BL3-1 architecture setup code programs the system counter frequency
into the CNTFRQ_EL0 register. This frequency is defined by the
platform, though. This patch introduces a new platform hook that
the architecture setup code can call to retrieve this information.
In the ARM FVP port, this returns the first entry of the frequency
modes table from the memory mapped generic timer.
All system counter setup code has been removed from BL1 as some
platforms may not have initialized the system counters at this stage.
The platform specific settings done exclusively in BL1 have been moved
to BL3-1. In the ARM FVP port, this consists in enabling and
initializing the System level generic timer. Also, the frequency change
request in the counter control register has been set to 0 to make it
explicit it's using the base frequency. The CNTCR_FCREQ() macro has been
fixed in this context to give an entry number rather than a bitmask.
In future, when support for firmware update is implemented, there
is a case where BL1 platform specific code will need to program
the counter frequency. This should be implemented at that time.
This patch also updates the relevant documentation.
It properly fixesARM-software/tf-issues#24
Change-Id: If95639b279f75d66ac0576c48a6614b5ccb0e84b
This reverts commit 1c297bf015
because it introduced a bug: the CNTFRQ_EL0 register was no
longer programmed by all CPUs. bl31_platform_setup() function
is invoked only in the cold boot path and consequently only
on the primary cpu.
A subsequent commit will correctly implement the necessary changes
to the counter frequency setup code.
FixesARM-software/tf-issues#125
Conflicts:
docs/firmware-design.md
plat/fvp/bl31_plat_setup.c
Change-Id: Ib584ad7ed069707ac04cf86717f836136ad3ab54
This patch reworks the console driver to ensure that each bootloader stage
initializes it independently. As a result, both BL3-1 and BL2 platform code
now calls console_init() instead of relying on BL1 to perform console setup
FixesARM-software/tf-issues#120
Change-Id: Ic4d66e0375e40a2fc7434afcabc8bbb4715c14ab
At present, bl1_arch_setup() and bl31_arch_setup() program the counter
frequency using a value from the memory mapped generic timer. The
generic timer however is not necessarily present on all ARM systems
(although it is architected to be present on all server systems).
This patch moves the timer setup to platform-specific code and updates
the relevant documentation. Also, CNTR.FCREQ is set as the specification
requires the bit corresponding to the counter's frequency to be set when
enabling. Since we intend to use the base frequency, set bit 8.
FixesARM-software/tf-issues#24
Change-Id: I32c52cf882253e01f49056f47c58c23e6f422652
Consolidate firmware-design.md and porting-guide.pm so
that recently added sections fit better with
pre-existing sections. Make the documentation more
consistent in use of terminology.
Change-Id: Id87050b096122fbd845189dc2fe1cd17c3003468
1. Add design information on EL3 runtime services and
Secure-EL1 Payload Dispatchers (SPD) to
firmware-design.md.
2. Create new EL3 runtime service writer's guide
(rt-svc-writers-guide.md) to ease creation of new
runtime services.
Change-Id: I670aeb5fc246e25c6e599a15139aac886a0074fd
Move the firmware design documentation out of user-guide.md
and into a new file - firmware-design.md. Reformat the
section headers.
Change-Id: I664815dd47011c7c1cf2202aa4472a8fd78ebb92
1. Update user-guide.md with the latest versions of dependent
components required by the tested configurations of ARM Trusted
Firmware. This includes the tested versions of Fixed Virtual
Platforms (FVPs), toolchain, EFI Development Kit 2(EDK2),
Linux kernel and Linux file system.
2. Remove the instructions to configure the Cortex Base FVP
with the legacy GICv2 memory map as this is no longer supported
since version 5.3 of the Base FVPs.
3. General tidyup of "Using the software" section.
Change-Id: If8264cd29036b59dc5ff435b5f8b1d072dd36ef0
This patch adds the following support to the BL3-1 stage:
1. BL3-1 allows runtime services to specify and determine the security
state of the next image after BL3-1. This has been done by adding
the `bl31_set_next_image_type()` & `bl31_get_next_image_type()`
apis. The default security state is non-secure. The platform api
`bl31_get_next_image_info()` has been modified to let the platform
decide which is the next image in the desired security state.
2. BL3-1 exports the `bl31_prepare_next_image_entry()` function to
program entry into the target security state. It uses the apis
introduced in 1. to do so.
3. BL3-1 reads the information populated by BL2 about the BL3-2 image
into its internal data structures.
4. BL3-1 introduces a weakly defined reference `bl32_init()` to allow
initialisation of a BL3-2 image. A runtime service like the Secure
payload dispatcher will define this function if present.
Change-Id: Icc46dcdb9e475ce6575dd3f9a5dc7a48a83d21d1
This patch adds support for loading a BL3-2 image in BL2. In case a
BL3-2 image is found, it also passes information to BL3-1 about where it
is located and the extents of memory available to it. Information about
memory extents is populated by platform specific code.
