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ARM Trusted Firmware User Guide
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Contents :

1.  Introduction
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2.  Host machine requirements
3.  Tools
4.  Building the Trusted Firmware
5.  Obtaining the normal world software
6.  Running the software
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1.  Introduction
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This document describes how to build ARM Trusted Firmware and run it with a
tested set of other software components using defined configurations on ARM
Fixed Virtual Platform (FVP) models. It is possible to use other software
components, configurations and platforms but that is outside the scope of this
document.
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This document should be used in conjunction with the [Firmware Design].
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2.  Host machine requirements
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The minimum recommended machine specification for building the software and
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running the FVP models is a dual-core processor running at 2GHz with 12GB of
RAM.  For best performance, use a machine with a quad-core processor running at
2.6GHz with 16GB of RAM.
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The software has been tested on Ubuntu 12.04.02 (64-bit).  Packages used
for building the software were installed from that distribution unless
otherwise specified.
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3.  Tools
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The following tools are required to use the ARM Trusted Firmware:

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*   `git` package to obtain source code
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*   `ia32-libs` package
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*   `build-essential` and `uuid-dev` packages for building UEFI and the Firmware
    Image Package(FIP) tool
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*   `bc` and `ncurses-dev` packages for building Linux
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*   Baremetal GNU GCC tools. Verified packages can be downloaded from [Linaro]
    [Linaro Toolchain]. The rest of this document assumes that the
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    `gcc-linaro-aarch64-none-elf-4.8-2013.11_linux.tar.xz` tools are used.
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        wget http://releases.linaro.org/13.11/components/toolchain/binaries/gcc-linaro-aarch64-none-elf-4.8-2013.11_linux.tar.xz
        tar -xf gcc-linaro-aarch64-none-elf-4.8-2013.11_linux.tar.xz
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*   The Device Tree Compiler (DTC) included with Linux kernel 3.13 is used
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    to build the Flattened Device Tree (FDT) source files (`.dts` files)
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*   (Optional) For debugging, ARM [Development Studio 5 (DS-5)][DS-5] v5.17.
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4.  Building the Trusted Firmware
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To build the software for the FVPs, follow these steps:
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1.  Clone the ARM Trusted Firmware repository from GitHub:
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        git clone https://github.com/ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware.git

2.  Change to the trusted firmware directory:

        cd arm-trusted-firmware

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3.  Set the compiler path, specify a Non-trusted Firmware image (BL3-3) and
    build:
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        CROSS_COMPILE=<path-to-aarch64-gcc>/bin/aarch64-none-elf- \
        BL33=<path-to>/<bl33_image>                               \
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        make PLAT=fvp all fip
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    By default this produces a release version of the build. To produce a debug
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    version instead, refer to the "Debugging options" section below. UEFI can be
    used as the BL3-3 image, refer to the "Obtaining the normal world software"
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    The build process creates products in a `build` directory tree, building
    the objects and binaries for each boot loader stage in separate
    sub-directories.  The following boot loader binary files are created from
    the corresponding ELF files:
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    *   `build/<platform>/<build-type>/bl1.bin`
    *   `build/<platform>/<build-type>/bl2.bin`
    *   `build/<platform>/<build-type>/bl31.bin`
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    ... where `<platform>` currently defaults to `fvp` and `<build-type>` is
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    either `debug` or `release`. A Firmare Image Package(FIP) will be created as
    part of the build. It contains all boot loader images except for `bl1.bin`.
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    *   `build/<platform>/<build-type>/fip.bin`
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    For more information on FIPs, see the "Firmware Image Package" section in
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4.  Copy the `bl1.bin` and `fip.bin` binary files to the directory from which
    the FVP will be launched. Symbolic links of the same names may be created
    instead.
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        make DEBUG=<D> PLAT=fvp clean
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    ... where `<D>` is `0` or `1`, as specified when building.

