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83d290c5 1# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
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eca3aeb3 3# (C) Copyright 2000 - 2013
c609719b 4# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
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5
6Summary:
7========
8
24ee89b9 9This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
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10Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
11processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
12initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
13code.
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15The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
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16the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
17header files in common, and special provision has been made to
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18support booting of Linux images.
19
20Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
21configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
22implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
23add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
24code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
25load and run it dynamically.
26
27
28Status:
29=======
30
31In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
24ee89b9 32Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
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33"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
34
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35In case of problems see the CHANGELOG file to find out who contributed
36the specific port. In addition, there are various MAINTAINERS files
37scattered throughout the U-Boot source identifying the people or
38companies responsible for various boards and subsystems.
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40Note: As of August, 2010, there is no longer a CHANGELOG file in the
41actual U-Boot source tree; however, it can be created dynamically
42from the Git log using:
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44 make CHANGELOG
45
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47Where to get help:
48==================
49
24ee89b9 50In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
7207b366 51U-Boot, you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
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52<u-boot@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic
53on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
54Please see http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
55http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot
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57
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58Where to get source code:
59=========================
60
7207b366 61The U-Boot source code is maintained in the Git repository at
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62git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
63http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
64
65The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
11ccc33f 66any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
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67available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
68directory.
69
d4ee711d 70Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
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71ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
72
73
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74Where we come from:
75===================
76
77- start from 8xxrom sources
24ee89b9 78- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
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79- clean up code
80- make it easier to add custom boards
81- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
82- extend functions, especially:
83 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
84 * S-Record download
85 * network boot
11ccc33f 86 * PCMCIA / CompactFlash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
24ee89b9 87- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
c609719b 88- add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
24ee89b9 89- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
0d28f34b 90- current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
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92
93Names and Spelling:
94===================
95
96The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
97"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
98in source files etc.). Example:
99
100 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
101
102File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
103
104 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
105
106 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
107
108Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
109the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
110
111 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
112 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
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114
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115Versioning:
116===========
117
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118Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
119were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
120into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
121names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
122Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
123releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
124
125Examples:
c0f40859 126 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
360d883a 127 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
0de21ecb 128 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candidate 1 for September 2010 release
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129
130
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131Directory Hierarchy:
132====================
133
8d321b81 134/arch Architecture specific files
6eae68e4 135 /arc Files generic to ARC architecture
8d321b81 136 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture
8d321b81 137 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
8d321b81 138 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
8d321b81 139 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
afc1ce82 140 /nds32 Files generic to NDS32 architecture
8d321b81 141 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
33c7731b 142 /openrisc Files generic to OpenRISC architecture
a47a12be 143 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
3fafced7 144 /riscv Files generic to RISC-V architecture
7207b366 145 /sandbox Files generic to HW-independent "sandbox"
8d321b81 146 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
33c7731b 147 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
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148/api Machine/arch independent API for external apps
149/board Board dependent files
740f7e5c 150/cmd U-Boot commands functions
8d321b81 151/common Misc architecture independent functions
7207b366 152/configs Board default configuration files
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153/disk Code for disk drive partition handling
154/doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
155/drivers Commonly used device drivers
33c7731b 156/dts Contains Makefile for building internal U-Boot fdt.
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157/examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
158/fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
159/include Header Files
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160/lib Library routines generic to all architectures
161/Licenses Various license files
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162/net Networking code
163/post Power On Self Test
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164/scripts Various build scripts and Makefiles
165/test Various unit test files
8d321b81 166/tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
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168Software Configuration:
169=======================
170
171Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
172rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
173
174There are two classes of configuration variables:
175
176* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
177 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
178 "CONFIG_".
179
180* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
181 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
182 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
6d0f6bcf 183 "CONFIG_SYS_".
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185Previously, all configuration was done by hand, which involved creating
186symbolic links and editing configuration files manually. More recently,
187U-Boot has added the Kbuild infrastructure used by the Linux kernel,
188allowing you to use the "make menuconfig" command to configure your
189build.
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191
192Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
193---------------------------------------------------
194
195For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
ab584d67 196configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_defconfig".
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198Example: For a TQM823L module type:
199
200 cd u-boot
ab584d67 201 make TQM823L_defconfig
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203Note: If you're looking for the default configuration file for a board
204you're sure used to be there but is now missing, check the file
205doc/README.scrapyard for a list of no longer supported boards.
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207Sandbox Environment:
208--------------------
209
210U-Boot can be built natively to run on a Linux host using the 'sandbox'
211board. This allows feature development which is not board- or architecture-
212specific to be undertaken on a native platform. The sandbox is also used to
213run some of U-Boot's tests.
214
6b1978f8 215See board/sandbox/README.sandbox for more details.
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217
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218Board Initialisation Flow:
219--------------------------
220
221This is the intended start-up flow for boards. This should apply for both
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222SPL and U-Boot proper (i.e. they both follow the same rules).
223
224Note: "SPL" stands for "Secondary Program Loader," which is explained in
225more detail later in this file.
226
227At present, SPL mostly uses a separate code path, but the function names
228and roles of each function are the same. Some boards or architectures
229may not conform to this. At least most ARM boards which use
230CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK conform to this.
231
232Execution typically starts with an architecture-specific (and possibly
233CPU-specific) start.S file, such as:
234
235 - arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
236 - arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/start.S
237 - arch/mips/cpu/start.S
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239and so on. From there, three functions are called; the purpose and
240limitations of each of these functions are described below.
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242lowlevel_init():
243 - purpose: essential init to permit execution to reach board_init_f()
244 - no global_data or BSS
245 - there is no stack (ARMv7 may have one but it will soon be removed)
246 - must not set up SDRAM or use console
247 - must only do the bare minimum to allow execution to continue to
248 board_init_f()
249 - this is almost never needed
250 - return normally from this function
251
252board_init_f():
253 - purpose: set up the machine ready for running board_init_r():
254 i.e. SDRAM and serial UART
255 - global_data is available
256 - stack is in SRAM
257 - BSS is not available, so you cannot use global/static variables,
258 only stack variables and global_data
259
260 Non-SPL-specific notes:
261 - dram_init() is called to set up DRAM. If already done in SPL this
262 can do nothing
263
264 SPL-specific notes:
265 - you can override the entire board_init_f() function with your own
266 version as needed.
267 - preloader_console_init() can be called here in extremis
268 - should set up SDRAM, and anything needed to make the UART work
269 - these is no need to clear BSS, it will be done by crt0.S
270 - must return normally from this function (don't call board_init_r()
271 directly)
272
273Here the BSS is cleared. For SPL, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined, then at
274this point the stack and global_data are relocated to below
275CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR. For non-SPL, U-Boot is relocated to run at the top of
276memory.
277
278board_init_r():
279 - purpose: main execution, common code
280 - global_data is available
281 - SDRAM is available
282 - BSS is available, all static/global variables can be used
283 - execution eventually continues to main_loop()
284
285 Non-SPL-specific notes:
286 - U-Boot is relocated to the top of memory and is now running from
287 there.
288
289 SPL-specific notes:
290 - stack is optionally in SDRAM, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined and
291 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR points into SDRAM
292 - preloader_console_init() can be called here - typically this is
0680f1b1 293 done by selecting CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT and then supplying a
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294 spl_board_init() function containing this call
295 - loads U-Boot or (in falcon mode) Linux
296
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299Configuration Options:
300----------------------
301
302Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
303such information is kept in a configuration file
304"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
305
306Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
307"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
308
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310Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
311kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
312build a config tool - later.
313
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314- ARM Platform Bus Type(CCI):
315 CoreLink Cache Coherent Interconnect (CCI) is ARM BUS which
316 provides full cache coherency between two clusters of multi-core
317 CPUs and I/O coherency for devices and I/O masters
318
319 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCI400
320
321 Defined For SoC that has cache coherent interconnect
322 CCN-400
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325
326 Defined for SoC that has cache coherent interconnect CCN-504
327
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328The following options need to be configured:
329
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331
332- Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
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335 CONFIG_SYS_MVFS - define it if you want to enable
336 multiple fs option at one time
337 for marvell soc family
338
66412c63 339- 85xx CPU Options:
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340 CONFIG_SYS_PPC64
341
342 Specifies that the core is a 64-bit PowerPC implementation (implements
343 the "64" category of the Power ISA). This is necessary for ePAPR
344 compliance, among other possible reasons.
345
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346 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
347
348 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
349 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
350 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
351
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352 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
353
354 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
355 tree nodes for the given platform.
356
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358
359 Enables a workaround for erratum A004510. If set,
360 then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and
361 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY must be set.
362
363 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV
364 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV2 (optional)
365
366 Defines one or two SoC revisions (low 8 bits of SVR)
367 for which the A004510 workaround should be applied.
368
369 The rest of SVR is either not relevant to the decision
370 of whether the erratum is present (e.g. p2040 versus
371 p2041) or is implied by the build target, which controls
372 whether CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 is set.
373
374 See Freescale App Note 4493 for more information about
375 this erratum.
376
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377 CONFIG_A003399_NOR_WORKAROUND
378 Enables a workaround for IFC erratum A003399. It is only
b445bbb4 379 required during NOR boot.
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381 CONFIG_A008044_WORKAROUND
382 Enables a workaround for T1040/T1042 erratum A008044. It is only
b445bbb4 383 required during NAND boot and valid for Rev 1.0 SoC revision
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385 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY
386
387 This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600
388 according to the A004510 workaround.
389
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390 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_DDR_ADDR
391 This value denotes start offset of DDR memory which is
392 connected exclusively to the DSP cores.
393
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394 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M2_RAM_ADDR
395 This value denotes start offset of M2 memory
396 which is directly connected to the DSP core.
397
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398 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M3_RAM_ADDR
399 This value denotes start offset of M3 memory which is directly
400 connected to the DSP core.
401
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402 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT
403 This value denotes start offset of DSP CCSR space.
404
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405 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SINGLE_SOURCE_CLK
406 Single Source Clock is clocking mode present in some of FSL SoC's.
407 In this mode, a single differential clock is used to supply
408 clocks to the sysclock, ddrclock and usbclock.
409
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410 CONFIG_SYS_CPC_REINIT_F
411 This CONFIG is defined when the CPC is configured as SRAM at the
a187559e 412 time of U-Boot entry and is required to be re-initialized.
fb4a2409 413
aade2004 414 CONFIG_DEEP_SLEEP
b445bbb4 415 Indicates this SoC supports deep sleep feature. If deep sleep is
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416 supported, core will start to execute uboot when wakes up.
417
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419 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
420
421 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
422 values is arch specific.
423
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424 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR
425 Freescale DDR driver in use. This type of DDR controller is
426 found in mpc83xx, mpc85xx, mpc86xx as well as some ARM core
427 SoCs.
428
429 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_ADDR
430 Freescale DDR memory-mapped register base.
431
432 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_EMU
433 Specify emulator support for DDR. Some DDR features such as
434 deskew training are not available.
435
436 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN1
437 Freescale DDR1 controller.
438
439 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN2
440 Freescale DDR2 controller.
441
442 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN3
443 Freescale DDR3 controller.
444
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445 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN4
446 Freescale DDR4 controller.
447
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448 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_ARM_GEN3
449 Freescale DDR3 controller for ARM-based SoCs.
450
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451 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR1
452 Board config to use DDR1. It can be enabled for SoCs with
453 Freescale DDR1 or DDR2 controllers, depending on the board
454 implemetation.
455
456 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR2
62a3b7dd 457 Board config to use DDR2. It can be enabled for SoCs with
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458 Freescale DDR2 or DDR3 controllers, depending on the board
459 implementation.
460
461 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR3
462 Board config to use DDR3. It can be enabled for SoCs with
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463 Freescale DDR3 or DDR3L controllers.
464
465 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR3L
466 Board config to use DDR3L. It can be enabled for SoCs with
467 DDR3L controllers.
468
469 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR4
470 Board config to use DDR4. It can be enabled for SoCs with
471 DDR4 controllers.
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473 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_BE
474 Defines the IFC controller register space as Big Endian
475
476 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_LE
477 Defines the IFC controller register space as Little Endian
478
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479 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_CLK_DIV
480 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to IFC controller).
481
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482 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_LBC_CLK_DIV
483 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to eLBC controller).
484
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485 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_PBI
486 It enables addition of RCW (Power on reset configuration) in built image.
487 Please refer doc/README.pblimage for more details
488
489 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_RCW
490 It adds PBI(pre-boot instructions) commands in u-boot build image.
491 PBI commands can be used to configure SoC before it starts the execution.
492 Please refer doc/README.pblimage for more details
493
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494 CONFIG_SPL_FSL_PBL
495 It adds a target to create boot binary having SPL binary in PBI format
496 concatenated with u-boot binary.
497
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498 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_BE
499 Defines the DDR controller register space as Big Endian
500
501 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_LE
502 Defines the DDR controller register space as Little Endian
503
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504 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_SDRAM_BASE_PHY
505 Physical address from the view of DDR controllers. It is the
506 same as CONFIG_SYS_DDR_SDRAM_BASE for all Power SoCs. But
507 it could be different for ARM SoCs.
508
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509 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_INTLV_256B
510 DDR controller interleaving on 256-byte. This is a special
511 interleaving mode, handled by Dickens for Freescale layerscape
512 SoCs with ARM core.
513
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514 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_MAIN_NUM_CTRLS
515 Number of controllers used as main memory.
516
517 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_OTHER_DDR_NUM_CTRLS
518 Number of controllers used for other than main memory.
519
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520 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_DP_DDR
521 Defines the SoC has DP-DDR used for DPAA.
522
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523 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_BE
524 Defines the SEC controller register space as Big Endian
525
526 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_LE
527 Defines the SEC controller register space as Little Endian
528
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530 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET
531
532 Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack
533 pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before
534 relocation.
535
536 CONFIG_SYS_MIPS_CACHE_MODE
537
538 Cache operation mode for the MIPS CPU.
539 See also arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h.
540 Possible values are:
541 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NO_WA
542 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_WA
543 CONF_CM_UNCACHED
544 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NONCOHERENT
545 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_CE
546 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_COW
547 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_CUW
548 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_ACCELERATED
549
550 CONFIG_SYS_XWAY_EBU_BOOTCFG
551
552 Special option for Lantiq XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash.
553 See also arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S.
554
555 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
556
557 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
558 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
559 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
560
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561- ARM options:
562 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
563
564 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
565 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
566
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567 COUNTER_FREQUENCY
568 Generic timer clock source frequency.
569
570 COUNTER_FREQUENCY_REAL
571 Generic timer clock source frequency if the real clock is
572 different from COUNTER_FREQUENCY, and can only be determined
573 at run time.
