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| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/ADC-LH7-Touchscreen | 61 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/CompactFlash | 32 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/IOBarrier | 45 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/KEV7A400 | 8 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/LCDPanels | 59 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/LPD7A400 | 15 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/LPD7A40X | 16 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/SDRAM | 51 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/VectoredInterruptController | 80 |
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diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/ADC-LH7-Touchscreen b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/ADC-LH7-Touchscreen deleted file mode 100644 index dc460f05564..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/ADC-LH7-Touchscreen +++ /dev/null @@ -1,61 +0,0 @@ -README on the ADC/Touchscreen Controller -======================================== - -The LH79524 and LH7A404 include a built-in Analog to Digital -controller (ADC) that is used to process input from a touchscreen. -The driver only implements a four-wire touch panel protocol. - -The touchscreen driver is maintenance free except for the pen-down or -touch threshold. Some resistive displays and board combinations may -require tuning of this threshold. The driver exposes some of its -internal state in the sys filesystem. If the kernel is configured -with it, CONFIG_SYSFS, and sysfs is mounted at /sys, there will be a -directory - - /sys/devices/platform/adc-lh7.0 - -containing these files. - - -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 1 00:00 samples - -rw-r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 1 00:00 threshold - -r--r--r-- 1 root root 4096 Jan 1 00:00 threshold_range - -The threshold is the current touch threshold. It defaults to 750 on -most targets. - - # cat threshold - 750 - -The threshold_range contains the range of valid values for the -threshold. Values outside of this range will be silently ignored. - - # cat threshold_range - 0 1023 - -To change the threshold, write a value to the threshold file. - - # echo 500 > threshold - # cat threshold - 500 - -The samples file contains the most recently sampled values from the -ADC. There are 12. Below are typical of the last sampled values when -the pen has been released. The first two and last two samples are for -detecting whether or not the pen is down. The third through sixth are -X coordinate samples. The seventh through tenth are Y coordinate -samples. - - # cat samples - 1023 1023 0 0 0 0 530 529 530 529 1023 1023 - -To determine a reasonable threshold, press on the touch panel with an -appropriate stylus and read the values from samples. - - # cat samples - 1023 676 92 103 101 102 855 919 922 922 1023 679 - -The first and eleventh samples are discarded. Thus, the important -values are the second and twelfth which are used to determine if the -pen is down. When both are below the threshold, the driver registers -that the pen is down. When either is above the threshold, it -registers then pen is up. diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/CompactFlash b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/CompactFlash deleted file mode 100644 index 8616d877df9..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/CompactFlash +++ /dev/null @@ -1,32 +0,0 @@ -README on the Compact Flash for Card Engines -============================================ - -There are three challenges in supporting the CF interface of the Card -Engines. First, every IO operation must be followed with IO to -another memory region. Second, the slot is wired for one-to-one -address mapping *and* it is wired for 16 bit access only. Second, the -interrupt request line from the CF device isn't wired. - -The IOBARRIER issue is covered in README.IOBARRIER. This isn't an -onerous problem. Enough said here. - -The addressing issue is solved in the -arch/arm/mach-lh7a40x/ide-lpd7a40x.c file with some awkward -work-arounds. We implement a special SELECT_DRIVE routine that is -called before the IDE driver performs its own SELECT_DRIVE. Our code -recognizes that the SELECT register cannot be modified without also -writing a command. It send an IDLE_IMMEDIATE command on selecting a -drive. The function also prevents drive select to the slave drive -since there can be only one. The awkward part is that the IDE driver, -even though we have a select procedure, also attempts to change the -drive by writing directly the SELECT register. This attempt is -explicitly blocked by the OUTB function--not pretty, but effective. - -The lack of interrupts is a more serious problem. Even though the CF -card is fast when compared to a normal IDE device, we don't know that -the CF is really flash. A user could use one of the very small hard -drives being shipped with a CF interface. The IDE code includes a -check for interfaces that lack an IRQ. In these cases, submitting a -command to the IDE controller is followed by a call to poll for -completion. If the device isn't immediately ready, it schedules a -timer to poll again later. diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/IOBarrier b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/IOBarrier deleted file mode 100644 index 2e953e228f4..