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This training course covers the issues involved in developing software for platforms powered by the ARM Cortex-A7 application processors.
Prerequisites:
Basic understanding of ARMv7-A exception model
Familiarity with ARM assembler and C programming
Experience of embedded system development is helpful but not essential
Audience:
This course is aimed at software developers writing low level and bare-metal code for ARMv7-A processors, concentrating on the Cortex-A7 processor.
Modules:
Optional Day 0: ARM Architecture Fundamentals. Recommended for audiences developing low level code on ARM for the first time. This optional day introduces the ARMv7-A ISA, exception model and memory model.
Day 1-3
Introduction to the ARM Architecture
Cortex-A7 MPCore Overview
Caches and Branch Prediction
Using the MMU
Writing C for ARM
Booting a Cortex-A7 MPCore
Booting Workbook
Barriers
OS Support
Synchronization
Cache Coherency
Programming the GIC
GIC Workbook
Multi-Cluster
Cortex-A Power Management
Debug
PMU Workbook
NEON Overview
TrustZone
Virtualization
Optional Day 4: Exploring one subject in more detail. Available topics are: