1. 17 Dec, 2019 1 commit
  2. 02 Dec, 2019 1 commit
    • zelalem-aweke's avatar
      Enable Link Time Optimization in GCC · edbce9aa
      zelalem-aweke authored
      
      
      This patch enables LTO for TF-A when compiled with GCC.
      LTO is disabled by default and is enabled by
      ENABLE_LTO=1 build option.
      
      LTO is enabled only for aarch64 as there seem to be
      a bug in the aarch32 compiler when LTO is enabled.
      
      The changes in the makefiles include:
      - Adding -flto and associated flags to enable LTO.
      - Using gcc as a wrapper at link time instead of ld.
        This is recommended when using LTO as gcc internally
        takes care of invoking the necessary plugins for LTO.
      - Adding switches to pass options to ld.
      - Adding a flag to disable fix for erratum cortex-a53-843419
        unless explicitly enabled. This is needed because GCC
        seem to automatically add the erratum fix when used
        as a wrapper for LD.
      
      Additionally, this patch updates the TF-A user guide with
      the new build option.
      Signed-off-by: default avatarzelalem-aweke <zelalem.aweke@arm.com>
      Change-Id: I1188c11974da98434b7dc9344e058cd1eacf5468
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  3. 27 Nov, 2019 1 commit
    • Paul Beesley's avatar
      doc: Split the User Guide into multiple files · 43f35ef5
      Paul Beesley authored
      
      
      The User Guide document has grown organically over time and
      now covers a wide range of topics, making it difficult to
      skim read and extract information from. Currently, it covers
      these topics and maybe a couple more:
      
      - Requirements (hardware, tools, libs)
      - Checking out the repo
      - Basic build instructions
      - A comprehensive list of build flags
      - FIP packaging
      - Building specifically for Juno
      - Firmware update images
      - EL3 payloads
      - Preloaded BL33 boot flow
      - Running on FVPs
      - Running on Juno
      
      I have separated these out into a few groups that become new
      documents. Broadly speaking, build instructions for the tools,
      for TF-A generally, and for specific scenarios are separated.
      Content relating to specific platforms (Juno and the FVPs are
      Arm-specific platforms, essentially) has been moved into the
      documentation that is specific to those platforms, under
      docs/plat/arm.
      
      Change-Id: Ica87c52d8cd4f577332be0b0738998ea3ba3bbec
      Signed-off-by: default avatarPaul Beesley <paul.beesley@arm.com>
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