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1Trusted Firmware-A Porting Guide
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12Introduction
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14
15Porting Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A) to a new platform involves making some
16mandatory and optional modifications for both the cold and warm boot paths.
17Modifications consist of:
18
19-  Implementing a platform-specific function or variable,
20-  Setting up the execution context in a certain way, or
21-  Defining certain constants (for example #defines).
22
23The platform-specific functions and variables are declared in
24`include/plat/common/platform.h`_. The firmware provides a default implementation
25of variables and functions to fulfill the optional requirements. These
26implementations are all weakly defined; they are provided to ease the porting
27effort. Each platform port can override them with its own implementation if the
28default implementation is inadequate.
29
30Platform ports that want to be aligned with standard Arm platforms (for example
31FVP and Juno) may also use `include/plat/arm/common/plat\_arm.h`_ and the
32corresponding source files in ``plat/arm/common/``. These provide standard
33implementations for some of the required platform porting functions. However,
34using these functions requires the platform port to implement additional
35Arm standard platform porting functions. These additional functions are not
36documented here.
37
38Some modifications are common to all Boot Loader (BL) stages. Section 2
39discusses these in detail. The subsequent sections discuss the remaining
40modifications for each BL stage in detail.
41
42This document should be read in conjunction with the TF-A `User Guide`_.
43
44Common modifications
45--------------------
46
47This section covers the modifications that should be made by the platform for
48each BL stage to correctly port the firmware stack. They are categorized as
49either mandatory or optional.
50
51Common mandatory modifications
52------------------------------
53
54A platform port must enable the Memory Management Unit (MMU) as well as the
55instruction and data caches for each BL stage. Setting up the translation
56tables is the responsibility of the platform port because memory maps differ
57across platforms. A memory translation library (see ``lib/xlat_tables/``) is
58provided to help in this setup.
59
60Note that although this library supports non-identity mappings, this is intended
61only for re-mapping peripheral physical addresses and allows platforms with high
62I/O addresses to reduce their virtual address space. All other addresses
63corresponding to code and data must currently use an identity mapping.
64
65Also, the only translation granule size supported in TF-A is 4KB, as various
66parts of the code assume that is the case. It is not possible to switch to
6716 KB or 64 KB granule sizes at the moment.
68
69In Arm standard platforms, each BL stage configures the MMU in the
70platform-specific architecture setup function, ``blX_plat_arch_setup()``, and uses
71an identity mapping for all addresses.
72
73If the build option ``USE_COHERENT_MEM`` is enabled, each platform can allocate a
74block of identity mapped secure memory with Device-nGnRE attributes aligned to
75page boundary (4K) for each BL stage. All sections which allocate coherent
76memory are grouped under ``coherent_ram``. For ex: Bakery locks are placed in a
77section identified by name ``bakery_lock`` inside ``coherent_ram`` so that its
78possible for the firmware to place variables in it using the following C code
79directive:
80
81::
82
83    __section("bakery_lock")
84
85Or alternatively the following assembler code directive:
86
87::
88
89    .section bakery_lock
90
91The ``coherent_ram`` section is a sum of all sections like ``bakery_lock`` which are
92used to allocate any data structures that are accessed both when a CPU is
93executing with its MMU and caches enabled, and when it's running with its MMU
94and caches disabled. Examples are given below.
95
96The following variables, functions and constants must be defined by the platform
97for the firmware to work correctly.
98
99File : platform\_def.h [mandatory]
100~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
101
102Each platform must ensure that a header file of this name is in the system
103include path with the following constants defined. This may require updating the
104list of ``PLAT_INCLUDES`` in the ``platform.mk`` file. In the Arm development
105platforms, this file is found in ``plat/arm/board/<plat_name>/include/``.
106
107Platform ports may optionally use the file `include/plat/common/common\_def.h`_,
108which provides typical values for some of the constants below. These values are
109likely to be suitable for all platform ports.
110
111Platform ports that want to be aligned with standard Arm platforms (for example
112FVP and Juno) may also use `include/plat/arm/common/arm\_def.h`_, which provides
113standard values for some of the constants below. However, this requires the
114platform port to define additional platform porting constants in
115``platform_def.h``. These additional constants are not documented here.
116
117-  **#define : PLATFORM\_LINKER\_FORMAT**
118
119   Defines the linker format used by the platform, for example
120   ``elf64-littleaarch64``.
121
122-  **#define : PLATFORM\_LINKER\_ARCH**
123
124   Defines the processor architecture for the linker by the platform, for
125   example ``aarch64``.
126
127-  **#define : PLATFORM\_STACK\_SIZE**
128
129   Defines the normal stack memory available to each CPU. This constant is used
130   by `plat/common/aarch64/platform\_mp\_stack.S`_ and
131   `plat/common/aarch64/platform\_up\_stack.S`_.
132
133-  **define : CACHE\_WRITEBACK\_GRANULE**
134
135   Defines the size in bits of the largest cache line across all the cache
136   levels in the platform.
137
138-  **#define : FIRMWARE\_WELCOME\_STR**
139
140   Defines the character string printed by BL1 upon entry into the ``bl1_main()``
141   function.
142
143-  **#define : PLATFORM\_CORE\_COUNT**
144
145   Defines the total number of CPUs implemented by the platform across all
146   clusters in the system.
147
148-  **#define : PLAT\_NUM\_PWR\_DOMAINS**
149
150   Defines the total number of nodes in the power domain topology
151   tree at all the power domain levels used by the platform.
152   This macro is used by the PSCI implementation to allocate
153   data structures to represent power domain topology.
154
155-  **#define : PLAT\_MAX\_PWR\_LVL**
156
157   Defines the maximum power domain level that the power management operations
158   should apply to. More often, but not always, the power domain level
159   corresponds to affinity level. This macro allows the PSCI implementation
160   to know the highest power domain level that it should consider for power
161   management operations in the system that the platform implements. For
162   example, the Base AEM FVP implements two clusters with a configurable
163   number of CPUs and it reports the maximum power domain level as 1.
164
165-  **#define : PLAT\_MAX\_OFF\_STATE**
166
167   Defines the local power state corresponding to the deepest power down
168   possible at every power domain level in the platform. The local power
169   states for each level may be sparsely allocated between 0 and this value
170   with 0 being reserved for the RUN state. The PSCI implementation uses this
171   value to initialize the local power states of the power domain nodes and
172   to specify the requested power state for a PSCI\_CPU\_OFF call.
173
174-  **#define : PLAT\_MAX\_RET\_STATE**
175
176   Defines the local power state corresponding to the deepest retention state
177   possible at every power domain level in the platform. This macro should be
178   a value less than PLAT\_MAX\_OFF\_STATE and greater than 0. It is used by the
179   PSCI implementation to distinguish between retention and power down local
180   power states within PSCI\_CPU\_SUSPEND call.
181
182-  **#define : PLAT\_MAX\_PWR\_LVL\_STATES**
183
184   Defines the maximum number of local power states per power domain level
185   that the platform supports. The default value of this macro is 2 since
186   most platforms just support a maximum of two local power states at each
187   power domain level (power-down and retention). If the platform needs to
188   account for more local power states, then it must redefine this macro.
189
190   Currently, this macro is used by the Generic PSCI implementation to size
191   the array used for PSCI\_STAT\_COUNT/RESIDENCY accounting.
192
193-  **#define : BL1\_RO\_BASE**
194
195   Defines the base address in secure ROM where BL1 originally lives. Must be
196   aligned on a page-size boundary.
197
198-  **#define : BL1\_RO\_LIMIT**
199
200   Defines the maximum address in secure ROM that BL1's actual content (i.e.
201   excluding any data section allocated at runtime) can occupy.
202
203-  **#define : BL1\_RW\_BASE**
204
205   Defines the base address in secure RAM where BL1's read-write data will live
206   at runtime. Must be aligned on a page-size boundary.
207
208-  **#define : BL1\_RW\_LIMIT**
209
210   Defines the maximum address in secure RAM that BL1's read-write data can
211   occupy at runtime.
212
213-  **#define : BL2\_BASE**
214
215   Defines the base address in secure RAM where BL1 loads the BL2 binary image.
216   Must be aligned on a page-size boundary. This constant is not applicable
217   when BL2_IN_XIP_MEM is set to '1'.
218
219-  **#define : BL2\_LIMIT**
220
221   Defines the maximum address in secure RAM that the BL2 image can occupy.
222   This constant is not applicable when BL2_IN_XIP_MEM is set to '1'.
223
224-  **#define : BL2\_RO\_BASE**
225
226   Defines the base address in secure XIP memory where BL2 RO section originally
227   lives. Must be aligned on a page-size boundary. This constant is only needed
228   when BL2_IN_XIP_MEM is set to '1'.
229
230-  **#define : BL2\_RO\_LIMIT**
231
232   Defines the maximum address in secure XIP memory that BL2's actual content
233   (i.e. excluding any data section allocated at runtime) can occupy. This
234   constant is only needed when BL2_IN_XIP_MEM is set to '1'.
235
236-  **#define : BL2\_RW\_BASE**
237
238   Defines the base address in secure RAM where BL2's read-write data will live
239   at runtime. Must be aligned on a page-size boundary. This constant is only
240   needed when BL2_IN_XIP_MEM is set to '1'.
241
242-  **#define : BL2\_RW\_LIMIT**
243
244   Defines the maximum address in secure RAM that BL2's read-write data can
245   occupy at runtime. This constant is only needed when BL2_IN_XIP_MEM is set
246   to '1'.
247
248-  **#define : BL31\_BASE**
249
250   Defines the base address in secure RAM where BL2 loads the BL31 binary
251   image. Must be aligned on a page-size boundary.
252
253-  **#define : BL31\_LIMIT**
254
255   Defines the maximum address in secure RAM that the BL31 image can occupy.
256
257For every image, the platform must define individual identifiers that will be
258used by BL1 or BL2 to load the corresponding image into memory from non-volatile
259storage. For the sake of performance, integer numbers will be used as
260identifiers. The platform will use those identifiers to return the relevant
261information about the image to be loaded (file handler, load address,
262authentication information, etc.). The following image identifiers are
263mandatory:
264
265-  **#define : BL2\_IMAGE\_ID**
266
267   BL2 image identifier, used by BL1 to load BL2.
268
269-  **#define : BL31\_IMAGE\_ID**
270
271   BL31 image identifier, used by BL2 to load BL31.
272
273-  **#define : BL33\_IMAGE\_ID**
274
275   BL33 image identifier, used by BL2 to load BL33.
276
277If Trusted Board Boot is enabled, the following certificate identifiers must
278also be defined:
279
280-  **#define : TRUSTED\_BOOT\_FW\_CERT\_ID**
281
282   BL2 content certificate identifier, used by BL1 to load the BL2 content
283   certificate.
284
285-  **#define : TRUSTED\_KEY\_CERT\_ID**
286
287   Trusted key certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the trusted key
288   certificate.
289
290-  **#define : SOC\_FW\_KEY\_CERT\_ID**
291
292   BL31 key certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the BL31 key
293   certificate.
294
295-  **#define : SOC\_FW\_CONTENT\_CERT\_ID**
296
297   BL31 content certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the BL31 content
298   certificate.
299
300-  **#define : NON\_TRUSTED\_FW\_KEY\_CERT\_ID**
301
302   BL33 key certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the BL33 key
303   certificate.
304
305-  **#define : NON\_TRUSTED\_FW\_CONTENT\_CERT\_ID**
306
307   BL33 content certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the BL33 content
308   certificate.
309
310-  **#define : FWU\_CERT\_ID**
311
312   Firmware Update (FWU) certificate identifier, used by NS\_BL1U to load the
313   FWU content certificate.
314
315-  **#define : PLAT\_CRYPTOCELL\_BASE**
316
317   This defines the base address of Arm® TrustZone® CryptoCell and must be
318   defined if CryptoCell crypto driver is used for Trusted Board Boot. For
319   capable Arm platforms, this driver is used if ``ARM_CRYPTOCELL_INTEG`` is
320   set.
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   NOTE: TF-A does not provide source code for this image.
347
348If the Non-Secure Firmware Updater ROM, NS\_BL1U is used, the following must
349also be defined:
350
351-  **#define : NS\_BL1U\_BASE**
352
353   Defines the base address in non-secure ROM where NS\_BL1U executes.
354   Must be aligned on a page-size boundary.
355   NOTE: TF-A does not provide source code for this image.
356
357-  **#define : NS\_BL1U\_IMAGE\_ID**
358
359   NS\_BL1U image identifier, used by BL1 to fetch an image descriptor
360   corresponding to NS\_BL1U.
361
362If the Non-Secure Firmware Updater, NS\_BL2U is used, the following must also
363be defined:
364
365-  **#define : NS\_BL2U\_BASE**
366
367   Defines the base address in non-secure memory where NS\_BL2U executes.
368   Must be aligned on a page-size boundary.
369   NOTE: TF-A does not provide source code for this image.
370
371-  **#define : NS\_BL2U\_IMAGE\_ID**
372
373   NS\_BL2U image identifier, used by BL1 to fetch an image descriptor
374   corresponding to NS\_BL2U.
375
376For the the Firmware update capability of TRUSTED BOARD BOOT, the following
377macros may also be defined:
378
379-  **#define : PLAT\_FWU\_MAX\_SIMULTANEOUS\_IMAGES**
380
381   Total number of images that can be loaded simultaneously. If the platform
382   doesn't specify any value, it defaults to 10.
383
384If a SCP\_BL2 image is supported by the platform, the following constants must
385also be defined:
386
387-  **#define : SCP\_BL2\_IMAGE\_ID**
388
389   SCP\_BL2 image identifier, used by BL2 to load SCP\_BL2 into secure memory
390   from platform storage before being transfered to the SCP.
391
392-  **#define : SCP\_FW\_KEY\_CERT\_ID**
393
394   SCP\_BL2 key certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the SCP\_BL2 key
395   certificate (mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled).
396
397-  **#define : SCP\_FW\_CONTENT\_CERT\_ID**
398
399   SCP\_BL2 content certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the SCP\_BL2
400   content certificate (mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled).
401
402If a BL32 image is supported by the platform, the following constants must
403also be defined:
404
405-  **#define : BL32\_IMAGE\_ID**
406
407   BL32 image identifier, used by BL2 to load BL32.
408
409-  **#define : TRUSTED\_OS\_FW\_KEY\_CERT\_ID**
410
411   BL32 key certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the BL32 key
412   certificate (mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled).
413
414-  **#define : TRUSTED\_OS\_FW\_CONTENT\_CERT\_ID**
415
416   BL32 content certificate identifier, used by BL2 to load the BL32 content
417   certificate (mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled).
418
419-  **#define : BL32\_BASE**
420
421   Defines the base address in secure memory where BL2 loads the BL32 binary
422   image. Must be aligned on a page-size boundary.
