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authorJamin Lin <jamin_lin@aspeedtech.com>2025-04-24 15:51:33 +0800
committerCédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>2025-05-05 09:38:55 +0200
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docs/system/arm/aspeed: move AST2700 content to new section
Moved AST2700-related content from the general Aspeed board list into a dedicated section for Aspeed 2700 family boards. Improves clarity and readability. Signed-off-by: Jamin Lin <jamin_lin@aspeedtech.com> Reviewed-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/qemu-devel/20250424075135.3715128-6-jamin_lin@aspeedtech.com Signed-off-by: Cédric Le Goater <clg@redhat.com>
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diff --git a/docs/system/arm/aspeed.rst b/docs/system/arm/aspeed.rst
index 97fd6a0..08a33b7 100644
--- a/docs/system/arm/aspeed.rst
+++ b/docs/system/arm/aspeed.rst
@@ -1,12 +1,11 @@
-Aspeed family boards (``ast2500-evb``, ``ast2600-evb``, ``ast2700-evb``, ``bletchley-bmc``, ``fuji-bmc``, ``fby35-bmc``, ``fp5280g2-bmc``, ``g220a-bmc``, ``palmetto-bmc``, ``qcom-dc-scm-v1-bmc``, ``qcom-firework-bmc``, ``quanta-q71l-bmc``, ``rainier-bmc``, ``romulus-bmc``, ``sonorapass-bmc``, ``supermicrox11-bmc``, ``supermicrox11spi-bmc``, ``tiogapass-bmc``, ``witherspoon-bmc``, ``yosemitev2-bmc``)
+Aspeed family boards (``ast2500-evb``, ``ast2600-evb``, ``bletchley-bmc``, ``fuji-bmc``, ``fby35-bmc``, ``fp5280g2-bmc``, ``g220a-bmc``, ``palmetto-bmc``, ``qcom-dc-scm-v1-bmc``, ``qcom-firework-bmc``, ``quanta-q71l-bmc``, ``rainier-bmc``, ``romulus-bmc``, ``sonorapass-bmc``, ``supermicrox11-bmc``, ``supermicrox11spi-bmc``, ``tiogapass-bmc``, ``witherspoon-bmc``, ``yosemitev2-bmc``)
==================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================================
The QEMU Aspeed machines model BMCs of various OpenPOWER systems and
Aspeed evaluation boards. They are based on different releases of the
Aspeed SoC : the AST2400 integrating an ARM926EJ-S CPU (400MHz), the
AST2500 with an ARM1176JZS CPU (800MHz), the AST2600
-with dual cores ARM Cortex-A7 CPUs (1.2GHz) and more recently the AST2700
-with quad cores ARM Cortex-A35 64 bits CPUs (1.6GHz)
+with dual cores ARM Cortex-A7 CPUs (1.2GHz).
The SoC comes with RAM, Gigabit ethernet, USB, SD/MMC, USB, SPI, I2C,
etc.
@@ -39,10 +38,6 @@ AST2600 SoC based machines :
- ``qcom-dc-scm-v1-bmc`` Qualcomm DC-SCM V1 BMC
- ``qcom-firework-bmc`` Qualcomm Firework BMC
-AST2700 SoC based machines :
-
-- ``ast2700-evb`` Aspeed AST2700 Evaluation board (Cortex-A35)
-
Supported devices
-----------------
@@ -247,6 +242,67 @@ under Linux), use :
-M ast2500-evb,bmc-console=uart3
+Aspeed 2700 family boards (``ast2700-evb``)
+==================================================================
+
+The QEMU Aspeed machines model BMCs of Aspeed evaluation boards.
+They are based on different releases of the Aspeed SoC :
+the AST2700 with quad cores ARM Cortex-A35 64 bits CPUs (1.6GHz).
+
+The SoC comes with RAM, Gigabit ethernet, USB, SD/MMC, USB, SPI, I2C,
+etc.
+
+AST2700 SoC based machines :
+
+- ``ast2700-evb`` Aspeed AST2700 Evaluation board (Cortex-A35)
+
+Supported devices
+-----------------
+ * Interrupt Controller
+ * Timer Controller
+ * RTC Controller
+ * I2C Controller
+ * System Control Unit (SCU)
+ * SRAM mapping
+ * X-DMA Controller (basic interface)
+ * Static Memory Controller (SMC or FMC) - Only SPI Flash support
+ * SPI Memory Controller
+ * USB 2.0 Controller
+ * SD/MMC storage controllers
+ * SDRAM controller (dummy interface for basic settings and training)
+ * Watchdog Controller
+ * GPIO Controller (Master only)
+ * UART
+ * Ethernet controllers
+ * Front LEDs (PCA9552 on I2C bus)
+ * LPC Peripheral Controller (a subset of subdevices are supported)
+ * Hash/Crypto Engine (HACE) - Hash support only. TODO: Crypto
+ * ADC
+ * eMMC Boot Controller (dummy)
+ * PECI Controller (minimal)
+ * I3C Controller
+ * Internal Bridge Controller (SLI dummy)
+
+Missing devices
+---------------
+ * Coprocessor support
+ * PWM and Fan Controller
+ * Slave GPIO Controller
+ * Super I/O Controller
+ * PCI-Express 1 Controller
+ * Graphic Display Controller
+ * MCTP Controller
+ * Mailbox Controller
+ * Virtual UART
+ * eSPI Controller
+
+Boot options
+------------
+
+Images can be downloaded from the ASPEED Forked OpenBMC GitHub release repository :
+
+ https://github.com/AspeedTech-BMC/openbmc/releases
+
Booting the ast2700-evb machine
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^