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authorChris Kay <chris.kay@arm.com>2020-10-29 14:28:59 +0000
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@@ -4,6 +4,502 @@ Change Log & Release Notes
This document contains a summary of the new features, changes, fixes and known
issues in each release of Trusted Firmware-A.
+Version 2.4
+-----------
+
+New Features
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- Architecture support
+ - Armv8.6-A
+ - Added support for Armv8.6 Enhanced Counter Virtualization (ECV)
+ - Added support for Armv8.6 Fine Grained Traps (FGT)
+ - Added support for Armv8.6 WFE trap delays
+
+- Bootloader images
+ - Added support for Measured Boot
+
+- Build System
+ - Added build option ``COT_DESC_IN_DTB`` to create chain of trust at runtime
+ - Added build option ``OPENSSL_DIR`` to direct tools to OpenSSL libraries
+ - Added build option ``RAS_TRAP_LOWER_EL_ERR_ACCESS`` to enable trapping RAS
+ register accesses from EL1/EL2 to EL3
+ - Extended build option ``BRANCH_PROTECTION`` to support branch target
+ identification
+
+- Common components
+ - Added support for exporting CPU nodes to the device tree
+ - Added support for single and dual-root chains of trust in secure
+ partitions
+
+- Drivers
+ - Added Broadcom RNG driver
+ - Added Marvell ``mg_conf_cm3`` driver
+ - Added System Control and Management Interface (SCMI) driver
+ - Added STMicroelectronics ETZPC driver
+
+ - Arm GICv3
+ - Added support for detecting topology at runtime
+
+ - Dual Root
+ - Added support for platform certificates
+
+ - Marvell Cache LLC
+ - Added support for mapping the entire LLC into SRAM
+
+ - Marvell CCU
+ - Added workaround for erratum 3033912
+
+ - Marvell CP110 COMPHY
+ - Added support for SATA COMPHY polarity inversion
+ - Added support for USB COMPHY polarity inversion
+ - Added workaround for erratum IPCE_COMPHY-1353
+
+ - STM32MP1 Clocks
+ - Added ``RTC`` as a gateable clock
+ - Added support for shifted clock selector bit masks
+ - Added support for using additional clocks as parents
+
+- Libraries
+ - C standard library
+ - Added support for hexadecimal and pointer format specifiers in
+ ``snprint()``
+ - Added assembly alternatives for various library functions
+
+ - CPU support
+ - Arm Cortex-A53
+ - Added workaround for erratum 1530924
+
+ - Arm Cortex-A55
+ - Added workaround for erratum 1530923
+
+ - Arm Cortex-A57
+ - Added workaround for erratum 1319537
+
+ - Arm Cortex-A76
+ - Added workaround for erratum 1165522
+ - Added workaround for erratum 1791580
+ - Added workaround for erratum 1868343
+
+ - Arm Cortex-A72
+ - Added workaround for erratum 1319367
+
+ - Arm Cortex-A77
+ - Added workaround for erratum 1508412
+ - Added workaround for erratum 1800714
+ - Added workaround for erratum 1925769
+
+ - Arm Neoverse N1
+ - Added workaround for erratum 1868343
+
+ - FCONF
+ - Added support for Measured Boot
+ - Added support for populating Chain of Trust properties
+
+ - Measured Boot
+ - Added support for event logging
+
+- Platforms
+ - Added support for Arm Morello
+ - Added support for Arm TC0
+ - Added support for iEi PUZZLE-M801
+ - Added support for Marvell OCTEON TX2 T9130
+ - Added support for MediaTek MT8192
+ - Added support for NXP i.MX 8M Nano
+ - Added support for NXP i.MX 8M Plus
+ - Added support for QTI CHIP SC7180
+ - Added support for STM32MP151F
+ - Added support for STM32MP153F
+ - Added support for STM32MP157F
+ - Added support for STM32MP151D
+ - Added support for STM32MP153D
+ - Added support for STM32MP157D
+
+ - Arm
+ - Added support for platform-owned SPs
+ - Added support for resetting to BL31
+
+ - Arm FPGA
+ - Added support for Klein
+ - Added support for Matterhorn
+ - Added support for additional CPU clusters
+
+ - Arm FVP
+ - Added support for performing SDEI platform setup at runtime
