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23
24 Summary:
25 ========
26
27 This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
28 Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
29 processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
30 initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
31 code.
32
33 The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
34 the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
35 header files in common, and special provision has been made to
36 support booting of Linux images.
37
38 Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
39 configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
40 implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
41 add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
42 code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
43 load and run it dynamically.
44
45
46 Status:
47 =======
48
49 In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
50 Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
51 "working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
52
53 In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
54 who contributed the specific port. The MAINTAINERS file lists board
55 maintainers.
56
57 Note: There is no CHANGELOG file in the actual U-Boot source tree;
58 it can be created dynamically from the Git log using:
59
60 make CHANGELOG
61
62
63 Where to get help:
64 ==================
65
66 In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
67 U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
68 <u-boot@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic
69 on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
70 Please see http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
71 http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot
72
73
74 Where to get source code:
75 =========================
76
77 The U-Boot source code is maintained in the git repository at
78 git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
79 http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
80
81 The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
82 any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
83 available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
84 directory.
85
86 Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
87 ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
88
89
90 Where we come from:
91 ===================
92
93 - start from 8xxrom sources
94 - create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
95 - clean up code
96 - make it easier to add custom boards
97 - make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
98 - extend functions, especially:
99 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
100 * S-Record download
101 * network boot
102 * PCMCIA / CompactFlash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
103 - create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
104 - add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
105 - create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
106 - current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
107
108
109 Names and Spelling:
110 ===================
111
112 The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
113 "U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
114 in source files etc.). Example:
115
116 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
117
118 File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
119
120 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
121
122 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
123
124 Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
125 the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
126
127 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
128 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
129
130
131 Versioning:
132 ===========
133
134 Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
135 were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
136 into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
137 names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
138 Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
139 releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
140
141 Examples:
142 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
143 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
144 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candiate 1 for September 2010 release
145
146
147 Directory Hierarchy:
148 ====================
149
150 /arch Architecture specific files
151 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture
152 /cpu CPU specific files
153 /arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
154 /arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
155 /at91 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
156 /imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
157 /s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
158 /arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
159 /arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
160 /arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
161 /ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
162 /pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
163 /s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
164 /sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
165 /lib Architecture specific library files
166 /avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
167 /cpu CPU specific files
168 /lib Architecture specific library files
169 /blackfin Files generic to Analog Devices Blackfin architecture
170 /cpu CPU specific files
171 /lib Architecture specific library files
172 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
173 /cpu CPU specific files
174 /lib Architecture specific library files
175 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
176 /cpu CPU specific files
177 /mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
178 /mcf5227x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5227x CPUs
179 /mcf532x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5329 CPUs
180 /mcf5445x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5445x CPUs
181 /mcf547x_8x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF547x_8x CPUs
182 /lib Architecture specific library files
183 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
184 /cpu CPU specific files
185 /lib Architecture specific library files
186 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
187 /cpu CPU specific files
188 /mips32 Files specific to MIPS32 CPUs
189 /xburst Files specific to Ingenic XBurst CPUs
190 /lib Architecture specific library files
191 /nds32 Files generic to NDS32 architecture
192 /cpu CPU specific files
193 /n1213 Files specific to Andes Technology N1213 CPUs
194 /lib Architecture specific library files
195 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
196 /cpu CPU specific files
197 /lib Architecture specific library files
198 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
199 /cpu CPU specific files
200 /74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
201 /mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
202 /mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
203 /mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
204 /mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
205 /mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
206 /mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
207 /ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
208 /lib Architecture specific library files
209 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
210 /cpu CPU specific files
211 /sh2 Files specific to sh2 CPUs
212 /sh3 Files specific to sh3 CPUs
213 /sh4 Files specific to sh4 CPUs
214 /lib Architecture specific library files
215 /sparc Files generic to SPARC architecture
216 /cpu CPU specific files
217 /leon2 Files specific to Gaisler LEON2 SPARC CPU
218 /leon3 Files specific to Gaisler LEON3 SPARC CPU
219 /lib Architecture specific library files
220 /api Machine/arch independent API for external apps
221 /board Board dependent files
222 /common Misc architecture independent functions
223 /disk Code for disk drive partition handling
224 /doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
225 /drivers Commonly used device drivers
226 /examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
227 /fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
228 /include Header Files
229 /lib Files generic to all architectures
230 /libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees
231 /lzma Library files to support LZMA decompression
232 /lzo Library files to support LZO decompression
233 /net Networking code
234 /post Power On Self Test
235 /rtc Real Time Clock drivers
236 /tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
237
238 Software Configuration:
239 =======================
240
241 Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
242 rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
243
244 There are two classes of configuration variables:
245
246 * Configuration _OPTIONS_:
247 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
248 "CONFIG_".
249
250 * Configuration _SETTINGS_:
251 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
252 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
253 "CONFIG_SYS_".
254
255 Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
256 identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
257 do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
258 links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
259 as an example here.
260
261
262 Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
263 ---------------------------------------------------
264
265 For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
266 configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
267
268 Example: For a TQM823L module type:
269
270 cd u-boot
271 make TQM823L_config
272
273 For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the CPU type as well;
274 e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
275 directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
276
277
278 Configuration Options:
279 ----------------------
280
281 Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
282 such information is kept in a configuration file
283 "include/configs/<board_name>.h".
284
285 Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
286 "include/configs/TQM823L.h".
287
288
289 Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
290 kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
291 build a config tool - later.
292
293
294 The following options need to be configured:
295
296 - CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
297
298 - Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
299
300 - CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
301 Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
302
303 - CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
304 Define exactly one of
305 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
306 --- FIXME --- not tested yet:
307 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
308 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
309
310 - Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
311 Define exactly one of
312 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
313
314 - Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
315 Define one or more of
316 CONFIG_CMA302
317
318 - Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
319 Define one or more of
320 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
321 the LCD display every second with
322 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
323
324 - Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
325 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
326 Possible values are:
327 CONFIG_SYS_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
328 CONFIG_SYS_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
329 CONFIG_SYS_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
330 CONFIG_SYS_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
331
332 - Marvell Family Member
333 CONFIG_SYS_MVFS - define it if you want to enable
334 multiple fs option at one time
335 for marvell soc family
336
337 - MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
338 Define exactly one of
339 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
340
341 - 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx CPU)
342 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
343 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
344 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
345 reference PIT/RTC clock
346 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
347 or XTAL/EXTAL)
348
349 - 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
350 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
351 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
352 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
353 See doc/README.MPC866
354
355 CONFIG_SYS_MEASURE_CPUCLK
356
357 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
358 of relying on the correctness of the configured
359 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
360 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
361 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
362 RTC clock or CONFIG_SYS_8XX_XIN)
363
364 CONFIG_SYS_DELAYED_ICACHE
365
366 Define this option if you want to enable the
367 ICache only when Code runs from RAM.
368
369 - 85xx CPU Options:
370 CONFIG_SYS_PPC64
371
372 Specifies that the core is a 64-bit PowerPC implementation (implements
373 the "64" category of the Power ISA). This is necessary for ePAPR
374 compliance, among other possible reasons.
375
376 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
377
378 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
379 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
380 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
381
382 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
383
384 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
385 tree nodes for the given platform.
386
387 CONFIG_SYS_PPC_E500_DEBUG_TLB
388
389 Enables a temporary TLB entry to be used during boot to work
390 around limitations in e500v1 and e500v2 external debugger
391 support. This reduces the portions of the boot code where
392 breakpoints and single stepping do not work. The value of this
393 symbol should be set to the TLB1 entry to be used for this
394 purpose.
395
396 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510
397
398 Enables a workaround for erratum A004510. If set,
399 then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and
400 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY must be set.
401
402 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV
403 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV2 (optional)
404
405 Defines one or two SoC revisions (low 8 bits of SVR)
406 for which the A004510 workaround should be applied.
407
408 The rest of SVR is either not relevant to the decision
409 of whether the erratum is present (e.g. p2040 versus
410 p2041) or is implied by the build target, which controls
411 whether CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 is set.
412
413 See Freescale App Note 4493 for more information about
414 this erratum.
415
416 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY
417
418 This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600
419 according to the A004510 workaround.
420
421 - Generic CPU options:
422 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
423
424 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
425 values is arch specific.
426
427 - Intel Monahans options:
428 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
429
430 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
431 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
432 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
433
434 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
435
436 Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator
437 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
438 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
439 by this value.
440
441 - MIPS CPU options:
442 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET
443
444 Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack
445 pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before
446 relocation.
447
448 CONFIG_SYS_MIPS_CACHE_MODE
449
450 Cache operation mode for the MIPS CPU.
451 See also arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h.
452 Possible values are:
453 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NO_WA
454 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_WA
455 CONF_CM_UNCACHED
456 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NONCOHERENT
457 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_CE
458 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_COW
459 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_CUW
460 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_ACCELERATED
461
462 CONFIG_SYS_XWAY_EBU_BOOTCFG
463
464 Special option for Lantiq XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash.
465 See also arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S.
466
467 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
468
469 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
470 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
471 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
472
473 - ARM options:
474 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
475
476 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
477 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
478
479 CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD
480
481 Use this flag to build U-Boot using the Thumb instruction
482 set for ARM architectures. Thumb instruction set provides
483 better code density. For ARM architectures that support
484 Thumb2 this flag will result in Thumb2 code generated by
485 GCC.
486
487 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_716044
488 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_742230
489 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_743622
490 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_751472
491
492 If set, the workarounds for these ARM errata are applied early
493 during U-Boot startup. Note that these options force the
494 workarounds to be applied; no CPU-type/version detection
495 exists, unlike the similar options in the Linux kernel. Do not
496 set these options unless they apply!
497
498 - CPU timer options:
499 CONFIG_SYS_HZ
500
501 The frequency of the timer returned by get_timer().
502 get_timer() must operate in milliseconds and this CONFIG
503 option must be set to 1000.
504
505 - Linux Kernel Interface:
506 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
507
508 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
509 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
510 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
511 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
512 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
513 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
514 Linux kernel.
515 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
516 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
517 default environment.
518
519 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
520
521 When transferring memsize parameter to linux, some versions
522 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
523 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
524
525 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
526
527 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
528 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
529 concepts).
530
531 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
532 * New libfdt-based support
533 * Adds the "fdt" command
534 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
535
536 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node (only required for
537 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
538 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node (only required for
539 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
540 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
541 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
542
543 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
544 addresses
545
546 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
547
548 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
549 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
550
551 CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU
552
553 This define fills in the correct boot CPU in the boot
554 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
555
556 CONFIG_OF_IDE_FIXUP
557
558 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
559 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
560 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
561 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
562 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
563 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
564
565 CONFIG_MACH_TYPE [relevant for ARM only][mandatory]
566
567 This setting is mandatory for all boards that have only one
568 machine type and must be used to specify the machine type
569 number as it appears in the ARM machine registry
570 (see http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/).
571 Only boards that have multiple machine types supported
572 in a single configuration file and the machine type is
573 runtime discoverable, do not have to use this setting.
574
575 - vxWorks boot parameters:
576
577 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
578 environments variables: bootfile, ipaddr, serverip, hostname.
579 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
580
581 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_DEVICE - The vxworks device name
582 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_MAC_PTR - Ethernet 6 byte MA -address
583 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_SERVERNAME - Name of the server
584 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_ADDR - Address of boot parameters
585
586 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_ADD_PARAMS
587
588 Add it at the end of the bootline. E.g "u=username pw=secret"
589
590 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
591 the defaults discussed just above.
592
593 - Cache Configuration:
594 CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF - Do not enable instruction cache in U-Boot
595 CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF - Do not enable data cache in U-Boot
596 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot
597
598 - Cache Configuration for ARM:
599 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
600 controller
601 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
602 controller register space
603
604 - Serial Ports:
605 CONFIG_PL010_SERIAL
606
607 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
608
609 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL
610
611 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
612
613 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
614
615 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
616 the clock speed of the UARTs.
617
618 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
619
620 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
621 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
622 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
623
624 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_RLCR
625
626 Some vendor versions of PL011 serial ports (e.g. ST-Ericsson U8500)
627 have separate receive and transmit line control registers. Set
628 this variable to initialize the extra register.
629
630 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_FLUSH_ON_INIT
631
632 On some platforms (e.g. U8500) U-Boot is loaded by a second stage
633 boot loader that has already initialized the UART. Define this
634 variable to flush the UART at init time.
635
636
637 - Console Interface:
638 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
639 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
640 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
641 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
642
643 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
644 port routines must be defined elsewhere
645 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
646
647 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
648 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
649 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042)
650 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
651 (default big endian)
652 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
653 rectangle fill
654 (cf. smiLynxEM)
655 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
656 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
657 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
658 (cols=pitch)
659 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
660 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
661 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
662 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
663 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
664 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
665 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
666 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
667 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
668 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
669 (i.e. i8042_getc)
670 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
671 (requires blink timer
672 cf. i8042.c)
673 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
674 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
675 upper right corner
676 (requires CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
677 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
678 upper left corner
679 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
680 linux_logo.h for logo.
681 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
682 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
683 additional board info beside
684 the logo
685
686 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE_ANSI is defined, console will support
687 a limited number of ANSI escape sequences (cursor control,
688 erase functions and limited graphics rendition control).
689
690 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
691 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
692 environment 'console=serial'.
693
694 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
695 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
696 the "silent" environment variable. See
697 doc/README.silent for more information.
698
699 - Console Baudrate:
700 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
701 Select one of the baudrates listed in
702 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
703 CONFIG_SYS_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
704
705 - Console Rx buffer length
706 With CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN it is possible to define
707 the maximum receive buffer length for the SMC.
708 This option is actual only for 82xx and 8xx possible.
709 If using CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN also CONFIG_SYS_MAXIDLE
710 must be defined, to setup the maximum idle timeout for
711 the SMC.
712
713 - Pre-Console Buffer:
714 Prior to the console being initialised (i.e. serial UART
715 initialised etc) all console output is silently discarded.
