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author | Paul Beesley <paul.beesley@arm.com> | 2019-10-09 13:51:22 +0000 |
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committer | TrustedFirmware Code Review <review@review.trustedfirmware.org> | 2019-10-09 13:51:22 +0000 |
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@@ -1,309 +1,35 @@ -Trusted Firmware-A - version 2.1 -================================ +Trusted Firmware-A +================== -.. section-numbering:: - :suffix: . +Trusted Firmware-A is a reference implementation of secure world software for +`Arm A-Profile architectures`_ (Armv8-A and Armv7-A), including an +Exception Level 3 (EL3)`Secure Monitor`_. It provides a suitable starting point +for productization of secure world boot and runtime firmware, in either the +|AArch32| or |AArch64| execution states. -.. contents:: +|TF-A| implements Arm interface standards, including: -Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A) provides a reference implementation of secure world -software for `Armv7-A and Armv8-A`_, including a `Secure Monitor`_ executing -at Exception Level 3 (EL3). It implements various Arm interface standards, -such as: - -- The `Power State Coordination Interface (PSCI)`_ +- `Power State Coordination Interface (PSCI)`_ - `Trusted Board Boot Requirements CLIENT (TBBR-CLIENT)`_ - `SMC Calling Convention`_ - `System Control and Management Interface (SCMI)`_ - `Software Delegated Exception Interface (SDEI)`_ -Where possible, the code is designed for reuse or porting to other Armv7-A and -Armv8-A model and hardware platforms. +The code is designed to be portable and reusable across hardware platforms and +software models that are based on the Armv8-A and Armv7-A architectures. -This release provides a suitable starting point for productization of secure -world boot and runtime firmware, in either the AArch32 or AArch64 execution -states. +In collaboration with interested parties, we will continue to enhance |TF-A| +with reference implementations of Arm standards to benefit developers working +with Armv7-A and Armv8-A TrustZone technology. Users are encouraged to do their own security validation, including penetration testing, on any secure world code derived from TF-A. -Arm will continue development in collaboration with interested parties to -provide a full reference implementation of Secure Monitor code and Arm standards -to the benefit of all developers working with Armv7-A and Armv8-A TrustZone -technology. - -Documentation contents ----------------------- - -The `Trusted Firmware-A Documentation Contents`_ page contains an overview of -the documentation that is available, with links to facilitate easier browsing. - -License -------- - -The software is provided under a BSD-3-Clause `license`_. Contributions to this -project are accepted under the same license with developer sign-off as -described in the `Contributing Guidelines`_. - -This project contains code from other projects as listed below. The original -license text is included in those source files. - -- The libc source code is derived from `FreeBSD`_ and `SCC`_. FreeBSD uses - various BSD licenses, including BSD-3-Clause and BSD-2-Clause. The SCC code - is used under the BSD-3-Clause license with the author's permission. - -- The libfdt source code is disjunctively dual licensed - (GPL-2.0+ OR BSD-2-Clause). It is used by this project under the terms of - the BSD-2-Clause license. Any contributions to this code must be made under - the terms of both licenses. - -- The LLVM compiler-rt source code is disjunctively dual licensed - (NCSA OR MIT). It is used by this project under the terms of the NCSA - license (also known as the University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License), - which is a permissive license compatible with BSD-3-Clause. Any - contributions to this code must be made under the terms of both licenses. - -- The zlib source code is licensed under the Zlib license, which is a - permissive license compatible with BSD-3-Clause. - -- Some STMicroelectronics platform source code is disjunctively dual licensed - (GPL-2.0+ OR BSD-3-Clause). It is used by this project under the