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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm64/booting.rst | 13 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst b/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst index 7552dbc1cc54..4fcc00add117 100644 --- a/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst +++ b/Documentation/arm64/booting.rst @@ -202,9 +202,10 @@ Before jumping into the kernel, the following conditions must be met: - System registers - All writable architected system registers at the exception level where - the kernel image will be entered must be initialised by software at a - higher exception level to prevent execution in an UNKNOWN state. + All writable architected system registers at or below the exception + level where the kernel image will be entered must be initialised by + software at a higher exception level to prevent execution in an UNKNOWN + state. - SCR_EL3.FIQ must have the same value across all CPUs the kernel is executing on. @@ -270,6 +271,12 @@ Before jumping into the kernel, the following conditions must be met: having 0b1 set for the corresponding bit for each of the auxiliary counters present. + For CPUs with the Fine Grained Traps (FEAT_FGT) extension present: + + - If EL3 is present and the kernel is entered at EL2: + + - SCR_EL3.FGTEn (bit 27) must be initialised to 0b1. + The requirements described above for CPU mode, caches, MMUs, architected timers, coherency and system registers apply to all CPUs. All CPUs must enter the kernel in the same exception level. |