574
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575- Tegra SoC options:
576 CONFIG_TEGRA_SUPPORT_NON_SECURE
577
578 Support executing U-Boot in non-secure (NS) mode. Certain
579 impossible actions will be skipped if the CPU is in NS mode,
580 such as ARM architectural timer initialization.
581
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583 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
584
585 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
586 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
587 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
588 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
589 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
590 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
591 Linux kernel.
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594 default environment.
595
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596 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
597
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599 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
600 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
601
fec6d9ee 602 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
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604 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
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605 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
606 concepts).
607
608 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
609 * New libfdt-based support
610 * Adds the "fdt" command
3bb342fc 611 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
213bf8c8 612
f57f70aa 613 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
c2871f03 614 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
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616 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
617 addresses
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619 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
620
621 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
622 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
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624 CONFIG_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP
625
626 Other code has addition modification that it wants to make
627 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel.
628 This causes ft_system_setup() to be called before booting
629 the kernel.
630
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631 CONFIG_OF_IDE_FIXUP
632
633 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
634 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
635 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
636 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
637 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
638 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
639
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640 CONFIG_MACH_TYPE [relevant for ARM only][mandatory]
641
642 This setting is mandatory for all boards that have only one
643 machine type and must be used to specify the machine type
644 number as it appears in the ARM machine registry
645 (see http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/).
646 Only boards that have multiple machine types supported
647 in a single configuration file and the machine type is
648 runtime discoverable, do not have to use this setting.
649
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650- vxWorks boot parameters:
651
652 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
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653 environments variables: bootdev, bootfile, ipaddr, netmask,
654 serverip, gatewayip, hostname, othbootargs.
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655 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
656
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657 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
658 the defaults discussed just above.
659
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660- Cache Configuration:
661 CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF - Do not enable instruction cache in U-Boot
662 CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF - Do not enable data cache in U-Boot
663 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot
664
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666 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
667 controller
668 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
669 controller register space
670
6705d81e 671- Serial Ports:
48d0192f 672 CONFIG_PL010_SERIAL
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673
674 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
675
48d0192f 676 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL
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678 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
679
680 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
681
682 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
683 the clock speed of the UARTs.
684
685 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
686
687 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
688 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
689 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
690
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691 CONFIG_SERIAL_HW_FLOW_CONTROL
692
693 Define this variable to enable hw flow control in serial driver.
694 Current user of this option is drivers/serial/nsl16550.c driver
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697 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
698 Select one of the baudrates listed in
6d0f6bcf 699 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
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701- Autoboot Command:
702 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
703 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
704 define a command string that is automatically executed
705 when no character is read on the console interface
706 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
707
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709 The value of these goes into the environment as
710 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
711 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
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714- Pre-Boot Commands:
715 CONFIG_PREBOOT
716
717 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
718 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
719 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
720 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
721 entering interactive mode.
722
723 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
724 automatically generated or modified. For an example
725 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
726 modified when the user holds down a certain
727 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
728 booting the systems
729
730- Serial Download Echo Mode:
731 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
732 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
733 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
734 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
735 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
736 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
737 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
738
602ad3b3 739- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
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741 Select one of the baudrates listed in
6d0f6bcf 742 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
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744- Removal of commands
745 If no commands are needed to boot, you can disable
746 CONFIG_CMDLINE to remove them. In this case, the command line
747 will not be available, and when U-Boot wants to execute the
748 boot command (on start-up) it will call board_run_command()
749 instead. This can reduce image size significantly for very
750 simple boot procedures.
751
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752- Regular expression support:
753 CONFIG_REGEX
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754 If this variable is defined, U-Boot is linked against
755 the SLRE (Super Light Regular Expression) library,
756 which adds regex support to some commands, as for
757 example "env grep" and "setexpr".
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759- Device tree:
760 CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
761 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree
762 to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically
763 compiled #defines in the board file. This option is
764 experimental and only available on a few boards. The device
765 tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob.
766
2c0f79e4 767 U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can
82f766d1 768 be done using one of the three options below:
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769
770 CONFIG_OF_EMBED
771 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will embed a device tree
772 binary in its image. This device tree file should be in the
773 board directory and called <soc>-<board>.dts. The binary file
774 is then picked up in board_init_f() and made available through
eb3eb602 775 the global data structure as gd->fdt_blob.
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777 CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE
778 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree
779 binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific
780 code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by:
781
782 cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
783
784 and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called
785 u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can
786 still use the individual files if you need something more
787 exotic.
788
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789 CONFIG_OF_BOARD
790 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use the device tree
791 provided by the board at runtime instead of embedding one with
792 the image. Only boards defining board_fdt_blob_setup() support
793 this option (see include/fdtdec.h file).
794
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796 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
797 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
6abe6fb6 798 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
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799 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx
800 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
801 register. When supported for a specific SoC is
802 available, then no further board specific code should
803 be needed to use it.
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804
805 CONFIG_HW_WATCHDOG
806 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
807 SoC, then define this variable and provide board
808 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
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810 CONFIG_AT91_HW_WDT_TIMEOUT
811 specify the timeout in seconds. default 2 seconds.
812
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813- Real-Time Clock:
814
602ad3b3 815 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
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816 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
817 following options:
818
c609719b 819 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
4e8b7544 820 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
c609719b 821 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
1cb8e980 822 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
c609719b 823 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
7f70e853 824 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
412921d2 825 CONFIG_RTC_DS1339 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1339 RTC
3bac3513 826 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
9536dfcc 827 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
4c0d4c3b 828 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
2bd3cab3 829 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
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830 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
831 RV3029 RTC.
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833 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
834 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
835
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837 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
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839 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
840 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
841 pins supported by a particular chip.
842
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843 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
844 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
845
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846- I/O tracing:
847 When CONFIG_IO_TRACE is selected, U-Boot intercepts all I/O
848 accesses and can checksum them or write a list of them out
849 to memory. See the 'iotrace' command for details. This is
850 useful for testing device drivers since it can confirm that
851 the driver behaves the same way before and after a code
852 change. Currently this is supported on sandbox and arm. To
853 add support for your architecture, add '#include <iotrace.h>'
854 to the bottom of arch/<arch>/include/asm/io.h and test.
855
856 Example output from the 'iotrace stats' command is below.
857 Note that if the trace buffer is exhausted, the checksum will
858 still continue to operate.
859
860 iotrace is enabled
861 Start: 10000000 (buffer start address)
862 Size: 00010000 (buffer size)
863 Offset: 00000120 (current buffer offset)
864 Output: 10000120 (start + offset)
865 Count: 00000018 (number of trace records)
866 CRC32: 9526fb66 (CRC32 of all trace records)
867
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868- Timestamp Support:
869
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870 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
871 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
872 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
602ad3b3 873 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
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875- Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported:
876 Zero or more of the following:
877 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table.
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878 CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc.
879 CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the
880 bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see
881 disk/part_efi.c
882 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS Memory Technology Device partition table.
c609719b 883
fc843a02 884 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CONFIG_IDE or
c649e3c9 885 CONFIG_SCSI) you must configure support for at
923c46f9 886 least one non-MTD partition type as well.
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887
888- IDE Reset method:
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889 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
890 board configurations files but used nowhere!
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892 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
893 be performed by calling the function
894 ide_set_reset(int reset)
895 which has to be defined in a board specific file
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896
897- ATAPI Support:
898 CONFIG_ATAPI
899
900 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
901
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902- LBA48 Support
903 CONFIG_LBA48
904
905 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
4b142feb 906 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
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907 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
908 support disks up to 2.1TB.
909
6d0f6bcf 910 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
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911 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
912 Default is 32bit.
913
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915 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
916 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
917 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
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918 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
919 devices.
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921 The environment variable 'scsidevs' is set to the number of
922 SCSI devices found during the last scan.
447c031b 923
c609719b 924- NETWORK Support (PCI):
682011ff 925 CONFIG_E1000
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926 Support for Intel 8254x/8257x gigabit chips.
927
928 CONFIG_E1000_SPI
929 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
930 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
931 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
932
933 CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC
934 Allow generic access to the SPI bus on the Intel 8257x, for
935 example with the "sspi" command.
936
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937 CONFIG_EEPRO100
938 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
11ccc33f 939 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
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940 write routine for first time initialisation.
941
942 CONFIG_TULIP
943 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
944 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
945 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
946
947 CONFIG_NATSEMI
948 Support for National dp83815 chips.
949
950 CONFIG_NS8382X
951 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
952
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953- NETWORK Support (other):
954
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955 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC
956 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.
957
958 CONFIG_RMII
959 Define this to use reduced MII inteface
960
961 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
962 If this defined, the driver is quiet.
963 The driver doen't show link status messages.
964
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965 CONFIG_CALXEDA_XGMAC
966 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
967
3bb46d23 968 CONFIG_LAN91C96
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969 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
970
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971 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
972 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
973
3bb46d23 974 CONFIG_SMC91111
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975 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
976
977 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
978 Define this to hold the physical address
979 of the device (I/O space)
980
981 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
982 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
983
984 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
985 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
986 (some hardware wont work with macros)
987
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988 CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC
989 Support for davinci emac
990
991 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
992 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
993
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994 CONFIG_FTGMAC100
995 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
996
997 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
998 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
999 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
1000 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
1001 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
1002 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
1003 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
1004 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
1005
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1006 CONFIG_SH_ETHER
1007 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
1008
1009 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
1010 Define the number of ports to be used
1011
1012 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
1013 Define the ETH PHY's address
1014
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1015 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
1016 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
1017
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1018- PWM Support:
1019 CONFIG_PWM_IMX
5052e819 1020 Support for PWM module on the imx6.
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5e124724 1022- TPM Support:
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1023 CONFIG_TPM
1024 Support TPM devices.
1025
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1026 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_INFINEON
1027 Support for Infineon i2c bus TPM devices. Only one device
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1028 per system is supported at this time.
1029
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1030 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C_BURST_LIMITATION
1031 Define the burst count bytes upper limit
1032
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1033 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24
1034 Support for STMicroelectronics TPM devices. Requires DM_TPM support.
1035
1036 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_I2C
1037 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 I2C devices.
1038 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and I2C.
1039
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1040 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_SPI
1041 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 SPI devices.
1042 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and SPI.
1043
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1044 CONFIG_TPM_ATMEL_TWI
1045 Support for Atmel TWI TPM device. Requires I2C support.
1046
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1048 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
1049 per system is supported at this time.
1050
1051 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
1052 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
1053 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
1054 0xfed40000.
1055
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1056 CONFIG_TPM
1057 Define this to enable the TPM support library which provides
1058 functional interfaces to some TPM commands.
1059 Requires support for a TPM device.
1060
1061 CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS
1062 Define this to enable authorized functions in the TPM library.
1063 Requires CONFIG_TPM and CONFIG_SHA1.
1064
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1066 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
064b55cf 1067 supported (PIP405, MIP405); define
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1068 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
1069 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
30d56fae 1070 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
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1071 storage devices.
1072 Note:
1073 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
1074 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
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1076 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the
1077 txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset.
1078
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1079 CONFIG_USB_DWC2_REG_ADDR the physical CPU address of the DWC2
1080 HW module registers.
1081
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1083 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
1084 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
1085 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
11ccc33f 1086 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
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1087 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
1088 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
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1090 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
1091 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
1092 a Linux host by
1093 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
1094 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
1095 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
1096 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
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1098 CONFIG_USB_DEVICE
1099 Define this to build a UDC device
1100
1101 CONFIG_USB_TTY
1102 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
1103 talk to the UDC device
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1105 CONFIG_USBD_HS
1106 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
1107 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
1108 int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
1109 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
1110 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
1111 speed.
1112
6d0f6bcf 1113 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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1114 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
1115 be set to usbtty.
1116
386eda02 1117 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
16c8d5e7 1118 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
386eda02 1119 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
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1120 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
1121 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
1122 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
1123
1124 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
1125 Define this string as the name of your company for
1126 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
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1128 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
1129 Define this string as the name of your product
1130 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
1131
1132 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
1133 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
1134 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
1135 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
1136 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
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1138 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
1139 Define this as the unique Product ID
1140 for your device
1141 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
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1144 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
1145 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
1146 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
1147 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
1148 viewport is supported.
1149 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
1150 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
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1151 If your ULPI phy needs a different reference clock than the
1152 standard 24 MHz then you have to define CONFIG_ULPI_REF_CLK to
1153 the appropriate value in Hz.
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1156 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1157 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1158 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
71f95118 1159 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
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1161 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
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1163 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF
1164 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
1165
1166 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
1167 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
1168
1169 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_CLK
1170 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
1171
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1172 CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_BOOT
1173 Enable some additional features of the eMMC boot partitions.
1174
1175 CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_RPMB
1176 Enable the commands for reading, writing and programming the
1177 key for the Replay Protection Memory Block partition in eMMC.
1178
b3ba6e94 1179- USB Device Firmware Update (DFU) class support:
bb4059a5 1180 CONFIG_DFU_OVER_USB
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1181 This enables the USB portion of the DFU USB class
1182
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1183 CONFIG_DFU_MMC
1184 This enables support for exposing (e)MMC devices via DFU.
1185
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1186 CONFIG_DFU_NAND
1187 This enables support for exposing NAND devices via DFU.
1188
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1189 CONFIG_DFU_RAM
1190 This enables support for exposing RAM via DFU.
1191 Note: DFU spec refer to non-volatile memory usage, but
1192 allow usages beyond the scope of spec - here RAM usage,
1193 one that would help mostly the developer.
1194
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1195 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_DATA_BUF_SIZE
1196 Dfu transfer uses a buffer before writing data to the
1197 raw storage device. Make the size (in bytes) of this buffer
1198 configurable. The size of this buffer is also configurable
1199 through the "dfu_bufsiz" environment variable.
1200
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1201 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_MAX_FILE_SIZE
1202 When updating files rather than the raw storage device,
1203 we use a static buffer to copy the file into and then write
1204 the buffer once we've been given the whole file. Define
1205 this to the maximum filesize (in bytes) for the buffer.
1206 Default is 4 MiB if undefined.
1207
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1208 DFU_DEFAULT_POLL_TIMEOUT
1209 Poll timeout [ms], is the timeout a device can send to the
1210 host. The host must wait for this timeout before sending
1211 a subsequent DFU_GET_STATUS request to the device.
1212
1213 DFU_MANIFEST_POLL_TIMEOUT
1214 Poll timeout [ms], which the device sends to the host when
1215 entering dfuMANIFEST state. Host waits this timeout, before
1216 sending again an USB request to the device.
1217
6705d81e 1218- Journaling Flash filesystem support:
b2482dff 1219 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND
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1220 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1221
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1222 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1223 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
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1224 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1225
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1227 See Kconfig help for available keyboard drivers.
