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1Trusted Firmware-A Porting Guide
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11
12Introduction
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14
15Please note that this document has been updated for the new platform API
16as required by the PSCI v1.0 implementation. Please refer to the
17`Migration Guide`_ for the previous platform API.
18
19Porting Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A) to a new platform involves making some
20mandatory and optional modifications for both the cold and warm boot paths.
21Modifications consist of:
22
23-  Implementing a platform-specific function or variable,
24-  Setting up the execution context in a certain way, or
25-  Defining certain constants (for example #defines).
26
27The platform-specific functions and variables are declared in
28`include/plat/common/platform.h`_. The firmware provides a default implementation
29of variables and functions to fulfill the optional requirements. These
30implementations are all weakly defined; they are provided to ease the porting
31effort. Each platform port can override them with its own implementation if the
32default implementation is inadequate.
33
34Platform ports that want to be aligned with standard Arm platforms (for example
35FVP and Juno) may also use `include/plat/arm/common/plat\_arm.h`_ and the
36corresponding source files in ``plat/arm/common/``. These provide standard
37implementations for some of the required platform porting functions. However,
38using these functions requires the platform port to implement additional
39Arm standard platform porting functions. These additional functions are not
40documented here.
41
42Some modifications are common to all Boot Loader (BL) stages. Section 2
43discusses these in detail. The subsequent sections discuss the remaining
44modifications for each BL stage in detail.
45
46This document should be read in conjunction with the TF-A `User Guide`_.
47
48Common modifications
49--------------------
50
51This section covers the modifications that should be made by the platform for
52each BL stage to correctly port the firmware stack. They are categorized as
53either mandatory or optional.
54
55Common mandatory modifications
56------------------------------
57
58A platform port must enable the Memory Management Unit (MMU) as well as the
59instruction and data caches for each BL stage. Setting up the translation
60tables is the responsibility of the platform port because memory maps differ
61across platforms. A memory translation library (see ``lib/xlat_tables/``) is
62provided to help in this setup.
63
64Note that although this library supports non-identity mappings, this is intended
65only for re-mapping peripheral physical addresses and allows platforms with high
66I/O addresses to reduce their virtual address space. All other addresses
67corresponding to code and data must currently use an identity mapping.
68
69Also, the only translation granule size supported in TF-A is 4KB, as various
70parts of the code assume that is the case. It is not possible to switch to
7116 KB or 64 KB granule sizes at the moment.
72
73In Arm standard platforms, each BL stage configures the MMU in the
74platform-specific architecture setup function, ``blX_plat_arch_setup()``, and uses
75an identity mapping for all addresses.
76
77If the build option ``USE_COHERENT_MEM`` is enabled, each platform can allocate a
78block of identity mapped secure memory with Device-nGnRE attributes aligned to
79page boundary (4K) for each BL stage. All sections which allocate coherent
80memory are grouped under ``coherent_ram``. For ex: Bakery locks are placed in a
81section identified by name ``bakery_lock`` inside ``coherent_ram`` so that its
82possible for the firmware to place variables in it using the following C code
83directive:
84
85::
86
87    __section("bakery_lock")
88
89Or alternatively the following assembler code directive:
90
91::
92
93    .section bakery_lock
94
95The ``coherent_ram`` section is a sum of all sections like ``bakery_lock`` which are
96used to allocate any data structures that are accessed both when a CPU is
97executing with its MMU and caches enabled, and when it's running with its MMU
98and caches disabled. Examples are given below.
99
100The following variables, functions and constants must be defined by the platform
101for the firmware to work correctly.
102
103File : platform\_def.h [mandatory]
104~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
105
106Each platform must ensure that a header file of this name is in the system
107include path with the following constants defined. This may require updating the
108list of ``PLAT_INCLUDES`` in the ``platform.mk`` file. In the Arm development
109platforms, this file is found in ``plat/arm/board/<plat_name>/include/``.
110
111Platform ports may optionally use the file `include/plat/common/common\_def.h`_,
112which provides typical values for some of the constants below. These values are
113likely to be suitable for all platform ports.
114
115Platform ports that want to be aligned with standard Arm platforms (for example
116FVP and Juno) may also use `include/plat/arm/common/arm\_def.h`_, which provides
117standard values for some of the constants below. However, this requires the
118platform port to define additional platform porting constants in
119``platform_def.h``. These additional constants are not documented here.
120
121-  **#define : PLATFORM\_LINKER\_FORMAT**
122
123   Defines the linker format used by the platform, for example
124   ``elf64-littleaarch64``.
125
126-  **#define : PLATFORM\_LINKER\_ARCH**
127
128   Defines the processor architecture for the linker by the platform, for
129   example ``aarch64``.
130
131-  **#define : PLATFORM\_STACK\_SIZE**
132
133   Defines the normal stack memory available to each CPU. This constant is used
134   by `plat/common/aarch64/platform\_mp\_stack.S`_ and
135   `plat/common/aarch64/platform\_up\_stack.S`_.
136
137-  **define : CACHE\_WRITEBACK\_GRANULE**
138
139   Defines the size in bits of the largest cache line across all the cache
140   levels in the platform.
141
142-  **#define : FIRMWARE\_WELCOME\_STR**
143
144   Defines the character string printed by BL1 upon entry into the ``bl1_main()``
145   function.
146
147-  **#define : PLATFORM\_CORE\_COUNT**
148
149   Defines the total number of CPUs implemented by the platform across all
150   clusters in the system.
151
152-  **#define : PLAT\_NUM\_PWR\_DOMAINS**
153
154   Defines the total number of nodes in the power domain topology
155   tree at all the power domain levels used by the platform.
156   This macro is used by the PSCI implementation to allocate
157   data structures to represent power domain topology.
158
159-  **#define : PLAT\_MAX\_PWR\_LVL**
160
161   Defines the maximum power domain level that the power management operations
162   should apply to. More often, but not always, the power domain level
163   corresponds to affinity level. This macro allows the PSCI implementation
164   to know the highest power domain level that it should consider for power
165   management operations in the system that the platform implements. For
166   example, the Base AEM FVP implements two clusters with a configurable
167   number of CPUs and it reports the maximum power domain level as 1.
168
169-  **#define : PLAT\_MAX\_OFF\_STATE**
170
171   Defines the local power state corresponding to the deepest power down
172   possible at every power domain level in the platform. The local power
173   states for each level may be sparsely allocated between 0 and this value
174   with 0 being reserved for the RUN state. The PSCI implementation uses this
175   value to initialize the local power states of the power domain nodes and
176   to specify the requested power state for a PSCI\_CPU\_OFF call.
177
178-  **#define : PLAT\_MAX\_RET\_STATE**
179
180   Defines the local power state corresponding to the deepest retention state
181   possible at every power domain level in the platform. This macro should be
182   a value less than PLAT\_MAX\_OFF\_STATE and greater than 0. It is used by the
183   PSCI implementation to distinguish between retention and power down local
184   power states within PSCI\_CPU\_SUSPEND call.
185
186-  **#define : PLAT\_MAX\_PWR\_LVL\_STATES**
187
188   Defines the maximum number of local power states per power domain level
189   that the platform supports. The default value of this macro is 2 since
190   most platforms just support a maximum of two local power states at each
191   power domain level (power-down and retention). If the platform needs to
192   account for more local power states, then it must redefine this macro.
193
194   Currently, this macro is used by the Generic PSCI implementation to size
195   the array used for PSCI\_STAT\_COUNT/RESIDENCY accounting.
196
197-  **#define : BL1\_RO\_BASE**
198
199   Defines the base address in secure ROM where BL1 originally lives. Must be
200   aligned on a page-size boundary.
201
202-  **#define : BL1\_RO\_LIMIT**
203
204   Defines the maximum address in secure ROM that BL1's actual content (i.e.
205   excluding any data section allocated at runtime) can occupy.
206
207-  **#define : BL1\_RW\_BASE**
208
209   Defines the base address in secure RAM where BL1's read-write data will live
210   at runtime. Must be aligned on a page-size boundary.
211
212-  **#define : BL1\_RW\_LIMIT**
213
214   Defines the maximum address in secure RAM that BL1's read-write data can
215   occupy at runtime.
216
217-  **#define : BL2\_BASE**
218
219   Defines the base address in secure RAM where BL1 loads the BL2 binary image.
220   Must be aligned on a page-size boundary. This constant is not applicable
221   when BL2_IN_XIP_MEM is set to '1'.
222
223-  **#define : BL2\_LIMIT**
224
225   Defines the maximum address in secure RAM that the BL2 image can occupy.
226   This constant is not applicable when BL2_IN_XIP_MEM is set to '1'.
227
228-  **#define : BL2\_RO\_BASE**
229
230   Defines the base address in secure XIP memory where BL2 RO section originally
231   lives. Must be aligned on a page-size boundary. This constant is only needed
232   when BL2_IN_XIP_MEM is set to '1'.
233
234-  **#define : BL2\_RO\_LIMIT**
235
236   Defines the maximum address in secure XIP memory that BL2's actual content
237   (i.e. excluding any data section allocated at runtime) can occupy. This
238   constant is only needed when BL2_IN_XIP_MEM is set to '1'.
239
240-  **#define : BL2\_RW\_BASE**
241
242   Defines the base address in secure RAM where BL2's read-write data will live
243   at runtime. Must be aligned on a page-size boundary. This constant is only
244   needed when BL2_IN_XIP_MEM is set to '1'.
245
246-  **#define : BL2\_RW\_LIMIT**
247
248   Defines the maximum address in secure RAM that BL2's read-write data can
249   occupy at runtime. This constant is only needed when BL2_IN_XIP_MEM is set
250   to '1'.
251
252-  **#define : BL31\_BASE**
253
254   Defines the base address in secure RAM where BL2 loads the BL31 binary
255   image. Must be aligned on a page-size boundary.
256
257-  **#define : BL31\_LIMIT**
258
259   Defines the maximum address in secure RAM that the BL31 image can occupy.
260
261For every image, the platform must define individual identifiers that will be
262used by BL1 or BL2 to load the corresponding image into memory from non-volatile
263storage. For the sake of performance, integer numbers will be used as
264identifiers. The platform will use those identifiers to return the relevant
265information about the image to be loaded (file handler, load address,
266authentication information, etc.). The following image identifiers are
267mandatory:
268
269-  **#define : BL2\_IMAGE\_ID**
270
271   BL2 image identifier, used by BL1 to load BL2.
272
273-  **#define : BL31\_IMAGE\_ID**
274
275   BL31 image identifier, used by BL2 to load BL31.
276
277-  **#define : BL33\_IMAGE\_ID**
278
279   BL33 image identifier, used by BL2 to load BL33.
280
281If Trusted Board Boot is enabled, the following certificate identifiers must
282also be defined:
283
284-  **#define : TRUSTED\_BOOT\_FW\_CERT\_ID**
285
286   BL2 content certificate identifier, used by BL1 to load the BL2 content
287   certificate.
288
289-  **#define : TRUSTED\_KEY\_CERT\_ID**
290
291   Trusted key certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the trusted key
292   certificate.
293
294-  **#define : SOC\_FW\_KEY\_CERT\_ID**
295
296   BL31 key certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the BL31 key
297   certificate.
298
299-  **#define : SOC\_FW\_CONTENT\_CERT\_ID**
300
301   BL31 content certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the BL31 content
302   certificate.
303
304-  **#define : NON\_TRUSTED\_FW\_KEY\_CERT\_ID**
305
306   BL33 key certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the BL33 key
307   certificate.
308
309-  **#define : NON\_TRUSTED\_FW\_CONTENT\_CERT\_ID**
310
311   BL33 content certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the BL33 content
312   certificate.
313
314-  **#define : FWU\_CERT\_ID**
315
316   Firmware Update (FWU) certificate identifier, used by NS\_BL1U to load the
317   FWU content certificate.
318
319-  **#define : PLAT\_CRYPTOCELL\_BASE**
320
321   This defines the base address of Arm® TrustZone® CryptoCell and must be
322   defined if CryptoCell crypto driver is used for Trusted Board Boot. For
323   capable Arm platforms, this driver is used if ``ARM_CRYPTOCELL_INTEG`` is
324   set.
325
326If the AP Firmware Updater Configuration image, BL2U is used, the following
327must also be defined:
328
329-  **#define : BL2U\_BASE**
330
331   Defines the base address in secure memory where BL1 copies the BL2U binary
332   image. Must be aligned on a page-size boundary.
333
334-  **#define : BL2U\_LIMIT**
335
336   Defines the maximum address in secure memory that the BL2U image can occupy.
337
338-  **#define : BL2U\_IMAGE\_ID**
339
340   BL2U image identifier, used by BL1 to fetch an image descriptor
341   corresponding to BL2U.
342
343If the SCP Firmware Update Configuration Image, SCP\_BL2U is used, the following
344must also be defined:
345
346-  **#define : SCP\_BL2U\_IMAGE\_ID**
347
348   SCP\_BL2U image identifier, used by BL1 to fetch an image descriptor
349   corresponding to SCP\_BL2U.
350   NOTE: TF-A does not provide source code for this image.
351
352If the Non-Secure Firmware Updater ROM, NS\_BL1U is used, the following must
353also be defined:
354
355-  **#define : NS\_BL1U\_BASE**
356
357   Defines the base address in non-secure ROM where NS\_BL1U executes.
358   Must be aligned on a page-size boundary.
359   NOTE: 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   NOTE: TF-A does not provide source code for this image.
374
375-  **#define : NS\_BL2U\_IMAGE\_ID**
376
377   NS\_BL2U image identifier, used by BL1 to fetch an image descriptor
378   corresponding to NS\_BL2U.
379
380For the the Firmware update capability of TRUSTED BOARD BOOT, the following
381macros may also be defined:
382
383-  **#define : PLAT\_FWU\_MAX\_SIMULTANEOUS\_IMAGES**
384
385   Total number of images that can be loaded simultaneously. If the platform
386   doesn't specify any value, it defaults to 10.
