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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 and ARM processors, which can be
29 installed in a boot ROM and used to initialize and test the hardware
30 or to download and run application code.
31
32 The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
33 the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
34 header files in common, and special provision has been made to
35 support booting of Linux images.
36
37 Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
38 configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
39 implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
40 add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
41 code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
42 load and run it dynamically.
43
44
45 Status:
46 =======
47
48 In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
49 Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
50 "working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
51
52 In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
53 who contributed the specific port.
54
55
56 Where to get help:
57 ==================
58
59 In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
60 U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
61 <u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net>. There is also an archive of
62 previous traffic on the mailing list - please search the archive
63 before asking FAQ's. Please see
64 http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users/
65
66
67 Where we come from:
68 ===================
69
70 - start from 8xxrom sources
71 - create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
72 - clean up code
73 - make it easier to add custom boards
74 - make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
75 - extend functions, especially:
76 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
77 * S-Record download
78 * network boot
79 * PCMCIA / CompactFLash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
80 - create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
81 - add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
82 - create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
83
84
85 Names and Spelling:
86 ===================
87
88 The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
89 "U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
90 in source files etc.). Example:
91
92 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
93
94 File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
95
96 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
97
98 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
99
100 Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
101 the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
102
103 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
104 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
105
106
107 Versioning:
108 ===========
109
110 U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a
111 sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2",
112 sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4".
113
114 The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development
115 between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of
116 U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0".
117
118
119 Directory Hierarchy:
120 ====================
121
122 - board Board dependent files
123 - common Misc architecture independent functions
124 - cpu CPU specific files
125 - 74xx_7xx Files specific to Motorola MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
126 - arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
127 - arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
128 - arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
129 - arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
130 - at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPUs
131 - i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs
132 - ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
133 - mcf52x2 Files specific to Motorola ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
134 - mips Files specific to MIPS CPUs
135 - mpc5xx Files specific to Motorola MPC5xx CPUs
136 - mpc5xxx Files specific to Motorola MPC5xxx CPUs
137 - mpc8xx Files specific to Motorola MPC8xx CPUs
138 - mpc824x Files specific to Motorola MPC824x CPUs
139 - mpc8260 Files specific to Motorola MPC8260 CPUs
140 - mpc85xx Files specific to Motorola MPC85xx CPUs
141 - nios Files specific to Altera NIOS CPUs
142 - ppc4xx Files specific to IBM PowerPC 4xx CPUs
143 - pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
144 - s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
145 - sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
146 - disk Code for disk drive partition handling
147 - doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
148 - drivers Commonly used device drivers
149 - dtt Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers
150 - examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
151 - include Header Files
152 - lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture
153 - lib_generic Files generic to all architectures
154 - lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture
155 - lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
156 - lib_mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
157 - lib_nios Files generic to NIOS architecture
158 - lib_ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
159 - net Networking code
160 - post Power On Self Test
161 - rtc Real Time Clock drivers
162 - tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
163
164 Software Configuration:
165 =======================
166
167 Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
168 rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
169
170 There are two classes of configuration variables:
171
172 * Configuration _OPTIONS_:
173 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
174 "CONFIG_".
175
176 * Configuration _SETTINGS_:
177 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
178 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
179 "CFG_".
180
181 Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
182 identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
183 do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
184 links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
185 as an example here.
186
187
188 Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
189 ---------------------------------------------------
190
191 For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
192 configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
193
194 Example: For a TQM823L module type:
195
196 cd u-boot
197 make TQM823L_config
198
199 For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the cpu type as well;
200 e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
201 directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
202
203
204 Configuration Options:
205 ----------------------
206
207 Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
208 such information is kept in a configuration file
209 "include/configs/<board_name>.h".
210
211 Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
212 "include/configs/TQM823L.h".
213
214
215 Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
216 kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
217 build a config tool - later.
218
219
220 The following options need to be configured:
221
222 - CPU Type: Define exactly one of
223
224 PowerPC based CPUs:
225 -------------------
226 CONFIG_MPC823, CONFIG_MPC850, CONFIG_MPC855, CONFIG_MPC860
227 or CONFIG_MPC5xx
228 or CONFIG_MPC824X, CONFIG_MPC8260
229 or CONFIG_MPC85xx
230 or CONFIG_IOP480
231 or CONFIG_405GP
232 or CONFIG_405EP
233 or CONFIG_440
234 or CONFIG_MPC74xx
235 or CONFIG_750FX
236
237 ARM based CPUs:
238 ---------------
239 CONFIG_SA1110
240 CONFIG_ARM7
241 CONFIG_PXA250
242
243 MicroBlaze based CPUs:
244 ----------------------
245 CONFIG_MICROBLZE
246
247
248 - Board Type: Define exactly one of
249
250 PowerPC based boards:
251 ---------------------
252
253 CONFIG_ADCIOP, CONFIG_ADS860, CONFIG_AMX860,
254 CONFIG_AR405, CONFIG_BAB7xx, CONFIG_c2mon,
255 CONFIG_CANBT, CONFIG_CCM, CONFIG_CMI,
256 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8260, CONFIG_cogent_mpc8xx, CONFIG_CPCI405,
257 CONFIG_CPCI4052, CONFIG_CPCIISER4, CONFIG_CPU86,
258 CONFIG_CRAYL1, CONFIG_CU824, CONFIG_DASA_SIM,
259 CONFIG_DB64360, CONFIG_DB64460, CONFIG_DU405,
260 CONFIG_DUET_ADS, CONFIG_EBONY, CONFIG_ELPPC,
261 CONFIG_ELPT860, CONFIG_ep8260, CONFIG_ERIC,
262 CONFIG_ESTEEM192E, CONFIG_ETX094, CONFIG_EVB64260,
263 CONFIG_FADS823, CONFIG_FADS850SAR, CONFIG_FADS860T,
264 CONFIG_FLAGADM, CONFIG_FPS850L, CONFIG_FPS860L,
265 CONFIG_GEN860T, CONFIG_GENIETV, CONFIG_GTH,
266 CONFIG_gw8260, CONFIG_hermes, CONFIG_hymod,
267 CONFIG_IAD210, CONFIG_ICU862, CONFIG_IP860,
268 CONFIG_IPHASE4539, CONFIG_IVML24, CONFIG_IVML24_128,
269 CONFIG_IVML24_256, CONFIG_IVMS8, CONFIG_IVMS8_128,
270 CONFIG_IVMS8_256, CONFIG_JSE, CONFIG_LANTEC,
271 CONFIG_lwmon, CONFIG_MBX, CONFIG_MBX860T,
272 CONFIG_MHPC, CONFIG_MIP405, CONFIG_MOUSSE,
273 CONFIG_MPC8260ADS, CONFIG_MPC8540ADS, CONFIG_MPC8560ADS,
274 CONFIG_MUSENKI, CONFIG_MVS1, CONFIG_NETPHONE,
