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diff --git a/docs/system/arm/aspeed.rst b/docs/system/arm/aspeed.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..45f891eb3c --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/system/arm/aspeed.rst @@ -0,0 +1,85 @@ +Aspeed family boards (``*-bmc``, ``ast2500-evb``, ``ast2600-evb``) +================================================================== + +The QEMU Aspeed machines model BMCs of various OpenPOWER systems and +Aspeed evaluation boards. They are based on different releases of the +Aspeed SoC : the AST2400 integrating an ARM926EJ-S CPU (400MHz), the +AST2500 with an ARM1176JZS CPU (800MHz) and more recently the AST2600 +with dual cores ARM Cortex A7 CPUs (1.2GHz). + +The SoC comes with RAM, Gigabit ethernet, USB, SD/MMC, USB, SPI, I2C, +etc. + +AST2400 SoC based machines : + +- ``palmetto-bmc`` OpenPOWER Palmetto POWER8 BMC + +AST2500 SoC based machines : + +- ``ast2500-evb`` Aspeed AST2500 Evaluation board +- ``romulus-bmc`` OpenPOWER Romulus POWER9 BMC +- ``witherspoon-bmc`` OpenPOWER Witherspoon POWER9 BMC +- ``sonorapass-bmc`` OCP SonoraPass BMC +- ``swift-bmc`` OpenPOWER Swift BMC POWER9 + +AST2600 SoC based machines : + +- ``ast2600-evb`` Aspeed AST2600 Evaluation board (Cortex A7) +- ``tacoma-bmc`` OpenPOWER Witherspoon POWER9 AST2600 BMC + +Supported devices +----------------- + + * SMP (for the AST2600 Cortex-A7) + * Interrupt Controller (VIC) + * Timer Controller + * RTC Controller + * I2C Controller + * System Control Unit (SCU) + * SRAM mapping + * X-DMA Controller (basic interface) + * Static Memory Controller (SMC or FMC) - Only SPI Flash support + * SPI Memory Controller + * USB 2.0 Controller + * SD/MMC storage controllers + * SDRAM controller (dummy interface for basic settings and training) + * Watchdog Controller + * GPIO Controller (Master only) + * UART + * Ethernet controllers + + +Missing devices +--------------- + + * Coprocessor support + * ADC (out of tree implementation) + * PWM and Fan Controller + * LPC Bus Controller + * Slave GPIO Controller + * Super I/O Controller + * Hash/Crypto Engine + * PCI-Express 1 Controller + * Graphic Display Controller + * PECI Controller + * MCTP Controller + * Mailbox Controller + * Virtual UART + * eSPI Controller + * I3C Controller + +Boot options +------------ + +The Aspeed machines can be started using the -kernel option to load a +Linux kernel or from a firmare image which can be downloaded from the +OpenPOWER jenkins : + + https://openpower.xyz/ + +The image should be attached as an MTD drive. Run : + +.. code-block:: bash + + $ qemu-system-arm -M romulus-bmc -nic user \ + -drive file=flash-romulus,format=raw,if=mtd -nographic diff --git a/docs/system/target-arm.rst b/docs/system/target-arm.rst index dce384cb0e..1bd477a293 100644 --- a/docs/system/target-arm.rst +++ b/docs/system/target-arm.rst @@ -81,6 +81,7 @@ undocumented; you can get a complete list by running arm/realview arm/versatile arm/vexpress + arm/aspeed arm/musicpal arm/nseries arm/orangepi |