plat/arm: Introduce ARM_LINUX_KERNEL_AS_BL33 build option
Normally, BL33 needs to contain a boot loader like U-Boot or UEFI that
eventually gives control to the OS. However, in some cases, this boot
sequence may be too slow. For example, when doing tests in a
cycle-accurate emulator, the user may only be interested in the
interaction between the Trusted Firmware and the OS, not in the boot
process itself.
The new option ARM_LINUX_KERNEL_AS_BL33 allows BL33 to contain the Linux
kernel image by changing the value of registers x0-x3 to the values
expected by the kernel. This option requires the device tree blob (DTB)
to be present in memory. Its address must be specified in the newly
introduced ARM_PRELOADED_DTB_BASE build option. For now, it only supports
AArch64 kernels.
This option is only available when RESET_TO_BL31=1. For this reason
the BL33 binary must be preloaded in memory and PRELOADED_BL33_BASE must
be used.
For example, if the kernel is loaded at 0x80080000 and the DTB is loaded
at address 0x82000000, the firmware could be built like this:
CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- \
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
Change-Id: If9dc847c65ae2d0c27b51f0fd44fc06b28497db9
Signed-off-by: Antonio Nino Diaz <antonio.ninodiaz@arm.com>
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