716 Defining CONFIG_PRE_CONSOLE_BUFFER will cause U-Boot to
717 buffer any console messages prior to the console being
718 initialised to a buffer of size CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ
719 bytes located at CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_ADDR. The buffer is
720 a circular buffer, so if more than CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ
721 bytes are output before the console is initialised, the
722 earlier bytes are discarded.
723
724 'Sane' compilers will generate smaller code if
725 CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ is a power of 2
726
727 - Safe printf() functions
728 Define CONFIG_SYS_VSNPRINTF to compile in safe versions of
729 the printf() functions. These are defined in
730 include/vsprintf.h and include snprintf(), vsnprintf() and
731 so on. Code size increase is approximately 300-500 bytes.
732 If this option is not given then these functions will
733 silently discard their buffer size argument - this means
734 you are not getting any overflow checking in this case.
735
736 - Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
737 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
738 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
739 set to -2 to autoboot with no delay and not check for abort
740 (even when CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK is defined).
741
742 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
743 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
744 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
745 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
746 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
747 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
748 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
749 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
750 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
751 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
752 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
753 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
754
755 - Autoboot Command:
756 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
757 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
758 define a command string that is automatically executed
759 when no character is read on the console interface
760 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
761
762 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
763 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
764 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
765 environment value "bootargs".
766
767 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
768 The value of these goes into the environment as
769 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
770 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
771 RAM and NFS.
772
773 - Pre-Boot Commands:
774 CONFIG_PREBOOT
775
776 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
777 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
778 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
779 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
780 entering interactive mode.
781
782 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
783 automatically generated or modified. For an example
784 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
785 modified when the user holds down a certain
786 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
787 booting the systems
788
789 - Serial Download Echo Mode:
790 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
791 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
792 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
793 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
794 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
795 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
796 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
797
798 - Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
799 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE
800 Select one of the baudrates listed in
801 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
802
803 - Monitor Functions:
804 Monitor commands can be included or excluded
805 from the build by using the #include files
806 <config_cmd_all.h> and #undef'ing unwanted
807 commands, or using <config_cmd_default.h>
808 and augmenting with additional #define's
809 for wanted commands.
810
811 The default command configuration includes all commands
812 except those marked below with a "*".
813
814 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
815 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
816 CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
817 CONFIG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
818 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
819 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
820 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
821 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
822 CONFIG_CMD_CRC32 * crc32
823 CONFIG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
824 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
825 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
826 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510 * ds4510 I2C gpio commands
827 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_INFO * ds4510 I2C info command
828 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_MEM * ds4510 I2C eeprom/sram commansd
829 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_RST * ds4510 I2C rst command
830 CONFIG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
831 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
832 CONFIG_CMD_EDITENV edit env variable
833 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
834 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
835 CONFIG_CMD_ENV_CALLBACK * display details about env callbacks
836 CONFIG_CMD_ENV_FLAGS * display details about env flags
837 CONFIG_CMD_EXPORTENV * export the environment
838 CONFIG_CMD_EXT2 * ext2 command support
839 CONFIG_CMD_EXT4 * ext4 command support
840 CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV saveenv
841 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
842 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT command support
843 CONFIG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
844 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
845 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
846 CONFIG_CMD_FUSE Device fuse support
847 CONFIG_CMD_GETTIME * Get time since boot
848 CONFIG_CMD_GO * the 'go' command (exec code)
849 CONFIG_CMD_GREPENV * search environment
850 CONFIG_CMD_HASH * calculate hash / digest
851 CONFIG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
852 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
853 CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
854 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
855 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all images found in NOR flash
856 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS_NAND List all images found in NAND flash
857 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
858 CONFIG_CMD_IMPORTENV * import an environment
859 CONFIG_CMD_INI * import data from an ini file into the env
860 CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
861 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
862 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
863 CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
864 CONFIG_CMD_LDRINFO ldrinfo (display Blackfin loader)
865 CONFIG_CMD_LINK_LOCAL * link-local IP address auto-configuration
866 (169.254.*.*)
867 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
868 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
869 CONFIG_CMD_MD5SUM print md5 message digest
870 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY and CONFIG_MD5)
871 CONFIG_CMD_MEMINFO * Display detailed memory information
872 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
873 loop, loopw
874 CONFIG_CMD_MEMTEST mtest
875 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
876 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
877 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
878 CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS * MTD partition support
879 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
880 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
881 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X * PCA953x I2C gpio commands
882 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X_INFO * PCA953x I2C gpio info command
883 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
884 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
885 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
886 host
887 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
888 CONFIG_CMD_READ * Read raw data from partition
889 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
890 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
891 CONFIG_CMD_SANDBOX * sb command to access sandbox features
892 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
893 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
894 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
895 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
896 CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access
897 (4xx only)
898 CONFIG_CMD_SF * Read/write/erase SPI NOR flash
899 CONFIG_CMD_SHA1SUM print sha1 memory digest
900 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY)
901 CONFIG_CMD_SOFTSWITCH * Soft switch setting command for BF60x
902 CONFIG_CMD_SOURCE "source" command Support
903 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
904 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPSRV * TFTP transfer in server mode
905 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT * TFTP put command (upload)
906 CONFIG_CMD_TIME * run command and report execution time (ARM specific)
907 CONFIG_CMD_TIMER * access to the system tick timer
908 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
909 CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
910 CONFIG_CMD_MFSL * Microblaze FSL support
911
912
913 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
914 support you can write:
915
916 #include "config_cmd_all.h"
917 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
918
919 Other Commands:
920 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
921
922 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
923 (configuration option CONFIG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
924 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
925 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
926 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
927 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
928 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
929 initial stack and some data.
930
931
932 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
933
934 - Regular expression support:
935 CONFIG_REGEX
936 If this variable is defined, U-Boot is linked against
937 the SLRE (Super Light Regular Expression) library,
938 which adds regex support to some commands, as for
939 example "env grep" and "setexpr".
940
941 - Device tree:
942 CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
943 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree
944 to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically
945 compiled #defines in the board file. This option is
946 experimental and only available on a few boards. The device
947 tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob.
948
949 U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can
950 be done using one of the two options below:
951
952 CONFIG_OF_EMBED
953 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will embed a device tree
954 binary in its image. This device tree file should be in the
955 board directory and called <soc>-<board>.dts. The binary file
956 is then picked up in board_init_f() and made available through
957 the global data structure as gd->blob.
958
959 CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE
960 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree
961 binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific
962 code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by:
963
964 cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
965
966 and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called
967 u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can
968 still use the individual files if you need something more
969 exotic.
970
971 - Watchdog:
972 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
973 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
974 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
975 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260
976 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
977 register. When supported for a specific SoC is
978 available, then no further board specific code should
979 be needed to use it.
980
981 CONFIG_HW_WATCHDOG
982 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
983 SoC, then define this variable and provide board
984 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
985
986 - U-Boot Version:
987 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
988 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
989 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
990 version as printed by the "version" command.
991 Any change to this variable will be reverted at the
992 next reset.
993
994 - Real-Time Clock:
995
996 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
997 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
998 following options:
999
1000 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
1001 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
1002 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
1003 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
1004 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
1005 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
1006 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
1007 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
1008 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
1009 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
1010 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
1011 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
1012 RV3029 RTC.
1013
1014 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
1015 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
1016
1017 - GPIO Support:
1018 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
1019 CONFIG_PCA953X_INFO - enable pca953x info command
1020
1021 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
1022 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
1023 pins supported by a particular chip.
1024
1025 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
1026 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
1027
1028 - Timestamp Support:
1029
1030 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
1031 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
1032 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
1033 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
1034
1035 - Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported:
1036 Zero or more of the following:
1037 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table.
1038 CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION MS Dos partition table, traditional on the
1039 Intel architecture, USB sticks, etc.
1040 CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc.
1041 CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the
1042 bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see
1043 disk/part_efi.c
1044 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS Memory Technology Device partition table.
1045
1046 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CONFIG_CMD_IDE or
1047 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at
1048 least one non-MTD partition type as well.
1049
1050 - IDE Reset method:
1051 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
1052 board configurations files but used nowhere!
1053
1054 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
1055 be performed by calling the function
1056 ide_set_reset(int reset)
1057 which has to be defined in a board specific file
1058
1059 - ATAPI Support:
1060 CONFIG_ATAPI
1061
1062 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
1063
1064 - LBA48 Support
1065 CONFIG_LBA48
1066
1067 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
1068 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
1069 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
1070 support disks up to 2.1TB.
1071
1072 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
1073 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
1074 Default is 32bit.
1075
1076 - SCSI Support:
1077 At the moment only there is only support for the
1078 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
1079 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
1080
1081 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
1082 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
1083 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
1084 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
1085 devices.
1086 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
1087
1088 The environment variable 'scsidevs' is set to the number of
1089 SCSI devices found during the last scan.
1090
1091 - NETWORK Support (PCI):
1092 CONFIG_E1000
1093 Support for Intel 8254x/8257x gigabit chips.
1094
1095 CONFIG_E1000_SPI
1096 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
1097 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
1098 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
1099
1100 CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC
1101 Allow generic access to the SPI bus on the Intel 8257x, for
1102 example with the "sspi" command.
1103
1104 CONFIG_CMD_E1000
1105 Management command for E1000 devices. When used on devices
1106 with SPI support you can reprogram the EEPROM from U-Boot.
1107
1108 CONFIG_E1000_FALLBACK_MAC
1109 default MAC for empty EEPROM after production.
1110
1111 CONFIG_EEPRO100
1112 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
1113 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
1114 write routine for first time initialisation.
1115
1116 CONFIG_TULIP
1117 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
1118 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
1119 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
1120
1121 CONFIG_NATSEMI
1122 Support for National dp83815 chips.
1123
1124 CONFIG_NS8382X
1125 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
1126
1127 - NETWORK Support (other):
1128
1129 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC
1130 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.
1131
1132 CONFIG_RMII
1133 Define this to use reduced MII inteface
1134
1135 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
1136 If this defined, the driver is quiet.
1137 The driver doen't show link status messages.
1138
1139 CONFIG_CALXEDA_XGMAC
1140 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
1141
1142 CONFIG_LAN91C96
1143 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
1144
1145 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
1146 Define this to hold the physical address
1147 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
1148
1149 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
1150 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
1151
1152 CONFIG_SMC91111
1153 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
1154
1155 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
1156 Define this to hold the physical address
1157 of the device (I/O space)
1158
1159 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
1160 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1161
1162 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
1163 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
1164 (some hardware wont work with macros)
1165
1166 CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC
1167 Support for davinci emac
1168
1169 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
1170 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
1171
1172 CONFIG_FTGMAC100
1173 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
1174
1175 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
1176 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
1177 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
1178 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
1179 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
1180 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
1181 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
1182 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
1183
1184 CONFIG_SMC911X
1185 Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips
1186
1187 CONFIG_SMC911X_BASE
1188 Define this to hold the physical address
1189 of the device (I/O space)
1190
1191 CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT
1192 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1193
1194 CONFIG_SMC911X_16_BIT
1195 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
1196 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
1197 words you may also try CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT.
1198
1199 CONFIG_SH_ETHER
1200 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
1201
1202 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
1203 Define the number of ports to be used
1204
1205 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
1206 Define the ETH PHY's address
1207
1208 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
1209 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
1210
1211 - TPM Support:
1212 CONFIG_TPM
1213 Support TPM devices.
1214
1215 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C
1216 Support for i2c bus TPM devices. Only one device
1217 per system is supported at this time.
1218
1219 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C_BUS_NUMBER
1220 Define the the i2c bus number for the TPM device
1221
1222 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C_SLAVE_ADDRESS
1223 Define the TPM's address on the i2c bus
1224
1225 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C_BURST_LIMITATION
1226 Define the burst count bytes upper limit
1227
1228 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_LPC
1229 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
1230 per system is supported at this time.
1231
1232 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
1233 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
1234 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
1235 0xfed40000.
1236
1237 - USB Support:
1238 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
1239 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
1240 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
1241 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
1242 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
1243 storage devices.
1244 Note:
1245 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
1246 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
1247 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
1248 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
1249 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
1250 CONFIG_PSC3_USB
1251 for USB on PSC3
1252 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG
1253 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
1254 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
1255 for differential drivers on PSC3: 0x00000100
1256 for single ended drivers on PSC3: 0x00004100
1257 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EVENT_POLL
1258 May be defined to allow interrupt polling
1259 instead of using asynchronous interrupts
1260
1261 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the
1262 txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset.
1263
1264 - USB Device:
1265 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
1266 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
1267 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
1268 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
1269 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
1270 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
1271 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
1272 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
1273 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
1274 a Linux host by
1275 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
1276 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
1277 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
1278 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
1279
1280 CONFIG_USB_DEVICE
1281 Define this to build a UDC device
1282
1283 CONFIG_USB_TTY
1284 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
1285 talk to the UDC device
1286
1287 CONFIG_USBD_HS
1288 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
1289 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
1290 int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
1291 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
1292 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
1293 speed.
1294
1295 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
1296 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
1297 be set to usbtty.
1298
1299 mpc8xx:
1300 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
1301 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
1302 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0x02
1303
1304 CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0xBLAH
1305 Derive USB clock from brgclk
1306 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0x04
1307
1308 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
1309 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
1310 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
1311 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
1312 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
1313 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
1314
1315 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
1316 Define this string as the name of your company for
1317 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
1318
1319 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
1320 Define this string as the name of your product
1321 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
1322
1323 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
1324 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
1325 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
1326 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
1327 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
1328
1329 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
1330 Define this as the unique Product ID
1331 for your device
1332 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
1333
1334 - ULPI Layer Support:
1335 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
1336 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
1337 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
1338 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
1339 viewport is supported.
1340 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
1341 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
1342 If your ULPI phy needs a different reference clock than the
1343 standard 24 MHz then you have to define CONFIG_ULPI_REF_CLK to
1344 the appropriate value in Hz.
