Group: Hardware/Components/SOCs

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Introduction

This page has information about various system on a chip.

Note that some information automatically applies to devices using systems on a chip mentioned here and some don't.

For instance:

  • If a system on a chip has a GPU, devices using that system on a chip will also get this GPU (unless there are versions without GPU, and that is not mentioned here).
  • If a system on a chip supports WiFi, PCIe, or other busses, and that the device didn't connect that to connectors, users won't be able to use these busses.
  • If a system on a chip can boot with free software, it doesn't mean that all the devices using it can. Some devices use restricted boot in ways that can't be disabled unless security flaws are found in the hardware.

Though:

  • That information can be used to rule out devices. For instance if a device has a system on a chip that doesn't boot with free software, it most likely can't boot with free software.
  • It can be used to see which chips can be used to produce devices that boot with free software or could somehow gain the RYF certification.

Information

Vendor Product CPU architecture GPU RYF issues Linux upstream status Bootloader upstream status Busses for WiFi Companion chips Documentation Minumum quantities Available until
Rockchip RK3399 arm64
  • Well supported by Panfrost (the main target is the RK3399)
  • Can run Supertuxkart
  • A nonfree firmware is required for using the USB Type-C display port output
  • There is now a free software implementation for the RAM initialization in u-boot
  • Can boot with fully free software
  • May have nonfree firmware for hardware video decoding
  • Probably has free software USB3/XHCI
 ? ?
  • PCIe
  • USB
  • Other?
 ? ? ? ?
Amlogic S805X Aarch64 Mali-450 (Lima)
  • Free software images tools WIP
  • Some binaries are in the bootloader, some of which are free some are nonfree:[1][2]:
    • bl301.bin: ?
    • bl21.bin: ?
    • acs.bin: ?
    • bl2.bin: First stage bootloader. Initialize the RAM.
    • bl30.bin: part of the SCP (power management) firmware. Runs on a cortex-M3?
    • bl31.img
 TODO: Look at status TODO: Look at status
Amlogic S905X Aarch64
  • Free software images tools WIP
  • Some binaries are in the bootloader, some of which are free some are nonfree:[3]:
    • bl2.bin: First stage bootloader. Initialize the RAM.
    • acs.bin: RAM init data?
    • bl21.bin: ?
    • bl30.bin: part of the SCP (power management) firmware. Runs on a cortex-M3?
    • bl301.bin: ?
    • bl31.img Free software replacement now in arm trusted firmware[4].
 TODO: Look at status TODO: Look at status
Texas instruments DM370(like omap3 but higher speed) ARMv7 Powervr
  • No free GPU driver
 Good
  • good (free software unsigned possible)
  • USB Host
  • Probably has no mPCIe
 ? ? ? ?
Texas instruments omap4 ARMv7 Powervr
  • No free GPU driver
 Probably good
  • Good
  • USB Host
  • Probably has no mPCIe
 ? ? ? ?
Allwinner Tech A31 ARMv7 Powervr
  • No free driver for the GPU (PowerVR)
 very few missing drivers ?
  • USB Host
 ? ? ? ?
Allwinner Tech
  • A10
  • A10s
  • A13
  • A20
 ARMv7 Mali
  • GPU (WIP)
  • Video encoding/decoding offload processor (WIP)
 very few missing drivers Good
  • USB Host
 ? ? ? ?
Samsung Exynos 3 Single -> Exynos 5 dual armv7 Mali
  • signed bootloaders
 ? ?
  • USB Host
 ? ? ? ?
Samsung Exynos 5 Octa ? Powervr
  • Probably has signed bootloaders
 ? ?
  • USB Host
 ? ? ? ?
Ingenic JZ4760 ? Vivante GC200 ? ?
  • Free software bootloader exist
  • TODO: check upstream status
  • USB Host
 ?
  • TODO: find the documentation
 1 ?
NXP I.MX 25 ARM 32bit (which one?) No GPU No known issues Mostly complete Mostly complete? (bareobx?, u-boot?)
  • USB host
  •  ?
 ? ? ?
NXP I.MX 50 ARMv7? ?

Issues:

  • GPU
  • Video decoding offload

TODO:

Mostly complete Mostly complete? (bareobx?, u-boot?)
  • USB host
  •  ?
 ? ? ?
NXP I.MX 51 ARMv7 Adreno

Issues:

  • GPU
  • Video decoding offload

Optional:

Mostly complete Mostly complete? (bareobx?, u-boot?)
  • USB host
  •  ?
 ? ? ?
NXP
  • i.MX 6 Dual
  • i.MX 6 Quad
  • i.MX 6 DualPlus
  • i.MX 6 QuadPlus
 ARMv7 Vivante

Issues:

  • GPU (WIP)
  • Video encoding/decoding offload processor

Optional:

Mostly complete Mostly complete? (bareobx?, u-boot?)
  • USB host
  • PCIe (i.MX 6 Quad, others?)
 ? ? ?
NXP
  • i.MX6 i.MX6 SoloLite
  • i.MX6 i.MX6 SoloX
 ARMv7 ?

Good:

  • No video decoding/encoding offload processor

Issues:

Optional:

Mostly complete Mostly complete? (bareobx?, u-boot?)
  • USB host
  •  ?
 ? ? ?
NXP
  • I.MX6 UltraLite
  • I.MX6 UUL
 ARMv7 No GPU Good:
  • No GPU
  • No video decoding/encoding offload processor

Optional:

Good Good
  • USB host
  •  ?
 ? ? ?
NXP i.MX8 (models?) ARM 64bit? Vivante

Issues:

  • Nonfree DDR4 controller firmware required to boot
  • HDMI firmware?
  • Video encoding/decoding offload processor

Optional:

  • USB host
  •  ?
 ? ? ?
Samsung
  • S3C2410
  • S3C2440
  • S3C2442
 ARMv4 No GPU? No known issues Needs to be ported to the devicetree ?
  • USB host
  •  ?
 ? ? ?
Creative ZMS-08 Armv7 (Cortex A8) Vector Processor (?) ? ? ? ? ? ? ? ?
Vendor Product CPU architecture GPU RYF issues Linux upstream status Bootloader upstream status Busses for WiFi Companion chips Documentation Minumum quantities Available until

TODO

References

  1. ↑ https://gitlab.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/raw/master/doc/board/amlogic/libretech-ac.rst
  2. ↑ From #linux-amlogic on Freenode:
    10:10 < repk> GNUtoo: bl31 is secure monitor or the ATF runtime, it runs in EL3 and dispatch SMC to secure/non-secure world. bl301 is a part of the SCP firmware. On meson the SCP is run by a microcontroller (cortex-M3) and handles power related stuff.
    10:10 < repk> see https://trustedfirmware-a.readthedocs.io/en/latest/ for more on that
    10:15 < repk> So BL1 is the CPU boot ROM code executes in SRAM and lunch BL2 which initializes DDR load all remaining firmwares (BL30 SCP, BL31 secure monitor, BL32 TEE, BL33 u-boot) in it. Then BL31 installs the secure monitor sends bl30 to SCP, and gives control to BL32 (if exists e.g. OPTEE) and BL33 (usually u-boot). Then u-boot loads boots linux.
  3. ↑ https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot/-/raw/master/doc/board/amlogic/libretech-cc.rst
  4. ↑ https://trustedfirmware-a.readthedocs.io/en/latest/plat/meson-gxl.html
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