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23
24 Summary:
25 ========
26
27 This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
28 Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
29 processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
30 initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
31 code.
32
33 The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
34 the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
35 header files in common, and special provision has been made to
36 support booting of Linux images.
37
38 Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
39 configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
40 implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
41 add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
42 code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
43 load and run it dynamically.
44
45
46 Status:
47 =======
48
49 In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
50 Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
51 "working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
52
53 In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
54 who contributed the specific port. The MAINTAINERS file lists board
55 maintainers.
56
57
58 Where to get help:
59 ==================
60
61 In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
62 U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
63 <u-boot@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic
64 on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
65 Please see http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
66 http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot
67
68
69 Where to get source code:
70 =========================
71
72 The U-Boot source code is maintained in the git repository at
73 git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
74 http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
75
76 The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
77 any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
78 available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
79 directory.
80
81 Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
82 ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
83
84
85 Where we come from:
86 ===================
87
88 - start from 8xxrom sources
89 - create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
90 - clean up code
91 - make it easier to add custom boards
92 - make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
93 - extend functions, especially:
94 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
95 * S-Record download
96 * network boot
97 * PCMCIA / CompactFlash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
98 - create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
99 - add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
100 - create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
101 - current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
102
103
104 Names and Spelling:
105 ===================
106
107 The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
108 "U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
109 in source files etc.). Example:
110
111 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
112
113 File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
114
115 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
116
117 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
118
119 Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
120 the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
121
122 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
123 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
124
125
126 Versioning:
127 ===========
128
129 Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
130 were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
131 into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
132 names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
133 Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
134 releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
135
136 Examples:
137 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
138 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
139 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candiate 1 for September 2010 release
140
141
142 Directory Hierarchy:
143 ====================
144
145 /arch Architecture specific files
146 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture
147 /cpu CPU specific files
148 /arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
149 /arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
150 /at91 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
151 /imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
152 /s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
153 /arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
154 /arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
155 /arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
156 /ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
157 /pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
158 /s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
159 /sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
160 /lib Architecture specific library files
161 /avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
162 /cpu CPU specific files
163 /lib Architecture specific library files
164 /blackfin Files generic to Analog Devices Blackfin architecture
165 /cpu CPU specific files
166 /lib Architecture specific library files
167 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
168 /cpu CPU specific files
169 /lib Architecture specific library files
170 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
171 /cpu CPU specific files
172 /mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
173 /mcf5227x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5227x CPUs
174 /mcf532x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5329 CPUs
175 /mcf5445x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5445x CPUs
176 /mcf547x_8x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF547x_8x CPUs
177 /lib Architecture specific library files
178 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
179 /cpu CPU specific files
180 /lib Architecture specific library files
181 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
182 /cpu CPU specific files
183 /mips32 Files specific to MIPS32 CPUs
184 /xburst Files specific to Ingenic XBurst CPUs
185 /lib Architecture specific library files
186 /nds32 Files generic to NDS32 architecture
187 /cpu CPU specific files
188 /n1213 Files specific to Andes Technology N1213 CPUs
189 /lib Architecture specific library files
190 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
191 /cpu CPU specific files
192 /lib Architecture specific library files
193 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
194 /cpu CPU specific files
195 /74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
196 /mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
197 /mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
198 /mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
199 /mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
200 /mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
201 /mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
202 /mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
203 /ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
204 /lib Architecture specific library files
205 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
206 /cpu CPU specific files
207 /sh2 Files specific to sh2 CPUs
208 /sh3 Files specific to sh3 CPUs
209 /sh4 Files specific to sh4 CPUs
210 /lib Architecture specific library files
211 /sparc Files generic to SPARC architecture
212 /cpu CPU specific files
213 /leon2 Files specific to Gaisler LEON2 SPARC CPU
214 /leon3 Files specific to Gaisler LEON3 SPARC CPU
215 /lib Architecture specific library files
216 /api Machine/arch independent API for external apps
217 /board Board dependent files
218 /common Misc architecture independent functions
219 /disk Code for disk drive partition handling
220 /doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
221 /drivers Commonly used device drivers
222 /examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
223 /fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
224 /include Header Files
225 /lib Files generic to all architectures
226 /libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees
227 /lzma Library files to support LZMA decompression
228 /lzo Library files to support LZO decompression
229 /net Networking code
230 /post Power On Self Test
231 /rtc Real Time Clock drivers
232 /tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
233
234 Software Configuration:
235 =======================
236
237 Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
238 rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
239
240 There are two classes of configuration variables:
241
242 * Configuration _OPTIONS_:
243 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
244 "CONFIG_".
245
246 * Configuration _SETTINGS_:
247 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
248 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
249 "CONFIG_SYS_".
250
251 Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
252 identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
253 do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
254 links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
255 as an example here.
256
257
258 Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
259 ---------------------------------------------------
260
261 For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
262 configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
263
264 Example: For a TQM823L module type:
265
266 cd u-boot
267 make TQM823L_config
268
269 For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the CPU type as well;
270 e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
271 directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
272
273
274 Configuration Options:
275 ----------------------
276
277 Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
278 such information is kept in a configuration file
279 "include/configs/<board_name>.h".
280
281 Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
282 "include/configs/TQM823L.h".
283
284
285 Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
286 kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
287 build a config tool - later.
288
289
290 The following options need to be configured:
291
292 - CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
293
294 - Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
295
296 - CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
297 Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
298
299 - CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
300 Define exactly one of
301 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
302 --- FIXME --- not tested yet:
303 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
304 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
305
306 - Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
307 Define exactly one of
308 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
309
310 - Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
311 Define one or more of
312 CONFIG_CMA302
313
314 - Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
315 Define one or more of
316 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
317 the LCD display every second with
318 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
319
320 - Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
321 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
322 Possible values are:
323 CONFIG_SYS_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
324 CONFIG_SYS_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
325 CONFIG_SYS_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
326 CONFIG_SYS_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
327
328 - Marvell Family Member
329 CONFIG_SYS_MVFS - define it if you want to enable
330 multiple fs option at one time
331 for marvell soc family
332
333 - MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
334 Define exactly one of
335 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
336
337 - 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx CPU)
338 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
339 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
340 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
341 reference PIT/RTC clock
342 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
343 or XTAL/EXTAL)
344
345 - 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
346 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
347 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
348 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
349 See doc/README.MPC866
350
351 CONFIG_SYS_MEASURE_CPUCLK
352
353 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
354 of relying on the correctness of the configured
355 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
356 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
357 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
358 RTC clock or CONFIG_SYS_8XX_XIN)
359
360 CONFIG_SYS_DELAYED_ICACHE
361
362 Define this option if you want to enable the
363 ICache only when Code runs from RAM.
364
365 - 85xx CPU Options:
366 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
367
368 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
369 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
370 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
371
372 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
373
374 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
375 tree nodes for the given platform.
376
377 - Generic CPU options:
378 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
379
380 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
381 values is arch specific.
382
383 - Intel Monahans options:
384 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
385
386 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
387 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
388 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
389
390 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
391
392 Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator
393 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
394 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
395 by this value.
396
397 - MIPS CPU options:
398 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET
399
400 Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack
401 pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before
402 relocation.
403
404 CONFIG_SYS_MIPS_CACHE_MODE
405
406 Cache operation mode for the MIPS CPU.
407 See also arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h.
408 Possible values are:
409 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NO_WA
410 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_WA
411 CONF_CM_UNCACHED
412 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NONCOHERENT
413 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_CE
414 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_COW
415 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_CUW
416 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_ACCELERATED
417
418 CONFIG_SYS_XWAY_EBU_BOOTCFG
419
420 Special option for Lantiq XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash.
421 See also arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S.
422
423 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
424
425 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
426 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
427 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
428
429 - ARM options:
430 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
431
432 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
433 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
434
435 - Linux Kernel Interface:
436 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
437
438 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
439 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
440 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
441 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
442 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
443 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
444 Linux kernel.
445 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
446 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
447 default environment.
448
449 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
450
451 When transferring memsize parameter to linux, some versions
452 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
453 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
454
455 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
456
457 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
458 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
459 concepts).
460
461 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
462 * New libfdt-based support
463 * Adds the "fdt" command
464 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
465
466 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node (only required for
467 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
468 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node (only required for
469 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
470 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
471 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
472
473 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
474 addresses
475
476 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
477
478 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
479 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
480
481 CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU
482
483 This define fills in the correct boot CPU in the boot
484 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
485
486 CONFIG_OF_IDE_FIXUP
487
488 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
489 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
490 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
491 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
492 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
493 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
494
495 CONFIG_MACH_TYPE [relevant for ARM only][mandatory]
496
497 This setting is mandatory for all boards that have only one
498 machine type and must be used to specify the machine type
499 number as it appears in the ARM machine registry
500 (see http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/).
501 Only boards that have multiple machine types supported
502 in a single configuration file and the machine type is
503 runtime discoverable, do not have to use this setting.
504
505 - vxWorks boot parameters:
506
507 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
508 environments variables: bootfile, ipaddr, serverip, hostname.
509 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
510
511 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_DEVICE - The vxworks device name
512 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_MAC_PTR - Ethernet 6 byte MA -address
513 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_SERVERNAME - Name of the server
514 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_ADDR - Address of boot parameters
515
516 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_ADD_PARAMS
517
518 Add it at the end of the bootline. E.g "u=username pw=secret"
519
520 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
521 the defaults discussed just above.
522
523 - Cache Configuration:
524 CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF - Do not enable instruction cache in U-Boot
525 CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF - Do not enable data cache in U-Boot
526 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot
527
528 - Cache Configuration for ARM:
529 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
530 controller
531 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
532 controller register space
533
534 - Serial Ports:
535 CONFIG_PL010_SERIAL
536
537 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
538
539 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL
540
541 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
542
543 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
544
545 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
546 the clock speed of the UARTs.
547
548 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
549
550 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
551 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
552 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
553
554 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_RLCR
555
556 Some vendor versions of PL011 serial ports (e.g. ST-Ericsson U8500)
557 have separate receive and transmit line control registers. Set
558 this variable to initialize the extra register.
559
560 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_FLUSH_ON_INIT
561
562 On some platforms (e.g. U8500) U-Boot is loaded by a second stage
563 boot loader that has already initialized the UART. Define this
564 variable to flush the UART at init time.
565
566
567 - Console Interface:
568 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
569 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
570 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
571 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
572
573 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
574 port routines must be defined elsewhere
575 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
576
577 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
578 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
579 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042)
580 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
581 (default big endian)
582 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
583 rectangle fill
584 (cf. smiLynxEM)
585 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
586 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
587 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
588 (cols=pitch)
589 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
590 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
591 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
592 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
593 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
594 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
595 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
596 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
597 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
598 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
599 (i.e. i8042_getc)
600 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
601 (requires blink timer
602 cf. i8042.c)
603 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
604 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
605 upper right corner
606 (requires CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
607 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
608 upper left corner
609 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
610 linux_logo.h for logo.
611 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
612 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
613 additional board info beside
614 the logo
615
616 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
617 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
618 environment 'console=serial'.
619
620 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
621 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
622 the "silent" environment variable. See
623 doc/README.silent for more information.
624
625 - Console Baudrate:
626 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
627 Select one of the baudrates listed in
628 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
629 CONFIG_SYS_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
630
631 - Console Rx buffer length
632 With CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN it is possible to define
633 the maximum receive buffer length for the SMC.
