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4TEE (Trusted Execution Environment)
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7This document describes the TEE subsystem in Linux.
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9Overview
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12A TEE is a trusted OS running in some secure environment, for example,
13TrustZone on ARM CPUs, or a separate secure co-processor etc. A TEE driver
14handles the details needed to communicate with the TEE.
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16This subsystem deals with:
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18- Registration of TEE drivers
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20- Managing shared memory between Linux and the TEE
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22- Providing a generic API to the TEE
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