.. _bcm958402m2_a72:

Broadcom BCM958402M2 (Cortex-A72)
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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
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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
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The flash on board is not supported by Zephyr at this time.
Board is booted over PCIe interface.

Debugging
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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.