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diff --git a/docs/design/cpu-specific-build-macros.rst b/docs/design/cpu-specific-build-macros.rst
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@@ -29,6 +29,8 @@ vulnerability workarounds should be applied at runtime.
platform contains at least 1 CPU that requires dynamic mitigation.
Defaults to 0.
+.. _arm_cpu_macros_errata_workarounds:
+
CPU Errata Workarounds
----------------------
@@ -47,9 +49,8 @@ errata notice document. The format of the define used to enable/disable the
errata workaround is ``ERRATA_<Processor name>_<ID>``, where the ``Processor name``
is for example ``A57`` for the ``Cortex_A57`` CPU.
-Refer to the section *CPU errata status reporting* in
-`Firmware Design guide`_ for information on how to write errata workaround
-functions.
+Refer to :ref:`firmware_design_cpu_errata_reporting` for information on how to
+write errata workaround functions.
All workarounds are disabled by default. The platform is responsible for
enabling these workarounds according to its requirement by defining the
@@ -226,6 +227,12 @@ For Cortex-A76, the following errata build flags are defined :
- ``ERRATA_A76_1275112``: This applies errata 1275112 workaround to Cortex-A76
CPU. This needs to be enabled only for revision <= r3p0 of the CPU.
+For Hercules, the following errata build flags are defined :
+
+- ``ERRATA_HERCULES_1688305``: This applies errata 1688305 workaround to
+ Hercules CPU. This needs to be enabled only for revision r0p0 - r1p0 of
+ the CPU.
+
For Neoverse N1, the following errata build flags are defined :
- ``ERRATA_N1_1073348``: This applies errata 1073348 workaround to Neoverse-N1
@@ -258,6 +265,9 @@ For Neoverse N1, the following errata build flags are defined :
- ``ERRATA_N1_1315703``: This applies errata 1315703 workaround to Neoverse-N1
CPU. This needs to be enabled only for revision <= r3p0 of the CPU.
+- ``ERRATA_N1_1542419``: This applies errata 1542419 workaround to Neoverse-N1
+ CPU. This needs to be enabled only for revisions r3p0 - r4p0 of the CPU.
+
DSU Errata Workarounds
----------------------
@@ -314,6 +324,11 @@ architecture that can be enabled by the platform as desired.
as recommended in section "4.7 Non-Temporal Loads/Stores" of the
`Cortex-A57 Software Optimization Guide`_.
+- ``NEOVERSE_N1_EXTERNAL_LLC``: This flag indicates that an external last
+ level cache(LLC) is present in the system, and that the DataSource field
+ on the master CHI interface indicates when data is returned from the LLC.
+ This is used to control how the LL_CACHE* PMU events count.
+
--------------
*Copyright (c) 2014-2019, Arm Limited and Contributors. All rights reserved.*
@@ -323,6 +338,5 @@ architecture that can be enabled by the platform as desired.
.. _Cortex-A53 MPCore Software Developers Errata Notice: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.epm048406/index.html
.. _Cortex-A57 MPCore Software Developers Errata Notice: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.epm049219/index.html
.. _Cortex-A72 MPCore Software Developers Errata Notice: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.epm012079/index.html
-.. _Firmware Design guide: firmware-design.rst
.. _Cortex-A57 Software Optimization Guide: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.uan0015b/Cortex_A57_Software_Optimization_Guide_external.pdf
.. _Arm DSU Software Developers Errata Notice: http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.epm138168/index.html