387
388If a SCP\_BL2 image is supported by the platform, the following constants must
389also be defined:
390
391-  **#define : SCP\_BL2\_IMAGE\_ID**
392
393   SCP\_BL2 image identifier, used by BL2 to load SCP\_BL2 into secure memory
394   from platform storage before being transfered to the SCP.
395
396-  **#define : SCP\_FW\_KEY\_CERT\_ID**
397
398   SCP\_BL2 key certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the SCP\_BL2 key
399   certificate (mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled).
400
401-  **#define : SCP\_FW\_CONTENT\_CERT\_ID**
402
403   SCP\_BL2 content certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the SCP\_BL2
404   content certificate (mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled).
405
406If a BL32 image is supported by the platform, the following constants must
407also be defined:
408
409-  **#define : BL32\_IMAGE\_ID**
410
411   BL32 image identifier, used by BL2 to load BL32.
412
413-  **#define : TRUSTED\_OS\_FW\_KEY\_CERT\_ID**
414
415   BL32 key certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the BL32 key
416   certificate (mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled).
417
418-  **#define : TRUSTED\_OS\_FW\_CONTENT\_CERT\_ID**
419
420   BL32 content certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the BL32 content
421   certificate (mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled).
422
423-  **#define : BL32\_BASE**
424
425   Defines the base address in secure memory where BL2 loads the BL32 binary
426   image. Must be aligned on a page-size boundary.
427
428-  **#define : BL32\_LIMIT**
429
430   Defines the maximum address that the BL32 image can occupy.
431
432If the Test Secure-EL1 Payload (TSP) instantiation of BL32 is supported by the
433platform, the following constants must also be defined:
434
435-  **#define : TSP\_SEC\_MEM\_BASE**
436
437   Defines the base address of the secure memory used by the TSP image on the
438   platform. This must be at the same address or below ``BL32_BASE``.
439
440-  **#define : TSP\_SEC\_MEM\_SIZE**
441
442   Defines the size of the secure memory used by the BL32 image on the
443   platform. ``TSP_SEC_MEM_BASE`` and ``TSP_SEC_MEM_SIZE`` must fully accomodate
444   the memory required by the BL32 image, defined by ``BL32_BASE`` and
445   ``BL32_LIMIT``.
446
447-  **#define : TSP\_IRQ\_SEC\_PHY\_TIMER**
448
449   Defines the ID of the secure physical generic timer interrupt used by the
450   TSP's interrupt handling code.
451
452If the platform port uses the translation table library code, the following
453constants must also be defined:
454
455-  **#define : PLAT\_XLAT\_TABLES\_DYNAMIC**
456
457   Optional flag that can be set per-image to enable the dynamic allocation of
458   regions even when the MMU is enabled. If not defined, only static
459   functionality will be available, if defined and set to 1 it will also
460   include the dynamic functionality.
461
462-  **#define : MAX\_XLAT\_TABLES**
463
464   Defines the maximum number of translation tables that are allocated by the
465   translation table library code. To minimize the amount of runtime memory
466   used, choose the smallest value needed to map the required virtual addresses
467   for each BL stage. If ``PLAT_XLAT_TABLES_DYNAMIC`` flag is enabled for a BL
468   image, ``MAX_XLAT_TABLES`` must be defined to accommodate the dynamic regions
469   as well.
470
471-  **#define : MAX\_MMAP\_REGIONS**
472
473   Defines the maximum number of regions that are allocated by the translation
474   table library code. A region consists of physical base address, virtual base
475   address, size and attributes (Device/Memory, RO/RW, Secure/Non-Secure), as
476   defined in the ``mmap_region_t`` structure. The platform defines the regions
477   that should be mapped. Then, the translation table library will create the
478   corresponding tables and descriptors at runtime. To minimize the amount of
479   runtime memory used, choose the smallest value needed to register the
480   required regions for each BL stage. If ``PLAT_XLAT_TABLES_DYNAMIC`` flag is
481   enabled for a BL image, ``MAX_MMAP_REGIONS`` must be defined to accommodate
482   the dynamic regions as well.
483
484-  **#define : ADDR\_SPACE\_SIZE**
485
486   Defines the total size of the address space in bytes. For example, for a 32
487   bit address space, this value should be ``(1ULL << 32)``. This definition is
488   now deprecated, platforms should use ``PLAT_PHY_ADDR_SPACE_SIZE`` and
489   ``PLAT_VIRT_ADDR_SPACE_SIZE`` instead.
490
491-  **#define : PLAT\_VIRT\_ADDR\_SPACE\_SIZE**
492
493   Defines the total size of the virtual address space in bytes. For example,
494   for a 32 bit virtual address space, this value should be ``(1ULL << 32)``.
495
496-  **#define : PLAT\_PHY\_ADDR\_SPACE\_SIZE**
497
498   Defines the total size of the physical address space in bytes. For example,
499   for a 32 bit physical address space, this value should be ``(1ULL << 32)``.
500
501If the platform port uses the IO storage framework, the following constants
502must also be defined:
503
504-  **#define : MAX\_IO\_DEVICES**
505
506   Defines the maximum number of registered IO devices. Attempting to register
507   more devices than this value using ``io_register_device()`` will fail with
508   -ENOMEM.
509
510-  **#define : MAX\_IO\_HANDLES**
511
512   Defines the maximum number of open IO handles. Attempting to open more IO
513   entities than this value using ``io_open()`` will fail with -ENOMEM.
514
515-  **#define : MAX\_IO\_BLOCK\_DEVICES**
516
517   Defines the maximum number of registered IO block devices. Attempting to
518   register more devices this value using ``io_dev_open()`` will fail
519   with -ENOMEM. MAX\_IO\_BLOCK\_DEVICES should be less than MAX\_IO\_DEVICES.
520   With this macro, multiple block devices could be supported at the same
521   time.
522
523If the platform needs to allocate data within the per-cpu data framework in
524BL31, it should define the following macro. Currently this is only required if
525the platform decides not to use the coherent memory section by undefining the
526``USE_COHERENT_MEM`` build flag. In this case, the framework allocates the
527required memory within the the per-cpu data to minimize wastage.
528
529-  **#define : PLAT\_PCPU\_DATA\_SIZE**
530
531   Defines the memory (in bytes) to be reserved within the per-cpu data
532   structure for use by the platform layer.
533
534The following constants are optional. They should be defined when the platform
535memory layout implies some image overlaying like in Arm standard platforms.
536
537-  **#define : BL31\_PROGBITS\_LIMIT**
538
539   Defines the maximum address in secure RAM that the BL31's progbits sections
540   can occupy.
541
542-  **#define : TSP\_PROGBITS\_LIMIT**
543
544   Defines the maximum address that the TSP's progbits sections can occupy.
545
546If the platform port uses the PL061 GPIO driver, the following constant may
547optionally be defined:
548
549-  **PLAT\_PL061\_MAX\_GPIOS**
550   Maximum number of GPIOs required by the platform. This allows control how
551   much memory is allocated for PL061 GPIO controllers. The default value is
552
553   #. $(eval $(call add\_define,PLAT\_PL061\_MAX\_GPIOS))
554
555If the platform port uses the partition driver, the following constant may
556optionally be defined:
557
558-  **PLAT\_PARTITION\_MAX\_ENTRIES**
559   Maximum number of partition entries required by the platform. This allows
560   control how much memory is allocated for partition entries. The default
561   value is 128.
562   `For example, define the build flag in platform.mk`_:
563   PLAT\_PARTITION\_MAX\_ENTRIES := 12
564   $(eval $(call add\_define,PLAT\_PARTITION\_MAX\_ENTRIES))
565
566The following constant is optional. It should be defined to override the default
567behaviour of the ``assert()`` function (for example, to save memory).
568
569-  **PLAT\_LOG\_LEVEL\_ASSERT**
570   If ``PLAT_LOG_LEVEL_ASSERT`` is higher or equal than ``LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE``,
571   ``assert()`` prints the name of the file, the line number and the asserted
572   expression. Else if it is higher than ``LOG_LEVEL_INFO``, it prints the file
573   name and the line number. Else if it is lower than ``LOG_LEVEL_INFO``, it
574   doesn't print anything to the console. If ``PLAT_LOG_LEVEL_ASSERT`` isn't
575   defined, it defaults to ``LOG_LEVEL``.
576
577If the platform port uses the Activity Monitor Unit, the following constants
578may be defined:
579
580-  **PLAT\_AMU\_GROUP1\_COUNTERS\_MASK**
581   This mask reflects the set of group counters that should be enabled.  The
582   maximum number of group 1 counters supported by AMUv1 is 16 so the mask
583   can be at most 0xffff. If the platform does not define this mask, no group 1
584   counters are enabled. If the platform defines this mask, the following
585   constant needs to also be defined.
586
587-  **PLAT\_AMU\_GROUP1\_NR\_COUNTERS**
588   This value is used to allocate an array to save and restore the counters
589   specified by ``PLAT_AMU_GROUP1_COUNTERS_MASK`` on CPU suspend.
590   This value should be equal to the highest bit position set in the
591   mask, plus 1.  The maximum number of group 1 counters in AMUv1 is 16.
592
593File : plat\_macros.S [mandatory]
594~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
595
596Each platform must ensure a file of this name is in the system include path with
597the following macro defined. In the Arm development platforms, this file is
598found in ``plat/arm/board/<plat_name>/include/plat_macros.S``.
599
600-  **Macro : plat\_crash\_print\_regs**
601
602   This macro allows the crash reporting routine to print relevant platform
603   registers in case of an unhandled exception in BL31. This aids in debugging
604   and this macro can be defined to be empty in case register reporting is not
605   desired.
606
607   For instance, GIC or interconnect registers may be helpful for
608   troubleshooting.
609
610Handling Reset
611--------------
612
613BL1 by default implements the reset vector where execution starts from a cold
614or warm boot. BL31 can be optionally set as a reset vector using the
615``RESET_TO_BL31`` make variable.
616
617For each CPU, the reset vector code is responsible for the following tasks:
618
619#. Distinguishing between a cold boot and a warm boot.
620
621#. In the case of a cold boot and the CPU being a secondary CPU, ensuring that
622   the CPU is placed in a platform-specific state until the primary CPU
623   performs the necessary steps to remove it from this state.
624
625#. In the case of a warm boot, ensuring that the CPU jumps to a platform-
626   specific address in the BL31 image in the same processor mode as it was
627   when released from reset.
628
629The following functions need to be implemented by the platform port to enable
630reset vector code to perform the above tasks.
631
632Function : plat\_get\_my\_entrypoint() [mandatory when PROGRAMMABLE\_RESET\_ADDRESS == 0]
633~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
634
635::
636
637    Argument : void
638    Return   : uintptr_t
639
640This function is called with the MMU and caches disabled
641(``SCTLR_EL3.M`` = 0 and ``SCTLR_EL3.C`` = 0). The function is responsible for
642distinguishing between a warm and cold reset for the current CPU using
643platform-specific means. If it's a warm reset, then it returns the warm
644reset entrypoint point provided to ``plat_setup_psci_ops()`` during
645BL31 initialization. If it's a cold reset then this function must return zero.
646
647This function does not follow the Procedure Call Standard used by the
648Application Binary Interface for the Arm 64-bit architecture. The caller should
649not assume that callee saved registers are preserved across a call to this
650function.
651
652This function fulfills requirement 1 and 3 listed above.
653
654Note that for platforms that support programming the reset address, it is
655expected that a CPU will start executing code directly at the right address,
656both on a cold and warm reset. In this case, there is no need to identify the
657type of reset nor to query the warm reset entrypoint. Therefore, implementing
658this function is not required on such platforms.
659
660Function : plat\_secondary\_cold\_boot\_setup() [mandatory when COLD\_BOOT\_SINGLE\_CPU == 0]
661~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
662
663::
664
665    Argument : void
666
667This function is called with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is responsible
668for placing the executing secondary CPU in a platform-specific state until the
669primary CPU performs the necessary actions to bring it out of that state and
670allow entry into the OS. This function must not return.
671
672In the Arm FVP port, when using the normal boot flow, each secondary CPU powers
673itself off. The primary CPU is responsible for powering up the secondary CPUs
674when normal world software requires them. When booting an EL3 payload instead,
675they stay powered on and are put in a holding pen until their mailbox gets
676populated.
677
678This function fulfills requirement 2 above.
679
680Note that for platforms that can't release secondary CPUs out of reset, only the
681primary CPU will execute the cold boot code. Therefore, implementing this
682function is not required on such platforms.
683
684Function : plat\_is\_my\_cpu\_primary() [mandatory when COLD\_BOOT\_SINGLE\_CPU == 0]
685~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
686
687::
688
689    Argument : void
690    Return   : unsigned int
691
692This function identifies whether the current CPU is the primary CPU or a
693secondary CPU. A return value of zero indicates that the CPU is not the
694primary CPU, while a non-zero return value indicates that the CPU is the
695primary CPU.
696
697Note that for platforms that can't release secondary CPUs out of reset, only the
698primary CPU will execute the cold boot code. Therefore, there is no need to
699distinguish between primary and secondary CPUs and implementing this function is
700not required.
701
702Function : platform\_mem\_init() [mandatory]
703~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
704
705::
706
707    Argument : void
708    Return   : void
709
710This function is called before any access to data is made by the firmware, in
711order to carry out any essential memory initialization.
712
713Function: plat\_get\_rotpk\_info()
714~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
715
716::
717
718    Argument : void *, void **, unsigned int *, unsigned int *
719    Return   : int
720
721This function is mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled. It returns a
722pointer to the ROTPK stored in the platform (or a hash of it) and its length.
