Discovery Board Support Package Software Solutions

Marvell provides Board Support Packages (BSP) for its development boards based on our Discovery™ family of system controllers. Our BSPs cover a wide range of CPU and operating system platforms.

Features*

• Cross bar architecture and efficient memory access schemes for high system performance
• Controller device initialization
• SDRAM auto detection and configuration
• Flash boot line
• Serial, UART, NIC, Ethernet drivers
• Drivers for timers and counters
• Interrupt controller driver
• Independent Direct Memory Access (IDMA) and PCI Scan drivers
• Flash driver
• Debug LED Application Programming Interface (API)
• Watchdog timer driver
• Communication unit management driver
• Serial Direct Memory Access (SDMA), Multi-Protocol Serial Controller (MPSC) and BRG drivers

CPU Support

Marvell provides a wide range of BSP CPU support for Discovery devices

PowerPC Processor Support

• Motorola MPC 8245
• Motorola MPC 7400
• Motorola MPC 7410
• Motorola MPC 7450 in single CPU and SMP modes
• Motorola MPC 7455 in single CPU and SMP modes
• IBM 750CX

MIPS Processor Support

• PMC/QED RM7000
• PMC/QED RM5000
• PMC/QED RM4000

Operating Systems Support

Marvell has engaged with popular RTOS vendors to offer a wide range of operating system platform support. BSPs are available from Marvell or from the respective operating system vendor, with the following operating systems supported:

• VxWorks from Wind River™ Systems, Inc.
• QNX Realtime Platform from QNX™ Systems
• Monta Vista Linux from Monta Vista
• Red Hat Linux from Red Hat Inc.
• Linux Open Source Solutions from Mission Critical Linux™

Monitor Programs

Marvell provides Performance Monitor (PMON) for our MIPS-based Discovery II platforms. PMON2000 for our Power PC-based Discovery II platforms is available from Opsycon (Open System Consulting SB).

* Features may vary depending on the peripherals supported in the controllers