634 This option is actual only for 82xx and 8xx possible.
635 If using CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN also CONFIG_SYS_MAXIDLE
636 must be defined, to setup the maximum idle timeout for
637 the SMC.
638
639 - Pre-Console Buffer:
640 Prior to the console being initialised (i.e. serial UART
641 initialised etc) all console output is silently discarded.
642 Defining CONFIG_PRE_CONSOLE_BUFFER will cause U-Boot to
643 buffer any console messages prior to the console being
644 initialised to a buffer of size CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ
645 bytes located at CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_ADDR. The buffer is
646 a circular buffer, so if more than CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ
647 bytes are output before the console is initialised, the
648 earlier bytes are discarded.
649
650 'Sane' compilers will generate smaller code if
651 CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ is a power of 2
652
653 - Safe printf() functions
654 Define CONFIG_SYS_VSNPRINTF to compile in safe versions of
655 the printf() functions. These are defined in
656 include/vsprintf.h and include snprintf(), vsnprintf() and
657 so on. Code size increase is approximately 300-500 bytes.
658 If this option is not given then these functions will
659 silently discard their buffer size argument - this means
660 you are not getting any overflow checking in this case.
661
662 - Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
663 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
664 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
665
666 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
667 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
668 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
669 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
670 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
671 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
672 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
673 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
674 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
675 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
676 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
677 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
678
679 - Autoboot Command:
680 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
681 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
682 define a command string that is automatically executed
683 when no character is read on the console interface
684 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
685
686 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
687 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
688 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
689 environment value "bootargs".
690
691 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
692 The value of these goes into the environment as
693 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
694 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
695 RAM and NFS.
696
697 - Pre-Boot Commands:
698 CONFIG_PREBOOT
699
700 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
701 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
702 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
703 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
704 entering interactive mode.
705
706 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
707 automatically generated or modified. For an example
708 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
709 modified when the user holds down a certain
710 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
711 booting the systems
712
713 - Serial Download Echo Mode:
714 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
715 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
716 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
717 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
718 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
719 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
720 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
721
722 - Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
723 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE
724 Select one of the baudrates listed in
725 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
726
727 - Monitor Functions:
728 Monitor commands can be included or excluded
729 from the build by using the #include files
730 "config_cmd_all.h" and #undef'ing unwanted
731 commands, or using "config_cmd_default.h"
732 and augmenting with additional #define's
733 for wanted commands.
734
735 The default command configuration includes all commands
736 except those marked below with a "*".
737
738 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
739 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
740 CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
741 CONFIG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
742 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
743 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
744 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
745 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
746 CONFIG_CMD_CRC32 * crc32
747 CONFIG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
748 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
749 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
750 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510 * ds4510 I2C gpio commands
751 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_INFO * ds4510 I2C info command
752 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_MEM * ds4510 I2C eeprom/sram commansd
753 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_RST * ds4510 I2C rst command
754 CONFIG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
755 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
756 CONFIG_CMD_EDITENV edit env variable
757 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
758 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
759 CONFIG_CMD_EXPORTENV * export the environment
760 CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV saveenv
761 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
762 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support
763 CONFIG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
764 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
765 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
766 CONFIG_CMD_GO * the 'go' command (exec code)
767 CONFIG_CMD_GREPENV * search environment
768 CONFIG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
769 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
770 CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
771 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
772 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
773 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
774 CONFIG_CMD_IMPORTENV * import an environment
775 CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
776 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
777 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
778 CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
779 CONFIG_CMD_LDRINFO ldrinfo (display Blackfin loader)
780 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
781 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
782 CONFIG_CMD_MD5SUM print md5 message digest
783 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY and CONFIG_MD5)
784 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
785 loop, loopw, mtest
786 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
787 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
788 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
789 CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS * MTD partition support
790 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
791 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
792 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X * PCA953x I2C gpio commands
793 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X_INFO * PCA953x I2C gpio info command
794 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
795 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
796 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
797 host
798 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
799 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
800 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
801 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
802 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
803 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
804 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
805 CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access
806 (4xx only)
807 CONFIG_CMD_SF * Read/write/erase SPI NOR flash
808 CONFIG_CMD_SHA1SUM print sha1 memory digest
809 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY)
810 CONFIG_CMD_SOURCE "source" command Support
811 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
812 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPSRV * TFTP transfer in server mode
813 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT * TFTP put command (upload)
814 CONFIG_CMD_TIME * run command and report execution time
815 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
816 CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
817 CONFIG_CMD_MFSL * Microblaze FSL support
818
819
820 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
821 support you can write:
822
823 #include "config_cmd_all.h"
824 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
825
826 Other Commands:
827 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
828
829 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
830 (configuration option CONFIG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
831 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
832 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
833 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
834 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
835 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
836 initial stack and some data.
837
838
839 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
840
841 - Device tree:
842 CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
843 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree
844 to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically
845 compiled #defines in the board file. This option is
846 experimental and only available on a few boards. The device
847 tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob.
848
849 U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can
850 be done using one of the two options below:
851
852 CONFIG_OF_EMBED
853 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will embed a device tree
854 binary in its image. This device tree file should be in the
855 board directory and called <soc>-<board>.dts. The binary file
856 is then picked up in board_init_f() and made available through
857 the global data structure as gd->blob.
858
859 CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE
860 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree
861 binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific
862 code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by:
863
864 cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
865
866 and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called
867 u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can
868 still use the individual files if you need something more
869 exotic.
870
871 - Watchdog:
872 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
873 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
874 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
875 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260
876 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
877 register. When supported for a specific SoC is
878 available, then no further board specific code should
879 be needed to use it.
880
881 CONFIG_HW_WATCHDOG
882 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
883 SoC, then define this variable and provide board
884 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
885
886 - U-Boot Version:
887 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
888 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
889 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
890 version as printed by the "version" command.
891 This variable is readonly.
892
893 - Real-Time Clock:
894
895 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
896 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
897 following options:
898
899 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
900 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
901 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
902 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
903 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
904 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
905 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
906 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
907 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
908 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
909 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
910 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
911 RV3029 RTC.
912
913 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
914 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
915
916 - GPIO Support:
917 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
918 CONFIG_PCA953X_INFO - enable pca953x info command
919
920 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
921 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
922 pins supported by a particular chip.
923
924 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
925 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
926
927 - Timestamp Support:
928
929 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
930 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
931 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
932 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
933
934 - Partition Support:
935 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
936 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION
937
938 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CONFIG_CMD_IDE or
939 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at
940 least one partition type as well.
941
942 - IDE Reset method:
943 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
944 board configurations files but used nowhere!
945
946 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
947 be performed by calling the function
948 ide_set_reset(int reset)
949 which has to be defined in a board specific file
950
951 - ATAPI Support:
952 CONFIG_ATAPI
953
954 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
955
956 - LBA48 Support
957 CONFIG_LBA48
958
959 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
960 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
961 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
962 support disks up to 2.1TB.
963
964 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
965 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
966 Default is 32bit.
967
968 - SCSI Support:
969 At the moment only there is only support for the
970 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
971 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
972
973 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
974 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
975 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
976 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
977 devices.
978 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
979
980 - NETWORK Support (PCI):
981 CONFIG_E1000
982 Support for Intel 8254x/8257x gigabit chips.
983
984 CONFIG_E1000_SPI
985 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
986 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
987 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
988
989 CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC
990 Allow generic access to the SPI bus on the Intel 8257x, for
991 example with the "sspi" command.
992
993 CONFIG_CMD_E1000
994 Management command for E1000 devices. When used on devices
995 with SPI support you can reprogram the EEPROM from U-Boot.
996
997 CONFIG_E1000_FALLBACK_MAC
998 default MAC for empty EEPROM after production.
999
1000 CONFIG_EEPRO100
1001 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
1002 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
1003 write routine for first time initialisation.
1004
1005 CONFIG_TULIP
1006 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
1007 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
1008 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
1009
1010 CONFIG_NATSEMI
1011 Support for National dp83815 chips.
1012
1013 CONFIG_NS8382X
1014 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
1015
1016 - NETWORK Support (other):
1017
1018 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC
1019 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.
1020
1021 CONFIG_RMII
1022 Define this to use reduced MII inteface
1023
1024 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
1025 If this defined, the driver is quiet.
1026 The driver doen't show link status messages.
1027
1028 CONFIG_CALXEDA_XGMAC
1029 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
1030
1031 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
1032 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
1033
1034 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
1035 Define this to hold the physical address
1036 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
1037
1038 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
1039 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
1040
1041 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111
1042 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
1043
1044 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
1045 Define this to hold the physical address
1046 of the device (I/O space)
1047
1048 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
1049 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1050
1051 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
1052 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
1053 (some hardware wont work with macros)
1054
1055 CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC
1056 Support for davinci emac
1057
1058 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
1059 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
1060
1061 CONFIG_FTGMAC100
1062 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
1063
1064 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
1065 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
1066 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
1067 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
1068 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
1069 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
1070 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
1071 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
1072
1073 CONFIG_SMC911X
1074 Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips
1075
1076 CONFIG_SMC911X_BASE
1077 Define this to hold the physical address
1078 of the device (I/O space)
1079
1080 CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT
1081 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1082
1083 CONFIG_SMC911X_16_BIT
1084 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
1085 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
1086 words you may also try CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT.
1087
1088 CONFIG_SH_ETHER
1089 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
1090
1091 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
1092 Define the number of ports to be used
1093
1094 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
1095 Define the ETH PHY's address
1096
1097 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
1098 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
1099
1100 - TPM Support:
1101 CONFIG_GENERIC_LPC_TPM
1102 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
1103 per system is supported at this time.
1104
1105 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
1106 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
1107 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
1108 0xfed40000.
1109
1110 - USB Support:
1111 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
1112 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
1113 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
1114 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
1115 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
1116 storage devices.
1117 Note:
1118 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
1119 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
1120 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
1121 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
1122 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
1123 CONFIG_PSC3_USB
1124 for USB on PSC3
1125 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG
1126 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
1127 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
1128 for differential drivers on PSC3: 0x00000100
1129 for single ended drivers on PSC3: 0x00004100
1130 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EVENT_POLL
1131 May be defined to allow interrupt polling
1132 instead of using asynchronous interrupts
1133
1134 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the
1135 txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset.
1136
1137 - USB Device:
1138 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
1139 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
1140 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
1141 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
1142 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
1143 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
1144 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
1145 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
1146 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
1147 a Linux host by
1148 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
1149 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
1150 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
1151 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
1152
1153 CONFIG_USB_DEVICE
1154 Define this to build a UDC device
1155
1156 CONFIG_USB_TTY
1157 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
1158 talk to the UDC device
1159
1160 CONFIG_USBD_HS
1161 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
1162 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
1163 int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
1164 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
1165 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
1166 speed.
1167
1168 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
1169 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
1170 be set to usbtty.
1171
1172 mpc8xx:
1173 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
1174 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
1175 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0x02
1176
1177 CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0xBLAH
1178 Derive USB clock from brgclk
1179 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0x04
1180
1181 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
1182 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
1183 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
1184 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
1185 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
1186 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
1187
1188 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
1189 Define this string as the name of your company for
1190 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
1191
1192 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
1193 Define this string as the name of your product
1194 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
1195
1196 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
1197 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
1198 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
1199 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
1200 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
1201
1202 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
1203 Define this as the unique Product ID
1204 for your device
1205 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
1206
1207 - ULPI Layer Support:
1208 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
1209 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
1210 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
1211 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
1212 viewport is supported.
