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+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2015-2016, ARM Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.
+ *
+ * Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
+ * modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
+ *
+ * Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice, this
+ * list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
+ *
+ * Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
+ * this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
+ * and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
+ *
+ * Neither the name of ARM nor the names of its contributors may be used
+ * to endorse or promote products derived from this software without specific
+ * prior written permission.
+ *
+ * THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE COPYRIGHT HOLDERS AND CONTRIBUTORS "AS IS"
+ * AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE
+ * IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE
+ * ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT HOLDER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE
+ * LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR
+ * CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF
+ * SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS
+ * INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN
+ * CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE)
+ * ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
+ * POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
+ */
+
+#include <arch.h>
+#include <arch_helpers.h>
+#include <assert.h>
+#include <bl_common.h>
+#include <console.h>
+#include <platform_def.h>
+#include "qemu_private.h"
+
+
+/*
+ * The next 2 constants identify the extents of the coherent memory region.
+ * These addresses are used by the MMU setup code and therefore they must be
+ * page-aligned.  It is the responsibility of the linker script to ensure that
+ * __COHERENT_RAM_START__ and __COHERENT_RAM_END__ linker symbols refer to
+ * page-aligned addresses.
+ */
+#define BL1_COHERENT_RAM_BASE (unsigned long)(&__COHERENT_RAM_START__)
+#define BL1_COHERENT_RAM_LIMIT (unsigned long)(&__COHERENT_RAM_END__)
+
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Declarations of linker defined symbols which will tell us where BL1 lives
+ * in Trusted RAM
+ ******************************************************************************/
+extern uint64_t __BL1_RAM_START__;
+extern uint64_t __BL1_RAM_END__;
+#define BL1_RAM_BASE (uint64_t)(&__BL1_RAM_START__)
+#define BL1_RAM_LIMIT (uint64_t)(&__BL1_RAM_END__)
+
+/* Data structure which holds the extents of the trusted SRAM for BL1*/
+static meminfo_t bl1_tzram_layout;
+
+
+meminfo_t *bl1_plat_sec_mem_layout(void)
+{
+	return &bl1_tzram_layout;
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Perform any BL1 specific platform actions.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+void bl1_early_platform_setup(void)
+{
+	const size_t bl1_size = BL1_RAM_LIMIT - BL1_RAM_BASE;
+
+	/* Initialize the console to provide early debug support */
+	console_init(PLAT_QEMU_BOOT_UART_BASE, PLAT_QEMU_BOOT_UART_CLK_IN_HZ,
+		     PLAT_QEMU_CONSOLE_BAUDRATE);
+
+	/* Allow BL1 to see the whole Trusted RAM */
+	bl1_tzram_layout.total_base = BL_RAM_BASE;
+	bl1_tzram_layout.total_size = BL_RAM_SIZE;
+
+	/* Calculate how much RAM BL1 is using and how much remains free */
+	bl1_tzram_layout.free_base = BL_RAM_BASE;
+	bl1_tzram_layout.free_size = BL_RAM_SIZE;
+	reserve_mem(&bl1_tzram_layout.free_base, &bl1_tzram_layout.free_size,
+		    BL1_RAM_BASE, bl1_size);
+}
+
+/******************************************************************************
+ * Perform the very early platform specific architecture setup.  This only
+ * does basic initialization. Later architectural setup (bl1_arch_setup())
+ * does not do anything platform specific.
+ *****************************************************************************/
+void bl1_plat_arch_setup(void)
+{
+	qemu_configure_mmu_el3(bl1_tzram_layout.total_base,
+				bl1_tzram_layout.total_size,
+				BL1_RO_BASE, BL1_RO_LIMIT,
+				BL1_COHERENT_RAM_BASE, BL1_COHERENT_RAM_LIMIT);
+}
+
+void bl1_platform_setup(void)
+{
+	plat_qemu_io_setup();
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Function that takes a memory layout into which BL2 has been loaded and
+ * populates a new memory layout for BL2 that ensures that BL1's data sections
+ * resident in secure RAM are not visible to BL2.
+ ******************************************************************************/
+void bl1_init_bl2_mem_layout(const meminfo_t *bl1_mem_layout,
+			     meminfo_t *bl2_mem_layout)
+{
+	const size_t bl1_size = BL1_RAM_LIMIT - BL1_RAM_BASE;
+
+	assert(bl1_mem_layout != NULL);
+	assert(bl2_mem_layout != NULL);
+
+	/* Check that BL1's memory is lying outside of the free memory */
+	assert((BL1_RAM_LIMIT <= bl1_mem_layout->free_base) ||
+	       (BL1_RAM_BASE >= (bl1_mem_layout->free_base +
+				 bl1_mem_layout->free_size)));
+
+	/* Remove BL1 RW data from the scope of memory visible to BL2 */
+	*bl2_mem_layout = *bl1_mem_layout;
+	reserve_mem(&bl2_mem_layout->total_base,
+		    &bl2_mem_layout->total_size,
+		    BL1_RAM_BASE,
+		    bl1_size);
+
+	flush_dcache_range((unsigned long)bl2_mem_layout, sizeof(meminfo_t));
+}
+
+/*******************************************************************************
+ * Before calling this function BL2 is loaded in memory and its entrypoint
+ * is set by load_image. This is a placeholder for the platform to change
+ * the entrypoint of BL2 and set SPSR and security state.
+ * On ARM standard platforms we only set the security state of the entrypoint
+ ******************************************************************************/
+void bl1_plat_set_bl2_ep_info(image_info_t *bl2_image,
+				entry_point_info_t *bl2_ep)
+{
+	SET_SECURITY_STATE(bl2_ep->h.attr, SECURE);
+	bl2_ep->spsr = SPSR_64(MODE_EL1, MODE_SP_ELX, DISABLE_ALL_EXCEPTIONS);
+}