Re: [PATCH v8 00/14] Add Nuvoton NPCM730/NPCM750 SoCs and two BMC machines

[Philippe Mathieu-Daudé]

On 8/25/20 2:16 AM, Havard Skinnemoen via wrote:
> I also pushed this and the previous patchsets to my qemu fork on github.
> The branches are named npcm7xx-v[1-8].
> 
>   https://github.com/hskinnemoen/qemu
> 
> This patch series models enough of the Nuvoton NPCM730 and NPCM750 SoCs to 
> boot
> an OpenBMC image built for quanta-gsj. This includes device models for:
> 
>   - Global Configuration Registers
>   - Clock Control
>   - Timers
>   - Fuses
>   - Memory Controller
>   - Flash Controller
> 
> These modules, along with the existing Cortex A9 CPU cores and built-in
> peripherals, are integrated into a NPCM730 or NPCM750 SoC, which in turn form
> the foundation for the quanta-gsj and npcm750-evb machines, respectively. The
> two SoCs are very similar; the only difference is that NPCM730 is missing some
> peripherals that NPCM750 has, and which are not considered essential for
> datacenter use (e.g. graphics controllers). For more information, see
> 
> https://www.nuvoton.com/products/cloud-computing/ibmc/
> 
> Both quanta-gsj and npcm750-evb correspond to real boards supported by 
> OpenBMC.
> At the end of the series, qemu can boot an OpenBMC image built for one of 
> these
> boards with some minor modifications.
> 
> The patches in this series were developed by Google and reviewed by Nuvoton. 
> We
> will be maintaining the machine and peripheral support together.
> 
> The data sheet for these SoCs is not generally available. Please let me know 
> if
> more comments are needed to understand the device behavior.

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Tested-by: Philippe Mathieu-Daudé <f4bug@amsat.org>