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arm: add documentation describing Marvell families of SoC 

As stated in the introduction of the document, the families of ARM
SoCs at Marvell are very complicated, and it is difficult for
newcomers to understand the organization of this SoC family and how it
relates to the Linux kernel support for those hardware platforms.

This document is only at RFC stage for now, it requires reviews and
comments from the Marvell maintainers, the PXA maintainers and the MMP
maintainers. For correctness of course, but also to add any other
information that would be useful. For example, one of the thing that
wasn't clear how to detail in the documentation is how the SoCs relate
to each other in terms of hardware IP blocks. For example, most of the
Kirkwood/Dove/Armada 370-XP/etc. hardware IPs (I2C, SPI, USB, SATA,
etc.) are identical, while the PXA and MMP families are completely
separate.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Cc: Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Cc: Jason Cooper <jason@lakedaemon.net>
Cc: Gregory Clement <gregory.clement@free-electrons.com>
Cc: Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com>
Cc: Russell King <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Cc: Haojian Zhuang <haojian.zhuang@gmail.com>
Cc: Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Olof Johansson <olof@lixom.net>
Cc: Lior Amsalem <alior@marvell.com>
Cc: Maen Suleiman <maen@marvell.com>
Cc: Tawfik Bayouk <tawfik@marvell.com>
Cc: Shadi Ammouri <shadi@marvell.com>
Cc: Eran Ben-Avi <benavi@marvell.com>
Acked-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

---
Changes from v3:
 * Add Arnd Bergmann Acked-by.

Changes from v2:
 * Mention the plat-<foo> directory that each SoC family is using.
 * Take into account Eric Miao's comments on the PXA/MMP families: add
   PXA21x/PXA25x/PXA26x to the list, mention which processors are
   AP+CP or AP only. Clarify the comments on which SoCs were designed
   by Intel, which ones were designed by Marvell after the acquisition
   of the XScale family.
 * Mention long-term plans regarding the support of those SoC
   families.

