORM_STACK_SIZE``.
1275
1276Common implementations of this function for the UP and MP BL images are
1277provided in ``plat/common/aarch64/platform_up_stack.S`` and
1278``plat/common/aarch64/platform_mp_stack.S``
1279
1280Function : plat_get_my_stack()
1281~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1282
1283::
1284
1285    Argument : void
1286    Return   : uintptr_t
1287
1288This function returns the base address of the normal memory stack that
1289has been allocated for the current CPU. For BL images that only require a
1290stack for the primary CPU, the UP version of the function is used. The size
1291of the stack allocated to each CPU is specified by the platform defined
1292constant ``PLATFORM_STACK_SIZE``.
1293
1294Common implementations of this function for the UP and MP BL images are
1295provided in ``plat/common/aarch64/platform_up_stack.S`` and
1296``plat/common/aarch64/platform_mp_stack.S``
1297
1298Function : plat_report_exception()
1299~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1300
1301::
1302
1303    Argument : unsigned int
1304    Return   : void
1305
1306A platform may need to report various information about its status when an
1307exception is taken, for example the current exception level, the CPU security
1308state (secure/non-secure), the exception type, and so on. This function is
1309called in the following circumstances:
1310
1311-  In BL1, whenever an exception is taken.
1312-  In BL2, whenever an exception is taken.
1313
1314The default implementation doesn't do anything, to avoid making assumptions
1315about the way the platform displays its status information.
1316
1317For AArch64, this function receives the exception type as its argument.
1318Possible values for exceptions types are listed in the
1319``include/common/bl_common.h`` header file. Note that these constants are not
1320related to any architectural exception code; they are just a TF-A convention.
1321
1322For AArch32, this function receives the exception mode as its argument.
1323Possible values for exception modes are listed in the
1324``include/lib/aarch32/arch.h`` header file.
1325
1326Function : plat_reset_handler()
1327~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1328
1329::
1330
1331    Argument : void
1332    Return   : void
1333
1334A platform may need to do additional initialization after reset. This function
1335allows the platform to do the platform specific initializations. Platform
1336specific errata workarounds could also be implemented here. The API should
1337preserve the values of callee saved registers x19 to x29.
1338
1339The default implementation doesn't do anything. If a platform needs to override
1340the default implementation, refer to the :ref:`Firmware Design` for general
1341guidelines.
1342
1343Function : plat_disable_acp()
1344~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1345
1346::
1347
1348    Argument : void
1349    Return   : void
1350
1351This API allows a platform to disable the Accelerator Coherency Port (if
1352present) during a cluster power down sequence. The default weak implementation
1353doesn't do anything. Since this API is called during the power down sequence,
1354it has restrictions for stack usage and it can use the registers x0 - x17 as
1355scratch registers. It should preserve the value in x18 register as it is used
1356by the caller to store the return address.
1357
1358Function : plat_error_handler()
1359~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1360
1361::
1362
1363    Argument : int
1364    Return   : void
1365
1366This API is called when the generic code encounters an error situation from
1367which it cannot continue. It allows the platform to perform error reporting or
1368recovery actions (for example, reset the system). This function must not return.
1369
1370The parameter indicates the type of error using standard codes from ``errno.h``.
1371Possible errors reported by the generic code are:
1372
1373-  ``-EAUTH``: a certificate or image could not be authenticated (when Trusted
1374   Board Boot is enabled)
1375-  ``-ENOENT``: the requested image or certificate could not be found or an IO
1376   error was detected
1377-  ``-ENOMEM``: resources exhausted. TF-A does not use dynamic memory, so this
1378   error is usually an indication of an incorrect array size
1379
1380The default implementation simply spins.
1381
1382Function : plat_panic_handler()
1383~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1384
1385::
1386
1387    Argument : void
1388    Return   : void
1389
1390This API is called when the generic code encounters an unexpected error
1391situation from which it cannot recover. This function must not return,
1392and must be implemented in assembly because it may be called before the C
1393environment is initialized.
1394
1395.. note::
1396   The address from where it was called is stored in x30 (Link Register).
1397   The default implementation simply spins.
1398
1399Function : plat_system_reset()
1400~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1401
1402::
1403
1404    Argument : void
1405    Return   : void
1406
1407This function is used by the platform to resets the system. It can be used
1408in any specific use-case where system needs to be resetted. For example,
1409in case of DRTM implementation this function reset the system after
1410writing the DRTM error code in the non-volatile storage. This function
1411never returns. Failure in reset results in panic.
1412
1413Function : plat_get_bl_image_load_info()
1414~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1415
1416::
1417
1418    Argument : void
1419    Return   : bl_load_info_t *
1420
1421This function returns pointer to the list of images that the platform has
1422populated to load. This function is invoked in BL2 to load the
1423BL3xx images.
1424
1425Function : plat_get_next_bl_params()
1426~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1427
1428::
1429
1430    Argument : void
1431    Return   : bl_params_t *
1432
1433This function returns a pointer to the shared memory that the platform has
1434kept aside to pass TF-A related information that next BL image needs. This
1435function is invoked in BL2 to pass this information to the next BL
1436image.
1437
1438Function : plat_get_stack_protector_canary()
1439~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1440
1441::
1442
1443    Argument : void
1444    Return   : u_register_t
1445
1446This function returns a random value that is used to initialize the canary used
1447when the stack protector is enabled with ENABLE_STACK_PROTECTOR. A predictable
1448value will weaken the protection as the attacker could easily write the right
1449value as part of the attack most of the time. Therefore, it should return a
1450true random number.
1451
1452.. warning::
1453   For the protection to be effective, the global data need to be placed at
1454   a lower address than the stack bases. Failure to do so would allow an
1455   attacker to overwrite the canary as part of the stack buffer overflow attack.
1456
1457Function : plat_flush_next_bl_params()
1458~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1459
1460::
1461
1462    Argument : void
1463    Return   : void
1464
1465This function flushes to main memory all the image params that are passed to
1466next image. This function is invoked in BL2 to flush this information
1467to the next BL image.
1468
1469Function : plat_log_get_prefix()
1470~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1471
1472::
1473
1474    Argument : unsigned int
1475    Return   : const char *
1476
1477This function defines the prefix string corresponding to the `log_level` to be
1478prepended to all the log output from TF-A. The `log_level` (argument) will
1479correspond to one of the standard log levels defined in debug.h. The platform
1480can override the common implementation to define a different prefix string for
1481the log output. The implementation should be robust to future changes that
1482increase the number of log levels.
1483
1484Function : plat_get_soc_version()
1485~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1486
1487::
1488
1489    Argument : void
1490    Return   : int32_t
1491
1492This function returns soc version which mainly consist of below fields
1493
1494::
1495
1496    soc_version[30:24] = JEP-106 continuation code for the SiP
1497    soc_version[23:16] = JEP-106 identification code with parity bit for the SiP
1498    soc_version[15:0]  = Implementation defined SoC ID
1499
1500Function : plat_get_soc_revision()
1501~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1502
1503::
1504
1505    Argument : void
1506    Return   : int32_t
1507
1508This function returns soc revision in below format
1509
1510::
1511
1512    soc_revision[0:30] = SOC revision of specific SOC
1513
1514Function : plat_is_smccc_feature_available()
1515~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1516
1517::
1518
1519    Argument : u_register_t
1520    Return   : int32_t
1521
1522This function returns SMC_ARCH_CALL_SUCCESS if the platform supports
1523the SMCCC function specified in the argument; otherwise returns
1524SMC_ARCH_CALL_NOT_SUPPORTED.
1525
1526Function : plat_can_cmo()
1527~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1528
1529::
1530
1531    Argument : void
1532    Return   : uint64_t
1533
1534When CONDITIONAL_CMO flag is enabled:
1535
1536- This function indicates whether cache management operations should be
1537  performed. It returns 0 if CMOs should be skipped and non-zero
1538  otherwise.
1539- The function must not clobber x1, x2 and x3. It's also not safe to rely on
1540  stack. Otherwise obey AAPCS.
1541
1542Struct: plat_try_images_ops [optional]
1543~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1544
1545This optional structure holds platform hooks for alternative images load.
1546It has to be defined in platform code and registered by calling
1547plat_setup_try_img_ops() function, passing it the address of the
1548plat_try_images_ops struct.
1549
1550Function : plat_setup_try_img_ops [optional]
1551............................................
1552
1553::
1554
1555    Argument : const struct plat_try_images_ops *
1556    Return   : void
1557
1558This optional function is called to register platform try images ops, given
1559as argument.
1560
1561Function : plat_try_images_ops.next_instance [optional]
1562.......................................................
1563
1564::
1565
1566    Argument : unsigned int image_id
1567    Return   : int
1568
1569This optional function tries to load images from alternative places.
1570In case PSA FWU is not used, it can be any instance or media. If PSA FWU is
1571used, it is mandatory that the backup image is on the same media.
1572This is required for MTD devices like NAND.
1573The argument is the ID of the image for which we are looking for an alternative
1574place. It returns 0 in case of success and a negative errno value otherwise.
1575
1576Modifications specific to a Boot Loader stage
1577---------------------------------------------
1578
1579Boot Loader Stage 1 (BL1)
1580-------------------------
1581
1582BL1 implements the reset vector where execution starts from after a cold or
1583warm boot. For each CPU, BL1 is responsible for the following tasks:
1584
1585#. Handling the reset as described in section 2.2
1586
1587#. In the case of a cold boot and the CPU being the primary CPU, ensuring that
1588   only this CPU executes the remaining BL1 code, including loading and passing
1589   control to the BL2 stage.
1590
1591#. Identifying and starting the Firmware Update process (if required).
1592
1593#. Loading the BL2 image from non-volatile storage into secure memory at the
1594   address specified by the platform defined constant ``BL2_BASE``.
1595
1596#. Populating a ``meminfo`` structure with the following information in memory,
1597   accessible by BL2 immediately upon entry.
1598
1599   ::
1600
1601       meminfo.total_base = Base address of secure RAM visible to BL2
1602       meminfo.total_size = Size of secure RAM visible to BL2
1603
1604   By default, BL1 places this ``meminfo`` structure at the end of secure
1605   memory visible to BL2.
1606
1607   It is possible for the platform to decide where it wants to place the
1608   ``meminfo`` structure for BL2 or restrict the amount of memory visible to
1609   BL2 by overriding the weak default implementation of
1610   ``bl1_plat_handle_post_image_load`` API.
1611
1612The following functions need to be implemented by the platform port to enable
1613BL1 to perform the above tasks.
1614
1615Function : bl1_early_platform_setup() [mandatory]
1616~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1617
1618::
1619
1620    Argument : void
1621    Return   : void
1622
1623This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
1624by the primary CPU.
1625
1626On Arm standard platforms, this function:
1627
1628-  Enables a secure instance of SP805 to act as the Trusted Watchdog.
1629
1630-  Initializes a UART (PL011 console), which enables access to the ``printf``
1631   family of functions in BL1.
1632
1633-  Enables issuing of snoop and DVM (Distributed Virtual Memory) requests to
1634   the CCI slave interface corresponding to the cluster that includes the
1635   primary CPU.
1636
1637Function : bl1_plat_arch_setup() [mandatory]
1638~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1639
1640::
1641
1642    Argument : void
1643    Return   : void
1644
1645This function performs any platform-specific and architectural setup that the
1646platform requires. Platform-specific setup might include configuration of
1647memory controllers and the interconnect.
1648
1649In Arm standard platforms, this function enables the MMU.
1650
1651This function helps fulfill requirement 2 above.
1652
1653Function : bl1_platform_setup() [mandatory]
1654~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1655
1656::
1657
1658    Argument : void
1659    Return   : void
1660
1661This function executes with the MMU and data caches enabled. It is responsible
1662for performing any remaining platform-specific setup that can occur after the
1663MMU and data cache have been enabled.
1664
1665In Arm standard platforms, this function initializes the storage abstraction
1666layer used to load the next bootloader image.
1667
1668This function helps fulfill requirement 4 above.
