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diff --git a/docs/system/arm/realview.rst b/docs/system/arm/realview.rst new file mode 100644 index 0000000000..8e08eb5da1 --- /dev/null +++ b/docs/system/arm/realview.rst @@ -0,0 +1,34 @@ +Arm Realview boards (``realview-eb``, ``realview-eb-mpcore``, ``realview-pb-a8``, ``realview-pbx-a9``) +====================================================================================================== + +Several variants of the ARM RealView baseboard are emulated, including +the EB, PB-A8 and PBX-A9. Due to interactions with the bootloader, only +certain Linux kernel configurations work out of the box on these boards. + +Kernels for the PB-A8 board should have CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET +enabled in the kernel, and expect 512M RAM. Kernels for The PBX-A9 board +should have CONFIG_SPARSEMEM enabled, CONFIG_REALVIEW_HIGH_PHYS_OFFSET +disabled and expect 1024M RAM. + +The following devices are emulated: + +- ARM926E, ARM1136, ARM11MPCore, Cortex-A8 or Cortex-A9 MPCore CPU + +- ARM AMBA Generic/Distributed Interrupt Controller + +- Four PL011 UARTs + +- SMC 91c111 or SMSC LAN9118 Ethernet adapter + +- PL110 LCD controller + +- PL050 KMI with PS/2 keyboard and mouse + +- PCI host bridge + +- PCI OHCI USB controller + +- LSI53C895A PCI SCSI Host Bus Adapter with hard disk and CD-ROM + devices + +- PL181 MultiMedia Card Interface with SD card. |