[PATCH] bcm53xx: initial support for the BCM5301/BCM470X SoC with ARM CPU

Matt Porter matt.porter at linaro.org
Tue Jul 16 19:44:57 EDT 2013


On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 05:39:46PM +0200, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
> On 07/16/2013 05:14 PM, Matt Porter wrote:
> > Hi Hauke,
> > 
> > On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 03:52:07PM +0200, Hauke Mehrtens wrote:
> >> This patch adds support for the BCM5301/BCM470X SoCs with an ARM CPU.
> >> Currently just booting to a shell is working and nothing else, no
> >> Ethernet, wifi, flash, ...
> >>
> >> This SoC uses a Dual core CPU, but this is currently not implemented.
> >> More information about this SoC can be found here:
> >> http://www.anandtech.com/show/5925/broadcom-announces-bcm4708x-and-bcm5301x-socs-for-80211ac-routers
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de>
> >> ---
> >>
> >> A bootlog can be found here:
> >> http://pastebin.com/0MYYC7Fx
> >>
> >>  MAINTAINERS                                  |    7 +++
> >>  arch/arm/Kconfig                             |    2 +
> >>  arch/arm/Kconfig.debug                       |    5 ++
> >>  arch/arm/Makefile                            |    1 +
> >>  arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile                   |    1 +
> >>  arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm5301x-netgear-r6250.dts |   20 +++++++
> >>  arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm5301x.dtsi              |   72 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  arch/arm/include/debug/bcm53xx.S             |   19 +++++++
> >>  arch/arm/mach-bcm53xx/Kconfig                |   10 ++++
> >>  arch/arm/mach-bcm53xx/Makefile               |    1 +
> >>  arch/arm/mach-bcm53xx/bcm53xx.c              |   68 ++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>  11 files changed, 206 insertions(+)
> >>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm5301x-netgear-r6250.dts
> >>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm5301x.dtsi
> >>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/include/debug/bcm53xx.S
> >>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/mach-bcm53xx/Kconfig
> >>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/mach-bcm53xx/Makefile
> >>  create mode 100644 arch/arm/mach-bcm53xx/bcm53xx.c
> >>
> >> diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
> >> index bf61e04..b72ba65 100644
> >> --- a/MAINTAINERS
> >> +++ b/MAINTAINERS
> >> @@ -1795,6 +1795,13 @@ F:	arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm2835*
> >>  F:	arch/arm/configs/bcm2835_defconfig
> >>  F:	drivers/*/*bcm2835*
> >>  
> >> +BROADCOM BCM53XX ARM ARCHICTURE
> >> +M:	Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de>
> >> +L:	linux-arm-kernel at lists.infradead.org
> >> +S:	Maintained
> >> +F:	arch/arm/mach-bcm53xx/
> >> +F:	arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm53*
> >> +
> >>  BROADCOM TG3 GIGABIT ETHERNET DRIVER
> >>  M:	Nithin Nayak Sujir <nsujir at broadcom.com>
> >>  M:	Michael Chan <mchan at broadcom.com>
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> >> index ba412e0..ee7362e 100644
> >> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> >> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> >> @@ -930,6 +930,8 @@ source "arch/arm/mach-bcm/Kconfig"
> >>  
> >>  source "arch/arm/mach-bcm2835/Kconfig"
> >>  
> >> +source "arch/arm/mach-bcm53xx/Kconfig"
> >> +
> >>  source "arch/arm/mach-clps711x/Kconfig"
> >>  
> >>  source "arch/arm/mach-cns3xxx/Kconfig"
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
> >> index e401a76..74e32f6 100644
> >> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
> >> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig.debug
> >> @@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ choice
> >>  		bool "Kernel low-level debugging on BCM2835 PL011 UART"
> >>  		depends on ARCH_BCM2835
> >>  
> >> +	config DEBUG_BCM53XX
