Documentation/devicetree/bindings/arm/bcm/brcm,brcmstb.txt
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ARM Broadcom STB platforms Device Tree Bindings
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Boards with Broadcom Brahma15 ARM-based BCMxxxx (generally BCM7xxx variants)
SoC shall have the following DT organization:
Required root node properties:
- compatible: "brcm,bcm<chip_id>", "brcm,brcmstb"
example:
/ {
#address-cells = <2>;
#size-cells = <2>;
model = "Broadcom STB (bcm7445)";
compatible = "brcm,bcm7445", "brcm,brcmstb";
Further, syscon nodes that map platform-specific registers used for general
system control is required:
- compatible: "brcm,bcm<chip_id>-sun-top-ctrl", "syscon"
- compatible: "brcm,bcm<chip_id>-cpu-biu-ctrl",
"brcm,brcmstb-cpu-biu-ctrl",
"syscon"
- compatible: "brcm,bcm<chip_id>-hif-continuation", "syscon"
cpu-biu-ctrl node
-------------------
SoCs with Broadcom Brahma15 ARM-based and Brahma53 ARM64-based CPUs have a
specific Bus Interface Unit (BIU) block which controls and interfaces the CPU
complex to the different Memory Controller Ports (MCP), one per memory
controller (MEMC). This BIU block offers a feature called Write Pairing which
consists in collapsing two adjacent cache lines into a single (bursted) write
transaction towards the memory controller (MEMC) to maximize write bandwidth.
Required properties:
- compatible: must be "brcm,bcm7445-cpu-biu-ctrl", "brcm,brcmstb-cpu-biu-ctrl", "syscon"
Optional properties:
- brcm,write-pairing:
Boolean property, which when present indicates that the chip
supports write-pairing.
example:
rdb {
#address-cells = <1>;
#size-cells = <1>;
compatible = "simple-bus";
ranges = <0 0x00 0xf0000000 0x1000000>;
sun_top_ctrl: syscon@404000 {
compatible = "brcm,bcm7445-sun-top-ctrl", "syscon";
reg = <0x404000 0x51c>;
};
hif_cpubiuctrl: syscon@3e2400 {
compatible = "brcm,bcm7445-cpu-biu-ctrl", "brcm,brcmstb-cpu-biu-ctrl", "syscon";
reg = <0x3e2400 0x5b4>;
brcm,write-pairing;
};
hif_continuation: syscon@452000 {
compatible = "brcm,bcm7445-hif-continuation", "syscon";
reg = <0x452000 0x100>;
};
};
Nodes that allow for support of SMP initialization and reboot are required:
smpboot
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