diff options
| author | Michael J. Chudobiak <mjc@avtechpulse.com> | 2016-04-25 10:00:44 -0400 |
|---|---|---|
| committer | Michael J. Chudobiak <mjc@avtechpulse.com> | 2016-04-25 10:00:44 -0400 |
| commit | a1df417e74aa6dae7352dc8cbb0ad471af5b7c69 (patch) | |
| tree | c34b2311e37ea31db153c90cb8f4570374d05e78 /linux/Documentation/arm/SPEAr | |
initial Olimex linux tree from Daniel, originally Feb 3, 2016
Diffstat (limited to 'linux/Documentation/arm/SPEAr')
| -rw-r--r-- | linux/Documentation/arm/SPEAr/overview.txt | 63 |
1 files changed, 63 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/linux/Documentation/arm/SPEAr/overview.txt b/linux/Documentation/arm/SPEAr/overview.txt new file mode 100644 index 00000000..65610bf5 --- /dev/null +++ b/linux/Documentation/arm/SPEAr/overview.txt @@ -0,0 +1,63 @@ + SPEAr ARM Linux Overview + ========================== + +Introduction +------------ + + SPEAr (Structured Processor Enhanced Architecture). + weblink : http://www.st.com/spear + + The ST Microelectronics SPEAr range of ARM9/CortexA9 System-on-Chip CPUs are + supported by the 'spear' platform of ARM Linux. Currently SPEAr1310, + SPEAr1340, SPEAr300, SPEAr310, SPEAr320 and SPEAr600 SOCs are supported. + + Hierarchy in SPEAr is as follows: + + SPEAr (Platform) + - SPEAr3XX (3XX SOC series, based on ARM9) + - SPEAr300 (SOC) + - SPEAr300 Evaluation Board + - SPEAr310 (SOC) + - SPEAr310 Evaluation Board + - SPEAr320 (SOC) + - SPEAr320 Evaluation Board + - SPEAr6XX (6XX SOC series, based on ARM9) + - SPEAr600 (SOC) + - SPEAr600 Evaluation Board + - SPEAr13XX (13XX SOC series, based on ARM CORTEXA9) + - SPEAr1310 (SOC) + - SPEAr1310 Evaluation Board + - SPEAr1340 (SOC) + - SPEAr1340 Evaluation Board + + Configuration + ------------- + + A generic configuration is provided for each machine, and can be used as the + default by + make spear13xx_defconfig + make spear3xx_defconfig + make spear6xx_defconfig + + Layout + ------ + + The common files for multiple machine families (SPEAr3xx, SPEAr6xx and + SPEAr13xx) are located in the platform code contained in arch/arm/plat-spear + with headers in plat/. + + Each machine series have a directory with name arch/arm/mach-spear followed by + series name. Like mach-spear3xx, mach-spear6xx and mach-spear13xx. + + Common file for machines of spear3xx family is mach-spear3xx/spear3xx.c, for + spear6xx is mach-spear6xx/spear6xx.c and for spear13xx family is + mach-spear13xx/spear13xx.c. mach-spear* also contain soc/machine specific + files, like spear1310.c, spear1340.c spear300.c, spear310.c, spear320.c and + spear600.c. mach-spear* doesn't contains board specific files as they fully + support Flattened Device Tree. + + + Document Author + --------------- + + Viresh Kumar <viresh.linux@gmail.com>, (c) 2010-2012 ST Microelectronics |