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TF-M IPC

Overview

This is a simple TF-M integration example that can be used with an ARMv8-M supported board.

It uses IPC Mode for communication, where TF-M API calls are made to the secure image via an IPC mechanism, as opposed to Library Mode, where the IPC mechanism is bypassed in favor of direct calls.

Zephyr uses Trusted Firmware (TF-M) Platform Security Architecture (PSA) APIs to run this sample in a secure configuration, with Zephyr itself running in a non-secure configuration.

The sample prints test info to the console either as a single-thread or multi-thread application.

Building and Running

This project outputs test status and info to the console. It can be built and executed on MPS2+ AN521.

On MPS2+ AN521:

1. Build Zephyr with a non-secure configuration (-DBOARD=mps2_an521_nonsecure).

   cd $ZEPHYR_ROOT/samples/tfm_integration/tfm_ipc/
   mkdir build
   cd build
   cmake -DBOARD=mps2_an521_nonsecure ..
   make
   

You can also use west as follows:

$ west build -p -b mps2_an521_nonsecure zephyr/samples/tfm_integration/tfm_ipc

1. Copy application binary files (mcuboot.bin and tfm_sign.bin) to <MPS2 device name>/SOFTWARE/.

2. Open <MPS2 device name>/MB/HBI0263C/AN521/images.txt. Edit the AN521/images.txt file as follows:

   TITLE: Versatile Express Images Configuration File
   
   [IMAGES]
   TOTALIMAGES: 2 ;Number of Images (Max: 32)
   
   IMAGE0ADDRESS: 0x10000000
   IMAGE0FILE: \SOFTWARE\mcuboot.bin  ; BL2 bootloader
   
   IMAGE1ADDRESS: 0x10080000
   IMAGE1FILE: \SOFTWARE\tfm_sign.bin ; TF-M with application binary blob
   

3. Reset MPS2+ board.

If you get the following error when running cmake:

CMake Error at cmake/Common/FindGNUARM.cmake:121 (message):
arm-none-eabi-gcc can not be found.  Either put arm-none-eabi-gcc on the
PATH or set GNUARM_PATH properly.

You may need to edit the CMakeLists.txt file in the tfm_ipc project folder to update the -DGNUARM_PATH=/opt/toolchain/arm-none-eabi path.

On QEMU:

The MPS2+ AN521 target (mps2_an521_nonsecure), which is based on a dual core ARM Cortex-M33 setup, also allows you to run TF-M tests using QEMU if you don’t have access to a supported ARMv8-M development board.

As part of the normal build process above, a binary is also produced that can be run via qemu-system-arm. The binary can be executed as follows:

qemu-system-arm -M mps2-an521 -device loader,file=tfm_qemu.hex -serial stdio

You can also run the binary as part of the west build process by appending the -t run flag to the end of your build command, or in the case of ninja or make, adding the run commands:

$ west build -b mps2_an521_nonsecure zephyr/samples/tfm_integration/tfm_ipc -t run

Or, post build:

$ ninja run

Sample Output

[INF] Starting bootloader
[INF] Swap type: none
[INF] Bootloader chainload address offset: 0x80000
[INF] Jumping to the first image slot
[Sec Thread] Secure image initializing!
TFM level is: 1 [Sec Thread] Jumping to non-secure code...
**** Booting Zephyr OS build zephyr-v1.14.0-2904-g89616477b115 ****
The version of the PSA Framework API is 256.
The minor version is 1.
Connect success!
TFM service support minor version is 1.
psa_call is successful!
outvec1 is: It is just for IPC call test.
outvec2 is: It is just for IPC call test.
Connect success!
Call IPC_INIT_BASIC_TEST service Pass Connect success!
Call PSA RoT access APP RoT memory test service Pass
TF-M IPC on (.*)