Glossary ======== This glossary provides definitions for terms and abbreviations used in the TF-A documentation. You can find additional definitions in the `Arm Glossary`_. .. glossary:: :sorted: AArch32 32-bit execution state of the ARMv8 ISA AArch64 64-bit execution state of the ARMv8 ISA API Application Programming Interface CoT COT Chain of Trust CSS Compute Sub-System CVE Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures. A CVE document is commonly used to describe a publicly-known security vulnerability. DS-5 Arm Development Studio 5 DT Device Tree EL Exception Level EHF Exception Handling Framework FDT Flattened Device Tree FIP Firmware Image Package FVP Fixed Virtual Platform FWU FirmWare Update GIC Generic Interrupt Controller ISA Instruction Set Architecture Linaro A collaborative engineering organization consolidating and optimizing open source software and tools for the Arm architecture. MMU Memory Management Unit MPAM Memory Partitioning And Monitoring. An optional Armv8.4 extension. MPIDR Multiprocessor Affinity Register OEN Owning Entity Number OP-TEE Open Portable Trusted Execution Environment. An example of a :term:`TEE` OTE Open-source Trusted Execution Environment PDD Platform Design Document PMF Performance Measurement Framework PSCI Power State Coordination Interface RAS Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability extensions. A mandatory extension for the Armv8.2 architecture and later. An optional extension to the base Armv8 architecture. ROT Root of Trust SCMI System Control and Management Interface SCP System Control Processor SDEI Software Delegated Exception Interface SDS Shared Data Storage SEA Synchronous External Abort SiP SIP Silicon Provider SMC Secure Monitor Call SMCCC :term:`SMC` Calling Convention SoC System on Chip SP Secure Partition SPD Secure Payload Dispatcher SPM Secure Partition Manager SVE Scalable Vector Extension TBB Trusted Board Boot TBBR Trusted Board Boot Requirements TEE Trusted Execution Environment TF-A Trusted Firmware-A TF-M Trusted Firmware-M TLB Translation Lookaside Buffer TLK Trusted Little Kernel. A Trusted OS from NVIDIA. TSP Test Secure Payload TZC TrustZone Controller UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface WDOG Watchdog XLAT Translation (abbr.). For example, "XLAT table". .. _`Arm Glossary`: https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-glossary