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1TC Total Compute Platform
2==========================
3
4Some of the features of TC platform referenced in TF-A include:
5
6- A `System Control Processor <https://github.com/ARM-software/SCP-firmware>`_
7  to abstract power and system management tasks away from application
8  processors. The RAM firmware for SCP is included in the TF-A FIP and is
9  loaded by AP BL2 from FIP in flash to SRAM for copying by SCP (SCP has access
10  to AP SRAM).
11- GICv4
12- Trusted Board Boot
13- SCMI
14- MHUv2
15
16The TF-A build is specified by the option `TARGET_PLATFORM` which represents
17the Total Compute platform number. The platforms support the CPU variants
18listed as below:
19
20-  TC0 has support for Cortex A510, Cortex A710 and Cortex X2. (Note TC0 is now deprecated)
21-  TC1 has support for Cortex A510, Cortex A715 and Cortex X3. (Note TC1 is now deprecated)
22-  TC2 has support for Cortex A520, Cortex A720 and Cortex x4. (Note TC2 is now deprecated)
23-  TC3 has support for Cortex A520, Cortex A725 and Cortex x925.
24
25
26Boot Sequence
27-------------
28
29The execution begins from SCP_BL1. SCP_BL1 powers up the AP which starts
30executing AP_BL1 and then executes AP_BL2 which loads the SCP_BL2 from
31FIP to SRAM. The SCP has access to AP SRAM. The address and size of SCP_BL2
32is communicated to SCP using SDS. SCP copies SCP_BL2 from SRAM to its own
33RAM and starts executing it. The AP then continues executing the rest of TF-A
34stages including BL31 runtime stage and hands off executing to
35Non-secure world (u-boot).
36
37Build Procedure (TF-A only)
38~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
39
40-  Obtain `Arm toolchain`_ and set the CROSS_COMPILE environment variable to
41   point to the toolchain folder.
42
43-  Build TF-A:
44
45   .. code:: shell
46
47      make PLAT=tc BL33=<path_to_uboot.bin> \
48      SCP_BL2=<path_to_scp_ramfw.bin> TARGET_PLATFORM={3} all fip
49
50   Enable TBBR by adding the following options to the make command:
51
52   .. code:: shell
53
54      MBEDTLS_DIR=<path_to_mbedtls_directory>  \
55      TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT=1 \
56      GENERATE_COT=1 \
57      ARM_ROTPK_LOCATION=devel_rsa  \
58      ROT_KEY=plat/arm/board/common/rotpk/arm_rotprivk_rsa.pem
59
60--------------
61
62*Copyright (c) 2020-2023, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.*
63
64.. _Arm Toolchain: https://developer.arm.com/tools-and-software/open-source-software/developer-tools/gnu-toolchain/downloads
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