linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 00/13] Introducing the Mobileye EyeQ6Lplus SoC

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Message-ID: <11e76904-51e1-4270-aa11-a854d3143516@bootlin.com>
Date: Fri, 19 Dec 2025 17:22:22 +0100
From: Benoît Monin <benoit.monin@...tlin.com>
To: Linus Walleij <linusw@...nel.org>,
 Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
Cc: Vladimir Kondratiev <vladimir.kondratiev@...ileye.com>,
 Gregory CLEMENT <gregory.clement@...tlin.com>,
 Théo Lebrun <theo.lebrun@...tlin.com>,
 Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>, Krzysztof Kozlowski <krzk+dt@...nel.org>,
 Conor Dooley <conor+dt@...nel.org>,
 Michael Turquette <mturquette@...libre.com>, Stephen Boyd
 <sboyd@...nel.org>, Philipp Zabel <p.zabel@...gutronix.de>,
 Thomas Petazzoni <thomas.petazzoni@...tlin.com>,
 Tawfik Bayouk <tawfik.bayouk@...ileye.com>, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
 devicetree@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 00/13] Introducing the Mobileye EyeQ6Lplus SoC

Hi Linus,

On 12/19/25 13:03, Linus Walleij wrote:
> Hi Benoit,
> 
> thanks for your patches!
> 
> On Wed, Dec 17, 2025 at 2:36 PM Benoît Monin <benoit.monin@...tlin.com> wrote:
> 
>> The Eyeq6Lplus is a new system-on-chip part of Mobileye's EyeQ family
> 
> I don't know if this is "new" since it was announced in 2022.
> 
The EyeQ6L family was announced in 2024[1] and this particular variant,
the EyeQ6Lplus, is from this year I guess.

>> of SoC aimed at Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS). It is built
>> around a multicore MIPS I6500 with 2 cores and 8 threads and integrates
>> controllers and accelerators dedicated to driving assistance.
> 
> I think a question on everyone's lips is how much new MIPS hardware
> MobilEye are going to be churning out? Is there *more* coming?
> 
I cannot say for sure what are Mobileye plans but the next platform
we are working on is based on RISC-V, with MIPS P8700 cores[2]. 

> Don't get me wrong - I think it is pretty cool. But as these systems have
> long support cycles, this will have direct consequences for the MIPS arch
> maintenance and longevity.
> 
> Yours,
> Linus Walleij

[1]: https://www.mobileye.com/news/mobileye-eyeq6-lite-launches-to-speed-adas-upgrades-worldwide/
[2]: https://mips.com/products/hardware/p8700/