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/IOBarrier +++ /dev/null @@ -1,45 +0,0 @@ -README on the IOBARRIER for CardEngine IO -========================================= - -Due to an unfortunate oversight when the Card Engines were designed, -the signals that control access to some peripherals, most notably the -SMC91C9111 ethernet controller, are not properly handled. - -The symptom is that some back to back IO with the peripheral returns -unreliable data. With the SMC chip, you'll see errors about the bank -register being 'screwed'. - -The cause is that the AEN signal to the SMC chip does not transition -for every memory access. It is driven through the CPLD from the CS7 -line of the CPU's static memory controller which is optimized to -eliminate unnecessary transitions. Yet, the SMC requires a transition -for every write access. The Sharp website has more information about -the effect this power-conserving feature has on peripheral -interfacing. - -The solution is to follow every write access to the SMC chip with an -access to another memory region that will force the CPU to release the -chip select line. It is important to guarantee that this access -forces the CPU off-chip. We map a page of SDRAM as if it were an -uncacheable IO device and read from it after every SMC IO write -operation. - - SMC IO - BARRIER IO - -Only this sequence is important. It does not matter that there is no -BARRIER IO before the access to the SMC chip because the AEN latch -only needs occurs after the SMC IO write cycle. The routines that -implement this work-around make an additional concession which is to -disable interrupts during the IO sequence. Other hardware devices -(the LogicPD CPLD) have registers in the same physical memory -region as the SMC chip. An interrupt might allow an access to one of -those registers while SMC IO is being performed. - -You might be tempted to think that we have to access another device -attached to the static memory controller, but the empirical evidence -indicates that this is not so. Mapping 0x00000000 (flash) and -0xc0000000 (SDRAM) appear to have the same effect. Using SDRAM seems -to be faster. Choosing to access an undecoded memory region is not -desirable as there is no way to know how that chip select will be used -in the future. diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/KEV7A400 b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/KEV7A400 deleted file mode 100644 index be32b14cd53..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/KEV7A400 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,8 +0,0 @@ -README on Implementing Linux for Sharp's KEV7a400 -================================================= - -This product has been discontinued by Sharp. For the time being, the -partially implemented code remains in the kernel. At some point in -the future, either the code will be finished or it will be removed -completely. This depends primarily on how many of the development -boards are in the field. diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/LCDPanels b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/LCDPanels deleted file mode 100644 index fb1b21c2f2f..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/LCDPanels +++ /dev/null @@ -1,59 +0,0 @@ -README on the LCD Panels -======================== - -Configuration options for several LCD panels, available from Logic PD, -are included in the kernel source. This README will help you -understand the configuration data and give you some guidance for -adding support for other panels if you wish. - - -lcd-panels.h ------------- - -There is no way, at present, to detect which panel is attached to the -system at runtime. Thus the kernel configuration is static. The file -arch/arm/mach-ld7a40x/lcd-panels.h (or similar) defines all of the -panel specific parameters. - -It should be possible for this data to be shared among several device -families. The current layout may be insufficiently general, but it is -amenable to improvement. - - -PIXEL_CLOCK ------------ - -The panel data sheets will give a range of acceptable pixel clocks. -The fundamental LCDCLK input frequency is divided down by a PCD -constant in field '.tim2'. It may happen that it is impossible to set -the pixel clock within this range. A clock which is too slow will -tend to flicker. For the highest quality image, set the clock as high -as possible. - - -MARGINS -------- - -These values may be difficult to glean from the panel data sheet. In -the case of the Sharp panels, the upper margin is explicitly called -out as a specific number of lines from the top of the frame. The -other values may not matter as much as the panels tend to -automatically center the image. - - -Sync Sense ----------- - -The sense of the hsync and vsync pulses may be called out in the data -sheet. On one panel, the sense of these pulses determine the height -of the visible region on the panel. Most of the Sharp panels use -negative sense sync pulses set by the TIM2_IHS and TIM2_IVS bits in -'.tim2'. - - -Pel Layout ----------- - -The Sharp color TFT panels are all configured for 16 bit direct color -modes. The amba-lcd driver sets the pel mode to 565 for 5 bits of -each red and blue and 6 bits of green. diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/LPD7A400 b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/LPD7A400 deleted file mode 100644 index 3275b453bfd..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/LPD7A400 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,15 +0,0 @@ -README on Implementing Linux for the Logic PD LPD7A400-10 -========================================================= - -- CPLD memory mapping - - The board designers chose to use high address lines for controlling - access to the CPLD registers. It turns out to be a big waste - because we're using an MMU and must map IO space into virtual - memory. The result is that we have to make a mapping for every - register. - -- Serial Console - - It may be OK not to use the serial console option if the user passes - the console device name to the kernel. This deserves some exploration. diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/LPD7A40X b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/LPD7A40X deleted file mode 100644 index 8c29a27e208..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/LPD7A40X +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@ -README on Implementing Linux for the Logic PD LPD7A40X-10 -========================================================= - -- CPLD memory mapping - - The board designers chose to use high address lines for controlling - access to the CPLD registers. It turns out to be a big waste - because we're using an MMU and must map IO space into virtual - memory. The result is that we have to make a mapping for every - register. - -- Serial Console - - It may be OK not to use the serial console option if the user passes - the console device name to the kernel. This deserves some exploration. - diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/SDRAM b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/SDRAM deleted file mode 100644 index 93ddc23c2fa..