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2SPEAr (Structured Processor Enhanced Architecture).
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4SPEAr600 is also known as SPEArPlus and SPEAr300 is also known as SPEArBasic
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6The SPEAr SoC family embeds a customizable logic that can be programmed
7one-time by a customer at silicon mask level (i.e. not at runtime!).
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9U-Boot supports four SoCs: SPEAr600, SPEAr3xx
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11All 4 SoCs (SPEAr3xx and SPEAr600) share common peripherals. SPEAr300 and
12SPEAr600 do not have EMI.
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141. ARM926ejs core based (sp600 has two cores, the 2nd handled only in Linux)
152. FastEthernet (sp600 has Gbit version, but same controller - GMAC)
163. USB Host
174. USB Device
185. NAND controller (FSMC)
196. Serial NOR ctrl
207. I2C
218. SPI
229. CLCD
2310. others ..
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25Everything is supported in Linux.
26u-boot is currently not supporting all peripeharls (just a few as listed below).
271. USB Device
282. NAND controller (FSMC)
293. Serial Memory Interface
304. EMI (Parallel NOR interface)
314. I2C
325. UART
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34Build options
35	make spear320_config
36		spear320 build with environment variables placed at default
37		location i.e. Serial NOR device
38	make spear320_pnor_config
39		This option generates a uboot image that supports emi controller
40		for CFI compliant parallel NOR flash. Environment variables are
41		placed in Parallel NOR device
42	make spear320_nand_config
43		spear320 build with environment variables placed in NAND device
44	make spear320_usbtty_config
45		spear320 build with usbtty terminal as default and environment
46		placed at default location
47	make spear320_usbtty_pnor_config
48		spear320 build with usbtty terminal as default and environment
49		placed in pnor device
50	make spear320_usbtty_nand_config
51		Build with usbtty terminal as default and environment placed in
52		NAND device
53	make spear300_config
54	make spear300_nand_config
55	make spear300_usbtty_config
56	make spear300_usbtty_nand_config
57	make spear310_config
58	make spear310_pnor_config
59	make spear310_nand_config
60	make spear310_usbtty_config
61	make spear310_usbtty_pnor_config
62	make spear310_usbtty_nand_config
63	make spear600_config
64	make spear600_nand_config
65	make spear600_usbtty_config
66	make spear600_usbtty_nand_config
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68Mac id storage and retrieval in spear platforms
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70Please read doc/README.enetaddr for the implementation guidelines for mac id
71usage. Basically, environment has precedence over board specific storage. The
72ethaddr beeing used for the network interface is always taken only from
73environment variables. Although, we can check the mac id programmed in i2c
74memory by using chip_config command
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