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diff --git a/Documentation/arm/00-INDEX b/Documentation/arm/00-INDEX new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d753fe59a248 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/00-INDEX @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@ +00-INDEX + - this file +Booting + - requirements for booting +Interrupts + - ARM Interrupt subsystem documentation +Netwinder + - Netwinder specific documentation +README + - General ARM documentation +SA1100 + - SA1100 documentation +XScale + - XScale documentation +empeg + - Empeg documentation +mem_alignment + - alignment abort handler documentation +nwfpe + - NWFPE floating point emulator documentation diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Booting b/Documentation/arm/Booting new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..fad566bb02fc --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Booting @@ -0,0 +1,141 @@ + Booting ARM Linux + ================= + +Author: Russell King +Date : 18 May 2002 + +The following documentation is relevant to 2.4.18-rmk6 and beyond. + +In order to boot ARM Linux, you require a boot loader, which is a small +program that runs before the main kernel. The boot loader is expected +to initialise various devices, and eventually call the Linux kernel, +passing information to the kernel. + +Essentially, the boot loader should provide (as a minimum) the +following: + +1. Setup and initialise the RAM. +2. Initialise one serial port. +3. Detect the machine type. +4. Setup the kernel tagged list. +5. Call the kernel image. + + +1. Setup and initialise RAM +--------------------------- + +Existing boot loaders: MANDATORY +New boot loaders: MANDATORY + +The boot loader is expected to find and initialise all RAM that the +kernel will use for volatile data storage in the system. It performs +this in a machine dependent manner. (It may use internal algorithms +to automatically locate and size all RAM, or it may use knowledge of +the RAM in the machine, or any other method the boot loader designer +sees fit.) + + +2. Initialise one serial port +----------------------------- + +Existing boot loaders: OPTIONAL, RECOMMENDED +New boot loaders: OPTIONAL, RECOMMENDED + +The boot loader should initialise and enable one serial port on the +target. This allows the kernel serial driver to automatically detect +which serial port it should use for the kernel console (generally +used for debugging purposes, or communication with the target.) + +As an alternative, the boot loader can pass the relevant 'console=' +option to the kernel via the tagged lists specifying the port, and +serial format options as described in + + Documentation/kernel-parameters.txt. + + +3. Detect the machine type +-------------------------- + +Existing boot loaders: OPTIONAL +New boot loaders: MANDATORY + +The boot loader should detect the machine type its running on by some +method. Whether this is a hard coded value or some algorithm that +looks at the connected hardware is beyond the scope of this document. +The boot loader must ultimately be able to provide a MACH_TYPE_xxx +value to the kernel. (see linux/arch/arm/tools/mach-types). + + +4. Setup the kernel tagged list +------------------------------- + +Existing boot loaders: OPTIONAL, HIGHLY RECOMMENDED +New boot loaders: MANDATORY + +The boot loader must create and initialise the kernel tagged list. +A valid tagged list starts with ATAG_CORE and ends with ATAG_NONE. +The ATAG_CORE tag may or may not be empty. An empty ATAG_CORE tag +has the size field set to '2' (0x00000002). The ATAG_NONE must set +the size field to zero. + +Any number of tags can be placed in the list. It is undefined +whether a repeated tag appends to the information carried by the +previous tag, or whether it replaces the information in its +entirety; some tags behave as the former, others the latter. + +The boot loader must pass at a minimum the size and location of +the system memory, and root filesystem location. Therefore, the +minimum tagged list should look: + + +-----------+ +base -> | ATAG_CORE | | + +-----------+ | + | ATAG_MEM | | increasing address + +-----------+ | + | ATAG_NONE | | + +-----------+ v + +The tagged list should be stored in system RAM. + +The tagged list must be placed in a region of memory where neither +the kernel decompressor nor initrd 'bootp' program will overwrite +it. The recommended placement is in the first 16KiB of RAM. + +5. Calling the kernel image +--------------------------- + +Existing boot loaders: MANDATORY +New boot loaders: MANDATORY + +There are two options for calling the kernel zImage. If the zImage +is stored in flash, and is linked correctly to be run from flash, +then it is legal for the boot loader to call the zImage in flash +directly. + +The zImage may also be placed in system RAM (at any location) and +called there. Note that the kernel uses 16K of RAM below the image +to store page tables. The recommended placement is 32KiB into RAM. + +In either case, the following conditions must be met: + +- Quiesce all DMA capable devicess so that memory does not get + corrupted by bogus network packets or disk data. This will save + you many hours of debug. + +- CPU register settings + r0 = 0, + r1 = machine type number discovered in (3) above. + r2 = physical address of tagged list in system RAM. + +- CPU mode + All forms of interrupts must be disabled (IRQs and FIQs) + The CPU must be in SVC mode. (A special exception exists for Angel) + +- Caches, MMUs + The MMU must be off. + Instruction cache may be on or off. + Data cache must be off. + +- The boot loader is expected to call the kernel image by jumping + directly to the first instruction of the kernel image. + diff --git a/Documentation/arm/IXP2000 b/Documentation/arm/IXP2000 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e0148b6b2c40 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/IXP2000 @@ -0,0 +1,69 @@ + +------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Release Notes for Linux on Intel's IXP2000 Network Processor + +Maintained by Deepak Saxena <dsaxena@plexity.net> +------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +1. Overview + +Intel's IXP2000 family of NPUs (IXP2400, IXP2800, IXP2850) is designed +for high-performance network applications such high-availability +telecom systems. In addition to an XScale core, it contains up to 8 +"MicroEngines" that run special code, several high-end networking +interfaces (UTOPIA, SPI, etc), a PCI host bridge, one serial port, +flash interface, and some other odds and ends. For more information, see: + +http://developer.intel.com/design/network/products/npfamily/ixp2xxx.htm + +2. Linux Support + +Linux currently supports the following features on the IXP2000 NPUs: + +- On-chip serial +- PCI +- Flash (MTD/JFFS2) +- I2C through GPIO +- Timers (watchdog, OS) + +That is about all we can support under Linux ATM b/c the core networking +components of the chip are accessed via Intel's closed source SDK. +Please contact Intel directly on issues with using those. There is +also a mailing list run by some folks at Princeton University that might +be of help: https://lists.cs.princeton.edu/mailman/listinfo/ixp2xxx + +WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT POST EMAIL TO THE LINUX-ARM OR LINUX-ARM-KERNEL +MAILING LISTS REGARDING THE INTEL SDK. + +3. Supported Platforms + +- Intel IXDP2400 Reference Platform +- Intel IXDP2800 Reference Platform +- Intel IXDP2401 Reference Platform +- Intel IXDP2801 Reference Platform +- RadiSys ENP-2611 + +4. Usage Notes + +- The IXP2000 platforms usually have rather complex PCI bus topologies + with large memory space requirements. In addition, b/c of the way the + Intel SDK is designed, devices are enumerated in a very specific + way. B/c of this this, we use "pci=firmware" option in the kernel + command line so that we do not re-enumerate the bus. + +- IXDP2x01 systems have variable clock tick rates that we cannot determine + via HW registers. The "ixdp2x01_clk=XXX" cmd line options allow you + to pass the clock rate to the board port. + +5. Thanks + +The IXP2000 work has been funded by Intel Corp. and MontaVista Software, Inc. + +The following people have contributed patches/comments/etc: + +Naeem F. Afzal +Lennert Buytenhek +Jeffrey Daly + +------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Last Update: 8/09/2004 diff --git a/Documentation/arm/IXP4xx b/Documentation/arm/IXP4xx new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d4c6d3aa0c25 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/IXP4xx @@ -0,0 +1,174 @@ + +------------------------------------------------------------------------- +Release Notes for Linux on Intel's IXP4xx Network Processor + +Maintained by Deepak Saxena <dsaxena@plexity.net> +------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +1. Overview + +Intel's IXP4xx network processor is a highly integrated SOC that +is targeted for network applications, though it has become popular +in industrial control and other areas due to low cost and power +consumption. The IXP4xx family currently consists of several processors +that support different network offload functions such as encryption, +routing, firewalling, etc. The IXP46x family is an updated version which +supports faster speeds, new memory and flash configurations, and more +integration such as an on-chip I2C controller. + +For more information on the various versions of the CPU, see: + + http://developer.intel.com/design/network/products/npfamily/ixp4xx.htm + +Intel also made the IXCP1100 CPU for sometime which is an IXP4xx +stripped of much of the network intelligence. + +2. Linux Support + +Linux currently supports the following features on the IXP4xx chips: + +- Dual serial ports +- PCI interface +- Flash access (MTD/JFFS) +- I2C through GPIO on IXP42x +- GPIO for input/output/interrupts + See include/asm-arm/arch-ixp4xx/platform.h for access functions. +- Timers (watchdog, OS) + +The following components of the chips are not supported by Linux and +require the use of Intel's propietary CSR softare: + +- USB device interface +- Network interfaces (HSS, Utopia, NPEs, etc) +- Network offload functionality + +If you need to use any of the above, you need to download Intel's +software from: + + http://developer.intel.com/design/network/products/npfamily/ixp425swr1.htm + +DO NOT POST QUESTIONS TO THE LINUX MAILING LISTS REGARDING THE PROPIETARY +SOFTWARE. + +There are several websites that provide directions/pointers on using +Intel's software: + +http://ixp4xx-osdg.sourceforge.net/ + Open Source Developer's Guide for using uClinux and the Intel libraries + +http://gatewaymaker.sourceforge.net/ + Simple one page summary of building a gateway using an IXP425 and Linux + +http://ixp425.sourceforge.net/ + ATM device driver for IXP425 that relies on Intel's libraries + +3. Known Issues/Limitations + +3a. Limited inbound PCI window + +The IXP4xx family allows for up to 256MB of memory but the PCI interface +can only expose 64MB of that memory to the PCI bus. This means that if +you are running with > 64MB, all PCI buffers outside of the accessible +range will be bounced using the routines in arch/arm/common/dmabounce.c. + +3b. Limited outbound PCI window + +IXP4xx provides two methods of accessing PCI memory space: + +1) A direct mapped window from 0x48000000 to 0x4bffffff (64MB). + To access PCI via this space, we simply ioremap() the BAR + into the kernel and we can use the standard read[bwl]/write[bwl] + macros. This is the preffered method due to speed but it + limits the system to just 64MB of PCI memory. This can be + problamatic if using video cards and other memory-heavy devices. + +2) If > 64MB of memory space is required, the IXP4xx can be + configured to use indirect registers to access PCI This allows + for up to 128MB (0x48000000 to 0x4fffffff) of memory on the bus. + The disadvantadge of this is that every PCI access requires + three local register accesses plus a spinlock, but in some + cases the performance hit is acceptable. In addition, you cannot + mmap() PCI devices in this case due to the indirect nature + of the PCI window. + +By default, the direct method is used for performance reasons. If +you need more PCI memory, enable the IXP4XX_INDIRECT_PCI config option. + +3c. GPIO as Interrupts + +Currently the code only handles level-sensitive GPIO interrupts + +4. Supported platforms + +ADI Engineering Coyote Gateway Reference Platform +http://www.adiengineering.com/productsCoyote.html + + The ADI Coyote platform is reference design for those building + small residential/office gateways. One NPE is connected to a 10/100 + interface, one to 4-port 10/100 switch, and the third to and ADSL + interface. In addition, it also supports to POTs interfaces connected + via SLICs. Note that those are not supported by Linux ATM. Finally, + the platform has two mini-PCI slots used for 802.11[bga] cards. + Finally, there is an IDE port hanging off the expansion bus. + +Gateworks Avila Network Platform +http://www.gateworks.com/avila_sbc.htm + + The Avila platform is basically and IXDP425 with the 4 PCI slots + replaced with mini-PCI slots and a CF IDE interface hanging off + the expansion bus. + +Intel IXDP425 Development Platform +http://developer.intel.com/design/network/products/npfamily/ixdp425.htm + + This is Intel's standard reference platform for the IXDP425 and is + also known as the Richfield board. It contains 4 PCI slots, 16MB + of flash, two 10/100 ports and one ADSL port. + +Intel IXDP465 Development Platform +http://developer.intel.com/design/network/products/npfamily/ixdp465.htm + + This is basically an IXDP425 with an IXP465 and 32M of flash instead + of just 16. + +Intel IXDPG425 Development Platform + + This is basically and ADI Coyote board with a NEC EHCI controller + added. One issue with this board is that the mini-PCI slots only + have the 3.3v line connected, so you can't use a PCI to mini-PCI + adapter with an E100 card. So to NFS root you need to use either + the CSR or a WiFi card and a ramdisk that BOOTPs and then does + a pivot_root to NFS. + +Motorola PrPMC1100 Processor Mezanine Card +http://www.fountainsys.com/datasheet/PrPMC1100.pdf + + The PrPMC1100 is based on the IXCP1100 and is meant to plug into + and IXP2400/2800 system to act as the system controller. It simply + contains a CPU and 16MB of flash on the board and needs to be + plugged into a carrier board to function. Currently Linux only + supports the Motorola PrPMC carrier board for this platform. + See https://mcg.motorola.com/us/ds/pdf/ds0144.pdf for info + on the carrier board. + +5. TODO LIST + +- Add support for Coyote IDE +- Add support for edge-based GPIO interrupts +- Add support for CF IDE on expansion bus + +6. Thanks + +The IXP4xx work has been funded by Intel Corp. and MontaVista Software, Inc. + +The following people have contributed patches/comments/etc: + +Lennerty Buytenhek +Lutz Jaenicke +Justin Mayfield +Robert E. Ranslam +[I know I've forgotten others, please email me to be added] + +------------------------------------------------------------------------- + +Last Update: 01/04/2005 diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Interrupts b/Documentation/arm/Interrupts new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..72c93de8cd4e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Interrupts @@ -0,0 +1,173 @@ +2.5.2-rmk5 +---------- + +This is the first kernel that contains a major shake up of some of the +major architecture-specific subsystems. + +Firstly, it contains some pretty major changes to the way we handle the +MMU TLB. Each MMU TLB variant is now handled completely separately - +we have TLB v3, TLB v4 (without write buffer), TLB v4 (with write buffer), +and finally TLB v4 (with write buffer, with I TLB invalidate entry). +There is more assembly code inside each of these functions, mainly to +allow more flexible TLB handling for the future. + +Secondly, the IRQ subsystem. + +The 2.5 kernels will be having major changes to the way IRQs are handled. +Unfortunately, this means that machine types that touch the irq_desc[] +array (basically all machine types) will break, and this means every +machine type that we currently have. + +Lets take an example. On the Assabet with Neponset, we have: + + GPIO25 IRR:2 + SA1100 ------------> Neponset -----------> SA1111 + IIR:1 + -----------> USAR + IIR:0 + -----------> SMC9196 + +The way stuff currently works, all SA1111 interrupts are mutually +exclusive of each other - if you're processing one interrupt from the +SA1111 and another comes in, you have to wait for that interrupt to +finish processing before you can service the new interrupt. Eg, an +IDE PIO-based interrupt on the SA1111 excludes all other SA1111 and +SMC9196 interrupts until it has finished transferring its multi-sector +data, which can be a long time. Note also that since we loop in the +SA1111 IRQ handler, SA1111 IRQs can hold off SMC9196 IRQs indefinitely. + + +The new approach brings several new ideas... + +We introduce the concept of a "parent" and a "child". For example, +to the Neponset handler, the "parent" is GPIO25, and the "children"d +are SA1111, SMC9196 and USAR. + +We also bring the idea of an IRQ "chip" (mainly to reduce the size of +the irqdesc array). This doesn't have to be a real "IC"; indeed the +SA11x0 IRQs are handled by two separate "chip" structures, one for +GPIO0-10, and another for all the rest. It is just a container for +the various operations (maybe this'll change to a better name). +This structure has the following operations: + +struct irqchip { + /* + * Acknowledge the IRQ. + * If this is a level-based IRQ, then it is expected to mask the IRQ + * as well. + */ + void (*ack)(unsigned int irq); + /* + * Mask the IRQ in hardware. + */ + void (*mask)(unsigned int irq); + /* + * Unmask the IRQ in hardware. + */ + void (*unmask)(unsigned int irq); + /* + * Re-run the IRQ + */ + void (*rerun)(unsigned int irq); + /* + * Set the type of the IRQ. + */ + int (*type)(unsigned int irq, unsigned int, type); +}; + +ack - required. May be the same function as mask for IRQs + handled by do_level_IRQ. +mask - required. +unmask - required. +rerun - optional. Not required if you're using do_level_IRQ for all + IRQs that use this 'irqchip'. Generally expected to re-trigger + the hardware IRQ if possible. If not, may call the handler + directly. +type - optional. If you don't support changing the type of an IRQ, + it should be null so people can detect if they are unable to + set the IRQ type. + +For each IRQ, we keep the following information: + + - "disable" depth (number of disable_irq()s without enable_irq()s) + - flags indicating what we can do with this IRQ (valid, probe, + noautounmask) as before + - status of the IRQ (probing, enable, etc) + - chip + - per-IRQ handler + - irqaction structure list + +The handler can be one of the 3 standard handlers - "level", "edge" and +"simple", or your own specific handler if you need to do something special. + +The "level" handler is what we currently have - its pretty simple. +"edge" knows about the brokenness of such IRQ implementations - that you +need to leave the hardware IRQ enabled while processing it, and queueing +further IRQ events should the IRQ happen again while processing. The +"simple" handler is very basic, and does not perform any hardware +manipulation, nor state tracking. This is useful for things like the +SMC9196 and USAR above. + +So, what's changed? + +1. Machine implementations must not write to the irqdesc array. + +2. New functions to manipulate the irqdesc array. The first 4 are expected + to be useful only to machine specific code. The last is recommended to + only be used by machine specific code, but may be used in drivers if + absolutely necessary. + + set_irq_chip(irq,chip) + + Set the mask/unmask methods for handling this IRQ + + set_irq_handler(irq,handler) + + Set the handler for this IRQ (level, edge, simple) + + set_irq_chained_handler(irq,handler) + + Set a "chained" handler for this IRQ - automatically + enables this IRQ (eg, Neponset and SA1111 handlers). + + set_irq_flags(irq,flags) + + Set the valid/probe/noautoenable flags. + + set_irq_type(irq,type) + + Set active the IRQ edge(s)/level. This replaces the + SA1111 INTPOL manipulation, and the set_GPIO_IRQ_edge() + function. Type should be one of the following: + + #define IRQT_NOEDGE (0) + #define IRQT_RISING (__IRQT_RISEDGE) + #define IRQT_FALLING (__IRQT_FALEDGE) + #define IRQT_BOTHEDGE (__IRQT_RISEDGE|__IRQT_FALEDGE) + #define IRQT_LOW (__IRQT_LOWLVL) + #define IRQT_HIGH (__IRQT_HIGHLVL) + +3. set_GPIO_IRQ_edge() is obsolete, and should be replaced by set_irq_type. + +4. Direct access to SA1111 INTPOL is depreciated. Use set_irq_type instead. + +5. A handler is expected to perform any necessary acknowledgement of the + parent IRQ via the correct chip specific function. For instance, if + the SA1111 is directly connected to a SA1110 GPIO, then you should + acknowledge the SA1110 IRQ each time you re-read the SA1111 IRQ status. + +6. For any child which doesn't have its own IRQ enable/disable controls + (eg, SMC9196), the handler must mask or acknowledge the parent IRQ + while the child handler is called, and the child handler should be the + "simple" handler (not "edge" nor "level"). After the handler completes, + the parent IRQ should be unmasked, and the status of all children must + be re-checked for pending events. (see the Neponset IRQ handler for + details). + +7. fixup_irq() is gone, as is include/asm-arm/arch-*/irq.h + +Please note that this will not solve all problems - some of them are +hardware based. Mixing level-based and edge-based IRQs on the same +parent signal (eg neponset) is one such area where a software based +solution can't provide the full answer to low IRQ latency. + diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Netwinder b/Documentation/arm/Netwinder new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f1b457fbd3de --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Netwinder @@ -0,0 +1,78 @@ +NetWinder specific documentation +================================ + +The NetWinder is a small low-power computer, primarily designed +to run Linux. It is based around the StrongARM RISC processor, +DC21285 PCI bridge, with PC-type hardware glued around it. + +Port usage +========== + +Min - Max Description +--------------------------- +0x0000 - 0x000f DMA1 +0x0020 - 0x0021 PIC1 +0x0060 - 0x006f Keyboard +0x0070 - 0x007f RTC +0x0080 - 0x0087 DMA1 +0x0088 - 0x008f DMA2 +0x00a0 - 0x00a3 PIC2 +0x00c0 - 0x00df DMA2 +0x0180 - 0x0187 IRDA +0x01f0 - 0x01f6 ide0 +0x0201 Game port +0x0203 RWA010 configuration read +0x0220 - ? SoundBlaster +0x0250 - ? WaveArtist +0x0279 RWA010 configuration index +0x02f8 - 0x02ff Serial ttyS1 +0x0300 - 0x031f Ether10 +0x0338 GPIO1 +0x033a GPIO2 +0x0370 - 0x0371 W83977F configuration registers +0x0388 - ? AdLib +0x03c0 - 0x03df VGA +0x03f6 ide0 +0x03f8 - 0x03ff Serial ttyS0 +0x0400 - 0x0408 DC21143 +0x0480 - 0x0487 DMA1 +0x0488 - 0x048f DMA2 +0x0a79 RWA010 configuration write +0xe800 - 0xe80f ide0/ide1 BM DMA + + +Interrupt usage +=============== + +IRQ type Description +--------------------------- + 0 ISA 100Hz timer + 1 ISA Keyboard + 2 ISA cascade + 3 ISA Serial ttyS1 + 4 ISA Serial ttyS0 + 5 ISA PS/2 mouse + 6 ISA IRDA + 7 ISA Printer + 8 ISA RTC alarm + 9 ISA +10 ISA GP10 (Orange reset button) +11 ISA +12 ISA WaveArtist +13 ISA +14 ISA hda1 +15 ISA + +DMA usage +========= + +DMA type Description +--------------------------- + 0 ISA IRDA + 1 ISA + 2 ISA cascade + 3 ISA WaveArtist + 4 ISA + 5 ISA + 6 ISA + 7 ISA WaveArtist diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Porting b/Documentation/arm/Porting new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a492233931b9 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Porting @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ +Taken from list archive at http://lists.arm.linux.org.uk/pipermail/linux-arm-kernel/2001-July/004064.html + +Initial definitions +------------------- + +The following symbol definitions rely on you knowing the translation that +__virt_to_phys() does for your machine. This macro converts the passed +virtual address to a physical address. Normally, it is simply: + + phys = virt - PAGE_OFFSET + PHYS_OFFSET + + +Decompressor Symbols +-------------------- + +ZTEXTADDR + Start address of decompressor. There's no point in talking about + virtual or physical addresses here, since the MMU will be off at + the time when you call the decompressor code. You normally call + the kernel at this address to start it booting. This doesn't have + to be located in RAM, it can be in flash or other read-only or + read-write addressable medium. + +ZBSSADDR + Start address of zero-initialised work area for the decompressor. + This must be pointing at RAM. The decompressor will zero initialise + this for you. Again, the MMU will be off. + +ZRELADDR + This is the address where the decompressed kernel will be written, + and eventually executed. The following constraint must be valid: + + __virt_to_phys(TEXTADDR) == ZRELADDR + + The initial part of the kernel is carefully coded to be position + independent. + +INITRD_PHYS + Physical address to place the initial RAM disk. Only relevant if + you are using the bootpImage stuff (which only works on the old + struct param_struct). + +INITRD_VIRT + Virtual address of the initial RAM disk. The following constraint + must be valid: + + __virt_to_phys(INITRD_VIRT) == INITRD_PHYS + +PARAMS_PHYS + Physical address of the struct param_struct or tag list, giving the + kernel various parameters about its execution environment. + + +Kernel Symbols +-------------- + +PHYS_OFFSET + Physical start address of the first bank of RAM. + +PAGE_OFFSET + Virtual start address of the first bank of RAM. During the kernel + boot phase, virtual address PAGE_OFFSET will be mapped to physical + address PHYS_OFFSET, along with any other mappings you supply. + This should be the same value as TASK_SIZE. + +TASK_SIZE + The maximum size of a user process in bytes. Since user space + always starts at zero, this is the maximum address that a user + process can access+1. The user space stack grows down from this + address. + + Any virtual address below TASK_SIZE is deemed to be user process + area, and therefore managed dynamically on a process by process + basis by the kernel. I'll call this the user segment. + + Anything above TASK_SIZE is common to all processes. I'll call + this the kernel segment. + + (In other words, you can't put IO mappings below TASK_SIZE, and + hence PAGE_OFFSET). + +TEXTADDR + Virtual start address of kernel, normally PAGE_OFFSET + 0x8000. + This is where the kernel image ends up. With the latest kernels, + it must be located at 32768 bytes into a 128MB region. Previous + kernels placed a restriction of 256MB here. + +DATAADDR + Virtual address for the kernel data segment. Must not be defined + when using the decompressor. + +VMALLOC_START +VMALLOC_END + Virtual addresses bounding the vmalloc() area. There must not be + any static mappings in this area; vmalloc will overwrite them. + The addresses must also be in the kernel segment (see above). + Normally, the vmalloc() area starts VMALLOC_OFFSET bytes above the + last virtual RAM address (found using variable high_memory). + +VMALLOC_OFFSET + Offset normally incorporated into VMALLOC_START to provide a hole + between virtual RAM and the vmalloc area. We do this to allow + out of bounds memory accesses (eg, something writing off the end + of the mapped memory map) to be caught. Normally set to 8MB. + +Architecture Specific Macros +---------------------------- + +BOOT_MEM(pram,pio,vio) + `pram' specifies the physical start address of RAM. Must always + be present, and should be the same as PHYS_OFFSET. + + `pio' is the physical address of an 8MB region containing IO for + use with the debugging macros in arch/arm/kernel/debug-armv.S. + + `vio' is the virtual address of the 8MB debugging region. + + It is expected that the debugging region will be re-initialised + by the architecture specific code later in the code (via the + MAPIO function). + +BOOT_PARAMS + Same as, and see PARAMS_PHYS. + +FIXUP(func) + Machine specific fixups, run before memory subsystems have been + initialised. + +MAPIO(func) + Machine specific function to map IO areas (including the debug + region above). + +INITIRQ(func) + Machine specific function to initialise interrupts. + diff --git a/Documentation/arm/README b/Documentation/arm/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..a6f718e90a86 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/README @@ -0,0 +1,198 @@ + ARM Linux 2.6 + ============= + + Please check <ftp://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/pub/armlinux> for + updates. + +Compilation of kernel +--------------------- + + In order to compile ARM Linux, you will need a compiler capable of + generating ARM ELF code with GNU extensions. GCC 2.95.1, EGCS + 1.1.2, and GCC 3.3 are known to be good compilers. Fortunately, you + needn't guess. The kernel will report an error if your compiler is + a recognized offender. + + To build ARM Linux natively, you shouldn't have to alter the ARCH = line + in the top level Makefile. However, if you don't have the ARM Linux ELF + tools installed as default, then you should change the CROSS_COMPILE + line as detailed below. + + If you wish to cross-compile, then alter the following lines in the top + level make file: + + ARCH = <whatever> + with + ARCH = arm + + and + + CROSS_COMPILE= + to + CROSS_COMPILE=<your-path-to-your-compiler-without-gcc> + eg. + CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux- + + Do a 'make config', followed by 'make Image' to build the kernel + (arch/arm/boot/Image). A compressed image can be built by doing a + 'make zImage' instead of 'make Image'. + + +Bug reports etc +--------------- + + Please send patches to the patch system. For more information, see + http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/patches/info.html Always include some + explanation as to what the patch does and why it is needed. + + Bug reports should be sent to linux-arm-kernel@lists.arm.linux.org.uk, + or submitted through the web form at + http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/forms/solution.shtml + + When sending bug reports, please ensure that they contain all relevant + information, eg. the kernel messages that were printed before/during + the problem, what you were doing, etc. + + +Include files +------------- + + Several new include directories have been created under include/asm-arm, + which are there to reduce the clutter in the top-level directory. These + directories, and their purpose is listed below: + + arch-* machine/platform specific header files + hardware driver-internal ARM specific data structures/definitions + mach descriptions of generic ARM to specific machine interfaces + proc-* processor dependent header files (currently only two + categories) + + +Machine/Platform support +------------------------ + + The ARM tree contains support for a lot of different machine types. To + continue supporting these differences, it has become necessary to split + machine-specific parts by directory. For this, the machine category is + used to select which directories and files get included (we will use + $(MACHINE) to refer to the category) + + To this end, we now have arch/arm/mach-$(MACHINE) directories which are + designed to house the non-driver files for a particular machine (eg, PCI, + memory management, architecture definitions etc). For all future + machines, there should be a corresponding include/asm-arm/arch-$(MACHINE) + directory. + + +Modules +------- + + Although modularisation is supported (and required for the FP emulator), + each module on an ARM2/ARM250/ARM3 machine when is loaded will take + memory up to the next 32k boundary due to