Re: [PATCH 4/5] docs/system: Document the various MPS2 models

[Edgar E. Iglesias]

On Thu, May 07, 2020 at 04:18:18PM +0100, Peter Maydell wrote:
> Add basic documentation of the MPS2 board models.
>

Reviewed-by: Edgar E. Iglesias <address@hidden>

 
> Signed-off-by: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
> ---
>  docs/system/arm/mps2.rst   | 29 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  docs/system/target-arm.rst |  1 +
>  MAINTAINERS                |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 docs/system/arm/mps2.rst
> 
> diff --git a/docs/system/arm/mps2.rst b/docs/system/arm/mps2.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 00000000000..3a98cb59b0d
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/docs/system/arm/mps2.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
> +Arm MPS2 boards (``mps2-an385``, ``mps2-an505``, ``mps2-an511``, 
> ``mps2-an521``)
> +================================================================================
> +
> +These board models all use Arm M-profile CPUs.
> +
> +The Arm MPS2 and MPS2+ dev boards are FPGA based (the 2+ has a bigger
> +FPGA but is otherwise the same as the 2). Since the CPU itself
> +and most of the devices are in the FPGA, the details of the board
> +as seen by the guest depend significantly on the FPGA image.
> +
> +QEMU models the following FPGA images:
> +
> +``mps2-an385``
> +  Cortex-M3 as documented in ARM Application Note AN385
> +``mps2-an511``
> +  Cortex-M3 'DesignStart' as documented in AN511
> +``mps2-an505``
> +  Cortex-M33 as documented in ARM Application Note AN505
> +``mps2-an521``
> +  Dual Cortex-M33 as documented in Application Note AN521
> +
> +Differences between QEMU and real hardware:
> +
> +- AN385 remapping of low 16K of memory to either ZBT SSRAM1 or to
> +  block RAM is unimplemented (QEMU always maps this to ZBT SSRAM1, as
> +  if zbt_boot_ctrl is always zero)
> +- QEMU provides a LAN9118 ethernet rather than LAN9220; the only guest
> +  visible difference is that the LAN9118 doesn't support checksum
> +  offloading
> diff --git a/docs/system/target-arm.rst b/docs/system/target-arm.rst
> index 4779293d731..15bcf9f81f0 100644
> --- a/docs/system/target-arm.rst
> +++ b/docs/system/target-arm.rst
> @@ -71,6 +71,7 @@ undocumented; you can get a complete list by running
>     :maxdepth: 1
>  
>     arm/integratorcp
> +   arm/mps2
>     arm/realview
>     arm/versatile
>     arm/vexpress
> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> index 74cff1c3818..ea7bdd359e0 100644
> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> @@ -699,6 +699,7 @@ F: hw/misc/armsse-cpuid.c
>  F: include/hw/misc/armsse-cpuid.h
>  F: hw/misc/armsse-mhu.c
>  F: include/hw/misc/armsse-mhu.h
> +F: docs/system/arm/mps2.rst
>  
>  Musca
>  M: Peter Maydell <address@hidden>
> -- 
> 2.20.1
> 
>