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3# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
4#
5# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
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23
24Summary:
25========
26
24ee89b9 27This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
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28Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
29processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
30initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
31code.
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32
33The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
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34the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
35header files in common, and special provision has been made to
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36support booting of Linux images.
37
38Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
39configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
40implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
41add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
42code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
43load and run it dynamically.
44
45
46Status:
47=======
48
49In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
24ee89b9 50Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
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51"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
52
24ee89b9 53In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
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54who contributed the specific port. The MAINTAINERS file lists board
55maintainers.
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57Note: There is no CHANGELOG file in the actual U-Boot source tree;
58it can be created dynamically from the Git log using:
59
60 make CHANGELOG
61
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62
63Where to get help:
64==================
65
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66In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
67U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
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68<u-boot@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic
69on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
70Please see http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
71http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot
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72
73
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74Where to get source code:
75=========================
76
77The U-Boot source code is maintained in the git repository at
78git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
79http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
80
81The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
11ccc33f 82any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
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83available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
84directory.
85
d4ee711d 86Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
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87ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
88
89
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90Where we come from:
91===================
92
93- start from 8xxrom sources
24ee89b9 94- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
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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
11ccc33f 102 * PCMCIA / CompactFlash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
24ee89b9 103- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
c609719b 104- add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
24ee89b9 105- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
0d28f34b 106- current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
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107
108
109Names and Spelling:
110===================
111
112The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
113"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
114in source files etc.). Example:
115
116 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
117
118File 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
124Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
125the 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
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130
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131Versioning:
132===========
133
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134Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
135were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
136into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
137names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
138Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
139releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
140
141Examples:
c0f40859 142 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
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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
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145
146
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147Directory Hierarchy:
148====================
149
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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
6eb0921a 155 /at91 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
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156 /imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
157 /s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
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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
fea25720 172 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
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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
92bbd64e 188 /mips32 Files specific to MIPS32 CPUs
80421fcc 189 /xburst Files specific to Ingenic XBurst CPUs
8d321b81 190 /lib Architecture specific library files
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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
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195 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
196 /cpu CPU specific files
197 /lib Architecture specific library files
a47a12be 198 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
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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 /mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
205 /mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
206 /mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
207 /mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
208 /ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
209 /lib Architecture specific library files
210 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
211 /cpu CPU specific files
212 /sh2 Files specific to sh2 CPUs
213 /sh3 Files specific to sh3 CPUs
214 /sh4 Files specific to sh4 CPUs
215 /lib Architecture specific library files
216 /sparc Files generic to SPARC architecture
217 /cpu CPU specific files
218 /leon2 Files specific to Gaisler LEON2 SPARC CPU
219 /leon3 Files specific to Gaisler LEON3 SPARC CPU
220 /lib Architecture specific library files
221/api Machine/arch independent API for external apps
222/board Board dependent files
223/common Misc architecture independent functions
224/disk Code for disk drive partition handling
225/doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
226/drivers Commonly used device drivers
227/examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
228/fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
229/include Header Files
230/lib Files generic to all architectures
231 /libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees
232 /lzma Library files to support LZMA decompression
233 /lzo Library files to support LZO decompression
234/net Networking code
235/post Power On Self Test
236/rtc Real Time Clock drivers
237/tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
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239Software Configuration:
240=======================
241
242Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
243rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
244
245There are two classes of configuration variables:
246
247* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
248 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
249 "CONFIG_".
250
251* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
252 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
253 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
6d0f6bcf 254 "CONFIG_SYS_".
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256Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
257identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
258do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
259links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
260as an example here.
261
262
263Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
264---------------------------------------------------
265
266For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
267configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
268
269Example: For a TQM823L module type:
270
271 cd u-boot
272 make TQM823L_config
273
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275e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
276directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
277
278
279Configuration Options:
280----------------------
281
282Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
283such information is kept in a configuration file
284"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
285
286Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
287"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
288
289
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290Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
291kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
292build a config tool - later.
293
294
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295The following options need to be configured:
296
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297- CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
298
299- Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
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301- CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
09ea0de0 302 Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
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304- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
305 Define exactly one of
306 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
307--- FIXME --- not tested yet:
308 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
309 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
310
311- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
312 Define exactly one of
313 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
314
315- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
316 Define one or more of
317 CONFIG_CMA302
318
319- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
320 Define one or more of
321 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
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324
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326 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
327 Possible values are:
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328 CONFIG_SYS_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
329 CONFIG_SYS_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
330 CONFIG_SYS_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
331 CONFIG_SYS_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
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334 CONFIG_SYS_MVFS - define it if you want to enable
335 multiple fs option at one time
336 for marvell soc family
337
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340 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
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344 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
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345 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
346 reference PIT/RTC clock
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347 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
348 or XTAL/EXTAL)
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66ca92a5 350- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
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351 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
352 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
66ca92a5 353 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
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354 See doc/README.MPC866
355
6d0f6bcf 356 CONFIG_SYS_MEASURE_CPUCLK
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358 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
359 of relying on the correctness of the configured
360 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
361 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
362 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
6d0f6bcf 363 RTC clock or CONFIG_SYS_8XX_XIN)
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366
367 Define this option if you want to enable the
368 ICache only when Code runs from RAM.
369
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371 CONFIG_SYS_PPC64
372
373 Specifies that the core is a 64-bit PowerPC implementation (implements
374 the "64" category of the Power ISA). This is necessary for ePAPR
375 compliance, among other possible reasons.
376
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377 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
378
379 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
380 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
381 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
382
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383 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
384
385 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
386 tree nodes for the given platform.
387
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388 CONFIG_SYS_PPC_E500_DEBUG_TLB
389
390 Enables a temporary TLB entry to be used during boot to work
391 around limitations in e500v1 and e500v2 external debugger
392 support. This reduces the portions of the boot code where
393 breakpoints and single stepping do not work. The value of this
394 symbol should be set to the TLB1 entry to be used for this
395 purpose.
396
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397 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510
398
399 Enables a workaround for erratum A004510. If set,
400 then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and
401 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY must be set.
402
403 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV
404 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV2 (optional)
405
406 Defines one or two SoC revisions (low 8 bits of SVR)
407 for which the A004510 workaround should be applied.
408
409 The rest of SVR is either not relevant to the decision
410 of whether the erratum is present (e.g. p2040 versus
411 p2041) or is implied by the build target, which controls
412 whether CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 is set.
413
414 See Freescale App Note 4493 for more information about
415 this erratum.
416
417 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY
418
419 This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600
420 according to the A004510 workaround.
421
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423 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
424
425 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
426 values is arch specific.
427
0b953ffc 428- Intel Monahans options:
6d0f6bcf 429 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
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431 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
432 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
433 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
434
6d0f6bcf 435 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
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437 Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator
438 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
cf48eb9a 439 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
0b953ffc 440 by this value.
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443 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET
444
445 Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack
446 pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before
447 relocation.
448
449 CONFIG_SYS_MIPS_CACHE_MODE
450
451 Cache operation mode for the MIPS CPU.
452 See also arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h.
453 Possible values are:
454 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NO_WA
455 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_WA
456 CONF_CM_UNCACHED
457 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NONCOHERENT
458 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_CE
459 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_COW
460 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_CUW
461 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_ACCELERATED
462
463 CONFIG_SYS_XWAY_EBU_BOOTCFG
464
465 Special option for Lantiq XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash.
466 See also arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S.
467
468 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
469
470 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
471 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
472 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
473
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475 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
476
477 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
478 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
479
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480 CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD
481
482 Use this flag to build U-Boot using the Thumb instruction
483 set for ARM architectures. Thumb instruction set provides
484 better code density. For ARM architectures that support
485 Thumb2 this flag will result in Thumb2 code generated by
486 GCC.
487
c5d4752c 488 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_716044
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490 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_743622
491 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_751472
492
493 If set, the workarounds for these ARM errata are applied early
494 during U-Boot startup. Note that these options force the
495 workarounds to be applied; no CPU-type/version detection
496 exists, unlike the similar options in the Linux kernel. Do not
497 set these options unless they apply!
498
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500 CONFIG_SYS_HZ
501
502 The frequency of the timer returned by get_timer().
503 get_timer() must operate in milliseconds and this CONFIG
504 option must be set to 1000.
505
5da627a4 506- Linux Kernel Interface:
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507 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
508
509 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
510 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
511 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
512 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
513 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
514 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
515 Linux kernel.
c609719b 516 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
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518 default environment.
519
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520 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
521
11ccc33f 522 When transferring memsize parameter to linux, some versions
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523 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
524 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
525
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528 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
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529 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
530 concepts).
531
532 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
533 * New libfdt-based support
534 * Adds the "fdt" command
3bb342fc 535 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
213bf8c8 536
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537 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node (only required for
538 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
539 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node (only required for
540 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
f57f70aa 541 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
c2871f03 542 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
f57f70aa 543
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544 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
545 addresses
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547 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
548
549 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
550 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
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552 CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU
553
11ccc33f 554 This define fills in the correct boot CPU in the boot
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555 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
556
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557 CONFIG_OF_IDE_FIXUP
558
559 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
560 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
561 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
562 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
563 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
564 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
565
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566 CONFIG_MACH_TYPE [relevant for ARM only][mandatory]
567
568 This setting is mandatory for all boards that have only one
569 machine type and must be used to specify the machine type
570 number as it appears in the ARM machine registry
571 (see http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/).
572 Only boards that have multiple machine types supported
573 in a single configuration file and the machine type is
574 runtime discoverable, do not have to use this setting.
575
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576- vxWorks boot parameters:
577
578 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
579 environments variables: bootfile, ipaddr, serverip, hostname.
580 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
581
582 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_DEVICE - The vxworks device name
583 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_MAC_PTR - Ethernet 6 byte MA -address
584 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_SERVERNAME - Name of the server
585 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_ADDR - Address of boot parameters
586
587 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_ADD_PARAMS
588
589 Add it at the end of the bootline. E.g "u=username pw=secret"
590
591 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
592 the defaults discussed just above.
593
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594- Cache Configuration:
595 CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF - Do not enable instruction cache in U-Boot
596 CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF - Do not enable data cache in U-Boot
597 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot
598
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599- Cache Configuration for ARM:
600 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
601 controller
602 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
603 controller register space
604
6705d81e 605- Serial Ports:
48d0192f 606 CONFIG_PL010_SERIAL
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608 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
609
48d0192f 610 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL
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612 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
613
614 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
615
616 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
617 the clock speed of the UARTs.
618
619 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
620
621 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
622 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
623 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
624
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625 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_RLCR
626
627 Some vendor versions of PL011 serial ports (e.g. ST-Ericsson U8500)
628 have separate receive and transmit line control registers. Set
629 this variable to initialize the extra register.
630
631 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_FLUSH_ON_INIT
632
633 On some platforms (e.g. U8500) U-Boot is loaded by a second stage
634 boot loader that has already initialized the UART. Define this
635 variable to flush the UART at init time.
636
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639 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
640 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
641 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
642 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
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644 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
645 port routines must be defined elsewhere
646 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
647
648 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
649 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
c53043b7 650 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042)
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651 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
652 (default big endian)
653 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
654 rectangle fill
655 (cf. smiLynxEM)
656 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
657 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
658 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
659 (cols=pitch)
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660 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
661 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
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662 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
663 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
ba56f625 664 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
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665 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
666 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
667 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
668 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
669 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
670 (i.e. i8042_getc)
671 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
672 (requires blink timer
673 cf. i8042.c)
6d0f6bcf 674 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
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675 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
676 upper right corner
602ad3b3 677 (requires CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
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678 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
679 upper left corner
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680 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
681 linux_logo.h for logo.
682 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
c609719b 683 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
11ccc33f 684 additional board info beside
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685 the logo
686
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687 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE_ANSI is defined, console will support
688 a limited number of ANSI escape sequences (cursor control,
689 erase functions and limited graphics rendition control).
690
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691 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
692 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
693 environment 'console=serial'.
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695 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
696 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
697 the "silent" environment variable. See
698 doc/README.silent for more information.
a3ad8e26 699
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700- Console Baudrate:
701 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
702 Select one of the baudrates listed in
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704 CONFIG_SYS_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
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706- Console Rx buffer length
707 With CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN it is possible to define
708 the maximum receive buffer length for the SMC.
2b3f12c2 709 This option is actual only for 82xx and 8xx possible.
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710 If using CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN also CONFIG_SYS_MAXIDLE
711 must be defined, to setup the maximum idle timeout for
712 the SMC.
713
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715 Prior to the console being initialised (i.e. serial UART
716 initialised etc) all console output is silently discarded.
717 Defining CONFIG_PRE_CONSOLE_BUFFER will cause U-Boot to
718 buffer any console messages prior to the console being
719 initialised to a buffer of size CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ
720 bytes located at CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_ADDR. The buffer is
721 a circular buffer, so if more than CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ
6feff899 722 bytes are output before the console is initialised, the
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723 earlier bytes are discarded.
724
725 'Sane' compilers will generate smaller code if
726 CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ is a power of 2
9558b48a 727
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729 Define CONFIG_SYS_VSNPRINTF to compile in safe versions of
730 the printf() functions. These are defined in
731 include/vsprintf.h and include snprintf(), vsnprintf() and
732 so on. Code size increase is approximately 300-500 bytes.
733 If this option is not given then these functions will
734 silently discard their buffer size argument - this means
735 you are not getting any overflow checking in this case.
736
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737- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
738 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
739 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
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740 set to -2 to autoboot with no delay and not check for abort
741 (even when CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK is defined).
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743 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
744 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
745 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
746 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
747 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
748 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
749 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
750 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
751 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
752 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
753 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
754 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
755
756- Autoboot Command:
757 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
758 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
759 define a command string that is automatically executed
760 when no character is read on the console interface
761 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
762
763 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
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764 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
765 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
766 environment value "bootargs".
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768 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
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769 The value of these goes into the environment as
770 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
771 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
11ccc33f 772 RAM and NFS.
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774- Pre-Boot Commands:
775 CONFIG_PREBOOT
776
777 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
778 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
779 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
780 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
781 entering interactive mode.
782
783 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
784 automatically generated or modified. For an example
785 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
786 modified when the user holds down a certain
787 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
788 booting the systems
789
790- Serial Download Echo Mode:
791 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
792 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
793 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
794 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
795 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
796 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
797 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
798
602ad3b3 799- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
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800 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE
801 Select one of the baudrates listed in
6d0f6bcf 802 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
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804- Monitor Functions:
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805 Monitor commands can be included or excluded
806 from the build by using the #include files
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807 <config_cmd_all.h> and #undef'ing unwanted
808 commands, or using <config_cmd_default.h>
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809 and augmenting with additional #define's
810 for wanted commands.