1213 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
1214 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
1215
1216 - MMC Support:
1217 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1218 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1219 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
1220 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
1221 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1222 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
1223
1224 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF
1225 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
1226
1227 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
1228 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
1229
1230 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_CLK
1231 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
1232
1233 - Journaling Flash filesystem support:
1234 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
1235 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
1236 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1237
1238 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1239 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
1240 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1241
1242 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
1243 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
1244 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
1245
1246 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
1247 #define CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
1248 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you
1249 have not defined a custom partition
1250
1251 - FAT(File Allocation Table) filesystem write function support:
1252 CONFIG_FAT_WRITE
1253
1254 Define this to enable support for saving memory data as a
1255 file in FAT formatted partition.
1256
1257 This will also enable the command "fatwrite" enabling the
1258 user to write files to FAT.
1259
1260 - Keyboard Support:
1261 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
1262
1263 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
1264 support
1265
1266 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
1267 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
1268 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
1269 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
1270 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
1271
1272 - Video support:
1273 CONFIG_VIDEO
1274
1275 Define this to enable video support (for output to
1276 video).
1277
1278 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
1279
1280 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
1281
1282 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
1283 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
1284 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
1285 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
1286 assumed.
1287
1288 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
1289 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two different ways
1290 are possible:
1291 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
1292 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
1293
1294 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
1295 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1296 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
1297 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
1298 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
1299 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
1300 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1301 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
1302
1303 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
1304 from the bootargs. (See drivers/video/videomodes.c)
1305
1306
1307 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
1308 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
1309 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
1310 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
1311
1312 CONFIG_FSL_DIU_FB
1313 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
1314 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1315 support, and should also define these other macros:
1316
1317 CONFIG_SYS_DIU_ADDR
1318 CONFIG_VIDEO
1319 CONFIG_CMD_BMP
1320 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
1321 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1322 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1323 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
1324 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1325
1326 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1327 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
1328 boot. See the documentation file README.video for a
1329 description of this variable.
1330
1331 - Keyboard Support:
1332 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
1333
1334 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1335 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1336 defined in your board-specific files.
1337 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
1338
1339 - LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1340
1341 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1342 display); also select one of the supported displays
1343 by defining one of these:
1344
1345 CONFIG_ATMEL_LCD:
1346
1347 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1348
1349 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
1350
1351 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
1352
1353 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
1354
1355 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1356 Active, color, single scan.
1357
1358 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1359
1360 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
1361 Active, color, single scan.
1362
1363 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
1364
1365 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1366 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1367
1368 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1369
1370 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1371 Active, color, single scan.
1372
1373 CONFIG_HLD1045
1374
1375 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1376 Active, color, single scan.
1377
1378 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
1379
1380 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1381 or
1382 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1383 or
1384 Hitachi SP14Q002
1385
1386 320x240. Black & white.
1387
1388 Normally display is black on white background; define
1389 CONFIG_SYS_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
1390
1391 - Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
1392
1393 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1394 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1395 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
1396 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
1397 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1398 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1399 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1400 loaded very quickly after power-on.
1401
1402 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN
1403
1404 If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
1405 on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
1406 position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
1407 number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
1408 is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
1409 specify 'm' for centering the image.
1410
1411 Example:
1412 setenv splashpos m,m
1413 => image at center of screen
1414
1415 setenv splashpos 30,20
1416 => image at x = 30 and y = 20
1417
1418 setenv splashpos -10,m
1419 => vertically centered image
1420 at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9
1421
1422 - Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
1423
1424 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1425 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1426 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1427
1428 - Run length encoded BMP image (RLE8) support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8
1429
1430 If this option is set, 8-bit RLE compressed BMP images
1431 can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the
1432 bmp command.
1433
1434 - Compression support:
1435 CONFIG_BZIP2
1436
1437 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1438 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1439 compressed images are supported.
1440
1441 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
1442 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
1443 be at least 4MB.
1444
1445 CONFIG_LZMA
1446
1447 If this option is set, support for lzma compressed
1448 images is included.
1449
1450 Note: The LZMA algorithm adds between 2 and 4KB of code and it
1451 requires an amount of dynamic memory that is given by the
1452 formula:
1453
1454 (1846 + 768 << (lc + lp)) * sizeof(uint16)
1455
1456 Where lc and lp stand for, respectively, Literal context bits
1457 and Literal pos bits.
1458
1459 This value is upper-bounded by 14MB in the worst case. Anyway,
1460 for a ~4MB large kernel image, we have lc=3 and lp=0 for a
1461 total amount of (1846 + 768 << (3 + 0)) * 2 = ~41KB... that is
1462 a very small buffer.
1463
1464 Use the lzmainfo tool to determinate the lc and lp values and
1465 then calculate the amount of needed dynamic memory (ensuring
1466 the appropriate CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN value).
1467
1468 - MII/PHY support:
1469 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR
1470
1471 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1472
1473 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1474
1475 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1476
1477 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE
1478
1479 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
1480 detection of gigabit PHY is included.
1481
1482 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1483
1484 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1485 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1486 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1487 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1488
1489 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1490
1491 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1492 command issued before MII status register can be read
1493
1494 - Ethernet address:
1495 CONFIG_ETHADDR
1496 CONFIG_ETH1ADDR
1497 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
1498 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
1499 CONFIG_ETH4ADDR
1500 CONFIG_ETH5ADDR
1501
1502 Define a default value for Ethernet address to use
1503 for the respective Ethernet interface, in case this
1504 is not determined automatically.
1505
1506 - IP address:
1507 CONFIG_IPADDR
1508
1509 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1510 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
1511 determined through e.g. bootp.
1512 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
1513
1514 - Server IP address:
1515 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1516
1517 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
1518 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1519 (Environment variable "serverip")
1520
1521 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1522
1523 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1524 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1525
1526 - Gateway IP address:
1527 CONFIG_GATEWAYIP
1528
1529 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1530 default router where packets to other networks are
1531 sent to.
1532 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1533
1534 - Subnet mask:
1535 CONFIG_NETMASK
1536
1537 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1538 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1539 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1540 forwarded through a router.
1541 (Environment variable "netmask")
1542
1543 - Multicast TFTP Mode:
1544 CONFIG_MCAST_TFTP
1545
1546 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1547 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
1548 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
1549 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1550 multicast group.
1551
1552 - BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1553 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1554
1555 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1556 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1557 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1558 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1559 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1560 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1561 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1562 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1563 following delays are inserted then:
1564
1565 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1566 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1567 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1568 4th and following
1569 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1570
1571 - DHCP Advanced Options:
1572 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1573 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1574
1575 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1576 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1577 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1578 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1579 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1580 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1581 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1582 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2
1583 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1584 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1585 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1586 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
1587
1588 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1589 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
1590
1591 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1592 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1593 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1594 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1595 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1596 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1597 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1598 is defined.
1599
1600 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1601 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1602 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
1603 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
1604 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1605 option 12 to the DHCP server.
1606
1607 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1608
1609 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1610 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1611 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1612 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1613 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1614 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1615 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1616 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1617 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1618 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1619 this delay.
1620
1621 - CDP Options:
1622 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
1623
1624 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1625
1626 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1627
1628 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1629 of the device.
1630
1631 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1632
1633 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1634 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1635 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1636
1637 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1638
1639 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1640 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1641
1642 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1643
1644 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1645
1646 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1647
1648 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1649
1650 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1651
1652 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1653
1654 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1655
1656 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1657 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1658
1659 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1660
1661 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1662
1663 - Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1664
1665 Several configurations allow to display the current
1666 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1667 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1668 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1669 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1670 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1671 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1672 feature in U-Boot.
1673
1674 - CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1675
1676 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1677 on those systems that support this (optional)
1678 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1679
1680 - I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1681
1682 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
1683 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
1684 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected CPU.
1685
1686 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
1687 command line (as long as you set CONFIG_CMD_I2C in
1688 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1689 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
1690 command line interface.
1691
1692 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
1693
1694 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
1695 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1696 support for I2C.
1697
1698 There are several other quantities that must also be
1699 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
1700
1701 In both cases you will need to define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED
1702 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
1703 to run and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
1704 the CPU's i2c node address).
1705
1706 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx
1707 (arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c) sets the CPU up as a master node
1708 and so its address should therefore be cleared to 0 (See,
1709 eg, MPC823e User's Manual p.16-473). So, set
1710 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
1711
1712 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_MPC5XXX
1713
1714 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1715 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1716 in progress. Reset the slave devices by sending start
1717 commands until the slave device responds.
1718
1719 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
1720
1721 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1722 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1723 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
1724
1725 I2C_INIT
1726
1727 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
1728 controller or configure ports.
1729
1730 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
1731
1732 I2C_PORT
1733
1734 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1735 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1736 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
1737
1738 I2C_ACTIVE
1739
1740 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1741 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1742 define can be null.
1743
1744 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1745
1746 I2C_TRISTATE
1747
1748 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1749 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1750 define can be null.
1751
1752 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1753
1754 I2C_READ
1755
1756 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1757 FALSE if it is low.
1758
1759 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1760
1761 I2C_SDA(bit)
1762
1763 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1764 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1765
1766 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
1767 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
1768 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
1769
1770 I2C_SCL(bit)
1771
1772 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1773 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1774
1775 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
1776 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
1777 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
1778
1779 I2C_DELAY
1780
1781 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1782 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
1783 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
1784 like:
1785
1786 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
1787
1788 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
1789
1790 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
1791 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
1792 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
1793 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
1794
1795 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
1796 the generic GPIO functions.
1797
1798 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1799
1800 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1801 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1802 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1803 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1804 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1805 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1806 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1807 is run early in the boot sequence.
1808
1809 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BOARD_LATE_INIT
1810
1811 An alternative to CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD. If this option is
1812 defined a custom i2c_board_late_init() routine in
1813 boards/xxx/board.c is run AFTER the operations in i2c_init()
1814 is completed. This callpoint can be used to unreset i2c bus
1815 using CPU i2c controller register accesses for CPUs whose i2c
1816 controller provide such a method. It is called at the end of
1817 i2c_init() to allow i2c_init operations to setup the i2c bus
1818 controller on the CPU (e.g. setting bus speed & slave address).
1819
1820 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1821
1822 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1823 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1824 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1825
1826 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1827
1828 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
1829 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1830 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
1831 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1832
1833 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
1834
1835 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
1836 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1837 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
1838 a 1D array of device addresses
1839
1840 e.g.
1841 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1842 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
1843
1844 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1845
1846 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1847 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
1848
1849 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1850
1851 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
1852
1853 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1854 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1855
1856 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
1857
1858 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1859 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1860
1861 CONFIG_SYS_DTT_BUS_NUM
1862
1863 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
1864 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
1865
1866 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DTT_ADDR:
1867
1868 If defined, specifies the I2C address of the DTT device.
1869 If not defined, then U-Boot uses predefined value for
1870 specified DTT device.
1871
1872 CONFIG_FSL_I2C
1873
1874 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
1875 drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c.
