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ARM Cortex-A9 GIC interrup security issue

Note: This was originally posted on 27th March 2012 at http://forums.arm.com

Hello,

I a newbie in embedded programming. Currently I am developing an embedded tool
running on ARM Cortex-A9. I meet an security issue when trying to use ARM Generic Interrupt Controller (GIC).

Following is the detail describing for my issue:
A. My tool MUST running in non-secure mode. It has to catch interrupt ID 117 (only).
But
B. It seems that (as I investigated) a software running in non-secure mode could not access to secure registers.

Could you please confirm my understanding:
1. Is item B above right?

2. If B is wrong, could you please teach me how to do it. (access to secure registers from a non-secure software).

PS: I've just entered embedded world for 8 months. I think this issue is a little bit hard for me

. Please help me.
Thank you in advance.

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Hai Nguyen over 12 years ago

Note: This was originally posted on 29th March 2012 at http://forums.arm.com

Thank you very much for answering me.

I heard that SMC instruction is a way for communicating between secure and non-secure world.
Do you have any information about this? Now, i am investigating but it seems ambiguous.
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Hai Nguyen over 12 years ago

Note: This was originally posted on 29th March 2012 at http://forums.arm.com

Thank you very much for answering me.

I heard that SMC instruction is a way for communicating between secure and non-secure world.
Do you have any information about this? Now, i am investigating but it seems ambiguous.
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