| ARM Trusted Firmware - version 1.4 |
| ================================== |
| |
| ARM Trusted Firmware provides a reference implementation of secure world |
| software for `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)`_ |
| - Trusted Board Boot Requirements (TBBR, ARM DEN0006C-1) |
| - `SMC Calling Convention`_ |
| - `System Control and Management Interface`_ |
| |
| As far as possible the code is designed for reuse or porting to other ARMv8-A |
| model and hardware platforms. |
| |
| 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 ARMv8-A TrustZone technology. |
| |
| 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 stdlib source code is derived from FreeBSD code, which uses various |
| BSD licenses, including BSD-3-Clause and BSD-2-Clause. |
| |
| - The libfdt source code is dual licensed. It is used by this project under |
| the terms of the BSD-2-Clause license. |
| |
| - The LLVM compiler-rt source code is dual licensed. It is used by this |
| project under the terms of the NCSA license (also known as the University of |
| Illinois/NCSA Open Source License). |
| |
| This Release |
| ------------ |
| |
| This release provides a suitable starting point for productization of secure |
| world boot and runtime firmware, in either the AArch32 or AArch64 execution |
| state. |
| |
| Users are encouraged to do their own security validation, including penetration |
| testing, on any secure world code derived from ARM Trusted Firmware. |
| |
| 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 dispatcher component |
| (SPD) to customize the interaction with the SP. |
| |
| - A Test SP/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 TrustZone CryptoCell product, to take |
| advantage of its hardware Root of Trust and crypto acceleration services. |
| |
| - 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. |
| |
| - Support for the GCC, LLVM and ARM Compiler 6 toolchains. |
| |
| 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 |
| ~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| Various AArch32 and AArch64 builds of this release has been tested on variants |
| r0, r1 and r2 of the `Juno ARM Development Platform`_. |
| |
| Various AArch64 builds of this release have been tested on the following ARM |
| `FVP`_\ s (64-bit host machine only): |
| |
| NOTE: Unless otherwise stated, the FVP Version is 11.0, Build 11.0.34. |
| |
| - ``Foundation_Platform`` |
| - ``FVP_Base_AEMv8A-AEMv8A`` (Version 8.5, Build 0.8.8502) |
| - ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A35x4`` |
| - ``FVP_Base_Cortex-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_CSS_SGM-775`` (Version 11.0, Build 11.0.36) |
| |
| Various AArch32 builds of this release has been tested on the following ARM |
| `FVP`_\ s (64-bit host machine only): |
| |
| - ``FVP_Base_AEMv8A-AEMv8A`` (Version 8.5, Build 0.8.8502) |
| - ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A32x4`` |
| |
| 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 17.04`_. |
| |
| This release also contains the following platform support: |
| |
| - HiKey and HiKey960 boards |
| - MediaTek MT6795 and MT8173 SoCs |
| - NVidia T132, T186 and T210 SoCs |
| - QEMU emulator |
| - RockChip RK3328, RK3368 and RK3399 SoCs |
| - Socionext UniPhier SoC family |
| - Xilinx Zynq UltraScale + MPSoC |
| |
| Still to Come |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| - More platform support. |
| |
| - Ongoing support for new architectural features, CPUs and System IP. |
| |
| - Ongoing support for new `PSCI`_, `SCMI`_ and TBBR features. |
| |
| - 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 `GitHub issue tracker`_. |
| |
| Getting Started |
| --------------- |
| |
| Get the Trusted Firmware source code from `GitHub`_. |
| |
| See the `User Guide`_ for instructions on how to install, build and use |
| the Trusted Firmware with the ARM `FVP`_\ s. |
| |
| See the `Firmware Design`_ for information on how the Trusted Firmware works. |
| |
| See the `Porting Guide`_ as well for information about how to use this |
| software on another 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. |
| |
| Feedback and support |
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |
| |
| ARM welcomes any feedback on Trusted Firmware. If you think you have found a |
| security vulnerability, please report this using the process defined in the |
| Trusted Firmware `Security Centre`_. For all other feedback, please use the |
| `GitHub issue tracker`_. |
| |
| ARM licensees may contact ARM directly via their partner managers. |
| |
| -------------- |
| |
| *Copyright (c) 2013-2017, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.* |
| |
| .. _ARMv8-A: http://www.arm.com/products/processors/armv8-architecture.php |
| .. _Secure Monitor: http://www.arm.com/products/processors/technologies/trustzone/tee-smc.php |
| .. _Power State Coordination Interface (PSCI): PSCI_ |
| .. _PSCI: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0022d/Power_State_Coordination_Interface_PDD_v1_1_DEN0022D.pdf |
| .. _SMC Calling Convention: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0028b/ARM_DEN0028B_SMC_Calling_Convention.pdf |
| .. _System Control and Management Interface: SCMI_ |
| .. _SCMI: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0056a/DEN0056A_System_Control_and_Management_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 17.04: https://community.arm.com/dev-platforms/b/documents/posts/linaro-release-notes-deprecated#LinaroRelease17.04 |
| .. _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 |
| .. _GitHub: https://www.github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware |
| .. _GitHub issue tracker: https://github.com/ARM-software/tf-issues/issues |
| .. _Security Centre: https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware/wiki/ARM-Trusted-Firmware-Security-Centre |
| .. _license: ./license.rst |
| .. _Contributing Guidelines: ./contributing.rst |
| .. _Acknowledgments: ./acknowledgements.rst |
| .. _Firmware Design: ./docs/firmware-design.rst |
| .. _Change Log: ./docs/change-log.rst |
| .. _User Guide: ./docs/user-guide.rst |
| .. _Porting Guide: ./docs/porting-guide.rst |