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Kconfig 21e0534ad7 bcma: add mips driver 14 years ago
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README 8369ae33b7 bcma: add Broadcom specific AMBA bus driver 14 years ago
TODO 8369ae33b7 bcma: add Broadcom specific AMBA bus driver 14 years ago
bcma_private.h 908debc8da bcma: get CPU clock 14 years ago
core.c 44a8e3772f bcma: fix implicit use of export.h contents 13 years ago
driver_chipcommon.c 44a8e3772f bcma: fix implicit use of export.h contents 13 years ago
driver_chipcommon_pmu.c 44a8e3772f bcma: fix implicit use of export.h contents 13 years ago
driver_mips.c 908debc8da bcma: get CPU clock 14 years ago
driver_pci.c 44a8e3772f bcma: fix implicit use of export.h contents 13 years ago
driver_pci_host.c 9352f69c91 bcma: detect PCI core working in hostmode 14 years ago
host_pci.c 200351c77d bcma: add module.h to the modular portions of this driver 13 years ago
host_soc.c ecd177c216 bcma: add SOC bus 14 years ago
main.c 200351c77d bcma: add module.h to the modular portions of this driver 13 years ago
scan.c 4e0d8cc100 bcma: signedness bug in bcma_get_next_core() 14 years ago
scan.h 8369ae33b7 bcma: add Broadcom specific AMBA bus driver 14 years ago
sprom.c d703a5ae3a bcma: extract some basic info about board from SPROM 13 years ago

README

Broadcom introduced new bus as replacement for older SSB. It is based on AMBA,
however from programming point of view there is nothing AMBA specific we use.

Standard AMBA drivers are platform specific, have hardcoded addresses and use
AMBA standard fields like CID and PID.

In case of Broadcom's cards every device consists of:
1) Broadcom specific AMBA device. It is put on AMBA bus, but can not be treated
as standard AMBA device. Reading it's CID or PID can cause machine lockup.
2) AMBA standard devices called ports or wrappers. They have CIDs (AMBA_CID)
and PIDs (0x103BB369), but we do not use that info for anything. One of that
devices is used for managing Broadcom specific core.

Addresses of AMBA devices are not hardcoded in driver and have to be read from
EPROM.

In this situation we decided to introduce separated bus. It can contain up to
16 devices identified by Broadcom specific fields: manufacturer, id, revision
and class.