423
424-  **#define : BL32\_LIMIT**
425
426   Defines the maximum address that the BL32 image can occupy.
427
428If the Test Secure-EL1 Payload (TSP) instantiation of BL32 is supported by the
429platform, the following constants must also be defined:
430
431-  **#define : TSP\_SEC\_MEM\_BASE**
432
433   Defines the base address of the secure memory used by the TSP image on the
434   platform. This must be at the same address or below ``BL32_BASE``.
435
436-  **#define : TSP\_SEC\_MEM\_SIZE**
437
438   Defines the size of the secure memory used by the BL32 image on the
439   platform. ``TSP_SEC_MEM_BASE`` and ``TSP_SEC_MEM_SIZE`` must fully accomodate
440   the memory required by the BL32 image, defined by ``BL32_BASE`` and
441   ``BL32_LIMIT``.
442
443-  **#define : TSP\_IRQ\_SEC\_PHY\_TIMER**
444
445   Defines the ID of the secure physical generic timer interrupt used by the
446   TSP's interrupt handling code.
447
448If the platform port uses the translation table library code, the following
449constants must also be defined:
450
451-  **#define : PLAT\_XLAT\_TABLES\_DYNAMIC**
452
453   Optional flag that can be set per-image to enable the dynamic allocation of
454   regions even when the MMU is enabled. If not defined, only static
455   functionality will be available, if defined and set to 1 it will also
456   include the dynamic functionality.
457
458-  **#define : MAX\_XLAT\_TABLES**
459
460   Defines the maximum number of translation tables that are allocated by the
461   translation table library code. To minimize the amount of runtime memory
462   used, choose the smallest value needed to map the required virtual addresses
463   for each BL stage. If ``PLAT_XLAT_TABLES_DYNAMIC`` flag is enabled for a BL
464   image, ``MAX_XLAT_TABLES`` must be defined to accommodate the dynamic regions
465   as well.
466
467-  **#define : MAX\_MMAP\_REGIONS**
468
469   Defines the maximum number of regions that are allocated by the translation
470   table library code. A region consists of physical base address, virtual base
471   address, size and attributes (Device/Memory, RO/RW, Secure/Non-Secure), as
472   defined in the ``mmap_region_t`` structure. The platform defines the regions
473   that should be mapped. Then, the translation table library will create the
474   corresponding tables and descriptors at runtime. To minimize the amount of
475   runtime memory used, choose the smallest value needed to register the
476   required regions for each BL stage. If ``PLAT_XLAT_TABLES_DYNAMIC`` flag is
477   enabled for a BL image, ``MAX_MMAP_REGIONS`` must be defined to accommodate
478   the dynamic regions as well.
479
480-  **#define : ADDR\_SPACE\_SIZE**
481
482   Defines the total size of the address space in bytes. For example, for a 32
483   bit address space, this value should be ``(1ULL << 32)``. This definition is
484   now deprecated, platforms should use ``PLAT_PHY_ADDR_SPACE_SIZE`` and
485   ``PLAT_VIRT_ADDR_SPACE_SIZE`` instead.
486
487-  **#define : PLAT\_VIRT\_ADDR\_SPACE\_SIZE**
488
489   Defines the total size of the virtual address space in bytes. For example,
490   for a 32 bit virtual address space, this value should be ``(1ULL << 32)``.
491
492-  **#define : PLAT\_PHY\_ADDR\_SPACE\_SIZE**
493
494   Defines the total size of the physical address space in bytes. For example,
495   for a 32 bit physical address space, this value should be ``(1ULL << 32)``.
496
497If the platform port uses the IO storage framework, the following constants
498must also be defined:
499
500-  **#define : MAX\_IO\_DEVICES**
501
502   Defines the maximum number of registered IO devices. Attempting to register
503   more devices than this value using ``io_register_device()`` will fail with
504   -ENOMEM.
505
506-  **#define : MAX\_IO\_HANDLES**
507
508   Defines the maximum number of open IO handles. Attempting to open more IO
509   entities than this value using ``io_open()`` will fail with -ENOMEM.
510
511-  **#define : MAX\_IO\_BLOCK\_DEVICES**
512
513   Defines the maximum number of registered IO block devices. Attempting to
514   register more devices this value using ``io_dev_open()`` will fail
515   with -ENOMEM. MAX\_IO\_BLOCK\_DEVICES should be less than MAX\_IO\_DEVICES.
516   With this macro, multiple block devices could be supported at the same
517   time.
518
519If the platform needs to allocate data within the per-cpu data framework in
520BL31, it should define the following macro. Currently this is only required if
521the platform decides not to use the coherent memory section by undefining the
522``USE_COHERENT_MEM`` build flag. In this case, the framework allocates the
523required memory within the the per-cpu data to minimize wastage.
524
525-  **#define : PLAT\_PCPU\_DATA\_SIZE**
526
527   Defines the memory (in bytes) to be reserved within the per-cpu data
528   structure for use by the platform layer.
529
530The following constants are optional. They should be defined when the platform
531memory layout implies some image overlaying like in Arm standard platforms.
532
533-  **#define : BL31\_PROGBITS\_LIMIT**
534
535   Defines the maximum address in secure RAM that the BL31's progbits sections
536   can occupy.
537
538-  **#define : TSP\_PROGBITS\_LIMIT**
539
540   Defines the maximum address that the TSP's progbits sections can occupy.
541
542If the platform port uses the PL061 GPIO driver, the following constant may
543optionally be defined:
544
545-  **PLAT\_PL061\_MAX\_GPIOS**
546   Maximum number of GPIOs required by the platform. This allows control how
547   much memory is allocated for PL061 GPIO controllers. The default value is
548
549   #. $(eval $(call add\_define,PLAT\_PL061\_MAX\_GPIOS))
550
551If the platform port uses the partition driver, the following constant may
552optionally be defined:
553
554-  **PLAT\_PARTITION\_MAX\_ENTRIES**
555   Maximum number of partition entries required by the platform. This allows
556   control how much memory is allocated for partition entries. The default
557   value is 128.
558   `For example, define the build flag in platform.mk`_:
559   PLAT\_PARTITION\_MAX\_ENTRIES := 12
560   $(eval $(call add\_define,PLAT\_PARTITION\_MAX\_ENTRIES))
561
562The following constant is optional. It should be defined to override the default
563behaviour of the ``assert()`` function (for example, to save memory).
564
565-  **PLAT\_LOG\_LEVEL\_ASSERT**
566   If ``PLAT_LOG_LEVEL_ASSERT`` is higher or equal than ``LOG_LEVEL_VERBOSE``,
567   ``assert()`` prints the name of the file, the line number and the asserted
568   expression. Else if it is higher than ``LOG_LEVEL_INFO``, it prints the file
569   name and the line number. Else if it is lower than ``LOG_LEVEL_INFO``, it
570   doesn't print anything to the console. If ``PLAT_LOG_LEVEL_ASSERT`` isn't
571   defined, it defaults to ``LOG_LEVEL``.
572
573If the platform port uses the Activity Monitor Unit, the following constants
574may be defined:
575
576-  **PLAT\_AMU\_GROUP1\_COUNTERS\_MASK**
577   This mask reflects the set of group counters that should be enabled.  The
578   maximum number of group 1 counters supported by AMUv1 is 16 so the mask
579   can be at most 0xffff. If the platform does not define this mask, no group 1
580   counters are enabled. If the platform defines this mask, the following
581   constant needs to also be defined.
582
583-  **PLAT\_AMU\_GROUP1\_NR\_COUNTERS**
584   This value is used to allocate an array to save and restore the counters
585   specified by ``PLAT_AMU_GROUP1_COUNTERS_MASK`` on CPU suspend.
586   This value should be equal to the highest bit position set in the
587   mask, plus 1.  The maximum number of group 1 counters in AMUv1 is 16.
588
589File : plat\_macros.S [mandatory]
590~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
591
592Each platform must ensure a file of this name is in the system include path with
593the following macro defined. In the Arm development platforms, this file is
594found in ``plat/arm/board/<plat_name>/include/plat_macros.S``.
595
596-  **Macro : plat\_crash\_print\_regs**
597
598   This macro allows the crash reporting routine to print relevant platform
599   registers in case of an unhandled exception in BL31. This aids in debugging
600   and this macro can be defined to be empty in case register reporting is not
601   desired.
602
603   For instance, GIC or interconnect registers may be helpful for
604   troubleshooting.
605
606Handling Reset
607--------------
608
609BL1 by default implements the reset vector where execution starts from a cold
610or warm boot. BL31 can be optionally set as a reset vector using the
611``RESET_TO_BL31`` make variable.
612
613For each CPU, the reset vector code is responsible for the following tasks:
614
615#. Distinguishing between a cold boot and a warm boot.
616
617#. In the case of a cold boot and the CPU being a secondary CPU, ensuring that
618   the CPU is placed in a platform-specific state until the primary CPU
619   performs the necessary steps to remove it from this state.
620
621#. In the case of a warm boot, ensuring that the CPU jumps to a platform-
622   specific address in the BL31 image in the same processor mode as it was
623   when released from reset.
624
625The following functions need to be implemented by the platform port to enable
626reset vector code to perform the above tasks.
627
628Function : plat\_get\_my\_entrypoint() [mandatory when PROGRAMMABLE\_RESET\_ADDRESS == 0]
629~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
630
631::
632
633    Argument : void
634    Return   : uintptr_t
635
636This function is called with the MMU and caches disabled
637(``SCTLR_EL3.M`` = 0 and ``SCTLR_EL3.C`` = 0). The function is responsible for
638distinguishing between a warm and cold reset for the current CPU using
639platform-specific means. If it's a warm reset, then it returns the warm
640reset entrypoint point provided to ``plat_setup_psci_ops()`` during
641BL31 initialization. If it's a cold reset then this function must return zero.
642
643This function does not follow the Procedure Call Standard used by the
644Application Binary Interface for the Arm 64-bit architecture. The caller should
645not assume that callee saved registers are preserved across a call to this
646function.
647
648This function fulfills requirement 1 and 3 listed above.
649
650Note that for platforms that support programming the reset address, it is
651expected that a CPU will start executing code directly at the right address,
652both on a cold and warm reset. In this case, there is no need to identify the
653type of reset nor to query the warm reset entrypoint. Therefore, implementing
654this function is not required on such platforms.
655
656Function : plat\_secondary\_cold\_boot\_setup() [mandatory when COLD\_BOOT\_SINGLE\_CPU == 0]
657~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
658
659::
660
661    Argument : void
662
663This function is called with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is responsible
664for placing the executing secondary CPU in a platform-specific state until the
665primary CPU performs the necessary actions to bring it out of that state and
666allow entry into the OS. This function must not return.
667
668In the Arm FVP port, when using the normal boot flow, each secondary CPU powers
669itself off. The primary CPU is responsible for powering up the secondary CPUs
670when normal world software requires them. When booting an EL3 payload instead,
671they stay powered on and are put in a holding pen until their mailbox gets
672populated.
673
674This function fulfills requirement 2 above.
675
676Note that for platforms that can't release secondary CPUs out of reset, only the
677primary CPU will execute the cold boot code. Therefore, implementing this
678function is not required on such platforms.
679
680Function : plat\_is\_my\_cpu\_primary() [mandatory when COLD\_BOOT\_SINGLE\_CPU == 0]
681~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
682
683::
684
685    Argument : void
686    Return   : unsigned int
687
688This function identifies whether the current CPU is the primary CPU or a
689secondary CPU. A return value of zero indicates that the CPU is not the
690primary CPU, while a non-zero return value indicates that the CPU is the
691primary CPU.
692
693Note that for platforms that can't release secondary CPUs out of reset, only the
694primary CPU will execute the cold boot code. Therefore, there is no need to
695distinguish between primary and secondary CPUs and implementing this function is
696not required.
697
698Function : platform\_mem\_init() [mandatory]
699~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
700
701::
702
703    Argument : void
704    Return   : void
705
706This function is called before any access to data is made by the firmware, in
707order to carry out any essential memory initialization.
708
709Function: plat\_get\_rotpk\_info()
710~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
711
712::
713
714    Argument : void *, void **, unsigned int *, unsigned int *
715    Return   : int
716
717This function is mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled. It returns a
718pointer to the ROTPK stored in the platform (or a hash of it) and its length.
719The ROTPK must be encoded in DER format according to the following ASN.1
720structure:
721
722::
723
724    AlgorithmIdentifier  ::=  SEQUENCE  {
725        algorithm         OBJECT IDENTIFIER,
726        parameters        ANY DEFINED BY algorithm OPTIONAL
727    }
728
729    SubjectPublicKeyInfo  ::=  SEQUENCE  {
730        algorithm         AlgorithmIdentifier,
731        subjectPublicKey  BIT STRING
732    }
733
734In case the function returns a hash of the key:
735
736::
737
738    DigestInfo ::= SEQUENCE {
739        digestAlgorithm   AlgorithmIdentifier,
740        digest            OCTET STRING
741    }
742
743The function returns 0 on success. Any other value is treated as error by the
744Trusted Board Boot. The function also reports extra information related
745to the ROTPK in the flags parameter:
746
747::
748
749    ROTPK_IS_HASH      : Indicates that the ROTPK returned by the platform is a
750                         hash.
751    ROTPK_NOT_DEPLOYED : This allows the platform to skip certificate ROTPK
752                         verification while the platform ROTPK is not deployed.
753                         When this flag is set, the function does not need to
754                         return a platform ROTPK, and the authentication
755                         framework uses the ROTPK in the certificate without
756                         verifying it against the platform value. This flag
757                         must not be used in a deployed production environment.
758
759Function: plat\_get\_nv\_ctr()
760~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
761
762::
763
764    Argument : void *, unsigned int *
765    Return   : int
766
767This function is mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled. It returns the
768non-volatile counter value stored in the platform in the second argument. The
769cookie in the first argument may be used to select the counter in case the
770platform provides more than one (for example, on platforms that use the default
771TBBR CoT, the cookie will correspond to the OID values defined in
772TRUSTED\_FW\_NVCOUNTER\_OID or NON\_TRUSTED\_FW\_NVCOUNTER\_OID).
773
774The function returns 0 on success. Any other value means the counter value could
775not be retrieved from the platform.
776
777Function: plat\_set\_nv\_ctr()
778~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
779
780::
781
782    Argument : void *, unsigned int
783    Return   : int
784
785This function is mandatory when Trusted Board Boot is enabled. It sets a new
786counter value in the platform. The cookie in the first argument may be used to
787select the counter (as explained in plat\_get\_nv\_ctr()). The second argument is
788the updated counter value to be written to the NV counter.
789
790The function returns 0 on success. Any other value means the counter value could
791not be updated.