    The build tree can be removed completely using:

        make realclean
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### Creating a Firmware Image Package

FIPs are automatically created as part of the build instructions described in
the previous section. It is also possible to independently build the FIP
creation tool and FIPs if required. To do this, follow these steps:

Build the tool:

    make -C tools/fip_create

It is recommended to remove the build artifacts before rebuilding:

    make -C tools/fip_create clean

Create a Firmware package that contains existing FVP BL2 and BL3-1 images:

    # fip_create --help to print usage information
    # fip_create <fip_name> <images to add> [--dump to show result]
    ./tools/fip_create/fip_create fip.bin --dump \
       --bl2 build/fvp/debug/bl2.bin --bl31 build/fvp/debug/bl31.bin

     Firmware Image Package ToC:
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    - Trusted Boot Firmware BL2: offset=0x88, size=0x81E8
      file: 'build/fvp/debug/bl2.bin'
    - EL3 Runtime Firmware BL3-1: offset=0x8270, size=0xC218
      file: 'build/fvp/debug/bl31.bin'
    ---------------------------
    Creating "fip.bin"

View the contents of an existing Firmware package:

    ./tools/fip_create/fip_create fip.bin --dump

     Firmware Image Package ToC:
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    - Trusted Boot Firmware BL2: offset=0x88, size=0x81E8
    - EL3 Runtime Firmware BL3-1: offset=0x8270, size=0xC218
    ---------------------------

Existing package entries can be individially updated:

    # Change the BL2 from Debug to Release version
    ./tools/fip_create/fip_create fip.bin --dump \
      --bl2 build/fvp/release/bl2.bin

    Firmware Image Package ToC:
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    - Trusted Boot Firmware BL2: offset=0x88, size=0x7240
      file: 'build/fvp/release/bl2.bin'
    - EL3 Runtime Firmware BL3-1: offset=0x72C8, size=0xC218
    ---------------------------
    Updating "fip.bin"


### Debugging options
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To compile a debug version and make the build more verbose use

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    CROSS_COMPILE=<path-to-aarch64-gcc>/bin/aarch64-none-elf- \
    BL33=<path-to>/<bl33_image>                               \
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AArch64 GCC uses DWARF version 4 debugging symbols by default. Some tools (for
example DS-5) might not support this and may need an older version of DWARF
symbols to be emitted by GCC. This can be achieved by using the
`-gdwarf-<version>` flag, with the version being set to 2 or 3. Setting the
version to 2 is recommended for DS-5 versions older than 5.16.

When debugging logic problems it might also be useful to disable all compiler
optimizations by using `-O0`.

NOTE: Using `-O0` could cause output images to be larger and base addresses
might need to be recalculated (see the later memory layout section).

Extra debug options can be passed to the build system by setting `CFLAGS`:

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    CFLAGS='-O0 -gdwarf-2'                                    \
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### Checking source code style
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When making changes to the source for submission to the project, the source
must be in compliance with the Linux style guide, and to assist with this check
the project Makefile contains two targets, which both utilise the checkpatch.pl
script that ships with the Linux source tree.

To check the entire source tree, you must first download a copy of checkpatch.pl
(or the full Linux source), set the CHECKPATCH environment variable to point to
the script and build the target checkcodebase:

    make CHECKPATCH=../linux/scripts/checkpatch.pl checkcodebase

To just check the style on the files that differ between your local branch and
the remote master, use:

    make CHECKPATCH=../linux/scripts/checkpatch.pl checkpatch

If you wish to check your patch against something other than the remote master,
set the BASE_COMMIT variable to your desired branch.  By default, BASE_COMMIT
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5.  Obtaining the normal world software
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### Obtaining EDK2
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Potentially any kind of non-trusted firmware may be used with the ARM Trusted
Firmware but the software has only been tested with the EFI Development Kit 2
(EDK2) open source implementation of the UEFI specification.
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Clone the [EDK2 source code][EDK2] from GitHub. This version supports the Base
and Foundation FVPs:
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    git clone -n https://github.com/tianocore/edk2.git
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To build the software to be compatible with Foundation and Base FVPs, follow
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        make -C BaseTools clean
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        make -f ArmPlatformPkg/Scripts/Makefile EDK2_ARCH=AARCH64          \
        EDK2_DSC=ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVExpressPkg/ArmVExpress-FVP-AArch64.dsc \
        EDK2_TOOLCHAIN=ARMGCC EDK2_MACROS="-n 6 -D ARM_FOUNDATION_FVP=1"
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    The EDK2 binary for use with the ARM Trusted Firmware can then be found
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        Build/ArmVExpress-FVP-AArch64/DEBUG_ARMGCC/FV/FVP_AARCH64_EFI.fd

