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diff --git a/Documentation/arm/samsung-s3c24xx/overview.rst b/Documentation/arm/samsung-s3c24xx/overview.rst new file mode 100644 index 000000000..14535e5cf --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/samsung-s3c24xx/overview.rst @@ -0,0 +1,311 @@ +========================== +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, + S3C2412, S3C2413, S3C2416, S3C2440, S3C2442, S3C2443 and S3C2450 devices + are supported. + + Support for the S3C2400 and S3C24A0 series was never completed and the + corresponding code has been removed after a while. If someone wishes to + revive this effort, partial support can be retrieved from earlier Linux + versions. + + The S3C2416 and S3C2450 devices are very similar and S3C2450 support is + included under the arch/arm/mach-s3c directory. Note, while core + support for these SoCs is in, work on some of the extra peripherals + and extra interrupts is still ongoing. + + +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. + + +Layout +------ + + The core support files, register, kernel and paltform data are located in the + platform code contained in arch/arm/mach-s3c with headers in + arch/arm/mach-s3c/include + +arch/arm/mach-s3c: + + Files in here are either common to all the s3c24xx family, + or are common to only some of them with names to indicate this + status. The files that are not common to all are generally named + with the initial cpu they support in the series to ensure a short + name without any possibility of confusion with newer devices. + + As an example, initially s3c244x would cover s3c2440 and s3c2442, but + with the s3c2443 which does not share many of the same drivers in + this directory, the name becomes invalid. We stick to s3c2440-<x> + to indicate a driver that is s3c2440 and s3c2442 compatible. + + This does mean that to find the status of any given SoC, a number + of directories may need to be searched. + + +Machines +-------- + + The currently supported machines are as follows: + + Simtec Electronics EB2410ITX (BAST) + + A general purpose development board, see EB2410ITX.txt for further + details + + Simtec Electronics IM2440D20 (Osiris) + + CPU Module from Simtec Electronics, with a S3C2440A CPU, nand flash + and a PCMCIA controller. + + Samsung SMDK2410 + + Samsung's own development board, geared for PDA work. + + Samsung/Aiji SMDK2412 + + The S3C2412 version of the SMDK2440. + + Samsung/Aiji SMDK2413 + + The S3C2412 version of the SMDK2440. + + Samsung/Meritech SMDK2440 + + The S3C2440 compatible version of the SMDK2440, which has the + option of an S3C2440 or S3C2442 CPU module. + + 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 . + + AML M5900 + + American Microsystems' M5900 + + Nex Vision Nexcoder + Nex Vision Otom + + Two machines by Nex Vision + + +Adding New Machines +------------------- + + The architecture 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 arch/arm/mach-s3c, + 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. See http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/mailinglists/ for the + mailing list information. + + +I2C +--- + + The hardware I2C core in the CPU is supported in single master + mode, and can be configured via platform data. + + +RTC +--- + + Support for the onboard RTC unit, including alarm function. + + This has recently been upgraded to use the new RTC core, + and the module has been renamed to rtc-s3c to fit in with + the new rtc naming scheme. + + +Watchdog +-------- + + The onchip watchdog is available via the standard watchdog + interface. + + +NAND +---- + + The current kernels now have support for the s3c2410 NAND + controller. If there are any problems the latest linux-mtd + code can be found from http://www.linux-mtd.infradead.org/ + + For more information see Documentation/arm/samsung-s3c24xx/nand.rst + + +SD/MMC +------ + + The SD/MMC hardware pre S3C2443 is supported in the current + kernel, the driver is drivers/mmc/host/s3cmci.c and supports + 1 and 4 bit SD or MMC cards. + + The SDIO behaviour of this driver has not been fully tested. There is no + current support for hardware SDIO interrupts. + + +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. + + Newer kernels carry GPIOLIB, and support is being moved towards + this with some of the older support in line to be removed. + + As of v2.6.34, the move towards using gpiolib support is almost + complete, and very little of the old calls are left. + + See Documentation/arm/samsung-s3c24xx/gpio.rst for the S3C24XX specific + support and Documentation/arm/samsung/gpio.rst for the core Samsung + implementation. + + +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 + + +Suspend to RAM +-------------- + + For boards that provide support for suspend to RAM, the + system can be placed into low power suspend. + + See Suspend.txt for more information. + + +SPI +--- + + SPI drivers are available for both the in-built hardware + (although there is no DMA support yet) and a generic + GPIO based solution. + + +LEDs +---- + + There is support for GPIO based LEDs via a platform driver + in the LED subsystem. + + +Platform Data +------------- + + Whenever a device has platform specific data that is specified + on a per-machine basis, care should be taken to ensure the + following: + + 1) that default data is not left in the device to confuse the + driver if a machine does not set it at startup + + 2) the data should (if possible) be marked as __initdata, + to ensure that the data is thrown away if the machine is + not the one currently in use. + + The best way of doing this is to make a function that + kmalloc()s an area of memory, and copies the __initdata + and then sets the relevant device's platform data. Making + the function `__init` takes care of ensuring it is discarded + with the rest of the initialisation code:: + + static __init void s3c24xx_xxx_set_platdata(struct xxx_data *pd) + { + struct s3c2410_xxx_mach_info *npd; + + npd = kmalloc(sizeof(struct s3c2410_xxx_mach_info), GFP_KERNEL); + if (npd) { + memcpy(npd, pd, sizeof(struct s3c2410_xxx_mach_info)); + s3c_device_xxx.dev.platform_data = npd; + } else { + printk(KERN_ERR "no memory for xxx platform data\n"); + } + } + + Note, since the code is marked as __init, it should not be + exported outside arch/arm/mach-s3c/, or exported to + modules via EXPORT_SYMBOL() and related functions. + + +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 Author +--------------- + +Ben Dooks, Copyright 2004-2006 Simtec Electronics |