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author | Achin Gupta <achin.gupta@arm.com> | 2015-02-02 17:31:42 +0000 |
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committer | Achin Gupta <achin.gupta@arm.com> | 2015-02-03 11:43:43 +0000 |
commit | 130ed88d977dd4ac802902031e661f9d9da42017 (patch) | |
tree | a6b98cbdde990bf1ba1b4cf62c168229ff1f87ae /docs/change-log.md | |
parent | 6a4932bd3ad8e94a444e3b8937b73200f19c1eea (diff) |
Documentation for version 1.1
Final updates to readme.md and change-log.md for ARM Trusted Firmware version
1.1. Also increment the version in the Makefile.
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diff --git a/docs/change-log.md b/docs/change-log.md index 62b375e9..c7b5508d 100644 --- a/docs/change-log.md +++ b/docs/change-log.md @@ -1,3 +1,170 @@ +ARM Trusted Firmware - version 1.1 +================================== + +New features +------------ + +* A prototype implementation of Trusted Board Boot has been added. Boot + loader images are verified by BL1 and BL2 during the cold boot path. BL1 and + BL2 use the PolarSSL SSL library to verify certificates and images. The + OpenSSL library is used to create the X.509 certificates. Support has been + added to `fip_create` tool to package the certificates in a FIP. + +* Support for calling CPU and platform specific reset handlers upon entry into + BL3-1 during the cold and warm boot paths has been added. This happens after + another Boot ROM `reset_handler()` has already run. This enables a developer + to perform additional actions or undo actions already performed during the + first call of the reset handlers e.g. apply additional errata workarounds. + +* Support has been added to demonstrate routing of IRQs to EL3 instead of + S-EL1 when execution is in secure world. + +* The PSCI implementation now conforms to version 1.0 of the PSCI + specification. All the mandatory APIs and selected optional APIs are + supported. In particular, support for the `PSCI_FEATURES` API has been + added. A capability variable is constructed during initialization by + examining the `plat_pm_ops` and `spd_pm_ops` exported by the platform and + the Secure Payload Dispatcher. This is used by the PSCI FEATURES function + to determine which PSCI APIs are supported by the platform. + +* Improvements have been made to the PSCI code as follows. + + * The code has been refactored to remove redundant parameters from + internal functions. + + * Changes have been made to the code for PSCI `CPU_SUSPEND`, `CPU_ON` and + `CPU_OFF` calls to facilitate an early return to the caller in case a + failure condition is detected. For example, a PSCI `CPU_SUSPEND` call + returns `SUCCESS` to the caller if a pending interrupt is detected early + in the code path. + + * Optional platform APIs have been added to validate the `power_state` and + `entrypoint` parameters early in PSCI `CPU_ON` and `CPU_SUSPEND` code + paths. + + * PSCI migrate APIs have been reworked to invoke the SPD hook to determine + the type of Trusted OS and the CPU it is resident on (if + applicable). Also, during a PSCI `MIGRATE` call, the SPD hook to migrate + the Trusted OS is invoked. + +* It is now possible to build Trusted Firmware without marking at least an + extra page of memory as coherent. The build flag `USE_COHERENT_MEM` can be + used to choose between the two implementations. This has been made possible + through these changes. + + * An implementation of Bakery locks, where the locks are not allocated in + coherent memory has been added. + + * Memory which was previously marked as coherent is now kept coherent + through the use of software cache maintenance operations. + + Approximately, 4K worth of memory is saved for each boot loader stage when + `USE_COHERENT_MEM=0`. Enabling this option increases the latencies + associated with acquire and release of locks. It also requires changes to + the platform ports. + +* It is now possible to specify the name of the FIP at build time by defining + the `FIP_NAME` variable. + +* Issues with depedencies on the 'fiptool' makefile target have been + rectified. The `fip_create` tool is now rebuilt whenever its source files + change. + +* The BL3-1 runtime console is now also used as the crash console. The crash + console is changed to SoC UART0 (UART2) from the previous