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PATCH v6 1/1 board: add support for Synopsys VDK Software Development Platform

The Virtualizer Development Kit (VDK) Family for ARM Cortex Products consists of a set of virtual prototypes that provide a virtualizer for the ARM core variants. The VDK is a standalone package that runs on an host computer.

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Change v5 -> v6:
- Remove options from the VDK defconfig (Arnaut Vandecappelle)
- Filesystem packages as modules (Arnaut Vandecappelle)
- New readme.txt (Arnaut Vandecappelle)
- Added BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4 to the buildroot' defconfig (Arnaut Vandecappelle)
Change v4 -> v5:
- Changelog format, minimal defconfig (Yann E. MORIN)
Change v3 -> v4:
- drop 'Image' boot option (Thomas Petazzoni)
Change v2 -> v3:
- kernel defconfig was not generated properly (Thomas Petazzoni)

 board/synopsys/vdk/linux-vdk-aarch64-defconfig | 143 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
 board/synopsys/vdk/readme.txt                  |  64 +++++++++++
 configs/snps_aarch64_vdk_defconfig             |  16 +++
 3 files changed, 223 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 board/synopsys/vdk/linux-vdk-aarch64-defconfig
 create mode 100644 board/synopsys/vdk/readme.txt
 create mode 100644 configs/snps_aarch64_vdk_defconfig
board/synopsys/vdk/linux-vdk-aarch64-defconfig new file +143 -0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..8109e16
@@ -0,0 +1,143 @@
+CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
+CONFIG_POSIX_MQUEUE=y
+CONFIG_NO_HZ=y
+CONFIG_HIGH_RES_TIMERS=y
+CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
+CONFIG_IKCONFIG=y
+CONFIG_IKCONFIG_PROC=y
+CONFIG_LOG_BUF_SHIFT=16
+CONFIG_CGROUPS=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD=y
+CONFIG_EMBEDDED=y
+CONFIG_SLAB=y
+CONFIG_PROFILING=y
+CONFIG_CC_STACKPROTECTOR_REGULAR=y
+CONFIG_MODULES=y
+CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
+CONFIG_SMP=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_MC=y
+CONFIG_SCHED_SMT=y
+CONFIG_NR_CPUS=8
+CONFIG_PREEMPT=y
+CONFIG_DEFAULT_MMAP_MIN_ADDR=32768
+CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE=y
+CONFIG_TRANSPARENT_HUGEPAGE_MADVISE=y
+CONFIG_CMDLINE="console=ttyAMA0 earlyprintk=pl011,0x1c090000 debug user_debug=31 loglevel=9 root=/dev/vda"
+CONFIG_CMDLINE_FORCE=y
+CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=y
+CONFIG_CPU_IDLE=y
+CONFIG_CPU_FREQ=y
+CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_USERSPACE=y
+CONFIG_CPU_FREQ_GOV_ONDEMAND=y
+CONFIG_ARM_BIG_LITTLE_CPUFREQ=y
+CONFIG_ARM_DT_BL_CPUFREQ=y
+CONFIG_ARM_SPCI_CPUFREQ=y
+CONFIG_NET=y
+CONFIG_PACKET=y
+CONFIG_UNIX=y
+CONFIG_XFRM_USER=y
+CONFIG_NET_KEY=y
+CONFIG_NET_KEY_MIGRATE=y
+CONFIG_INET=y
+CONFIG_IP_MULTICAST=y
+CONFIG_IP_PNP=y
+CONFIG_IP_PNP_DHCP=y
+CONFIG_IP_PNP_BOOTP=y
+CONFIG_IP_PNP_RARP=y
+CONFIG_SYN_COOKIES=y
+CONFIG_NETWORK_PHY_TIMESTAMPING=y
+CONFIG_UEVENT_HELPER_PATH="/sbin/hotplug"
+CONFIG_DEVTMPFS=y
+CONFIG_DEVTMPFS_MOUNT=y
+CONFIG_VEXPRESS_CONFIG=y
+CONFIG_CONNECTOR=m
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM_SIZE=65536
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_BLK=y
+CONFIG_SCSI=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_SD=y
+CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DM=y
+CONFIG_NETDEVICES=y
+CONFIG_STMMAC_ETH=m
+CONFIG_INPUT_EVDEV=y
+CONFIG_INPUT_MISC=y
+CONFIG_INPUT_UINPUT=y
+CONFIG_SERIO_AMBAKMI=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_8250=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_8250_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL011=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_AMBA_PL011_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_SERIAL_OF_PLATFORM=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_I2C=y
+CONFIG_I2C_CHARDEV=y
+CONFIG_I2C_DESIGNWARE_PLATFORM=y
+CONFIG_GPIOLIB=y
+CONFIG_GPIO_SYSFS=y
+CONFIG_POWER_RESET_VEXPRESS=y
+CONFIG_FB=y
+CONFIG_FB_ARMCLCD=y
+CONFIG_FRAMEBUFFER_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_LOGO=y
+CONFIG_USB_HIDDEV=y
+CONFIG_USB=y
+CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD=y
+CONFIG_USB_EHCI_HCD_SYNOPSYS=y
+CONFIG_USB_OHCI_HCD=y
+CONFIG_NOP_USB_XCEIV=y
+CONFIG_USB_ULPI=y
+CONFIG_USB_DUMMY_HCD=m
+CONFIG_USB_G_SERIAL=m
+CONFIG_MMC=y
+CONFIG_MMC_ARMMMCI=y
+CONFIG_NEW_LEDS=y
+CONFIG_LEDS_CLASS=y
+CONFIG_LEDS_GPIO=y
+CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGERS=y
+CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_TIMER=y
+CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_ONESHOT=y
+CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_HEARTBEAT=y
+CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_BACKLIGHT=y
+CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_CPU=y
+CONFIG_LEDS_TRIGGER_GPIO=y
+CONFIG_SWITCH=y
+CONFIG_RTC_CLASS=y
+CONFIG_RTC_DRV_PL031=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_BALLOON=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO=y
+CONFIG_VIRTIO_MMIO_CMDLINE_DEVICES=y
+CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_VERSATILE=y
+CONFIG_CLK_SP810=y
+CONFIG_CLK_VEXPRESS_OSC=y
+CONFIG_COMMON_CLK_SCPI=y
+CONFIG_MAILBOX=y
+CONFIG_ARM_SCPI_PROTOCOL=y
+CONFIG_EXT4_FS=y
+CONFIG_EXT4_FS_SECURITY=y
+CONFIG_BTRFS_FS=m
+CONFIG_QFMT_V2=y
+CONFIG_AUTOFS4_FS=m
+CONFIG_MSDOS_FS=m
+CONFIG_VFAT_FS=m
+CONFIG_TMPFS=y
+CONFIG_TMPFS_POSIX_ACL=y
+CONFIG_HUGETLBFS=m
+CONFIG_ECRYPT_FS=m
+CONFIG_CRAMFS=m
+CONFIG_NLS_CODEPAGE_437=y
+CONFIG_NLS_ISO8859_1=y
+CONFIG_VIRTUALIZATION=y
+CONFIG_KVM=y
+CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG=y
+CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO=y
+CONFIG_MAGIC_SYSRQ=y
+CONFIG_SCHEDSTATS=y
+CONFIG_TIMER_STATS=y
+CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER=y
+CONFIG_STRICT_DEVMEM=y
+CONFIG_SECURITY=y
+CONFIG_SECURITY_NETWORK_XFRM=y
+CONFIG_LSM_MMAP_MIN_ADDR=0
+
board/synopsys/vdk/readme.txt new file +64 -0