1345
1346 - MMC Support:
1347 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1348 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1349 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
1350 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
1351 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1352 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
1353
1354 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF
1355 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
1356
1357 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
1358 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
1359
1360 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_CLK
1361 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
1362
1363 - USB Device Firmware Update (DFU) class support:
1364 CONFIG_DFU_FUNCTION
1365 This enables the USB portion of the DFU USB class
1366
1367 CONFIG_CMD_DFU
1368 This enables the command "dfu" which is used to have
1369 U-Boot create a DFU class device via USB. This command
1370 requires that the "dfu_alt_info" environment variable be
1371 set and define the alt settings to expose to the host.
1372
1373 CONFIG_DFU_MMC
1374 This enables support for exposing (e)MMC devices via DFU.
1375
1376 CONFIG_DFU_NAND
1377 This enables support for exposing NAND devices via DFU.
1378
1379 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_MAX_FILE_SIZE
1380 When updating files rather than the raw storage device,
1381 we use a static buffer to copy the file into and then write
1382 the buffer once we've been given the whole file. Define
1383 this to the maximum filesize (in bytes) for the buffer.
1384 Default is 4 MiB if undefined.
1385
1386 - Journaling Flash filesystem support:
1387 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
1388 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
1389 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1390
1391 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1392 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
1393 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1394
1395 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
1396 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
1397 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
1398
1399 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
1400 #define CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
1401 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you
1402 have not defined a custom partition
1403
1404 - FAT(File Allocation Table) filesystem write function support:
1405 CONFIG_FAT_WRITE
1406
1407 Define this to enable support for saving memory data as a
1408 file in FAT formatted partition.
1409
1410 This will also enable the command "fatwrite" enabling the
1411 user to write files to FAT.
1412
1413 CBFS (Coreboot Filesystem) support
1414 CONFIG_CMD_CBFS
1415
1416 Define this to enable support for reading from a Coreboot
1417 filesystem. Available commands are cbfsinit, cbfsinfo, cbfsls
1418 and cbfsload.
1419
1420 - Keyboard Support:
1421 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
1422
1423 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
1424 support
1425
1426 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
1427 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
1428 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
1429 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
1430 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
1431
1432 - Video support:
1433 CONFIG_VIDEO
1434
1435 Define this to enable video support (for output to
1436 video).
1437
1438 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
1439
1440 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
1441
1442 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
1443 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
1444 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
1445 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
1446 assumed.
1447
1448 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
1449 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two different ways
1450 are possible:
1451 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
1452 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
1453
1454 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
1455 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1456 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
1457 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
1458 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
1459 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
1460 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1461 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
1462
1463 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
1464 from the bootargs. (See drivers/video/videomodes.c)
1465
1466
1467 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
1468 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
1469 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
1470 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
1471
1472 CONFIG_FSL_DIU_FB
1473 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
1474 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1475 support, and should also define these other macros:
1476
1477 CONFIG_SYS_DIU_ADDR
1478 CONFIG_VIDEO
1479 CONFIG_CMD_BMP
1480 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
1481 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1482 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1483 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
1484 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1485
1486 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1487 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
1488 boot. See the documentation file README.video for a
1489 description of this variable.
1490
1491 CONFIG_VIDEO_VGA
1492
1493 Enable the VGA video / BIOS for x86. The alternative if you
1494 are using coreboot is to use the coreboot frame buffer
1495 driver.
1496
1497
1498 - Keyboard Support:
1499 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
1500
1501 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1502 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1503 defined in your board-specific files.
1504 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
1505
1506 - LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1507
1508 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1509 display); also select one of the supported displays
1510 by defining one of these:
1511
1512 CONFIG_ATMEL_LCD:
1513
1514 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1515
1516 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
1517
1518 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
1519
1520 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
1521
1522 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1523 Active, color, single scan.
1524
1525 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1526
1527 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
1528 Active, color, single scan.
1529
1530 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
1531
1532 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1533 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1534
1535 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1536
1537 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1538 Active, color, single scan.
1539
1540 CONFIG_HLD1045
1541
1542 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1543 Active, color, single scan.
1544
1545 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
1546
1547 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1548 or
1549 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1550 or
1551 Hitachi SP14Q002
1552
1553 320x240. Black & white.
1554
1555 Normally display is black on white background; define
1556 CONFIG_SYS_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
1557
1558 CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT
1559
1560 Normally the LCD is page-aligned (tyically 4KB). If this is
1561 defined then the LCD will be aligned to this value instead.
1562 For ARM it is sometimes useful to use MMU_SECTION_SIZE
1563 here, since it is cheaper to change data cache settings on
1564 a per-section basis.
1565
1566 CONFIG_CONSOLE_SCROLL_LINES
1567
1568 When the console need to be scrolled, this is the number of
1569 lines to scroll by. It defaults to 1. Increasing this makes
1570 the console jump but can help speed up operation when scrolling
1571 is slow.
1572
1573 CONFIG_LCD_BMP_RLE8
1574
1575 Support drawing of RLE8-compressed bitmaps on the LCD.
1576
1577 CONFIG_I2C_EDID
1578
1579 Enables an 'i2c edid' command which can read EDID
1580 information over I2C from an attached LCD display.
1581
1582 - Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
1583
1584 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1585 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1586 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
1587 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
1588 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1589 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1590 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1591 loaded very quickly after power-on.
1592
1593 CONFIG_SPLASHIMAGE_GUARD
1594
1595 If this option is set, then U-Boot will prevent the environment
1596 variable "splashimage" from being set to a problematic address
1597 (see README.displaying-bmps and README.arm-unaligned-accesses).
1598 This option is useful for targets where, due to alignment
1599 restrictions, an improperly aligned BMP image will cause a data
1600 abort. If you think you will not have problems with unaligned
1601 accesses (for example because your toolchain prevents them)
1602 there is no need to set this option.
1603
1604 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN
1605
1606 If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
1607 on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
1608 position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
1609 number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
1610 is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
1611 specify 'm' for centering the image.
1612
1613 Example:
1614 setenv splashpos m,m
1615 => image at center of screen
1616
1617 setenv splashpos 30,20
1618 => image at x = 30 and y = 20
1619
1620 setenv splashpos -10,m
1621 => vertically centered image
1622 at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9
1623
1624 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_PREPARE
1625
1626 If this option is set then the board_splash_screen_prepare()
1627 function, which must be defined in your code, is called as part
1628 of the splash screen display sequence. It gives the board an
1629 opportunity to prepare the splash image data before it is
1630 processed and sent to the frame buffer by U-Boot.
1631
1632 - Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
1633
1634 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1635 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1636 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1637
1638 - Run length encoded BMP image (RLE8) support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8
1639
1640 If this option is set, 8-bit RLE compressed BMP images
1641 can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the
1642 bmp command.
1643
1644 - Do compresssing for memory range:
1645 CONFIG_CMD_ZIP
1646
1647 If this option is set, it would use zlib deflate method
1648 to compress the specified memory at its best effort.
1649
1650 - Compression support:
1651 CONFIG_BZIP2
1652
1653 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1654 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1655 compressed images are supported.
1656
1657 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
1658 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
1659 be at least 4MB.
1660
1661 CONFIG_LZMA
1662
1663 If this option is set, support for lzma compressed
1664 images is included.
1665
1666 Note: The LZMA algorithm adds between 2 and 4KB of code and it
1667 requires an amount of dynamic memory that is given by the
1668 formula:
1669
1670 (1846 + 768 << (lc + lp)) * sizeof(uint16)
1671
1672 Where lc and lp stand for, respectively, Literal context bits
1673 and Literal pos bits.
1674
1675 This value is upper-bounded by 14MB in the worst case. Anyway,
1676 for a ~4MB large kernel image, we have lc=3 and lp=0 for a
1677 total amount of (1846 + 768 << (3 + 0)) * 2 = ~41KB... that is
1678 a very small buffer.
1679
1680 Use the lzmainfo tool to determinate the lc and lp values and
1681 then calculate the amount of needed dynamic memory (ensuring
1682 the appropriate CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN value).
1683
1684 - MII/PHY support:
1685 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR
1686
1687 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1688
1689 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1690
1691 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1692
1693 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE
1694
1695 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
1696 detection of gigabit PHY is included.
1697
1698 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1699
1700 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1701 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1702 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1703 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1704
1705 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1706
1707 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1708 command issued before MII status register can be read
1709
1710 - Ethernet address:
1711 CONFIG_ETHADDR
1712 CONFIG_ETH1ADDR
1713 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
1714 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
1715 CONFIG_ETH4ADDR
1716 CONFIG_ETH5ADDR
1717
1718 Define a default value for Ethernet address to use
1719 for the respective Ethernet interface, in case this
1720 is not determined automatically.
1721
1722 - IP address:
1723 CONFIG_IPADDR
1724
1725 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1726 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
1727 determined through e.g. bootp.
1728 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
1729
1730 - Server IP address:
1731 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1732
1733 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
1734 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1735 (Environment variable "serverip")
1736
1737 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1738
1739 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1740 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1741
1742 - Gateway IP address:
1743 CONFIG_GATEWAYIP
1744
1745 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1746 default router where packets to other networks are
1747 sent to.
1748 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1749
1750 - Subnet mask:
1751 CONFIG_NETMASK
1752
1753 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1754 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1755 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1756 forwarded through a router.
1757 (Environment variable "netmask")
1758
1759 - Multicast TFTP Mode:
1760 CONFIG_MCAST_TFTP
1761
1762 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1763 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
1764 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
1765 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1766 multicast group.
1767
1768 - BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1769 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1770
1771 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1772 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1773 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1774 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1775 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1776 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1777 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1778 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1779 following delays are inserted then:
1780
1781 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1782 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1783 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1784 4th and following
1785 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1786
1787 - DHCP Advanced Options:
1788 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1789 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1790
1791 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1792 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1793 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1794 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1795 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1796 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1797 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1798 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2
1799 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1800 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1801 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1802 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
1803 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL
1804
1805 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1806 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
1807
1808 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL - If the DHCP server is not found
1809 after the configured retry count, the call will fail
1810 instead of starting over. This can be used to fail over
1811 to Link-local IP address configuration if the DHCP server
1812 is not available.
1813
1814 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1815 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1816 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1817 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1818 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1819 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1820 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1821 is defined.
1822
1823 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1824 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1825 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
1826 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
1827 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1828 option 12 to the DHCP server.
1829
1830 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1831
1832 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1833 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1834 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1835 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1836 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1837 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1838 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1839 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1840 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1841 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1842 this delay.
1843
1844 - Link-local IP address negotiation:
1845 Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network
1846 for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration.
1847 This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed
1848 to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
1849
1850 See doc/README.link-local for more information.
1851
1852 - CDP Options:
1853 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
1854
1855 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1856
1857 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1858
1859 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1860 of the device.
1861
1862 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1863
1864 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1865 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1866 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1867
1868 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1869
1870 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1871 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1872
1873 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1874
1875 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1876
1877 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1878
1879 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1880
1881 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1882
1883 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1884
1885 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1886
1887 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1888 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1889
1890 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1891
1892 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1893
1894 - Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1895
1896 Several configurations allow to display the current
1897 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1898 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1899 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1900 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1901 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1902 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1903 feature in U-Boot.
1904
1905 - CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1906
1907 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1908 on those systems that support this (optional)
1909 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1910
1911 - I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1912
1913 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
1914 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
1915 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected CPU.
1916
1917 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
1918 command line (as long as you set CONFIG_CMD_I2C in
1919 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1920 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
1921 command line interface.
1922
1923 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
1924
1925 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
1926 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1927 support for I2C.
1928
1929 There are several other quantities that must also be
1930 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
1931
1932 In both cases you will need to define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED
1933 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
1934 to run and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
1935 the CPU's i2c node address).
1936
1937 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx
1938 (arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c) sets the CPU up as a master node
1939 and so its address should therefore be cleared to 0 (See,
1940 eg, MPC823e User's Manual p.16-473). So, set
1941 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
1942
1943 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_MPC5XXX
1944
1945 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1946 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1947 in progress. Reset the slave devices by sending start
1948 commands until the slave device responds.
1949
1950 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
1951
1952 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1953 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1954 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
1955
1956 I2C_INIT
1957
1958 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
1959 controller or configure ports.
1960
1961 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
1962
1963 I2C_PORT
1964
1965 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1966 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1967 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
1968
1969 I2C_ACTIVE
1970
1971 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1972 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1973 define can be null.
1974
1975 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1976
1977 I2C_TRISTATE
1978
1979 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1980 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1981 define can be null.
1982
1983 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1984
1985 I2C_READ
1986
1987 Code that returns true if the I2C data line is high,
1988 false if it is low.
1989
1990 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1991
1992 I2C_SDA(bit)
1993
1994 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1995 is false, it clears it (low).
1996
1997 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
1998 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
1999 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
2000
2001 I2C_SCL(bit)
2002
2003 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
2004 is false, it clears it (low).
2005
2006 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
2007 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
2008 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
2009
2010 I2C_DELAY
2011
2012 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
2013 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
2014 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
2015 like:
2016
2017 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
2018
2019 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
2020
2021 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
2022 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
2023 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
2024 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
2025
2026 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
2027 the generic GPIO functions.
2028
2029 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
2030
2031 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
2032 chips might think that the current transfer is still
2033 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
2034 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
2035 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
2036 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
2037 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
2038 is run early in the boot sequence.
2039
2040 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BOARD_LATE_INIT
2041
2042 An alternative to CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD. If this option is
2043 defined a custom i2c_board_late_init() routine in
2044 boards/xxx/board.c is run AFTER the operations in i2c_init()
2045 is completed. This callpoint can be used to unreset i2c bus
2046 using CPU i2c controller register accesses for CPUs whose i2c
2047 controller provide such a method. It is called at the end of
2048 i2c_init() to allow i2c_init operations to setup the i2c bus
2049 controller on the CPU (e.g. setting bus speed & slave address).
2050
2051 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
2052
2053 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
2054 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
2055 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
2056
2057 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2058
2059 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
2060 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
2061 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
2062 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
2063
2064 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
2065
2066 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
2067 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2068 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
2069 a 1D array of device addresses
2070
2071 e.g.
