Hi, On Dec 11th in the TF-A Tech Forum at 4.00pm UK, Soby Mathew will
present a design update on TF-RMM Live Firmware Activation: This
presentation describes the revised TF-RMM Low-VA MMU and
global-runtime-data design required to support Live Firmware Activation
(LFA). Compared to the earlier approach (outlined in the TFA Tech Forum
session on 12-Jun-2025 [1] ), which assumed mostly fixed boot time mappings
and per-platform handcrafted Low-VA contexts, the new design is driven by
several changes in RMM specification: RMM must now support runtime
mapping/unmapping of PAs for RMM objects like struct granule , reuse those
dynamic mappings across LFA transitions. These PAs can come either from NS
world at runtime or EL3 reservation from RMM carveout. In order to migrate
Stage 1 dynamic mappings across LFA instances, RMM needs to reduce
dependence on platform-specific MMU setup, and provide a structured
framework for allocating, versioning and migrating global runtime data. The
Stage 1 Low-VA is therefore split into static and dynamic regions managed
by the common xlat layer. The detailed design is captured in the TF-RMM
wiki RFC “TF-RMM Live Firmware Activation [2]” and builds on the initial
design presented in the TFA Tech Forum session on 12-Jun-2025 [1] : [1]
Previous LFA discussion:
https://github.com/TF-RMM/tf-rmm/wiki/TFA-Tech-Forum-Presentations [2]
https://github.com/TF-RMM/tf-rmm/wiki/RFC:-TF%E2%80%90RMM-Live-Firmware-Act…
Regards, Olivier.
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Hi,
On Dec 11th in the TF-A Tech Forum at 4.00pm UK, Soby Mathew will present a design update on TF-RMM Live Firmware Activation:
This presentation describes the revised TF-RMM Low-VA MMU and global-runtime-data design required to support Live Firmware Activation (LFA). Compared to the earlier approach (outlined in the TFA Tech Forum session on 12-Jun-2025 [1] ), which assumed mostly fixed boot time mappings and per-platform handcrafted Low-VA contexts, the new design is driven by several changes in RMM specification: RMM must now support runtime mapping/unmapping of PAs for RMM objects like struct granule , reuse those dynamic mappings across LFA transitions. These PAs can come either from NS world at runtime or EL3 reservation from RMM carveout.
In order to migrate Stage 1 dynamic mappings across LFA instances, RMM needs to reduce dependence on platform-specific MMU setup, and provide a structured framework for allocating, versioning and migrating global runtime data. The Stage 1 Low-VA is therefore split into static and dynamic regions managed by the common xlat layer. The detailed design is captured in the TF-RMM wiki RFC “TF-RMM Live Firmware Activation [2]” and builds on the initial design presented in the TFA Tech Forum session on 12-Jun-2025 [1] :
[1] Previous LFA discussion: https://github.com/TF-RMM/tf-rmm/wiki/TFA-Tech-Forum-Presentations
[2] https://github.com/TF-RMM/tf-rmm/wiki/RFC:-TF%E2%80%90RMM-Live-Firmware-Act…
Regards,
Olivier.