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ARM Trusted Firmware - version 1.2
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==================================
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New features
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* The Trusted Board Boot implementation on ARM platforms now conforms to the
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mandatory requirements of the TBBR specification.
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In particular, the boot process is now guarded by a Trusted Watchdog, which
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will reset the system in case of an authentication or loading error. On ARM
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platforms, a secure instance of ARM SP805 is used as the Trusted Watchdog.
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Also, a firmware update process has been implemented. It enables
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authenticated firmware to update firmware images from external interfaces to
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SoC Non-Volatile memories. This feature functions even when the current
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firmware in the system is corrupt or missing; it therefore may be used as
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a recovery mode.
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* Improvements have been made to the Certificate Generation Tool
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(`cert_create`) as follows.
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* Added support for the Firmware Update process by extending the Chain
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of Trust definition in the tool to include the Firmware Update
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certificate and the required extensions.
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* Introduced a new API that allows one to specify command line options in
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the Chain of Trust description. This makes the declaration of the tool's
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arguments more flexible and easier to extend.
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* The tool has been reworked to follow a data driven approach, which
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makes it easier to maintain and extend.
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* Extended the FIP tool (`fip_create`) to support the new set of images
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involved in the Firmware Update process.
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* Various memory footprint improvements. In particular:
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* The bakery lock structure for coherent memory has been optimised.
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* The mbed TLS SHA1 functions are not needed, as SHA256 is used to
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generate the certificate signature. Therefore, they have been compiled
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out, reducing the memory footprint of BL1 and BL2 by approximately
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6 KB.
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* On ARM development platforms, each BL stage now individually defines
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the number of regions that it needs to map in the MMU.
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* Added the following new design documents:
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* [Authentication framework]
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* [Firmware Update]
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* [TF Reset Design]
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* [Power Domain Topology Design]
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* Applied the new image terminology to the code base and documentation, as
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described on the [TF wiki on GitHub][TF Image Terminology].
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* The build system has been reworked to improve readability and facilitate
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adding future extensions.
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* On ARM standard platforms, BL31 uses the boot console during cold boot
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but switches to the runtime console for any later logs at runtime. The TSP
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uses the runtime console for all output.
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* Implemented a basic NOR flash driver for ARM platforms. It programs the
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device using CFI (Common Flash Interface) standard commands.
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* Implemented support for booting EL3 payloads on ARM platforms, which
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reduces the complexity of developing EL3 baremetal code by doing essential
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baremetal initialization.
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* Provided separate drivers for GICv3 and GICv2. These expect the entire
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software stack to use either GICv2 or GICv3; hybrid GIC software systems
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are no longer supported and the legacy ARM GIC driver has been deprecated.
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* Added support for Juno r1 and r2. A single set of Juno TF binaries can run
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on Juno r0, r1 and r2 boards. Note that this TF version depends on a Linaro
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release that does *not* contain Juno r2 support.
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* Added support for MediaTek mt8173 platform.
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* Implemented a generic driver for ARM CCN IP.
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* Major rework of the PSCI implementation.
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* Added framework to handle composite power states.
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* Decoupled the notions of affinity instances (which describes the
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hierarchical arrangement of cores) and of power domain topology, instead
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of assuming a one-to-one mapping.
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* Better alignment with version 1.0 of the PSCI specification.
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* Added support for the SYSTEM_SUSPEND PSCI API on ARM platforms. When invoked
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on the last running core on a supported platform, this puts the system
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into a low power mode with memory retention.
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* Unified the reset handling code as much as possible across BL stages.
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Also introduced some build options to enable optimization of the reset path
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on platforms that support it.
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* Added a simple delay timer API, as well as an SP804 timer driver, which is
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enabled on FVP.
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* Added support for NVidia Tegra T210 and T132 SoCs.
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* Reorganised ARM platforms ports to greatly improve code shareability and
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facilitate the reuse of some of this code by other platforms.
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* Added support for ARM Cortex-A72 processor in the CPU specific framework.
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* Provided better error handling. Platform ports can now define their own
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error handling, for example to perform platform specific bookkeeping or
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post-error actions.
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* Implemented a unified driver for ARM Cache Coherent Interconnects used for
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both CCI-400 & CCI-500 IPs. ARM platforms ports have been migrated to this
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common driver. The standalone CCI-400 driver has been deprecated.
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Issues resolved since last release
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----------------------------------
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* The Trusted Board Boot implementation has been redesigned to provide greater
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modularity and scalability. See the [Authentication Framework] document.
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All missing mandatory features are now implemented.
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* The FVP and Juno ports may now use the hash of the ROTPK stored in the
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Trusted Key Storage registers to verify the ROTPK. Alternatively, a
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development public key hash embedded in the BL1 and BL2 binaries might be
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used instead. The location of the ROTPK is chosen at build-time using the
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`ARM_ROTPK_LOCATION` build option.
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* GICv3 is now fully supported and stable.
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Known issues
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* The version of the AEMv8 Base FVP used in this release resets the model
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instead of terminating its execution in response to a shutdown request using
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the PSCI `SYSTEM_OFF` API. This issue will be fixed in a future version of
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the model.
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* While this version has low on-chip RAM requirements, there are further
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RAM usage enhancements that could be made.
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* The upstream documentation could be improved for structural consistency,
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clarity and completeness. In particular, the design documentation is
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incomplete for PSCI, the TSP(D) and the Juno platform.
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* Building TF with compiler optimisations disabled (`-O0`) fails.
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ARM Trusted Firmware - version 1.1
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==================================
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@ -707,4 +862,9 @@ releases of the ARM Trusted Firmware.
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_Copyright (c) 2013-2015, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved._
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[OP-TEE Dispatcher]: ./optee-dispatcher.md
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[OP-TEE Dispatcher]: optee-dispatcher.md
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[Power Domain Topology Design]: psci-pd-tree.md
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[TF Image Terminology]: https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware/wiki/Trusted-Firmware-Image-Terminology
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[Authentication Framework]: auth-framework.md
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[Firmware Update]: firmware-update.md
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[TF Reset Design]: reset-design.md
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