the size of the pages. + Therefore, modularisation on these machines really worth it? + + However, ARM6 and up machines allow modules to take multiples of 4k, and + as such Acorn RiscPCs and other architectures using these processors can + make good use of modularisation. + + +ADFS Image files +---------------- + + You can access image files on your ADFS partitions by mounting the ADFS + partition, and then using the loopback device driver. You must have + losetup installed. + + Please note that the PCEmulator DOS partitions have a partition table at + the start, and as such, you will have to give '-o offset' to losetup. + + +Request to developers +--------------------- + + When writing device drivers which include a separate assembler file, please + include it in with the C file, and not the arch/arm/lib directory. This + allows the driver to be compiled as a loadable module without requiring + half the code to be compiled into the kernel image. + + In general, try to avoid using assembler unless it is really necessary. It + makes drivers far less easy to port to other hardware. + + +ST506 hard drives +----------------- + + The ST506 hard drive controllers seem to be working fine (if a little + slowly). At the moment they will only work off the controllers on an + A4x0's motherboard, but for it to work off a Podule just requires + someone with a podule to add the addresses for the IRQ mask and the + HDC base to the source. + + As of 31/3/96 it works with two drives (you should get the ADFS + *configure harddrive set to 2). I've got an internal 20MB and a great + big external 5.25" FH 64MB drive (who could ever want more :-) ). + + I've just got 240K/s off it (a dd with bs=128k); thats about half of what + RiscOS gets; but it's a heck of a lot better than the 50K/s I was getting + last week :-) + + Known bug: Drive data errors can cause a hang; including cases where + the controller has fixed the error using ECC. (Possibly ONLY + in that case...hmm). + + +1772 Floppy +----------- + This also seems to work OK, but hasn't been stressed much lately. It + hasn't got any code for disc change detection in there at the moment which + could be a bit of a problem! Suggestions on the correct way to do this + are welcome. + + +CONFIG_MACH_ and CONFIG_ARCH_ +----------------------------- + A change was made in 2003 to the macro names for new machines. + Historically, CONFIG_ARCH_ was used for the bonafide architecture, + e.g. SA1100, as well as implementations of the architecture, + e.g. Assabet. It was decided to change the implementation macros + to read CONFIG_MACH_ for clarity. Moreover, a retroactive fixup has + not been made because it would complicate patching. + + Previous registrations may be found online. + + <http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/> + +Kernel entry (head.S) +-------------------------- + The initial entry into the kernel is via head.S, which uses machine + independent code. The machine is selected by the value of 'r1' on + entry, which must be kept unique. + + Due to the large number of machines which the ARM port of Linux provides + for, we have a method to manage this which ensures that we don't end up + duplicating large amounts of code. + + We group machine (or platform) support code into machine classes. A + class typically based around one or more system on a chip devices, and + acts as a natural container around the actual implementations. These + classes are given directories - arch/arm/mach-<class> and + include/asm-arm/arch-<class> - which contain the source files to + support the machine class. This directories also contain any machine + specific supporting code. + + For example, the SA1100 class is based upon the SA1100 and SA1110 SoC + devices, and contains the code to support the way the on-board and off- + board devices are used, or the device is setup, and provides that + machine specific "personality." + + This fine-grained machine specific selection is controlled by the machine + type ID, which acts both as a run-time and a compile-time code selection + method. + + You can register a new machine via the web site at: + + <http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/> + +--- +Russell King (15/03/2004) diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SA1100/ADSBitsy b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/ADSBitsy new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..ab47c3833908 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/ADSBitsy @@ -0,0 +1,43 @@ +ADS Bitsy Single Board Computer +(It is different from Bitsy(iPAQ) of Compaq) + +For more details, contact Applied Data Systems or see +http://www.applieddata.net/products.html + +The Linux support for this product has been provided by +Woojung Huh <whuh@applieddata.net> + +Use 'make adsbitsy_config' before any 'make config'. +This will set up defaults for ADS Bitsy support. + +The kernel zImage is linked to be loaded and executed at 0xc0400000. + +Linux can be used with the ADS BootLoader that ships with the +newer rev boards. See their documentation on how to load Linux. + +Supported peripherals: +- SA1100 LCD frame buffer (8/16bpp...sort of) +- SA1111 USB Master +- SA1100 serial port +- pcmcia, compact flash +- touchscreen(ucb1200) +- console on LCD screen +- serial ports (ttyS[0-2]) + - ttyS0 is default for serial console + +To do: +- everything else! :-) + +Notes: + +- The flash on board is divided into 3 partitions. + You should be careful to use flash on board. + It's partition is different from GraphicsClient Plus and GraphicsMaster + +- 16bpp mode requires a different cable than what ships with the board. + Contact ADS or look through the manual to wire your own. Currently, + if you compile with 16bit mode support and switch into a lower bpp + mode, the timing is off so the image is corrupted. This will be + fixed soon. + +Any contribution can be sent to nico@cam.org and will be greatly welcome! diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Assabet b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Assabet new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..cbbe5587c78d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Assabet @@ -0,0 +1,301 @@ +The Intel Assabet (SA-1110 evaluation) board +============================================ + +Please see: +http://developer.intel.com/design/strong/quicklist/eval-plat/sa-1110.htm +http://developer.intel.com/design/strong/guides/278278.htm + +Also some notes from John G Dorsey <jd5q@andrew.cmu.edu>: +http://www.cs.cmu.edu/~wearable/software/assabet.html + + +Building the kernel +------------------- + +To build the kernel with current defaults: + + make assabet_config + make oldconfig + make zImage + +The resulting kernel image should be available in linux/arch/arm/boot/zImage. + + +Installing a bootloader +----------------------- + +A couple of bootloaders able to boot Linux on Assabet are available: + +BLOB (http://www.lart.tudelft.nl/lartware/blob/) + + BLOB is a bootloader used within the LART project. Some contributed + patches were merged into BLOB to add support for Assabet. + +Compaq's Bootldr + John Dorsey's patch for Assabet support +(http://www.handhelds.org/Compaq/bootldr.html) +(http://www.wearablegroup.org/software/bootldr/) + + Bootldr is the bootloader developed by Compaq for the iPAQ Pocket PC. + John Dorsey has produced add-on patches to add support for Assabet and + the JFFS filesystem. + +RedBoot (http://sources.redhat.com/redboot/) + + RedBoot is a bootloader developed by Red Hat based on the eCos RTOS + hardware abstraction layer. It supports Assabet amongst many other + hardware platforms. + +RedBoot is currently the recommended choice since it's the only one to have +networking support, and is the most actively maintained. + +Brief examples on how to boot Linux with RedBoot are shown below. But first +you need to have RedBoot installed in your flash memory. A known to work +precompiled RedBoot binary is available from the following location: + +ftp://ftp.netwinder.org/users/n/nico/ +ftp://ftp.arm.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/arm/people/nico/ +ftp://ftp.handhelds.org/pub/linux/arm/sa-1100-patches/ + +Look for redboot-assabet*.tgz. Some installation infos are provided in +redboot-assabet*.txt. + + +Initial RedBoot configuration +----------------------------- + +The commands used here are explained in The RedBoot User's Guide available +on-line at http://sources.redhat.com/ecos/docs-latest/redboot/redboot.html. +Please refer to it for explanations. + +If you have a CF network card (my Assabet kit contained a CF+ LP-E from +Socket Communications Inc.), you should strongly consider using it for TFTP +file transfers. You must insert it before RedBoot runs since it can't detect +it dynamically. + +To initialize the flash directory: + + fis init -f + +To initialize the non-volatile settings, like whether you want to use BOOTP or +a static IP address, etc, use this command: + + fconfig -i + + +Writing a kernel image into flash +--------------------------------- + +First, the kernel image must be loaded into RAM. If you have the zImage file +available on a TFTP server: + + load zImage -r -b 0x100000 + +If you rather want to use Y-Modem upload over the serial port: + + load -m ymodem -r -b 0x100000 + +To write it to flash: + + fis create "Linux kernel" -b 0x100000 -l 0xc0000 + + +Booting the kernel +------------------ + +The kernel still requires a filesystem to boot. A ramdisk image can be loaded +as follows: + + load ramdisk_image.gz -r -b 0x800000 + +Again, Y-Modem upload can be used instead of TFTP by replacing the file name +by '-y ymodem'. + +Now the kernel can be retrieved from flash like this: + + fis load "Linux kernel" + +or loaded as described previously. To boot the kernel: + + exec -b 0x100000 -l 0xc0000 + +The ramdisk image could be stored into flash as well, but there are better +solutions for on-flash filesystems as mentioned below. + + +Using JFFS2 +----------- + +Using JFFS2 (the Second Journalling Flash File System) is probably the most +convenient way to store a writable filesystem into flash. JFFS2 is used in +conjunction with the MTD layer which is responsible for low-level flash +management. More information on the Linux MTD can be found on-line at: +http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/. A JFFS howto with some infos about +creating JFFS/JFFS2 images is available from the same site. + +For instance, a sample JFFS2 image can be retrieved from the same FTP sites +mentioned below for the precompiled RedBoot image. + +To load this file: + + load sample_img.jffs2 -r -b 0x100000 + +The result should look like: + +RedBoot> load sample_img.jffs2 -r -b 0x100000 +Raw file loaded 0x00100000-0x00377424 + +Now we must know the size of the unallocated flash: + + fis free + +Result: + +RedBoot> fis free + 0x500E0000 .. 0x503C0000 + +The values above may be different depending on the size of the filesystem and +the type of flash. See their usage below as an example and take care of +substituting yours appropriately. + +We must determine some values: + +size of unallocated flash: 0x503c0000 - 0x500e0000 = 0x2e0000 +size of the filesystem image: 0x00377424 - 0x00100000 = 0x277424 + +We want to fit the filesystem image of course, but we also want to give it all +the remaining flash space as well. To write it: + + fis unlock -f 0x500E0000 -l 0x2e0000 + fis erase -f 0x500E0000 -l 0x2e0000 + fis write -b 0x100000 -l 0x277424 -f 0x500E0000 + fis create "JFFS2" -n -f 0x500E0000 -l 0x2e0000 + +Now the filesystem is associated to a MTD "partition" once Linux has discovered +what they are in the boot process. From Redboot, the 'fis list' command +displays them: + +RedBoot> fis list +Name FLASH addr Mem addr Length Entry point +RedBoot 0x50000000 0x50000000 0x00020000 0x00000000 +RedBoot config 0x503C0000 0x503C0000 0x00020000 0x00000000 +FIS directory 0x503E0000 0x503E0000 0x00020000 0x00000000 +Linux kernel 0x50020000 0x00100000 0x000C0000 0x00000000 +JFFS2 0x500E0000 0x500E0000 0x002E0000 0x00000000 + +However Linux should display something like: + +SA1100 flash: probing 32-bit flash bus +SA1100 flash: Found 2 x16 devices at 0x0 in 32-bit mode +Using RedBoot partition definition +Creating 5 MTD partitions on "SA1100 flash": +0x00000000-0x00020000 : "RedBoot" +0x00020000-0x000e0000 : "Linux kernel" +0x000e0000-0x003c0000 : "JFFS2" +0x003c0000-0x003e0000 : "RedBoot config" +0x003e0000-0x00400000 : "FIS directory" + +What's important here is the position of the partition we are interested in, +which is the third one. Within Linux, this correspond to /dev/mtdblock2. +Therefore to boot Linux with the kernel and its root filesystem in flash, we +need this RedBoot command: + + fis load "Linux kernel" + exec -b 0x100000 -l 0xc0000 -c "root=/dev/mtdblock2" + +Of course other filesystems than JFFS might be used, like cramfs for example. +You might want to boot with a root filesystem over NFS, etc. It is also +possible, and sometimes more convenient, to flash a filesystem directly from +within Linux while booted from a ramdisk or NFS. The Linux MTD repository has +many tools to deal with flash memory as well, to erase it for example. JFFS2 +can then be mounted directly on a freshly erased partition and files can be +copied over directly. Etc... + + +RedBoot scripting +----------------- + +All the commands above aren't so useful if they have to be typed in every +time the Assabet is rebooted. Therefore it's possible to automatize the boot +process using RedBoot's scripting capability. + +For example, I use this to boot Linux with both the kernel and the ramdisk +images retrieved from a TFTP server on the network: + +RedBoot> fconfig +Run script at boot: false true +Boot script: +Enter script, terminate with empty line +>> load zImage -r -b 0x100000 +>> load ramdisk_ks.gz -r -b 0x800000 +>> exec -b 0x100000 -l 0xc0000 +>> +Boot script timeout (1000ms resolution): 3 +Use BOOTP for network configuration: true +GDB connection port: 9000 +Network debug at boot time: false +Update RedBoot non-volatile configuration - are you sure (y/n)? y + +Then, rebooting the Assabet is just a matter of waiting for the login prompt. + + + +Nicolas Pitre +nico@cam.org +June 12, 2001 + + +Status of peripherals in -rmk tree (updated 14/10/2001) +------------------------------------------------------- + +Assabet: + Serial ports: + Radio: TX, RX, CTS, DSR, DCD, RI + PM: Not tested. + COM: TX, RX, CTS, DSR, DCD, RTS, DTR, PM + PM: Not tested. + I2C: Implemented, not fully tested. + L3: Fully tested, pass. + PM: Not tested. + + Video: + LCD: Fully tested. PM + (LCD doesn't like being blanked with + neponset connected) + Video out: Not fully + + Audio: + UDA1341: + Playback: Fully tested, pass. + Record: Implemented, not tested. + PM: Not tested. + + UCB1200: + Audio play: Implemented, not heavily tested. + Audio rec: Implemented, not heavily tested. + Telco audio play: Implemented, not heavily tested. + Telco audio rec: Implemented, not heavily tested. + POTS control: No + Touchscreen: Yes + PM: Not tested. + + Other: + PCMCIA: + LPE: Fully tested, pass. + USB: No + IRDA: + SIR: Fully tested, pass. + FIR: Fully tested, pass. + PM: Not tested. + +Neponset: + Serial ports: + COM1,2: TX, RX, CTS, DSR, DCD, RTS, DTR + PM: Not tested. + USB: Implemented, not heavily tested. + PCMCIA: Implemented, not heavily tested. + PM: Not tested. + CF: Implemented, not heavily tested. + PM: Not tested. + +More stuff can be found in the -np (Nicolas Pitre's) tree. + diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Brutus b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Brutus new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2254c8f0b326 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Brutus @@ -0,0 +1,66 @@ +Brutus is an evaluation platform for the SA1100 manufactured by Intel. +For more details, see: + +http://developer.intel.com/design/strong/applnots/sa1100lx/getstart.htm + +To compile for Brutus, you must issue