[PATCH 1/2] doc: Add documentation for the Arm VExpress64 board configs

Simon Glass sjg at chromium.org
Fri Dec 17 17:37:12 CET 2021


Hi Andre,

On Tue, 14 Dec 2021 at 10:55, Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com> wrote:
>
> From: Peter Hoyes <Peter.Hoyes at arm.com>
>
> Create a new documentation section for Arm Ltd boards with a sub-page
> for the FVP VExpress64 system.
>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Hoyes <Peter.Hoyes at arm.com>
> [Andre: remove Juno stub]
> Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara at arm.com>
> ---
>  doc/board/armltd/fvp64.rst | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  doc/board/armltd/index.rst | 10 ++++++++++
>  doc/board/index.rst        |  1 +
>  3 files changed, 41 insertions(+)
>  create mode 100644 doc/board/armltd/fvp64.rst
>  create mode 100644 doc/board/armltd/index.rst
>
> diff --git a/doc/board/armltd/fvp64.rst b/doc/board/armltd/fvp64.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..9817b0aa3f
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/board/armltd/fvp64.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +
> +Fixed Virtual Platforms
> +=======================
> +
> +The Fixed Virtual Platforms (FVP) are complete software simulations of an Arm
> +system, including processor, memory and peripherals. They are set out in a
> +"programmer's view", which gives a comprehensive model on which to build and
> +test software.
> +
> +The supported FVPs are available free of charge and can be downloaded from the
> +Arm developer site [1]_ (user registration might be required).
> +
> +Supported features:
> +
> + * GICv3
> + * Generic timer
> + * PL011 UART
> +
> +The default configuration assumes that U-Boot is bootstrapped using a suitable
> +bootloader, such as Trusted Firmware-A [4]_. The u-boot binary can be passed

TF-A has become a bootloader?!

> +into the TF-A build: ``make PLAT=<platform> all fip BL33=u-boot.bin``

What is <platform> in this case?

> +
> +The FVPs can be debugged using Arm Development Studio [2]_.
> +
> +References
> +----------
> +
> +.. [1] https://developer.arm.com/tools-and-software/simulation-models/fixed-virtual-platforms
> +.. [2] https://developer.arm.com/tools-and-software/embedded/arm-development-studio
> diff --git a/doc/board/armltd/index.rst b/doc/board/armltd/index.rst
> new file mode 100644
> index 0000000000..caa6fd2bb0
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/doc/board/armltd/index.rst
> @@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
> +.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
> +.. Copyright (C) 2021 Arm Ltd.
> +
> +ARM Ltd. boards and emulated systems
> +====================================
> +
> +.. toctree::
> +   :maxdepth: 2
> +
> +   fvp64
> diff --git a/doc/board/index.rst b/doc/board/index.rst
> index 74ea33e081..78b486538b 100644
> --- a/doc/board/index.rst
> +++ b/doc/board/index.rst
> @@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Board-specific doc
>     AndesTech/index
>     amlogic/index
>     apple/index
> +   armltd/index
>     atmel/index
>     congatec/index
>     coreboot/index
> --
> 2.25.1
>

Regards,
Simon


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