792
793Function: plat\_set\_nv\_ctr2()
794~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
795
796::
797
798    Argument : void *, const auth_img_desc_t *, unsigned int
799    Return   : int
800
801This function is optional when Trusted Board Boot is enabled. If this
802interface is defined, then ``plat_set_nv_ctr()`` need not be defined. The
803first argument passed is a cookie and is typically used to
804differentiate between a Non Trusted NV Counter and a Trusted NV
805Counter. The second argument is a pointer to an authentication image
806descriptor and may be used to decide if the counter is allowed to be
807updated or not. The third argument is the updated counter value to
808be written to the NV counter.
809
810The function returns 0 on success. Any other value means the counter value
811either could not be updated or the authentication image descriptor indicates
812that it is not allowed to be updated.
813
814Common mandatory function modifications
815---------------------------------------
816
817The following functions are mandatory functions which need to be implemented
818by the platform port.
819
820Function : plat\_my\_core\_pos()
821~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
822
823::
824
825    Argument : void
826    Return   : unsigned int
827
828This funtion returns the index of the calling CPU which is used as a
829CPU-specific linear index into blocks of memory (for example while allocating
830per-CPU stacks). This function will be invoked very early in the
831initialization sequence which mandates that this function should be
832implemented in assembly and should not rely on the avalability of a C
833runtime environment. This function can clobber x0 - x8 and must preserve
834x9 - x29.
835
836This function plays a crucial role in the power domain topology framework in
837PSCI and details of this can be found in `Power Domain Topology Design`_.
838
839Function : plat\_core\_pos\_by\_mpidr()
840~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
841
842::
843
844    Argument : u_register_t
845    Return   : int
846
847This function validates the ``MPIDR`` of a CPU and converts it to an index,
848which can be used as a CPU-specific linear index into blocks of memory. In
849case the ``MPIDR`` is invalid, this function returns -1. This function will only
850be invoked by BL31 after the power domain topology is initialized and can
851utilize the C runtime environment. For further details about how TF-A
852represents the power domain topology and how this relates to the linear CPU
853index, please refer `Power Domain Topology Design`_.
854
855Common optional modifications
856-----------------------------
857
858The following are helper functions implemented by the firmware that perform
859common platform-specific tasks. A platform may choose to override these
860definitions.
861
862Function : plat\_set\_my\_stack()
863~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
864
865::
866
867    Argument : void
868    Return   : void
869
870This function sets the current stack pointer to the normal memory stack that
871has been allocated for the current CPU. For BL images that only require a
872stack for the primary CPU, the UP version of the function is used. The size
873of the stack allocated to each CPU is specified by the platform defined
874constant ``PLATFORM_STACK_SIZE``.
875
876Common implementations of this function for the UP and MP BL images are
877provided in `plat/common/aarch64/platform\_up\_stack.S`_ and
878`plat/common/aarch64/platform\_mp\_stack.S`_
879
880Function : plat\_get\_my\_stack()
881~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
882
883::
884
885    Argument : void
886    Return   : uintptr_t
887
888This function returns the base address of the normal memory stack that
889has been allocated for the current CPU. For BL images that only require a
890stack for the primary CPU, the UP version of the function is used. The size
891of the stack allocated to each CPU is specified by the platform defined
892constant ``PLATFORM_STACK_SIZE``.
893
894Common implementations of this function for the UP and MP BL images are
895provided in `plat/common/aarch64/platform\_up\_stack.S`_ and
896`plat/common/aarch64/platform\_mp\_stack.S`_
897
898Function : plat\_report\_exception()
899~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
900
901::
902
903    Argument : unsigned int
904    Return   : void
905
906A platform may need to report various information about its status when an
907exception is taken, for example the current exception level, the CPU security
908state (secure/non-secure), the exception type, and so on. This function is
909called in the following circumstances:
910
911-  In BL1, whenever an exception is taken.
912-  In BL2, whenever an exception is taken.
913
914The default implementation doesn't do anything, to avoid making assumptions
915about the way the platform displays its status information.
916
917For AArch64, this function receives the exception type as its argument.
918Possible values for exceptions types are listed in the
919`include/common/bl\_common.h`_ header file. Note that these constants are not
920related to any architectural exception code; they are just a TF-A convention.
921
922For AArch32, this function receives the exception mode as its argument.
923Possible values for exception modes are listed in the
924`include/lib/aarch32/arch.h`_ header file.
925
926Function : plat\_reset\_handler()
927~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
928
929::
930
931    Argument : void
932    Return   : void
933
934A platform may need to do additional initialization after reset. This function
935allows the platform to do the platform specific intializations. Platform
936specific errata workarounds could also be implemented here. The api should
937preserve the values of callee saved registers x19 to x29.
938
939The default implementation doesn't do anything. If a platform needs to override
940the default implementation, refer to the `Firmware Design`_ for general
941guidelines.
942
943Function : plat\_disable\_acp()
944~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
945
946::
947
948    Argument : void
949    Return   : void
950
951This API allows a platform to disable the Accelerator Coherency Port (if
952present) during a cluster power down sequence. The default weak implementation
953doesn't do anything. Since this API is called during the power down sequence,
954it has restrictions for stack usage and it can use the registers x0 - x17 as
955scratch registers. It should preserve the value in x18 register as it is used
956by the caller to store the return address.
957
958Function : plat\_error\_handler()
959~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
960
961::
962
963    Argument : int
964    Return   : void
965
966This API is called when the generic code encounters an error situation from
967which it cannot continue. It allows the platform to perform error reporting or
968recovery actions (for example, reset the system). This function must not return.
969
970The parameter indicates the type of error using standard codes from ``errno.h``.
971Possible errors reported by the generic code are:
972
973-  ``-EAUTH``: a certificate or image could not be authenticated (when Trusted
974   Board Boot is enabled)
975-  ``-ENOENT``: the requested image or certificate could not be found or an IO
976   error was detected
977-  ``-ENOMEM``: resources exhausted. TF-A does not use dynamic memory, so this
978   error is usually an indication of an incorrect array size
979
980The default implementation simply spins.
981
982Function : plat\_panic\_handler()
983~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
984
985::
986
987    Argument : void
988    Return   : void
989
990This API is called when the generic code encounters an unexpected error
991situation from which it cannot recover. This function must not return,
992and must be implemented in assembly because it may be called before the C
993environment is initialized.
994
995Note: The address from where it was called is stored in x30 (Link Register).
996The default implementation simply spins.
997
998Function : plat\_get\_bl\_image\_load\_info()
999~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1000
1001::
1002
1003    Argument : void
1004    Return   : bl_load_info_t *
1005
1006This function returns pointer to the list of images that the platform has
1007populated to load. This function is currently invoked in BL2 to load the
1008BL3xx images, when LOAD\_IMAGE\_V2 is enabled.
1009
1010Function : plat\_get\_next\_bl\_params()
1011~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1012
1013::
1014
1015    Argument : void
1016    Return   : bl_params_t *
1017
1018This function returns a pointer to the shared memory that the platform has
1019kept aside to pass TF-A related information that next BL image needs. This
1020function is currently invoked in BL2 to pass this information to the next BL
1021image, when LOAD\_IMAGE\_V2 is enabled.
1022
1023Function : plat\_get\_stack\_protector\_canary()
1024~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1025
1026::
1027
1028    Argument : void
1029    Return   : u_register_t
1030
1031This function returns a random value that is used to initialize the canary used
1032when the stack protector is enabled with ENABLE\_STACK\_PROTECTOR. A predictable
1033value will weaken the protection as the attacker could easily write the right
1034value as part of the attack most of the time. Therefore, it should return a
1035true random number.
1036
1037Note: For the protection to be effective, the global data need to be placed at
1038a lower address than the stack bases. Failure to do so would allow an attacker
1039to overwrite the canary as part of the stack buffer overflow attack.
1040
1041Function : plat\_flush\_next\_bl\_params()
1042~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1043
1044::
1045
1046    Argument : void
1047    Return   : void
1048
1049This function flushes to main memory all the image params that are passed to
1050next image. This function is currently invoked in BL2 to flush this information
1051to the next BL image, when LOAD\_IMAGE\_V2 is enabled.
1052
1053Function : plat\_log\_get\_prefix()
1054~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1055
1056::
1057
1058    Argument : unsigned int
1059    Return   : const char *
1060
1061This function defines the prefix string corresponding to the `log_level` to be
1062prepended to all the log output from TF-A. The `log_level` (argument) will
1063correspond to one of the standard log levels defined in debug.h. The platform
1064can override the common implementation to define a different prefix string for
1065the log output. The implementation should be robust to future changes that
1066increase the number of log levels.
1067
1068Function : plat\_get\_mbedtls\_heap()
1069~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1070
1071::
1072
1073    Arguments : void **heap_addr, size_t *heap_size
1074    Return    : int
1075
1076This function is invoked during Mbed TLS library initialisation to get
1077a heap, by means of a starting address and a size. This heap will then be used
1078internally by the Mbed TLS library. The heap is requested from the current BL
1079stage, i.e. the current BL image inside which Mbed TLS is used.
1080
1081In the default implementation a heap is statically allocated inside every image
1082(i.e. every BL stage) that utilises Mbed TLS. So, in this case, the function
1083simply returns the address and size of this "pre-allocated" heap. However, by
1084overriding the default implementation, platforms have the potential to optimise
1085memory usage. For example, on some Arm platforms, the Mbed TLS heap is shared
1086between BL1 and BL2 stages and, thus, the necessary space is not reserved
1087twice.
1088
1089On success the function should return 0 and a negative error code otherwise.
1090
1091Modifications specific to a Boot Loader stage
1092---------------------------------------------
1093
1094Boot Loader Stage 1 (BL1)
1095-------------------------
1096
1097BL1 implements the reset vector where execution starts from after a cold or
1098warm boot. For each CPU, BL1 is responsible for the following tasks:
1099
1100#. Handling the reset as described in section 2.2
1101
1102#. In the case of a cold boot and the CPU being the primary CPU, ensuring that
1103   only this CPU executes the remaining BL1 code, including loading and passing
1104   control to the BL2 stage.
1105
1106#. Identifying and starting the Firmware Update process (if required).
1107
1108#. Loading the BL2 image from non-volatile storage into secure memory at the
1109   address specified by the platform defined constant ``BL2_BASE``.
1110
1111#. Populating a ``meminfo`` structure with the following information in memory,
1112   accessible by BL2 immediately upon entry.
1113
1114   ::
1115
1116       meminfo.total_base = Base address of secure RAM visible to BL2
1117       meminfo.total_size = Size of secure RAM visible to BL2
1118       meminfo.free_base  = Base address of secure RAM available for
1119                            allocation to BL2
1120       meminfo.free_size  = Size of secure RAM available for allocation to BL2
1121
1122   By default, BL1 places this ``meminfo`` structure at the beginning of the
1123   free memory available for its use. Since BL1 cannot allocate memory
1124   dynamically at the moment, its free memory will be available for BL2's use
1125   as-is. However, this means that BL2 must read the ``meminfo`` structure
1126   before it starts using its free memory (this is discussed in Section 3.2).
1127
1128   It is possible for the platform to decide where it wants to place the
1129   ``meminfo`` structure for BL2 or restrict the amount of memory visible to
1130   BL2 by overriding the weak default implementation of
1131   ``bl1_plat_handle_post_image_load`` API.
1132
1133The following functions need to be implemented by the platform port to enable
1134BL1 to perform the above tasks.
1135
1136Function : bl1\_early\_platform\_setup() [mandatory]
1137~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1138
1139::
1140
1141    Argument : void
1142    Return   : void
1143
1144This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
1145by the primary CPU.
1146
1147On Arm standard platforms, this function:
1148
1149-  Enables a secure instance of SP805 to act as the Trusted Watchdog.
1150
1151-  Initializes a UART (PL011 console), which enables access to the ``printf``
1152   family of functions in BL1.
1153
1154-  Enables issuing of snoop and DVM (Distributed Virtual Memory) requests to
1155   the CCI slave interface corresponding to the cluster that includes the
1156   primary CPU.
1157
1158Function : bl1\_plat\_arch\_setup() [mandatory]
1159~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1160
1161::
1162
1163    Argument : void
1164    Return   : void
1165
1166This function performs any platform-specific and architectural setup that the
1167platform requires. Platform-specific setup might include configuration of
1168memory controllers and the interconnect.
1169
1170In Arm standard platforms, this function enables the MMU.
1171
1172This function helps fulfill requirement 2 above.
1173
1174Function : bl1\_platform\_setup() [mandatory]
1175~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1176
1177::
1178
1179    Argument : void
1180    Return   : void
1181
1182This function executes with the MMU and data caches enabled. It is responsible
1183for performing any remaining platform-specific setup that can occur after the
1184MMU and data cache have been enabled.
1185
1186if support for multiple boot sources is required, it initializes the boot
1187sequence used by plat\_try\_next\_boot\_source().
1188
1189In Arm standard platforms, this function initializes the storage abstraction
1190layer used to load the next bootloader image.
1191
1192This function helps fulfill requirement 4 above.
1193
1194Function : bl1\_plat\_sec\_mem\_layout() [mandatory]
1195~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1196
1197::
1198
1199    Argument : void
1200    Return   : meminfo *
1201
1202This function should only be called on the cold boot path. It executes with the
1203MMU and data caches enabled. The pointer returned by this function must point to
1204a ``meminfo`` structure containing the extents and availability of secure RAM for
1205the BL1 stage.
1206
1207::
1208
1209    meminfo.total_base = Base address of secure RAM visible to BL1
1210    meminfo.total_size = Size of secure RAM visible to BL1
1211    meminfo.free_base  = Base address of secure RAM available for allocation
1212                         to BL1
1213    meminfo.free_size  = Size of secure RAM available for allocation to BL1
1214
1215This information is used by BL1 to load the BL2 image in secure RAM. BL1 also
1216populates a similar structure to tell BL2 the extents of memory available for
1217its own use.
1218
1219This function helps fulfill requirements 4 and 5 above.
1220
1221Function : bl1\_plat\_prepare\_exit() [optional]
1222~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1223
1224::
1225
1226    Argument : entry_point_info_t *
1227    Return   : void
1228
1229This function is called prior to exiting BL1 in response to the
1230``BL1_SMC_RUN_IMAGE`` SMC request raised by BL2. It should be used to perform
1231platform specific clean up or bookkeeping operations before transferring
1232control to the next image. It receives the address of the ``entry_point_info_t``
1233structure passed from BL2. This function runs with MMU disabled.
1234
1235Function : bl1\_plat\_set\_ep\_info() [optional]
1236~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1237
1238::
1239
1240    Argument : unsigned int image_id, entry_point_info_t *ep_info
1241    Return   : void
1242
1243This function allows platforms to override ``ep_info`` for the given ``image_id``.
1244
1245The default implementation just returns.
1246
1247Function : bl1\_plat\_get\_next\_image\_id() [optional]
1248~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1249
1250::
1251
1252    Argument : void
1253    Return   : unsigned int
1254
1255This and the following function must be overridden to enable the FWU feature.
