.. _bcm958402m2_a72:

Broadcom BCM958402M2 (Cortex-A72) #################################

Overview

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The Broadcom bcm958402m2/bcm58402/a72 board utilizes the Viper BCM58402_A72 SoC to provide support for PCIe offload engine functionality.

Hardware

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The bcm958402m2/bcm58402/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/bcm58402/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 have not been enabled yet for this board.

The default configuration can be found in :zephyr_file:boards/brcm/bcm958402m2/bcm958402m2_bcm58402_a72_defconfig

Programming and Debugging

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Flashing

The flash on board is not supported by Zephyr at this time. Board is booted over PCIe interface.

Debugging

The bcm958402m2/bcm58402/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.