Runtime Instrumentation Testing - N1SDP ======================================= For this test we used the N1 System Development Platform (`N1SDP`_), which contains an SoC consisting of two dual-core Arm N1 clusters. The following source trees and binaries were used: - TF-A [`v2.9-rc0-16-g666aec401`_] - TFTF [`v2.9-rc0`_] - SCP/MCP `Prebuilt Images`_ Please see the Runtime Instrumentation `Testing Methodology`_ page for more details. Procedure --------- #. Build TFTF with runtime instrumentation enabled: .. code:: shell make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-none-elf- PLAT=n1sdp \ TESTS=runtime-instrumentation all #. Build TF-A with the following build options: .. code:: shell make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-none-elf- PLAT=n1sdp \ ENABLE_RUNTIME_INSTRUMENTATION=1 fiptool all #. Fetch the SCP firmware images: .. code:: shell curl --fail --connect-timeout 5 --retry 5 \ -sLS -o build/n1sdp/release/scp_rom.bin \ https://downloads.trustedfirmware.org/tf-a/css_scp_2.12.0/n1sdp/release/n1sdp-bl1.bin curl --fail --connect-timeout 5 \ --retry 5 -sLS -o build/n1sdp/release/scp_ram.bin \ https://downloads.trustedfirmware.org/tf-a/css_scp_2.12.0/n1sdp/release/n1sdp-bl2.bin #. Fetch the MCP firmware images: .. code:: shell curl --fail --connect-timeout 5 --retry 5 \ -sLS -o build/n1sdp/release/mcp_rom.bin \ https://downloads.trustedfirmware.org/tf-a/css_scp_2.12.0/n1sdp/release/n1sdp-mcp-bl1.bin curl --fail --connect-timeout 5 --retry 5 \ -sLS -o build/n1sdp/release/mcp_ram.bin \ https://downloads.trustedfirmware.org/tf-a/css_scp_2.12.0/n1sdp/release/n1sdp-mcp-bl2.bin #. Using the fiptool, create a new FIP package and append the SCP ram image onto it. .. code:: shell ./tools/fiptool/fiptool create --blob \ uuid=cfacc2c4-15e8-4668-82be-430a38fad705,file=build/n1sdp/release/bl1.bin \ --scp-fw build/n1sdp/release/scp_ram.bin build/n1sdp/release/scp_fw.bin #. Append the MCP image to the FIP. .. code:: shell ./tools/fiptool/fiptool create \ --blob uuid=54464222-a4cf-4bf8-b1b6-cee7dade539e,file=build/n1sdp/release/mcp_ram.bin \ build/n1sdp/release/mcp_fw.bin #. Then, add TFTF as the Non-Secure workload in the FIP image: .. code:: shell make CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-none-elf- PLAT=n1sdp \ ENABLE_RUNTIME_INSTRUMENTATION=1 SCP_BL2=/dev/null \ BL33= fip #. Load the following images onto the development board: ``fip.bin``, ``scp_rom.bin``, ``scp_ram.bin``, ``mcp_rom.bin``, and ``mcp_ram.bin``. .. note:: These instructions presume you have a complete firmware stack. The N1SDP `user guide`_ provides a detailed explanation on how to get setup from scratch. Results ------- ``CPU_SUSPEND`` to deepest power level ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. table:: ``CPU_SUSPEND`` latencies (µs) to deepest power level in parallel +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | Cluster | Core | Powerdown | Wakekup | Cache Flush | +=========+======+===========+=========+=============+ | 0 | 0 | 3.44 | 10.04 | 0.4 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | 0 | 1 | 4.98 | 12.72 | 0.16 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | 1 | 0 | 3.58 | 15.42 | 0.2 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | 1 | 1 | 5.24 | 17.78 | 0.18 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ .. table:: ``CPU_SUSPEND`` latencies (µs) to deepest power level in serial +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | Cluster | Core | Powerdown | Wakekup | Cache Flush | +=========+======+===========+=========+=============+ | 0 | 0 | 1.82 | 9.98 | 0.32 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | 0 | 1 | 1.96 | 9.96 | 0.18 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | 1 | 0 | 2.0 | 10.5 | 0.16 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | 1 | 1 | 2.22 | 10.56 | 0.16 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ ``CPU_SUSPEND`` to power level 0 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. table:: ``CPU_SUSPEND`` latencies (µs) to power level 0 in parallel +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | Cluster | Core | Powerdown | Wakekup | Cache Flush | +=========+======+===========+=========+=============+ | 0 | 0 | 1.52 | 11.84 | 0.34 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | 0 | 1 | 1.1 | 13.66 | 0.14 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | 1 | 0 | 2.18 | 9.48 | 0.18 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | 1 | 1 | 2.06 | 14.4 | 0.16 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ .. table:: ``CPU_SUSPEND`` latencies (µs) to power level 0 in serial +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | Cluster | Core | Powerdown | Wakekup | Cache Flush | +=========+======+===========+=========+=============+ | 0 | 0 | 1.54 | 9.34 | 0.3 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | 0 | 1 | 1.88 | 9.5 | 0.16 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | 1 | 0 | 1.86 | 9.86 | 0.2 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | 1 | 1 | 2.02 | 9.64 | 0.18 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ ``CPU_OFF`` on all non-lead CPUs ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ``CPU_OFF`` on all non-lead CPUs in sequence then, ``CPU_SUSPEND`` on the lead core to the deepest power level. .. table:: ``CPU_OFF`` latencies (µs) on all non-lead CPUs +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | Cluster | Core | Powerdown | Wakekup | Cache Flush | +=========+======+===========+=========+=============+ | 0 | 0 | 1.86 | 9.88 | 0.32 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | 0 | 1 | 21.1 | 12.44 | 0.42 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | 1 | 0 | 21.22 | 13.2 | 0.32 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ | 1 | 1 | 21.56 | 13.18 | 0.54 | +---------+------+-----------+---------+-------------+ ``CPU_VERSION`` in parallel ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ .. table:: ``CPU_VERSION`` latency (µs) in parallel on all cores +-------------+--------+--------------+ | Cluster | Core | Latency | +=============+========+==============+ | 0 | 0 | 0.08 | +-------------+--------+--------------+ | 0 | 1 | 0.22 | +-------------+--------+--------------+ | 1 | 0 | 0.28 | +-------------+--------+--------------+ | 1 | 1 | 0.26 | +-------------+--------+--------------+ -------------- *Copyright (c) 2023, Arm Limited. All rights reserved.* .. _v2.9-rc0-16-g666aec401: https://review.trustedfirmware.org/plugins/gitiles/TF-A/trusted-firmware-a/+/refs/heads/v2.9-rc0-16-g666aec401 .. _v2.9-rc0: https://review.trustedfirmware.org/plugins/gitiles/TF-A/tf-a-tests/+/refs/tags/v2.9-rc0 .. _user guide: https://gitlab.arm.com/arm-reference-solutions/arm-reference-solutions-docs/-/blob/master/docs/n1sdp/user-guide.rst .. _Prebuilt Images: https://downloads.trustedfirmware.org/tf-a/css_scp_2.11.0/n1sdp/release/ .. _N1SDP: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/101489/latest .. _Testing Methodology: ../perf/psci-performance-methodology.html