ARM Marvell SoCs¶
This document lists all the ARM Marvell SoCs that are currently supported in mainline by the Linux kernel. As the Marvell families of SoCs are large and complex, it is hard to understand where the support for a particular SoC is available in the Linux kernel. This document tries to help in understanding where those SoCs are supported, and to match them with their corresponding public datasheet, when available.
Orion family¶
- Flavors:
88F5082
88F5181 a.k.a Orion-1
88F5181L a.k.a Orion-VoIP
88F5182 a.k.a Orion-NAS
Programmer's User Guide: https://web.archive.org/web/20210124231536/http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~board/ts7800/MV88F5182-opensource-manual.pdf
User Manual: https://web.archive.org/web/20210124231631/http://csclub.uwaterloo.ca/~board/ts7800/MV88F5182-usermanual.pdf
Functional Errata: https://web.archive.org/web/20210704165540/https://www.digriz.org.uk/ts78xx/88F5182_Functional_Errata.pdf
88F5281 a.k.a Orion-2
88F6183 a.k.a Orion-1-90
- Homepage:
https://web.archive.org/web/20080607215437/http://www.marvell.com/products/media/index.jsp
- Core:
Feroceon 88fr331 (88f51xx) or 88fr531-vd (88f52xx) ARMv5 compatible
- Linux kernel mach directory:
arch/arm/mach-orion5x
- Linux kernel plat directory:
arch/arm/plat-orion
Kirkwood family¶
- Flavors:
88F6282 a.k.a Armada 300
88F6283 a.k.a Armada 310
88F6190
Product Brief : https://web.archive.org/web/20130730072715/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/88F6190-003_WEB.pdf
Hardware Spec : https://web.archive.org/web/20121021182835/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/HW_88F619x_OpenSource.pdf
Functional Spec: https://web.archive.org/web/20130730091033/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/FS_88F6180_9x_6281_OpenSource.pdf
88F6192
Product Brief : https://web.archive.org/web/20131113121446/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/88F6192-003_ver1.pdf
Hardware Spec : https://web.archive.org/web/20121021182835/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/HW_88F619x_OpenSource.pdf
Functional Spec: https://web.archive.org/web/20130730091033/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/FS_88F6180_9x_6281_OpenSource.pdf
88F6182
88F6180
Product Brief : https://web.archive.org/web/20120616201621/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/88F6180-003_ver1.pdf
Hardware Spec : https://web.archive.org/web/20130730091654/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/HW_88F6180_OpenSource.pdf
Functional Spec: https://web.archive.org/web/20130730091033/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/FS_88F6180_9x_6281_OpenSource.pdf
88F6280
88F6281
Product Brief : https://web.archive.org/web/20120131133709/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/88F6281-004_ver1.pdf
Hardware Spec : https://web.archive.org/web/20120620073511/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/HW_88F6281_OpenSource.pdf
Functional Spec: https://web.archive.org/web/20130730091033/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/assets/FS_88F6180_9x_6281_OpenSource.pdf
88F6321
88F6322
88F6323
- Homepage:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160513194943/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/kirkwood/
- Core:
Feroceon 88fr131 ARMv5 compatible
- Linux kernel mach directory:
arch/arm/mach-mvebu
- Linux kernel plat directory:
none
Discovery family¶
- Flavors:
MV78100
Product Brief : https://web.archive.org/web/20120616194711/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/assets/MV78100-003_WEB.pdf
Hardware Spec : https://web.archive.org/web/20141005120451/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/assets/HW_MV78100_OpenSource.pdf
Functional Spec: https://web.archive.org/web/20111110081125/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/assets/FS_MV76100_78100_78200_OpenSource.pdf
MV78200
Product Brief : https://web.archive.org/web/20140801121623/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/assets/MV78200-002_WEB.pdf
Hardware Spec : https://web.archive.org/web/20141005120458/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/assets/HW_MV78200_OpenSource.pdf
Functional Spec: https://web.archive.org/web/20111110081125/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/assets/FS_MV76100_78100_78200_OpenSource.pdf
MV76100
Product Brief : https://web.archive.org/web/20140722064429/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/assets/MV76100-002_WEB.pdf
Hardware Spec : https://web.archive.org/web/20140722064425/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/assets/HW_MV76100_OpenSource.pdf
Functional Spec: https://web.archive.org/web/20111110081125/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/discovery-innovation/assets/FS_MV76100_78100_78200_OpenSource.pdf
Not supported by the Linux kernel.
