[PATCH v9 04/10] arm_ffa: introduce Arm FF-A low-level driver

[Abdellatif El Khlifi <abdellatif.elkhlifi@arm.com>]

Add the core driver implementing Arm Firmware Framework for Armv8-A v1.0

The Firmware Framework for Arm A-profile processors (FF-A v1.0) [1]
describes interfaces (ABIs) that standardize communication
between the Secure World and Normal World leveraging TrustZone
technology.

This driver uses 64-bit registers as per SMCCCv1.2 spec and comes
on top of the SMCCC layer. The driver provides the FF-A ABIs needed for
querying the FF-A framework from the secure world.

The driver uses SMC32 calling convention which means using the first
32-bit data of the Xn registers.

All supported ABIs come with their 32-bit version except FFA_RXTX_MAP
which has 64-bit version supported.

Both 32-bit and 64-bit direct messaging are supported which allows both
32-bit and 64-bit clients to use the FF-A bus.

FF-A is a discoverable bus and similar to architecture features.
FF-A bus is discovered using ARM_SMCCC_FEATURES mechanism performed
by the PSCI driver.

Clients are able to probe then use the FF-A bus by calling the DM class
searching APIs (e.g: uclass_get_device_by_name).

The Secure World is considered as one entity to communicate with
using the FF-A bus. FF-A communication is handled by one device and
one instance (the bus). This FF-A driver takes care of all the
interactions between Normal world and Secure World.

The driver exports its operations to be used by upper layers.

Exported operations:

- partition_info_get
- sync_send_receive
- rxtx_unmap

For more details please refer to the driver documentation [2].

[1]: https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0077/latest/
[2]: doc/arch/arm64.ffa.rst

Signed-off-by: Abdellatif El Khlifi <abdellatif.elkhlifi@arm.com>
Cc: Tom Rini <trini@konsulko.com>
Cc: Simon Glass <sjg@chromium.org>
Cc: Ilias Apalodimas <ilias.apalodimas@linaro.org>
Cc: Jens Wiklander <jens.wiklander@linaro.org>

---
Changelog:
===============

v9:

* integrate the FF-A bus discovery in the DM and use ARM_SMCCC_FEATURES for binding

v8:

* make ffa_get_partitions_info() second argument to be an SP count in both
  modes
* update ffa_bus_prvdata_get() to return a pointer rather than a pointer
  address
* remove packing from ffa_partition_info and ffa_send_direct_data structures
* pass the FF-A bus device to the bus operations

v7:

* add support for 32-bit direct messaging
* rename be_uuid_str_to_le_bin() to uuid_str_to_le_bin()
* improve the declaration of error handling mapping
* stating in doc/arch/arm64.ffa.rst that EFI runtime is not supported

v6:

* drop use of EFI runtime support (We decided with Linaro to add this later)
* drop discovery from initcalls (discovery will be on demand by FF-A users)
* set the alignment of the RX/TX buffers to the larger translation granule size
* move FF-A RX/TX buffers unmapping at ExitBootServices() to a separate commit
* update the documentation and move it to doc/arch/arm64.ffa.rst

v4:

* add doc/README.ffa.drv
* moving the FF-A driver work to drivers/firmware/arm-ffa
* use less #ifdefs in lib/efi_loader/efi_boottime.c and replace
  #if defined by #if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED
* improving error handling by mapping the FF-A errors to standard errors
  and logs
* replacing panics with an error log and returning an error code
* improving features discovery in FFA_FEATURES by introducing
  rxtx_min_pages private data field
* add ffa_remove and ffa_unbind functions
* improve how the driver behaves when bus discovery is done more than
  once

v3:

* align the interfaces of the U-Boot FF-A driver with those in the linux
  FF-A driver
* remove the FF-A helper layer
* make the U-Boot FF-A driver independent from EFI
* provide an optional config that enables copying the driver data to EFI
  runtime section at ExitBootServices service
* use 64-bit version of FFA_RXTX_MAP, FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_{REQ, RESP}

v2:

* make FF-A bus discoverable using device_{bind, probe} APIs
* remove device tree support

v1:

* introduce FF-A bus driver with device tree support

 MAINTAINERS                               |    7 +
 doc/arch/arm64.ffa.rst                    |  282 +++++
 doc/arch/index.rst                        |    1 +
 drivers/Makefile                          |    1 +
 drivers/firmware/Kconfig                  |    1 +
 drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/Kconfig          |   33 +
 drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/Makefile         |    8 +
 drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/arm-ffa-uclass.c |   33 +
 drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/arm_ffa_priv.h   |  209 ++++
 drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/core.c           | 1249 +++++++++++++++++++++
 include/arm_ffa.h                         |   88 ++
 include/dm/uclass-id.h                    |    6 +
 12 files changed, 1918 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/arch/arm64.ffa.rst
 create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/Kconfig
 create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/Makefile
 create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/arm-ffa-uclass.c
 create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/arm_ffa_priv.h
 create mode 100644 drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/core.c
 create mode 100644 include/arm_ffa.h

diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 58370c5fbd..1dfa23c1f0 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -266,6 +266,13 @@ F:	drivers/net/cortina_ni.h
 F:	drivers/net/phy/ca_phy.c
 F:	configs/cortina_presidio-asic-pnand_defconfig
 
