Paul Beesley | 8f62ca7 | 2019-03-13 13:58:02 +0000 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | Glossary |
| 2 | ======== |
| 3 | |
| 4 | This glossary provides definitions for terms and abbreviations used in the TF-A |
| 5 | documentation. |
| 6 | |
| 7 | You can find additional definitions in the `Arm Glossary`_. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | .. glossary:: |
| 10 | :sorted: |
| 11 | |
| 12 | AArch32 |
| 13 | 32-bit execution state of the ARMv8 ISA |
| 14 | |
| 15 | AArch64 |
| 16 | 64-bit execution state of the ARMv8 ISA |
| 17 | |
| 18 | API |
| 19 | Application Programming Interface |
| 20 | |
| 21 | CoT |
| 22 | COT |
| 23 | Chain of Trust |
| 24 | |
| 25 | CSS |
| 26 | Compute Sub-System |
| 27 | |
| 28 | CVE |
| 29 | Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures. A CVE document is commonly used to |
| 30 | describe a publicly-known security vulnerability. |
| 31 | |
| 32 | DS-5 |
| 33 | Arm Development Studio 5 |
| 34 | |
| 35 | DT |
| 36 | Device Tree |
| 37 | |
| 38 | EL |
| 39 | Exception Level |
| 40 | |
| 41 | EHF |
| 42 | Exception Handling Framework |
| 43 | |
| 44 | FDT |
| 45 | Flattened Device Tree |
| 46 | |
| 47 | FIP |
| 48 | Firmware Image Package |
| 49 | |
| 50 | FVP |
| 51 | Fixed Virtual Platform |
| 52 | |
| 53 | FWU |
| 54 | FirmWare Update |
| 55 | |
| 56 | GIC |
| 57 | Generic Interrupt Controller |
| 58 | |
| 59 | ISA |
| 60 | Instruction Set Architecture |
| 61 | |
| 62 | Linaro |
| 63 | A collaborative engineering organization consolidating |
| 64 | and optimizing open source software and tools for the Arm architecture. |
| 65 | |
| 66 | MMU |
| 67 | Memory Management Unit |
| 68 | |
| 69 | MPAM |
| 70 | Memory Partitioning And Monitoring. An optional Armv8.4 extension. |
| 71 | |
| 72 | MPIDR |
| 73 | Multiprocessor Affinity Register |
| 74 | |
| 75 | OEN |
| 76 | Owning Entity Number |
| 77 | |
| 78 | OP-TEE |
| 79 | Open Portable Trusted Execution Environment. An example of a :term:`TEE` |
| 80 | |
| 81 | OTE |
| 82 | Open-source Trusted Execution Environment |
| 83 | |
| 84 | PDD |
| 85 | Platform Design Document |
| 86 | |
| 87 | PMF |
| 88 | Performance Measurement Framework |
| 89 | |
| 90 | PSCI |
| 91 | Power State Coordination Interface |
| 92 | |
| 93 | RAS |
| 94 | Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability extensions. A mandatory |
| 95 | extension for the Armv8.2 architecture and later. An optional extension to |
| 96 | the base Armv8 architecture. |
| 97 | |
| 98 | ROT |
| 99 | Root of Trust |
| 100 | |
| 101 | SCMI |
| 102 | System Control and Management Interface |
| 103 | |
| 104 | SCP |
| 105 | System Control Processor |
| 106 | |
| 107 | SDEI |
| 108 | Software Delegated Exception Interface |
| 109 | |
| 110 | SDS |
| 111 | Shared Data Storage |
| 112 | |
| 113 | SEA |
| 114 | Synchronous External Abort |
| 115 | |
| 116 | SiP |
| 117 | SIP |
| 118 | Silicon Provider |
| 119 | |
| 120 | SMC |
| 121 | Secure Monitor Call |
| 122 | |
| 123 | SMCCC |
| 124 | :term:`SMC` Calling Convention |
| 125 | |
| 126 | SoC |
| 127 | System on Chip |
| 128 | |
| 129 | SP |
| 130 | Secure Partition |
| 131 | |
| 132 | SPD |
| 133 | Secure Payload Dispatcher |
| 134 | |
| 135 | SPM |
| 136 | Secure Partition Manager |
| 137 | |
| 138 | SVE |
| 139 | Scalable Vector Extension |
| 140 | |
| 141 | TBB |
| 142 | Trusted Board Boot |
| 143 | |
| 144 | TBBR |
| 145 | Trusted Board Boot Requirements |
| 146 | |
| 147 | TEE |
| 148 | Trusted Execution Environment |
| 149 | |
| 150 | TF-A |
| 151 | Trusted Firmware-A |
| 152 | |
| 153 | TF-M |
| 154 | Trusted Firmware-M |
| 155 | |
| 156 | TLB |
| 157 | Translation Lookaside Buffer |
| 158 | |
| 159 | TLK |
| 160 | Trusted Little Kernel. A Trusted OS from NVIDIA. |
| 161 | |
| 162 | TSP |
| 163 | Test Secure Payload |
| 164 | |
| 165 | TZC |
| 166 | TrustZone Controller |
| 167 | |
| 168 | UEFI |
| 169 | Unified Extensible Firmware Interface |
| 170 | |
| 171 | WDOG |
| 172 | Watchdog |
| 173 | |
| 174 | XLAT |
| 175 | Translation (abbr.). For example, "XLAT table". |
| 176 | |
| 177 | .. _`Arm Glossary`: https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-glossary |