1256
1257BL1 calls this function after platform setup to identify the next image to be
1258loaded and executed. If the platform returns ``BL2_IMAGE_ID`` then BL1 proceeds
1259with the normal boot sequence, which loads and executes BL2. If the platform
1260returns a different image id, BL1 assumes that Firmware Update is required.
1261
1262The default implementation always returns ``BL2_IMAGE_ID``. The Arm development
1263platforms override this function to detect if firmware update is required, and
1264if so, return the first image in the firmware update process.
1265
1266Function : bl1\_plat\_get\_image\_desc() [optional]
1267~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1268
1269::
1270
1271    Argument : unsigned int image_id
1272    Return   : image_desc_t *
1273
1274BL1 calls this function to get the image descriptor information ``image_desc_t``
1275for the provided ``image_id`` from the platform.
1276
1277The default implementation always returns a common BL2 image descriptor. Arm
1278standard platforms return an image descriptor corresponding to BL2 or one of
1279the firmware update images defined in the Trusted Board Boot Requirements
1280specification.
1281
1282Function : bl1\_plat\_handle\_pre\_image\_load() [optional]
1283~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1284
1285::
1286
1287    Argument : unsigned int image_id
1288    Return   : int
1289
1290This function can be used by the platforms to update/use image information
1291corresponding to ``image_id``. This function is invoked in BL1, both in cold
1292boot and FWU code path, before loading the image.
1293
1294Function : bl1\_plat\_handle\_post\_image\_load() [optional]
1295~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1296
1297::
1298
1299    Argument : unsigned int image_id
1300    Return   : int
1301
1302This function can be used by the platforms to update/use image information
1303corresponding to ``image_id``. This function is invoked in BL1, both in cold
1304boot and FWU code path, after loading and authenticating the image.
1305
1306The default weak implementation of this function calculates the amount of
1307Trusted SRAM that can be used by BL2 and allocates a ``meminfo_t``
1308structure at the beginning of this free memory and populates it. The address
1309of ``meminfo_t`` structure is updated in ``arg1`` of the entrypoint
1310information to BL2.
1311
1312Function : bl1\_plat\_fwu\_done() [optional]
1313~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1314
1315::
1316
1317    Argument : unsigned int image_id, uintptr_t image_src,
1318               unsigned int image_size
1319    Return   : void
1320
1321BL1 calls this function when the FWU process is complete. It must not return.
1322The platform may override this function to take platform specific action, for
1323example to initiate the normal boot flow.
1324
1325The default implementation spins forever.
1326
1327Function : bl1\_plat\_mem\_check() [mandatory]
1328~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1329
1330::
1331
1332    Argument : uintptr_t mem_base, unsigned int mem_size,
1333               unsigned int flags
1334    Return   : int
1335
1336BL1 calls this function while handling FWU related SMCs, more specifically when
1337copying or authenticating an image. Its responsibility is to ensure that the
1338region of memory identified by ``mem_base`` and ``mem_size`` is mapped in BL1, and
1339that this memory corresponds to either a secure or non-secure memory region as
1340indicated by the security state of the ``flags`` argument.
1341
1342This function can safely assume that the value resulting from the addition of
1343``mem_base`` and ``mem_size`` fits into a ``uintptr_t`` type variable and does not
1344overflow.
1345
1346This function must return 0 on success, a non-null error code otherwise.
1347
1348The default implementation of this function asserts therefore platforms must
1349override it when using the FWU feature.
1350
1351Boot Loader Stage 2 (BL2)
1352-------------------------
1353
1354The BL2 stage is executed only by the primary CPU, which is determined in BL1
1355using the ``platform_is_primary_cpu()`` function. BL1 passed control to BL2 at
1356``BL2_BASE``. BL2 executes in Secure EL1 and is responsible for:
1357
1358#. (Optional) Loading the SCP\_BL2 binary image (if present) from platform
1359   provided non-volatile storage. To load the SCP\_BL2 image, BL2 makes use of
1360   the ``meminfo`` returned by the ``bl2_plat_get_scp_bl2_meminfo()`` function.
1361   The platform also defines the address in memory where SCP\_BL2 is loaded
1362   through the optional constant ``SCP_BL2_BASE``. BL2 uses this information
1363   to determine if there is enough memory to load the SCP\_BL2 image.
1364   Subsequent handling of the SCP\_BL2 image is platform-specific and is
1365   implemented in the ``bl2_plat_handle_scp_bl2()`` function.
1366   If ``SCP_BL2_BASE`` is not defined then this step is not performed.
1367
1368#. Loading the BL31 binary image into secure RAM from non-volatile storage. To
1369   load the BL31 image, BL2 makes use of the ``meminfo`` structure passed to it
1370   by BL1. This structure allows BL2 to calculate how much secure RAM is
1371   available for its use. The platform also defines the address in secure RAM
1372   where BL31 is loaded through the constant ``BL31_BASE``. BL2 uses this
1373   information to determine if there is enough memory to load the BL31 image.
1374
1375#. (Optional) Loading the BL32 binary image (if present) from platform
1376   provided non-volatile storage. To load the BL32 image, BL2 makes use of
1377   the ``meminfo`` returned by the ``bl2_plat_get_bl32_meminfo()`` function.
1378   The platform also defines the address in memory where BL32 is loaded
1379   through the optional constant ``BL32_BASE``. BL2 uses this information
1380   to determine if there is enough memory to load the BL32 image.
1381   If ``BL32_BASE`` is not defined then this and the next step is not performed.
1382
1383#. (Optional) Arranging to pass control to the BL32 image (if present) that
1384   has been pre-loaded at ``BL32_BASE``. BL2 populates an ``entry_point_info``
1385   structure in memory provided by the platform with information about how
1386   BL31 should pass control to the BL32 image.
1387
1388#. (Optional) Loading the normal world BL33 binary image (if not loaded by
1389   other means) into non-secure DRAM from platform storage and arranging for
1390   BL31 to pass control to this image. This address is determined using the
1391   ``plat_get_ns_image_entrypoint()`` function described below.
1392
1393#. BL2 populates an ``entry_point_info`` structure in memory provided by the
1394   platform with information about how BL31 should pass control to the
1395   other BL images.
1396
1397The following functions must be implemented by the platform port to enable BL2
1398to perform the above tasks.
1399
1400Function : bl2\_early\_platform\_setup() [mandatory]
1401~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1402
1403::
1404
1405    Argument : meminfo *
1406    Return   : void
1407
1408This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
1409by the primary CPU. The arguments to this function is the address of the
1410``meminfo`` structure populated by BL1.
1411
1412The platform may copy the contents of the ``meminfo`` structure into a private
1413variable as the original memory may be subsequently overwritten by BL2. The
1414copied structure is made available to all BL2 code through the
1415``bl2_plat_sec_mem_layout()`` function.
1416
1417On Arm standard platforms, this function also:
1418
1419-  Initializes a UART (PL011 console), which enables access to the ``printf``
1420   family of functions in BL2.
1421
1422-  Initializes the storage abstraction layer used to load further bootloader
1423   images. It is necessary to do this early on platforms with a SCP\_BL2 image,
1424   since the later ``bl2_platform_setup`` must be done after SCP\_BL2 is loaded.
1425
1426Function : bl2\_plat\_arch\_setup() [mandatory]
1427~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1428
1429::
1430
1431    Argument : void
1432    Return   : void
1433
1434This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
1435by the primary CPU.
1436
1437The purpose of this function is to perform any architectural initialization
1438that varies across platforms.
1439
1440On Arm standard platforms, this function enables the MMU.
1441
1442Function : bl2\_platform\_setup() [mandatory]
1443~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1444
1445::
1446
1447    Argument : void
1448    Return   : void
1449
1450This function may execute with the MMU and data caches enabled if the platform
1451port does the necessary initialization in ``bl2_plat_arch_setup()``. It is only
1452called by the primary CPU.
1453
1454The purpose of this function is to perform any platform initialization
1455specific to BL2.
1456
1457In Arm standard platforms, this function performs security setup, including
1458configuration of the TrustZone controller to allow non-secure masters access
1459to most of DRAM. Part of DRAM is reserved for secure world use.
1460
1461Function : bl2\_plat\_sec\_mem\_layout() [mandatory]
1462~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1463
1464::
1465
1466    Argument : void
1467    Return   : meminfo *
1468
1469This function should only be called on the cold boot path. It may execute with
1470the MMU and data caches enabled if the platform port does the necessary
1471initialization in ``bl2_plat_arch_setup()``. It is only called by the primary CPU.
1472
1473The purpose of this function is to return a pointer to a ``meminfo`` structure
1474populated with the extents of secure RAM available for BL2 to use. See
1475``bl2_early_platform_setup()`` above.
1476
1477Following functions are optionally used only when LOAD\_IMAGE\_V2 is enabled.
1478
1479Function : bl2\_plat\_handle\_pre\_image\_load() [optional]
1480~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1481
1482::
1483
1484    Argument : unsigned int
1485    Return   : int
1486
1487This function can be used by the platforms to update/use image information
1488for given ``image_id``. This function is currently invoked in BL2 before
1489loading each image, when LOAD\_IMAGE\_V2 is enabled.
1490
1491Function : bl2\_plat\_handle\_post\_image\_load() [optional]
1492~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1493
1494::
1495
1496    Argument : unsigned int
1497    Return   : int
1498
1499This function can be used by the platforms to update/use image information
1500for given ``image_id``. This function is currently invoked in BL2 after
1501loading each image, when LOAD\_IMAGE\_V2 is enabled.
1502
1503Following functions are required only when LOAD\_IMAGE\_V2 is disabled.
1504
1505Function : bl2\_plat\_get\_scp\_bl2\_meminfo() [mandatory]
1506~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1507
1508::
1509
1510    Argument : meminfo *
1511    Return   : void
1512
1513This function is used to get the memory limits where BL2 can load the
1514SCP\_BL2 image. The meminfo provided by this is used by load\_image() to
1515validate whether the SCP\_BL2 image can be loaded within the given
1516memory from the given base.
1517
1518Function : bl2\_plat\_handle\_scp\_bl2() [mandatory]
1519~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1520
1521::
1522
1523    Argument : image_info *
1524    Return   : int
1525
1526This function is called after loading SCP\_BL2 image and it is used to perform
1527any platform-specific actions required to handle the SCP firmware. Typically it
1528transfers the image into SCP memory using a platform-specific protocol and waits
1529until SCP executes it and signals to the Application Processor (AP) for BL2
1530execution to continue.
1531
1532This function returns 0 on success, a negative error code otherwise.
1533
1534Function : bl2\_plat\_get\_bl31\_params() [mandatory]
1535~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1536
1537::
1538
1539    Argument : void
1540    Return   : bl31_params *
1541
1542BL2 platform code needs to return a pointer to a ``bl31_params`` structure it
1543will use for passing information to BL31. The ``bl31_params`` structure carries
1544the following information.
1545- Header describing the version information for interpreting the bl31\_param
1546structure
1547- Information about executing the BL33 image in the ``bl33_ep_info`` field
1548- Information about executing the BL32 image in the ``bl32_ep_info`` field
1549- Information about the type and extents of BL31 image in the
1550``bl31_image_info`` field
1551- Information about the type and extents of BL32 image in the
1552``bl32_image_info`` field
1553- Information about the type and extents of BL33 image in the
1554``bl33_image_info`` field
1555
1556The memory pointed by this structure and its sub-structures should be
1557accessible from BL31 initialisation code. BL31 might choose to copy the
1558necessary content, or maintain the structures until BL33 is initialised.
1559
1560Funtion : bl2\_plat\_get\_bl31\_ep\_info() [mandatory]
1561~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1562
1563::
1564
1565    Argument : void
1566    Return   : entry_point_info *
1567
1568BL2 platform code returns a pointer which is used to populate the entry point
1569information for BL31 entry point. The location pointed by it should be
1570accessible from BL1 while processing the synchronous exception to run to BL31.
1571
1572In Arm standard platforms this is allocated inside a bl2\_to\_bl31\_params\_mem
1573structure in BL2 memory.
1574
1575Function : bl2\_plat\_set\_bl31\_ep\_info() [mandatory]
1576~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1577
1578::
1579
1580    Argument : image_info *, entry_point_info *
1581    Return   : void
1582
1583In the normal boot flow, this function is called after loading BL31 image and
1584it can be used to overwrite the entry point set by loader and also set the
1585security state and SPSR which represents the entry point system state for BL31.
1586
1587When booting an EL3 payload instead, this function is called after populating
1588its entry point address and can be used for the same purpose for the payload
1589image. It receives a null pointer as its first argument in this case.
1590
1591Function : bl2\_plat\_set\_bl32\_ep\_info() [mandatory]
1592~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1593
1594::
1595
1596    Argument : image_info *, entry_point_info *
1597    Return   : void
1598
1599This function is called after loading BL32 image and it can be used to
1600overwrite the entry point set by loader and also set the security state
1601and SPSR which represents the entry point system state for BL32.
1602
1603Function : bl2\_plat\_set\_bl33\_ep\_info() [mandatory]
1604~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1605
1606::
1607
1608    Argument : image_info *, entry_point_info *
1609    Return   : void
1610
1611This function is called after loading BL33 image and it can be used to
1612overwrite the entry point set by loader and also set the security state
1613and SPSR which represents the entry point system state for BL33.
1614
1615In the preloaded BL33 alternative boot flow, this function is called after
1616populating its entry point address. It is passed a null pointer as its first
1617argument in this case.
1618
1619Function : bl2\_plat\_get\_bl32\_meminfo() [mandatory]
1620~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1621
1622::
1623
1624    Argument : meminfo *
1625    Return   : void
1626
1627This function is used to get the memory limits where BL2 can load the
1628BL32 image. The meminfo provided by this is used by load\_image() to
1629validate whether the BL32 image can be loaded with in the given
1630memory from the given base.
1631
1632Function : bl2\_plat\_get\_bl33\_meminfo() [mandatory]
1633~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1634
1635::
1636
1637    Argument : meminfo *
1638    Return   : void
1639
1640This function is used to get the memory limits where BL2 can load the
1641BL33 image. The meminfo provided by this is used by load\_image() to
1642validate whether the BL33 image can be loaded with in the given
1643memory from the given base.
1644
1645This function isn't needed if either ``PRELOADED_BL33_BASE`` or ``EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE``
1646build options are used.
1647
1648Function : bl2\_plat\_flush\_bl31\_params() [mandatory]
1649~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1650
1651::
1652
1653    Argument : void
1654    Return   : void
1655
1656Once BL2 has populated all the structures that needs to be read by BL1
1657and BL31 including the bl31\_params structures and its sub-structures,
1658the bl31\_ep\_info structure and any platform specific data. It flushes
1659all these data to the main memory so that it is available when we jump to
1660later Bootloader stages with MMU off
1661
1662Function : plat\_get\_ns\_image\_entrypoint() [mandatory]
1663~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1664
1665::
1666
1667    Argument : void
1668    Return   : uintptr_t
1669
1670As previously described, BL2 is responsible for arranging for control to be
1671passed to a normal world BL image through BL31. This function returns the
1672entrypoint of that image, which BL31 uses to jump to it.
