| Booting Firmware Update images |
| ------------------------------ |
| |
| When Firmware Update (FWU) is enabled there are at least 2 new images |
| that have to be loaded, the Non-Secure FWU ROM (NS-BL1U), and the |
| FWU FIP. |
| |
| The additional fip images must be loaded with: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| --data cluster0.cpu0="<path_to>/ns_bl1u.bin"@0x0beb8000 [ns_bl1u_base_address] |
| --data cluster0.cpu0="<path_to>/fwu_fip.bin"@0x08400000 [ns_bl2u_base_address] |
| |
| The address ns_bl1u_base_address is the value of NS_BL1U_BASE. |
| In the same way, the address ns_bl2u_base_address is the value of |
| NS_BL2U_BASE. |
| |
| Booting an EL3 payload |
| ---------------------- |
| |
| The EL3 payloads boot flow requires the CPU's mailbox to be cleared at reset for |
| the secondary CPUs holding pen to work properly. Unfortunately, its reset value |
| is undefined on the FVP platform and the FVP platform code doesn't clear it. |
| Therefore, one must modify the way the model is normally invoked in order to |
| clear the mailbox at start-up. |
| |
| One way to do that is to create an 8-byte file containing all zero bytes using |
| the following command: |
| |
| .. code:: shell |
| |
| dd if=/dev/zero of=mailbox.dat bs=1 count=8 |
| |
| and pre-load it into the FVP memory at the mailbox address (i.e. ``0x04000000``) |
| using the following model parameters: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| --data cluster0.cpu0=mailbox.dat@0x04000000 [Base FVPs] |
| --data=mailbox.dat@0x04000000 [Foundation FVP] |
| |
| To provide the model with the EL3 payload image, the following methods may be |
| used: |
| |
| #. If the EL3 payload is able to execute in place, it may be programmed into |
| flash memory. On Base Cortex and AEM FVPs, the following model parameter |
| loads it at the base address of the NOR FLASH1 (the NOR FLASH0 is already |
| used for the FIP): |
| |
| :: |
| |
| -C bp.flashloader1.fname="<path-to>/<el3-payload>" |
| |
| On Foundation FVP, there is no flash loader component and the EL3 payload |
| may be programmed anywhere in flash using method 3 below. |
| |
| #. When using the ``SPIN_ON_BL1_EXIT=1`` loading method, the following DS-5 |
| command may be used to load the EL3 payload ELF image over JTAG: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| load <path-to>/el3-payload.elf |
| |
| #. The EL3 payload may be pre-loaded in volatile memory using the following |
| model parameters: |
| |
| :: |
| |
| --data cluster0.cpu0="<path-to>/el3-payload>"@address [Base FVPs] |
| --data="<path-to>/<el3-payload>"@address [Foundation FVP] |
| |
| The address provided to the FVP must match the ``EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE`` address |
| used when building TF-A. |
| |
| Booting a preloaded kernel image (Base FVP) |
| ------------------------------------------- |
| |
| The following example uses a simplified boot flow by directly jumping from the |
| TF-A to the Linux kernel, which will use a ramdisk as filesystem. This can be |
| useful if both the kernel and the device tree blob (DTB) are already present in |
| memory (like in FVP). |
| |
| For example, if the kernel is loaded at ``0x80080000`` and the DTB is loaded at |
| address ``0x82000000``, the firmware can be built like this: |
| |
| .. code:: shell |
| |
| CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-none-elf- \ |
| make PLAT=fvp DEBUG=1 \ |
| RESET_TO_BL31=1 \ |
| ARM_LINUX_KERNEL_AS_BL33=1 \ |
| PRELOADED_BL33_BASE=0x80080000 \ |
| ARM_PRELOADED_DTB_BASE=0x82000000 \ |
| all fip |
| |
| Now, it is needed to modify the DTB so that the kernel knows the address of the |
| ramdisk. The following script generates a patched DTB from the provided one, |
| assuming that the ramdisk is loaded at address ``0x84000000``. Note that this |
| script assumes that the user is using a ramdisk image prepared for U-Boot, like |