1876
1877 CONFIG_I2C_MUX
1878
1879 Define this option if you have I2C devices reached over 1 .. n
1880 I2C Muxes like the pca9544a. This option addes a new I2C
1881 Command "i2c bus [muxtype:muxaddr:muxchannel]" which adds a
1882 new I2C Bus to the existing I2C Busses. If you select the
1883 new Bus with "i2c dev", u-bbot sends first the commandos for
1884 the muxes to activate this new "bus".
1885
1886 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS must be also defined, to use this
1887 feature!
1888
1889 Example:
1890 Adding a new I2C Bus reached over 2 pca9544a muxes
1891 The First mux with address 70 and channel 6
1892 The Second mux with address 71 and channel 4
1893
1894 => i2c bus pca9544a:70:6:pca9544a:71:4
1895
1896 Use the "i2c bus" command without parameter, to get a list
1897 of I2C Busses with muxes:
1898
1899 => i2c bus
1900 Busses reached over muxes:
1901 Bus ID: 2
1902 reached over Mux(es):
1903 pca9544a@70 ch: 4
1904 Bus ID: 3
1905 reached over Mux(es):
1906 pca9544a@70 ch: 6
1907 pca9544a@71 ch: 4
1908 =>
1909
1910 If you now switch to the new I2C Bus 3 with "i2c dev 3"
1911 u-boot first sends the command to the mux@70 to enable
1912 channel 6, and then the command to the mux@71 to enable
1913 the channel 4.
1914
1915 After that, you can use the "normal" i2c commands as
1916 usual to communicate with your I2C devices behind
1917 the 2 muxes.
1918
1919 This option is actually implemented for the bitbanging
1920 algorithm in common/soft_i2c.c and for the Hardware I2C
1921 Bus on the MPC8260. But it should be not so difficult
1922 to add this option to other architectures.
1923
1924 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
1925
1926 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
1927 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
1928 between writing the address pointer and reading the
1929 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
1930 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
1931 devices can use either method, but some require one or
1932 the other.
1933
1934 - SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1935
1936 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1937 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1938 D/As on the SACSng board)
1939
1940 CONFIG_SH_SPI
1941
1942 Enables the driver for SPI controller on SuperH. Currently
1943 only SH7757 is supported.
1944
1945 CONFIG_SPI_X
1946
1947 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1948 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1949
1950 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1951
1952 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1953 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1954 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1955 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1956 defined, the board configuration must define several
1957 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1958 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
1959
1960 CONFIG_HARD_SPI
1961
1962 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
1963 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
1964 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
1965 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
1966 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
1967
1968 CONFIG_MXC_SPI
1969
1970 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
1971 SoCs. Currently i.MX31/35/51 are supported.
1972
1973 - FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
1974
1975 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1976
1977 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1978
1979 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1980 (ALTERA, XILINX)
1981
1982 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
1983
1984 Enables support for FPGA family.
1985 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1986
1987 CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1988
1989 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
1990
1991 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
1992
1993 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
1994
1995 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1996
1997 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1998 status by the configuration function. This option
1999 will require a board or device specific function to
2000 be written.
2001
2002 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
2003
2004 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
2005 configuration driver.
2006
2007 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
2008 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
2009
2010 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
2011
2012 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
2013 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
2014 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
2015 indicated a CRC error).
2016
2017 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
2018
2019 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
2020 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
2021 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
2022 ms.
2023
2024 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
2025
2026 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
2027 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
2028
2029 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
2030
2031 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
2032 200 ms.
2033
2034 - Configuration Management:
2035 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
2036
2037 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
2038 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
2039
2040 - Vendor Parameter Protection:
2041
2042 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
2043 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
2044 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
2045 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
2046 protects these variables from casual modification by
2047 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
2048 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
2049 change this behaviour:
2050
2051 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
2052 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
2053 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
2054 these parameters.
2055
2056 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
2057 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
2058 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
2059 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
2060 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
2061 read-only.]
2062
2063 - Protected RAM:
2064 CONFIG_PRAM
2065
2066 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
2067 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
2068 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
2069 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
2070 this default value by defining an environment
2071 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
2072 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
2073 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
2074 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
2075 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
2076 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
2077 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
2078
2079 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
2080 saveenv
2081
2082 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
2083 either, which results in a memory region that will
2084 not be affected by reboots.
2085
2086 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
2087 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
2088 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
2089 following board configurations are known to be
2090 "pRAM-clean":
2091
2092 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
2093 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
2094 FLAGADM, TQM8260
2095
2096 - Error Recovery:
2097 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
2098
2099 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
2100 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
2101 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
2102 system where you want the system to reboot
2103 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
2104 useful during development since you can try to debug
2105 the conditions that lead to the situation.
2106
2107 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
2108
2109 This variable defines the number of retries for
2110 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
2111 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
2112 default value of 5 is used.
2113
2114 CONFIG_ARP_TIMEOUT
2115
2116 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
2117
2118 - Command Interpreter:
2119 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
2120
2121 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
2122
2123 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
2124 for the "hush" shell.
2125
2126
2127 CONFIG_SYS_HUSH_PARSER
2128
2129 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
2130 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
2131 powerful command line syntax like
2132 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
2133 constructs ("shell scripts").
2134
2135 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
2136 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
2137
2138
2139 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
2140
2141 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
2142 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
2143 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
2144
2145 Note:
2146
2147 In the current implementation, the local variables
2148 space and global environment variables space are
2149 separated. Local variables are those you define by
2150 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
2151 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
2152 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
2153 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
2154
2155 Global environment variables are those you use
2156 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
2157 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
2158 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
2159
2160 To store commands and special characters in a
2161 variable, please use double quotation marks
2162 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
2163 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
2164 symbols.
2165
2166 - Commandline Editing and History:
2167 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
2168
2169 Enable editing and History functions for interactive
2170 commandline input operations
2171
2172 - Default Environment:
2173 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
2174
2175 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
2176 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
2177 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2178
2179 For example, place something like this in your
2180 board's config file:
2181
2182 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
2183 "myvar1=value1\0" \
2184 "myvar2=value2\0"
2185
2186 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
2187 internal format how the environment is stored by the
2188 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
2189 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
2190 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
2191 You better know what you are doing here.
2192
2193 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
2194 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
2195 the environment like the "source" command or the
2196 boot command first.
2197
2198 - DataFlash Support:
2199 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
2200
2201 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
2202 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
2203 commands cp, md...
2204
2205 - Serial Flash support
2206 CONFIG_CMD_SF
2207
2208 Defining this option enables SPI flash commands
2209 'sf probe/read/write/erase/update'.
2210
2211 Usage requires an initial 'probe' to define the serial
2212 flash parameters, followed by read/write/erase/update
2213 commands.
2214
2215 The following defaults may be provided by the platform
2216 to handle the common case when only a single serial
2217 flash is present on the system.
2218
2219 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_BUS Bus identifier
2220 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_CS Chip-select
2221 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_MODE (see include/spi.h)
2222 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED in Hz
2223
2224 - SystemACE Support:
2225 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
2226
2227 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
2228 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
2229 of the chip must also be defined in the
2230 CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
2231
2232 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
2233 #define CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
2234
2235 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
2236 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
2237
2238 - TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
2239 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
2240
2241 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
2242 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
2243 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
2244 number generator is used.
2245
2246 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
2247 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
2248 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
2249
2250 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
2251 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
2252 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
2253 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
2254 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
2255 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
2256 but sometimes that is not allowed.
2257
2258 - Show boot progress:
2259 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
2260
2261 Defining this option allows to add some board-
2262 specific code (calling a user-provided function
2263 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
2264 the system's boot progress on some display (for
2265 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
2266 the following checkpoints are implemented:
2267
2268 - Detailed boot stage timing
2269 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE
2270 Define this option to get detailed timing of each stage
2271 of the boot process.
2272
2273 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_USER_COUNT
2274 This is the number of available user bootstage records.
2275 Each time you call bootstage_mark(BOOTSTAGE_ID_ALLOC, ...)
2276 a new ID will be allocated from this stash. If you exceed
2277 the limit, recording will stop.
2278
2279 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_REPORT
2280 Define this to print a report before boot, similar to this:
2281
2282 Timer summary in microseconds:
2283 Mark Elapsed Stage
2284 0 0 reset
2285 3,575,678 3,575,678 board_init_f start
2286 3,575,695 17 arch_cpu_init A9
2287 3,575,777 82 arch_cpu_init done
2288 3,659,598 83,821 board_init_r start
2289 3,910,375 250,777 main_loop
2290 29,916,167 26,005,792 bootm_start
2291 30,361,327 445,160 start_kernel
2292
2293 Legacy uImage format:
2294
2295 Arg Where When
2296 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
2297 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
2298 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
2299 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
2300 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
2301 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
2302 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
2303 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
2304 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2305 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
2306 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
2307 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
2308 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
2309 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
2310 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
2311 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
2312
2313 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2314 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
2315 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
2316 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
2317 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
2318 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
2319 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
2320 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
2321 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
2322 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
2323
2324 15 arch/<arch>/lib/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
2325
2326 -30 arch/powerpc/lib/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
2327 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
2328 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
2329
2330 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
2331 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
2332 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
2333 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
2334 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
2335 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2336 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
2337 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
2338 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
2339 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
2340 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2341 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
2342 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2343 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
2344 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
2345 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
2346 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
2347 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
2348 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
2349 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
2350 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
2351 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
2352 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
2353 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
2354 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
2355 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
2356 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2357 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
2358 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
2359 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
2360 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
2361 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
2362 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
2363 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
2364 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
2365 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
2366 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
2367 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
2368 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
2369 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2370 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
2371 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2372 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
2373 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
2374 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
2375 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
2376 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
2377
2378 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
2379
2380 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
2381 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
2382 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
2383
2384 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
2385 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling NetLoop()
2386 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in NetLoop() occurred
2387 81 common/cmd_net.c NetLoop() back without error
2388 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
2389 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
2390 83 common/cmd_net.c running "source" command
2391 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or "source" command
2392 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
2393
2394 FIT uImage format:
2395
2396 Arg Where When
2397 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
2398 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
2399 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
2400 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
2401 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
2402 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
2403 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
2404 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
2405 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
2406 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
2407 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
2408 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2409 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
2410 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
2411 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
2412 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
2413 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
2414 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
2415 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
2416 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
2417 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
2418 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
2419
2420 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2421 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
2422 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
2423 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
2424 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
2425 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
2426 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
2427 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
2428 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
2429 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
2430 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
2431 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
2432 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
2433 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
2434 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
2435 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
2436
2437 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
2438 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
2439
2440 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
2441 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
2442
2443 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
2444 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
2445
2446 - Standalone program support:
2447 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
2448
2449 This option defines a board specific value for the
2450 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
2451 overwriting the architecture dependent default
2452 settings.
2453
2454 - Frame Buffer Address:
2455 CONFIG_FB_ADDR
2456
2457 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific
2458 address for frame buffer.
2459 Then system will reserve the frame buffer address to
2460 defined address instead of lcd_setmem (this function
2461 grabs the memory for frame buffer by panel's size).