+ARM FF-A
+M:	Abdellatif El Khlifi <abdellatif.elkhlifi@arm.com>
+S:	Maintained
+F:	doc/arch/arm64.ffa.rst
+F:	drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/
+F:	include/arm_ffa.h
+
 ARM FREESCALE IMX
 M:	Stefano Babic <sbabic@denx.de>
 M:	Fabio Estevam <festevam@gmail.com>
diff --git a/doc/arch/arm64.ffa.rst b/doc/arch/arm64.ffa.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..8fad9ef3d0
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/arch/arm64.ffa.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,282 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+
+Arm FF-A Driver
+===============
+
+Summary
+-------
+
+FF-A stands for Firmware Framework for Arm A-profile processors.
+
+FF-A specifies interfaces that enable a pair of software sandboxes to
+communicate with each other. A sandbox aka partition could
+be a VM in the Normal or Secure world, an application in S-EL0, or a
+Trusted OS in S-EL1.
+
+This FF-A driver implements the interfaces to communicate with partitions in
+the Secure world aka Secure partitions (SPs).
+
+The driver specifically focuses on communicating with SPs that isolate portions
+of EFI runtime services that must run in a protected environment which is
+inaccessible by the Host OS or Hypervisor. Examples of such services are
+set/get variables.
+
+FF-A driver uses the SMC ABIs defined by the FF-A specification to:
+
+- Discover the presence of SPs of interest
+- Access an SP's service through communication protocols
+  e.g. EFI MM communication protocol
+
+At this stage of development the FF-A driver supports EFI boot time only.
+
+Runtime support will be added in future developments.
+
+FF-A and SMC specifications
+-------------------------------------------
+
+The current implementation of the driver relies on FF-A specification v1.0
+and uses SMC32 calling convention which means using the first 32-bit data of the
+Xn registers.
+
+At this stage we only need the FF-A v1.0 features.
+
+The driver has been tested with OP-TEE which supports SMC32 calling convention.
+
+For more details please refer to the FF-A v1.0 spec:
+https://documentation-service.arm.com/static/5fb7e8a6ca04df4095c1d65e?token=
+
+Hypervisors are supported if they are configured to trap SMC calls.
+
+The FF-A driver uses 64-bit registers as per SMCCCv1.2 specification.
+
+For more details please refer to the SMC Calling Convention v1.2 spec:
+https://documentation-service.arm.com/static/5f8edaeff86e16515cdbe4c6?token=
+
+Supported hardware
+--------------------------------
+
+Aarch64 plaforms
+
+Configuration
+----------------------
+
+CONFIG_ARM_FFA_TRANSPORT
+    Enables the FF-A bus driver. Turn this on if you want to use FF-A
+    communication.
+
+FF-A ABIs under the hood
+---------------------------------------
+
+Invoking an FF-A ABI involves providing to the secure world/hypervisor the
+expected arguments from the ABI.
+
+The ABI arguments are stored in x0 to x7 registers. Then, an SMC instruction
+is executed.
+
+At the secure side level or hypervisor the ABI is handled at a higher exception
+level and the arguments are read and processed.
+
+The response is put back through x0 to x7 registers and control is given back
+to the U-Boot FF-A driver (non-secure world).
+
+The driver reads the response and processes it accordingly.
+
+This methodology applies to all the FF-A ABIs in the driver.
+
+FF-A bus discovery in U-Boot
+-------------------------------------------
+
+When CONFIG_ARM_FFA_TRANSPORT is enabled, the FF-A bus is considered as
+an architecture feature and discovered using ARM_SMCCC_FEATURES mechanism.
+This discovery mechanism is performed by the PSCI driver.
+
+The PSCI driver comes with a PSCI device tree node which is the root node for all
+architecture features including FF-A bus.
+
+::
+
+   => dm tree
+
+    Class     Index  Probed  Driver                Name
+   -----------------------------------------------------------
+   ...
+    firmware      0  [ + ]   psci                      |-- psci
+    ffa                   0  [   ]   arm_ffa               |   `-- arm_ffa
+   ...
+
+The PSCI driver is bound to the PSCI device and when probed it tries to discover
+the architecture features by calling a callback the features drivers provide.
+
+In case of FF-A, the callback is ffa_bus_is_supported() which tries to discover the
+FF-A framework by querying the FF-A framework version from secure world using
+FFA_VERSION ABI. When discovery is successful, the ARM_SMCCC_FEATURES
+mechanism creates a U-Boot device for the FF-A bus and binds the FF-A driver
+with the device using device_bind_driver().
+
+At this stage the FF-A bus is registered with the DM and can be interacted with using
+the DM APIs.
+
+Clients are able to probe then use the FF-A bus by calling the DM class searching APIs
+(e.g: uclass_get_device_by_name). Please refer to the armffa command implementation
+as an example of how to probe and interact with the FF-A driver.
+
+When calling uclass_get_device_by_name() for example, the FF-A driver is probed
+and ffa_probe() is called which performs the following:
+
+    - allocating private data (priv) with devres
+    - updating priv with discovery information
+    - querying from secure world the u-boot endpoint ID
+    - querying from secure world the supported features of FFA_RXTX_MAP
+    - mapping the RX/TX buffers
+    - querying from secure world all the partitions information
+
+When one of the above actions fails, probing fails and the driver stays not active
+and can be probed again if needed.
+
+FF-A device destruction
+-------------------------
+
+When the FF-A device is removed by the DM, RX/TX buffers are automatically
+unmapped and freed. Same happens when the device is unbound before being
+removed first.
+
+For example, at EFI efi_exit_boot_services() active devices are automatically removed
+by dm_remove_devices_flags(DM_REMOVE_ACTIVE_ALL).
+
+By consequence, the FF-A RX/TX are unmapped automatically.
+
+Requirements for clients
+-------------------------------------
+
+When using the FF-A bus with EFI, clients must query the SPs they are looking for
+during EFI boot time mode using the service UUID.
+
+The RX/TX buffers are only available at EFI boot time. Querying partitions is
+done at boot time and data is cached for future use.
+
+RX/TX buffers should be unmapped before EFI runtime mode starts.
+The driver provides a bus operation for that called rxtx_unmap() and this is done
+automatically at efi_exit_boot_services().
+
+If  RX/TX buffers created by U-Boot are not unmapped and by consequence becoming
+available at EFI runtime, secure world will get confused about RX/TX buffers
+ownership (U-Boot vs kernel).
+
+When invoking FF-A direct messaging, clients should specify which ABI protocol
+they want to use (32-bit vs 64-bit). Selecting the protocol means using
+the 32-bit or 64-bit version of FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_{REQ, RESP}.
+The calling convention between U-Boot and the secure world stays the same: SMC32.
+
+The bus driver layer
+------------------------------
+
+The driver comes on top of the SMCCC layer and is implemented in
+drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/core.c
+
+The driver provides the following features:
+
+- Support for the 32-bit version of the following ABIs:
+
+    - FFA_VERSION
+    - FFA_ID_GET
+    - FFA_FEATURES
+    - FFA_PARTITION_INFO_GET
+    - FFA_RXTX_UNMAP
+    - FFA_RX_RELEASE
+    - FFA_RUN
+    - FFA_ERROR
+    - FFA_SUCCESS
+    - FFA_INTERRUPT
+    - FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_REQ
+    - FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_RESP
+
+- Support for the 64-bit version of the following ABIs:
+
+    - FFA_RXTX_MAP
+    - FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_REQ
+    - FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_RESP
+
+- Processing the received data from the secure world/hypervisor and caching it
+
+- Hiding from upper layers the FF-A protocol and registers details. Upper
+  layers focus on exchanged data, the driver takes care of how to transport
+  that to the secure world/hypervisor using FF-A
+
+- The driver provides callbacks to be used by clients to access the FF-A bus:
+
+    - partition_info_get
+    - sync_send_receive
+    - rxtx_unmap
+
+- FF-A bus discovery makes sure FF-A framework is responsive and compatible
+  with the driver
+
+- FF-A bus can be compiled and used without EFI
+
+The armffa command
+-----------------------------------
+
+armffa is an implementation defined command showcasing how to use the FF-A driver and how to invoke
+its operations.
+
+Please refer the command documentation at doc/usage/cmd/armffa.rst
+
+Example of boot logs with FF-A enabled
+--------------------------------------
+
+For example, when using FF-A with Corstone-1000 the logs are as follows:
+
+::
+
+   U-Boot 2023.01 (Mar 07 2023 - 11:05:21 +0000) corstone1000 aarch64
+
+   DRAM:  2 GiB
+   [FFA] trying FF-A framework discovery
+   [FFA] Conduit is SMC
+   [FFA] FF-A driver 1.0
+   FF-A framework 1.0
+   [FFA] Versions are compatible
+   Core:  18 devices, 12 uclasses, devicetree: separate
+   MMC:
+   Loading Environment from nowhere... OK
+   ...
+   Hit any key to stop autoboot:  0
+   Loading kernel from 0x083EE000 to memory ...
+   ...
+   [FFA] endpoint ID is 0
+   [FFA] Using 1 4KB page(s) for RX/TX buffers size
+   [FFA] RX buffer at virtual address 00000000fdf4e000
+   [FFA] TX buffer at virtual address 00000000fdf50000
+   [FFA] RX/TX buffers mapped
+   [FFA] Reading partitions data from the RX buffer
+   [FFA] Partition ID 8001 : info cached
+   [FFA] Partition ID 8002 : info cached
+   [FFA] Partition ID 8003 : info cached
+   [FFA] 3 partition(s) found and cached
+   [FFA] Preparing for checking partitions count
+   [FFA] Searching partitions using the provided UUID
+   [FFA] No partition found. Querying framework ...
+   [FFA] Reading partitions data from the RX buffer
+   [FFA] Number of partition(s) matching the UUID: 1
+   EFI: Pre-allocating 1 partition(s) info structures
+   [FFA] Preparing for filling partitions info
+   [FFA] Searching partitions using the provided UUID
+   [FFA] Partition ID 8003 matches the provided UUID
+   EFI: MM partition ID 0x8003
+   EFI: Corstone1000: Capsule shared buffer at 0x80000000 , size 8192 pages
+   Booting /MemoryMapped(0x0,0x88200000,0xf00000)
+   EFI stub: Booting Linux Kernel...
+   EFI stub: Using DTB from configuration table
+   EFI stub: Exiting boot services...
+   [FFA] removing the device
+   [FFA] unmapping RX/TX buffers
+   [FFA] Freeing RX/TX buffers
+   Booting Linux on physical CPU 0x0000000000 [0x411fd040]
+   Linux version 6.1.9-yocto-standard (oe-user@oe-host) (aarch64-poky-linux-musl-gcc (GCC) 12.2.0, GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.40.202301193
+   Machine model: ARM Corstone1000 FPGA MPS3 board
+   efi: EFI v2.100 by Das U-Boot
+   ...
+
+Contributors
+------------
+   * Abdellatif El Khlifi <abdellatif.elkhlifi@arm.com>
diff --git a/doc/arch/index.rst b/doc/arch/index.rst
index b8da4b8c8e..2f916f4026 100644
--- a/doc/arch/index.rst
+++ b/doc/arch/index.rst
@@ -8,6 +8,7 @@ Architecture-specific doc
 
    arc
    arm64
+   arm64.ffa
    m68k
    mips
    nios2
diff --git a/drivers/Makefile b/drivers/Makefile
index 58be410135..885fdef4dc 100644
--- a/drivers/Makefile
+++ b/drivers/Makefile
@@ -112,6 +112,7 @@ obj-y += iommu/
 obj-y += smem/
 obj-y += thermal/
 obj-$(CONFIG_TEE) += tee/
+obj-$(CONFIG_ARM_FFA_TRANSPORT) += firmware/arm-ffa/
 obj-y += axi/
 obj-y += ufs/
 obj-$(CONFIG_W1) += w1/
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
index eae1c8ddc9..8789b1ea14 100644
--- a/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
+++ b/drivers/firmware/Kconfig
@@ -45,4 +45,5 @@ config ARM_SMCCC_FEATURES
 	  the PSCI driver is always probed and binds dirvers registered to the Arm SMCCC
 	  services if any and reported as supported by the SMCCC firmware.
 
