Re: [RFC 3/4] MIPS: Ingenic: Initial X1000 SoC support

[PrasannaKumar Muralidharan]

On 7 March 2018 at 20:40, James Hogan <jhogan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 08:35:00PM +0530, PrasannaKumar Muralidharan wrote:
>> On 7 March 2018 at 20:05, James Hogan <jhogan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> > On Wed, Mar 07, 2018 at 07:14:49PM +0530, PrasannaKumar Muralidharan wrote:
>> >> > Does X1000 use a different PRID, or is it basically just a JZ4780 core
>> >> > with different SoC peripherals?
>> >>
>> >> Yes X1000 does have a different PRID (PRID = 0x2ed1024f). X1000 has
>> >
>> > Right, so thats 0x2e000000 | PRID_COMP_INGENIC_D1 | PRID_IMP_JZRISC |
>> > 0x4f, which cpu-probe.c already handles (apparently the D1 company code
>> > is used for JZ4770 & JZ4775 too).
>>
>> Okay. Does this mean I need not modify get_board_mach_type() and
>> get_system_type()?
>
> You still need to modify them, otherwise it won't understand
> "ingenic,x1000" compatible string, and will call it a JZ4740 in
> /proc/cpuinfo.

Oh okay. Will make the changes.

>> >> I used to get my code tested from Domink but I could not reach him for
>> >> quite some time. Before buying the development board myself I would
>> >> like to see if anyone can help me in testing. Do you have any contact
>> >> with Ingenic who can help in testing this?
>> >
>> > Not personally, but I'll ask around. Of course if nobody much cares
>> > about it in practice and nobody has the hardware, there may be little
>> > value in supporting it upstream.
>>
>> Seems Jiaxun is interested in the board and is willing to help.
>
> Okay, cool.
>
> Cheers
> James