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From: Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx> Add the requirements for the use of generic timer by a domain Signed-off-by: Michal Orzel <michal.orzel@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Ayan Kumar Halder <ayan.kumar.halder@xxxxxxx> --- .../reqs/design-reqs/arm64/generic-timer.rst | 139 ++++++++++++++++++ docs/fusa/reqs/index.rst | 3 + docs/fusa/reqs/intro.rst | 3 +- docs/fusa/reqs/market-reqs/reqs.rst | 34 +++++ docs/fusa/reqs/product-reqs/arm64/reqs.rst | 24 +++ 5 files changed, 202 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 docs/fusa/reqs/design-reqs/arm64/generic-timer.rst create mode 100644 docs/fusa/reqs/market-reqs/reqs.rst create mode 100644 docs/fusa/reqs/product-reqs/arm64/reqs.rst diff --git a/docs/fusa/reqs/design-reqs/arm64/generic-timer.rst b/docs/fusa/reqs/design-reqs/arm64/generic-timer.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..bdd4fbf696 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/fusa/reqs/design-reqs/arm64/generic-timer.rst @@ -0,0 +1,139 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0 + +Generic Timer +============= + +The following are the requirements related to ARM Generic Timer [1] interface +exposed by Xen to Arm64 domains. + +Probe the Generic Timer device tree node from a domain +------------------------------------------------------ + +`XenSwdgn~arm64_generic_timer_probe_dt~1` + +Description: +Xen shall generate a device tree node for the Generic Timer (in accordance to +ARM architected timer device tree binding [2]). + +Rationale: + +Comments: +Domains shall probe the Generic Timer device tree node. + +Covers: + - `XenProd~emulated_timer~1` + +Read system counter frequency +----------------------------- + +`XenSwdgn~arm64_generic_timer_read_freq~1` + +Description: +Xen shall expose the frequency of the system counter to the domains. + +Rationale: + +Comments: +Domains shall read it via CNTFRQ_EL0 register or "clock-frequency" device tree +property. + +Covers: + - `XenProd~emulated_timer~1` + +Access CNTKCTL_EL1 system register from a domain +------------------------------------------------ + +`XenSwdgn~arm64_generic_timer_access_cntkctlel1~1` + +Description: +Xen shall expose counter-timer kernel control register to the domains. + +Rationale: + +Comments: +Domains shall access the counter-timer kernel control register to allow +controlling the access to the timer from userspace (EL0). + +Covers: + - `XenProd~emulated_timer~1` + +Access virtual timer from a domain +---------------------------------- + +`XenSwdgn~arm64_generic_timer_access_virtual_timer~1` + +Description: +Xen shall expose the virtual timer registers to the domains. + +Rationale: + +Comments: +Domains shall access and make use of the virtual timer by accessing the +following system registers: +CNTVCT_EL0, +CNTV_CTL_EL0, +CNTV_CVAL_EL0, +CNTV_TVAL_EL0. + +Covers: + - `XenProd~emulated_timer~1` + +Access physical timer from a domain +----------------------------------- + +`XenSwdgn~arm64_generic_timer_access_physical_timer~1` + +Description: +Xen shall expose physical timer registers to the domains. + +Rationale: + +Comments: +Domains shall access and make use of the physical timer by accessing the +following system registers: +CNTPCT_EL0, +CNTP_CTL_EL0, +CNTP_CVAL_EL0, +CNTP_TVAL_EL0. + +Covers: + - `XenProd~emulated_timer~1` + +Trigger the virtual timer interrupt from a domain +------------------------------------------------- + +`XenSwdgn~arm64_generic_timer_trigger_virtual_interrupt~1` + +Description: +Xen shall enable the domains to program the virtual timer to generate the +interrupt. + +Rationale: + +Comments: +Domains shall program the virtual timer to generate the interrupt when the +asserted condition is met. + +Covers: + - `XenProd~emulated_timer~1` + +Trigger the physical timer interrupt from a domain +-------------------------------------------------- + +`XenSwdgn~arm64_generic_timer_trigger_physical_interrupt~1` + +Description: +Xen shall enable the domains to program the physical timer to generate the +interrupt + +Rationale: + +Comments: +Domains shall program the physical timer to generate the interrupt when the +asserted condition is met. + +Covers: + - `XenProd~emulated_timer~1` + +[1] Arm Architecture Reference Manual for A-profile architecture, Chapter 11 +[2] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/tree/Documentation/devicetree/bindings/timer/arm,arch_timer.yaml diff --git a/docs/fusa/reqs/index.rst b/docs/fusa/reqs/index.rst index 78c02b1d9b..183f183b1f 100644 --- a/docs/fusa/reqs/index.rst +++ b/docs/fusa/reqs/index.rst @@ -7,3 +7,6 @@ Requirements documentation :maxdepth: 2 intro + market-reqs + product-reqs + design-reqs/arm64 diff --git a/docs/fusa/reqs/intro.rst b/docs/fusa/reqs/intro.rst index d67b18dd9f..245a219ff2 100644 --- a/docs/fusa/reqs/intro.rst +++ b/docs/fusa/reqs/intro.rst @@ -55,7 +55,8 @@ Title of the requirement be 'XenMkt', 'XenProd' or 'XenSwdgn' to denote market, product or design requirement. name - This denotes name of the requirement. In case of architecture specific - requirements, this starts with the architecture type (ie x86_64, arm64). + requirements, this starts with the architecture type (eg x86_64, arm64) + followed by component name (eg generic_timer) and action (eg read_xxx). revision number - This gets incremented each time the requirement is modified. diff --git a/docs/fusa/reqs/market-reqs/reqs.rst b/docs/fusa/reqs/market-reqs/reqs.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9c98c84a9a --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/fusa/reqs/market-reqs/reqs.rst @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0 + +Functional Requirements +======================= + +Run Arm64 VMs +------------- + +`XenMkt~run_arm64_vms~1` + +Description: +Xen shall run Arm64 VMs. + +Rationale: + +Comments: + +Needs: + - XenProd + +Provide timer to the VMs +------------------------ + +`XenMkt~provide_timer_vms~1` + +Description: +Xen shall provide a timer to a VM. + +Rationale: + +Comments: + +Needs: + - XenProd diff --git a/docs/fusa/reqs/product-reqs/arm64/reqs.rst b/docs/fusa/reqs/product-reqs/arm64/reqs.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..9b579cc606 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/fusa/reqs/product-reqs/arm64/reqs.rst @@ -0,0 +1,24 @@ +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: CC-BY-4.0 + +Domain Creation And Runtime +=========================== + +Emulated Timer +-------------- + +`XenProd~emulated_timer~1` + +Description: +Xen shall emulate Arm Generic Timer timer on behalf of domains. + +Rationale: + +Comments: +Domains shall use it for scheduling and other needs. + +Covers: + - `XenMkt~run_arm64_vms~1` + - `XenMkt~provide_timer_vms~1` + +Needs: + - XenSwdgn -- 2.25.1
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