diff --git a/Documentation/arch/riscv/index.md b/Documentation/arch/riscv/index.md index 9a5de34f09..ea6a5cd47e 100644 --- a/Documentation/arch/riscv/index.md +++ b/Documentation/arch/riscv/index.md @@ -23,8 +23,20 @@ On entry to a stage or payload (including SELF payloads), ## Additional payload handoff requirements The location of cbmem should be placed in a node in the FDT. +## OpenSBI +In case the payload doesn't install it's own SBI, like the [RISCV-PK] does, +[OpenSBI] can be used instead. +It's loaded into RAM after coreboot has finished loading the payload. +coreboot then will jump to OpenSBI providing a pointer to the real payload, +which OpenSBI will jump to once the SBI is installed. + +Besides providing SBI it also sets protected memory regions and provides +a platform independent console. + +The OpenSBI code is always run in M mode. + ## Trap delegation -Traps are delegated in the ramstage. +Traps are delegated to the payload. ## SMP within a stage At the beginning of each stage, all harts save 0 are spinning in a loop on @@ -44,3 +56,6 @@ The hart blocks until fn is non-null, and then calls it. If fn returns, we will panic if possible, but behavior is largely undefined. Only hart 0 runs through most of the code in each stage. + +[RISCV-PK]: https://github.com/riscv/riscv-pk +[OpenSBI]: https://github.com/riscv/opensbi diff --git a/Documentation/mainboard/sifive/hifive-unleashed.md b/Documentation/mainboard/sifive/hifive-unleashed.md index 495dade212..4dbbf0e073 100644 --- a/Documentation/mainboard/sifive/hifive-unleashed.md +++ b/Documentation/mainboard/sifive/hifive-unleashed.md @@ -17,7 +17,6 @@ The following things are still missing from this coreboot port: - Provide serial number to payload (e.g. in device tree) - Implement instruction emulation - Support for booting Linux on RISC-V -- Add support to run OpenSBI payload in m-mode - SMP support in trap handler ## Configuration