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TF-A Tech Forum (Thu Sep 18th) - Introducing Rusted Firmware-A

by Olivier Deprez

Hi, On Sep 18th in the TF-A Tech forum, Sandrine Afsa will present on the newly announced Rusted Firmware-A and Arm firmware crates projects with the following agenda: Introducing RF-A & Arm Firmware Crates projects v0.1 release contents Roadmap Request for feedback Regards, Olivier. TF-A Tech Forum Thursday Sep 18, 2025 ⋅ 5pm – 6pm Central European Time - Paris Location https://linaro-org.zoom.us/j/93557863987?pwd=56a1l8cBnetDTZ6eazHGaE1Ctk4W34… https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Flinaro-org.zoom.us%2Fj%2F9355786… Trusted Firmware is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Topic: TF-A Tech ForumTime: May 15, 2025 02:00 PM London Every 2 weeks on Thu, 78 occurrence(s)Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.Weekly: https://linaro-org.zoom.us/meeting/tJcocu6gqDgjEtOkyBhSQauR1sUyFwIcNKLa/ics… Zoom Meetinghttps://linaro-org.zoom.us/j/93557863987?pwd=56a1l8cBnetDTZ6eazHGaE1Ctk4W34.1Meeting ID: 935 5786 3987Passcode: 939141---One tap mobile+12532158782,,93557863987# US (Tacoma)+13017158592,,93557863987# US (Washington DC)---Dial by your location• +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)• +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)• +1 305 224 1968 US• +1 309 205 3325 US• +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)• +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)• +1 360 209 5623 US• +1 386 347 5053 US• +1 507 473 4847 US• +1 564 217 2000 US• +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)• +1 646 931 3860 US• +1 669 444 9171 US• +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)• +1 689 278 1000 US• +1 719 359 4580 US• +1 253 205 0468 US• 833 548 0276 US Toll-free• 833 548 0282 US Toll-free• 833 928 4608 US Toll-free• 833 928 4609 US Toll-free• 833 928 4610 US Toll-free• 877 853 5247 US Toll-free• 888 788 0099 US Toll-freeMeeting ID: 935 5786 3987Find your local number: https://linaro-org.zoom.us/u/adoz9mILli Guests tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org qwandor(a)google.com praan(a)google.com

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Trusted Firmware-A LTS v2.8.37 Release Announcement

by svc_openci_enginfra＠arm.com

Hello, Trusted Firmware-A LTS version 2.8.37 is now available. This release contains the following patches: 00b2f9f9e fix(cpus): use correct Makefile indentation for CVE-2018-3639 check [1] 3d25bdfca build(allwinner): disable unneeded CVE workarounds and MPAM [2] c56bd3a42 fix(smccc): cleanup unused declaration [3] 6be9e30f8 docs(security): update Advisory TFV-6 [4] 4f6a7e4b1 fix(aarch32): make get_cpu_ops_ptr() PCS compliant [5] 15bf0a7ec fix(cpus): inform the compiler that struct cpu_ops is aligned [6] [1] https://review.trustedfirmware.org/q/Ieb56af33a11c40b6753738669eee929c26426… [2] https://review.trustedfirmware.org/q/Ibc52a4fc9b8f5d9b2b28a2ce13d3ab99b63e9… [3] https://review.trustedfirmware.org/q/Iae81e0bcbd2feb2b72a4e4e8fd27a27ae00c9… [4] https://review.trustedfirmware.org/q/Icb3d039c8949fd6036c729a845646170710ba… [5] https://review.trustedfirmware.org/q/I7f3b50e56a1288d2a8136a7b8c01544bab19c… [6] https://review.trustedfirmware.org/q/Id38d6f1b92527b8a414cfbb856a5a82c76a1b… Alternatively, Change Log is available in the documentation section: https://trustedfirmware-a.readthedocs.io/en/lts-v2.8.37/change-log.html Thanks, TF-A LTS team