2462
2463 Please see board_init_f function.
2464
2465 - Automatic software updates via TFTP server
2466 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP
2467 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
2468 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
2469
2470 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
2471 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
2472
2473 - MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
2474 CONFIG_MTD_DEVICE
2475
2476 Adds the MTD device infrastructure from the Linux kernel.
2477 Needed for mtdparts command support.
2478
2479 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
2480
2481 Adds the MTD partitioning infrastructure from the Linux
2482 kernel. Needed for UBI support.
2483
2484 - SPL framework
2485 CONFIG_SPL
2486 Enable building of SPL globally.
2487
2488 CONFIG_SPL_LDSCRIPT
2489 LDSCRIPT for linking the SPL binary.
2490
2491 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE
2492 Maximum binary size (text, data and rodata) of the SPL binary.
2493
2494 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
2495 TEXT_BASE for linking the SPL binary.
2496
2497 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR
2498 Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary.
2499
2500 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2501 Maximum binary size of the BSS section of the SPL binary.
2502
2503 CONFIG_SPL_STACK
2504 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use
2505
2506 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
2507 Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL.
2508
2509 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
2510 The size of the malloc pool used in SPL.
2511
2512 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
2513 Support for common/libcommon.o in SPL binary
2514
2515 CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT
2516 Support for disk/libdisk.o in SPL binary
2517
2518 CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT
2519 Support for drivers/i2c/libi2c.o in SPL binary
2520
2521 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT
2522 Support for drivers/gpio/libgpio.o in SPL binary
2523
2524 CONFIG_SPL_MMC_SUPPORT
2525 Support for drivers/mmc/libmmc.o in SPL binary
2526
2527 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR,
2528 CONFIG_SYS_U_BOOT_MAX_SIZE_SECTORS,
2529 CONFIG_SYS_MMC_SD_FAT_BOOT_PARTITION
2530 Address, size and partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from
2531 when the MMC is being used in raw mode.
2532
2533 CONFIG_SPL_FAT_SUPPORT
2534 Support for fs/fat/libfat.o in SPL binary
2535
2536 CONFIG_SPL_FAT_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
2537 Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from FAT
2538
2539 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE
2540 Support for drivers/mtd/nand/libnand.o in SPL binary
2541
2542 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
2543 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
2544 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
2545 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
2546 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
2547 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
2548 to read U-Boot with CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE
2549
2550 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS
2551 Location in NAND for CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE to read U-Boot
2552 from.
2553
2554 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
2555 Location in memory for CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE to load U-Boot
2556 to.
2557
2558 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
2559 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
2560 data. This is used for example on davinci plattforms.
2561
2562 CONFIG_SPL_OMAP3_ID_NAND
2563 Support for an OMAP3-specific set of functions to return the
2564 ID and MFR of the first attached NAND chip, if present.
2565
2566 CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT
2567 Support for drivers/serial/libserial.o in SPL binary
2568
2569 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT
2570 Support for drivers/mtd/spi/libspi_flash.o in SPL binary
2571
2572 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_SUPPORT
2573 Support for drivers/spi/libspi.o in SPL binary
2574
2575 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT
2576 Support for lib/libgeneric.o in SPL binary
2577
2578 Modem Support:
2579 --------------
2580
2581 [so far only for SMDK2400 boards]
2582
2583 - Modem support enable:
2584 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
2585
2586 - RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
2587 CONFIG_HWFLOW
2588
2589 - Modem debug support:
2590 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
2591
2592 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
2593 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
2594
2595 - Interrupt support (PPC):
2596
2597 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
2598 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
2599 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
2600 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
2601 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
2602 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
2603 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
2604 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
2605 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
2606 general timer_interrupt().
2607
2608 - General:
2609
2610 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
2611 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
2612 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
2613 (autoboot). The key_pressed() function is called from
2614 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
2615 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
2616 initialization.
2617
2618 If there are no modem init strings in the
2619 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
2620 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
2621 suppressed, though.
2622
2623 See also: doc/README.Modem
2624
2625 Board initialization settings:
2626 ------------------------------
2627
2628 During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
2629 to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
2630 before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
2631 following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
2632 architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
2633 typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
2634
2635 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
2636 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
2637 - CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
2638 - CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init()
2639
2640 Configuration Settings:
2641 -----------------------
2642
2643 - CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
2644 undefine this when you're short of memory.
2645
2646 - CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
2647 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
2648
2649 - CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
2650 prompt for user input.
2651
2652 - CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
2653
2654 - CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
2655
2656 - CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
2657
2658 - CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
2659 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
2660 booted
2661
2662 - CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
2663 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
2664
2665 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
2666 Suppress display of console information at boot.
2667
2668 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
2669 If the board specific function
2670 extern int overwrite_console (void);
2671 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
2672 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
2673
2674 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
2675 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
2676
2677 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
2678 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
2679
2680 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
2681 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
2682 simple memory test.
2683
2684 - CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST:
2685 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
2686
2687 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
2688 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
2689 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
2690
2691 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE (PPC only):
2692 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
2693 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
2694 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
2695 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
2696 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
2697 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
2698 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
2699 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
2700 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
2701
2702 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
2703 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
2704 be touched.
2705
2706 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
2707 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
2708 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
2709 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
2710 problems.
2711
2712 - CONFIG_SYS_TFTP_LOADADDR:
2713 Default load address for network file downloads
2714
2715 - CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
2716 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
2717
2718 - CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
2719 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
2720
2721 - CONFIG_SYS_MBIO_BASE:
2722 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
2723 Cogent motherboard)
2724
2725 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
2726 Physical start address of Flash memory.
2727
2728 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
2729 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2730 make config files to be same as the text base address
2731 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
2732 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
2733
2734 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
2735 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2736 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2737 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2738 flash sector.
2739
2740 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
2741 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2742
2743 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
2744 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
2745 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
2746 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
2747 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2748
2749 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
2750 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2751 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
2752 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2753 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
2754 enviroment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
2755 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
2756 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
2757 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
2758 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
2759 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
2760
2761 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
2762 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
2763 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
2764 is enabled.
2765
2766 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
2767 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
2768 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2769
2770 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
2771 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
2772 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2773
2774 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
2775 Max number of Flash memory banks
2776
2777 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
2778 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2779
2780 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
2781 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2782
2783 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
2784 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2785
2786 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
2787 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2788
2789 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
2790 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2791
2792 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
2793 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2794 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2795
2796 - CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
2797
2798 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2799 without this option such a download has to be
2800 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2801 copy from RAM to flash.
2802
2803 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2804 you can check if the download worked before you erase
2805 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
2806 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
2807 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2808
2809 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
2810 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
2811 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2812
2813 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
2814 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2815 in the drivers directory
2816
2817 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
2818 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
2819 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
2820 to the MTD layer.
2821
2822 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
2823 Use buffered writes to flash.
2824
2825 - CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2826 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2827 write commands.
2828
2829 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
2830 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2831 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2832 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2833 optionally available.
2834
2835 - CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2836 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2837 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2838 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2839
2840 - CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
2841 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
2842 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
2843 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2844 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
2845 on high Ethernet traffic.
2846 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2847
2848 - CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
2849
2850 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
2851 internally to store the environment settings. The default
2852 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
2853 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
2854 lib/hashtable.c for details.
2855
2856 The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
2857 of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
2858 following configurations:
2859
2860 - CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
2861
2862 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
2863 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
2864
2865 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
2866
2867 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
2868
2869 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
2870 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
2871 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
2872 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
2873 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
2874 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
2875 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
2876 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
2877 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
2878 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
2879 between U-Boot and the environment.
2880
2881 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2882
2883 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
2884 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
2885 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
2886 for this sector is given here.
2887
2888 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE.
2889
2890 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
2891
2892 This is just another way to specify the start address of
2893 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
2894 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET).
2895
2896 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
2897
2898 Size of the sector containing the environment.
2899
2900
2901 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
2902 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
2903 the environment.
2904
2905 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
2906
2907 If you use this in combination with CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
2908 and CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
2909 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
2910 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
2911
2912 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
2913 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
2914 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
2915 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
2916 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
2917 updating the environment in flash makes it always
2918 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
2919 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
2920 RAM, your target system will be dead.
2921
2922 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
2923 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
2924
2925 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
2926 a redundant copy of the environment data, so that there is
2927 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
2928 a "saveenv" operation.
2929
2930 BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
2931 source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
2932 accordingly!
2933
2934
2935 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
2936
2937 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
2938 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
2939 environment.
2940
2941 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
2942 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
2943
2944 These two #defines are used to determine the memory area you
2945 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
2946 can just be read and written to, without any special
2947 provision.
2948
2949 BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
2950 in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
2951 console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
2952 U-Boot will hang.
2953
2954 Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
2955 environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
2956 keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
2957 to save the current settings.
2958
2959
2960 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
2961
2962 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
2963 device and a driver for it.
2964
2965 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2966 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
2967
2968 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
2969 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
2970
2971 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
2972 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
2973 The default address is zero.
2974
2975 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
2976 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
2977 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
2978 would require six bits.
2979
2980 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
2981 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
2982 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
2983
2984 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
2985 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
2986 that this is NOT the chip address length!
2987
2988 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
2989 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
2990 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
2991 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
2992 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
2993 byte chips.
2994
2995 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
2996 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
2997 in the chip address.
2998
2999 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_SIZE:
3000 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
3001
3002 - CONFIG_ENV_EEPROM_IS_ON_I2C
3003 define this, if you have I2C and SPI activated, and your
3004 EEPROM, which holds the environment, is on the I2C bus.
3005
3006 - CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS
3007 if you have an Environment on an EEPROM reached over
3008 I2C muxes, you can define here, how to reach this
3009 EEPROM. For example:
3010
3011 #define CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS "pca9547:70:d\0"
3012
3013 EEPROM which holds the environment, is reached over
3014 a pca9547 i2c mux with address 0x70, channel 3.
3015
3016 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
3017
3018 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
3019 want to use for the environment.
3020
3021 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3022 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
3023 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
3024
3025 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
3026 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
3027 at the specified address.
3028
3029 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_REMOTE:
3030
3031 Define this if you have a remote memory space which you
3032 want to use for the local device's environment.
3033
3034 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
3035 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
3036
3037 These two #defines specify the address and size of the
3038 environment area within the remote memory space. The
3039 local device can get the environment from remote memory
3040 space by SRIO or other links.
3041
3042 BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
3043 "saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
3044 environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO link, but it can
3045 not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO interface.
3046
3047 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
3048
3049 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
3050 for the environment.
3051
3052 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3053 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
3054
3055 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
3056 area within the first NAND device. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET must be
3057 aligned to an erase block boundary.
3058
3059 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
3060
3061 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
3062 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, so
3063 that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure
3064 during a "saveenv" operation. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_RENDUND must be
3065 aligned to an erase block boundary.
3066
3067 - CONFIG_ENV_RANGE (optional):
3068
3069 Specifies the length of the region in which the environment
3070 can be written. This should be a multiple of the NAND device's
3071 block size. Specifying a range with more erase blocks than
3072 are needed to hold CONFIG_ENV_SIZE allows bad blocks within
3073 the range to be avoided.
3074
3075 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB (optional):
3076
3077 Enables support for dynamically retrieving the offset of the
3078 environment from block zero's out-of-band data. The
3079 "nand env.oob" command can be used to record this offset.
3080 Currently, CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND is not supported when
3081 using CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB.