1228
1229 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
1230
1231 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1232 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1233 defined in your board-specific files. This option is deprecated
1234 and is only used by novena. For new boards, use driver model
1235 instead.
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1237- Video support:
7d3053fb 1238 CONFIG_FSL_DIU_FB
04e5ae79 1239 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
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1240 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1241 support, and should also define these other macros:
1242
1243 CONFIG_SYS_DIU_ADDR
1244 CONFIG_VIDEO
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1245 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
1246 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1247 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1248 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
1249 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1250
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1251 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1252 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
8eca9439 1253 boot. See the documentation file doc/README.video for a
ba8e76bd 1254 description of this variable.
7d3053fb 1255
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1256- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1257
1258 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1259 display); also select one of the supported displays
1260 by defining one of these:
1261
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1262 CONFIG_ATMEL_LCD:
1263
1264 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1265
fd3103bb 1266 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
c609719b 1267
fd3103bb 1268 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
c609719b 1269
fd3103bb 1270 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
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1272 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1273 Active, color, single scan.
1274
1275 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1276
1277 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
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1278 Active, color, single scan.
1279
1280 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
1281
1282 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1283 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1284
1285 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1286
1287 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1288 Active, color, single scan.
1289
1290 CONFIG_HLD1045
1291
1292 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1293 Active, color, single scan.
1294
1295 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
1296
1297 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1298 or
1299 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1300 or
1301 Hitachi SP14Q002
1302
1303 320x240. Black & white.
1304
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1305 CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT
1306
b445bbb4 1307 Normally the LCD is page-aligned (typically 4KB). If this is
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1308 defined then the LCD will be aligned to this value instead.
1309 For ARM it is sometimes useful to use MMU_SECTION_SIZE
1310 here, since it is cheaper to change data cache settings on
1311 a per-section basis.
1312
1313
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1314 CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION
1315
1316 Sometimes, for example if the display is mounted in portrait
1317 mode or even if it's mounted landscape but rotated by 180degree,
1318 we need to rotate our content of the display relative to the
1319 framebuffer, so that user can read the messages which are
1320 printed out.
1321 Once CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is defined, the lcd_console will be
1322 initialized with a given rotation from "vl_rot" out of
1323 "vidinfo_t" which is provided by the board specific code.
1324 The value for vl_rot is coded as following (matching to
1325 fbcon=rotate:<n> linux-kernel commandline):
1326 0 = no rotation respectively 0 degree
1327 1 = 90 degree rotation
1328 2 = 180 degree rotation
1329 3 = 270 degree rotation
1330
1331 If CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is not defined, the console will be
1332 initialized with 0degree rotation.
1333
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1334 CONFIG_LCD_BMP_RLE8
1335
1336 Support drawing of RLE8-compressed bitmaps on the LCD.
1337
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1338 CONFIG_I2C_EDID
1339
1340 Enables an 'i2c edid' command which can read EDID
1341 information over I2C from an attached LCD display.
1342
7152b1d0 1343- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
d791b1dc 1344
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1345 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1346 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1347 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
e94d2cd9 1348 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
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1349 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1350 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1351 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1352 loaded very quickly after power-on.
d791b1dc 1353
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1354 CONFIG_SPLASHIMAGE_GUARD
1355
1356 If this option is set, then U-Boot will prevent the environment
1357 variable "splashimage" from being set to a problematic address
ab5645f1 1358 (see doc/README.displaying-bmps).
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1359 This option is useful for targets where, due to alignment
1360 restrictions, an improperly aligned BMP image will cause a data
1361 abort. If you think you will not have problems with unaligned
1362 accesses (for example because your toolchain prevents them)
1363 there is no need to set this option.
1364
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1365 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN
1366
1367 If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
1368 on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
1369 position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
1370 number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
1371 is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
1372 specify 'm' for centering the image.
1373
1374 Example:
1375 setenv splashpos m,m
1376 => image at center of screen
1377
1378 setenv splashpos 30,20
1379 => image at x = 30 and y = 20
1380
1381 setenv splashpos -10,m
1382 => vertically centered image
1383 at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9
1384
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1385- Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
1386
1387 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1388 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1389 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1390
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1391- Run length encoded BMP image (RLE8) support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8
1392
1393 If this option is set, 8-bit RLE compressed BMP images
1394 can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the
1395 bmp command.
1396
c29fdfc1 1397- Compression support:
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1398 CONFIG_GZIP
1399
1400 Enabled by default to support gzip compressed images.
1401
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1402 CONFIG_BZIP2
1403
1404 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1405 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1406 compressed images are supported.
1407
42d1f039 1408 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
6d0f6bcf 1409 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
42d1f039 1410 be at least 4MB.
d791b1dc 1411
17ea1177 1412- MII/PHY support:
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1413 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1414
1415 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1416
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1417 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1418
1419 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1420 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1421 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1422 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1423
1424 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1425
1426 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1427 command issued before MII status register can be read
1428
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1429- IP address:
1430 CONFIG_IPADDR
1431
1432 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
11ccc33f 1433 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
c609719b 1434 determined through e.g. bootp.
1ebcd654 1435 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
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1436
1437- Server IP address:
1438 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1439
11ccc33f 1440 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
c609719b 1441 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1ebcd654 1442 (Environment variable "serverip")
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1444 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1445
1446 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1447 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1448
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1449- Gateway IP address:
1450 CONFIG_GATEWAYIP
1451
1452 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1453 default router where packets to other networks are
1454 sent to.
1455 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1456
1457- Subnet mask:
1458 CONFIG_NETMASK
1459
1460 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1461 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1462 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1463 forwarded through a router.
1464 (Environment variable "netmask")
1465
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1466- Multicast TFTP Mode:
1467 CONFIG_MCAST_TFTP
1468
1469 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1470 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
11ccc33f 1471 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
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1472 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1473 multicast group.
1474
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1475- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1476 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1477
1478 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1479 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1480 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1481 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1482 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1483 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1484 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1485 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
6c33c785 1486 following delays are inserted then:
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1488 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1489 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1490 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1491 4th and following
1492 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1493
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1494 CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE
1495
1496 BOOTP packets are uniquely identified using a 32-bit ID. The
1497 server will copy the ID from client requests to responses and
1498 U-Boot will use this to determine if it is the destination of
1499 an incoming response. Some servers will check that addresses
1500 aren't in use before handing them out (usually using an ARP
1501 ping) and therefore take up to a few hundred milliseconds to
1502 respond. Network congestion may also influence the time it
1503 takes for a response to make it back to the client. If that
1504 time is too long, U-Boot will retransmit requests. In order
1505 to allow earlier responses to still be accepted after these
1506 retransmissions, U-Boot's BOOTP client keeps a small cache of
1507 IDs. The CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE controls the size of this
1508 cache. The default is to keep IDs for up to four outstanding
1509 requests. Increasing this will allow U-Boot to accept offers
1510 from a BOOTP client in networks with unusually high latency.
1511
fe389a82 1512- DHCP Advanced Options:
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1513 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1514 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1515
1fe80d79 1516 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1fe80d79 1517 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
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1518 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1519 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1520 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1521 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
2c00e099 1522 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL
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1524 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1525 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
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1527 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL - If the DHCP server is not found
1528 after the configured retry count, the call will fail
1529 instead of starting over. This can be used to fail over
1530 to Link-local IP address configuration if the DHCP server
1531 is not available.
1532
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1533 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1534 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1535 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
5d110f0a 1536 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
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1537 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1538 option 12 to the DHCP server.
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1540 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1541
1542 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1543 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1544 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1545 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1546 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1547 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1548 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1549 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1550 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1551 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1552 this delay.
1553
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1554 - Link-local IP address negotiation:
1555 Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network
1556 for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration.
1557 This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed
1558 to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
1559
1560 See doc/README.link-local for more information.
1561
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1562 - MAC address from environment variables
1563
1564 FDT_SEQ_MACADDR_FROM_ENV
1565
1566 Fix-up device tree with MAC addresses fetched sequentially from
1567 environment variables. This config work on assumption that
1568 non-usable ethernet node of device-tree are either not present
1569 or their status has been marked as "disabled".
1570
a3d991bd 1571 - CDP Options:
6e592385 1572 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
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1573
1574 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1575
1576 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1577
1578 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1579 of the device.
1580
1581 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1582
1583 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1584 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
11ccc33f 1585 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
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1586
1587 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1588
1589 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1590 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1591
1592 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1593
1594 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1595
1596 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1597
1598 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1599
1600 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1601
1602 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1603
1604 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1605
1606 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1607 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1608
1609 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1610
1611 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1612
79267edd 1613- Status LED: CONFIG_LED_STATUS
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1614
1615 Several configurations allow to display the current
1616 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1617 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1618 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1619 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1620 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
79267edd 1621 kernel). Defining CONFIG_LED_STATUS enables this
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1622 feature in U-Boot.
1623
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1624 Additional options:
1625
79267edd 1626 CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
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1627 The status LED can be connected to a GPIO pin.
1628 In such cases, the gpio_led driver can be used as a
79267edd 1629 status LED backend implementation. Define CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
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1630 to include the gpio_led driver in the U-Boot binary.
1631
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1632 CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE
1633 Some GPIO connected LEDs may have inverted polarity in which
1634 case the GPIO high value corresponds to LED off state and
1635 GPIO low value corresponds to LED on state.
1636 In such cases CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE may be defined
1637 with a list of GPIO LEDs that have inverted polarity.
1638
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1640
1641 This enable the NEW i2c subsystem, and will allow you to use
1642 i2c commands at the u-boot command line (as long as you set
1643 CONFIG_CMD_I2C in CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c
1644 based realtime clock chips or other i2c devices. See
1645 common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the command line
1646 interface.
1647
1648 ported i2c driver to the new framework:
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1649 - drivers/i2c/soft_i2c.c:
1650 - activate first bus with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT define
1651 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE
1652 for defining speed and slave address
1653 - activate second bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS2 define
1654 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_2 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_2
1655 for defining speed and slave address
1656 - activate third bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS3 define
1657 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_3 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_3
1658 for defining speed and slave address
1659 - activate fourth bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS4 define
1660 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_4 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_4
1661 for defining speed and slave address
3f4978c7 1662
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1663 - drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c:
1664 - activate i2c driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_FSL
1665 define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_OFFSET for setting the register
1666 offset CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_SPEED for the i2c speed and
1667 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_SLAVE for the slave addr of the first
1668 bus.
93e14596 1669 - If your board supports a second fsl i2c bus, define
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1670 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_OFFSET for the register offset
1671 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_SPEED for the speed and
1672 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_SLAVE for the slave address of the
1673 second bus.
1674
1f2ba722 1675 - drivers/i2c/tegra_i2c.c:
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1676 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_TEGRA
1677 - This driver adds 4 i2c buses with a fix speed from
1678 100000 and the slave addr 0!
1f2ba722 1679
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1680 - drivers/i2c/ppc4xx_i2c.c
1681 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX
1682 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX_CH0 activate hardware channel 0
1683 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX_CH1 activate hardware channel 1
1684
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1686 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC
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1687 - enable bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C1
1688 - enable bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C2
1689 - enable bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C3
1690 - enable bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C4
fac96408 1691 - define speed for bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C1_SPEED
1692 - define slave for bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C1_SLAVE
1693 - define speed for bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C2_SPEED
1694 - define slave for bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C2_SLAVE
1695 - define speed for bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C3_SPEED
1696 - define slave for bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C3_SLAVE
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1697 - define speed for bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C4_SPEED
1698 - define slave for bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C4_SLAVE
b445bbb4 1699 If those defines are not set, default value is 100000
fac96408 1700 for speed, and 0 for slave.
1701
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1702 - drivers/i2c/rcar_i2c.c:
1703 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_RCAR
1704 - This driver adds 4 i2c buses
1705
1706 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C0_BASE for setting the register channel 0
1707 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C0_SPEED for for the speed channel 0
1708 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C1_BASE for setting the register channel 1
1709 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C1_SPEED for for the speed channel 1
1710 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C2_BASE for setting the register channel 2
1711 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C2_SPEED for for the speed channel 2
1712 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C3_BASE for setting the register channel 3
1713 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C3_SPEED for for the speed channel 3
1714 - CONFIF_SYS_RCAR_I2C_NUM_CONTROLLERS for number of i2c buses
1715
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1716 - drivers/i2c/sh_i2c.c:
1717 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH
1718 - This driver adds from 2 to 5 i2c buses
1719
1720 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE0 for setting the register channel 0
1721 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED0 for for the speed channel 0
1722 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE1 for setting the register channel 1
1723 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED1 for for the speed channel 1
1724 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE2 for setting the register channel 2
1725 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED2 for for the speed channel 2
1726 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE3 for setting the register channel 3
1727 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED3 for for the speed channel 3
1728 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE4 for setting the register channel 4
1729 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED4 for for the speed channel 4
b445bbb4 1730 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_NUM_CONTROLLERS for number of i2c buses
2035d77d 1731
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1732 - drivers/i2c/omap24xx_i2c.c
1733 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_OMAP24XX
1734 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED speed channel 0
1735 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE slave addr channel 0
1736 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED1 speed channel 1
1737 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE1 slave addr channel 1
1738 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED2 speed channel 2
1739 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE2 slave addr channel 2
1740 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED3 speed channel 3
1741 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE3 slave addr channel 3
1742 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED4 speed channel 4
1743 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE4 slave addr channel 4
1744
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1745 - drivers/i2c/zynq_i2c.c
1746 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ
1747 - set CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ_SPEED for speed setting
1748 - set CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ_SLAVE for slave addr
1749
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1750 - drivers/i2c/s3c24x0_i2c.c:
1751 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_S3C24X0
1752 - This driver adds i2c buses (11 for Exynos5250, Exynos5420
1753 9 i2c buses for Exynos4 and 1 for S3C24X0 SoCs from Samsung)
1754 with a fix speed from 100000 and the slave addr 0!
1755
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1756 - drivers/i2c/ihs_i2c.c
1757 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS
1758 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH0 activate hardware channel 0
1759 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_0 speed channel 0
1760 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_0 slave addr channel 0
1761 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH1 activate hardware channel 1
1762 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_1 speed channel 1
1763 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_1 slave addr channel 1
1764 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH2 activate hardware channel 2
1765 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_2 speed channel 2
1766 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_2 slave addr channel 2
1767 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH3 activate hardware channel 3
1768 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_3 speed channel 3
1769 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_3 slave addr channel 3
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1770 - activate dual channel with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_DUAL
1771 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_0_1 speed channel 0_1
1772 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_0_1 slave addr channel 0_1
1773 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_1_1 speed channel 1_1
1774 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_1_1 slave addr channel 1_1
1775 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_2_1 speed channel 2_1
1776 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_2_1 slave addr channel 2_1
1777 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_3_1 speed channel 3_1
1778 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_3_1 slave addr channel 3_1
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1780 additional defines:
1781
1782 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES
945a18e6 1783 Hold the number of i2c buses you want to use.