723The ROTPK must be encoded in DER format according to the following ASN.1
724structure:
725
726::
727
728    AlgorithmIdentifier  ::=  SEQUENCE  {
729        algorithm         OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
730        parameters        ANY DEFINED BY algorithm OPTIONAL
731    }
732
733    SubjectPublicKeyInfo  ::=  SEQUENCE  {
734        algorithm         AlgorithmIdentifier,
735        subjectPublicKey  BIT STRING
736    }
737
738In case the function returns a hash of the key:
739
740::
741
742    DigestInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
743        digestAlgorithm   AlgorithmIdentifier,
744        digest            OCTET STRING
745    }
746
747The function returns 0 on success. Any other value is treated as error by the
748Trusted Board Boot. The function also reports extra information related
749to the ROTPK in the flags parameter:
750
751::
752
753    ROTPK_IS_HASH      : Indicates that the ROTPK returned by the platform is a
754                         hash.
755    ROTPK_NOT_DEPLOYED : This allows the platform to skip certificate ROTPK
756                         verification while the platform ROTPK is not deployed.
757                         When this flag is set, the function does not need to
758                         return a platform ROTPK, and the authentication
759                         framework uses the ROTPK in the certificate without
760                         verifying it against the platform value. This flag
761                         must not be used in a deployed production environment.
762
763Function: plat\_get\_nv\_ctr()
764~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
765
766::
767
768    Argument : void *, unsigned int *
769    Return   : int
770
771This function is mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled. It returns the
772non-volatile counter value stored in the platform in the second argument. The
773cookie in the first argument may be used to select the counter in case the
774platform provides more than one (for example, on platforms that use the default
775TBBR CoT, the cookie will correspond to the OID values defined in
776TRUSTED\_FW\_NVCOUNTER\_OID or NON\_TRUSTED\_FW\_NVCOUNTER\_OID).
777
778The function returns 0 on success. Any other value means the counter value could
779not be retrieved from the platform.
780
781Function: plat\_set\_nv\_ctr()
782~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
783
784::
785
786    Argument : void *, unsigned int
787    Return   : int
788
789This function is mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled. It sets a new
790counter value in the platform. The cookie in the first argument may be used to
791select the counter (as explained in plat\_get\_nv\_ctr()). The second argument is
792the updated counter value to be written to the NV counter.
793
794The function returns 0 on success. Any other value means the counter value could
795not be updated.
796
797Function: plat\_set\_nv\_ctr2()
798~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
799
800::
801
802    Argument : void *, const auth_img_desc_t *, unsigned int
803    Return   : int
804
805This function is optional when Trusted Board Boot is enabled. If this
806interface is defined, then ``plat_set_nv_ctr()`` need not be defined. The
807first argument passed is a cookie and is typically used to
808differentiate between a Non Trusted NV Counter and a Trusted NV
809Counter. The second argument is a pointer to an authentication image
810descriptor and may be used to decide if the counter is allowed to be
811updated or not. The third argument is the updated counter value to
812be written to the NV counter.
813
814The function returns 0 on success. Any other value means the counter value
815either could not be updated or the authentication image descriptor indicates
816that it is not allowed to be updated.
817
818Common mandatory function modifications
819---------------------------------------
820
821The following functions are mandatory functions which need to be implemented
822by the platform port.
823
824Function : plat\_my\_core\_pos()
825~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
826
827::
828
829    Argument : void
830    Return   : unsigned int
831
832This funtion returns the index of the calling CPU which is used as a
833CPU-specific linear index into blocks of memory (for example while allocating
834per-CPU stacks). This function will be invoked very early in the
835initialization sequence which mandates that this function should be
836implemented in assembly and should not rely on the avalability of a C
837runtime environment. This function can clobber x0 - x8 and must preserve
838x9 - x29.
839
840This function plays a crucial role in the power domain topology framework in
841PSCI and details of this can be found in `Power Domain Topology Design`_.
842
843Function : plat\_core\_pos\_by\_mpidr()
844~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
845
846::
847
848    Argument : u_register_t
849    Return   : int
850
851This function validates the ``MPIDR`` of a CPU and converts it to an index,
852which can be used as a CPU-specific linear index into blocks of memory. In
853case the ``MPIDR`` is invalid, this function returns -1. This function will only
854be invoked by BL31 after the power domain topology is initialized and can
855utilize the C runtime environment. For further details about how TF-A
856represents the power domain topology and how this relates to the linear CPU
857index, please refer `Power Domain Topology Design`_.
858
859Common optional modifications
860-----------------------------
861
862The following are helper functions implemented by the firmware that perform
863common platform-specific tasks. A platform may choose to override these
864definitions.
865
866Function : plat\_set\_my\_stack()
867~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
868
869::
870
871    Argument : void
872    Return   : void
873
874This function sets the current stack pointer to the normal memory stack that
875has been allocated for the current CPU. For BL images that only require a
876stack for the primary CPU, the UP version of the function is used. The size
877of the stack allocated to each CPU is specified by the platform defined
878constant ``PLATFORM_STACK_SIZE``.
879
880Common implementations of this function for the UP and MP BL images are
881provided in `plat/common/aarch64/platform\_up\_stack.S`_ and
882`plat/common/aarch64/platform\_mp\_stack.S`_
883
884Function : plat\_get\_my\_stack()
885~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
886
887::
888
889    Argument : void
890    Return   : uintptr_t
891
892This function returns the base address of the normal memory stack that
893has been allocated for the current CPU. For BL images that only require a
894stack for the primary CPU, the UP version of the function is used. The size
895of the stack allocated to each CPU is specified by the platform defined
896constant ``PLATFORM_STACK_SIZE``.
897
898Common implementations of this function for the UP and MP BL images are
899provided in `plat/common/aarch64/platform\_up\_stack.S`_ and
900`plat/common/aarch64/platform\_mp\_stack.S`_
901
902Function : plat\_report\_exception()
903~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
904
905::
906
907    Argument : unsigned int
908    Return   : void
909
910A platform may need to report various information about its status when an
911exception is taken, for example the current exception level, the CPU security
912state (secure/non-secure), the exception type, and so on. This function is
913called in the following circumstances:
914
915-  In BL1, whenever an exception is taken.
916-  In BL2, whenever an exception is taken.
917
918The default implementation doesn't do anything, to avoid making assumptions
919about the way the platform displays its status information.
920
921For AArch64, this function receives the exception type as its argument.
922Possible values for exceptions types are listed in the
923`include/common/bl\_common.h`_ header file. Note that these constants are not
924related to any architectural exception code; they are just a TF-A convention.
925
926For AArch32, this function receives the exception mode as its argument.
927Possible values for exception modes are listed in the
928`include/lib/aarch32/arch.h`_ header file.
929
930Function : plat\_reset\_handler()
931~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
932
933::
934
935    Argument : void
936    Return   : void
937
938A platform may need to do additional initialization after reset. This function
939allows the platform to do the platform specific intializations. Platform
940specific errata workarounds could also be implemented here. The api should
941preserve the values of callee saved registers x19 to x29.
942
943The default implementation doesn't do anything. If a platform needs to override
944the default implementation, refer to the `Firmware Design`_ for general
945guidelines.
946
947Function : plat\_disable\_acp()
948~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
949
950::
951
952    Argument : void
953    Return   : void
954
955This API allows a platform to disable the Accelerator Coherency Port (if
956present) during a cluster power down sequence. The default weak implementation
957doesn't do anything. Since this API is called during the power down sequence,
958it has restrictions for stack usage and it can use the registers x0 - x17 as
959scratch registers. It should preserve the value in x18 register as it is used
960by the caller to store the return address.
961
962Function : plat\_error\_handler()
963~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
964
965::
966
967    Argument : int
968    Return   : void
969
970This API is called when the generic code encounters an error situation from
971which it cannot continue. It allows the platform to perform error reporting or
972recovery actions (for example, reset the system). This function must not return.
973
974The parameter indicates the type of error using standard codes from ``errno.h``.
975Possible errors reported by the generic code are:
976
977-  ``-EAUTH``: a certificate or image could not be authenticated (when Trusted
978   Board Boot is enabled)
979-  ``-ENOENT``: the requested image or certificate could not be found or an IO
980   error was detected
981-  ``-ENOMEM``: resources exhausted. TF-A does not use dynamic memory, so this
982   error is usually an indication of an incorrect array size
983
984The default implementation simply spins.
985
986Function : plat\_panic\_handler()
987~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
988
989::
990
991    Argument : void
992    Return   : void
993
994This API is called when the generic code encounters an unexpected error
995situation from which it cannot recover. This function must not return,
996and must be implemented in assembly because it may be called before the C
997environment is initialized.
998
999Note: The address from where it was called is stored in x30 (Link Register).
1000The default implementation simply spins.
1001
1002Function : plat\_get\_bl\_image\_load\_info()
1003~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1004
1005::
1006
1007    Argument : void
1008    Return   : bl_load_info_t *
1009
1010This function returns pointer to the list of images that the platform has
1011populated to load. This function is invoked in BL2 to load the
1012BL3xx images.
1013
1014Function : plat\_get\_next\_bl\_params()
1015~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1016
1017::
1018
1019    Argument : void
1020    Return   : bl_params_t *
1021
1022This function returns a pointer to the shared memory that the platform has
1023kept aside to pass TF-A related information that next BL image needs. This
1024function is invoked in BL2 to pass this information to the next BL
1025image.
1026
1027Function : plat\_get\_stack\_protector\_canary()
1028~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1029
1030::
1031
1032    Argument : void
1033    Return   : u_register_t
1034
1035This function returns a random value that is used to initialize the canary used
1036when the stack protector is enabled with ENABLE\_STACK\_PROTECTOR. A predictable
1037value will weaken the protection as the attacker could easily write the right
1038value as part of the attack most of the time. Therefore, it should return a
1039true random number.
1040
1041Note: For the protection to be effective, the global data need to be placed at
1042a lower address than the stack bases. Failure to do so would allow an attacker
1043to overwrite the canary as part of the stack buffer overflow attack.
1044
1045Function : plat\_flush\_next\_bl\_params()
1046~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1047
1048::
1049
1050    Argument : void
1051    Return   : void
1052
1053This function flushes to main memory all the image params that are passed to
1054next image. This function is invoked in BL2 to flush this information
1055to the next BL image.
1056
1057Function : plat\_log\_get\_prefix()
1058~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1059
1060::
1061
1062    Argument : unsigned int
1063    Return   : const char *
1064
1065This function defines the prefix string corresponding to the `log_level` to be
1066prepended to all the log output from TF-A. The `log_level` (argument) will
1067correspond to one of the standard log levels defined in debug.h. The platform
1068can override the common implementation to define a different prefix string for
1069the log output. The implementation should be robust to future changes that
1070increase the number of log levels.
1071
1072Function : plat\_get\_mbedtls\_heap()
1073~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1074
1075::
1076
1077    Arguments : void **heap_addr, size_t *heap_size
1078    Return    : int
1079
1080This function is invoked during Mbed TLS library initialisation to get
1081a heap, by means of a starting address and a size. This heap will then be used
1082internally by the Mbed TLS library. The heap is requested from the current BL
1083stage, i.e. the current BL image inside which Mbed TLS is used.
1084
1085In the default implementation a heap is statically allocated inside every image
1086(i.e. every BL stage) that utilises Mbed TLS. So, in this case, the function
1087simply returns the address and size of this "pre-allocated" heap. However, by
1088overriding the default implementation, platforms have the potential to optimise
1089memory usage. For example, on some Arm platforms, the Mbed TLS heap is shared
1090between BL1 and BL2 stages and, thus, the necessary space is not reserved
1091twice.
1092
1093On success the function should return 0 and a negative error code otherwise.
1094
1095Modifications specific to a Boot Loader stage
1096---------------------------------------------
1097
1098Boot Loader Stage 1 (BL1)
1099-------------------------
1100
1101BL1 implements the reset vector where execution starts from after a cold or
1102warm boot. For each CPU, BL1 is responsible for the following tasks:
1103
1104#. Handling the reset as described in section 2.2
1105
1106#. In the case of a cold boot and the CPU being the primary CPU, ensuring that
1107   only this CPU executes the remaining BL1 code, including loading and passing
1108   control to the BL2 stage.
1109
1110#. Identifying and starting the Firmware Update process (if required).
1111
1112#. Loading the BL2 image from non-volatile storage into secure memory at the
1113   address specified by the platform defined constant ``BL2_BASE``.
1114
1115#. Populating a ``meminfo`` structure with the following information in memory,
1116   accessible by BL2 immediately upon entry.
1117
1118   ::
1119
1120       meminfo.total_base = Base address of secure RAM visible to BL2
1121       meminfo.total_size = Size of secure RAM visible to BL2
1122
1123   By default, BL1 places this ``meminfo`` structure at the end of secure
1124   memory visible to BL2.
1125
1126   It is possible for the platform to decide where it wants to place the
1127   ``meminfo`` structure for BL2 or restrict the amount of memory visible to
1128   BL2 by overriding the weak default implementation of
1129   ``bl1_plat_handle_post_image_load`` API.
1130
1131The following functions need to be implemented by the platform port to enable
1132BL1 to perform the above tasks.
1133
1134Function : bl1\_early\_platform\_setup() [mandatory]
1135~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1136
1137::
1138
1139    Argument : void
1140    Return   : void
1141
1142This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
1143by the primary CPU.
1144
1145On Arm standard platforms, this function:
1146
1147-  Enables a secure instance of SP805 to act as the Trusted Watchdog.
1148
1149-  Initializes a UART (PL011 console), which enables access to the ``printf``
1150   family of functions in BL1.
1151
1152-  Enables issuing of snoop and DVM (Distributed Virtual Memory) requests to
1153   the CCI slave interface corresponding to the cluster that includes the
1154   primary CPU.
1155
1156Function : bl1\_plat\_arch\_setup() [mandatory]
1157~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1158
1159::
1160
1161    Argument : void
1162    Return   : void
1163
1164This function performs any platform-specific and architectural setup that the
1165platform requires. Platform-specific setup might include configuration of
1166memory controllers and the interconnect.
1167
1168In Arm standard platforms, this function enables the MMU.
1169
1170This function helps fulfill requirement 2 above.
1171
1172Function : bl1\_platform\_setup() [mandatory]
1173~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1174
1175::
1176
1177    Argument : void
1178    Return   : void
1179
1180This function executes with the MMU and data caches enabled. It is responsible
1181for performing any remaining platform-specific setup that can occur after the
1182MMU and data cache have been enabled.
1183
1184if support for multiple boot sources is required, it initializes the boot
1185sequence used by plat\_try\_next\_boot\_source().
1186
1187In Arm standard platforms, this function initializes the storage abstraction
1188layer used to load the next bootloader image.
1189
1190This function helps fulfill requirement 4 above.
1191
1192Function : bl1\_plat\_sec\_mem\_layout() [mandatory]
1193~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1194
1195::
1196
1197    Argument : void
1198    Return   : meminfo *
1199
1200This function should only be called on the cold boot path. It executes with the
1201MMU and data caches enabled. The pointer returned by this function must point to
1202a ``meminfo`` structure containing the extents and availability of secure RAM for
1203the BL1 stage.
1204
1205::
1206
1207    meminfo.total_base = Base address of secure RAM visible to BL1
1208    meminfo.total_size = Size of secure RAM visible to BL1
1209    meminfo.free_base  = Base address of secure RAM available for allocation
1210                         to BL1
1211    meminfo.free_size  = Size of secure RAM available for allocation to BL1
1212
1213This information is used by BL1 to load the BL2 image in secure RAM. BL1 also
1214populates a similar structure to tell BL2 the extents of memory available for
1215its own use.
1216
1217This function helps fulfill requirements 4 and 5 above.
1218
1219Function : bl1\_plat\_prepare\_exit() [optional]
1220~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1221
1222::
1223
1224    Argument : entry_point_info_t *
1225    Return   : void
1226
1227This function is called prior to exiting BL1 in response to the
1228``BL1_SMC_RUN_IMAGE`` SMC request raised by BL2. It should be used to perform
1229platform specific clean up or bookkeeping operations before transferring
1230control to the next image. It receives the address of the ``entry_point_info_t``
1231structure passed from BL2. This function runs with MMU disabled.
1232
1233Function : bl1\_plat\_set\_ep\_info() [optional]
1234~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1235
1236::
1237
1238    Argument : unsigned int image_id, entry_point_info_t *ep_info
1239    Return   : void
1240
1241This function allows platforms to override ``ep_info`` for the given ``image_id``.
1242
1243The default implementation just returns.
1244
1245Function : bl1\_plat\_get\_next\_image\_id() [optional]
1246~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1247
1248::
1249
1250    Argument : void
1251    Return   : unsigned int
1252
1253This and the following function must be overridden to enable the FWU feature.
1254
1255BL1 calls this function after platform setup to identify the next image to be
1256loaded and executed. If the platform returns ``BL2_IMAGE_ID`` then BL1 proceeds
1257with the normal boot sequence, which loads and executes BL2. If the platform
1258returns a different image id, BL1 assumes that Firmware Update is required.
1259
1260The default implementation always returns ``BL2_IMAGE_ID``. The Arm development
1261platforms override this function to detect if firmware update is required, and
1262if so, return the first image in the firmware update process.
1263
1264Function : bl1\_plat\_get\_image\_desc() [optional]
1265~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1266
1267::
1268
1269    Argument : unsigned int image_id
1270    Return   : image_desc_t *
1271
1272BL1 calls this function to get the image descriptor information ``image_desc_t``
1273for the provided ``image_id`` from the platform.
1274
1275The default implementation always returns a common BL2 image descriptor. Arm
1276standard platforms return an image descriptor corresponding to BL2 or one of
1277the firmware update images defined in the Trusted Board Boot Requirements
1278specification.
1279
1280Function : bl1\_plat\_handle\_pre\_image\_load() [optional]
1281~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1282
1283::
1284
1285    Argument : unsigned int image_id
1286    Return   : int
1287
1288This function can be used by the platforms to update/use image information
1289corresponding to ``image_id``. This function is invoked in BL1, both in cold
1290boot and FWU code path, before loading the image.
1291
1292Function : bl1\_plat\_handle\_post\_image\_load() [optional]
1293~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1294
1295::
1296
1297    Argument : unsigned int image_id
1298    Return   : int
1299
1300This function can be used by the platforms to update/use image information
1301corresponding to ``image_id``. This function is invoked in BL1, both in cold
1302boot and FWU code path, after loading and authenticating the image.
1303
1304The default weak implementation of this function calculates the amount of
1305Trusted SRAM that can be used by BL2 and allocates a ``meminfo_t``
1306structure at the beginning of this free memory and populates it. The address
1307of ``meminfo_t`` structure is updated in ``arg1`` of the entrypoint
1308information to BL2.
1309
1310Function : bl1\_plat\_fwu\_done() [optional]
1311~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1312
1313::
1314
1315    Argument : unsigned int image_id, uintptr_t image_src,
1316               unsigned int image_size
1317    Return   : void
1318
1319BL1 calls this function when the FWU process is complete. It must not return.
1320The platform may override this function to take platform specific action, for
1321example to initiate the normal boot flow.
1322
1323The default implementation spins forever.
1324
1325Function : bl1\_plat\_mem\_check() [mandatory]
1326~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1327
1328::
1329
1330    Argument : uintptr_t mem_base, unsigned int mem_size,
1331               unsigned int flags
1332    Return   : int
1333
1334BL1 calls this function while handling FWU related SMCs, more specifically when
1335copying or authenticating an image. Its responsibility is to ensure that the
1336region of memory identified by ``mem_base`` and ``mem_size`` is mapped in BL1, and
1337that this memory corresponds to either a secure or non-secure memory region as
1338indicated by the security state of the ``flags`` argument.
1339
1340This function can safely assume that the value resulting from the addition of
1341``mem_base`` and ``mem_size`` fits into a ``uintptr_t`` type variable and does not
1342overflow.
1343
1344This function must return 0 on success, a non-null error code otherwise.
1345
1346The default implementation of this function asserts therefore platforms must
1347override it when using the FWU feature.
1348
1349Boot Loader Stage 2 (BL2)
1350-------------------------
1351
1352The BL2 stage is executed only by the primary CPU, which is determined in BL1
1353using the ``platform_is_primary_cpu()`` function. BL1 passed control to BL2 at
1354``BL2_BASE``. BL2 executes in Secure EL1 and and invokes
1355``plat_get_bl_image_load_info()`` to retrieve the list of images to load from
1356non-volatile storage to secure/non-secure RAM. After all the images are loaded
1357then BL2 invokes ``plat_get_next_bl_params()`` to get the list of executable
1358images to be passed to the next BL image.
1359
1360The following functions must be implemented by the platform port to enable BL2
1361to perform the above tasks.
1362
1363Function : bl2\_early\_platform\_setup2() [mandatory]
1364~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1365
1366::
1367
1368    Argument : u_register_t, u_register_t, u_register_t, u_register_t
1369    Return   : void
1370
1371This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
1372by the primary CPU. The 4 arguments are passed by BL1 to BL2 and these arguments
1373are platform specific.
1374
1375On Arm standard platforms, the arguments received are :
1376
1377    arg0 - Points to load address of HW_CONFIG if present
1378
1379    arg1 - ``meminfo`` structure populated by BL1. The platform copies
1380    the contents of ``meminfo`` as it may be subsequently overwritten by BL2.
1381
1382On Arm standard platforms, this function also:
1383
1384-  Initializes a UART (PL011 console), which enables access to the ``printf``
1385   family of functions in BL2.
1386
1387-  Initializes the storage abstraction layer used to load further bootloader
1388   images. It is necessary to do this early on platforms with a SCP\_BL2 image,
1389   since the later ``bl2_platform_setup`` must be done after SCP\_BL2 is loaded.
1390
1391Function : bl2\_plat\_arch\_setup() [mandatory]
1392~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1393
1394::
1395
1396    Argument : void
1397    Return   : void
1398
1399This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
1400by the primary CPU.
1401
1402The purpose of this function is to perform any architectural initialization
1403that varies across platforms.
1404
1405On Arm standard platforms, this function enables the MMU.
1406
1407Function : bl2\_platform\_setup() [mandatory]
1408~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1409
1410::
1411
1412    Argument : void
1413    Return   : void
1414
1415This function may execute with the MMU and data caches enabled if the platform
1416port does the necessary initialization in ``bl2_plat_arch_setup()``. It is only
1417called by the primary CPU.
1418
1419The purpose of this function is to perform any platform initialization
1420specific to BL2.
1421
1422In Arm standard platforms, this function performs security setup, including
1423configuration of the TrustZone controller to allow non-secure masters access
1424to most of DRAM. Part of DRAM is reserved for secure world use.
1425
1426Function : bl2\_plat\_handle\_pre\_image\_load() [optional]
1427~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1428
1429::
1430
1431    Argument : unsigned int
1432    Return   : int
1433
1434This function can be used by the platforms to update/use image information
1435for given ``image_id``. This function is currently invoked in BL2 before
1436loading each image.
1437
1438Function : bl2\_plat\_handle\_post\_image\_load() [optional]
1439~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1440
1441::
1442
1443    Argument : unsigned int
1444    Return   : int
1445
1446This function can be used by the platforms to update/use image information
1447for given ``image_id``. This function is currently invoked in BL2 after
1448loading each image.
1449
1450Function : bl2\_plat\_preload\_setup [optional]
1451~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1452
1453::
1454
1455    Argument : void
1456    Return   : void
1457
1458This optional function performs any BL2 platform initialization
1459required before image loading, that is not done later in
1460bl2\_platform\_setup(). Specifically, if support for multiple
1461boot sources is required, it initializes the boot sequence used by
1462plat\_try\_next\_boot\_source().
1463
1464Function : plat\_try\_next\_boot\_source() [optional]
1465~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1466
1467::
1468
1469    Argument : void
1470    Return   : int
1471
1472This optional function passes to the next boot source in the redundancy
1473sequence.
1474
1475This function moves the current boot redundancy source to the next
1476element in the boot sequence. If there are no more boot sources then it
1477must return 0, otherwise it must return 1. The default implementation
1478of this always returns 0.
1479
1480Boot Loader Stage 2 (BL2) at EL3
1481--------------------------------
1482
1483When the platform has a non-TF-A Boot ROM it is desirable to jump
1484directly to BL2 instead of TF-A BL1. In this case BL2 is expected to
1485execute at EL3 instead of executing at EL1. Refer to the `Firmware
1486Design`_ for more information.
1487
1488All mandatory functions of BL2 must be implemented, except the functions
1489bl2\_early\_platform\_setup and bl2\_el3\_plat\_arch\_setup, because
1490their work is done now by bl2\_el3\_early\_platform\_setup and
1491bl2\_el3\_plat\_arch\_setup. These functions should generally implement
1492the bl1\_plat\_xxx() and bl2\_plat\_xxx() functionality combined.
1493
1494
1495Function : bl2\_el3\_early\_platform\_setup() [mandatory]
1496~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1497
1498::
1499
1500	Argument : u_register_t, u_register_t, u_register_t, u_register_t
1501	Return   : void
1502
1503This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
1504by the primary CPU. This function receives four parameters which can be used
1505by the platform to pass any needed information from the Boot ROM to BL2.
1506
1507On Arm standard platforms, this function does the following:
1508
1509-  Initializes a UART (PL011 console), which enables access to the ``printf``
1510   family of functions in BL2.
1511
1512-  Initializes the storage abstraction layer used to load further bootloader
1513   images. It is necessary to do this early on platforms with a SCP\_BL2 image,
1514   since the later ``bl2_platform_setup`` must be done after SCP\_BL2 is loaded.
1515
1516- Initializes the private variables that define the memory layout used.
1517
1518Function : bl2\_el3\_plat\_arch\_setup() [mandatory]
1519~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1520
1521::
1522
1523	Argument : void
1524	Return   : void
1525
1526This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
1527by the primary CPU.
1528
1529The purpose of this function is to perform any architectural initialization
1530that varies across platforms.
1531
1532On Arm standard platforms, this function enables the MMU.
1533
1534Function : bl2\_el3\_plat\_prepare\_exit() [optional]
1535~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1536
1537::
1538
1539	Argument : void
1540	Return   : void
1541
1542This function is called prior to exiting BL2 and run the next image.
1543It should be used to perform platform specific clean up or bookkeeping
1544operations before transferring control to the next image. This function
1545runs with MMU disabled.
1546
1547FWU Boot Loader Stage 2 (BL2U)
1548------------------------------
1549
1550The AP Firmware Updater Configuration, BL2U, is an optional part of the FWU
1551process and is executed only by the primary CPU. BL1 passes control to BL2U at
1552``BL2U_BASE``. BL2U executes in Secure-EL1 and is responsible for:
1553
1554#. (Optional) Transfering the optional SCP\_BL2U binary image from AP secure
1555   memory to SCP RAM. BL2U uses the SCP\_BL2U ``image_info`` passed by BL1.
1556   ``SCP_BL2U_BASE`` defines the address in AP secure memory where SCP\_BL2U
1557   should be copied from. Subsequent handling of the SCP\_BL2U image is
1558   implemented by the platform specific ``bl2u_plat_handle_scp_bl2u()`` function.
1559   If ``SCP_BL2U_BASE`` is not defined then this step is not performed.
1560
1561#. Any platform specific setup required to perform the FWU process. For
1562   example, Arm standard platforms initialize the TZC controller so that the
1563   normal world can access DDR memory.
1564
1565The following functions must be implemented by the platform port to enable
1566BL2U to perform the tasks mentioned above.