275 CONFIG_NETTA, CONFIG_NETVIA, CONFIG_NX823,
276 CONFIG_OCRTC, CONFIG_ORSG, CONFIG_OXC,
277 CONFIG_PCI405, CONFIG_PCIPPC2, CONFIG_PCIPPC6,
278 CONFIG_pcu_e, CONFIG_PIP405, CONFIG_PM826,
279 CONFIG_ppmc8260, CONFIG_QS823, CONFIG_QS850,
280 CONFIG_QS860T, CONFIG_RBC823, CONFIG_RPXClassic,
281 CONFIG_RPXlite, CONFIG_RPXsuper, CONFIG_rsdproto,
282 CONFIG_sacsng, CONFIG_Sandpoint8240, CONFIG_Sandpoint8245,
283 CONFIG_sbc8260, CONFIG_SM850, CONFIG_SPD823TS,
284 CONFIG_SXNI855T, CONFIG_TQM823L, CONFIG_TQM8260,
285 CONFIG_TQM850L, CONFIG_TQM855L, CONFIG_TQM860L,
286 CONFIG_TTTech, CONFIG_UTX8245, CONFIG_V37,
287 CONFIG_W7OLMC, CONFIG_W7OLMG, CONFIG_WALNUT405,
288 CONFIG_ZPC1900, CONFIG_ZUMA,
289
290 ARM based boards:
291 -----------------
292
293 CONFIG_AT91RM9200DK, CONFIG_DNP1110, CONFIG_EP7312,
294 CONFIG_H2_OMAP1610, CONFIG_HHP_CRADLE, CONFIG_IMPA7,
295 CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1510, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1610, CONFIG_LART,
296 CONFIG_LUBBOCK, CONFIG_SHANNON, CONFIG_SMDK2400,
297 CONFIG_SMDK2410, CONFIG_TRAB, CONFIG_VCMA9,
298
299 MicroBlaze based boards:
300 ------------------------
301
302 CONFIG_SUZAKU
303
304
305 - CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
306 Define exactly one of
307 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
308 --- FIXME --- not tested yet:
309 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
310 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
311
312 - Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
313 Define exactly one of
314 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
315
316 - Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
317 Define one or more of
318 CONFIG_CMA302
319
320 - Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
321 Define one or more of
322 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
323 the lcd display every second with
324 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
325
326 - Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
327 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
328 Possible values are:
329 CFG_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
330 CFG_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
331 CFG_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
332 CFG_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
333
334 - MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
335 Define exactly one of
336 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
337
338 - 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx cpu)
339 Define one or more of
340 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - if get_gclk_freq() cannot work
341 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
342 reference PIT/RTC clock
343
344 - 859/866 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 CPU):
345 CFG_866_OSCCLK
346 CFG_866_CPUCLK_MIN
347 CFG_866_CPUCLK_MAX
348 CFG_866_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
349 See doc/README.MPC866
350
351 CFG_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),
359
360 - Linux Kernel Interface:
361 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
362
363 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
364 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
365 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
366 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
367 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
368 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
369 Linux kernel.
370 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
371 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
372 default environment.
373
374 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
375
376 When transfering memsize parameter to linux, some versions
377 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
378 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
379
380 - Console Interface:
381 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
382 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
383 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
384 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
385
386 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
387 port routines must be defined elsewhere
388 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
389
390 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
391 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
392 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
393 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
394 (default big endian)
395 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
396 rectangle fill
397 (cf. smiLynxEM)
398 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
399 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
400 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
401 (cols=pitch)
402 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
403 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
404 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
405 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
406 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
407 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
408 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
409 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
410 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
411 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
412 (i.e. i8042_getc)
413 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
414 (requires blink timer
415 cf. i8042.c)
416 CFG_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
417 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
418 upper right corner
419 (requires CFG_CMD_DATE)
420 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
421 upper left corner
422 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
423 linux_logo.h for logo.
424 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
425 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
426 addional board info beside
427 the logo
428
429 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
430 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
431 environment 'console=serial'.
432
433 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
434 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
435 the "silent" environment variable. See
436 doc/README.silent for more information.
437
438 - Console Baudrate:
439 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
440 Select one of the baudrates listed in
441 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
442 CFG_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
443
444 - Interrupt driven serial port input:
445 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO
446
447 PPC405GP only.
448 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the
449 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake
450 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of
451 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have.
452
453 Leave undefined to disable this feature, including
454 disable the buffer and hardware handshake.
455
456 - Console UART Number:
457 CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE
458
459 IBM PPC4xx only.
460 If defined internal UART1 (and not UART0) is used
461 as default U-Boot console.
462
463 - Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
464 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
465 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
466
467 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
468 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
469 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
470 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
471 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
472 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
473 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
474 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
475 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
476 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
477 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
478 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
479
480 - Autoboot Command:
481 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
482 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
483 define a command string that is automatically executed
484 when no character is read on the console interface
485 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
486
487 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
488 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
489 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
490 environment value "bootargs".
491
492 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
493 The value of these goes into the environment as
494 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
495 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
496 ram and nfs.
497
498 - Pre-Boot Commands:
499 CONFIG_PREBOOT
500
501 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
502 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
503 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
504 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
505 entering interactive mode.