1673
1674BL2 is responsible for loading the normal world BL33 image (e.g. UEFI).
1675
1676This function isn't needed if either ``PRELOADED_BL33_BASE`` or ``EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE``
1677build options are used.
1678
1679Function : bl2\_plat\_preload\_setup [optional]
1680~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1681
1682::
1683
1684    Argument : void
1685    Return   : void
1686
1687This optional function performs any BL2 platform initialization
1688required before image loading, that is not done later in
1689bl2\_platform\_setup(). Specifically, if support for multiple
1690boot sources is required, it initializes the boot sequence used by
1691plat\_try\_next\_boot\_source().
1692
1693Function : plat\_try\_next\_boot\_source() [optional]
1694~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1695
1696::
1697
1698    Argument : void
1699    Return   : int
1700
1701This optional function passes to the next boot source in the redundancy
1702sequence.
1703
1704This function moves the current boot redundancy source to the next
1705element in the boot sequence. If there are no more boot sources then it
1706must return 0, otherwise it must return 1. The default implementation
1707of this always returns 0.
1708
1709Boot Loader Stage 2 (BL2) at EL3
1710--------------------------------
1711
1712When the platform has a non-TF-A Boot ROM it is desirable to jump
1713directly to BL2 instead of TF-A BL1. In this case BL2 is expected to
1714execute at EL3 instead of executing at EL1. Refer to the `Firmware
1715Design`_ for more information.
1716
1717All mandatory functions of BL2 must be implemented, except the functions
1718bl2\_early\_platform\_setup and bl2\_el3\_plat\_arch\_setup, because
1719their work is done now by bl2\_el3\_early\_platform\_setup and
1720bl2\_el3\_plat\_arch\_setup. These functions should generally implement
1721the bl1\_plat\_xxx() and bl2\_plat\_xxx() functionality combined.
1722
1723
1724Function : bl2\_el3\_early\_platform\_setup() [mandatory]
1725~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1726
1727::
1728
1729	Argument : u_register_t, u_register_t, u_register_t, u_register_t
1730	Return   : void
1731
1732This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
1733by the primary CPU. This function receives four parameters which can be used
1734by the platform to pass any needed information from the Boot ROM to BL2.
1735
1736On Arm standard platforms, this function does the following:
1737
1738-  Initializes a UART (PL011 console), which enables access to the ``printf``
1739   family of functions in BL2.
1740
1741-  Initializes the storage abstraction layer used to load further bootloader
1742   images. It is necessary to do this early on platforms with a SCP\_BL2 image,
1743   since the later ``bl2_platform_setup`` must be done after SCP\_BL2 is loaded.
1744
1745- Initializes the private variables that define the memory layout used.
1746
1747Function : bl2\_el3\_plat\_arch\_setup() [mandatory]
1748~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1749
1750::
1751
1752	Argument : void
1753	Return   : void
1754
1755This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
1756by the primary CPU.
1757
1758The purpose of this function is to perform any architectural initialization
1759that varies across platforms.
1760
1761On Arm standard platforms, this function enables the MMU.
1762
1763Function : bl2\_el3\_plat\_prepare\_exit() [optional]
1764~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1765
1766::
1767
1768	Argument : void
1769	Return   : void
1770
1771This function is called prior to exiting BL2 and run the next image.
1772It should be used to perform platform specific clean up or bookkeeping
1773operations before transferring control to the next image. This function
1774runs with MMU disabled.
1775
1776FWU Boot Loader Stage 2 (BL2U)
1777------------------------------
1778
1779The AP Firmware Updater Configuration, BL2U, is an optional part of the FWU
1780process and is executed only by the primary CPU. BL1 passes control to BL2U at
1781``BL2U_BASE``. BL2U executes in Secure-EL1 and is responsible for:
1782
1783#. (Optional) Transfering the optional SCP\_BL2U binary image from AP secure
1784   memory to SCP RAM. BL2U uses the SCP\_BL2U ``image_info`` passed by BL1.
1785   ``SCP_BL2U_BASE`` defines the address in AP secure memory where SCP\_BL2U
1786   should be copied from. Subsequent handling of the SCP\_BL2U image is
1787   implemented by the platform specific ``bl2u_plat_handle_scp_bl2u()`` function.
1788   If ``SCP_BL2U_BASE`` is not defined then this step is not performed.
1789
1790#. Any platform specific setup required to perform the FWU process. For
1791   example, Arm standard platforms initialize the TZC controller so that the
1792   normal world can access DDR memory.
1793
1794The following functions must be implemented by the platform port to enable
1795BL2U to perform the tasks mentioned above.
1796
1797Function : bl2u\_early\_platform\_setup() [mandatory]
1798~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1799
1800::
1801
1802    Argument : meminfo *mem_info, void *plat_info
1803    Return   : void
1804
1805This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only
1806called by the primary CPU. The arguments to this function is the address
1807of the ``meminfo`` structure and platform specific info provided by BL1.
1808
1809The platform may copy the contents of the ``mem_info`` and ``plat_info`` into
1810private storage as the original memory may be subsequently overwritten by BL2U.
1811
1812On Arm CSS platforms ``plat_info`` is interpreted as an ``image_info_t`` structure,
1813to extract SCP\_BL2U image information, which is then copied into a private
1814variable.
1815
1816Function : bl2u\_plat\_arch\_setup() [mandatory]
1817~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1818
1819::
1820
1821    Argument : void
1822    Return   : void
1823
1824This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only
1825called by the primary CPU.
1826
1827The purpose of this function is to perform any architectural initialization
1828that varies across platforms, for example enabling the MMU (since the memory
1829map differs across platforms).
1830
1831Function : bl2u\_platform\_setup() [mandatory]
1832~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1833
1834::
1835
1836    Argument : void
1837    Return   : void
1838
1839This function may execute with the MMU and data caches enabled if the platform
1840port does the necessary initialization in ``bl2u_plat_arch_setup()``. It is only
1841called by the primary CPU.
1842
1843The purpose of this function is to perform any platform initialization
1844specific to BL2U.
1845
1846In Arm standard platforms, this function performs security setup, including
1847configuration of the TrustZone controller to allow non-secure masters access
1848to most of DRAM. Part of DRAM is reserved for secure world use.
1849
1850Function : bl2u\_plat\_handle\_scp\_bl2u() [optional]
1851~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1852
1853::
1854
1855    Argument : void
1856    Return   : int
1857
1858This function is used to perform any platform-specific actions required to
1859handle the SCP firmware. Typically it transfers the image into SCP memory using
1860a platform-specific protocol and waits until SCP executes it and signals to the
1861Application Processor (AP) for BL2U execution to continue.
1862
1863This function returns 0 on success, a negative error code otherwise.
1864This function is included if SCP\_BL2U\_BASE is defined.
1865
1866Boot Loader Stage 3-1 (BL31)
1867----------------------------
1868
1869During cold boot, the BL31 stage is executed only by the primary CPU. This is
1870determined in BL1 using the ``platform_is_primary_cpu()`` function. BL1 passes
1871control to BL31 at ``BL31_BASE``. During warm boot, BL31 is executed by all
1872CPUs. BL31 executes at EL3 and is responsible for:
1873
1874#. Re-initializing all architectural and platform state. Although BL1 performs
1875   some of this initialization, BL31 remains resident in EL3 and must ensure
1876   that EL3 architectural and platform state is completely initialized. It
1877   should make no assumptions about the system state when it receives control.
1878
1879#. Passing control to a normal world BL image, pre-loaded at a platform-
1880   specific address by BL2. BL31 uses the ``entry_point_info`` structure that BL2
1881   populated in memory to do this.
1882
1883#. Providing runtime firmware services. Currently, BL31 only implements a
1884   subset of the Power State Coordination Interface (PSCI) API as a runtime
1885   service. See Section 3.3 below for details of porting the PSCI
1886   implementation.
1887
1888#. Optionally passing control to the BL32 image, pre-loaded at a platform-
1889   specific address by BL2. BL31 exports a set of apis that allow runtime
1890   services to specify the security state in which the next image should be
1891   executed and run the corresponding image. BL31 uses the ``entry_point_info``
1892   structure populated by BL2 to do this.
1893
1894If BL31 is a reset vector, It also needs to handle the reset as specified in
1895section 2.2 before the tasks described above.
1896
1897The following functions must be implemented by the platform port to enable BL31
1898to perform the above tasks.
1899
1900Function : bl31\_early\_platform\_setup() [mandatory]
1901~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1902
1903::
1904
1905    Argument : bl31_params *, void *
1906    Return   : void
1907
1908This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
1909by the primary CPU. The arguments to this function are:
1910
1911-  The address of the ``bl31_params`` structure populated by BL2.
1912-  An opaque pointer that the platform may use as needed.
1913
1914The platform can copy the contents of the ``bl31_params`` structure and its
1915sub-structures into private variables if the original memory may be
1916subsequently overwritten by BL31 and similarly the ``void *`` pointing
1917to the platform data also needs to be saved.
1918
1919In Arm standard platforms, BL2 passes a pointer to a ``bl31_params`` structure
1920in BL2 memory. BL31 copies the information in this pointer to internal data
1921structures. It also performs the following:
1922
1923-  Initialize a UART (PL011 console), which enables access to the ``printf``
1924   family of functions in BL31.
1925
1926-  Enable issuing of snoop and DVM (Distributed Virtual Memory) requests to the
1927   CCI slave interface corresponding to the cluster that includes the primary
1928   CPU.
1929
1930Function : bl31\_plat\_arch\_setup() [mandatory]
1931~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1932
1933::
1934
1935    Argument : void
1936    Return   : void
1937
1938This function executes with the MMU and data caches disabled. It is only called
1939by the primary CPU.
1940
1941The purpose of this function is to perform any architectural initialization
1942that varies across platforms.
1943
1944On Arm standard platforms, this function enables the MMU.
1945
1946Function : bl31\_platform\_setup() [mandatory]
1947~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1948
1949::
1950
1951    Argument : void
1952    Return   : void
1953
1954This function may execute with the MMU and data caches enabled if the platform
1955port does the necessary initialization in ``bl31_plat_arch_setup()``. It is only
1956called by the primary CPU.
1957
1958The purpose of this function is to complete platform initialization so that both
1959BL31 runtime services and normal world software can function correctly.
1960
1961On Arm standard platforms, this function does the following:
1962
1963-  Initialize the generic interrupt controller.
1964
1965   Depending on the GIC driver selected by the platform, the appropriate GICv2
1966   or GICv3 initialization will be done, which mainly consists of:
1967
1968   -  Enable secure interrupts in the GIC CPU interface.
1969   -  Disable the legacy interrupt bypass mechanism.
1970   -  Configure the priority mask register to allow interrupts of all priorities
1971      to be signaled to the CPU interface.
1972   -  Mark SGIs 8-15 and the other secure interrupts on the platform as secure.
1973   -  Target all secure SPIs to CPU0.
1974   -  Enable these secure interrupts in the GIC distributor.
1975   -  Configure all other interrupts as non-secure.
1976   -  Enable signaling of secure interrupts in the GIC distributor.
1977
1978-  Enable system-level implementation of the generic timer counter through the
1979   memory mapped interface.
1980
1981-  Grant access to the system counter timer module
1982
1983-  Initialize the power controller device.
1984
1985   In particular, initialise the locks that prevent concurrent accesses to the
1986   power controller device.
1987
1988Function : bl31\_plat\_runtime\_setup() [optional]
1989~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
1990
1991::
1992
1993    Argument : void
1994    Return   : void
1995
1996The purpose of this function is allow the platform to perform any BL31 runtime
1997setup just prior to BL31 exit during cold boot. The default weak
1998implementation of this function will invoke ``console_switch_state()`` to switch
1999console output to consoles marked for use in the ``runtime`` state.
2000
2001Function : bl31\_plat\_get\_next\_image\_ep\_info() [mandatory]
2002~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2003
2004::
2005
2006    Argument : uint32_t
2007    Return   : entry_point_info *
2008
2009This function may execute with the MMU and data caches enabled if the platform
2010port does the necessary initializations in ``bl31_plat_arch_setup()``.
2011
2012This function is called by ``bl31_main()`` to retrieve information provided by
2013BL2 for the next image in the security state specified by the argument. BL31
2014uses this information to pass control to that image in the specified security
2015state. This function must return a pointer to the ``entry_point_info`` structure
2016(that was copied during ``bl31_early_platform_setup()``) if the image exists. It
2017should return NULL otherwise.
2018
2019Function : bl31_plat_enable_mmu [optional]
2020~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2021
2022::
2023
2024    Argument : uint32_t
2025    Return   : void
2026
2027This function enables the MMU. The boot code calls this function with MMU and
2028caches disabled. This function should program necessary registers to enable
2029translation, and upon return, the MMU on the calling PE must be enabled.
2030
2031The function must honor flags passed in the first argument. These flags are
2032defined by the translation library, and can be found in the file
2033``include/lib/xlat_tables/xlat_mmu_helpers.h``.
2034
2035On DynamIQ systems, this function must not use stack while enabling MMU, which
2036is how the function in xlat table library version 2 is implementated.
2037
2038Function : plat\_get\_syscnt\_freq2() [mandatory]
2039~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2040
2041::
2042
2043    Argument : void
2044    Return   : unsigned int
2045
2046This function is used by the architecture setup code to retrieve the counter
2047frequency for the CPU's generic timer. This value will be programmed into the
2048``CNTFRQ_EL0`` register. In Arm standard platforms, it returns the base frequency
2049of the system counter, which is retrieved from the first entry in the frequency
2050modes table.
2051
2052#define : PLAT\_PERCPU\_BAKERY\_LOCK\_SIZE [optional]
2053~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2054
2055When ``USE_COHERENT_MEM = 0``, this constant defines the total memory (in
2056bytes) aligned to the cache line boundary that should be allocated per-cpu to
2057accommodate all the bakery locks.
2058
2059If this constant is not defined when ``USE_COHERENT_MEM = 0``, the linker
2060calculates the size of the ``bakery_lock`` input section, aligns it to the
2061nearest ``CACHE_WRITEBACK_GRANULE``, multiplies it with ``PLATFORM_CORE_COUNT``
2062and stores the result in a linker symbol. This constant prevents a platform
2063from relying on the linker and provide a more efficient mechanism for
2064accessing per-cpu bakery lock information.
2065
2066If this constant is defined and its value is not equal to the value
2067calculated by the linker then a link time assertion is raised. A compile time
2068assertion is raised if the value of the constant is not aligned to the cache
2069line boundary.
2070
2071SDEI porting requirements
2072~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2073
2074The SDEI dispatcher requires the platform to provide the following macros
2075and functions, of which some are optional, and some others mandatory.
2076
2077Macros
2078......