+source "drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/Kconfig"
 source "drivers/firmware/scmi/Kconfig"
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/Kconfig b/drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/Kconfig
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..e5b2912201
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/Kconfig
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+config ARM_FFA_TRANSPORT
+	bool "Enable Arm Firmware Framework for Armv8-A driver"
+	depends on DM && ARM64
+	select ARM_SMCCC
+	select ARM_SMCCC_FEATURES
+	select LIB_UUID
+	select DEVRES
+	help
+	  The Firmware Framework for Arm A-profile processors (FF-A)
+	  describes interfaces (ABIs) that standardize communication
+	  between the Secure World and Normal World leveraging TrustZone
+	  technology.
+
+	  This driver is based on FF-A specification v1.0 and uses SMC32
+	  calling convention.
+
+	  FF-A specification:
+
+	  https://developer.arm.com/documentation/den0077/a/?lang=en
+
+	  In U-Boot FF-A design, FF-A is considered as a discoverable bus.
+	  FF-A bus is discovered using ARM_SMCCC_FEATURES mechanism performed
+	  by the PSCI driver.
+	  The Secure World is considered as one entity to communicate with
+	  using the FF-A bus.
+	  FF-A communication is handled by one device and one instance (the bus).
+	  This FF-A driver takes care of all the interactions between Normal world
+	  and Secure World.
+
+	  For more details about the FF-A driver, please refer to doc/arch/arm64.ffa.rst
+
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/Makefile
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c8d83b4bc9
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/Makefile
@@ -0,0 +1,8 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+#
+# Copyright 2022-2023 Arm Limited and/or its affiliates <open-source-office@arm.com>
+#
+# Authors:
+#   Abdellatif El Khlifi <abdellatif.elkhlifi@arm.com>
+
+obj-y += arm-ffa-uclass.o core.o
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/arm-ffa-uclass.c b/drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/arm-ffa-uclass.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..bc4fe68d57
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/arm-ffa-uclass.c
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022-2023 Arm Limited and/or its affiliates <open-source-office@arm.com>
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Abdellatif El Khlifi <abdellatif.elkhlifi@arm.com>
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <dm.h>
+#include <asm/global_data.h>
+
+DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
+
+/**
+ * ffa_bus_get_ops() - bus driver operations getter
+ * @dev:	the arm_ffa device
+ * Returns a pointer to the FF-A driver ops field.
+ * Return:
+ * The ops pointer on success, NULL on failure.
+ */
+const struct ffa_bus_ops *ffa_bus_get_ops(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	if (!dev)
+		return NULL;
+
+	return device_get_ops(dev);
+}
+
+UCLASS_DRIVER(ffa) = {
+	.name		= "ffa",
+	.id		= UCLASS_FFA,
+};
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/arm_ffa_priv.h b/drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/arm_ffa_priv.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..51df7d1c64
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/arm_ffa_priv.h
@@ -0,0 +1,209 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022-2023 Arm Limited and/or its affiliates <open-source-office@arm.com>
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Abdellatif El Khlifi <abdellatif.elkhlifi@arm.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ARM_FFA_PRV_H
+#define __ARM_FFA_PRV_H
+
+#include <arm_ffa.h>
+#include <mapmem.h>
+#include <linux/bitfield.h>
+#include <linux/bitops.h>
+
+/* This header is exclusively used by the FF-A core driver, sandbox driver and sandbox tests */
+
+/* FF-A core driver name */
+#define FFA_DRV_NAME "arm_ffa"
+
+/* The FF-A SMC function definitions */
+
+#if CONFIG_IS_ENABLED(SANDBOX_FFA)
+#include "sandbox_arm_ffa.h"
+#else
+/* CONFIG_ARM64 */
+#include <linux/arm-smccc.h>
+typedef struct arm_smccc_1_2_regs ffa_value_t;
+#endif
+
+/* Defining the function pointer type for the function executing the FF-A ABIs */
+typedef void (*invoke_ffa_fn_t)(ffa_value_t args, ffa_value_t *res);
+
+/* FF-A driver version definitions */
+
+#define MAJOR_VERSION_MASK		GENMASK(30, 16)
+#define MINOR_VERSION_MASK		GENMASK(15, 0)
+#define GET_FFA_MAJOR_VERSION(x)		\
+				((u16)(FIELD_GET(MAJOR_VERSION_MASK, (x))))
+#define GET_FFA_MINOR_VERSION(x)		\
+				((u16)(FIELD_GET(MINOR_VERSION_MASK, (x))))
+#define PACK_VERSION_INFO(major, minor)			\
+	(FIELD_PREP(MAJOR_VERSION_MASK, (major)) |	\
+	 FIELD_PREP(MINOR_VERSION_MASK, (minor)))
+
+#define FFA_MAJOR_VERSION		(1)
+#define FFA_MINOR_VERSION		(0)
+#define FFA_VERSION_1_0		\
+			PACK_VERSION_INFO(FFA_MAJOR_VERSION, FFA_MINOR_VERSION)
+
+/* Endpoint ID mask (u-boot endpoint ID) */
+
+#define GET_SELF_ENDPOINT_ID_MASK		GENMASK(15, 0)
+#define GET_SELF_ENDPOINT_ID(x)		\
+			((u16)(FIELD_GET(GET_SELF_ENDPOINT_ID_MASK, (x))))
+
+#define PREP_SELF_ENDPOINT_ID_MASK		GENMASK(31, 16)
+#define PREP_SELF_ENDPOINT_ID(x)		\
+			(FIELD_PREP(PREP_SELF_ENDPOINT_ID_MASK, (x)))
+
+/* Partition endpoint ID mask  (partition with which u-boot communicates with) */
+
+#define PREP_PART_ENDPOINT_ID_MASK		GENMASK(15, 0)
+#define PREP_PART_ENDPOINT_ID(x)		\
+			(FIELD_PREP(PREP_PART_ENDPOINT_ID_MASK, (x)))
+
+/* Definitions of the Arm FF-A interfaces supported by the Arm FF-A driver */
+
+#define FFA_SMC(calling_convention, func_num)				\
+	ARM_SMCCC_CALL_VAL(ARM_SMCCC_FAST_CALL, (calling_convention),	\
+			   ARM_SMCCC_OWNER_STANDARD, (func_num))
+
+#define FFA_SMC_32(func_num)				FFA_SMC(ARM_SMCCC_SMC_32, (func_num))
+#define FFA_SMC_64(func_num)				FFA_SMC(ARM_SMCCC_SMC_64, (func_num))
+
+enum ffa_abis {
+	FFA_ERROR                 = 0x60,
+	FFA_SUCCESS               = 0x61,
+	FFA_INTERRUPT             = 0x62,
+	FFA_VERSION               = 0x63,
+	FFA_FEATURES              = 0x64,
+	FFA_RX_RELEASE            = 0x65,
+	FFA_RXTX_MAP              = 0x66,
+	FFA_RXTX_UNMAP            = 0x67,
+	FFA_PARTITION_INFO_GET    = 0x68,
+	FFA_ID_GET                = 0x69,
+	FFA_RUN                   = 0x6d,
+	FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_REQ   = 0x6f,
+	FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_RESP  = 0x70,
+
+	/* To be updated when adding new FFA IDs */
+	FFA_FIRST_ID              = FFA_ERROR, /* Lowest number ID */
+	FFA_LAST_ID               = FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_RESP, /* Highest number ID */
+};
+
+enum ffa_abi_errcode {
+	NOT_SUPPORTED = 1,
+	INVALID_PARAMETERS,
+	NO_MEMORY,
+	BUSY,
+	INTERRUPTED,
+	DENIED,
+	RETRY,
+	ABORTED,
+	MAX_NUMBER_FFA_ERR
+};
+
+/* Container structure and helper macros to map between an FF-A error and relevant error log */
+struct ffa_abi_errmap {
+	char *err_str[MAX_NUMBER_FFA_ERR];
+};
+
+#define FFA_ERRMAP_COUNT (FFA_LAST_ID - FFA_FIRST_ID + 1)
+#define FFA_ID_TO_ERRMAP_ID(ffa_id) ((ffa_id) - FFA_FIRST_ID)
+
+/*
+ * struct ffa_partition_uuid - 16 bytes UUID transmitted by FFA_PARTITION_INFO_GET
+ * @a1-4:	32-bit words access to the UUID data
+ *
+ */
+struct ffa_partition_uuid {
+	u32 a1; /* w1 */
+	u32 a2; /* w2 */
+	u32 a3; /* w3 */
+	u32 a4; /* w4 */
+};
+
+/**
+ * enum ffa_rxtx_buf_sizes - minimum sizes supported
+ * for the RX/TX buffers
+ */
+enum ffa_rxtx_buf_sizes {
+	RXTX_4K,
+	RXTX_64K,
+	RXTX_16K
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct ffa_rxtxpair - Hosts the RX/TX buffers virtual addresses
+ * @rxbuf:	virtual address of the RX buffer
+ * @txbuf:	virtual address of the TX buffer
+ * @rxtx_min_pages:	RX/TX buffers minimum size in pages
+ *
+ * Hosts the virtual addresses of the mapped RX/TX buffers
+ * These addresses are used by the FF-A functions that use the RX/TX buffers
+ */
+struct ffa_rxtxpair {
+	void *rxbuf; /* Virtual address returned by memalign */
+	void *txbuf; /* Virtual address returned by memalign */
+	size_t rxtx_min_pages; /* Minimum number of pages in each of the RX/TX buffers */
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct ffa_partition_desc - the secure partition descriptor
+ * @info:	partition information
+ * @sp_uuid:	the secure partition UUID
+ *
