docs/plat/qemu.rst

QEMU virt Armv8-A
=================

Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A) implements the EL3 firmware layer for QEMU virt
Armv8-A. BL1 is used as the BootROM, supplied with the -bios argument.
When QEMU starts all CPUs are released simultaneously, BL1 selects a
primary CPU to handle the boot and the secondaries are placed in a polling
loop to be released by normal world via PSCI.

BL2 edits the Flattened Device Tree, FDT, generated by QEMU at run-time to
add a node describing PSCI and also enable methods for the CPUs.

If ``ARM_LINUX_KERNEL_AS_BL33`` is set to 1 then this FDT will be passed to BL33
via register x0, as expected by a Linux kernel. This allows a Linux kernel image
to be booted directly as BL33 rather than using a bootloader.

An ARM64 defconfig v5.5 Linux kernel is known to boot, FDT doesn't need to be
provided as it's generated by QEMU.

Current limitations:

-  Only cold boot is supported
-  No build instructions for QEMU\_EFI.fd and rootfs-arm64.cpio.gz

``QEMU_EFI.fd`` can be dowloaded from
http://snapshots.linaro.org/components/kernel/leg-virt-tianocore-edk2-upstream/latest/QEMU-KERNEL-AARCH64/RELEASE_GCC5/QEMU_EFI.fd

Booting via semi-hosting option
-------------------------------

Boot binaries, except BL1, are primarily loaded via semi-hosting so all
binaries has to reside in the same directory as QEMU is started from. This
is conveniently achieved with symlinks the local names as:

-  ``bl2.bin`` -> BL2
-  ``bl31.bin`` -> BL31
-  ``bl33.bin`` -> BL33 (``QEMU_EFI.fd``)
-  ``Image`` -> linux/arch/arm64/boot/Image

To build:

.. code:: shell

    make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-none-elf- PLAT=qemu

To start (QEMU v4.1.0):

.. code:: shell

    qemu-system-aarch64 -nographic -machine virt,secure=on -cpu cortex-a57  \
        -kernel Image                           \
        -append "console=ttyAMA0,38400 keep_bootcon root=/dev/vda2"   \
        -initrd rootfs-arm64.cpio.gz -smp 2 -m 1024 -bios bl1.bin   \
        -d unimp -semihosting-config enable,target=native

Booting via flash based firmwares
---------------------------------

Boot firmwares are loaded via secure FLASH0 device so ``bl1.bin`` and
``fip.bin`` should be concatenated to create a ``flash.bin`` that is flashed
onto secure FLASH0.

-  ``bl32.bin`` -> BL32 (``tee-header_v2.bin``)
-  ``bl32_extra1.bin`` -> BL32 Extra1 (``tee-pager_v2.bin``)
-  ``bl32_extra2.bin`` -> BL32 Extra2 (``tee-pageable_v2.bin``)
-  ``bl33.bin`` -> BL33 (``QEMU_EFI.fd``)
-  ``Image`` -> linux/arch/arm64/boot/Image

To build:

.. code:: shell

    make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- PLAT=qemu BL32=bl32.bin \
        BL32_EXTRA1=bl32_extra1.bin BL32_EXTRA2=bl32_extra2.bin \
        BL33=bl33.bin BL32_RAM_LOCATION=tdram SPD=opteed all fip

To build with TBBR enabled, BL31 and BL32 encrypted with test key:

.. code:: shell

    make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- PLAT=qemu BL32=bl32.bin \
        BL32_EXTRA1=bl32_extra1.bin BL32_EXTRA2=bl32_extra2.bin \
        BL33=bl33.bin BL32_RAM_LOCATION=tdram SPD=opteed all fip \
        MBEDTLS_DIR=<path-to-mbedtls-repo> TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT=1 \
        GENERATE_COT=1 DECRYPTION_SUPPORT=aes_gcm FW_ENC_STATUS=0 \
        ENCRYPT_BL31=1 ENCRYPT_BL32=1

To build flash.bin:

.. code:: shell

    dd if=build/qemu/release/bl1.bin of=flash.bin bs=4096 conv=notrunc
    dd if=build/qemu/release/fip.bin of=flash.bin seek=64 bs=4096 conv=notrunc

To start (QEMU v2.6.0):

.. code:: shell

    qemu-system-aarch64 -nographic -machine virt,secure=on -cpu cortex-a57  \
        -kernel Image -no-acpi                     \
        -append 'console=ttyAMA0,38400 keep_bootcon root=/dev/vda2'  \
        -initrd rootfs-arm64.cpio.gz -smp 2 -m 1024 -bios flash.bin   \
        -d unimp