+ - Added support for SMCCC's ``SMCCC_ARCH_SOC_ID`` command
+
+ - Arm Juno
+ - Added support for SMCCC's ``SMCCC_ARCH_SOC_ID`` command
+
+ - Arm N1SDP
+ - Added support for cross-chip PCI-e
+
+ - Marvell
+ - Added support for AVS reduction
+
+ - Marvell ARMADA
+ - Added support for twin-die combined memory device
+
+ - Marvell ARMADA A8K
+ - Added support for DDR with 32-bit bus width (both ECC and non-ECC)
+
+ - Marvell AP806
+ - Added workaround for erratum FE-4265711
+
+ - Marvell AP807
+ - Added workaround for erratum 3033912
+
+ - Nvidia Tegra
+ - Added debug printouts indicating SC7 entry sequence completion
+ - Added support for SDEI
+ - Added support for stack protection
+ - Added support for GICv3
+ - Added support for SMCCC's ``SMCCC_ARCH_SOC_ID`` command
+
+ - Nvidia Tegra194
+ - Added support for RAS exception handling
+ - Added support for SPM
+
+ - NXP i.MX
+ - Added support for SDEI
+
+ - QEMU SBSA
+ - Added support for the Secure Partition Manager
+
+ - QTI
+ - Added RNG driver
+ - Added SPMI PMIC arbitrator driver
+ - Added support for SMCCC's ``SMCCC_ARCH_SOC_ID`` command
+
+ - STM32MP1
+ - Added support for exposing peripheral interfaces to the non-secure
+ world at runtime
+ - Added support for SCMI clock and reset services
+ - Added support for STM32MP15x CPU revision Z
+ - Added support for SMCCC services in ``SP_MIN``
+
+- Tools
+ - CertCreate
+ - Added support for secure partitions
+
+ - CertTool
+ - Added support for the ``fw_config`` image
+
+ - FIPTool
+ - Added support for the ``fw_config`` image
+
+Changed
+^^^^^^^
+
+- Architecture support
+
+- Bootloader images
+
+- Build System
+ - The top-level Makefile now supports building FipTool on Windows
+ - The default value of ``KEY_SIZE`` has been changed to to 2048 when RSA is
+ in use
+ - The previously-deprecated macro ``__ASSEMBLY__`` has now been removed
+
+- Common components
+ - Certain functions that flush the console will no longer return error
+ information
+
+- Drivers
+ - Arm GIC
+ - Usage of ``drivers/arm/gic/common/gic_common.c`` has now been
+ deprecated in favour of ``drivers/arm/gic/vX/gicvX.mk``
+
+ - Marvell MCI
+ - Now performs link tuning for all MCI interfaces to improve performance
+
+ - Marvell MoChi
+ - PIDI masters are no longer forced into a non-secure access level when
+ ``LLC_SRAM`` is enabled
+ - The SD/MMC controllers are now accessible from guest virtual machines
+
+ - MBedTLS
+ - Migrated to MBedTLS v2.24.0
+
+ - STM32 FMC2 NAND
+ - Adjusted FMC node bindings to include an EBI controller node
+
+ - STM32 Reset
+ - Added an optional timeout argument to assertion functions
+
+ - STM32MP1 Clocks
+ - Enabled several additional system clocks during initialization
+
+- Libraries
+ - CPU support
+ - Renamed Cortex-Hercules to Cortex-A78
+ - Renamed Cortex-Hercules AE to Cortex-A78 AE
+ - Renamed Neoverse Zeus to Neoverse V1
+
+- Platforms
+ - Allwinner
+ - Disabled non-secure access to PRCM power control registers
+
+ - Arm
+ - ``BL32_BASE`` is now platform-dependent when ``SPD_spmd`` is enabled
+ - Added support for loading the Chain of Trust from the device tree
+ - The firmware update check is now executed only once
+ - NV-counter base addresses are now loaded from the device tree when
+ ``COT_DESC_IN_DTB`` is enabled
+ - Now loads and populates ``fw_config`` and ``tb_fw_config``
+ - FConf population now occurs after caches have been enabled in order
+ to reduce boot times
+
+ - Arm Corstone-700
+ - Platform support has been split into both an FVP and an FPGA variant
+
+ - Arm FPGA
+ - DTB and BL33 load addresses have been given sensible default values
+ - Now reads generic timer counter frequency, GICD and GICR base
+ addresses, and UART address from DT
+ - Now treats the primary PL011 UART as an SBSA Generic UART
+
+ - Arm FVP
+ - Secure interrupt descriptions, UART parameters, clock frequencies and