1669
1670Function : bl1_plat_sec_mem_layout() [mandatory]
1671~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1672
1673::
1674
1675    Argument : void
1676    Return   : meminfo *
1677
1678This function should only be called on the cold boot path. It executes with the
1679MMU and data caches enabled. The pointer returned by this function must point to
1680a ``meminfo`` structure containing the extents and availability of secure RAM for
1681the BL1 stage.
1682
1683::
1684
1685    meminfo.total_base = Base address of secure RAM visible to BL1
1686    meminfo.total_size = Size of secure RAM visible to BL1
1687
1688This information is used by BL1 to load the BL2 image in secure RAM. BL1 also
1689populates a similar structure to tell BL2 the extents of memory available for
1690its own use.
1691
1692This function helps fulfill requirements 4 and 5 above.
1693
1694Function : bl1_plat_prepare_exit() [optional]
1695~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1696
1697::
1698
1699    Argument : entry_point_info_t *
1700    Return   : void
1701
1702This function is called prior to exiting BL1 in response to the
1703``BL1_SMC_RUN_IMAGE`` SMC request raised by BL2. It should be used to perform
1704platform specific clean up or bookkeeping operations before transferring
1705control to the next image. It receives the address of the ``entry_point_info_t``
1706structure passed from BL2. This function runs with MMU disabled.
1707
1708Function : bl1_plat_set_ep_info() [optional]
1709~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1710
1711::
1712
1713    Argument : unsigned int image_id, entry_point_info_t *ep_info
1714    Return   : void
1715
1716This function allows platforms to override ``ep_info`` for the given ``image_id``.
1717
1718The default implementation just returns.
1719
1720Function : bl1_plat_get_next_image_id() [optional]
1721~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1722
1723::
1724
1725    Argument : void
1726    Return   : unsigned int
1727
1728This and the following function must be overridden to enable the FWU feature.
1729
1730BL1 calls this function after platform setup to identify the next image to be
1731loaded and executed. If the platform returns ``BL2_IMAGE_ID`` then BL1 proceeds
1732with the normal boot sequence, which loads and executes BL2. If the platform
1733returns a different image id, BL1 assumes that Firmware Update is required.
1734
1735The default implementation always returns ``BL2_IMAGE_ID``. The Arm development
1736platforms override this function to detect if firmware update is required, and
1737if so, return the first image in the firmware update process.
1738
1739Function : bl1_plat_get_image_desc() [optional]
1740~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1741
1742::
1743
1744    Argument : unsigned int image_id
1745    Return   : image_desc_t *
1746
1747BL1 calls this function to get the image descriptor information ``image_desc_t``
1748for the provided ``image_id`` from the platform.
1749
1750The default implementation always returns a common BL2 image descriptor. Arm
1751standard platforms return an image descriptor corresponding to BL2 or one of
1752the firmware update images defined in the Trusted Board Boot Requirements
1753specification.
1754
1755Function : bl1_plat_handle_pre_image_load() [optional]
1756~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1757
1758::
1759
1760    Argument : unsigned int image_id
1761    Return   : int
1762
1763This function can be used by the platforms to update/use image information
1764corresponding to ``image_id``. This function is invoked in BL1, both in cold
1765boot and FWU code path, before loading the image.
1766
1767Function : bl1_plat_calc_bl2_layout() [optional]
1768~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1769
1770::
1771
1772    Argument : const meminfo_t *bl1_mem_layout, meminfo_t *bl2_mem_layout
1773    Return   : void
1774
1775This utility function calculates the memory layout of BL2, representing it in a
1776`meminfo_t` structure. The default implementation derives this layout from the
1777positioning of BL1’s RW data at the top of the memory layout.
1778
1779Function : bl1_plat_handle_post_image_load() [optional]
1780~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1781
1782::
1783
1784    Argument : unsigned int image_id
1785    Return   : int
1786
1787This function can be used by the platforms to update/use image information
1788corresponding to ``image_id``. This function is invoked in BL1, both in cold
1789boot and FWU code path, after loading and authenticating the image.
1790
1791The default weak implementation of this function calculates the amount of
1792Trusted SRAM that can be used by BL2 and allocates a ``meminfo_t``
1793structure at the beginning of this free memory and populates it. The address
1794of ``meminfo_t`` structure is updated in ``arg1`` of the entrypoint
1795information to BL2.
1796
1797Function : bl1_plat_fwu_done() [optional]
1798~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1799
1800::
1801
1802    Argument : unsigned int image_id, uintptr_t image_src,
1803               unsigned int image_size
1804    Return   : void
1805
1806BL1 calls this function when the FWU process is complete. It must not return.
1807The platform may override this function to take platform specific action, for
1808example to initiate the normal boot flow.
1809
1810The default implementation spins forever.
1811
1812Function : bl1_plat_mem_check() [mandatory]
1813~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1814
1815::
1816
1817    Argument : uintptr_t mem_base, unsigned int mem_size,
1818               unsigned int flags
1819    Return   : int
1820
1821BL1 calls this function while handling FWU related SMCs, more specifically when
1822copying or authenticating an image. Its responsibility is to ensure that the
1823region of memory identified by ``mem_base`` and ``mem_size`` is mapped in BL1, and
1824that this memory corresponds to either a secure or non-secure memory region as
1825indicated by the security state of the ``flags`` argument.
1826
1827This function can safely assume that the value resulting from the addition of
1828``mem_base`` and ``mem_size`` fits into a ``uintptr_t`` type variable and does not
1829overflow.
1830
1831This function must return 0 on success, a non-null error code otherwise.
1832
1833The default implementation of this function asserts therefore platforms must
1834override it when using the FWU feature.
1835
1836Boot Loader Stage 2 (BL2)
1837-------------------------
1838
1839The BL2 stage is executed only by the primary CPU, which is determined in BL1
1840using the ``platform_is_primary_cpu()`` function. BL1 passed control to BL2 at
1841``BL2_BASE``. BL2 executes in Secure EL1 and and invokes
1842``plat_get_bl_image_load_info()`` to retrieve the list of images to load from
1843non-volatile storage to secure/non-secure RAM. After all the images are loaded
1844then BL2 invokes ``plat_get_next_bl_params()`` to get the list of executable
1845images to be passed to the next BL image.
1846
1847The following functions must be implemented by the platform port to enable BL2
1848to perform the above tasks.
1849
1850Function : bl2_early_platform_setup2() [mandatory]
1851~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1852
1853::
1854
1855    Argument : u_register_t, u_register_t, u_register_t, u_register_t
1856    Return   : void
1857
1858This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
1859by the primary CPU. The 4 arguments are passed by BL1 to BL2 and these arguments
1860are platform specific.
1861
1862On Arm standard platforms, the arguments received are :
1863
1864    arg0 - Points to load address of FW_CONFIG
1865
1866    arg1 - ``meminfo`` structure populated by BL1. The platform copies
1867    the contents of ``meminfo`` as it may be subsequently overwritten by BL2.
1868
1869On Arm standard platforms, this function also:
1870
1871-  Initializes a UART (PL011 console), which enables access to the ``printf``
1872   family of functions in BL2.
1873
1874-  Initializes the storage abstraction layer used to load further bootloader
1875   images. It is necessary to do this early on platforms with a SCP_BL2 image,
1876   since the later ``bl2_platform_setup`` must be done after SCP_BL2 is loaded.
1877
1878Function : bl2_plat_arch_setup() [mandatory]
1879~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1880
1881::
1882
1883    Argument : void
1884    Return   : void
1885
1886This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
1887by the primary CPU.
1888
1889The purpose of this function is to perform any architectural initialization
1890that varies across platforms.
1891
1892On Arm standard platforms, this function enables the MMU.
1893
1894Function : bl2_platform_setup() [mandatory]
1895~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1896
1897::
1898
1899    Argument : void
1900    Return   : void
1901
1902This function may execute with the MMU and data caches enabled if the platform
1903port does the necessary initialization in ``bl2_plat_arch_setup()``. It is only
1904called by the primary CPU.
1905
1906The purpose of this function is to perform any platform initialization
1907specific to BL2.
1908
1909In Arm standard platforms, this function performs security setup, including
1910configuration of the TrustZone controller to allow non-secure masters access
1911to most of DRAM. Part of DRAM is reserved for secure world use.
1912
1913Function : bl2_plat_handle_pre_image_load() [optional]
1914~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1915
1916::
1917
1918    Argument : unsigned int
1919    Return   : int
1920
1921This function can be used by the platforms to update/use image information
1922for given ``image_id``. This function is currently invoked in BL2 before
1923loading each image.
1924
1925Function : bl2_plat_handle_post_image_load() [optional]
1926~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1927
1928::
1929
1930    Argument : unsigned int
1931    Return   : int
1932
1933This function can be used by the platforms to update/use image information
1934for given ``image_id``. This function is currently invoked in BL2 after
1935loading each image.
1936
1937Function : bl2_plat_preload_setup [optional]
1938~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1939
1940::
1941
1942    Argument : void
1943    Return   : void
1944
1945This optional function performs any BL2 platform initialization
1946required before image loading, that is not done later in
1947bl2_platform_setup().
1948
1949Boot Loader Stage 2 (BL2) at EL3
1950--------------------------------
1951
1952When the platform has a non-TF-A Boot ROM it is desirable to jump
1953directly to BL2 instead of TF-A BL1. In this case BL2 is expected to
1954execute at EL3 instead of executing at EL1. Refer to the :ref:`Firmware Design`
1955document for more information.
1956
1957All mandatory functions of BL2 must be implemented, except the functions
1958bl2_early_platform_setup and bl2_el3_plat_arch_setup, because
1959their work is done now by bl2_el3_early_platform_setup and
1960bl2_el3_plat_arch_setup. These functions should generally implement
1961the bl1_plat_xxx() and bl2_plat_xxx() functionality combined.
1962
1963
1964Function : bl2_el3_early_platform_setup() [mandatory]
1965~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1966
1967::
1968
1969	Argument : u_register_t, u_register_t, u_register_t, u_register_t
1970	Return   : void
1971
1972This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
1973by the primary CPU. This function receives four parameters which can be used
1974by the platform to pass any needed information from the Boot ROM to BL2.
1975
1976On Arm standard platforms, this function does the following:
1977
1978-  Initializes a UART (PL011 console), which enables access to the ``printf``
1979   family of functions in BL2.
1980
1981-  Initializes the storage abstraction layer used to load further bootloader
1982   images. It is necessary to do this early on platforms with a SCP_BL2 image,
1983   since the later ``bl2_platform_setup`` must be done after SCP_BL2 is loaded.
1984
1985- Initializes the private variables that define the memory layout used.
1986
1987Function : bl2_el3_plat_arch_setup() [mandatory]
1988~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1989
1990::
1991
1992	Argument : void
1993	Return   : void
1994
1995This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
1996by the primary CPU.
1997
1998The purpose of this function is to perform any architectural initialization
1999that varies across platforms.
2000
2001On Arm standard platforms, this function enables the MMU.
2002
2003Function : bl2_el3_plat_prepare_exit() [optional]
2004~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2005
2006::
2007
2008	Argument : void
2009	Return   : void
2010
2011This function is called prior to exiting BL2 and run the next image.
2012It should be used to perform platform specific clean up or bookkeeping
2013operations before transferring control to the next image. This function
2014runs with MMU disabled.
2015
2016FWU Boot Loader Stage 2 (BL2U)
2017------------------------------
2018
2019The AP Firmware Updater Configuration, BL2U, is an optional part of the FWU
2020process and is executed only by the primary CPU. BL1 passes control to BL2U at
2021``BL2U_BASE``. BL2U executes in Secure-EL1 and is responsible for:
2022
2023#. (Optional) Transferring the optional SCP_BL2U binary image from AP secure
2024   memory to SCP RAM. BL2U uses the SCP_BL2U ``image_info`` passed by BL1.
2025   ``SCP_BL2U_BASE`` defines the address in AP secure memory where SCP_BL2U
2026   should be copied from. Subsequent handling of the SCP_BL2U image is
2027   implemented by the platform specific ``bl2u_plat_handle_scp_bl2u()`` function.
