2023-08-11 18:42:06

by Brad Larson

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Subject: [PATCH v15 4/6] arm64: Add config for AMD Pensando SoC platforms

Add ARCH_PENSANDO configuration option for AMD Pensando SoC
based platforms.

Signed-off-by: Brad Larson <[email protected]>
---
arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms | 12 ++++++++++++
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
index 6069120199bb..9d09a1cc15ee 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms
@@ -244,6 +244,18 @@ config ARCH_NPCM
General support for NPCM8xx BMC (Arbel).
Nuvoton NPCM8xx BMC based on the Cortex A35.

+config ARCH_PENSANDO
+ bool "AMD Pensando Platforms"
+ help
+ This enables support for the ARMv8 based AMD Pensando SoC
+ family to include the Elba SoC.
+
+ AMD Pensando SoCs support a range of Distributed Services
+ Cards in PCIe format installed into servers. The Elba
+ SoC includes 16 A-72 CPU cores, 144 programmable P4
+ cores for a minimal latency/jitter datapath, and network
+ interfaces up to 200 Gb/s.
+
config ARCH_QCOM
bool "Qualcomm Platforms"
select GPIOLIB
--
2.17.1



2023-08-14 10:53:47

by Jonathan Neuschäfer

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Subject: Re: [PATCH v15 4/6] arm64: Add config for AMD Pensando SoC platforms

On Fri, Aug 11, 2023 at 11:05:17AM -0700, Brad Larson wrote:
> Add ARCH_PENSANDO configuration option for AMD Pensando SoC
> based platforms.
>
> Signed-off-by: Brad Larson <[email protected]>
> ---
[...]
> +config ARCH_PENSANDO
> + bool "AMD Pensando Platforms"
> + help
> + This enables support for the ARMv8 based AMD Pensando SoC
> + family to include the Elba SoC.
> +
> + AMD Pensando SoCs support a range of Distributed Services
> + Cards in PCIe format installed into servers. The Elba
> + SoC includes 16 A-72 CPU cores, 144 programmable P4
> + cores for a minimal latency/jitter datapath, and network

Out of curiosity, what are A-72 and P4?

A-72 sounds like Arm Cortex A-72, P4 seems to refer to the P4
programming language (https://opennetworking.org/p4/).

Perhaps something like:

+ Cards in PCIe format installed into servers. The Elba
+ SoC includes 16 Cortex A-72 CPU cores, 144 P4-programmable
+ cores for a minimal latency/jitter datapath, and network


Best regards,
Jonathan


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