+ GICv3 parameters are now queried through FConf
+ - UART parameters are now queried through the device tree
+ - Added owner field to cactus secure partitions
+ - Increased the maximum size of BL2 when the Chain of Trust is loaded
+ from the device tree
+ - Reduces the maximum size of BL31
+ - The ``FVP_USE_SP804_TIMER`` and ``FVP_VE_USE_SP804_TIMER`` build
+ options have been removed in favour of a common ``USE_SP804_TIMER``
+ option
+ - Added a third Cactus partition to manifests
+
+ - Arm Juno
+ - Increased the maximum size of BL2 when optimizations have not been
+ applied
+ - Reduced the maximum size of BL31 and BL32
+
+ - Marvell AP807
+ - Enabled snoop filters
+
+ - Marvell ARMADA A3K
+ - UART recovery images are now suffixed with ``.bin``
+
+ - Marvell ARMADA A8K
+ - Option ``BL31_CACHE_DISABLE`` is now disabled (``0``) by default
+
+ - Nvidia Tegra
+ - Added VPR resize supported check when processing video memory resize
+ requests
+ - Added SMMU verification to prevent potential issues caused by
+ undetected corruption of the SMMU configuration during boot
+ - The GIC CPU interface is now properly disabled after CPU off
+ - The GICv2 sources list and the ``BL31_SIZE`` definition have been made
+ platform-specific
+ - The SPE driver will no longer flush the console when writing
+ individual characters
+
+ - Nvidia Tegra194
+ - TZDRAM setup has been moved to platform-specific early boot handlers
+ - Increased verbosity of debug prints for RAS SErrors
+ - Support for powering down CPUs during CPU suspend has been removed
+ - Now verifies firewall settings before using resources
+
+ - TI K3
+ - The UART number has been made configurable through ``K3_USART``
+
+ - Rockchip RK3368
+ - The maximum number of memory map regions has been increased to 20
+
+ - Socionext Uniphier
+ - The maximum size of BL33 has been increased to support larger
+ bootloaders
+
+ - STM32
+ - Removed platform-specific DT functions in favour of using existing
+ generic alternatives
+
+ - STM32MP1
+ - Increased verbosity of exception reports in debug builds
+ - Device trees have been updated to align with the Linux kernel
+ - Now uses the ETZPC driver to configure secure-aware interfaces for
+ assignment to the non-secure world
+ - Finished good variants have been added to the board identifier
+ enumerations
+ - Non-secure access to clocks and reset domains now depends on their
+ state of registration
+ - NEON is now disabled in ``SP_MIN``
+ - The last page of ``SYSRAM`` is now used as SCMI shared memory
+ - Checks to verify platform compatibility have been added to verify that
+ an image is compatible with the chip ID of the running platform
+
+ - QEMU SBSA
+ - Removed support for Arm's Cortex-A53
+
+- Services
+ - Renamed SPCI to FF-A
+
+- Tools
+ - FIPTool
+ - Now returns ``0`` on ``help`` and ``help <command>``
+
+ - Marvell DoImage
+ - Updated MBedTLS support to v2.8
+
+ - SPTool
+ - Now appends CertTool arguments
+
+Resolved Issues
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- Bootloader images
+ - Fixed compilation errors for dual-root chains of trust caused by symbol
+ collision
+
+ - BL31
+ - Fixed compilation errors on platforms with fewer than 4 cores caused
+ by initialization code exceeding the end of the stacks
+ - Fixed compilation errors when building a position-independent image
+
+- Build System
+ - Fixed invalid empty version strings
+ - Fixed compilation errors on Windows caused by a non-portable architecture
+ revision comparison
+
+- Drivers
+ - STM32 Flexible Memory Controller 2 (FMC2) NAND driver
+ - Fixed runtime instability caused by incorrect error detection logic
+
+ - STM32MP1 Clock driver
+ - Fixed incorrectly-formatted log messages
+ - Fixed runtime instability caused by improper clock gating procedures
+
