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diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst b/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst index 5d78a6f5b0ae..8c324ad638de 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst +++ b/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst @@ -10,9 +10,9 @@ This document is based on the ARM booting document by Russell King and is relevant to all public releases of the AArch64 Linux kernel. The AArch64 exception model is made up of a number of exception levels -(EL0 - EL3), with EL0 and EL1 having a secure and a non-secure -counterpart. EL2 is the hypervisor level and exists only in non-secure -mode. EL3 is the highest priority level and exists only in secure mode. +(EL0 - EL3), with EL0, EL1 and EL2 having a secure and a non-secure +counterpart. EL2 is the hypervisor level, EL3 is the highest priority +level and exists only in secure mode. Both are architecturally optional. For the purposes of this document, we will use the term `boot loader` simply to define all software that executes on the CPU(s) before control @@ -167,13 +167,16 @@ Before jumping into the kernel, the following conditions must be met: All forms of interrupts must be masked in PSTATE.DAIF (Debug, SError, IRQ and FIQ). - The CPU must be in either EL2 (RECOMMENDED in order to have access to - the virtualisation extensions) or non-secure EL1. + The CPU must be in non-secure state, either in EL2 (RECOMMENDED in order + to have access to the virtualisation extensions), or in EL1. - Caches, MMUs The MMU must be off. - Instruction cache may be on or off. + + The instruction cache may be on or off, and must not hold any stale + entries corresponding to the loaded kernel image. + The address range corresponding to the loaded kernel image must be cleaned to the PoC. In the presence of a system cache or other coherent masters with caches enabled, this will typically require @@ -199,14 +202,22 @@ Before jumping into the kernel, the following conditions must be met: - System registers - All writable architected system registers at the exception level where - the kernel image will be entered must be initialised by software at a - higher exception level to prevent execution in an UNKNOWN state. + All writable architected system registers at or below the exception + level where the kernel image will be entered must be initialised by + software at a higher exception level to prevent execution in an UNKNOWN + state. + + For all systems: + - If EL3 is present: + + - SCR_EL3.FIQ must have the same value across all CPUs the kernel is + executing on. + - The value of SCR_EL3.FIQ must be the same as the one present at boot + time whenever the kernel is executing. + + - If EL3 is present and the kernel is entered at EL2: - - SCR_EL3.FIQ must have the same value across all CPUs the kernel is - executing on. - - The value of SCR_EL3.FIQ must be the same as the one present at boot - time whenever the kernel is executing. + - SCR_EL3.HCE (bit 8) must be initialised to 0b1. For systems with a GICv3 interrupt controller to be used in v3 mode: - If EL3 is present: @@ -238,6 +249,7 @@ Before jumping into the kernel, the following conditions must be met: - The DT or ACPI tables must describe a GICv2 interrupt controller. For CPUs with pointer authentication functionality: + - If EL3 is present: - SCR_EL3.APK (bit 16) must be initialised to 0b1 @@ -248,9 +260,120 @@ Before jumping into the kernel, the following conditions must be met: - HCR_EL2.APK (bit 40) must be initialised to 0b1 - HCR_EL2.API (bit 41) must be initialised to 0b1 + For CPUs with Activity Monitors Unit v1 (AMUv1) extension present: + + - If EL3 is present: + + - CPTR_EL3.TAM (bit 30) must be initialised to 0b0 + - CPTR_EL2.TAM (bit 30) must be initialised to 0b0 + - AMCNTENSET0_EL0 must be initialised to 0b1111 + - AMCNTENSET1_EL0 must be initialised to a