--- /dev/null
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025-2026 TQ-Systems GmbH <u-boot@ew.tq-group.com>,
+ * D-82229 Seefeld, Germany.
+ * Author: Alexander Feilke, Max Merchel
+ */
+
+#include <init.h>
+#include <asm/io.h>
+#include <linux/sizes.h>
+
+#include "tq_som.h"
+
+void __weak tq_som_ram_init(void)
+{
+ ;
+}
+
+/*
+ * checks if the accessible range equals the requested RAM size.
+ * returns true if successful, false otherwise
+ */
+bool tq_som_ram_check_size(long ram_size)
+{
+ long size;
+
+ size = get_ram_size((void *)PHYS_SDRAM, ram_size);
+ debug("SPL: requested RAM size %lu MiB. accessible %lu MiB\n",
+ ram_size / (SZ_1M), size / (SZ_1M));
+
+ return (size == ram_size);
+}
--- /dev/null
+/* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later */
+/*
+ * Copyright (c) 2025-2026 TQ-Systems GmbH <u-boot@ew.tq-group.com>,
+ * D-82229 Seefeld, Germany.
+ * Author: Alexander Feilke, Max Merchel
+ */
+
+#ifndef __TQ_SOM_H
+#define __TQ_SOM_H
+
+#include <init.h>
+#include <asm/io.h>
+#include <linux/iopoll.h>
+
+void tq_som_ram_init(void);
+
+/* used as a wrapper to write to specific register addresses */
+static inline void tq_som_init_write_reg(u32 address, u32 value)
+{
+ writel_relaxed(value, address);
+}
+
+/*
+ * checks if the accessible range equals the requested ram size.
+ * returns true if successful, false otherwise
+ */
+bool tq_som_ram_check_size(long ram_size);
+
+static inline void tq_som_check_bits_set(u32 address, u32 mask)
+{
+ u32 val;
+ readl_poll_timeout(address, val, (val & mask) == mask, 1000);
+}
+
+#endif /* __TQ_SOM_H */