2028   If ``SCP_BL2U_BASE`` is not defined then this step is not performed.
2029
2030#. Any platform specific setup required to perform the FWU process. For
2031   example, Arm standard platforms initialize the TZC controller so that the
2032   normal world can access DDR memory.
2033
2034The following functions must be implemented by the platform port to enable
2035BL2U to perform the tasks mentioned above.
2036
2037Function : bl2u_early_platform_setup() [mandatory]
2038~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2039
2040::
2041
2042    Argument : meminfo *mem_info, void *plat_info
2043    Return   : void
2044
2045This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only
2046called by the primary CPU. The arguments to this function is the address
2047of the ``meminfo`` structure and platform specific info provided by BL1.
2048
2049The platform may copy the contents of the ``mem_info`` and ``plat_info`` into
2050private storage as the original memory may be subsequently overwritten by BL2U.
2051
2052On Arm CSS platforms ``plat_info`` is interpreted as an ``image_info_t`` structure,
2053to extract SCP_BL2U image information, which is then copied into a private
2054variable.
2055
2056Function : bl2u_plat_arch_setup() [mandatory]
2057~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2058
2059::
2060
2061    Argument : void
2062    Return   : void
2063
2064This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only
2065called by the primary CPU.
2066
2067The purpose of this function is to perform any architectural initialization
2068that varies across platforms, for example enabling the MMU (since the memory
2069map differs across platforms).
2070
2071Function : bl2u_platform_setup() [mandatory]
2072~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2073
2074::
2075
2076    Argument : void
2077    Return   : void
2078
2079This function may execute with the MMU and data caches enabled if the platform
2080port does the necessary initialization in ``bl2u_plat_arch_setup()``. It is only
2081called by the primary CPU.
2082
2083The purpose of this function is to perform any platform initialization
2084specific to BL2U.
2085
2086In Arm standard platforms, this function performs security setup, including
2087configuration of the TrustZone controller to allow non-secure masters access
2088to most of DRAM. Part of DRAM is reserved for secure world use.
2089
2090Function : bl2u_plat_handle_scp_bl2u() [optional]
2091~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2092
2093::
2094
2095    Argument : void
2096    Return   : int
2097
2098This function is used to perform any platform-specific actions required to
2099handle the SCP firmware. Typically it transfers the image into SCP memory using
2100a platform-specific protocol and waits until SCP executes it and signals to the
2101Application Processor (AP) for BL2U execution to continue.
2102
2103This function returns 0 on success, a negative error code otherwise.
2104This function is included if SCP_BL2U_BASE is defined.
2105
2106Boot Loader Stage 3-1 (BL31)
2107----------------------------
2108
2109During cold boot, the BL31 stage is executed only by the primary CPU. This is
2110determined in BL1 using the ``platform_is_primary_cpu()`` function. BL1 passes
2111control to BL31 at ``BL31_BASE``. During warm boot, BL31 is executed by all
2112CPUs. BL31 executes at EL3 and is responsible for:
2113
2114#. Re-initializing all architectural and platform state. Although BL1 performs
2115   some of this initialization, BL31 remains resident in EL3 and must ensure
2116   that EL3 architectural and platform state is completely initialized. It
2117   should make no assumptions about the system state when it receives control.
2118
2119#. Passing control to a normal world BL image, pre-loaded at a platform-
2120   specific address by BL2. On ARM platforms, BL31 uses the ``bl_params`` list
2121   populated by BL2 in memory to do this.
2122
2123#. Providing runtime firmware services. Currently, BL31 only implements a
2124   subset of the Power State Coordination Interface (PSCI) API as a runtime
2125   service. See :ref:`psci_in_bl31` below for details of porting the PSCI
2126   implementation.
2127
2128#. Optionally passing control to the BL32 image, pre-loaded at a platform-
2129   specific address by BL2. BL31 exports a set of APIs that allow runtime
2130   services to specify the security state in which the next image should be
2131   executed and run the corresponding image. On ARM platforms, BL31 uses the
2132   ``bl_params`` list populated by BL2 in memory to do this.
2133
2134If BL31 is a reset vector, It also needs to handle the reset as specified in
2135section 2.2 before the tasks described above.
2136
2137The following functions must be implemented by the platform port to enable BL31
2138to perform the above tasks.
2139
2140Function : bl31_early_platform_setup2() [mandatory]
2141~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2142
2143::
2144
2145    Argument : u_register_t, u_register_t, u_register_t, u_register_t
2146    Return   : void
2147
2148This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
2149by the primary CPU. BL2 can pass 4 arguments to BL31 and these arguments are
2150platform specific.
2151
2152In Arm standard platforms, the arguments received are :
2153
2154    arg0 - The pointer to the head of `bl_params_t` list
2155    which is list of executable images following BL31,
2156
2157    arg1 - Points to load address of SOC_FW_CONFIG if present
2158           except in case of Arm FVP and Juno platform.
2159
2160           In case of Arm FVP and Juno platform, points to load address
2161           of FW_CONFIG.
2162
2163    arg2 - Points to load address of HW_CONFIG if present
2164
2165    arg3 - A special value to verify platform parameters from BL2 to BL31. Not
2166    used in release builds.
2167
2168The function runs through the `bl_param_t` list and extracts the entry point
2169information for BL32 and BL33. It also performs the following:
2170
2171-  Initialize a UART (PL011 console), which enables access to the ``printf``
2172   family of functions in BL31.
2173
2174-  Enable issuing of snoop and DVM (Distributed Virtual Memory) requests to the
2175   CCI slave interface corresponding to the cluster that includes the primary
2176   CPU.
2177
2178Function : bl31_plat_arch_setup() [mandatory]
2179~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2180
2181::
2182
2183    Argument : void
2184    Return   : void
2185
2186This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
2187by the primary CPU.
2188
2189The purpose of this function is to perform any architectural initialization
2190that varies across platforms.
2191
2192On Arm standard platforms, this function enables the MMU.
2193
2194Function : bl31_platform_setup() [mandatory]
2195~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2196
2197::
2198
2199    Argument : void
2200    Return   : void
2201
2202This function may execute with the MMU and data caches enabled if the platform
2203port does the necessary initialization in ``bl31_plat_arch_setup()``. It is only
2204called by the primary CPU.
2205
2206The purpose of this function is to complete platform initialization so that both
2207BL31 runtime services and normal world software can function correctly.
2208
2209On Arm standard platforms, this function does the following:
2210
2211-  Initialize the generic interrupt controller.
2212
2213   Depending on the GIC driver selected by the platform, the appropriate GICv2
2214   or GICv3 initialization will be done, which mainly consists of:
2215
2216   -  Enable secure interrupts in the GIC CPU interface.
2217   -  Disable the legacy interrupt bypass mechanism.
2218   -  Configure the priority mask register to allow interrupts of all priorities
2219      to be signaled to the CPU interface.
2220   -  Mark SGIs 8-15 and the other secure interrupts on the platform as secure.
2221   -  Target all secure SPIs to CPU0.
2222   -  Enable these secure interrupts in the GIC distributor.
2223   -  Configure all other interrupts as non-secure.
2224   -  Enable signaling of secure interrupts in the GIC distributor.
2225
2226-  Enable system-level implementation of the generic timer counter through the
2227   memory mapped interface.
2228
2229-  Grant access to the system counter timer module
2230
2231-  Initialize the power controller device.
2232
2233   In particular, initialise the locks that prevent concurrent accesses to the
2234   power controller device.
2235
2236Function : bl31_plat_runtime_setup() [optional]
2237~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2238
2239::
2240
2241    Argument : void
2242    Return   : void
2243
2244The purpose of this function is to allow the platform to perform any BL31 runtime
2245setup just prior to BL31 exit during cold boot. The default weak implementation
2246of this function is empty. Any platform that needs to perform additional runtime
2247setup, before BL31 exits, will need to override this function.
2248
2249Function : bl31_plat_get_next_image_ep_info() [mandatory]
2250~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2251
2252::
2253
2254    Argument : uint32_t
2255    Return   : entry_point_info *
2256
2257This function may execute with the MMU and data caches enabled if the platform
2258port does the necessary initializations in ``bl31_plat_arch_setup()``.
2259
2260This function is called by ``bl31_main()`` to retrieve information provided by
2261BL2 for the next image in the security state specified by the argument. BL31
2262uses this information to pass control to that image in the specified security
2263state. This function must return a pointer to the ``entry_point_info`` structure
2264(that was copied during ``bl31_early_platform_setup()``) if the image exists. It
2265should return NULL otherwise.
2266
2267Function : plat_rmmd_get_cca_attest_token() [mandatory when ENABLE_RME == 1]
2268~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2269
2270::
2271
2272    Argument : uintptr_t, size_t *, uintptr_t, size_t, size_t *
2273    Return   : int
2274
2275This function returns the Platform attestation token. If the full token does
2276not fit in the buffer, the function will return a hunk of the token and
2277indicate how many bytes were copied and how many are pending. Multiple calls
2278to this function may be needed to retrieve the entire token.
2279
2280The parameters of the function are:
2281
2282    arg0 - A pointer to the buffer where the Platform token should be copied by
2283           this function. If the platform token does not completely fit in the
2284           buffer, the function may return a piece of the token only.
2285
2286    arg1 - Contains the size (in bytes) of the buffer passed in arg0. In
2287           addition, this parameter is used by the function to return the size
2288           of the platform token length hunk copied to the buffer.
2289
2290    arg2 - A pointer to the buffer where the challenge object is stored.
2291
2292    arg3 - The length of the challenge object in bytes. Possible values are 32,
2293           48 and 64. This argument must be zero for subsequent calls to
2294           retrieve the remaining hunks of the token.
2295
2296    arg4 - Returns the remaining length of the token (in bytes) that is yet to
2297           be returned in further calls.
2298
2299The function returns 0 on success, -EINVAL on failure and -EAGAIN if the
2300resource associated with the platform token retrieval is busy.
2301
2302Function : plat_rmmd_get_cca_realm_attest_key() [mandatory when ENABLE_RME == 1]
2303~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2304
2305::
2306
2307    Argument : uintptr_t, size_t *, unsigned int
2308    Return   : int
2309
2310This function returns the delegated realm attestation key which will be used to
2311sign Realm attestation token. The API currently only supports P-384 ECC curve
2312key.
2313
2314The parameters of the function are:
2315
2316    arg0 - A pointer to the buffer where the attestation key should be copied
2317           by this function. The buffer must be big enough to hold the
2318           attestation key.
2319
2320    arg1 - Contains the size (in bytes) of the buffer passed in arg0. The
2321           function returns the attestation key length in this parameter.
2322
2323    arg2 - The type of the elliptic curve to which the requested attestation key
2324           belongs.
2325
2326The function returns 0 on success, -EINVAL on failure.
2327
2328Function : plat_rmmd_get_el3_rmm_shared_mem() [when ENABLE_RME == 1]
2329~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2330
2331::
2332
2333   Argument : uintptr_t *
2334   Return   : size_t
2335
2336This function returns the size of the shared area between EL3 and RMM (or 0 on
2337failure). A pointer to the shared area (or a NULL pointer on failure) is stored
2338in the pointer passed as argument.
2339
2340Function : plat_rmmd_load_manifest() [when ENABLE_RME == 1]
2341~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2342
2343::
2344
2345    Arguments : rmm_manifest_t *manifest
2346    Return    : int
2347
2348When ENABLE_RME is enabled, this function populates a boot manifest for the
2349RMM image and stores it in the area specified by manifest.
2350
2351When ENABLE_RME is disabled, this function is not used.
2352
2353Function : plat_rmm_mecid_key_update() [when ENABLE_RME == 1]
2354~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2355
2356::
2357
2358    Argument : uint16_t
2359    Return   : int
2360
2361This function is invoked by BL31's RMMD when there is a request from the RMM
2362monitor to update the tweak for the encryption key associated to a MECID.