2072 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2073 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
2074
2075 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
2076
2077 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2078 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
2079
2080 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
2081
2082 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
2083
2084 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
2085 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
2086
2087 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
2088
2089 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
2090 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
2091
2092 CONFIG_SYS_DTT_BUS_NUM
2093
2094 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
2095 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
2096
2097 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DTT_ADDR:
2098
2099 If defined, specifies the I2C address of the DTT device.
2100 If not defined, then U-Boot uses predefined value for
2101 specified DTT device.
2102
2103 CONFIG_FSL_I2C
2104
2105 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
2106 drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c.
2107
2108 CONFIG_I2C_MUX
2109
2110 Define this option if you have I2C devices reached over 1 .. n
2111 I2C Muxes like the pca9544a. This option addes a new I2C
2112 Command "i2c bus [muxtype:muxaddr:muxchannel]" which adds a
2113 new I2C Bus to the existing I2C Busses. If you select the
2114 new Bus with "i2c dev", u-bbot sends first the commandos for
2115 the muxes to activate this new "bus".
2116
2117 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS must be also defined, to use this
2118 feature!
2119
2120 Example:
2121 Adding a new I2C Bus reached over 2 pca9544a muxes
2122 The First mux with address 70 and channel 6
2123 The Second mux with address 71 and channel 4
2124
2125 => i2c bus pca9544a:70:6:pca9544a:71:4
2126
2127 Use the "i2c bus" command without parameter, to get a list
2128 of I2C Busses with muxes:
2129
2130 => i2c bus
2131 Busses reached over muxes:
2132 Bus ID: 2
2133 reached over Mux(es):
2134 pca9544a@70 ch: 4
2135 Bus ID: 3
2136 reached over Mux(es):
2137 pca9544a@70 ch: 6
2138 pca9544a@71 ch: 4
2139 =>
2140
2141 If you now switch to the new I2C Bus 3 with "i2c dev 3"
2142 u-boot first sends the command to the mux@70 to enable
2143 channel 6, and then the command to the mux@71 to enable
2144 the channel 4.
2145
2146 After that, you can use the "normal" i2c commands as
2147 usual to communicate with your I2C devices behind
2148 the 2 muxes.
2149
2150 This option is actually implemented for the bitbanging
2151 algorithm in common/soft_i2c.c and for the Hardware I2C
2152 Bus on the MPC8260. But it should be not so difficult
2153 to add this option to other architectures.
2154
2155 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
2156
2157 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
2158 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
2159 between writing the address pointer and reading the
2160 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
2161 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
2162 devices can use either method, but some require one or
2163 the other.
2164
2165 - SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
2166
2167 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
2168 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
2169 D/As on the SACSng board)
2170
2171 CONFIG_SH_SPI
2172
2173 Enables the driver for SPI controller on SuperH. Currently
2174 only SH7757 is supported.
2175
2176 CONFIG_SPI_X
2177
2178 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
2179 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
2180
2181 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
2182
2183 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
2184 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
2185 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
2186 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
2187 defined, the board configuration must define several
2188 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
2189 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
2190
2191 CONFIG_HARD_SPI
2192
2193 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
2194 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
2195 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
2196 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
2197 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
2198
2199 CONFIG_MXC_SPI
2200
2201 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
2202 SoCs. Currently i.MX31/35/51 are supported.
2203
2204 - FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
2205
2206 Enables FPGA subsystem.
2207
2208 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
2209
2210 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
2211 (ALTERA, XILINX)
2212
2213 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
2214
2215 Enables support for FPGA family.
2216 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
2217
2218 CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
2219
2220 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
2221
2222 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
2223
2224 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
2225
2226 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
2227
2228 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
2229 status by the configuration function. This option
2230 will require a board or device specific function to
2231 be written.
2232
2233 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
2234
2235 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
2236 configuration driver.
2237
2238 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
2239 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
2240
2241 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
2242
2243 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
2244 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
2245 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
2246 indicated a CRC error).
2247
2248 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
2249
2250 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
2251 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
2252 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
2253 ms.
2254
2255 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
2256
2257 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
2258 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
2259
2260 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
2261
2262 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
2263 200 ms.
2264
2265 - Configuration Management:
2266 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
2267
2268 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
2269 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
2270
2271 - Vendor Parameter Protection:
2272
2273 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
2274 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
2275 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
2276 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
2277 protects these variables from casual modification by
2278 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
2279 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
2280 change this behaviour:
2281
2282 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
2283 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
2284 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
2285 these parameters.
2286
2287 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
2288 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
2289 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
2290 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
2291 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
2292 read-only.]
2293
2294 The same can be accomplished in a more flexible way
2295 for any variable by configuring the type of access
2296 to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable
2297 or define CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC.
2298
2299 - Protected RAM:
2300 CONFIG_PRAM
2301
2302 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
2303 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
2304 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
2305 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
2306 this default value by defining an environment
2307 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
2308 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
2309 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
2310 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
2311 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
2312 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
2313 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
2314
2315 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
2316 saveenv
2317
2318 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
2319 either, which results in a memory region that will
2320 not be affected by reboots.
2321
2322 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
2323 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
2324 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
2325 following board configurations are known to be
2326 "pRAM-clean":
2327
2328 IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
2329 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON,
2330 FLAGADM, TQM8260
2331
2332 - Access to physical memory region (> 4GB)
2333 Some basic support is provided for operations on memory not
2334 normally accessible to U-Boot - e.g. some architectures
2335 support access to more than 4GB of memory on 32-bit
2336 machines using physical address extension or similar.
2337 Define CONFIG_PHYSMEM to access this basic support, which
2338 currently only supports clearing the memory.
2339
2340 - Error Recovery:
2341 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
2342
2343 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
2344 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
2345 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
2346 system where you want the system to reboot
2347 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
2348 useful during development since you can try to debug
2349 the conditions that lead to the situation.
2350
2351 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
2352
2353 This variable defines the number of retries for
2354 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
2355 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
2356 default value of 5 is used.
2357
2358 CONFIG_ARP_TIMEOUT
2359
2360 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
2361
2362 CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT
2363
2364 Timeout in milliseconds used in NFS protocol.
2365 If you encounter "ERROR: Cannot umount" in nfs command,
2366 try longer timeout such as
2367 #define CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT 10000UL
2368
2369 - Command Interpreter:
2370 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
2371
2372 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
2373
2374 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
2375 for the "hush" shell.
2376
2377
2378 CONFIG_SYS_HUSH_PARSER
2379
2380 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
2381 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
2382 powerful command line syntax like
2383 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
2384 constructs ("shell scripts").
2385
2386 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
2387 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
2388
2389
2390 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
2391
2392 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
2393 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
2394 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
2395
2396 Note:
2397
2398 In the current implementation, the local variables
2399 space and global environment variables space are
2400 separated. Local variables are those you define by
2401 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
2402 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
2403 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
2404 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
2405
2406 Global environment variables are those you use
2407 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
2408 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
2409 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
2410
2411 To store commands and special characters in a
2412 variable, please use double quotation marks
2413 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
2414 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
2415 symbols.
2416
2417 - Commandline Editing and History:
2418 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
2419
2420 Enable editing and History functions for interactive
2421 commandline input operations
2422
2423 - Default Environment:
2424 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
2425
2426 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
2427 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
2428 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2429
2430 For example, place something like this in your
2431 board's config file:
2432
2433 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
2434 "myvar1=value1\0" \
2435 "myvar2=value2\0"
2436
2437 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
2438 internal format how the environment is stored by the
2439 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
2440 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
2441 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
2442 You better know what you are doing here.
2443
2444 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
2445 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
2446 the environment like the "source" command or the
2447 boot command first.
2448
2449 CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_CONFIG
2450
2451 Define this in order to add variables describing the
2452 U-Boot build configuration to the default environment.
2453 These will be named arch, cpu, board, vendor, and soc.
2454
2455 Enabling this option will cause the following to be defined:
2456
2457 - CONFIG_SYS_ARCH
2458 - CONFIG_SYS_CPU
2459 - CONFIG_SYS_BOARD
2460 - CONFIG_SYS_VENDOR
2461 - CONFIG_SYS_SOC
2462
2463 CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_RUNTIME_CONFIG
2464
2465 Define this in order to add variables describing certain
2466 run-time determined information about the hardware to the
2467 environment. These will be named board_name, board_rev.
2468
2469 CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT
2470
2471 Normally the environment is loaded when the board is
2472 intialised so that it is available to U-Boot. This inhibits
2473 that so that the environment is not available until
2474 explicitly loaded later by U-Boot code. With CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
2475 this is instead controlled by the value of
2476 /config/load-environment.
2477
2478 - DataFlash Support:
2479 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
2480
2481 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
2482 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
2483 commands cp, md...
2484
2485 - Serial Flash support
2486 CONFIG_CMD_SF
2487
2488 Defining this option enables SPI flash commands
2489 'sf probe/read/write/erase/update'.
2490
2491 Usage requires an initial 'probe' to define the serial
2492 flash parameters, followed by read/write/erase/update
2493 commands.
2494
2495 The following defaults may be provided by the platform
2496 to handle the common case when only a single serial
2497 flash is present on the system.
2498
2499 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_BUS Bus identifier
2500 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_CS Chip-select
2501 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_MODE (see include/spi.h)
2502 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED in Hz
2503
2504 CONFIG_CMD_SF_TEST
2505
2506 Define this option to include a destructive SPI flash
2507 test ('sf test').
2508
2509 - SystemACE Support:
2510 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
2511
2512 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
2513 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
2514 of the chip must also be defined in the
2515 CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
2516
2517 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
2518 #define CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
2519
2520 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
2521 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
2522
2523 - TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
2524 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
2525
2526 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
2527 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
2528 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
2529 number generator is used.
2530
2531 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
2532 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
2533 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
2534
2535 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
2536 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
2537 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
2538 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
2539 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
2540 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
2541 but sometimes that is not allowed.
2542
2543 - Hashing support:
2544 CONFIG_CMD_HASH
2545
2546 This enables a generic 'hash' command which can produce
2547 hashes / digests from a few algorithms (e.g. SHA1, SHA256).
2548
2549 CONFIG_HASH_VERIFY
2550
2551 Enable the hash verify command (hash -v). This adds to code
2552 size a little.
2553
2554 CONFIG_SHA1 - support SHA1 hashing
2555 CONFIG_SHA256 - support SHA256 hashing
2556
2557 Note: There is also a sha1sum command, which should perhaps
2558 be deprecated in favour of 'hash sha1'.
2559
2560 - Show boot progress:
2561 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
2562
2563 Defining this option allows to add some board-
2564 specific code (calling a user-provided function
2565 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
2566 the system's boot progress on some display (for
2567 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
2568 the following checkpoints are implemented:
2569
2570 - Detailed boot stage timing
2571 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE
2572 Define this option to get detailed timing of each stage
2573 of the boot process.
2574
2575 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_USER_COUNT
2576 This is the number of available user bootstage records.
2577 Each time you call bootstage_mark(BOOTSTAGE_ID_ALLOC, ...)
2578 a new ID will be allocated from this stash. If you exceed
2579 the limit, recording will stop.
2580
2581 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_REPORT
2582 Define this to print a report before boot, similar to this:
2583
2584 Timer summary in microseconds:
2585 Mark Elapsed Stage
2586 0 0 reset
2587 3,575,678 3,575,678 board_init_f start
2588 3,575,695 17 arch_cpu_init A9
2589 3,575,777 82 arch_cpu_init done
2590 3,659,598 83,821 board_init_r start
2591 3,910,375 250,777 main_loop
2592 29,916,167 26,005,792 bootm_start
2593 30,361,327 445,160 start_kernel
2594
2595 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTSTAGE
2596 Add a 'bootstage' command which supports printing a report
2597 and un/stashing of bootstage data.
2598
2599 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_FDT
2600 Stash the bootstage information in the FDT. A root 'bootstage'
2601 node is created with each bootstage id as a child. Each child
2602 has a 'name' property and either 'mark' containing the
2603 mark time in microsecond, or 'accum' containing the
2604 accumulated time for that bootstage id in microseconds.
2605 For example:
2606
2607 bootstage {
2608 154 {
2609 name = "board_init_f";
2610 mark = <3575678>;
2611 };
2612 170 {
2613 name = "lcd";
2614 accum = <33482>;
2615 };
2616 };
2617
2618 Code in the Linux kernel can find this in /proc/devicetree.
2619
2620 Legacy uImage format:
2621
2622 Arg Where When
2623 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
2624 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
2625 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
2626 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
2627 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
2628 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
2629 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
2630 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
2631 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2632 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
2633 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
2634 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
2635 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
2636 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
2637 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
2638 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
2639
2640 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2641 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
2642 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
2643 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
2644 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
2645 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
2646 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
2647 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
2648 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
2649 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
2650
2651 15 arch/<arch>/lib/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
2652
2653 -30 arch/powerpc/lib/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
2654 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
2655 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
2656
2657 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
2658 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
2659 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
2660 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
2661 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
2662 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2663 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
2664 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
2665 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
2666 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
2667 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2668 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
2669 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2670 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
2671 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
2672 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
2673 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
2674 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
2675 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
2676 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
2677 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
2678 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
2679 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
2680 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
2681 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
2682 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
2683 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2684 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
2685 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
2686 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
2687 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
2688 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
2689 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
2690 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
2691 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
2692 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
2693 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
2694 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
2695 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
2696 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2697 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
2698 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2699 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
2700 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
2701 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
2702 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
2703 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
2704
2705 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
2706
2707 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
2708 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
2709 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
2710
2711 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
2712 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling NetLoop()
2713 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in NetLoop() occurred
2714 81 common/cmd_net.c NetLoop() back without error
2715 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
2716 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
2717 83 common/cmd_net.c running "source" command
2718 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or "source" command
2719 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
2720
2721 FIT uImage format:
2722
2723 Arg Where When
2724 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
2725 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
2726 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
2727 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
2728 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
2729 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
2730 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
2731 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
2732 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
2733 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
2734 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
2735 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2736 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
2737 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
2738 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
2739 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
2740 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
2741 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
2742 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
2743 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
2744 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
2745 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
2746
2747 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2748 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
2749 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
2750 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
2751 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
2752 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
2753 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
2754 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
2755 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
2756 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
2757 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
2758 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
2759 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
2760 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
2761 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
2762 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
2763
2764 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
2765 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
2766
2767 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
2768 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
2769
2770 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
2771 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
2772
2773 - FIT image support:
2774 CONFIG_FIT
2775 Enable support for the FIT uImage format.
2776
2777 CONFIG_FIT_BEST_MATCH
2778 When no configuration is explicitly selected, default to the
2779 one whose fdt's compatibility field best matches that of
2780 U-Boot itself. A match is considered "best" if it matches the
2781 most specific compatibility entry of U-Boot's fdt's root node.