1567
1568Function : bl2u\_early\_platform\_setup() [mandatory]
1569~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1570
1571::
1572
1573    Argument : meminfo *mem_info, void *plat_info
1574    Return   : void
1575
1576This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only
1577called by the primary CPU. The arguments to this function is the address
1578of the ``meminfo`` structure and platform specific info provided by BL1.
1579
1580The platform may copy the contents of the ``mem_info`` and ``plat_info`` into
1581private storage as the original memory may be subsequently overwritten by BL2U.
1582
1583On Arm CSS platforms ``plat_info`` is interpreted as an ``image_info_t`` structure,
1584to extract SCP\_BL2U image information, which is then copied into a private
1585variable.
1586
1587Function : bl2u\_plat\_arch\_setup() [mandatory]
1588~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1589
1590::
1591
1592    Argument : void
1593    Return   : void
1594
1595This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only
1596called by the primary CPU.
1597
1598The purpose of this function is to perform any architectural initialization
1599that varies across platforms, for example enabling the MMU (since the memory
1600map differs across platforms).
1601
1602Function : bl2u\_platform\_setup() [mandatory]
1603~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1604
1605::
1606
1607    Argument : void
1608    Return   : void
1609
1610This function may execute with the MMU and data caches enabled if the platform
1611port does the necessary initialization in ``bl2u_plat_arch_setup()``. It is only
1612called by the primary CPU.
1613
1614The purpose of this function is to perform any platform initialization
1615specific to BL2U.
1616
1617In Arm standard platforms, this function performs security setup, including
1618configuration of the TrustZone controller to allow non-secure masters access
1619to most of DRAM. Part of DRAM is reserved for secure world use.
1620
1621Function : bl2u\_plat\_handle\_scp\_bl2u() [optional]
1622~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1623
1624::
1625
1626    Argument : void
1627    Return   : int
1628
1629This function is used to perform any platform-specific actions required to
1630handle the SCP firmware. Typically it transfers the image into SCP memory using
1631a platform-specific protocol and waits until SCP executes it and signals to the
1632Application Processor (AP) for BL2U execution to continue.
1633
1634This function returns 0 on success, a negative error code otherwise.
1635This function is included if SCP\_BL2U\_BASE is defined.
1636
1637Boot Loader Stage 3-1 (BL31)
1638----------------------------
1639
1640During cold boot, the BL31 stage is executed only by the primary CPU. This is
1641determined in BL1 using the ``platform_is_primary_cpu()`` function. BL1 passes
1642control to BL31 at ``BL31_BASE``. During warm boot, BL31 is executed by all
1643CPUs. BL31 executes at EL3 and is responsible for:
1644
1645#. Re-initializing all architectural and platform state. Although BL1 performs
1646   some of this initialization, BL31 remains resident in EL3 and must ensure
1647   that EL3 architectural and platform state is completely initialized. It
1648   should make no assumptions about the system state when it receives control.
1649
1650#. Passing control to a normal world BL image, pre-loaded at a platform-
1651   specific address by BL2. On ARM platforms, BL31 uses the ``bl_params`` list
1652   populated by BL2 in memory to do this.
1653
1654#. Providing runtime firmware services. Currently, BL31 only implements a
1655   subset of the Power State Coordination Interface (PSCI) API as a runtime
1656   service. See Section 3.3 below for details of porting the PSCI
1657   implementation.
1658
1659#. Optionally passing control to the BL32 image, pre-loaded at a platform-
1660   specific address by BL2. BL31 exports a set of apis that allow runtime
1661   services to specify the security state in which the next image should be
1662   executed and run the corresponding image. On ARM platforms, BL31 uses the
1663   ``bl_params`` list populated by BL2 in memory to do this.
1664
1665If BL31 is a reset vector, It also needs to handle the reset as specified in
1666section 2.2 before the tasks described above.
1667
1668The following functions must be implemented by the platform port to enable BL31
1669to perform the above tasks.
1670
1671Function : bl31\_early\_platform\_setup2() [mandatory]
1672~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1673
1674::
1675
1676    Argument : u_register_t, u_register_t, u_register_t, u_register_t
1677    Return   : void
1678
1679This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
1680by the primary CPU. BL2 can pass 4 arguments to BL31 and these arguments are
1681platform specific.
1682
1683In Arm standard platforms, the arguments received are :
1684
1685    arg0 - The pointer to the head of `bl_params_t` list
1686    which is list of executable images following BL31,
1687
1688    arg1 - Points to load address of SOC_FW_CONFIG if present
1689
1690    arg2 - Points to load address of HW_CONFIG if present
1691
1692    arg3 - A special value to verify platform parameters from BL2 to BL31. Not
1693    used in release builds.
1694
1695The function runs through the `bl_param_t` list and extracts the entry point
1696information for BL32 and BL33. It also performs the following:
1697
1698-  Initialize a UART (PL011 console), which enables access to the ``printf``
1699   family of functions in BL31.
1700
1701-  Enable issuing of snoop and DVM (Distributed Virtual Memory) requests to the
1702   CCI slave interface corresponding to the cluster that includes the primary
1703   CPU.
1704
1705Function : bl31\_plat\_arch\_setup() [mandatory]
1706~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1707
1708::
1709
1710    Argument : void
1711    Return   : void
1712
1713This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
1714by the primary CPU.
1715
1716The purpose of this function is to perform any architectural initialization
1717that varies across platforms.
1718
1719On Arm standard platforms, this function enables the MMU.
1720
1721Function : bl31\_platform\_setup() [mandatory]
1722~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1723
1724::
1725
1726    Argument : void
1727    Return   : void
1728
1729This function may execute with the MMU and data caches enabled if the platform
1730port does the necessary initialization in ``bl31_plat_arch_setup()``. It is only
1731called by the primary CPU.
1732
1733The purpose of this function is to complete platform initialization so that both
1734BL31 runtime services and normal world software can function correctly.
1735
1736On Arm standard platforms, this function does the following:
1737
1738-  Initialize the generic interrupt controller.
1739
1740   Depending on the GIC driver selected by the platform, the appropriate GICv2
1741   or GICv3 initialization will be done, which mainly consists of:
1742
1743   -  Enable secure interrupts in the GIC CPU interface.
1744   -  Disable the legacy interrupt bypass mechanism.
1745   -  Configure the priority mask register to allow interrupts of all priorities
1746      to be signaled to the CPU interface.
1747   -  Mark SGIs 8-15 and the other secure interrupts on the platform as secure.
1748   -  Target all secure SPIs to CPU0.
1749   -  Enable these secure interrupts in the GIC distributor.
1750   -  Configure all other interrupts as non-secure.
1751   -  Enable signaling of secure interrupts in the GIC distributor.
1752
1753-  Enable system-level implementation of the generic timer counter through the
1754   memory mapped interface.
1755
1756-  Grant access to the system counter timer module
1757
1758-  Initialize the power controller device.
1759
1760   In particular, initialise the locks that prevent concurrent accesses to the
1761   power controller device.
1762
1763Function : bl31\_plat\_runtime\_setup() [optional]
1764~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1765
1766::
1767
1768    Argument : void
1769    Return   : void
1770
1771The purpose of this function is allow the platform to perform any BL31 runtime
1772setup just prior to BL31 exit during cold boot. The default weak
1773implementation of this function will invoke ``console_switch_state()`` to switch
1774console output to consoles marked for use in the ``runtime`` state.
1775
1776Function : bl31\_plat\_get\_next\_image\_ep\_info() [mandatory]
1777~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1778
1779::
1780
1781    Argument : uint32_t
1782    Return   : entry_point_info *
1783
1784This function may execute with the MMU and data caches enabled if the platform
1785port does the necessary initializations in ``bl31_plat_arch_setup()``.
1786
1787This function is called by ``bl31_main()`` to retrieve information provided by
1788BL2 for the next image in the security state specified by the argument. BL31
1789uses this information to pass control to that image in the specified security
1790state. This function must return a pointer to the ``entry_point_info`` structure
1791(that was copied during ``bl31_early_platform_setup()``) if the image exists. It
1792should return NULL otherwise.
1793
1794Function : bl31_plat_enable_mmu [optional]
1795~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1796
1797::
1798
1799    Argument : uint32_t
1800    Return   : void
1801
1802This function enables the MMU. The boot code calls this function with MMU and
1803caches disabled. This function should program necessary registers to enable
1804translation, and upon return, the MMU on the calling PE must be enabled.
1805
1806The function must honor flags passed in the first argument. These flags are
1807defined by the translation library, and can be found in the file
1808``include/lib/xlat_tables/xlat_mmu_helpers.h``.
1809
1810On DynamIQ systems, this function must not use stack while enabling MMU, which
1811is how the function in xlat table library version 2 is implementated.
1812
1813Function : plat\_get\_syscnt\_freq2() [mandatory]
1814~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1815
1816::
1817
1818    Argument : void
1819    Return   : unsigned int
1820
1821This function is used by the architecture setup code to retrieve the counter
1822frequency for the CPU's generic timer. This value will be programmed into the
1823``CNTFRQ_EL0`` register. In Arm standard platforms, it returns the base frequency
1824of the system counter, which is retrieved from the first entry in the frequency
1825modes table.
1826
1827#define : PLAT\_PERCPU\_BAKERY\_LOCK\_SIZE [optional]
1828~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1829
1830When ``USE_COHERENT_MEM = 0``, this constant defines the total memory (in
1831bytes) aligned to the cache line boundary that should be allocated per-cpu to
1832accommodate all the bakery locks.
1833
1834If this constant is not defined when ``USE_COHERENT_MEM = 0``, the linker
1835calculates the size of the ``bakery_lock`` input section, aligns it to the
1836nearest ``CACHE_WRITEBACK_GRANULE``, multiplies it with ``PLATFORM_CORE_COUNT``
1837and stores the result in a linker symbol. This constant prevents a platform
1838from relying on the linker and provide a more efficient mechanism for
1839accessing per-cpu bakery lock information.
1840
1841If this constant is defined and its value is not equal to the value
1842calculated by the linker then a link time assertion is raised. A compile time
1843assertion is raised if the value of the constant is not aligned to the cache
1844line boundary.
1845
1846SDEI porting requirements
1847~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1848
1849The SDEI dispatcher requires the platform to provide the following macros
1850and functions, of which some are optional, and some others mandatory.
1851
1852Macros
1853......
1854
1855Macro: PLAT_SDEI_NORMAL_PRI [mandatory]
1856^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1857
1858This macro must be defined to the EL3 exception priority level associated with
1859Normal SDEI events on the platform. This must have a higher value (therefore of
1860lower priority) than ``PLAT_SDEI_CRITICAL_PRI``.
1861
1862Macro: PLAT_SDEI_CRITICAL_PRI [mandatory]
1863^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1864
1865This macro must be defined to the EL3 exception priority level associated with
1866Critical SDEI events on the platform. This must have a lower value (therefore of
1867higher priority) than ``PLAT_SDEI_NORMAL_PRI``.
1868
1869**Note**: SDEI exception priorities must be the lowest among Secure priorities.
1870Among the SDEI exceptions, Critical SDEI priority must be higher than Normal
1871SDEI priority.
1872
1873Functions
1874.........
1875
1876Function: int plat_sdei_validate_entry_point(uintptr_t ep) [optional]
1877^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1878
1879::
1880
1881  Argument: uintptr_t
1882  Return: int
1883
1884This function validates the address of client entry points provided for both
1885event registration and *Complete and Resume* SDEI calls. The function takes one
1886argument, which is the address of the handler the SDEI client requested to
1887register. The function must return ``0`` for successful validation, or ``-1``
1888upon failure.
1889
1890The default implementation always returns ``0``. On Arm platforms, this function
1891is implemented to translate the entry point to physical address, and further to
1892ensure that the address is located in Non-secure DRAM.
1893
1894Function: void plat_sdei_handle_masked_trigger(uint64_t mpidr, unsigned int intr) [optional]
1895^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
1896
1897::
1898
1899  Argument: uint64_t
1900  Argument: unsigned int
1901  Return: void
1902
1903SDEI specification requires that a PE comes out of reset with the events masked.
1904The client therefore is expected to call ``PE_UNMASK`` to unmask SDEI events on
1905the PE. No SDEI events can be dispatched until such time.
1906
1907Should a PE receive an interrupt that was bound to an SDEI event while the
1908events are masked on the PE, the dispatcher implementation invokes the function
1909``plat_sdei_handle_masked_trigger``. The MPIDR of the PE that received the
1910interrupt and the interrupt ID are passed as parameters.
1911
1912The default implementation only prints out a warning message.
1913
1914Power State Coordination Interface (in BL31)
1915--------------------------------------------
1916
1917The TF-A implementation of the PSCI API is based around the concept of a
1918*power domain*. A *power domain* is a CPU or a logical group of CPUs which
1919share some state on which power management operations can be performed as
1920specified by `PSCI`_. Each CPU in the system is assigned a cpu index which is
1921a unique number between ``0`` and ``PLATFORM_CORE_COUNT - 1``. The
1922*power domains* are arranged in a hierarchical tree structure and each
1923*power domain* can be identified in a system by the cpu index of any CPU that
1924is part of that domain and a *power domain level*. A processing element (for
1925example, a CPU) is at level 0. If the *power domain* node above a CPU is a
1926logical grouping of CPUs that share some state, then level 1 is that group of
1927CPUs (for example, a cluster), and level 2 is a group of clusters (for
1928example, the system). More details on the power domain topology and its
1929organization can be found in `Power Domain Topology Design`_.
1930
1931BL31's platform initialization code exports a pointer to the platform-specific
1932power management operations required for the PSCI implementation to function
1933correctly. This information is populated in the ``plat_psci_ops`` structure. The
1934PSCI implementation calls members of the ``plat_psci_ops`` structure for performing
1935power management operations on the power domains. For example, the target
1936CPU is specified by its ``MPIDR`` in a PSCI ``CPU_ON`` call. The ``pwr_domain_on()``
1937handler (if present) is called for the CPU power domain.