Changes from v1:
 * Added publicly available datasheet for the 88F5182 pointed by
   Andrew Lunn.
 * Added publicly available datasheet for the 88F5281 found with
   Google searches
 * Mentionned the Feroceon core name where appropriate, and Sheeva
   where appropriate
 * Fixed the core names for PXA930, PXA935 and PXA955 after comments
   from Arnd Bergmann. Wikipedia is mistakenly suggesting that PXA93x
   are Sheeva-based, and there isn't much information available on the
   web about the 955.
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ARM Marvell SoCs
================
This document lists all the ARM Marvell SoCs that are currently
supported in mainline by the Linux kernel. As the Marvell families of
SoCs are large and complex, it is hard to understand where the support
for a particular SoC is available in the Linux kernel. This document
tries to help in understanding where those SoCs are supported, and to
match them with their corresponding public datasheet, when available.
Orion family
------------
Flavors:
88F5082
88F5181
88F5181L
88F5182
Datasheet : http://www.embeddedarm.com/documentation/third-party/MV88F5182-datasheet.pdf
Programmer's User Guide : http://www.embeddedarm.com/documentation/third-party/MV88F5182-opensource-manual.pdf
User Manual : http://www.embeddedarm.com/documentation/third-party/MV88F5182-usermanual.pdf
88F5281
Datasheet : http://www.ocmodshop.com/images/reviews/networking/qnap_ts409u/marvel_88f5281_data_sheet.pdf
88F6183
Core: Feroceon ARMv5 compatible
Linux kernel mach directory: arch/arm/mach-orion5x
Linux kernel plat directory: arch/arm/plat-orion
Kirkwood family
---------------
Flavors:
88F6282 a.k.a Armada 300
Product Brief : http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/armada-300/assets/armada_310.pdf
88F6283 a.k.a Armada 310
Product Brief : http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/armada-300/assets/armada_310.pdf
88F6190
Product Brief : http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/88F6190-003_WEB.pdf
Hardware Spec : http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/HW_88F619x_OpenSource.pdf
Functional Spec: http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/FS_88F6180_9x_6281_OpenSource.pdf
88F6192
Product Brief : http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/88F6192-003_ver1.pdf
Hardware Spec : http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/HW_88F619x_OpenSource.pdf
Functional Spec: http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/FS_88F6180_9x_6281_OpenSource.pdf
88F6182
88F6180
Product Brief : http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/88F6180-003_ver1.pdf
Hardware Spec : http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/HW_88F6180_OpenSource.pdf
Functional Spec: http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/FS_88F6180_9x_6281_OpenSource.pdf
88F6281
Product Brief : http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/88F6281-004_ver1.pdf
Hardware Spec : http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/HW_88F6281_OpenSource.pdf
Functional Spec: http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/FS_88F6180_9x_6281_OpenSource.pdf
Homepage: http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/
Core: Feroceon ARMv5 compatible
Linux kernel mach directory: arch/arm/mach-kirkwood
Linux kernel plat directory: arch/arm/plat-orion
Discovery family
----------------
Flavors:
MV78100
Product Brief : http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/assets/MV78100-003_WEB.pdf
Hardware Spec : http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/assets/HW_MV78100_OpenSource.pdf
Functional Spec: http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/assets/FS_MV76100_78100_78200_OpenSource.pdf
MV78200
Product Brief : http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/assets/MV78200-002_WEB.pdf
Hardware Spec : http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/assets/HW_MV78200_OpenSource.pdf
Functional Spec: http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/assets/FS_MV76100_78100_78200_OpenSource.pdf
MV76100
Not supported by the Linux kernel.
Core: Feroceon ARMv5 compatible
Linux kernel mach directory: arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0
Linux kernel plat directory: arch/arm/plat-orion
EBU Armada family
-----------------
Armada 370 Flavors:
88F6710
88F6707
88F6W11
Armada XP Flavors:
MV78230
MV78260
MV78460
Product Brief: http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/armada-xp/assets/Marvell-ArmadaXP-SoC-product%20brief.pdf
No public datasheet available.
Core: Sheeva ARMv7 compatible
Linux kernel mach directory: arch/arm/mach-mvebu
Linux kernel plat directory: none
Avanta family
-------------
Flavors:
88F6510
88F6530P
88F6550
88F6560
Homepage : http://www.marvell.com/broadband/
Product Brief: http://www.marvell.com/broadband/assets/Marvell_Avanta_88F6510_305_060-001_product_brief.pdf
No public datasheet available.
Core: ARMv5 compatible
Linux kernel mach directory: no code in mainline yet, planned for the future
Linux kernel plat directory: no code in mainline yet, planned for the future
Dove family (application processor)
-----------------------------------
Flavors:
88AP510 a.k.a Armada 510
Product Brief : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-500/assets/Marvell_Armada510_SoC.pdf
Hardware Spec : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-500/assets/Armada-510-Hardware-Spec.pdf
Functional Spec : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-500/assets/Armada-510-Functional-Spec.pdf
Homepage: http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-500/
Core: ARMv7 compatible
Directory: arch/arm/mach-dove
PXA 2xx/3xx/93x/95x family
--------------------------
Flavors:
PXA21x, PXA25x, PXA26x
Application processor only
Core: ARMv5 XScale core
PXA270, PXA271, PXA272
Product Brief : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/pxa_27x_pb.pdf
Design guide : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/pxa_27x_design_guide.pdf
Developers manual : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/pxa_27x_dev_man.pdf
Specification : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/pxa_27x_emts.pdf
Specification update : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/pxa_27x_spec_update.pdf
Application processor only
Core: ARMv5 XScale core
PXA300, PXA310, PXA320
PXA 300 Product Brief : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/PXA300_PB_R4.pdf
PXA 310 Product Brief : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/PXA310_PB_R4.pdf
PXA 320 Product Brief : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/PXA320_PB_R4.pdf
Design guide : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/PXA3xx_Design_Guide.pdf
Developers manual : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/PXA3xx_Developers_Manual.zip
Specifications : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/PXA3xx_EMTS.pdf
Specification Update : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/PXA3xx_Spec_Update.zip
Reference Manual : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/PXA3xx_TavorP_BootROM_Ref_Manual.pdf
Application processor only
Core: ARMv5 XScale core
PXA930, PXA935
Application processor with Communication processor
Core: ARMv5 XScale core
PXA955
Application processor with Communication processor
Core: ARMv7 compatible Sheeva PJ4 core
Comments:
* This line of SoCs originates from the XScale family developed by
Intel and acquired by Marvell in ~2006. The PXA21x, PXA25x,
PXA26x, PXA27x, PXA3xx and PXA93x were developed by Intel, while
the later PXA95x were developed by Marvell.
* Due to their XScale origin, these SoCs have virtually nothing in
common with the other (Kirkwood, Dove, etc.) families of Marvell
SoCs, except with the MMP/MMP2 family of SoCs.
Linux kernel mach directory: arch/arm/mach-pxa
Linux kernel plat directory: arch/arm/plat-pxa
MMP/MMP2 family (communication processor)
-----------------------------------------
Flavors:
PXA168, a.k.a Armada 168
Homepage : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-100/armada-168.jsp
Product brief : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-100/assets/pxa_168_pb.pdf
Hardware manual : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-100/assets/armada_16x_datasheet.pdf
Software manual : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-100/assets/armada_16x_software_manual.pdf
Specification update : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-100/assets/ARMADA16x_Spec_update.pdf
Boot ROM manual : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-100/assets/armada_16x_ref_manual.pdf
App node package : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-100/assets/armada_16x_app_note_package.pdf
Application processor only
Core: ARMv5 compatible Marvell PJ1 (Mohawk)
PXA910
Homepage : http://www.marvell.com/communication-processors/pxa910/
Product Brief : http://www.marvell.com/communication-processors/pxa910/assets/Marvell_PXA910_Platform-001_PB_final.pdf
Application processor with Communication processor
Core: ARMv5 compatible Marvell PJ1 (Mohawk)
MMP2, a.k.a Armada 610
Product Brief : http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-600/assets/armada610_pb.pdf
Application processor only
Core: ARMv7 compatible Sheeva PJ4 core
Comments:
* This line of SoCs originates from the XScale family developed by
Intel and acquired by Marvell in ~2006. All the processors of
this MMP/MMP2 family were developed by Marvell.
* Due to their XScale origin, these SoCs have virtually nothing in
common with the other (Kirkwood, Dove, etc.) families of Marvell
SoCs, except with the PXA family of SoCs listed above.
Linux kernel mach directory: arch/arm/mach-mmp
Linux kernel plat directory: arch/arm/plat-pxa
Long-term plans
---------------
* Unify the mach-dove/, mach-mv78xx0/, mach-orion5x/ and
mach-kirkwood/ into the mach-mvebu/ to support all SoCs from the
Marvell EBU (Engineering Business Unit) in a single mach-<foo>
directory. The plat-orion/ would therefore disappear.
* Unify the mach-mmp/ and mach-pxa/ into the same mach-pxa
directory. The plat-pxa/ would therefore disappear.
Credits
-------
Maen Suleiman <maen@marvell.com>
Lior Amsalem <alior@marvell.com>
Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com>