811
812 The default command configuration includes all commands
813 except those marked below with a "*".
814
815 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
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816 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
817 CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
818 CONFIG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
819 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
820 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
821 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
822 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
710b9938 823 CONFIG_CMD_CRC32 * crc32
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824 CONFIG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
825 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
826 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
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827 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510 * ds4510 I2C gpio commands
828 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_INFO * ds4510 I2C info command
829 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_MEM * ds4510 I2C eeprom/sram commansd
830 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_RST * ds4510 I2C rst command
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831 CONFIG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
832 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
246c6922 833 CONFIG_CMD_EDITENV edit env variable
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834 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
835 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
5e2b3e0c 836 CONFIG_CMD_ENV_CALLBACK * display details about env callbacks
fffad71b 837 CONFIG_CMD_ENV_FLAGS * display details about env flags
0c79cda0 838 CONFIG_CMD_EXPORTENV * export the environment
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839 CONFIG_CMD_EXT2 * ext2 command support
840 CONFIG_CMD_EXT4 * ext4 command support
bdab39d3 841 CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV saveenv
602ad3b3 842 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
03e2ecf6 843 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT command support
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844 CONFIG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
845 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
846 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
53fdc7ef 847 CONFIG_CMD_GETTIME * Get time since boot
a641b979 848 CONFIG_CMD_GO * the 'go' command (exec code)
a000b795 849 CONFIG_CMD_GREPENV * search environment
bf36c5d5 850 CONFIG_CMD_HASH * calculate hash / digest
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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
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855 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all images found in NOR flash
856 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS_NAND List all images found in NAND flash
602ad3b3 857 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
0c79cda0 858 CONFIG_CMD_IMPORTENV * import an environment
c167cc02 859 CONFIG_CMD_INI * import data from an ini file into the env
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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
1ba7fd25 864 CONFIG_CMD_LDRINFO ldrinfo (display Blackfin loader)
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865 CONFIG_CMD_LINK_LOCAL * link-local IP address auto-configuration
866 (169.254.*.*)
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867 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
868 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
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869 CONFIG_CMD_MD5SUM print md5 message digest
870 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY and CONFIG_MD5)
15a33e49 871 CONFIG_CMD_MEMINFO * Display detailed memory information
602ad3b3 872 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
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874 CONFIG_CMD_MEMTEST mtest
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875 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
876 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
877 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
68d7d651 878 CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS * MTD partition support
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879 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
880 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
e92739d3 881 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X * PCA953x I2C gpio commands
c0f40859 882 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X_INFO * PCA953x I2C gpio info command
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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
ff048ea9 888 CONFIG_CMD_READ * Read raw data from partition
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889 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
890 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
d304931f 891 CONFIG_CMD_SANDBOX * sb command to access sandbox features
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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)
f61ec45e 898 CONFIG_CMD_SF * Read/write/erase SPI NOR flash
c6b1ee66 899 CONFIG_CMD_SHA1SUM print sha1 memory digest
02c9aa1d 900 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY)
74de7aef 901 CONFIG_CMD_SOURCE "source" command Support
602ad3b3 902 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
7a83af07 903 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPSRV * TFTP transfer in server mode
1fb7cd49 904 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT * TFTP put command (upload)
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905 CONFIG_CMD_TIME * run command and report execution time (ARM specific)
906 CONFIG_CMD_TIMER * access to the system tick timer
602ad3b3 907 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
602ad3b3 908 CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
c8339f51 909 CONFIG_CMD_MFSL * Microblaze FSL support
602ad3b3 910
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912 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
913 support you can write:
914
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916 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
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919 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
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921 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
602ad3b3 922 (configuration option CONFIG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
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924 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
925 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
926 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
927 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
928 initial stack and some data.
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930
931 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
932
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933- Device tree:
934 CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
935 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree
936 to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically
937 compiled #defines in the board file. This option is
938 experimental and only available on a few boards. The device
939 tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob.
940
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941 U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can
942 be done using one of the two options below:
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943
944 CONFIG_OF_EMBED
945 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will embed a device tree
946 binary in its image. This device tree file should be in the
947 board directory and called <soc>-<board>.dts. The binary file
948 is then picked up in board_init_f() and made available through
949 the global data structure as gd->blob.
45ba8077 950
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951 CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE
952 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree
953 binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific
954 code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by:
955
956 cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
957
958 and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called
959 u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can
960 still use the individual files if you need something more
961 exotic.
962
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964 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
965 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
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966 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
967 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260
968 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
969 register. When supported for a specific SoC is
970 available, then no further board specific code should
971 be needed to use it.
972
973 CONFIG_HW_WATCHDOG
974 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
975 SoC, then define this variable and provide board
976 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
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979 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
980 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
981 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
982 version as printed by the "version" command.
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983 Any change to this variable will be reverted at the
984 next reset.
c1551ea8 985
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987
602ad3b3 988 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
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990 following options:
991
992 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
993 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
4e8b7544 994 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
c609719b 995 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
1cb8e980 996 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
c609719b 997 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
7f70e853 998 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
3bac3513 999 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
9536dfcc 1000 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
4c0d4c3b 1001 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
6d0f6bcf 1002 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
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1003 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
1004 RV3029 RTC.
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1006 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
1007 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
1008
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1010 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
1011 CONFIG_PCA953X_INFO - enable pca953x info command
1012
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1013 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
1014 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
1015 pins supported by a particular chip.
1016
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1018 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
1019
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1021
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1022 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
1023 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
1024 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
602ad3b3 1025 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
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1028 Zero or more of the following:
1029 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table.
1030 CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION MS Dos partition table, traditional on the
1031 Intel architecture, USB sticks, etc.
1032 CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc.
1033 CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the
1034 bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see
1035 disk/part_efi.c
1036 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS Memory Technology Device partition table.
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1039 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at
923c46f9 1040 least one non-MTD partition type as well.
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1042- IDE Reset method:
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1043 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
1044 board configurations files but used nowhere!
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1047 be performed by calling the function
1048 ide_set_reset(int reset)
1049 which has to be defined in a board specific file
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1051- ATAPI Support:
1052 CONFIG_ATAPI
1053
1054 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
1055
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1057 CONFIG_LBA48
1058
1059 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
4b142feb 1060 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
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1062 support disks up to 2.1TB.
1063
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1066 Default is 32bit.
1067
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1069 At the moment only there is only support for the
1070 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
1071 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
1072
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1073 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
1074 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
1075 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
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1076 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
1077 devices.
6d0f6bcf 1078 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
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1080 The environment variable 'scsidevs' is set to the number of
1081 SCSI devices found during the last scan.
1082
c609719b 1083- NETWORK Support (PCI):
682011ff 1084 CONFIG_E1000
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1085 Support for Intel 8254x/8257x gigabit chips.
1086
1087 CONFIG_E1000_SPI
1088 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
1089 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
1090 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
1091
1092 CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC
1093 Allow generic access to the SPI bus on the Intel 8257x, for
1094 example with the "sspi" command.
1095
1096 CONFIG_CMD_E1000
1097 Management command for E1000 devices. When used on devices
1098 with SPI support you can reprogram the EEPROM from U-Boot.
53cf9435 1099
ac3315c2 1100 CONFIG_E1000_FALLBACK_MAC
11ccc33f 1101 default MAC for empty EEPROM after production.
ac3315c2 1102
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1104 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
11ccc33f 1105 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
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1106 write routine for first time initialisation.
1107
1108 CONFIG_TULIP
1109 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
1110 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
1111 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
1112
1113 CONFIG_NATSEMI
1114 Support for National dp83815 chips.
1115
1116 CONFIG_NS8382X
1117 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
1118
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1120
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1121 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC
1122 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.
1123
1124 CONFIG_RMII
1125 Define this to use reduced MII inteface
1126
1127 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
1128 If this defined, the driver is quiet.
1129 The driver doen't show link status messages.
1130
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1131 CONFIG_CALXEDA_XGMAC
1132 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
1133
3bb46d23 1134 CONFIG_LAN91C96
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1135 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
1136
1137 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
1138 Define this to hold the physical address
1139 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
1140
1141 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
1142 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
1143
3bb46d23 1144 CONFIG_SMC91111
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1145 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
1146
1147 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
1148 Define this to hold the physical address
1149 of the device (I/O space)
1150
1151 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
1152 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1153
1154 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
1155 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
1156 (some hardware wont work with macros)
1157
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1158 CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC
1159 Support for davinci emac
1160
1161 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
1162 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
1163
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1164 CONFIG_FTGMAC100
1165 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
1166
1167 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
1168 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
1169 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
1170 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
1171 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
1172 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
1173 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
1174 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
1175
c2fff331 1176 CONFIG_SMC911X
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1177 Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips
1178
c2fff331 1179 CONFIG_SMC911X_BASE
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1180 Define this to hold the physical address
1181 of the device (I/O space)
1182
c2fff331 1183 CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT
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1184 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1185
c2fff331 1186 CONFIG_SMC911X_16_BIT
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1187 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
1188 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
c2fff331 1189 words you may also try CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT.
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1191 CONFIG_SH_ETHER
1192 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
1193
1194 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
1195 Define the number of ports to be used
1196
1197 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
1198 Define the ETH PHY's address
1199
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1200 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
1201 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
1202
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1203- TPM Support:
1204 CONFIG_GENERIC_LPC_TPM
1205 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
1206 per system is supported at this time.
1207
1208 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
1209 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
1210 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
1211 0xfed40000.
1212
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1213- USB Support:
1214 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
4d13cbad 1215 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
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1216 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
1217 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
30d56fae 1218 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
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1219 storage devices.
1220 Note:
1221 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
1222 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
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1223 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
1224 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
1225 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
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1226 CONFIG_PSC3_USB
1227 for USB on PSC3
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1228 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG
1229 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
1230 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
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1231 for differential drivers on PSC3: 0x00000100
1232 for single ended drivers on PSC3: 0x00004100
6d0f6bcf 1233 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EVENT_POLL
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1234 May be defined to allow interrupt polling
1235 instead of using asynchronous interrupts
4d13cbad 1236
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1237 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the
1238 txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset.
1239
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1240- USB Device:
1241 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
1242 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
1243 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
11ccc33f 1244 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
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1245 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
1246 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
386eda02 1247 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
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1248 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
1249 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
1250 a Linux host by
1251 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
1252 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
1253 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
1254 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
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1256 CONFIG_USB_DEVICE
1257 Define this to build a UDC device
1258
1259 CONFIG_USB_TTY
1260 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
1261 talk to the UDC device
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1263 CONFIG_USBD_HS
1264 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
1265 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
1266 int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
1267 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
1268 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
1269 speed.
1270
6d0f6bcf 1271 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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1272 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
1273 be set to usbtty.
1274
1275 mpc8xx:
6d0f6bcf 1276 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
16c8d5e7 1277 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
6d0f6bcf 1278 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0x02
386eda02 1279
6d0f6bcf 1280 CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0xBLAH
16c8d5e7 1281 Derive USB clock from brgclk
6d0f6bcf 1282 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0x04
16c8d5e7 1283
386eda02 1284 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
16c8d5e7 1285 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
386eda02 1286 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
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1287 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
1288 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
1289 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
1290
1291 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
1292 Define this string as the name of your company for
1293 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
386eda02 1294
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1295 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
1296 Define this string as the name of your product
1297 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
1298
1299 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
1300 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
1301 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
1302 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
1303 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
386eda02 1304
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1305 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
1306 Define this as the unique Product ID
1307 for your device
1308 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
4d13cbad 1309
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1310- ULPI Layer Support:
1311 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
1312 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
1313 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
1314 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
1315 viewport is supported.
1316 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
1317 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
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1318 If your ULPI phy needs a different reference clock than the
1319 standard 24 MHz then you have to define CONFIG_ULPI_REF_CLK to
1320 the appropriate value in Hz.
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71f95118 1322- MMC Support:
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1323 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1324 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1325 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
71f95118 1326 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
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1327 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1328 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
71f95118 1329
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1330 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF
1331 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
1332
1333 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
1334 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
1335
1336 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_CLK
1337 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
1338
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1339- USB Device Firmware Update (DFU) class support:
1340 CONFIG_DFU_FUNCTION
1341 This enables the USB portion of the DFU USB class
1342
1343 CONFIG_CMD_DFU
1344 This enables the command "dfu" which is used to have
1345 U-Boot create a DFU class device via USB. This command
1346 requires that the "dfu_alt_info" environment variable be
1347 set and define the alt settings to expose to the host.
1348
1349 CONFIG_DFU_MMC
1350 This enables support for exposing (e)MMC devices via DFU.
1351
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1352 CONFIG_DFU_NAND
1353 This enables support for exposing NAND devices via DFU.
1354
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1355 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_MAX_FILE_SIZE
1356 When updating files rather than the raw storage device,
1357 we use a static buffer to copy the file into and then write
1358 the buffer once we've been given the whole file. Define
1359 this to the maximum filesize (in bytes) for the buffer.
1360 Default is 4 MiB if undefined.
1361
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1362- Journaling Flash filesystem support:
1363 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
1364 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
1365 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1366
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1367 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1368 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
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1369 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1370
6d0f6bcf 1371 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
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1372 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
1373 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
1374
1375 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
6d0f6bcf 1376 #define CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
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1377 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you
1378 have not defined a custom partition
1379
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1380- FAT(File Allocation Table) filesystem write function support:
1381 CONFIG_FAT_WRITE
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1382
1383 Define this to enable support for saving memory data as a
1384 file in FAT formatted partition.
1385
1386 This will also enable the command "fatwrite" enabling the
1387 user to write files to FAT.
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1389CBFS (Coreboot Filesystem) support
1390 CONFIG_CMD_CBFS
1391
1392 Define this to enable support for reading from a Coreboot
1393 filesystem. Available commands are cbfsinit, cbfsinfo, cbfsls
1394 and cbfsload.
1395
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1396- Keyboard Support:
1397 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
1398
1399 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
1400 support
1401
1402 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
1403 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
1404 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
1405 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
1406 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
1407
1408- Video support:
1409 CONFIG_VIDEO
1410
1411 Define this to enable video support (for output to
1412 video).
1413
1414 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
1415
1416 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
1417
1418 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
b79a11cc 1419 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
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1420 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
1421 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
1422 assumed.