2363
2364The first parameter (``uint16_t mecid``) contains the MECID for which the
2365encryption key is to be updated.
2366
2367Return value is 0 upon success and -EFAULT otherwise.
2368
2369This function needs to be implemented by a platform if it enables RME.
2370
2371Function : plat_rmmd_el3_token_sign_push_req() [mandatory when RMMD_ENABLE_EL3_TOKEN_SIGN == 1]
2372~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2373
2374::
2375
2376    Arguments : const struct el3_token_sign_request *req
2377    Return    : int
2378
2379Queue realm attestation token signing request from the RMM in EL3. The interface between
2380the RMM and EL3 is modeled as a queue but the underlying implementation may be different,
2381so long as the semantics of queuing and the error codes are used as defined below.
2382
2383See :ref:`el3_token_sign_request_struct` for definition of the request structure.
2384
2385Optional interface from the RMM-EL3 interface v0.4 onwards.
2386
2387The parameters of the functions are:
2388      arg0: Pointer to the token sign request to be pushed to EL3.
2389      The structure must be located in the RMM-EL3 shared
2390      memory buffer and must be locked before use.
2391
2392Return codes:
2393        - E_RMM_OK	On Success.
2394        - E_RMM_INVAL   If the arguments are invalid.
2395        - E_RMM_AGAIN   Indicates that the request was not queued since the
2396	  queue in EL3 is full. This may also be returned for any reason
2397	  or situation in the system, that prevents accepting the request
2398	  from the RMM.
2399        - E_RMM_UNK     If the SMC is not implemented or if interface
2400	  version is < 0.4.
2401
2402Function : plat_rmmd_el3_token_sign_pull_resp() [mandatory when RMMD_ENABLE_EL3_TOKEN_SIGN == 1]
2403~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2404
2405::
2406
2407    Arguments : struct el3_token_sign_response *resp
2408    Return    : int
2409
2410Populate the attestation signing response in the ``resp`` parameter. The interface between
2411the RMM and EL3 is modeled as a queue for responses but the underlying implementation may
2412be different, so long as the semantics of queuing and the error codes are used as defined
2413below.
2414
2415See :ref:`el3_token_sign_response_struct` for definition of the response structure.
2416
2417Optional interface from the RMM-EL3 interface v0.4 onwards.
2418
2419The parameters of the functions are:
2420          resp: Pointer to the token sign response to get from EL3.
2421	  The structure must be located in the RMM-EL3 shared
2422	  memory buffer and must be locked before use.
2423
2424Return:
2425        - E_RMM_OK      On Success.
2426        - E_RMM_INVAL   If the arguments are invalid.
2427        - E_RMM_AGAIN   Indicates that a response is not ready yet.
2428        - E_RMM_UNK     If the SMC is not implemented or if interface
2429	  version is < 0.4.
2430
2431Function : plat_rmmd_el3_token_sign_get_rak_pub() [mandatory when RMMD_ENABLE_EL3_TOKEN_SIGN == 1]
2432~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2433
2434::
2435
2436    Argument : uintptr_t, size_t *, unsigned int
2437    Return   : int
2438
2439This function returns the public portion of the realm attestation key which will be used to
2440sign Realm attestation token. Typically, with delegated attestation, the private key is
2441returned, however, there may be platforms where the private key bits are better protected
2442in a platform specific manner such that the private key is not exposed. In such cases,
2443the RMM will only cache the public key and forward any requests such as signing, that
2444uses the private key to EL3. The API currently only supports P-384 ECC curve key.
2445
2446This is an optional interface from the RMM-EL3 interface v0.4 onwards.
2447
2448The parameters of the function are:
2449
2450    arg0 - A pointer to the buffer where the public key should be copied
2451    by this function. The buffer must be big enough to hold the
2452    attestation key.
2453
2454    arg1 - Contains the size (in bytes) of the buffer passed in arg0. The
2455    function returns the attestation key length in this parameter.
2456
2457    arg2 - The type of the elliptic curve to which the requested attestation key
2458    belongs.
2459
2460The function returns E_RMM_OK on success, RMM_E_INVAL if arguments are invalid and
2461E_RMM_UNK if the SMC is not implemented or if interface version is < 0.4.
2462
2463Function : bl31_plat_enable_mmu [optional]
2464~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2465
2466::
2467
2468    Argument : uint32_t
2469    Return   : void
2470
2471This function enables the MMU. The boot code calls this function with MMU and
2472caches disabled. This function should program necessary registers to enable
2473translation, and upon return, the MMU on the calling PE must be enabled.
2474
2475The function must honor flags passed in the first argument. These flags are
2476defined by the translation library, and can be found in the file
2477``include/lib/xlat_tables/xlat_mmu_helpers.h``.
2478
2479On DynamIQ systems, this function must not use stack while enabling MMU, which
2480is how the function in xlat table library version 2 is implemented.
2481
2482Function : plat_init_apkey [optional]
2483~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2484
2485::
2486
2487    Argument : void
2488    Return   : uint128_t
2489
2490This function returns the 128-bit value which can be used to program ARMv8.3
2491pointer authentication keys.
2492
2493The value should be obtained from a reliable source of randomness.
2494
2495This function is only needed if ARMv8.3 pointer authentication is used in the
2496Trusted Firmware by building with ``BRANCH_PROTECTION`` option set to 1, 2 or 3.
2497
2498Function : plat_get_syscnt_freq2() [mandatory]
2499~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2500
2501::
2502
2503    Argument : void
2504    Return   : unsigned int
2505
2506This function is used by the architecture setup code to retrieve the counter
2507frequency for the CPU's generic timer. This value will be programmed into the
2508``CNTFRQ_EL0`` register. In Arm standard platforms, it returns the base frequency
2509of the system counter, which is retrieved from the first entry in the frequency
2510modes table.
2511
2512#define : PLAT_PERCPU_BAKERY_LOCK_SIZE [optional]
2513~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2514
2515When ``USE_COHERENT_MEM = 0``, this constant defines the total memory (in
2516bytes) aligned to the cache line boundary that should be allocated per-cpu to
2517accommodate all the bakery locks.
2518
2519If this constant is not defined when ``USE_COHERENT_MEM = 0``, the linker
2520calculates the size of the ``.bakery_lock`` input section, aligns it to the
2521nearest ``CACHE_WRITEBACK_GRANULE``, multiplies it with ``PLATFORM_CORE_COUNT``
2522and stores the result in a linker symbol. This constant prevents a platform
2523from relying on the linker and provide a more efficient mechanism for
2524accessing per-cpu bakery lock information.
2525
2526If this constant is defined and its value is not equal to the value
2527calculated by the linker then a link time assertion is raised. A compile time
2528assertion is raised if the value of the constant is not aligned to the cache
2529line boundary.
2530
2531.. _porting_guide_sdei_requirements:
2532
2533SDEI porting requirements
2534~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2535
2536The |SDEI| dispatcher requires the platform to provide the following macros
2537and functions, of which some are optional, and some others mandatory.
2538
2539Macros
2540......
2541
2542Macro: PLAT_SDEI_NORMAL_PRI [mandatory]
2543^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2544
2545This macro must be defined to the EL3 exception priority level associated with
2546Normal |SDEI| events on the platform. This must have a higher value
2547(therefore of lower priority) than ``PLAT_SDEI_CRITICAL_PRI``.
2548
2549Macro: PLAT_SDEI_CRITICAL_PRI [mandatory]
2550^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2551
2552This macro must be defined to the EL3 exception priority level associated with
2553Critical |SDEI| events on the platform. This must have a lower value
2554(therefore of higher priority) than ``PLAT_SDEI_NORMAL_PRI``.
2555
2556**Note**: |SDEI| exception priorities must be the lowest among Secure
2557priorities. Among the |SDEI| exceptions, Critical |SDEI| priority must
2558be higher than Normal |SDEI| priority.
2559
2560Functions
2561.........
2562
2563Function: int plat_sdei_validate_entry_point() [optional]
2564^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2565
2566::
2567
2568  Argument: uintptr_t ep, unsigned int client_mode
2569  Return: int
2570
2571This function validates the entry point address of the event handler provided by
2572the client for both event registration and *Complete and Resume* |SDEI| calls.
2573The function ensures that the address is valid in the client translation regime.
2574
2575The second argument is the exception level that the client is executing in. It
2576can be Non-Secure EL1 or Non-Secure EL2.
2577
2578The function must return ``0`` for successful validation, or ``-1`` upon failure.
2579
2580The default implementation always returns ``0``. On Arm platforms, this function
2581translates the entry point address within the client translation regime and
2582further ensures that the resulting physical address is located in Non-secure
2583DRAM.
2584
2585Function: void plat_sdei_handle_masked_trigger(uint64_t mpidr, unsigned int intr) [optional]
2586^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2587
2588::
2589
2590  Argument: uint64_t
2591  Argument: unsigned int
2592  Return: void
2593
2594|SDEI| specification requires that a PE comes out of reset with the events
2595masked. The client therefore is expected to call ``PE_UNMASK`` to unmask
2596|SDEI| events on the PE. No |SDEI| events can be dispatched until such
2597time.
2598
2599Should a PE receive an interrupt that was bound to an |SDEI| event while the
2600events are masked on the PE, the dispatcher implementation invokes the function
2601``plat_sdei_handle_masked_trigger``. The MPIDR of the PE that received the
2602interrupt and the interrupt ID are passed as parameters.
2603
2604The default implementation only prints out a warning message.
2605
2606.. _porting_guide_trng_requirements:
2607
2608TRNG porting requirements
2609~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2610
2611The |TRNG| backend requires the platform to provide the following values
2612and mandatory functions.
2613
2614Values
2615......
2616
2617value: uuid_t plat_trng_uuid [mandatory]
2618^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2619
2620This value must be defined to the UUID of the TRNG backend that is specific to
2621the hardware after ``plat_entropy_setup`` function is called. This value must
2622conform to the SMCCC calling convention; The most significant 32 bits of the
2623UUID must not equal ``0xffffffff`` or the signed integer ``-1`` as this value in
2624w0 indicates failure to get a TRNG source.
2625
2626Functions
2627.........
2628
2629Function: void plat_entropy_setup(void) [mandatory]
2630^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2631
2632::
2633
2634  Argument: none
2635  Return: none
2636
2637This function is expected to do platform-specific initialization of any TRNG
2638hardware. This may include generating a UUID from a hardware-specific seed.
2639
2640Function: bool plat_get_entropy(uint64_t \*out) [mandatory]
2641^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2642
2643::
2644
2645  Argument: uint64_t *
2646  Return: bool
2647  Out : when the return value is true, the entropy has been written into the
2648  storage pointed to
2649
2650This function writes entropy into storage provided by the caller. If no entropy
2651is available, it must return false and the storage must not be written.
2652
2653.. _psci_in_bl31:
2654
2655Power State Coordination Interface (in BL31)
2656--------------------------------------------
2657
2658The TF-A implementation of the PSCI API is based around the concept of a
2659*power domain*. A *power domain* is a CPU or a logical group of CPUs which
2660share some state on which power management operations can be performed as
2661specified by `PSCI`_. Each CPU in the system is assigned a cpu index which is
2662a unique number between ``0`` and ``PLATFORM_CORE_COUNT - 1``. The
2663*power domains* are arranged in a hierarchical tree structure and each
2664*power domain* can be identified in a system by the cpu index of any CPU that
2665is part of that domain and a *power domain level*. A processing element (for
2666example, a CPU) is at level 0. If the *power domain* node above a CPU is a
2667logical grouping of CPUs that share some state, then level 1 is that group of
2668CPUs (for example, a cluster), and level 2 is a group of clusters (for
2669example, the system). More details on the power domain topology and its
2670organization can be found in :ref:`PSCI Power Domain Tree Structure`.
2671
2672BL31's platform initialization code exports a pointer to the platform-specific
2673power management operations required for the PSCI implementation to function
2674correctly. This information is populated in the ``plat_psci_ops`` structure. The
2675PSCI implementation calls members of the ``plat_psci_ops`` structure for performing
2676power management operations on the power domains. For example, the target
2677CPU is specified by its ``MPIDR`` in a PSCI ``CPU_ON`` call. The ``pwr_domain_on()``
2678handler (if present) is called for the CPU power domain.