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1784
1785 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS
1786 define this, if you don't use i2c muxes on your hardware.
1787 if CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS is not defined or == 0 you can
1788 omit this define.
1789
1790 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS
1791 define how many muxes are maximal consecutively connected
1792 on one i2c bus. If you not use i2c muxes, omit this
1793 define.
1794
1795 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES
b445bbb4 1796 hold a list of buses you want to use, only used if
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1797 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS is not defined, for example
1798 a board with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS = 1 and
1799 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES = 9:
1800
1801 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES {{0, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
1802 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 1}}}, \
1803 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 2}}}, \
1804 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 3}}}, \
1805 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 4}}}, \
1806 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 5}}}, \
1807 {1, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
1808 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 1}}}, \
1809 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 2}}}, \
1810 }
1811
1812 which defines
1813 bus 0 on adapter 0 without a mux
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1814 bus 1 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 1
1815 bus 2 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 2
1816 bus 3 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 3
1817 bus 4 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 4
1818 bus 5 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 5
3f4978c7 1819 bus 6 on adapter 1 without a mux
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1820 bus 7 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 1
1821 bus 8 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 2
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1822
1823 If you do not have i2c muxes on your board, omit this define.
1824
ce3b5d69 1825- Legacy I2C Support:
ea818dbb 1826 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT)
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1827 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1828 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
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1829
1830 I2C_INIT
1831
b37c7e5e 1832 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
43d9616c 1833 controller or configure ports.
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ba56f625 1835 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
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1837 I2C_ACTIVE
1838
1839 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1840 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1841 define can be null.
1842
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1843 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1844
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1845 I2C_TRISTATE
1846
1847 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1848 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1849 define can be null.
1850
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1851 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1852
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1853 I2C_READ
1854
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1855 Code that returns true if the I2C data line is high,
1856 false if it is low.
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1858 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1859
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1860 I2C_SDA(bit)
1861
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1862 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1863 is false, it clears it (low).
c609719b 1864
b37c7e5e 1865 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
2535d602 1866 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
ba56f625 1867 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
b37c7e5e 1868
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1870
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1871 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1872 is false, it clears it (low).
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b37c7e5e 1874 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
2535d602 1875 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
ba56f625 1876 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
b37c7e5e 1877
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1879
1880 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1881 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
b37c7e5e 1882 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
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1883 like:
1884
b37c7e5e 1885 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
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1887 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
1888
1889 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
1890 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
1891 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
1892 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
1893
1894 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
1895 the generic GPIO functions.
1896
6d0f6bcf 1897 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
47cd00fa 1898
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1899 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1900 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1901 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1902 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1903 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1904 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1905 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1906 is run early in the boot sequence.
47cd00fa 1907
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1908 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1909
1910 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
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1911 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1912 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
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1913 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1914
6d0f6bcf 1915 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
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1916
1917 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
c0f40859 1918 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
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1919 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
1920 a 1D array of device addresses
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1921
1922 e.g.
1923 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
c0f40859 1924 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
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1925
1926 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1927
c0f40859 1928 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
945a18e6 1929 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
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1930
1931 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1932
6d0f6bcf 1933 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
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1934
1935 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1936 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1937
6d0f6bcf 1938 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
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1939
1940 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1941 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1942
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1943 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
1944
1945 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
1946 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
1947 between writing the address pointer and reading the
1948 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
1949 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
1950 devices can use either method, but some require one or
1951 the other.
be5e6181 1952
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1953- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1954
1955 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1956 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1957 D/As on the SACSng board)
1958
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1959 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1960
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1961 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1962 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1963 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1964 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1965 defined, the board configuration must define several
1966 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1967 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
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1969 CONFIG_HARD_SPI
1970
1971 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
1972 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
1973 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
c0f40859 1974 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
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1975 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
1976
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1977 CONFIG_SYS_SPI_MXC_WAIT
1978 Timeout for waiting until spi transfer completed.
1979 default: (CONFIG_SYS_HZ/100) /* 10 ms */
1980
0133502e 1981- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
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1983 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1984
1985 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1986
1987 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1988 (ALTERA, XILINX)
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0133502e 1990 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
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1992 Enables support for FPGA family.
1993 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1994
1995 CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1996
1997 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
c609719b 1998
6d0f6bcf 1999 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
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8bde7f77 2001 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
c609719b 2002
6d0f6bcf 2003 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
c609719b 2004
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2005 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
2006 status by the configuration function. This option
2007 will require a board or device specific function to
2008 be written.
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2009
2010 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
2011
2012 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
2013 configuration driver.
2014
6d0f6bcf 2015 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
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2016 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
2017
6d0f6bcf 2018 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
c609719b 2019
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2020 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
2021 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
2022 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
2023 indicated a CRC error).
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6d0f6bcf 2025 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
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2027 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to de-assert
2028 after PROB_B has been de-asserted during a Virtex II
43d9616c 2029 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
11ccc33f 2030 ms.
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6d0f6bcf 2032 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
c609719b 2033
b445bbb4 2034 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to de-assert during
11ccc33f 2035 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
c609719b 2036
6d0f6bcf 2037 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
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43d9616c 2039 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
11ccc33f 2040 200 ms.
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2041
2042- Configuration Management:
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2043 CONFIG_BUILD_TARGET
2044
2045 Some SoCs need special image types (e.g. U-Boot binary
2046 with a special header) as build targets. By defining
2047 CONFIG_BUILD_TARGET in the SoC / board header, this
2048 special image will be automatically built upon calling
6de80f21 2049 make / buildman.
b2b8a696 2050
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2051 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
2052
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2053 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
2054 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
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2055
2056- Vendor Parameter Protection:
2057
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2058 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
2059 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
7152b1d0 2060 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
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2061 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
2062 protects these variables from casual modification by
2063 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
2064 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
11ccc33f 2065 change this behaviour:
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2066
2067 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
2068 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
47cd00fa 2069 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
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2070 these parameters.
2071
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2072 Alternatively, if you define _both_ an ethaddr in the
2073 default env _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
11ccc33f 2074 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
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2075 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
2076 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
2077 read-only.]
2078
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2079 The same can be accomplished in a more flexible way
2080 for any variable by configuring the type of access
2081 to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable
2082 or define CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC.
2083
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2084- Protected RAM:
2085 CONFIG_PRAM
2086
2087 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
2088 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
2089 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
2090 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
2091 this default value by defining an environment
2092 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
2093 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
2094 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
2095 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
2096 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
2097 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
2098 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
2099
fe126d8b 2100 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
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2101 saveenv
2102
2103 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
2104 either, which results in a memory region that will
2105 not be affected by reboots.
2106
2107 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
2108 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
2109 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
2110 following board configurations are known to be
2111 "pRAM-clean":
2112
5b8e76c3 2113 IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx,
1b0757ec 2114 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON,
2eb48ff7 2115 FLAGADM
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2117- Access to physical memory region (> 4GB)
2118 Some basic support is provided for operations on memory not
2119 normally accessible to U-Boot - e.g. some architectures
2120 support access to more than 4GB of memory on 32-bit
2121 machines using physical address extension or similar.
2122 Define CONFIG_PHYSMEM to access this basic support, which
2123 currently only supports clearing the memory.
2124
c609719b 2125- Error Recovery:
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2126 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
2127
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2128 This variable defines the number of retries for
2129 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
2130 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
2131 default value of 5 is used.
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2133 CONFIG_ARP_TIMEOUT
2134
2135 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
2136
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2137 CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT
2138
2139 Timeout in milliseconds used in NFS protocol.
2140 If you encounter "ERROR: Cannot umount" in nfs command,
2141 try longer timeout such as
2142 #define CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT 10000UL
2143
c609719b 2144- Command Interpreter:
6d0f6bcf 2145 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
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2146
2147 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
2148 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
2149 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
2150
2151 Note:
2152
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2153 In the current implementation, the local variables
2154 space and global environment variables space are
2155 separated. Local variables are those you define by
2156 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
2157 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
2158 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
2159 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
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2161 Global environment variables are those you use
2162 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
2163 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
2164 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
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2165
2166 To store commands and special characters in a
2167 variable, please use double quotation marks
2168 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
2169 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
2170 symbols.
2171
b445bbb4 2172- Command Line Editing and History:
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2173 CONFIG_CMDLINE_PS_SUPPORT
2174
2175 Enable support for changing the command prompt string
2176 at run-time. Only static string is supported so far.
2177 The string is obtained from environment variables PS1
2178 and PS2.
2179
a8c7c708 2180- Default Environment:
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2181 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
2182
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2183 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
2184 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
7152b1d0 2185 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2262cfee 2186
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2187 For example, place something like this in your
2188 board's config file:
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2189
2190 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
2191 "myvar1=value1\0" \
2192 "myvar2=value2\0"
2193
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2194 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
2195 internal format how the environment is stored by the
2196 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
2197 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
7152b1d0 2198 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
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2199 You better know what you are doing here.
2200
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2201 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
2202 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
74de7aef 2203 the environment like the "source" command or the
43d9616c 2204 boot command first.
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2206 CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT
2207
2208 Normally the environment is loaded when the board is
b445bbb4 2209 initialised so that it is available to U-Boot. This inhibits
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2210 that so that the environment is not available until
2211 explicitly loaded later by U-Boot code. With CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
2212 this is instead controlled by the value of
2213 /config/load-environment.
2214
f61ec45e 2215- Serial Flash support
00fd59dd 2216 Usage requires an initial 'sf probe' to define the serial
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2217 flash parameters, followed by read/write/erase/update
2218 commands.
2219
2220 The following defaults may be provided by the platform
2221 to handle the common case when only a single serial
2222 flash is present on the system.
2223
2224 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_BUS Bus identifier
2225 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_CS Chip-select
2226 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_MODE (see include/spi.h)
2227 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED in Hz
2228
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2231 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
2232
28cb9375 2233 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
ecb0ccd9 2234 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
28cb9375 2235 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
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2236 number generator is used.
2237
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2238 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
2239 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
2240 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
2241
2242 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
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2243 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
2244 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
2245 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
2246 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
2247 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
2248 but sometimes that is not allowed.
2249
a8c7c708 2250- Show boot progress:
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2251 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
2252
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2253 Defining this option allows to add some board-
2254 specific code (calling a user-provided function
2255 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
2256 the system's boot progress on some display (for
2257 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
2258 the following checkpoints are implemented:
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2261Legacy uImage format:
2262
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2263 Arg Where When
2264 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
ba56f625 2265 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
c609719b 2266 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
ba56f625 2267 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
c609719b 2268 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
ba56f625 2269 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
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2270 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
2271 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
2272 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1372cce2 2273 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
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2274 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
2275 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
2276 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
2277 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
1372cce2 2278 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
c609719b 2279 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
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2280
2281 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2282 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
2283 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
2284 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
2285 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
2286 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
2287 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
11ccc33f 2288 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
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2289 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
2290 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
2291
c0f40859 2292 15 arch/<arch>/lib/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
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a47a12be 2294 -30 arch/powerpc/lib/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
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2295 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
2296 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
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2298 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
2299 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
2300 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
2301 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
2302 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
2303 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2304 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
2305 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
2306 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
2307 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
2308 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2309 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
2310 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2311 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
2312 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
2313 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
2314 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
2315 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
2316 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
2317 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
2318 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
2319 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
2320 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
2321 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
2322 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
2323 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
2324 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2325 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
2326 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
2327 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
2328 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
2329 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
2330 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
2331 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
2332 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
2333 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
2334 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
2335 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
2336 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
2337 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2338 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
2339 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2340 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
2341 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
2342 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
2343 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
2344 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
2345
2346 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
2347
11ccc33f 2348 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
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2349 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
2350 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
2351
2352 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
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2353 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling net_loop()
2354 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in net_loop() occurred
2355 81 common/cmd_net.c net_loop() back without error
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2356 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
2357 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
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2358 83 common/cmd_net.c running "source" command
2359 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or "source" command
566a494f 2360 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
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2362FIT uImage format:
2363
2364 Arg Where When
2365 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
2366 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
2367 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
2368 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
2369 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
2370 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
f773bea8 2371 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
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2372 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
2373 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
2374 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
2375 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
2376 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
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2377 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
2378 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
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2379 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
2380 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
2381 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
2382 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
2383 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
2384 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
2385 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
2386 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
2387
2388 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2389 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
2390 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
11ccc33f 2391 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
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2392 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
2393 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
2394 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
2395 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
2396 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
2397 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
2398 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
2399 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
2400 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
2401 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
2402 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
2403 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
2404
11ccc33f 2405 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2406 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
2407
11ccc33f 2408 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2409 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
2410
11ccc33f 2411 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2412 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
2413
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2414- Standalone program support:
2415 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
2416
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2417 This option defines a board specific value for the
2418 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
2419 overwriting the architecture dependent default
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2420 settings.
2421
2422- Frame Buffer Address:
2423 CONFIG_FB_ADDR
2424
2425 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific
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2426 address for frame buffer. This is typically the case
2427 when using a graphics controller has separate video
2428 memory. U-Boot will then place the frame buffer at
2429 the given address instead of dynamically reserving it
2430 in system RAM by calling lcd_setmem(), which grabs
2431 the memory for the frame buffer depending on the
2432 configured panel size.
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2433
2434 Please see board_init_f function.
2435
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2436- Automatic software updates via TFTP server
2437 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP
2438 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
2439 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
2440
2441 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
2442 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
2443
2444- MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
2445 CONFIG_MTD_DEVICE
2446
2447 Adds the MTD device infrastructure from the Linux kernel.
2448 Needed for mtdparts command support.
2449
2450 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
2451
2452 Adds the MTD partitioning infrastructure from the Linux
2453 kernel. Needed for UBI support.
2454
70c219cd 2455- UBI support
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2456 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD
2457 This parameter defines the maximum difference between the highest
2458 erase counter value and the lowest erase counter value of eraseblocks
2459 of UBI devices. When this threshold is exceeded, UBI starts performing
2460 wear leveling by means of moving data from eraseblock with low erase
2461 counter to eraseblocks with high erase counter.
2462
2463 The default value should be OK for SLC NAND flashes, NOR flashes and
2464 other flashes which have eraseblock life-cycle 100000 or more.
2465 However, in case of MLC NAND flashes which typically have eraseblock
2466 life-cycle less than 10000, the threshold should be lessened (e.g.,
2467 to 128 or 256, although it does not have to be power of 2).
2468
2469 default: 4096
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2471 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT
2472 This option specifies the maximum bad physical eraseblocks UBI
2473 expects on the MTD device (per 1024 eraseblocks). If the
2474 underlying flash does not admit of bad eraseblocks (e.g. NOR
2475 flash), this value is ignored.