the following commands: + + make brutus_config + make config + [accept all the defaults] + make zImage + +The resulting kernel will end up in linux/arch/arm/boot/zImage. This file +must be loaded at 0xc0008000 in Brutus's memory and execution started at +0xc0008000 as well with the value of registers r0 = 0 and r1 = 16 upon +entry. + +But prior to execute the kernel, a ramdisk image must also be loaded in +memory. Use memory address 0xd8000000 for this. Note that the file +containing the (compressed) ramdisk image must not exceed 4 MB. + +Typically, you'll need angelboot to load the kernel. +The following angelboot.opt file should be used: + +----- begin angelboot.opt ----- +base 0xc0008000 +entry 0xc0008000 +r0 0x00000000 +r1 0x00000010 +device /dev/ttyS0 +options "9600 8N1" +baud 115200 +otherfile ramdisk_img.gz +otherbase 0xd8000000 +----- end angelboot.opt ----- + +Then load the kernel and ramdisk with: + + angelboot -f angelboot.opt zImage + +The first Brutus serial port (assumed to be linked to /dev/ttyS0 on your +host PC) is used by angel to load the kernel and ramdisk image. The serial +console is provided through the second Brutus serial port. To access it, +you may use minicom configured with /dev/ttyS1, 9600 baud, 8N1, no flow +control. + +Currently supported: + - RS232 serial ports + - audio output + - LCD screen + - keyboard + +The actual Brutus support may not be complete without extra patches. +If such patches exist, they should be found from +ftp.netwinder.org/users/n/nico. + +A full PCMCIA support is still missing, although it's possible to hack +some drivers in order to drive already inserted cards at boot time with +little modifications. + +Any contribution is welcome. + +Please send patches to nico@cam.org + +Have Fun ! + diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SA1100/CERF b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/CERF new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..b3d845301ef1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/CERF @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +*** The StrongARM version of the CerfBoard/Cube has been discontinued *** + +The Intrinsyc CerfBoard is a StrongARM 1110-based computer on a board +that measures approximately 2" square. It includes an Ethernet +controller, an RS232-compatible serial port, a USB function port, and +one CompactFlash+ slot on the back. Pictures can be found at the +Intrinsyc website, http://www.intrinsyc.com. + +This document describes the support in the Linux kernel for the +Intrinsyc CerfBoard. + +Supported in this version: + - CompactFlash+ slot (select PCMCIA in General Setup and any options + that may be required) + - Onboard Crystal CS8900 Ethernet controller (Cerf CS8900A support in + Network Devices) + - Serial ports with a serial console (hardcoded to 38400 8N1) + +In order to get this kernel onto your Cerf, you need a server that runs +both BOOTP and TFTP. Detailed instructions should have come with your +evaluation kit on how to use the bootloader. This series of commands +will suffice: + + make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux- cerfcube_defconfig + make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux- zImage + make ARCH=arm CROSS_COMPILE=arm-linux- modules + cp arch/arm/boot/zImage <TFTP directory> + +support@intrinsyc.com diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SA1100/FreeBird b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/FreeBird new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..eda28b3232e7 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/FreeBird @@ -0,0 +1,21 @@ +Freebird-1.1 is produced by Legned(C) ,Inc. +(http://www.legend.com.cn) +and software/linux mainatined by Coventive(C),Inc. +(http://www.coventive.com) + +Based on the Nicolas's strongarm kernel tree. + +=============================================================== +Maintainer: + +Chester Kuo <chester@coventive.com> + <chester@linux.org.tw> + +Author : +Tim wu <timwu@coventive.com> +CIH <cih@coventive.com> +Eric Peng <ericpeng@coventive.com> +Jeff Lee <jeff_lee@coventive.com> +Allen Cheng +Tony Liu <tonyliu@coventive.com> + diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SA1100/GraphicsClient b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/GraphicsClient new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8fa7e8027ff1 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/GraphicsClient @@ -0,0 +1,98 @@ +ADS GraphicsClient Plus Single Board Computer + +For more details, contact Applied Data Systems or see +http://www.applieddata.net/products.html + +The original Linux support for this product has been provided by +Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>. Continued development work by +Woojung Huh <whuh@applieddata.net> + +It's currently possible to mount a root filesystem via NFS providing a +complete Linux environment. Otherwise a ramdisk image may be used. The +board supports MTD/JFFS, so you could also mount something on there. + +Use 'make graphicsclient_config' before any 'make config'. This will set up +defaults for GraphicsClient Plus support. + +The kernel zImage is linked to be loaded and executed at 0xc0200000. +Also the following registers should have the specified values upon entry: + + r0 = 0 + r1 = 29 (this is the GraphicsClient architecture number) + +Linux can be used with the ADS BootLoader that ships with the +newer rev boards. See their documentation on how to load Linux. +Angel is not available for the GraphicsClient Plus AFAIK. + +There is a board known as just the GraphicsClient that ADS used to +produce but has end of lifed. This code will not work on the older +board with the ADS bootloader, but should still work with Angel, +as outlined below. In any case, if you're planning on deploying +something en masse, you should probably get the newer board. + +If using Angel on the older boards, here is a typical angel.opt option file +if the kernel is loaded through the Angel Debug Monitor: + +----- begin angelboot.opt ----- +base 0xc0200000 +entry 0xc0200000 +r0 0x00000000 +r1 0x0000001d +device /dev/ttyS1 +options "38400 8N1" +baud 115200 +#otherfile ramdisk.gz +#otherbase 0xc0800000 +exec minicom +----- end angelboot.opt ----- + +Then the kernel (and ramdisk if otherfile/otherbase lines above are +uncommented) would be loaded with: + + angelboot -f angelboot.opt zImage + +Here it is assumed that the board is connected to ttyS1 on your PC +and that minicom is preconfigured with /dev/ttyS1, 38400 baud, 8N1, no flow +control by default. + +If any other bootloader is used, ensure it accomplish the same, especially +for r0/r1 register values before jumping into the kernel. + + +Supported peripherals: +- SA1100 LCD frame buffer (8/16bpp...sort of) +- on-board SMC 92C96 ethernet NIC +- SA1100 serial port +- flash memory access (MTD/JFFS) +- pcmcia +- touchscreen(ucb1200) +- ps/2 keyboard +- console on LCD screen +- serial ports (ttyS[0-2]) + - ttyS0 is default for serial console +- Smart I/O (ADC, keypad, digital inputs, etc) + See http://www.applieddata.com/developers/linux for IOCTL documentation + and example user space code. ps/2 keybd is multiplexed through this driver + +To do: +- UCB1200 audio with new ucb_generic layer +- everything else! :-) + +Notes: + +- The flash on board is divided into 3 partitions. mtd0 is where + the ADS boot ROM and zImage is stored. It's been marked as + read-only to keep you from blasting over the bootloader. :) mtd1 is + for the ramdisk.gz image. mtd2 is user flash space and can be + utilized for either JFFS or if you're feeling crazy, running ext2 + on top of it. If you're not using the ADS bootloader, you're + welcome to blast over the mtd1 partition also. + +- 16bpp mode requires a different cable than what ships with the board. + Contact ADS or look through the manual to wire your own. Currently, + if you compile with 16bit mode support and switch into a lower bpp + mode, the timing is off so the image is corrupted. This will be + fixed soon. + +Any contribution can be sent to nico@cam.org and will be greatly welcome! + diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SA1100/GraphicsMaster b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/GraphicsMaster new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..dd28745ac521 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/GraphicsMaster @@ -0,0 +1,53 @@ +ADS GraphicsMaster Single Board Computer + +For more details, contact Applied Data Systems or see +http://www.applieddata.net/products.html + +The original Linux support for this product has been provided by +Nicolas Pitre <nico@cam.org>. Continued development work by +Woojung Huh <whuh@applieddata.net> + +Use 'make graphicsmaster_config' before any 'make config'. +This will set up defaults for GraphicsMaster support. + +The kernel zImage is linked to be loaded and executed at 0xc0400000. + +Linux can be used with the ADS BootLoader that ships with the +newer rev boards. See their documentation on how to load Linux. + +Supported peripherals: +- SA1100 LCD frame buffer (8/16bpp...sort of) +- SA1111 USB Master +- on-board SMC 92C96 ethernet NIC +- SA1100 serial port +- flash memory access (MTD/JFFS) +- pcmcia, compact flash +- touchscreen(ucb1200) +- ps/2 keyboard +- console on LCD screen +- serial ports (ttyS[0-2]) + - ttyS0 is default for serial console +- Smart I/O (ADC, keypad, digital inputs, etc) + See http://www.applieddata.com/developers/linux for IOCTL documentation + and example user space code. ps/2 keybd is multiplexed through this driver + +To do: +- everything else! :-) + +Notes: + +- The flash on board is divided into 3 partitions. mtd0 is where + the zImage is stored. It's been marked as read-only to keep you + from blasting over the bootloader. :) mtd1 is + for the ramdisk.gz image. mtd2 is user flash space and can be + utilized for either JFFS or if you're feeling crazy, running ext2 + on top of it. If you're not using the ADS bootloader, you're + welcome to blast over the mtd1 partition also. + +- 16bpp mode requires a different cable than what ships with the board. + Contact ADS or look through the manual to wire your own. Currently, + if you compile with 16bit mode support and switch into a lower bpp + mode, the timing is off so the image is corrupted. This will be + fixed soon. + +Any contribution can be sent to nico@cam.org and will be greatly welcome! diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SA1100/HUW_WEBPANEL b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/HUW_WEBPANEL new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..fd56b48d4833 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/HUW_WEBPANEL @@ -0,0 +1,17 @@ +The HUW_WEBPANEL is a product of the german company Hoeft & Wessel AG + +If you want more information, please visit +http://www.hoeft-wessel.de + +To build the kernel: + make huw_webpanel_config + make oldconfig + [accept all defaults] + make zImage + +Mostly of the work is done by: +Roman Jordan jor@hoeft-wessel.de +Christoph Schulz schu@hoeft-wessel.de + +2000/12/18/ + diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Itsy b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Itsy new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3b594534323b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Itsy @@ -0,0 +1,39 @@ +Itsy is a research project done by the Western Research Lab, and Systems +Research Center in Palo Alto, CA. The Itsy project is one of several +research projects at Compaq that are related to pocket computing. + +For more information, see: + + http://www.research.digital.com/wrl/itsy/index.html + +Notes on initial 2.4 Itsy support (8/27/2000) : +The port was done on an Itsy version 1.5 machine with a daughtercard with +64 Meg of DRAM and 32 Meg of Flash. The initial work includes support for +serial console (to see what you're doing). No other devices have been +enabled. + +To build, do a "make menuconfig" (or xmenuconfig) and select Itsy support. +Disable Flash and LCD support. and then do a make zImage. +Finally, you will need to cd to arch/arm/boot/tools and execute a make there +to build the params-itsy program used to boot the kernel. + +In order to install the port of 2.4 to the itsy, You will need to set the +configuration parameters in the monitor as follows: +Arg 1:0x08340000, Arg2: 0xC0000000, Arg3:18 (0x12), Arg4:0 +Make sure the start-routine address is set to 0x00060000. + +Next, flash the params-itsy program to 0x00060000 ("p 1 0x00060000" in the +flash menu) Flash the kernel in arch/arm/boot/zImage into 0x08340000 +("p 1 0x00340000"). Finally flash an initial ramdisk into 0xC8000000 +("p 2 0x0") We used ramdisk-2-30.gz from the 0.11 version directory on +handhelds.org. + +The serial connection we established was at: + 8-bit data, no parity, 1 stop bit(s), 115200.00 b/s. in the monitor, in the +params-itsy program, and in the kernel itself. This can be changed, but +not easily. The monitor parameters are easily changed, the params program +setup is assembly outl's, and the kernel is a configuration item specific to +the itsy. (i.e. grep for CONFIG_SA1100_ITSY and you'll find where it is.) + + +This should get you a properly booting 2.4 kernel on the itsy. diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SA1100/LART b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/LART new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..2f73f513e16a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/LART @@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +Linux Advanced Radio Terminal (LART) +------------------------------------ + +The LART is a small (7.5 x 10cm) SA-1100 board, designed for embedded +applications. It has 32 MB DRAM, 4MB Flash ROM, double RS232 and all +other StrongARM-gadgets. Almost all SA signals are directly accessible +through a number of connectors. The powersupply accepts voltages +between 3.5V and 16V and is overdimensioned to support a range of +daughterboards. A quad Ethernet / IDE / PS2 / sound daughterboard +is under development, with plenty of others in different stages of +planning. + +The hardware designs for this board have been released under an open license; +see the LART page at http://www.lart.tudelft.nl/ for more information. diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SA1100/PLEB b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/PLEB new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..92cae066908d --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/PLEB @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +The PLEB project was started as a student initiative at the School of +Computer Science and Engineering, University of New South Wales to make a +pocket computer capable of running the Linux Kernel. + +PLEB support has yet to be fully integrated. + +For more information, see: + + http://www.cse.unsw.edu.au/~pleb/ + + diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Pangolin b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Pangolin new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..077a6120e129 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Pangolin @@ -0,0 +1,23 @@ +Pangolin is a StrongARM 1110-based evaluation platform produced +by Dialogue Technology (http://www.dialogue.com.tw/). +It has EISA slots for ease of configuration with SDRAM/Flash +memory card, USB/Serial/Audio card, Compact Flash card, +PCMCIA/IDE card and TFT-LCD card. + +To compile for Pangolin, you must issue the following commands: + + make pangolin_config + make oldconfig + make zImage + +Supported peripherals: +- SA1110 serial port (UART1/UART2/UART3) +- flash memory access +- compact flash driver +- UDA1341 sound driver +- SA1100 LCD controller for 800x600 16bpp TFT-LCD +- MQ-200 driver for 800x600 16bpp TFT-LCD +- Penmount(touch panel) driver +- PCMCIA driver +- SMC91C94 LAN driver +- IDE driver (experimental) diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Tifon b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Tifon