2782 The order of entries in the configuration's fdt is ignored.
2783
2784 - Standalone program support:
2785 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
2786
2787 This option defines a board specific value for the
2788 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
2789 overwriting the architecture dependent default
2790 settings.
2791
2792 - Frame Buffer Address:
2793 CONFIG_FB_ADDR
2794
2795 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific
2796 address for frame buffer. This is typically the case
2797 when using a graphics controller has separate video
2798 memory. U-Boot will then place the frame buffer at
2799 the given address instead of dynamically reserving it
2800 in system RAM by calling lcd_setmem(), which grabs
2801 the memory for the frame buffer depending on the
2802 configured panel size.
2803
2804 Please see board_init_f function.
2805
2806 - Automatic software updates via TFTP server
2807 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP
2808 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
2809 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
2810
2811 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
2812 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
2813
2814 - MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
2815 CONFIG_MTD_DEVICE
2816
2817 Adds the MTD device infrastructure from the Linux kernel.
2818 Needed for mtdparts command support.
2819
2820 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
2821
2822 Adds the MTD partitioning infrastructure from the Linux
2823 kernel. Needed for UBI support.
2824
2825 - UBI support
2826 CONFIG_CMD_UBI
2827
2828 Adds commands for interacting with MTD partitions formatted
2829 with the UBI flash translation layer
2830
2831 Requires also defining CONFIG_RBTREE
2832
2833 CONFIG_UBI_SILENCE_MSG
2834
2835 Make the verbose messages from UBI stop printing. This leaves
2836 warnings and errors enabled.
2837
2838 - UBIFS support
2839 CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS
2840
2841 Adds commands for interacting with UBI volumes formatted as
2842 UBIFS. UBIFS is read-only in u-boot.
2843
2844 Requires UBI support as well as CONFIG_LZO
2845
2846 CONFIG_UBIFS_SILENCE_MSG
2847
2848 Make the verbose messages from UBIFS stop printing. This leaves
2849 warnings and errors enabled.
2850
2851 - SPL framework
2852 CONFIG_SPL
2853 Enable building of SPL globally.
2854
2855 CONFIG_SPL_LDSCRIPT
2856 LDSCRIPT for linking the SPL binary.
2857
2858 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT
2859 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL, BSS included.
2860 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory
2861 used by SPL from _start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
2862 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2863 must not be both defined at the same time.
2864
2865 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE
2866 Maximum size of the SPL image (text, data, rodata, and
2867 linker lists sections), BSS excluded.
2868 When defined, the linker checks that the actual size does
2869 not exceed it.
2870
2871 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
2872 TEXT_BASE for linking the SPL binary.
2873
2874 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_TEXT_BASE
2875 Address to relocate to. If unspecified, this is equal to
2876 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE (i.e. no relocation is done).
2877
2878 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR
2879 Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary.
2880
2881 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2882 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL BSS.
2883 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory used
2884 by SPL from __bss_start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
2885 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2886 must not be both defined at the same time.
2887
2888 CONFIG_SPL_STACK
2889 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use
2890
2891 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_STACK
2892 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use after
2893 relocation. If unspecified, this is equal to
2894 CONFIG_SPL_STACK.
2895
2896 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
2897 Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL.
2898
2899 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
2900 The size of the malloc pool used in SPL.
2901
2902 CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK
2903 Enable the SPL framework under common/. This framework
2904 supports MMC, NAND and YMODEM loading of U-Boot and NAND
2905 NAND loading of the Linux Kernel.
2906
2907 CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT
2908 For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information
2909 about the running system.
2910
2911 CONFIG_SPL_INIT_MINIMAL
2912 Arch init code should be built for a very small image
2913
2914 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
2915 Support for common/libcommon.o in SPL binary
2916
2917 CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT
2918 Support for disk/libdisk.o in SPL binary
2919
2920 CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT
2921 Support for drivers/i2c/libi2c.o in SPL binary
2922
2923 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT
2924 Support for drivers/gpio/libgpio.o in SPL binary
2925
2926 CONFIG_SPL_MMC_SUPPORT
2927 Support for drivers/mmc/libmmc.o in SPL binary
2928
2929 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR,
2930 CONFIG_SYS_U_BOOT_MAX_SIZE_SECTORS,
2931 CONFIG_SYS_MMC_SD_FAT_BOOT_PARTITION
2932 Address, size and partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from
2933 when the MMC is being used in raw mode.
2934
2935 CONFIG_SPL_FAT_SUPPORT
2936 Support for fs/fat/libfat.o in SPL binary
2937
2938 CONFIG_SPL_FAT_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
2939 Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from FAT
2940
2941 CONFIG_SPL_FAT_LOAD_KERNEL_NAME
2942 Filename to read to load kernel uImage when reading
2943 from FAT (for Falcon mode)
2944
2945 CONFIG_SPL_FAT_LOAD_ARGS_NAME
2946 Filename to read to load kernel argument parameters
2947 when reading from FAT (for Falcon mode)
2948
2949 CONFIG_SPL_MPC83XX_WAIT_FOR_NAND
2950 Set this for NAND SPL on PPC mpc83xx targets, so that
2951 start.S waits for the rest of the SPL to load before
2952 continuing (the hardware starts execution after just
2953 loading the first page rather than the full 4K).
2954
2955 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BASE
2956 Include nand_base.c in the SPL. Requires
2957 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS.
2958
2959 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS
2960 SPL uses normal NAND drivers, not minimal drivers.
2961
2962 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_ECC
2963 Include standard software ECC in the SPL
2964
2965 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE
2966 Support for NAND boot using simple NAND drivers that
2967 expose the cmd_ctrl() interface.
2968
2969 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
2970 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
2971 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
2972 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
2973 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
2974 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
2975 to read U-Boot
2976
2977 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS
2978 Location in NAND to read U-Boot from
2979
2980 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST
2981 Location in memory to load U-Boot to
2982
2983 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE
2984 Size of image to load
2985
2986 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
2987 Entry point in loaded image to jump to
2988
2989 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
2990 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
2991 data. This is used for example on davinci plattforms.
2992
2993 CONFIG_SPL_OMAP3_ID_NAND
2994 Support for an OMAP3-specific set of functions to return the
2995 ID and MFR of the first attached NAND chip, if present.
2996
2997 CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT
2998 Support for drivers/serial/libserial.o in SPL binary
2999
3000 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT
3001 Support for drivers/mtd/spi/libspi_flash.o in SPL binary
3002
3003 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_SUPPORT
3004 Support for drivers/spi/libspi.o in SPL binary
3005
3006 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE
3007 Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary
3008
3009 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT
3010 Support for lib/libgeneric.o in SPL binary
3011
3012 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO
3013 Image offset to which the SPL should be padded before appending
3014 the SPL payload. By default, this is defined as
3015 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
3016 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
3017 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
3018
3019 CONFIG_SPL_TARGET
3020 Final target image containing SPL and payload. Some SPLs
3021 use an arch-specific makefile fragment instead, for
3022 example if more than one image needs to be produced.
3023
3024 CONFIG_FIT_SPL_PRINT
3025 Printing information about a FIT image adds quite a bit of
3026 code to SPL. So this is normally disabled in SPL. Use this
3027 option to re-enable it. This will affect the output of the
3028 bootm command when booting a FIT image.
3029
3030 Modem Support:
3031 --------------
3032
3033 [so far only for SMDK2400 boards]
3034
3035 - Modem support enable:
3036 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
3037
3038 - RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
3039 CONFIG_HWFLOW
3040
3041 - Modem debug support:
3042 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
3043
3044 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
3045 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
3046
3047 - Interrupt support (PPC):
3048
3049 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
3050 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
3051 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
3052 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
3053 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
3054 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
3055 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
3056 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
3057 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
3058 general timer_interrupt().
3059
3060 - General:
3061
3062 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
3063 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
3064 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
3065 (autoboot). The key_pressed() function is called from
3066 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
3067 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
3068 initialization.
3069
3070 If there are no modem init strings in the
3071 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
3072 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
3073 suppressed, though.
3074
3075 See also: doc/README.Modem
3076
3077 Board initialization settings:
3078 ------------------------------
3079
3080 During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
3081 to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
3082 before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
3083 following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
3084 architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
3085 typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
3086
3087 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
3088 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
3089 - CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
3090 - CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init()
3091
3092 Configuration Settings:
3093 -----------------------
3094
3095 - CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
3096 undefine this when you're short of memory.
3097
3098 - CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
3099 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
3100
3101 - CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
3102 prompt for user input.
3103
3104 - CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
3105
3106 - CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
3107
3108 - CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
3109
3110 - CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
3111 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
3112 booted
3113
3114 - CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
3115 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
3116
3117 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
3118 Suppress display of console information at boot.
3119
3120 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
3121 If the board specific function
3122 extern int overwrite_console (void);
3123 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
3124 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
3125
3126 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
3127 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
3128
3129 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
3130 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
3131
3132 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
3133 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
3134 simple memory test.
3135
3136 - CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST:
3137 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
3138
3139 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
3140 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
3141 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
3142
3143 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE (PPC only):
3144 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
3145 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
3146 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
3147 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
3148 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
3149 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
3150 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
3151 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
3152 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
3153
3154 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
3155 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
3156 be touched.
3157
3158 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
3159 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
3160 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
3161 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
3162 problems.
3163
3164 - CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
3165 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
3166
3167 - CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
3168 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
3169
3170 - CONFIG_SYS_MBIO_BASE:
3171 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
3172 Cogent motherboard)
3173
3174 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
3175 Physical start address of Flash memory.
3176
3177 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
3178 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
3179 make config files to be same as the text base address
3180 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
3181 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
3182
3183 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
3184 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
3185 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
3186 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
3187 flash sector.
3188
3189 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
3190 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
3191
3192 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
3193 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
3194 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
3195 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
3196 to adjust this setting to your needs.
3197
3198 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
3199 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
3200 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
3201 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
3202 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
3203 enviroment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
3204 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
3205 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
3206 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
3207 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
3208 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
3209
3210 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
3211 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
3212 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
3213 is enabled.
3214
3215 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
3216 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
3217 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
3218
3219 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
3220 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
3221 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
3222
3223 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
3224 Max number of Flash memory banks
3225
3226 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
3227 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
3228
3229 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
3230 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
3231
3232 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
3233 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
3234
3235 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
3236 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
3237
3238 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
3239 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
3240
3241 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
3242 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
3243 instead of U-Boot software protection.
3244
3245 - CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
3246
3247 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
3248 without this option such a download has to be
3249 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
3250 copy from RAM to flash.
3251
3252 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
3253 you can check if the download worked before you erase
3254 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
3255 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
3256 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
3257
3258 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
3259 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
3260 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
3261
3262 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
3263 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
3264 in the drivers directory
3265
3266 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
3267 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
3268 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
3269 to the MTD layer.
3270
3271 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
3272 Use buffered writes to flash.
3273
3274 - CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
3275 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
3276 write commands.
3277
3278 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
3279 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
3280 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
3281 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
3282 optionally available.
3283
3284 - CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
3285 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
3286 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
3287 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
3288
3289 - CONFIG_FLASH_VERIFY
3290 If defined, the content of the flash (destination) is compared
3291 against the source after the write operation. An error message
3292 will be printed when the contents are not identical.
3293 Please note that this option is useless in nearly all cases,
3294 since such flash programming errors usually are detected earlier
3295 while unprotecting/erasing/programming. Please only enable
3296 this option if you really know what you are doing.
3297
3298 - CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
3299 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
3300 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
3301 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
3302 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
3303 on high Ethernet traffic.
3304 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
3305
3306 - CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
3307
3308 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
3309 internally to store the environment settings. The default
3310 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
3311 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
3312 lib/hashtable.c for details.
3313
3314 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
3315 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
3316 Enable validation of the values given to enviroment variables when
3317 calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal,
3318 hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined,
3319 the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address.
3320
3321 The format of the list is:
3322 type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m]
3323 access_atribute = [a|r|o|c]
3324 attributes = type_attribute[access_atribute]
3325 entry = variable_name[:attributes]
3326 list = entry[,list]
3327
3328 The type attributes are:
3329 s - String (default)
3330 d - Decimal
3331 x - Hexadecimal
3332 b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF])
3333 i - IP address
3334 m - MAC address
3335
3336 The access attributes are:
3337 a - Any (default)
3338 r - Read-only
3339 o - Write-once
3340 c - Change-default
3341
3342 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
3343 Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags"
3344 envirnoment variable in the default or embedded environment.
3345
3346 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
3347 Define this to a list (string) to define validation that
3348 should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags"
3349 environment variable. To override a setting in the static
3350 list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the
3351 ".flags" variable.
3352
3353 - CONFIG_ENV_ACCESS_IGNORE_FORCE
3354 If defined, don't allow the -f switch to env set override variable
3355 access flags.
3356
3357 - CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
3358 This selects the architecture-generic board system instead of the
3359 architecture-specific board files. It is intended to move boards
3360 to this new framework over time. Defining this will disable the
3361 arch/foo/lib/board.c file and use common/board_f.c and
3362 common/board_r.c instead. To use this option your architecture
3363 must support it (i.e. must define __HAVE_ARCH_GENERIC_BOARD in
3364 its config.mk file). If you find problems enabling this option on
3365 your board please report the problem and send patches!
3366
3367 - CONFIG_SYS_SYM_OFFSETS
3368 This is set by architectures that use offsets for link symbols
3369 instead of absolute values. So bss_start is obtained using an
3370 offset _bss_start_ofs from CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE, rather than
3371 directly. You should not need to touch this setting.