2476
2477 NAND datasheets often specify the minimum and maximum NVM
2478 (Number of Valid Blocks) for the flashes' endurance lifetime.
2479 The maximum expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 eraseblocks
2480 then can be calculated as "1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB)",
2481 which gives 20 for most NANDs (MaxNVB is basically the total
2482 count of eraseblocks on the chip).
2483
2484 To put it differently, if this value is 20, UBI will try to
2485 reserve about 1.9% of physical eraseblocks for bad blocks
2486 handling. And that will be 1.9% of eraseblocks on the entire
2487 NAND chip, not just the MTD partition UBI attaches. This means
2488 that if you have, say, a NAND flash chip admits maximum 40 bad
2489 eraseblocks, and it is split on two MTD partitions of the same
2490 size, UBI will reserve 40 eraseblocks when attaching a
2491 partition.
2492
2493 default: 20
2494
2495 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
2496 Fastmap is a mechanism which allows attaching an UBI device
2497 in nearly constant time. Instead of scanning the whole MTD device it
2498 only has to locate a checkpoint (called fastmap) on the device.
2499 The on-flash fastmap contains all information needed to attach
2500 the device. Using fastmap makes only sense on large devices where
2501 attaching by scanning takes long. UBI will not automatically install
2502 a fastmap on old images, but you can set the UBI parameter
2503 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT to 1 if you want so. Please note
2504 that fastmap-enabled images are still usable with UBI implementations
2505 without fastmap support. On typical flash devices the whole fastmap
2506 fits into one PEB. UBI will reserve PEBs to hold two fastmaps.
2507
2508 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT
2509 Set this parameter to enable fastmap automatically on images
2510 without a fastmap.
2511 default: 0
2512
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2513 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FM_DEBUG
2514 Enable UBI fastmap debug
2515 default: 0
2516
6a11cf48 2517- SPL framework
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2518 CONFIG_SPL
2519 Enable building of SPL globally.
6a11cf48 2520
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2521 CONFIG_SPL_LDSCRIPT
2522 LDSCRIPT for linking the SPL binary.
2523
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2524 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT
2525 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL, BSS included.
2526 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory
2527 used by SPL from _start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
8960af8b 2528 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
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2529 must not be both defined at the same time.
2530
95579793 2531 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE
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2532 Maximum size of the SPL image (text, data, rodata, and
2533 linker lists sections), BSS excluded.
2534 When defined, the linker checks that the actual size does
2535 not exceed it.
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2537 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
2538 TEXT_BASE for linking the SPL binary.
6a11cf48 2539
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2540 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_TEXT_BASE
2541 Address to relocate to. If unspecified, this is equal to
2542 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE (i.e. no relocation is done).
2543
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2544 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR
2545 Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary.
2546
2547 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
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2548 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL BSS.
2549 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory used
2550 by SPL from __bss_start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
8960af8b 2551 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
6ebc3461 2552 must not be both defined at the same time.
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2553
2554 CONFIG_SPL_STACK
2555 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use
2556
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2557 CONFIG_SPL_PANIC_ON_RAW_IMAGE
2558 When defined, SPL will panic() if the image it has
2559 loaded does not have a signature.
2560 Defining this is useful when code which loads images
2561 in SPL cannot guarantee that absolutely all read errors
2562 will be caught.
2563 An example is the LPC32XX MLC NAND driver, which will
2564 consider that a completely unreadable NAND block is bad,
2565 and thus should be skipped silently.
2566
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2567 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_STACK
2568 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use after
2569 relocation. If unspecified, this is equal to
2570 CONFIG_SPL_STACK.
2571
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2572 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
2573 Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL.
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2574 When this option is set the full malloc is used in SPL and
2575 it is set up by spl_init() and before that, the simple malloc()
2576 can be used if CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F is defined.
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2578 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
2579 The size of the malloc pool used in SPL.
6a11cf48 2580
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2581 CONFIG_SPL_OS_BOOT
2582 Enable booting directly to an OS from SPL.
2583 See also: doc/README.falcon
2584
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2585 CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT
2586 For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information
2587 about the running system.
2588
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2589 CONFIG_SPL_INIT_MINIMAL
2590 Arch init code should be built for a very small image
2591
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2592 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_PARTITION
2593 Partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from when the MMC is being
2594 used in raw mode
2595
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2596 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_KERNEL_SECTOR
2597 Sector to load kernel uImage from when MMC is being
2598 used in raw mode (for Falcon mode)
2599
2600 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTOR,
2601 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTORS
2602 Sector and number of sectors to load kernel argument
2603 parameters from when MMC is being used in raw mode
2604 (for falcon mode)
2605
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2606 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_FS_BOOT_PARTITION
2607 Partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from when the MMC is being
2608 used in fs mode
2609
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2610 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
2611 Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from filesystem
2612
2613 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_KERNEL_NAME
7ad2cc79 2614 Filename to read to load kernel uImage when reading
fae81c72 2615 from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
7ad2cc79 2616
fae81c72 2617 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_ARGS_NAME
7ad2cc79 2618 Filename to read to load kernel argument parameters
fae81c72 2619 when reading from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
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2621 CONFIG_SPL_MPC83XX_WAIT_FOR_NAND
2622 Set this for NAND SPL on PPC mpc83xx targets, so that
2623 start.S waits for the rest of the SPL to load before
2624 continuing (the hardware starts execution after just
2625 loading the first page rather than the full 4K).
2626
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2627 CONFIG_SPL_SKIP_RELOCATE
2628 Avoid SPL relocation
2629
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2630 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BASE
2631 Include nand_base.c in the SPL. Requires
2632 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS.
2633
2634 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS
2635 SPL uses normal NAND drivers, not minimal drivers.
2636
2637 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_ECC
2638 Include standard software ECC in the SPL
2639
95579793 2640 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE
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2641 Support for NAND boot using simple NAND drivers that
2642 expose the cmd_ctrl() interface.
95579793 2643
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2644 CONFIG_SPL_UBI
2645 Support for a lightweight UBI (fastmap) scanner and
2646 loader
2647
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2648 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_RAW_ONLY
2649 Support to boot only raw u-boot.bin images. Use this only
2650 if you need to save space.
2651
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2652 CONFIG_SPL_COMMON_INIT_DDR
2653 Set for common ddr init with serial presence detect in
2654 SPL binary.
2655
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2656 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
2657 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
2658 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
2659 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
2660 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
2661 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
7d4b7955 2662 to read U-Boot
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2664 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BOOT
2665 Add support NAND boot
2666
95579793 2667 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS
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2668 Location in NAND to read U-Boot from
2669
2670 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST
2671 Location in memory to load U-Boot to
2672
2673 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE
2674 Size of image to load
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2676 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
7d4b7955 2677 Entry point in loaded image to jump to
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2678
2679 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
2680 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
b445bbb4 2681 data. This is used, for example, on davinci platforms.
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2683 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE
2684 Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2685
74752baa 2686 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO
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2687 Image offset to which the SPL should be padded before appending
2688 the SPL payload. By default, this is defined as
2689 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
2690 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
2691 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
74752baa 2692
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2693 CONFIG_SPL_TARGET
2694 Final target image containing SPL and payload. Some SPLs
2695 use an arch-specific makefile fragment instead, for
2696 example if more than one image needs to be produced.
2697
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2698 CONFIG_FIT_SPL_PRINT
2699 Printing information about a FIT image adds quite a bit of
2700 code to SPL. So this is normally disabled in SPL. Use this
2701 option to re-enable it. This will affect the output of the
2702 bootm command when booting a FIT image.
2703
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2704- TPL framework
2705 CONFIG_TPL
2706 Enable building of TPL globally.
2707
2708 CONFIG_TPL_PAD_TO
2709 Image offset to which the TPL should be padded before appending
2710 the TPL payload. By default, this is defined as
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2711 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
2712 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
2713 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
3aa29de0 2714
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2715- Interrupt support (PPC):
2716
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2717 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
2718 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
11ccc33f 2719 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
d4ca31c4 2720 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
11ccc33f 2721 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
d4ca31c4 2722 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
11ccc33f 2723 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
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2724 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
2725 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
2726 general timer_interrupt().
a8c7c708 2727
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2729Board initialization settings:
2730------------------------------
2731
2732During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
2733to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
2734before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
2735following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
2736architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
2737typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
2738
2739- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
2740- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
2741- CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
2742- CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init()
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2744Configuration Settings:
2745-----------------------
2746
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2747- CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORT_64BIT_DATA: Defined automatically if compiled as 64-bit.
2748 Optionally it can be defined to support 64-bit memory commands.
2749
6d0f6bcf 2750- CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
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2751 undefine this when you're short of memory.
2752
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2753- CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
2754 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
2755
6d0f6bcf 2756- CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
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2757 prompt for user input.
2758
6d0f6bcf 2759- CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
c609719b 2760
6d0f6bcf 2761- CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
c609719b 2762
6d0f6bcf 2763- CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
c609719b 2764
6d0f6bcf 2765- CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
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2766 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
2767 booted
2768
6d0f6bcf 2769- CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
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2770 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
2771
6d0f6bcf 2772- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
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2773 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
2774 simple memory test.
2775
6d0f6bcf 2776- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
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2777 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
2778 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
2779
e8149522 2780- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE
e61a7534 2781 Only implemented for ARMv8 for now.
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2782 If defined, the size of CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE memory
2783 is substracted from total RAM and won't be reported to OS.
2784 This memory can be used as secure memory. A variable
e61a7534 2785 gd->arch.secure_ram is used to track the location. In systems
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2786 the RAM base is not zero, or RAM is divided into banks,
2787 this variable needs to be recalcuated to get the address.
2788
aabd7ddb 2789- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE:
6d0f6bcf 2790 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
14f73ca6 2791 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
11ccc33f 2792 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
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2793 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
2794 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
2795 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
5e12e75d 2796 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
14f73ca6 2797 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
5e12e75d 2798 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
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2799
2800 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
2801 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
2802 be touched.
2803
2804 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
2805 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
2806 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
2807 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
2808 problems.
2809
6d0f6bcf 2810- CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
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2811 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
2812
6d0f6bcf 2813- CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
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2814 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
2815
6d0f6bcf 2816- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
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2817 Physical start address of Flash memory.
2818
6d0f6bcf 2819- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
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2820 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2821 make config files to be same as the text base address
14d0a02a 2822 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
6d0f6bcf 2823 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
c609719b 2824
6d0f6bcf 2825- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
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2826 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2827 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2828 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2829 flash sector.
c609719b 2830
6d0f6bcf 2831- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
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2832 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2833
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2834- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
2835 Size of the malloc() pool for use before relocation. If
2836 this is defined, then a very simple malloc() implementation
2837 will become available before relocation. The address is just
2838 below the global data, and the stack is moved down to make
2839 space.
2840
2841 This feature allocates regions with increasing addresses
2842 within the region. calloc() is supported, but realloc()
2843 is not available. free() is supported but does nothing.
b445bbb4 2844 The memory will be freed (or in fact just forgotten) when
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2845 U-Boot relocates itself.
2846
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2847- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE
2848 Provides a simple and small malloc() and calloc() for those
2849 boards which do not use the full malloc in SPL (which is
2850 enabled with CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START).
2851
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2852- CONFIG_SYS_NONCACHED_MEMORY:
2853 Size of non-cached memory area. This area of memory will be
2854 typically located right below the malloc() area and mapped
2855 uncached in the MMU. This is useful for drivers that would
2856 otherwise require a lot of explicit cache maintenance. For
2857 some drivers it's also impossible to properly maintain the
2858 cache. For example if the regions that need to be flushed
2859 are not a multiple of the cache-line size, *and* padding
2860 cannot be allocated between the regions to align them (i.e.
2861 if the HW requires a contiguous array of regions, and the
2862 size of each region is not cache-aligned), then a flush of
2863 one region may result in overwriting data that hardware has
2864 written to another region in the same cache-line. This can
2865 happen for example in network drivers where descriptors for
2866 buffers are typically smaller than the CPU cache-line (e.g.
2867 16 bytes vs. 32 or 64 bytes).
2868
2869 Non-cached memory is only supported on 32-bit ARM at present.
2870
6d0f6bcf 2871- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
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2872 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
2873 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
6d0f6bcf 2874 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
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2875 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2876
6d0f6bcf 2877- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
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2878 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2879 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
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2880 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2881 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
1bce2aeb 2882 environment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
7d721e34 2883 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
c0f40859 2884 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
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2885 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
2886 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
2887 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
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2889- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
2890 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
2891 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
2892 is enabled.
2893
2894- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
2895 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
2896 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2897
2898- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
2899 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
2900 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2901
6d0f6bcf 2902- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
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2903 Max number of Flash memory banks
2904
6d0f6bcf 2905- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
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2906 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2907
6d0f6bcf 2908- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
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2909 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2910
6d0f6bcf 2911- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
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2912 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2913
6d0f6bcf 2914- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
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2915 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2916
6d0f6bcf 2917- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
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2918 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2919
6d0f6bcf 2920- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
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2921 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2922 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2923
6d0f6bcf 2924- CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
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2925
2926 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2927 without this option such a download has to be
2928 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2929 copy from RAM to flash.
2930
2931 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2932 you can check if the download worked before you erase
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2933 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
2934 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
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2935 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2936
6d0f6bcf 2937- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
43d9616c 2938 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
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2939 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2940
00b1883a 2941- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
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2942 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2943 in the drivers directory
c609719b 2944
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2945- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
2946 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
2947 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
2948 to the MTD layer.
2949
6d0f6bcf 2950- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
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2951 Use buffered writes to flash.
2952
2953- CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2954 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2955 write commands.
2956
6d0f6bcf 2957- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
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2958 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2959 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2960 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2961 optionally available.
2962
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2963- CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2964 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2965 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2966 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2967
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2968- CONFIG_FLASH_VERIFY
2969 If defined, the content of the flash (destination) is compared
2970 against the source after the write operation. An error message
2971 will be printed when the contents are not identical.
2972 Please note that this option is useless in nearly all cases,
2973 since such flash programming errors usually are detected earlier
2974 while unprotecting/erasing/programming. Please only enable
2975 this option if you really know what you are doing.
2976
6d0f6bcf 2977- CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
11ccc33f
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2978 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
2979 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
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2980 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2981 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
11ccc33f 2982 on high Ethernet traffic.
53cf9435
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2983 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2984
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2985- CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
2986
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2987 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
2988 internally to store the environment settings. The default
2989 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
2990 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
2991 lib/hashtable.c for details.
ea882baf 2992
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2993- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
2994- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
1bce2aeb 2995 Enable validation of the values given to environment variables when
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2996 calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal,
2997 hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined,
2998 the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address.
