Readme and Change-log updates for v1.6 release
Change-Id: I7855c9d3de104975bf3249bdf291c428f001d07a
Signed-off-by: Joanna Farley <joanna.farley@arm.com>
diff --git a/readme.rst b/readme.rst
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--- a/readme.rst
+++ b/readme.rst
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-Trusted Firmware-A - version 1.5
+Trusted Firmware-A - version 1.6
================================
Trusted Firmware-A (TF-A) provides a reference implementation of secure world
@@ -136,6 +136,11 @@
- Support for the GCC, LLVM and Arm Compiler 6 toolchains.
+- Support combining several libraries into a self-called "romlib" image, that
+ may be shared across images to reduce memory footprint. The romlib image
+ is stored in ROM but is accessed through a jump-table that may be stored
+ in read-write memory, allowing for the library code to be patched.
+
For a full description of functionality and implementation details, please
see the `Firmware Design`_ and supporting documentation. The `Change Log`_
provides details of changes made since the last release.
@@ -147,34 +152,35 @@
r0, r1 and r2 of the `Juno Arm Development Platform`_.
Various AArch64 builds of this release have been tested on the following Arm
-Fixed Virtual Platforms (`FVP`_) without shifted affinities, and that do not
+Fixed Virtual Platforms (`FVP`_) without shifted affinities that do not
support threaded CPU cores (64-bit host machine only):
-NOTE: Unless otherwise stated, the FVP Version is 11.2 Build 11.2.33.
+NOTE: Unless otherwise stated, the model version is Version 11.4 Build 37.
-- ``Foundation_Platform``
-- ``FVP_Base_AEMv8A-AEMv8A`` (and also Version 9.0, Build 0.8.9005)
+- ``FVP_Base_Aresx4``
+- ``FVP_Base_AEMv8A-AEMv8A``
+- ``FVP_Base_AEMv8A-AEMv8A-AEMv8A-AEMv8A-CCN502``
+- ``FVP_Base_AEMv8A-AEMv8A``
+- ``FVP_Base_RevC-2xAEMv8A``
+- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A32x4``
- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A35x4``
- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A53x4``
+- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A55x4+Cortex-A75x4``
+- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A55x4``
- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A57x4-A53x4``
- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A57x4``
- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A72x4-A53x4``
- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A72x4``
- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A73x4-A53x4``
- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A73x4``
+- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A75x4``
+- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A76x4``
+- ``FVP_CSS_SGI-575`` (Version 11.3 build 40)
+- ``Foundation_Platform``
-Additionally, various AArch64 builds were tested on the following Arm `FVP`_ s
-with shifted affinities, supporting threaded CPU cores (64-bit host machine
-only).
-
-- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A55x4-A75x4`` (Version 0.0, build 0.0.4395)
-- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A55x4`` (Version 0.0, build 0.0.4395)
-- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A75x4`` (Version 0.0, build 0.0.4395)
-- ``FVP_Base_RevC-2xAEMv8A``
-
-Various AArch32 builds of this release has been tested on the following Arm
-`FVP`_\ s without shifted affinities, and that do not support threaded CPU cores
-(64-bit host machine only):
+The latest version of the AArch32 build of TF-A has been tested on the following
+Arm FVPs without shifted affinities that do not support threaded CPU cores
+(64-bit host machine only).
- ``FVP_Base_AEMv8A-AEMv8A``
- ``FVP_Base_Cortex-A32x4``
@@ -182,17 +188,22 @@
The Foundation FVP can be downloaded free of charge. The Base FVPs can be
licensed from Arm. See the `Arm FVP website`_.
-All the above platforms have been tested with `Linaro Release 17.10`_.
+All the above platforms have been tested with `Linaro Release 18.04`_.
This release also contains the following platform support:
+- Allwinner sun50i_64 and sun50i_h6
+- ARM SGI-575 and SGM-775
- HiKey, HiKey960 and Poplar boards
+- Marvell Amarda 8K
- MediaTek MT6795 and MT8173 SoCs
- NVidia T132, T186 and T210 SoCs
+- NXP ls1043, i.MX8QX and i.MX8QM
- QEMU emulator
- Raspberry Pi 3 board
- RockChip RK3328, RK3368 and RK3399 SoCs
- Socionext UniPhier SoC family and SynQuacer SC2A11 SoCs
+- STMicroelectronics STM32MP1
- Texas Instruments K3 SoCs
- Xilinx Zynq UltraScale + MPSoC
@@ -201,7 +212,7 @@
- More platform support.
-- Improved dynamic configuration support.
+- Position independent executable (PIE) support.
- Ongoing support for new architectural features, CPUs and System IP.
@@ -262,7 +273,7 @@
.. _Juno Arm Development Platform: http://www.arm.com/products/tools/development-boards/versatile-express/juno-arm-development-platform.php
.. _Arm FVP website: FVP_
.. _FVP: https://developer.arm.com/products/system-design/fixed-virtual-platforms
-.. _Linaro Release 17.10: https://community.arm.com/dev-platforms/b/documents/posts/linaro-release-notes-deprecated#LinaroRelease17.10
+.. _Linaro Release 18.04: https://community.arm.com/dev-platforms/b/documents/posts/linaro-release-notes-deprecated#LinaroRelease18.04
.. _OP-TEE Secure OS: https://github.com/OP-TEE/optee_os
.. _NVidia Trusted Little Kernel: http://nv-tegra.nvidia.com/gitweb/?p=3rdparty/ote_partner/tlk.git;a=summary
.. _Trusty Secure OS: https://source.android.com/security/trusty