+ * Each partition has its descriptor containing the partitions information and the UUID
+ */
+struct ffa_partition_desc {
+	struct ffa_partition_info info;
+	struct ffa_partition_uuid sp_uuid;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct ffa_partitions - descriptors for all secure partitions
+ * @count:	The number of partitions descriptors
+ * @descs	The partitions descriptors table
+ *
+ * Contains the partitions descriptors table
+ */
+struct ffa_partitions {
+	u32 count;
+	struct ffa_partition_desc *descs; /* Virtual address */
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct ffa_discovery_info - discovery information
+ * @fwk_version:	FF-A framework version
+ * @invoke_ffa_fn:	The function executing the FF-A function (ABI)
+ */
+struct ffa_discovery_info {
+	u32 fwk_version;
+	invoke_ffa_fn_t invoke_ffa_fn;
+};
+
+/**
+ * struct ffa_priv - the driver private data structure
+ *
+ * @dscvry_info:	Initial information discovered
+ * @ops:	The driver operations structure
+ * @id:	u-boot endpoint ID
+ * @partitions:	The partitions descriptors structure
+ * @pair:	The RX/TX buffers pair
+ *
+ * The device private data structure containing all the
+ * data read from secure world.
+ * The data is dynamically allocated, managed by devres
+ * and registered with the DM.
+ */
+struct ffa_priv {
+	struct ffa_discovery_info dscvry_info;
+	struct ffa_bus_ops ops;
+	u16 id;
+	struct ffa_partitions partitions;
+	struct ffa_rxtxpair pair;
+};
+#endif
diff --git a/drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/core.c b/drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/core.c
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..2210f5343c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/drivers/firmware/arm-ffa/core.c
@@ -0,0 +1,1249 @@
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022-2023 Arm Limited and/or its affiliates <open-source-office@arm.com>
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Abdellatif El Khlifi <abdellatif.elkhlifi@arm.com>
+ */
+
+#include <common.h>
+#include <dm.h>
+#include <log.h>
+#include <malloc.h>
+#include <string.h>
+#include <uuid.h>
+#include <asm/global_data.h>
+#include <dm/device-internal.h>
+#include <dm/devres.h>
+#include <dm/root.h>
+#include <linux/errno.h>
+#include <linux/sizes.h>
+#include "arm_ffa_priv.h"
+
+DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR;
+
+/* FF-A discovery information */
+struct ffa_discovery_info dscvry_info;
+
+/* The function that sets the SMC conduit */
+static int ffa_set_smc_conduit(void);
+
+/* Error mapping declarations */
+
+int ffa_to_std_errmap[MAX_NUMBER_FFA_ERR] = {
+	[NOT_SUPPORTED] = -EOPNOTSUPP,
+	[INVALID_PARAMETERS] = -EINVAL,
+	[NO_MEMORY] = -ENOMEM,
+	[BUSY] = -EBUSY,
+	[INTERRUPTED] = -EINTR,
+	[DENIED] = -EACCES,
+	[RETRY] = -EAGAIN,
+	[ABORTED] = -ECANCELED,
+};
+
+struct ffa_abi_errmap err_msg_map[FFA_ERRMAP_COUNT] = {
+	[FFA_ID_TO_ERRMAP_ID(FFA_VERSION)] = {
+		{
+			[NOT_SUPPORTED] =
+			"NOT_SUPPORTED: A Firmware Framework implementation does not exist",
+		},
+	},
+	[FFA_ID_TO_ERRMAP_ID(FFA_ID_GET)] = {
+		{
+			[NOT_SUPPORTED] =
+			"NOT_SUPPORTED: This function is not implemented at this FF-A instance",
+		},
+	},
+	[FFA_ID_TO_ERRMAP_ID(FFA_FEATURES)] = {
+		{
+			[NOT_SUPPORTED] =
+			"NOT_SUPPORTED: FFA_RXTX_MAP is not implemented at this FF-A instance",
+		},
+	},
+	[FFA_ID_TO_ERRMAP_ID(FFA_PARTITION_INFO_GET)] = {
+		{
+			[NOT_SUPPORTED] =
+			"NOT_SUPPORTED: This function is not implemented at this FF-A instance",
+			[INVALID_PARAMETERS] =
+			"INVALID_PARAMETERS: Unrecognized UUID",
+			[NO_MEMORY] =
+			"NO_MEMORY: Results cannot fit in RX buffer of the caller",
+			[BUSY] =
+			"BUSY: RX buffer of the caller is not free",
+			[DENIED] =
+			"DENIED: Callee is not in a state to handle this request",
+		},
+	},
+	[FFA_ID_TO_ERRMAP_ID(FFA_RXTX_UNMAP)] = {
+		{
+			[NOT_SUPPORTED] =
+			"NOT_SUPPORTED: FFA_RXTX_UNMAP is not implemented at this FF-A instance",
+			[INVALID_PARAMETERS] =
+			"INVALID_PARAMETERS: No buffer pair registered on behalf of the caller",
+		},
+	},
+	[FFA_ID_TO_ERRMAP_ID(FFA_RX_RELEASE)] = {
+		{
+			[NOT_SUPPORTED] =
+			"NOT_SUPPORTED: FFA_RX_RELEASE is not implemented at this FF-A instance",
+			[DENIED] =
+			"DENIED: Caller did not have ownership of the RX buffer",
+		},
+	},
+	[FFA_ID_TO_ERRMAP_ID(FFA_RXTX_MAP)] = {
+		{
+			[NOT_SUPPORTED] =
+			"NOT_SUPPORTED: This function is not implemented at this FF-A instance",
+			[INVALID_PARAMETERS] =
+			"INVALID_PARAMETERS: Field(s) in input parameters incorrectly encoded",
+			[NO_MEMORY] =
+			"NO_MEMORY: Not enough memory",
+			[DENIED] =
+			"DENIED: Buffer pair already registered",
+		},
+	},
+};
+
+/**
+ * ffa_to_std_errno() - convert FF-A error code to standard error code
+ * @ffa_errno:	Error code returned by the FF-A ABI
+ *
+ * This function maps the given FF-A error code as specified
+ * by the spec to a u-boot standard error code.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * The standard error code on success. . Otherwise, failure
+ */
+int ffa_to_std_errno(int ffa_errno)
+{
+	int err_idx = -ffa_errno;
+
+	/* Map the FF-A error code to the standard u-boot error code */
+	if (err_idx > 0 && err_idx < MAX_NUMBER_FFA_ERR)
+		return ffa_to_std_errmap[err_idx];
+	return -EINVAL;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_print_error_log() - print the error log corresponding to the selected FF-A ABI
+ * @ffa_id:	FF-A ABI ID
+ * @ffa_errno:	Error code returned by the FF-A ABI
+ *
+ * This function maps the FF-A error code to the error log relevant to the
+ * selected FF-A ABI. Then the error log is printed.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * 0 on success. . Otherwise, failure
+ */
+int ffa_print_error_log(u32 ffa_id, int ffa_errno)
+{
+	int err_idx = -ffa_errno, abi_idx = 0;
+
+	/* Map the FF-A error code to the corresponding error log */
+
+	if (err_idx <= 0 || err_idx >= MAX_NUMBER_FFA_ERR)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (ffa_id < FFA_FIRST_ID || ffa_id > FFA_LAST_ID)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	abi_idx = FFA_ID_TO_ERRMAP_ID(ffa_id);
+	if (abi_idx < 0 || abi_idx >= FFA_ERRMAP_COUNT)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	if (!err_msg_map[abi_idx].err_str[err_idx])
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	log_err("[FFA] %s\n", err_msg_map[abi_idx].err_str[err_idx]);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* Driver core functions */
+
+/**
+ * ffa_get_version() - FFA_VERSION handler function
+ *
+ * This function implements FFA_VERSION FF-A function
+ * to get from the secure world the FF-A framework version
+ * FFA_VERSION is used to discover the FF-A framework.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * 0 on success. Otherwise, failure
+ */
+static int ffa_get_version(void)
+{
+	u16 major, minor;
+	ffa_value_t res = {0};
+	int ffa_errno;
+
+	if (!dscvry_info.invoke_ffa_fn)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	dscvry_info.invoke_ffa_fn((ffa_value_t){
+			.a0 = FFA_SMC_32(FFA_VERSION), .a1 = FFA_VERSION_1_0,
+			}, &res);
+
+	ffa_errno = res.a0;
+	if (ffa_errno < 0) {
+		ffa_print_error_log(FFA_VERSION, ffa_errno);
+		return ffa_to_std_errno(ffa_errno);
+	}
+
+	major = GET_FFA_MAJOR_VERSION(res.a0);
+	minor = GET_FFA_MINOR_VERSION(res.a0);
+
+	log_info("[FFA] FF-A driver %d.%d\nFF-A framework %d.%d\n",
+		 FFA_MAJOR_VERSION, FFA_MINOR_VERSION, major, minor);
+
+	if (major == FFA_MAJOR_VERSION && minor >= FFA_MINOR_VERSION) {
+		log_info("[FFA] Versions are compatible\n");
+
+		dscvry_info.fwk_version = res.a0;
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	log_err("[FFA] versions are incompatible\nExpected: %d.%d , Found: %d.%d\n",
+		FFA_MAJOR_VERSION, FFA_MINOR_VERSION, major, minor);
+
+	return -EPROTONOSUPPORT;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_get_endpoint_id() - FFA_ID_GET handler function
+ * @dev: The FF-A bus device
+ *
+ * This function implements FFA_ID_GET FF-A function
+ * to get from the secure world u-boot endpoint ID
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * 0 on success. Otherwise, failure
+ */
+static int ffa_get_endpoint_id(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	ffa_value_t res = {0};
+	int ffa_errno;
+	struct ffa_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+	priv->dscvry_info.invoke_ffa_fn((ffa_value_t){