2999
3000 The format of the list is:
3001 type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m]
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3002 access_attribute = [a|r|o|c]
3003 attributes = type_attribute[access_attribute]
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3004 entry = variable_name[:attributes]
3005 list = entry[,list]
3006
3007 The type attributes are:
3008 s - String (default)
3009 d - Decimal
3010 x - Hexadecimal
3011 b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF])
3012 i - IP address
3013 m - MAC address
3014
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3015 The access attributes are:
3016 a - Any (default)
3017 r - Read-only
3018 o - Write-once
3019 c - Change-default
3020
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3021 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
3022 Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags"
b445bbb4 3023 environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
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3024
3025 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
3026 Define this to a list (string) to define validation that
3027 should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags"
3028 environment variable. To override a setting in the static
3029 list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the
3030 ".flags" variable.
3031
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3032 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
3033 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to define the same
3034 flags without explicitly listing them for each variable.
3035
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3036- CONFIG_ENV_ACCESS_IGNORE_FORCE
3037 If defined, don't allow the -f switch to env set override variable
3038 access flags.
3039
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3040- CONFIG_USE_STDINT
3041 If stdint.h is available with your toolchain you can define this
3042 option to enable it. You can provide option 'USE_STDINT=1' when
3043 building U-Boot to enable this.
3044
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3045The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
3046of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
3047following configurations:
3048
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3049- CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
3050
3051 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
3052 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
3053
c609719b 3054BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
b445bbb4 3055in U-Boot initialization (when we try to get the setting of for the
11ccc33f 3056console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
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3057U-Boot will hang.
3058
3059Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
3060environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
3061keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
3062to save the current settings.
3063
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3064BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
3065"saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
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3066environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE link,
3067but it can not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE interface.
0a85a9e7 3068
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3069- CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
3070
3071 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
3072 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
3073 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
3074
e881cb56 3075Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
c609719b 3076has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
00caae6d 3077created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use env_get_f()
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3078until then to read environment variables.
3079
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3080The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
3081is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
3082with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
3083necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
3084"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
3085have any device yet where we could complain.]
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3086
3087Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
3088the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
85ec0bcc 3089use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
c609719b 3090
6d0f6bcf 3091- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
42d1f039 3092 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
fc3e2165 3093
6d0f6bcf 3094 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
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3095 also needs to be defined.
3096
6d0f6bcf 3097- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
42d1f039 3098 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
c609719b 3099
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3100- CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
3101 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
3102 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
3103 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
3104 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
3105 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
3106
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3107- CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
3108 Display information about the board that U-Boot is running on
3109 when U-Boot starts up. The board function checkboard() is called
3110 to do this.
3111
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3112- CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE
3113 Similar to the previous option, but display this information
3114 later, once stdio is running and output goes to the LCD, if
3115 present.
3116
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3117- CONFIG_BOARD_SIZE_LIMIT:
3118 Maximum size of the U-Boot image. When defined, the
3119 build system checks that the actual size does not
3120 exceed it.
3121
c609719b 3122Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
dc7c9a1a 3123---------------------------------------------------
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6d0f6bcf 3125- CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
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3126 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
3127
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3128- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
3129 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
3130 PowerPC SOCs.
3131
3132- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
3133 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
3134 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
3135
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3136- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
3137 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
3138 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
c0f40859 3139 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
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3140 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
3141 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
3142 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
3143
3144 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
3145 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
3146
3147- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
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3148 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
3149 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
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3150 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3151 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3152
3153- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
3154 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
3155 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3156 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3157
3158- CONFIG_SYS_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE:
3159 If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be
3160 forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated.
3161
7f6c2cbc 3162- Floppy Disk Support:
6d0f6bcf 3163 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
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3164
3165 the default drive number (default value 0)
3166
6d0f6bcf 3167 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
7f6c2cbc 3168
11ccc33f 3169 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
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3170 (default value 1)
3171
6d0f6bcf 3172 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
7f6c2cbc 3173
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3174 defines the offset of register from address. It
3175 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
11ccc33f 3176 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
7f6c2cbc 3177
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3178 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
3179 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
43d9616c 3180 default value.
7f6c2cbc 3181
6d0f6bcf 3182 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
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3183 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
3184 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
b445bbb4 3185 source code. It is used to make hardware-dependent
43d9616c 3186 initializations.
7f6c2cbc 3187
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3188- CONFIG_IDE_AHB:
3189 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
3190 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
3191 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
3192 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
3193 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
b445bbb4 3194 is required.
0abddf82 3195
6d0f6bcf 3196- CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
efe2a4d5 3197 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
907208c4 3198 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx systems only]
c609719b 3199
6d0f6bcf 3200- CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
c609719b 3201
7152b1d0 3202 Start address of memory area that can be used for
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3203 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
3204 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
3205 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
3206 will become available only after programming the
3207 memory controller and running certain initialization
3208 sequences.
3209
3210 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
907208c4 3211 - MPC8xx: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
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6d0f6bcf 3213- CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
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3214
3215 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
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3216 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
3217 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
c609719b 3218 data is located at the end of the available space
553f0982 3219 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
acd51f9d 3220 GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
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3221 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
3222 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
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3223
3224 Note:
3225 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
3226 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
6d0f6bcf 3227 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
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3228 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
3229 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
3230
6d0f6bcf 3231- CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
c609719b 3232
6d0f6bcf 3233- CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
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3234 SDRAM timing
3235
6d0f6bcf 3236- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
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3237 periodic timer for refresh
3238
6d0f6bcf
JCPV
3239- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
3240 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
3241 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
3242 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
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3243 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
3244
3245- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
6d0f6bcf
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3246 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
3247 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
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3248 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
3249
69fd2d3b 3250- CONFIG_PCI_ENUM_ONLY
b445bbb4 3251 Only scan through and get the devices on the buses.
69fd2d3b
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3252 Don't do any setup work, presumably because someone or
3253 something has already done it, and we don't need to do it
3254 a second time. Useful for platforms that are pre-booted
3255 by coreboot or similar.
3256
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3257- CONFIG_PCI_INDIRECT_BRIDGE:
3258 Enable support for indirect PCI bridges.
3259
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3260- CONFIG_SYS_SRIO:
3261 Chip has SRIO or not
3262
3263- CONFIG_SRIO1:
3264 Board has SRIO 1 port available
3265
3266- CONFIG_SRIO2:
3267 Board has SRIO 2 port available
3268
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3269- CONFIG_SRIO_PCIE_BOOT_MASTER
3270 Board can support master function for Boot from SRIO and PCIE
3271
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3272- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
3273 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3274
3275- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYS:
3276 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3277
3278- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
3279 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3280
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3281- CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BUSWIDTH_16BIT
3282 Defined to tell the NAND controller that the NAND chip is using
3283 a 16 bit bus.
3284 Not all NAND drivers use this symbol.
a430e916 3285 Example of drivers that use it:
66bd1846 3286 - drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c
a430e916 3287 - drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
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3288
3289- CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
3290 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
3291 a default value will be used.
3292
bb99ad6d 3293- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
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3294 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
3295 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
3296
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3297 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
3298 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
3299
6d0f6bcf 3300- CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
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3301 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
3302 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
3303 to something your driver can deal with.
bb99ad6d 3304
1b3e3c4f
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3305- CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
3306 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
3307 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
3308 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
3309 header files or board specific files.
3310
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3311- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
3312 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
3313
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3314- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_SYNC_REFRESH
3315 Enable sync of refresh for multiple controllers.
3316
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3317- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_BIST
3318 Enable built-in memory test for Freescale DDR controllers.
3319
6d0f6bcf 3320- CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
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3321 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
3322 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2ad6b513 3323
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3324- CONFIG_RMII
3325 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
3326 Note that this is a global option, we can't
3327 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
3328
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3329- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
3330 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
3331 The syntax is:
3332
3333 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
3334
3335 Where address/count indicate a memory area
3336 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
3337 area should have.
3338
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3339- CONFIG_LOOPW
3340 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
493f420e 3341 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
56523f12 3342
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3343- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
3344 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
3345 "md/mw" commands.
3346 Examples:
3347
efe2a4d5 3348 => mdc.b 10 4 500
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3349 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
3350
efe2a4d5 3351 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
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3352 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
3353
efe2a4d5 3354 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
493f420e 3355 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
7b466641 3356
8aa1a2d1 3357- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
3fafced7 3358 [ARM, NDS32, MIPS, RISC-V only] If this variable is defined, then certain
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3359 low level initializations (like setting up the memory
3360 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
3361 relocate itself into RAM.
3362
3363 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
3364 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
3365 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
3366 these initializations itself.
8aa1a2d1 3367
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3368- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT_ONLY
3369 [ARM926EJ-S only] This allows just the call to lowlevel_init()
90211f77 3370 to be skipped. The normal CP15 init (such as enabling the
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3371 instruction cache) is still performed.
3372
401bb30b 3373- CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
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3374 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
3375 that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
3376 compiling a NAND SPL.
400558b5 3377
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3378- CONFIG_TPL_BUILD
3379 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
3380 that is executed after the SPL and before the actual U-Boot.
3381 It is loaded by the SPL.
3382
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3383- CONFIG_SYS_MPC85XX_NO_RESETVEC
3384 Only for 85xx systems. If this variable is specified, the section
3385 .resetvec is not kept and the section .bootpg is placed in the
3386 previous 4k of the .text section.
3387
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3388- CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM
3389 Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses
3390 effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard
3391 U-Boot address as virtual addresses that need to be translated
3392 to physical addresses. However, sandbox requires this, since
3393 it maintains its own little RAM buffer which contains all
3394 addressable memory. This option causes some memory accesses
3395 to be mapped through map_sysmem() / unmap_sysmem().
3396
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3397- CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR
3398 If defined, the x86 reset vector code is included. This is not
3399 needed when U-Boot is running from Coreboot.
b16f521a 3400
999d7d32
KM
3401- CONFIG_SYS_NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE
3402 Option to disable subpage write in NAND driver
3403 driver that uses this:
3404 drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
3405
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3406Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
3407-----------------------------------
3408
3409The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
3410loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
3411This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
3412are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
3413within that device.
3414
dcf1d774
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3415- CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR
3416 The address in the storage device where the FMAN microcode is located. The
3417 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
3418 is also specified.
3419
3420- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_ADDR
3421 The address in the storage device where the QE microcode is located. The
f2717b47
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3422 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
3423 is also specified.
3424
3425- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
3426 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
3427 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
3428 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
3429 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
3430
3431- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
3432 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
3433 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
3434 virtual address in NOR flash.
3435
3436- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
3437 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
3438 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
3439
3440- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
3441 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
3442 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
3443
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3444- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
3445 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
3446 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
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3447 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO or PCIE outbound
3448 window->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in
3449 master's memory space.
f2717b47 3450
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3451Freescale Layerscape Management Complex Firmware Support:
3452---------------------------------------------------------
3453The Freescale Layerscape Management Complex (MC) supports the loading of
3454"firmware".
3455This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
3456are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
3457within that device.
3458
3459- CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
3460 Enable the MC driver for Layerscape SoCs.
3461
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3462Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support:
3463-------------------------------------------
3464The Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support supports the loading of
3465"Debug Server firmware" and triggering SP boot-rom.
3466This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting.
3467
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3468- CONFIG_SYS_MC_RSV_MEM_ALIGN
3469 Define alignment of reserved memory MC requires
5c055089 3470
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3471Reproducible builds
3472-------------------
3473
3474In order to achieve reproducible builds, timestamps used in the U-Boot build
3475process have to be set to a fixed value.
3476
3477This is done using the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable.
3478SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is to be set on the build host's shell, not as a configuration
3479option for U-Boot or an environment variable in U-Boot.
3480
3481SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH should be set to a number of seconds since the epoch, in UTC.
3482
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3483Building the Software:
3484======================
3485
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3486Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
3487and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
3488all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
3489(potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
3490recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
3491which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
c609719b 3492
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3493If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
3494have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
3495you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
3496Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
3497necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
c609719b 3498
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3499 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
3500 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
c609719b 3501
2f8d396b
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3502Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
3503 the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
3504 (http://www.mingw.org). Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
3505 toolchain and execute 'make tools'. For example:
3506
3507 $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools
3508
3509 Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
3510 be executed on computers running Windows.
3511
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3512U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
3513sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
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3514is done by typing:
3515
ab584d67 3516 make NAME_defconfig
c609719b 3517
ab584d67 3518where "NAME_defconfig" is the name of one of the existing configu-
4d675ae6 3519rations; see boards.cfg for supported names.
db01a2ea 3520
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3521Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
3522 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
3523 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
3524 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
11ccc33f 3525 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
2729af9d 3526
ab584d67 3527 make TQM823L_defconfig
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3528 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
3529
ab584d67 3530 make TQM823L_LCD_defconfig
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3531 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
3532
3533 etc.
3534
3535
3536Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
3537images ready for download to / installation on your system:
3538
3539- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
3540- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
3541- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
3542
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3543By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
3544in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
3545this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
3546
35471. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
3548
3549 make O=/tmp/build distclean
ab584d67 3550 make O=/tmp/build NAME_defconfig
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3551 make O=/tmp/build all
3552
adbba996 35532. Set environment variable KBUILD_OUTPUT to point to the desired location:
baf31249 3554
adbba996 3555 export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/build
baf31249 3556 make distclean
ab584d67 3557 make NAME_defconfig
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3558 make all
3559
adbba996 3560Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the KBUILD_OUTPUT environment
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3561variable.
3562
215bb1c1
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3563User specific CPPFLAGS, AFLAGS and CFLAGS can be passed to the compiler by
3564setting the according environment variables KCPPFLAGS, KAFLAGS and KCFLAGS.
3565For example to treat all compiler warnings as errors:
3566
3567 make KCFLAGS=-Werror
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3568
3569Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
3570for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
3571native "make".
3572
3573
3574If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
3575to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
3576steps:
3577
3c1496cd 35781. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
2729af9d 3579 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
3c1496cd
PS
3580 the "Makefile" and a "<board>.c".
35812. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
3582 your board.
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35833. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
3584 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
ab584d67 35854. Run "make <board>_defconfig" with your new name.
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35865. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
3587 to be installed on your target system.
35886. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
3589 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
3590
3591
3592Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
3593==============================================================
3594
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3595If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
3596or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
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3597provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
3598the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
218ca724 3599official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
2729af9d 3600
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3601But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
3602cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
2729af9d 3603the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
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3604just run the buildman script (tools/buildman/buildman), which will
3605configure and build U-Boot for ALL supported system. Be warned, this
3606will take a while. Please see the buildman README, or run 'buildman -H'
3607for documentation.
