Merge pull request #121 'vikramkanigiri:vk/doc_for_133'
diff --git a/docs/porting-guide.md b/docs/porting-guide.md
index 8b0b4b5..9993d50 100644
--- a/docs/porting-guide.md
+++ b/docs/porting-guide.md
@@ -30,10 +30,12 @@
* Setting up the execution context in a certain way, or
* Defining certain constants (for example #defines).
-The firmware provides a default implementation of variables and functions to
-fulfill the optional requirements. These implementations are all weakly defined;
-they are provided to ease the porting effort. Each platform port can override
-them with its own implementation if the default implementation is inadequate.
+The platform-specific functions and variables are all declared in
+[include/plat/common/platform.h]. The firmware provides a default implementation
+of variables and functions to fulfill the optional requirements. These
+implementations are all weakly defined; they are provided to ease the porting
+effort. Each platform port can override them with its own implementation if the
+default implementation is inadequate.
Some modifications are common to all Boot Loader (BL) stages. Section 2
discusses these in detail. The subsequent sections discuss the remaining
@@ -78,11 +80,12 @@
for the firmware to work correctly.
-### File : platform.h [mandatory]
+### File : platform_def.h [mandatory]
-Each platform must export a header file of this name with the following
-constants defined. In the ARM FVP port, this file is found in
-[plat/fvp/platform.h].
+Each platform must ensure that a header file of this name is in the system
+include path with the following constants defined. This may require updating the
+list of `PLAT_INCLUDES` in the `platform.mk` file. In the ARM FVP port, this
+file is found in [plat/fvp/include/platform_def.h].
* **#define : PLATFORM_LINKER_FORMAT**
@@ -176,11 +179,6 @@
the linker scripts to ensure that the BL1 data section and BL2/BL3-1 binary
images fit into the available memory.
-* **#define : SYS_CNTCTL_BASE**
-
- Defines the base address of the `CNTCTLBase` frame of the memory mapped
- counter and timer in the system level implementation of the generic timer.
-
* **#define : BL1_RO_BASE**
Defines the base address in secure ROM where BL1 originally lives. Must be
@@ -250,11 +248,11 @@
constants.
-### File : platform_macros.S [mandatory]
+### File : plat_macros.S [mandatory]
-Each platform must export a file of this name with the following
-macro defined. In the ARM FVP port, this file is found in
-[plat/fvp/include/platform_macros.S].
+Each platform must ensure a file of this name is in the system include path with
+the following macro defined. In the ARM FVP port, this file is found in
+[plat/fvp/include/plat_macros.S].
* **Macro : plat_print_gic_regs**
@@ -1209,10 +1207,10 @@
operations such as loading a bootloader image.
The current implementation only allows for known images to be loaded by the
-firmware. These images are specified by using their names, as defined in the
-`platform.h` file. The platform layer (`plat_get_image_source()`) then returns
-a reference to a device and a driver-specific `spec` which will be understood
-by the driver to allow access to the image data.
+firmware. These images are specified by using their names, as defined in
+[include/plat/common/platform.h]. The platform layer (`plat_get_image_source()`)
+then returns a reference to a device and a driver-specific `spec` which will be
+understood by the driver to allow access to the image data.
The layer is designed in such a way that is it possible to chain drivers with
other drivers. For example, file-system drivers may be implemented on top of
@@ -1236,8 +1234,9 @@
[plat/common/aarch64/platform_mp_stack.S]: ../plat/common/aarch64/platform_mp_stack.S
[plat/common/aarch64/platform_up_stack.S]: ../plat/common/aarch64/platform_up_stack.S
-[plat/fvp/platform.h]: ../plat/fvp/platform.h
-[plat/fvp/include/platform_macros.S]: ../plat/fvp/include/platform_macros.S
+[plat/fvp/include/platform_def.h]: ../plat/fvp/include/platform_def.h
+[plat/fvp/include/plat_macros.S]: ../plat/fvp/include/plat_macros.S
[plat/fvp/aarch64/plat_common.c]: ../plat/fvp/aarch64/plat_common.c
[plat/fvp/plat_pm.c]: ../plat/fvp/plat_pm.c
[include/runtime_svc.h]: ../include/runtime_svc.h
+[include/plat/common/platform.h]: ../include/plat/common/platform.h