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diff --git a/docs/firmware-design.rst b/docs/firmware-design.rst index cc2fe118..f50890b1 100644 --- a/docs/firmware-design.rst +++ b/docs/firmware-design.rst @@ -8,22 +8,22 @@ ARM Trusted Firmware Design .. contents:: The ARM Trusted Firmware implements a subset of the Trusted Board Boot -Requirements (TBBR) Platform Design Document (PDD) [1] for ARM reference +Requirements (TBBR) Platform Design Document (PDD) [1]_ for ARM reference platforms. The TBB sequence starts when the platform is powered on and runs up to the stage where it hands-off control to firmware running in the normal world in DRAM. This is the cold boot path. The ARM Trusted Firmware also implements the Power State Coordination Interface -PDD [2] as a runtime service. PSCI is the interface from normal world software +PDD [2]_ as a runtime service. PSCI is the interface from normal world software to firmware implementing power management use-cases (for example, secondary CPU boot, hotplug and idle). Normal world software can access ARM Trusted Firmware runtime services via the ARM SMC (Secure Monitor Call) instruction. The SMC -instruction must be used as mandated by the SMC Calling Convention [3]. +instruction must be used as mandated by the SMC Calling Convention [3]_. The ARM Trusted Firmware implements a framework for configuring and managing interrupts generated in either security state. The details of the interrupt management framework and its design can be found in ARM Trusted Firmware -Interrupt Management Design guide [4]. +Interrupt Management Design guide [4]_. The ARM Trusted Firmware can be built to support either AArch64 or AArch32 execution state. @@ -2410,14 +2410,11 @@ kernel at boot time. These can be found in the ``fdts`` directory. References ---------- -#. Trusted Board Boot Requirements CLIENT PDD (ARM DEN 0006B-5). Available - under NDA through your ARM account representative. - -#. `Power State Coordination Interface PDD`_ - -#. `SMC Calling Convention PDD`_ - -#. `ARM Trusted Firmware Interrupt Management Design guide`_. +.. [#] Trusted Board Boot Requirements CLIENT PDD (ARM DEN 0006B-5). Available + under NDA through your ARM account representative. +.. [#] `Power State Coordination Interface PDD`_ +.. [#] `SMC Calling Convention PDD`_ +.. [#] `ARM Trusted Firmware Interrupt Management Design guide`_. -------------- |