506
507 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
508 automatically generated or modified. For an example
509 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
510 modified when the user holds down a certain
511 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
512 booting the systems
513
514 - Serial Download Echo Mode:
515 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
516 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
517 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
518 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
519 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
520 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
521 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
522
523 - Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CFG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
524 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE
525 Select one of the baudrates listed in
526 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
527
528 - Monitor Functions:
529 CONFIG_COMMANDS
530 Most monitor functions can be selected (or
531 de-selected) by adjusting the definition of
532 CONFIG_COMMANDS; to select individual functions,
533 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS by "OR"ing any of the
534 following values:
535
536 #define enables commands:
537 -------------------------
538 CFG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
539 CFG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT Autoscript Support
540 CFG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
541 CFG_CMD_BEDBUG Include BedBug Debugger
542 CFG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
543 CFG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
544 CFG_CMD_CACHE icache, dcache
545 CFG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
546 CFG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
547 CFG_CMD_DHCP DHCP support
548 CFG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
549 CFG_CMD_DOC * Disk-On-Chip Support
550 CFG_CMD_DTT Digital Therm and Thermostat
551 CFG_CMD_ECHO * echo arguments
552 CFG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
553 CFG_CMD_ELF bootelf, bootvx
554 CFG_CMD_ENV saveenv
555 CFG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
556 CFG_CMD_FAT FAT partition support
557 CFG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
558 CFG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
559 CFG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
560 CFG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
561 CFG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
562 CFG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
563 CFG_CMD_IMI iminfo
564 CFG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
565 CFG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
566 CFG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
567 CFG_CMD_ITEST * Integer/string test of 2 values
568 CFG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
569 CFG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
570 CFG_CMD_LOADB loadb
571 CFG_CMD_LOADS loads
572 CFG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
573 loop, mtest
574 CFG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
575 CFG_CMD_MMC MMC memory mapped support
576 CFG_CMD_MII MII utility commands
577 CFG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
578 CFG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
579 CFG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
580 CFG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
581 CFG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network host
582 CFG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
583 CFG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
584 CFG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
585 CFG_CMD_SAVES save S record dump
586 CFG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
587 CFG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
588 CFG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access (4xx only)
589 CFG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
590 CFG_CMD_USB * USB support
591 CFG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB)
592 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board SPecific functions
593 CFG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
594 -----------------------------------------------
595 CFG_CMD_ALL all
596
597 CFG_CMD_DFL Default configuration; at the moment
598 this is includes all commands, except
599 the ones marked with "*" in the list
600 above.
601
602 If you don't define CONFIG_COMMANDS it defaults to
603 CFG_CMD_DFL in include/cmd_confdefs.h. A board can
604 override the default settings in the respective
605 include file.
606
607 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
608 support you can write:
609
610 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS (CFG_CMD_ALL & ~CFG_CMD_NET)
611
612
613 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
614 (configuration option CFG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
615 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
616 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
617 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
618 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
619 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
620 initial stack and some data.
621
622
623 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
624
625 - Watchdog:
626 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
627 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
628 support. There must be support in the platform specific
629 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the
630 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
631 register.
632
633 - U-Boot Version:
634 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
635 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
636 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
637 version as printed by the "version" command.
638 This variable is readonly.
639
640 - Real-Time Clock:
641
642 When CFG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
643 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
644 following options:
645
646 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
647 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
648 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
649 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
650 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
651 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
652 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
653
654 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
655 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
656
657 - Timestamp Support:
658
659 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
660 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
661 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
662 automatically enabled when you select CFG_CMD_DATE .
663
664 - Partition Support:
665 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
666 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION
667
668 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CFG_CMD_IDE or
669 CFG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at least
670 one partition type as well.
671
672 - IDE Reset method:
673 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
674 board configurations files but used nowhere!
675
676 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
677 be performed by calling the function
678 ide_set_reset(int reset)
679 which has to be defined in a board specific file
680
681 - ATAPI Support:
682 CONFIG_ATAPI
683
684 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
685
686 - LBA48 Support
687 CONFIG_LBA48
688
689 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
690 Also look at CFG_64BIT_LBA ,CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF and CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL
691 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
692 support disks up to 2.1TB.
693
694 CFG_64BIT_LBA:
695 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
696 Default is 32bit.
697
698 - SCSI Support:
699 At the moment only there is only support for the
700 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
701 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
702
703 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
704 CFG_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
705 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
706 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
707 devices.
708 CFG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
709
710 - NETWORK Support (PCI):
711 CONFIG_E1000
712 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips.
713
714 CONFIG_EEPRO100
715 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
716 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables eeprom
717 write routine for first time initialisation.
718
719 CONFIG_TULIP
720 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
721 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
722 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
723
724 CONFIG_NATSEMI
725 Support for National dp83815 chips.
726
727 CONFIG_NS8382X
728 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
729
730 - NETWORK Support (other):
731
732 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
733 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
734
735 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
736 Define this to hold the physical address
737 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
738
739 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
740 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
741
742 - USB Support:
743 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
744 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
745 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
746 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
747 end define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
748 storage devices.
749 Note:
750 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
751 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
752 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
753 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
754 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
755 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG
756 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
757 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
758
759
760 - MMC Support:
761 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
762 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
763 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
764 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
765 enabled with CFG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
766 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CFG_CMD_FAT.
767
768 - Keyboard Support:
769 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
770
771 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
772 support
773
774 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
775 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
776 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
777 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
778 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
779
780 - Video support:
781 CONFIG_VIDEO
782
783 Define this to enable video support (for output to
784 video).
785
786 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
787
788 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
789
790 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
791 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
792 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
793 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
794 assumed.
795
796 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
797 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two diferent ways
798 are possible:
799 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
800 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
801
802 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
803 -------------+---------------------------------------------
804 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
805 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
806 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
807 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
808 -------------+---------------------------------------------
809 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
810
811 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
812 from the bootargs. (See drivers/videomodes.c)
813
814
815 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
816 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
817 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
818 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
819
820 - Keyboard Support:
821 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
822
823 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
824 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
825 defined in your board-specific files.
826 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
827
828 - LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
829
830 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
831 display); also select one of the supported displays
832 by defining one of these:
833
834 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
835
836 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
837
838 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
839
840 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
841 Active, color, single scan.
842
843 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
844
845 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
846 Active, color, single scan.
847
848 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
849
850 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
851 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
852
853 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
854
855 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
856 Active, color, single scan.
857
858 CONFIG_HLD1045
859
860 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
861 Active, color, single scan.
862
863 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
864
865 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
866 or
867 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
868 or
869 Hitachi SP14Q002
870
871 320x240. Black & white.
872
873 Normally display is black on white background; define
874 CFG_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
875
876 - Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
877
878 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
879 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
880 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
881 is supressed and the BMP image at the address
882 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
883 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
884 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
885 loaded very quickly after power-on.
886
887 - Compression support:
888 CONFIG_BZIP2
889
890 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
891 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
892 compressed images are supported.
893
894 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
895 the malloc area (as defined by CFG_MALLOC_LEN) should
896 be at least 4MB.