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    This will build EDK2 for the default settings as used by the FVPs. The EDK2
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    command line when building the Trusted Firmware. See the "Building the
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4.  (Optional) To boot Linux using a VirtioBlock file-system, the command line
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5.  (Optional) If legacy GICv2 locations are used, the EDK2 platform description
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        make -f ArmPlatformPkg/Scripts/Makefile EDK2_ARCH=AARCH64          \
        EDK2_DSC=ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVExpressPkg/ArmVExpress-FVP-AArch64.dsc \
        EDK2_TOOLCHAIN=ARMGCC clean
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        -D ARM_FVP_LEGACY_GICV2_LOCATION=1

    Finally rebuild the Trusted Firmware to generate a new FIP using the
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The software has been verified using a Linux kernel based on version 3.13.
Patches have been applied in order to enable the CPU idle feature.
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Preparing a Linux kernel for use on the FVPs with CPU idle support can
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be done as follows (GICv2 support only):

1.  Clone Linux:

        git clone git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git

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        cd linux
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        git checkout -b cpuidle arm64_idle_genfw_ref
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2.  Build with the Linaro GCC tools.

        # in linux/
        make mrproper
        make ARCH=arm64 defconfig

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        # CPU Power Management ---> CPU Idle ---> [*] CPU idle PM support
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FDT files are required. FDTs for the Foundation and Base FVPs can be found in
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the Trusted Firmware source directory under `fdts/`. The Foundation FVP has a
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*   `fvp-base-gicv2-psci.dtb`

    (Default) For use with both AEMv8 and Cortex-A57-A53 Base FVPs with
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*   `fvp-foundation-gicv2-psci.dtb`

    (Default) For use with Foundation FVP with Base memory map configuration.

*   `fvp-foundation-gicv2legacy-psci.dtb`

    For use with Foundation FVP with legacy VE GIC memory map configuration.

*   `fvp-foundation-gicv3-psci.dtb`

    For use with Foundation FVP with Base memory map configuration and Linux
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To prepare a Linaro LAMP based Open Embedded file-system, the following
instructions can be used as a guide. The file-system can be provided to Linux
via VirtioBlock or as a RAM-disk. Both methods are described below.

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To prepare a VirtioBlock file-system, do the following:

1.  Download and unpack the disk image.

    NOTE: The unpacked disk image grows to 2 GiB in size.

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        wget http://releases.linaro.org/14.01/openembedded/aarch64/vexpress64-openembedded_lamp-armv8-gcc-4.8_20140126-596.img.gz
        gunzip vexpress64-openembedded_lamp-armv8-gcc-4.8_20140126-596.img.gz
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2.  Make sure the Linux kernel has Virtio support enabled using
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        Device Drivers  ---> Virtio drivers  ---> <*> Platform bus driver for memory mapped virtio devices
        Device Drivers  ---> [*] Block devices  --->  <*> Virtio block driver
        File systems    ---> <*> The Extended 4 (ext4) filesystem

    If some of these configurations are missing, enable them, save the kernel
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    configuration, then rebuild the kernel image using the instructions
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3.  Change the Kernel command line to include `root=/dev/vda2`. This can either
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    1.  In EDK2, edit the following file:
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            ArmPlatformPkg/ArmVExpressPkg/ArmVExpress-FVP-AArch64.dsc

    2.  Add `root=/dev/vda2` to:

            gArmPlatformTokenSpaceGuid.PcdDefaultBootArgument|"<Other default options>"

    3.  Remove the entry:

            gArmPlatformTokenSpaceGuid.PcdDefaultBootInitrdPath|""

    4.  Rebuild EDK2 (see "Obtaining UEFI" section above).

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    option should be provided in addition to the ones described in the
    "Running the software" section below.

    NOTE: A symbolic link to this file cannot be used with the FVP; the path
    to the real file must be provided.