1423
b79a11cc 1424 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
11ccc33f 1425 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two different ways
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1426 are possible:
1427 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
6e592385 1428 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
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1429
1430 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
1431 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1432 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
1433 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
1434 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
1435 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
1436 -------------+---------------------------------------------
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1437 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
1438
b79a11cc 1439 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
7817cb20 1440 from the bootargs. (See drivers/video/videomodes.c)
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1441
1442
c1551ea8 1443 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
43d9616c 1444 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
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1445 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
1446 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
1447
7d3053fb 1448 CONFIG_FSL_DIU_FB
04e5ae79 1449 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
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1450 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1451 support, and should also define these other macros:
1452
1453 CONFIG_SYS_DIU_ADDR
1454 CONFIG_VIDEO
1455 CONFIG_CMD_BMP
1456 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
1457 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1458 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1459 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
1460 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1461
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1462 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1463 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
1464 boot. See the documentation file README.video for a
1465 description of this variable.
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1467 CONFIG_VIDEO_VGA
1468
1469 Enable the VGA video / BIOS for x86. The alternative if you
1470 are using coreboot is to use the coreboot frame buffer
1471 driver.
1472
1473
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8bde7f77 1475 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
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1477 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1478 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1479 defined in your board-specific files.
1480 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
a6c7ad2f 1481
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1482- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1483
1484 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1485 display); also select one of the supported displays
1486 by defining one of these:
1487
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1488 CONFIG_ATMEL_LCD:
1489
1490 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1491
fd3103bb 1492 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
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fd3103bb 1494 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
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fd3103bb 1496 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
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1498 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1499 Active, color, single scan.
1500
1501 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1502
1503 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
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1504 Active, color, single scan.
1505
1506 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
1507
1508 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1509 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1510
1511 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1512
1513 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1514 Active, color, single scan.
1515
1516 CONFIG_HLD1045
1517
1518 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1519 Active, color, single scan.
1520
1521 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
1522
1523 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1524 or
1525 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1526 or
1527 Hitachi SP14Q002
1528
1529 320x240. Black & white.
1530
1531 Normally display is black on white background; define
6d0f6bcf 1532 CONFIG_SYS_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
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1534 CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT
1535
1536 Normally the LCD is page-aligned (tyically 4KB). If this is
1537 defined then the LCD will be aligned to this value instead.
1538 For ARM it is sometimes useful to use MMU_SECTION_SIZE
1539 here, since it is cheaper to change data cache settings on
1540 a per-section basis.
1541
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1542 CONFIG_CONSOLE_SCROLL_LINES
1543
1544 When the console need to be scrolled, this is the number of
1545 lines to scroll by. It defaults to 1. Increasing this makes
1546 the console jump but can help speed up operation when scrolling
1547 is slow.
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1549 CONFIG_LCD_BMP_RLE8
1550
1551 Support drawing of RLE8-compressed bitmaps on the LCD.
1552
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1553 CONFIG_I2C_EDID
1554
1555 Enables an 'i2c edid' command which can read EDID
1556 information over I2C from an attached LCD display.
1557
7152b1d0 1558- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
d791b1dc 1559
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1560 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1561 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1562 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
e94d2cd9 1563 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
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1564 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1565 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1566 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1567 loaded very quickly after power-on.
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1569 CONFIG_SPLASHIMAGE_GUARD
1570
1571 If this option is set, then U-Boot will prevent the environment
1572 variable "splashimage" from being set to a problematic address
1573 (see README.displaying-bmps and README.arm-unaligned-accesses).
1574 This option is useful for targets where, due to alignment
1575 restrictions, an improperly aligned BMP image will cause a data
1576 abort. If you think you will not have problems with unaligned
1577 accesses (for example because your toolchain prevents them)
1578 there is no need to set this option.
1579
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1580 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN
1581
1582 If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
1583 on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
1584 position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
1585 number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
1586 is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
1587 specify 'm' for centering the image.
1588
1589 Example:
1590 setenv splashpos m,m
1591 => image at center of screen
1592
1593 setenv splashpos 30,20
1594 => image at x = 30 and y = 20
1595
1596 setenv splashpos -10,m
1597 => vertically centered image
1598 at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9
1599
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1600 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_PREPARE
1601
1602 If this option is set then the board_splash_screen_prepare()
1603 function, which must be defined in your code, is called as part
1604 of the splash screen display sequence. It gives the board an
1605 opportunity to prepare the splash image data before it is
1606 processed and sent to the frame buffer by U-Boot.
1607
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1608- Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
1609
1610 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1611 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1612 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1613
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1614- Run length encoded BMP image (RLE8) support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8
1615
1616 If this option is set, 8-bit RLE compressed BMP images
1617 can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the
1618 bmp command.
1619
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1620- Do compresssing for memory range:
1621 CONFIG_CMD_ZIP
1622
1623 If this option is set, it would use zlib deflate method
1624 to compress the specified memory at its best effort.
1625
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1626- Compression support:
1627 CONFIG_BZIP2
1628
1629 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1630 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1631 compressed images are supported.
1632
42d1f039 1633 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
6d0f6bcf 1634 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
42d1f039 1635 be at least 4MB.
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1637 CONFIG_LZMA
1638
1639 If this option is set, support for lzma compressed
1640 images is included.
1641
1642 Note: The LZMA algorithm adds between 2 and 4KB of code and it
1643 requires an amount of dynamic memory that is given by the
1644 formula:
1645
1646 (1846 + 768 << (lc + lp)) * sizeof(uint16)
1647
1648 Where lc and lp stand for, respectively, Literal context bits
1649 and Literal pos bits.
1650
1651 This value is upper-bounded by 14MB in the worst case. Anyway,
1652 for a ~4MB large kernel image, we have lc=3 and lp=0 for a
1653 total amount of (1846 + 768 << (3 + 0)) * 2 = ~41KB... that is
1654 a very small buffer.
1655
1656 Use the lzmainfo tool to determinate the lc and lp values and
1657 then calculate the amount of needed dynamic memory (ensuring
6d0f6bcf 1658 the appropriate CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN value).
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1660- MII/PHY support:
1661 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR
1662
1663 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1664
1665 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1666
1667 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1668
1669 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE
1670
1671 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
11ccc33f 1672 detection of gigabit PHY is included.
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1673
1674 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1675
1676 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1677 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1678 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1679 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1680
1681 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1682
1683 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1684 command issued before MII status register can be read
1685
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1686- Ethernet address:
1687 CONFIG_ETHADDR
c68a05fe 1688 CONFIG_ETH1ADDR
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1689 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
1690 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
c68a05fe 1691 CONFIG_ETH4ADDR
1692 CONFIG_ETH5ADDR
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1694 Define a default value for Ethernet address to use
1695 for the respective Ethernet interface, in case this
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1697
1698- IP address:
1699 CONFIG_IPADDR
1700
1701 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
11ccc33f 1702 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
c609719b 1703 determined through e.g. bootp.
1ebcd654 1704 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
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1706- Server IP address:
1707 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1708
11ccc33f 1709 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
c609719b 1710 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1ebcd654 1711 (Environment variable "serverip")
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1713 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1714
1715 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1716 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1717
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1718- Gateway IP address:
1719 CONFIG_GATEWAYIP
1720
1721 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1722 default router where packets to other networks are
1723 sent to.
1724 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1725
1726- Subnet mask:
1727 CONFIG_NETMASK
1728
1729 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1730 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1731 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1732 forwarded through a router.
1733 (Environment variable "netmask")
1734
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1736 CONFIG_MCAST_TFTP
1737
1738 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1739 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
11ccc33f 1740 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
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1741 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1742 multicast group.
1743
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1744- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1745 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1746
1747 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1748 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1749 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1750 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1751 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1752 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1753 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1754 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
6c33c785 1755 following delays are inserted then:
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1757 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1758 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1759 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1760 4th and following
1761 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1762
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1764 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1765 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1766
1767 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1768 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1769 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1770 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1771 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1772 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1773 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1774 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2
1775 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1776 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1777 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1778 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
2c00e099 1779 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL
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1781 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1782 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
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1784 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL - If the DHCP server is not found
1785 after the configured retry count, the call will fail
1786 instead of starting over. This can be used to fail over
1787 to Link-local IP address configuration if the DHCP server
1788 is not available.
1789
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1790 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1791 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1792 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1793 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1794 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1795 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1796 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1fe80d79 1797 is defined.
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1799 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1800 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1801 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
5d110f0a 1802 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
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1803 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1804 option 12 to the DHCP server.
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1806 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1807
1808 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1809 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1810 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1811 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1812 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1813 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1814 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1815 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1816 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1817 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1818 this delay.
1819
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1820 - Link-local IP address negotiation:
1821 Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network
1822 for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration.
1823 This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed
1824 to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
1825
1826 See doc/README.link-local for more information.
1827
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6e592385 1829 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
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1830
1831 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1832
1833 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1834
1835 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1836 of the device.
1837
1838 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1839
1840 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1841 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
11ccc33f 1842 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
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1844 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1845
1846 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1847 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1848
1849 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1850
1851 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1852
1853 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1854
1855 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1856
1857 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1858
1859 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1860
1861 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1862
1863 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1864 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1865
1866 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1867
1868 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1869
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1870- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1871
1872 Several configurations allow to display the current
1873 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1874 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1875 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1876 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1877 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1878 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1879 feature in U-Boot.
1880
1881- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1882
1883 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1884 on those systems that support this (optional)
1885 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1886
1887- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1888
b37c7e5e 1889 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
945af8d7 1890 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
11ccc33f 1891 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected CPU.
c609719b 1892
945af8d7 1893 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
602ad3b3 1894 command line (as long as you set CONFIG_CMD_I2C in
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1895 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1896 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
43d9616c 1897 command line interface.
c609719b 1898
bb99ad6d 1899 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
b37c7e5e 1900
945af8d7 1901 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
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1902 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1903 support for I2C.
c609719b 1904
945af8d7 1905 There are several other quantities that must also be
b37c7e5e 1906 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
c609719b 1907
6d0f6bcf 1908 In both cases you will need to define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED
945af8d7 1909 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
6d0f6bcf 1910 to run and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
11ccc33f 1911 the CPU's i2c node address).
945af8d7 1912
8d321b81 1913 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx
a47a12be 1914 (arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c) sets the CPU up as a master node
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1915 and so its address should therefore be cleared to 0 (See,
1916 eg, MPC823e User's Manual p.16-473). So, set
1917 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
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1919 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_MPC5XXX
1920
1921 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1922 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1923 in progress. Reset the slave devices by sending start
1924 commands until the slave device responds.
1925
945af8d7 1926 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
c609719b 1927
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1928 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1929 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1930 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
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1932 I2C_INIT
1933
b37c7e5e 1934 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
43d9616c 1935 controller or configure ports.
c609719b 1936
ba56f625 1937 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
b37c7e5e 1938
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1939 I2C_PORT
1940
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1941 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1942 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1943 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
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1944
1945 I2C_ACTIVE
1946
1947 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1948 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1949 define can be null.
1950
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1951 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1952
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1953 I2C_TRISTATE
1954
1955 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1956 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1957 define can be null.
1958
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1959 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1960
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1961 I2C_READ
1962
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1963 Code that returns true if the I2C data line is high,
1964 false if it is low.
c609719b 1965
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1966 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1967
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1968 I2C_SDA(bit)
1969
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1970 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1971 is false, it clears it (low).
c609719b 1972
b37c7e5e 1973 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
2535d602 1974 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
ba56f625 1975 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
b37c7e5e 1976
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1977 I2C_SCL(bit)
1978
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1979 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1980 is false, it clears it (low).
c609719b 1981
b37c7e5e 1982 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
2535d602 1983 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
ba56f625 1984 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
b37c7e5e 1985
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1986 I2C_DELAY
1987
1988 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1989 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
b37c7e5e 1990 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
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1991 like:
1992
b37c7e5e 1993 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
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1995 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
1996
1997 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
1998 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
1999 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
2000 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
2001
2002 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
2003 the generic GPIO functions.
2004
6d0f6bcf 2005 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
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2007 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
2008 chips might think that the current transfer is still
2009 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
2010 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
2011 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
2012 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
2013 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
2014 is run early in the boot sequence.
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2016 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BOARD_LATE_INIT
2017
2018 An alternative to CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD. If this option is
2019 defined a custom i2c_board_late_init() routine in
2020 boards/xxx/board.c is run AFTER the operations in i2c_init()
2021 is completed. This callpoint can be used to unreset i2c bus
2022 using CPU i2c controller register accesses for CPUs whose i2c
2023 controller provide such a method. It is called at the end of
2024 i2c_init() to allow i2c_init operations to setup the i2c bus
2025 controller on the CPU (e.g. setting bus speed & slave address).
2026
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2027 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
2028
2029 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
2030 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
2031 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
2032
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2033 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2034
2035 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
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2036 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
2037 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
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2038 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
2039
6d0f6bcf 2040 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
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2041
2042 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
c0f40859 2043 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
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2044 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
2045 a 1D array of device addresses
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2046
2047 e.g.
2048 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
c0f40859 2049 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
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2050
2051 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
2052
c0f40859 2053 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
6d0f6bcf 2054 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
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2055
2056 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
2057
6d0f6bcf 2058 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
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2059
2060 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
2061 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
2062
6d0f6bcf 2063 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
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2064
2065 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
2066 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
2067
6d0f6bcf 2068 CONFIG_SYS_DTT_BUS_NUM
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2069
2070 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
2071 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
2072
6d0f6bcf 2073 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DTT_ADDR:
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2074
2075 If defined, specifies the I2C address of the DTT device.
2076 If not defined, then U-Boot uses predefined value for
2077 specified DTT device.
2078
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2079 CONFIG_FSL_I2C
2080
2081 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
7817cb20 2082 drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c.
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2084 CONFIG_I2C_MUX
2085
2086 Define this option if you have I2C devices reached over 1 .. n
2087 I2C Muxes like the pca9544a. This option addes a new I2C
2088 Command "i2c bus [muxtype:muxaddr:muxchannel]" which adds a
2089 new I2C Bus to the existing I2C Busses. If you select the
2090 new Bus with "i2c dev", u-bbot sends first the commandos for
2091 the muxes to activate this new "bus".
2092
2093 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS must be also defined, to use this
2094 feature!
