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@@ -344,9 +344,9 @@ Common build options
the ``ENABLE_PMF`` build option as well. Default is 0.
- ``ENABLE_SPE_FOR_LOWER_ELS`` : Boolean option to enable Statistical Profiling
- extensions. This is an optional architectural feature available only for
- AArch64 8.2 onwards. This option defaults to 1 but is automatically
- disabled when the target architecture is AArch32 or AArch64 8.0/8.1.
+ extensions. This is an optional architectural feature for AArch64.
+ The default is 1 but is automatically disabled when the target architecture
+ is AArch32.
- ``ENABLE_STACK_PROTECTOR``: String option to enable the stack protection
checks in GCC. Allowed values are "all", "strong" and "0" (default).
@@ -425,11 +425,15 @@ Common build options
- ``KEY_ALG``: This build flag enables the user to select the algorithm to be
used for generating the PKCS keys and subsequent signing of the certificate.
- It accepts 3 values viz ``rsa``, ``rsa_1_5``, ``ecdsa``. The ``rsa_1_5`` is
+ It accepts 3 values viz. ``rsa``, ``rsa_1_5``, ``ecdsa``. The ``rsa_1_5`` is
the legacy PKCS#1 RSA 1.5 algorithm which is not TBBR compliant and is
retained only for compatibility. The default value of this flag is ``rsa``
which is the TBBR compliant PKCS#1 RSA 2.1 scheme.
+- ``HASH_ALG``: This build flag enables the user to select the secure hash
+ algorithm. It accepts 3 values viz. ``sha256``, ``sha384``, ``sha512``.
+ The default value of this flag is ``sha256``.
+
- ``LDFLAGS``: Extra user options appended to the linkers' command line in
addition to the one set by the build system.