1Overview
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3The LS1043A Development System (QDS) is a high-performance computing,
4evaluation, and development platform that supports the QorIQ LS1043A
5LayerScape Architecture processor. The LS1043AQDS provides SW development
6platform for the Freescale LS1043A processor series, with a complete
7debugging environment.
8
9LS1043A SoC Overview
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11The LS1043A integrated multicore processor combines four ARM Cortex-A53
12processor cores with datapath acceleration optimized for L2/3 packet
13processing, single pass security offload and robust traffic management
14and quality of service.
15
16The LS1043A SoC includes the following function and features:
17 - Four 64-bit ARM Cortex-A53 CPUs
18 - 1 MB unified L2 Cache
19 - One 32-bit DDR3L/DDR4 SDRAM memory controllers with ECC and interleaving
20   support
21 - Data Path Acceleration Architecture (DPAA) incorporating acceleration the
22   the following functions:
23   - Packet parsing, classification, and distribution (FMan)
24   - Queue management for scheduling, packet sequencing, and congestion
25     management (QMan)
26   - Hardware buffer management for buffer allocation and de-allocation (BMan)
27   - Cryptography acceleration (SEC)
28 - Ethernet interfaces by FMan
29   - Up to 1 x XFI supporting 10G interface
30   - Up to 1 x QSGMII
31   - Up to 4 x SGMII supporting 1000Mbps
32   - Up to 2 x SGMII supporting 2500Mbps
33   - Up to 2 x RGMII supporting 1000Mbps
34 - High-speed peripheral interfaces
35   - Three PCIe 2.0 controllers, one supporting x4 operation
36   - One serial ATA (SATA 3.0) controllers
37 - Additional peripheral interfaces
38   - Three high-speed USB 3.0 controllers with integrated PHY
39   - Enhanced secure digital host controller (eSDXC/eMMC)
40   - Quad Serial Peripheral Interface (QSPI) Controller
41   - Serial peripheral interface (SPI) controller
42   - Four I2C controllers
43   - Two DUARTs
44   - Integrated flash controller supporting NAND and NOR flash
45 - QorIQ platform's trust architecture 2.1
46
47 LS1043AQDS board Overview
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49 - SERDES Connections, 4 lanes supporting:
50      - PCI Express - 3.0
51      - SGMII, SGMII 2.5
52      - QSGMII
53      - SATA 3.0
54      - XFI
55 - DDR Controller
56     - 2GB 40bits (8-bits ECC) DDR4 SDRAM. Support rates of up to 1600MT/s
57 -IFC/Local Bus
58    - One in-socket 128 MB NOR flash 16-bit data bus
59    - One 512 MB NAND flash with ECC support
60    - PromJet Port
61    - FPGA connection
62 - USB 3.0
63    - Three high speed USB 3.0 ports
64    - First USB 3.0 port configured as Host with Type-A connector
65    - The other two USB 3.0 ports configured as OTG with micro-AB connector
66 - SDHC port connects directly to an adapter card slot, featuring:
67    - Optional clock feedback paths, and optional high-speed voltage translation assistance
68    - SD slots for SD, SDHC (1x, 4x, 8x), and/or MMC
69    - eMMC memory devices
70 - DSPI: Onboard support for three SPI flash memory devices
71 - 4 I2C controllers
72 - One SATA onboard connectors
73 - UART
74   - Two 4-pin serial ports at up to 115.2 Kbit/s
75   - Two DB9 D-Type connectors supporting one Serial port each
76 - ARM JTAG support
77
78Memory map from core's view
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80Start Address	End Address	Description		Size
810x00_0000_0000	0x00_000F_FFFF	Secure Boot ROM		1MB
820x00_0100_0000	0x00_0FFF_FFFF	CCSRBAR			240MB
830x00_1000_0000	0x00_1000_FFFF	OCRAM0			64KB
840x00_1001_0000	0x00_1001_FFFF	OCRAM1			64KB
850x00_2000_0000	0x00_20FF_FFFF	DCSR			16MB
860x00_6000_0000	0x00_67FF_FFFF	IFC - NOR Flash		128MB
870x00_7E80_0000	0x00_7E80_FFFF	IFC - NAND Flash	64KB
880x00_7FB0_0000	0x00_7FB0_0FFF	IFC - FPGA		4KB
890x00_8000_0000	0x00_FFFF_FFFF	DRAM1			2GB
90
91Booting Options
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93a) Promjet Boot
94b) NOR boot
95c) NAND boot
96d) SD boot
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