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Trusted Firmware-A LTS v2.10.22 Release Announcement

by svc_openci_enginfra＠arm.com

Hello, Trusted Firmware-A LTS version 2.10.22 is now available. This release contains the following patches: 685617980 fix(cpus): inform the compiler that struct cpu_ops is aligned [1] 3466985b9 fix(smccc): cleanup unused declaration [2] bb1fcfd2f fix(cpus): use correct Makefile indentation for CVE-2018-3639 check [3] 61d9a828c build(allwinner): disable unneeded CVE workarounds and MPAM [4] c4bff8bfb fix(aarch32): make get_cpu_ops_ptr() PCS compliant [5] [1] https://review.trustedfirmware.org/q/Id38d6f1b92527b8a414cfbb856a5a82c76a1b… [2] https://review.trustedfirmware.org/q/Iae81e0bcbd2feb2b72a4e4e8fd27a27ae00c9… [3] https://review.trustedfirmware.org/q/Ieb56af33a11c40b6753738669eee929c26426… [4] https://review.trustedfirmware.org/q/Ibc52a4fc9b8f5d9b2b28a2ce13d3ab99b63e9… [5] https://review.trustedfirmware.org/q/I7f3b50e56a1288d2a8136a7b8c01544bab19c… Alternatively, Change Log is available in the documentation section: https://trustedfirmware-a.readthedocs.io/en/lts-v2.10.22/change-log.html Thanks, TF-A LTS team

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New Defects reported by Coverity Scan for ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware

by scan-admin＠coverity.com

Hi, Please find the latest report on new defect(s) introduced to ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware found with Coverity Scan. 2 new defect(s) introduced to ARM-software/arm-trusted-firmware found with Coverity Scan. New defect(s) Reported-by: Coverity Scan Showing 2 of 2 defect(s) ** CID 490141: Control flow issues (NO_EFFECT) /contrib/libeventlog/src/event_log.c: 264 in event_log_init_and_reg() _____________________________________________________________________________________________ *** CID 490141: Control flow issues (NO_EFFECT) /contrib/libeventlog/src/event_log.c: 264 in event_log_init_and_reg() 258 int rc = event_log_init(start, finish); 259 if (rc < 0) { 260 return rc; 261 } 262 263 if (hash_info == NULL || hash_info->func == NULL || >>> CID 490141: Control flow issues (NO_EFFECT) >>> This less-than-zero comparison of an unsigned value is never true. "hash_info->count < 0UL". 264 hash_info->count < 0 || hash_info->count > HASH_ALG_COUNT) { 265 return -EINVAL; 266 } 267 268 crypto_hash_info = hash_info; 269 return 0; ** CID 490140: Memory - illegal accesses (OVERRUN) _____________________________________________________________________________________________ *** CID 490140: Memory - illegal accesses (OVERRUN) /contrib/libeventlog/src/event_print.c: 46 in event_log_print_spaced_hex() 40 event_log_append_str(output_buf, cap, &pos, prefix); 41 42 for (size_t off = 0; off < buf_len; off += 16U) { 43 chunk = (buf_len - off >= 16U) ? 16U : (buf_len - off); 44 45 /* write the 16-byte (or tail) chunk */ >>> CID 490140: Memory - illegal accesses (OVERRUN) >>> Overrunning array of 256 bytes at byte offset 256 by dereferencing pointer "output_buf + pos". 46 pos += event_log_write_hex_spaced(output_buf + pos, 47 (pos < cap) ? (cap - pos) : 0, 48 chunk, buf + off); 49 50 NOTICE(" %s\n", output_buf); 51 ________________________________________________________________________________________________________ To view the defects in Coverity Scan visit, https://scan.coverity.com/projects/arm-software-arm-trusted-firmware?tab=ov…

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Adding support for phyCORE AM62L in TF-A

by Florijan Plohl

Hello! We’d like to add support in TF-A for the PHYTEC phyCORE AM62L. On this board we need BL1 to read the on-board EEPROM via I2C to set the correct DRAM timings. Right now we have it working by editing the TI AM62L files on TI's TF-A fork and adding the EEPROM and I2C drivers. Our questions are: - Should we create a separate board for phyCORE AM62L, or would it make more sense to include this as an option in the TI AM62L support? - How much abstraction should we implement for EEPROM and I2C drivers? Thanks for any advice! Best regards, Florijan Plohl

