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Raspberry Pi 3
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The `Raspberry Pi 3`_ is an inexpensive single-board computer that contains four
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Arm Cortex-A53 cores.
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The following instructions explain how to use this port of the TF-A with the
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default distribution of `Raspbian`_ because that's the distribution officially
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supported by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. At the moment of writing this, the
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officially supported kernel is a AArch32 kernel. This doesn't mean that this
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port of TF-A can't boot a AArch64 kernel. The `Linux tree fork`_ maintained by
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the Foundation can be compiled for AArch64 by following the steps in
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`AArch64 kernel build instructions`_.
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**IMPORTANT NOTE**: This port isn't secure. All of the memory used is DRAM,
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which is available from both the Non-secure and Secure worlds. This port
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shouldn't be considered more than a prototype to play with and implement
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elements like PSCI to support the Linux kernel.
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Design
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------
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The SoC used by the Raspberry Pi 3 is the Broadcom BCM2837. It is a SoC with a
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VideoCore IV that acts as primary processor (and loads everything from the SD
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card) and is located between all Arm cores and the DRAM. Check the `Raspberry Pi
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3 documentation`_ for more information.
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This explains why it is possible to change the execution state (AArch64/AArch32)
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depending on a few files on the SD card. We only care about the cases in which
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the cores boot in AArch64 mode.
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The rules are simple:
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- If a file called ``kernel8.img`` is located on the ``boot`` partition of the
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SD card, it will load it and execute in EL2 in AArch64. Basically, it executes
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a `default AArch64 stub`_ at address **0x0** that jumps to the kernel.
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- If there is also a file called ``armstub8.bin``, it will load it at address
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**0x0** (instead of the default stub) and execute it in EL3 in AArch64. All
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the cores are powered on at the same time and start at address **0x0**.
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This means that we can use the default AArch32 kernel provided in the official
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`Raspbian`_ distribution by renaming it to ``kernel8.img``, while TF-A and
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anything else we need is in ``armstub8.bin``. This way we can forget about the
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default bootstrap code. When using a AArch64 kernel, it is only needed to make
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sure that the name on the SD card is ``kernel8.img``.
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Ideally, we want to load the kernel and have all cores available, which means
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that we need to make the secondary cores work in the way the kernel expects, as
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explained in `Secondary cores`_. In practice, a small bootstrap is needed
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between TF-A and the kernel.
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To get the most out of a AArch32 kernel, we want to boot it in Hypervisor mode
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in AArch32. This means that BL33 can't be in EL2 in AArch64 mode. The
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architecture specifies that AArch32 Hypervisor mode isn't present when AArch64
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is used for EL2. When using a AArch64 kernel, it should simply start in EL2.
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Placement of images
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The file ``armstub8.bin`` contains BL1 and the FIP. It is needed to add padding
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between them so that the addresses they are loaded to match the ones specified
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when compiling TF-A. This is done automatically by the build system.
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The device tree block is loaded by the VideoCore loader from an appropriate
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file, but we can specify the address it is loaded to in ``config.txt``.
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The file ``kernel8.img`` contains a kernel image that is loaded to the address
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specified in ``config.txt``. The `Linux kernel tree`_ has information about how
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a AArch32 Linux kernel image is loaded in ``Documentation/arm/Booting``:
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::
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The zImage may also be placed in system RAM and called there. The
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kernel should be placed in the first 128MiB of RAM. It is recommended
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that it is loaded above 32MiB in order to avoid the need to relocate
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prior to decompression, which will make the boot process slightly
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faster.
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There are no similar restrictions for AArch64 kernels, as specified in the file
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``Documentation/arm64/booting.txt``.
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This means that we need to avoid the first 128 MiB of RAM when placing the
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TF-A images (and specially the first 32 MiB, as they are directly used to
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place the uncompressed AArch32 kernel image. This way, both AArch32 and
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AArch64 kernels can be placed at the same address.
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In the end, the images look like the following diagram when placed in memory.