3372
3373 - CONFIG_OMAP_PLATFORM_RESET_TIME_MAX_USEC (OMAP only)
3374 This is set by OMAP boards for the max time that reset should
3375 be asserted. See doc/README.omap-reset-time for details on how
3376 the value can be calulated on a given board.
3377
3378 The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
3379 of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
3380 following configurations:
3381
3382 - CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
3383
3384 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
3385 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
3386
3387 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
3388
3389 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
3390
3391 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
3392 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
3393 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
3394 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
3395 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
3396 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
3397 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
3398 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
3399 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
3400 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
3401 between U-Boot and the environment.
3402
3403 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3404
3405 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
3406 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
3407 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
3408 for this sector is given here.
3409
3410 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE.
3411
3412 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
3413
3414 This is just another way to specify the start address of
3415 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
3416 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET).
3417
3418 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
3419
3420 Size of the sector containing the environment.
3421
3422
3423 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
3424 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
3425 the environment.
3426
3427 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
3428
3429 If you use this in combination with CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
3430 and CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
3431 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
3432 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
3433
3434 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
3435 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
3436 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
3437 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
3438 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
3439 updating the environment in flash makes it always
3440 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
3441 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
3442 RAM, your target system will be dead.
3443
3444 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
3445 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
3446
3447 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
3448 a redundant copy of the environment data, so that there is
3449 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
3450 a "saveenv" operation.
3451
3452 BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
3453 source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
3454 accordingly!
3455
3456
3457 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
3458
3459 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
3460 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
3461 environment.
3462
3463 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
3464 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
3465
3466 These two #defines are used to determine the memory area you
3467 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
3468 can just be read and written to, without any special
3469 provision.
3470
3471 BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
3472 in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
3473 console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
3474 U-Boot will hang.
3475
3476 Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
3477 environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
3478 keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
3479 to save the current settings.
3480
3481
3482 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
3483
3484 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
3485 device and a driver for it.
3486
3487 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3488 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
3489
3490 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
3491 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
3492
3493 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
3494 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
3495 The default address is zero.
3496
3497 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
3498 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
3499 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
3500 would require six bits.
3501
3502 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
3503 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
3504 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
3505
3506 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
3507 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
3508 that this is NOT the chip address length!
3509
3510 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
3511 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
3512 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
3513 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
3514 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
3515 byte chips.
3516
3517 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
3518 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
3519 in the chip address.
3520
3521 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_SIZE:
3522 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
3523
3524 - CONFIG_ENV_EEPROM_IS_ON_I2C
3525 define this, if you have I2C and SPI activated, and your
3526 EEPROM, which holds the environment, is on the I2C bus.
3527
3528 - CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS
3529 if you have an Environment on an EEPROM reached over
3530 I2C muxes, you can define here, how to reach this
3531 EEPROM. For example:
3532
3533 #define CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS "pca9547:70:d\0"
3534
3535 EEPROM which holds the environment, is reached over
3536 a pca9547 i2c mux with address 0x70, channel 3.
3537
3538 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
3539
3540 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
3541 want to use for the environment.
3542
3543 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3544 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
3545 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
3546
3547 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
3548 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
3549 at the specified address.
3550
3551 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_REMOTE:
3552
3553 Define this if you have a remote memory space which you
3554 want to use for the local device's environment.
3555
3556 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
3557 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
3558
3559 These two #defines specify the address and size of the
3560 environment area within the remote memory space. The
3561 local device can get the environment from remote memory
3562 space by SRIO or PCIE links.
3563
3564 BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
3565 "saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
3566 environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE link,
3567 but it can not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE interface.
3568
3569 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
3570
3571 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
3572 for the environment.
3573
3574 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3575 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
3576
3577 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
3578 area within the first NAND device. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET must be
3579 aligned to an erase block boundary.
3580
3581 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
3582
3583 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
3584 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, so
3585 that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure
3586 during a "saveenv" operation. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_RENDUND must be
3587 aligned to an erase block boundary.
3588
3589 - CONFIG_ENV_RANGE (optional):
3590
3591 Specifies the length of the region in which the environment
3592 can be written. This should be a multiple of the NAND device's
3593 block size. Specifying a range with more erase blocks than
3594 are needed to hold CONFIG_ENV_SIZE allows bad blocks within
3595 the range to be avoided.
3596
3597 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB (optional):
3598
3599 Enables support for dynamically retrieving the offset of the
3600 environment from block zero's out-of-band data. The
3601 "nand env.oob" command can be used to record this offset.
3602 Currently, CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND is not supported when
3603 using CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB.
3604
3605 - CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
3606
3607 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
3608 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
3609 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
3610
3611 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_UBI:
3612
3613 Define this if you have an UBI volume that you want to use for the
3614 environment. This has the benefit of wear-leveling the environment
3615 accesses, which is important on NAND.
3616
3617 - CONFIG_ENV_UBI_PART:
3618
3619 Define this to a string that is the mtd partition containing the UBI.
3620
3621 - CONFIG_ENV_UBI_VOLUME:
3622
3623 Define this to the name of the volume that you want to store the
3624 environment in.
3625
3626 - CONFIG_ENV_UBI_VOLUME_REDUND:
3627
3628 Define this to the name of another volume to store a second copy of
3629 the environment in. This will enable redundant environments in UBI.
3630 It is assumed that both volumes are in the same MTD partition.
3631
3632 - CONFIG_UBI_SILENCE_MSG
3633 - CONFIG_UBIFS_SILENCE_MSG
3634
3635 You will probably want to define these to avoid a really noisy system
3636 when storing the env in UBI.
3637
3638 - CONFIG_SYS_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
3639
3640 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
3641 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
3642 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
3643 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
3644 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
3645 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
3646 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
3647
3648 Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
3649 has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
3650 created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_f()
3651 until then to read environment variables.
3652
3653 The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
3654 is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
3655 with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
3656 necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
3657 "baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
3658 have any device yet where we could complain.]
3659
3660 Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
3661 the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
3662 use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
3663
3664 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
3665 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
3666
3667 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
3668 also needs to be defined.
3669
3670 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
3671 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
3672
3673 - CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
3674 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
3675 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
3676 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
3677 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
3678 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
3679
3680 - CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
3681 Display information about the board that U-Boot is running on
3682 when U-Boot starts up. The board function checkboard() is called
3683 to do this.
3684
3685 - CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE
3686 Similar to the previous option, but display this information
3687 later, once stdio is running and output goes to the LCD, if
3688 present.
3689
3690 Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
3691 ---------------------------------------------------
3692
3693 - CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
3694 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
3695
3696 - CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR:
3697 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
3698
3699 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
3700 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
3701 the IMMR register after a reset.
3702
3703 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
3704 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
3705 PowerPC SOCs.
3706
3707 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
3708 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
3709 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
3710
3711 CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR must also be set to this value,
3712 for cross-platform code that uses that macro instead.
3713
3714 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
3715 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
3716 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
3717 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
3718 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
3719 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
3720 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
3721
3722 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
3723 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
3724
3725 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
3726 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
3727 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
3728 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3729 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3730
3731 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
3732 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
3733 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3734 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3735
3736 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE:
3737 If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be
3738 forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated.
3739
3740 - Floppy Disk Support:
3741 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
3742
3743 the default drive number (default value 0)
3744
3745 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
3746
3747 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
3748 (default value 1)
3749
3750 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
3751
3752 defines the offset of register from address. It
3753 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
3754 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
3755
3756 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
3757 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
3758 default value.
3759
3760 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
3761 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
3762 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
3763 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
3764 initializations.
3765
3766 - CONFIG_IDE_AHB:
3767 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
3768 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
3769 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
3770 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
3771 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
3772 is requierd.
3773
3774 - CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
3775 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
3776 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
3777
3778 - CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
3779
3780 Start address of memory area that can be used for
3781 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
3782 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
3783 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
3784 will become available only after programming the
3785 memory controller and running certain initialization
3786 sequences.
3787
3788 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
3789 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
3790 - MPC824X: data cache
3791 - PPC4xx: data cache
3792
3793 - CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
3794
3795 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
3796 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
3797 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
3798 data is located at the end of the available space
3799 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
3800 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
3801 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
3802 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
3803
3804 Note:
3805 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
3806 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
3807 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
3808 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
3809 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
3810
3811 - CONFIG_SYS_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
3812
3813 - CONFIG_SYS_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
3814
3815 - CONFIG_SYS_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
3816
3817 - CONFIG_SYS_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
3818
3819 - CONFIG_SYS_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
3820
3821 - CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
3822
3823 - CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
3824 SDRAM timing
3825
3826 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
3827 periodic timer for refresh
3828
3829 - CONFIG_SYS_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
3830
3831 - FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
3832 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
3833 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
3834 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
3835 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
3836
3837 - SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
3838 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
3839 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
3840 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
3841
3842 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
3843 CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_8COL, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_9COL:
3844 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
3845 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
3846
3847 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
3848 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3849 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
3850
3851 - CONFIG_SYS_SMC_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SMC_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
3852 enable SMC microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3853 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]
3854
3855 - CONFIG_SYS_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
3856 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3857 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
3858
3859 - CONFIG_SYS_USE_OSCCLK:
3860 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
3861 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
3862 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
3863
3864 - CONFIG_SYS_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
3865 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
3866 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
3867 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
3868 cpm_8260.h.
3869
3870 - CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
3871 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK0_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
3872 CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK1_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
3873 CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
3874 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
3875 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
3876 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
3877 CONFIG_SYS_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
3878 Overrides the default PCI memory map in arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
3879
3880 - CONFIG_PCI_DISABLE_PCIE:
3881 Disable PCI-Express on systems where it is supported but not
3882 required.
3883
3884 - CONFIG_PCI_ENUM_ONLY
3885 Only scan through and get the devices on the busses.
3886 Don't do any setup work, presumably because someone or
3887 something has already done it, and we don't need to do it
3888 a second time. Useful for platforms that are pre-booted
3889 by coreboot or similar.
3890
3891 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIO:
3892 Chip has SRIO or not
3893
3894 - CONFIG_SRIO1:
3895 Board has SRIO 1 port available
3896
3897 - CONFIG_SRIO2:
3898 Board has SRIO 2 port available
3899
3900 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
3901 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3902
3903 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYS:
3904 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3905
3906 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
3907 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3908
3909 - CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BUSWIDTH_16BIT
3910 Defined to tell the NAND controller that the NAND chip is using
3911 a 16 bit bus.
3912 Not all NAND drivers use this symbol.
3913 Example of drivers that use it:
3914 - drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c
3915 - drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
3916
3917 - CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
3918 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
3919 a default value will be used.
3920
3921 - CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
3922 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
3923 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
3924
3925 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
3926 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
3927
3928 - CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
3929 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
3930 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
3931 to something your driver can deal with.
3932
3933 - CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
3934 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
3935 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
3936 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
3937 header files or board specific files.
3938
3939 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
3940 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
3941
3942 - CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
3943 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
3944 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
3945
3946 - CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
3947 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
3948
3949 - CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
3950 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
3951 to the given FEC; i. e.
3952 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
3953 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
3954
3955 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
3956
3957 - CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
3958 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
3959 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
3960
3961 - CONFIG_RMII
3962 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
3963 Note that this is a global option, we can't
3964 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
3965
3966 - CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
3967 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
3968 The syntax is:
3969
3970 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
3971
3972 Where address/count indicate a memory area
3973 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
3974 area should have.
3975
3976 - CONFIG_LOOPW
3977 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
3978 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
3979
3980 - CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
3981 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
3982 "md/mw" commands.
3983 Examples:
3984
3985 => mdc.b 10 4 500
3986 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
3987
3988 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
3989 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
3990
3991 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
3992 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
3993
3994 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
3995 [ARM, NDS32, MIPS only] If this variable is defined, then certain
3996 low level initializations (like setting up the memory
3997 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
3998 relocate itself into RAM.
3999
4000 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
4001 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
4002 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
4003 these initializations itself.
4004
4005 - CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
4006 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
4007 that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
4008 compiling a NAND SPL.
4009
4010 - CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM
4011 Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses
4012 effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard
4013 U-Boot address as virtual addresses that need to be translated
4014 to physical addresses. However, sandbox requires this, since
4015 it maintains its own little RAM buffer which contains all
4016 addressable memory. This option causes some memory accesses
4017 to be mapped through map_sysmem() / unmap_sysmem().
4018
4019 - CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMCPY
4020 CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMSET
4021 If these options are used a optimized version of memcpy/memset will
4022 be used if available. These functions may be faster under some
4023 conditions but may increase the binary size.
4024
4025 - CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR
4026 If defined, the x86 reset vector code is included. This is not
4027 needed when U-Boot is running from Coreboot.
4028
4029 - CONFIG_SYS_MPUCLK
4030 Defines the MPU clock speed (in MHz).
4031
4032 NOTE : currently only supported on AM335x platforms.
4033
4034 Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
4035 -----------------------------------
4036
4037 The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
4038 loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
4039 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
4040 are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
4041 within that device.
4042
4043 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_ADDR
4044 The address in the storage device where the firmware is located. The
4045 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
4046 is also specified.
4047
4048 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
4049 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
4050 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
4051 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
4052 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
4053
4054 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
4055 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
4056 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
4057 virtual address in NOR flash.
4058
4059 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
4060 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
4061 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
4062
4063 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
4064 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
4065 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
4066
4067 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_SPIFLASH
4068 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SPI
4069 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
4070
4071 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
4072 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
4073 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
4074 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO or PCIE outbound
4075 window->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in
4076 master's memory space.
4077
4078 Building the Software:
4079 ======================
4080
4081 Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
4082 and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
4083 all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
4084 (potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
4085 recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
4086 which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
4087
4088 If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
4089 have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
4090 you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
4091 Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
4092 necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
4093
4094 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
4095 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
4096
4097 Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
4098 the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
4099 (http://www.mingw.org). Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
4100 toolchain and execute 'make tools'. For example:
4101
4102 $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools
4103
4104 Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
4105 be executed on computers running Windows.
