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author | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-03-15 23:23:54 (GMT) |
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committer | David S. Miller <davem@davemloft.net> | 2010-03-15 23:23:54 (GMT) |
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diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Samsung/Overview.txt b/Documentation/arm/Samsung/Overview.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..7cced1f --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/arm/Samsung/Overview.txt @@ -0,0 +1,86 @@ + Samsung ARM Linux Overview + ========================== + +Introduction +------------ + + The Samsung range of ARM SoCs spans many similar devices, from the initial + ARM9 through to the newest ARM cores. This document shows an overview of + the current kernel support, how to use it and where to find the code + that supports this. + + The currently supported SoCs are: + + - S3C24XX: See Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Overview.txt for full list + - S3C64XX: S3C6400 and S3C6410 + - S5PC6440 + + S5PC100 and S5PC110 support is currently being merged + + +S3C24XX Systems +--------------- + + There is still documentation in Documnetation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/ which + deals with the architecture and drivers specific to these devices. + + See Documentation/arm/Samsung-S3C24XX/Overview.txt for more information + on the implementation details and specific support. + + +Configuration +------------- + + A number of configurations are supplied, as there is no current way of + unifying all the SoCs into one kernel. + + s5p6440_defconfig - S5P6440 specific default configuration + s5pc100_defconfig - S5PC100 specific default configuration + + +Layout +------ + + The directory layout is currently being restructured, and consists of + several platform directories and then the machine specific directories + of the CPUs being built for. + + plat-samsung provides the base for all the implementations, and is the + last in the line of include directories that are processed for the build + specific information. It contains the base clock, GPIO and device definitions + to get the system running. + + plat-s3c is the s3c24xx/s3c64xx platform directory, although it is currently + involved in other builds this will be phased out once the relevant code is + moved elsewhere. + + plat-s3c24xx is for s3c24xx specific builds, see the S3C24XX docs. + + plat-s3c64xx is for the s3c64xx specific bits, see the S3C24XX docs. + + plat-s5p is for s5p specific builds, more to be added. + + + [ to finish ] + + +Port Contributors +----------------- + + Ben Dooks (BJD) + Vincent Sanders + Herbert Potzl + Arnaud Patard (RTP) + Roc Wu + Klaus Fetscher + Dimitry Andric + Shannon Holland + Guillaume Gourat (NexVision) + Christer Weinigel (wingel) (Acer N30) + Lucas Correia Villa Real (S3C2400 port) + + +Document Author +--------------- + +Copyright 2009-2010 Ben Dooks <ben-linux@fluff.org> |