1938
1939The ``power-state`` parameter of a PSCI ``CPU_SUSPEND`` call can be used to
1940describe composite power states specific to a platform. The PSCI implementation
1941defines a generic representation of the power-state parameter viz which is an
1942array of local power states where each index corresponds to a power domain
1943level. Each entry contains the local power state the power domain at that power
1944level could enter. It depends on the ``validate_power_state()`` handler to
1945convert the power-state parameter (possibly encoding a composite power state)
1946passed in a PSCI ``CPU_SUSPEND`` call to this representation.
1947
1948The following functions form part of platform port of PSCI functionality.
1949
1950Function : plat\_psci\_stat\_accounting\_start() [optional]
1951~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1952
1953::
1954
1955    Argument : const psci_power_state_t *
1956    Return   : void
1957
1958This is an optional hook that platforms can implement for residency statistics
1959accounting before entering a low power state. The ``pwr_domain_state`` field of
1960``state_info`` (first argument) can be inspected if stat accounting is done
1961differently at CPU level versus higher levels. As an example, if the element at
1962index 0 (CPU power level) in the ``pwr_domain_state`` array indicates a power down
1963state, special hardware logic may be programmed in order to keep track of the
1964residency statistics. For higher levels (array indices > 0), the residency
1965statistics could be tracked in software using PMF. If ``ENABLE_PMF`` is set, the
1966default implementation will use PMF to capture timestamps.
1967
1968Function : plat\_psci\_stat\_accounting\_stop() [optional]
1969~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1970
1971::
1972
1973    Argument : const psci_power_state_t *
1974    Return   : void
1975
1976This is an optional hook that platforms can implement for residency statistics
1977accounting after exiting from a low power state. The ``pwr_domain_state`` field
1978of ``state_info`` (first argument) can be inspected if stat accounting is done
1979differently at CPU level versus higher levels. As an example, if the element at
1980index 0 (CPU power level) in the ``pwr_domain_state`` array indicates a power down
1981state, special hardware logic may be programmed in order to keep track of the
1982residency statistics. For higher levels (array indices > 0), the residency
1983statistics could be tracked in software using PMF. If ``ENABLE_PMF`` is set, the
1984default implementation will use PMF to capture timestamps.
1985
1986Function : plat\_psci\_stat\_get\_residency() [optional]
1987~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1988
1989::
1990
1991    Argument : unsigned int, const psci_power_state_t *, int
1992    Return   : u_register_t
1993
1994This is an optional interface that is is invoked after resuming from a low power
1995state and provides the time spent resident in that low power state by the power
1996domain at a particular power domain level. When a CPU wakes up from suspend,
1997all its parent power domain levels are also woken up. The generic PSCI code
1998invokes this function for each parent power domain that is resumed and it
1999identified by the ``lvl`` (first argument) parameter. The ``state_info`` (second
2000argument) describes the low power state that the power domain has resumed from.
2001The current CPU is the first CPU in the power domain to resume from the low
2002power state and the ``last_cpu_idx`` (third parameter) is the index of the last
2003CPU in the power domain to suspend and may be needed to calculate the residency
2004for that power domain.
2005
2006Function : plat\_get\_target\_pwr\_state() [optional]
2007~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2008
2009::
2010
2011    Argument : unsigned int, const plat_local_state_t *, unsigned int
2012    Return   : plat_local_state_t
2013
2014The PSCI generic code uses this function to let the platform participate in
2015state coordination during a power management operation. The function is passed
2016a pointer to an array of platform specific local power state ``states`` (second
2017argument) which contains the requested power state for each CPU at a particular
2018power domain level ``lvl`` (first argument) within the power domain. The function
2019is expected to traverse this array of upto ``ncpus`` (third argument) and return
2020a coordinated target power state by the comparing all the requested power
2021states. The target power state should not be deeper than any of the requested
2022power states.
2023
2024A weak definition of this API is provided by default wherein it assumes
2025that the platform assigns a local state value in order of increasing depth
2026of the power state i.e. for two power states X & Y, if X < Y
2027then X represents a shallower power state than Y. As a result, the
2028coordinated target local power state for a power domain will be the minimum
2029of the requested local power state values.
2030
2031Function : plat\_get\_power\_domain\_tree\_desc() [mandatory]
2032~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2033
2034::
2035
2036    Argument : void
2037    Return   : const unsigned char *
2038
2039This function returns a pointer to the byte array containing the power domain
2040topology tree description. The format and method to construct this array are
2041described in `Power Domain Topology Design`_. The BL31 PSCI initilization code
2042requires this array to be described by the platform, either statically or
2043dynamically, to initialize the power domain topology tree. In case the array
2044is populated dynamically, then plat\_core\_pos\_by\_mpidr() and
2045plat\_my\_core\_pos() should also be implemented suitably so that the topology
2046tree description matches the CPU indices returned by these APIs. These APIs
2047together form the platform interface for the PSCI topology framework.
2048
2049Function : plat\_setup\_psci\_ops() [mandatory]
2050~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2051
2052::
2053
2054    Argument : uintptr_t, const plat_psci_ops **
2055    Return   : int
2056
2057This function may execute with the MMU and data caches enabled if the platform
2058port does the necessary initializations in ``bl31_plat_arch_setup()``. It is only
2059called by the primary CPU.
2060
2061This function is called by PSCI initialization code. Its purpose is to let
2062the platform layer know about the warm boot entrypoint through the
2063``sec_entrypoint`` (first argument) and to export handler routines for
2064platform-specific psci power management actions by populating the passed
2065pointer with a pointer to BL31's private ``plat_psci_ops`` structure.
2066
2067A description of each member of this structure is given below. Please refer to
2068the Arm FVP specific implementation of these handlers in
2069`plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp\_pm.c`_ as an example. For each PSCI function that the
2070platform wants to support, the associated operation or operations in this
2071structure must be provided and implemented (Refer section 4 of
2072`Firmware Design`_ for the PSCI API supported in TF-A). To disable a PSCI
2073function in a platform port, the operation should be removed from this
2074structure instead of providing an empty implementation.
2075
2076plat\_psci\_ops.cpu\_standby()
2077..............................
2078
2079Perform the platform-specific actions to enter the standby state for a cpu
2080indicated by the passed argument. This provides a fast path for CPU standby
2081wherein overheads of PSCI state management and lock acquistion is avoided.
2082For this handler to be invoked by the PSCI ``CPU_SUSPEND`` API implementation,
2083the suspend state type specified in the ``power-state`` parameter should be
2084STANDBY and the target power domain level specified should be the CPU. The
2085handler should put the CPU into a low power retention state (usually by
2086issuing a wfi instruction) and ensure that it can be woken up from that
2087state by a normal interrupt. The generic code expects the handler to succeed.
2088
2089plat\_psci\_ops.pwr\_domain\_on()
2090.................................
2091
2092Perform the platform specific actions to power on a CPU, specified
2093by the ``MPIDR`` (first argument). The generic code expects the platform to
2094return PSCI\_E\_SUCCESS on success or PSCI\_E\_INTERN\_FAIL for any failure.
2095
2096plat\_psci\_ops.pwr\_domain\_off()
2097..................................
2098
2099Perform the platform specific actions to prepare to power off the calling CPU
2100and its higher parent power domain levels as indicated by the ``target_state``
2101(first argument). It is called by the PSCI ``CPU_OFF`` API implementation.
2102
2103The ``target_state`` encodes the platform coordinated target local power states
2104for the CPU power domain and its parent power domain levels. The handler
2105needs to perform power management operation corresponding to the local state
2106at each power level.
2107
2108For this handler, the local power state for the CPU power domain will be a
2109power down state where as it could be either power down, retention or run state
2110for the higher power domain levels depending on the result of state
2111coordination. The generic code expects the handler to succeed.
2112
2113plat\_psci\_ops.pwr\_domain\_suspend\_pwrdown\_early() [optional]
2114.................................................................
2115
2116This optional function may be used as a performance optimization to replace
2117or complement pwr_domain_suspend() on some platforms. Its calling semantics
2118are identical to pwr_domain_suspend(), except the PSCI implementation only
2119calls this function when suspending to a power down state, and it guarantees
2120that data caches are enabled.
2121
2122When HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY = 0, the PSCI implementation disables data caches
2123before calling pwr_domain_suspend(). If the target_state corresponds to a
2124power down state and it is safe to perform some or all of the platform
2125specific actions in that function with data caches enabled, it may be more
2126efficient to move those actions to this function. When HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY
2127= 1, data caches remain enabled throughout, and so there is no advantage to
2128moving platform specific actions to this function.
2129
2130plat\_psci\_ops.pwr\_domain\_suspend()
2131......................................
2132
2133Perform the platform specific actions to prepare to suspend the calling
2134CPU and its higher parent power domain levels as indicated by the
2135``target_state`` (first argument). It is called by the PSCI ``CPU_SUSPEND``
2136API implementation.
2137
2138The ``target_state`` has a similar meaning as described in
2139the ``pwr_domain_off()`` operation. It encodes the platform coordinated
2140target local power states for the CPU power domain and its parent
2141power domain levels. The handler needs to perform power management operation
2142corresponding to the local state at each power level. The generic code
2143expects the handler to succeed.
2144
2145The difference between turning a power domain off versus suspending it is that
2146in the former case, the power domain is expected to re-initialize its state
2147when it is next powered on (see ``pwr_domain_on_finish()``). In the latter
2148case, the power domain is expected to save enough state so that it can resume
2149execution by restoring this state when its powered on (see
2150``pwr_domain_suspend_finish()``).
2151
2152When suspending a core, the platform can also choose to power off the GICv3
2153Redistributor and ITS through an implementation-defined sequence. To achieve
2154this safely, the ITS context must be saved first. The architectural part is
2155implemented by the ``gicv3_its_save_disable()`` helper, but most of the needed
2156sequence is implementation defined and it is therefore the responsibility of
2157the platform code to implement the necessary sequence. Then the GIC
2158Redistributor context can be saved using the ``gicv3_rdistif_save()`` helper.
2159Powering off the Redistributor requires the implementation to support it and it
2160is the responsibility of the platform code to execute the right implementation
2161defined sequence.
2162
2163When a system suspend is requested, the platform can also make use of the
2164``gicv3_distif_save()`` helper to save the context of the GIC Distributor after
2165it has saved the context of the Redistributors and ITS of all the cores in the
2166system. The context of the Distributor can be large and may require it to be
2167allocated in a special area if it cannot fit in the platform's global static
2168data, for example in DRAM. The Distributor can then be powered down using an
2169implementation-defined sequence.
2170
2171plat\_psci\_ops.pwr\_domain\_pwr\_down\_wfi()
2172.............................................
2173
2174This is an optional function and, if implemented, is expected to perform
2175platform specific actions including the ``wfi`` invocation which allows the
2176CPU to powerdown. Since this function is invoked outside the PSCI locks,
2177the actions performed in this hook must be local to the CPU or the platform
2178must ensure that races between multiple CPUs cannot occur.
2179
2180The ``target_state`` has a similar meaning as described in the ``pwr_domain_off()``
2181operation and it encodes the platform coordinated target local power states for
2182the CPU power domain and its parent power domain levels. This function must
2183not return back to the caller.
2184
2185If this function is not implemented by the platform, PSCI generic
2186implementation invokes ``psci_power_down_wfi()`` for power down.
2187
2188plat\_psci\_ops.pwr\_domain\_on\_finish()
2189.........................................
2190
2191This function is called by the PSCI implementation after the calling CPU is
2192powered on and released from reset in response to an earlier PSCI ``CPU_ON`` call.
2193It performs the platform-specific setup required to initialize enough state for
2194this CPU to enter the normal world and also provide secure runtime firmware
2195services.
2196
2197The ``target_state`` (first argument) is the prior state of the power domains
2198immediately before the CPU was turned on. It indicates which power domains
2199above the CPU might require initialization due to having previously been in
2200low power states. The generic code expects the handler to succeed.
2201
2202plat\_psci\_ops.pwr\_domain\_suspend\_finish()
2203..............................................
2204
2205This function is called by the PSCI implementation after the calling CPU is
2206powered on and released from reset in response to an asynchronous wakeup
2207event, for example a timer interrupt that was programmed by the CPU during the
2208``CPU_SUSPEND`` call or ``SYSTEM_SUSPEND`` call. It performs the platform-specific
2209setup required to restore the saved state for this CPU to resume execution
2210in the normal world and also provide secure runtime firmware services.
2211
2212The ``target_state`` (first argument) has a similar meaning as described in
2213the ``pwr_domain_on_finish()`` operation. The generic code expects the platform
2214to succeed.
2215
2216If the Distributor, Redistributors or ITS have been powered off as part of a
2217suspend, their context must be restored in this function in the reverse order
2218to how they were saved during suspend sequence.
2219
2220plat\_psci\_ops.system\_off()
2221.............................
2222
2223This function is called by PSCI implementation in response to a ``SYSTEM_OFF``
2224call. It performs the platform-specific system poweroff sequence after
2225notifying the Secure Payload Dispatcher.
2226
2227plat\_psci\_ops.system\_reset()
2228...............................
2229
2230This function is called by PSCI implementation in response to a ``SYSTEM_RESET``
2231call. It performs the platform-specific system reset sequence after
2232notifying the Secure Payload Dispatcher.
2233
2234plat\_psci\_ops.validate\_power\_state()
2235........................................
2236
2237This function is called by the PSCI implementation during the ``CPU_SUSPEND``
2238call to validate the ``power_state`` parameter of the PSCI API and if valid,
2239populate it in ``req_state`` (second argument) array as power domain level
2240specific local states. If the ``power_state`` is invalid, the platform must
2241return PSCI\_E\_INVALID\_PARAMS as error, which is propagated back to the
2242normal world PSCI client.