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FW: CI infrastructure scheduled maintenance: 12th Sep 2025

by Joanna Farley

FYI From: Saheer Babu via Tf-openci <tf-openci(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org> Date: Wednesday, 10 September 2025 at 15:17 To: tf-openci(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org <tf-openci(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org> Subject: [Tf-openci] CI infrastructure scheduled maintenance: 12th Sep 2025 Hi all, We will be performing upgrade of the clusters hosting review.trustedfirmware.org and ci.trustedfirmware.org on Friday, 12th Sep 2025 at 16:00 GMT+1. During this maintenance window, both services will be unavailable for approximately 4 hours. A follow-up email will be sent once the services are fully restored. Best regards, Saheer IMPORTANT NOTICE: The contents of this email and any attachments are confidential and may also be privileged. If you are not the intended recipient, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose the contents to any other person, use it for any purpose, or store or copy the information in any medium. Thank you. -- Tf-openci mailing list -- tf-openci(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org To unsubscribe send an email to tf-openci-leave(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org

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Canceled event with note: TF-A Tech Forum @ Thu Sep 4, 2025 5pm - 6pm (GMT+2) (tf-a@lists.trustedfirmware.org)

by Olivier Deprez

This event has been canceled with a note: "Hi Cancelling as no topic proposed for this week. Regards, Olivier. " TF-A Tech Forum Thursday Sep 4, 2025 ⋅ 5pm – 6pm Central European Time - Paris Location https://linaro-org.zoom.us/j/93557863987?pwd=56a1l8cBnetDTZ6eazHGaE1Ctk4W34… https://www.google.com/url?q=https%3A%2F%2Flinaro-org.zoom.us%2Fj%2F9355786… Trusted Firmware is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Topic: TF-A Tech ForumTime: May 15, 2025 02:00 PM London Every 2 weeks on Thu, 78 occurrence(s)Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system.Weekly: https://linaro-org.zoom.us/meeting/tJcocu6gqDgjEtOkyBhSQauR1sUyFwIcNKLa/ics… Zoom Meetinghttps://linaro-org.zoom.us/j/93557863987?pwd=56a1l8cBnetDTZ6eazHGaE1Ctk4W34.1Meeting ID: 935 5786 3987Passcode: 939141---One tap mobile+12532158782,,93557863987# US (Tacoma)+13017158592,,93557863987# US (Washington DC)---Dial by your location• +1 253 215 8782 US (Tacoma)• +1 301 715 8592 US (Washington DC)• +1 305 224 1968 US• +1 309 205 3325 US• +1 312 626 6799 US (Chicago)• +1 346 248 7799 US (Houston)• +1 360 209 5623 US• +1 386 347 5053 US• +1 507 473 4847 US• +1 564 217 2000 US• +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)• +1 646 931 3860 US• +1 669 444 9171 US• +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)• +1 689 278 1000 US• +1 719 359 4580 US• +1 253 205 0468 US• 833 548 0276 US Toll-free• 833 548 0282 US Toll-free• 833 928 4608 US Toll-free• 833 928 4609 US Toll-free• 833 928 4610 US Toll-free• 877 853 5247 US Toll-free• 888 788 0099 US Toll-freeMeeting ID: 935 5786 3987Find your local number: https://linaro-org.zoom.us/u/adoz9mILli Guests tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org ~~//~~ Invitation from Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this email because you are an attendee on the event. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to send a response to the organizer, be added to the guest list, invite others regardless of their own invitation status, or modify your RSVP. Learn more https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding

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Raspberry Pi-5 platform maintainer

by Manish Pandey2

Hi, I’m looking for details on the Raspberry Pi 5 (RPi5) platform port in TF-A and to identify a potential platform owner/maintainer. I can see an RPi5 port attributed to @mariobalanica02@gmail.com<mailto:mariobalanica02@gmail.com>, but [1] doesn’t list a platform owner for this target. I also haven’t found TF-A documentation describing the software stack or the current level of testing for RPi5. Could someone please point me to: The current platform owner/maintainer, design/bring-up notes around SW stack or testing? [1] : https://git.trustedfirmware.org/plugins/gitiles/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a.git… Thanks Manish

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Does FVP_Base_RevC-2xAEMvA platform model has a full support for address translation at PL2 stage-1 MMU in aarch32?

