[PATCH v3 17/19] doc: arch: Add documentation for LoongArch

Yao Zi <[email protected]>
Newsgroups org.u-boot-project.lists.u-boot
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Add a brief introduction to LoongArch architecture, some notes on the
implementation, and the toolchain supporting status.

Signed-off-by: Yao Zi <[email protected]>
---

New patch since v3

 doc/arch/index.rst     |  1 +
 doc/arch/loongarch.rst | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 31 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 doc/arch/loongarch.rst

diff --git a/doc/arch/index.rst b/doc/arch/index.rst
index 60c93b3b6640..10903b806d2c 100644
--- a/doc/arch/index.rst
+++ b/doc/arch/index.rst
@@ -9,6 +9,7 @@ Architecture-specific doc
    arc
    arm64
    arm64.ffa
+   loongarch
    m68k
    mips
    nios2
diff --git a/doc/arch/loongarch.rst b/doc/arch/loongarch.rst
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..d744db6a4999
--- /dev/null
+++ b/doc/arch/loongarch.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+.. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+.. Copyright (C) 2026 Yao Zi <[email protected]>
+
+LoongArch
+=========
+
+LoongArch is a RISC ISA developed by Loongson Technology. It currently defines
+three variants: a reduced 32-bit version (LA32R), a standard 32-bit version
+(LA32S) for embedded devices, and a 64-bit version (LA64).
+
+Notes
+-----
+
+1. Currently U-Boot only runs on LA64 variant with the highest privilege level
+   (PLV0).
+
+2. LA64 is distinguished with 32-bit LoongArch with CONFIG_ARCH_LA64.
+
+3. U-Boot expects hardware-maintained coherency between I-D cache. Cache
+   topology is probed through CPUCFG; L2 and L3 caches, if present, must be
+   unified or instruction-only. This is true for all commercial LA64 hardware.
+   Refer to arch/loongarch/lib/cache.c for further description.
+
+Toolchain
+---------
+
+LoongArch is supported in upstream binutils, gcc, and LLVM. GCC 12.1 started to
+support LA64, and GCC 16 started to support LA32.
+`kernel.org <https://mirrors.edge.kernel.org/pub/tools/crosstool/>`_ provides
+pre-built toolchain for both 32-bit and 64-bit LoongArch.
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