3082
3083 - CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
3084
3085 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
3086 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
3087 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
3088
3089 - CONFIG_SYS_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
3090
3091 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
3092 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
3093 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
3094 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
3095 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
3096 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
3097 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
3098
3099 Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
3100 has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
3101 created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_f()
3102 until then to read environment variables.
3103
3104 The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
3105 is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
3106 with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
3107 necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
3108 "baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
3109 have any device yet where we could complain.]
3110
3111 Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
3112 the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
3113 use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
3114
3115 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
3116 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
3117
3118 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
3119 also needs to be defined.
3120
3121 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
3122 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
3123
3124 - CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
3125 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
3126 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
3127 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
3128 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
3129 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
3130
3131 Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
3132 ---------------------------------------------------
3133
3134 - CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
3135 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
3136
3137 - CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR:
3138 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
3139
3140 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
3141 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
3142 the IMMR register after a reset.
3143
3144 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
3145 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
3146 PowerPC SOCs.
3147
3148 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
3149 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
3150 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
3151
3152 CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR must also be set to this value,
3153 for cross-platform code that uses that macro instead.
3154
3155 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
3156 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
3157 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
3158 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
3159 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
3160 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
3161 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
3162
3163 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
3164 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
3165
3166 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
3167 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
3168 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
3169 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3170 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3171
3172 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
3173 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
3174 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3175 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3176
3177 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE:
3178 If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be
3179 forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated.
3180
3181 - Floppy Disk Support:
3182 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
3183
3184 the default drive number (default value 0)
3185
3186 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
3187
3188 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
3189 (default value 1)
3190
3191 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
3192
3193 defines the offset of register from address. It
3194 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
3195 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
3196
3197 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
3198 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
3199 default value.
3200
3201 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
3202 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
3203 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
3204 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
3205 initializations.
3206
3207 - CONFIG_IDE_AHB:
3208 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
3209 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
3210 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
3211 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
3212 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
3213 is requierd.
3214
3215 - CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
3216 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
3217 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
3218
3219 - CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
3220
3221 Start address of memory area that can be used for
3222 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
3223 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
3224 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
3225 will become available only after programming the
3226 memory controller and running certain initialization
3227 sequences.
3228
3229 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
3230 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
3231 - MPC824X: data cache
3232 - PPC4xx: data cache
3233
3234 - CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
3235
3236 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
3237 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
3238 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
3239 data is located at the end of the available space
3240 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
3241 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
3242 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
3243 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
3244
3245 Note:
3246 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
3247 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
3248 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
3249 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
3250 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
3251
3252 - CONFIG_SYS_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
3253
3254 - CONFIG_SYS_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
3255
3256 - CONFIG_SYS_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
3257
3258 - CONFIG_SYS_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
3259
3260 - CONFIG_SYS_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
3261
3262 - CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
3263
3264 - CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
3265 SDRAM timing
3266
3267 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
3268 periodic timer for refresh
3269
3270 - CONFIG_SYS_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
3271
3272 - FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
3273 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
3274 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
3275 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
3276 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
3277
3278 - SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
3279 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
3280 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
3281 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
3282
3283 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
3284 CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_8COL, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_9COL:
3285 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
3286 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
3287
3288 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
3289 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3290 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
3291
3292 - CONFIG_SYS_SMC_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SMC_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
3293 enable SMC microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3294 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]
3295
3296 - CONFIG_SYS_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
3297 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3298 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
3299
3300 - CONFIG_SYS_USE_OSCCLK:
3301 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
3302 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
3303 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
3304
3305 - CONFIG_SYS_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
3306 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
3307 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
3308 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
3309 cpm_8260.h.
3310
3311 - CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
3312 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK0_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
3313 CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK1_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
3314 CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
3315 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
3316 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
3317 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
3318 CONFIG_SYS_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
3319 Overrides the default PCI memory map in arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
3320
3321 - CONFIG_PCI_DISABLE_PCIE:
3322 Disable PCI-Express on systems where it is supported but not
3323 required.
3324
3325 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIO:
3326 Chip has SRIO or not
3327
3328 - CONFIG_SRIO1:
3329 Board has SRIO 1 port available
3330
3331 - CONFIG_SRIO2:
3332 Board has SRIO 2 port available
3333
3334 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
3335 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3336
3337 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYS:
3338 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3339
3340 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
3341 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3342
3343 - CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_16
3344 Defined to tell the NDFC that the NAND chip is using a
3345 16 bit bus.
3346
3347 - CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
3348 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
3349 a default value will be used.
3350
3351 - CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
3352 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
3353 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
3354
3355 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
3356 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
3357
3358 - CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
3359 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
3360 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
3361 to something your driver can deal with.
3362
3363 - CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
3364 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
3365 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
3366 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
3367 header files or board specific files.
3368
3369 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
3370 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
3371
3372 - CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
3373 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
3374 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
3375
3376 - CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
3377 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
3378
3379 - CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
3380 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
3381 to the given FEC; i. e.
3382 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
3383 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
3384
3385 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
3386
3387 - CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
3388 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
3389 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
3390
3391 - CONFIG_RMII
3392 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
3393 Note that this is a global option, we can't
3394 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
3395
3396 - CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
3397 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
3398 The syntax is:
3399
3400 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
3401
3402 Where address/count indicate a memory area
3403 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
3404 area should have.
3405
3406 - CONFIG_LOOPW
3407 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
3408 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
3409
3410 - CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
3411 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
3412 "md/mw" commands.
3413 Examples:
3414
3415 => mdc.b 10 4 500
3416 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
3417
3418 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
3419 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
3420
3421 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
3422 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
3423
3424 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
3425 [ARM, NDS32, MIPS only] If this variable is defined, then certain
3426 low level initializations (like setting up the memory
3427 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
3428 relocate itself into RAM.
3429
3430 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
3431 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
3432 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
3433 these initializations itself.
3434
3435 - CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
3436 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
3437 that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
3438 compiling a NAND SPL.
3439
3440 - CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMCPY
3441 CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMSET
3442 If these options are used a optimized version of memcpy/memset will
3443 be used if available. These functions may be faster under some
3444 conditions but may increase the binary size.
3445
3446 Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
3447 -----------------------------------
3448
3449 The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
3450 loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
3451 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
3452 are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
3453 within that device.
3454
3455 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_ADDR
3456 The address in the storage device where the firmware is located. The
3457 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
3458 is also specified.
3459
3460 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
3461 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
3462 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
3463 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
3464 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
3465
3466 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
3467 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
3468 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
3469 virtual address in NOR flash.
3470
3471 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
3472 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
3473 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
3474
3475 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
3476 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
3477 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
3478
3479 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_SPIFLASH
3480 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SPI
3481 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
3482
3483 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
3484 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
3485 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
3486 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO outbound window
3487 ->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in master's
3488 NOR flash.
3489
3490 Building the Software:
3491 ======================
3492
3493 Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
3494 and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
3495 all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
3496 (potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
3497 recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
3498 which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
3499
3500 If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
3501 have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
3502 you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
3503 Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
3504 necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
3505
3506 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
3507 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
3508
3509 Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
3510 the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
3511 (http://www.mingw.org). Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
3512 toolchain and execute 'make tools'. For example:
3513
3514 $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools
3515
3516 Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
3517 be executed on computers running Windows.
3518
3519 U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
3520 sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
3521 is done by typing:
3522
3523 make NAME_config
3524
3525 where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing configu-
3526 rations; see boards.cfg for supported names.
3527
3528 Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
3529 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
3530 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
3531 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
3532 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
3533
3534 make TQM823L_config
3535 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
3536
3537 make TQM823L_LCD_config
3538 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
3539
3540 etc.
3541
3542
3543 Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
3544 images ready for download to / installation on your system:
3545
3546 - "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
3547 - "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
3548 - "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
3549
3550 By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
3551 in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
3552 this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
3553
3554 1. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
3555
3556 make O=/tmp/build distclean
3557 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
3558 make O=/tmp/build all
3559
3560 2. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
3561
3562 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
3563 make distclean
3564 make NAME_config
3565 make all
3566
3567 Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
3568 variable.
3569
3570
3571 Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
3572 for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
3573 native "make".
3574
3575
3576 If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
3577 to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
3578 steps:
3579
3580 1. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
3581 "boards.cfg" file, using the existing entries as examples.
3582 Follow the instructions there to keep the boards in order.
3583 2. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
3584 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
3585 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
3586 3. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
3587 your board
3588 3. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
3589 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
3590 4. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
3591 5. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
3592 to be installed on your target system.
3593 6. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
3594 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
3595
3596
3597 Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
3598 ==============================================================
3599
3600 If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
3601 or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
3602 provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
3603 the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
3604 official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
3605
3606 But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
3607 cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
3608 the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
3609 just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
3610 for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
3611 select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
3612 environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the ELDK cross tools
3613 you can type
3614
3615 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
3616
3617 or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
3618
3619 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
3620
3621 When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build
3622 U-Boot in the source directory. This location can be changed by
3623 setting the BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target
3624 built, the MAKEALL script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and
3625 <target>.MAKEALL) in the <source dir>/LOG directory. This default
3626 location can be changed by setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment
3627 variable. For example:
3628
3629 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
3630 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
3631 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
3632
3633 With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build,
3634 log files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean
3635 during the whole build process.
3636
3637
3638 See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
3639
3640
3641 Monitor Commands - Overview:
3642 ============================
3643
3644 go - start application at address 'addr'
3645 run - run commands in an environment variable
3646 bootm - boot application image from memory
3647 bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
3648 bootz - boot zImage from memory
3649 tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
3650 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
3651 (and eventually "gatewayip")
3652 tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
3653 rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
3654 diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
3655 loads - load S-Record file over serial line
3656 loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
3657 md - memory display
3658 mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
3659 nm - memory modify (constant address)
3660 mw - memory write (fill)
3661 cp - memory copy
3662 cmp - memory compare
3663 crc32 - checksum calculation
3664 i2c - I2C sub-system
3665 sspi - SPI utility commands
3666 base - print or set address offset
3667 printenv- print environment variables
3668 setenv - set environment variables
3669 saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
3670 protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
3671 erase - erase FLASH memory
3672 flinfo - print FLASH memory information
3673 bdinfo - print Board Info structure
3674 iminfo - print header information for application image
3675 coninfo - print console devices and informations
3676 ide - IDE sub-system
3677 loop - infinite loop on address range
3678 loopw - infinite write loop on address range
3679 mtest - simple RAM test
3680 icache - enable or disable instruction cache
3681 dcache - enable or disable data cache
3682 reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
3683 echo - echo args to console
3684 version - print monitor version
3685 help - print online help
3686 ? - alias for 'help'
3687
3688
3689 Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
3690 ========================================
3691
3692 TODO.
3693
3694 For now: just type "help <command>".
3695
3696
3697 Environment Variables:
3698 ======================
3699
3700 U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
3701 can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
3702
3703 Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
3704 "printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
3705 without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
3706 environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
3707 working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
3708 environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
3709
3710 Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
3711
3712 List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
3713
3714 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
3715
3716 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
3717
3718 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
3719
3720 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
3721
3722 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
3723
3724 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3725 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3726 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
3727 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
3728 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
3729 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
3730 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
3731 bootm_mapsize.
3732
3733 bootm_mapsize - Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel.
3734 This variable is given as a hexadecimal number and it
3735 defines the size of the memory region starting at base
3736 address bootm_low that is accessible by the Linux kernel
3737 during early boot. If unset, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is used
3738 as the default value if it is defined, and bootm_size is
3739 used otherwise.
3740
3741 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3742 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3743 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
3744 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
3745 environment variable.
3746
3747 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
3748 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
3749 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
3750
3751 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
3752 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
3753 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
3754 load any image using TFTP
3755
3756 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
3757 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
3758 be automatically started (by internally calling
3759 "bootm")
3760
3761 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
3762 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
3763 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
3764 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
3765 data.
3766
3767 fdt_high - if set this restricts the maximum address that the
3768 flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot.
3769 For example, if you have a system with 1 GB memory
3770 at physical address 0x10000000, while Linux kernel
3771 only recognizes the first 704 MB as low memory, you
3772 may need to set fdt_high as 0x3C000000 to have the
3773 device tree blob be copied to the maximum address
3774 of the 704 MB low memory, so that Linux kernel can
3775 access it during the boot procedure.
3776
3777 If this is set to the special value 0xFFFFFFFF then
3778 the fdt will not be copied at all on boot. For this
3779 to work it must reside in writable memory, have
3780 sufficient padding on the end of it for u-boot to
3781 add the information it needs into it, and the memory
3782 must be accessible by the kernel.
3783
3784 fdtcontroladdr- if set this is the address of the control flattened
3785 device tree used by U-Boot when CONFIG_OF_CONTROL is
3786 defined.
3787
3788 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
3789 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
3790 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
3791 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
3792 it must be saved and board must be reset.
3793
3794 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
3795 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
3796 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
3797 is usually what you want since it allows for
3798 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
3799 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
3800 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
3801 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
3802 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
3803 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
3804 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
3805
3806 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
3807 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
3808 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
3809 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
3810 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
3811 12 MB as well - this can be done with
3812
3813 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
3814
3815 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
3816 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
3817 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
3818 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
3819 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
3820 boot time on your system, but requires that this
3821 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
3822
3823 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
3824
3825 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
3826 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
3827
3828 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
3829
3830 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
3831
3832 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
3833
3834 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
3835
3836 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
3837
3838 ethprime - controls which interface is used first.
3839
3840 ethact - controls which interface is currently active.
3841 For example you can do the following
3842
3843 => setenv ethact FEC
3844 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
3845 => setenv ethact SCC
3846 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
3847
3848 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
3849 available network interfaces.
3850 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
3851
3852 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
3853 either succeed or fail without retrying.
3854 When set to "once" the network operation will
3855 fail when all the available network interfaces
3856 are tried once without success.
3857 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
3858 themselves.
3859
3860 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
3861
3862 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
3863 UDP source port.
3864
3865 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
3866 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
3867
3868 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
3869 we use the TFTP server's default block size
3870
3871 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
3872 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
3873 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
3874 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
3875 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
3876 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
3877 with unreliable TFTP servers.
3878
3879 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
3880 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
3881 VLAN tagged frames.
3882
3883 The following image location variables contain the location of images
3884 used in booting. The "Image" column gives the role of the image and is
3885 not an environment variable name. The other columns are environment
3886 variable names. "File Name" gives the name of the file on a TFTP
3887 server, "RAM Address" gives the location in RAM the image will be
3888 loaded to, and "Flash Location" gives the image's address in NOR
3889 flash or offset in NAND flash.
3890
3891 *Note* - these variables don't have to be defined for all boards, some
3892 boards currenlty use other variables for these purposes, and some
3893 boards use these variables for other purposes.
3894
3895 Image File Name RAM Address Flash Location
3896 ----- --------- ----------- --------------
3897 u-boot u-boot u-boot_addr_r u-boot_addr
3898 Linux kernel bootfile kernel_addr_r kernel_addr
3899 device tree blob fdtfile fdt_addr_r fdt_addr
3900 ramdisk ramdiskfile ramdisk_addr_r ramdisk_addr
3901
3902 The following environment variables may be used and automatically
3903 updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
3904 depending the information provided by your boot server:
3905
3906 bootfile - see above
3907 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
3908 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
3909 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
3910 hostname - Target hostname
3911 ipaddr - see above
3912 netmask - Subnet Mask
3913 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
3914 serverip - see above
3915
3916
3917 There are two special Environment Variables:
3918
3919 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
3920 as type string and/or serial number
3921 ethaddr - Ethernet address
3922
3923 These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
3924 the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
3925 once they have been set once.
3926
3927
3928 Further special Environment Variables:
3929
3930 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
3931 with the "version" command. This variable is
3932 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
3933
3934
3935 Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
3936 only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
3937
3938
3939 Command Line Parsing:
3940 =====================
3941
3942 There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
3943 the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
3944
3945 Old, simple command line parser:
3946 --------------------------------
3947
3948 - supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
3949 - several commands on one line, separated by ';'
3950 - variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
3951 - special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
3952 for example:
3953 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
3954 - You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
3955 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
3956
3957 Hush shell:
3958 -----------
3959
3960 - similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
3961 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
3962 until...do...done, ...
3963 - supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
3964 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
3965 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
3966 command
3967
3968 General rules:
3969 --------------
3970
3971 (1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
3972 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
3973 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
3974 executed anyway.
3975
3976 (2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
3977 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
3978 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
3979 variables are not executed.
3980
3981 Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
3982 =======================================
3983
3984 Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
3985 such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
3986 "working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
3987
3988 Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
3989 MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
3990 "eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
3991
3992 If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
3993 in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
3994 ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
3995 variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
3996
3997 o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
3998 environment, the SROM's address is used.
3999
4000 o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
4001 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
4002 used.
4003
4004 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
4005 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
4006
4007 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
4008 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
4009 warning is printed.
4010
4011 o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
4012 is raised.
4013
4014 If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
4015 will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
4016 may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
4017 The naming convention is as follows:
4018 "ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
4019
4020 Image Formats:
4021 ==============
4022
4023 U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
4024 images in two formats:
4025
4026 New uImage format (FIT)
4027 -----------------------
4028
4029 Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
4030 to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
4031 components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
4032 SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
4033
4034
4035 Old uImage format
4036 -----------------
4037
4038 Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
4039 preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
4040 details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
4041
4042 * Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
4043 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
4044 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
4045 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
4046 INTEGRITY).
4047 * Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
4048 IA64, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
4049 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC).
4050 * Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
4051 * Load Address
4052 * Entry Point
4053 * Image Name
4054 * Image Timestamp
4055
4056 The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
4057 and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
4058 CRC32 checksums.
4059
4060
4061 Linux Support:
4062 ==============
4063
4064 Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
4065 easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
4066 U-Boot.
4067
4068 U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
4069 special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
4070 "initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
4071 instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
4072 serves several purposes:
4073
4074 - the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
4075 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
4076 Flash memory footprint)
4077
4078 - it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
4079 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
4080
4081 - the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
4082 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
4083 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
4084 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
4085 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
4086 software is easier now.
4087
4088
4089 Linux HOWTO:
4090 ============
4091
4092 Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
4093 ---------------------------------------
4094
4095 U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
4096 configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
4097 (no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
4098 Linux :-).
4099
4100 But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
4101
4102 Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
4103 include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
4104 Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
4105 and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
4106 as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
4107
4108
4109 Configuring the Linux kernel:
4110 -----------------------------
4111
4112 No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
4113 device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
4114
4115
4116 Building a Linux Image:
4117 -----------------------
4118
4119 With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
4120 not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
4121 "uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
4122 U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
4123 which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
4124 100% compatible format.
4125
4126 Example:
4127
4128 make TQM850L_config
4129 make oldconfig
4130 make dep
4131 make uImage
4132
4133 The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
4134 encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
4135 CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
4136
4137 * build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
4138
4139 * convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
4140
4141 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
4142 -R .note -R .comment \
4143 -S vmlinux linux.bin
4144
4145 * compress the binary image:
4146
4147 gzip -9 linux.bin
4148
4149 * package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
4150
4151 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
4152 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
4153 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
4154
4155
4156 The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
4157 with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
4158 combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
4159 byte header containing information about target architecture,
4160 operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
4161 stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
4162
4163 "mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
4164 print the header information, or to build new images.
4165
4166 In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
4167 contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
4168 checksum verification:
4169
4170 tools/mkimage -l image
4171 -l ==> list image header information
4172
4173 The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
4174 from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
4175
4176 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
4177 -n name -d data_file image
4178 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
4179 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
4180 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
4181 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
4182 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
4183 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
4184 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
4185 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
4186
4187 Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
4188 address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
4189 kernel version:
4190
4191 - 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
4192 - 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
4193
4194 So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
4195
4196 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4197 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
4198 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
4199 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
4200 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4201 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4202 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4203 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4204 Load Address: 0x00000000
4205 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4206
4207 To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
4208
4209 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
4210 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4211 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4212 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4213 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4214 Load Address: 0x00000000
4215 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4216
4217 NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
4218 speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
4219 needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
4220 need to be uncompressed:
4221
4222 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
4223 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4224 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
4225 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
4226 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
4227 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4228 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4229 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
4230 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
4231 Load Address: 0x00000000
4232 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4233
4234
4235 Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
4236 when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
4237
4238 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
4239 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
4240 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
4241 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4242 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
4243 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4244 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
4245 Load Address: 0x00000000
4246 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4247
4248
4249 Installing a Linux Image:
4250 -------------------------
4251
4252 To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
4253 you must convert the image to S-Record format:
4254
4255 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
4256
4257 The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
4258 image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
4259 address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
4260 specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
4261 command.
4262
4263 Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
4264 TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
4265
4266 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
4267
4268 .......... done
4269 Erased 8 sectors
4270
4271 => loads 40100000
4272 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4273 ~>examples/image.srec
4274 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
4275 ...
4276 15989 15990 15991 15992
4277 [file transfer complete]
4278 [connected]
4279 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
4280
4281
4282 You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
4283 this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
4284 corruption happened:
4285
4286 => imi 40100000
4287
4288 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4289 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4290 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4291 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4292 Load Address: 00000000
4293 Entry Point: 0000000c
4294 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4295
4296
4297 Boot Linux:
4298 -----------
4299
4300 The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
4301 memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
4302 of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
4303 parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
4304 "printenv" and "setenv" commands:
4305
4306
4307 => printenv bootargs
4308 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
4309
4310 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4311
4312 => printenv bootargs
4313 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4314
4315 => bootm 40020000
4316 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
4317 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
4318 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4319 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
4320 Load Address: 00000000
4321 Entry Point: 0000000c
4322 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4323 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4324 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
4325 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4326 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4327 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4328 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
4329 ...
4330
4331 If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
4332 the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
4333 format!) to the "bootm" command:
4334
4335 => imi 40100000 40200000
4336
4337 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4338 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4339 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4340 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4341 Load Address: 00000000
4342 Entry Point: 0000000c
4343 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4344
4345 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
4346 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4347 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4348 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4349 Load Address: 00000000
4350 Entry Point: 00000000
4351 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4352
4353 => bootm 40100000 40200000
4354 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
4355 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4356 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4357 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4358 Load Address: 00000000
4359 Entry Point: 0000000c
4360 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4361 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4362 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
4363 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4364 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4365 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4366 Load Address: 00000000
4367 Entry Point: 00000000
4368 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4369 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
4370 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
4371 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
4372 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4373 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4374 ...