terms of the - BSD-3-Clause license. Any contributions to this code must be made under the - terms of both licenses. - -Functionality -------------- - -- Initialization of the secure world, for example exception vectors, control - registers and interrupts for the platform. - -- Library support for CPU specific reset and power down sequences. This - includes support for errata workarounds and the latest Arm DynamIQ CPUs. - -- Drivers to enable standard initialization of Arm System IP, for example - Generic Interrupt Controller (GIC), Cache Coherent Interconnect (CCI), - Cache Coherent Network (CCN), Network Interconnect (NIC) and TrustZone - Controller (TZC). - -- A generic `SCMI`_ driver to interface with conforming power controllers, for - example the Arm System Control Processor (SCP). - -- SMC (Secure Monitor Call) handling, conforming to the `SMC Calling - Convention`_ using an EL3 runtime services framework. - -- `PSCI`_ library support for CPU, cluster and system power management - use-cases. - This library is pre-integrated with the AArch64 EL3 Runtime Software, and - is also suitable for integration with other AArch32 EL3 Runtime Software, - for example an AArch32 Secure OS. - -- A minimal AArch32 Secure Payload (SP\_MIN) to demonstrate `PSCI`_ library - integration with AArch32 EL3 Runtime Software. - -- Secure Monitor library code such as world switching, EL1 context management - and interrupt routing. - When a Secure-EL1 Payload (SP) is present, for example a Secure OS, the - AArch64 EL3 Runtime Software must be integrated with a Secure Payload - Dispatcher (SPD) component to customize the interaction with the SP. - -- A Test SP and SPD to demonstrate AArch64 Secure Monitor functionality and SP - interaction with PSCI. - -- SPDs for the `OP-TEE Secure OS`_, `NVIDIA Trusted Little Kernel`_ - and `Trusty Secure OS`_. - -- A Trusted Board Boot implementation, conforming to all mandatory TBBR - requirements. This includes image authentication, Firmware Update (or - recovery mode), and packaging of the various firmware images into a - Firmware Image Package (FIP). - -- Pre-integration of TBB with the Arm CryptoCell product, to take advantage of - its hardware Root of Trust and crypto acceleration services. - -- Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) functionality, including - - - A Secure Partition Manager (SPM) to manage Secure Partitions in - Secure-EL0, which can be used to implement simple management and - security services. - - - An SDEI dispatcher to route interrupt-based SDEI events. - - - An Exception Handling Framework (EHF) that allows dispatching of EL3 - interrupts to their registered handlers, to facilitate firmware-first - error handling. - -- A dynamic configuration framework that enables each of the firmware images - to be configured at runtime if required by the platform. It also enables - loading of a hardware configuration (for example, a kernel device tree) - as part of the FIP, to be passed through the firmware stages. - -- Support for alternative boot flows, for example to support platforms where - the EL3 Runtime Software is loaded using other firmware or a separate - secure system processor, or where a non-TF-A ROM expects BL2 to be loaded - at EL3. - -- Support for the GCC, LLVM and Arm Compiler 6 toolchains. - -- Support for combining several libraries into a "romlib" image that may be - shared across images to reduce memory footprint. The romlib image is stored - in ROM but is accessed through a jump-table that may be stored - in read-write memory, allowing for the library code to be patched. - -- A prototype implementation of a Secure Partition Manager (SPM) that is based - on the SPCI Alpha 1 and SPRT draft specifications. - -- Support for ARMv8.3 pointer authentication in the normal and secure worlds. - The use of pointer authentication in the normal world is enabled whenever - architectural support is available, without the need for additional build - flags. Use of pointer authentication in the secure world remains an - experimental configuration at this time and requires the - ``BRANCH_PROTECTION`` option to be set to non-zero. - -- Position-Independent Executable (PIE) support. Initially for BL31 only, with - further support to be added in a future release. - -For a full description of functionality and implementation details, please -see the `Firmware Design`_ and supporting documentation. The `Change Log`_ -provides details of changes made since the last release. - -Platforms +Read More --------- -Various AArch32 and AArch64 builds of this release have been tested on r0, r1 -and r2 variants of the `Juno Arm Development Platform`_. - -The latest version of the AArch64 build of TF-A has been tested on the following -Arm FVPs without shifted affinities, and that do not support threaded CPU cores -(64-bit host machine only). - -The FVP models used are Version 11.6 Build 45, unless otherwise stated. - -- ``FVP_Base_AEMv8A-AEMv8A`` -- ``FVP_Base_AEMv8A-AEMv8A-AEMv8A-AEMv8A-CCN502`` -- ``FVP_Base_RevC-2xAEMv8A`` -- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A32x4`` -- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A35x4`` -- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A53x4`` -- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A55x4+Cortex-A75x4`` -- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A55x4`` -- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A57x1-A53x1`` -- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A57x2-A53x4`` -- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A57x4-A53x4`` -- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A57x4`` -- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A72x4-A53x4`` -- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A72x4`` -- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A73x4-A53x4`` -- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A73x4`` -- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A75x4`` -- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A76x4`` -- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A76AEx4`` -- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A76AEx8`` -- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A77x4`` (Version 11.7 build 36) -- ``FVP_Base_Neoverse-N1x4`` -- ``FVP_CSS_SGI-575`` (Version 11.3 build 42) -- ``FVP_CSS_SGM-775`` (Version 11.3 build 42) -- ``FVP_RD_E1Edge`` (Version 11.3 build 42) -- ``FVP_RD_N1Edge`` -- ``Foundation_Platform`` - -The latest version of the AArch32 build of TF-A has been tested on the following -Arm FVPs without shifted affinities, and that do not support threaded CPU cores -(64-bit host machine only). - -- ``FVP_Base_AEMv8A-AEMv8A`` -- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A32x4`` - -NOTE: The ``FVP_Base_RevC-2xAEMv8A`` FVP only supports shifted affinities. - -The Foundation FVP can be downloaded free of charge. The Base FVPs can be -licensed from Arm. See the `Arm FVP website`_. - -All the above platforms have been tested with `Linaro Release 18.04`_. - -This release also contains the following platform support: - -- Allwinner sun50i (A64, H5, and H6) SoCs -- Amlogic Meson S905 (GXBB) -- Amlogic Meson S905x (GXL) -- Arm Juno Software Development Platform -- Arm Neoverse N1 System Development Platform (N1SDP) -- Arm Neoverse Reference Design N1 Edge (RD-N1-Edge) FVP -- Arm Neoverse Reference Design E1 Edge (RD-E1-Edge) FVP -- Arm SGI-575 and SGM-775 -- Arm Versatile Express FVP -- HiKey, HiKey960 and Poplar boards -- Intel Stratix 10 SoC FPGA -- Marvell Armada 3700 and 8K -- MediaTek MT6795 and MT8173 SoCs -- NVIDIA T132, T186 and T210 SoCs -- NXP QorIQ LS1043A, i.MX8MM, i.MX8MQ, i.MX8QX, i.MX8QM and i.MX7Solo WaRP7 -- QEMU -- Raspberry Pi 3 -- Renesas R-Car Generation 3 -- RockChip RK3328, RK3368 and RK3399 SoCs -- Socionext UniPhier SoC family and SynQuacer SC2A11 SoCs -- STMicroelectronics STM32MP1 -- Texas Instruments K3 SoCs -- Xilinx Versal and Zynq UltraScale + MPSoC - -Still to come -------------- - -- Support for additional platforms. - -- Refinements to Position Independent Executable (PIE) support. - -- Refinements to the SPCI-based SPM implementation as the draft SPCI and SPRT - specifications continue to evolve. - -- Documentation enhancements. - -- Ongoing support for new architectural features, CPUs and System IP. - -- Ongoing support for new Arm system architecture