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Abdellatif El Khlifi39d383b2023-08-04 14:33:40 +01001# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
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3config ARM_FFA_TRANSPORT
4 bool "Enable Arm Firmware Framework for Armv8-A driver"
5 depends on DM && ARM64
6 select ARM_SMCCC
7 select ARM_SMCCC_FEATURES
8 select LIB_UUID
9 select DEVRES
10 help
11 The Firmware Framework for Arm A-profile processors (FF-A)
12 describes interfaces (ABIs) that standardize communication
13 between the Secure World and Normal World leveraging TrustZone
14 technology.
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16 The FF-A support in U-Boot is based on FF-A specification v1.0 and uses SMC32
17 calling convention.
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19 FF-A specification:
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21 https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0077/a/?lang=en
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23 In U-Boot FF-A design, FF-A is considered as a discoverable bus.
24 FF-A bus is discovered using ARM_SMCCC_FEATURES mechanism performed
25 by the PSCI driver.
26 The Secure World is considered as one entity to communicate with
27 using the FF-A bus.
28 FF-A communication is handled by one device and one instance (the bus).
29 The FF-A support on U-Boot takes care of all the interactions between Normal
30 world and Secure World.
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32 Generic FF-A methods are implemented in the Uclass (arm-ffa-uclass.c).
33 Arm specific methods are implemented in the Arm driver (arm-ffa.c).
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35 For more details about the FF-A support, please refer to doc/arch/arm64.ffa.rst
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