new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..dd1934d9c851 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Tifon @@ -0,0 +1,7 @@ +Tifon +----- + +More info has to come... + +Contact: Peter Danielsson <peter.danielsson@era-t.ericsson.se> + diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Victor b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Victor new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..01e81fc49461 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Victor @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +Victor is known as a "digital talking book player" manufactured by +VisuAide, Inc. to be used by blind people. + +For more information related to Victor, see: + + http://www.visuaide.com/victor + +Of course Victor is using Linux as its main operating system. +The Victor implementation for Linux is maintained by Nicolas Pitre: + + nico@visuaide.com + nico@cam.org + +For any comments, please feel free to contact me through the above +addresses. + diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Yopy b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Yopy new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e14f16d836ac --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/Yopy @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +See http://www.yopydeveloper.org for more. + diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SA1100/empeg b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/empeg new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4ece4849a42c --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/empeg @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@ +See ../empeg/README + diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SA1100/nanoEngine b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/nanoEngine new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..fc431cbfefc2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/nanoEngine @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +nanoEngine +---------- + +"nanoEngine" is a SA1110 based single board computer from +Bright Star Engineering Inc. See www.brightstareng.com/arm +for more info. +(Ref: Stuart Adams <sja@brightstareng.com>) + +Also visit Larry Doolittle's "Linux for the nanoEngine" site: +http://recycle.lbl.gov/~ldoolitt/bse/ + diff --git a/Documentation/arm/SA1100/serial_UART b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/serial_UART new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..aea2e91ca0ef --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/SA1100/serial_UART @@ -0,0 +1,47 @@ +The SA1100 serial port had its major/minor numbers officially assigned: + +> Date: Sun, 24 Sep 2000 21:40:27 -0700 +> From: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@transmeta.com> +> To: Nicolas Pitre <nico@CAM.ORG> +> Cc: Device List Maintainer <device@lanana.org> +> Subject: Re: device +> +> Okay. Note that device numbers 204 and 205 are used for "low density +> serial devices", so you will have a range of minors on those majors (the +> tty device layer handles this just fine, so you don't have to worry about +> doing anything special.) +> +> So your assignments are: +> +> 204 char Low-density serial ports +> 5 = /dev/ttySA0 SA1100 builtin serial port 0 +> 6 = /dev/ttySA1 SA1100 builtin serial port 1 +> 7 = /dev/ttySA2 SA1100 builtin serial port 2 +> +> 205 char Low-density serial ports (alternate device) +> 5 = /dev/cusa0 Callout device for ttySA0 +> 6 = /dev/cusa1 Callout device for ttySA1 +> 7 = /dev/cusa2 Callout device for ttySA2 +> + +If you're not using devfs, you must create those inodes in /dev +on the root filesystem used by your SA1100-based device: + + mknod ttySA0 c 204 5 + mknod ttySA1 c 204 6 + mknod ttySA2 c 204 7 + mknod cusa0 c 205 5 + mknod cusa1 c 205 6 + mknod cusa2 c 205 7 + +In addition to the creation of the appropriate device nodes above, you +must ensure your user space applications make use of the correct device +name. The classic example is the content of the /etc/inittab file where +you might have a getty process started on ttyS0. In this case: + +- replace occurrences of ttyS0 with ttySA0, ttyS1 with ttySA1, etc. + +- don't forget to add 'ttySA0', 'console', or the appropriate tty name + in /etc/securetty for root to be allowed to login as well. + + diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/EB2410ITX.txt b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/EB2410ITX.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..000e3d7a78b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/EB2410ITX.txt @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ + Simtec Electronics EB2410ITX (BAST) + =================================== + + http://www.simtec.co.uk/products/EB2410ITX/ + +Introduction +------------ + + The EB2410ITX is a S3C2410 based development board with a variety of + peripherals and expansion connectors. This board is also known by + the shortened name of Bast. + + +Configuration +------------- + + To set the default configuration, use `make bast_defconfig` which + supports the commonly used features of this board. + + +Support +------- + + Official support information can be found on the Simtec Electronics + website, at the product page http://www.simtec.co.uk/products/EB2410ITX/ + + Useful links: + + - Resources Page http://www.simtec.co.uk/products/EB2410ITX/resources.html + + - Board FAQ at http://www.simtec.co.uk/products/EB2410ITX/faq.html + + - Bootloader info http://www.simtec.co.uk/products/SWABLE/resources.html + and FAQ http://www.simtec.co.uk/products/SWABLE/faq.html + + +MTD +--- + + The NAND and NOR support has been merged from the linux-mtd project. + Any prolbems, see http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/ for more + information or up-to-date versions of linux-mtd. + + +IDE +--- + + Both onboard IDE ports are supported, however there is no support for + changing speed of devices, PIO Mode 4 capable drives should be used. + + +Maintainers +----------- + + This board is maintained by Simtec Electronics. + + +(c) 2004 Ben Dooks, Simtec Electronics diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/GPIO.txt b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/GPIO.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..0822764ec270 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/GPIO.txt @@ -0,0 +1,122 @@ + S3C2410 GPIO Control + ==================== + +Introduction +------------ + + The s3c2410 kernel provides an interface to configure and + manipulate the state of the GPIO pins, and find out other + information about them. + + There are a number of conditions attached to the configuration + of the s3c2410 GPIO system, please read the Samsung provided + data-sheet/users manual to find out the complete list. + + +Headers +------- + + See include/asm-arm/arch-s3c2410/regs-gpio.h for the list + of GPIO pins, and the configuration values for them. This + is included by using #include <asm/arch/regs-gpio.h> + + The GPIO management functions are defined in the hardware + header include/asm-arm/arch-s3c2410/hardware.h which can be + included by #include <asm/arch/hardware.h> + + A useful ammount of documentation can be found in the hardware + header on how the GPIO functions (and others) work. + + Whilst a number of these functions do make some checks on what + is passed to them, for speed of use, they may not always ensure + that the user supplied data to them is correct. + + +PIN Numbers +----------- + + Each pin has an unique number associated with it in regs-gpio.h, + eg S3C2410_GPA0 or S3C2410_GPF1. These defines are used to tell + the GPIO functions which pin is to be used. + + +Configuring a pin +----------------- + + The following function allows the configuration of a given pin to + be changed. + + void s3c2410_gpio_cfgpin(unsigned int pin, unsigned int function); + + Eg: + + s3c2410_gpio_cfgpin(S3C2410_GPA0, S3C2410_GPA0_ADDR0); + s3c2410_gpio_cfgpin(S3C2410_GPE8, S3C2410_GPE8_SDDAT1); + + which would turn GPA0 into the lowest Address line A0, and set + GPE8 to be connected to the SDIO/MMC controller's SDDAT1 line. + + +Reading the current configuration +--------------------------------- + + The current configuration of a pin can be read by using: + + s3c2410_gpio_getcfg(unsigned int pin); + + The return value will be from the same set of values which can be + passed to s3c2410_gpio_cfgpin(). + + +Configuring a pull-up resistor +------------------------------ + + A large proportion of the GPIO pins on the S3C2410 can have weak + pull-up resistors enabled. This can be configured by the following + function: + + void s3c2410_gpio_pullup(unsigned int pin, unsigned int to); + + Where the to value is zero to set the pull-up off, and 1 to enable + the specified pull-up. Any other values are currently undefined. + + +Getting the state of a PIN +-------------------------- + + The state of a pin can be read by using the function: + + unsigned int s3c2410_gpio_getpin(unsigned int pin); + + This will return either zero or non-zero. Do not count on this + function returning 1 if the pin is set. + + +Setting the state of a PIN +-------------------------- + + The value an pin is outputing can be modified by using the following: + + void s3c2410_gpio_setpin(unsigned int pin, unsigned int to); + + Which sets the given pin to the value. Use 0 to write 0, and 1 to + set the output to 1. + + +Getting the IRQ number associated with a PIN +-------------------------------------------- + + The following function can map the given pin number to an IRQ + number to pass to the IRQ system. + + int s3c2410_gpio_getirq(unsigned int pin); + + Note, not all pins have an IRQ. + + +Authour +------- + + +Ben Dooks, 03 October 2004 +(c) 2004 Ben Dooks, Simtec Electronics diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/H1940.txt b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/H1940.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d6b1de92b111 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/H1940.txt @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@ + HP IPAQ H1940 + ============= + +http://www.handhelds.org/projects/h1940.html + +Introduction +------------ + + The HP H1940 is a S3C2410 based handheld device, with + bluetooth connectivity. + + +Support +------- + + A variety of information is available + + handhelds.org project page: + + http://www.handhelds.org/projects/h1940.html + + handhelds.org wiki page: + + http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/HpIpaqH1940 + + Herbert Pötzl pages: + + http://vserver.13thfloor.at/H1940/ + + +Maintainers +----------- + + This project is being maintained and developed by a variety + of people, including Ben Dooks, Arnaud Patard, and Herbert Pötzl. + + Thanks to the many others who have also provided support. + + +(c) 2005 Ben Dooks
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Overview.txt b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Overview.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3af4d29a8938 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Overview.txt @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@ + S3C24XX ARM Linux Overview + ========================== + + + +Introduction +------------ + + The Samsung S3C24XX range of ARM9 System-on-Chip CPUs are supported + by the 's3c2410' architecture of ARM Linux. Currently the S3C2410 and + the S3C2440 are supported CPUs. + + +Configuration +------------- + + A generic S3C2410 configuration is provided, and can be used as the + default by `make s3c2410_defconfig`. This configuration has support + for all the machines, and the commonly used features on them. + + Certain machines may have their own default configurations as well, + please check the machine specific documentation. + + +Machines +-------- + + The currently supported machines are as follows: + + Simtec Electronics EB2410ITX (BAST) + + A general purpose development board, see EB2410ITX.txt for further + details + + Samsung SMDK2410 + + Samsung's own development board, geared for PDA work. + + Samsung/Meritech SMDK2440 + + The S3C2440 compatible version of the SMDK2440 + + Thorcom VR1000 + + Custom embedded board + + HP IPAQ 1940 + + Handheld (IPAQ), available in several varieties + + HP iPAQ rx3715 + + S3C2440 based IPAQ, with a number of variations depending on + features shipped. + + Acer N30 + + A S3C2410 based PDA from Acer. There is a Wiki page at + http://handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/AcerN30Documentation . + + +Adding New Machines +------------------- + + The archicture has been designed to support as many machines as can + be configured for it in one kernel build, and any future additions + should keep this in mind before altering items outside of their own + machine files. + + Machine definitions should be kept in linux/arch/arm/mach-s3c2410, + and there are a number of examples that can be looked at. + + Read the kernel patch submission policies as well as the + Documentation/arm directory before submitting patches. The + ARM kernel series is managed by Russell King, and has a patch system + located at http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/patches/ + as well as mailing lists that can be found from the same site. + + As a courtesy, please notify <ben-linux@fluff.org> of any new + machines or other modifications. + + Any large scale modifications, or new drivers should be discussed + on the ARM kernel mailing list (linux-arm-kernel) before being + attempted. + + +NAND +---- + + The current kernels now have support for the s3c2410 NAND + controller. If there are any problems the latest linux-mtd + CVS can be found from http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/ + + +Serial +------ + + The s3c2410 serial driver provides support for the internal + serial ports. These devices appear as /dev/ttySAC0 through 3. + + To create device nodes for these, use the following commands + + mknod ttySAC0 c 204 64 + mknod ttySAC1 c 204 65 + mknod ttySAC2 c 204 66 + + +GPIO +---- + + The core contains support for manipulating the GPIO, see the + documentation in GPIO.txt in the same directory as this file. + + +Clock Management +---------------- + + The core provides the interface defined in the header file + include/asm-arm/hardware/clock.h, to allow control over the + various clock units + + +Port Contributors +----------------- + + Ben Dooks (BJD) + Vincent Sanders + Herbert Potzl + Arnaud Patard (RTP) + Roc Wu + Klaus Fetscher + Dimitry Andric + Shannon Holland + Guillaume Gourat (NexVision) + Christer Weinigel (wingel) (Acer N30) + Lucas Correia Villa Real (S3C2400 port) + + +Document Changes +---------------- + + 05 Sep 2004 - BJD - Added Document Changes section + 05 Sep 2004 - BJD - Added Klaus Fetscher to list of contributors + 25 Oct 2004 - BJD - Added Dimitry Andric to list of contributors + 25 Oct 2004 - BJD - Updated the MTD from the 2.6.9 merge + 21 Jan 2005 - BJD - Added rx3715, added Shannon to contributors + 10 Feb 2005 - BJD - Added Guillaume Gourat to contributors + 02 Mar 2005 - BJD - Added SMDK2440 to list of machines + 06 Mar 2005 - BJD - Added Christer Weinigel + 08 Mar 2005 - BJD - Added LCVR to list of people, updated introduction + 08 Mar 2005 - BJD - Added section on adding machines + +Document Author +--------------- + +Ben Dooks, (c) 2004-2005 Simtec Electronics diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/SMDK2440.txt b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/SMDK2440.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..32e1eae6a25f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/SMDK2440.txt @@ -0,0 +1,56 @@ + Samsung/Meritech SMDK2440 + ========================= + +Introduction +------------ + + The SMDK2440 is a two part evaluation board for the Samsung S3C2440 + processor. It includes support for LCD, SmartMedia, Audio, SD and + 10MBit Ethernet, and expansion headers for various signals, including + the camera and unused GPIO. + + +Configuration +------------- + + To set the default configuration, use `make smdk2440_defconfig` which + will configure the common features of this board, or use + `make s3c2410_config` to include support for all s3c2410/s3c2440 machines + + +Support +------- + + Ben Dooks' SMDK2440 site at http://www.fluff.org/ben/smdk2440/ which + includes linux based USB download tools. + + Some of the h1940 patches that can be found from the H1940 project + site at http://www.handhelds.org/projects/h1940.html can also be + applied to this board. + + +Peripherals +----------- + + There is no current support for any of the extra peripherals on the + base-board itself. + + +MTD +--- + + The NAND flash should be supported by the in kernel MTD NAND support, + NOR flash will be added later. + + +Maintainers +----------- + + This board is being maintained by Ben Dooks, for more info, see + http://www.fluff.org/ben/smdk2440/ + + Many thanks to Dimitry Andric of TomTom for the loan of the SMDK2440, + and to Simtec Electronics for allowing me time to work on this. + + +(c) 2004 Ben Dooks