2095
2096 Example:
2097 Adding a new I2C Bus reached over 2 pca9544a muxes
2098 The First mux with address 70 and channel 6
2099 The Second mux with address 71 and channel 4
2100
2101 => i2c bus pca9544a:70:6:pca9544a:71:4
2102
2103 Use the "i2c bus" command without parameter, to get a list
2104 of I2C Busses with muxes:
2105
2106 => i2c bus
2107 Busses reached over muxes:
2108 Bus ID: 2
2109 reached over Mux(es):
2110 pca9544a@70 ch: 4
2111 Bus ID: 3
2112 reached over Mux(es):
2113 pca9544a@70 ch: 6
2114 pca9544a@71 ch: 4
2115 =>
2116
2117 If you now switch to the new I2C Bus 3 with "i2c dev 3"
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2118 u-boot first sends the command to the mux@70 to enable
2119 channel 6, and then the command to the mux@71 to enable
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2120 the channel 4.
2121
2122 After that, you can use the "normal" i2c commands as
f9a78b8d 2123 usual to communicate with your I2C devices behind
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2124 the 2 muxes.
2125
2126 This option is actually implemented for the bitbanging
2127 algorithm in common/soft_i2c.c and for the Hardware I2C
2128 Bus on the MPC8260. But it should be not so difficult
2129 to add this option to other architectures.
2130
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2131 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
2132
2133 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
2134 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
2135 between writing the address pointer and reading the
2136 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
2137 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
2138 devices can use either method, but some require one or
2139 the other.
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2141- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
2142
2143 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
2144 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
2145 D/As on the SACSng board)
2146
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2147 CONFIG_SH_SPI
2148
2149 Enables the driver for SPI controller on SuperH. Currently
2150 only SH7757 is supported.
2151
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2152 CONFIG_SPI_X
2153
2154 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
2155 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
2156
2157 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
2158
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2159 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
2160 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
2161 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
2162 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
2163 defined, the board configuration must define several
2164 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
2165 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
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2167 CONFIG_HARD_SPI
2168
2169 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
2170 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
2171 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
c0f40859 2172 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
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2173 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
2174
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2175 CONFIG_MXC_SPI
2176
2177 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
2e3cd1cd 2178 SoCs. Currently i.MX31/35/51 are supported.
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0133502e 2180- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
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2182 Enables FPGA subsystem.
2183
2184 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
2185
2186 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
2187 (ALTERA, XILINX)
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0133502e 2189 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
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2192 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
2193
2194 CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
2195
2196 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
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6d0f6bcf 2198 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
c609719b 2199
8bde7f77 2200 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
c609719b 2201
6d0f6bcf 2202 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
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2205 status by the configuration function. This option
2206 will require a board or device specific function to
2207 be written.
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2209 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
2210
2211 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
2212 configuration driver.
2213
6d0f6bcf 2214 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
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2215 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
2216
6d0f6bcf 2217 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
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2219 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
2220 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
2221 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
2222 indicated a CRC error).
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6d0f6bcf 2224 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
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2226 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
2227 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
2228 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
11ccc33f 2229 ms.
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6d0f6bcf 2231 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
c609719b 2232
43d9616c 2233 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
11ccc33f 2234 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
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6d0f6bcf 2236 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
c609719b 2237
43d9616c 2238 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
11ccc33f 2239 200 ms.
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2240
2241- Configuration Management:
2242 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
2243
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2244 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
2245 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
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2247- Vendor Parameter Protection:
2248
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2249 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
2250 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
7152b1d0 2251 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
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2252 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
2253 protects these variables from casual modification by
2254 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
2255 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
11ccc33f 2256 change this behaviour:
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2258 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
2259 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
47cd00fa 2260 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
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2261 these parameters.
2262
2263 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
2264 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
11ccc33f 2265 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
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2266 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
2267 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
2268 read-only.]
2269
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2271 for any variable by configuring the type of access
2272 to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable
2273 or define CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC.
2274
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2275- Protected RAM:
2276 CONFIG_PRAM
2277
2278 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
2279 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
2280 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
2281 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
2282 this default value by defining an environment
2283 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
2284 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
2285 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
2286 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
2287 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
2288 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
2289 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
2290
fe126d8b 2291 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
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2292 saveenv
2293
2294 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
2295 either, which results in a memory region that will
2296 not be affected by reboots.
2297
2298 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
2299 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
2300 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
2301 following board configurations are known to be
2302 "pRAM-clean":
2303
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2305 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON,
544d97e9 2306 FLAGADM, TQM8260
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2308- Access to physical memory region (> 4GB)
2309 Some basic support is provided for operations on memory not
2310 normally accessible to U-Boot - e.g. some architectures
2311 support access to more than 4GB of memory on 32-bit
2312 machines using physical address extension or similar.
2313 Define CONFIG_PHYSMEM to access this basic support, which
2314 currently only supports clearing the memory.
2315
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2316- Error Recovery:
2317 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
2318
2319 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
2320 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
2321 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
11ccc33f 2322 system where you want the system to reboot
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2323 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
2324 useful during development since you can try to debug
2325 the conditions that lead to the situation.
2326
2327 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
2328
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2329 This variable defines the number of retries for
2330 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
2331 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
2332 default value of 5 is used.
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2334 CONFIG_ARP_TIMEOUT
2335
2336 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
2337
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2338 CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT
2339
2340 Timeout in milliseconds used in NFS protocol.
2341 If you encounter "ERROR: Cannot umount" in nfs command,
2342 try longer timeout such as
2343 #define CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT 10000UL
2344
c609719b 2345- Command Interpreter:
8078f1a5 2346 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
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2347
2348 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
2349
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2350 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
2351 for the "hush" shell.
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2352
2353
6d0f6bcf 2354 CONFIG_SYS_HUSH_PARSER
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2355
2356 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
2357 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
2358 powerful command line syntax like
2359 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
2360 constructs ("shell scripts").
2361
2362 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
2363 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
2364
2365
6d0f6bcf 2366 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
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2367
2368 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
2369 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
2370 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
2371
2372 Note:
2373
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2374 In the current implementation, the local variables
2375 space and global environment variables space are
2376 separated. Local variables are those you define by
2377 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
2378 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
2379 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
2380 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
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2382 Global environment variables are those you use
2383 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
2384 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
2385 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
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2386
2387 To store commands and special characters in a
2388 variable, please use double quotation marks
2389 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
2390 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
2391 symbols.
2392
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2393- Commandline Editing and History:
2394 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
2395
11ccc33f 2396 Enable editing and History functions for interactive
b9365a26 2397 commandline input operations
aa0c71ac 2398
a8c7c708 2399- Default Environment:
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2400 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
2401
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2402 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
2403 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
7152b1d0 2404 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2262cfee 2405
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2406 For example, place something like this in your
2407 board's config file:
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2408
2409 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
2410 "myvar1=value1\0" \
2411 "myvar2=value2\0"
2412
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2413 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
2414 internal format how the environment is stored by the
2415 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
2416 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
7152b1d0 2417 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
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2418 You better know what you are doing here.
2419
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2420 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
2421 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
74de7aef 2422 the environment like the "source" command or the
43d9616c 2423 boot command first.
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2425 CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_CONFIG
2426
2427 Define this in order to add variables describing the
2428 U-Boot build configuration to the default environment.
2429 These will be named arch, cpu, board, vendor, and soc.
2430
2431 Enabling this option will cause the following to be defined:
2432
2433 - CONFIG_SYS_ARCH
2434 - CONFIG_SYS_CPU
2435 - CONFIG_SYS_BOARD
2436 - CONFIG_SYS_VENDOR
2437 - CONFIG_SYS_SOC
2438
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2439 CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_RUNTIME_CONFIG
2440
2441 Define this in order to add variables describing certain
2442 run-time determined information about the hardware to the
2443 environment. These will be named board_name, board_rev.
2444
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2445 CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT
2446
2447 Normally the environment is loaded when the board is
2448 intialised so that it is available to U-Boot. This inhibits
2449 that so that the environment is not available until
2450 explicitly loaded later by U-Boot code. With CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
2451 this is instead controlled by the value of
2452 /config/load-environment.
2453
a8c7c708 2454- DataFlash Support:
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2455 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
2456
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2457 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
2458 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
2459 commands cp, md...
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2461- Serial Flash support
2462 CONFIG_CMD_SF
2463
2464 Defining this option enables SPI flash commands
2465 'sf probe/read/write/erase/update'.
2466
2467 Usage requires an initial 'probe' to define the serial
2468 flash parameters, followed by read/write/erase/update
2469 commands.
2470
2471 The following defaults may be provided by the platform
2472 to handle the common case when only a single serial
2473 flash is present on the system.
2474
2475 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_BUS Bus identifier
2476 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_CS Chip-select
2477 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_MODE (see include/spi.h)
2478 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED in Hz
2479
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2480 CONFIG_CMD_SF_TEST
2481
2482 Define this option to include a destructive SPI flash
2483 test ('sf test').
2484
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2485- SystemACE Support:
2486 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
2487
2488 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
2489 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
11ccc33f 2490 of the chip must also be defined in the
6d0f6bcf 2491 CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
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2492
2493 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
6d0f6bcf 2494 #define CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
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2495
2496 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
2497 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
2498
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2499- TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
2500 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
2501
28cb9375 2502 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
ecb0ccd9 2503 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
28cb9375 2504 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
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2505 number generator is used.
2506
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2507 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
2508 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
2509 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
2510
2511 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
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2512 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
2513 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
2514 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
2515 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
2516 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
2517 but sometimes that is not allowed.
2518
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2519- Hashing support:
2520 CONFIG_CMD_HASH
2521
2522 This enables a generic 'hash' command which can produce
2523 hashes / digests from a few algorithms (e.g. SHA1, SHA256).
2524
2525 CONFIG_HASH_VERIFY
2526
2527 Enable the hash verify command (hash -v). This adds to code
2528 size a little.
2529
2530 CONFIG_SHA1 - support SHA1 hashing
2531 CONFIG_SHA256 - support SHA256 hashing
2532
2533 Note: There is also a sha1sum command, which should perhaps
2534 be deprecated in favour of 'hash sha1'.
2535
a8c7c708 2536- Show boot progress:
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2537 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
2538
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2539 Defining this option allows to add some board-
2540 specific code (calling a user-provided function
2541 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
2542 the system's boot progress on some display (for
2543 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
2544 the following checkpoints are implemented:
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2546- Detailed boot stage timing
2547 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE
2548 Define this option to get detailed timing of each stage
2549 of the boot process.
2550
2551 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_USER_COUNT
2552 This is the number of available user bootstage records.
2553 Each time you call bootstage_mark(BOOTSTAGE_ID_ALLOC, ...)
2554 a new ID will be allocated from this stash. If you exceed
2555 the limit, recording will stop.
2556
2557 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_REPORT
2558 Define this to print a report before boot, similar to this:
2559
2560 Timer summary in microseconds:
2561 Mark Elapsed Stage
2562 0 0 reset
2563 3,575,678 3,575,678 board_init_f start
2564 3,575,695 17 arch_cpu_init A9
2565 3,575,777 82 arch_cpu_init done
2566 3,659,598 83,821 board_init_r start
2567 3,910,375 250,777 main_loop
2568 29,916,167 26,005,792 bootm_start
2569 30,361,327 445,160 start_kernel
2570
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2571 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTSTAGE
2572 Add a 'bootstage' command which supports printing a report
2573 and un/stashing of bootstage data.
2574
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2575 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_FDT
2576 Stash the bootstage information in the FDT. A root 'bootstage'
2577 node is created with each bootstage id as a child. Each child
2578 has a 'name' property and either 'mark' containing the
2579 mark time in microsecond, or 'accum' containing the
2580 accumulated time for that bootstage id in microseconds.
2581 For example:
2582
2583 bootstage {
2584 154 {
2585 name = "board_init_f";
2586 mark = <3575678>;
2587 };
2588 170 {
2589 name = "lcd";
2590 accum = <33482>;
2591 };
2592 };
2593
2594 Code in the Linux kernel can find this in /proc/devicetree.
2595
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2596Legacy uImage format:
2597
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2598 Arg Where When
2599 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
ba56f625 2600 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
c609719b 2601 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
ba56f625 2602 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
c609719b 2603 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
ba56f625 2604 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
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2605 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
2606 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
2607 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1372cce2 2608 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
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2609 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
2610 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
2611 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
2612 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
1372cce2 2613 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
c609719b 2614 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
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2615
2616 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2617 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
2618 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
2619 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
2620 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
2621 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
2622 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
11ccc33f 2623 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
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2624 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
2625 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
2626
c0f40859 2627 15 arch/<arch>/lib/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
c609719b 2628
a47a12be 2629 -30 arch/powerpc/lib/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
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2630 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
2631 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
63e73c9a 2632
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2633 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
2634 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
2635 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
2636 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
2637 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
2638 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2639 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
2640 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
2641 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
2642 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
2643 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2644 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
2645 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2646 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
2647 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
2648 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
2649 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
2650 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
2651 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
2652 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
2653 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
2654 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
2655 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
2656 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
2657 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
2658 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
2659 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2660 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
2661 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
2662 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
2663 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
2664 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
2665 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
2666 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
2667 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
2668 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
2669 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
2670 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
2671 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
2672 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2673 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
2674 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2675 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
2676 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
2677 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
2678 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
2679 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
2680
2681 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
2682
11ccc33f 2683 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
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2684 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
2685 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
2686
2687 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
2688 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling NetLoop()
11ccc33f 2689 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in NetLoop() occurred
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2690 81 common/cmd_net.c NetLoop() back without error
2691 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
2692 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
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2693 83 common/cmd_net.c running "source" command
2694 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or "source" command
566a494f 2695 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
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2697FIT uImage format:
2698
2699 Arg Where When
2700 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
2701 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
2702 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
2703 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
2704 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
2705 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
f773bea8 2706 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
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2707 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
2708 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
2709 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
2710 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
2711 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
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2712 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
2713 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
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2714 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
2715 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
2716 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
2717 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
2718 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
2719 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
2720 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
2721 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
2722
2723 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2724 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
2725 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
11ccc33f 2726 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
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2727 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
2728 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
2729 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
2730 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
2731 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
2732 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
2733 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
2734 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
2735 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
2736 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
2737 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
2738 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
2739
11ccc33f 2740 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2741 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
2742
11ccc33f 2743 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2744 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
2745
11ccc33f 2746 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2747 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
2748
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2749- FIT image support:
2750 CONFIG_FIT
2751 Enable support for the FIT uImage format.
2752
2753 CONFIG_FIT_BEST_MATCH
2754 When no configuration is explicitly selected, default to the
2755 one whose fdt's compatibility field best matches that of
2756 U-Boot itself. A match is considered "best" if it matches the
2757 most specific compatibility entry of U-Boot's fdt's root node.
2758 The order of entries in the configuration's fdt is ignored.
2759
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2760- Standalone program support:
2761 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
2762
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2763 This option defines a board specific value for the
2764 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
2765 overwriting the architecture dependent default
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2766 settings.
