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SPEAr (Structured Processor Enhanced Architecture).

SPEAr600 is also known as SPEArPlus and SPEAr300 is also known as SPEArBasic

The SPEAr SoC family embeds a customizable logic that can be programmed
one-time by a customer at silicon mask level (i.e. not at runtime!).

We are now adding the support in u-boot for two SoC: SPEAr600 and SPEAr3xx.

All 4 SoCs share common peripherals.

1. ARM926ejs core based (sp600 has two cores, the 2nd handled only in Linux)
2. FastEthernet (sp600 has Gbit version, but same controller - GMAC)
3. USB Host
4. USB Device
5. NAND controller (FSMC)
6. Serial NOR ctrl
7. I2C
8. SPI
9. CLCD
10. others ..

Everything is supported in Linux.
u-boot is not currently supporting all peripeharls (just a few as listed below).
1. USB Device
2. NAND controller (FSMC)
3. Serial Memory Interface
4. EMI (Parallel NOR interface)
4. I2C
5. UART

Build options
	make spear600_config
	make spear300_config
	make spear310_config
	make spear320_config

Further options
	make ENV=NAND (supported by all 4 SoCs)
	- This option generates a uboot image that saves environment inn NAND

	make CONSOLE=USB (supported by all 4 SoCs)
	- This option generates a uboot image for using usbdevice as a tty i/f

	make FLASH=PNOR (supported by SPEAr310 and SPEAr320)
	- This option generates a uboot image that supports emi controller for
	CFI compliant parallel NOR flash

Mac id storage and retrieval in spear platforms

Please read doc/README.enetaddr for the implementation guidelines for mac id
usage. Basically, environment has precedence over board specific storage. The
ethaddr beeing used for the network interface is always taken only from
environment variables. Although, we can check the mac id programmed in i2c
memory by using chip_config command