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Re: [PATCH 3/5] docs/system: Document Arm Versatile Express boards
From: |
Edgar E. Iglesias |
Subject: |
Re: [PATCH 3/5] docs/system: Document Arm Versatile Express boards |
Date: |
Thu, 14 May 2020 15:55:54 +0200 |
User-agent: |
Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) |
On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 04:18:17PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote:
> Provide a minimal documentation of the Versatile Express boards
> (vexpress-a9, vexpress-a15).
Reviewed-by: Edgar E. Iglesias <address@hidden>
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
> ---
> docs/system/arm/vexpress.rst | 60 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> docs/system/target-arm.rst | 1 +
> MAINTAINERS | 1 +
> 3 files changed, 62 insertions(+)
> create mode 100644 docs/system/arm/vexpress.rst
>
> diff --git a/docs/system/arm/vexpress.rst b/docs/system/arm/vexpress.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000000..7f1bcbef078
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/docs/system/arm/vexpress.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,60 @@
> +Arm Versatile Express boards (``vexpress-a9``, ``vexpress-a15``)
> +================================================================
> +
> +QEMU models two variants of the Arm Versatile Express development
> +board family:
> +
> +- ``vexpress-a9`` models the combination of the Versatile Express
> + motherboard and the CoreTile Express A9x4 daughterboard
> +- ``vexpress-a15`` models the combination of the Versatile Express
> + motherboard and the CoreTile Express A15x2 daughterboard
> +
> +Note that as this hardware does not have PCI, IDE or SCSI,
> +the only available storage option is emulated SD card.
> +
> +Implemented devices:
> +
> +- PL041 audio
> +- PL181 SD controller
> +- PL050 keyboard and mouse
> +- PL011 UARTs
> +- SP804 timers
> +- I2C controller
> +- PL031 RTC
> +- PL111 LCD display controller
> +- Flash memory
> +- LAN9118 ethernet
> +
> +Unimplemented devices:
> +
> +- SP810 system control block
> +- PCI-express
> +- USB controller (Philips ISP1761)
> +- Local DAP ROM
> +- CoreSight interfaces
> +- PL301 AXI interconnect
> +- SCC
> +- System counter
> +- HDLCD controller (``vexpress-a15``)
> +- SP805 watchdog
> +- PL341 dynamic memory controller
> +- DMA330 DMA controller
> +- PL354 static memory controller
> +- BP147 TrustZone Protection Controller
> +- TrustZone Address Space Controller
> +
> +Other differences between the hardware and the QEMU model:
> +
> +- QEMU will default to creating one CPU unless you pass a different
> + ``-smp`` argument
> +- QEMU allows the amount of RAM provided to be specified with the
> + ``-m`` argument
> +- QEMU defaults to providing a CPU which does not provide either
> + TrustZone or the Virtualization Extensions: if you want these you
> + must enable them with ``-machine secure=on`` and ``-machine
> + virtualization=on``
> +- QEMU provides 4 virtio-mmio virtio transports; these start at
> + address ``0x10013000`` for ``vexpress-a9`` and at ``0x1c130000`` for
> + ``vexpress-a15``, and have IRQs from 40 upwards. If a dtb is
> + provided on the command line then QEMU will edit it to include
> + suitable entries describing these transports for the guest.
> diff --git a/docs/system/target-arm.rst b/docs/system/target-arm.rst
> index d1196cbe01c..4779293d731 100644
> --- a/docs/system/target-arm.rst
> +++ b/docs/system/target-arm.rst
> @@ -73,6 +73,7 @@ undocumented; you can get a complete list by running
> arm/integratorcp
> arm/realview
> arm/versatile
> + arm/vexpress
> arm/musicpal
> arm/nseries
> arm/orangepi
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 1f84e3ae2c6..74cff1c3818 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -826,6 +826,7 @@ M: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
> L: address@hidden
> S: Maintained
> F: hw/arm/vexpress.c
> +F: docs/system/arm/vexpress.rst
>
> Versatile PB
> M: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
> --
> 2.20.1
>
>