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All addresses are Physical Addresses from the point of view of the Arm cores.
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Again, note that this is all just part of the same DRAM that goes from
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**0x00000000** to **0x3F000000**, it just has different names to simulate a real
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secure platform!
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::
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0x00000000 +-----------------+
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| ROM | BL1
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0x00020000 +-----------------+
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| FIP |
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0x00200000 +-----------------+
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| ... |
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0x01000000 +-----------------+
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| DTB | (Loaded by the VideoCore)
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+-----------------+
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| ... |
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0x02000000 +-----------------+
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| Kernel | (Loaded by the VideoCore)
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+-----------------+
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| ... |
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0x10000000 +-----------------+
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| Secure SRAM | BL2, BL31
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0x10100000 +-----------------+
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| Secure DRAM | BL32 (Secure payload)
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0x11000000 +-----------------+
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| Non-secure DRAM | BL33
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+-----------------+
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| ... |
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0x3F000000 +-----------------+
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| I/O |
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0x40000000 +-----------------+
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The area between **0x10000000** and **0x11000000** has to be manually protected
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so that the kernel doesn't use it. The current port tries to modify the live DTB
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to add a memreserve region that reserves the previously mentioned area.
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If this is not possible, the user may manually add ``memmap=16M$256M`` to the
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command line passed to the kernel in ``cmdline.txt``. See the `Setup SD card`_
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instructions to see how to do it. This system is strongly discouraged.
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The last 16 MiB of DRAM can only be accessed by the VideoCore, that has
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different mappings than the Arm cores in which the I/O addresses don't overlap
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the DRAM. The memory reserved to be used by the VideoCore is always placed at
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the end of the DRAM, so this space isn't wasted.
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Considering the 128 MiB allocated to the GPU and the 16 MiB allocated for
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TF-A, there are 880 MiB available for Linux.
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Boot sequence
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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The boot sequence of TF-A is the usual one except when booting an AArch32
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kernel. In that case, BL33 is booted in AArch32 Hypervisor mode so that it
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can jump to the kernel in the same mode and let it take over that privilege
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level. If BL33 was running in EL2 in AArch64 (as in the default bootflow of
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TF-A) it could only jump to the kernel in AArch32 in Supervisor mode.
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The `Linux kernel tree`_ has instructions on how to jump to the Linux kernel
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in ``Documentation/arm/Booting`` and ``Documentation/arm64/booting.txt``. The
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bootstrap should take care of this.
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This port support a direct boot of the Linux kernel from the firmware (as a BL33
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image). Alternatively, U-Boot or other bootloaders may be used.
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Secondary cores
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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This port of the Trusted Firmware-A supports ``PSCI_CPU_ON``,
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``PSCI_SYSTEM_RESET`` and ``PSCI_SYSTEM_OFF``. The last one doesn't really turn
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the system off, it simply reboots it and asks the VideoCore firmware to keep it
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in a low power mode permanently.
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The kernel used by `Raspbian`_ doesn't have support for PSCI, so it is needed to
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use mailboxes to trap the secondary cores until they are ready to jump to the
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kernel. This mailbox is located at a different address in the AArch32 default
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kernel than in the AArch64 kernel.
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Kernels with PSCI support can use the PSCI calls instead for a cleaner boot.
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Also, this port of TF-A has another Trusted Mailbox in Shared BL RAM. During
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cold boot, all secondary cores wait in a loop until they are given given an
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address to jump to in this Mailbox (``bl31_warm_entrypoint``).
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Once BL31 has finished and the primary core has jumped to the BL33 payload, it
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has to call ``PSCI_CPU_ON`` to release the secondary CPUs from the wait loop.
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The payload then makes them wait in another waitloop listening from messages
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from the kernel. When the primary CPU jumps into the kernel, it will send an
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address to the mailbox so that the secondary CPUs jump to it and are recognised
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by the kernel.
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Build Instructions
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To boot a AArch64 kernel, only the AArch64 toolchain is required.
