Re: [PATCH] mips: add support for Siflower MIPS SoCs

[Chuanhong Guo]

On Wed, Jan 22, 2025 at 8:05 PM Jiaxun Yang <jiaxun.yang@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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> 在2025年1月20日一月 上午1:52，Chuanhong Guo写道：
> > Siflower MIPS SoCs like SF19A2890 uses dual-core MIPS InterAptiv
> > processor, built-in GMAC, USB, dual-band WiFi and various other
> > peripherals.
> > Notably, it uses some ARM PLxxx peripherals, and ARM_AMBA is
> > selected for the drivers.
> > Most devices on the market with this chip come with 64M or less
> > DRAM. A kmalloc.h with malloc alignment override is added to
> > conserve memory, and a MACH_SIFLOWER_MIPS is created with reduced
> > features instead of using the generic kernel.
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> > Signed-off-by: Chuanhong Guo <gch981213@xxxxxxxxx>
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> Hmm, why not using MIPS_GENERIC.

Mainly to override MIPS_L1_CACHE_SHIFT and ARCH_DMA_MINALIGN.
This saves about 1MB of memory if I remember correctly.

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Regards,
Chuanhong Guo