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TC Total Compute Platform
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Some of the features of TC platform referenced in TF-A include:
- A `System Control Processor <https://github.com/ARM-software/SCP-firmware>`_
to abstract power and system management tasks away from application
processors. The RAM firmware for SCP is included in the TF-A FIP and is
loaded by AP BL2 from FIP in flash to SRAM for copying by SCP (SCP has access
to AP SRAM).
- GICv4
- Trusted Board Boot
- SCMI
- MHUv2
Currently, the main difference between TC0 (TARGET_PLATFORM=0), TC1
(TARGET_PLATFORM=1), TC2 (TARGET_PLATFORM=2) platforms w.r.t to TF-A
is the CPUs supported as below:
- TC0 has support for Cortex A510, Cortex A710 and Cortex X2. (Note TC0 is now deprecated)
- TC1 has support for Cortex A510, Cortex A715 and Cortex X3.
- TC2 has support for Cortex A520, Cortex A720 and Cortex x4.
Boot Sequence
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The execution begins from SCP_BL1. SCP_BL1 powers up the AP which starts
executing AP_BL1 and then executes AP_BL2 which loads the SCP_BL2 from
FIP to SRAM. The SCP has access to AP SRAM. The address and size of SCP_BL2
is communicated to SCP using SDS. SCP copies SCP_BL2 from SRAM to its own
RAM and starts executing it. The AP then continues executing the rest of TF-A
stages including BL31 runtime stage and hands off executing to
Non-secure world (u-boot).
Build Procedure (TF-A only)
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- Obtain `Arm toolchain`_ and set the CROSS_COMPILE environment variable to
point to the toolchain folder.
- Build TF-A:
.. code:: shell
make PLAT=tc BL33=<path_to_uboot.bin> \
SCP_BL2=<path_to_scp_ramfw.bin> TARGET_PLATFORM={0,1,2} all fip
Enable TBBR by adding the following options to the make command:
.. code:: shell
MBEDTLS_DIR=<path_to_mbedtls_directory> \
TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT=1 \
GENERATE_COT=1 \
ARM_ROTPK_LOCATION=devel_rsa \
ROT_KEY=plat/arm/board/common/rotpk/arm_rotprivk_rsa.pem
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.. _Arm Toolchain: https://developer.arm.com/tools-and-software/open-source-software/developer-tools/gnu-toolchain/downloads