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To boot a AArch32 kernel, both AArch64 and AArch32 toolchains are required. The
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AArch32 toolchain is needed for the AArch32 bootstrap needed to load a 32-bit
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kernel.
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The build system concatenates BL1 and the FIP so that the addresses match the
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ones in the memory map. The resulting file is ``armstub8.bin``, located in the
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build folder (e.g. ``build/rpi3/debug/armstub8.bin``). To know how to use this
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file, follow the instructions in `Setup SD card`_.
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The following build options are supported:
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- ``RPI3_BL33_IN_AARCH32``: This port can load a AArch64 or AArch32 BL33 image.
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By default this option is 0, which means that TF-A will jump to BL33 in EL2
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in AArch64 mode. If set to 1, it will jump to BL33 in Hypervisor in AArch32
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mode.
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- ``PRELOADED_BL33_BASE``: Used to specify the address of a BL33 binary that has
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been preloaded by any other system than using the firmware. ``BL33`` isn't
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needed in the build command line if this option is used. Specially useful
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because the file ``kernel8.img`` can be loaded anywhere by modifying the file
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``config.txt``. It doesn't have to contain a kernel, it could have any
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arbitrary payload.
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- ``RPI3_DIRECT_LINUX_BOOT``: Disabled by default. Set to 1 to enable the direct
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boot of the Linux kernel from the firmware. Option ``RPI3_PRELOADED_DTB_BASE``
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is mandatory when the direct Linux kernel boot is used. Options
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``PRELOADED_BL33_BASE`` will most likely be needed as well because it is
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unlikely that the kernel image will fit in the space reserved for BL33 images.
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This option can be combined with ``RPI3_BL33_IN_AARCH32`` in order to boot a
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32-bit kernel. The only thing this option does is to set the arguments in
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registers x0-x3 or r0-r2 as expected by the kernel.
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- ``RPI3_PRELOADED_DTB_BASE``: Auxiliary build option needed when using
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``RPI3_DIRECT_LINUX_BOOT=1``. This option allows to specify the location of a
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DTB in memory.
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- ``RPI3_RUNTIME_UART``: Indicates whether the UART should be used at runtime
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or disabled. ``-1`` (default) disables the runtime UART. Any other value
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enables the default UART (currently UART1) for runtime messages.
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- ``RPI3_USE_UEFI_MAP``: Set to 1 to build ATF with the altername memory
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mapping required for an UEFI firmware payload. These changes are needed
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to be able to run Windows on ARM64. This option, which is disabled by
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default, results in the following memory mappings:
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::
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0x00000000 +-----------------+
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| ROM | BL1
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0x00010000 +-----------------+
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| DTB | (Loaded by the VideoCore)
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0x00020000 +-----------------+
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| FIP |
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0x00030000 +-----------------+
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| UEFI PAYLOAD |
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0x00200000 +-----------------+
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| Secure SRAM | BL2, BL31
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0x00300000 +-----------------+
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| Secure DRAM | BL32 (Secure payload)
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0x00400000 +-----------------+
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| Non-secure DRAM | BL33
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0x01000000 +-----------------+
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0x3F000000 +-----------------+
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| I/O |
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- ``BL32``: This port can load and run OP-TEE. The OP-TEE image is optional.
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Please use the code from `here <https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os>`__.
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Build the Trusted Firmware with option ``BL32=tee-header_v2.bin
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BL32_EXTRA1=tee-pager_v2.bin BL32_EXTRA2=tee-pageable_v2.bin``
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to put the binaries into the FIP.
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.. warning::
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If OP-TEE is used it may be needed to add the following options to the
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Linux command line so that the USB driver doesn't use FIQs:
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``dwc_otg.fiq_enable=0 dwc_otg.fiq_fsm_enable=0 dwc_otg.nak_holdoff=0``.
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This will unfortunately reduce the performance of the USB driver. It is
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needed when using Raspbian, for example.