2079
2080Macro: PLAT_SDEI_NORMAL_PRI [mandatory]
2081^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2082
2083This macro must be defined to the EL3 exception priority level associated with
2084Normal SDEI events on the platform. This must have a higher value (therefore of
2085lower priority) than ``PLAT_SDEI_CRITICAL_PRI``.
2086
2087Macro: PLAT_SDEI_CRITICAL_PRI [mandatory]
2088^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2089
2090This macro must be defined to the EL3 exception priority level associated with
2091Critical SDEI events on the platform. This must have a lower value (therefore of
2092higher priority) than ``PLAT_SDEI_NORMAL_PRI``.
2093
2094**Note**: SDEI exception priorities must be the lowest among Secure priorities.
2095Among the SDEI exceptions, Critical SDEI priority must be higher than Normal
2096SDEI priority.
2097
2098Functions
2099.........
2100
2101Function: int plat_sdei_validate_entry_point(uintptr_t ep) [optional]
2102^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2103
2104::
2105
2106  Argument: uintptr_t
2107  Return: int
2108
2109This function validates the address of client entry points provided for both
2110event registration and *Complete and Resume* SDEI calls. The function takes one
2111argument, which is the address of the handler the SDEI client requested to
2112register. The function must return ``0`` for successful validation, or ``-1``
2113upon failure.
2114
2115The default implementation always returns ``0``. On Arm platforms, this function
2116is implemented to translate the entry point to physical address, and further to
2117ensure that the address is located in Non-secure DRAM.
2118
2119Function: void plat_sdei_handle_masked_trigger(uint64_t mpidr, unsigned int intr) [optional]
2120^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
2121
2122::
2123
2124  Argument: uint64_t
2125  Argument: unsigned int
2126  Return: void
2127
2128SDEI specification requires that a PE comes out of reset with the events masked.
2129The client therefore is expected to call ``PE_UNMASK`` to unmask SDEI events on
2130the PE. No SDEI events can be dispatched until such time.
2131
2132Should a PE receive an interrupt that was bound to an SDEI event while the
2133events are masked on the PE, the dispatcher implementation invokes the function
2134``plat_sdei_handle_masked_trigger``. The MPIDR of the PE that received the
2135interrupt and the interrupt ID are passed as parameters.
2136
2137The default implementation only prints out a warning message.
2138
2139Power State Coordination Interface (in BL31)
2140--------------------------------------------
2141
2142The TF-A implementation of the PSCI API is based around the concept of a
2143*power domain*. A *power domain* is a CPU or a logical group of CPUs which
2144share some state on which power management operations can be performed as
2145specified by `PSCI`_. Each CPU in the system is assigned a cpu index which is
2146a unique number between ``0`` and ``PLATFORM_CORE_COUNT - 1``. The
2147*power domains* are arranged in a hierarchical tree structure and each
2148*power domain* can be identified in a system by the cpu index of any CPU that
2149is part of that domain and a *power domain level*. A processing element (for
2150example, a CPU) is at level 0. If the *power domain* node above a CPU is a
2151logical grouping of CPUs that share some state, then level 1 is that group of
2152CPUs (for example, a cluster), and level 2 is a group of clusters (for
2153example, the system). More details on the power domain topology and its
2154organization can be found in `Power Domain Topology Design`_.
2155
2156BL31's platform initialization code exports a pointer to the platform-specific
2157power management operations required for the PSCI implementation to function
2158correctly. This information is populated in the ``plat_psci_ops`` structure. The
2159PSCI implementation calls members of the ``plat_psci_ops`` structure for performing
2160power management operations on the power domains. For example, the target
2161CPU is specified by its ``MPIDR`` in a PSCI ``CPU_ON`` call. The ``pwr_domain_on()``
2162handler (if present) is called for the CPU power domain.
2163
2164The ``power-state`` parameter of a PSCI ``CPU_SUSPEND`` call can be used to
2165describe composite power states specific to a platform. The PSCI implementation
2166defines a generic representation of the power-state parameter viz which is an
2167array of local power states where each index corresponds to a power domain
2168level. Each entry contains the local power state the power domain at that power
2169level could enter. It depends on the ``validate_power_state()`` handler to
2170convert the power-state parameter (possibly encoding a composite power state)
2171passed in a PSCI ``CPU_SUSPEND`` call to this representation.
2172
2173The following functions form part of platform port of PSCI functionality.
2174
2175Function : plat\_psci\_stat\_accounting\_start() [optional]
2176~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2177
2178::
2179
2180    Argument : const psci_power_state_t *
2181    Return   : void
2182
2183This is an optional hook that platforms can implement for residency statistics
2184accounting before entering a low power state. The ``pwr_domain_state`` field of
2185``state_info`` (first argument) can be inspected if stat accounting is done
2186differently at CPU level versus higher levels. As an example, if the element at
2187index 0 (CPU power level) in the ``pwr_domain_state`` array indicates a power down
2188state, special hardware logic may be programmed in order to keep track of the
2189residency statistics. For higher levels (array indices > 0), the residency
2190statistics could be tracked in software using PMF. If ``ENABLE_PMF`` is set, the
2191default implementation will use PMF to capture timestamps.
2192
2193Function : plat\_psci\_stat\_accounting\_stop() [optional]
2194~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2195
2196::
2197
2198    Argument : const psci_power_state_t *
2199    Return   : void
2200
2201This is an optional hook that platforms can implement for residency statistics
2202accounting after exiting from a low power state. The ``pwr_domain_state`` field
2203of ``state_info`` (first argument) can be inspected if stat accounting is done
2204differently at CPU level versus higher levels. As an example, if the element at
2205index 0 (CPU power level) in the ``pwr_domain_state`` array indicates a power down
2206state, special hardware logic may be programmed in order to keep track of the
2207residency statistics. For higher levels (array indices > 0), the residency
2208statistics could be tracked in software using PMF. If ``ENABLE_PMF`` is set, the
2209default implementation will use PMF to capture timestamps.
2210
2211Function : plat\_psci\_stat\_get\_residency() [optional]
2212~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2213
2214::
2215
2216    Argument : unsigned int, const psci_power_state_t *, int
2217    Return   : u_register_t
2218
2219This is an optional interface that is is invoked after resuming from a low power
2220state and provides the time spent resident in that low power state by the power
2221domain at a particular power domain level. When a CPU wakes up from suspend,
2222all its parent power domain levels are also woken up. The generic PSCI code
2223invokes this function for each parent power domain that is resumed and it
2224identified by the ``lvl`` (first argument) parameter. The ``state_info`` (second
2225argument) describes the low power state that the power domain has resumed from.
2226The current CPU is the first CPU in the power domain to resume from the low
2227power state and the ``last_cpu_idx`` (third parameter) is the index of the last
2228CPU in the power domain to suspend and may be needed to calculate the residency
2229for that power domain.
2230
2231Function : plat\_get\_target\_pwr\_state() [optional]
2232~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2233
2234::
2235
2236    Argument : unsigned int, const plat_local_state_t *, unsigned int
2237    Return   : plat_local_state_t
2238
2239The PSCI generic code uses this function to let the platform participate in
2240state coordination during a power management operation. The function is passed
2241a pointer to an array of platform specific local power state ``states`` (second
2242argument) which contains the requested power state for each CPU at a particular
2243power domain level ``lvl`` (first argument) within the power domain. The function
2244is expected to traverse this array of upto ``ncpus`` (third argument) and return
2245a coordinated target power state by the comparing all the requested power
2246states. The target power state should not be deeper than any of the requested
2247power states.
2248
2249A weak definition of this API is provided by default wherein it assumes
2250that the platform assigns a local state value in order of increasing depth
2251of the power state i.e. for two power states X & Y, if X < Y
2252then X represents a shallower power state than Y. As a result, the
2253coordinated target local power state for a power domain will be the minimum
2254of the requested local power state values.
2255
2256Function : plat\_get\_power\_domain\_tree\_desc() [mandatory]
2257~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2258
2259::
2260
2261    Argument : void
2262    Return   : const unsigned char *
2263
2264This function returns a pointer to the byte array containing the power domain
2265topology tree description. The format and method to construct this array are
2266described in `Power Domain Topology Design`_. The BL31 PSCI initilization code
2267requires this array to be described by the platform, either statically or
2268dynamically, to initialize the power domain topology tree. In case the array
2269is populated dynamically, then plat\_core\_pos\_by\_mpidr() and
2270plat\_my\_core\_pos() should also be implemented suitably so that the topology
2271tree description matches the CPU indices returned by these APIs. These APIs
2272together form the platform interface for the PSCI topology framework.
2273
2274Function : plat\_setup\_psci\_ops() [mandatory]
2275~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2276
2277::
2278
2279    Argument : uintptr_t, const plat_psci_ops **
2280    Return   : int
2281
2282This function may execute with the MMU and data caches enabled if the platform
2283port does the necessary initializations in ``bl31_plat_arch_setup()``. It is only
2284called by the primary CPU.
2285
2286This function is called by PSCI initialization code. Its purpose is to let
2287the platform layer know about the warm boot entrypoint through the
2288``sec_entrypoint`` (first argument) and to export handler routines for
2289platform-specific psci power management actions by populating the passed
2290pointer with a pointer to BL31's private ``plat_psci_ops`` structure.
2291
2292A description of each member of this structure is given below. Please refer to
2293the Arm FVP specific implementation of these handlers in
2294`plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp\_pm.c`_ as an example. For each PSCI function that the
2295platform wants to support, the associated operation or operations in this
2296structure must be provided and implemented (Refer section 4 of
2297`Firmware Design`_ for the PSCI API supported in TF-A). To disable a PSCI
2298function in a platform port, the operation should be removed from this
2299structure instead of providing an empty implementation.
2300
2301plat\_psci\_ops.cpu\_standby()
2302..............................
2303
2304Perform the platform-specific actions to enter the standby state for a cpu
2305indicated by the passed argument. This provides a fast path for CPU standby
2306wherein overheads of PSCI state management and lock acquistion is avoided.
2307For this handler to be invoked by the PSCI ``CPU_SUSPEND`` API implementation,
2308the suspend state type specified in the ``power-state`` parameter should be
2309STANDBY and the target power domain level specified should be the CPU. The
2310handler should put the CPU into a low power retention state (usually by
2311issuing a wfi instruction) and ensure that it can be woken up from that
2312state by a normal interrupt. The generic code expects the handler to succeed.
2313
2314plat\_psci\_ops.pwr\_domain\_on()
2315.................................
2316
2317Perform the platform specific actions to power on a CPU, specified
2318by the ``MPIDR`` (first argument). The generic code expects the platform to
2319return PSCI\_E\_SUCCESS on success or PSCI\_E\_INTERN\_FAIL for any failure.
2320
2321plat\_psci\_ops.pwr\_domain\_off()
2322..................................
2323
2324Perform the platform specific actions to prepare to power off the calling CPU
2325and its higher parent power domain levels as indicated by the ``target_state``
2326(first argument). It is called by the PSCI ``CPU_OFF`` API implementation.
2327
2328The ``target_state`` encodes the platform coordinated target local power states
2329for the CPU power domain and its parent power domain levels. The handler
2330needs to perform power management operation corresponding to the local state
2331at each power level.
2332
2333For this handler, the local power state for the CPU power domain will be a
2334power down state where as it could be either power down, retention or run state
2335for the higher power domain levels depending on the result of state
2336coordination. The generic code expects the handler to succeed.
2337
2338plat\_psci\_ops.pwr\_domain\_suspend\_pwrdown\_early() [optional]
2339.................................................................
2340
2341This optional function may be used as a performance optimization to replace
2342or complement pwr_domain_suspend() on some platforms. Its calling semantics
2343are identical to pwr_domain_suspend(), except the PSCI implementation only
2344calls this function when suspending to a power down state, and it guarantees
2345that data caches are enabled.
2346
2347When HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY = 0, the PSCI implementation disables data caches
2348before calling pwr_domain_suspend(). If the target_state corresponds to a
2349power down state and it is safe to perform some or all of the platform
2350specific actions in that function with data caches enabled, it may be more
2351efficient to move those actions to this function. When HW_ASSISTED_COHERENCY
2352= 1, data caches remain enabled throughout, and so there is no advantage to
2353moving platform specific actions to this function.
2354
2355plat\_psci\_ops.pwr\_domain\_suspend()
2356......................................
2357
2358Perform the platform specific actions to prepare to suspend the calling
2359CPU and its higher parent power domain levels as indicated by the
2360``target_state`` (first argument). It is called by the PSCI ``CPU_SUSPEND``
2361API implementation.
2362
2363The ``target_state`` has a similar meaning as described in
2364the ``pwr_domain_off()`` operation. It encodes the platform coordinated
2365target local power states for the CPU power domain and its parent
2366power domain levels. The handler needs to perform power management operation
2367corresponding to the local state at each power level. The generic code
2368expects the handler to succeed.
2369
2370The difference between turning a power domain off versus suspending it is that
2371in the former case, the power domain is expected to re-initialize its state
2372when it is next powered on (see ``pwr_domain_on_finish()``). In the latter
2373case, the power domain is expected to save enough state so that it can resume
2374execution by restoring this state when its powered on (see
2375``pwr_domain_suspend_finish()``).
2376
2377When suspending a core, the platform can also choose to power off the GICv3
2378Redistributor and ITS through an implementation-defined sequence. To achieve
2379this safely, the ITS context must be saved first. The architectural part is
2380implemented by the ``gicv3_its_save_disable()`` helper, but most of the needed
2381sequence is implementation defined and it is therefore the responsibility of
2382the platform code to implement the necessary sequence. Then the GIC
2383Redistributor context can be saved using the ``gicv3_rdistif_save()`` helper.
2384Powering off the Redistributor requires the implementation to support it and it
2385is the responsibility of the platform code to execute the right implementation
2386defined sequence.
2387
2388When a system suspend is requested, the platform can also make use of the
2389``gicv3_distif_save()`` helper to save the context of the GIC Distributor after
2390it has saved the context of the Redistributors and ITS of all the cores in the
2391system. The context of the Distributor can be large and may require it to be
2392allocated in a special area if it cannot fit in the platform's global static
2393data, for example in DRAM. The Distributor can then be powered down using an
2394implementation-defined sequence.
2395
2396plat\_psci\_ops.pwr\_domain\_pwr\_down\_wfi()
2397.............................................
2398
2399This is an optional function and, if implemented, is expected to perform
2400platform specific actions including the ``wfi`` invocation which allows the
2401CPU to powerdown. Since this function is invoked outside the PSCI locks,
2402the actions performed in this hook must be local to the CPU or the platform
2403must ensure that races between multiple CPUs cannot occur.
2404
2405The ``target_state`` has a similar meaning as described in the ``pwr_domain_off()``
2406operation and it encodes the platform coordinated target local power states for
2407the CPU power domain and its parent power domain levels. This function must
2408not return back to the caller.
2409
2410If this function is not implemented by the platform, PSCI generic
2411implementation invokes ``psci_power_down_wfi()`` for power down.