2679
2680The ``power-state`` parameter of a PSCI ``CPU_SUSPEND`` call can be used to
2681describe composite power states specific to a platform. The PSCI implementation
2682defines a generic representation of the power-state parameter, which is an
2683array of local power states where each index corresponds to a power domain
2684level. Each entry contains the local power state the power domain at that power
2685level could enter. It depends on the ``validate_power_state()`` handler to
2686convert the power-state parameter (possibly encoding a composite power state)
2687passed in a PSCI ``CPU_SUSPEND`` call to this representation.
2688
2689The following functions form part of platform port of PSCI functionality.
2690
2691Function : plat_psci_stat_accounting_start() [optional]
2692~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2693
2694::
2695
2696    Argument : const psci_power_state_t *
2697    Return   : void
2698
2699This is an optional hook that platforms can implement for residency statistics
2700accounting before entering a low power state. The ``pwr_domain_state`` field of
2701``state_info`` (first argument) can be inspected if stat accounting is done
2702differently at CPU level versus higher levels. As an example, if the element at
2703index 0 (CPU power level) in the ``pwr_domain_state`` array indicates a power down
2704state, special hardware logic may be programmed in order to keep track of the
2705residency statistics. For higher levels (array indices > 0), the residency
2706statistics could be tracked in software using PMF. If ``ENABLE_PMF`` is set, the
2707default implementation will use PMF to capture timestamps.
2708
2709Function : plat_psci_stat_accounting_stop() [optional]
2710~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2711
2712::
2713
2714    Argument : const psci_power_state_t *
2715    Return   : void
2716
2717This is an optional hook that platforms can implement for residency statistics
2718accounting after exiting from a low power state. The ``pwr_domain_state`` field
2719of ``state_info`` (first argument) can be inspected if stat accounting is done
2720differently at CPU level versus higher levels. As an example, if the element at
2721index 0 (CPU power level) in the ``pwr_domain_state`` array indicates a power down
2722state, special hardware logic may be programmed in order to keep track of the
2723residency statistics. For higher levels (array indices > 0), the residency
2724statistics could be tracked in software using PMF. If ``ENABLE_PMF`` is set, the
2725default implementation will use PMF to capture timestamps.
2726
2727Function : plat_psci_stat_get_residency() [optional]
2728~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2729
2730::
2731
2732    Argument : unsigned int, const psci_power_state_t *, unsigned int
2733    Return   : u_register_t
2734
2735This is an optional interface that is is invoked after resuming from a low power
2736state and provides the time spent resident in that low power state by the power
2737domain at a particular power domain level. When a CPU wakes up from suspend,
2738all its parent power domain levels are also woken up. The generic PSCI code
2739invokes this function for each parent power domain that is resumed and it
2740identified by the ``lvl`` (first argument) parameter. The ``state_info`` (second
2741argument) describes the low power state that the power domain has resumed from.
2742The current CPU is the first CPU in the power domain to resume from the low
2743power state and the ``last_cpu_idx`` (third parameter) is the index of the last
2744CPU in the power domain to suspend and may be needed to calculate the residency
2745for that power domain.
2746
2747Function : plat_get_target_pwr_state() [optional]
2748~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2749
2750::
2751
2752    Argument : unsigned int, const plat_local_state_t *, unsigned int
2753    Return   : plat_local_state_t
2754
2755The PSCI generic code uses this function to let the platform participate in
2756state coordination during a power management operation. The function is passed
2757a pointer to an array of platform specific local power state ``states`` (second
2758argument) which contains the requested power state for each CPU at a particular
2759power domain level ``lvl`` (first argument) within the power domain. The function
2760is expected to traverse this array of upto ``ncpus`` (third argument) and return
2761a coordinated target power state by the comparing all the requested power
2762states. The target power state should not be deeper than any of the requested
2763power states.
2764
2765A weak definition of this API is provided by default wherein it assumes
2766that the platform assigns a local state value in order of increasing depth
2767of the power state i.e. for two power states X & Y, if X < Y
2768then X represents a shallower power state than Y. As a result, the
2769coordinated target local power state for a power domain will be the minimum
2770of the requested local power state values.
2771
2772Function : plat_get_power_domain_tree_desc() [mandatory]
2773~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2774
2775::
2776
2777    Argument : void
2778    Return   : const unsigned char *
2779
2780This function returns a pointer to the byte array containing the power domain
2781topology tree description. The format and method to construct this array are
2782described in :ref:`PSCI Power Domain Tree Structure`. The BL31 PSCI
2783initialization code requires this array to be described by the platform, either
2784statically or dynamically, to initialize the power domain topology tree. In case
2785the array is populated dynamically, then plat_core_pos_by_mpidr() and
2786plat_my_core_pos() should also be implemented suitably so that the topology tree
2787description matches the CPU indices returned by these APIs. These APIs together
2788form the platform interface for the PSCI topology framework.
2789
2790Function : plat_setup_psci_ops() [mandatory]
2791~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2792
2793::
2794
2795    Argument : uintptr_t, const plat_psci_ops **
2796    Return   : int
2797
2798This function may execute with the MMU and data caches enabled if the platform
2799port does the necessary initializations in ``bl31_plat_arch_setup()``. It is only
2800called by the primary CPU.
2801
2802This function is called by PSCI initialization code. Its purpose is to let
2803the platform layer know about the warm boot entrypoint through the
2804``sec_entrypoint`` (first argument) and to export handler routines for
2805platform-specific psci power management actions by populating the passed
2806pointer with a pointer to BL31's private ``plat_psci_ops`` structure.
2807
2808A description of each member of this structure is given below. Please refer to
2809the Arm FVP specific implementation of these handlers in
2810``plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_pm.c`` as an example. For each PSCI function that the
2811platform wants to support, the associated operation or operations in this
2812structure must be provided and implemented (Refer section 4 of
2813:ref:`Firmware Design` for the PSCI API supported in TF-A). To disable a PSCI
2814function in a platform port, the operation should be removed from this
2815structure instead of providing an empty implementation.
2816
2817plat_psci_ops.cpu_standby()
2818...........................
2819
2820Perform the platform-specific actions to enter the standby state for a cpu
2821indicated by the passed argument. This provides a fast path for CPU standby
2822wherein overheads of PSCI state management and lock acquisition is avoided.
2823For this handler to be invoked by the PSCI ``CPU_SUSPEND`` API implementation,
2824the suspend state type specified in the ``power-state`` parameter should be
2825STANDBY and the target power domain level specified should be the CPU. The
2826handler should put the CPU into a low power retention state (usually by
2827issuing a wfi instruction) and ensure that it can be woken up from that
2828state by a normal interrupt. The generic code expects the handler to succeed.
2829
2830plat_psci_ops.pwr_domain_on()
2831.............................
2832
2833Perform the platform specific actions to power on a CPU, specified
2834by the ``MPIDR`` (first argument). The generic code expects the platform to
2835return PSCI_E_SUCCESS on success or PSCI_E_INTERN_FAIL for any failure.
2836
2837plat_psci_ops.pwr_domain_off_early() [optional]
2838...............................................
2839
2840This optional function performs the platform specific actions to check if
2841powering off the calling CPU and its higher parent power domain levels as
2842indicated by the ``target_state`` (first argument) is possible or allowed.
2843
2844The ``target_state`` encodes the platform coordinated target local power states
2845for the CPU power domain and its parent power domain levels.
2846
2847For this handler, the local power state for the CPU power domain will be a
2848power down state where as it could be either power down, retention or run state
2849for the higher power domain levels depending on the result of state
2850coordination. The generic code expects PSCI_E_DENIED return code if the
2851platform thinks that CPU_OFF should not proceed on the calling CPU.
2852
2853plat_psci_ops.pwr_domain_off()
2854..............................
2855
2856Perform the platform specific actions to prepare to power off the calling CPU
2857and its higher parent power domain levels as indicated by the ``target_state``
2858(first argument). It is called by the PSCI ``CPU_OFF`` API implementation.
2859
2860The ``target_state`` encodes the platform coordinated target local power states
2861for the CPU power domain and its parent power domain levels. The handler
2862needs to perform power management operation corresponding to the local state
2863at each power level.
2864
2865For this handler, the local power state for the CPU power domain will be a
2866power down state where as it could be either power down, retention or run state
2867for the higher power domain levels depending on the result of state
2868coordination. The generic code expects the handler to succeed.
2869
2870plat_psci_ops.pwr_domain_validate_suspend() [optional]
2871......................................................
2872
2873This is an optional function that is only compiled into the build if the build
2874option ``PSCI_OS_INIT_MODE`` is enabled.
2875
2876If implemented, this function allows the platform to perform platform specific
2877validations based on hardware states. The generic code expects this function to
2878return PSCI_E_SUCCESS on success, or either PSCI_E_DENIED or
2879PSCI_E_INVALID_PARAMS as appropriate for any invalid requests.
2880
2881plat_psci_ops.pwr_domain_suspend_pwrdown_early() [optional]
2882...........................................................
2883
2884This optional function may be used as a performance optimization to replace
2885or complement pwr_domain_suspend() on some platforms. Its calling semantics
2886are identical to pwr_domain_suspend(), except the PSCI implementation only
2887calls this function when suspending to a power down state, and it guarantees
2888that data caches are enabled.
2889
2890When HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY = 0, the PSCI implementation disables data caches
2891before calling pwr_domain_suspend(). If the target_state corresponds to a
2892power down state and it is safe to perform some or all of the platform
2893specific actions in that function with data caches enabled, it may be more
2894efficient to move those actions to this function. When HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY
2895= 1, data caches remain enabled throughout, and so there is no advantage to
2896moving platform specific actions to this function.
2897
2898plat_psci_ops.pwr_domain_suspend()
2899..................................
2900
2901Perform the platform specific actions to prepare to suspend the calling
2902CPU and its higher parent power domain levels as indicated by the
2903``target_state`` (first argument). It is called by the PSCI ``CPU_SUSPEND``
2904API implementation.
2905
2906The ``target_state`` has a similar meaning as described in
2907the ``pwr_domain_off()`` operation. It encodes the platform coordinated
2908target local power states for the CPU power domain and its parent
2909power domain levels. The handler needs to perform power management operation
2910corresponding to the local state at each power level. The generic code
2911expects the handler to succeed.
2912
2913The difference between turning a power domain off versus suspending it is that
2914in the former case, the power domain is expected to re-initialize its state
2915when it is next powered on (see ``pwr_domain_on_finish()``). In the latter
2916case, the power domain is expected to save enough state so that it can resume
2917execution by restoring this state when its powered on (see
2918``pwr_domain_suspend_finish()``).
2919
2920When suspending a core, the platform can also choose to power off the GICv3
2921Redistributor and ITS through an implementation-defined sequence. To achieve
2922this safely, the ITS context must be saved first. The architectural part is
2923implemented by the ``gicv3_its_save_disable()`` helper, but most of the needed
2924sequence is implementation defined and it is therefore the responsibility of
2925the platform code to implement the necessary sequence. Then the GIC
2926Redistributor context can be saved using the ``gicv3_rdistif_save()`` helper.
2927Powering off the Redistributor requires the implementation to support it and it
2928is the responsibility of the platform code to execute the right implementation
2929defined sequence.
2930
2931When a system suspend is requested, the platform can also make use of the
2932``gicv3_distif_save()`` helper to save the context of the GIC Distributor after
2933it has saved the context of the Redistributors and ITS of all the cores in the
2934system. The context of the Distributor can be large and may require it to be
2935allocated in a special area if it cannot fit in the platform's global static
2936data, for example in DRAM. The Distributor can then be powered down using an
2937implementation-defined sequence.
2938
2939plat_psci_ops.pwr_domain_pwr_down()
2940.......................................