2243
2244plat\_psci\_ops.validate\_ns\_entrypoint()
2245..........................................
2246
2247This function is called by the PSCI implementation during the ``CPU_SUSPEND``,
2248``SYSTEM_SUSPEND`` and ``CPU_ON`` calls to validate the non-secure ``entry_point``
2249parameter passed by the normal world. If the ``entry_point`` is invalid,
2250the platform must return PSCI\_E\_INVALID\_ADDRESS as error, which is
2251propagated back to the normal world PSCI client.
2252
2253plat\_psci\_ops.get\_sys\_suspend\_power\_state()
2254.................................................
2255
2256This function is called by the PSCI implementation during the ``SYSTEM_SUSPEND``
2257call to get the ``req_state`` parameter from platform which encodes the power
2258domain level specific local states to suspend to system affinity level. The
2259``req_state`` will be utilized to do the PSCI state coordination and
2260``pwr_domain_suspend()`` will be invoked with the coordinated target state to
2261enter system suspend.
2262
2263plat\_psci\_ops.get\_pwr\_lvl\_state\_idx()
2264...........................................
2265
2266This is an optional function and, if implemented, is invoked by the PSCI
2267implementation to convert the ``local_state`` (first argument) at a specified
2268``pwr_lvl`` (second argument) to an index between 0 and
2269``PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL_STATES`` - 1. This function is only needed if the platform
2270supports more than two local power states at each power domain level, that is
2271``PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL_STATES`` is greater than 2, and needs to account for these
2272local power states.
2273
2274plat\_psci\_ops.translate\_power\_state\_by\_mpidr()
2275....................................................
2276
2277This is an optional function and, if implemented, verifies the ``power_state``
2278(second argument) parameter of the PSCI API corresponding to a target power
2279domain. The target power domain is identified by using both ``MPIDR`` (first
2280argument) and the power domain level encoded in ``power_state``. The power domain
2281level specific local states are to be extracted from ``power_state`` and be
2282populated in the ``output_state`` (third argument) array. The functionality
2283is similar to the ``validate_power_state`` function described above and is
2284envisaged to be used in case the validity of ``power_state`` depend on the
2285targeted power domain. If the ``power_state`` is invalid for the targeted power
2286domain, the platform must return PSCI\_E\_INVALID\_PARAMS as error. If this
2287function is not implemented, then the generic implementation relies on
2288``validate_power_state`` function to translate the ``power_state``.
2289
2290This function can also be used in case the platform wants to support local
2291power state encoding for ``power_state`` parameter of PSCI\_STAT\_COUNT/RESIDENCY
2292APIs as described in Section 5.18 of `PSCI`_.
2293
2294plat\_psci\_ops.get\_node\_hw\_state()
2295......................................
2296
2297This is an optional function. If implemented this function is intended to return
2298the power state of a node (identified by the first parameter, the ``MPIDR``) in
2299the power domain topology (identified by the second parameter, ``power_level``),
2300as retrieved from a power controller or equivalent component on the platform.
2301Upon successful completion, the implementation must map and return the final
2302status among ``HW_ON``, ``HW_OFF`` or ``HW_STANDBY``. Upon encountering failures, it
2303must return either ``PSCI_E_INVALID_PARAMS`` or ``PSCI_E_NOT_SUPPORTED`` as
2304appropriate.
2305
2306Implementations are not expected to handle ``power_levels`` greater than
2307``PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL``.
2308
2309plat\_psci\_ops.system\_reset2()
2310................................
2311
2312This is an optional function. If implemented this function is
2313called during the ``SYSTEM_RESET2`` call to perform a reset
2314based on the first parameter ``reset_type`` as specified in
2315`PSCI`_. The parameter ``cookie`` can be used to pass additional
2316reset information. If the ``reset_type`` is not supported, the
2317function must return ``PSCI_E_NOT_SUPPORTED``. For architectural
2318resets, all failures must return ``PSCI_E_INVALID_PARAMETERS``
2319and vendor reset can return other PSCI error codes as defined
2320in `PSCI`_. On success this function will not return.
2321
2322plat\_psci\_ops.write\_mem\_protect()
2323....................................
2324
2325This is an optional function. If implemented it enables or disables the
2326``MEM_PROTECT`` functionality based on the value of ``val``.
2327A non-zero value enables ``MEM_PROTECT`` and a value of zero
2328disables it. Upon encountering failures it must return a negative value
2329and on success it must return 0.
2330
2331plat\_psci\_ops.read\_mem\_protect()
2332.....................................
2333
2334This is an optional function. If implemented it returns the current
2335state of ``MEM_PROTECT`` via the ``val`` parameter.  Upon encountering
2336failures it must return a negative value and on success it must
2337return 0.
2338
2339plat\_psci\_ops.mem\_protect\_chk()
2340...................................
2341
2342This is an optional function. If implemented it checks if a memory
2343region defined by a base address ``base`` and with a size of ``length``
2344bytes is protected by ``MEM_PROTECT``.  If the region is protected
2345then it must return 0, otherwise it must return a negative number.
2346
2347Interrupt Management framework (in BL31)
2348----------------------------------------
2349
2350BL31 implements an Interrupt Management Framework (IMF) to manage interrupts
2351generated in either security state and targeted to EL1 or EL2 in the non-secure
2352state or EL3/S-EL1 in the secure state. The design of this framework is
2353described in the `IMF Design Guide`_
2354
2355A platform should export the following APIs to support the IMF. The following
2356text briefly describes each api and its implementation in Arm standard
2357platforms. The API implementation depends upon the type of interrupt controller
2358present in the platform. Arm standard platform layer supports both
2359`Arm Generic Interrupt Controller version 2.0 (GICv2)`_
2360and `3.0 (GICv3)`_. Juno builds the Arm platform layer to use GICv2 and the
2361FVP can be configured to use either GICv2 or GICv3 depending on the build flag
2362``FVP_USE_GIC_DRIVER`` (See FVP platform specific build options in
2363`User Guide`_ for more details).
2364
2365See also: `Interrupt Controller Abstraction APIs`__.
2366
2367.. __: platform-interrupt-controller-API.rst
2368
2369Function : plat\_interrupt\_type\_to\_line() [mandatory]
2370~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2371
2372::
2373
2374    Argument : uint32_t, uint32_t
2375    Return   : uint32_t
2376
2377The Arm processor signals an interrupt exception either through the IRQ or FIQ
2378interrupt line. The specific line that is signaled depends on how the interrupt
2379controller (IC) reports different interrupt types from an execution context in
2380either security state. The IMF uses this API to determine which interrupt line
2381the platform IC uses to signal each type of interrupt supported by the framework
2382from a given security state. This API must be invoked at EL3.
2383
2384The first parameter will be one of the ``INTR_TYPE_*`` values (see
2385`IMF Design Guide`_) indicating the target type of the interrupt, the second parameter is the
2386security state of the originating execution context. The return result is the
2387bit position in the ``SCR_EL3`` register of the respective interrupt trap: IRQ=1,
2388FIQ=2.
2389
2390In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv2, S-EL1 interrupts are
2391configured as FIQs and Non-secure interrupts as IRQs from either security
2392state.
2393
2394In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv3, the interrupt line to be
2395configured depends on the security state of the execution context when the
2396interrupt is signalled and are as follows:
2397
2398-  The S-EL1 interrupts are signaled as IRQ in S-EL0/1 context and as FIQ in
2399   NS-EL0/1/2 context.
2400-  The Non secure interrupts are signaled as FIQ in S-EL0/1 context and as IRQ
2401   in the NS-EL0/1/2 context.
2402-  The EL3 interrupts are signaled as FIQ in both S-EL0/1 and NS-EL0/1/2
2403   context.
2404
2405Function : plat\_ic\_get\_pending\_interrupt\_type() [mandatory]
2406~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2407
2408::
2409
2410    Argument : void
2411    Return   : uint32_t
2412
2413This API returns the type of the highest priority pending interrupt at the
2414platform IC. The IMF uses the interrupt type to retrieve the corresponding
2415handler function. ``INTR_TYPE_INVAL`` is returned when there is no interrupt
2416pending. The valid interrupt types that can be returned are ``INTR_TYPE_EL3``,
2417``INTR_TYPE_S_EL1`` and ``INTR_TYPE_NS``. This API must be invoked at EL3.
2418
2419In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv2, the *Highest Priority
2420Pending Interrupt Register* (``GICC_HPPIR``) is read to determine the id of
2421the pending interrupt. The type of interrupt depends upon the id value as
2422follows.
2423
2424#. id < 1022 is reported as a S-EL1 interrupt
2425#. id = 1022 is reported as a Non-secure interrupt.
2426#. id = 1023 is reported as an invalid interrupt type.
2427
2428In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv3, the system register
2429``ICC_HPPIR0_EL1``, *Highest Priority Pending group 0 Interrupt Register*,
2430is read to determine the id of the pending interrupt. The type of interrupt
2431depends upon the id value as follows.
2432
2433#. id = ``PENDING_G1S_INTID`` (1020) is reported as a S-EL1 interrupt
2434#. id = ``PENDING_G1NS_INTID`` (1021) is reported as a Non-secure interrupt.
2435#. id = ``GIC_SPURIOUS_INTERRUPT`` (1023) is reported as an invalid interrupt type.
2436#. All other interrupt id's are reported as EL3 interrupt.
2437
2438Function : plat\_ic\_get\_pending\_interrupt\_id() [mandatory]
2439~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2440
2441::
2442
2443    Argument : void
2444    Return   : uint32_t
2445
2446This API returns the id of the highest priority pending interrupt at the
2447platform IC. ``INTR_ID_UNAVAILABLE`` is returned when there is no interrupt
2448pending.
2449
2450In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv2, the *Highest Priority
2451Pending Interrupt Register* (``GICC_HPPIR``) is read to determine the id of the
2452pending interrupt. The id that is returned by API depends upon the value of
2453the id read from the interrupt controller as follows.
2454
2455#. id < 1022. id is returned as is.
2456#. id = 1022. The *Aliased Highest Priority Pending Interrupt Register*
2457   (``GICC_AHPPIR``) is read to determine the id of the non-secure interrupt.
2458   This id is returned by the API.
2459#. id = 1023. ``INTR_ID_UNAVAILABLE`` is returned.
2460
2461In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv3, if the API is invoked from
2462EL3, the system register ``ICC_HPPIR0_EL1``, *Highest Priority Pending Interrupt
2463group 0 Register*, is read to determine the id of the pending interrupt. The id
2464that is returned by API depends upon the value of the id read from the
2465interrupt controller as follows.
2466
2467#. id < ``PENDING_G1S_INTID`` (1020). id is returned as is.
2468#. id = ``PENDING_G1S_INTID`` (1020) or ``PENDING_G1NS_INTID`` (1021). The system
2469   register ``ICC_HPPIR1_EL1``, *Highest Priority Pending Interrupt group 1
2470   Register* is read to determine the id of the group 1 interrupt. This id
2471   is returned by the API as long as it is a valid interrupt id
2472#. If the id is any of the special interrupt identifiers,
2473   ``INTR_ID_UNAVAILABLE`` is returned.
2474
2475When the API invoked from S-EL1 for GICv3 systems, the id read from system
2476register ``ICC_HPPIR1_EL1``, *Highest Priority Pending group 1 Interrupt
2477Register*, is returned if is not equal to GIC\_SPURIOUS\_INTERRUPT (1023) else
2478``INTR_ID_UNAVAILABLE`` is returned.
2479
2480Function : plat\_ic\_acknowledge\_interrupt() [mandatory]
2481~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2482
2483::
2484
2485    Argument : void
2486    Return   : uint32_t
2487
2488This API is used by the CPU to indicate to the platform IC that processing of
2489the highest pending interrupt has begun. It should return the raw, unmodified
2490value obtained from the interrupt controller when acknowledging an interrupt.
2491The actual interrupt number shall be extracted from this raw value using the API
2492`plat_ic_get_interrupt_id()`__.
2493
2494.. __: platform-interrupt-controller-API.rst#function-unsigned-int-plat-ic-get-interrupt-id-unsigned-int-raw-optional
2495
2496This function in Arm standard platforms using GICv2, reads the *Interrupt
2497Acknowledge Register* (``GICC_IAR``). This changes the state of the highest
2498priority pending interrupt from pending to active in the interrupt controller.
2499It returns the value read from the ``GICC_IAR``, unmodified.
2500
2501In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv3, if the API is invoked
2502from EL3, the function reads the system register ``ICC_IAR0_EL1``, *Interrupt
2503Acknowledge Register group 0*. If the API is invoked from S-EL1, the function
2504reads the system register ``ICC_IAR1_EL1``, *Interrupt Acknowledge Register
2505group 1*. The read changes the state of the highest pending interrupt from
2506pending to active in the interrupt controller. The value read is returned
2507unmodified.
2508
2509The TSP uses this API to start processing of the secure physical timer
2510interrupt.
2511
2512Function : plat\_ic\_end\_of\_interrupt() [mandatory]
2513~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2514
2515::
2516
2517    Argument : uint32_t
2518    Return   : void
2519
2520This API is used by the CPU to indicate to the platform IC that processing of
2521the interrupt corresponding to the id (passed as the parameter) has
2522finished. The id should be the same as the id returned by the
2523``plat_ic_acknowledge_interrupt()`` API.
2524
2525Arm standard platforms write the id to the *End of Interrupt Register*
2526(``GICC_EOIR``) in case of GICv2, and to ``ICC_EOIR0_EL1`` or ``ICC_EOIR1_EL1``
2527system register in case of GICv3 depending on where the API is invoked from,
2528EL3 or S-EL1. This deactivates the corresponding interrupt in the interrupt
2529controller.
2530
2531The TSP uses this API to finish processing of the secure physical timer
2532interrupt.
2533
2534Function : plat\_ic\_get\_interrupt\_type() [mandatory]
2535~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2536
2537::
2538
2539    Argument : uint32_t
2540    Return   : uint32_t
2541
2542This API returns the type of the interrupt id passed as the parameter.
2543``INTR_TYPE_INVAL`` is returned if the id is invalid. If the id is valid, a valid
2544interrupt type (one of ``INTR_TYPE_EL3``, ``INTR_TYPE_S_EL1`` and ``INTR_TYPE_NS``) is
2545returned depending upon how the interrupt has been configured by the platform
2546IC. This API must be invoked at EL3.
2547
2548Arm standard platforms using GICv2 configures S-EL1 interrupts as Group0 interrupts
2549and Non-secure interrupts as Group1 interrupts. It reads the group value
2550corresponding to the interrupt id from the relevant *Interrupt Group Register*
2551(``GICD_IGROUPRn``). It uses the group value to determine the type of interrupt.
2552
2553In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv3, both the *Interrupt Group
2554Register* (``GICD_IGROUPRn``) and *Interrupt Group Modifier Register*
2555(``GICD_IGRPMODRn``) is read to figure out whether the interrupt is configured
2556as Group 0 secure interrupt, Group 1 secure interrupt or Group 1 NS interrupt.
2557
2558Crash Reporting mechanism (in BL31)
2559-----------------------------------
2560
2561NOTE: This section assumes that your platform is enabling the MULTI_CONSOLE_API
2562flag in its platform.mk. Not using this flag is deprecated for new platforms.
2563
2564BL31 implements a crash reporting mechanism which prints the various registers
2565of the CPU to enable quick crash analysis and debugging. By default, the
2566definitions in ``plat/common/aarch64/platform\_helpers.S`` will cause the crash
2567output to be routed over the normal console infrastructure and get printed on
2568consoles configured to output in crash state. ``console_set_scope()`` can be
2569used to control whether a console is used for crash output.
2570
2571In some cases (such as debugging very early crashes that happen before the
2572normal boot console can be set up), platforms may want to control crash output
2573more explicitly. For these, the following functions can be overridden by
2574platform code. They are executed outside of a C environment and without a stack.
2575
2576Function : plat\_crash\_console\_init
2577~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2578
2579::
2580
2581    Argument : void
2582    Return   : int
2583
2584This API is used by the crash reporting mechanism to initialize the crash
2585console. It must only use the general purpose registers x0 through x7 to do the
2586initialization and returns 1 on success.
2587
2588If you are trying to debug crashes before the console driver would normally get
2589registered, you can use this to register a driver from assembly with hardcoded
2590parameters. For example, you could register the 16550 driver like this:
2591
2592::
2593
2594    .section .data.crash_console      /* Reserve space for console structure */
2595    crash_console:
2596    .zero 6 * 8                       /* console_16550_t has 6 8-byte words */
2597    func plat_crash_console_init
2598        ldr     x0, =YOUR_16550_BASE_ADDR
2599        ldr     x1, =YOUR_16550_SRCCLK_IN_HZ
2600        ldr     x2, =YOUR_16550_TARGET_BAUD_RATE
2601        adrp    x3, crash_console
2602        add     x3, x3, :lo12:crash_console
2603        b       console_16550_register  /* tail call, returns 1 on success */
2604    endfunc plat_crash_console_init
2605
2606If you're trying to debug crashes in BL1, you can call the console_xxx_core_init
2607function exported by some console drivers from here.
2608
2609Function : plat\_crash\_console\_putc
2610~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2611
2612::
2613
2614    Argument : int
2615    Return   : int
2616
2617This API is used by the crash reporting mechanism to print a character on the
2618designated crash console. It must only use general purpose registers x1 and
2619x2 to do its work. The parameter and the return value are in general purpose
2620register x0.
2621
2622If you have registered a normal console driver in ``plat_crash_console_init``,
2623you can keep the default implementation here (which calls ``console_putc()``).
2624
2625If you're trying to debug crashes in BL1, you can call the console_xxx_core_putc
2626function exported by some console drivers from here.
2627
2628Function : plat\_crash\_console\_flush
2629~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2630
2631::
2632
2633    Argument : void
2634    Return   : int
2635
2636This API is used by the crash reporting mechanism to force write of all buffered
2637data on the designated crash console. It should only use general purpose
2638registers x0 through x5 to do its work. The return value is 0 on successful
2639completion; otherwise the return value is -1.
2640
2641If you have registered a normal console driver in ``plat_crash_console_init``,
2642you can keep the default implementation here (which calls ``console_flush()``).
2643
2644If you're trying to debug crashes in BL1, you can call the console_xx_core_flush
2645function exported by some console drivers from here.
2646
2647Extternal Abort handling and RAS Support
2648----------------------------------------
2649
2650Function : plat_ea_handler
2651~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2652
2653::
2654
2655    Argument : int
2656    Argument : uint64_t
2657    Argument : void *
2658    Argument : void *
2659    Argument : uint64_t
2660    Return   : void
2661
2662This function is invoked by the RAS framework for the platform to handle an
2663External Abort received at EL3. The intention of the function is to attempt to
2664resolve the cause of External Abort and return; if that's not possible, to
2665initiate orderly shutdown of the system.
2666
2667The first parameter (``int ea_reason``) indicates the reason for External Abort.
2668Its value is one of ``ERROR_EA_*`` constants defined in ``ea_handle.h``.
2669
2670The second parameter (``uint64_t syndrome``) is the respective syndrome
2671presented to EL3 after having received the External Abort. Depending on the
2672nature of the abort (as can be inferred from the ``ea_reason`` parameter), this
2673can be the content of either ``ESR_EL3`` or ``DISR_EL1``.
2674
2675The third parameter (``void *cookie``) is unused for now. The fourth parameter
2676(``void *handle``) is a pointer to the preempted context. The fifth parameter
2677(``uint64_t flags``) indicates the preempted security state. These parameters
2678are received from the top-level exception handler.
2679
2680If ``RAS_EXTENSION`` is set to ``1``, the default implementation of this
2681function iterates through RAS handlers registered by the platform. If any of the
2682RAS handlers resolve the External Abort, no further action is taken.
2683
2684If ``RAS_EXTENSION`` is set to ``0``, or if none of the platform RAS handlers
2685could resolve the External Abort, the default implementation prints an error
2686message, and panics.
2687
2688Function : plat_handle_uncontainable_ea
2689~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2690
2691::
2692
2693    Argument : int
2694    Argument : uint64_t
2695    Return   : void
2696
2697This function is invoked by the RAS framework when an External Abort of
2698Uncontainable type is received at EL3. Due to the critical nature of
2699Uncontainable errors, the intention of this function is to initiate orderly
2700shutdown of the system, and is not expected to return.
2701
2702This function must be implemented in assembly.
2703
2704The first and second parameters are the same as that of ``plat_ea_handler``.
2705
2706The default implementation of this function calls
2707``report_unhandled_exception``.
2708
2709Function : plat_handle_double_fault
2710~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2711
2712::
2713
2714    Argument : int
2715    Argument : uint64_t
2716    Return   : void
2717
2718This function is invoked by the RAS framework when another External Abort is
2719received at EL3 while one is already being handled. I.e., a call to
2720``plat_ea_handler`` is outstanding. Due to its critical nature, the intention of
2721this function is to initiate orderly shutdown of the system, and is not expected
2722recover or return.
2723
2724This function must be implemented in assembly.
2725
2726The first and second parameters are the same as that of ``plat_ea_handler``.
2727
2728The default implementation of this function calls
2729``report_unhandled_exception``.
2730
2731Function : plat_handle_el3_ea
2732~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2733
2734::
2735
2736    Return   : void
2737
2738This function is invoked when an External Abort is received while executing in
2739EL3. Due to its critical nature, the intention of this function is to initiate
2740orderly shutdown of the system, and is not expected recover or return.
2741
2742This function must be implemented in assembly.
2743
2744The default implementation of this function calls
2745``report_unhandled_exception``.
2746
2747Build flags
2748-----------
2749
2750-  **ENABLE\_PLAT\_COMPAT**
2751   All the platforms ports conforming to this API specification should define
2752   the build flag ``ENABLE_PLAT_COMPAT`` to 0 as the compatibility layer should
2753   be disabled. For more details on compatibility layer, refer
2754   `Migration Guide`_.
2755
2756There are some build flags which can be defined by the platform to control
2757inclusion or exclusion of certain BL stages from the FIP image. These flags
2758need to be defined in the platform makefile which will get included by the
2759build system.
2760
2761-  **NEED\_BL33**
2762   By default, this flag is defined ``yes`` by the build system and ``BL33``
2763   build option should be supplied as a build option. The platform has the
2764   option of excluding the BL33 image in the ``fip`` image by defining this flag
2765   to ``no``. If any of the options ``EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE`` or ``PRELOADED_BL33_BASE``
2766   are used, this flag will be set to ``no`` automatically.
2767
2768C Library
2769---------
2770
2771To avoid subtle toolchain behavioral dependencies, the header files provided
2772by the compiler are not used. The software is built with the ``-nostdinc`` flag
2773to ensure no headers are included from the toolchain inadvertently. Instead the
2774required headers are included in the TF-A source tree. The library only
2775contains those C library definitions required by the local implementation. If
2776more functionality is required, the needed library functions will need to be
2777added to the local implementation.
2778
2779Some C headers have been obtained from `FreeBSD`_ and `SCC`_, while others have
2780been written specifically for TF-A. Fome implementation files have been obtained
2781from `FreeBSD`_, others have been written specifically for TF-A as well. The
2782files can be found in ``include/lib/libc`` and ``lib/libc``.
2783
2784SCC can be found in `http://www.simple-cc.org/`_. A copy of the `FreeBSD`_
2785sources can be obtained from `http://github.com/freebsd/freebsd`_.
2786
2787Storage abstraction layer
2788-------------------------
2789
2790In order to improve platform independence and portability an storage abstraction
2791layer is used to load data from non-volatile platform storage.
2792
2793Each platform should register devices and their drivers via the Storage layer.
2794These drivers then need to be initialized by bootloader phases as
2795required in their respective ``blx_platform_setup()`` functions. Currently
2796storage access is only required by BL1 and BL2 phases. The ``load_image()``
2797function uses the storage layer to access non-volatile platform storage.
2798
2799It is mandatory to implement at least one storage driver. For the Arm
2800development platforms the Firmware Image Package (FIP) driver is provided as
2801the default means to load data from storage (see the "Firmware Image Package"
2802section in the `User Guide`_). The storage layer is described in the header file
2803``include/drivers/io/io_storage.h``. The implementation of the common library
2804is in ``drivers/io/io_storage.c`` and the driver files are located in
2805``drivers/io/``.
2806
2807Each IO driver must provide ``io_dev_*`` structures, as described in
2808``drivers/io/io_driver.h``. These are returned via a mandatory registration
2809function that is called on platform initialization. The semi-hosting driver
2810implementation in ``io_semihosting.c`` can be used as an example.
2811
2812The Storage layer provides mechanisms to initialize storage devices before
2813IO operations are called. The basic operations supported by the layer
2814include ``open()``, ``close()``, ``read()``, ``write()``, ``size()`` and ``seek()``.
2815Drivers do not have to implement all operations, but each platform must
2816provide at least one driver for a device capable of supporting generic
2817operations such as loading a bootloader image.
2818
2819The current implementation only allows for known images to be loaded by the
2820firmware. These images are specified by using their identifiers, as defined in
2821[include/plat/common/platform\_def.h] (or a separate header file included from
2822there). The platform layer (``plat_get_image_source()``) then returns a reference
2823to a device and a driver-specific ``spec`` which will be understood by the driver
2824to allow access to the image data.
2825
2826The layer is designed in such a way that is it possible to chain drivers with
2827other drivers. For example, file-system drivers may be implemented on top of
2828physical block devices, both represented by IO devices with corresponding
2829drivers. In such a case, the file-system "binding" with the block device may
2830be deferred until the file-system device is initialised.
2831
2832The abstraction currently depends on structures being statically allocated
2833by the drivers and callers, as the system does not yet provide a means of
2834dynamically allocating memory. This may also have the affect of limiting the
2835amount of open resources per driver.
2836
2837--------------
2838
2839*Copyright (c) 2013-2018, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.*
2840
2841.. _Migration Guide: platform-migration-guide.rst
2842.. _include/plat/common/platform.h: ../include/plat/common/platform.h
2843.. _include/plat/arm/common/plat\_arm.h: ../include/plat/arm/common/plat_arm.h%5D
2844.. _User Guide: user-guide.rst
2845.. _include/plat/common/common\_def.h: ../include/plat/common/common_def.h
2846.. _include/plat/arm/common/arm\_def.h: ../include/plat/arm/common/arm_def.h
2847.. _plat/common/aarch64/platform\_mp\_stack.S: ../plat/common/aarch64/platform_mp_stack.S
2848.. _plat/common/aarch64/platform\_up\_stack.S: ../plat/common/aarch64/platform_up_stack.S
2849.. _For example, define the build flag in platform.mk: PLAT_PL061_MAX_GPIOS%20:=%20160
2850.. _Power Domain Topology Design: psci-pd-tree.rst
2851.. _include/common/bl\_common.h: ../include/common/bl_common.h
2852.. _include/lib/aarch32/arch.h: ../include/lib/aarch32/arch.h
2853.. _Firmware Design: firmware-design.rst
2854.. _PSCI: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0022c/DEN0022C_Power_State_Coordination_Interface.pdf
2855.. _plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp\_pm.c: ../plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_pm.c
2856.. _IMF Design Guide: interrupt-framework-design.rst
2857.. _Arm Generic Interrupt Controller version 2.0 (GICv2): http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0048b/index.html
2858.. _3.0 (GICv3): http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0069b/index.html
2859.. _FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org
2860.. _SCC: http://www.simple-cc.org/
2861