+			.a0 = FFA_SMC_32(FFA_ID_GET),
+			}, &res);
+
+	if (res.a0 == FFA_SMC_32(FFA_SUCCESS)) {
+		priv->id = GET_SELF_ENDPOINT_ID((u32)res.a2);
+		log_info("[FFA] endpoint ID is %u\n", priv->id);
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	ffa_errno = res.a2;
+
+	ffa_print_error_log(FFA_ID_GET, ffa_errno);
+
+	return ffa_to_std_errno(ffa_errno);
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_set_rxtx_buffers_pages_cnt() - sets the minimum number of pages in each of the RX/TX buffers
+ * @dev: The FF-A bus device
+ * @prop_field: properties field obtained from FFA_FEATURES ABI
+ *
+ * This function sets the minimum number of pages
+ *  in each of the RX/TX buffers in the private data structure
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * buf_4k_pages points to the returned number of pages
+ * 0 on success. Otherwise, failure
+ */
+static int ffa_set_rxtx_buffers_pages_cnt(struct udevice *dev, u32 prop_field)
+{
+	struct ffa_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+	switch (prop_field) {
+	case RXTX_4K:
+		priv->pair.rxtx_min_pages = 1;
+		break;
+	case RXTX_16K:
+		priv->pair.rxtx_min_pages = 4;
+		break;
+	case RXTX_64K:
+		priv->pair.rxtx_min_pages = 16;
+		break;
+	default:
+		log_err("[FFA] RX/TX buffer size not supported\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_get_rxtx_map_features() - FFA_FEATURES handler function with FFA_RXTX_MAP argument
+ * @dev: The FF-A bus device
+ *
+ * This function implements FFA_FEATURES FF-A function
+ * to retrieve the FFA_RXTX_MAP features
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * 0 on success. Otherwise, failure
+ */
+static int ffa_get_rxtx_map_features(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	ffa_value_t res = {0};
+	int ffa_errno;
+	struct ffa_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+	priv->dscvry_info.invoke_ffa_fn((ffa_value_t){
+			.a0 = FFA_SMC_32(FFA_FEATURES),
+			.a1 = FFA_SMC_64(FFA_RXTX_MAP),
+			}, &res);
+
+	if (res.a0 == FFA_SMC_32(FFA_SUCCESS))
+		return ffa_set_rxtx_buffers_pages_cnt(dev, res.a2);
+
+	ffa_errno = res.a2;
+	ffa_print_error_log(FFA_FEATURES, ffa_errno);
+
+	return ffa_to_std_errno(ffa_errno);
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_free_rxtx_buffers() - frees the RX/TX buffers
+ * @dev: The FF-A bus device
+ *
+ * This  function  frees the RX/TX buffers
+ */
+static void ffa_free_rxtx_buffers(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	struct ffa_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+	log_info("[FFA] Freeing RX/TX buffers\n");
+
+	if (priv->pair.rxbuf) {
+		free(priv->pair.rxbuf);
+		priv->pair.rxbuf = NULL;
+	}
+
+	if (priv->pair.txbuf) {
+		free(priv->pair.txbuf);
+		priv->pair.txbuf = NULL;
+	}
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_alloc_rxtx_buffers() - allocates the RX/TX buffers
+ * @dev: The FF-A bus device
+ *
+ * This function is used by ffa_map_rxtx_buffers to allocate
+ * the RX/TX buffers before mapping them. The allocated memory is physically
+ * contiguous since memalign ends up calling malloc which allocates
+ * contiguous memory in u-boot.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * 0 on success. Otherwise, failure
+ */
+static int ffa_alloc_rxtx_buffers(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	u64 bytes;
+	struct ffa_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+	log_info("[FFA] Using %lu 4KB page(s) for RX/TX buffers size\n",
+		 priv->pair.rxtx_min_pages);
+
+	bytes = priv->pair.rxtx_min_pages * SZ_4K;
+
+	/*
+	 * The alignment of the RX and TX buffers must be equal
+	 * to the larger translation granule size
+	 * Assumption: Memory allocated with memalign is always physically contiguous
+	 */
+
+	priv->pair.rxbuf = memalign(bytes, bytes);
+	if (!priv->pair.rxbuf) {
+		log_err("[FFA] failure to allocate RX buffer\n");
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+	}
+
+	log_info("[FFA] RX buffer at virtual address %p\n", priv->pair.rxbuf);
+
+	priv->pair.txbuf = memalign(bytes, bytes);
+	if (!priv->pair.txbuf) {
+		free(priv->pair.rxbuf);
+		priv->pair.rxbuf = NULL;
+		log_err("[FFA] failure to allocate the TX buffer\n");
+		return -ENOBUFS;
+	}
+
+	log_info("[FFA] TX buffer at virtual address %p\n", priv->pair.txbuf);
+
+	/* Make sure the buffers are cleared before use */
+	memset(priv->pair.rxbuf, 0, bytes);
+	memset(priv->pair.txbuf, 0, bytes);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_map_rxtx_buffers() - FFA_RXTX_MAP handler function
+ * @dev: The FF-A bus device
+ *
+ * This function implements FFA_RXTX_MAP FF-A function
+ * to map the RX/TX buffers
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * 0 on success. Otherwise, failure
+ */
+static int ffa_map_rxtx_buffers(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	int ret;
+	ffa_value_t res = {0};
+	int ffa_errno;
+	struct ffa_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+	ret = ffa_alloc_rxtx_buffers(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/*
+	 * we need to pass the physical addresses of the RX/TX buffers
+	 * in u-boot physical/virtual mapping is 1:1
+	 * no need to convert from virtual to physical
+	 */
+
+	priv->dscvry_info.invoke_ffa_fn((ffa_value_t){
+			.a0 = FFA_SMC_64(FFA_RXTX_MAP),
+			.a1 = map_to_sysmem(priv->pair.txbuf),
+			.a2 = map_to_sysmem(priv->pair.rxbuf),
+			.a3 = priv->pair.rxtx_min_pages,
+			}, &res);
+
+	if (res.a0 == FFA_SMC_32(FFA_SUCCESS)) {
+		log_info("[FFA] RX/TX buffers mapped\n");
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	ffa_errno = res.a2;
+	ffa_print_error_log(FFA_RXTX_MAP, ffa_errno);
+
+	ffa_free_rxtx_buffers(dev);
+
+	return ffa_to_std_errno(ffa_errno);
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_unmap_rxtx_buffers() - FFA_RXTX_UNMAP handler function
+ * @dev: The arm_ffa bus device
+ *
+ * This function implements FFA_RXTX_UNMAP FF-A function
+ * to unmap the RX/TX buffers
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * 0 on success. Otherwise, failure
+ */
+static int ffa_unmap_rxtx_buffers(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	ffa_value_t res = {0};
+	int ffa_errno;
+	struct ffa_priv *priv = NULL;
+
+	if (!dev)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	log_info("[FFA] unmapping RX/TX buffers\n");
+
+	priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+	priv->dscvry_info.invoke_ffa_fn((ffa_value_t){
+			.a0 = FFA_SMC_32(FFA_RXTX_UNMAP),
+			.a1 = PREP_SELF_ENDPOINT_ID(priv->id),
+			}, &res);
+
+	if (res.a0 == FFA_SMC_32(FFA_SUCCESS)) {
+		ffa_free_rxtx_buffers(dev);
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	ffa_errno = res.a2;
+	ffa_print_error_log(FFA_RXTX_UNMAP, ffa_errno);
+
+	return ffa_to_std_errno(ffa_errno);
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_release_rx_buffer() - FFA_RX_RELEASE handler function
+ * @dev: The FF-A bus device
+ *
+ * This function invokes FFA_RX_RELEASE FF-A function
+ * to release the ownership of the RX buffer
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * 0 on success. Otherwise, failure
+ */
+static int ffa_release_rx_buffer(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	ffa_value_t res = {0};
+	int ffa_errno;
+	struct ffa_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+	priv->dscvry_info.invoke_ffa_fn((ffa_value_t){
+			.a0 = FFA_SMC_32(FFA_RX_RELEASE),
+			}, &res);
+
+	if (res.a0 == FFA_SMC_32(FFA_SUCCESS))
+		return 0;
+
+	ffa_errno = res.a2;
+	ffa_print_error_log(FFA_RX_RELEASE, ffa_errno);
+
+	return ffa_to_std_errno(ffa_errno);
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_uuid_are_identical() - checks whether two given UUIDs are identical
+ * @uuid1: first UUID
+ * @uuid2: second UUID
+ *
+ * This function is used by ffa_read_partitions_info to search
+ * for a UUID in the partitions descriptors table
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * 1 when UUIDs match. Otherwise, 0
+ */
+bool ffa_uuid_are_identical(const struct ffa_partition_uuid *uuid1,
+			    const struct ffa_partition_uuid *uuid2)
+{
+	if (!uuid1 || !uuid2)
+		return 0;
+
+	return !memcmp(uuid1, uuid2, sizeof(struct ffa_partition_uuid));
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_read_partitions_info() - reads queried partition data
+ * @dev: The arm_ffa bus device
+ * @count: The number of partitions queried
+ * @part_uuid: Pointer to the partition(s) UUID