897
898 - Ethernet address:
899 CONFIG_ETHADDR
900 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
901 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
902
903 Define a default value for ethernet address to use
904 for the respective ethernet interface, in case this
905 is not determined automatically.
906
907 - IP address:
908 CONFIG_IPADDR
909
910 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
911 the default ethernet interface, in case this is not
912 determined through e.g. bootp.
913
914 - Server IP address:
915 CONFIG_SERVERIP
916
917 Defines a default value for theIP address of a TFTP
918 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
919
920 - BOOTP Recovery Mode:
921 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
922
923 If you have many targets in a network that try to
924 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
925 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
926 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
927 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
928 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
929 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
930 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
931 following delays are insterted then:
932
933 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
934 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
935 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
936 4th and following
937 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
938
939 - DHCP Advanced Options:
940 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK
941
942 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by adding
943 these flags to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK define:
944
945 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
946 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
947 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
948 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
949 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
950 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
951 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
952 is added to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK.
953
954 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
955 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
956 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
957 If CONFIG_BOOP_SEND_HOSTNAME is added to the
958 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK, the content of the "hostname"
959 environment variable is passed as option 12 to
960 the DHCP server.
961
962 - CDP Options:
963 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
964
965 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
966
967 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
968
969 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
970 of the device.
971
972 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
973
974 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
975 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
976 eth0 for the first ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
977
978 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
979
980 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
981 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
982
983 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
984
985 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
986
987 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
988
989 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
990
991 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
992
993 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
994
995 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
996
997 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
998 device in .1 of milliwatts.
999
1000 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1001
1002 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1003
1004 - Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1005
1006 Several configurations allow to display the current
1007 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1008 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1009 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1010 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1011 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1012 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1013 feature in U-Boot.
1014
1015 - CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1016
1017 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1018 on those systems that support this (optional)
1019 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1020
1021 - I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1022
1023 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
1024 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
1025 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected cpu.
1026
1027 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
1028 command line (as long as you set CFG_CMD_I2C in
1029 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1030 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
1031 command line interface.
1032
1033 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects the CPM hardware driver for I2C.
1034
1035 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
1036 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1037 support for I2C.
1038
1039 There are several other quantities that must also be
1040 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
1041
1042 In both cases you will need to define CFG_I2C_SPEED
1043 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
1044 to run and CFG_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
1045 the cpu's i2c node address).
1046
1047 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c)
1048 sets the cpu up as a master node and so its address should
1049 therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual
1050 p.16-473). So, set CFG_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
1051
1052 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
1053
1054 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1055 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1056 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
1057
1058 I2C_INIT
1059
1060 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
1061 controller or configure ports.
1062
1063 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
1064
1065 I2C_PORT
1066
1067 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1068 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1069 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
1070
1071 I2C_ACTIVE
1072
1073 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1074 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1075 define can be null.
1076
1077 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1078
1079 I2C_TRISTATE
1080
1081 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1082 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1083 define can be null.
1084
1085 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1086
1087 I2C_READ
1088
1089 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1090 FALSE if it is low.
1091
1092 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1093
1094 I2C_SDA(bit)
1095
1096 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1097 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1098
1099 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
1100 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
1101 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
1102
1103 I2C_SCL(bit)
1104
1105 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1106 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1107
1108 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
1109 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
1110 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
1111
1112 I2C_DELAY
1113
1114 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1115 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
1116 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
1117 like:
1118
1119 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
1120
1121 CFG_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1122
1123 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1124 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1125 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1126 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1127 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1128 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1129 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1130 is run early in the boot sequence.
1131
1132 - SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1133
1134 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1135 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1136 D/As on the SACSng board)
1137
1138 CONFIG_SPI_X
1139
1140 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1141 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1142
1143 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1144
1145 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1146 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1147 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1148 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1149 defined, the board configuration must define several
1150 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1151 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
1152
1153 - FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1154
1155 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
1156
1157 CONFIG_FPGA
1158
1159 Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For example,
1160 #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2
1161
1162 CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
1163
1164 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
1165
1166 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1167
1168 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1169 status by the configuration function. This option
1170 will require a board or device specific function to
1171 be written.
1172
1173 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1174
1175 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1176 configuration driver.
1177
1178 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1179 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1180
1181 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1182
1183 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1184 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1185 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1186 indicated a CRC error).
1187
1188 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1189
1190 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1191 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1192 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
1193 mS.
1194
1195 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1196
1197 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
1198 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS.
1199
1200 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1201
1202 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1203 200 mS.
1204
1205 - Configuration Management:
1206 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
1207
1208 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1209 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
1210
1211 - Vendor Parameter Protection:
1212
1213 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1214 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
1215 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
1216 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1217 protects these variables from casual modification by
1218 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1219 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
1220 change this behviour:
1221
1222 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1223 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
1224 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
1225 these parameters.
1226
1227 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1228 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
1229 ethernet address is installed in the environment,
1230 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1231 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1232 read-only.]
1233
1234 - Protected RAM:
1235 CONFIG_PRAM
1236
1237 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1238 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1239 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1240 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1241 this default value by defining an environment
1242 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1243 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1244 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1245 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1246 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1247 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1248 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1249
1250 setenv bootargs ... mem=\$(mem)
1251 saveenv
1252
1253 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1254 either, which results in a memory region that will
1255 not be affected by reboots.
1256
1257 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1258 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1259 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1260 following board configurations are known to be
1261 "pRAM-clean":
1262
1263 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
1264 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
1265 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260
1266
1267 - Error Recovery:
1268 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
1269
1270 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
1271 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
1272 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
1273 system where you want to system to reboot
1274 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
1275 useful during development since you can try to debug
1276 the conditions that lead to the situation.
1277
1278 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1279
1280 This variable defines the number of retries for
1281 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1282 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1283 default value of 5 is used.
1284
1285 - Command Interpreter:
1286 CFG_AUTO_COMPLETE
1287
1288 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
1289
1290 CFG_HUSH_PARSER
1291
1292 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
1293 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
1294 powerful command line syntax like
1295 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
1296 constructs ("shell scripts").
1297
1298 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
1299 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
1300
1301
1302 CFG_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
1303
1304 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1305 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1306 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1307
1308 Note:
1309
1310 In the current implementation, the local variables
1311 space and global environment variables space are
1312 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1313 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1314 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1315 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1316 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
1317
1318 Global environment variables are those you use
1319 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1320 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1321 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
1322
1323 To store commands and special characters in a
1324 variable, please use double quotation marks
1325 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1326 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1327 symbols.
