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@@ -218,6 +218,7 @@ Detailed documentation of various aspects of OpenSBI can be found under the * [Contribution Guideline]: Guideline for contributing code to OpenSBI project * [Library Usage]: API documentation of OpenSBI static library *libsbi.a* +* [Platform Requirements]: Requirements for using OpenSBI on a platform * [Platform Support Guide]: Guideline for implementing support for new platforms * [Platform Documentation]: Documentation of the platforms currently supported. * [Firmware Documentation]: Documentation for the different types of firmware @@ -270,6 +271,7 @@ make I=<install_directory> install_docs [Contribution Guideline]: docs/contributing.md [Contributors List]: CONTRIBUTORS.md [Library Usage]: docs/library_usage.md +[Platform Requirements]: docs/platform_requirements.md [Platform Support Guide]: docs/platform_guide.md [Platform Documentation]: docs/platform/platform.md [Firmware Documentation]: docs/firmware/fw.md diff --git a/docs/doxygen.cfg b/docs/doxygen.cfg index 8ab53ed..52346be 100644 --- a/docs/doxygen.cfg +++ b/docs/doxygen.cfg @@ -793,6 +793,7 @@ WARN_LOGFILE = INPUT = @@SRC_DIR@@/README.md \ @@SRC_DIR@@/docs/contributing.md \ @@SRC_DIR@@/docs/platform_guide.md \ + @@SRC_DIR@@/docs/platform_requirements.md \ @@SRC_DIR@@/docs/library_usage.md \ @@SRC_DIR@@/docs/firmware \ @@SRC_DIR@@/docs/platform \ diff --git a/docs/platform_requirements.md b/docs/platform_requirements.md new file mode 100644 index 0000000..68dc393 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/platform_requirements.md @@ -0,0 +1,44 @@ +OpenSBI Platform Requirements +============================= + +The RISC-V platform requirements for OpenSBI can change over time +with advances in RISC-V specifications and ecosystem. + +To handle this, we have two types of RISC-V platform requirements: + +1. **Base platform requirements** which apply to all OpenSBI releases +2. **Release specific platform requirements** which apply to a OpenSBI + release and later releases + +Currently, we don't have any **Release specific platform requirements** +but such platform requirements will be added in future. + +Base Platform Requirements +-------------------------- + +The base RISC-V platform requirements for OpenSBI are as follows: + +1. At least rv32ima or rv64ima required on all HARTs +2. At least one HART should have S-mode support because: + + * SBI calls are meant for RISC-V S-mode (Supervisor mode) + * OpenSBI implements SBI calls for S-mode software + +3. The MTVEC CSR on all HARTs must support direct mode +4. The PMP CSRs are optional. If PMP CSRs are not implemented then + OpenSBI cannot protect M-mode firmware and secured memory regions +5. The TIME CSR is optional. If TIME CSR is not implemented in + hardware then a 64-bit MMIO counter is required to track time + and emulate TIME CSR +6. Hardware support for injecting M-mode software interrupts on + a multi-HART platform + +The RISC-V extensions not covered by rv32ima or rv64ima are optional +for OpenSBI. Although, OpenSBI will detect and handle some of these +optional RISC-V extensions at runtime. + +The optional RISC-V extensions handled by OpenSBI at runtime are: + +* D-extension: Double precision floating point +* F-extension: Single precision floating point +* H-extension: Hypervisor |