+ *
+ * This function reads the partitions information
+ * returned by the FFA_PARTITION_INFO_GET and saves it in the private
+ * data structure.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * The private data structure is updated with the partition(s) information
+ * 0 is returned on success. Otherwise, failure
+ */
+static int ffa_read_partitions_info(struct udevice *dev, u32 count,
+				    struct ffa_partition_uuid *part_uuid)
+{
+	struct ffa_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+	if (!count) {
+		log_err("[FFA] no partition detected\n");
+		return -ENODATA;
+	}
+
+	log_info("[FFA] Reading partitions data from the RX buffer\n");
+
+	if (!part_uuid) {
+		/* Querying information of all partitions */
+		u64 buf_bytes;
+		u64 data_bytes;
+		u32 desc_idx;
+		struct ffa_partition_info *parts_info;
+
+		data_bytes = count * sizeof(struct ffa_partition_desc);
+
+		buf_bytes = priv->pair.rxtx_min_pages * SZ_4K;
+
+		if (data_bytes > buf_bytes) {
+			log_err("[FFA] partitions data size exceeds the RX buffer size:\n");
+			log_err("[FFA]     sizes in bytes: data %llu , RX buffer %llu\n",
+				data_bytes,
+				buf_bytes);
+
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
+		priv->partitions.descs = devm_kmalloc(dev, data_bytes, __GFP_ZERO);
+		if (!priv->partitions.descs) {
+			log_err("[FFA] cannot  allocate partitions data buffer\n");
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+
+		parts_info = priv->pair.rxbuf;
+
+		for (desc_idx = 0 ; desc_idx < count ; desc_idx++) {
+			priv->partitions.descs[desc_idx].info =
+				parts_info[desc_idx];
+
+			log_info("[FFA] Partition ID %x : info cached\n",
+				 priv->partitions.descs[desc_idx].info.id);
+		}
+
+		priv->partitions.count = count;
+
+		log_info("[FFA] %d partition(s) found and cached\n", count);
+
+	} else {
+		u32 rx_desc_idx, cached_desc_idx;
+		struct ffa_partition_info *parts_info;
+		u8 desc_found;
+
+		parts_info = priv->pair.rxbuf;
+
+		/*
+		 * Search for the SP IDs read from the RX buffer
+		 * in the already cached SPs.
+		 * Update the UUID when ID found.
+		 */
+		for (rx_desc_idx = 0; rx_desc_idx < count ; rx_desc_idx++) {
+			desc_found = 0;
+
+			/* Search the current ID in the cached partitions */
+			for (cached_desc_idx = 0;
+			     cached_desc_idx < priv->partitions.count;
+			     cached_desc_idx++) {
+				/* Save the UUID */
+				if (priv->partitions.descs[cached_desc_idx].info.id ==
+				    parts_info[rx_desc_idx].id) {
+					priv->partitions.descs[cached_desc_idx].sp_uuid =
+						*part_uuid;
+
+					desc_found = 1;
+					break;
+				}
+			}
+
+			if (!desc_found)
+				return -ENODATA;
+		}
+	}
+
+	return  0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_query_partitions_info() - invokes FFA_PARTITION_INFO_GET and saves partitions data
+ * @dev: The arm_ffa bus device
+ * @part_uuid: Pointer to the partition(s) UUID
+ * @pcount: Pointer to the number of partitions variable filled when querying
+ *
+ * This function executes the FFA_PARTITION_INFO_GET
+ * to query the partitions data. Then, it calls ffa_read_partitions_info
+ * to save the data in the private data structure.
+ *
+ * After reading the data the RX buffer is released using ffa_release_rx_buffer
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * When part_uuid is NULL, all partitions data are retrieved from secure world
+ * When part_uuid is non NULL, data for partitions matching the given UUID are
+ * retrieved and the number of partitions is returned
+ * 0 is returned on success. Otherwise, failure
+ */
+static int ffa_query_partitions_info(struct udevice *dev, struct ffa_partition_uuid *part_uuid,
+				     u32 *pcount)
+{
+	struct ffa_partition_uuid query_uuid = {0};
+	ffa_value_t res = {0};
+	int ffa_errno;
+	struct ffa_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+	/*
+	 * If a UUID is specified. Information for one or more
+	 * partitions in the system is queried. Otherwise, information
+	 * for all installed partitions is queried
+	 */
+
+	if (part_uuid) {
+		if (!pcount)
+			return -EINVAL;
+
+		query_uuid = *part_uuid;
+	} else if (pcount) {
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	priv->dscvry_info.invoke_ffa_fn((ffa_value_t){
+			.a0 = FFA_SMC_32(FFA_PARTITION_INFO_GET),
+			.a1 = query_uuid.a1,
+			.a2 = query_uuid.a2,
+			.a3 = query_uuid.a3,
+			.a4 = query_uuid.a4,
+			}, &res);
+
+	if (res.a0 == FFA_SMC_32(FFA_SUCCESS)) {
+		int ret;
+
+		/*
+		 * res.a2 contains the count of partition information descriptors
+		 * populated in the RX buffer
+		 */
+		if (res.a2) {
+			ret = ffa_read_partitions_info(dev, (u32)res.a2, part_uuid);
+			if (ret) {
+				log_err("[FFA] failed reading SP(s) data , err (%d)\n", ret);
+				ffa_release_rx_buffer(dev);
+				return -EINVAL;
+			}
+		}
+
+		/* Return the SP count (when querying using a UUID) */
+		if (pcount)
+			*pcount = (u32)res.a2;
+
+		/*
+		 * After calling FFA_PARTITION_INFO_GET the buffer ownership
+		 * is assigned to the consumer (u-boot). So, we need to give
+		 * the ownership back to the SPM or hypervisor
+		 */
+		ret = ffa_release_rx_buffer(dev);
+
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	ffa_errno = res.a2;
+	ffa_print_error_log(FFA_PARTITION_INFO_GET, ffa_errno);
+
+	return ffa_to_std_errno(ffa_errno);
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_get_partitions_info() - FFA_PARTITION_INFO_GET handler function
+ *
+ * The passed arguments:
+ * Mode 1: When getting from the driver the number of
+ *	secure partitions:
+ *	@uuid_str: pointer to the UUID string
+ *	@sp_count: pointer to the variable that contains the number of partitions
+ *			 The variable will be set by the driver
+ *	@buffer: NULL
+ *
+ * Mode 2: When requesting the driver to return the
+ *	partitions information:
+ *	@dev: The arm_ffa bus device
+ *	@uuid_str: pointer to the UUID string
+ *	@sp_count: pointer to the variable that contains the number of empty partition descriptors
+ *			 The variable will be read by the driver
+ *	@buffer: pointer to SPs information buffer
+ *		(allocated by the client and contains empty @sp_count descriptors).
+ *		The buffer will be filled by the driver
+ *
+ * This function queries the secure partition data from
+ * the private data structure. If not found, it invokes FFA_PARTITION_INFO_GET
+ * FF-A function to query the partition information from secure world.
+ *
+ * A client of the FF-A driver should know the UUID of the service it wants to
+ * access. It should use the UUID to request the FF-A driver to provide the
+ * partition(s) information of the service. The FF-A driver uses
+ * PARTITION_INFO_GET to obtain this information. This is implemented through
+ * ffa_get_partitions_info function.
+ * A new FFA_PARTITION_INFO_GET call is issued (first one performed through
+ * ffa_cache_partitions_info) allowing to retrieve the partition(s) information.
+ * They are not saved (already done). We only update the UUID in the cached area.
+ * This assumes that partitions data does not change in the secure world.
+ * Otherwise u-boot will have an outdated partition data. The benefit of caching
+ * the information in the FF-A driver is to accommodate discovery after
+ * ExitBootServices().
+ *
+ * When invoked through a client request, ffa_get_partitions_info should be
+ * called twice. First call is to get from the driver the number of secure
+ * partitions (SPs) associated to a particular UUID.
+ * Then, the caller (client) allocates the buffer to host the SPs data and
+ * issues a 2nd call. Then, the driver fills the SPs data in the pre-allocated
+ * buffer.
+ *
+ * To achieve the mechanism described above, ffa_get_partitions_info uses the
+ * following functions:
+ *		ffa_read_partitions_info
+ *		ffa_query_partitions_info
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * @sp_count: When pointing to the number of partitions variable, the number is
+ * set by the driver.
+ * When pointing to the partitions information buffer size, the buffer will be
+ * filled by the driver.
+ *
+ * On success 0 is returned. Otherwise, failure
+ */
+static int ffa_get_partitions_info(struct udevice *dev, const char *uuid_str,
+				   u32 *sp_count, struct ffa_partition_info *buffer)
+{
+	/*
+	 * fill_data:
+	 * 0: return the SP count
+	 * 1: fill SP data and return it to the caller
+	 */
+	bool fill_data = 0;
