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author | Huacai Chen <chenhc@lemote.com> | 2014-03-21 18:44:02 +0800 |
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committer | Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org> | 2014-03-31 18:17:12 +0200 |
commit | 1a08f1524d2ee4d4239e56ee1b3f6da0df929563 (patch) | |
tree | 35e14776ea58a8a99c491479dcd12e0a07cbe256 /arch/mips/pci | |
parent | 5f6d693ebb4993c49a0d150da1c5fff15867fec0 (diff) |
MIPS: Loongson: Add UEFI-like firmware interface (LEFI) support
The new UEFI-like firmware interface (LEFI, i.e. Loongson Unified
Firmware Interface) has 3 advantages:
1, Firmware export a physical memory map which is similar to X86's
E820 map, so prom_init_memory() will be more elegant that #ifdef
clauses can be removed.
2, Firmware export a pci irq routing table, we no longer need pci
irq routing fixup in kernel's code.
3, Firmware has a built-in vga bios, and its address is exported,
the linux kernel no longer need an embedded blob.
With the LEFI interface, Loongson-3A/2G and all their successors can use
a unified kernel. All Loongson-based machines support this new interface
except 2E/2F series.
Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen <chenhc@lemote.com>
Signed-off-by: Hongliang Tao <taohl@lemote.com>
Signed-off-by: Hua Yan <yanh@lemote.com>
Tested-by: Alex Smith <alex.smith@imgtec.com>
Reviewed-by: Alex Smith <alex.smith@imgtec.com>
Cc: John Crispin <john@phrozen.org>
Cc: Steven J. Hill <Steven.Hill@imgtec.com>
Cc: Aurelien Jarno <aurelien@aurel32.net>
Cc: linux-mips@linux-mips.org
Cc: Fuxin Zhang <zhangfx@lemote.com>
Cc: Zhangjin Wu <wuzhangjin@gmail.com>
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/6632
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>
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