doc: update README.arm64

This file apparently hasn't seen an update in a while, so just sync
it with reality.

Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@arm.com>
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Andre Przywara 8 years ago committed by Tom Rini
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Summary Summary
======= =======
No hardware platform of arm64 is available now. The U-Boot is The initial arm64 U-Boot port was developed before hardware was available,
simulated on Foundation Model and Fast Model for ARMv8. so the first supported platforms were the Foundation and Fast Model for ARMv8.
These days U-Boot runs on a variety of 64-bit capable ARM hardware, from
embedded development boards to servers.
Notes Notes
===== =====
1. Currenly, U-Boot run at the highest exception level processor 1. U-Boot can run at any exception level it is entered in, it is
supported and jump to EL2 or optionally EL1 before enter OS. recommened to enter it in EL3 if U-Boot takes some responsibilities of a
classical firmware (like initial hardware setup, CPU errata workarounds
or SMP bringup). U-Boot can be entered in EL2 when its main purpose is
that of a boot loader. It can drop to lower exception levels before
entering the OS.
2. U-Boot for arm64 is compiled with AArch64-gcc. AArch64-gcc 2. U-Boot for arm64 is compiled with AArch64-gcc. AArch64-gcc
use rela relocation format, a tool(tools/relocate-rela) by Scott Wood use rela relocation format, a tool(tools/relocate-rela) by Scott Wood
is used to encode the initial addend of rela to u-boot.bin. After running, is used to encode the initial addend of rela to u-boot.bin. After running,
the U-Boot will be relocated to destination again. the U-Boot will be relocated to destination again.
3. Fdt should be placed at a 2-megabyte boundary and within the first 512 3. Earlier Linux kernel versions required the FDT to be placed at a
megabytes from the start of the kernel image. So, fdt_high should be 2 MB boundary and within the same 512 MB section as the kernel image,
defined specially. resulting in fdt_high to be defined specially.
Since kernel version 4.2 Linux is more relaxed about the DT location, so it
can be placed anywhere in memory.
Please reference linux/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt for detail. Please reference linux/Documentation/arm64/booting.txt for detail.
4. Spin-table is used to wake up secondary processors. One location 4. Spin-table is used to wake up secondary processors. One location
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aarch32 specific codes. aarch32 specific codes.
Contributors
Contributor ============
===========
Tom Rini <trini@ti.com> Tom Rini <trini@ti.com>
Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com> Scott Wood <scottwood@freescale.com>
York Sun <yorksun@freescale.com> York Sun <yorksun@freescale.com>

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