> >> +		bool "Kernel low-level debugging on BCM53XX UART1"
> >> +		depends on ARCH_BCM53XX
> >> +
> >>  	config DEBUG_CLPS711X_UART1
> >>  		bool "Kernel low-level debugging messages via UART1"
> >>  		depends on ARCH_CLPS711X
> >> @@ -762,6 +766,7 @@ endchoice
> >>  config DEBUG_LL_INCLUDE
> >>  	string
> >>  	default "debug/bcm2835.S" if DEBUG_BCM2835
> >> +	default "debug/bcm53xx.S" if DEBUG_BCM53XX
> >>  	default "debug/cns3xxx.S" if DEBUG_CNS3XXX
> >>  	default "debug/exynos.S" if DEBUG_EXYNOS_UART
> >>  	default "debug/highbank.S" if DEBUG_HIGHBANK_UART
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile
> >> index c0ac0f5..4a69cd5 100644
> >> --- a/arch/arm/Makefile
> >> +++ b/arch/arm/Makefile
> >> @@ -147,6 +147,7 @@ textofs-$(CONFIG_ARCH_MSM8960) := 0x00208000
> >>  machine-$(CONFIG_ARCH_AT91)		+= at91
> >>  machine-$(CONFIG_ARCH_BCM)		+= bcm
> >>  machine-$(CONFIG_ARCH_BCM2835)		+= bcm2835
> >> +machine-$(CONFIG_ARCH_BCM53XX)		+= bcm53xx
> >>  machine-$(CONFIG_ARCH_CLPS711X)		+= clps711x
> >>  machine-$(CONFIG_ARCH_CNS3XXX)		+= cns3xxx
> >>  machine-$(CONFIG_ARCH_DAVINCI)		+= davinci
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
> >> index 641b3c9..480a68e 100644
> >> --- a/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
> >> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/Makefile
> >> @@ -242,6 +242,7 @@ dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_VT8500) += vt8500-bv07.dtb \
> >>  dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_ZYNQ) += zynq-zc702.dtb \
> >>  	zynq-zc706.dtb \
> >>  	zynq-zed.dtb
> >> +dtb-$(CONFIG_ARCH_BCM53XX) += bcm5301x-netgear-r6250.dtb
> >>  
> >>  targets += dtbs
> >>  targets += $(dtb-y)
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm5301x-netgear-r6250.dts b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm5301x-netgear-r6250.dts
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 0000000..d1b97aa
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm5301x-netgear-r6250.dts
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
> >> +/*
> >> + * Broadcom BCM47XX / BCM53XX arm platform code.
> >> + *
> >> + * Copyright 2013 Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de>
> >> + *
> >> + * Licensed under the GNU/GPL. See COPYING for details.
> >> + */
> >> +
> >> +/dts-v1/;
> >> +
> >> +/include/ "bcm5301x.dtsi"
> >> +
> >> +/ {
> >> +	model = "Netgear R6250 V1 (BCM4708)";
> >> +	compatible = "netgear,r6250v1", "brcm,bcm5301x";
> >> +
> >> +	memory {
> >> +		reg = <0x00000000 0x08000000>;
> >> +	};
> >> +};
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm5301x.dtsi b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm5301x.dtsi
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 0000000..638350d
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/dts/bcm5301x.dtsi
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,72 @@
> >> +/*
> >> + * Broadcom BCM47XX / BCM53XX ARM platform code.
> >> + *
> >> + * Copyright 2013 Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de>
> >> + *
> >> + * Licensed under the GNU/GPL. See COPYING for details.
> >> + */
> >> +
> >> +/include/ "skeleton.dtsi"
> >> +
> >> +/ {
> >> +	compatible = "brcm,bcm5301x";
> > 
> > Ok, this was nagging at me before I went on my very long vacation. I see
> > the "brcm" vendor prefix as a real consistency problem. I noticed on the
> > bcm281xx/kona family, we have been using "bcm" which is not logged in
> > vendor-prefixes.txt as a legitimate prefix. I see that bcm2835 had
> > already established use of "brcm" before any of the bcm281xx support
> > came in. Ideally, the vendor prefix should change to "bcm" since every
> > reference in the family names is BCM. However, if others want the least
> > amount of churn in making this consistent, we might have to go with
> > "brcm" across the board.
> > 
> > Arnd, any thoughts here?
> 
> I have no problem with bcm or with brcm. This is a Broadcom Chip and
> their names are starting with bcm.

See Florian's quantified argument for using brcm.

