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author | Linus Torvalds | 2019-07-16 21:21:41 +0200 |
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committer | Linus Torvalds | 2019-07-16 21:21:41 +0200 |
commit | c309b6f24222246c18a8b65d3950e6e755440865 (patch) | |
tree | 11893170f5c246bb0dee8066e85878af04162ab0 /Documentation/arm/spear/overview.rst | |
parent | Merge tag 'xtensa-20190715' of git://github.com/jcmvbkbc/linux-xtensa (diff) | |
parent | docs: kbuild: fix build with pdf and fix some minor issues (diff) | |
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Merge tag 'docs/v5.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media
Pull rst conversion of docs from Mauro Carvalho Chehab:
"As agreed with Jon, I'm sending this big series directly to you, c/c
him, as this series required a special care, in order to avoid
conflicts with other trees"
* tag 'docs/v5.3-1' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mchehab/linux-media: (77 commits)
docs: kbuild: fix build with pdf and fix some minor issues
docs: block: fix pdf output
docs: arm: fix a breakage with pdf output
docs: don't use nested tables
docs: gpio: add sysfs interface to the admin-guide
docs: locking: add it to the main index
docs: add some directories to the main documentation index
docs: add SPDX tags to new index files
docs: add a memory-devices subdir to driver-api
docs: phy: place documentation under driver-api
docs: serial: move it to the driver-api
docs: driver-api: add remaining converted dirs to it
docs: driver-api: add xilinx driver API documentation
docs: driver-api: add a series of orphaned documents
docs: admin-guide: add a series of orphaned documents
docs: cgroup-v1: add it to the admin-guide book
docs: aoe: add it to the driver-api book
docs: add some documentation dirs to the driver-api book
docs: driver-model: move it to the driver-api book
docs: lp855x-driver.rst: add it to the driver-api book
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diff --git a/Documentation/arm/spear/overview.rst b/Documentation/arm/spear/overview.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..1a77f6b213b6 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/spear/overview.rst @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +======================== +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 <vireshk@kernel.org>, (c) 2010-2012 ST Microelectronics |