1328
1329 - Default Environment:
1330 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1331
1332 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1333 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
1334 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
1335
1336 For example, place something like this in your
1337 board's config file:
1338
1339 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1340 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1341 "myvar2=value2\0"
1342
1343 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1344 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1345 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1346 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
1347 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
1348 You better know what you are doing here.
1349
1350 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1351 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
1352 the environment like the autoscript function or the
1353 boot command first.
1354
1355 - DataFlash Support:
1356 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
1357
1358 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
1359 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
1360 commands cp, md...
1361
1362 - SystemACE Support:
1363 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1364
1365 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
1366 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
1367 of the chip must alsh be defined in the
1368 CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
1369
1370 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1371 #define CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
1372
1373 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
1374 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
1375
1376 - Show boot progress:
1377 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
1378
1379 Defining this option allows to add some board-
1380 specific code (calling a user-provided function
1381 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
1382 the system's boot progress on some display (for
1383 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
1384 the following checkpoints are implemented:
1385
1386 Arg Where When
1387 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
1388 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
1389 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
1390 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
1391 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
1392 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
1393 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
1394 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
1395 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1396 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone)
1397 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1398 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
1399 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
1400 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
1401 -8 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone)
1402 8 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1403 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
1404 9 common/cmd_bootm.c Start initial ramdisk verification
1405 -10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
1406 -11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
1407 10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header is OK
1408 -12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
1409 11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
1410 12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
1411 -13 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux Ramdisk)
1412 13 common/cmd_bootm.c Start multifile image verification
1413 14 common/cmd_bootm.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
1414 15 common/cmd_bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
1415
1416 -30 lib_ppc/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
1417 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
1418 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
1419
1420 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
1421 -1 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
1422 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1423 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
1424 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
1425
1426 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
1427 -1 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
1428 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown boot device
1429 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
1430 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
1431 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Read Error on boot device
1432 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
1433
1434 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
1435 -1 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
1436 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1437 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Read Error on boot device
1438 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
1439
1440 -1 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
1441
1442
1443 Modem Support:
1444 --------------
1445
1446 [so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards]
1447
1448 - Modem support endable:
1449 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
1450
1451 - RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
1452 CONFIG_HWFLOW
1453
1454 - Modem debug support:
1455 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
1456
1457 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
1458 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
1459
1460 - Interrupt support (PPC):
1461
1462 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
1463 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
1464 for cpu specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
1465 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
1466 cpu resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
1467 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
1468 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for cpu
1469 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
1470 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
1471 general timer_interrupt().
1472
1473 - General:
1474
1475 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
1476 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
1477 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
1478 (autoboot). The key_pressed() fuction is called from
1479 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
1480 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
1481 initialization.
1482
1483 If there are no modem init strings in the
1484 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
1485 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
1486 supressed, though.
1487
1488 See also: doc/README.Modem
1489
1490
1491 Configuration Settings:
1492 -----------------------
1493
1494 - CFG_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
1495 undefine this when you're short of memory.
1496
1497 - CFG_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
1498 prompt for user input.
1499
1500 - CFG_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
1501
1502 - CFG_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
1503
1504 - CFG_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
1505
1506 - CFG_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
1507 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
1508 booted
1509
1510 - CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
1511 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
1512
1513 - CFG_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
1514 Suppress display of console information at boot.
1515
1516 - CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
1517 If the board specific function
1518 extern int overwrite_console (void);
1519 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
1520 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
1521
1522 - CFG_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
1523 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
1524
1525 - CFG_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
1526 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
1527
1528 - CFG_MEMTEST_START, CFG_MEMTEST_END:
1529 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
1530 simple memory test.
1531
1532 - CFG_ALT_MEMTEST:
1533 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
1534
1535 - CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
1536 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
1537 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
1538
1539 - CFG_TFTP_LOADADDR:
1540 Default load address for network file downloads
1541
1542 - CFG_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
1543 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
1544
1545 - CFG_SDRAM_BASE:
1546 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
1547
1548 - CFG_MBIO_BASE:
1549 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
1550 Cogent motherboard)
1551
1552 - CFG_FLASH_BASE:
1553 Physical start address of Flash memory.
1554
1555 - CFG_MONITOR_BASE:
1556 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
1557 make config files to be same as the text base address
1558 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
1559 CFG_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
1560
1561 - CFG_MONITOR_LEN:
1562 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
1563 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
1564 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
1565 flash sector.
1566
1567 - CFG_MALLOC_LEN:
1568 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
1569
1570 - CFG_BOOTMAPSZ:
1571 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
1572 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
1573 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, eventually
1574 initrd image) must be put below this limit.
1575
1576 - CFG_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
1577 Max number of Flash memory banks
1578
1579 - CFG_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
1580 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
1581
1582 - CFG_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
1583 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
1584
1585 - CFG_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
1586 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
1587
1588 - CFG_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
1589 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
1590
1591 - CFG_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
1592 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
1593
1594 - CFG_FLASH_PROTECTION
1595 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
1596 instead of U-Boot software protection.
1597
1598 - CFG_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
1599
1600 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
1601 without this option such a download has to be
1602 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
1603 copy from RAM to flash.
1604
1605 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
1606 you can check if the download worked before you erase
1607 the flash, but in some situations (when sytem RAM is
1608 too limited to allow for a tempory copy of the
1609 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
1610
1611 - CFG_FLASH_CFI:
1612 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
1613 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
1614
1615 - CFG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
1616 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
1617 in the drivers directory
1618
1619 - CFG_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
1620 Defines the number of ethernet receive buffers. On some
1621 ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
1622 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
1623 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
1624 on high ethernet traffic.
1625 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
1626
1627 The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
1628 of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
1629 following configurations:
1630
1631 - CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
1632
1633 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
1634
1635 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
1636 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
1637 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
1638 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
1639 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
1640 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
1641 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
1642 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
1643 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
1644 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
1645 between U-Boot and the environment.
1646
1647 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1648
1649 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
1650 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
1651 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
1652 for this sector is given here.
1653
1654 CFG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CFG_FLASH_BASE.
1655
1656 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
1657
1658 This is just another way to specify the start address of
1659 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
1660 CFG_ENV_OFFSET).
1661
1662 - CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
1663
1664 Size of the sector containing the environment.
1665
1666
1667 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
1668 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
1669 the environment.
