Hardware of sbsa-ref board is nowadays defined by both BSA and SBSA specifications. Then BBR defines firmware interface.
Added note about DeviceTree data passed from QEMU to firmware. It is very minimal and provides only data we use in firmware. Added NUMA information to list of things reported by DeviceTree. Signed-off-by: Marcin Juszkiewicz <marcin.juszkiew...@linaro.org> --- docs/system/arm/sbsa.rst | 37 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++--------- 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/docs/system/arm/sbsa.rst b/docs/system/arm/sbsa.rst index bca61608ff..d4d1f2efe3 100644 --- a/docs/system/arm/sbsa.rst +++ b/docs/system/arm/sbsa.rst @@ -1,12 +1,16 @@ Arm Server Base System Architecture Reference board (``sbsa-ref``) ================================================================== -While the ``virt`` board is a generic board platform that doesn't match -any real hardware the ``sbsa-ref`` board intends to look like real -hardware. The `Server Base System Architecture -<https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0029/latest>`_ defines a -minimum base line of hardware support and importantly how the firmware -reports that to any operating system. +The ``sbsa-ref`` board intends to look like real hardware (while the ``virt`` +board is a generic board platform that doesn't match any real hardware). + +The hardware part is defined by two specifications: + + - `Base System Architecture <https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0094/>`__ (BSA) + - `Server Base System Architecture <https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0029/>`__ (SBSA) + +The `Arm Base Boot Requirements <https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0044/>`__ (BBR) +specification defines how the firmware reports that to any operating system. It is intended to be a machine for developing firmware and testing standards compliance with operating systems. @@ -35,16 +39,31 @@ includes both internal hardware and parts affected by the qemu command line (i.e. CPUs and memory). As a result it must have a firmware specifically built to expect a certain hardware layout (as you would in a real machine). +Note +'''' + +QEMU provides us with minimal information about hardware platform using +minimalistic devicetree. This is not a Linux devicetree. It is not even a +firmware devicetree. + +It is information passed from QEMU to describe the information a hardware +platform would have other mechanisms to discover at runtime, that are affected +by the QEMU command line. + +Ultimately this devicetree will be replaced by IPC calls to an emulated SCP. +And when we do that, we won't then have to rewrite Normal world firmware to +cope. + DeviceTree information '''''''''''''''''''''' -The devicetree provided by the board model to the firmware is not intended -to be a complete compliant DT. It currently reports: +The devicetree reports: - CPUs - memory - platform version - GIC addresses + - NUMA node id for CPUs and memory Platform version '''''''''''''''' @@ -70,4 +89,4 @@ Platform version changes: GIC ITS information is present in devicetree. 0.3 - The USB controller is an XHCI device, not EHCI + The USB controller is an XHCI device, not EHCI. -- 2.44.0
