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Add support for a new A-profile architectural CPU feature that adds functionality at EL3.

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TF-A CPU Feature

Start by reading:

  • docs/architecture_features.rst
  • The Arm ARM entry for the feature

Treat docs/architecture_features.rst as the status ledger and the generic upstream checklist. Adapt it to the current tree before editing anything.

Keep in mind that FEAT_ABC stands for the feature you're implementing.

Before you begin

Ask the user for the path to a local copy of the XML of the Architecture. Also ask for the PDF of the Arm ARM. Use them for searching the architecture.

Adding tests to TFTF

Ask the user for the path to the local copy of TFTF. Add a test for any functionality that has EL3 involvement like a trap to an instruction. Add the test like for other CPU features in the cpu-extensions test group. If the feature requires it, register it with tftf/tests/runtime_services/arm_arch_svc/smccc_feature_availability.c.

Enabling the feature in CI

Ask the user for the path to the local copy of the CI scripts. If the feature is always optional, add it to the list in model/base-aemva-common.sh. To determine if a feature is always optional you can assume that EL2 and EL3 and AArch64 are always implemented. If the feature has a dependency on other features that are already enabled do not enable it. Use the command FVP_Base_RevC-2xAEMvA -l to determine what flag to give to the model.