Broadcom BCM958402M2 (Cortex-A72)¶
Overview¶
The Broadcom bcm958402m2_a72 board utilizes the Viper BCM58402_A72 SoC to provide support for PCIe offload engine functionality.
Hardware¶
The bcm958402m2_a72 is a PCIe card with the following physical features:
PCIe Gen4 interface
RS232 UART (optionally populated)
JTAG (optionally populated)
Supported Features¶
The Broadcom bcm958402m2_a72 board configuration supports the following hardware features:
Interface |
Controller |
Driver/Component |
|---|---|---|
GIC-500 |
on-chip |
GICv3 interrupt controller |
UART |
on-chip |
NS16550 compatible serial port |
Other hardware features are not supported by the Zephyr kernel.
The default configuration can be found in the defconfig file:
boards/arm/bcm958402m2_a72/bcm958402m2_a72_defconfig
Programming and Debugging¶
Flashing¶
The flash on board is not supported by Zephyr at this time. Board is booted over PCIe interface.
Debugging¶
The bcm958402m2_a72 board includes pads for soldering a JTAG connector. Zephyr applications running on the Cortex-A72 core can also be tested by observing UART console output.