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J-Alvesad4fdd12023-10-18 17:42:45 +0100[diff] [blame]1Glossary
2========
3
4This glossary provides definitions for terms and abbreviations used in the Hafnium
5documentation.
6
7You can find additional definitions in the `Arm Glossary`_.
8
9.. glossary::
10 :sorted:
11
12 AArch32
13 32-bit execution state of the ARMv8 ISA
14
15 AArch64
16 64-bit execution state of the ARMv8 ISA
17
18 BTI
19 Branch Target Identification. An Armv8.5 extension providing additional
20 control flow integrity around indirect branches and their targets.
21
22 CoT
23 Chain of Trust
24
25 DMA
26 Direct Memory Access
27
28 DS-5
29 Arm Development Studio 5
30
31 DT
32 Device Tree
33
34 DTB
35 Device Tree Blob
36
37 DTS
38 Device Tree Source
39
40 EC
41 Execution Context
42
43 EL
44 Exception Level
45
46 FCONF
47 Firmware Configuration Framework
48
49 FDT
50 Flattened Device Tree
51
52 FF-A
53 Firmware Framework for Arm A-profile
54
55 FIP
56 Firmware Image Package
57
58 FVP
59 Fixed Virtual Platform
60
61 GIC
62 Generic Interrupt Controller
63
J-Alvesdac0ae12024-05-16 15:55:37 +0100[diff] [blame]64 GPF
65 Granlue Protection Fault
66
67 GPT
68 Granule Protection Table
69
J-Alvesad4fdd12023-10-18 17:42:45 +0100[diff] [blame]70 ISA
71 Instruction Set Architecture
72
73 IPA
74 Intermediate Physical Address
75
76 JOP
77 Jump-Oriented Programming
78
79 LSP
80 A logical secure partition managed by SPM
81
82 MMU
83 Memory Management Unit
84
85 MPIDR
86 Multiprocessor Affinity Register
87
88 MTE
89 Memory Tagging Extension. An optional Armv8.5 extension that enables
90 hardware-assisted memory tagging.
91
92 NWd
93 Normal World
94
95 ODM
96 Original Design Manufacturer
97
98 OEM
99 Original Equipment Manufacturer
100
101 OEN
102 Owning Entity Number
103
104 PA
105 Physical Address
106
J-Alvesd547d6d2024-05-14 14:59:54 +0100[diff] [blame]107 PAS
108 Physical Address Space
109
J-Alvesad4fdd12023-10-18 17:42:45 +0100[diff] [blame]110 PE
111 Processing Element
112
113 PM
114 Power Management
115
116 PVM
117 Primary Virtual Machine
118
119 PAUTH
120 Pointer Authentication. An optional extension introduced in Armv8.3.
121
122 PSCI
123 Power State Coordination Interface
124
125 RAS
126 Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability extensions. A mandatory
127 extension for the Armv8.2 architecture and later. An optional extension to
128 the base Armv8 architecture.
129
J-Alvesd547d6d2024-05-14 14:59:54 +0100[diff] [blame]130 RME
131 Realm Manage Extension
132
J-Alvesad4fdd12023-10-18 17:42:45 +0100[diff] [blame]133 ROP
134 Return-Oriented Programming
135
136 ROT
137 Root of Trust
138
139 SEA
140 Synchronous External Abort
141
Olivier Deprez2aea7482024-05-17 12:15:52 +0200[diff] [blame]142 SIMD
143 Single Instruction Multiple Data
144
J-Alvesad4fdd12023-10-18 17:42:45 +0100[diff] [blame]145 SiP
146 Silicon Provider
147
148 SMC
149 Secure Monitor Call
150
151 SMCCC
152 :term:`SMC` Calling Convention
153
154 SoC
155 System on Chip
156
157 SP
158 Secure Partition
159
160 SPD
161 Secure Payload Dispatcher
162
163 SPM
164 Secure Partition Manager
165
166 SPMC
167 Secure Partition Manager Core
168
169 SPMD
170 Secure Partition Manager Dispatcher
171
172 SVE
173 Scalable Vector Extension
174
Olivier Deprez2aea7482024-05-17 12:15:52 +0200[diff] [blame]175 SME
176 Scalable Matrix Extension
177
J-Alvesad4fdd12023-10-18 17:42:45 +0100[diff] [blame]178 SWd
179 Secure World
180
181 TBB
182 Trusted Board Boot
183
184 TBBR
185 Trusted Board Boot Requirements
186
187 TCB
188 Trusted Compute Base
189
190 TEE
191 Trusted Execution Environment
192
193 TF-A
194 Trusted Firmware-A
195
196 TLB
197 Translation Lookaside Buffer
198
199 TZC
200 TrustZone Controller
201
202.. _`Arm Glossary`: https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-glossary