by Marek

Have you ever succeeded in performing a Stage-1 MMU translation using LPAE (Long Physical Address Extension) on the FVP_Base_RevC-2xAEMvA platform model running in AArch32 Hyp mode (CONFIG64=0) into any other Memory but Strongly-Ordered? My environment is - FVP_Base_RevC-2xAEMvA booting SW stack from bullet point below - SW stack from Yocto, 'meta-arm'. I use 'fvp-base-arm32' that builds bl1, bl2, bl32, bl33, Linux kernel and rootfs. The only component that works there at PL2 HYP mode is u-boot (bl33). Whichever attributes I assign there Normal Memory with Inner or Outer Cacheability, Write-Through, or Write-Back, or Non-cacheable I always end up with Strongly-Ordered. To me it looks like it doesn't read the MAIR correctly and/or ignores the Cachability in HCTR. I inspected the MMU code thoroughly there, compared with the other codes for MMU, from trusted-firmware-a, xen, and Linux kernel and it seems u-boot does it correct. U-boot sets there identity-mapping for all 4GB with 0GB through 2GB Strongly-Ordered, 3G - 4G Normal Memory, Cachable Write-Back Write-Allocate, Non-Shareable and the last 1GB also Strongly-Ordered. Here is a brief execution steps it goes through: #1 Sets up the 2M-block at the 2nd level table with attributes. - sample block descriptor for translating from 0x8000_0000 virt to phys: 0x8000044d - bits[1:0] = 0b01 -> valid descriptor, descriptor type: block - bits[4:2] = 0b011 -> AttrIndx[2:0] points to MAIR0[3] . MAIR0[3] is 0xff - bits[5] = 0b0 - Non-secure - bits[7:6] = 0b01 - Access Permission: Read/write - bits[9:8] = 0b00 -> Shareability: non-shareable #2 Sets up 1st level table descriptor pointing to the descriptor shown above. It sets bits[1:0] to 0b11 meaning it is a table descriptor and valid. #3 Set control registers as follows HTCR is: 0x80000500 so - bits[9:8] = 0b01 -> Inner Cacheability to Normal memory, Outer Write-Back Write-Allocate Cacheable - bits[11:10] = 0b01 -> Outer Cacheability to Normal memory, Outer Write-Back Write-Allocate Cacheable - bits[13:12] = 0b00 -> Non-shareable HTTBR is: 0x00000000feff4000 -> points to 1st lavel table set in #2 HMAIR0 is: 0xffeeaa00 -> as shown above AttrIndx[2:0] points to MAIR0 and the four nibble being 0xff. 0xff is Normal memory, Inner Write-Back Cacheablea, Non-transientb HMAIR1 is: 0x00000000 - I set it to zero there as not used. #4 Finally it sets the M and C bits in HSCTLR registers Inspecting the page tables with amrds the region 3GB through 4GB that should be Normal and Cachable is Strongly-Ordered - 0x80000000 | L2 Block | NP:0x0000000080000000 | XN=0, PXN=0, Contiguous=0, nG=0, AF=1, SH=0x0, AP=0x1, AttrIndx=0x3 - H:0x80000000-0xFEFFFFFF | NP:0x80000000-0xFEFFFFFF | Strongly-ordered | NA | False | True | True Least not last are the parameters I pass to the model: FVP_Base_RevC-2xAEMvA --parameter bp.ve_sysregs.exit_on_shutdown=1 --parameter bp.virtio_net.enabled=1 --parameter bp.virtio_net.hostbridge.userNetworking=1 --parameter bp.virtio_net.hostbridge.userNetPorts=8022=22 --parameter cache_state_modelled=0 --parameter bp.secureflashloader.fname=/home/ubuntu/yocto/poky/arm32-aem-build/tmp/deploy/images/fvp-base-arm32/bl1-fvp.bin --parameter bp.flashloader0.fname=/home/ubuntu/yocto/poky/arm32-aem-build/tmp/deploy/images/fvp-base-arm32/fip-fvp.bin --parameter bp.virtioblockdevice.image_path=/home/ubuntu/yocto/poky/arm32-aem-build/tmp/deploy/images/fvp-base-arm32/core-image-minimal-fvp-base-arm32-20250630100348.rootfs.wic --parameter cluster0.has_arm_v8-4=1 --parameter cluster1.has_arm_v8-4=1 --parameter cluster0.cpu0.CONFIG64=0 --parameter cluster0.cpu1.CONFIG64=0 --parameter cluster0.cpu2.CONFIG64=0 --parameter cluster0.cpu3.CONFIG64=0 --parameter cluster1.cpu0.CONFIG64=0 --parameter cluster1.cpu1.CONFIG64=0 --parameter cluster1.cpu2.CONFIG64=0 --parameter cluster1.cpu3.CONFIG64=0 --data cluster0.cpu0=/home/ubuntu/yocto/poky/arm32-aem-build/tmp/deploy/images/fvp-base-arm32/zImage@0x80080000 --data cluster0.cpu0=/home/ubuntu/yocto/poky/arm32-aem-build/tmp/deploy/images/fvp-base-arm32/fvp-base-revc.dtb@0x8fc00000 --parameter 'bp.terminal_0.terminal_command=tmux new-window -n "%title" "telnet localhost %port"' --parameter bp.terminal_1.start_telnet=0 --parameter bp.terminal_2.start_telnet=0 --parameter bp.terminal_3.start_telnet=0 --iris-server --iris-port 7102 --iris-allow-remote And an interrupted (not full for longevity) console log: NOTICE: Booting Trusted Firmware NOTICE: BL1: v2.8(debug):dd37aa5be-dirty NOTICE: BL1: Built : 20:04:50, Aug 4 2025 NOTICE: BL1: Booting BL2 NOTICE: BL2: v2.8(debug):dd37aa5be-dirty NOTICE: BL2: Built : 20:04:50, Aug 4 2025 NOTICE: BL1: Booting BL32 WARNING: FCONF: Invalid config id 26 INFO: SP_MIN FCONF: HW_CONFIG address = 0x7f00000 INFO: FCONF: Reading HW_CONFIG firmware configuration file from: 0x7f00000 INFO: FCONF: Reading firmware configuration information for: cpu_timer INFO: FCONF: Reading firmware configuration information for: uart_config INFO: FCONF: Reading firmware configuration information for: topology INFO: FCONF: Reading firmware configuration information for: gicv3_config NOTICE: SP_MIN: v2.8(debug):dd37aa5be-dirty NOTICE: SP_MIN: Built : 20:04:50, Aug 4 2025 U-Boot 2022.04 (Aug 06 2025 - 16:41:21 +0000) vexpress_aemv8a fvp aarch32 DRAM: 2 GiB WARNING: Caches not enabled Core: 2 devices, 2 uclasses Flash: 64 MiB MMC: Loading Environment from nowhere... OK In: serial_pl01x Out: serial_pl01x Err: serial_pl01x Net: SMC91111-0 Error: SMC91111-0 address not set. Hit any key to stop autoboot: 0 fvp32# dcache on fvp32# run bootcmd OTE: Dereference aliases by omitting the leading '/', e.g. fdt print ethernet0. Kernel image @ 0x80080000 [ 0x000000 - 0x687970 ] ## Flattened Device Tree blob at 8fc00000 Booting using the fdt blob at 0x8fc00000 Loading Device Tree to feb8b000, end feb90fff ... OK Starting kernel ... Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0 Linux version 6.1.57-yocto-standard (oe-user@oe-host) (arm-poky-linux-gnueabi-gcc (GCC) 12.3.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.40.0.20230703) #1 SMP PREEMPT Wed Oct 11 23:03:27 UTC 2023 CPU: ARMv7 Processor [410fd0f0] revision 0 (ARMv7), cr=10c5387d CPU: div instructions available: patching division code CPU: PIPT / VIPT nonaliasing data cache, PIPT instruction cache OF: fdt: Machine model: FVP Base RevC earlycon: pl11 at MMIO 0x1c090000 (options '') amba 1c1f0000.clcd: deferred probe pending Poky (Yocto Project Reference Distro) 4.2.4 fvp-base-arm32 /dev/ttyAMA0 fvp-base-arm32 login: root root@fvp-base-arm32:~# random: crng init done random: 1 urandom warning(s) missed due to ratelimiting root@fvp-base-arm32:~# Is there a chance FVP_Base_RevC-2xAEMvA doesn't support the 1-stage MMU translation for anything else but Strongly-Ordered? Thanks, Marek

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