- Homepage:
- Core:
Feroceon 88fr571-vd ARMv5 compatible
- Linux kernel mach directory:
arch/arm/mach-mv78xx0
- Linux kernel plat directory:
arch/arm/plat-orion
EBU Armada family¶
- Armada 370 Flavors:
88F6710
88F6707
88F6W11
Product infos: https://web.archive.org/web/20141002083258/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/armada-370/
Product Brief: https://web.archive.org/web/20121115063038/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/armada-300/assets/Marvell_ARMADA_370_SoC.pdf
Hardware Spec: https://web.archive.org/web/20140617183747/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/armada-300/assets/ARMADA370-datasheet.pdf
Functional Spec: https://web.archive.org/web/20140617183701/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/armada-300/assets/ARMADA370-FunctionalSpec-datasheet.pdf
- Core:
Sheeva ARMv7 compatible PJ4B
- Armada XP Flavors:
MV78230
MV78260
MV78460
- NOTE:
not to be confused with the non-SMP 78xx0 SoCs
- Core:
Sheeva ARMv7 compatible Dual-core or Quad-core PJ4B-MP
- Armada 375 Flavors:
88F6720
- Core:
ARM Cortex-A9
- Armada 38x Flavors:
88F6810 Armada 380
88F6811 Armada 381
88F6821 Armada 382
88F6W21 Armada 383
88F6820 Armada 385
88F6825
88F6828 Armada 388
- Core:
ARM Cortex-A9
- Armada 39x Flavors:
88F6920 Armada 390
88F6925 Armada 395
88F6928 Armada 398
- Core:
ARM Cortex-A9
- Linux kernel mach directory:
arch/arm/mach-mvebu
- Linux kernel plat directory:
none
EBU Armada family ARMv8¶
- Armada 3710/3720 Flavors:
88F3710
88F3720
- Core:
ARM Cortex A53 (ARMv8)
- Homepage:
https://web.archive.org/web/20181103003602/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/armada-3700/
- Product Brief:
- Hardware Spec:
- Device tree files:
arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/armada-37*
- Armada 7K Flavors:
88F6040 (AP806 Quad 600 MHz + one CP110)
88F7020 (AP806 Dual + one CP110)
88F7040 (AP806 Quad + one CP110)
Core: ARM Cortex A72
- Homepage:
https://web.archive.org/web/20181020222606/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/armada-70xx/
- Product Brief:
- Device tree files:
arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/armada-70*
- Armada 8K Flavors:
88F8020 (AP806 Dual + two CP110)
88F8040 (AP806 Quad + two CP110)
- Core:
ARM Cortex A72
- Homepage:
https://web.archive.org/web/20181022004830/http://www.marvell.com/embedded-processors/armada-80xx/
- Product Brief:
- Device tree files:
arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/armada-80*
- Octeon TX2 CN913x Flavors:
CN9130 (AP807 Quad + one internal CP115)
CN9131 (AP807 Quad + one internal CP115 + one external CP115 / 88F8215)
CN9132 (AP807 Quad + one internal CP115 + two external CP115 / 88F8215)
- Core:
ARM Cortex A72
- Homepage:
- Product Brief:
- Device tree files:
arch/arm64/boot/dts/marvell/cn913*
Avanta family¶
- Flavors:
88F6500
88F6510
88F6530P
88F6550
88F6560
88F6601
- Homepage:
https://web.archive.org/web/20181005145041/http://www.marvell.com/broadband/
- Product Brief:
No public datasheet available.
