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| author | Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au> | 2014-05-26 21:44:25 +1000 |
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| committer | Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org> | 2014-06-05 13:20:01 +1000 |
| commit | 91a6151be2a936e87ce422fcd9262377ad9ed91c (patch) | |
| tree | 1f525f0eea01388771a4a6bfaa3360b9bad80b88 | |
| parent | 736256e4f1bc50bb8198c9b61dffd5fd0de17477 (diff) | |
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powerpc: Add cpu family documentation
This patch adds some documentation on the different cpu families
supported by arch/powerpc.
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
Signed-off-by: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@kernel.crashing.org>
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/powerpc/cpu_families.txt | 221 |
1 files changed, 221 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_families.txt b/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_families.txt new file mode 100644 index 0000000..fc08e22 --- /dev/null +++ b/Documentation/powerpc/cpu_families.txt @@ -0,0 +1,221 @@ +CPU Families +============ + +This document tries to summarise some of the different cpu families that exist +and are supported by arch/powerpc. + + +Book3S (aka sPAPR) +------------------ + + - Hash MMU + - Mix of 32 & 64 bit + + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | Old POWER | --------------> | RS64 (threads) | + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ +----------------+ +------+ + | 601 | --------------> | 603 | ---> | e300 | + +--------------+ +----------------+ +------+ + | | + | | + v v + +--------------+ +----------------+ +-------+ + | 604 | | 750 (G3) | ---> | 750CX | + +--------------+ +----------------+ +-------+ + | | | + | | | + v v v + +--------------+ +----------------+ +-------+ + | 620 (64 bit) | | 7400 | | 750CL | + +--------------+ +----------------+ +-------+ + | | | + | | | + v v v + +--------------+ +----------------+ +-------+ + | POWER3/630 | | 7410 | | 750FX | + +--------------+ +----------------+ +-------+ + | | + | | + v v + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | POWER3+ | | 7450 | + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | | + | | + v v + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | POWER4 | | 7455 | + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | | + | | + v v + +--------------+ +-------+ +----------------+ + | POWER4+ | --> | 970 | | 7447 | + +--------------+ +-------+ +----------------+ + | | | + | | | + v v v + +--------------+ +-------+ +----------------+ + | POWER5 | | 970FX | | 7448 | + +--------------+ +-------+ +----------------+ + | | | + | | | + v v v + +--------------+ +-------+ +----------------+ + | POWER5+ | | 970MP | | e600 | + +--------------+ +-------+ +----------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | POWER5++ | + +--------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ +-------+ + | POWER6 | <-?-> | Cell | + +--------------+ +-------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | POWER7 | + +--------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | POWER7+ | + +--------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | POWER8 | + +--------------+ + + + +---------------+ + | PA6T (64 bit) | + +---------------+ + + +IBM BookE +--------- + + - Software loaded TLB. + - All 32 bit + + +--------------+ + | 401 | + +--------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | 403 | + +--------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | 405 | + +--------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | 440 | + +--------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | 450 | --> | BG/P | + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | 460 | + +--------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | 476 | + +--------------+ + + +Motorola/Freescale 8xx +---------------------- + + - Software loaded with hardware assist. + - All 32 bit + + +-------------+ + | MPC8xx Core | + +-------------+ + + +Freescale BookE +--------------- + + - Software loaded TLB. + - e6500 adds HW loaded indirect TLB entries. + - Mix of 32 & 64 bit + + +--------------+ + | e200 | + +--------------+ + + + +--------------------------------+ + | e500 | + +--------------------------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------------------------+ + | e500v2 | + +--------------------------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------------------------+ + | e500mc (Book3e) | + +--------------------------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------------------------+ + | e5500 (64 bit) | + +--------------------------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------------------------+ + | e6500 (HW TLB) (Multithreaded) | + +--------------------------------+ + + +IBM A2 core +----------- + + - Book3E, software loaded TLB + HW loaded indirect TLB entries. + - 64 bit + + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | A2 core | --> | WSP | + +--------------+ +----------------+ + | + | + v + +--------------+ + | BG/Q | + +--------------+ |