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    then make sure the path to the file-system image in the model parameter is
    correct and that read permission is correctly set on the file-system image
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        # Prepare for use as RAM-disk. Normally use MMC, NFS or VirtioBlock.
        # Be careful, otherwise you could damage your host file-system.
        mkdir tmp; cd tmp
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        sudo ln -s sbin/init .
        sudo sh -c "echo 'devtmpfs /dev devtmpfs mode=0755,nosuid 0 0' >> etc/fstab"
        sudo sh -c "find . | cpio --quiet -H newc -o | gzip -3 -n > ../filesystem.cpio.gz"
        cd ..

3.  Copy the resultant `filesystem.cpio.gz` to the directory where the FVP is
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*   `FVP_Base_Cortex-A57x4-A53x4` (Version 5.4, Build 0.8.5405)
*   `FVP_Base_Cortex-A57x1-A53x1` (Version 5.4, Build 0.8.5405)
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NOTE: The software will not work on Version 1.0 of the Foundation FVP.
The commands below would report an `unhandled argument` error in this case.
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Please refer to the FVP documentation for a detailed description of the model
parameter options. A brief description of the important ones that affect the
ARM Trusted Firmware and normal world software behavior is provided below.

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The Foundation FVP is a cut down version of the AArch64 Base FVP. It can be
downloaded for free from [ARM's website][ARM FVP website].

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The following `Foundation_v8` parameters should be used to boot Linux with
4 CPUs using the ARM Trusted Firmware.

NOTE: Using the `--block-device` parameter is not necessary if a Linux RAM-disk
file-system is used (see the "Obtaining a File-system" section above).

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NOTE: The `--data="<path to FIP binary>"@0x8000000` parameter is used to load a
Firmware Image Package at the start of NOR FLASH0 (see the "Building the
Trusted Firmware" section above).

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    --cores=4                                 \
    --no-secure-memory                        \
    --visualization                           \
    --gicv3                                   \
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    --data="<path-to>/<bl1-binary>"@0x0       \
    --data="<path-to>/<FIP-binary>"@0x8000000 \
    --block-device="<path-to>/<file-system-image>"
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the model but use the GICv2 FDT, in order for Linux to drive the GIC in GICv2
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emulation mode.

The memory mapped addresses `0x0` and `0x8000000` correspond to the start of
trusted ROM and NOR FLASH0 respectively.

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The following `FVP_Base_AEMv8A-AEMv8A` parameters should be used to boot Linux
with 8 CPUs using the ARM Trusted Firmware.

NOTE: Using `cache_state_modelled=1` makes booting very slow. The software will
still work (and run much faster) without this option but this will hide any
cache maintenance defects in the software.

NOTE: Using the `-C bp.virtioblockdevice.image_path` parameter is not necessary
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section above).

NOTE: The `-C bp.flashloader0.fname` parameter is used to load a Firmware Image
Package at the start of NOR FLASH0 (see the "Building the Trusted Firmware"
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section above).

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NOTE: Setting the `-C bp.secure_memory` parameter to `1` is only supported on
FVP versions 5.4 and newer. Setting this parameter to `0` is also supported.
The `-C bp.tzc_400.diagnostics=1` parameter is optional. It instructs the FVP to
provide some helpful information if a secure memory violation occurs.

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    -C pctl.startup=0.0.0.0                                \
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    -C bp.tzc_400.diagnostics=1                            \
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    -C cluster0.NUM_CORES=4                                \
    -C cluster1.NUM_CORES=4                                \
    -C cache_state_modelled=1                              \
    -C bp.pl011_uart0.untimed_fifos=1                      \
    -C bp.secureflashloader.fname="<path-to>/<bl1-binary>" \
    -C bp.flashloader0.fname="<path-to>/<FIP-binary>"      \
    -C bp.virtioblockdevice.image_path="<path-to>/<file-system-image>"
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The following `FVP_Base_Cortex-A57x4-A53x4` model parameters should be used to
boot Linux with 8 CPUs using the ARM Trusted Firmware.