2941
2942This is an optional function and, if implemented, is expected to perform
2943platform specific actions before the CPU is powered down. Since this function is
2944invoked outside the PSCI locks, the actions performed in this hook must be local
2945to the CPU or the platform must ensure that races between multiple CPUs cannot
2946occur.
2947
2948The ``target_state`` has a similar meaning as described in the ``pwr_domain_off()``
2949operation and it encodes the platform coordinated target local power states for
2950the CPU power domain and its parent power domain levels.
2951
2952It is preferred that this function returns. The caller will invoke
2953``psci_power_down_wfi()`` to powerdown the CPU, mitigate any powerdown errata,
2954and handle any wakeups that may arise. Previously, this function did not return
2955and instead called ``wfi`` (in an infinite loop) directly. This is still
2956possible on platforms where this is guaranteed to be terminal, however, it is
2957strongly discouraged going forward.
2958
2959Previously this function was called ``pwr_domain_pwr_down_wfi()``.
2960
2961plat_psci_ops.pwr_domain_on_finish()
2962....................................
2963
2964This function is called by the PSCI implementation after the calling CPU is
2965powered on and released from reset in response to an earlier PSCI ``CPU_ON`` call.
2966It performs the platform-specific setup required to initialize enough state for
2967this CPU to enter the normal world and also provide secure runtime firmware
2968services.
2969
2970The ``target_state`` (first argument) is the prior state of the power domains
2971immediately before the CPU was turned on. It indicates which power domains
2972above the CPU might require initialization due to having previously been in
2973low power states. The generic code expects the handler to succeed.
2974
2975plat_psci_ops.pwr_domain_on_finish_late() [optional]
2976...........................................................
2977
2978This optional function is called by the PSCI implementation after the calling
2979CPU is fully powered on with respective data caches enabled. The calling CPU and
2980the associated cluster are guaranteed to be participating in coherency. This
2981function gives the flexibility to perform any platform-specific actions safely,
2982such as initialization or modification of shared data structures, without the
2983overhead of explicit cache maintainace operations.
2984
2985The ``target_state`` has a similar meaning as described in the ``pwr_domain_on_finish()``
2986operation. The generic code expects the handler to succeed.
2987
2988plat_psci_ops.pwr_domain_suspend_finish()
2989.........................................
2990
2991This function is called by the PSCI implementation after the calling CPU is
2992powered on and released from reset in response to an asynchronous wakeup
2993event, for example a timer interrupt that was programmed by the CPU during the
2994``CPU_SUSPEND`` call or ``SYSTEM_SUSPEND`` call. It performs the platform-specific
2995setup required to restore the saved state for this CPU to resume execution
2996in the normal world and also provide secure runtime firmware services.
2997
2998The ``target_state`` (first argument) has a similar meaning as described in
2999the ``pwr_domain_on_finish()`` operation. The generic code expects the platform
3000to succeed.
3001
3002If the Distributor, Redistributors or ITS have been powered off as part of a
3003suspend, their context must be restored in this function in the reverse order
3004to how they were saved during suspend sequence.
3005
3006plat_psci_ops.system_off()
3007..........................
3008
3009This function is called by PSCI implementation in response to a ``SYSTEM_OFF``
3010call. It performs the platform-specific system poweroff sequence after
3011notifying the Secure Payload Dispatcher. The caller will call ``wfi`` if this
3012function returns, similar to `plat_psci_ops.pwr_domain_pwr_down()`_.
3013
3014plat_psci_ops.system_reset()
3015............................
3016
3017This function is called by PSCI implementation in response to a ``SYSTEM_RESET``
3018call. It performs the platform-specific system reset sequence after
3019notifying the Secure Payload Dispatcher. The caller will call ``wfi`` if this
3020function returns, similar to `plat_psci_ops.pwr_domain_pwr_down()`_.
3021
3022plat_psci_ops.validate_power_state()
3023....................................
3024
3025This function is called by the PSCI implementation during the ``CPU_SUSPEND``
3026call to validate the ``power_state`` parameter of the PSCI API and if valid,
3027populate it in ``req_state`` (second argument) array as power domain level
3028specific local states. If the ``power_state`` is invalid, the platform must
3029return PSCI_E_INVALID_PARAMS as error, which is propagated back to the
3030normal world PSCI client.
3031
3032plat_psci_ops.validate_ns_entrypoint()
3033......................................
3034
3035This function is called by the PSCI implementation during the ``CPU_SUSPEND``,
3036``SYSTEM_SUSPEND`` and ``CPU_ON`` calls to validate the non-secure ``entry_point``
3037parameter passed by the normal world. If the ``entry_point`` is invalid,
3038the platform must return PSCI_E_INVALID_ADDRESS as error, which is
3039propagated back to the normal world PSCI client.
3040
3041plat_psci_ops.get_sys_suspend_power_state()
3042...........................................
3043
3044This function is called by the PSCI implementation during the ``SYSTEM_SUSPEND``
3045call to get the ``req_state`` parameter from platform which encodes the power
3046domain level specific local states to suspend to system affinity level. The
3047``req_state`` will be utilized to do the PSCI state coordination and
3048``pwr_domain_suspend()`` will be invoked with the coordinated target state to
3049enter system suspend.
3050
3051plat_psci_ops.get_pwr_lvl_state_idx()
3052.....................................
3053
3054This is an optional function and, if implemented, is invoked by the PSCI
3055implementation to convert the ``local_state`` (first argument) at a specified
3056``pwr_lvl`` (second argument) to an index between 0 and
3057``PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL_STATES`` - 1. This function is only needed if the platform
3058supports more than two local power states at each power domain level, that is
3059``PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL_STATES`` is greater than 2, and needs to account for these
3060local power states.
3061
3062plat_psci_ops.translate_power_state_by_mpidr()
3063..............................................
3064
3065This is an optional function and, if implemented, verifies the ``power_state``
3066(second argument) parameter of the PSCI API corresponding to a target power
3067domain. The target power domain is identified by using both ``MPIDR`` (first
3068argument) and the power domain level encoded in ``power_state``. The power domain
3069level specific local states are to be extracted from ``power_state`` and be
3070populated in the ``output_state`` (third argument) array. The functionality
3071is similar to the ``validate_power_state`` function described above and is
3072envisaged to be used in case the validity of ``power_state`` depend on the
3073targeted power domain. If the ``power_state`` is invalid for the targeted power
3074domain, the platform must return PSCI_E_INVALID_PARAMS as error. If this
3075function is not implemented, then the generic implementation relies on
3076``validate_power_state`` function to translate the ``power_state``.
3077
3078This function can also be used in case the platform wants to support local
3079power state encoding for ``power_state`` parameter of PSCI_STAT_COUNT/RESIDENCY
3080APIs as described in Section 5.18 of `PSCI`_.
3081
3082plat_psci_ops.get_node_hw_state()
3083.................................
3084
3085This is an optional function. If implemented this function is intended to return
3086the power state of a node (identified by the first parameter, the ``MPIDR``) in
3087the power domain topology (identified by the second parameter, ``power_level``),
3088as retrieved from a power controller or equivalent component on the platform.
3089Upon successful completion, the implementation must map and return the final
3090status among ``HW_ON``, ``HW_OFF`` or ``HW_STANDBY``. Upon encountering failures, it
3091must return either ``PSCI_E_INVALID_PARAMS`` or ``PSCI_E_NOT_SUPPORTED`` as
3092appropriate.
3093
3094Implementations are not expected to handle ``power_levels`` greater than
3095``PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL``.
3096
3097plat_psci_ops.system_reset2()
3098.............................
3099
3100This is an optional function. If implemented this function is
3101called during the ``SYSTEM_RESET2`` call to perform a reset
3102based on the first parameter ``reset_type`` as specified in
3103`PSCI`_. The parameter ``cookie`` can be used to pass additional
3104reset information. If the ``reset_type`` is not supported, the
3105function must return ``PSCI_E_NOT_SUPPORTED``. For architectural
3106resets, all failures must return ``PSCI_E_INVALID_PARAMETERS``
3107and vendor reset can return other PSCI error codes as defined
3108in `PSCI`_. If this function returns success, the caller will call
3109``wfi`` similar to `plat_psci_ops.pwr_domain_pwr_down()`_.
3110
3111plat_psci_ops.write_mem_protect()
3112.................................
3113
3114This is an optional function. If implemented it enables or disables the
3115``MEM_PROTECT`` functionality based on the value of ``val``.
3116A non-zero value enables ``MEM_PROTECT`` and a value of zero
3117disables it. Upon encountering failures it must return a negative value
3118and on success it must return 0.
3119
3120plat_psci_ops.read_mem_protect()
3121................................
3122
3123This is an optional function. If implemented it returns the current
3124state of ``MEM_PROTECT`` via the ``val`` parameter.  Upon encountering
3125failures it must return a negative value and on success it must
3126return 0.
3127
3128plat_psci_ops.mem_protect_chk()
3129...............................
3130
3131This is an optional function. If implemented it checks if a memory
3132region defined by a base address ``base`` and with a size of ``length``
3133bytes is protected by ``MEM_PROTECT``.  If the region is protected
3134then it must return 0, otherwise it must return a negative number.
3135
3136.. _porting_guide_imf_in_bl31:
3137
3138Interrupt Management framework (in BL31)
3139----------------------------------------
3140
3141BL31 implements an Interrupt Management Framework (IMF) to manage interrupts
3142generated in either security state and targeted to EL1 or EL2 in the non-secure
3143state or EL3/S-EL1 in the secure state. The design of this framework is
3144described in the :ref:`Interrupt Management Framework`
3145
3146A platform should export the following APIs to support the IMF. The following
3147text briefly describes each API and its implementation in Arm standard
3148platforms. The API implementation depends upon the type of interrupt controller
3149present in the platform. Arm standard platform layer supports both
3150`Arm Generic Interrupt Controller version 2.0 (GICv2)`_
3151and `3.0 (GICv3)`_. Juno builds the Arm platform layer to use GICv2 and the
3152FVP can be configured to use either GICv2 or GICv3 depending on the build flag
3153``FVP_USE_GIC_DRIVER`` (See :ref:`build_options_arm_fvp_platform` for more
3154details).
3155
3156See also: :ref:`Interrupt Controller Abstraction APIs<Platform Interrupt Controller API>`.
3157
3158Function : plat_interrupt_type_to_line() [mandatory]
3159~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3160
3161::
3162
3163    Argument : uint32_t, uint32_t
3164    Return   : uint32_t
3165
3166The Arm processor signals an interrupt exception either through the IRQ or FIQ
3167interrupt line. The specific line that is signaled depends on how the interrupt
3168controller (IC) reports different interrupt types from an execution context in
3169either security state. The IMF uses this API to determine which interrupt line
3170the platform IC uses to signal each type of interrupt supported by the framework
3171from a given security state. This API must be invoked at EL3.
3172
3173The first parameter will be one of the ``INTR_TYPE_*`` values (see
3174:ref:`Interrupt Management Framework`) indicating the target type of the
3175interrupt, the second parameter is the security state of the originating
3176execution context. The return result is the bit position in the ``SCR_EL3``
3177register of the respective interrupt trap: IRQ=1, FIQ=2.
3178
3179In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv2, S-EL1 interrupts are
3180configured as FIQs and Non-secure interrupts as IRQs from either security
3181state.
3182
3183In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv3, the interrupt line to be
3184configured depends on the security state of the execution context when the
3185interrupt is signalled and are as follows:
3186
3187-  The S-EL1 interrupts are signaled as IRQ in S-EL0/1 context and as FIQ in
3188   NS-EL0/1/2 context.
3189-  The Non secure interrupts are signaled as FIQ in S-EL0/1 context and as IRQ
3190   in the NS-EL0/1/2 context.
3191-  The EL3 interrupts are signaled as FIQ in both S-EL0/1 and NS-EL0/1/2
3192   context.