> 
> > Another thing is that this is missing a binding definition for this
> > compatible string. See Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm2835.txt
> > for an example. You should split this patch out separately as the DT
> > maintainers generally want to see bindings as a separate patch for easy
> > independent review.
> 
> Ok I will do that. This will then be merged by Linus in the 3.12 merge
> window into a working version or how does this work?

Yes, your target is the 3.12 merge window at this point.

> Currently I have based this patch on top of 3.11-rc1 on which tree
> should I base my changes?

That's good. Unless some major change comes into the arm-soc tree and
you are asked to rebase versus that.

> > Last thing, compatible strings are not to have wildcards in them. See
> > http://devicetree.org/Device_Tree_Usage#Understanding_the_compatible_Property
> > and note the Warning at the bottom. Also see how bcm2835.txt and
> > bcm11351.txt use a specific model.
> 
> Ok will do that.
> 
> >> +	model = "BCM5301X/BCM4707/BCM4708/BCM4709 SoC";
> >> +	interrupt-parent = <&gic>;
> >> +
> >> +	chosen {
> >> +		bootargs = "console=ttyS0,115200 earlyprintk debug";
> >> +	};
> >> +
> >> +	cpus {
> >> +		#address-cells = <1>;
> >> +		#size-cells = <0>;
> >> +
> >> +		cpu at 0 {
> >> +			device_type = "cpu";
> >> +			compatible = "arm,cortex-a9";
> >> +			reg = <0>;
> >> +		};
> >> +	};
> >> +
> >> +	clocks {
> >> +		#address-cells = <1>;
> >> +		#size-cells = <0>;
> >> +
> >> +		clk_periph: periph {
> >> +			compatible = "fixed-clock";
> >> +			#clock-cells = <0>;
> >> +			clock-frequency = <400000000>;
> >> +		};
> >> +	};
> >> +
> >> +	uart at 18000300 {
> >> +		compatible = "ns16550";
> >> +		reg = <0x18000300 0x100>;
> >> +		interrupts = <0 85 4>;
> > 
> > The DT files should be switched to use the C preprocessor like several
> > other machines have already done (see bcm11351.dtsi, for example), you
> > can use the existing GIC includes and have human-redable defines for the
> > edge/level values here and throughout all interrupt properties.
> 
> Ok I will read that and change it.
> 
> >> +		clock-frequency = <100000000>;
> >> +	};
> >> +
> >> +	uart at 18000400 {
> >> +		compatible = "ns16550";
> >> +		reg = <0x18000400 0x100>;
> >> +		interrupts = <0 85 4>;
> >> +		clock-frequency = <100000000>;
> >> +	};
> >> +
> >> +	gic: interrupt-controller at 19021000 {
> >> +		compatible = "arm,cortex-a9-gic";
> >> +		#interrupt-cells = <3>;
> >> +		#address-cells = <0>;
> >> +		interrupt-controller;
> >> +		reg = <0x19021000 0x1000>,
> >> +		      <0x19020100 0x100>;
> >> +	};
> >> +
> >> +	timer at 19020200 {
> >> +		compatible = "arm,cortex-a9-global-timer";
> >> +		reg = <0x19020200 0x100>;
> >> +		interrupts = <1 11 0xf04>;
> >> +		clocks = <&clk_periph>;
> >> +		#clock-cells = <0>;
> >> +	};
> >> +};
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/debug/bcm53xx.S b/arch/arm/include/debug/bcm53xx.S
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 0000000..98c836b
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/arch/arm/include/debug/bcm53xx.S
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@
> >> +/*
> >> + * Macros used for EARLY_PRINTK, in low-level UART debug console
> >> + *
> >> + * Copyright 2013 Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de>
> >> + *
> >> + * Licensed under the GNU/GPL. See COPYING for details.
> >> + */
> >> +
> >> +#define BCM53XX_UART1_PHYS	0x18000300
> >> +#define BCM53XX_UART1_VIRT	0xf1000300