The documentation has also been updated to reflect the above changes.
Change-Id: I526b2efb80babebab1318f2b02e319a86d6758b0
Co-authored-by: Jeenu Viswambharan <jeenu.viswambharan@arm.com>
This patch reworks BL2 to BL3-1 hand over interface by introducing a
composite structure (bl31_args) that holds the superset of information
that needs to be passed from BL2 to BL3-1.
- The extents of secure memory available to BL3-1
- The extents of memory available to BL3-2 (not yet implemented) and
BL3-3
- Information to execute BL3-2 (not yet implemented) and BL3-3 images
This patch also introduces a new platform API (bl2_get_bl31_args_ptr)
that needs to be implemented by the platform code to export reference to
bl31_args structure which has been allocated in platform-defined memory.
The platform will initialize the extents of memory available to BL3-3
during early platform setup in bl31_args structure. This obviates the
need for bl2_get_ns_mem_layout platform API.
BL2 calls the bl2_get_bl31_args_ptr function to get a reference to
bl31_args structure. It uses the 'bl33_meminfo' field of this structure
to load the BL3-3 image. It sets the entry point information for the
BL3-3 image in the 'bl33_image_info' field of this structure. The
reference to this structure is passed to the BL3-1 image.
Also fixes issue ARM-software/tf-issues#25
Change-Id: Ic36426196dd5ebf89e60ff42643bed01b3500517
New phony Makefile targets have been added:
* checkcodebase
* checkpatch
The checkcodebase target will run a Linux style compliance check over the
entire codebase, and honours the V=1 Makefile verbose setting and so will
show more information when this is enabled.
If the local directory is a git checkout then the output of git ls-files is
used to decide which files to test for compliance. If the local directory
is not under git control then a 'best attempt' is made, but in this case it
should be noted that it is possible for additional non-codebase files to be
tested, so care should be taken when parsing the output.
The checkpatch target will compare local changes against the git origin/master
to allow issues with the last set of changes to be identified. To override
the change comparision location, set the BASE_COMMIT variable to your
desired git branch.
Both targets rely on the Linux source tree script checkpatch.pl to do the
syntax checking, and expects that the CHECKPATCH environment variable points
to the location of this file.
Notes on the usage of these targets have been added to the contributing.md
and docs/user-guide.md text files.
Change-Id: I6d73c97af578e24a34226d972afadab9d30f1d8d
Move all explicit platform or architecture specific references
into a new platform.mk file that is defined for each platform.
Change-Id: I9d6320d1ba957e0cc8d9b316b3578132331fa428
Signed-off-by: Ryan Harkin <ryan.harkin@linaro.org>
Traps when accessing architectural features are disabled by clearing bits
in CPTR_EL3 during early boot, including accesses to floating point
registers. The value of this register was previously undetermined, causing
unwanted traps to EL3. Future EL3 code (for example, context save/restore
code) may use floating point registers, although they are not used by current
code.
Also, the '-mgeneral-regs-only' flag is enabled in the GCC settings to
prevent generation of code that uses floating point registers.
Change-Id: I9a03675f6387bbbee81a6f2c9ccf81150db03747
This patch makes changes to the documents to reflect the current
state of play of the psci cpu_suspend function.
Change-Id: I086509fb75111b6e9f93b7f6dbcd33cc4591b9f3
- Add instructions for contributing to ARM Trusted Firmware.
- Update copyright text in all files to acknowledge contributors.
Change-Id: I9311aac81b00c6c167d2f8c889aea403b84450e5
This patch updates the user guide section about the memory layout.
- Explain the verifications that the linker scripts does on the
global memory layout.
- Refer to the new linker symbols.
- Describe the linker symbols exported to the trusted firmware code.
Change-Id: I033ab2b867e8b9776deb4185b9986bcb8218f286
A single binary can be compiled using a command such as:
make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-none-elf- bl1
Also make use of brackets consistent in the Makefile.
Change-Id: I2180fdb473411ef7cffe39670a7b2de82def812e
- Large RAM-disks may have trouble starting with 2GB of memory.
- Increase from 2GB to 4GB in FDT.
Change-Id: I12c1b8e5db41114b88c69c48621cb21247a6a6a7
Any asynchronous exception caused by the firmware should be handled
in the firmware itself. For this reason, unmask SError exceptions
(and Debug ones as well) on all boot paths. Also route external
abort and SError interrupts to EL3, otherwise they will target EL1.
Change-Id: I9c191d2d0dcfef85f265641c8460dfbb4d112092
Harry Liebel
Sandrine Bailleux
Vikram Kanigiri
Jeenu Viswambharan
Dan Handley
Achin Gupta
Ian Spray
Ryan Harkin
James Morrissey