3193
3194Function : plat_ic_get_pending_interrupt_type() [mandatory]
3195~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3196
3197::
3198
3199    Argument : void
3200    Return   : uint32_t
3201
3202This API returns the type of the highest priority pending interrupt at the
3203platform IC. The IMF uses the interrupt type to retrieve the corresponding
3204handler function. ``INTR_TYPE_INVAL`` is returned when there is no interrupt
3205pending. The valid interrupt types that can be returned are ``INTR_TYPE_EL3``,
3206``INTR_TYPE_S_EL1`` and ``INTR_TYPE_NS``. This API must be invoked at EL3.
3207
3208In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv2, the *Highest Priority
3209Pending Interrupt Register* (``GICC_HPPIR``) is read to determine the id of
3210the pending interrupt. The type of interrupt depends upon the id value as
3211follows.
3212
3213#. id < 1022 is reported as a S-EL1 interrupt
3214#. id = 1022 is reported as a Non-secure interrupt.
3215#. id = 1023 is reported as an invalid interrupt type.
3216
3217In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv3, the system register
3218``ICC_HPPIR0_EL1``, *Highest Priority Pending group 0 Interrupt Register*,
3219is read to determine the id of the pending interrupt. The type of interrupt
3220depends upon the id value as follows.
3221
3222#. id = ``PENDING_G1S_INTID`` (1020) is reported as a S-EL1 interrupt
3223#. id = ``PENDING_G1NS_INTID`` (1021) is reported as a Non-secure interrupt.
3224#. id = ``GIC_SPURIOUS_INTERRUPT`` (1023) is reported as an invalid interrupt type.
3225#. All other interrupt id's are reported as EL3 interrupt.
3226
3227Function : plat_ic_get_pending_interrupt_id() [mandatory]
3228~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3229
3230::
3231
3232    Argument : void
3233    Return   : uint32_t
3234
3235This API returns the id of the highest priority pending interrupt at the
3236platform IC. ``INTR_ID_UNAVAILABLE`` is returned when there is no interrupt
3237pending.
3238
3239In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv2, the *Highest Priority
3240Pending Interrupt Register* (``GICC_HPPIR``) is read to determine the id of the
3241pending interrupt. The id that is returned by API depends upon the value of
3242the id read from the interrupt controller as follows.
3243
3244#. id < 1022. id is returned as is.
3245#. id = 1022. The *Aliased Highest Priority Pending Interrupt Register*
3246   (``GICC_AHPPIR``) is read to determine the id of the non-secure interrupt.
3247   This id is returned by the API.
3248#. id = 1023. ``INTR_ID_UNAVAILABLE`` is returned.
3249
3250In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv3, if the API is invoked from
3251EL3, the system register ``ICC_HPPIR0_EL1``, *Highest Priority Pending Interrupt
3252group 0 Register*, is read to determine the id of the pending interrupt. The id
3253that is returned by API depends upon the value of the id read from the
3254interrupt controller as follows.
3255
3256#. id < ``PENDING_G1S_INTID`` (1020). id is returned as is.
3257#. id = ``PENDING_G1S_INTID`` (1020) or ``PENDING_G1NS_INTID`` (1021). The system
3258   register ``ICC_HPPIR1_EL1``, *Highest Priority Pending Interrupt group 1
3259   Register* is read to determine the id of the group 1 interrupt. This id
3260   is returned by the API as long as it is a valid interrupt id
3261#. If the id is any of the special interrupt identifiers,
3262   ``INTR_ID_UNAVAILABLE`` is returned.
3263
3264When the API invoked from S-EL1 for GICv3 systems, the id read from system
3265register ``ICC_HPPIR1_EL1``, *Highest Priority Pending group 1 Interrupt
3266Register*, is returned if is not equal to GIC_SPURIOUS_INTERRUPT (1023) else
3267``INTR_ID_UNAVAILABLE`` is returned.
3268
3269Function : plat_ic_acknowledge_interrupt() [mandatory]
3270~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3271
3272::
3273
3274    Argument : void
3275    Return   : uint32_t
3276
3277This API is used by the CPU to indicate to the platform IC that processing of
3278the highest pending interrupt has begun. It should return the raw, unmodified
3279value obtained from the interrupt controller when acknowledging an interrupt.
3280The actual interrupt number shall be extracted from this raw value using the API
3281`plat_ic_get_interrupt_id()<plat_ic_get_interrupt_id>`.
3282
3283This function in Arm standard platforms using GICv2, reads the *Interrupt
3284Acknowledge Register* (``GICC_IAR``). This changes the state of the highest
3285priority pending interrupt from pending to active in the interrupt controller.
3286It returns the value read from the ``GICC_IAR``, unmodified.
3287
3288In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv3, if the API is invoked
3289from EL3, the function reads the system register ``ICC_IAR0_EL1``, *Interrupt
3290Acknowledge Register group 0*. If the API is invoked from S-EL1, the function
3291reads the system register ``ICC_IAR1_EL1``, *Interrupt Acknowledge Register
3292group 1*. The read changes the state of the highest pending interrupt from
3293pending to active in the interrupt controller. The value read is returned
3294unmodified.
3295
3296The TSP uses this API to start processing of the secure physical timer
3297interrupt.
3298
3299Function : plat_ic_end_of_interrupt() [mandatory]
3300~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3301
3302::
3303
3304    Argument : uint32_t
3305    Return   : void
3306
3307This API is used by the CPU to indicate to the platform IC that processing of
3308the interrupt corresponding to the id (passed as the parameter) has
3309finished. The id should be the same as the id returned by the
3310``plat_ic_acknowledge_interrupt()`` API.
3311
3312Arm standard platforms write the id to the *End of Interrupt Register*
3313(``GICC_EOIR``) in case of GICv2, and to ``ICC_EOIR0_EL1`` or ``ICC_EOIR1_EL1``
3314system register in case of GICv3 depending on where the API is invoked from,
3315EL3 or S-EL1. This deactivates the corresponding interrupt in the interrupt
3316controller.
3317
3318The TSP uses this API to finish processing of the secure physical timer
3319interrupt.
3320
3321Function : plat_ic_get_interrupt_type() [mandatory]
3322~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3323
3324::
3325
3326    Argument : uint32_t
3327    Return   : uint32_t
3328
3329This API returns the type of the interrupt id passed as the parameter.
3330``INTR_TYPE_INVAL`` is returned if the id is invalid. If the id is valid, a valid
3331interrupt type (one of ``INTR_TYPE_EL3``, ``INTR_TYPE_S_EL1`` and ``INTR_TYPE_NS``) is
3332returned depending upon how the interrupt has been configured by the platform
3333IC. This API must be invoked at EL3.
3334
3335Arm standard platforms using GICv2 configures S-EL1 interrupts as Group0 interrupts
3336and Non-secure interrupts as Group1 interrupts. It reads the group value
3337corresponding to the interrupt id from the relevant *Interrupt Group Register*
3338(``GICD_IGROUPRn``). It uses the group value to determine the type of interrupt.
3339
3340In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv3, both the *Interrupt Group
3341Register* (``GICD_IGROUPRn``) and *Interrupt Group Modifier Register*
3342(``GICD_IGRPMODRn``) is read to figure out whether the interrupt is configured
3343as Group 0 secure interrupt, Group 1 secure interrupt or Group 1 NS interrupt.
3344
3345Registering a console
3346---------------------
3347
3348Platforms will need to implement the TF-A console framework to register and use
3349a console for visual data output in TF-A. These can be used for data output during
3350the different stages of the firmware boot process and also for debugging purposes.
3351
3352The console framework can be used to output data on to a console using a number of
3353TF-A supported UARTs. Multiple consoles can be registered at the same time with
3354different output scopes (BOOT, RUNTIME, CRASH) so that data can be displayed on
3355their respective consoles without unnecessary cluttering of a single console.
3356
3357Information for registering a console can be found in the :ref:`Console Framework` section
3358of the :ref:`System Design` documentation.
3359
3360Common helper functions
3361-----------------------
3362Function : elx_panic()
3363~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3364
3365::
3366
3367    Argument : void
3368    Return   : void
3369
3370This API is called from assembly files when reporting a critical failure
3371that has occured in lower EL and is been trapped in EL3. This call
3372**must not** return.
3373
3374Function : el3_panic()
3375~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3376
3377::
3378
3379    Argument : void
3380    Return   : void
3381
3382This API is called from assembly files when encountering a critical failure that
3383cannot be recovered from. This function assumes that it is invoked from a C
3384runtime environment i.e. valid stack exists. This call **must not** return.
3385
3386Function : panic()
3387~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3388
3389::
3390
3391    Argument : void
3392    Return   : void
3393
3394This API called from C files when encountering a critical failure that cannot
3395be recovered from. This function in turn prints backtrace (if enabled) and calls
3396el3_panic(). This call **must not** return.
3397
3398Crash Reporting mechanism (in BL31)
3399-----------------------------------
3400
3401BL31 implements a crash reporting mechanism which prints the various registers
3402of the CPU to enable quick crash analysis and debugging. This mechanism relies
3403on the platform implementing ``plat_crash_console_init``,
3404``plat_crash_console_putc`` and ``plat_crash_console_flush``.
3405
3406The file ``plat/common/aarch64/crash_console_helpers.S`` contains sample
3407implementation of all of them. Platforms may include this file to their
3408makefiles in order to benefit from them. By default, they will cause the crash
3409output to be routed over the normal console infrastructure and get printed on
3410consoles configured to output in crash state. ``console_set_scope()`` can be
3411used to control whether a console is used for crash output.
3412
3413.. note::
3414   Platforms are responsible for making sure that they only mark consoles for
3415   use in the crash scope that are able to support this, i.e. that are written
3416   in assembly and conform with the register clobber rules for putc()
3417   (x0-x2, x16-x17) and flush() (x0-x3, x16-x17) crash callbacks.
3418
3419In some cases (such as debugging very early crashes that happen before the
3420normal boot console can be set up), platforms may want to control crash output
3421more explicitly. These platforms may instead provide custom implementations for
3422these. They are executed outside of a C environment and without a stack. Many
3423console drivers provide functions named ``console_xxx_core_init/putc/flush``
3424that are designed to be used by these functions. See Arm platforms (like juno)
3425for an example of this.
3426
3427Function : plat_crash_console_init [mandatory]
3428~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3429
3430::
3431
3432    Argument : void
3433    Return   : int
3434
3435This API is used by the crash reporting mechanism to initialize the crash
3436console. It must only use the general purpose registers x0 through x7 to do the
3437initialization and returns 1 on success.
3438
3439Function : plat_crash_console_putc [mandatory]
3440~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3441
3442::
3443
3444    Argument : int
3445    Return   : int
3446
3447This API is used by the crash reporting mechanism to print a character on the
3448designated crash console. It must only use general purpose registers x1 and
3449x2 to do its work. The parameter and the return value are in general purpose
3450register x0.
3451
3452Function : plat_crash_console_flush [mandatory]
3453~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3454
3455::
3456
3457    Argument : void
3458    Return   : void
3459
3460This API is used by the crash reporting mechanism to force write of all buffered
3461data on the designated crash console. It should only use general purpose
3462registers x0 through x5 to do its work.
3463
3464Function : plat_setup_early_console [optional]
3465~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3466
3467::
3468
3469    Argument : void
3470    Return   : void
3471
3472This API is used to setup the early console, it is required only if the flag
3473``EARLY_CONSOLE`` is enabled.
3474
3475.. _External Abort handling and RAS Support:
3476
3477External Abort handling and RAS Support
3478---------------------------------------
3479
3480If any cores on the platform support powerdown abandon (i.e. ``FEAT_PABANDON``
3481is set, check the "Core powerup and powerdown sequence" in their TRMs), then
3482these functions should be able to handle being called with power domains off and
3483after the powerdown ``wfi``. In other words it may run after a call to
3484``pwr_domain_suspend()`` and before a call to ``pwr_domain_suspend_finish()``
3485(and their power off counterparts).
3486
3487Should this not be desirable, or if there is no powerdown abandon support, then
3488RAS errors should be masked by writing any relevant error records in any
3489powerdown hooks to prevent deadlocks due to a RAS error after the point of no
3490return. See the core's TRM for further information.