4375 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
4376 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
4377
4378 bash#
4379
4380 Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
4381 -----------
4382
4383 First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
4384 titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
4385 following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
4386 flat device tree:
4387
4388 => print oftaddr
4389 oftaddr=0x300000
4390 => print oft
4391 oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
4392 => tftp $oftaddr $oft
4393 Speed: 1000, full duplex
4394 Using TSEC0 device
4395 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
4396 Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
4397 Load address: 0x300000
4398 Loading: #
4399 done
4400 Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
4401 => tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
4402 Speed: 1000, full duplex
4403 Using TSEC0 device
4404 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
4405 Filename 'uImage'.
4406 Load address: 0x200000
4407 Loading:############
4408 done
4409 Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
4410 => print loadaddr
4411 loadaddr=200000
4412 => print oftaddr
4413 oftaddr=0x300000
4414 => bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
4415 ## Booting image at 00200000 ...
4416 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
4417 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4418 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
4419 Load Address: 00000000
4420 Entry Point: 00000000
4421 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4422 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4423 Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
4424 Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
4425 Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
4426 [snip]
4427
4428
4429 More About U-Boot Image Types:
4430 ------------------------------
4431
4432 U-Boot supports the following image types:
4433
4434 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
4435 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
4436 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
4437 the Standalone Program.
4438 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
4439 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
4440 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
4441 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
4442 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
4443 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
4444 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
4445 being started.
4446 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
4447 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
4448 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
4449 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
4450 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
4451 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
4452
4453 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
4454 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
4455 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
4456 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
4457 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
4458 a multiple of 4 bytes).
4459
4460 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
4461 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
4462 flash memory.
4463
4464 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
4465 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
4466 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
4467 as command interpreter.
4468
4469 Booting the Linux zImage:
4470 -------------------------
4471
4472 On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
4473 using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
4474 as the syntax of "bootm" command.
4475
4476 Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_INITRD_RAW allows user to supply
4477 kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
4478 address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
4479 format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
4480
4481
4482 Standalone HOWTO:
4483 =================
4484
4485 One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
4486 run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
4487 U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
4488
4489 Two simple examples are included with the sources:
4490
4491 "Hello World" Demo:
4492 -------------------
4493
4494 'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
4495 application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
4496 It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
4497 like that:
4498
4499 => loads
4500 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4501 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
4502 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4503 [file transfer complete]
4504 [connected]
4505 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4506
4507 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
4508 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4509 Hello World
4510 argc = 7
4511 argv[0] = "40004"
4512 argv[1] = "Hello"
4513 argv[2] = "World!"
4514 argv[3] = "This"
4515 argv[4] = "is"
4516 argv[5] = "a"
4517 argv[6] = "test."
4518 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
4519 Hit any key to exit ...
4520
4521 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4522
4523 Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
4524 handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
4525 Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
4526 The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
4527 character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
4528 controlled by the following keys:
4529
4530 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
4531 b - enable interrupts and start timer
4532 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
4533 q - quit application
4534
4535 => loads
4536 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4537 ~>examples/timer.srec
4538 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4539 [file transfer complete]
4540 [connected]
4541 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4542
4543 => go 40004
4544 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4545 TIMERS=0xfff00980
4546 Using timer 1
4547 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
4548
4549 Hit 'b':
4550 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
4551 Enabling timer
4552 Hit '?':
4553 [q, b, e, ?] ........
4554 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
4555 Hit '?':
4556 [q, b, e, ?] .
4557 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
4558 Hit '?':
4559 [q, b, e, ?] .
4560 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
4561 Hit '?':
4562 [q, b, e, ?] .
4563 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
4564 Hit 'e':
4565 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
4566 Hit 'q':
4567 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4568
4569
4570 Minicom warning:
4571 ================
4572
4573 Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
4574 "minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
4575 consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
4576 Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
4577 especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
4578 use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
4579
4580 Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
4581 configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
4582
4583 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
4584 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
4585 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
4586
4587
4588 NetBSD Notes:
4589 =============
4590
4591 Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
4592 (build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
4593
4594 Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
4595 NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
4596 need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
4597 Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
4598 attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
4599 missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
4600
4601 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
4602 # mkdir powerpc
4603 # ln -s powerpc machine
4604 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
4605 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
4606
4607 Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
4608 and U-Boot include files.
4609
4610 Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
4611 stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
4612 proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
4613 tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
4614 meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
4615
4616
4617 Implementation Internals:
4618 =========================
4619
4620 The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
4621 implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
4622 inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
4623 hardware.
4624
4625
4626 Initial Stack, Global Data:
4627 ---------------------------
4628
4629 The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
4630 starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
4631 system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
4632 This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
4633 is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
4634 at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
4635 options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
4636 models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
4637 MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
4638 locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
4639
4640 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
4641 U-Boot mailing list:
4642
4643 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
4644 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
4645 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
4646 ...
4647
4648 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
4649 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
4650 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
4651 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
4652 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
4653 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
4654 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
4655 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
4656
4657 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
4658 is another option for the system designer to use as an
4659 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
4660 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
4661 board designers haven't used it for something that would
4662 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
4663 used.
4664
4665 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
4666 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
4667 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
4668 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
4669 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
4670 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
4671 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
4672 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
4673 you get the config right.
4674
4675 -Chris Hallinan
4676 DS4.COM, Inc.
4677
4678 It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
4679 code for the initialization procedures:
4680
4681 * Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
4682 to write it.
4683
4684 * Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
4685 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
4686 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
4687
4688 * Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
4689 that.
4690
4691 Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
4692 normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
4693 turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
4694 simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
4695 functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
4696 functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
4697 the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
4698 place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
4699 reserve for this purpose.
4700
4701 When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
4702 relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
4703 GCC's implementation.
4704
4705 For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
4706 R1: stack pointer
4707 R2: reserved for system use
4708 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
4709 R5-R10: parameter passing
4710 R13: small data area pointer
4711 R30: GOT pointer
4712 R31: frame pointer
4713
4714 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
4715 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
4716 going back and forth between asm and C)
4717
4718 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
4719
4720 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
4721 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
4722 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
4723 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
4724 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
4725 624 text + 127 data).
4726
4727 On Blackfin, the normal C ABI (except for P3) is followed as documented here:
4728 http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=application_binary_interface
4729
4730 ==> U-Boot will use P3 to hold a pointer to the global data
4731
4732 On ARM, the following registers are used:
4733
4734 R0: function argument word/integer result
4735 R1-R3: function argument word
4736 R9: GOT pointer
4737 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
4738 R11: argument (frame) pointer
4739 R12: temporary workspace
4740 R13: stack pointer
4741 R14: link register
4742 R15: program counter
4743
4744 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
4745
4746 On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
4747 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
4748
4749 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
4750
4751 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
4752 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
4753
4754 On NDS32, the following registers are used:
4755
4756 R0-R1: argument/return
4757 R2-R5: argument
4758 R15: temporary register for assembler
4759 R16: trampoline register
4760 R28: frame pointer (FP)
4761 R29: global pointer (GP)
4762 R30: link register (LP)
4763 R31: stack pointer (SP)
4764 PC: program counter (PC)
4765
4766 ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data
4767
4768 NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
4769 or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
4770
4771 Memory Management:
4772 ------------------
4773
4774 U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
4775 MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
4776
4777 The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
4778 controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
4779 memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
4780 physical memory banks.
4781
4782 U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
4783 TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
4784 booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
4785 to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
4786 memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
4787 configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
4788 Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
4789
4790 Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
4791 of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
4792
4793 So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
4794 this:
4795
4796 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
4797 :
4798 0x0000 1FFF
4799 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
4800 :
4801 :
4802
4803 :
4804 :
4805 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
4806 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
4807 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
4808 :
4809 0x00FD FFFF
4810 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
4811 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
4812 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
4813 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
4814
4815
4816 System Initialization:
4817 ----------------------
4818
4819 In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
4820 (on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
4821 configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
4822 To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
4823 To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
4824 initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
4825 which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
4826 part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
4827 the caches and the SIU.
4828
4829 Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
4830 preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
4831 (multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
4832 on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
4833 programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
4834 simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
4835 banks.
4836
4837 When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
4838 different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
4839 bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
4840 0x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
4841 contiguous memory starting from 0.
4842
4843 Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
4844 and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
4845 Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
4846 pages, and the final stack is set up.
4847
4848 Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
4849 until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
4850 running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
4851 new address in RAM.
4852
4853
4854 U-Boot Porting Guide:
4855 ----------------------
4856
4857 [Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
4858 list, October 2002]
4859
4860
4861 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
4862 {
4863 sighandler_t no_more_time;
4864
4865 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
4866 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
4867
4868 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
4869 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
4870 return 0;
4871 }
4872
4873 Download latest U-Boot source;
4874
4875 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
4876
4877 if (clueless)
4878 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
4879
4880 while (learning) {
4881 Read the README file in the top level directory;
4882 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
4883 Read applicable doc/*.README;
4884 Read the source, Luke;
4885 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
4886 }
4887
4888 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
4889 Buy a BDI3000;
4890 else
4891 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
4892
4893 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
4894 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
4895 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
4896 } else {
4897 Create your own board support subdirectory;
4898 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
4899 }
4900 Edit new board/<myboard> files
4901 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
4902
4903 while (!accepted) {
4904 while (!running) {
4905 do {
4906 Add / modify source code;
4907 } until (compiles);
4908 Debug;
4909 if (clueless)
4910 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
4911 }
4912 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
4913 if (reasonable critiques)
4914 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
4915 else
4916 Defend code as written;
4917 }
4918
4919 return 0;
4920 }
4921
4922 void no_more_time (int sig)
4923 {
4924 hire_a_guru();
4925 }
4926
4927
4928 Coding Standards:
4929 -----------------
4930
4931 All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
4932 coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
4933 "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
4934
4935 Source files originating from a different project (for example the
4936 MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
4937 reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
4938 sources.
4939
4940 Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
4941 Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
4942 in your code.
4943
4944 Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
4945 - remove any trailing white space
4946 - use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
4947 - make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
4948 - do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
4949 - do not add trailing empty lines to source files
4950
4951 Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
4952 with a request to reformat the changes.
4953
4954
4955 Submitting Patches:
4956 -------------------
4957
4958 Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
4959 establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
4960 may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
4961
4962 Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
4963
4964 Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
4965 see http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
4966
4967 When you send a patch, please include the following information with
4968 it:
4969
4970 * For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
4971 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
4972 patch actually fixes something.
4973
4974 * For new features: a description of the feature and your
4975 implementation.
4976
4977 * A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
4978
4979 * For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
4980
4981 * When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
4982 board to the MAINTAINERS file, too.
4983
4984 * If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
4985 document these in the README file.
4986
4987 * The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
4988 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
4989 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
4990 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
4991 with some other mail clients.
4992
4993 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
4994 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
4995 GNU diff.
4996
4997 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
4998 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
4999 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
5000 affected files).
5001
5002 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
5003 and compressed attachments must not be used.
5004
5005 * If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
5006 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
5007
5008 * Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
5009 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
5010
5011
5012 Notes:
5013
5014 * Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
5015 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
5016 for any of the boards.
5017
5018 * Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
5019 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
5020 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
5021
5022 * If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
5023 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
5024 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
5025 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
5026 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
5027 modification.
5028
5029 * Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
5030 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
5031 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
5032 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.