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How secondary core(s) move from TF-A into Kernel space using PSCI - 4 x A55 ?

by Mohd Yusuf Abdul Hamid

Hi, I have been stuck at this problem for more than a week. Hopefully good folks here can help clarify a few things. Platform 4x Cortex A55 single cluster. What I got working: 1. I can boot single core kernel to shell using TFA bl31 Baremetal (bare minimum startup + platform specific SOC enablement, EL3) -> TFA bl31 -> Kernel 2. I added PSCI in DT and can see the hook trigger service and hotplug secondary core in. Secondary core woke up: 1. Bare minimum startup (skip SOC specific enablement) -> TFA bl31 -> go thru 'plat_secondary_cold_boot_setup' path, using 'RESET_TO_BL31:=1' Now, I am not sure how from there, the secondary core would jump to: a. If jump to kernel's 'secondary_holding_pen' it looks like it would drop from EL3 -> EL1 and wait (however at this point Core0 is already in cpu_idle) and won't continue a.1 For this case, I am also not sure why I hit "instruction abort" in core1 - from what I read MMU hasnt been set up, which is true. I also wonder at what point MMU is set up for this path in the secondary core? b. If jump to 'secondary_entry' I believe the core is still in EL3 at this point and I will get an exception at 'set_cpu_boot_mode_flag' c. If someone can summarize what are the minimum requirements for the secondary core to get set up before jumping to 'secondary_holding_pen'/'secondary_entry' whichever is applicable. Any pointers would be much appreciated. ps: I have access to Trace32. Mohd Yusuf Abdul Hamid

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Re: GIC-600 errata 1717652: missed wake requests

by Bipin Ravi

Hi Okash, In TF-A project, we haven't supported errata patches for system IP's like GIC-600 until now. We typically support Cat B errata patches for Arm CPU implementations that are made public. Additionally we also support DSU errata patches for the TF-A supported CPUs as applicable. But we are more than happy to support any code reviews required for the implementation of the below said errata. Thanks, Bipin -----Original Message----- From: tf-a-request(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org <tf-a-request(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org> Sent: Thursday, January 27, 2022 6:00 PM To: tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org Subject: TF-A Digest, Vol 37, Issue 16 1. GIC-600 errata 1717652: missed wake requests (Okash Khawaja) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Message: 1 Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2022 13:36:32 +0000 From: Okash Khawaja <okash(a)google.com> Subject: [TF-A] GIC-600 errata 1717652: missed wake requests To: tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org Message-ID: <CAGjWKv6TTLVvF7GfsmY76QFjSzcSX8DqPuPukJQAOH-AqAvuLg(a)mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Hi, It seems like TF-A's GIC600 driver currently doesn't have support for the Cat B errata 1717652 "Wake_request may not be delivered if multiple cores are woken by PPIs at the same time". Are there plans to support this? Thanks, Okash ------------------------------ Subject: Digest Footer TF-A mailing list -- tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org To unsubscribe send an email to tf-a-leave(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org ------------------------------ End of TF-A Digest, Vol 37, Issue 16 ************************************

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GIC-600 errata 1717652: missed wake requests

by Okash Khawaja

Hi, It seems like TF-A's GIC600 driver currently doesn't have support for the Cat B errata 1717652 "Wake_request may not be delivered if multiple cores are woken by PPIs at the same time". Are there plans to support this? Thanks, Okash

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Updated invitation: TF-A Tech Forum @ Thu Jan 27, 2022 4pm - 5pm (GMT) (tf-a@lists.trustedfirmware.org)