| the ones provided by Linaro. If using a ramdisk without this header,the ``0x40`` |
| offset in ``INITRD_START`` has to be removed. |
| |
| .. code:: bash |
| |
| #!/bin/bash |
| |
| # Path to the input DTB |
| KERNEL_DTB=<path-to>/<fdt> |
| # Path to the output DTB |
| PATCHED_KERNEL_DTB=<path-to>/<patched-fdt> |
| # Base address of the ramdisk |
| INITRD_BASE=0x84000000 |
| # Path to the ramdisk |
| INITRD=<path-to>/<ramdisk.img> |
| |
| # Skip uboot header (64 bytes) |
| INITRD_START=$(printf "0x%x" $((${INITRD_BASE} + 0x40)) ) |
| INITRD_SIZE=$(stat -Lc %s ${INITRD}) |
| INITRD_END=$(printf "0x%x" $((${INITRD_BASE} + ${INITRD_SIZE})) ) |
| |
| CHOSEN_NODE=$(echo \ |
| "/ { \ |
| chosen { \ |
| linux,initrd-start = <${INITRD_START}>; \ |
| linux,initrd-end = <${INITRD_END}>; \ |
| }; \ |
| };") |
| |
| echo $(dtc -O dts -I dtb ${KERNEL_DTB}) ${CHOSEN_NODE} | \ |
| dtc -O dtb -o ${PATCHED_KERNEL_DTB} - |
| |
| And the FVP binary can be run with the following command: |
| |
| .. code:: shell |
| |
| <path-to>/FVP_Base_AEMv8A-AEMv8A \ |
| -C pctl.startup=0.0.0.0 \ |
| -C bp.secure_memory=1 \ |
| -C cluster0.NUM_CORES=4 \ |
| -C cluster1.NUM_CORES=4 \ |
| -C cache_state_modelled=1 \ |
| -C cluster0.cpu0.RVBAR=0x04001000 \ |
| -C cluster0.cpu1.RVBAR=0x04001000 \ |
| -C cluster0.cpu2.RVBAR=0x04001000 \ |
| -C cluster0.cpu3.RVBAR=0x04001000 \ |
| -C cluster1.cpu0.RVBAR=0x04001000 \ |
| -C cluster1.cpu1.RVBAR=0x04001000 \ |
| -C cluster1.cpu2.RVBAR=0x04001000 \ |
| -C cluster1.cpu3.RVBAR=0x04001000 \ |
| --data cluster0.cpu0="<path-to>/bl31.bin"@0x04001000 \ |
| --data cluster0.cpu0="<path-to>/<patched-fdt>"@0x82000000 \ |
| --data cluster0.cpu0="<path-to>/<kernel-binary>"@0x80080000 \ |
| --data cluster0.cpu0="<path-to>/<ramdisk.img>"@0x84000000 |
| |
| Obtaining the Flattened Device Trees |
| ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ |
| |
| Depending on the FVP configuration and Linux configuration used, different |
| FDT files are required. FDT source files for the Foundation and Base FVPs can |
| be found in the TF-A source directory under ``fdts/``. The Foundation FVP has |
| a subset of the Base FVP components. For example, the Foundation FVP lacks |
| CLCD and MMC support, and has only one CPU cluster. |
| |
| .. note:: |
| It is not recommended to use the FDTs built along the kernel because not |
| all FDTs are available from there. |
| |
| The dynamic configuration capability is enabled in the firmware for FVPs. |
| This means that the firmware can authenticate and load the FDT if present in |
| FIP. A default FDT is packaged into FIP during the build based on |
| the build configuration. This can be overridden by using the ``FVP_HW_CONFIG`` |
| or ``FVP_HW_CONFIG_DTS`` build options (refer to |
| :ref:`build_options_arm_fvp_platform` for details on the options). |
| |
| - ``fvp-base-gicv2-psci.dts`` |
| |
| For use with models such as the Cortex-A57-A53 or Cortex-A32 Base FVPs |
| without shifted affinities and with Base memory map configuration. |
| |
| - ``fvp-base-gicv3-psci.dts`` |
| |
| For use with models such as the Cortex-A57-A53 or Cortex-A32 Base FVPs |
| without shifted affinities and with Base memory map configuration and |
| Linux GICv3 support. |
| |
| - ``fvp-base-gicv3-psci-1t.dts`` |
| |
| For use with models such as the AEMv8-RevC Base FVP with shifted affinities, |
| single threaded CPUs, Base memory map configuration and Linux GICv3 support. |
| |
| - ``fvp-base-gicv3-psci-dynamiq.dts`` |
| |
| For use with models as the Cortex-A55-A75 Base FVPs with shifted affinities, |
| single cluster, single threaded CPUs, Base memory map configuration and Linux |
| GICv3 support. |
| |
| - ``fvp-foundation-gicv2-psci.dts`` |
| |
| For use with Foundation FVP with Base memory map configuration. |
| |
| - ``fvp-foundation-gicv3-psci.dts`` |
| |
| (Default) For use with Foundation FVP with Base memory map configuration |
| and Linux GICv3 support. |
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