1670
1671 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1672
1673 If you use this in combination with CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
1674 and CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
1675 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
1676 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
1677
1678 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
1679 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
1680 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
1681 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
1682 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
1683 updating the environment in flash makes it always
1684 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
1685 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
1686 RAM, your target system will be dead.
1687
1688 - CFG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
1689 CFG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
1690
1691 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
1692 a redundand copy of the environment data, so that there is
1693 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
1694 a "saveenv" operation.
1695
1696 BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
1697 source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
1698 accordingly!
1699
1700
1701 - CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
1702
1703 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
1704 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
1705 environment.
1706
1707 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
1708 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1709
1710 These two #defines are used to determin the memory area you
1711 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
1712 can just be read and written to, without any special
1713 provision.
1714
1715 BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
1716 in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
1717 console baudrate). You *MUST* have mappend your NVRAM area then, or
1718 U-Boot will hang.
1719
1720 Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
1721 environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
1722 keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
1723 to save the current settings.
1724
1725
1726 - CFG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
1727
1728 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
1729 device and a driver for it.
1730
1731 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1732 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1733
1734 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
1735 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
1736
1737 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
1738 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
1739 The default address is zero.
1740
1741 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
1742 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
1743 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
1744 would require six bits.
1745
1746 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
1747 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
1748 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
1749
1750 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
1751 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
1752 that this is NOT the chip address length!
1753
1754 - CFG_EEPROM_SIZE:
1755 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
1756
1757
1758 - CFG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
1759
1760 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
1761 want to use for the environment.
1762
1763 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1764 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
1765 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1766
1767 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
1768 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
1769 at the specified address.
1770
1771
1772 - CFG_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
1773
1774 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
1775 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
1776 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
1777 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
1778 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
1779 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
1780 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
1781
1782 Please note that the environment is read-only as long as the monitor
1783 has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
1784 created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r()
1785 until then to read environment variables.
1786
1787 The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
1788 is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
1789 with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
1790 necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
1791 "baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
1792 have any device yet where we could complain.]
1793
1794 Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
1795 the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
1796 use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
1797
1798 - CFG_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
1799 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
1800
1801 Note: If this option is active, then CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR
1802 also needs to be defined.
1803
1804 - CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
1805 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
1806
1807 - CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF:
1808 Makes vsprintf (and all *printf functions) support printing
1809 of 64bit values by using the L quantifier
1810
1811 - CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL:
1812 Adds simple_strtoull that returns a 64bit value
1813
1814 Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
1815 ---------------------------------------------------
1816
1817 - CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE:
1818 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
1819
1820 - CFG_DEFAULT_IMMR:
1821 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
1822
1823 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
1824 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
1825 the IMMR register after a reset.
1826
1827 - Floppy Disk Support:
1828 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
1829
1830 the default drive number (default value 0)
1831
1832 CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE
1833
1834 defines the spacing between fdc chipset registers
1835 (default value 1)
1836
1837 CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET
1838
1839 defines the offset of register from address. It
1840 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
1841 the fdc chipset. (default value 0)
1842
1843 If CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
1844 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
1845 default value.
1846
1847 if CFG_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
1848 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
1849 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
1850 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
1851 initializations.
1852
1853 - CFG_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory Mapped
1854 Register; DO NOT CHANGE! (11-4)
1855 [MPC8xx systems only]
1856
1857 - CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
1858
1859 Start address of memory area that can be used for
1860 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
1861 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
1862 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
1863 will become available only after programming the
1864 memory controller and running certain initialization
1865 sequences.
1866
1867 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
1868 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
1869 - MPC824X: data cache
1870 - PPC4xx: data cache
1871
1872 - CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
1873
1874 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
1875 area defined by CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
1876 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
1877 data is located at the end of the available space
1878 (sometimes written as (CFG_INIT_RAM_END -
1879 CFG_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
1880 below that area (growing from (CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
1881 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
1882
1883 Note:
1884 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
1885 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
1886 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
1887 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
1888 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
1889
1890 - CFG_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
1891
1892 - CFG_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
1893
1894 - CFG_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
1895
1896 - CFG_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
1897
1898 - CFG_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
1899
1900 - CFG_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
1901
1902 - CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
1903 SDRAM timing
1904
1905 - CFG_MAMR_PTA:
1906 periodic timer for refresh
1907
1908 - CFG_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
1909
1910 - FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CFG_REMAP_OR_AM,
1911 CFG_PRELIM_OR_AM, CFG_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CFG_OR0_REMAP,
1912 CFG_OR0_PRELIM, CFG_BR0_PRELIM, CFG_OR1_REMAP, CFG_OR1_PRELIM,
1913 CFG_BR1_PRELIM:
1914 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
1915
1916 - SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
1917 CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CFG_OR2_PRELIM, CFG_BR2_PRELIM,
1918 CFG_OR3_PRELIM, CFG_BR3_PRELIM:
1919 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
1920
1921 - CFG_MAMR_PTA, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
1922 CFG_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CFG_MAMR_8COL, CFG_MAMR_9COL:
1923 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
1924 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
1925
1926 - CFG_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
1927 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
1928 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
1929
1930 - CFG_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
1931 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
1932 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
1933
1934 - CFG_USE_OSCCLK:
1935 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
1936 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
1937 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
1938
1939 - CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
1940 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
1941 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
1942 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
1943 cpm_8260.h.
1944
1945 - CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CFG_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
1946 CFG_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CFG_PCIMSK0_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
1947 CFG_PCIMSK1_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
1948 CFG_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CFG_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
1949 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
1950 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CFG_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
1951 CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CFG_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
1952 CFG_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
1953 Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
1954
1955 - CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
1956 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
1957
1958 - CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
1959 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
1960 to the given FEC; i. e.