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3608
3609
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3610See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
3611
3612
3613Monitor Commands - Overview:
3614============================
3615
3616go - start application at address 'addr'
3617run - run commands in an environment variable
3618bootm - boot application image from memory
3619bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
44f074c7 3620bootz - boot zImage from memory
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3621tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
3622 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
3623 (and eventually "gatewayip")
1fb7cd49 3624tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
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3625rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
3626diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
3627loads - load S-Record file over serial line
3628loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
3629md - memory display
3630mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
3631nm - memory modify (constant address)
3632mw - memory write (fill)
3633cp - memory copy
3634cmp - memory compare
3635crc32 - checksum calculation
0f89c54b 3636i2c - I2C sub-system
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3637sspi - SPI utility commands
3638base - print or set address offset
3639printenv- print environment variables
3640setenv - set environment variables
3641saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
3642protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
3643erase - erase FLASH memory
3644flinfo - print FLASH memory information
10635afa 3645nand - NAND memory operations (see doc/README.nand)
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3646bdinfo - print Board Info structure
3647iminfo - print header information for application image
3648coninfo - print console devices and informations
3649ide - IDE sub-system
3650loop - infinite loop on address range
56523f12 3651loopw - infinite write loop on address range
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3652mtest - simple RAM test
3653icache - enable or disable instruction cache
3654dcache - enable or disable data cache
3655reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
3656echo - echo args to console
3657version - print monitor version
3658help - print online help
3659? - alias for 'help'
3660
3661
3662Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
3663========================================
3664
3665TODO.
3666
3667For now: just type "help <command>".
3668
3669
3670Environment Variables:
3671======================
3672
3673U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
3674can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
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3676Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
3677"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
3678without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
3679environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
3680working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
3681environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
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3683Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
3684
3685List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
c609719b 3686
2729af9d 3687 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
c609719b 3688
2729af9d 3689 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
c609719b 3690
2729af9d 3691 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
4a6fd34b 3692
2729af9d 3693 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
c609719b 3694
2729af9d 3695 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
c609719b 3696
7d721e34
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3697 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3698 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3699 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
3700 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
3701 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
3702 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
c3624e6e
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3703 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
3704 bootm_mapsize.
3705
c0f40859 3706 bootm_mapsize - Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel.
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3707 This variable is given as a hexadecimal number and it
3708 defines the size of the memory region starting at base
3709 address bootm_low that is accessible by the Linux kernel
3710 during early boot. If unset, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is used
3711 as the default value if it is defined, and bootm_size is
3712 used otherwise.
7d721e34
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3713
3714 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3715 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3716 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
3717 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
3718 environment variable.
3719
4bae9090
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3720 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
3721 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
3722 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
3723
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3724 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
3725 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
3726 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
3727 load any image using TFTP
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3729 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
3730 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
3731 be automatically started (by internally calling
3732 "bootm")
38b99261 3733
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3734 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
3735 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
3736 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
3737 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
3738 data.
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3740 fdt_high - if set this restricts the maximum address that the
3741 flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot.
fa34f6b2
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3742 For example, if you have a system with 1 GB memory
3743 at physical address 0x10000000, while Linux kernel
3744 only recognizes the first 704 MB as low memory, you
3745 may need to set fdt_high as 0x3C000000 to have the
3746 device tree blob be copied to the maximum address
3747 of the 704 MB low memory, so that Linux kernel can
3748 access it during the boot procedure.
3749
a28afca5
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3750 If this is set to the special value 0xFFFFFFFF then
3751 the fdt will not be copied at all on boot. For this
3752 to work it must reside in writable memory, have
3753 sufficient padding on the end of it for u-boot to
3754 add the information it needs into it, and the memory
3755 must be accessible by the kernel.
3756
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3757 fdtcontroladdr- if set this is the address of the control flattened
3758 device tree used by U-Boot when CONFIG_OF_CONTROL is
3759 defined.
3760
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3761 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
3762 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
3763 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
3764 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
3765 it must be saved and board must be reset.
3766
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3767 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
3768 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
3769 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
3770 is usually what you want since it allows for
3771 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
3772 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
6d0f6bcf 3773 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
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3774 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
3775 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
3776 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
3777 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
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3779 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
3780 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
3781 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
3782 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
3783 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
3784 12 MB as well - this can be done with
c609719b 3785
2729af9d 3786 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
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3788 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
3789 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
3790 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
3791 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
3792 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
3793 boot time on your system, but requires that this
3794 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
c609719b 3795
2729af9d 3796 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
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3798 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
3799 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
c609719b 3800
2729af9d 3801 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
a3d991bd 3802
2729af9d 3803 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
a3d991bd 3804
2729af9d 3805 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
a3d991bd 3806
2729af9d 3807 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
a3d991bd 3808
2729af9d 3809 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
c609719b 3810
e2a53458 3811 ethprime - controls which interface is used first.
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3813 ethact - controls which interface is currently active.
3814 For example you can do the following
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3816 => setenv ethact FEC
3817 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
3818 => setenv ethact SCC
3819 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
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3821 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
3822 available network interfaces.
3823 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
3824
c96f86ee 3825 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
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3826 either succeed or fail without retrying.
3827 When set to "once" the network operation will
3828 fail when all the available network interfaces
3829 are tried once without success.
3830 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
3831 themselves.
c609719b 3832
b4e2f89d 3833 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
a1cf027a 3834
b445bbb4 3835 silent_linux - If set then Linux will be told to boot silently, by
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3836 changing the console to be empty. If "yes" it will be
3837 made silent. If "no" it will not be made silent. If
3838 unset, then it will be made silent if the U-Boot console
3839 is silent.
3840
f5fb7346 3841 tftpsrcp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
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3842 UDP source port.
3843
f5fb7346 3844 tftpdstp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
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3845 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
3846
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3847 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
3848 we use the TFTP server's default block size
3849
3850 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
3851 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
3852 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
3853 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
3854 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
3855 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
3856 with unreliable TFTP servers.
3857
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3858 tftptimeoutcountmax - maximum count of TFTP timeouts (no
3859 unit, minimum value = 0). Defines how many timeouts
3860 can happen during a single file transfer before that
3861 transfer is aborted. The default is 10, and 0 means
3862 'no timeouts allowed'. Increasing this value may help
3863 downloads succeed with high packet loss rates, or with
3864 unreliable TFTP servers or client hardware.
3865
c96f86ee 3866 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
11ccc33f 3867 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
2729af9d 3868 VLAN tagged frames.
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3870 bootpretryperiod - Period during which BOOTP/DHCP sends retries.
3871 Unsigned value, in milliseconds. If not set, the period will
3872 be either the default (28000), or a value based on
3873 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT, if defined. This value has
3874 precedence over the valu based on CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT.
3875
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3876The following image location variables contain the location of images
3877used in booting. The "Image" column gives the role of the image and is
3878not an environment variable name. The other columns are environment
3879variable names. "File Name" gives the name of the file on a TFTP
3880server, "RAM Address" gives the location in RAM the image will be
3881loaded to, and "Flash Location" gives the image's address in NOR
3882flash or offset in NAND flash.
3883
3884*Note* - these variables don't have to be defined for all boards, some
aed9fed9 3885boards currently use other variables for these purposes, and some
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3886boards use these variables for other purposes.
3887
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3888Image File Name RAM Address Flash Location
3889----- --------- ----------- --------------
3890u-boot u-boot u-boot_addr_r u-boot_addr
3891Linux kernel bootfile kernel_addr_r kernel_addr
3892device tree blob fdtfile fdt_addr_r fdt_addr
3893ramdisk ramdiskfile ramdisk_addr_r ramdisk_addr
dc0b7b0e 3894
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3895The following environment variables may be used and automatically
3896updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
3897depending the information provided by your boot server:
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3899 bootfile - see above
3900 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
3901 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
3902 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
3903 hostname - Target hostname
3904 ipaddr - see above
3905 netmask - Subnet Mask
3906 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
3907 serverip - see above
c1551ea8 3908
c1551ea8 3909
2729af9d 3910There are two special Environment Variables:
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3912 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
3913 as type string and/or serial number
3914 ethaddr - Ethernet address
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3916These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
3917the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
3918once they have been set once.
c609719b 3919
f07771cc 3920
2729af9d 3921Further special Environment Variables:
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3923 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
3924 with the "version" command. This variable is
3925 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
f07771cc 3926
f07771cc 3927
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3928Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
3929only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
f07771cc 3930
f07771cc 3931
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3932Callback functions for environment variables:
3933---------------------------------------------
3934
3935For some environment variables, the behavior of u-boot needs to change
b445bbb4 3936when their values are changed. This functionality allows functions to
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3937be associated with arbitrary variables. On creation, overwrite, or
3938deletion, the callback will provide the opportunity for some side
3939effect to happen or for the change to be rejected.
3940
3941The callbacks are named and associated with a function using the
3942U_BOOT_ENV_CALLBACK macro in your board or driver code.
3943
3944These callbacks are associated with variables in one of two ways. The
3945static list can be added to by defining CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_STATIC
3946in the board configuration to a string that defines a list of
3947associations. The list must be in the following format:
3948
3949 entry = variable_name[:callback_name]
3950 list = entry[,list]
3951
3952If the callback name is not specified, then the callback is deleted.
3953Spaces are also allowed anywhere in the list.
3954
3955Callbacks can also be associated by defining the ".callbacks" variable
3956with the same list format above. Any association in ".callbacks" will
3957override any association in the static list. You can define
3958CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_DEFAULT to a list (string) to define the
b445bbb4 3959".callbacks" environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
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3961If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
3962regular expression. This allows multiple variables to be connected to
3963the same callback without explicitly listing them all out.
3964
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3966Command Line Parsing:
3967=====================
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3969There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
3970the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
c609719b 3971
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3972Old, simple command line parser:
3973--------------------------------
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3975- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
3976- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
fe126d8b 3977- variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
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3978- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
3979 for example:
fe126d8b 3980 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
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3981- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
3982 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
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3984Hush shell:
3985-----------
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3987- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
3988 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
3989 until...do...done, ...
3990- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
3991 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
3992 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
3993 command
3994
3995General rules:
3996--------------
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3998(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
3999 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
4000 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
4001 executed anyway.
c609719b 4002
2729af9d 4003(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
11ccc33f 4004 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
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4005 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
4006 variables are not executed.
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4008Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
4009=======================================
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11ccc33f 4011Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
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4012such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
4013"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
c609719b 4014
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4015Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
4016MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
4017"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
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4019If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
4020in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
4021ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
4022variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
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4024o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
4025 environment, the SROM's address is used.
c609719b 4026
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4027o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
4028 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
4029 used.
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4031o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
4032 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
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4034o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
4035 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
4036 warning is printed.
c609719b 4037
2729af9d 4038o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
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4039 is raised. If CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, then in this case
4040 a random, locally-assigned MAC is used.
c609719b 4041
ecee9324 4042If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
c0f40859 4043will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
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4044may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
4045The naming convention is as follows:
4046"ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
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4048Image Formats:
4049==============
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4051U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
4052images in two formats:
4053
4054New uImage format (FIT)
4055-----------------------
4056
4057Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
4058to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
4059components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
4060SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
4061
4062
4063Old uImage format
4064-----------------
4065
4066Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
4067preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
4068details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
c609719b 4069
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4070* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
4071 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
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4072 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
4073 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
4074 INTEGRITY).
daab59ac 4075* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86,
afc1ce82 4076 IA64, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
daab59ac 4077 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC).
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4078* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
4079* Load Address
4080* Entry Point
4081* Image Name
4082* Image Timestamp
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4084The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
4085and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
4086CRC32 checksums.
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4087
4088
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4089Linux Support:
4090==============
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4092Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
4093easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
4094U-Boot.
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4096U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
4097special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
4098"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
4099instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
4100serves several purposes:
c609719b 4101
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4102- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
4103 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
4104 Flash memory footprint)
c609719b 4105
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4106- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
4107 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
c609719b 4108
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4109- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
4110 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
4111 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
4112 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
4113 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
4114 software is easier now.
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4117Linux HOWTO:
4118============
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4120Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
4121---------------------------------------
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4123U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
4124configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
4125(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
4126Linux :-).
c609719b 4127
a47a12be 4128But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
24ee89b9 4129
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4130Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
4131include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
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4132Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
4133and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
6d0f6bcf 4134as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
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4136Note that U-Boot now has a driver model, a unified model for drivers.
4137If you are adding a new driver, plumb it into driver model. If there
4138is no uclass available, you are encouraged to create one. See
4139doc/driver-model.
4140
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4142Configuring the Linux kernel:
4143-----------------------------
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4145No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
4146device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
4147
4148
4149Building a Linux Image:
4150-----------------------
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4152With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
4153not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
4154"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
4155U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
4156which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
4157100% compatible format.
4158
4159Example:
4160
ab584d67 4161 make TQM850L_defconfig
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4162 make oldconfig
4163 make dep
4164 make uImage
4165
4166The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
4167encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
4168CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
4169
4170* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
4171
4172* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
4173
4174 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
4175 -R .note -R .comment \
4176 -S vmlinux linux.bin
4177
4178* compress the binary image:
4179
4180 gzip -9 linux.bin
4181
4182* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
4183
4184 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
4185 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
4186 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
c609719b 4187
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4189The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
4190with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
4191combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
4192byte header containing information about target architecture,
4193operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
4194stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
4195
4196"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
4197print the header information, or to build new images.
4198
4199In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
4200contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
4201checksum verification:
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4203 tools/mkimage -l image
4204 -l ==> list image header information
4205
4206The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
4207from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
4208
4209 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
4210 -n name -d data_file image
4211 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
4212 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
4213 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
4214 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
4215 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
4216 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
4217 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
4218 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
4219
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4220Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
4221address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
4222kernel version:
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4224- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
4225- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
4226
4227So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
4228
4229 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4230 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
a47a12be 4231 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
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4232 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
4233 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4234 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4235 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4236 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4237 Load Address: 0x00000000
4238 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4239
4240To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
4241
4242 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
4243 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4244 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4245 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4246 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4247 Load Address: 0x00000000
4248 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4249
4250NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
4251speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
4252needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
4253need to be uncompressed:
4254
a47a12be 4255 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
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4256 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4257 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
a47a12be 4258 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
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4259 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
4260 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4261 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4262 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
4263 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
4264 Load Address: 0x00000000
4265 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4266
4267
4268Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
4269when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
4270
4271 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
4272 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
4273 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
4274 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4275 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
4276 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4277 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
4278 Load Address: 0x00000000
4279 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4280
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4281The "dumpimage" is a tool to disassemble images built by mkimage. Its "-i"
4282option performs the converse operation of the mkimage's second form (the "-d"
4283option). Given an image built by mkimage, the dumpimage extracts a "data file"
4284from the image:
4285
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4286 tools/dumpimage -i image -T type -p position data_file
4287 -i ==> extract from the 'image' a specific 'data_file'
4288 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
4289 -p ==> 'position' (starting at 0) of the 'data_file' inside the 'image'
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4291
4292Installing a Linux Image:
4293-------------------------
4294
4295To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
4296you must convert the image to S-Record format:
4297
4298 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
4299
4300The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
4301image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
4302address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
4303specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
4304command.
