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docs: platform guide updates

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Clarify platform support description.
Also fix some Typos, grammar and document style.

Signed-off-by: Damien Le Moal <damien.lemoal@wdc.com>
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Damien Le Moal
2019-02-07 18:18:49 +09:00
committed by Anup Patel
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OpenSBI Platform Support Guideline
==================================
The OpenSBI platform support is a set of platform specific hooks provided
in the form of a *struct sbi_platform* instance. It is required by:
OpenSBI platform support allows an implementation to define a set of platform
specific hooks (hardware manipulation functions) in the form of a
*struct sbi_platform* data structure instance. This instance is required by
platform independent *libsbi.a* to execute platform specific operations.
1. *libplatsbi.a* - A platform specific OpenSBI static library, that is,
libsbi.a plus a *struct sbi_platform* instance installed at
*<install_directory>/platform/<platform_subdir>/lib/libplatsbi.a*
2. *firmwares* - Platform specific bootable firmware binaries installed at
*<install_directory>/platform/<platform_subdir>/bin*
Each of the reference platform support provided by OpenSBI define an instance
of the *struct sbi_platform* data structure. For each supported platform,
*libplatsbi.a* integrates this instance with *libsbi.a* to create a platform
specific OpenSBI static library. This library is installed
in *<install_directory>/platform/<platform_subdir>/lib/libplatsbi.a*
OpenSBI also provides implementation examples of bootable runtime firmwares for
the supported platforms. These firmwares are linked against *libplatsbi.a*.
Firmware binaries are installed in
*<install_directory>/platform/<platform_subdir>/bin*. These firmwares can be
used as executable runtime firmwares on the supported platforms as a replacement
for the legacy *riskv-pk* boot loader (BBL).
A complete doxygen-style documentation of *struct sbi_platform* and related
APIs is available in sbi/sbi_platform.h.
APIs is available in the file *include/sbi/sbi_platform.h*.
Adding a new platform support
-----------------------------
The support of a new platform named *<xyz>* can be added as follows:
Support for a new platform named *<xyz>* can be added as follows:
1. Create a directory named *<xyz>* under *platform/* directory
2. Create a platform configuration file named *config.mk* under
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4. Create *platform/<xyz>/platform.c* file providing a *struct sbi_platform*
instance
A template platform support code is available under the *platform/template*.
Copying this directory as new directory named *<xyz>* under *platform/*
directory will create all the files mentioned above.
A template platform support code is available under the *platform/template*
directory. Copying this directory and its content as a new directory named
*<xyz>* under the *platform/* directory will create all the files mentioned
above.