4106
4107 U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
4108 sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
4109 is done by typing:
4110
4111 make NAME_config
4112
4113 where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing configu-
4114 rations; see boards.cfg for supported names.
4115
4116 Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
4117 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
4118 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
4119 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
4120 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
4121
4122 make TQM823L_config
4123 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
4124
4125 make TQM823L_LCD_config
4126 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
4127
4128 etc.
4129
4130
4131 Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
4132 images ready for download to / installation on your system:
4133
4134 - "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
4135 - "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
4136 - "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
4137
4138 By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
4139 in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
4140 this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
4141
4142 1. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
4143
4144 make O=/tmp/build distclean
4145 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
4146 make O=/tmp/build all
4147
4148 2. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
4149
4150 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
4151 make distclean
4152 make NAME_config
4153 make all
4154
4155 Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
4156 variable.
4157
4158
4159 Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
4160 for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
4161 native "make".
4162
4163
4164 If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
4165 to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
4166 steps:
4167
4168 1. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
4169 "boards.cfg" file, using the existing entries as examples.
4170 Follow the instructions there to keep the boards in order.
4171 2. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
4172 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
4173 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
4174 3. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
4175 your board
4176 3. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
4177 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
4178 4. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
4179 5. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
4180 to be installed on your target system.
4181 6. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
4182 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
4183
4184
4185 Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
4186 ==============================================================
4187
4188 If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
4189 or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
4190 provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
4191 the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
4192 official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
4193
4194 But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
4195 cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
4196 the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
4197 just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
4198 for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
4199 select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
4200 environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the ELDK cross tools
4201 you can type
4202
4203 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
4204
4205 or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
4206
4207 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
4208
4209 When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build
4210 U-Boot in the source directory. This location can be changed by
4211 setting the BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target
4212 built, the MAKEALL script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and
4213 <target>.MAKEALL) in the <source dir>/LOG directory. This default
4214 location can be changed by setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment
4215 variable. For example:
4216
4217 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
4218 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
4219 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
4220
4221 With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build,
4222 log files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean
4223 during the whole build process.
4224
4225
4226 See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
4227
4228
4229 Monitor Commands - Overview:
4230 ============================
4231
4232 go - start application at address 'addr'
4233 run - run commands in an environment variable
4234 bootm - boot application image from memory
4235 bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
4236 bootz - boot zImage from memory
4237 tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
4238 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
4239 (and eventually "gatewayip")
4240 tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
4241 rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
4242 diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
4243 loads - load S-Record file over serial line
4244 loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
4245 md - memory display
4246 mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
4247 nm - memory modify (constant address)
4248 mw - memory write (fill)
4249 cp - memory copy
4250 cmp - memory compare
4251 crc32 - checksum calculation
4252 i2c - I2C sub-system
4253 sspi - SPI utility commands
4254 base - print or set address offset
4255 printenv- print environment variables
4256 setenv - set environment variables
4257 saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
4258 protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
4259 erase - erase FLASH memory
4260 flinfo - print FLASH memory information
4261 nand - NAND memory operations (see doc/README.nand)
4262 bdinfo - print Board Info structure
4263 iminfo - print header information for application image
4264 coninfo - print console devices and informations
4265 ide - IDE sub-system
4266 loop - infinite loop on address range
4267 loopw - infinite write loop on address range
4268 mtest - simple RAM test
4269 icache - enable or disable instruction cache
4270 dcache - enable or disable data cache
4271 reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
4272 echo - echo args to console
4273 version - print monitor version
4274 help - print online help
4275 ? - alias for 'help'
4276
4277
4278 Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
4279 ========================================
4280
4281 TODO.
4282
4283 For now: just type "help <command>".
4284
4285
4286 Environment Variables:
4287 ======================
4288
4289 U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
4290 can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
4291
4292 Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
4293 "printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
4294 without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
4295 environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
4296 working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
4297 environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
4298
4299 Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
4300
4301 List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
4302
4303 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
4304
4305 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
4306
4307 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
4308
4309 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
4310
4311 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
4312
4313 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
4314 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
4315 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
4316 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
4317 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
4318 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
4319 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
4320 bootm_mapsize.
4321
4322 bootm_mapsize - Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel.
4323 This variable is given as a hexadecimal number and it
4324 defines the size of the memory region starting at base
4325 address bootm_low that is accessible by the Linux kernel
4326 during early boot. If unset, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is used
4327 as the default value if it is defined, and bootm_size is
4328 used otherwise.
4329
4330 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
4331 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
4332 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
4333 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
4334 environment variable.
4335
4336 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
4337 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
4338 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
4339
4340 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
4341 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
4342 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
4343 load any image using TFTP
4344
4345 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
4346 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
4347 be automatically started (by internally calling
4348 "bootm")
4349
4350 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
4351 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
4352 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
4353 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
4354 data.
4355
4356 fdt_high - if set this restricts the maximum address that the
4357 flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot.
4358 For example, if you have a system with 1 GB memory
4359 at physical address 0x10000000, while Linux kernel
4360 only recognizes the first 704 MB as low memory, you
4361 may need to set fdt_high as 0x3C000000 to have the
4362 device tree blob be copied to the maximum address
4363 of the 704 MB low memory, so that Linux kernel can
4364 access it during the boot procedure.
4365
4366 If this is set to the special value 0xFFFFFFFF then
4367 the fdt will not be copied at all on boot. For this
4368 to work it must reside in writable memory, have
4369 sufficient padding on the end of it for u-boot to
4370 add the information it needs into it, and the memory
4371 must be accessible by the kernel.
4372
4373 fdtcontroladdr- if set this is the address of the control flattened
4374 device tree used by U-Boot when CONFIG_OF_CONTROL is
4375 defined.
4376
4377 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
4378 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
4379 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
4380 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
4381 it must be saved and board must be reset.
4382
4383 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
4384 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
4385 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
4386 is usually what you want since it allows for
4387 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
4388 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
4389 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
4390 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
4391 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
4392 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
4393 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
4394
4395 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
4396 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
4397 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
4398 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
4399 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
4400 12 MB as well - this can be done with
4401
4402 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
4403
4404 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
4405 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
4406 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
4407 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
4408 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
4409 boot time on your system, but requires that this
4410 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
4411
4412 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
4413
4414 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
4415 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
4416
4417 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
4418
4419 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
4420
4421 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
4422
4423 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
4424
4425 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
4426
4427 ethprime - controls which interface is used first.
4428
4429 ethact - controls which interface is currently active.
4430 For example you can do the following
4431
4432 => setenv ethact FEC
4433 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
4434 => setenv ethact SCC
4435 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
4436
4437 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
4438 available network interfaces.
4439 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
4440
4441 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
4442 either succeed or fail without retrying.
4443 When set to "once" the network operation will
4444 fail when all the available network interfaces
4445 are tried once without success.
4446 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
4447 themselves.
4448
4449 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
4450
4451 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
4452 UDP source port.
4453
4454 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
4455 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
4456
4457 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
4458 we use the TFTP server's default block size
4459
4460 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
4461 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
4462 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
4463 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
4464 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
4465 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
4466 with unreliable TFTP servers.
4467
4468 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
4469 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
4470 VLAN tagged frames.
4471
4472 The following image location variables contain the location of images
4473 used in booting. The "Image" column gives the role of the image and is
4474 not an environment variable name. The other columns are environment
4475 variable names. "File Name" gives the name of the file on a TFTP
4476 server, "RAM Address" gives the location in RAM the image will be
4477 loaded to, and "Flash Location" gives the image's address in NOR
4478 flash or offset in NAND flash.
4479
4480 *Note* - these variables don't have to be defined for all boards, some
4481 boards currenlty use other variables for these purposes, and some
4482 boards use these variables for other purposes.
4483
4484 Image File Name RAM Address Flash Location
4485 ----- --------- ----------- --------------
4486 u-boot u-boot u-boot_addr_r u-boot_addr
4487 Linux kernel bootfile kernel_addr_r kernel_addr
4488 device tree blob fdtfile fdt_addr_r fdt_addr
4489 ramdisk ramdiskfile ramdisk_addr_r ramdisk_addr
4490
4491 The following environment variables may be used and automatically
4492 updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
4493 depending the information provided by your boot server:
4494
4495 bootfile - see above
4496 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
4497 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
4498 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
4499 hostname - Target hostname
4500 ipaddr - see above
4501 netmask - Subnet Mask
4502 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
4503 serverip - see above
4504
4505
4506 There are two special Environment Variables:
4507
4508 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
4509 as type string and/or serial number
4510 ethaddr - Ethernet address
4511
4512 These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
4513 the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
4514 once they have been set once.
4515
4516
4517 Further special Environment Variables:
4518
4519 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
4520 with the "version" command. This variable is
4521 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
4522
4523
4524 Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
4525 only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
4526
4527
4528 Callback functions for environment variables:
4529 ---------------------------------------------
4530
4531 For some environment variables, the behavior of u-boot needs to change
4532 when their values are changed. This functionailty allows functions to
4533 be associated with arbitrary variables. On creation, overwrite, or
4534 deletion, the callback will provide the opportunity for some side
4535 effect to happen or for the change to be rejected.
4536
4537 The callbacks are named and associated with a function using the
4538 U_BOOT_ENV_CALLBACK macro in your board or driver code.
4539
4540 These callbacks are associated with variables in one of two ways. The
4541 static list can be added to by defining CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_STATIC
4542 in the board configuration to a string that defines a list of
4543 associations. The list must be in the following format:
4544
4545 entry = variable_name[:callback_name]
4546 list = entry[,list]
4547
4548 If the callback name is not specified, then the callback is deleted.
4549 Spaces are also allowed anywhere in the list.
4550
4551 Callbacks can also be associated by defining the ".callbacks" variable
4552 with the same list format above. Any association in ".callbacks" will
4553 override any association in the static list. You can define
4554 CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_DEFAULT to a list (string) to define the
4555 ".callbacks" envirnoment variable in the default or embedded environment.
4556
4557
4558 Command Line Parsing:
4559 =====================
4560
4561 There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
4562 the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
4563
4564 Old, simple command line parser:
4565 --------------------------------
4566
4567 - supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
4568 - several commands on one line, separated by ';'
4569 - variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
4570 - special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
4571 for example:
4572 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
4573 - You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
4574 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
4575
4576 Hush shell:
4577 -----------
4578
4579 - similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
4580 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
4581 until...do...done, ...
4582 - supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
4583 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
4584 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
4585 command
4586
4587 General rules:
4588 --------------
4589
4590 (1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
4591 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
4592 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
4593 executed anyway.
4594
4595 (2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
4596 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
4597 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
4598 variables are not executed.
4599
4600 Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
4601 =======================================
4602
4603 Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
4604 such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
4605 "working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
4606
4607 Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
4608 MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
4609 "eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
4610
4611 If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
4612 in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
4613 ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
4614 variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
4615
4616 o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
4617 environment, the SROM's address is used.
4618
4619 o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
4620 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
4621 used.
4622
4623 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
4624 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
4625
4626 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
4627 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
4628 warning is printed.
4629
4630 o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
4631 is raised.
4632
4633 If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
4634 will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
4635 may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
4636 The naming convention is as follows:
4637 "ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
4638
4639 Image Formats:
4640 ==============
4641
4642 U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
4643 images in two formats:
4644
4645 New uImage format (FIT)
4646 -----------------------
4647
4648 Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
4649 to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
4650 components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
4651 SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
4652
4653
4654 Old uImage format
4655 -----------------
4656
4657 Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
4658 preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
4659 details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
4660
4661 * Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
4662 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
4663 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
4664 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
4665 INTEGRITY).
4666 * Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
4667 IA64, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
4668 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC).
4669 * Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
4670 * Load Address
4671 * Entry Point
4672 * Image Name
4673 * Image Timestamp
4674
4675 The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
4676 and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
4677 CRC32 checksums.
4678
4679
4680 Linux Support:
4681 ==============
4682
4683 Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
4684 easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
4685 U-Boot.
4686
4687 U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
4688 special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
4689 "initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
4690 instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
4691 serves several purposes:
4692
4693 - the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
4694 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
4695 Flash memory footprint)
4696
4697 - it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
4698 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
4699
4700 - the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
4701 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
4702 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
4703 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
4704 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
4705 software is easier now.
4706
4707
4708 Linux HOWTO:
4709 ============
4710
4711 Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
4712 ---------------------------------------
4713
4714 U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
4715 configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
4716 (no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
4717 Linux :-).
4718
4719 But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
4720
4721 Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
4722 include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
4723 Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
4724 and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
4725 as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
4726
4727
4728 Configuring the Linux kernel:
4729 -----------------------------
4730
4731 No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
4732 device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
4733
4734
4735 Building a Linux Image:
4736 -----------------------
4737
4738 With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
4739 not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
4740 "uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
4741 U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
4742 which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
4743 100% compatible format.
4744
4745 Example:
4746
4747 make TQM850L_config
4748 make oldconfig
4749 make dep
4750 make uImage
4751
4752 The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
4753 encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
4754 CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
4755
4756 * build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
4757
4758 * convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
4759
4760 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
4761 -R .note -R .comment \
4762 -S vmlinux linux.bin
4763
4764 * compress the binary image:
4765
4766 gzip -9 linux.bin
4767
4768 * package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
4769
4770 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
4771 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
4772 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
4773
4774
4775 The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
4776 with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
4777 combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
4778 byte header containing information about target architecture,
4779 operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
4780 stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
4781
4782 "mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
4783 print the header information, or to build new images.
