[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/2] arch/arm: add the cortex A17 variant supported by gcc 5.x

[Ezequiel Garcia]

(Ccing Ross Green)

On 21 February 2016 at 10:12, Ezequiel Garcia
<ezequiel at vanguardiasur.com.ar> wrote:
> Add the Cortex A17 variant. This core is considered a replacement
> of the Cortex A12 and is supported by gcc 5.
>
> Suggested-by: Ross Green <greenfross at netscape.net>
> Signed-off-by: Ezequiel Garcia <ezequiel at vanguardiasur.com.ar>
> ---
>  arch/Config.in.arm              | 9 +++++++++
>  package/binutils/Config.in.host | 4 ++++
>  package/gcc/Config.in.host      | 9 ++++++---
>  3 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/Config.in.arm b/arch/Config.in.arm
> index 2b34f42850cf..04f0369c0b97 100644
> --- a/arch/Config.in.arm
> +++ b/arch/Config.in.arm
> @@ -159,6 +159,14 @@ config BR2_cortex_a15
>         select BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_THUMB2
>         select BR2_ARM_CPU_ARMV7A
>         select BR2_ARCH_HAS_MMU_OPTIONAL
> +config BR2_cortex_a17
> +       bool "cortex-A17"
> +       select BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_ARM
> +       select BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_NEON
> +       select BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_VFPV4
> +       select BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_THUMB2
> +       select BR2_ARM_CPU_ARMV7A
> +       select BR2_ARCH_HAS_MMU_OPTIONAL
>  config BR2_cortex_m3
>         bool "cortex-M3"
>         select BR2_ARM_CPU_HAS_THUMB
> @@ -442,6 +450,7 @@ config BR2_GCC_TARGET_CPU
>         default "cortex-a9"     if BR2_cortex_a9
>         default "cortex-a12"    if BR2_cortex_a12
>         default "cortex-a15"    if BR2_cortex_a15
> +       default "cortex-a17"    if BR2_cortex_a17
>         default "cortex-m3"     if BR2_cortex_m3
>         default "fa526"         if BR2_fa526
>         default "marvell-pj4"   if BR2_pj4
> diff --git a/package/binutils/Config.in.host b/package/binutils/Config.in.host
> index df3c385de5ad..07574e42ca8a 100644
> --- a/package/binutils/Config.in.host
> +++ b/package/binutils/Config.in.host
> @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ choice
>                            !BR2_powerpc64le && !BR2_nios2
>                 # Unsupported for MIPS R6
>                 depends on !BR2_mips_32r6 && !BR2_mips_64r6
> +               # Unsupported ARM cores
> +               depends on !BR2_cortex_a17
>                 bool "binutils 2.23.2"
>
>         config BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_24_X
> @@ -19,6 +21,8 @@ choice
>                 depends on !BR2_nios2 && !BR2_powerpc64le
>                 # Unsupported for MIPS R6
>                 depends on !BR2_mips_32r6 && !BR2_mips_64r6
> +               # Unsupported ARM cores
> +               depends on !BR2_cortex_a17
>                 bool "binutils 2.24"
>
>         config BR2_BINUTILS_VERSION_2_25_X
> diff --git a/package/gcc/Config.in.host b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
> index cad6896b44cc..560ea5210418 100644
> --- a/package/gcc/Config.in.host
> +++ b/package/gcc/Config.in.host
> @@ -21,7 +21,8 @@ choice
>                         && !BR2_powerpc64le && !BR2_nios2
>                 # Broken or unsupported ARM cores
>                 depends on !BR2_cortex_a7 && !BR2_cortex_a12 && \
> -                       !BR2_cortex_a15 && !BR2_fa526 && !BR2_pj4
> +                       !BR2_cortex_a15 && !BR2_cortex_a17 && \
> +                       !BR2_fa526 && !BR2_pj4
>                 # Broken or unsupported PPC cores
>                 depends on !BR2_powerpc_e5500 && !BR2_powerpc_e6500 && \
>                         !BR2_powerpc_power8
> @@ -44,7 +45,7 @@ choice
>                 depends on !BR2_microblaze && !BR2_aarch64 && !BR2_arc \
>                         && !BR2_powerpc64le && !BR2_nios2
>                 # Broken or unsupported ARM cores
> -               depends on !BR2_cortex_a12 && !BR2_pj4
> +               depends on !BR2_cortex_a12 && !BR2_pj4 && !BR2_cortex_a17
>                 # Broken or unsupported PPC cores
>                 depends on !BR2_powerpc_e5500 && !BR2_powerpc_e6500 && \
>                         !BR2_powerpc_power8
> @@ -63,7 +64,7 @@ choice
>                 depends on !BR2_microblaze && !BR2_arc \
>                         && !BR2_powerpc64le && !BR2_nios2
>                 # Broken or unsupported ARM cores
> -               depends on !BR2_cortex_a12
> +               depends on !BR2_cortex_a12 && !BR2_cortex_a17
>                 # Broken or unsupported PPC cores
>                 depends on !BR2_powerpc_power8
>                 # gcc-4.8.x + binutils-2.25 is broken for MIPS
> @@ -86,6 +87,8 @@ choice
>                 bool "gcc 4.9.x"
>                 # Broken or unsupported architectures
>                 depends on !BR2_arc
> +               # Broken or unsupported ARM cores
> +               depends on !BR2_cortex_a17
>                 # Unsupported for MIPS R6
>                 depends on !BR2_mips_32r6 && !BR2_mips_64r6
>                 # PR60102 https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=60102
> --
> 2.7.0
>



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Ezequiel García, VanguardiaSur
www.vanguardiasur.com.ar