2412
2413plat\_psci\_ops.pwr\_domain\_on\_finish()
2414.........................................
2415
2416This function is called by the PSCI implementation after the calling CPU is
2417powered on and released from reset in response to an earlier PSCI ``CPU_ON`` call.
2418It performs the platform-specific setup required to initialize enough state for
2419this CPU to enter the normal world and also provide secure runtime firmware
2420services.
2421
2422The ``target_state`` (first argument) is the prior state of the power domains
2423immediately before the CPU was turned on. It indicates which power domains
2424above the CPU might require initialization due to having previously been in
2425low power states. The generic code expects the handler to succeed.
2426
2427plat\_psci\_ops.pwr\_domain\_suspend\_finish()
2428..............................................
2429
2430This function is called by the PSCI implementation after the calling CPU is
2431powered on and released from reset in response to an asynchronous wakeup
2432event, for example a timer interrupt that was programmed by the CPU during the
2433``CPU_SUSPEND`` call or ``SYSTEM_SUSPEND`` call. It performs the platform-specific
2434setup required to restore the saved state for this CPU to resume execution
2435in the normal world and also provide secure runtime firmware services.
2436
2437The ``target_state`` (first argument) has a similar meaning as described in
2438the ``pwr_domain_on_finish()`` operation. The generic code expects the platform
2439to succeed.
2440
2441If the Distributor, Redistributors or ITS have been powered off as part of a
2442suspend, their context must be restored in this function in the reverse order
2443to how they were saved during suspend sequence.
2444
2445plat\_psci\_ops.system\_off()
2446.............................
2447
2448This function is called by PSCI implementation in response to a ``SYSTEM_OFF``
2449call. It performs the platform-specific system poweroff sequence after
2450notifying the Secure Payload Dispatcher.
2451
2452plat\_psci\_ops.system\_reset()
2453...............................
2454
2455This function is called by PSCI implementation in response to a ``SYSTEM_RESET``
2456call. It performs the platform-specific system reset sequence after
2457notifying the Secure Payload Dispatcher.
2458
2459plat\_psci\_ops.validate\_power\_state()
2460........................................
2461
2462This function is called by the PSCI implementation during the ``CPU_SUSPEND``
2463call to validate the ``power_state`` parameter of the PSCI API and if valid,
2464populate it in ``req_state`` (second argument) array as power domain level
2465specific local states. If the ``power_state`` is invalid, the platform must
2466return PSCI\_E\_INVALID\_PARAMS as error, which is propagated back to the
2467normal world PSCI client.
2468
2469plat\_psci\_ops.validate\_ns\_entrypoint()
2470..........................................
2471
2472This function is called by the PSCI implementation during the ``CPU_SUSPEND``,
2473``SYSTEM_SUSPEND`` and ``CPU_ON`` calls to validate the non-secure ``entry_point``
2474parameter passed by the normal world. If the ``entry_point`` is invalid,
2475the platform must return PSCI\_E\_INVALID\_ADDRESS as error, which is
2476propagated back to the normal world PSCI client.
2477
2478plat\_psci\_ops.get\_sys\_suspend\_power\_state()
2479.................................................
2480
2481This function is called by the PSCI implementation during the ``SYSTEM_SUSPEND``
2482call to get the ``req_state`` parameter from platform which encodes the power
2483domain level specific local states to suspend to system affinity level. The
2484``req_state`` will be utilized to do the PSCI state coordination and
2485``pwr_domain_suspend()`` will be invoked with the coordinated target state to
2486enter system suspend.
2487
2488plat\_psci\_ops.get\_pwr\_lvl\_state\_idx()
2489...........................................
2490
2491This is an optional function and, if implemented, is invoked by the PSCI
2492implementation to convert the ``local_state`` (first argument) at a specified
2493``pwr_lvl`` (second argument) to an index between 0 and
2494``PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL_STATES`` - 1. This function is only needed if the platform
2495supports more than two local power states at each power domain level, that is
2496``PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL_STATES`` is greater than 2, and needs to account for these
2497local power states.
2498
2499plat\_psci\_ops.translate\_power\_state\_by\_mpidr()
2500....................................................
2501
2502This is an optional function and, if implemented, verifies the ``power_state``
2503(second argument) parameter of the PSCI API corresponding to a target power
2504domain. The target power domain is identified by using both ``MPIDR`` (first
2505argument) and the power domain level encoded in ``power_state``. The power domain
2506level specific local states are to be extracted from ``power_state`` and be
2507populated in the ``output_state`` (third argument) array. The functionality
2508is similar to the ``validate_power_state`` function described above and is
2509envisaged to be used in case the validity of ``power_state`` depend on the
2510targeted power domain. If the ``power_state`` is invalid for the targeted power
2511domain, the platform must return PSCI\_E\_INVALID\_PARAMS as error. If this
2512function is not implemented, then the generic implementation relies on
2513``validate_power_state`` function to translate the ``power_state``.
2514
2515This function can also be used in case the platform wants to support local
2516power state encoding for ``power_state`` parameter of PSCI\_STAT\_COUNT/RESIDENCY
2517APIs as described in Section 5.18 of `PSCI`_.
2518
2519plat\_psci\_ops.get\_node\_hw\_state()
2520......................................
2521
2522This is an optional function. If implemented this function is intended to return
2523the power state of a node (identified by the first parameter, the ``MPIDR``) in
2524the power domain topology (identified by the second parameter, ``power_level``),
2525as retrieved from a power controller or equivalent component on the platform.
2526Upon successful completion, the implementation must map and return the final
2527status among ``HW_ON``, ``HW_OFF`` or ``HW_STANDBY``. Upon encountering failures, it
2528must return either ``PSCI_E_INVALID_PARAMS`` or ``PSCI_E_NOT_SUPPORTED`` as
2529appropriate.
2530
2531Implementations are not expected to handle ``power_levels`` greater than
2532``PLAT_MAX_PWR_LVL``.
2533
2534plat\_psci\_ops.system\_reset2()
2535................................
2536
2537This is an optional function. If implemented this function is
2538called during the ``SYSTEM_RESET2`` call to perform a reset
2539based on the first parameter ``reset_type`` as specified in
2540`PSCI`_. The parameter ``cookie`` can be used to pass additional
2541reset information. If the ``reset_type`` is not supported, the
2542function must return ``PSCI_E_NOT_SUPPORTED``. For architectural
2543resets, all failures must return ``PSCI_E_INVALID_PARAMETERS``
2544and vendor reset can return other PSCI error codes as defined
2545in `PSCI`_. On success this function will not return.
2546
2547plat\_psci\_ops.write\_mem\_protect()
2548....................................
2549
2550This is an optional function. If implemented it enables or disables the
2551``MEM_PROTECT`` functionality based on the value of ``val``.
2552A non-zero value enables ``MEM_PROTECT`` and a value of zero
2553disables it. Upon encountering failures it must return a negative value
2554and on success it must return 0.
2555
2556plat\_psci\_ops.read\_mem\_protect()
2557.....................................
2558
2559This is an optional function. If implemented it returns the current
2560state of ``MEM_PROTECT`` via the ``val`` parameter.  Upon encountering
2561failures it must return a negative value and on success it must
2562return 0.
2563
2564plat\_psci\_ops.mem\_protect\_chk()
2565...................................
2566
2567This is an optional function. If implemented it checks if a memory
2568region defined by a base address ``base`` and with a size of ``length``
2569bytes is protected by ``MEM_PROTECT``.  If the region is protected
2570then it must return 0, otherwise it must return a negative number.
2571
2572Interrupt Management framework (in BL31)
2573----------------------------------------
2574
2575BL31 implements an Interrupt Management Framework (IMF) to manage interrupts
2576generated in either security state and targeted to EL1 or EL2 in the non-secure
2577state or EL3/S-EL1 in the secure state. The design of this framework is
2578described in the `IMF Design Guide`_
2579
2580A platform should export the following APIs to support the IMF. The following
2581text briefly describes each api and its implementation in Arm standard
2582platforms. The API implementation depends upon the type of interrupt controller
2583present in the platform. Arm standard platform layer supports both
2584`Arm Generic Interrupt Controller version 2.0 (GICv2)`_
2585and `3.0 (GICv3)`_. Juno builds the Arm platform layer to use GICv2 and the
2586FVP can be configured to use either GICv2 or GICv3 depending on the build flag
2587``FVP_USE_GIC_DRIVER`` (See FVP platform specific build options in
2588`User Guide`_ for more details).
2589
2590See also: `Interrupt Controller Abstraction APIs`__.
2591
2592.. __: platform-interrupt-controller-API.rst
2593
2594Function : plat\_interrupt\_type\_to\_line() [mandatory]
2595~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2596
2597::
2598
2599    Argument : uint32_t, uint32_t
2600    Return   : uint32_t
2601
2602The Arm processor signals an interrupt exception either through the IRQ or FIQ
2603interrupt line. The specific line that is signaled depends on how the interrupt
2604controller (IC) reports different interrupt types from an execution context in
2605either security state. The IMF uses this API to determine which interrupt line
2606the platform IC uses to signal each type of interrupt supported by the framework
2607from a given security state. This API must be invoked at EL3.
2608
2609The first parameter will be one of the ``INTR_TYPE_*`` values (see
2610`IMF Design Guide`_) indicating the target type of the interrupt, the second parameter is the
2611security state of the originating execution context. The return result is the
2612bit position in the ``SCR_EL3`` register of the respective interrupt trap: IRQ=1,
2613FIQ=2.
2614
2615In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv2, S-EL1 interrupts are
2616configured as FIQs and Non-secure interrupts as IRQs from either security
2617state.
2618
2619In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv3, the interrupt line to be
2620configured depends on the security state of the execution context when the
2621interrupt is signalled and are as follows:
2622
2623-  The S-EL1 interrupts are signaled as IRQ in S-EL0/1 context and as FIQ in
2624   NS-EL0/1/2 context.
2625-  The Non secure interrupts are signaled as FIQ in S-EL0/1 context and as IRQ
2626   in the NS-EL0/1/2 context.
2627-  The EL3 interrupts are signaled as FIQ in both S-EL0/1 and NS-EL0/1/2
2628   context.
2629
2630Function : plat\_ic\_get\_pending\_interrupt\_type() [mandatory]
2631~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2632
2633::
2634
2635    Argument : void
2636    Return   : uint32_t
2637
2638This API returns the type of the highest priority pending interrupt at the
2639platform IC. The IMF uses the interrupt type to retrieve the corresponding
2640handler function. ``INTR_TYPE_INVAL`` is returned when there is no interrupt
2641pending. The valid interrupt types that can be returned are ``INTR_TYPE_EL3``,
2642``INTR_TYPE_S_EL1`` and ``INTR_TYPE_NS``. This API must be invoked at EL3.
2643
2644In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv2, the *Highest Priority
2645Pending Interrupt Register* (``GICC_HPPIR``) is read to determine the id of
2646the pending interrupt. The type of interrupt depends upon the id value as
2647follows.
2648
2649#. id < 1022 is reported as a S-EL1 interrupt
2650#. id = 1022 is reported as a Non-secure interrupt.
2651#. id = 1023 is reported as an invalid interrupt type.
2652
2653In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv3, the system register
2654``ICC_HPPIR0_EL1``, *Highest Priority Pending group 0 Interrupt Register*,
2655is read to determine the id of the pending interrupt. The type of interrupt
2656depends upon the id value as follows.
2657
2658#. id = ``PENDING_G1S_INTID`` (1020) is reported as a S-EL1 interrupt
2659#. id = ``PENDING_G1NS_INTID`` (1021) is reported as a Non-secure interrupt.
2660#. id = ``GIC_SPURIOUS_INTERRUPT`` (1023) is reported as an invalid interrupt type.
2661#. All other interrupt id's are reported as EL3 interrupt.
2662
2663Function : plat\_ic\_get\_pending\_interrupt\_id() [mandatory]
2664~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2665
2666::
2667
2668    Argument : void
2669    Return   : uint32_t
2670
2671This API returns the id of the highest priority pending interrupt at the
2672platform IC. ``INTR_ID_UNAVAILABLE`` is returned when there is no interrupt
2673pending.
2674
2675In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv2, the *Highest Priority
2676Pending Interrupt Register* (``GICC_HPPIR``) is read to determine the id of the
2677pending interrupt. The id that is returned by API depends upon the value of
2678the id read from the interrupt controller as follows.
2679
2680#. id < 1022. id is returned as is.
2681#. id = 1022. The *Aliased Highest Priority Pending Interrupt Register*
2682   (``GICC_AHPPIR``) is read to determine the id of the non-secure interrupt.
2683   This id is returned by the API.
2684#. id = 1023. ``INTR_ID_UNAVAILABLE`` is returned.
2685
2686In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv3, if the API is invoked from
2687EL3, the system register ``ICC_HPPIR0_EL1``, *Highest Priority Pending Interrupt
2688group 0 Register*, is read to determine the id of the pending interrupt. The id
2689that is returned by API depends upon the value of the id read from the
2690interrupt controller as follows.
2691
2692#. id < ``PENDING_G1S_INTID`` (1020). id is returned as is.
2693#. id = ``PENDING_G1S_INTID`` (1020) or ``PENDING_G1NS_INTID`` (1021). The system
2694   register ``ICC_HPPIR1_EL1``, *Highest Priority Pending Interrupt group 1
2695   Register* is read to determine the id of the group 1 interrupt. This id
2696   is returned by the API as long as it is a valid interrupt id
2697#. If the id is any of the special interrupt identifiers,
2698   ``INTR_ID_UNAVAILABLE`` is returned.
2699
2700When the API invoked from S-EL1 for GICv3 systems, the id read from system
2701register ``ICC_HPPIR1_EL1``, *Highest Priority Pending group 1 Interrupt
2702Register*, is returned if is not equal to GIC\_SPURIOUS\_INTERRUPT (1023) else
2703``INTR_ID_UNAVAILABLE`` is returned.
2704
2705Function : plat\_ic\_acknowledge\_interrupt() [mandatory]
2706~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2707
2708::
2709
2710    Argument : void
2711    Return   : uint32_t
2712
2713This API is used by the CPU to indicate to the platform IC that processing of
2714the highest pending interrupt has begun. It should return the raw, unmodified
2715value obtained from the interrupt controller when acknowledging an interrupt.
2716The actual interrupt number shall be extracted from this raw value using the API
2717`plat_ic_get_interrupt_id()`__.
2718
2719.. __: platform-interrupt-controller-API.rst#function-unsigned-int-plat-ic-get-interrupt-id-unsigned-int-raw-optional
2720
2721This function in Arm standard platforms using GICv2, reads the *Interrupt
2722Acknowledge Register* (``GICC_IAR``). This changes the state of the highest
2723priority pending interrupt from pending to active in the interrupt controller.
2724It returns the value read from the ``GICC_IAR``, unmodified.
