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Soby Mathew cf0b1492ed Introduce PSCI Library Interface
This patch introduces the PSCI Library interface. The major changes
introduced are as follows:

* Earlier BL31 was responsible for Architectural initialization during cold
boot via bl31_arch_setup() whereas PSCI was responsible for the same during
warm boot. This functionality is now consolidated by the PSCI library
and it does Architectural initialization via psci_arch_setup() during both
cold and warm boots.

* Earlier the warm boot entry point was always `psci_entrypoint()`. This was
not flexible enough as a library interface. Now PSCI expects the runtime
firmware to provide the entry point via `psci_setup()`. A new function
`bl31_warm_entrypoint` is introduced in BL31 and the previous
`psci_entrypoint()` is deprecated.

* The `smc_helpers.h` is reorganized to separate the SMC Calling Convention
defines from the Trusted Firmware SMC helpers. The former is now in a new
header file `smcc.h` and the SMC helpers are moved to Architecture specific
header.

* The CPU context is used by PSCI for context initialization and
restoration after power down (PSCI Context). It is also used by BL31 for SMC
handling and context management during Normal-Secure world switch (SMC
Context). The `psci_smc_handler()` interface is redefined to not use SMC
helper macros thus enabling to decouple the PSCI context from EL3 runtime
firmware SMC context. This enables PSCI to be integrated with other runtime
firmware using a different SMC context.

NOTE: With this patch the architectural setup done in `bl31_arch_setup()`
is done as part of `psci_setup()` and hence `bl31_platform_setup()` will be
invoked prior to architectural setup. It is highly unlikely that the platform
setup will depend on architectural setup and cause any failure. Please be
be aware of this change in sequence.

Change-Id: I7f497a08d33be234bbb822c28146250cb20dab73
2016-07-19 10:19:01 +01:00
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diagrams Initialize secondary CPUs during cold boot 2016-03-07 09:23:38 +00:00
plat Merge pull request #651 from Xilinx/zynqmp_uart 2016-07-04 18:05:15 +01:00
spd Tegra: retrieve BL32's bootargs from bl32_ep_info 2015-07-31 10:26:22 +05:30
auth-framework.md Remove dashes from image names: 'BL3-x' --> 'BL3x' 2015-12-14 12:31:37 +00:00
change-log.md Update `change-log.md` for v1.2 release 2015-12-21 18:17:12 +00:00
cpu-specific-build-macros.md Doc: Add links to the A53/A57 Errata Notice documents 2016-04-21 13:00:28 +01:00
firmware-design.md Introduce `el3_runtime` and `PSCI` libraries 2016-07-18 17:52:15 +01:00
firmware-update.md Documentation: Fix broken links in ToCs 2016-01-12 11:19:39 +00:00
interrupt-framework-design.md Documentation: Fix broken links in ToCs 2016-01-12 11:19:39 +00:00
platform-migration-guide.md Remove dashes from image names: 'BL3-x' --> 'BL3x' 2015-12-14 12:31:37 +00:00
porting-guide.md Rework type usage in Trusted Firmware 2016-07-18 17:52:15 +01:00
psci-pd-tree.md Rework type usage in Trusted Firmware 2016-07-18 17:52:15 +01:00
reset-design.md Introduce the ARM TF reset design document 2015-12-15 15:14:43 +00:00
rt-svc-writers-guide.md Introduce PSCI Library Interface 2016-07-19 10:19:01 +01:00
trusted-board-boot.md FWU: Add documentation for Firmware Update feature 2015-12-17 16:39:37 +00:00
user-guide.md Add optional PSCI STAT residency & count functions 2016-06-16 08:55:00 +01:00