2767
2768- Frame Buffer Address:
2769 CONFIG_FB_ADDR
2770
2771 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific
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2772 address for frame buffer. This is typically the case
2773 when using a graphics controller has separate video
2774 memory. U-Boot will then place the frame buffer at
2775 the given address instead of dynamically reserving it
2776 in system RAM by calling lcd_setmem(), which grabs
2777 the memory for the frame buffer depending on the
2778 configured panel size.
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2779
2780 Please see board_init_f function.
2781
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2782- Automatic software updates via TFTP server
2783 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP
2784 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
2785 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
2786
2787 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
2788 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
2789
2790- MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
2791 CONFIG_MTD_DEVICE
2792
2793 Adds the MTD device infrastructure from the Linux kernel.
2794 Needed for mtdparts command support.
2795
2796 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
2797
2798 Adds the MTD partitioning infrastructure from the Linux
2799 kernel. Needed for UBI support.
2800
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2801- UBI support
2802 CONFIG_CMD_UBI
2803
2804 Adds commands for interacting with MTD partitions formatted
2805 with the UBI flash translation layer
2806
2807 Requires also defining CONFIG_RBTREE
2808
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2809 CONFIG_UBI_SILENCE_MSG
2810
2811 Make the verbose messages from UBI stop printing. This leaves
2812 warnings and errors enabled.
2813
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2814- UBIFS support
2815 CONFIG_CMD_UBIFS
2816
2817 Adds commands for interacting with UBI volumes formatted as
2818 UBIFS. UBIFS is read-only in u-boot.
2819
2820 Requires UBI support as well as CONFIG_LZO
2821
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2822 CONFIG_UBIFS_SILENCE_MSG
2823
2824 Make the verbose messages from UBIFS stop printing. This leaves
2825 warnings and errors enabled.
2826
6a11cf48 2827- SPL framework
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2828 CONFIG_SPL
2829 Enable building of SPL globally.
6a11cf48 2830
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2831 CONFIG_SPL_LDSCRIPT
2832 LDSCRIPT for linking the SPL binary.
2833
2834 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE
2835 Maximum binary size (text, data and rodata) of the SPL binary.
2836
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2837 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
2838 TEXT_BASE for linking the SPL binary.
6a11cf48 2839
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2840 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_TEXT_BASE
2841 Address to relocate to. If unspecified, this is equal to
2842 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE (i.e. no relocation is done).
2843
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2844 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR
2845 Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary.
2846
2847 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2848 Maximum binary size of the BSS section of the SPL binary.
2849
2850 CONFIG_SPL_STACK
2851 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use
2852
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2853 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_STACK
2854 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use after
2855 relocation. If unspecified, this is equal to
2856 CONFIG_SPL_STACK.
2857
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2858 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
2859 Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL.
2860
2861 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
2862 The size of the malloc pool used in SPL.
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2864 CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK
2865 Enable the SPL framework under common/. This framework
2866 supports MMC, NAND and YMODEM loading of U-Boot and NAND
2867 NAND loading of the Linux Kernel.
2868
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2869 CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT
2870 For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information
2871 about the running system.
2872
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2873 CONFIG_SPL_INIT_MINIMAL
2874 Arch init code should be built for a very small image
2875
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2876 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
2877 Support for common/libcommon.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2878
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2879 CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT
2880 Support for disk/libdisk.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2881
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2882 CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT
2883 Support for drivers/i2c/libi2c.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2884
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2885 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT
2886 Support for drivers/gpio/libgpio.o in SPL binary
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2888 CONFIG_SPL_MMC_SUPPORT
2889 Support for drivers/mmc/libmmc.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2890
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2891 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR,
2892 CONFIG_SYS_U_BOOT_MAX_SIZE_SECTORS,
2893 CONFIG_SYS_MMC_SD_FAT_BOOT_PARTITION
2894 Address, size and partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from
2895 when the MMC is being used in raw mode.
2896
2897 CONFIG_SPL_FAT_SUPPORT
2898 Support for fs/fat/libfat.o in SPL binary
2899
2900 CONFIG_SPL_FAT_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
2901 Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from FAT
2902
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2903 CONFIG_SPL_MPC83XX_WAIT_FOR_NAND
2904 Set this for NAND SPL on PPC mpc83xx targets, so that
2905 start.S waits for the rest of the SPL to load before
2906 continuing (the hardware starts execution after just
2907 loading the first page rather than the full 4K).
2908
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2909 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BASE
2910 Include nand_base.c in the SPL. Requires
2911 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS.
2912
2913 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS
2914 SPL uses normal NAND drivers, not minimal drivers.
2915
2916 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_ECC
2917 Include standard software ECC in the SPL
2918
95579793 2919 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE
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2920 Support for NAND boot using simple NAND drivers that
2921 expose the cmd_ctrl() interface.
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2922
2923 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
2924 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
2925 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
2926 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
2927 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
2928 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
7d4b7955 2929 to read U-Boot
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2930
2931 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS
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2932 Location in NAND to read U-Boot from
2933
2934 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST
2935 Location in memory to load U-Boot to
2936
2937 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE
2938 Size of image to load
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2939
2940 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
7d4b7955 2941 Entry point in loaded image to jump to
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2942
2943 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
2944 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
2945 data. This is used for example on davinci plattforms.
2946
2947 CONFIG_SPL_OMAP3_ID_NAND
2948 Support for an OMAP3-specific set of functions to return the
2949 ID and MFR of the first attached NAND chip, if present.
2950
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2951 CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT
2952 Support for drivers/serial/libserial.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2953
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2954 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT
2955 Support for drivers/mtd/spi/libspi_flash.o in SPL binary
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2957 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_SUPPORT
2958 Support for drivers/spi/libspi.o in SPL binary
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2959
2960 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE
2961 Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary
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2963 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT
2964 Support for lib/libgeneric.o in SPL binary
1372cce2 2965
74752baa 2966 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO
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2967 Image offset to which the SPL should be padded before appending
2968 the SPL payload. By default, this is defined as
2969 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
2970 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
2971 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
74752baa 2972
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2973 CONFIG_SPL_TARGET
2974 Final target image containing SPL and payload. Some SPLs
2975 use an arch-specific makefile fragment instead, for
2976 example if more than one image needs to be produced.
2977
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2978Modem Support:
2979--------------
2980
566e5cf4 2981[so far only for SMDK2400 boards]
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11ccc33f 2983- Modem support enable:
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2984 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
2985
2986- RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
2987 CONFIG_HWFLOW
2988
2989- Modem debug support:
2990 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
2991
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2992 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
2993 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
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2995- Interrupt support (PPC):
2996
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2997 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
2998 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
11ccc33f 2999 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
d4ca31c4 3000 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
11ccc33f 3001 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
d4ca31c4 3002 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
11ccc33f 3003 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
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3004 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
3005 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
3006 general timer_interrupt().
a8c7c708 3007
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3008- General:
3009
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3010 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
3011 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
3012 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
11ccc33f 3013 (autoboot). The key_pressed() function is called from
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3014 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
3015 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
3016 initialization.
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3018 If there are no modem init strings in the
3019 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
3020 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
11ccc33f 3021 suppressed, though.
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3022
3023 See also: doc/README.Modem
3024
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3025Board initialization settings:
3026------------------------------
3027
3028During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
3029to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
3030before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
3031following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
3032architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
3033typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
3034
3035- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
3036- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
3037- CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
3038- CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init()
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3040Configuration Settings:
3041-----------------------
3042
6d0f6bcf 3043- CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
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3044 undefine this when you're short of memory.
3045
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3046- CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
3047 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
3048
6d0f6bcf 3049- CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
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3050 prompt for user input.
3051
6d0f6bcf 3052- CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
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6d0f6bcf 3054- CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
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6d0f6bcf 3056- CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
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6d0f6bcf 3058- CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
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3059 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
3060 booted
3061
6d0f6bcf 3062- CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
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3063 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
3064
6d0f6bcf 3065- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
8bde7f77 3066 Suppress display of console information at boot.
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6d0f6bcf 3068- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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3069 If the board specific function
3070 extern int overwrite_console (void);
3071 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
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3072 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
3073
6d0f6bcf 3074- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
8bde7f77 3075 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
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6d0f6bcf 3077- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
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3078 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
3079
6d0f6bcf 3080- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
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3081 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
3082 simple memory test.
3083
6d0f6bcf 3084- CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST:
8bde7f77 3085 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
c609719b 3086
6d0f6bcf 3087- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
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3088 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
3089 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
3090
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3091- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE (PPC only):
3092 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
14f73ca6 3093 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
11ccc33f 3094 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
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3095 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
3096 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
3097 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
5e12e75d 3098 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
14f73ca6 3099 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
5e12e75d 3100 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
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3101
3102 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
3103 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
3104 be touched.
3105
3106 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
3107 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
3108 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
3109 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
3110 problems.
3111
6d0f6bcf 3112- CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
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3113 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
3114
6d0f6bcf 3115- CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
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3116 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
3117
6d0f6bcf 3118- CONFIG_SYS_MBIO_BASE:
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3119 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
3120 Cogent motherboard)
3121
6d0f6bcf 3122- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
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3123 Physical start address of Flash memory.
3124
6d0f6bcf 3125- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
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3126 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
3127 make config files to be same as the text base address
14d0a02a 3128 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
6d0f6bcf 3129 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
c609719b 3130
6d0f6bcf 3131- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
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3132 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
3133 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
3134 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
3135 flash sector.
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6d0f6bcf 3137- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
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3138 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
3139
6d0f6bcf 3140- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
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3141 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
3142 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
6d0f6bcf 3143 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
15940c9a
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3144 to adjust this setting to your needs.
3145
6d0f6bcf 3146- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
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3147 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
3148 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
7d721e34
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3149 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
3150 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
3151 enviroment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
3152 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
c0f40859 3153 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
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3154 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
3155 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
3156 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
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3158- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
3159 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
3160 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
3161 is enabled.
3162
3163- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
3164 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
3165 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
3166
3167- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
3168 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
3169 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
3170
6d0f6bcf 3171- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
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3172 Max number of Flash memory banks
3173
6d0f6bcf 3174- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
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3175 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
3176
6d0f6bcf 3177- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
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3178 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
3179
6d0f6bcf 3180- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
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3181 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
3182
6d0f6bcf 3183- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
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3184 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
3185
6d0f6bcf 3186- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
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3187 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
3188
6d0f6bcf 3189- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
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3190 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
3191 instead of U-Boot software protection.
3192
6d0f6bcf 3193- CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
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3194
3195 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
3196 without this option such a download has to be
3197 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
3198 copy from RAM to flash.
3199
3200 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
3201 you can check if the download worked before you erase
11ccc33f
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3202 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
3203 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
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3204 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
3205
6d0f6bcf 3206- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
43d9616c 3207 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
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3208 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
3209
00b1883a 3210- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
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3211 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
3212 in the drivers directory
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3214- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
3215 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
3216 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
3217 to the MTD layer.
3218
6d0f6bcf 3219- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
96ef831f
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3220 Use buffered writes to flash.
3221
3222- CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
3223 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
3224 write commands.
3225
6d0f6bcf 3226- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
5568e613
SR
3227 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
3228 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
3229 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
3230 optionally available.
3231
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3232- CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
3233 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
3234 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
3235 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
3236
6d0f6bcf 3237- CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
11ccc33f
MZ
3238 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
3239 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
53cf9435
SR
3240 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
3241 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
11ccc33f 3242 on high Ethernet traffic.
53cf9435
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3243 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
3244
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3245- CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
3246
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3247 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
3248 internally to store the environment settings. The default
3249 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
3250 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
3251 lib/hashtable.c for details.
ea882baf 3252
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3253- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
3254- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
3255 Enable validation of the values given to enviroment variables when
3256 calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal,
3257 hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined,
3258 the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address.
3259
3260 The format of the list is:
3261 type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m]
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3262 access_atribute = [a|r|o|c]
3263 attributes = type_attribute[access_atribute]
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JH
3264 entry = variable_name[:attributes]
3265 list = entry[,list]
3266
3267 The type attributes are:
3268 s - String (default)
3269 d - Decimal
3270 x - Hexadecimal
3271 b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF])
3272 i - IP address
3273 m - MAC address
3274
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3275 The access attributes are:
3276 a - Any (default)
3277 r - Read-only
3278 o - Write-once
3279 c - Change-default
3280
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3281 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
3282 Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags"
3283 envirnoment variable in the default or embedded environment.
3284
3285 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
3286 Define this to a list (string) to define validation that
3287 should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags"
3288 environment variable. To override a setting in the static
3289 list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the
3290 ".flags" variable.
3291
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3292- CONFIG_ENV_ACCESS_IGNORE_FORCE
3293 If defined, don't allow the -f switch to env set override variable
3294 access flags.
3295
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3296- CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_BOARD
3297 This selects the architecture-generic board system instead of the
3298 architecture-specific board files. It is intended to move boards
3299 to this new framework over time. Defining this will disable the
3300 arch/foo/lib/board.c file and use common/board_f.c and
3301 common/board_r.c instead. To use this option your architecture
3302 must support it (i.e. must define __HAVE_ARCH_GENERIC_BOARD in
3303 its config.mk file). If you find problems enabling this option on
3304 your board please report the problem and send patches!
3305
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3306- CONFIG_SYS_SYM_OFFSETS
3307 This is set by architectures that use offsets for link symbols
3308 instead of absolute values. So bss_start is obtained using an
3309 offset _bss_start_ofs from CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE, rather than
3310 directly. You should not need to touch this setting.
3311
3312
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3313The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
3314of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
3315following configurations:
3316
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3317- CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
3318
3319 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
3320 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
3321
5a1aceb0 3322- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
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3323
3324 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
3325
3326 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
3327 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
3328 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
3329 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
3330 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
3331 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
3332 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
3333 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
3334 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
3335 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
3336 between U-Boot and the environment.
3337
0e8d1586 3338 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
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3339
3340 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
3341 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
3342 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
3343 for this sector is given here.
3344
6d0f6bcf 3345 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE.
c609719b 3346
0e8d1586 3347 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
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3348
3349 This is just another way to specify the start address of
3350 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
0e8d1586 3351 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET).
c609719b 3352
0e8d1586 3353 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
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3354
3355 Size of the sector containing the environment.
3356
3357
3358 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
3359 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
3360 the environment.
