| Gyorgy Szing | db9783c | 2019-04-17 21:08:48 +0200 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | ######################################## |
| 2 | TF-M glossary of terms and abbreviations |
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| 4 | |
| 5 | ************ |
| 6 | TF-M related |
| 7 | ************ |
| 8 | .. glossary:: |
| 9 | |
| 10 | TF-M |
| 11 | TFM |
| 12 | Trusted Firmware for M-class |
| 13 | ARM TF-M provides a reference implementation of secure world software for ARMv8-M. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | SPE : TF-M related |
| 16 | Secure Processing Environment |
| 17 | PSA term. In TF-M this means the secure domain protected by TF-M |
| 18 | |
| 19 | NSPE : TF-M related |
| 20 | Non Secure Processing Enviroment |
| 21 | PSA term. In TF-M this means non secure domain typically running an OS using services provided by TF-M |
| 22 | |
| 23 | SS : TF-M related |
| 24 | Secure Service |
| 25 | A component within the TEE that is atomic from a security/trust point of view, i.e. which is viewed as a single entity from a TF-M point of view |
| 26 | |
| 27 | SP : TF-M related |
| 28 | Secure Partition |
| 29 | A logical container for a single secure service |
| 30 | |
| 31 | SPM : TF-M related |
| 32 | Secure Partition Manager |
| 33 | The TF-M component responsible for enumeration, management and isolation of multiple Secure Partitions within the TEE |
| 34 | |
| 35 | SFN : TF-M related |
| 36 | Secure Function |
| 37 | An entry function to a secure service. Multiple SFN per SS are permitted |
| 38 | |
| 39 | SST : TF-M related |
| 40 | Secure Storage Service |
| 41 | Secure storage service provided by TF-M |
| 42 | |
| 43 | **************** |
| 44 | SSE-200 platform |
| 45 | **************** |
| 46 | .. glossary:: |
| 47 | |
| 48 | MPC : SSE-200 platform |
| 49 | Memory Protection Controller |
| 50 | Bus slave-side security controller for memory regions |
| 51 | |
| 52 | PPC : SSE-200 platform |
| 53 | Peripheral Protection Controller |
| 54 | Bus slave-side security controller for peripheral access |
| 55 | |
| 56 | ************ |
| 57 | v8M-specific |
| 58 | ************ |
| 59 | .. glossary:: |
| 60 | |
| 61 | SSE-200 platform |
| 62 | Secure/Non-secure |
| 63 | The separation provided by TrustZone hardware components in the system |
| 64 | |
| 65 | SAU |
| 66 | Secure Attribution Unit |
| 67 | Hardware component providing isolation between Secure, Non-secure Callable and Non-secure addresses |
| 68 | |
| 69 | |
| 70 | *************** |
| 71 | M-class Generic |
| 72 | *************** |
| 73 | .. glossary:: |
| 74 | |
| 75 | APCS |
| 76 | ARM Architecture Procedure Call Standard |
| 77 | The AAPCS defines how subroutines can be separately written, separately compiled, and separately assembled to work together. It describes a contract between a calling routine and a called routine |
| 78 | |
| 79 | SVC |
| 80 | SuperVisor Call |
| 81 | ARMv7M assembly instruction to call a privileged handler function |
| 82 | |
| 83 | MPU |
| 84 | Memory Protection Unit |
| 85 | Hardware component providing privilege control |
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| 87 | -------------- |
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| 89 | *Copyright (c) 2017-2019, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.* |