[PATCH V4 0/5] Add initial support for MA35D1 SoC

[Jacky Huang]

On 2022/5/10 下午 08:45, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Tue, May 10, 2022 at 10:40 AM Jacky Huang <ychuang3 at nuvoton.com> wrote:
>> On 2022/5/10 下午 03:07, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
>>
>> MA35D1 is target at consumer application, while NPCM is for BMC.
>> MA35D1 is equipped with ARM Coretx-A35 dual-core with the M4 co-processor.
>>
>> Our team has developed Linux application on MA35D1 test chip in the last
>> year, and
>> the mass production version is wafer-out in last month. It will be
>> announced soon.
>>
>> We have ported TF-A, U-Boot, OP-TEE, and Linux 5.4.y to MA35D1 platform, and
>> have provided Yocto and Buildroot distribution for beta site evaluation.
>> All the source
>> code can be found at https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FOpenNuvoton%2FMPU-Family&data=05%7C01%7Cychuang3%40nuvoton.com%7Cf65d464391574dcf60af08da3282f453%7Ca3f24931d4034b4a94f17d83ac638e07%7C0%7C0%7C637877835284415849%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=b6sopMTwT8XT%2FR76qASvOtqw7zs9Kcp7lIxDw4O9%2FT8%3D&reserved=0, include the
>> Linux 5.4.y porting on MA35D1 platform.
> Ok, thanks for the information, this is exactly what we need in the
> changelog text for the platform, and (if you send a pull request)
> in the tag description.
>
>> Yes, we have console device driver ready. Please refer to
>> https://apc01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2FOpenNuvoton%2FMA35D1_linux-5.4.y%2Fblob%2Fmaster%2Fdrivers%2Ftty%2Fserial%2Fma35d1_serial.c&data=05%7C01%7Cychuang3%40nuvoton.com%7Cf65d464391574dcf60af08da3282f453%7Ca3f24931d4034b4a94f17d83ac638e07%7C0%7C0%7C637877835284415849%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=ULfLkju2X98pXn%2BeCWGrvEgRchIAlv%2FSECx%2BoJzSdWI%3D&reserved=0.
>> But I think we have to fix coding style and have more review on it. Is
>> the console driver must for the initial support submit, or can we submit it later?
> I would prefer to have it included, but it looks like this has never been
> reviewed, and I can immediately see a few things that need changes
> before it can get included, so I suppose we could merge the platform
> without it.
>
> The reason I'd like to have it included is that without any I/O devices
> it is obvious that the code you are sending has never been tested
> on the kernel version you are sending it against, and that makes it
> more likely that there are bugs.
>
> If the platform for some reason does not make it into v5.19, I would
> ask you to include the serial driver in the series so we can merge
> a working initial branch for v5.20.
>
> In the meantime, please post the driver for review to the linux-kernel
> and linux-serial lists by itself, and keep me on Cc.
>
>> And thank you to remind us to create an entry in MAINTAINERS file. I
>> will add the patch in the next version.
> Ok.
>
>         Arnd

Hi Anrd,

Thanks for your kind help.
Sure, we will have review on the serial driver and include the serial 
driver in the next submit.


Best Regards,
Jacky Huang