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…nel/git/cmarinas/linux-aarch64 Pull arm64 support from Catalin Marinas: "Linux support for the 64-bit ARM architecture (AArch64) Features currently supported: - 39-bit address space for user and kernel (each) - 4KB and 64KB page configurations - Compat (32-bit) user applications (ARMv7, EABI only) - Flattened Device Tree (mandated for all AArch64 platforms) - ARM generic timers" * tag 'arm64-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/cmarinas/linux-aarch64: (35 commits) arm64: ptrace: remove obsolete ptrace request numbers from user headers arm64: Do not set the SMP/nAMP processor bit arm64: MAINTAINERS update arm64: Build infrastructure arm64: Miscellaneous header files arm64: Generic timers support arm64: Loadable modules arm64: Miscellaneous library functions arm64: Performance counters support arm64: Add support for /proc/sys/debug/exception-trace arm64: Debugging support arm64: Floating point and SIMD arm64: 32-bit (compat) applications support arm64: User access library functions arm64: Signal handling support arm64: VDSO support arm64: System calls handling arm64: ELF definitions arm64: SMP support arm64: DMA mapping API ...
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Booting AArch64 Linux | ||
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Author: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com> | ||
Date : 07 September 2012 | ||
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This document is based on the ARM booting document by Russell King and | ||
is relevant to all public releases of the AArch64 Linux kernel. | ||
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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. | ||
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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 | ||
is passed to the Linux kernel. This may include secure monitor and | ||
hypervisor code, or it may just be a handful of instructions for | ||
preparing a minimal boot environment. | ||
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Essentially, the boot loader should provide (as a minimum) the | ||
following: | ||
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1. Setup and initialise the RAM | ||
2. Setup the device tree | ||
3. Decompress the kernel image | ||
4. Call the kernel image | ||
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1. Setup and initialise RAM | ||
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Requirement: MANDATORY | ||
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The boot loader is expected to find and initialise all RAM that the | ||
kernel will use for volatile data storage in the system. It performs | ||
this in a machine dependent manner. (It may use internal algorithms | ||
to automatically locate and size all RAM, or it may use knowledge of | ||
the RAM in the machine, or any other method the boot loader designer | ||
sees fit.) | ||
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2. Setup the device tree | ||
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Requirement: MANDATORY | ||
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The device tree blob (dtb) must be no bigger than 2 megabytes in size | ||
and placed at a 2-megabyte boundary within the first 512 megabytes from | ||
the start of the kernel image. This is to allow the kernel to map the | ||
blob using a single section mapping in the initial page tables. | ||
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3. Decompress the kernel image | ||
------------------------------ | ||
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Requirement: OPTIONAL | ||
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The AArch64 kernel does not currently provide a decompressor and | ||
therefore requires decompression (gzip etc.) to be performed by the boot | ||
loader if a compressed Image target (e.g. Image.gz) is used. For | ||
bootloaders that do not implement this requirement, the uncompressed | ||
Image target is available instead. | ||
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4. Call the kernel image | ||
------------------------ | ||
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Requirement: MANDATORY | ||
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The decompressed kernel image contains a 32-byte header as follows: | ||
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u32 magic = 0x14000008; /* branch to stext, little-endian */ | ||
u32 res0 = 0; /* reserved */ | ||
u64 text_offset; /* Image load offset */ | ||
u64 res1 = 0; /* reserved */ | ||
u64 res2 = 0; /* reserved */ | ||
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The image must be placed at the specified offset (currently 0x80000) | ||
from the start of the system RAM and called there. The start of the | ||
system RAM must be aligned to 2MB. | ||
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Before jumping into the kernel, the following conditions must be met: | ||
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- Quiesce all DMA capable devices so that memory does not get | ||
corrupted by bogus network packets or disk data. This will save | ||
you many hours of debug. | ||
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- Primary CPU general-purpose register settings | ||
x0 = physical address of device tree blob (dtb) in system RAM. | ||
x1 = 0 (reserved for future use) | ||
x2 = 0 (reserved for future use) | ||
x3 = 0 (reserved for future use) | ||
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- CPU mode | ||
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. | ||
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- Caches, MMUs | ||
The MMU must be off. | ||
Instruction cache may be on or off. | ||
Data cache must be off and invalidated. | ||
External caches (if present) must be configured and disabled. | ||
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- Architected timers | ||