+	u32 desc_idx, client_desc_idx;
+	struct ffa_partition_uuid part_uuid = {0};
+	u32 sp_found = 0;
+	struct ffa_priv *priv = NULL;
+
+	if (!dev)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+	if (!priv->partitions.count || !priv->partitions.descs) {
+		log_err("[FFA] no partition installed\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (!uuid_str) {
+		log_err("[FFA] no UUID provided\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (!sp_count) {
+		log_err("[FFA] no size/count provided\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (uuid_str_to_le_bin(uuid_str, (unsigned char *)&part_uuid)) {
+		log_err("[FFA] invalid UUID\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	if (!buffer) {
+		/* Mode 1: getting the number of secure partitions */
+
+		fill_data = 0;
+
+		log_info("[FFA] Preparing for checking partitions count\n");
+
+	} else if (*sp_count) {
+		/* Mode 2: retrieving the partitions information */
+
+		fill_data = 1;
+
+		client_desc_idx = 0;
+
+		log_info("[FFA] Preparing for filling partitions info\n");
+
+	} else {
+		log_err("[FFA] invalid function arguments provided\n");
+		return -EINVAL;
+	}
+
+	log_info("[FFA] Searching partitions using the provided UUID\n");
+
+	/* Search in the cached partitions */
+	for (desc_idx = 0;
+	     desc_idx < priv->partitions.count;
+	     desc_idx++) {
+		if (ffa_uuid_are_identical(&priv->partitions.descs[desc_idx].sp_uuid,
+					   &part_uuid)) {
+			log_info("[FFA] Partition ID %x matches the provided UUID\n",
+				 priv->partitions.descs[desc_idx].info.id);
+
+			sp_found++;
+
+			if (fill_data) {
+				/* Trying to fill the partition info in the input buffer */
+
+				if (client_desc_idx < *sp_count) {
+					buffer[client_desc_idx++] =
+						priv->partitions.descs[desc_idx].info;
+					continue;
+				}
+
+				log_err("[FFA] failed to fill client descriptor, buffer full\n");
+				return -ENOBUFS;
+			}
+		}
+	}
+
+	if (!sp_found) {
+		int ret;
+
+		log_info("[FFA] No partition found. Querying framework ...\n");
+
+		ret = ffa_query_partitions_info(dev, &part_uuid, &sp_found);
+
+		if (ret == 0) {
+			if (!fill_data) {
+				*sp_count = sp_found;
+
+				log_info("[FFA] Number of partition(s) matching the UUID: %d\n",
+					 sp_found);
+			} else {
+				/*
+				 * If SPs data detected, they are already in the private data
+				 * structure, retry searching SP data again to return them
+				 *  to the caller
+				 */
+				if (sp_found)
+					ret = ffa_get_partitions_info(dev, uuid_str, sp_count,
+								      buffer);
+				else
+					ret = -ENODATA;
+			}
+		}
+
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	/* Partition(s) found */
+	if (!fill_data)
+		*sp_count = sp_found;
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_cache_partitions_info() - Queries and saves all secure partitions data
+ * @dev: The arm_ffa bus device
+ *
+ * This function invokes FFA_PARTITION_INFO_GET FF-A
+ * function to query from secure world all partitions information.
+ *
+ * The FFA_PARTITION_INFO_GET call is issued with nil UUID as an argument.
+ * All installed partitions information are returned. We cache them in the
+ * resident private data structure and we keep the UUID field empty
+ * (in FF-A 1.0 UUID is not provided by the partition descriptor)
+ *
+ * This function is called at the device probing level.
+ * ffa_cache_partitions_info uses ffa_query_partitions_info to get the data
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * 0 on success. Otherwise, failure
+ */
+static int ffa_cache_partitions_info(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	return ffa_query_partitions_info(dev, NULL, NULL);
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_msg_send_direct_req() - FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_{REQ,RESP} handler function
+ * @dev: The arm_ffa bus device
+ * @dst_part_id: destination partition ID
+ * @msg: pointer to the message data preallocated by the client (in/out)
+ * @is_smc64: select 64-bit or 32-bit FF-A ABI
+ *
+ * This function implements FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_{REQ,RESP}
+ * FF-A functions.
+ *
+ * FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_REQ is used to send the data to the secure partition.
+ * The response from the secure partition is handled by reading the
+ * FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_RESP arguments.
+ *
+ * The maximum size of the data that can be exchanged is 40 bytes which is
+ * sizeof(struct ffa_send_direct_data) as defined by the FF-A specification 1.0
+ * in the section relevant to FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_{REQ,RESP}
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * 0 on success. Otherwise, failure
+ */
+static int ffa_msg_send_direct_req(struct udevice *dev, u16 dst_part_id,
+				   struct ffa_send_direct_data *msg, bool is_smc64)
+{
+	ffa_value_t res = {0};
+	int ffa_errno;
+	u64 req_mode, resp_mode;
+	struct ffa_priv *priv = NULL;
+
+	if (!dev)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+	if (!priv || !priv->dscvry_info.invoke_ffa_fn)
+		return -EINVAL;
+
+	/* No partition installed */
+	if (!priv->partitions.count || !priv->partitions.descs)
+		return -ENODEV;
+
+	if (is_smc64) {
+		req_mode = FFA_SMC_64(FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_REQ);
+		resp_mode = FFA_SMC_64(FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_RESP);
+	} else {
+		req_mode = FFA_SMC_32(FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_REQ);
+		resp_mode = FFA_SMC_32(FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_RESP);
+	}
+
+	priv->dscvry_info.invoke_ffa_fn((ffa_value_t){
+			.a0 = req_mode,
+			.a1 = PREP_SELF_ENDPOINT_ID(priv->id) |
+				PREP_PART_ENDPOINT_ID(dst_part_id),
+			.a2 = 0,
+			.a3 = msg->data0,
+			.a4 = msg->data1,
+			.a5 = msg->data2,
+			.a6 = msg->data3,
+			.a7 = msg->data4,
+			}, &res);
+
+	while (res.a0 == FFA_SMC_32(FFA_INTERRUPT))
+		priv->dscvry_info.invoke_ffa_fn((ffa_value_t){
+			.a0 = FFA_SMC_32(FFA_RUN),
+			.a1 = res.a1,
+			}, &res);
+
+	if (res.a0 == FFA_SMC_32(FFA_SUCCESS)) {
+		/* Message sent with no response */
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	if (res.a0 == resp_mode) {
+		/* Message sent with response extract the return data */
+		msg->data0 = res.a3;
+		msg->data1 = res.a4;
+		msg->data2 = res.a5;
+		msg->data3 = res.a6;
+		msg->data4 = res.a7;
+
+		return 0;
+	}
+
+	ffa_errno = res.a2;
+	return ffa_to_std_errno(ffa_errno);
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_try_discovery() - performs FF-A discovery
+ * Tries to discover the FF-A framework. Discovery is performed by
+ * querying the FF-A framework version from secure world using the FFA_VERSION ABI.
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * true on success. Otherwise, false.
+ */
+bool ffa_try_discovery(void)
+{
+	int ret;
+
+	log_info("[FFA] trying FF-A framework discovery\n");
+
+	ret = ffa_set_smc_conduit();
+	if (ret)
+		return false;
+
+	ret = ffa_get_version();
+	if (ret)
+		return false;
+
+	return true;
+}
+
+/**
+ * __arm_ffa_fn_smc() - SMC wrapper
+ * @args: FF-A ABI arguments to be copied to Xn registers
+ * @res: FF-A ABI return data to be copied from Xn registers
+ *
+ * Calls low level SMC assembly function
+ */
+void __arm_ffa_fn_smc(ffa_value_t args, ffa_value_t *res)
+{
+	arm_smccc_1_2_smc(&args, res);
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_bus_is_supported() - FF-A discovery callback
+ * @invoke_fn: legacy SMC invoke function (not used)
+ *
+ * This function performs FF-A discovery by calling ffa_try_discovery().
+ * Discovery is performed by querying the FF-A framework version from
+ * secure world using the FFA_VERSION ABI.
+ *
+ * The FF-A driver is registered as an SMCCC feature driver. So, features discovery
+ * callbacks are called by the PSCI driver (PSCI device is the SMCCC features
+ * root device).
+ *
+ * The FF-A driver supports the SMCCCv1.2 extended input/output registers.
+ * So, the legacy SMC invocation is not used.
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * 0 on success. Otherwise, failure
+ */
+static bool ffa_bus_is_supported(void (*invoke_fn)(unsigned long a0, unsigned long a1,
+						   unsigned long a2, unsigned long a3,
+						   unsigned long a4, unsigned long a5,
+						   unsigned long a6, unsigned long a7,
