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