1961 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
1962 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
1963
1964 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
1965
1966 - CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
1967 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
1968 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
1969
1970 - CONFIG_RMII
1971 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
1972 Note that this is a global option, we can't
1973 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
1974
1975 Building the Software:
1976 ======================
1977
1978 Building U-Boot has been tested in native PPC environments (on a
1979 PowerBook G3 running LinuxPPC 2000) and in cross environments
1980 (running RedHat 6.x and 7.x Linux on x86, Solaris 2.6 on a SPARC, and
1981 NetBSD 1.5 on x86).
1982
1983 If you are not using a native PPC environment, it is assumed that you
1984 have the GNU cross compiling tools available in your path and named
1985 with a prefix of "powerpc-linux-". If this is not the case, (e.g. if
1986 you are using Monta Vista's Hard Hat Linux CDK 1.2) you must change
1987 the definition of CROSS_COMPILE in Makefile. For HHL on a 4xx CPU,
1988 change it to:
1989
1990 CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx-
1991
1992
1993 U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
1994 sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
1995 is done by typing:
1996
1997 make NAME_config
1998
1999 where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing
2000 configurations; the following names are supported:
2001
2002 ADCIOP_config ADS860_config AR405_config
2003 at91rm9200dk_config CANBT_config cmi_mpc5xx_config
2004 cogent_common_config cogent_mpc8260_config cogent_mpc8xx_config
2005 CPCI405_config CPCIISER4_config CU824_config
2006 DUET_ADS_config EBONY_config ELPT860_config
2007 ESTEEM192E_config ETX094_config FADS823_config
2008 FADS850SAR_config FADS860T_config FPS850L_config
2009 FPS860L_config GEN860T_config GENIETV_config
2010 GTH_config hermes_config hymod_config
2011 IP860_config IVML24_config IVMS8_config
2012 JSE_config LANTEC_config lwmon_config
2013 MBX860T_config MBX_config MPC8260ADS_config
2014 MPC8540ADS_config MPC8560ADS_config NETVIA_config
2015 omap1510inn_config omap1610h2_config omap1610inn_config
2016 pcu_e_config PIP405_config QS823_config
2017 QS850_config QS860T_config RPXlite_config
2018 RPXsuper_config rsdproto_config Sandpoint8240_config
2019 sbc8260_config SM850_config SPD823TS_config
2020 SXNI855T_config TQM823L_config TQM850L_config
2021 TQM855L_config TQM860L_config WALNUT405_config
2022 ZPC1900_config
2023
2024 Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
2025 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2026 instance, the TQM8xxL systems run normally at 50 MHz and use a
2027 SCC for 10baseT ethernet; there are also systems with 80 MHz
2028 CPU clock, and an optional Fast Ethernet module is available
2029 for CPU's with FEC. You can select such additional "features"
2030 when chosing the configuration, i. e.
2031
2032 make TQM860L_config
2033 - will configure for a plain TQM860L, i. e. 50MHz, no FEC
2034
2035 make TQM860L_FEC_config
2036 - will configure for a TQM860L at 50MHz with FEC for ethernet
2037
2038 make TQM860L_80MHz_config
2039 - will configure for a TQM860L at 80 MHz, with normal 10baseT
2040 interface
2041
2042 make TQM860L_FEC_80MHz_config
2043 - will configure for a TQM860L at 80 MHz with FEC for ethernet
2044
2045 make TQM823L_LCD_config
2046 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
2047
2048 make TQM823L_LCD_80MHz_config
2049 - will configure for a TQM823L at 80 MHz with U-Boot console on LCD
2050
2051 etc.
2052
2053
2054 Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
2055 images ready for download to / installation on your system:
2056
2057 - "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
2058 - "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
2059 - "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
2060
2061
2062 Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
2063 for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
2064 native "make".
2065
2066
2067 If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
2068 to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
2069 steps:
2070
2071 1. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
2072 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
2073 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
2074 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please
2075 keep this order.
2076 2. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
2077 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
2078 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
2079 3. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
2080 your board
2081 3. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
2082 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
2083 4. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
2084 5. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
2085 to be installed on your target system.
2086 6. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
2087 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
2088
2089
2090 Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
2091 ==============================================================
2092
2093 If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
2094 or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
2095 provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
2096 the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
2097 official or latest in CVS) version of U-Boot sources.
2098
2099 But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
2100 cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
2101 the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
2102 just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
2103 for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
2104 select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
2105 environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the cross tools from
2106 MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux you can type
2107
2108 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
2109
2110 or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
2111
2112 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
2113
2114 See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
2115
2116
2117 Monitor Commands - Overview:
2118 ============================
2119
2120 go - start application at address 'addr'
2121 run - run commands in an environment variable
2122 bootm - boot application image from memory
2123 bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
2124 tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
2125 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
2126 (and eventually "gatewayip")
2127 rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
2128 diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
2129 loads - load S-Record file over serial line
2130 loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
2131 md - memory display
2132 mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2133 nm - memory modify (constant address)
2134 mw - memory write (fill)
2135 cp - memory copy
2136 cmp - memory compare
2137 crc32 - checksum calculation
2138 imd - i2c memory display
2139 imm - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2140 inm - i2c memory modify (constant address)
2141 imw - i2c memory write (fill)
2142 icrc32 - i2c checksum calculation
2143 iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses
2144 iloop - infinite loop on address range
2145 isdram - print SDRAM configuration information
2146 sspi - SPI utility commands
2147 base - print or set address offset
2148 printenv- print environment variables
2149 setenv - set environment variables
2150 saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
2151 protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
2152 erase - erase FLASH memory
2153 flinfo - print FLASH memory information
2154 bdinfo - print Board Info structure
2155 iminfo - print header information for application image
2156 coninfo - print console devices and informations
2157 ide - IDE sub-system
2158 loop - infinite loop on address range
2159 mtest - simple RAM test
2160 icache - enable or disable instruction cache
2161 dcache - enable or disable data cache
2162 reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
2163 echo - echo args to console
2164 version - print monitor version
2165 help - print online help
2166 ? - alias for 'help'
2167
2168
2169 Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
2170 ========================================
2171
2172 TODO.
2173
2174 For now: just type "help <command>".
2175
2176
2177 Environment Variables:
2178 ======================
2179
2180 U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
2181 can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
2182
2183 Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
2184 "printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
2185 without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
2186 environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
2187 working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
2188 environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
2189
2190 Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables:
2191
2192 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
2193
2194 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
2195
2196 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
2197
2198 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
2199
2200 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
2201
2202 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
2203 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
2204 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
2205 load any image using TFTP
2206
2207 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
2208 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
2209 be automatically started (by internally calling
2210 "bootm")
2211
2212 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
2213 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
2214 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
2215 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
2216 data.
2217
2218 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
2219 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
2220 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
2221 is usually what you want since it allows for
2222 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
2223 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
2224 CFG_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
2225 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
2226 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
2227 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
2228 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
2229
2230 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
2231 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
2232 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
2233 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
2234 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
2235 12 MB as well - this can be done with
2236
2237 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
2238
2239 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
2240 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
2241 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
2242 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
2243 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
2244 boot time on your system, but requires that this
2245 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
2246
2247 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
2248
2249 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
2250 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
2251
2252 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
2253
2254 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
2255
2256 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
2257
2258 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
2259
2260 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
2261
2262 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2263 interface is used first.