\ No newline at end of file diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Suspend.txt b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Suspend.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..e12bc3284a27 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Suspend.txt @@ -0,0 +1,106 @@ + S3C24XX Suspend Support + ======================= + + +Introduction +------------ + + The S3C2410 supports a low-power suspend mode, where the SDRAM is kept + in Self-Refresh mode, and all but the essential peripheral blocks are + powered down. For more information on how this works, please look + at the S3C2410 datasheets from Samsung. + + +Requirements +------------ + + 1) A bootloader that can support the necessary resume operation + + 2) Support for at least 1 source for resume + + 3) CONFIG_PM enabled in the kernel + + 4) Any peripherals that are going to be powered down at the same + time require suspend/resume support. + + +Resuming +-------- + + The S3C2410 user manual defines the process of sending the CPU to + sleep and how it resumes. The default behaviour of the Linux code + is to set the GSTATUS3 register to the physical address of the + code to resume Linux operation. + + GSTATUS4 is currently left alone by the sleep code, and is free to + use for any other purposes (for example, the EB2410ITX uses this to + save memory configuration in). + + +Machine Support +--------------- + + The machine specific functions must call the s3c2410_pm_init() function + to say that its bootloader is capable of resuming. This can be as + simple as adding the following to the machine's definition: + + INITMACHINE(s3c2410_pm_init) + + A board can do its own setup before calling s3c2410_pm_init, if it + needs to setup anything else for power management support. + + There is currently no support for over-riding the default method of + saving the resume address, if your board requires it, then contact + the maintainer and discuss what is required. + + Note, the original method of adding an late_initcall() is wrong, + and will end up initialising all compiled machines' pm init! + + +Debugging +--------- + + There are several important things to remember when using PM suspend: + + 1) The uart drivers will disable the clocks to the UART blocks when + suspending, which means that use of printascii() or similar direct + access to the UARTs will cause the debug to stop. + + 2) Whilst the pm code itself will attempt to re-enable the UART clocks, + care should be taken that any external clock sources that the UARTs + rely on are still enabled at that point. + + +Configuration +------------- + + The S3C2410 specific configuration in `System Type` defines various + aspects of how the S3C2410 suspend and resume support is configured + + `S3C2410 PM Suspend debug` + + This option prints messages to the serial console before and after + the actual suspend, giving detailed information on what is + happening + + + `S3C2410 PM Suspend Memory CRC` + + Allows the entire memory to be checksummed before and after the + suspend to see if there has been any corruption of the contents. + + This support requires the CRC32 function to be enabled. + + + `S3C2410 PM Suspend CRC Chunksize (KiB)` + + Defines the size of memory each CRC chunk covers. A smaller value + will mean that the CRC data block will take more memory, but will + identify any faults with better precision + + +Document Author +--------------- + +Ben Dooks, (c) 2004 Simtec Electronics + diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Setup b/Documentation/arm/Setup new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..0abd0720d7ed --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Setup @@ -0,0 +1,129 @@ +Kernel initialisation parameters on ARM Linux +--------------------------------------------- + +The following document describes the kernel initialisation parameter +structure, otherwise known as 'struct param_struct' which is used +for most ARM Linux architectures. + +This structure is used to pass initialisation parameters from the +kernel loader to the Linux kernel proper, and may be short lived +through the kernel initialisation process. As a general rule, it +should not be referenced outside of arch/arm/kernel/setup.c:setup_arch(). + +There are a lot of parameters listed in there, and they are described +below: + + page_size + + This parameter must be set to the page size of the machine, and + will be checked by the kernel. + + nr_pages + + This is the total number of pages of memory in the system. If + the memory is banked, then this should contain the total number + of pages in the system. + + If the system contains separate VRAM, this value should not + include this information. + + ramdisk_size + + This is now obsolete, and should not be used. + + flags + + Various kernel flags, including: + bit 0 - 1 = mount root read only + bit 1 - unused + bit 2 - 0 = load ramdisk + bit 3 - 0 = prompt for ramdisk + + rootdev + + major/minor number pair of device to mount as the root filesystem. + + video_num_cols + video_num_rows + + These two together describe the character size of the dummy console, + or VGA console character size. They should not be used for any other + purpose. + + It's generally a good idea to set these to be either standard VGA, or + the equivalent character size of your fbcon display. This then allows + all the bootup messages to be displayed correctly. + + video_x + video_y + + This describes the character position of cursor on VGA console, and + is otherwise unused. (should not used for other console types, and + should not be used for other purposes). + + memc_control_reg + + MEMC chip control register for Acorn Archimedes and Acorn A5000 + based machines. May be used differently by different architectures. + + sounddefault + + Default sound setting on Acorn machines. May be used differently by + different architectures. + + adfsdrives + + Number of ADFS/MFM disks. May be used differently by different + architectures. + + bytes_per_char_h + bytes_per_char_v + + These are now obsolete, and should not be used. + + pages_in_bank[4] + + Number of pages in each bank of the systems memory (used for RiscPC). + This is intended to be used on systems where the physical memory + is non-contiguous from the processors point of view. + + pages_in_vram + + Number of pages in VRAM (used on Acorn RiscPC). This value may also + be used by loaders if the size of the video RAM can't be obtained + from the hardware. + + initrd_start + initrd_size + + This describes the kernel virtual start address and size of the + initial ramdisk. + + rd_start + + Start address in sectors of the ramdisk image on a floppy disk. + + system_rev + + system revision number. + + system_serial_low + system_serial_high + + system 64-bit serial number + + mem_fclk_21285 + + The speed of the external oscillator to the 21285 (footbridge), + which control's the speed of the memory bus, timer & serial port. + Depending upon the speed of the cpu its value can be between + 0-66 MHz. If no params are passed or a value of zero is passed, + then a value of 50 Mhz is the default on 21285 architectures. + + paths[8][128] + + These are now obsolete, and should not be used. + + commandline + + Kernel command line parameters. Details can be found elsewhere. diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/CompactFlash b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/CompactFlash new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8616d877df9e --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/CompactFlash @@ -0,0 +1,32 @@ +README on the Compact Flash for Card Engines +============================================ + +There are three challenges in supporting the CF interface of the Card +Engines. First, every IO operation must be followed with IO to +another memory region. Second, the slot is wired for one-to-one +address mapping *and* it is wired for 16 bit access only. Second, the +interrupt request line from the CF device isn't wired. + +The IOBARRIER issue is covered in README.IOBARRIER. This isn't an +onerous problem. Enough said here. + +The addressing issue is solved in the +arch/arm/mach-lh7a40x/ide-lpd7a40x.c file with some awkward +work-arounds. We implement a special SELECT_DRIVE routine that is +called before the IDE driver performs its own SELECT_DRIVE. Our code +recognizes that the SELECT register cannot be modified without also +writing a command. It send an IDLE_IMMEDIATE command on selecting a +drive. The function also prevents drive select to the slave drive +since there can be only one. The awkward part is that the IDE driver, +even though we have a select procedure, also attempts to change the +drive by writing directly the SELECT register. This attempt is +explicitly blocked by the OUTB function--not pretty, but effective. + +The lack of interrupts is a more serious problem. Even though the CF +card is fast when compared to a normal IDE device, we don't know that +the CF is really flash. A user could use one of the very small hard +drives being shipped with a CF interface. The IDE code includes a +check for interfaces that lack an IRQ. In these cases, submitting a +command to the IDE controller is followed by a call to poll for +completion. If the device isn't immediately ready, it schedules a +timer to poll again later. diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/IOBarrier b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/IOBarrier new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..c0d8853672dc --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/IOBarrier @@ -0,0 +1,45 @@ +README on the IOBARRIER for CardEngine IO +========================================= + +Due to an unfortunate oversight when the Card Engines were designed, +the signals that control access to some peripherals, most notably the +SMC91C9111 ethernet controller, are not properly handled. + +The symptom is that some back to back IO with the peripheral returns +unreliable data. With the SMC chip, you'll see errors about the bank +register being 'screwed'. + +The cause is that the AEN signal to the SMC chip does not transition +for every memory access. It is driven through the CPLD from the CS7 +line of the CPU's static memory controller which is optimized to +eliminate unnecessary transitions. Yet, the SMC requires a transition +for every write access. The Sharp website has more information about +the effect this power-conserving feature has on peripheral +interfacing. + +The solution is to follow every write access to the SMC chip with an +access to another memory region that will force the CPU to release the +chip select line. It is important to guarantee that this access +forces the CPU off-chip. We map a page of SDRAM as if it were an +uncacheable IO device and read from it after every SMC IO write +operation. + + SMC IO + BARRIER IO + +Only this sequence is important. It does not matter that there is no +BARRIER IO before the access to the SMC chip because the AEN latch +only needs occurs after the SMC IO write cycle. The routines that +implement this work-around make an additional concession which is to +disable interrupts during the IO sequence. Other hardware devices +(the LogicPD CPLD) have registers in the same the physical memory +region as the SMC chip. An interrupt might allow an access to one of +those registers while SMC IO is being performed. + +You might be tempted to think that we have to access another device +attached to the static memory controller, but the empirical evidence +indicates that this is not so. Mapping 0x00000000 (flash) and +0xc0000000 (SDRAM) appear to have the same effect. Using SDRAM seems +to be faster. Choosing to access an undecoded memory region is not +desirable as there is no way to know how that chip select will be used +in the future. diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/KEV7A400 b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/KEV7A400 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..be32b14cd535 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/KEV7A400 @@ -0,0 +1,8 @@ +README on Implementing Linux for Sharp's KEV7a400 +================================================= + +This product has been discontinued by Sharp. For the time being, the +partially implemented code remains in the kernel. At some point in +the future, either the code will be finished or it will be removed +completely. This depends primarily on how many of the development +boards are in the field. diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/LPD7A400 b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/LPD7A400 new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..3275b453bfdf --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/LPD7A400 @@ -0,0 +1,15 @@ +README on Implementing Linux for the Logic PD LPD7A400-10 +========================================================= + +- CPLD memory mapping + + The board designers chose to use high address lines for controlling + access to the CPLD registers. It turns out to be a big waste + because we're using an MMU and must map IO space into virtual + memory. The result is that we have to make a mapping for every + register. + +- Serial Console + + It may be OK not to use the serial console option if the user passes + the console device name to the kernel. This deserves some exploration. diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/LPD7A40X b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/LPD7A40X new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8c29a27e208f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/LPD7A40X @@ -0,0 +1,16 @@ +README on Implementing Linux for the Logic PD LPD7A40X-10 +========================================================= + +- CPLD memory mapping + + The board designers chose to use high address lines for controlling + access to the CPLD registers. It turns out to be a big waste + because we're using an MMU and must map IO space into virtual + memory. The result is that we have to make a mapping for every + register. + +- Serial Console + + It may be OK not to use the serial console option if the user passes + the console device name to the kernel. This deserves some exploration. + diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/SDRAM b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/SDRAM new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..93ddc23c2faa --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/SDRAM @@ -0,0 +1,51 @@ +README on the SDRAM Controller for the LH7a40X +============================================== + +The standard configuration for the SDRAM controller generates a sparse +memory array. The precise layout is determined by the SDRAM chips. A +default kernel configuration assembles the discontiguous memory +regions into separate memory nodes via the NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory +Architecture) facilities. In