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configs/snps_aarch64_vdk_defconfig new file +16 -0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..982158e
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+BR2_aarch64=y
+BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_3_18=y
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="vdk-buildroot"
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE="Welcome to SNPS VDK by Buildroot"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_URL="https://git.linaro.org/kernel/linux-linaro-tracking.git"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_VERSION="linux-linaro-3.18-2014.12"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/synopsys/vdk/linux-vdk-aarch64-defconfig"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_CUSTOM=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_NAME="Image"
+BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS=y
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
+# BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
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PATCH v6 1/1 board: add support for Synopsys VDK Software Development Platform

Quoted 6 lines · Joao Pinto

The Virtualizer Development Kit (VDK) Family for ARM Cortex Products consists of a set of virtual prototypes that provide a virtualizer for the ARM core variants. The VDK is a standalone package that runs on an host computer.

One small nit below.

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[snip]

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configs/snps_aarch64_vdk_defconfig new file +3 -0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..982158e
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+BR2_aarch64=y
+BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_3_18=y
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="vdk-buildroot"

configs/snps_aarch64_vdk_defconfig line 13

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configs/snps_aarch64_vdk_defconfig new file +10 -0
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE="Welcome to SNPS VDK by Buildroot"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_URL="https://git.linaro.org/kernel/linux-linaro-tracking.git"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_VERSION="linux-linaro-3.18-2014.12"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/synopsys/vdk/linux-vdk-aarch64-defconfig"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_CUSTOM=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_NAME="Image"
+BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS=y

This is redundant.