2725
2726In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv3, if the API is invoked
2727from EL3, the function reads the system register ``ICC_IAR0_EL1``, *Interrupt
2728Acknowledge Register group 0*. If the API is invoked from S-EL1, the function
2729reads the system register ``ICC_IAR1_EL1``, *Interrupt Acknowledge Register
2730group 1*. The read changes the state of the highest pending interrupt from
2731pending to active in the interrupt controller. The value read is returned
2732unmodified.
2733
2734The TSP uses this API to start processing of the secure physical timer
2735interrupt.
2736
2737Function : plat\_ic\_end\_of\_interrupt() [mandatory]
2738~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2739
2740::
2741
2742    Argument : uint32_t
2743    Return   : void
2744
2745This API is used by the CPU to indicate to the platform IC that processing of
2746the interrupt corresponding to the id (passed as the parameter) has
2747finished. The id should be the same as the id returned by the
2748``plat_ic_acknowledge_interrupt()`` API.
2749
2750Arm standard platforms write the id to the *End of Interrupt Register*
2751(``GICC_EOIR``) in case of GICv2, and to ``ICC_EOIR0_EL1`` or ``ICC_EOIR1_EL1``
2752system register in case of GICv3 depending on where the API is invoked from,
2753EL3 or S-EL1. This deactivates the corresponding interrupt in the interrupt
2754controller.
2755
2756The TSP uses this API to finish processing of the secure physical timer
2757interrupt.
2758
2759Function : plat\_ic\_get\_interrupt\_type() [mandatory]
2760~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2761
2762::
2763
2764    Argument : uint32_t
2765    Return   : uint32_t
2766
2767This API returns the type of the interrupt id passed as the parameter.
2768``INTR_TYPE_INVAL`` is returned if the id is invalid. If the id is valid, a valid
2769interrupt type (one of ``INTR_TYPE_EL3``, ``INTR_TYPE_S_EL1`` and ``INTR_TYPE_NS``) is
2770returned depending upon how the interrupt has been configured by the platform
2771IC. This API must be invoked at EL3.
2772
2773Arm standard platforms using GICv2 configures S-EL1 interrupts as Group0 interrupts
2774and Non-secure interrupts as Group1 interrupts. It reads the group value
2775corresponding to the interrupt id from the relevant *Interrupt Group Register*
2776(``GICD_IGROUPRn``). It uses the group value to determine the type of interrupt.
2777
2778In the case of Arm standard platforms using GICv3, both the *Interrupt Group
2779Register* (``GICD_IGROUPRn``) and *Interrupt Group Modifier Register*
2780(``GICD_IGRPMODRn``) is read to figure out whether the interrupt is configured
2781as Group 0 secure interrupt, Group 1 secure interrupt or Group 1 NS interrupt.
2782
2783Crash Reporting mechanism (in BL31)
2784-----------------------------------
2785
2786NOTE: This section assumes that your platform is enabling the MULTI_CONSOLE_API
2787flag in its platform.mk. Not using this flag is deprecated for new platforms.
2788
2789BL31 implements a crash reporting mechanism which prints the various registers
2790of the CPU to enable quick crash analysis and debugging. By default, the
2791definitions in ``plat/common/aarch64/platform\_helpers.S`` will cause the crash
2792output to be routed over the normal console infrastructure and get printed on
2793consoles configured to output in crash state. ``console_set_scope()`` can be
2794used to control whether a console is used for crash output.
2795
2796In some cases (such as debugging very early crashes that happen before the
2797normal boot console can be set up), platforms may want to control crash output
2798more explicitly. For these, the following functions can be overridden by
2799platform code. They are executed outside of a C environment and without a stack.
2800
2801Function : plat\_crash\_console\_init
2802~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2803
2804::
2805
2806    Argument : void
2807    Return   : int
2808
2809This API is used by the crash reporting mechanism to initialize the crash
2810console. It must only use the general purpose registers x0 through x7 to do the
2811initialization and returns 1 on success.
2812
2813If you are trying to debug crashes before the console driver would normally get
2814registered, you can use this to register a driver from assembly with hardcoded
2815parameters. For example, you could register the 16550 driver like this:
2816
2817::
2818
2819    .section .data.crash_console      /* Reserve space for console structure */
2820    crash_console:
2821    .zero 6 * 8                       /* console_16550_t has 6 8-byte words */
2822    func plat_crash_console_init
2823        ldr     x0, =YOUR_16550_BASE_ADDR
2824        ldr     x1, =YOUR_16550_SRCCLK_IN_HZ
2825        ldr     x2, =YOUR_16550_TARGET_BAUD_RATE
2826        adrp    x3, crash_console
2827        add     x3, x3, :lo12:crash_console
2828        b       console_16550_register  /* tail call, returns 1 on success */
2829    endfunc plat_crash_console_init
2830
2831If you're trying to debug crashes in BL1, you can call the console_xxx_core_init
2832function exported by some console drivers from here.
2833
2834Function : plat\_crash\_console\_putc
2835~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2836
2837::
2838
2839    Argument : int
2840    Return   : int
2841
2842This API is used by the crash reporting mechanism to print a character on the
2843designated crash console. It must only use general purpose registers x1 and
2844x2 to do its work. The parameter and the return value are in general purpose
2845register x0.
2846
2847If you have registered a normal console driver in ``plat_crash_console_init``,
2848you can keep the default implementation here (which calls ``console_putc()``).
2849
2850If you're trying to debug crashes in BL1, you can call the console_xxx_core_putc
2851function exported by some console drivers from here.
2852
2853Function : plat\_crash\_console\_flush
2854~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2855
2856::
2857
2858    Argument : void
2859    Return   : int
2860
2861This API is used by the crash reporting mechanism to force write of all buffered
2862data on the designated crash console. It should only use general purpose
2863registers x0 through x5 to do its work. The return value is 0 on successful
2864completion; otherwise the return value is -1.
2865
2866If you have registered a normal console driver in ``plat_crash_console_init``,
2867you can keep the default implementation here (which calls ``console_flush()``).
2868
2869If you're trying to debug crashes in BL1, you can call the console_xx_core_flush
2870function exported by some console drivers from here.
2871
2872Extternal Abort handling and RAS Support
2873----------------------------------------
2874
2875Function : plat_ea_handler
2876~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2877
2878::
2879
2880    Argument : int
2881    Argument : uint64_t
2882    Argument : void *
2883    Argument : void *
2884    Argument : uint64_t
2885    Return   : void
2886
2887This function is invoked by the RAS framework for the platform to handle an
2888External Abort received at EL3. The intention of the function is to attempt to
2889resolve the cause of External Abort and return; if that's not possible, to
2890initiate orderly shutdown of the system.
2891
2892The first parameter (``int ea_reason``) indicates the reason for External Abort.
2893Its value is one of ``ERROR_EA_*`` constants defined in ``ea_handle.h``.
2894
2895The second parameter (``uint64_t syndrome``) is the respective syndrome
2896presented to EL3 after having received the External Abort. Depending on the
2897nature of the abort (as can be inferred from the ``ea_reason`` parameter), this
2898can be the content of either ``ESR_EL3`` or ``DISR_EL1``.
2899
2900The third parameter (``void *cookie``) is unused for now. The fourth parameter
2901(``void *handle``) is a pointer to the preempted context. The fifth parameter
2902(``uint64_t flags``) indicates the preempted security state. These parameters
2903are received from the top-level exception handler.
2904
2905If ``RAS_EXTENSION`` is set to ``1``, the default implementation of this
2906function iterates through RAS handlers registered by the platform. If any of the
2907RAS handlers resolve the External Abort, no further action is taken.
2908
2909If ``RAS_EXTENSION`` is set to ``0``, or if none of the platform RAS handlers
2910could resolve the External Abort, the default implementation prints an error
2911message, and panics.
2912
2913Function : plat_handle_uncontainable_ea
2914~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2915
2916::
2917
2918    Argument : int
2919    Argument : uint64_t
2920    Return   : void
2921
2922This function is invoked by the RAS framework when an External Abort of
2923Uncontainable type is received at EL3. Due to the critical nature of
2924Uncontainable errors, the intention of this function is to initiate orderly
2925shutdown of the system, and is not expected to return.
2926
2927This function must be implemented in assembly.
2928
2929The first and second parameters are the same as that of ``plat_ea_handler``.
2930
2931The default implementation of this function calls
2932``report_unhandled_exception``.
2933
2934Function : plat_handle_double_fault
2935~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2936
2937::
2938
2939    Argument : int
2940    Argument : uint64_t
2941    Return   : void
2942
2943This function is invoked by the RAS framework when another External Abort is
2944received at EL3 while one is already being handled. I.e., a call to
2945``plat_ea_handler`` is outstanding. Due to its critical nature, the intention of
2946this function is to initiate orderly shutdown of the system, and is not expected
2947recover or return.
2948
2949This function must be implemented in assembly.
2950
2951The first and second parameters are the same as that of ``plat_ea_handler``.
2952
2953The default implementation of this function calls
2954``report_unhandled_exception``.
2955
2956Function : plat_handle_el3_ea
2957~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
2958
2959::
2960
2961    Return   : void
2962
2963This function is invoked when an External Abort is received while executing in
2964EL3. Due to its critical nature, the intention of this function is to initiate
2965orderly shutdown of the system, and is not expected recover or return.
2966
2967This function must be implemented in assembly.
2968
2969The default implementation of this function calls
2970``report_unhandled_exception``.
2971
2972Build flags
2973-----------
2974
2975There are some build flags which can be defined by the platform to control
2976inclusion or exclusion of certain BL stages from the FIP image. These flags
2977need to be defined in the platform makefile which will get included by the
2978build system.
2979
2980-  **NEED\_BL33**
2981   By default, this flag is defined ``yes`` by the build system and ``BL33``
2982   build option should be supplied as a build option. The platform has the
2983   option of excluding the BL33 image in the ``fip`` image by defining this flag
2984   to ``no``. If any of the options ``EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE`` or ``PRELOADED_BL33_BASE``
2985   are used, this flag will be set to ``no`` automatically.
2986
2987C Library
2988---------
2989
2990To avoid subtle toolchain behavioral dependencies, the header files provided
2991by the compiler are not used. The software is built with the ``-nostdinc`` flag
2992to ensure no headers are included from the toolchain inadvertently. Instead the
2993required headers are included in the TF-A source tree. The library only
2994contains those C library definitions required by the local implementation. If
2995more functionality is required, the needed library functions will need to be
2996added to the local implementation.
2997
2998Some C headers have been obtained from `FreeBSD`_ and `SCC`_, while others have
2999been written specifically for TF-A. Fome implementation files have been obtained
3000from `FreeBSD`_, others have been written specifically for TF-A as well. The
3001files can be found in ``include/lib/libc`` and ``lib/libc``.
3002
3003SCC can be found in `http://www.simple-cc.org/`_. A copy of the `FreeBSD`_
3004sources can be obtained from `http://github.com/freebsd/freebsd`_.
3005
3006Storage abstraction layer
3007-------------------------
3008
3009In order to improve platform independence and portability an storage abstraction
3010layer is used to load data from non-volatile platform storage.
3011
3012Each platform should register devices and their drivers via the Storage layer.
3013These drivers then need to be initialized by bootloader phases as
3014required in their respective ``blx_platform_setup()`` functions. Currently
3015storage access is only required by BL1 and BL2 phases. The ``load_image()``
3016function uses the storage layer to access non-volatile platform storage.
3017
3018It is mandatory to implement at least one storage driver. For the Arm
3019development platforms the Firmware Image Package (FIP) driver is provided as
3020the default means to load data from storage (see the "Firmware Image Package"
3021section in the `User Guide`_). The storage layer is described in the header file
3022``include/drivers/io/io_storage.h``. The implementation of the common library
3023is in ``drivers/io/io_storage.c`` and the driver files are located in
3024``drivers/io/``.
3025
3026Each IO driver must provide ``io_dev_*`` structures, as described in
3027``drivers/io/io_driver.h``. These are returned via a mandatory registration
3028function that is called on platform initialization. The semi-hosting driver
3029implementation in ``io_semihosting.c`` can be used as an example.
3030
3031The Storage layer provides mechanisms to initialize storage devices before
3032IO operations are called. The basic operations supported by the layer
3033include ``open()``, ``close()``, ``read()``, ``write()``, ``size()`` and ``seek()``.
3034Drivers do not have to implement all operations, but each platform must
3035provide at least one driver for a device capable of supporting generic
3036operations such as loading a bootloader image.
3037
3038The current implementation only allows for known images to be loaded by the
3039firmware. These images are specified by using their identifiers, as defined in
3040[include/plat/common/platform\_def.h] (or a separate header file included from
3041there). The platform layer (``plat_get_image_source()``) then returns a reference
3042to a device and a driver-specific ``spec`` which will be understood by the driver
3043to allow access to the image data.
3044
3045The layer is designed in such a way that is it possible to chain drivers with
3046other drivers. For example, file-system drivers may be implemented on top of
3047physical block devices, both represented by IO devices with corresponding
3048drivers. In such a case, the file-system "binding" with the block device may
3049be deferred until the file-system device is initialised.
3050
3051The abstraction currently depends on structures being statically allocated
3052by the drivers and callers, as the system does not yet provide a means of
3053dynamically allocating memory. This may also have the affect of limiting the
3054amount of open resources per driver.
3055
3056--------------
3057
3058*Copyright (c) 2013-2018, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.*
3059
3060.. _include/plat/common/platform.h: ../include/plat/common/platform.h
3061.. _include/plat/arm/common/plat\_arm.h: ../include/plat/arm/common/plat_arm.h%5D
3062.. _User Guide: user-guide.rst
3063.. _include/plat/common/common\_def.h: ../include/plat/common/common_def.h
3064.. _include/plat/arm/common/arm\_def.h: ../include/plat/arm/common/arm_def.h
3065.. _plat/common/aarch64/platform\_mp\_stack.S: ../plat/common/aarch64/platform_mp_stack.S
3066.. _plat/common/aarch64/platform\_up\_stack.S: ../plat/common/aarch64/platform_up_stack.S
3067.. _For example, define the build flag in platform.mk: PLAT_PL061_MAX_GPIOS%20:=%20160
3068.. _Power Domain Topology Design: psci-pd-tree.rst
3069.. _include/common/bl\_common.h: ../include/common/bl_common.h
3070.. _include/lib/aarch32/arch.h: ../include/lib/aarch32/arch.h
3071.. _Firmware Design: firmware-design.rst
3072.. _PSCI: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0022c/DEN0022C_Power_State_Coordination_Interface.pdf
3073.. _plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp\_pm.c: ../plat/arm/board/fvp/fvp_pm.c
3074.. _IMF Design Guide: interrupt-framework-design.rst
3075.. _Arm Generic Interrupt Controller version 2.0 (GICv2): http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0048b/index.html
3076.. _3.0 (GICv3): http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0069b/index.html
3077.. _FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org
3078.. _SCC: http://www.simple-cc.org/
3079