> >> +#define BCM53XX_UART1_SH	0
> >> +
> >> +	.macro	addruart, rp, rv, tmp
> >> +	ldr	\rp, =BCM53XX_UART1_PHYS 	@ MMU off, Physical
> >> +	ldr	\rv, =BCM53XX_UART1_VIRT 	@ MMU on, Virtual
> >> +	.endm
> >> +
> >> +#define UART_SHIFT	BCM53XX_UART1_SH
> >> +#include <asm/hardware/debug-8250.S>
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-bcm53xx/Kconfig b/arch/arm/mach-bcm53xx/Kconfig
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 0000000..1e16e87
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-bcm53xx/Kconfig
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
> >> +config ARCH_BCM53XX
> >> +	bool "Broadcom BCM47XX / BCM53XX ARM SoC"
> >> +	select CPU_V7
> >> +	select ARM_GIC
> >> +	select HAVE_CLK
> >> +	select GENERIC_CLOCKEVENTS
> >> +	select GENERIC_TIME
> >> +	select ARM_GLOBAL_TIMER
> >> +	help
> >> +	  Support for Broadcom BCM47XX and BCM53XX SoCs with ARM CPU cores.
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-bcm53xx/Makefile b/arch/arm/mach-bcm53xx/Makefile
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 0000000..88da84d
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-bcm53xx/Makefile
> >> @@ -0,0 +1 @@
> >> +obj-y += bcm53xx.o
> >> diff --git a/arch/arm/mach-bcm53xx/bcm53xx.c b/arch/arm/mach-bcm53xx/bcm53xx.c
> >> new file mode 100644
> >> index 0000000..aa5bd397
> >> --- /dev/null
> >> +++ b/arch/arm/mach-bcm53xx/bcm53xx.c
> >> @@ -0,0 +1,68 @@
> >> +/*
> >> + * Broadcom BCM47XX / BCM53XX ARM platform code.
> >> + *
> >> + * Copyright 2013 Hauke Mehrtens <hauke at hauke-m.de>
> >> + *
> >> + * Licensed under the GNU/GPL. See COPYING for details.
> >> + */
> >> +#include <linux/of_address.h>
> >> +#include <linux/of_platform.h>
> >> +#include <linux/irqchip.h>
> >> +#include <linux/clocksource.h>
> >> +#include <linux/clk-provider.h>
> >> +
> >> +#include <asm/mach/arch.h>
> >> +#include <asm/mach/map.h>
> >> +#include <asm/signal.h>
> >> +
> >> +static int bcm53xx_abort_handler(unsigned long addr, unsigned int fsr,
> >> +				 struct pt_regs *regs)
> >> +{
> >> +	/*
> >> +	 * These happen for no good reason
> >> +	 * possibly left over from CFE
> >> +	 */
> >> +	pr_warn("External imprecise Data abort at addr=%#lx, fsr=%#x ignored.\n",
> >> +		addr, fsr);
> >> +
> >> +	/* Returning non-zero causes fault display and panic */
> >> +	return 0;
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +static void bcm53xx_aborts_enable(void)
> >> +{
> >> +	/* Install our hook */
> >> +	hook_fault_code(16 + 6, bcm53xx_abort_handler, SIGBUS, 0,
> >> +			"imprecise external abort");
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +static void __init bcm53xx_timer_init(void)
> >> +{
> >> +	of_clk_init(NULL);
> >> +	clocksource_of_init();
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +void __init bcm53xx_map_io(void)
> >> +{
> >> +	debug_ll_io_init();
> >> +	bcm53xx_aborts_enable();
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +static void __init bcm53xx_dt_init(void)
> >> +{
> >> +	of_platform_populate(NULL, of_default_bus_match_table, NULL, NULL);
> >> +}
> >> +
> >> +static const char const *bcm53xx_dt_compat[] = {
> >> +	"brcm,bcm5301x",
> >> +	"netgear,r6250v1",
> >> +	NULL,
> >> +};
> >> +
> >> +DT_MACHINE_START(BCM53XX, "BCM53XX")
> >> +	.init_machine = bcm53xx_dt_init,
> >> +	.map_io = bcm53xx_map_io,
> >> +	.init_irq = irqchip_init,
> >> +	.init_time = bcm53xx_timer_init,
> >> +	.dt_compat = bcm53xx_dt_compat,
> >> +MACHINE_END
> >> -- 
> >> 1.7.10.4
> >>
> 



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