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diff --git a/doc/README.fsl_iim b/doc/README.fsl_iim new file mode 100644 index 00000000000..e087f5e0e4f --- /dev/null +++ b/doc/README.fsl_iim @@ -0,0 +1,48 @@ +Driver implementing the fuse API for Freescale's IC Identification Module (IIM) + +This IP can be found on the following SoCs: + - MPC512x, + - i.MX25, + - i.MX27, + - i.MX31, + - i.MX35, + - i.MX51, + - i.MX53. + +The section numbers in this file refer to the i.MX25 Reference Manual. + +A fuse word contains 8 fuse bit slots, as explained in 30.4.2.2.1. + +A bank contains 256 fuse word slots, as shown by the memory map in 30.3.1. + +Some fuse bit or word slots may not have the corresponding fuses actually +implemented in the fusebox. + +See the README files of the SoCs using this driver in order to know the +conventions used by U-Boot to store some specific data in the fuses, e.g. MAC +addresses. + +Fuse operations: + + Read + Read operations are implemented as read accesses to the shadow registers, + using "Word y of Bank x" from the register summary in 30.3.2. This is + explained in detail in 30.4.5.1. + + Sense + Sense operations are implemented as explained in 30.4.5.2. + + Program + Program operations are implemented as explained in 30.4.5.3. Following + this operation, the shadow registers are reloaded by the hardware (not + immediately, but this does not make any difference for a user reading + these registers). + + Override + Override operations are implemented as write accesses to the shadow + registers, as explained in 30.4.5.4. + +Configuration: + + CONFIG_FSL_IIM + Define this to enable the fsl_iim driver. |