[OpenWrt-Devel] naming for new subtarget in mpc83xx

[Imre Kaloz]

Hi Claudio,

On Tue, 23 Sep 2014 11:10:17 +0200, Claudio Thomas <ct at xmodus-systems.de> wrote:

<snip>

> The RB600/RB300 uses a MPC8377, the XM1700 uses a MPC8306. They are
> quite similar, but not equal.

Well, RB333 is MPC8321, RB600 is MPC8323 and we support the MPC8377EWLAN board, which is MPC8377E :)

> The main problem is, that I need some patches for the MPC8306.
> Two examples based on the QE
> (http://cache.freescale.com/files/netcomm/doc/ref_manual/QEIWRM.pdf):
> * The QUICC Engine Block is different on the MPC8306 comparing to other
> MPC83xx, it does not support certain range of snum thread (Table 4-29.
> SNUM Table comment 7 on page 297), multiplex timers on page 299.
>
> Another example (/arch/powerpc/platforms/83xx/mpc83xx.h)
>  #define MPC837X_SICRL_USB_ULPI     0x50000000
>  #define MPC837X_SICRL_USBB_MASK    0x30000000
> +#define MPC8306_SICRL_USB_ULPI     0x00000000
> +#define MPC8306_SICRL_USB_MASK     0x003C0000
> ...
>  #define MPC837X_SICRH_SPI_MASK     0x00000003
>  #define MPC837X_SICRH_SD           0x00000001
> +#define MPC8306_SICRH_USB_MASK     0x0F00F300
> +#define MPC8306_SICRH_USB_ULPI     0x00000000
>
> My conclusion is, that this changes need to have a flag in the config
> for the MPC8306 that can not be in the config for the rb600.
> I would also appreciate to use only one config, but I don't know how I
> could patch the kernel to fit for both.
> I'm open for suggestions.

MPC8306 should be the same "PowerQUICC II Pro" family and seems pretty similar to MPC8308. Do you have a patch for the board to check?


Imre
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