this default configuration, the kernel +is forgiving about the precise layout. As long as it is given an +accurate picture of available memory by the bootloader the kernel will +execute correctly. + +The SDRC supports a mode where some of the chip select lines are +swapped in order to make SDRAM look like a synchronous ROM. Setting +this bit means that the RAM will present as a contiguous array. Some +programmers prefer this to the discontiguous layout. Be aware that +may be a penalty for this feature where some some configurations of +memory are significantly reduced; i.e. 64MiB of RAM appears as only 32 +MiB. + +There are a couple of configuration options to override the default +behavior. When the SROMLL bit is set and memory appears as a +contiguous array, there is no reason to support NUMA. +CONFIG_LH7A40X_CONTIGMEM disables NUMA support. When physical memory +is discontiguous, the memory tables are organized such that there are +two banks per nodes with a small gap between them. This layout wastes +some kernel memory for page tables representing non-existent memory. +CONFIG_LH7A40X_ONE_BANK_PER_NODE optimizes the node tables such that +there are no gaps. These options control the low level organization +of the memory management tables in ways that may prevent the kernel +from booting or may cause the kernel to allocated excessively large +page tables. Be warned. Only change these options if you know what +you are doing. The default behavior is a reasonable compromise that +will suit all users. + +-- + +A typical 32MiB system with the default configuration options will +find physical memory managed as follows. + + node 0: 0xc0000000 4MiB + 0xc1000000 4MiB + node 1: 0xc4000000 4MiB + 0xc5000000 4MiB + node 2: 0xc8000000 4MiB + 0xc9000000 4MiB + node 3: 0xcc000000 4MiB + 0xcd000000 4MiB + +Setting CONFIG_LH7A40X_ONE_BANK_PER_NODE will put each bank into a +separate node. diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/VectoredInterruptController b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/VectoredInterruptController new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..23047e9861ee --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/VectoredInterruptController @@ -0,0 +1,80 @@ +README on the Vectored Interrupt Controller of the LH7A404 +========================================================== + +The 404 revision of the LH7A40X series comes with two vectored +interrupts controllers. While the kernel does use some of the +features of these devices, it is far from the purpose for which they +were designed. + +When this README was written, the implementation of the VICs was in +flux. It is possible that some details, especially with priorities, +will change. + +The VIC support code is inspired by routines written by Sharp. + + +Priority Control +---------------- + +The significant reason for using the VIC's vectoring is to control +interrupt priorities. There are two tables in +arch/arm/mach-lh7a40x/irq-lh7a404.c that look something like this. + + static unsigned char irq_pri_vic1[] = { IRQ_GPIO3INTR, }; + static unsigned char irq_pri_vic2[] = { + IRQ_T3UI, IRQ_GPIO7INTR, + IRQ_UART1INTR, IRQ_UART2INTR, IRQ_UART3INTR, }; + +The initialization code reads these tables and inserts a vector +address and enable for each indicated IRQ. Vectored interrupts have +higher priority than non-vectored interrupts. So, on VIC1, +IRQ_GPIO3INTR will be served before any other non-FIQ interrupt. Due +to the way that the vectoring works, IRQ_T3UI is the next highest +priority followed by the other vectored interrupts on VIC2. After +that, the non-vectored interrupts are scanned in VIC1 then in VIC2. + + +ISR +--- + +The interrupt service routine macro get_irqnr() in +arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S scans the VICs for the next active +interrupt. The vectoring makes this code somewhat larger than it was +before using vectoring (refer to the LH7A400 implementation). In the +case where an interrupt is vectored, the implementation will tend to +be faster than the non-vectored version. However, the worst-case path +is longer. + +It is worth noting that at present, there is no need to read +VIC2_VECTADDR because the register appears to be shared between the +controllers. The code is written such that if this changes, it ought +to still work properly. + + +Vector Addresses +---------------- + +The proper use of the vectoring hardware would jump to the ISR +specified by the vectoring address. Linux isn't structured to take +advantage of this feature, though it might be possible to change +things to support it. + +In this implementation, the vectoring address is used to speed the +search for the active IRQ. The address is coded such that the lowest +6 bits store the IRQ number for vectored interrupts. These numbers +correspond to the bits in the interrupt status registers. IRQ zero is +the lowest interrupt bit in VIC1. IRQ 32 is the lowest interrupt bit +in VIC2. Because zero is a valid IRQ number and because we cannot +detect whether or not there is a valid vectoring address if that +address is zero, the eigth bit (0x100) is set for vectored interrupts. +The address for IRQ 0x18 (VIC2) is 0x118. Only the ninth bit is set +for the default handler on VIC1 and only the tenth bit is set for the +default handler on VIC2. + +In other words. + + 0x000 - no active interrupt + 0x1ii - vectored interrupt 0xii + 0x2xx - unvectored interrupt on VIC1 (xx is don't care) + 0x4xx - unvectored interrupt on VIC2 (xx is don't care) + diff --git a/Documentation/arm/VFP/release-notes.txt b/Documentation/arm/VFP/release-notes.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..f28e0222f5e5 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/VFP/release-notes.txt @@ -0,0 +1,55 @@ +Release notes for Linux Kernel VFP support code +----------------------------------------------- + +Date: 20 May 2004 +Author: Russell King + +This is the first release of the Linux Kernel VFP support code. It +provides support for the exceptions bounced from VFP hardware found +on ARM926EJ-S. + +This release has been validated against the SoftFloat-2b library by +John R. Hauser using the TestFloat-2a test suite. Details of this +library and test suite can be found at: + + http://www.cs.berkeley.edu/~jhauser/arithmetic/SoftFloat.html + +The operations which have been tested with this package are: + + - fdiv + - fsub + - fadd + - fmul + - fcmp + - fcmpe + - fcvtd + - fcvts + - fsito + - ftosi + - fsqrt + +All the above pass softfloat tests with the following exceptions: + +- fadd/fsub shows some differences in the handling of +0 / -0 results + when input operands differ in signs. +- the handling of underflow exceptions is slightly different. If a + result underflows before rounding, but becomes a normalised number + after rounding, we do not signal an underflow exception. + +Other operations which have been tested by basic assembly-only tests +are: + + - fcpy + - fabs + - fneg + - ftoui + - ftosiz + - ftouiz + +The combination operations have not been tested: + + - fmac + - fnmac + - fmsc + - fnmsc + - fnmul diff --git a/Documentation/arm/empeg/README b/Documentation/arm/empeg/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..09cc8d03ae58 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/empeg/README @@ -0,0 +1,13 @@ +Empeg, Ltd's Empeg MP3 Car Audio Player + +The initial design is to go in your car, but you can use it at home, on a +boat... almost anywhere. The principle is to store CD-quality music using +MPEG technology onto a hard disk in the unit, and use the power of the +embedded computer to serve up the music you want. + +For more details, see: + + http://www.empeg.com + + + diff --git a/Documentation/arm/empeg/ir.txt b/Documentation/arm/empeg/ir.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..10a297450164 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/empeg/ir.txt @@ -0,0 +1,49 @@ +Infra-red driver documentation. + +Mike Crowe <mac@empeg.com> +(C) Empeg Ltd 1999 + +Not a lot here yet :-) + +The Kenwood KCA-R6A remote control generates a sequence like the following: + +Go low for approx 16T (Around 9000us) +Go high for approx 8T (Around 4000us) +Go low for less than 2T (Around 750us) + +For each of the 32 bits + Go high for more than 2T (Around 1500us) == 1 + Go high for less than T (Around 400us) == 0 + Go low for less than 2T (Around 750us) + +Rather than repeat a signal when the button is held down certain buttons +generate the following code to indicate repetition. + +Go low for approx 16T +Go high for approx 4T +Go low for less than 2T + +(By removing the <2T from the start of the sequence and placing at the end + it can be considered a stop bit but I found it easier to deal with it at + the start). + +The 32 bits are encoded as XxYy where x and y are the actual data values +while X and Y are the logical inverses of the associated data values. Using +LSB first yields sensible codes for the numbers. + +All codes are of the form b9xx + +The numeric keys generate the code 0x where x is the number pressed. + +Tuner 1c +Tape 1d +CD 1e +CD-MD-CH 1f +Track- 0a +Track+ 0b +Rewind 0c +FF 0d +DNPP 5e +Play/Pause 0e +Vol+ 14 +Vol- 15 diff --git a/Documentation/arm/empeg/mkdevs b/Documentation/arm/empeg/mkdevs new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..7a85e28d14f3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/empeg/mkdevs @@ -0,0 +1,11 @@ +#!/bin/sh +mknod /dev/display c 244 0 +mknod /dev/ir c 242 0 +mknod /dev/usb0 c 243 0 +mknod /dev/audio c 245 4 +mknod /dev/dsp c 245 3 +mknod /dev/mixer c 245 0 +mknod /dev/empeg_state c 246 0 +mknod /dev/radio0 c 81 64 +ln -sf radio0 radio +ln -sf usb0 usb diff --git a/Documentation/arm/mem_alignment b/Documentation/arm/mem_alignment new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..d145ccca169a --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/mem_alignment @@ -0,0 +1,58 @@ +Too many problems poped up because of unnoticed misaligned memory access in +kernel code lately. Therefore the alignment fixup is now unconditionally +configured in for SA11x0 based targets. According to Alan Cox, this is a +bad idea to configure it out, but Russell King has some good reasons for +doing so on some f***ed up ARM architectures like the EBSA110. However +this is not the case on many design I'm aware of, like all SA11x0 based +ones. + +Of course this is a bad idea to rely on the alignment trap to perform +unaligned memory access in general. If those access are predictable, you +are better to use the macros provided by include/asm/unaligned.h. The +alignment trap can fixup misaligned access for the exception cases, but at +a high performance cost. It better be rare. + +Now for user space applications, it is possible to configure the alignment +trap to SIGBUS any code performing unaligned access (good for debugging bad +code), or even fixup the access by software like for kernel code. The later +mode isn't recommended for performance reasons (just think about the +floating point emulation that works about the same way). Fix your code +instead! + +Please note that randomly changing the behaviour without good thought is +real bad - it changes the behaviour of all unaligned instructions in user +space, and might cause programs to fail unexpectedly. + +To change the alignment trap behavior, simply echo a number into +/proc/sys/debug/alignment. The number is made up from various bits: + +bit behavior when set +--- ----------------- + +0 A user process performing an unaligned memory access + will cause the kernel to print a message indicating + process name, pid, pc, instruction, address, and the + fault code. + +1 The kernel will attempt to fix up the user process + performing the unaligned access. This is of course + slow (think about the floating point emulator) and + not recommended for production use. + +2 The kernel will send a SIGBUS signal to the user process + performing the unaligned access. + +Note that not all combinations are supported - only values 0 through 5. +(6 and 7 don't make sense). + +For example, the following will turn on the warnings, but without +fixing up or sending SIGBUS signals: + + echo 1 > /proc/sys/debug/alignment + +You can also read the content of the same file to get statistical +information on unaligned access occurrences plus the current mode of +operation for user space code. + + +Nicolas Pitre, Mar 13, 2001. Modified Russell King, Nov 30, 2001. diff --git a/Documentation/arm/memory.txt b/Documentation/arm/memory.txt new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..4b1c93a8177b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/memory.txt @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@ + Kernel Memory Layout on ARM Linux + + Russell King <rmk@arm.linux.org.uk> + May 21, 2004 (2.6.6) + +This document describes the virtual memory layout which the Linux +kernel uses for ARM processors. It indicates which regions are +free for platforms to use, and which are used by generic code. + +The ARM CPU is capable of addressing a maximum of 4GB virtual memory +space, and this must be shared between user space processes, the +kernel, and hardware devices. + +As the ARM architecture matures, it becomes necessary to reserve +certain regions of VM space for use for new facilities; therefore +this document may reserve more VM space over time. + +Start End Use +-------------------------------------------------------------------------- +ffff8000 ffffffff copy_user_page / clear_user_page use. + For SA11xx and Xscale, this is used to + setup a minicache mapping. + +ffff1000 ffff7fff Reserved. + Platforms must not use this address range. + +ffff0000 ffff0fff CPU vector page. + The CPU vectors are mapped here if the + CPU supports vector relocation (control + register V bit.) + +ffc00000 fffeffff DMA memory mapping region. Memory returned + by the dma_alloc_xxx functions will be + dynamically mapped here. + +ff000000 ffbfffff Reserved for future expansion of DMA + mapping region. + +VMALLOC_END feffffff Free for platform use, recommended. + +VMALLOC_START VMALLOC_END-1 vmalloc() / ioremap() space. + Memory returned by vmalloc/ioremap will + be dynamically placed in this region. + VMALLOC_START may be based upon the value + of the high_memory variable. + +PAGE_OFFSET high_memory-1 Kernel direct-mapped RAM region. + This maps the platforms RAM, and typically + maps all platform RAM in a 1:1 relationship. + +TASK_SIZE PAGE_OFFSET-1 Kernel module space + Kernel modules inserted via insmod are + placed here using dynamic mappings. + +00001000 TASK_SIZE-1 User space mappings + Per-thread mappings are placed here via + the mmap() system call. + +00000000 00000fff CPU vector page / null pointer trap + CPUs which do not support vector remapping + place their vector page here. NULL pointer + dereferences by both the kernel and user + space are also caught via this mapping. + +Please note that mappings which collide with the above areas may result +in a non-bootable kernel, or may cause the kernel to (eventually) panic +at run time. + +Since future CPUs may impact the kernel mapping layout, user programs +must not access any memory which is not mapped inside their 0x0001000 +to TASK_SIZE address range. If they wish to access these areas, they +must set up their own mappings using open() and mmap(). diff --git a/Documentation/arm/nwfpe/NOTES b/Documentation/arm/nwfpe/NOTES new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..40577b5a49d3 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/nwfpe/NOTES @@ -0,0 +1,29 @@ +There seems to be a problem with exp(double) and our emulator. I haven't +been able to track it down yet. This does not occur with the emulator +supplied by Russell King. + +I also found one oddity in the emulator. I don't think it is serious but +will point it out. The ARM calling conventions require floating point +registers f4-f7 to be preserved over a function call. The compiler quite +often uses an stfe instruction to save f4 on the stack upon entry to a +function, and an ldfe instruction to restore it before returning. + +I was looking at some code, that calculated a double result, stored it in f4 +then made a function call. Upon return from the function call the number in +f4 had been converted to an extended value in the emulator. + +This is a side effect of the stfe instruction. The double in f4 had to be +converted to extended, then stored. If an lfm/sfm combination had been used, +then no conversion would occur. This has performance considerations. The +result from the function call and f4 were used in a multiplication. If the +emulator sees a multiply of a double and extended, it promotes the double to +extended, then does the multiply in extended precision. + +This code will cause this problem: + +double x, y, z; +z = log(x)/log(y); + +The result of log(x) (a double) will be calculated, returned in f0, then +moved to f4 to preserve it over the log(y) call. The division will be done +in extended precision, due to the stfe instruction used to save f4 in log(y). diff --git a/Documentation/arm/nwfpe/README b/Documentation/arm/nwfpe/README new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..771871de0c8b --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/nwfpe/README @@ -0,0 +1,70 @@ +This directory contains the version 0.92 test release of the NetWinder +Floating Point Emulator. + +The majority of the code was written by me, Scott Bambrough It is +written in C, with a small number of routines in inline assembler +where required. It was written quickly, with a goal of implementing a +working version of all the floating point instructions the compiler +emits as the first target. I have attempted to be as optimal as +possible, but there remains much room for improvement. + +I have attempted to make the emulator as portable as possible. One of +the problems is with leading underscores on kernel symbols. Elf +kernels have no leading underscores, a.out compiled kernels do. I +have attempted to use the C_SYMBOL_NAME macro wherever this may be +important. + +Another choice I made was in the file structure. I have attempted to +contain all operating system specific code in one module (fpmodule.