Changes between Version 6 and Version 7 of newport

Timestamp:

11/30/2017 09:26:18 PM (6 years ago)

Author:

Tim Harvey

Comment:

added Linux driver details

newport

@@ -309 +309 @@
 The following table shows what OCTEON-TX CN80XX / CN81XX peripherals support is available in the mainline kernel starting from 4.13:
 ||= Feature =||= Support =||= Notes =||
-|| [wiki:multicoreprocessing SMP]  || Yes || || 
-|| [wiki:serial] UART || Yes || ||
-|| I2C || Yes (4.9+) || ||
-|| Networking MAC (thunderx_bgx) || Yes (4.2+) || ||
-|| Networking PHY (thunder_xcv)  || Yes (4.9+) || ||    
-|| PCI || Yes (4.6+) || ||
-|| SPI || Yes (4.9+) || ||
-|| [wiki:MultiMediaCard MultiMediaCard] eMMC / microSD || Yes (4.12+) || ||
-|| HW RNG (Hardware Random Number Generator) || Yes (4.9+) || ||
-|| HW Compressions offload || Yes (4.12+) || ||
-|| Crypto || Yes (4.11+) || ||
-|| [wiki:gsc#rtc RTC] || Yes || ||
-|| [wiki:gpio LED/GPIO] || Yes (4.14+) || ||
-|| USB 3.0 || Yes || || 
-|| [wiki:sata mSATA] || Yes || ||
-|| [wiki:canbus CAN bus] || Yes || ||
-
-The following kernel configs should be enabled for the OCTEON-TX:
+|| [wiki:multicoreprocessing SMP]            || Yes         || ARCH_THUNDER ||
+|| [wiki:serial] UART (SBSA)                 || Yes         || SERIAL_AMBA_PL011 drivers/tty/serial/amba-pl011.c ||
+|| [wiki:watchdog] Watchdog (SBSA)           || Yes         || ARM_SBSA_WATCHDOG drivers/watchdog/sbsa_gwdt.c ||
+|| [wiki:I2C I2C]                            || Yes (4.9+)  || I2C_THUNDERX drivers/i2c/busses/i2c-{octeon-core,thunderx-pcidrv}.c ||
+|| Networking BGX (SGMII)                    || Yes (4.2+)  || THUNDER_NIC_BGX drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_bgx.c ||
+|| Networking RGX (RGMII)                    || Yes (4.9+)  || THUNDER_NIC_RGX drivers/net/ethernet/cavium/thunder/thunder_xcv.c ||     
+|| PCI                                       || Yes (4.6+)  || PCI drivers/pci/host/pci-thunder-{ecam,pem}.c ||
+|| [wiki:SPI SPI]                            || Yes (4.9+)  || SPI_THUNDERX drivers/spi/spi-thunderx.c ||
+|| [wiki:MultiMediaCard MultiMediaCard] eMMC / microSD || Yes (4.12+) || MMC_CAVIUM_THUNDERX drivers/mmc/host/thunderx-mmc.c ||
+|| HW RNG (Hardware Random Number Generator) || Yes (4.9+)  || HW_RANDOM_CAVIUM drivers/char/hw_random/cavium-rng*.c ||
+|| HW Compressions offload                   || Yes (4.12+) || DEV_CAVIUM_ZIP drivers/crypto/cavium/zip.c ||
+|| Crypto                                    || Yes (4.11+) || DEV_CAVIUM_CPT drivers/crypto/cavium ||
+|| [wiki:gsc#rtc RTC]                        || Yes         || RTC_DRV_DS1672 drivers/rtc/rtc-ds1672.c ||
+|| [wiki:gpio LED/GPIO]                      || Yes (4.14+) || GPIO_THUNDERX drivers/gpio/gpio-thunderx.c ||
+|| [wiki:USB USB 3.0]                        || Yes         || USB_XHCI_PCI ||
+|| [wiki:sata mSATA]                         || Yes         || SATA_AHCI ||
+
+The following kernel configs should be enabled for the OCTEON-TX CN80XX / CN81XX:
+* SERIAL_AMBA_PL011 - ARM SBSA UART
 * MMC_CAVIUM_THUNDERX - MMC
 * EDAC_THUNDERX - Error Detection and Correction (works with 'edac-util' app from 'edac-utils' package)
@@ -339 +340 @@
 * PCI_HOST_THUNDER_ECAM - Enhanced Configuration Access Mechanism for PCIe memory mapped I/O
 * ARM_SBSA_WATCHDOG - ARMv8 Watchdog
+* CRYPTO_DEV_CAVIUM_ZIP - Hardware Compression / Decompression off-load
+* HW_RANDOM_CAVIUM - Hardware accelerated random number generator
+
+Note that there are many kernel drivers using the name 'Octeon' but they typically refer to a different chipset and the CN80XX / CN81XX have more in common with the Cavium 'ThunderX' architecture as that is the SoC core.
 
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