[PATCH rtems-docs v3] raspberrypi4.rst: Documentation for the new AArch64 Raspberry pi 4B BSP

Karel Gardas karel at functional.vision
Thu Oct 6 18:29:27 UTC 2022


On 10/6/22 20:14, Kinsey Moore wrote:
>> +Raspberry Pi uses a different mechanism to boot. First the GPU 
>> initializes,
> 
> A different mechanism as compared to what? Is this sentence important to 
> users?
> 
> Should GPU be CPU, instead?

Sorry for hijacking, but no, this sentence is right. GPU core on RPi is 
responsible for running its own RTOS (IIRC ThreadX?) and initializing 
CPU and then booting it.

Karel


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