by joanna.farley＠arm.com

This event has been changed. Title: TF-A Tech Forum Agenda for Session on 27th January 2020Introduction of Arm CCA Context ManagementSession Presented by: Manish Pandey, Soby Mathew and Zelalem AwekeDetails: With the introduction of Arm CCA, the context management library needs to manage the context for one more world (realm world). Since the current context management library has evolved over time, some of design principles need sharpening / re-defining to make it easier to manage and make it less error-prone when managing the 3 worlds. The proposal lists down the design principles and discusses about introduction of new CPU Context for the root world (EL3). The refactor will increase the overall robustness of EL3 firmware as it will enforce a design pattern in software plus have a more predictable sysreg state during execution at EL3.We run an open technical forum call for anyone to participate and it is not restricted to Trusted Firmware project members. It will operate under the guidance of the TF TSC. Feel free to forward this invite to colleagues. Invites are via the TF-A mailing list and also published on the Trusted Firmware website. Details are here: https://www.trustedfirmware.org/meetings/tf-a-technical-forum/Tr… Firmware is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Join Zoom Meetinghttps://zoom.us/j/9159704974Meeting ID: 915 970 4974One tap mobile+16465588656,,9159704974# US (New York)+16699009128,,9159704974# US (San Jose)Dial by your location        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)        +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)        877 853 5247 US Toll-free        888 788 0099 US Toll-freeMeeting ID: 915 970 4974Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/ad27hc6t7h   (changed) When: Thu Jan 27, 2022 4pm – 5pm United Kingdom Time Calendar: tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org Who: * Bill Fletcher - creator * marek.bykowski(a)gmail.com * okash.khawaja(a)gmail.com * tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org Event details: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=NWlub3Ewdm1tMmk1… Invitation from Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this courtesy email at the account tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org because you are an attendee of this event. To stop receiving future updates for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google account at https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to send a response to the organizer and be added to the guest list, or invite others regardless of their own invitation status, or to modify your RSVP. Learn more at https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding

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TF-A Technical Forum Session Agenda this week

by Joanna Farley

Agenda for Session on 27th January 2020 * Introduction of Arm CCA Context Management * Session Presented by: Manish Pandey, Soby Mathew and Zelalem Aweke * Details: With the introduction of Arm CCA, the context management library needs to manage the context for one more world (realm world). Since the current context management library has evolved over time, some of design principles need sharpening / re-defining to make it easier to manage and make it less error-prone when managing the 3 worlds. The proposal lists down the design principles and discusses about introduction of new CPU Context for the root world (EL3). The refactor will increase the overall robustness of EL3 firmware as it will enforce a design pattern in software plus have a more predictable sysreg state during execution at EL3. We run an open technical forum call for anyone to participate and it is not restricted to Trusted Firmware project members. It will operate under the guidance of the TF TSC. Feel free to forward this invite to colleagues. Invites are via the TF-A mailing list and also published on the Trusted Firmware website. Details are here: https://www.trustedfirmware.org/meetings/tf-a-technical-forum/<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://www.trustedfirmware.org/meetings/tf-a-…> Trusted Firmware is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/9159704974<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://zoom.us/j/9159704974&sa=D&source=calen…> Meeting ID: 915 970 4974 One tap mobile +16465588656,,9159704974# US (New York) +16699009128,,9159704974# US (San Jose) Dial by your location +1 646 558 8656 US (New York) +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose) 877 853 5247 US Toll-free 888 788 0099 US Toll-free Meeting ID: 915 970 4974 Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/ad27hc6t7h<https://www.google.com/url?q=https://zoom.us/u/ad27hc6t7h&sa=D&source=calen…>

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Updated invitation: TF-A Tech Forum @ Thu Jan 27, 2022 4pm - 5pm (GMT) (tf-a@lists.trustedfirmware.org)

by joanna.farley＠arm.com

This event has been changed. Title: TF-A Tech Forum Agenda for Session on 27th January 2020introduction of Arm CCA Context ManagementSession Presented by: Manish Pandy, Soby Mathew and Zelalem AwekeDetails: With the introduction of Arm CCA, the context management library needs to manage the context for one more world (realm world). Since the current context management library has evolved over time, some of design principles need sharpening / re-defining to make it easier to manage and make it less error-prone when managing the 3 worlds. The proposal lists down the design principles and discusses about introduction of new CPU Context for the root world (EL3). The refactor will increase the overall robustness of EL3 firmware as it will enforce a design pattern in software plus have a more predictable sysreg state during execution at EL3.We run an open technical forum call for anyone to participate and it is not restricted to Trusted Firmware project members. It will operate under the guidance of the TF TSC. Feel free to forward this invite to colleagues. Invites are via the TF-A mailing list and also published on the Trusted Firmware website. Details are here: https://www.trustedfirmware.org/meetings/tf-a-technical-forum/Tr… Firmware is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.Join Zoom Meetinghttps://zoom.us/j/9159704974Meeting ID: 915 970 4974One tap mobile+16465588656,,9159704974# US (New York)+16699009128,,9159704974# US (San Jose)Dial by your location        +1 646 558 8656 US (New York)        +1 669 900 9128 US (San Jose)        877 853 5247 US Toll-free        888 788 0099 US Toll-freeMeeting ID: 915 970 4974Find your local number: https://zoom.us/u/ad27hc6t7h   (changed) When: Thu Jan 27, 2022 4pm – 5pm United Kingdom Time Calendar: tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org Who: * Bill Fletcher - creator * marek.bykowski(a)gmail.com * okash.khawaja(a)gmail.com * tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org Event details: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=NWlub3Ewdm1tMmk1… Invitation from Google Calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ You are receiving this courtesy email at the account tf-a(a)lists.trustedfirmware.org because you are an attendee of this event. To stop receiving future updates for this event, decline this event. Alternatively you can sign up for a Google account at https://calendar.google.com/calendar/ and control your notification settings for your entire calendar. Forwarding this invitation could allow any recipient to send a response to the organizer and be added to the guest list, or invite others regardless of their own invitation status, or to modify your RSVP. Learn more at https://support.google.com/calendar/answer/37135#forwarding