CNTFRQ must be programmed with the timer frequency. | ||
If entering the kernel at EL1, CNTHCTL_EL2 must have EL1PCTEN (bit 0) | ||
set where available. | ||
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- Coherency | ||
All CPUs to be booted by the kernel must be part of the same coherency | ||
domain on entry to the kernel. This may require IMPLEMENTATION DEFINED | ||
initialisation to enable the receiving of maintenance operations on | ||
each CPU. | ||
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- 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. | ||
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The boot loader is expected to enter the kernel on each CPU in the | ||
following manner: | ||
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- The primary CPU must jump directly to the first instruction of the | ||
kernel image. The device tree blob passed by this CPU must contain | ||
for each CPU node: | ||
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1. An 'enable-method' property. Currently, the only supported value | ||
for this field is the string "spin-table". | ||
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2. A 'cpu-release-addr' property identifying a 64-bit, | ||
zero-initialised memory location. | ||
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It is expected that the bootloader will generate these device tree | ||
properties and insert them into the blob prior to kernel entry. | ||
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- Any secondary CPUs must spin outside of the kernel in a reserved area | ||
of memory (communicated to the kernel by a /memreserve/ region in the | ||
device tree) polling their cpu-release-addr location, which must be | ||
contained in the reserved region. A wfe instruction may be inserted | ||
to reduce the overhead of the busy-loop and a sev will be issued by | ||
the primary CPU. When a read of the location pointed to by the | ||
cpu-release-addr returns a non-zero value, the CPU must jump directly | ||
to this value. | ||
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- 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) |
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Memory Layout on AArch64 Linux | ||
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Author: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com> | ||
Date : 20 February 2012 | ||
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This document describes the virtual memory layout used by the AArch64 | ||
Linux kernel. The architecture allows up to 4 levels of translation | ||
tables with a 4KB page size and up to 3 levels with a 64KB page size. | ||
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AArch64 Linux uses 3 levels of translation tables with the 4KB page | ||
configuration, allowing 39-bit (512GB) virtual addresses for both user | ||
and kernel. With 64KB pages, only 2 levels of translation tables are | ||
used but the memory layout is the same. | ||
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User addresses have bits 63:39 set to 0 while the kernel addresses have | ||
the same bits set to 1. TTBRx selection is given by bit 63 of the | ||
virtual address. The swapper_pg_dir contains only kernel (global) | ||
mappings while the user pgd contains only user (non-global) mappings. | ||
The swapper_pgd_dir address is written to TTBR1 and never written to | ||
TTBR0. | ||
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AArch64 Linux memory layout: | ||
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Start End Size Use | ||
----------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||
0000000000000000 0000007fffffffff 512GB user | ||
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ffffff8000000000 ffffffbbfffcffff ~240GB vmalloc | ||
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ffffffbbfffd0000 ffffffbcfffdffff 64KB [guard page] | ||
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ffffffbbfffe0000 ffffffbcfffeffff 64KB PCI I/O space | ||
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ffffffbbffff0000 ffffffbcffffffff 64KB [guard page] | ||
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ffffffbc00000000 ffffffbdffffffff 8GB vmemmap | ||
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ffffffbe00000000 ffffffbffbffffff ~8GB [guard, future vmmemap] | ||
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ffffffbffc000000 ffffffbfffffffff 64MB modules | ||
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ffffffc000000000 ffffffffffffffff 256GB memory | ||
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Translation table lookup with 4KB pages: | ||
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+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ | ||
|63 56|55 48|47 40|39 32|31 24|23 16|15 8|7 0| | ||
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ | ||
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| | | | | [11:0] in-page offset | ||
| | | | +-> [20:12] L3 index | ||
| | | +-----------> [29:21] L2 index | ||
| | +---------------------> [38:30] L1 index | ||
| +-------------------------------> [47:39] L0 index (not used) | ||
+-------------------------------------------------> [63] TTBR0/1 | ||
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Translation table lookup with 64KB pages: | ||
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+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ | ||
|63 56|55 48|47 40|39 32|31 24|23 16|15 8|7 0| | ||
+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+--------+ | ||
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| | | | v | ||
| | | | [15:0] in-page offset | ||
| | | +----------> [28:16] L3 index | ||
| | +--------------------------> [41:29] L2 index (only 38:29 used) | ||
| +-------------------------------> [47:42] L1 index (not used) | ||
+-------------------------------------------------> [63] TTBR0/1 |
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