3361
0e8d1586 3362 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
c609719b 3363
5a1aceb0 3364 If you use this in combination with CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
0e8d1586 3365 and CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
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3366 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
3367 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
3368
3369 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
3370 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
3371 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
3372 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
3373 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
3374 updating the environment in flash makes it always
3375 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
3376 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
3377 RAM, your target system will be dead.
3378
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3379 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
3380 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
c609719b 3381
43d9616c 3382 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
11ccc33f 3383 a redundant copy of the environment data, so that there is
3e38691e 3384 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
43d9616c 3385 a "saveenv" operation.
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3386
3387BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
3388source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
3389accordingly!
3390
3391
9314cee6 3392- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
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3393
3394 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
3395 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
3396 environment.
3397
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3398 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
3399 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
c609719b 3400
11ccc33f 3401 These two #defines are used to determine the memory area you
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3402 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
3403 can just be read and written to, without any special
3404 provision.
3405
3406BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
3407in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
11ccc33f 3408console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
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3409U-Boot will hang.
3410
3411Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
3412environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
3413keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
3414to save the current settings.
3415
3416
bb1f8b4f 3417- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
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3418
3419 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
3420 device and a driver for it.
3421
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3422 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3423 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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3424
3425 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
3426 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
3427
6d0f6bcf 3428 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
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3429 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
3430 The default address is zero.
3431
6d0f6bcf 3432 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
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3433 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
3434 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
3435 would require six bits.
3436
6d0f6bcf 3437 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
c609719b 3438 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
ba56f625 3439 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
c609719b 3440
6d0f6bcf 3441 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
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3442 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
3443 that this is NOT the chip address length!
3444
6d0f6bcf 3445 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
5cf91d6b
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3446 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
3447 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
3448 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
3449 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
3450 byte chips.
3451
3452 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
3453 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
3454 in the chip address.
3455
6d0f6bcf 3456 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_SIZE:
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3457 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
3458
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3459 - CONFIG_ENV_EEPROM_IS_ON_I2C
3460 define this, if you have I2C and SPI activated, and your
3461 EEPROM, which holds the environment, is on the I2C bus.
3462
3463 - CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS
3464 if you have an Environment on an EEPROM reached over
3465 I2C muxes, you can define here, how to reach this
3466 EEPROM. For example:
3467
a9046b9e 3468 #define CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS "pca9547:70:d\0"
548738b4
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3469
3470 EEPROM which holds the environment, is reached over
3471 a pca9547 i2c mux with address 0x70, channel 3.
c609719b 3472
057c849c 3473- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
5779d8d9 3474
d4ca31c4 3475 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
5779d8d9
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3476 want to use for the environment.
3477
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3478 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3479 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
3480 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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3481
3482 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
3483 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
3484 at the specified address.
3485
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3486- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_REMOTE:
3487
3488 Define this if you have a remote memory space which you
3489 want to use for the local device's environment.
3490
3491 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
3492 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
3493
3494 These two #defines specify the address and size of the
3495 environment area within the remote memory space. The
3496 local device can get the environment from remote memory
fc54c7fa 3497 space by SRIO or PCIE links.
0a85a9e7
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3498
3499BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
3500"saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
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3501environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE link,
3502but it can not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE interface.
0a85a9e7 3503
51bfee19 3504- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
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3505
3506 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
3507 for the environment.
3508
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3509 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3510 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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3511
3512 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
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SW
3513 area within the first NAND device. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET must be
3514 aligned to an erase block boundary.
5779d8d9 3515
fdd813de 3516 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
e443c944 3517
0e8d1586 3518 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
fdd813de
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3519 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, so
3520 that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure
c0f40859 3521 during a "saveenv" operation. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_RENDUND must be
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SW
3522 aligned to an erase block boundary.
3523
3524 - CONFIG_ENV_RANGE (optional):
3525
3526 Specifies the length of the region in which the environment
3527 can be written. This should be a multiple of the NAND device's
3528 block size. Specifying a range with more erase blocks than
3529 are needed to hold CONFIG_ENV_SIZE allows bad blocks within
3530 the range to be avoided.
3531
3532 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB (optional):
3533
3534 Enables support for dynamically retrieving the offset of the
3535 environment from block zero's out-of-band data. The
3536 "nand env.oob" command can be used to record this offset.
3537 Currently, CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND is not supported when
3538 using CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB.
e443c944 3539
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3540- CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
3541
3542 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
3543 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
3544 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
3545
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3546- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_UBI:
3547
3548 Define this if you have an UBI volume that you want to use for the
3549 environment. This has the benefit of wear-leveling the environment
3550 accesses, which is important on NAND.
3551
3552 - CONFIG_ENV_UBI_PART:
3553
3554 Define this to a string that is the mtd partition containing the UBI.
3555
3556 - CONFIG_ENV_UBI_VOLUME:
3557
3558 Define this to the name of the volume that you want to store the
3559 environment in.
3560
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3561 - CONFIG_ENV_UBI_VOLUME_REDUND:
3562
3563 Define this to the name of another volume to store a second copy of
3564 the environment in. This will enable redundant environments in UBI.
3565 It is assumed that both volumes are in the same MTD partition.
3566
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3567 - CONFIG_UBI_SILENCE_MSG
3568 - CONFIG_UBIFS_SILENCE_MSG
3569
3570 You will probably want to define these to avoid a really noisy system
3571 when storing the env in UBI.
3572
6d0f6bcf 3573- CONFIG_SYS_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
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3574
3575 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
3576 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
3577 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
3578 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
3579 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
3580 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
3581 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
3582
e881cb56 3583Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
c609719b 3584has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
cdb74977 3585created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_f()
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3586until then to read environment variables.
3587
85ec0bcc
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3588The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
3589is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
3590with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
3591necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
3592"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
3593have any device yet where we could complain.]
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3594
3595Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
3596the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
85ec0bcc 3597use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
c609719b 3598
6d0f6bcf 3599- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
42d1f039 3600 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
fc3e2165 3601
6d0f6bcf 3602 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
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3603 also needs to be defined.
3604
6d0f6bcf 3605- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
42d1f039 3606 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
c609719b 3607
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RM
3608- CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
3609 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
3610 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
3611 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
3612 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
3613 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
3614
b2b92f53
SG
3615- CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
3616 Display information about the board that U-Boot is running on
3617 when U-Boot starts up. The board function checkboard() is called
3618 to do this.
3619
e2e3e2b1
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3620- CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE
3621 Similar to the previous option, but display this information
3622 later, once stdio is running and output goes to the LCD, if
3623 present.
3624
c609719b 3625Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
dc7c9a1a 3626---------------------------------------------------
c609719b 3627
6d0f6bcf 3628- CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
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3629 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
3630
6d0f6bcf 3631- CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR:
c609719b 3632 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
2535d602 3633
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3634 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
3635 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
3636 the IMMR register after a reset.
c609719b 3637
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3638- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
3639 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
3640 PowerPC SOCs.
3641
3642- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
3643 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
3644 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
3645
3646 CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR must also be set to this value,
3647 for cross-platform code that uses that macro instead.
3648
3649- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
3650 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
3651 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
c0f40859 3652 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
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3653 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
3654 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
3655 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
3656
3657 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
3658 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
3659
3660- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
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3661 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
3662 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
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TT
3663 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3664 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3665
3666- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
3667 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
3668 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3669 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3670
3671- CONFIG_SYS_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE:
3672 If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be
3673 forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated.
3674
7f6c2cbc 3675- Floppy Disk Support:
6d0f6bcf 3676 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
7f6c2cbc
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3677
3678 the default drive number (default value 0)
3679
6d0f6bcf 3680 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
7f6c2cbc 3681
11ccc33f 3682 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
7f6c2cbc
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3683 (default value 1)
3684
6d0f6bcf 3685 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
7f6c2cbc 3686
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3687 defines the offset of register from address. It
3688 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
11ccc33f 3689 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
7f6c2cbc 3690
6d0f6bcf
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3691 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
3692 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
43d9616c 3693 default value.
7f6c2cbc 3694
6d0f6bcf 3695 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
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3696 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
3697 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
3698 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
3699 initializations.
7f6c2cbc 3700
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3701- CONFIG_IDE_AHB:
3702 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
3703 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
3704 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
3705 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
3706 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
3707 is requierd.
3708
6d0f6bcf 3709- CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
efe2a4d5 3710 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
25d6712a 3711 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
c609719b 3712
6d0f6bcf 3713- CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
c609719b 3714
7152b1d0 3715 Start address of memory area that can be used for
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3716 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
3717 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
3718 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
3719 will become available only after programming the
3720 memory controller and running certain initialization
3721 sequences.
3722
3723 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
3724 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
3725 - MPC824X: data cache
3726 - PPC4xx: data cache
3727
6d0f6bcf 3728- CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
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3729
3730 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
6d0f6bcf
JCPV
3731 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
3732 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
c609719b 3733 data is located at the end of the available space
553f0982 3734 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
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JCPV
3735 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
3736 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
3737 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
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3738
3739 Note:
3740 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
3741 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
6d0f6bcf 3742 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
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3743 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
3744 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
3745
6d0f6bcf 3746- CONFIG_SYS_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
c609719b 3747
6d0f6bcf 3748- CONFIG_SYS_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
c609719b 3749
6d0f6bcf 3750- CONFIG_SYS_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
c609719b 3751
6d0f6bcf 3752- CONFIG_SYS_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
c609719b 3753
6d0f6bcf 3754- CONFIG_SYS_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
c609719b 3755
6d0f6bcf 3756- CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
c609719b 3757
6d0f6bcf 3758- CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
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3759 SDRAM timing
3760
6d0f6bcf 3761- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
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3762 periodic timer for refresh
3763
6d0f6bcf 3764- CONFIG_SYS_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
c609719b 3765
6d0f6bcf
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3766- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
3767 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
3768 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
3769 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
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3770 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
3771
3772- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
6d0f6bcf
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3773 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
3774 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
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3775 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
3776
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3777- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
3778 CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_8COL, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_9COL:
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3779 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
3780 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
3781
6d0f6bcf 3782- CONFIG_SYS_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
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3783 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3784 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
3785
6d0f6bcf 3786- CONFIG_SYS_SMC_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SMC_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
b423d055
HS
3787 enable SMC microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3788 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]
3789
6d0f6bcf 3790- CONFIG_SYS_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
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3791 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3792 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
3793
6d0f6bcf 3794- CONFIG_SYS_USE_OSCCLK:
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3795 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
3796 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
3797 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
3798
6d0f6bcf 3799- CONFIG_SYS_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
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3800 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
3801 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
3802 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
3803 cpm_8260.h.
ea909b76 3804
6d0f6bcf
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3805- CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
3806 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK0_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
3807 CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK1_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
3808 CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
3809 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
3810 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
3811 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
3812 CONFIG_SYS_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
a47a12be 3813 Overrides the default PCI memory map in arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
5d232d0e 3814
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3815- CONFIG_PCI_DISABLE_PCIE:
3816 Disable PCI-Express on systems where it is supported but not
3817 required.
3818
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3819- CONFIG_PCI_ENUM_ONLY
3820 Only scan through and get the devices on the busses.
3821 Don't do any setup work, presumably because someone or
3822 something has already done it, and we don't need to do it
3823 a second time. Useful for platforms that are pre-booted
3824 by coreboot or similar.
3825
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3826- CONFIG_SYS_SRIO:
3827 Chip has SRIO or not
3828
3829- CONFIG_SRIO1:
3830 Board has SRIO 1 port available
3831
3832- CONFIG_SRIO2:
3833 Board has SRIO 2 port available
3834
3835- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
3836 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3837
3838- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYS:
3839 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3840
3841- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
3842 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3843
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3844- CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BUSWIDTH_16BIT
3845 Defined to tell the NAND controller that the NAND chip is using
3846 a 16 bit bus.
3847 Not all NAND drivers use this symbol.
a430e916 3848 Example of drivers that use it:
66bd1846 3849 - drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c
a430e916 3850 - drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
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3851
3852- CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
3853 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
3854 a default value will be used.
3855
bb99ad6d 3856- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
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3857 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
3858 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
3859
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3860 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
3861 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
3862
6d0f6bcf 3863- CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
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3864 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
3865 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
3866 to something your driver can deal with.
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3868- CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
3869 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
3870 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
3871 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
3872 header files or board specific files.
3873
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3874- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
3875 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
3876
6d0f6bcf 3877- CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
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3878 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
3879 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2ad6b513 3880
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3881- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
3882 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
3883
3884- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
3885 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
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3886 to the given FEC; i. e.
3887 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
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3888 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
3889
3890 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
3891
3892- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
3893 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
3894 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
3895
3896- CONFIG_RMII
3897 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
3898 Note that this is a global option, we can't
3899 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
3900
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3901- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
3902 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
3903 The syntax is:
3904
3905 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
3906
3907 Where address/count indicate a memory area
3908 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
3909 area should have.
3910
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3911- CONFIG_LOOPW
3912 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
602ad3b3 3913 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
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3915- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
3916 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
3917 "md/mw" commands.
3918 Examples:
3919
efe2a4d5 3920 => mdc.b 10 4 500
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3921 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
3922
efe2a4d5 3923 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
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3924 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
3925
efe2a4d5 3926 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
602ad3b3 3927 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
7b466641 3928
8aa1a2d1 3929- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
afc1ce82 3930 [ARM, NDS32, MIPS only] If this variable is defined, then certain
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3931 low level initializations (like setting up the memory
3932 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
3933 relocate itself into RAM.
3934
3935 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
3936 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
3937 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
3938 these initializations itself.
8aa1a2d1 3939
401bb30b 3940- CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
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3941 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
3942 that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
3943 compiling a NAND SPL.
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3945- CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM
3946 Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses
3947 effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard
3948 U-Boot address as virtual addresses that need to be translated
3949 to physical addresses. However, sandbox requires this, since
3950 it maintains its own little RAM buffer which contains all
3951 addressable memory. This option causes some memory accesses
3952 to be mapped through map_sysmem() / unmap_sysmem().
3953
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3954- CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMCPY
3955 CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMSET
3956 If these options are used a optimized version of memcpy/memset will
3957 be used if available. These functions may be faster under some
3958 conditions but may increase the binary size.
3959
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3960- CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR
3961 If defined, the x86 reset vector code is included. This is not
3962 needed when U-Boot is running from Coreboot.
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3964- CONFIG_SYS_MPUCLK
3965 Defines the MPU clock speed (in MHz).
3966
3967 NOTE : currently only supported on AM335x platforms.
5b5ece9e 3968
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3969Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
3970-----------------------------------
3971
3972The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
3973loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
3974This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
3975are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
3976within that device.
