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Trusted Firmware-A Tests - version 2.3
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The Trusted Firmware-A Tests (TF-A-Tests) is a suite of baremetal tests to
exercise the `Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A)`_ features from the Normal World. It
enables strong TF-A functional testing without dependency on a Rich OS. It
mainly interacts with TF-A through its SMC interface.

It provides a basis for TF-A developers to validate their own platform ports and
add their own test cases.

The following TF-A features are currently tested to some extent (this list is
not exhaustive):

-  `SMC Calling Convention`_
-  `Power State Coordination Interface (PSCI)`_
-  `Software Delegated Exception Interface (SDEI)`_
-  `Performance Measurement Framework (PMF)`_
-  Communication and interaction with the `Test Secure Payload (TSP)`_
-  `Firmware update`_ (or recovery mode)
-  `EL3 payload`_ boot flow
-  `Secure partition`_ support

These tests are not a compliance test suite for the Arm interface standards used
in TF-A (such as PSCI).

They do not cover 100% of the TF-A code. The fact that all tests pass does not
mean that TF-A is free of bugs.

They are not reference code. They should not be considered as the official way
to test hardware/firmware features. Instead, they are provided as example code
to experiment with and improve on.

License
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The software is provided under a BSD-3-Clause `license`_. Contributions to this
project are accepted under the same license with developer sign-off as
described in the `Contributing Guidelines`_.

This project contains code from other projects as listed below. The original
license text is included in those source files.

-  The libc source code is derived from `FreeBSD`_ and `SCC`_. FreeBSD uses
   various BSD licenses, including BSD-3-Clause and BSD-2-Clause. The SCC code
   is used under the BSD-3-Clause license with the author's permission.

-  The `LLVM compiler-rt`_ source code is disjunctively dual licensed
   (NCSA OR MIT). It is used by this project under the terms of the NCSA
   license (also known as the University of Illinois/NCSA Open Source License),
   which is a permissive license compatible with BSD-3-Clause. Any
   contributions to this code must be made under the terms of both licenses.

This release
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This release makes a wide range of tests available for validating the functionality
of TF-A as well as several improvements to test framework and test suite.

Please refer to the `change log`_ for more details of the features, known issues and
limitations in the current release.


Platforms
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Juno Arm Development Platform
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The AArch64 build of this release has been tested on variants r0, r1 and r2 of
the `Juno Arm Development Platform`_. The AArch32 build has only been tested on
variant r0.

Armv8 Architecture Fixed Virtual Platforms
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The AArch64 build has been tested on the following Armv8 Architecture Fixed
Virtual Platforms (`FVP`_):

-  ``FVP_Base_AEMv8A-AEMv8A``
-  ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A35x4``
-  ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A57x4-A53x4``
-  ``FVP_Base_RevC-2xAEMv8A``
-  ``Foundation_Platform``

The AArch32 build has been tested on the following `FVP`_\ s:

-  ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A32x4``
-  ``FVP_Base_RevC-2xAEMv8A``

NOTE: Unless otherwise stated, the model version is version 11.9, build 41.

System Guidance for Infrastructure Fixed Virtual Platforms
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The AArch64 build has been tested on the following Fixed Virtual Platforms
(`FVP`_):

-  ``FVP_CSS_SGI-575``
-  ``FVP_RD_N1Edge``

NOTE:

-  For ``FVP_CSS_SGI-575`` and ``FVP_RD_N1Edge``, internal version of the
   models were used.

Still to come
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-  More tests.
-  Support for new platforms.
-  Design improvements.
-  Stability improvements.
-  Enhance test framework to make it easier to implement tests.
-  Fixing known issues (see the `change log`_ for more details).


Getting started
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Get the TF-A Tests source code from `trustedfirmware.org`_.

See the `User Guide`_ for instructions on how to install, build and use the TF-A
Tests.

See the `Design Guide`_ for information on how the TF-A Tests internally work.

See the `Porting Guide`_ for information about how to use this software on
another Armv8-A platform.

See the `Contributing Guidelines`_ for information on how to contribute to this
project.

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*Copyright (c) 2018-2020, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.*

.. _Contributing Guidelines: contributing.rst
.. _license: license.rst
.. _change log: docs/change-log.rst
.. _Design Guide: docs/design.rst
.. _Porting Guide: docs/porting-guide.rst
.. _User Guide: docs/user-guide.rst
.. _FVP: https://developer.arm.com/products/system-design/fixed-virtual-platforms
.. _Juno Arm Development Platform: https://developer.arm.com/products/system-design/development-boards/juno-development-board

.. _Power State Coordination Interface (PSCI): PSCI_
.. _PSCI: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0022d/Power_State_Coordination_Interface_PDD_v1_1_DEN0022D.pdf
.. _Software Delegated Exception Interface (SDEI): SDEI_
.. _SDEI: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0054a/ARM_DEN0054A_Software_Delegated_Exception_Interface.pdf
.. _SMC Calling Convention: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.den0028b/ARM_DEN0028B_SMC_Calling_Convention.pdf

.. _trustedfirmware.org: https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-A/tf-a-tests.git

.. _Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A): TF-A_
.. _TF-A: https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a.git/about
.. _Test Secure Payload (TSP): TSP_
.. _TSP: https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a.git/tree/bl32/tsp
.. _Performance Measurement Framework (PMF): PMF_
.. _PMF: https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a.git/about/docs/firmware-design.rst#performance-measurement-framework
.. _Firmware update: https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a.git/about/docs/firmware-update.rst
.. _EL3 payload: https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a.git/about/docs/user-guide.rst#el3-payloads-alternative-boot-flow
.. _Secure partition: https://git.trustedfirmware.org/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a.git/about/docs/secure-partition-manager-design.rst

.. _issue tracker: https://developer.trustedfirmware.org/project/board/9/
.. _mailing list: https://lists.trustedfirmware.org/mailman/listinfo/tf-a-tests