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| author | Yuval Adam <_@yuv.al> | 2017-08-30 08:25:59 +0000 |
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| committer | Yuval Adam <_@yuv.al> | 2017-08-30 08:25:59 +0000 |
| commit | 8e4bff4cab0ddac6060645b0715210484d02ff40 (patch) | |
| tree | 3a5c3024371a04692a3a6d9974d001cdff8ebf84 /drivers/bcma/README | |
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diff --git a/drivers/bcma/README b/drivers/bcma/README new file mode 100644 index 00000000..f7e7ce46 --- /dev/null +++ b/drivers/bcma/README @@ -0,0 +1,19 @@ +Broadcom introduced new bus as replacement for older SSB. It is based on AMBA, +however from programming point of view there is nothing AMBA specific we use. + +Standard AMBA drivers are platform specific, have hardcoded addresses and use +AMBA standard fields like CID and PID. + +In case of Broadcom's cards every device consists of: +1) Broadcom specific AMBA device. It is put on AMBA bus, but can not be treated + as standard AMBA device. Reading it's CID or PID can cause machine lockup. +2) AMBA standard devices called ports or wrappers. They have CIDs (AMBA_CID) + and PIDs (0x103BB369), but we do not use that info for anything. One of that + devices is used for managing Broadcom specific core. + +Addresses of AMBA devices are not hardcoded in driver and have to be read from +EPROM. + +In this situation we decided to introduce separated bus. It can contain up to +16 devices identified by Broadcom specific fields: manufacturer, id, revision +and class. |