+						   struct arm_smccc_res *res))
+{
+	return ffa_try_discovery();
+}
+
+/* Registering the FF-A driver as an SMCCC feature driver */
+
+ARM_SMCCC_FEATURE_DRIVER(arm_ffa) = {
+	.driver_name = FFA_DRV_NAME,
+	.is_supported = ffa_bus_is_supported,
+};
+
+/**
+ * ffa_set_smc_conduit() - Set the SMC conduit
+ *
+ * This function selects the SMC conduit by setting the driver invoke function
+ * to SMC assembly function
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * 0 on success. Otherwise, failure
+ */
+static int ffa_set_smc_conduit(void)
+{
+	dscvry_info.invoke_ffa_fn = __arm_ffa_fn_smc;
+
+	log_info("[FFA] Conduit is SMC\n");
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_devm_alloc_priv() - allocate FF-A driver private data
+ * @dev: The FF-A bus device
+ *
+ * This function dynamically allocates with devres the private data structure
+ * which contains all the FF-A data. Then, register the structure with the DM.
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * 0 on success. Otherwise, failure
+ */
+static int ffa_devm_alloc_priv(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	struct ffa_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+	if (!priv) {
+		priv = devm_kmalloc(dev, sizeof(struct ffa_priv), __GFP_ZERO);
+		if (!priv) {
+			log_err("[FFA] can not allocate FF-A main data structure\n");
+			return -ENOMEM;
+		}
+		dev_set_priv(dev, priv);
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_probe() - The driver probe function
+ * @dev:	the FF-A bus device (arm_ffa)
+ *
+ * Probing is triggered on demand by clients searching for the uclass.
+ * At probe level the following actions are done:
+ *	- allocating private data (priv) with devres
+ *	- updating priv with discovery information
+ *	- querying from secure world the u-boot endpoint ID
+ *	- querying from secure world the supported features of FFA_RXTX_MAP
+ *	- mapping the RX/TX buffers
+ *	- querying from secure world all the partitions information
+ *
+ * All data queried from secure world is saved in the private data structure (priv).
+ *
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * 0 on success. Otherwise, failure
+ */
+static int ffa_probe(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	int ret;
+	struct ffa_priv *priv = NULL;
+
+	ret = ffa_devm_alloc_priv(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	/* The data is dynamically allocated, managed by devres */
+	priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+	priv->dscvry_info = dscvry_info;
+
+	ret = ffa_get_endpoint_id(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = ffa_get_rxtx_map_features(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = ffa_map_rxtx_buffers(dev);
+	if (ret)
+		return ret;
+
+	ret = ffa_cache_partitions_info(dev);
+	if (ret) {
+		ffa_unmap_rxtx_buffers(dev);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_remove() - The driver remove function
+ * @dev:	the arm_ffa device
+ * Making sure the RX/TX buffers are unmapped and freed when the device is removed.
+ * No need to free the private data structure because devres takes care of that.
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * 0 on success.
+ */
+static int ffa_remove(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	log_info("[FFA] removing the device\n");
+
+	ffa_unmap_rxtx_buffers(dev);
+	dev_set_priv(dev, NULL);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/**
+ * ffa_unbind() - The driver unbind function
+ * @dev:	the arm_ffa device
+ * Making sure the RX/TX buffers are unmapped and freed when the device is unbound.
+ * No need to free the private data structure because devres takes care of that.
+ * Return:
+ *
+ * 0 on success.
+ */
+static int ffa_unbind(struct udevice *dev)
+{
+	struct ffa_priv *priv = dev_get_priv(dev);
+
+	log_info("[FFA] unbinding the device\n");
+
+	if (priv)
+		ffa_unmap_rxtx_buffers(dev);
+
+	return 0;
+}
+
+/* FF-A driver operations */
+
+static const struct ffa_bus_ops ffa_ops = {
+	.partition_info_get = ffa_get_partitions_info,
+	.sync_send_receive = ffa_msg_send_direct_req,
+	.rxtx_unmap = ffa_unmap_rxtx_buffers,
+};
+
+/* Declaring the FF-A driver under UCLASS_FFA */
+
+U_BOOT_DRIVER(arm_ffa) = {
+	.name		= FFA_DRV_NAME,
+	.id		= UCLASS_FFA,
+	.flags		= DM_REMOVE_OS_PREPARE,
+	.probe		= ffa_probe,
+	.remove	= ffa_remove,
+	.unbind	= ffa_unbind,
+	.ops		= &ffa_ops,
+};
diff --git a/include/arm_ffa.h b/include/arm_ffa.h
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..69f3c51080
--- /dev/null
+++ b/include/arm_ffa.h
@@ -0,0 +1,88 @@
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+ */
+/*
+ * Copyright 2022-2023 Arm Limited and/or its affiliates <open-source-office@arm.com>
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Abdellatif El Khlifi <abdellatif.elkhlifi@arm.com>
+ */
+
+#ifndef __ARM_FFA_H
+#define __ARM_FFA_H
+
+#include <linux/printk.h>
+
+/*
+ * This header is public. It can be used by clients to access
+ * data structures and definitions they need
+ */
+
+/*
+ * struct ffa_partition_info - Partition information descriptor
+ * @id:	Partition ID
+ * @exec_ctxt:	Execution context count
+ * @properties:	Partition properties
+ *
+ * Data structure containing information about partitions instantiated in the system
+ * This structure is filled with the data queried by FFA_PARTITION_INFO_GET
+ */
+struct ffa_partition_info {
+	u16 id;
+	u16 exec_ctxt;
+/* partition supports receipt of direct requests */
+#define FFA_PARTITION_DIRECT_RECV	BIT(0)
+/* partition can send direct requests. */
+#define FFA_PARTITION_DIRECT_SEND	BIT(1)
+/* partition can send and receive indirect messages. */
+#define FFA_PARTITION_INDIRECT_MSG	BIT(2)
+	u32 properties;
+};
+
+/*
+ * struct ffa_send_direct_data - Data structure hosting the data
+ *                                       used by FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_{REQ,RESP}
+ * @data0-4:	Data read/written from/to x3-x7 registers
+ *
+ * Data structure containing the data to be sent by FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_REQ
+ * or read from FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_RESP
+ */
+
+/* For use with FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_{REQ,RESP} which pass data via registers */
+struct ffa_send_direct_data {
+	unsigned long data0; /* w3/x3 */
+	unsigned long data1; /* w4/x4 */
+	unsigned long data2; /* w5/x5 */
+	unsigned long data3; /* w6/x6 */
+	unsigned long data4; /* w7/x7 */
+};
+
+struct udevice;
+
+/**
+ * struct ffa_bus_ops - The driver operations structure
+ * @partition_info_get:	callback for the FFA_PARTITION_INFO_GET
+ * @sync_send_receive:	callback for the FFA_MSG_SEND_DIRECT_REQ
+ * @rxtx_unmap:	callback for the FFA_RXTX_UNMAP
+ *
+ * The data structure providing all the operations supported by the driver.
+ * This structure is EFI runtime resident.
+ */
+struct ffa_bus_ops {
+	int (*partition_info_get)(struct udevice *dev, const char *uuid_str,
+				  u32 *sp_count, struct ffa_partition_info *buffer);
+	int (*sync_send_receive)(struct udevice *dev, u16 dst_part_id,
+				 struct ffa_send_direct_data *msg,
+				 bool is_smc64);
+	int (*rxtx_unmap)(struct udevice *dev);
+};
+
+/* The device driver and the Uclass driver public functions */
+
+/**
+ * ffa_bus_get_ops() - bus driver operations getter
+ * @dev:	the arm_ffa device
+ * Returns a pointer to the FF-A driver ops field.
+ * Return:
+ * The ops pointer on success, NULL on failure.
+ */
+const struct ffa_bus_ops *ffa_bus_get_ops(struct udevice *dev);
+#endif
diff --git a/include/dm/uclass-id.h b/include/dm/uclass-id.h
index 33e43c20db..df77c7da58 100644
--- a/include/dm/uclass-id.h
+++ b/include/dm/uclass-id.h
@@ -4,6 +4,11 @@
  *
  * (C) Copyright 2012
  * Pavel Herrmann <morpheus.ibis@gmail.com>
+ *
+ * Copyright 2022-2023 Arm Limited and/or its affiliates <open-source-office@arm.com>
+ *
+ * Authors:
+ *   Abdellatif El Khlifi <abdellatif.elkhlifi@arm.com>
  */
 
 #ifndef _DM_UCLASS_ID_H
@@ -55,6 +60,7 @@ enum uclass_id {
 	UCLASS_EFI_MEDIA,	/* Devices provided by UEFI firmware */
 	UCLASS_ETH,		/* Ethernet device */
 	UCLASS_ETH_PHY,		/* Ethernet PHY device */
+	UCLASS_FFA,		/* Arm Firmware Framework for Armv8-A */
 	UCLASS_FIRMWARE,	/* Firmware */
 	UCLASS_FPGA,		/* FPGA device */
 	UCLASS_FUZZING_ENGINE,	/* Fuzzing engine */
-- 
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