NPCM8XX SoC is the successor of the NPCM7XX. It features quad-core
Cortex-A35 (Armv8, 64-bit) CPUs and some additional peripherals.
This document describes the NPCM8XX SoC and an evaluation board
(NPCM 845 EVB).
Signed-off-by: Hao Wu
---
docs/system/arm/nuvoton.rst | 27 ---
1 file changed, 20 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/docs/system/arm/nuvoton.rst b/docs/system/arm/nuvoton.rst
index 05059378e5..e4827fb43a 100644
--- a/docs/system/arm/nuvoton.rst
+++ b/docs/system/arm/nuvoton.rst
@@ -1,12 +1,13 @@
-Nuvoton iBMC boards (``kudo-bmc``, ``mori-bmc``, ``npcm750-evb``,
``quanta-gbs-bmc``, ``quanta-gsj``)
-=
+Nuvoton iBMC boards (``kudo-bmc``, ``mori-bmc``, ``npcm750-evb``,
``quanta-gbs-bmc``, ``quanta-gsj``, ``npcm845-evb``)
+==
-The `Nuvoton iBMC`_ chips (NPCM7xx) are a family of ARM-based SoCs that are
+The `Nuvoton iBMC`_ chips are a family of Arm-based SoCs that are
designed to be used as Baseboard Management Controllers (BMCs) in various
-servers. They all feature one or two ARM Cortex-A9 CPU cores, as well as an
-assortment of peripherals targeted for either Enterprise or Data Center /
-Hyperscale applications. The former is a superset of the latter, so NPCM750 has
-all the peripherals of NPCM730 and more.
+servers. Currently there are two families: NPCM7XX series and
+NPCM8XX series. NPCM7XX series feature one or two Arm Cortex-A9 CPU cores,
+while NPCM8XX feature 4 Arm Cortex-A35 CPU cores. Both series contain a
+different assortment of peripherals targeted for either Enterprise or Data
+Center / Hyperscale applications.
.. _Nuvoton iBMC: https://www.nuvoton.com/products/cloud-computing/ibmc/
@@ -27,6 +28,11 @@ There are also two more SoCs, NPCM710 and NPCM705, which are
single-core
variants of NPCM750 and NPCM730, respectively. These are currently not
supported by QEMU.
+The NPCM8xx SoC is the successor of the NPCM7xx SoC. It has 4 Cortex-A35 cores.
+The following machines are based on this chip :
+
+- ``npcm845-evb`` Nuvoton NPCM845 Evaluation board
+
Supported devices
-
@@ -62,6 +68,8 @@ Missing devices
* System Wake-up Control (SWC)
* Shared memory (SHM)
* eSPI slave interface
+ * Block-transfer interface (8XX only)
+ * Virtual UART (8XX only)
* Ethernet controller (GMAC)
* USB device (USBD)
@@ -76,6 +84,11 @@ Missing devices
* Video capture
* Encoding compression engine
* Security features
+ * I3C buses (8XX only)
+ * Temperature sensor interface (8XX only)
+ * Virtual UART (8XX only)
+ * Flash monitor (8XX only)
+ * JTAG master (8XX only)
Boot options
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