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diff --git a/cpu_supplement/arm.rst b/cpu_supplement/arm.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000..e3c67db --- /dev/null +++ b/cpu_supplement/arm.rst @@ -0,0 +1,194 @@ +ARM Specific Information +######################## + +This chapter discusses the`ARM architecture <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_architecture>`_ +dependencies in this port of RTEMS. The ARMv4T (and compatible), ARMv7-A, +ARMv7-R and ARMv7-M architecture versions are supported by RTEMS. Processors +with a MMU use a static configuration which is set up during system start. SMP +is supported. + +**Architecture Documents** + +For information on the ARM architecture refer to the`ARM Infocenter <http://infocenter.arm.com>`_. + +CPU Model Dependent Features +============================ + +This section presents the set of features which vary +across ARM implementations and are of importance to RTEMS. The set of CPU +model feature macros are defined in the file:file:`cpukit/score/cpu/arm/rtems/score/arm.h` based upon the particular CPU +model flags specified on the compilation command line. + +CPU Model Name +-------------- + +The macro ``CPU_MODEL_NAME`` is a string which designates +the architectural level of this CPU model. See in:file:`cpukit/score/cpu/arm/rtems/score/arm.h` for the values. + +Count Leading Zeroes Instruction +-------------------------------- + +The ARMv5 and later has the count leading zeroes ``clz`` instruction which +could be used to speed up the find first bit operation. The use of this +instruction should significantly speed up the scheduling associated with a +thread blocking. This is currently not used. + +Floating Point Unit +------------------- + +The following floating point units are supported. + +- VFPv3-D32/NEON (for example available on Cortex-A processors) + +- VFPv3-D16 (for example available on Cortex-R processors) + +- FPv4-SP-D16 (for example available on Cortex-M processors) + +Multilibs +========= + +The following multilibs are available: + +# ``.``: ARMv4T, ARM instruction set + +# ``thumb``: ARMv4T, Thumb-1 instruction set + +# ``thumb/armv6-m``: ARMv6M, subset of Thumb-2 instruction set + +# ``thumb/armv7-a``: ARMv7-A, Thumb-2 instruction set + +# ``thumb/armv7-a/neon/hard``: ARMv7-A, Thumb-2 instruction set with + hard-float ABI Neon and VFP-D32 support + +# ``thumb/armv7-r``: ARMv7-R, Thumb-2 instruction set + +# ``thumb/armv7-r/vfpv3-d16/hard``: ARMv7-R, Thumb-2 instruction set + with hard-float ABI VFP-D16 support + +# ``thumb/armv7-m``: ARMv7-M, Thumb-2 instruction set with hardware + integer division (SDIV/UDIV) + +# ``thumb/armv7-m/fpv4-sp-d16``: ARMv7-M, Thumb-2 instruction set with + hardware integer division (SDIV/UDIV) and hard-float ABI FPv4-SP support + +# ``eb/thumb/armv7-r``: ARMv7-R, Big-endian Thumb-2 instruction set + +# ``eb/thumb/armv7-r/vfpv3-d16/hard``: ARMv7-R, Big-endian Thumb-2 + instruction set with hard-float ABI VFP-D16 support + +Multilib 1. and 2. support the standard ARM7TDMI and ARM926EJ-S targets. + +Multilib 3. supports the Cortex-M0 and Cortex-M1 cores. + +Multilib 8. supports the Cortex-M3 and Cortex-M4 cores, which have a special +hardware integer division instruction (this is not present in the A and R +profiles). + +Multilib 9. supports the Cortex-M4 cores with a floating point unit. + +Multilib 4. and 5. support the Cortex-A processors. + +Multilib 6., 7., 10. and 11. support the Cortex-R processors. Here also +big-endian variants are available. + +Use for example the following GCC options +.. code:: c + + -mthumb -march=armv7-a -mfpu=neon -mfloat-abi=hard -mtune=cortex-a9 + +to build an application or BSP for the ARMv7-A architecture and tune the code +for a Cortex-A9 processor. It is important to select the options used for the +multilibs. For example +.. code:: c + + -mthumb -mcpu=cortex-a9 + +alone will not select the ARMv7-A multilib. + +Calling Conventions +=================== + +Please refer to the`Procedure Call Standard for the ARM Architecture <http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.ihi0042c/IHI0042C_aapcs.pdf>`_. + +Memory Model +============ + +A flat 32-bit memory model is supported. The board support package must take +care about the MMU if necessary. + +Interrupt Processing +==================== + +The ARMv4T (and compatible) architecture has seven exception types: + +- Reset + +- Undefined + +- Software Interrupt (SWI) + +- Prefetch Abort + +- Data Abort + +- Interrupt (IRQ) + +- Fast Interrupt (FIQ) + +Of these types only the IRQ has explicit operating system support. It is +intentional that the FIQ is not supported by the operating system. Without +operating system support for the FIQ it is not necessary to disable them during +critical sections of the system. + +The ARMv7-M architecture has a completely different exception model. Here +interrupts are disabled with a write of 0x80 to the ``basepri_max`` +register. This means that all exceptions and interrupts with a priority value +of greater than or equal to 0x80 are disabled. Thus exceptions and interrupts +with a priority value of less than 0x80 are non-maskable with respect to the +operating system and therefore must not use operating system services. Several +support libraries of chip vendors implicitly shift the priority value somehow +before the value is written to the NVIC IPR register. This can easily lead to +confusion. + +Interrupt Levels +---------------- + +There are exactly two interrupt levels on ARM with respect to RTEMS. Level +zero corresponds to interrupts enabled. Level one corresponds to interrupts +disabled. + +Interrupt Stack +--------------- + +The board support package must initialize the interrupt stack. The memory for +the stacks is usually reserved in the linker script. + +Default Fatal Error Processing +============================== + +The default fatal error handler for this architecture performs the +following actions: + +- disables operating system supported interrupts (IRQ), + +- places the error code in ``r0``, and + +- executes an infinite loop to simulate a halt processor instruction. + +Symmetric Multiprocessing +========================= + +SMP is supported on ARMv7-A. Available platforms are the Altera Cyclone V and +the Xilinx Zynq. + +Thread-Local Storage +==================== + +Thread-local storage is supported. + +.. COMMENT: COPYRIGHT (c) 1988-2009. + +.. COMMENT: On-Line Applications Research Corporation (OAR). + +.. COMMENT: All rights reserved. + |