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RFC for context management refactoring in TF-A

by Soby Mathew

Hello Everyone, We have a proposal to refactor the Context management framework in TF-A and an RFC is pushed for review here: https://review.trustedfirmware.org/c/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/13651 . The abstract of the RFC is given below: With the introduction of Arm CCA, the context management library needs to manage the context for one more world (realm world). Since the current context management library has evolved over time, some of design principles need sharpening / re-defining to make it easier to manage and make it less error-prone when managing the 3 worlds. The proposal lists down the design principles and discusses about introduction of new CPU Context for the root world (EL3). The refactor will increase the overall robustness of EL3 firmware as it will enforce a design pattern in software plus have a more predictable sysreg state during execution at EL3. The plus point here is that many of the design principles are already adhered to in one way or other in the current the implementation so much of the work can be done in an incremental fashion without much disruption. Along with @Zelalem Aweke<mailto:Zelalem.Aweke@arm.com> and @Manish Pandey2<mailto:Manish.Pandey2@arm.com>, we hope to discuss the this RFC and how this translates to code changes in TF-A during the Tech Forum this week. Best Regards Soby Mathew

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About arm_validate_ns_entrypoint in arm_pm.c

by Ming Huang

Hi, arm_validate_ns_entrypoint() in plat/arm/common/arm_pm.c check ARM_NS_DRAM1_BASE and ARM_NS_DRAM2_BASE only, for some platform there are include more than two non-secure dram areas. It will bring dependencies between TF-A and physical memory space which can get from uefi atfer memory initialization, if arm_validate_ns_entrypoint() include the entire physical memory space. In my mind, the kernel should guarantee the validity of entry point. So why this check is need? Thanks, Ming

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imx8mm-evk does not boot kernel 5.16 with mainline TF-A

by Fabio Estevam

Hi, I am running U-Boot 2022.01 on imx8mm-evk. If I build the NXP vendor-based TF-A (imx_5.4.47_2.2.0) I am able to boot kernel 5.16 just fine. However, if I use the upstream TF-A (v2.5 or v2.6), the kernel fails to boot most of the attempts. Peng, Jacky, Could you please try booting kernel 5.16 + U-Boot 2022.01 built with TF-A v2.6? What is missing in upstream TF-A to be able to boot kernel 5.16? Thanks, Fabio Estevam

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fw update & anti-rollback versioning

by Etienne CARRIERE

Dear all, (and may the new year be happy to you and your beloved) In the course of evaluating the FW update flows for systems with FIP images, we identified the following requirements: Req1: The FIP image, or the components in the FIP, must have a version field. Each version field will be compared against the anti-rollback counter of the platform that the FIP or its component is bound to. Req2: We must be able to increment the FIP version field (though a FIP image FW update) without affecting the anti-rollback counter value. The anti-rollback counter should be incremented only for security updates upon explicit request. Req3: The version field should be present even if the FIP does not contain image certificates. Currently the FIP carries a version field in the different certificates, the anti-rollback counters are updated every time the root certificate value increased. This is not flexible enough and does not allow trial/acceptance of updates. Can we open a discussion on how to enhance the version/anti-rollback counter update in TF-A? Best regards, Etienne Carriere ST Restricted

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