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- ``TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT``: This port supports TBB. Set this option to 1 to enable
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it. In order to use TBB, you might want to set ``GENERATE_COT=1`` to let the
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contents of the FIP automatically signed by the build process. The ROT key
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will be generated and output to ``rot_key.pem`` in the build directory. It is
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able to set ROT_KEY to your own key in PEM format. Also in order to build,
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you need to clone mbed TLS from `here <https://github.com/ARMmbed/mbedtls>`__.
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``MBEDTLS_DIR`` must point at the mbed TLS source directory.
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- ``ENABLE_STACK_PROTECTOR``: Disabled by default. It uses the hardware RNG of
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the board.
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The following is not currently supported:
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- AArch32 for TF-A itself.
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- ``EL3_PAYLOAD_BASE``: The reason is that you can already load anything to any
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address by changing the file ``armstub8.bin``, so there's no point in using
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TF-A in this case.
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- ``MULTI_CONSOLE_API=0``: The multi console API must be enabled. Note that the
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crash console uses the internal 16550 driver functions directly in order to be
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able to print error messages during early crashes before setting up the
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multi console API.
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Building the firmware for kernels that don't support PSCI
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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This is the case for the 32-bit image of Raspbian, for example. 64-bit kernels
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always support PSCI, but they may not know that the system understands PSCI due
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to an incorrect DTB file.
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First, clone and compile the 32-bit version of the `Raspberry Pi 3 TF-A
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bootstrap`_. Choose the one needed for the architecture of your kernel.
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Then compile TF-A. For a 32-bit kernel, use the following command line:
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.. code:: shell
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CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- make PLAT=rpi3 \
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RPI3_BL33_IN_AARCH32=1 \
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BL33=../rpi3-arm-tf-bootstrap/aarch32/el2-bootstrap.bin
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For a 64-bit kernel, use this other command line:
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.. code:: shell
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CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- make PLAT=rpi3 \
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BL33=../rpi3-arm-tf-bootstrap/aarch64/el2-bootstrap.bin
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However, enabling PSCI support in a 64-bit kernel is really easy. In the
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repository `Raspberry Pi 3 TF-A bootstrap`_ there is a patch that can be applied
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to the Linux kernel tree maintained by the Raspberry Pi foundation. It modifes
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the DTS to tell the kernel to use PSCI. Once this patch is applied, follow the
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instructions in `AArch64 kernel build instructions`_ to get a working 64-bit
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kernel image and supporting files.
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Building the firmware for kernels that support PSCI
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~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
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For a 64-bit kernel:
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.. code:: shell
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CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- make PLAT=rpi3 \
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PRELOADED_BL33_BASE=0x02000000 \
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RPI3_PRELOADED_DTB_BASE=0x01000000 \
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RPI3_DIRECT_LINUX_BOOT=1
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For a 32-bit kernel:
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.. code:: shell
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CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- make PLAT=rpi3 \
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PRELOADED_BL33_BASE=0x02000000 \
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RPI3_PRELOADED_DTB_BASE=0x01000000 \
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RPI3_DIRECT_LINUX_BOOT=1 \
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RPI3_BL33_IN_AARCH32=1
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AArch64 kernel build instructions
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---------------------------------
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The following instructions show how to install and run a AArch64 kernel by
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using a SD card with the default `Raspbian`_ install as base. Skip them if you
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want to use the default 32-bit kernel.
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Note that this system won't be fully 64-bit because all the tools in the
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filesystem are 32-bit binaries, but it's a quick way to get it working, and it
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allows the user to run 64-bit binaries in addition to 32-bit binaries.
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1. Clone the `Linux tree fork`_ maintained by the Raspberry Pi Foundation. To
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speed things up, do a shallow clone of the desired branch.
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.. code:: shell
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git clone --depth=1 -b rpi-4.18.y https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux
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cd linux
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2. Configure and compile the kernel. Adapt the number after ``-j`` so that it is
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1.5 times the number of CPUs in your computer. This may take some time to
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finish.
