Re: [PATCH v9 00/15] Support AMD Pensando Elba SoC

[Brad Larson]

On 19/01/2023 12:57 UTC, Mark Brown wrote:
> On Wed, Jan 18, 2023 at 07:51:21PM -0800, Brad Larson wrote:
> > This series enables support for AMD Pensando Elba SoC based platforms.
>
> > The Elba SoC has the following features:
> > - Sixteen ARM64 A72 cores
> > - Dual DDR 4/5 memory controllers
> > - 32 lanes of PCIe Gen3/4 to the Host
> > - Network interfaces: Dual 200GE, Quad 100GE, 50GE, 25GE, 10GE and
> >   also a single 1GE management port.
> > - Storage/crypto offloads and 144 programmable P4 cores.
> > - QSPI and EMMC for SoC storage
> > - Two SPI interfaces for peripheral management
> > - I2C bus for platform management
>
> Are there any interdependencies between the different leaf
> drivers here?  Generally it's better to make the series doing
> baseline enablement for the SoC as small as possible and submit
> other things separately to simplify issues with dependences.

Only enablement changes are in the patch set to include driver
changes for Designware and Cadence IP integrated into the Elba
SoC.  Said another way the system won't boot without the changes
included in the patch set.

Regards,
Brad