- Core:
ARMv5 compatible
- Linux kernel mach directory:
no code in mainline yet, planned for the future
- Linux kernel plat directory:
no code in mainline yet, planned for the future
Storage family¶
- Armada SP:
88RC1580
- Product infos:
https://web.archive.org/web/20191129073953/http://www.marvell.com/storage/armada-sp/
- Core:
Sheeva ARMv7 compatible Quad-core PJ4C
(not supported in upstream Linux kernel)
Dove family (application processor)¶
- Flavors:
88AP510 a.k.a Armada 510
- Functional Spec:
- Homepage:
https://web.archive.org/web/20160822232651/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-500/
- Core:
ARMv7 compatible
- Directory:
arch/arm/mach-mvebu (DT enabled platforms)
arch/arm/mach-dove (non-DT enabled platforms)
PXA 2xx/3xx/93x/95x family¶
- Flavors:
- PXA21x, PXA25x, PXA26x
Application processor only
Core: ARMv5 XScale1 core
- PXA270, PXA271, PXA272
Product Brief : https://web.archive.org/web/20150927135510/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/pxa_27x_pb.pdf
Design guide : https://web.archive.org/web/20120111181937/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/pxa_27x_design_guide.pdf
Developers manual : https://web.archive.org/web/20150927164805/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/pxa_27x_dev_man.pdf
Specification : https://web.archive.org/web/20140211221535/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/pxa_27x_emts.pdf
Specification update : https://web.archive.org/web/20120111104906/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/pxa_27x_spec_update.pdf
Application processor only
Core: ARMv5 XScale2 core
- PXA300, PXA310, PXA320
PXA 300 Product Brief : https://web.archive.org/web/20120111121203/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/PXA300_PB_R4.pdf
PXA 310 Product Brief : https://web.archive.org/web/20120111104515/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/PXA310_PB_R4.pdf
PXA 320 Product Brief : https://web.archive.org/web/20121021182826/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/PXA320_PB_R4.pdf
Design guide : https://web.archive.org/web/20130727144625/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/PXA3xx_Design_Guide.pdf
Developers manual : https://web.archive.org/web/20130727144605/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/PXA3xx_Developers_Manual.zip
Specifications : https://web.archive.org/web/20130727144559/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/PXA3xx_EMTS.pdf
Specification Update : https://web.archive.org/web/20150927183411/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/PXA3xx_Spec_Update.zip
Reference Manual : https://web.archive.org/web/20120111103844/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/pxa-family/assets/PXA3xx_TavorP_BootROM_Ref_Manual.pdf
Application processor only
Core: ARMv5 XScale3 core
- PXA930, PXA935
Application processor with Communication processor
Core: ARMv5 XScale3 core
- PXA955
Application processor with Communication processor
Core: ARMv7 compatible Sheeva PJ4 core
Comments:
This line of SoCs originates from the XScale family developed by Intel and acquired by Marvell in ~2006. The PXA21x, PXA25x, PXA26x, PXA27x, PXA3xx and PXA93x were developed by Intel, while the later PXA95x were developed by Marvell.
Due to their XScale origin, these SoCs have virtually nothing in common with the other (Kirkwood, Dove, etc.) families of Marvell SoCs, except with the MMP/MMP2 family of SoCs.
- Linux kernel mach directory:
arch/arm/mach-pxa
MMP/MMP2/MMP3 family (communication processor)¶
- Flavors:
- PXA168, a.k.a Armada 168
Product brief : https://web.archive.org/web/20111102030100/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-100/assets/pxa_168_pb.pdf
Hardware manual : https://web.archive.org/web/20160428165359/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-100/assets/armada_16x_datasheet.pdf
Software manual : https://web.archive.org/web/20160428154454/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-100/assets/armada_16x_software_manual.pdf
Specification update : https://web.archive.org/web/20150927160338/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-100/assets/ARMADA16x_Spec_update.pdf
Boot ROM manual : https://web.archive.org/web/20130727205559/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-100/assets/armada_16x_ref_manual.pdf
App node package : https://web.archive.org/web/20141005090706/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-100/assets/armada_16x_app_note_package.pdf
Application processor only
Core: ARMv5 compatible Marvell PJ1 88sv331 (Mohawk)
- PXA910/PXA920
Homepage : https://web.archive.org/web/20150928121236/http://www.marvell.com/communication-processors/pxa910/
Product Brief : https://archive.org/download/marvell-pxa910-pb/Marvell_PXA910_Platform-001_PB.pdf
Application processor with Communication processor
Core: ARMv5 compatible Marvell PJ1 88sv331 (Mohawk)
- PXA688, a.k.a. MMP2, a.k.a Armada 610 (OLPC XO-1.75)
Product Brief : https://web.archive.org/web/20111102023255/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada-600/assets/armada610_pb.pdf
Application processor only
Core: ARMv7 compatible Sheeva PJ4 88sv581x core
- PXA2128, a.k.a. MMP3, a.k.a Armada 620 (OLPC XO-4)
Product Brief : https://web.archive.org/web/20120824055155/http://www.marvell.com/application-processors/armada/pxa2128/assets/Marvell-ARMADA-PXA2128-SoC-PB.pdf
Application processor only
Core: Dual-core ARMv7 compatible Sheeva PJ4C core
- PXA960/PXA968/PXA978 (Linux support not upstream)
Application processor with Communication Processor
Core: ARMv7 compatible Sheeva PJ4 core
- PXA986/PXA988 (Linux support not upstream)
Application processor with Communication Processor
Core: Dual-core ARMv7 compatible Sheeva PJ4B-MP core
- PXA1088/PXA1920 (Linux support not upstream)
Application processor with Communication Processor
Core: quad-core ARMv7 Cortex-A7
- PXA1908/PXA1928/PXA1936
Application processor with Communication Processor
Core: multi-core ARMv8 Cortex-A53
Comments:
This line of SoCs originates from the XScale family developed by Intel and acquired by Marvell in ~2006. All the processors of this MMP/MMP2 family were developed by Marvell.