+ - STMicroelectronics Raw NAND driver
+ - Fixed runtime instability caused by incorrect unit conversion when
+ waiting for NAND readiness
+
+- Libraries
+ - AMU
+ - Fixed timeout errors caused by excess error logging
+
+ - EL3 Runtime
+ - Fixed runtime instability caused by improper register save/restore
+ routine in EL2
+
+ - FCONF
+ - Fixed failure to initialize GICv3 caused by overly-strict device tree
+ requirements
+
+ - Measured Boot
+ - Fixed driver errors caused by a missing default value for the
+ ``HASH_ALG`` build option
+
+ - SPE
+ - Fixed feature detection check that prevented CPUs supporting SVE from
+ detecting support for SPE in the non-secure world
+
+ - Translation Tables
+ - Fixed various MISRA-C 2012 static analysis violations
+
+- Platforms
+ - Allwinner A64
+ - Fixed USB issues on certain battery-powered device caused by
+ improperly activated USB power rail
+
+ - Arm
+ - Fixed compilation errors caused by increase in BL2 size
+ - Fixed compilation errors caused by missing Makefile dependencies to
+ generated files when building the FIP
+ - Fixed MISRA-C 2012 static analysis violations caused by unused
+ structures in include directives intended to be feature-gated
+
+ - Arm FPGA
+ - Fixed initialization issues caused by incorrect MPIDR topology mapping
+ logic
+
+ - Arm RD-N1-edge
+ - Fixed compilation errors caused by mismatched parentheses in Makefile
+
+ - Arm SGI
+ - Fixed crashes due to the flash memory used for cold reboot attack
+ protection not being mapped
+
+ - Intel Agilex
+ - Fixed initialization issues caused by several compounding bugs
+
+ - Marvell
+ - Fixed compilation warnings caused by multiple Makefile inclusions
+
+ - Marvell ARMADA A3K
+ - Fixed boot issue in debug builds caused by checks on the BL33 load
+ address that are not appropriate for this platform
+
+ - Nvidia Tegra
+ - Fixed incorrect delay timer reads
+ - Fixed spurious interrupts in the non-secure world during cold boot
+ caused by the arbitration bit in the memory controller not being
+ cleared
+ - Fixed faulty video memory resize sequence
+
+ - Nvidia Tegra194
+ - Fixed incorrect alignment of TZDRAM base address
+
+ - NXP iMX8M
+ - Fixed CPU hot-plug issues caused by race condition
+
+ - STM32MP1
+ - Fixed compilation errors in highly-parallel builds caused by incorrect
+ Makefile dependencies
+
+ - STM32MP157C-ED1
+ - Fixed initialization issues caused by missing device tree hash node
+
+ - Raspberry Pi 3
+ - Fixed compilation errors caused by incorrect dependency ordering in
+ Makefile
+
+ - Rockchip
+ - Fixed initialization issues caused by non-critical errors when parsing
+ FDT being treated as critical
+
+ - Rockchip RK3368
+ - Fixed runtime instability caused by incorrect CPUID shift value
+
+ - QEMU
+ - Fixed compilation errors caused by incorrect dependency ordering in
+ Makefile
+
+ - QEMU SBSA
+ - Fixed initialization issues caused by FDT exceeding reserved memory
+ size
+
+ - QTI
+ - Fixed compilation errors caused by inclusion of a non-existent file
+
+- Services
+ - FF-A (previously SPCI)
+ - Fixed SPMD aborts caused by incorrect behaviour when the manifest is
+ page-aligned
+
+- Tools
+ - Fixed compilation issues when compiling tools from within their respective
+ directories
+
+ - FIPTool
+ - Fixed command line parsing issues on Windows when using arguments
+ whose names also happen to be a subset of another's
+
+ - Marvell DoImage
+ - Fixed PKCS signature verification errors at boot on some platforms
+ caused by generation of misaligned images
+
+Known Issues
+^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+- Platforms
+ - NVIDIA Tegra
+ - Signed comparison compiler warnings occurring in libfdt are currently
+ being worked around by disabling the warning for the platform until
+ the underlying issue is resolved in libfdt
+
Version 2.3
-----------