4305
4306Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
4307TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
4308
4309 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
4310
4311 .......... done
4312 Erased 8 sectors
4313
4314 => loads 40100000
4315 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4316 ~>examples/image.srec
4317 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
4318 ...
4319 15989 15990 15991 15992
4320 [file transfer complete]
4321 [connected]
4322 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
4323
4324
4325You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
218ca724 4326this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
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4327corruption happened:
4328
4329 => imi 40100000
4330
4331 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4332 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4333 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4334 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4335 Load Address: 00000000
4336 Entry Point: 0000000c
4337 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4338
4339
4340Boot Linux:
4341-----------
4342
4343The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
4344memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
4345of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
4346parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
4347"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
4348
4349
4350 => printenv bootargs
4351 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
4352
4353 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4354
4355 => printenv bootargs
4356 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4357
4358 => bootm 40020000
4359 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
4360 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
4361 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4362 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
4363 Load Address: 00000000
4364 Entry Point: 0000000c
4365 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4366 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4367 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
4368 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4369 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4370 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4371 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
4372 ...
4373
11ccc33f 4374If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
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4375the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
4376format!) to the "bootm" command:
4377
4378 => imi 40100000 40200000
4379
4380 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4381 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4382 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4383 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4384 Load Address: 00000000
4385 Entry Point: 0000000c
4386 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4387
4388 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
4389 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4390 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4391 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4392 Load Address: 00000000
4393 Entry Point: 00000000
4394 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4395
4396 => bootm 40100000 40200000
4397 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
4398 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4399 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4400 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4401 Load Address: 00000000
4402 Entry Point: 0000000c
4403 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4404 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4405 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
4406 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4407 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4408 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4409 Load Address: 00000000
4410 Entry Point: 00000000
4411 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4412 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
4413 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
4414 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
4415 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4416 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4417 ...
4418 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
4419 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
4420
4421 bash#
4422
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4423Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
4424-----------
4425
4426First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
4427titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
4428following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
4429flat device tree:
4430
4431=> print oftaddr
4432oftaddr=0x300000
4433=> print oft
4434oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
4435=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
4436Speed: 1000, full duplex
4437Using TSEC0 device
4438TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
4439Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
4440Load address: 0x300000
4441Loading: #
4442done
4443Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
4444=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
4445Speed: 1000, full duplex
4446Using TSEC0 device
4447TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
4448Filename 'uImage'.
4449Load address: 0x200000
4450Loading:############
4451done
4452Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
4453=> print loadaddr
4454loadaddr=200000
4455=> print oftaddr
4456oftaddr=0x300000
4457=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
4458## Booting image at 00200000 ...
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4459 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
4460 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4461 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
0267768e 4462 Load Address: 00000000
a9398e01 4463 Entry Point: 00000000
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4464 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4465 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4466Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
4467Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
4468Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
4469[snip]
4470
4471
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4472More About U-Boot Image Types:
4473------------------------------
4474
4475U-Boot supports the following image types:
4476
4477 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
4478 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
4479 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
4480 the Standalone Program.
4481 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
4482 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
4483 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
4484 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
4485 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
4486 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
4487 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
4488 being started.
4489 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
4490 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
4491 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
4492 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
4493 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
4494 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
4495
4496 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
4497 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
4498 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
4499 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
4500 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
4501 a multiple of 4 bytes).
4502
4503 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
4504 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
4505 flash memory.
4506
4507 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
4508 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
4509 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
4510 as command interpreter.
4511
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4512Booting the Linux zImage:
4513-------------------------
4514
4515On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
4516using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
4517as the syntax of "bootm" command.
4518
8ac28563 4519Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD allows user to supply
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4520kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
4521address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
4522format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
4523
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4524
4525Standalone HOWTO:
4526=================
4527
4528One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
4529run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
4530U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
4531
4532Two simple examples are included with the sources:
4533
4534"Hello World" Demo:
4535-------------------
4536
4537'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
4538application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
4539It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
4540like that:
4541
4542 => loads
4543 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4544 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
4545 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4546 [file transfer complete]
4547 [connected]
4548 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4549
4550 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
4551 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4552 Hello World
4553 argc = 7
4554 argv[0] = "40004"
4555 argv[1] = "Hello"
4556 argv[2] = "World!"
4557 argv[3] = "This"
4558 argv[4] = "is"
4559 argv[5] = "a"
4560 argv[6] = "test."
4561 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
4562 Hit any key to exit ...
4563
4564 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4565
4566Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
4567handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
4568Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
4569The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
4570character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
4571controlled by the following keys:
4572
4573 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
4574 b - enable interrupts and start timer
4575 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
4576 q - quit application
4577
4578 => loads
4579 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4580 ~>examples/timer.srec
4581 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4582 [file transfer complete]
4583 [connected]
4584 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4585
4586 => go 40004
4587 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4588 TIMERS=0xfff00980
4589 Using timer 1
4590 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
4591
4592Hit 'b':
4593 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
4594 Enabling timer
4595Hit '?':
4596 [q, b, e, ?] ........
4597 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
4598Hit '?':
4599 [q, b, e, ?] .
4600 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
4601Hit '?':
4602 [q, b, e, ?] .
4603 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
4604Hit '?':
4605 [q, b, e, ?] .
4606 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
4607Hit 'e':
4608 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
4609Hit 'q':
4610 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4611
4612
4613Minicom warning:
4614================
4615
4616Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
4617"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
4618consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
4619Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
4620especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
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4621use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). See
4622http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.
4623for help with kermit.
4624
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4625
4626Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
4627configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
4628
4629 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
4630 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
4631 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
4632
4633
4634NetBSD Notes:
4635=============
4636
4637Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
4638(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
4639
4640Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
4641NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
4642need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
4643Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
4644attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
4645missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
4646
4647 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
4648 # mkdir powerpc
4649 # ln -s powerpc machine
4650 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
4651 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
4652
4653Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
4654and U-Boot include files.
4655
4656Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
4657stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
4658proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
4659tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
2a8af187 4660meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
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4661
4662
4663Implementation Internals:
4664=========================
4665
4666The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
4667implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
4668inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
4669hardware.
4670
4671
4672Initial Stack, Global Data:
4673---------------------------
4674
4675The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
4676starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
4677system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
4678This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
4679is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
4680at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
4681options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
4682models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
4683MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
4684locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
4685
218ca724 4686 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
0668236b 4687 U-Boot mailing list:
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4688
4689 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
4690 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
4691 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
4692 ...
4693
4694 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
4695 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
4696 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
4697 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
4698 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
11ccc33f 4699 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
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4700 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
4701 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
4702
4703 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
4704 is another option for the system designer to use as an
11ccc33f 4705 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
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4706 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
4707 board designers haven't used it for something that would
4708 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
4709 used.
4710
6d0f6bcf 4711 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
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4712 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
4713 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
8a316c9b 4714 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
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4715 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
4716 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
4717 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
4718 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
4719 you get the config right.
4720
4721 -Chris Hallinan
4722 DS4.COM, Inc.
4723
4724It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
4725code for the initialization procedures:
4726
4727* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
4728 to write it.
4729
b445bbb4 4730* Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitly initialized
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4731 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
4732 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
4733
4734* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
4735 that.
4736
4737Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
b445bbb4 4738normal global data to share information between the code. But it
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4739turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
4740simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
4741functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
4742functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
4743the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
4744place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
4745reserve for this purpose.
4746
4747When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
4748relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
4749GCC's implementation.
4750
4751For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
4752 R1: stack pointer
e7670f6c 4753 R2: reserved for system use
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4754 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
4755 R5-R10: parameter passing
4756 R13: small data area pointer
4757 R30: GOT pointer
4758 R31: frame pointer
4759
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4760 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
4761 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
4762 going back and forth between asm and C)
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e7670f6c 4764 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
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4765
4766 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
4767 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
4768 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
4769 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
4770 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
4771 624 text + 127 data).
4772
4773On ARM, the following registers are used:
4774
4775 R0: function argument word/integer result
4776 R1-R3: function argument word
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4777 R9: platform specific
4778 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking is enabled)
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4779 R11: argument (frame) pointer
4780 R12: temporary workspace
4781 R13: stack pointer
4782 R14: link register
4783 R15: program counter
4784
12eba1b4
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4785 ==> U-Boot will use R9 to hold a pointer to the global data
4786
4787 Note: on ARM, only R_ARM_RELATIVE relocations are supported.
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4789On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
4790 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
4791
4792 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
4793
4794 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
4795 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
4796
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4797On NDS32, the following registers are used:
4798
4799 R0-R1: argument/return
4800 R2-R5: argument
4801 R15: temporary register for assembler
4802 R16: trampoline register
4803 R28: frame pointer (FP)
4804 R29: global pointer (GP)
4805 R30: link register (LP)
4806 R31: stack pointer (SP)
4807 PC: program counter (PC)
4808
4809 ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data
4810
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4811NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
4812or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
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4814On RISC-V, the following registers are used:
4815
4816 x0: hard-wired zero (zero)
4817 x1: return address (ra)
4818 x2: stack pointer (sp)
4819 x3: global pointer (gp)
4820 x4: thread pointer (tp)
4821 x5: link register (t0)
4822 x8: frame pointer (fp)
4823 x10-x11: arguments/return values (a0-1)
4824 x12-x17: arguments (a2-7)
4825 x28-31: temporaries (t3-6)
4826 pc: program counter (pc)
4827
4828 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
4829
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4830Memory Management:
4831------------------
4832
4833U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
4834MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
4835
4836The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
4837controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
4838memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
4839physical memory banks.
4840
4841U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
4842TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
4843booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
4844to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
6d0f6bcf 4845memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
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4846configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
4847Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
4848
4849Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
4850of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
4851
4852So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
4853this:
4854
4855 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
4856 :
4857 0x0000 1FFF
4858 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
4859 :
4860 :
4861
4862 :
4863 :
4864 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
4865 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
4866 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
4867 :
4868 0x00FD FFFF
4869 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
4870 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
4871 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
4872 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
4873
4874
4875System Initialization:
4876----------------------
c609719b 4877
2729af9d 4878In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
11ccc33f 4879(on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
b445bbb4 4880configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the on board Flash memory.
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4881To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
4882To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
4883initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
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4884which provide such a feature like), or in a locked part of the data
4885cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, the caches and
4886the SIU.
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4887
4888Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
4889preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
4890(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
4891on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
4892programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
4893simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
4894banks.
4895
4896When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
4897different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
4898bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
48990x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
4900contiguous memory starting from 0.
4901
4902Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
4903and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
4904Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
4905pages, and the final stack is set up.
4906
4907Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
4908until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
4909running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
4910new address in RAM.
4911
4912
4913U-Boot Porting Guide:
4914----------------------
c609719b 4915
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4916[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
4917list, October 2002]
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4918
4919
6c3fef28 4920int main(int argc, char *argv[])
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4921{
4922 sighandler_t no_more_time;
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4924 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
4925 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
c609719b 4926
2729af9d 4927 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
6c3fef28 4928 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
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4929 return 0;
4930 }
4931
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4932 Download latest U-Boot source;
4933
0668236b 4934 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
2729af9d 4935
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4936 if (clueless)
4937 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
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4938
4939 while (learning) {
4940 Read the README file in the top level directory;
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4941 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
4942 Read applicable doc/*.README;
2729af9d 4943 Read the source, Luke;
6c3fef28 4944 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
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4945 }
4946
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4947 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
4948 Buy a BDI3000;
4949 else
2729af9d 4950 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
2729af9d 4951
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4952 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
4953 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
4954 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
4955 } else {
4956 Create your own board support subdirectory;
4957 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
4958 }
4959 Edit new board/<myboard> files
4960 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
4961
4962 while (!accepted) {
4963 while (!running) {
4964 do {
4965 Add / modify source code;
4966 } until (compiles);
4967 Debug;
4968 if (clueless)
4969 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
4970 }
4971 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
4972 if (reasonable critiques)
4973 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
4974 else
4975 Defend code as written;
2729af9d 4976 }
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4977
4978 return 0;
4979}
4980
4981void no_more_time (int sig)
4982{
4983 hire_a_guru();
4984}
4985
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4987Coding Standards:
4988-----------------
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2729af9d 4990All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
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4991coding style; see the kernel coding style guide at
4992https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html, and the
4993script "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
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4994
4995Source files originating from a different project (for example the
4996MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
b445bbb4 4997reformatted to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
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4998sources.
4999
5000Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
5001Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
5002in your code.
c609719b 5003
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5004Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
5005- remove any trailing white space
7ca9296e 5006- use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
2729af9d 5007- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
7ca9296e 5008- do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
2729af9d 5009- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
180d3f74 5010
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5011Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
5012with a request to reformat the changes.
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5013
5014
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5015Submitting Patches:
5016-------------------
c609719b 5017
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5018Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
5019establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
5020may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
c609719b 5021
0d28f34b 5022Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
218ca724 5023
0668236b 5024Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
1dade18e 5025see https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot
0668236b 5026
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5027When you send a patch, please include the following information with
5028it:
c609719b 5029
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5030* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
5031 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
5032 patch actually fixes something.
c609719b 5033
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5034* For new features: a description of the feature and your
5035 implementation.
c609719b 5036
2729af9d 5037* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
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5039* For major contributions, add a MAINTAINERS file with your
5040 information and associated file and directory references.
c609719b 5041
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5042* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add a
5043 maintainer e-mail address to the boards.cfg file, too.
c609719b 5044
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5045* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
5046 document these in the README file.
c609719b 5047
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5048* The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
5049 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
7ca9296e 5050 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
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5051 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
5052 with some other mail clients.
5053
5054 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
5055 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
5056 GNU diff.
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5058 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
5059 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
5060 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
5061 affected files).
6dff5529 5062
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5063 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
5064 and compressed attachments must not be used.
c609719b 5065
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5066* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
5067 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
52f52c14 5068
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5069* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
5070 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
8bde7f77 5071
52f52c14 5072
2729af9d 5073Notes:
c609719b 5074
6de80f21 5075* Before sending the patch, run the buildman script on your patched
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5076 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
5077 for any of the boards.
c609719b 5078
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5079* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
5080 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
5081 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
c609719b 5082
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5083* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
5084 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
5085 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
5086 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
5087 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
5088 modification.
90dc6704 5089
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5090* Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
5091 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
5092 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
5093 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.