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.. code:: shell
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make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- bcmrpi3_defconfig
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make -j 6 ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu-
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3. Copy the kernel image and the device tree to the SD card. Replace the path
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by the corresponding path in your computers to the ``boot`` partition of the
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SD card.
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.. code:: shell
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cp arch/arm64/boot/Image /path/to/boot/kernel8.img
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cp arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2710-rpi-3-b.dtb /path/to/boot/
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cp arch/arm64/boot/dts/broadcom/bcm2710-rpi-3-b-plus.dtb /path/to/boot/
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4. Install the kernel modules. Replace the path by the corresponding path to the
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filesystem partition of the SD card on your computer.
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.. code:: shell
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make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- \
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INSTALL_MOD_PATH=/path/to/filesystem modules_install
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5. Follow the instructions in `Setup SD card`_ except for the step of renaming
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the existing ``kernel7.img`` (we have already copied a AArch64 kernel).
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Setup SD card
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The instructions assume that you have an SD card with a fresh install of
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`Raspbian`_ (or that, at least, the ``boot`` partition is untouched, or nearly
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untouched). They have been tested with the image available in 2018-03-13.
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1. Insert the SD card and open the ``boot`` partition.
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2. Rename ``kernel7.img`` to ``kernel8.img``. This tricks the VideoCore
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bootloader into booting the Arm cores in AArch64 mode, like TF-A needs,
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even though the kernel is not compiled for AArch64.
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3. Copy ``armstub8.bin`` here. When ``kernel8.img`` is available, The VideoCore
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bootloader will look for a file called ``armstub8.bin`` and load it at
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address **0x0** instead of a predefined one.
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4. To enable the serial port "Mini UART" in Linux, open ``cmdline.txt`` and add
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``console=serial0,115200 console=tty1``.
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5. Open ``config.txt`` and add the following lines at the end (``enable_uart=1``
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is only needed to enable debugging through the Mini UART):
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enable_uart=1
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kernel_address=0x02000000
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device_tree_address=0x01000000
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If you connect a serial cable to the Mini UART and your computer, and connect
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to it (for example, with ``screen /dev/ttyUSB0 115200``) you should see some
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text. In the case of an AArch32 kernel, you should see something like this:
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::
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NOTICE: Booting Trusted Firmware
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NOTICE: BL1: v1.4(release):v1.4-329-g61e94684-dirty
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NOTICE: BL1: Built : 00:09:25, Nov 6 2017
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NOTICE: BL1: Booting BL2
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NOTICE: BL2: v1.4(release):v1.4-329-g61e94684-dirty
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NOTICE: BL2: Built : 00:09:25, Nov 6 2017
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NOTICE: BL1: Booting BL31
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NOTICE: BL31: v1.4(release):v1.4-329-g61e94684-dirty
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NOTICE: BL31: Built : 00:09:25, Nov 6 2017
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[ 0.266484] bcm2835-aux-uart 3f215040.serial: could not get clk: -517
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Raspbian GNU/Linux 9 raspberrypi ttyS0
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raspberrypi login:
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Just enter your credentials, everything should work as expected. Note that the
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HDMI output won't show any text during boot.
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.. _default Arm stub: https://github.com/raspberrypi/tools/blob/master/armstubs/armstub7.S
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.. _default AArch64 stub: https://github.com/raspberrypi/tools/blob/master/armstubs/armstub8.S
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.. _Linux kernel tree: https://github.com/torvalds/linux
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.. _Linux tree fork: https://github.com/raspberrypi/linux
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.. _Raspberry Pi 3: https://www.raspberrypi.org/products/raspberry-pi-3-model-b/
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.. _Raspberry Pi 3 TF-A bootstrap: https://github.com/AntonioND/rpi3-arm-tf-bootstrap
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.. _Raspberry Pi 3 documentation: https://www.raspberrypi.org/documentation/
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.. _Raspbian: https://www.raspberrypi.org/downloads/raspbian/
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