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authorPaul Beesley <paul.beesley@arm.com>2019-10-17 13:19:02 +0000
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@@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ You can find additional definitions in the `Arm Glossary`_.
API
Application Programming Interface
+ BTI
+ Branch Target Identification. An Armv8.5 extension providing additional
+ control flow integrity around indirect branches and their targets.
+
CoT
COT
Chain of Trust
@@ -32,6 +36,9 @@ You can find additional definitions in the `Arm Glossary`_.
DS-5
Arm Development Studio 5
+ DSU
+ DynamIQ Shared Unit
+
DT
Device Tree
@@ -72,6 +79,10 @@ You can find additional definitions in the `Arm Glossary`_.
MPIDR
Multiprocessor Affinity Register
+ MTE
+ Memory Tagging Extension. An optional Armv8.5 extension that enables
+ hardware-assisted memory tagging.
+
OEN
Owning Entity Number
@@ -84,6 +95,9 @@ You can find additional definitions in the `Arm Glossary`_.
PDD
Platform Design Document
+ PAUTH
+ Pointer Authentication. An optional extension introduced in Armv8.3.
+
PMF
Performance Measurement Framework
@@ -138,6 +152,11 @@ You can find additional definitions in the `Arm Glossary`_.
SPM
Secure Partition Manager
+ SSBS
+ Speculative Store Bypass Safe. Introduced in Armv8.5, this configuration
+ bit can be set by software to allow or prevent the hardware from
+ performing speculative operations.
+
SVE
Scalable Vector Extension
@@ -168,6 +187,9 @@ You can find additional definitions in the `Arm Glossary`_.
TZC
TrustZone Controller
+ UBSAN
+ Undefined Behavior Sanitizer
+
UEFI
Unified Extensible Firmware Interface
@@ -177,4 +199,4 @@ You can find additional definitions in the `Arm Glossary`_.
XLAT
Translation (abbr.). For example, "XLAT table".
-.. _`Arm Glossary`: https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-glossary \ No newline at end of file
+.. _`Arm Glossary`: https://developer.arm.com/support/arm-glossary