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
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
The UART used to be initialised in bl1_platform_setup(). This is too
late because there are some calls to the assert() macro, which needs
to print some messages on the console, before that.
This patch moves the UART initialisation code to
bl1_early_platform_setup().
FixesARM-software/tf-issues#49
Change-Id: I98c83a803866372806d2a9c2e1ed80f2ef5b3bcc
This patch adds the ability to specify the base address of a UART
device for initialising the console. This allows a boot loader stage
to use a different UART device from UART0 (default) for the console.
Change-Id: Ie60b927389ae26085cfc90d22a564ff83ba62955
The Firmware Image Package (FIP) driver allows for data to be loaded
from a FIP on platform storage. The FVP supports loading bootloader
images from a FIP located in NOR FLASH.
The implemented FVP policy states that bootloader images will be
loaded from a FIP in NOR FLASH if available and fall back to loading
individual images from semi-hosting.
NOTE:
- BL3-3(e.g. UEFI) is loaded into DRAM and needs to be configured
to run from the BL33_BASE address. This is currently set to
DRAM_BASE+128MB for the FVP.
Change-Id: I2e4821748e3376b5f9e467cf3ec09509e43579a0
The modified implementation uses the IO abstraction rather than
making direct semi-hosting calls. The semi-hosting driver is now
registered for the FVP platform during initialisation of each boot
stage where it is used. Additionally, the FVP platform includes a
straightforward implementation of 'plat_get_image_source' which
provides a generic means for the 'load_image' function to determine
how to access the image data.
Change-Id: Ia34457b471dbee990c7b3c79de7aee4ceea51aa6
GIC setup code which used to be in bl31_plat_setup.c is now in fvp_gic.c
to simplify future changes to other bootloader stages. This patch moves
code from bl31_plat_setup.c to fvp_gic.c, simplifies the include file
list for bl31_plat_setup.c, moves GIC declarations from the bl31.h header
file into the platform.h, and reworks files according to coding style
guide.
Change-Id: I48d82a4ba33e7114dcc88f9ca98767a06cf8f417
Platform setup code has to reserve some memory for storing the
memory layout information. It is populated in early platform setup
code.
blx_get_sec_mem_layout() functions used to return a copy of this
structure. This patch modifies blx_get_sec_mem_layout() functions
so that they now directly return a pointer to their memory layout
structure. It ensures that the memory layout returned by
blx_get_sec_mem_layout() is always up-to-date and also avoids a
useless copy of the meminfo structure.
Also rename blx_get_sec_mem_layout() to blx_plat_sec_mem_layout()
to make it clear those functions are platform specific.
Change-Id: Ic7a6f9d6b6236b14865ab48a9f5eff545ce56551
- Add instructions for contributing to ARM Trusted Firmware.
- Update copyright text in all files to acknowledge contributors.
Change-Id: I9311aac81b00c6c167d2f8c889aea403b84450e5
This patch makes sure the C runtime environment is properly
initialised before executing any C code.
- Zero-initialise NOBITS sections (e.g. the bss section).
- Relocate BL1 data from ROM to RAM.
Change-Id: I0da81b417b2f0d1f7ef667cc5131b1e47e22571f
- Check at link-time that bootloader images will fit in memory
at run time and that they won't overlap each other.
- Remove text and rodata orphan sections.
- Define new linker symbols to remove the need for platform setup
code to know the order of sections.
- Reduce the size of the raw binary images by cutting some sections
out of the disk image and allocating them at load time, whenever
possible.
- Rework alignment constraints on sections.
- Remove unused linker symbols.
- Homogenize linker symbols names across all BLs.
- Add some comments in the linker scripts.
Change-Id: I47a328af0ccc7c8ab47fcc0dc6e7dd26160610b9
Global and static variables are expected to be initialised to zero
by default. This is specified by the C99 standard. This patch
removes some unnecessary initialisations of such variables.
It fixes a compilation warning at the same time:
plat/fvp/bl31_plat_setup.c:82:3: warning: missing braces around
initializer [-Wmissing-braces]
section("tzfw_coherent_mem"))) = {0};
^
plat/fvp/bl31_plat_setup.c:82:3: warning: (near initialization for
‘ns_entry_info[0]’) [-Wmissing-braces]
Note that GCC should not have emitted this warning message in the
first place. The C Standard permits braces to be elided around
subaggregate initializers. See this GCC bug report:
http://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=53119
Change-Id: I13cb0c344feb9803bca8819f976377741fa6bc35
Sandrine Bailleux
Jeenu Viswambharan
Achin Gupta
Harry Liebel
James Morrissey
Dan Handley
Ian Spray