platform specific value + having 0b1 set for the corresponding bit for each of the auxiliary + counters present. + + - If the kernel is entered at EL1: + + - AMCNTENSET0_EL0 must be initialised to 0b1111 + - AMCNTENSET1_EL0 must be initialised to a platform specific value + having 0b1 set for the corresponding bit for each of the auxiliary + counters present. + + For CPUs with the Fine Grained Traps (FEAT_FGT) extension present: + + - If EL3 is present and the kernel is entered at EL2: + + - SCR_EL3.FGTEn (bit 27) must be initialised to 0b1. + + For CPUs with support for HCRX_EL2 (FEAT_HCX) present: + + - If EL3 is present and the kernel is entered at EL2: + + - SCR_EL3.HXEn (bit 38) must be initialised to 0b1. + + For CPUs with Advanced SIMD and floating point support: + + - If EL3 is present: + + - CPTR_EL3.TFP (bit 10) must be initialised to 0b0. + + - If EL2 is present and the kernel is entered at EL1: + + - CPTR_EL2.TFP (bit 10) must be initialised to 0b0. + + For CPUs with the Scalable Vector Extension (FEAT_SVE) present: + + - if EL3 is present: + + - CPTR_EL3.EZ (bit 8) must be initialised to 0b1. + + - ZCR_EL3.LEN must be initialised to the same value for all CPUs the + kernel is executed on. + + - If the kernel is entered at EL1 and EL2 is present: + + - CPTR_EL2.TZ (bit 8) must be initialised to 0b0. + + - CPTR_EL2.ZEN (bits 17:16) must be initialised to 0b11. + + - ZCR_EL2.LEN must be initialised to the same value for all CPUs the + kernel will execute on. + + For CPUs with the Scalable Matrix Extension (FEAT_SME): + + - If EL3 is present: + + - CPTR_EL3.ESM (bit 12) must be initialised to 0b1. + + - SCR_EL3.EnTP2 (bit 41) must be initialised to 0b1. + + - SMCR_EL3.LEN must be initialised to the same value for all CPUs the + kernel will execute on. + + - If the kernel is entered at EL1 and EL2 is present: + + - CPTR_EL2.TSM (bit 12) must be initialised to 0b0. + + - CPTR_EL2.SMEN (bits 25:24) must be initialised to 0b11. + + - SCTLR_EL2.EnTP2 (bit 60) must be initialised to 0b1. + + - SMCR_EL2.LEN must be initialised to the same value for all CPUs the + kernel will execute on. + + - HWFGRTR_EL2.nTPIDR2_EL0 (bit 55) must be initialised to 0b01. + + - HWFGWTR_EL2.nTPIDR2_EL0 (bit 55) must be initialised to 0b01. + + - HWFGRTR_EL2.nSMPRI_EL1 (bit 54) must be initialised to 0b01. + + - HWFGWTR_EL2.nSMPRI_EL1 (bit 54) must be initialised to 0b01. + + For CPUs with the Scalable Matrix Extension FA64 feature (FEAT_SME_FA64) + + - If EL3 is present: + + - SMCR_EL3.FA64 (bit 31) must be initialised to 0b1. + + - If the kernel is entered at EL1 and EL2 is present: + + - SMCR_EL2.FA64 (bit 31) must be initialised to 0b1. + + For CPUs with the Memory Tagging Extension feature (FEAT_MTE2): + + - If EL3 is present: + + - SCR_EL3.ATA (bit 26) must be initialised to 0b1. + + - If the kernel is entered at EL1 and EL2 is present: + + - HCR_EL2.ATA (bit 56) must be initialised to 0b1. + The requirements described above for CPU mode, caches, MMUs, architected timers, coherency and system registers apply to all CPUs. All CPUs must -enter the kernel in the same exception level. +enter the kernel in the same exception level. Where the values documented +disable traps it is permissible for these traps to be enabled so long as +those traps are handled transparently by higher exception levels as though +the values documented were set. The boot loader is expected to enter the kernel on each CPU in the following manner: @@ -290,7 +413,8 @@ following manner: Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/psci.yaml. - Secondary CPU general-purpose register settings - x0 = 0 (reserved for future use) - x1 = 0 (reserved for future use) - x2 = 0 (reserved for future use) - x3 = 0 (reserved for future use) + + - x0 = 0 (reserved for future use) + - x1 = 0 (reserved for future use) + - x2 = 0 (reserved for future use) + - x3 = 0 (reserved for future use) |