Due to their XScale origin, these SoCs have virtually nothing in common with the other (Kirkwood, Dove, etc.) families of Marvell SoCs, except with the PXA family of SoCs listed above.
- Linux kernel mach directory:
arch/arm/mach-mmp
Berlin family (Multimedia Solutions)¶
- Flavors:
- 88DE3010, Armada 1000 (no Linux support)
Core: Marvell PJ1 (ARMv5TE), Dual-core
Product Brief: https://web.archive.org/web/20131103162620/http://www.marvell.com/digital-entertainment/assets/armada_1000_pb.pdf
- 88DE3005, Armada 1500 Mini
Design name: BG2CD
Core: ARM Cortex-A9, PL310 L2CC
- 88DE3006, Armada 1500 Mini Plus
Design name: BG2CDP
Core: Dual Core ARM Cortex-A7
- 88DE3100, Armada 1500
Design name: BG2
Core: Marvell PJ4B-MP (ARMv7), Tauros3 L2CC
- 88DE3114, Armada 1500 Pro
Design name: BG2Q
Core: Quad Core ARM Cortex-A9, PL310 L2CC
- 88DE3214, Armada 1500 Pro 4K
Design name: BG3
Core: ARM Cortex-A15, CA15 integrated L2CC
- 88DE3218, ARMADA 1500 Ultra
Core: ARM Cortex-A53
Homepage: https://www.synaptics.com/products/multimedia-solutions Directory: arch/arm/mach-berlin
Comments:
This line of SoCs is based on Marvell Sheeva or ARM Cortex CPUs with Synopsys DesignWare (IRQ, GPIO, Timers, ...) and PXA IP (SDHCI, USB, ETH, ...).
The Berlin family was acquired by Synaptics from Marvell in 2017.
CPU Cores¶
The XScale cores were designed by Intel, and shipped by Marvell in the older PXA processors. Feroceon is a Marvell designed core that developed in-house, and that evolved into Sheeva. The XScale and Feroceon cores were phased out over time and replaced with Sheeva cores in later products, which subsequently got replaced with licensed ARM Cortex-A cores.
- XScale 1
CPUID 0x69052xxx ARMv5, iWMMXt
- XScale 2
CPUID 0x69054xxx ARMv5, iWMMXt
- XScale 3
CPUID 0x69056xxx or 0x69056xxx ARMv5, iWMMXt
- Feroceon-1850 88fr331 "Mohawk"
CPUID 0x5615331x or 0x41xx926x ARMv5TE, single issue
- Feroceon-2850 88fr531-vd "Jolteon"
CPUID 0x5605531x or 0x41xx926x ARMv5TE, VFP, dual-issue
- Feroceon 88fr571-vd "Jolteon"
CPUID 0x5615571x ARMv5TE, VFP, dual-issue
- Feroceon 88fr131 "Mohawk-D"
CPUID 0x5625131x ARMv5TE, single-issue in-order
- Sheeva PJ1 88sv331 "Mohawk"
CPUID 0x561584xx ARMv5, single-issue iWMMXt v2
- Sheeva PJ4 88sv581x "Flareon"
CPUID 0x560f581x ARMv7, idivt, optional iWMMXt v2
- Sheeva PJ4B 88sv581x
CPUID 0x561f581x ARMv7, idivt, optional iWMMXt v2
- Sheeva PJ4B-MP / PJ4C
CPUID 0x562f584x ARMv7, idivt/idiva, LPAE, optional iWMMXt v2 and/or NEON
Long-term plans¶
Unify the mach-dove/, mach-mv78xx0/, mach-orion5x/ into the mach-mvebu/ to support all SoCs from the Marvell EBU (Engineering Business Unit) in a single mach-<foo> directory. The plat-orion/ would therefore disappear.
Credits¶
Maen Suleiman <maen@marvell.com>
Lior Amsalem <alior@marvell.com>
Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@free-electrons.com>
Andrew Lunn <andrew@lunn.ch>
Nicolas Pitre <nico@fluxnic.net>
Eric Miao <eric.y.miao@gmail.com>