specifications. - -- Ongoing security hardening, optimization and quality improvements. - -For a full list of detailed issues in the current code, please see the `Change -Log`_ and the `issue tracker`_. - -Getting started ---------------- - -See the `User Guide`_ for instructions on how to download, install, build and -use TF-A with the Arm `FVP`_\ s. - -See the `Firmware Design`_ for information on how TF-A works. - -See the `Porting Guide`_ as well for information about how to use this -software on another Armv7-A or Armv8-A platform. - -See the `Contributing Guidelines`_ for information on how to contribute to this -project and the `Acknowledgments`_ file for a list of contributors to the -project. - -Contact us -~~~~~~~~~~ - -We welcome any feedback on TF-A. If you think you have found a security -vulnerability, please report this using the process defined in the TF-A -`Security Center`_. For all other feedback, you can use either the -`issue tracker`_ or our `mailing list`_. - -Arm licensees may contact Arm directly via their partner managers. - -Security advisories -------------------- - -- `Security Advisory TFV-1`_ -- `Security Advisory TFV-2`_ -- `Security Advisory TFV-3`_ -- `Security Advisory TFV-4`_ -- `Security Advisory TFV-5`_ -- `Security Advisory TFV-6`_ -- `Security Advisory TFV-7`_ -- `Security Advisory TFV-8`_ - +To find out more about Trusted Firmware-A, please `view the full documentation`_ +that is available through `trustedfirmware.org`_. -------------- @@ -319,32 +45,7 @@ Security advisories .. _SCMI: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0056a/DEN0056A_System_Control_and_Management_Interface.pdf .. _Software Delegated Exception Interface (SDEI): SDEI_ .. _SDEI: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0054a/ARM_DEN0054A_Software_Delegated_Exception_Interface.pdf -.. _Juno Arm Development Platform: http://www.arm.com/products/tools/development-boards/versatile-express/juno-arm-development-platform.php -.. _Arm FVP website: FVP_ -.. _FVP: https://developer.arm.com/products/system-design/fixed-virtual-platforms -.. _Linaro Release 18.04: https://community.arm.com/dev-platforms/b/documents/posts/linaro-release-notes-deprecated#LinaroRelease18.04 -.. _OP-TEE Secure OS: https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os -.. _NVIDIA Trusted Little Kernel: http://nv-tegra.nvidia.com/gitweb/?p=3rdparty/ote_partner/tlk.git;a=summary -.. _Trusty Secure OS: https://source.android.com/security/trusty -.. _trustedfirmware.org: https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a.git -.. _issue tracker: https://developer.trustedfirmware.org/project/board/1/ -.. _mailing list: https://lists.trustedfirmware.org/mailman/listinfo/tf-a -.. _Security Center: ./docs/process/security.rst -.. _license: ./license.rst -.. _Contributing Guidelines: ./docs/process/contributing.rst -.. _Acknowledgments: ./docs/acknowledgements.rst -.. _Firmware Design: ./docs/design/firmware-design.rst -.. _Change Log: ./docs/change-log.rst -.. _User Guide: ./docs/getting_started/user-guide.rst -.. _Porting Guide: ./docs/getting_started/porting-guide.rst -.. _FreeBSD: http://www.freebsd.org -.. _SCC: http://www.simple-cc.org/ -.. _Security Advisory TFV-1: ./docs/security_advisories/security-advisory-tfv-1.rst -.. _Security Advisory TFV-2: ./docs/security_advisories/security-advisory-tfv-2.rst -.. _Security Advisory TFV-3: ./docs/security_advisories/security-advisory-tfv-3.rst -.. _Security Advisory TFV-4: ./docs/security_advisories/security-advisory-tfv-4.rst -.. _Security Advisory TFV-5: ./docs/security_advisories/security-advisory-tfv-5.rst -.. _Security Advisory TFV-6: ./docs/security_advisories/security-advisory-tfv-6.rst -.. _Security Advisory TFV-7: ./docs/security_advisories/security-advisory-tfv-7.rst -.. _Security Advisory TFV-8: ./docs/security_advisories/security-advisory-tfv-8.rst -.. _Trusted Firmware-A Documentation Contents: ./docs/contents.rst +.. _Arm A-Profile architectures: https://developer.arm.com/architectures/cpu-architecture/a-profile +.. _view the full documentation: https://www.trustedfirmware.org/docs/tf-a +.. _trustedfirmware.org: http://www.trustedfirmware.org + |