FPGA UART0 (UART0) + on Juno. In FVP, it is changed from UART0 to UART1. + +* CPU errata workarounds are applied only when the revision and part number + match. This behaviour has been made consistent across the debug and release + builds. The debug build additionally prints a warning if a mismatch is + detected. + +* It is now possible to issue cache maintenance operations by set/way for a + particular level of data cache. Levels 1-3 are currently supported. + +* The following improvements have been made to the FVP port. + + * The build option `FVP_SHARED_DATA_LOCATION` which allowed relocation of + shared data into the Trusted DRAM has been deprecated. Shared data is + now always located at the base of Trusted SRAM. + + * BL2 Translation tables have been updated to map only the region of + DRAM which is accessible to normal world. This is the region of the 2GB + DDR-DRAM memory at 0x80000000 excluding the top 16MB. The top 16MB is + accessible to only the secure world. + + * BL3-2 can now reside in the top 16MB of DRAM which is accessible only to + the secure world. This can be done by setting the build flag + `FVP_TSP_RAM_LOCATION` to the value `dram`. + +* Separate transation tables are created for each boot loader image. The + `IMAGE_BLx` build options are used to do this. This allows each stage to + create mappings only for areas in the memory map that it needs. + +* A Secure Payload Dispatcher (OPTEED) for the OP-TEE Trusted OS has been + added. Details of using it with ARM Trusted Firmware can be found in + [OP-TEE Dispatcher] + + + +Issues resolved since last release +---------------------------------- + +* The Juno port has been aligned with the FVP port as follows. + + * Support for reclaiming all BL1 RW memory and BL2 memory by overlaying + the BL3-1/BL3-2 NOBITS sections on top of them has been added to the + Juno port. + + * The top 16MB of the 2GB DDR-DRAM memory at 0x80000000 is configured + using the TZC-400 controller to be accessible only to the secure world. + + * The ARM GIC driver is used to configure the GIC-400 instead of using a + GIC driver private to the Juno port. + + * PSCI `CPU_SUSPEND` calls that target a standby state are now supported. + + * The TZC-400 driver is used to configure the controller instead of direct + accesses to the registers. + +* The Linux kernel version referred to in the user guide has DVFS and HMP + support enabled. + +* DS-5 v5.19 did not detect Version 5.8 of the Cortex-A57-A53 Base FVPs in + CADI server mode. This issue is not seen with DS-5 v5.20 and Version 6.2 of + the Cortex-A57-A53 Base FVPs. + + +Known issues +------------ + +* The Trusted Board Boot implementation is a prototype. There are issues with + the modularity and scalability of the design. Support for a Trusted + Watchdog, firmware update mechanism, recovery images and Trusted debug is + absent. These issues will be addressed in future releases. + +* The FVP and Juno ports do not use the hash of the ROTPK stored in the + Trusted Key Storage registers to verify the ROTPK in the + `plat_match_rotpk()` function. This prevents the correct establishment of + the Chain of Trust at the first step in the Trusted Board Boot process. + +* The version of the AEMv8 Base FVP used in this release resets the model + instead of terminating its execution in response to a shutdown request using + the PSCI `SYSTEM_OFF` API. This issue will be fixed in a future version of + the model. + +* GICv3 support is experimental. There are known issues with GICv3 + initialization in the ARM Trusted Firmware. + +* While this version greatly reduces the on-chip RAM requirements, there are + further RAM usage enhancements that could be made. + +* The firmware design documentation for the Test Secure-EL1 Payload (TSP) and + its dispatcher (TSPD) is incomplete. Similarly for the PSCI section. + +* The Juno-specific firmware design documentation is incomplete. + + ARM Trusted Firmware - version 1.0 ================================== @@ -538,4 +705,6 @@ releases of the ARM Trusted Firmware. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -_Copyright (c) 2013-2014, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved._ +_Copyright (c) 2013-2015, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved._ + +[OP-TEE Dispatcher]: ./optee-dispatcher.md |