NOTE: Using `cache_state_modelled=1` makes booting very slow. The software will
still work (and run much faster) without this option but this will hide any
cache maintenance defects in the software.

NOTE: Using the `-C bp.virtioblockdevice.image_path` parameter is not necessary
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NOTE: The `-C bp.flashloader0.fname` parameter is used to load a Firmware Image
Package at the start of NOR FLASH0 (see the "Building the Trusted Firmware"
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section above).

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NOTE: Setting the `-C bp.secure_memory` parameter to `1` is only supported on
FVP versions 5.4 and newer. Setting this parameter to `0` is also supported.
The `-C bp.tzc_400.diagnostics=1` parameter is optional. It instructs the FVP to
provide some helpful information if a secure memory violation occurs.

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    <path-to>/FVP_Base_Cortex-A57x4-A53x4                  \
    -C pctl.startup=0.0.0.0                                \
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    -C bp.tzc_400.diagnostics=1                            \
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    -C bp.pl011_uart0.untimed_fifos=1                      \
    -C bp.secureflashloader.fname="<path-to>/<bl1-binary>" \
    -C bp.flashloader0.fname="<path-to>/<FIP-binary>"      \
    -C bp.virtioblockdevice.image_path="<path-to>/<file-system-image>"
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### Configuring the GICv2 memory map

The Base FVP models support GICv2 with the default model parameters at the
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following addresses. The Foundation FVP also supports these addresses when
configured for GICv3 in GICv2 emulation mode.
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    GICv2 Distributor Interface     0x2f000000
    GICv2 CPU Interface             0x2c000000
    GICv2 Virtual CPU Interface     0x2c010000
    GICv2 Hypervisor Interface      0x2c02f000

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corresponding to the legacy (Versatile Express) memory map as follows. These are
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    GICv2 Distributor Interface     0x2c001000
    GICv2 CPU Interface             0x2c002000
    GICv2 Virtual CPU Interface     0x2c004000
    GICv2 Hypervisor Interface      0x2c006000

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The choice of memory map is reflected in the build variant field (bits[15:12])
in the `SYS_ID` register (Offset `0x0`) in the Versatile Express System
registers memory map (`0x1c010000`).
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#### Configuring AEMv8 Foundation FVP GIC for legacy VE memory map

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    <path-to>/Foundation_v8                   \
    --cores=4                                 \
    --no-secure-memory                        \
    --visualization                           \
    --no-gicv3                                \
    --data="<path-to>/<bl1-binary>"@0x0       \
    --data="<path-to>/<FIP-binary>"@0x8000000 \
    --block-device="<path-to>/<file-system-image>"
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legacy VE memory map. They must added to the parameters described in the
"Running on the AEMv8 Base FVP" section above:
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    -C cluster0.gic.GICD-offset=0x1000                  \
    -C cluster0.gic.GICC-offset=0x2000                  \
    -C cluster0.gic.GICH-offset=0x4000                  \
    -C cluster0.gic.GICH-other-CPU-offset=0x5000        \
    -C cluster0.gic.GICV-offset=0x6000                  \
    -C cluster0.gic.PERIPH-size=0x8000                  \
    -C cluster1.gic.GICD-offset=0x1000                  \
    -C cluster1.gic.GICC-offset=0x2000                  \
    -C cluster1.gic.GICH-offset=0x4000                  \
    -C cluster1.gic.GICH-other-CPU-offset=0x5000        \
    -C cluster1.gic.GICV-offset=0x6000                  \
    -C cluster1.gic.PERIPH-size=0x8000                  \
    -C gic_distributor.GICD-alias=0x2c001000            \
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`SYS_ID` register.  Setting this to `0x0` allows the ARM Trusted Firmware to
detect the legacy VE memory map while configuring the GIC.
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_Copyright (c) 2013-2014, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved._
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[Firmware Design]:  ./firmware-design.md
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[ARM FVP website]:  http://www.arm.com/fvp
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[Linaro Toolchain]: http://releases.linaro.org/13.09/components/toolchain/binaries/
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[EDK2]:             http://github.com/tianocore/edk2
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[DS-5]:             http://www.arm.com/products/tools/software-tools/ds-5/index.php