Add Cortex-A9 with SMP support to OpenOCD

Registered by Michael Hope

This blueprint has been superseded. See the newer blueprint "OpenOCD for the Cortex-A9" for updated plans.

OpenOCD is a JTAG based debugger. It currently has decent Cortex-A8 on OMAP3530 support.

Add support for the A9, a selection of A9 based boards, and SMP.

Blueprint information

Status:
Complete
Approver:
None
Priority:
Undefined
Drafter:
Michael Hope
Direction:
Needs approval
Assignee:
None
Definition:
Superseded
Series goal:
None
Implementation:
Deferred
Milestone target:
None
Completed by
Michael Hope

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Whiteboard

Work items:
Investigate current A8 and OMAP3530 support:
Talk with upstream about any existing SMP or A9 work:
Document goals:
Investigate and document two target boards:
Acquire boards:
Abstract current A8 support:
Add Cortex-A9 support:

Work items for phase 2:
Add support for board 1:
Add support for board 2:
Document:

Work items for phase 3:
Add SMP support:

Work items for phase 4:
Add ROM table scanning:
Add halt on reset support:
Add VFPv3/NEON support:

This may need to be split as there's six months worth of work here.

Effort: 6-9M

(?)

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