3977
3978- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_ADDR
3979 The address in the storage device where the firmware is located. The
3980 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
3981 is also specified.
3982
3983- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
3984 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
3985 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
3986 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
3987 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
3988
3989- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
3990 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
3991 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
3992 virtual address in NOR flash.
3993
3994- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
3995 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
3996 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
3997
3998- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
3999 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
4000 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
4001
4002- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_SPIFLASH
4003 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SPI
4004 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
4005
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4006- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
4007 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
4008 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
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4009 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO or PCIE outbound
4010 window->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in
4011 master's memory space.
f2717b47 4012
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4013Building the Software:
4014======================
4015
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4016Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
4017and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
4018all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
4019(potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
4020recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
4021which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
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4023If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
4024have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
4025you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
4026Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
4027necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
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4029 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
4030 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
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4032Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
4033 the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
4034 (http://www.mingw.org). Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
4035 toolchain and execute 'make tools'. For example:
4036
4037 $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools
4038
4039 Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
4040 be executed on computers running Windows.
4041
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4042U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
4043sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
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4044is done by typing:
4045
4046 make NAME_config
4047
218ca724 4048where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing configu-
4d675ae6 4049rations; see boards.cfg for supported names.
db01a2ea 4050
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4051Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
4052 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
4053 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
4054 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
11ccc33f 4055 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
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4056
4057 make TQM823L_config
4058 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
4059
4060 make TQM823L_LCD_config
4061 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
4062
4063 etc.
4064
4065
4066Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
4067images ready for download to / installation on your system:
4068
4069- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
4070- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
4071- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
4072
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4073By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
4074in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
4075this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
4076
40771. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
4078
4079 make O=/tmp/build distclean
4080 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
4081 make O=/tmp/build all
4082
40832. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
4084
4085 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
4086 make distclean
4087 make NAME_config
4088 make all
4089
4090Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
4091variable.
4092
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4093
4094Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
4095for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
4096native "make".
4097
4098
4099If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
4100to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
4101steps:
4102
41031. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
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4104 "boards.cfg" file, using the existing entries as examples.
4105 Follow the instructions there to keep the boards in order.
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41062. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
4107 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
4108 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
41093. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
4110 your board
41113. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
4112 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
41134. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
41145. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
4115 to be installed on your target system.
41166. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
4117 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
4118
4119
4120Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
4121==============================================================
4122
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4123If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
4124or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
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4125provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
4126the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
218ca724 4127official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
2729af9d 4128
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4129But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
4130cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
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4131the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
4132just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
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4133for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
4134select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
4135environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the ELDK cross tools
4136you can type
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4137
4138 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
4139
4140or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
4141
4142 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
4143
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4144When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build
4145U-Boot in the source directory. This location can be changed by
4146setting the BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target
4147built, the MAKEALL script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and
4148<target>.MAKEALL) in the <source dir>/LOG directory. This default
4149location can be changed by setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment
4150variable. For example:
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4151
4152 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
4153 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
4154 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
4155
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4156With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build,
4157log files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean
4158during the whole build process.
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4159
4160
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4161See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
4162
4163
4164Monitor Commands - Overview:
4165============================
4166
4167go - start application at address 'addr'
4168run - run commands in an environment variable
4169bootm - boot application image from memory
4170bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
44f074c7 4171bootz - boot zImage from memory
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4172tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
4173 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
4174 (and eventually "gatewayip")
1fb7cd49 4175tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
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4176rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
4177diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
4178loads - load S-Record file over serial line
4179loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
4180md - memory display
4181mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
4182nm - memory modify (constant address)
4183mw - memory write (fill)
4184cp - memory copy
4185cmp - memory compare
4186crc32 - checksum calculation
0f89c54b 4187i2c - I2C sub-system
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4188sspi - SPI utility commands
4189base - print or set address offset
4190printenv- print environment variables
4191setenv - set environment variables
4192saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
4193protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
4194erase - erase FLASH memory
4195flinfo - print FLASH memory information
10635afa 4196nand - NAND memory operations (see doc/README.nand)
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4197bdinfo - print Board Info structure
4198iminfo - print header information for application image
4199coninfo - print console devices and informations
4200ide - IDE sub-system
4201loop - infinite loop on address range
56523f12 4202loopw - infinite write loop on address range
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4203mtest - simple RAM test
4204icache - enable or disable instruction cache
4205dcache - enable or disable data cache
4206reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
4207echo - echo args to console
4208version - print monitor version
4209help - print online help
4210? - alias for 'help'
4211
4212
4213Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
4214========================================
4215
4216TODO.
4217
4218For now: just type "help <command>".
4219
4220
4221Environment Variables:
4222======================
4223
4224U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
4225can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
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4227Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
4228"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
4229without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
4230environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
4231working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
4232environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
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4234Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
4235
4236List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
c609719b 4237
2729af9d 4238 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
c609719b 4239
2729af9d 4240 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
c609719b 4241
2729af9d 4242 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
4a6fd34b 4243
2729af9d 4244 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
c609719b 4245
2729af9d 4246 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
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4248 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
4249 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
4250 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
4251 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
4252 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
4253 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
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4254 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
4255 bootm_mapsize.
4256
c0f40859 4257 bootm_mapsize - Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel.
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4258 This variable is given as a hexadecimal number and it
4259 defines the size of the memory region starting at base
4260 address bootm_low that is accessible by the Linux kernel
4261 during early boot. If unset, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is used
4262 as the default value if it is defined, and bootm_size is
4263 used otherwise.
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4264
4265 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
4266 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
4267 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
4268 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
4269 environment variable.
4270
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4271 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
4272 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
4273 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
4274
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4275 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
4276 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
4277 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
4278 load any image using TFTP
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4280 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
4281 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
4282 be automatically started (by internally calling
4283 "bootm")
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4285 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
4286 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
4287 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
4288 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
4289 data.
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4291 fdt_high - if set this restricts the maximum address that the
4292 flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot.
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4293 For example, if you have a system with 1 GB memory
4294 at physical address 0x10000000, while Linux kernel
4295 only recognizes the first 704 MB as low memory, you
4296 may need to set fdt_high as 0x3C000000 to have the
4297 device tree blob be copied to the maximum address
4298 of the 704 MB low memory, so that Linux kernel can
4299 access it during the boot procedure.
4300
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4301 If this is set to the special value 0xFFFFFFFF then
4302 the fdt will not be copied at all on boot. For this
4303 to work it must reside in writable memory, have
4304 sufficient padding on the end of it for u-boot to
4305 add the information it needs into it, and the memory
4306 must be accessible by the kernel.
4307
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4308 fdtcontroladdr- if set this is the address of the control flattened
4309 device tree used by U-Boot when CONFIG_OF_CONTROL is
4310 defined.
4311
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4312 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
4313 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
4314 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
4315 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
4316 it must be saved and board must be reset.
4317
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4318 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
4319 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
4320 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
4321 is usually what you want since it allows for
4322 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
4323 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
6d0f6bcf 4324 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
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4325 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
4326 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
4327 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
4328 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
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4330 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
4331 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
4332 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
4333 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
4334 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
4335 12 MB as well - this can be done with
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2729af9d 4337 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
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4339 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
4340 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
4341 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
4342 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
4343 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
4344 boot time on your system, but requires that this
4345 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
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2729af9d 4347 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
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4349 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
4350 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
c609719b 4351
2729af9d 4352 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
a3d991bd 4353
2729af9d 4354 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
a3d991bd 4355
2729af9d 4356 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
a3d991bd 4357
2729af9d 4358 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
a3d991bd 4359
2729af9d 4360 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
c609719b 4361
e2a53458 4362 ethprime - controls which interface is used first.
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4364 ethact - controls which interface is currently active.
4365 For example you can do the following
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4367 => setenv ethact FEC
4368 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
4369 => setenv ethact SCC
4370 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
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4372 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
4373 available network interfaces.
4374 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
4375
c96f86ee 4376 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
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4377 either succeed or fail without retrying.
4378 When set to "once" the network operation will
4379 fail when all the available network interfaces
4380 are tried once without success.
4381 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
4382 themselves.
c609719b 4383
b4e2f89d 4384 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
a1cf027a 4385
28cb9375 4386 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
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4387 UDP source port.
4388
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4389 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
4390 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
4391
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4392 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
4393 we use the TFTP server's default block size
4394
4395 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
4396 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
4397 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
4398 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
4399 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
4400 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
4401 with unreliable TFTP servers.
4402
4403 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
11ccc33f 4404 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
2729af9d 4405 VLAN tagged frames.
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4407The following image location variables contain the location of images
4408used in booting. The "Image" column gives the role of the image and is
4409not an environment variable name. The other columns are environment
4410variable names. "File Name" gives the name of the file on a TFTP
4411server, "RAM Address" gives the location in RAM the image will be
4412loaded to, and "Flash Location" gives the image's address in NOR
4413flash or offset in NAND flash.
4414
4415*Note* - these variables don't have to be defined for all boards, some
4416boards currenlty use other variables for these purposes, and some
4417boards use these variables for other purposes.
4418
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4419Image File Name RAM Address Flash Location
4420----- --------- ----------- --------------
4421u-boot u-boot u-boot_addr_r u-boot_addr
4422Linux kernel bootfile kernel_addr_r kernel_addr
4423device tree blob fdtfile fdt_addr_r fdt_addr
4424ramdisk ramdiskfile ramdisk_addr_r ramdisk_addr
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4426The following environment variables may be used and automatically
4427updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
4428depending the information provided by your boot server:
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4430 bootfile - see above
4431 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
4432 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
4433 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
4434 hostname - Target hostname
4435 ipaddr - see above
4436 netmask - Subnet Mask
4437 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
4438 serverip - see above
c1551ea8 4439
c1551ea8 4440
2729af9d 4441There are two special Environment Variables:
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4443 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
4444 as type string and/or serial number
4445 ethaddr - Ethernet address
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4447These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
4448the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
4449once they have been set once.
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f07771cc 4451
2729af9d 4452Further special Environment Variables:
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4454 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
4455 with the "version" command. This variable is
4456 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
f07771cc 4457
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4459Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
4460only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
f07771cc 4461
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4463Callback functions for environment variables:
4464---------------------------------------------
4465
4466For some environment variables, the behavior of u-boot needs to change
4467when their values are changed. This functionailty allows functions to
4468be associated with arbitrary variables. On creation, overwrite, or
4469deletion, the callback will provide the opportunity for some side
4470effect to happen or for the change to be rejected.
4471
4472The callbacks are named and associated with a function using the
4473U_BOOT_ENV_CALLBACK macro in your board or driver code.
4474
4475These callbacks are associated with variables in one of two ways. The
4476static list can be added to by defining CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_STATIC
4477in the board configuration to a string that defines a list of
4478associations. The list must be in the following format:
4479
4480 entry = variable_name[:callback_name]
4481 list = entry[,list]
4482
4483If the callback name is not specified, then the callback is deleted.
4484Spaces are also allowed anywhere in the list.
4485
4486Callbacks can also be associated by defining the ".callbacks" variable
4487with the same list format above. Any association in ".callbacks" will
4488override any association in the static list. You can define
4489CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_DEFAULT to a list (string) to define the
4490".callbacks" envirnoment variable in the default or embedded environment.
4491
4492
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4493Command Line Parsing:
4494=====================
f07771cc 4495
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4496There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
4497the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
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4499Old, simple command line parser:
4500--------------------------------
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4502- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
4503- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
fe126d8b 4504- variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
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4505- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
4506 for example:
fe126d8b 4507 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
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4508- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
4509 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
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4511Hush shell:
4512-----------
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4514- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
4515 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
4516 until...do...done, ...
4517- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
4518 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
4519 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
4520 command
4521
4522General rules:
4523--------------
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4525(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
4526 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
4527 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
4528 executed anyway.
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2729af9d 4530(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
11ccc33f 4531 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
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4532 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
4533 variables are not executed.
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4535Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
4536=======================================
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11ccc33f 4538Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
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4539such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
4540"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
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4542Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
4543MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
4544"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
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4546If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
4547in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
4548ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
4549variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
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4551o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
4552 environment, the SROM's address is used.
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4554o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
4555 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
4556 used.
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4558o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
4559 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
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4561o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
4562 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
4563 warning is printed.
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4565o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
4566 is raised.
c609719b 4567
ecee9324 4568If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
c0f40859 4569will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
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4570may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
4571The naming convention is as follows:
4572"ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
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4574Image Formats:
4575==============
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4577U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
4578images in two formats:
4579
4580New uImage format (FIT)
4581-----------------------
4582
4583Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
4584to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
4585components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
4586SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
4587
4588
4589Old uImage format
4590-----------------
4591
4592Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
4593preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
4594details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
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4596* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
4597 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
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4598 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
4599 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
4600 INTEGRITY).
7b64fef3 4601* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
afc1ce82
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4602 IA64, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
4603 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC).
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4604* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
4605* Load Address
4606* Entry Point
4607* Image Name
4608* Image Timestamp
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4610The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
4611and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
4612CRC32 checksums.
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4613
4614
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4615Linux Support:
4616==============
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4618Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
4619easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
4620U-Boot.
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4622U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
4623special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
4624"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
4625instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
4626serves several purposes:
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4628- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
4629 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
4630 Flash memory footprint)
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4632- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
4633 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
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4635- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
4636 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
4637 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
4638 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
4639 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
4640 software is easier now.
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c609719b 4642
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4643Linux HOWTO:
4644============
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4646Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
4647---------------------------------------
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4649U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
4650configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
4651(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
4652Linux :-).
c609719b 4653
a47a12be 4654But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
24ee89b9 4655
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4656Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
4657include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
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4658Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
4659and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
6d0f6bcf 4660as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
24ee89b9 4661
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4663Configuring the Linux kernel:
4664-----------------------------
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4666No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
4667device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
4668
4669
4670Building a Linux Image:
4671-----------------------
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4673With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
4674not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
4675"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
4676U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
4677which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
4678100% compatible format.
4679
4680Example:
4681
4682 make TQM850L_config
4683 make oldconfig
4684 make dep
4685 make uImage
4686
4687The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
4688encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
4689CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
4690
4691* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
4692
4693* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
4694
4695 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
4696 -R .note -R .comment \
4697 -S vmlinux linux.bin
4698
4699* compress the binary image:
4700
4701 gzip -9 linux.bin
4702
4703* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
4704
4705 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
4706 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
4707 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
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4710The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
4711with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
4712combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
4713byte header containing information about target architecture,
4714operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
4715stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
4716
4717"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
4718print the header information, or to build new images.
