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+QEMU virt Armv8-A
+=================
+
+Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A) implements the EL3 firmware layer for QEMU virt
+Armv8-A. BL1 is used as the BootROM, supplied with the -bios argument.
+When QEMU starts all CPUs are released simultaneously, BL1 selects a
+primary CPU to handle the boot and the secondaries are placed in a polling
+loop to be released by normal world via PSCI.
+
+BL2 edits the Flattened Device Tree, FDT, generated by QEMU at run-time to
+add a node describing PSCI and also enable methods for the CPUs.
+
+If ``ARM_LINUX_KERNEL_AS_BL33`` is set to 1 then this FDT will be passed to BL33
+via register x0, as expected by a Linux kernel. This allows a Linux kernel image
+to be booted directly as BL33 rather than using a bootloader.
+
+An ARM64 defconfig v5.5 Linux kernel is known to boot, FDT doesn't need to be
+provided as it's generated by QEMU.
+
+Current limitations:
+
+- Only cold boot is supported
+
+Getting non-TF images
+---------------------
+
+``QEMU_EFI.fd`` can be downloaded from
+http://snapshots.linaro.org/components/kernel/leg-virt-tianocore-edk2-upstream/latest/QEMU-KERNEL-AARCH64/RELEASE_GCC5/QEMU_EFI.fd
+
+or, can be built as follows:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ git clone https://github.com/tianocore/edk2.git
+ cd edk2
+ git submodule update --init
+ make -C BaseTools
+ source edksetup.sh
+ export GCC5_AARCH64_PREFIX=aarch64-linux-gnu-
+ build -a AARCH64 -t GCC5 -p ArmVirtPkg/ArmVirtQemuKernel.dsc
+
+````
+
+Then, you will get ``Build/ArmVirtQemuKernel-AARCH64/DEBUG_GCC5/FV/QEMU_EFI.fd``
+
+Please note you do not need to use GCC 5 in spite of the environment variable
+``GCC5_AARCH64_PREFIX``
+
+The rootfs can be built by using Buildroot as follows:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ git clone git://git.buildroot.net/buildroot.git
+ cd buildroot
+ make qemu_aarch64_virt_defconfig
+ utils/config -e BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO
+ utils/config -e BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_CPIO_GZIP
+ make olddefconfig
+ make
+
+Then, you will get ``output/images/rootfs.cpio.gz``.
+
+Booting via semi-hosting option
+-------------------------------
+
+Boot binaries, except BL1, are primarily loaded via semi-hosting so all
+binaries has to reside in the same directory as QEMU is started from. This
+is conveniently achieved with symlinks the local names as:
+
+- ``bl2.bin`` -> BL2
+- ``bl31.bin`` -> BL31
+- ``bl33.bin`` -> BL33 (``QEMU_EFI.fd``)
+- ``Image`` -> linux/arch/arm64/boot/Image
+
+To build:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-none-elf- PLAT=qemu
+
+To start (QEMU v5.0.0):
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ qemu-system-aarch64 -nographic -machine virt,secure=on -cpu cortex-a57 \
+ -kernel Image \
+ -append "console=ttyAMA0,38400 keep_bootcon" \
+ -initrd rootfs.cpio.gz -smp 2 -m 1024 -bios bl1.bin \
+ -d unimp -semihosting-config enable,target=native
+
+Booting via flash based firmwares
+---------------------------------
+
+Boot firmwares are loaded via secure FLASH0 device so ``bl1.bin`` and
+``fip.bin`` should be concatenated to create a ``flash.bin`` that is flashed
+onto secure FLASH0.
+
+- ``bl32.bin`` -> BL32 (``tee-header_v2.bin``)
+- ``bl32_extra1.bin`` -> BL32 Extra1 (``tee-pager_v2.bin``)
+- ``bl32_extra2.bin`` -> BL32 Extra2 (``tee-pageable_v2.bin``)
+- ``bl33.bin`` -> BL33 (``QEMU_EFI.fd``)
+- ``Image`` -> linux/arch/arm64/boot/Image
+
+To build:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- PLAT=qemu BL32=bl32.bin \
+ BL32_EXTRA1=bl32_extra1.bin BL32_EXTRA2=bl32_extra2.bin \
+ BL33=bl33.bin BL32_RAM_LOCATION=tdram SPD=opteed all fip
+
+To build with TBBR enabled, BL31 and BL32 encrypted with test key:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- PLAT=qemu BL32=bl32.bin \
+ BL32_EXTRA1=bl32_extra1.bin BL32_EXTRA2=bl32_extra2.bin \
+ BL33=bl33.bin BL32_RAM_LOCATION=tdram SPD=opteed all fip \
+ MBEDTLS_DIR=<path-to-mbedtls-repo> TRUSTED_BOARD_BOOT=1 \
+ GENERATE_COT=1 DECRYPTION_SUPPORT=aes_gcm FW_ENC_STATUS=0 \
+ ENCRYPT_BL31=1 ENCRYPT_BL32=1
+
+To build flash.bin:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ dd if=build/qemu/release/bl1.bin of=flash.bin bs=4096 conv=notrunc
+ dd if=build/qemu/release/fip.bin of=flash.bin seek=64 bs=4096 conv=notrunc
+
+To start (QEMU v5.0.0):
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ qemu-system-aarch64 -nographic -machine virt,secure=on -cpu cortex-a57 \
+ -kernel Image -no-acpi \
+ -append 'console=ttyAMA0,38400 keep_bootcon' \
+ -initrd rootfs.cpio.gz -smp 2 -m 1024 -bios flash.bin \
+ -d unimp
+
+Running QEMU in OpenCI
+-----------------------
+
+Linaro's continuous integration platform OpenCI supports running emulated tests
+on QEMU. The tests are kicked off on Jenkins and deployed through the Linaro
+Automation and Validation Architecture `LAVA`_.
+
+There are a set of Linux boot tests provided in OpenCI. They rely on prebuilt
+`binaries`_ for UEFI, the kernel, root file system, as well as, any other TF-A
+dependencies, and are run as part of the OpenCI TF-A `daily job`_. To run them
+manually, a `builder`_ job may be triggered with the test configuration
+``qemu-boot-tests``.
+
+
+You may see the following warning repeated several times in the boot logs:
+
+.. code:: shell
+
+ pflash_write: Write to buffer emulation is flawed
+
+Please ignore this as it is an unresolved `issue in QEMU`_, it is an internal
+QEMU warning that logs flawed use of "write to buffer".
+
+.. note::
+ For more information on how to trigger jobs in OpenCI, please refer to
+ Linaro's CI documentation, which explains how to trigger a `manual job`_.
+
+.. _binaries: https://downloads.trustedfirmware.org/tf-a/linux_boot/
+.. _daily job: https://ci.trustedfirmware.org/view/TF-A/job/tf-a-main/
+.. _builder: https://ci.trustedfirmware.org/view/TF-A/job/tf-a-builder/
+.. _LAVA: https://tf.validation.linaro.org/
+.. _manual job: https://tf-ci-users-guide.readthedocs.io/en/latest/#manual-job-trigger
+.. _issue in QEMU: https://git.qemu.org/?p=qemu.git;a=blob;f=hw/block/pflash_cfi01.c;h=0cbc2fb4cbf62c9a033b8dd89012374ff74ed610;hb=refs/heads/master#l500