2018-04-03 0:04 GMT+08:00 Linus Torvalds <torva...@linux-foundation.org>: > On Sun, Apr 1, 2018 at 11:01 PM, Greentime Hu <green...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> This tag contains the core nds32 Linux port(including interrupt controller >> driver and timer driver), which has been through 7 rounds of review on >> mailing >> list. > > Can I get an overview of the nds32 architecture (uses, quirks, reasons > for existing?) to add to the initial merge message? Just an overview, > not some kind of architecture manual thing. > > Yeah, yeah, I can google it myself and write something up, but it's > the kind of information I'd like to see when merging an architecture I > hadn't really ever heard about, and I suspect most others haven't > either. >
Hi, Linus: Andes nds32 architecture supports Linux for Andes's N10, D10, N13, N15, D15 processor cores. Based on the patented 16/32-bit AndeStar RISC-like architecture, we designed the configurable AndesCore series of embedded processor families. AndesCores range from highly performance-efficient small-footprint cores for microcontrollers and deeply-embedded applications to 1GHz+ cores running Linux, covering general-purpose N-series cores for a wide range of computing need, DSP-capable D-series cores for digital signal control, instruction-extensible E-series cores for application-specific acceleration, and secure S-series cores for best protection of the most valuable. Our customers together have shipped over 2.5 billion SoC’s with Andes processors embedded (including non-MMU IP cores). It will help our customers to get better Linux support if we are merged into mainline.