*). +All the other files contain emulator specific code. This should allow +others to port the emulator to NetBSD for instance relatively easily. + +The floating point operations are based on SoftFloat Release 2, by +John Hauser. SoftFloat is a software implementation of floating-point +that conforms to the IEC/IEEE Standard for Binary Floating-point +Arithmetic. As many as four formats are supported: single precision, +double precision, extended double precision, and quadruple precision. +All operations required by the standard are implemented, except for +conversions to and from decimal. We use only the single precision, +double precision and extended double precision formats. The port of +SoftFloat to the ARM was done by Phil Blundell, based on an earlier +port of SoftFloat version 1 by Neil Carson for NetBSD/arm32. + +The file README.FPE contains a description of what has been implemented +so far in the emulator. The file TODO contains a information on what +remains to be done, and other ideas for the emulator. + +Bug reports, comments, suggestions should be directed to me at +<scottb@netwinder.org>. General reports of "this program doesn't +work correctly when your emulator is installed" are useful for +determining that bugs still exist; but are virtually useless when +attempting to isolate the problem. Please report them, but don't +expect quick action. Bugs still exist. The problem remains in isolating +which instruction contains the bug. Small programs illustrating a specific +problem are a godsend. + +Legal Notices +------------- + +The NetWinder Floating Point Emulator is free software. Everything Rebel.com +has written is provided under the GNU GPL. See the file COPYING for copying +conditions. Excluded from the above is the SoftFloat code. John Hauser's +legal notice for SoftFloat is included below. + +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- +SoftFloat Legal Notice + +SoftFloat was written by John R. Hauser. This work was made possible in +part by the International Computer Science Institute, located at Suite 600, +1947 Center Street, Berkeley, California 94704. Funding was partially +provided by the National Science Foundation under grant MIP-9311980. The +original version of this code was written as part of a project to build +a fixed-point vector processor in collaboration with the University of +California at Berkeley, overseen by Profs. Nelson Morgan and John Wawrzynek. + +THIS SOFTWARE IS DISTRIBUTED AS IS, FOR FREE. Although reasonable effort +has been made to avoid it, THIS SOFTWARE MAY CONTAIN FAULTS THAT WILL AT +TIMES RESULT IN INCORRECT BEHAVIOR. USE OF THIS SOFTWARE IS RESTRICTED TO +PERSONS AND ORGANIZATIONS WHO CAN AND WILL TAKE FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY +AND ALL LOSSES, COSTS, OR OTHER PROBLEMS ARISING FROM ITS USE. +------------------------------------------------------------------------------- diff --git a/Documentation/arm/nwfpe/README.FPE b/Documentation/arm/nwfpe/README.FPE new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..26f5d7bb9a41 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/nwfpe/README.FPE @@ -0,0 +1,156 @@ +The following describes the current state of the NetWinder's floating point +emulator. + +In the following nomenclature is used to describe the floating point +instructions. It follows the conventions in the ARM manual. + +<S|D|E> = <single|double|extended>, no default +{P|M|Z} = {round to +infinity,round to -infinity,round to zero}, + default = round to nearest + +Note: items enclosed in {} are optional. + +Floating Point Coprocessor Data Transfer Instructions (CPDT) +------------------------------------------------------------ + +LDF/STF - load and store floating + +<LDF|STF>{cond}<S|D|E> Fd, Rn +<LDF|STF>{cond}<S|D|E> Fd, [Rn, #<expression>]{!} +<LDF|STF>{cond}<S|D|E> Fd, [Rn], #<expression> + +These instructions are fully implemented. + +LFM/SFM - load and store multiple floating + +Form 1 syntax: +<LFM|SFM>{cond}<S|D|E> Fd, <count>, [Rn] +<LFM|SFM>{cond}<S|D|E> Fd, <count>, [Rn, #<expression>]{!} +<LFM|SFM>{cond}<S|D|E> Fd, <count>, [Rn], #<expression> + +Form 2 syntax: +<LFM|SFM>{cond}<FD,EA> Fd, <count>, [Rn]{!} + +These instructions are fully implemented. They store/load three words +for each floating point register into the memory location given in the +instruction. The format in memory is unlikely to be compatible with +other implementations, in particular the actual hardware. Specific +mention of this is made in the ARM manuals. + +Floating Point Coprocessor Register Transfer Instructions (CPRT) +---------------------------------------------------------------- + +Conversions, read/write status/control register instructions + +FLT{cond}<S,D,E>{P,M,Z} Fn, Rd Convert integer to floating point +FIX{cond}{P,M,Z} Rd, Fn Convert floating point to integer +WFS{cond} Rd Write floating point status register +RFS{cond} Rd Read floating point status register +WFC{cond} Rd Write floating point control register +RFC{cond} Rd Read floating point control register + +FLT/FIX are fully implemented. + +RFS/WFS are fully implemented. + +RFC/WFC are fully implemented. RFC/WFC are supervisor only instructions, and +presently check the CPU mode, and do an invalid instruction trap if not called +from supervisor mode. + +Compare instructions + +CMF{cond} Fn, Fm Compare floating +CMFE{cond} Fn, Fm Compare floating with exception +CNF{cond} Fn, Fm Compare negated floating +CNFE{cond} Fn, Fm Compare negated floating with exception + +These are fully implemented. + +Floating Point Coprocessor Data Instructions (CPDT) +--------------------------------------------------- + +Dyadic operations: + +ADF{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, Fn, <Fm,#value> - add +SUF{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, Fn, <Fm,#value> - subtract +RSF{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, Fn, <Fm,#value> - reverse subtract +MUF{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, Fn, <Fm,#value> - multiply +DVF{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, Fn, <Fm,#value> - divide +RDV{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, Fn, <Fm,#value> - reverse divide + +These are fully implemented. + +FML{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, Fn, <Fm,#value> - fast multiply +FDV{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, Fn, <Fm,#value> - fast divide +FRD{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, Fn, <Fm,#value> - fast reverse divide + +These are fully implemented as well. They use the same algorithm as the +non-fast versions. Hence, in this implementation their performance is +equivalent to the MUF/DVF/RDV instructions. This is acceptable according +to the ARM manual. The manual notes these are defined only for single +operands, on the actual FPA11 hardware they do not work for double or +extended precision operands. The emulator currently does not check +the requested permissions conditions, and performs the requested operation. + +RMF{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, Fn, <Fm,#value> - IEEE remainder + +This is fully implemented. + +Monadic operations: + +MVF{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - move +MNF{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - move negated + +These are fully implemented. + +ABS{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - absolute value +SQT{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - square root +RND{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - round + +These are fully implemented. + +URD{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - unnormalized round +NRM{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - normalize + +These are implemented. URD is implemented using the same code as the RND +instruction. Since URD cannot return a unnormalized number, NRM becomes +a NOP. + +Library calls: + +POW{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, Fn, <Fm,#value> - power +RPW{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, Fn, <Fm,#value> - reverse power +POL{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, Fn, <Fm,#value> - polar angle (arctan2) + +LOG{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - logarithm to base 10 +LGN{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - logarithm to base e +EXP{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - exponent +SIN{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - sine +COS{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - cosine +TAN{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - tangent +ASN{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - arcsine +ACS{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - arccosine +ATN{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - arctangent + +These are not implemented. They are not currently issued by the compiler, +and are handled by routines in libc. These are not implemented by the FPA11 +hardware, but are handled by the floating point support code. They should +be implemented in future versions. + +Signalling: + +Signals are implemented. However current ELF kernels produced by Rebel.com +have a bug in them that prevents the module from generating a SIGFPE. This +is caused by a failure to alias fp_current to the kernel variable +current_set[0] correctly. + +The kernel provided with this distribution (vmlinux-nwfpe-0.93) contains +a fix for this problem and also incorporates the current version of the +emulator directly. It is possible to run with no floating point module +loaded with this kernel. It is provided as a demonstration of the +technology and for those who want to do floating point work that depends +on signals. It is not strictly necessary to use the module. + +A module (either the one provided by Russell King, or the one in this +distribution) can be loaded to replace the functionality of the emulator +built into the kernel. diff --git a/Documentation/arm/nwfpe/TODO b/Documentation/arm/nwfpe/TODO new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..8027061b60eb --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/nwfpe/TODO @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +TODO LIST +--------- + +POW{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, Fn, <Fm,#value> - power +RPW{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, Fn, <Fm,#value> - reverse power +POL{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, Fn, <Fm,#value> - polar angle (arctan2) + +LOG{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - logarithm to base 10 +LGN{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - logarithm to base e +EXP{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - exponent +SIN{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - sine +COS{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - cosine +TAN{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - tangent +ASN{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - arcsine +ACS{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - arccosine +ATN{cond}<S|D|E>{P,M,Z} Fd, <Fm,#value> - arctangent + +These are not implemented. They are not currently issued by the compiler, +and are handled by routines in libc. These are not implemented by the FPA11 +hardware, but are handled by the floating point support code. They should +be implemented in future versions. + +There are a couple of ways to approach the implementation of these. One +method would be to use accurate table methods for these routines. I have +a couple of papers by S. Gal from IBM's research labs in Haifa, Israel that +seem to promise extreme accuracy (in the order of 99.8%) and reasonable speed. +These methods are used in GLIBC for some of the transcendental functions. + +Another approach, which I know little about is CORDIC. This stands for +Coordinate Rotation Digital Computer, and is a method of computing +transcendental functions using mostly shifts and adds and a few +multiplications and divisions. The ARM excels at shifts and adds, +so such a method could be promising, but requires more research to +determine if it is feasible. + +Rounding Methods + +The IEEE standard defines 4 rounding modes. Round to nearest is the +default, but rounding to + or - infinity or round to zero are also allowed. +Many architectures allow the rounding mode to be specified by modifying bits +in a control register. Not so with the ARM FPA11 architecture. To change +the rounding mode one must specify it with each instruction. + +This has made porting some benchmarks difficult. It is possible to +introduce such a capability into the emulator. The FPCR contains +bits describing the rounding mode. The emulator could be altered to +examine a flag, which if set forced it to ignore the rounding mode in +the instruction, and use the mode specified in the bits in the FPCR. + +This would require a method of getting/setting the flag, and the bits +in the FPCR. This requires a kernel call in ArmLinux, as WFC/RFC are +supervisor only instructions. If anyone has any ideas or comments I +would like to hear them. + +[NOTE: pulled out from some docs on ARM floating point, specifically + for the Acorn FPE, but not limited to it: + + The floating point control register (FPCR) may only be present in some + implementations: it is there to control the hardware in an implementation- + specific manner, for example to disable the floating point system. The user + mode of the ARM is not permitted to use this register (since the right is + reserved to alter it between implementations) and the WFC and RFC + instructions will trap if tried in user mode. + + Hence, the answer is yes, you could do this, but then you will run a high + risk of becoming isolated if and when hardware FP emulation comes out + -- Russell]. |