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/SDRAM +++ /dev/null @@ -1,51 +0,0 @@ -README on the SDRAM Controller for the LH7a40X -============================================== - -The standard configuration for the SDRAM controller generates a sparse -memory array. The precise layout is determined by the SDRAM chips. A -default kernel configuration assembles the discontiguous memory -regions into separate memory nodes via the NUMA (Non-Uniform Memory -Architecture) facilities. In this default configuration, the kernel -is forgiving about the precise layout. As long as it is given an -accurate picture of available memory by the bootloader the kernel will -execute correctly. - -The SDRC supports a mode where some of the chip select lines are -swapped in order to make SDRAM look like a synchronous ROM. Setting -this bit means that the RAM will present as a contiguous array. Some -programmers prefer this to the discontiguous layout. Be aware that -may be a penalty for this feature where some some configurations of -memory are significantly reduced; i.e. 64MiB of RAM appears as only 32 -MiB. - -There are a couple of configuration options to override the default -behavior. When the SROMLL bit is set and memory appears as a -contiguous array, there is no reason to support NUMA. -CONFIG_LH7A40X_CONTIGMEM disables NUMA support. When physical memory -is discontiguous, the memory tables are organized such that there are -two banks per nodes with a small gap between them. This layout wastes -some kernel memory for page tables representing non-existent memory. -CONFIG_LH7A40X_ONE_BANK_PER_NODE optimizes the node tables such that -there are no gaps. These options control the low level organization -of the memory management tables in ways that may prevent the kernel -from booting or may cause the kernel to allocated excessively large -page tables. Be warned. Only change these options if you know what -you are doing. The default behavior is a reasonable compromise that -will suit all users. - --- - -A typical 32MiB system with the default configuration options will -find physical memory managed as follows. - - node 0: 0xc0000000 4MiB - 0xc1000000 4MiB - node 1: 0xc4000000 4MiB - 0xc5000000 4MiB - node 2: 0xc8000000 4MiB - 0xc9000000 4MiB - node 3: 0xcc000000 4MiB - 0xcd000000 4MiB - -Setting CONFIG_LH7A40X_ONE_BANK_PER_NODE will put each bank into a -separate node. diff --git a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/VectoredInterruptController b/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/VectoredInterruptController deleted file mode 100644 index 23047e9861e..00000000000 --- a/Documentation/arm/Sharp-LH/VectoredInterruptController +++ /dev/null @@ -1,80 +0,0 @@ -README on the Vectored Interrupt Controller of the LH7A404 -========================================================== - -The 404 revision of the LH7A40X series comes with two vectored -interrupts controllers. While the kernel does use some of the -features of these devices, it is far from the purpose for which they -were designed. - -When this README was written, the implementation of the VICs was in -flux. It is possible that some details, especially with priorities, -will change. - -The VIC support code is inspired by routines written by Sharp. - - -Priority Control ----------------- - -The significant reason for using the VIC's vectoring is to control -interrupt priorities. There are two tables in -arch/arm/mach-lh7a40x/irq-lh7a404.c that look something like this. - - static unsigned char irq_pri_vic1[] = { IRQ_GPIO3INTR, }; - static unsigned char irq_pri_vic2[] = { - IRQ_T3UI, IRQ_GPIO7INTR, - IRQ_UART1INTR, IRQ_UART2INTR, IRQ_UART3INTR, }; - -The initialization code reads these tables and inserts a vector -address and enable for each indicated IRQ. Vectored interrupts have -higher priority than non-vectored interrupts. So, on VIC1, -IRQ_GPIO3INTR will be served before any other non-FIQ interrupt. Due -to the way that the vectoring works, IRQ_T3UI is the next highest -priority followed by the other vectored interrupts on VIC2. After -that, the non-vectored interrupts are scanned in VIC1 then in VIC2. - - -ISR ---- - -The interrupt service routine macro get_irqnr() in -arch/arm/kernel/entry-armv.S scans the VICs for the next active -interrupt. The vectoring makes this code somewhat larger than it was -before using vectoring (refer to the LH7A400 implementation). In the -case where an interrupt is vectored, the implementation will tend to -be faster than the non-vectored version. However, the worst-case path -is longer. - -It is worth noting that at present, there is no need to read -VIC2_VECTADDR because the register appears to be shared between the -controllers. The code is written such that if this changes, it ought -to still work properly. - - -Vector Addresses ----------------- - -The proper use of the vectoring hardware would jump to the ISR -specified by the vectoring address. Linux isn't structured to take -advantage of this feature, though it might be possible to change -things to support it. - -In this implementation, the vectoring address is used to speed the -search for the active IRQ. The address is coded such that the lowest -6 bits store the IRQ number for vectored interrupts. These numbers -correspond to the bits in the interrupt status registers. IRQ zero is -the lowest interrupt bit in VIC1. IRQ 32 is the lowest interrupt bit -in VIC2. Because zero is a valid IRQ number and because we cannot -detect whether or not there is a valid vectoring address if that -address is zero, the eigth bit (0x100) is set for vectored interrupts. -The address for IRQ 0x18 (VIC2) is 0x118. Only the ninth bit is set -for the default handler on VIC1 and only the tenth bit is set for the -default handler on VIC2. - -In other words. - - 0x000 - no active interrupt - 0x1ii - vectored interrupt 0xii - 0x2xx - unvectored interrupt on VIC1 (xx is don't care) - 0x4xx - unvectored interrupt on VIC2 (xx is don't care) - |