3491
3492Function : plat_ea_handler
3493~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3494
3495::
3496
3497    Argument : int
3498    Argument : uint64_t
3499    Argument : void *
3500    Argument : void *
3501    Argument : uint64_t
3502    Return   : void
3503
3504This function is invoked by the runtime exception handling framework for the
3505platform to handle an External Abort received at EL3. The intention of the
3506function is to attempt to resolve the cause of External Abort and return;
3507if that's not possible then an orderly shutdown of the system is initiated.
3508
3509The first parameter (``int ea_reason``) indicates the reason for External Abort.
3510Its value is one of ``ERROR_EA_*`` constants defined in ``ea_handle.h``.
3511
3512The second parameter (``uint64_t syndrome``) is the respective syndrome
3513presented to EL3 after having received the External Abort. Depending on the
3514nature of the abort (as can be inferred from the ``ea_reason`` parameter), this
3515can be the content of either ``ESR_EL3`` or ``DISR_EL1``.
3516
3517The third parameter (``void *cookie``) is unused for now. The fourth parameter
3518(``void *handle``) is a pointer to the preempted context. The fifth parameter
3519(``uint64_t flags``) indicates the preempted security state. These parameters
3520are received from the top-level exception handler.
3521
3522This function must be implemented if a platform expects Firmware First handling
3523of External Aborts.
3524
3525Function : plat_handle_uncontainable_ea
3526~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3527
3528::
3529
3530    Argument : int
3531    Argument : uint64_t
3532    Return   : void
3533
3534This function is invoked by the RAS framework when an External Abort of
3535Uncontainable type is received at EL3. Due to the critical nature of
3536Uncontainable errors, the intention of this function is to initiate orderly
3537shutdown of the system, and is not expected to return.
3538
3539This function must be implemented in assembly.
3540
3541The first and second parameters are the same as that of ``plat_ea_handler``.
3542
3543The default implementation of this function calls
3544``report_unhandled_exception``.
3545
3546Function : plat_handle_double_fault
3547~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3548
3549::
3550
3551    Argument : int
3552    Argument : uint64_t
3553    Return   : void
3554
3555This function is invoked by the RAS framework when another External Abort is
3556received at EL3 while one is already being handled. I.e., a call to
3557``plat_ea_handler`` is outstanding. Due to its critical nature, the intention of
3558this function is to initiate orderly shutdown of the system, and is not expected
3559recover or return.
3560
3561This function must be implemented in assembly.
3562
3563The first and second parameters are the same as that of ``plat_ea_handler``.
3564
3565The default implementation of this function calls
3566``report_unhandled_exception``.
3567
3568Function : plat_handle_el3_ea
3569~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3570
3571::
3572
3573    Return   : void
3574
3575This function is invoked when an External Abort is received while executing in
3576EL3. Due to its critical nature, the intention of this function is to initiate
3577orderly shutdown of the system, and is not expected recover or return.
3578
3579This function must be implemented in assembly.
3580
3581The default implementation of this function calls
3582``report_unhandled_exception``.
3583
3584Function : plat_handle_rng_trap
3585~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3586
3587::
3588
3589    Argument : uint64_t
3590    Argument : cpu_context_t *
3591    Return   : int
3592
3593This function is invoked by BL31's exception handler when there is a synchronous
3594system register trap caused by access to the RNDR or RNDRRS registers. It allows
3595platforms implementing ``FEAT_RNG_TRAP`` and enabling ``ENABLE_FEAT_RNG_TRAP`` to
3596emulate those system registers by returing back some entropy to the lower EL.
3597
3598The first parameter (``uint64_t esr_el3``) contains the content of the ESR_EL3
3599syndrome register, which encodes the instruction that was trapped. The interesting
3600information in there is the target register (``get_sysreg_iss_rt()``).
3601
3602The second parameter (``cpu_context_t *ctx``) represents the CPU state in the
3603lower exception level, at the time when the execution of the ``mrs`` instruction
3604was trapped. Its content can be changed, to put the entropy into the target
3605register.
3606
3607The return value indicates how to proceed:
3608
3609-  When returning ``TRAP_RET_UNHANDLED`` (-1), the machine will panic.
3610-  When returning ``TRAP_RET_REPEAT`` (0), the exception handler will return
3611   to the same instruction, so its execution will be repeated.
3612-  When returning ``TRAP_RET_CONTINUE`` (1), the exception handler will return
3613   to the next instruction.
3614
3615This function needs to be implemented by a platform if it enables FEAT_RNG_TRAP.
3616
3617Function : plat_handle_impdef_trap
3618~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
3619
3620::
3621
3622    Argument : uint64_t
3623    Argument : cpu_context_t *
3624    Return   : int
3625
3626This function is invoked by BL31's exception handler when there is a synchronous
3627system register trap caused by access to the implementation defined registers.
3628It allows platforms enabling ``IMPDEF_SYSREG_TRAP`` to emulate those system
3629registers choosing to program bits of their choice. If using in combination with
3630``ARCH_FEATURE_AVAILABILITY``, the macros
3631{SCR,MDCR,CPTR}_PLAT_{BITS,IGNORED,FLIPPED} should be defined to report correct
3632results.
3633
3634The first parameter (``uint64_t esr_el3``) contains the content of the ESR_EL3
3635syndrome register, which encodes the instruction that was trapped.
3636
3637The second parameter (``cpu_context_t *ctx``) represents the CPU state in the
3638lower exception level, at the time when the execution of the ``mrs`` instruction
3639was trapped.
3640
3641The return value indicates how to proceed:
3642
3643-  When returning ``TRAP_RET_UNHANDLED`` (-1), the machine will panic.
3644-  When returning ``TRAP_RET_REPEAT`` (0), the exception handler will return
3645   to the same instruction, so its execution will be repeated.
3646-  When returning ``TRAP_RET_CONTINUE`` (1), the exception handler will return
3647   to the next instruction.
3648
3649This function needs to be implemented by a platform if it enables
3650IMPDEF_SYSREG_TRAP.
3651
3652Build flags
3653-----------
3654
3655There are some build flags which can be defined by the platform to control
3656inclusion or exclusion of certain BL stages from the FIP image. These flags
3657need to be defined in the platform makefile which will get included by the
3658build system.
3659
3660-  **NEED_BL33**
3661   By default, this flag is defined ``yes`` by the build system and ``BL33``
3662   build option should be supplied as a build option. The platform has the
3663   option of excluding the BL33 image in the ``fip`` image by defining this flag
3664   to ``no``. If any of the options ``EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE`` or ``PRELOADED_BL33_BASE``
3665   are used, this flag will be set to ``no`` automatically.
3666
3667-  **ARM_ARCH_MAJOR and ARM_ARCH_MINOR**
3668   By default, ARM_ARCH_MAJOR.ARM_ARCH_MINOR is set to 8.0 in ``defaults.mk``,
3669   if the platform makefile/build defines or uses the correct ARM_ARCH_MAJOR and
3670   ARM_ARCH_MINOR then mandatory Architectural features available for that Arch
3671   version will be enabled by default and any optional Arch feature supported by
3672   the Architecture and available in TF-A can be enabled from platform specific
3673   makefile. Look up to ``arch_features.mk`` for details pertaining to mandatory
3674   and optional Arch specific features.
3675
3676Platform include paths
3677----------------------
3678
3679Platforms are allowed to add more include paths to be passed to the compiler.
3680The ``PLAT_INCLUDES`` variable is used for this purpose. This is needed in
3681particular for the file ``platform_def.h``.
3682
3683Example:
3684
3685.. code:: c
3686
3687  PLAT_INCLUDES  += -Iinclude/plat/myplat/include
3688
3689C Library
3690---------
3691
3692To avoid subtle toolchain behavioral dependencies, the header files provided
3693by the compiler are not used. The software is built with the ``-nostdinc`` flag
3694to ensure no headers are included from the toolchain inadvertently. Instead the
3695required headers are included in the TF-A source tree. The library only
3696contains those C library definitions required by the local implementation. If
3697more functionality is required, the needed library functions will need to be
3698added to the local implementation.
3699
3700Some C headers have been obtained from `FreeBSD`_ and `SCC`_, while others have
3701been written specifically for TF-A. Some implementation files have been obtained
3702from `FreeBSD`_, others have been written specifically for TF-A as well. The
3703files can be found in ``include/lib/libc`` and ``lib/libc``.
3704
3705SCC can be found in http://www.simple-cc.org/. A copy of the `FreeBSD`_ sources
3706can be obtained from http://github.com/freebsd/freebsd.
3707
3708Storage abstraction layer
3709-------------------------
3710
3711In order to improve platform independence and portability a storage abstraction
3712layer is used to load data from non-volatile platform storage. Currently
3713storage access is only required by BL1 and BL2 phases and performed inside the
3714``load_image()`` function in ``bl_common.c``.
3715
3716.. uml:: resources/diagrams/plantuml/io_framework_usage_overview.puml
3717
3718It is mandatory to implement at least one storage driver. For the Arm
3719development platforms the Firmware Image Package (FIP) driver is provided as
3720the default means to load data from storage (see :ref:`firmware_design_fip`).
3721The storage layer is described in the header file
3722``include/drivers/io/io_storage.h``. The implementation of the common library is
3723in ``drivers/io/io_storage.c`` and the driver files are located in
3724``drivers/io/``.
3725
3726.. uml:: resources/diagrams/plantuml/io_arm_class_diagram.puml
3727
3728Each IO driver must provide ``io_dev_*`` structures, as described in
3729``drivers/io/io_driver.h``. These are returned via a mandatory registration
3730function that is called on platform initialization. The semi-hosting driver
3731implementation in ``io_semihosting.c`` can be used as an example.
3732
3733Each platform should register devices and their drivers via the storage
3734abstraction layer. These drivers then need to be initialized by bootloader
3735phases as required in their respective ``blx_platform_setup()`` functions.
3736
3737.. uml:: resources/diagrams/plantuml/io_dev_registration.puml
3738
3739The storage abstraction layer provides mechanisms (``io_dev_init()``) to
3740initialize storage devices before IO operations are called.
3741
3742.. uml:: resources/diagrams/plantuml/io_dev_init_and_check.puml
3743
3744The basic operations supported by the layer
3745include ``open()``, ``close()``, ``read()``, ``write()``, ``size()`` and ``seek()``.
3746Drivers do not have to implement all operations, but each platform must
3747provide at least one driver for a device capable of supporting generic
3748operations such as loading a bootloader image.
3749
3750The current implementation only allows for known images to be loaded by the
3751firmware. These images are specified by using their identifiers, as defined in
3752``include/plat/common/common_def.h`` (or a separate header file included from
3753there). The platform layer (``plat_get_image_source()``) then returns a reference
3754to a device and a driver-specific ``spec`` which will be understood by the driver
3755to allow access to the image data.
3756
3757The layer is designed in such a way that is it possible to chain drivers with
3758other drivers. For example, file-system drivers may be implemented on top of
3759physical block devices, both represented by IO devices with corresponding
3760drivers. In such a case, the file-system "binding" with the block device may
3761be deferred until the file-system device is initialised.
3762
3763The abstraction currently depends on structures being statically allocated
3764by the drivers and callers, as the system does not yet provide a means of
3765dynamically allocating memory. This may also have the affect of limiting the
3766amount of open resources per driver.
3767
3768Measured Boot Platform Interface
3769--------------------------------
3770
3771Enabling the MEASURED_BOOT flag adds extra platform requirements. Please refer
3772to :ref:`Measured Boot Design` for more details.
3773
3774--------------
3775
3776*Copyright (c) 2013-2025, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.*
3777
3778.. _PSCI: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0022/latest/
3779.. _Arm Generic Interrupt Controller version 2.0 (GICv2): http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0048b/index.html
3780.. _3.0 (GICv3): http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0069b/index.html
3781.. _FreeBSD: https://www.freebsd.org
3782.. _SCC: http://www.simple-cc.org/
3783.. _DRTM: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0113/a
3784