Regards,
Arnout

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configs/snps_aarch64_vdk_defconfig new file +3 -0
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
+# BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
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Arnout Vandecappelle                          arnout at mind be
Senior Embedded Software Architect            +32-16-286500
Essensium/Mind                                http://www.mind.be
G.Geenslaan 9, 3001 Leuven, Belgium           BE 872 984 063 RPR Leuven
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PATCH v6 1/1 board: add support for Synopsys VDK Software Development Platform

Quoted 11 lines · Arnout Vandecappelle
Quoted 6 lines · Joao Pinto

The Virtualizer Development Kit (VDK) Family for ARM Cortex Products consists of a set of virtual prototypes that provide a virtualizer for the ARM core variants. The VDK is a standalone package that runs on an host computer.

One small nit below.

Silly me, one more thing I forgot...

Quoted 14 lines
Quoted 2 lines

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[snip]

Quoted 10 lines
configs/snps_aarch64_vdk_defconfig new file +4 -0
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..982158e
@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+BR2_aarch64=y
+BR2_KERNEL_HEADERS_3_18=y
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_HOSTNAME="vdk-buildroot"
+BR2_TARGET_GENERIC_ISSUE="Welcome to SNPS VDK by Buildroot"
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configs/snps_aarch64_vdk_defconfig line 12

Quoted 8 lines
configs/snps_aarch64_vdk_defconfig new file +8 -0
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_GIT=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_URL="https://git.linaro.org/kernel/linux-linaro-tracking.git"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_REPO_VERSION="linux-linaro-3.18-2014.12"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_USE_CUSTOM_CONFIG=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_CUSTOM_CONFIG_FILE="board/synopsys/vdk/linux-vdk-aarch64-defconfig"
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_CUSTOM=y
+BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE_TARGET_NAME="Image"

We now have BR2_LINUX_KERNEL_IMAGE which replaces the above two configs. And
it's even the default for aarch64, so you can just leave these two out.

Regards,
Arnout

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configs/snps_aarch64_vdk_defconfig line 13

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configs/snps_aarch64_vdk_defconfig new file +1 -0
+BR2_PACKAGE_BUSYBOX_SHOW_OTHERS=y

This is redundant.

Regards,
Arnout

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configs/snps_aarch64_vdk_defconfig new file +3 -0
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2=y
+BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_EXT2_4=y
+# BR2_TARGET_ROOTFS_TAR is not set
Signature · 6 lines
Arnout Vandecappelle                          arnout at mind be
Senior Embedded Software Architect            +32-16-286500
Essensium/Mind                                http://www.mind.be
G.Geenslaan 9, 3001 Leuven, Belgium           BE 872 984 063 RPR Leuven
LinkedIn profile: http://www.linkedin.com/in/arnoutvandecappelle
GPG fingerprint:  7493 020B C7E3 8618 8DEC 222C 82EB F404 F9AC 0DDF
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PATCH v6 1/1 board: add support for Synopsys VDK Software Development Platform

In reply to Joao Pinto

Dear Joao Pinto,

Quoted 7 lines · Joao Pinto

The Virtualizer Development Kit (VDK) Family for ARM Cortex Products consists of a set of virtual prototypes that provide a virtualizer for the ARM core variants. The VDK is a standalone package that runs on an host computer.

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Applied after removing the three unneeded options pointed out by Arnout. Thanks!

Thomas

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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering
http://free-electrons.com
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PATCH v6 1/1 board: add support for Synopsys VDK Software Development Platform

Hi,
That' great news! Thanks for the reviews!

Joao Pinto

-----Original Message-----
From: Thomas Petazzoni [mailto:thomas.petazzoni at free-electrons.com]
Sent: Tuesday, November 03, 2015 10:46 PM
To: Joao Pinto
Cc: arnout at mind.be; yann.morin.1998 at free.fr; buildroot at buildroot.org
Subject: Re: [Buildroot] [PATCH v6] board: add support for Synopsys VDK Software Development Platform

Dear Joao Pinto,

Quoted 7 lines · Joao Pinto

The Virtualizer Development Kit (VDK) Family for ARM Cortex Products consists of a set of virtual prototypes that provide a virtualizer for the ARM core variants. The VDK is a standalone package that runs on an host computer.

---

Applied after removing the three unneeded options pointed out by Arnout. Thanks!

Thomas
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Thomas Petazzoni, CTO, Free Electrons
Embedded Linux, Kernel and Android engineering http://free-electrons.com