4719
4720In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
4721contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
4722checksum verification:
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4724 tools/mkimage -l image
4725 -l ==> list image header information
4726
4727The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
4728from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
4729
4730 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
4731 -n name -d data_file image
4732 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
4733 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
4734 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
4735 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
4736 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
4737 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
4738 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
4739 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
4740
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4741Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
4742address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
4743kernel version:
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4744
4745- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
4746- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
4747
4748So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
4749
4750 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4751 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
a47a12be 4752 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
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4753 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
4754 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4755 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4756 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4757 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4758 Load Address: 0x00000000
4759 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4760
4761To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
4762
4763 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
4764 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4765 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4766 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4767 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4768 Load Address: 0x00000000
4769 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4770
4771NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
4772speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
4773needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
4774need to be uncompressed:
4775
a47a12be 4776 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
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4777 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4778 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
a47a12be 4779 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
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4780 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
4781 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4782 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4783 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
4784 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
4785 Load Address: 0x00000000
4786 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4787
4788
4789Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
4790when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
4791
4792 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
4793 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
4794 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
4795 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4796 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
4797 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4798 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
4799 Load Address: 0x00000000
4800 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4801
4802
4803Installing a Linux Image:
4804-------------------------
4805
4806To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
4807you must convert the image to S-Record format:
4808
4809 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
4810
4811The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
4812image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
4813address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
4814specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
4815command.
4816
4817Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
4818TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
4819
4820 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
4821
4822 .......... done
4823 Erased 8 sectors
4824
4825 => loads 40100000
4826 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4827 ~>examples/image.srec
4828 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
4829 ...
4830 15989 15990 15991 15992
4831 [file transfer complete]
4832 [connected]
4833 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
4834
4835
4836You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
218ca724 4837this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
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4838corruption happened:
4839
4840 => imi 40100000
4841
4842 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4843 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4844 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4845 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4846 Load Address: 00000000
4847 Entry Point: 0000000c
4848 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4849
4850
4851Boot Linux:
4852-----------
4853
4854The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
4855memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
4856of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
4857parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
4858"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
4859
4860
4861 => printenv bootargs
4862 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
4863
4864 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4865
4866 => printenv bootargs
4867 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4868
4869 => bootm 40020000
4870 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
4871 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
4872 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4873 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
4874 Load Address: 00000000
4875 Entry Point: 0000000c
4876 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4877 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4878 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
4879 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4880 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4881 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4882 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
4883 ...
4884
11ccc33f 4885If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
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4886the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
4887format!) to the "bootm" command:
4888
4889 => imi 40100000 40200000
4890
4891 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4892 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4893 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4894 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4895 Load Address: 00000000
4896 Entry Point: 0000000c
4897 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4898
4899 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
4900 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4901 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4902 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4903 Load Address: 00000000
4904 Entry Point: 00000000
4905 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4906
4907 => bootm 40100000 40200000
4908 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
4909 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4910 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4911 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4912 Load Address: 00000000
4913 Entry Point: 0000000c
4914 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4915 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4916 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
4917 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4918 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4919 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4920 Load Address: 00000000
4921 Entry Point: 00000000
4922 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4923 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
4924 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
4925 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
4926 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4927 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4928 ...
4929 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
4930 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
4931
4932 bash#
4933
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4934Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
4935-----------
4936
4937First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
4938titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
4939following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
4940flat device tree:
4941
4942=> print oftaddr
4943oftaddr=0x300000
4944=> print oft
4945oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
4946=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
4947Speed: 1000, full duplex
4948Using TSEC0 device
4949TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
4950Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
4951Load address: 0x300000
4952Loading: #
4953done
4954Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
4955=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
4956Speed: 1000, full duplex
4957Using TSEC0 device
4958TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
4959Filename 'uImage'.
4960Load address: 0x200000
4961Loading:############
4962done
4963Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
4964=> print loadaddr
4965loadaddr=200000
4966=> print oftaddr
4967oftaddr=0x300000
4968=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
4969## Booting image at 00200000 ...
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4970 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
4971 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4972 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
0267768e 4973 Load Address: 00000000
a9398e01 4974 Entry Point: 00000000
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4975 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4976 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4977Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
4978Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
4979Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
4980[snip]
4981
4982
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4983More About U-Boot Image Types:
4984------------------------------
4985
4986U-Boot supports the following image types:
4987
4988 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
4989 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
4990 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
4991 the Standalone Program.
4992 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
4993 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
4994 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
4995 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
4996 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
4997 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
4998 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
4999 being started.
5000 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
5001 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
5002 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
5003 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
5004 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
5005 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
5006
5007 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
5008 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
5009 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
5010 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
5011 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
5012 a multiple of 4 bytes).
5013
5014 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
5015 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
5016 flash memory.
5017
5018 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
5019 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
5020 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
5021 as command interpreter.
5022
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5023Booting the Linux zImage:
5024-------------------------
5025
5026On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
5027using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
5028as the syntax of "bootm" command.
5029
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5030Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_INITRD_RAW allows user to supply
5031kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
5032address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
5033format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
5034
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5035
5036Standalone HOWTO:
5037=================
5038
5039One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
5040run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
5041U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
5042
5043Two simple examples are included with the sources:
5044
5045"Hello World" Demo:
5046-------------------
5047
5048'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
5049application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
5050It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
5051like that:
5052
5053 => loads
5054 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
5055 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
5056 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
5057 [file transfer complete]
5058 [connected]
5059 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
5060
5061 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
5062 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
5063 Hello World
5064 argc = 7
5065 argv[0] = "40004"
5066 argv[1] = "Hello"
5067 argv[2] = "World!"
5068 argv[3] = "This"
5069 argv[4] = "is"
5070 argv[5] = "a"
5071 argv[6] = "test."
5072 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
5073 Hit any key to exit ...
5074
5075 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
5076
5077Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
5078handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
5079Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
5080The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
5081character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
5082controlled by the following keys:
5083
5084 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
5085 b - enable interrupts and start timer
5086 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
5087 q - quit application
5088
5089 => loads
5090 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
5091 ~>examples/timer.srec
5092 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
5093 [file transfer complete]
5094 [connected]
5095 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
5096
5097 => go 40004
5098 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
5099 TIMERS=0xfff00980
5100 Using timer 1
5101 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
5102
5103Hit 'b':
5104 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
5105 Enabling timer
5106Hit '?':
5107 [q, b, e, ?] ........
5108 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
5109Hit '?':
5110 [q, b, e, ?] .
5111 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
5112Hit '?':
5113 [q, b, e, ?] .
5114 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
5115Hit '?':
5116 [q, b, e, ?] .
5117 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
5118Hit 'e':
5119 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
5120Hit 'q':
5121 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
5122
5123
5124Minicom warning:
5125================
5126
5127Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
5128"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
5129consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
5130Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
5131especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
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5132use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). See
5133http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.
5134for help with kermit.
5135
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5136
5137Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
5138configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
5139
5140 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
5141 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
5142 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
5143
5144
5145NetBSD Notes:
5146=============
5147
5148Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
5149(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
5150
5151Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
5152NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
5153need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
5154Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
5155attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
5156missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
5157
5158 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
5159 # mkdir powerpc
5160 # ln -s powerpc machine
5161 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
5162 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
5163
5164Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
5165and U-Boot include files.
5166
5167Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
5168stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
5169proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
5170tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
2a8af187 5171meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
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5172
5173
5174Implementation Internals:
5175=========================
5176
5177The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
5178implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
5179inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
5180hardware.
5181
5182
5183Initial Stack, Global Data:
5184---------------------------
5185
5186The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
5187starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
5188system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
5189This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
5190is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
5191at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
5192options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
5193models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
5194MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
5195locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
5196
218ca724 5197 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
0668236b 5198 U-Boot mailing list:
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5199
5200 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
5201 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
5202 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
5203 ...
5204
5205 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
5206 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
5207 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
5208 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
5209 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
11ccc33f 5210 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
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5211 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
5212 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
5213
5214 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
5215 is another option for the system designer to use as an
11ccc33f 5216 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
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5217 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
5218 board designers haven't used it for something that would
5219 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
5220 used.
5221
6d0f6bcf 5222 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
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5223 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
5224 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
8a316c9b 5225 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
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5226 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
5227 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
5228 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
5229 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
5230 you get the config right.
5231
5232 -Chris Hallinan
5233 DS4.COM, Inc.
5234
5235It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
5236code for the initialization procedures:
5237
5238* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
5239 to write it.
5240
11ccc33f 5241* Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
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5242 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
5243 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
5244
5245* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
5246 that.
5247
5248Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
5249normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
5250turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
5251simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
5252functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
5253functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
5254the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
5255place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
5256reserve for this purpose.
5257
5258When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
5259relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
5260GCC's implementation.
5261
5262For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
5263 R1: stack pointer
e7670f6c 5264 R2: reserved for system use
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5265 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
5266 R5-R10: parameter passing
5267 R13: small data area pointer
5268 R30: GOT pointer
5269 R31: frame pointer
5270
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5271 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
5272 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
5273 going back and forth between asm and C)
2729af9d 5274
e7670f6c 5275 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
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5276
5277 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
5278 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
5279 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
5280 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
5281 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
5282 624 text + 127 data).
5283
c4db335c 5284On Blackfin, the normal C ABI (except for P3) is followed as documented here:
4c58eb55
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5285 http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=application_binary_interface
5286
c4db335c 5287 ==> U-Boot will use P3 to hold a pointer to the global data
4c58eb55 5288
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5289On ARM, the following registers are used:
5290
5291 R0: function argument word/integer result
5292 R1-R3: function argument word
5293 R9: GOT pointer
5294 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
5295 R11: argument (frame) pointer
5296 R12: temporary workspace
5297 R13: stack pointer
5298 R14: link register
5299 R15: program counter
5300
5301 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
5302
0df01fd3
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5303On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
5304 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
5305
5306 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
5307
5308 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
5309 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
5310
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5311On NDS32, the following registers are used:
5312
5313 R0-R1: argument/return
5314 R2-R5: argument
5315 R15: temporary register for assembler
5316 R16: trampoline register
5317 R28: frame pointer (FP)
5318 R29: global pointer (GP)
5319 R30: link register (LP)
5320 R31: stack pointer (SP)
5321 PC: program counter (PC)
5322
5323 ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data
5324
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5325NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
5326or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
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5327
5328Memory Management:
5329------------------
5330
5331U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
5332MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
5333
5334The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
5335controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
5336memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
5337physical memory banks.
5338
5339U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
5340TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
5341booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
5342to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
6d0f6bcf 5343memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
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5344configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
5345Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
5346
5347Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
5348of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
5349
5350So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
5351this:
5352
5353 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
5354 :
5355 0x0000 1FFF
5356 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
5357 :
5358 :
5359
5360 :
5361 :
5362 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
5363 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
5364 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
5365 :
5366 0x00FD FFFF
5367 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
5368 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
5369 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
5370 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
5371
5372
5373System Initialization:
5374----------------------
c609719b 5375
2729af9d 5376In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
11ccc33f 5377(on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
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5378configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
5379To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
5380To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
5381initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
5382which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
5383part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
5384the caches and the SIU.
5385
5386Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
5387preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
5388(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
5389on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
5390programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
5391simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
5392banks.
5393
5394When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
5395different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
5396bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
53970x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
5398contiguous memory starting from 0.
5399
5400Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
5401and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
5402Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
5403pages, and the final stack is set up.
5404
5405Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
5406until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
5407running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
5408new address in RAM.
5409
5410
5411U-Boot Porting Guide:
5412----------------------
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5414[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
5415list, October 2002]
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5416
5417
6c3fef28 5418int main(int argc, char *argv[])
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5419{
5420 sighandler_t no_more_time;
c609719b 5421
6c3fef28
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5422 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
5423 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
c609719b 5424
2729af9d 5425 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
6c3fef28 5426 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
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5427 return 0;
5428 }
5429
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5430 Download latest U-Boot source;
5431
0668236b 5432 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
2729af9d 5433
6c3fef28
JVB
5434 if (clueless)
5435 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
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5436
5437 while (learning) {
5438 Read the README file in the top level directory;
6c3fef28
JVB
5439 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
5440 Read applicable doc/*.README;
2729af9d 5441 Read the source, Luke;
6c3fef28 5442 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
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5443 }
5444
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5445 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
5446 Buy a BDI3000;
5447 else
2729af9d 5448 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
2729af9d 5449
6c3fef28
JVB
5450 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
5451 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
5452 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
5453 } else {
5454 Create your own board support subdirectory;
5455 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
5456 }
5457 Edit new board/<myboard> files
5458 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
5459
5460 while (!accepted) {
5461 while (!running) {
5462 do {
5463 Add / modify source code;
5464 } until (compiles);
5465 Debug;
5466 if (clueless)
5467 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
5468 }
5469 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
5470 if (reasonable critiques)
5471 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
5472 else
5473 Defend code as written;
2729af9d 5474 }
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5475
5476 return 0;
5477}
5478
5479void no_more_time (int sig)
5480{
5481 hire_a_guru();
5482}
5483
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5485Coding Standards:
5486-----------------
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2729af9d 5488All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
2c051651 5489coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
7ca9296e 5490"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
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5492Source files originating from a different project (for example the
5493MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
5494reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
5495sources.
5496
5497Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
5498Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
5499in your code.
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5501Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
5502- remove any trailing white space
7ca9296e 5503- use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
2729af9d 5504- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
7ca9296e 5505- do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
2729af9d 5506- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
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5508Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
5509with a request to reformat the changes.
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5510
5511
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5512Submitting Patches:
5513-------------------
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5515Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
5516establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
5517may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
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0d28f34b 5519Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
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5521Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
5522see http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
5523
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5524When you send a patch, please include the following information with
5525it:
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5527* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
5528 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
5529 patch actually fixes something.
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5531* For new features: a description of the feature and your
5532 implementation.
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2729af9d 5534* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
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2729af9d 5536* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
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2729af9d 5538* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
7ca9296e 5539 board to the MAINTAINERS file, too.
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5541* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
5542 document these in the README file.
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5544* The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
5545 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
7ca9296e 5546 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
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5547 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
5548 with some other mail clients.
5549
5550 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
5551 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
5552 GNU diff.
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5554 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
5555 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
5556 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
5557 affected files).
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5559 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
5560 and compressed attachments must not be used.
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5562* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
5563 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
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5565* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
5566 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
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2729af9d 5569Notes:
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5571* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
5572 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
5573 for any of the boards.
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5575* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
5576 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
5577 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
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5579* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
5580 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
5581 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
5582 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
5583 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
5584 modification.
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5586* Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
5587 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
5588 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
5589 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.