4784
4785 In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
4786 contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
4787 checksum verification:
4788
4789 tools/mkimage -l image
4790 -l ==> list image header information
4791
4792 The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
4793 from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
4794
4795 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
4796 -n name -d data_file image
4797 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
4798 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
4799 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
4800 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
4801 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
4802 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
4803 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
4804 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
4805
4806 Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
4807 address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
4808 kernel version:
4809
4810 - 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
4811 - 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
4812
4813 So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
4814
4815 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4816 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
4817 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
4818 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
4819 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4820 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4821 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4822 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4823 Load Address: 0x00000000
4824 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4825
4826 To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
4827
4828 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
4829 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4830 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4831 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4832 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4833 Load Address: 0x00000000
4834 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4835
4836 NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
4837 speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
4838 needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
4839 need to be uncompressed:
4840
4841 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
4842 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4843 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
4844 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
4845 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
4846 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4847 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4848 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
4849 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
4850 Load Address: 0x00000000
4851 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4852
4853
4854 Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
4855 when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
4856
4857 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
4858 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
4859 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
4860 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4861 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
4862 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4863 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
4864 Load Address: 0x00000000
4865 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4866
4867
4868 Installing a Linux Image:
4869 -------------------------
4870
4871 To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
4872 you must convert the image to S-Record format:
4873
4874 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
4875
4876 The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
4877 image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
4878 address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
4879 specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
4880 command.
4881
4882 Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
4883 TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
4884
4885 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
4886
4887 .......... done
4888 Erased 8 sectors
4889
4890 => loads 40100000
4891 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4892 ~>examples/image.srec
4893 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
4894 ...
4895 15989 15990 15991 15992
4896 [file transfer complete]
4897 [connected]
4898 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
4899
4900
4901 You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
4902 this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
4903 corruption happened:
4904
4905 => imi 40100000
4906
4907 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4908 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4909 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4910 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4911 Load Address: 00000000
4912 Entry Point: 0000000c
4913 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4914
4915
4916 Boot Linux:
4917 -----------
4918
4919 The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
4920 memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
4921 of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
4922 parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
4923 "printenv" and "setenv" commands:
4924
4925
4926 => printenv bootargs
4927 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
4928
4929 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4930
4931 => printenv bootargs
4932 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4933
4934 => bootm 40020000
4935 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
4936 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
4937 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4938 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
4939 Load Address: 00000000
4940 Entry Point: 0000000c
4941 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4942 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4943 Linux version 2.2.13 (wd@denx.local.net) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Wed Jul 19 02:35:17 MEST 2000
4944 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4945 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4946 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4947 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
4948 ...
4949
4950 If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
4951 the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
4952 format!) to the "bootm" command:
4953
4954 => imi 40100000 40200000
4955
4956 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4957 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4958 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4959 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4960 Load Address: 00000000
4961 Entry Point: 0000000c
4962 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4963
4964 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
4965 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4966 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4967 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4968 Load Address: 00000000
4969 Entry Point: 00000000
4970 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4971
4972 => bootm 40100000 40200000
4973 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
4974 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4975 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4976 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4977 Load Address: 00000000
4978 Entry Point: 0000000c
4979 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4980 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4981 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
4982 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4983 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4984 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4985 Load Address: 00000000
4986 Entry Point: 00000000
4987 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4988 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
4989 Linux version 2.2.13 (wd@denx.local.net) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Wed Jul 19 02:32:08 MEST 2000
4990 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
4991 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4992 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4993 ...
4994 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
4995 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
4996
4997 bash#
4998
4999 Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
5000 -----------
5001
5002 First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
5003 titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
5004 following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
5005 flat device tree:
5006
5007 => print oftaddr
5008 oftaddr=0x300000
5009 => print oft
5010 oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
5011 => tftp $oftaddr $oft
5012 Speed: 1000, full duplex
5013 Using TSEC0 device
5014 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
5015 Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
5016 Load address: 0x300000
5017 Loading: #
5018 done
5019 Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
5020 => tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
5021 Speed: 1000, full duplex
5022 Using TSEC0 device
5023 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
5024 Filename 'uImage'.
5025 Load address: 0x200000
5026 Loading:############
5027 done
5028 Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
5029 => print loadaddr
5030 loadaddr=200000
5031 => print oftaddr
5032 oftaddr=0x300000
5033 => bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
5034 ## Booting image at 00200000 ...
5035 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
5036 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5037 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
5038 Load Address: 00000000
5039 Entry Point: 00000000
5040 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5041 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
5042 Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
5043 Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
5044 Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
5045 [snip]
5046
5047
5048 More About U-Boot Image Types:
5049 ------------------------------
5050
5051 U-Boot supports the following image types:
5052
5053 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
5054 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
5055 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
5056 the Standalone Program.
5057 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
5058 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
5059 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
5060 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
5061 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
5062 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
5063 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
5064 being started.
5065 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
5066 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
5067 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
5068 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
5069 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
5070 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
5071
5072 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
5073 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
5074 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
5075 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
5076 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
5077 a multiple of 4 bytes).
5078
5079 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
5080 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
5081 flash memory.
5082
5083 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
5084 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
5085 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
5086 as command interpreter.
5087
5088 Booting the Linux zImage:
5089 -------------------------
5090
5091 On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
5092 using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
5093 as the syntax of "bootm" command.
5094
5095 Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD allows user to supply
5096 kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
5097 address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
5098 format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
5099
5100
5101 Standalone HOWTO:
5102 =================
5103
5104 One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
5105 run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
5106 U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
5107
5108 Two simple examples are included with the sources:
5109
5110 "Hello World" Demo:
5111 -------------------
5112
5113 'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
5114 application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
5115 It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
5116 like that:
5117
5118 => loads
5119 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
5120 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
5121 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
5122 [file transfer complete]
5123 [connected]
5124 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
5125
5126 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
5127 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
5128 Hello World
5129 argc = 7
5130 argv[0] = "40004"
5131 argv[1] = "Hello"
5132 argv[2] = "World!"
5133 argv[3] = "This"
5134 argv[4] = "is"
5135 argv[5] = "a"
5136 argv[6] = "test."
5137 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
5138 Hit any key to exit ...
5139
5140 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
5141
5142 Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
5143 handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
5144 Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
5145 The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
5146 character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
5147 controlled by the following keys:
5148
5149 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
5150 b - enable interrupts and start timer
5151 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
5152 q - quit application
5153
5154 => loads
5155 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
5156 ~>examples/timer.srec
5157 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
5158 [file transfer complete]
5159 [connected]
5160 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
5161
5162 => go 40004
5163 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
5164 TIMERS=0xfff00980
5165 Using timer 1
5166 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
5167
5168 Hit 'b':
5169 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
5170 Enabling timer
5171 Hit '?':
5172 [q, b, e, ?] ........
5173 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
5174 Hit '?':
5175 [q, b, e, ?] .
5176 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
5177 Hit '?':
5178 [q, b, e, ?] .
5179 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
5180 Hit '?':
5181 [q, b, e, ?] .
5182 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
5183 Hit 'e':
5184 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
5185 Hit 'q':
5186 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
5187
5188
5189 Minicom warning:
5190 ================
5191
5192 Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
5193 "minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
5194 consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
5195 Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
5196 especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
5197 use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). See
5198 http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.
5199 for help with kermit.
5200
5201
5202 Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
5203 configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
5204
5205 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
5206 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
5207 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
5208
5209
5210 NetBSD Notes:
5211 =============
5212
5213 Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
5214 (build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
5215
5216 Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
5217 NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
5218 need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
5219 Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
5220 attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
5221 missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
5222
5223 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
5224 # mkdir powerpc
5225 # ln -s powerpc machine
5226 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
5227 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
5228
5229 Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
5230 and U-Boot include files.
5231
5232 Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
5233 stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
5234 proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
5235 tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
5236 meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
5237
5238
5239 Implementation Internals:
5240 =========================
5241
5242 The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
5243 implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
5244 inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
5245 hardware.
5246
5247
5248 Initial Stack, Global Data:
5249 ---------------------------
5250
5251 The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
5252 starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
5253 system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
5254 This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
5255 is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
5256 at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
5257 options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
5258 models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
5259 MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
5260 locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
5261
5262 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
5263 U-Boot mailing list:
5264
5265 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
5266 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
5267 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
5268 ...
5269
5270 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
5271 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
5272 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
5273 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
5274 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
5275 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
5276 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
5277 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
5278
5279 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
5280 is another option for the system designer to use as an
5281 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
5282 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
5283 board designers haven't used it for something that would
5284 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
5285 used.
5286
5287 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
5288 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
5289 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
5290 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
5291 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
5292 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
5293 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
5294 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
5295 you get the config right.
5296
5297 -Chris Hallinan
5298 DS4.COM, Inc.
5299
5300 It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
5301 code for the initialization procedures:
5302
5303 * Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
5304 to write it.
5305
5306 * Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
5307 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
5308 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
5309
5310 * Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
5311 that.
5312
5313 Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
5314 normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
5315 turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
5316 simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
5317 functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
5318 functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
5319 the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
5320 place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
5321 reserve for this purpose.
5322
5323 When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
5324 relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
5325 GCC's implementation.
5326
5327 For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
5328 R1: stack pointer
5329 R2: reserved for system use
5330 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
5331 R5-R10: parameter passing
5332 R13: small data area pointer
5333 R30: GOT pointer
5334 R31: frame pointer
5335
5336 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
5337 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
5338 going back and forth between asm and C)
5339
5340 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
5341
5342 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
5343 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
5344 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
5345 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
5346 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
5347 624 text + 127 data).
5348
5349 On Blackfin, the normal C ABI (except for P3) is followed as documented here:
5350 http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=application_binary_interface
5351
5352 ==> U-Boot will use P3 to hold a pointer to the global data
5353
5354 On ARM, the following registers are used:
5355
5356 R0: function argument word/integer result
5357 R1-R3: function argument word
5358 R9: GOT pointer
5359 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
5360 R11: argument (frame) pointer
5361 R12: temporary workspace
5362 R13: stack pointer
5363 R14: link register
5364 R15: program counter
5365
5366 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
5367
5368 On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
5369 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
5370
5371 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
5372
5373 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
5374 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
5375
5376 On NDS32, the following registers are used:
5377
5378 R0-R1: argument/return
5379 R2-R5: argument
5380 R15: temporary register for assembler
5381 R16: trampoline register
5382 R28: frame pointer (FP)
5383 R29: global pointer (GP)
5384 R30: link register (LP)
5385 R31: stack pointer (SP)
5386 PC: program counter (PC)
5387
5388 ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data
5389
5390 NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
5391 or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
5392
5393 Memory Management:
5394 ------------------
5395
5396 U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
5397 MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
5398
5399 The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
5400 controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
5401 memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
5402 physical memory banks.
5403
5404 U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
5405 TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
5406 booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
5407 to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
5408 memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
5409 configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
5410 Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
5411
5412 Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
5413 of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
5414
5415 So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
5416 this:
5417
5418 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
5419 :
5420 0x0000 1FFF
5421 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
5422 :
5423 :
5424
5425 :
5426 :
5427 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
5428 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
5429 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
5430 :
5431 0x00FD FFFF
5432 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
5433 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
5434 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
5435 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
5436
5437
5438 System Initialization:
5439 ----------------------
5440
5441 In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
5442 (on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
5443 configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
5444 To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
5445 To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
5446 initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
5447 which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
5448 part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
5449 the caches and the SIU.
5450
5451 Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
5452 preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
5453 (multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
5454 on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
5455 programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
5456 simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
5457 banks.
5458
5459 When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
5460 different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
5461 bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
5462 0x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
5463 contiguous memory starting from 0.
5464
5465 Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
5466 and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
5467 Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
5468 pages, and the final stack is set up.
5469
5470 Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
5471 until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
5472 running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
5473 new address in RAM.
5474
5475
5476 U-Boot Porting Guide:
5477 ----------------------
5478
5479 [Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
5480 list, October 2002]
5481
5482
5483 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
5484 {
5485 sighandler_t no_more_time;
5486
5487 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
5488 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
5489
5490 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
5491 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
5492 return 0;
5493 }
5494
5495 Download latest U-Boot source;
5496
5497 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
5498
5499 if (clueless)
5500 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
5501
5502 while (learning) {
5503 Read the README file in the top level directory;
5504 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
5505 Read applicable doc/*.README;
5506 Read the source, Luke;
5507 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
5508 }
5509
5510 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
5511 Buy a BDI3000;
5512 else
5513 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
5514
5515 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
5516 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
5517 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
5518 } else {
5519 Create your own board support subdirectory;
5520 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
5521 }
5522 Edit new board/<myboard> files
5523 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
5524
5525 while (!accepted) {
5526 while (!running) {
5527 do {
5528 Add / modify source code;
5529 } until (compiles);
5530 Debug;
5531 if (clueless)
5532 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
5533 }
5534 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
5535 if (reasonable critiques)
5536 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
5537 else
5538 Defend code as written;
5539 }
5540
5541 return 0;
5542 }
5543
5544 void no_more_time (int sig)
5545 {
5546 hire_a_guru();
5547 }
5548
5549
5550 Coding Standards:
5551 -----------------
5552
5553 All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
5554 coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
5555 "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
5556
5557 Source files originating from a different project (for example the
5558 MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
5559 reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
5560 sources.
5561
5562 Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
5563 Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
5564 in your code.
5565
5566 Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
5567 - remove any trailing white space
5568 - use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
5569 - make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
5570 - do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
5571 - do not add trailing empty lines to source files
5572
5573 Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
5574 with a request to reformat the changes.
5575
5576
5577 Submitting Patches:
5578 -------------------
5579
5580 Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
5581 establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
5582 may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
5583
5584 Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
5585
5586 Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
5587 see http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
5588
5589 When you send a patch, please include the following information with
5590 it:
5591
5592 * For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
5593 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
5594 patch actually fixes something.
5595
5596 * For new features: a description of the feature and your
5597 implementation.
5598
5599 * A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
5600
5601 * For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
5602
5603 * When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
5604 board to the MAINTAINERS file, too.
5605
5606 * If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
5607 document these in the README file.
5608
5609 * The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
5610 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
5611 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
5612 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
5613 with some other mail clients.
5614
5615 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
5616 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
5617 GNU diff.
5618
5619 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
5620 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
5621 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
5622 affected files).
5623
5624 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
5625 and compressed attachments must not be used.
5626
5627 * If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
5628 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
5629
5630 * Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
5631 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
5632
5633
5634 Notes:
5635
5636 * Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
5637 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
5638 for any of the boards.
5639
5640 * Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
5641 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
5642 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
5643
5644 * If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
5645 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
5646 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
5647 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
5648 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
5649 modification.
5650
5651 * Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
5652 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
5653 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
5654 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.