2264
2265 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2266 interface is currently active. For example you
2267 can do the following
2268
2269 => setenv ethact FEC ETHERNET
2270 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC ETHERNET
2271 => setenv ethact SCC ETHERNET
2272 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC ETHERNET
2273
2274 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
2275 either succeed or fail without retrying.
2276 When set to "once" the network operation will
2277 fail when all the available network interfaces
2278 are tried once without success.
2279 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
2280 themselves.
2281
2282 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
2283 ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
2284 VLAN tagged frames.
2285
2286 The following environment variables may be used and automatically
2287 updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
2288 depending the information provided by your boot server:
2289
2290 bootfile - see above
2291 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
2292 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
2293 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
2294 hostname - Target hostname
2295 ipaddr - see above
2296 netmask - Subnet Mask
2297 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
2298 serverip - see above
2299
2300
2301 There are two special Environment Variables:
2302
2303 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
2304 as type string and/or serial number
2305 ethaddr - Ethernet address
2306
2307 These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
2308 the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
2309 once they have been set once.
2310
2311
2312 Further special Environment Variables:
2313
2314 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
2315 with the "version" command. This variable is
2316 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
2317
2318
2319 Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
2320 only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
2321
2322
2323 Command Line Parsing:
2324 =====================
2325
2326 There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
2327 the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
2328
2329 Old, simple command line parser:
2330 --------------------------------
2331
2332 - supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
2333 - several commands on one line, separated by ';'
2334 - variable substitution using "... $(name) ..." syntax
2335 - special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
2336 for example:
2337 setenv bootcmd bootm \$(address)
2338 - You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
2339 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
2340
2341 Hush shell:
2342 -----------
2343
2344 - similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
2345 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
2346 until...do...done, ...
2347 - supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
2348 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
2349 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
2350 command
2351
2352 General rules:
2353 --------------
2354
2355 (1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
2356 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
2357 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
2358 executed anyway.
2359
2360 (2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
2361 calling run with a list af variables as arguments), any failing
2362 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
2363 variables are not executed.
2364
2365 Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
2366 =======================================
2367
2368 Some boards come with redundant ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
2369 such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
2370 "working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
2371
2372 Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
2373 MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
2374 "eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
2375
2376 If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
2377 in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
2378 ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
2379 variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
2380
2381 o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
2382 environment, the SROM's address is used.
2383
2384 o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
2385 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
2386 used.
2387
2388 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
2389 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
2390
2391 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
2392 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
2393 warning is printed.
2394
2395 o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
2396 is raised.
2397
2398
2399 Image Formats:
2400 ==============
2401
2402 The "boot" commands of this monitor operate on "image" files which
2403 can be basicly anything, preceeded by a special header; see the
2404 definitions in include/image.h for details; basicly, the header
2405 defines the following image properties:
2406
2407 * Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
2408 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
2409 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS;
2410 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS, LynxOS).
2411 * Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86,
2412 IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
2413 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC).
2414 * Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
2415 * Load Address
2416 * Entry Point
2417 * Image Name
2418 * Image Timestamp
2419
2420 The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
2421 and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
2422 CRC32 checksums.
2423
2424
2425 Linux Support:
2426 ==============
2427
2428 Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
2429 easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
2430 U-Boot.
2431
2432 U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
2433 special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
2434 "initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
2435 instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
2436 serves several purposes:
2437
2438 - the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
2439 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
2440 Flash memory footprint)
2441
2442 - it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
2443 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
2444
2445 - the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
2446 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
2447 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
2448 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
2449 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
2450 software is easier now.
2451
2452
2453 Linux HOWTO:
2454 ============
2455
2456 Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
2457 ---------------------------------------
2458
2459 U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
2460 configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
2461 (no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
2462 Linux :-).
2463
2464 But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/ppc/mbxboot).
2465
2466 Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
2467 include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
2468 Information structure as we define in include/u-boot.h, and make
2469 sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value as your
2470 U-Boot configuration in CFG_IMMR.
2471
2472
2473 Configuring the Linux kernel:
2474 -----------------------------
2475
2476 No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
2477 device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
2478
2479
2480 Building a Linux Image:
2481 -----------------------
2482
2483 With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
2484 not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
2485 "uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
2486 U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
2487 which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
2488 100% compatible format.
2489
2490 Example:
2491
2492 make TQM850L_config
2493 make oldconfig
2494 make dep
2495 make uImage
2496
2497 The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
2498 encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
2499 CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
2500
2501 * build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
2502
2503 * convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
2504
2505 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
2506 -R .note -R .comment \
2507 -S vmlinux linux.bin
2508
2509 * compress the binary image:
2510
2511 gzip -9 linux.bin
2512
2513 * package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
2514
2515 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
2516 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
2517 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
2518
2519
2520 The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
2521 with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
2522 combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
2523 byte header containing information about target architecture,
2524 operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
2525 stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
2526
2527 "mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
2528 print the header information, or to build new images.
2529
2530 In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
2531 contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
2532 checksum verification:
2533
2534 tools/mkimage -l image
2535 -l ==> list image header information
2536
2537 The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
2538 from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
2539
2540 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
2541 -n name -d data_file image
2542 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
2543 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
2544 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
2545 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
2546 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
2547 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
2548 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
2549 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
2550
2551 Right now, all Linux kernels use the same load address (0x00000000),
2552 but the entry point address depends on the kernel version:
2553
2554 - 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
2555 - 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
2556
2557 So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
2558
2559 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2560 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
2561 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
2562 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
2563 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2564 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2565 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2566 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2567 Load Address: 0x00000000
2568 Entry Point: 0x00000000
2569
2570 To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
2571
2572 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
2573 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2574 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2575 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2576 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2577 Load Address: 0x00000000
2578 Entry Point: 0x00000000
2579
2580 NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
2581 speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
2582 needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
2583 need to be uncompressed:
2584
2585 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
2586 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2587 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
2588 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \
2589 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
2590 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2591 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2592 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
2593 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
2594 Load Address: 0x00000000
2595 Entry Point: 0x00000000
2596
2597
2598 Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
2599 when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
2600
2601 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
2602 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
2603 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
2604 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2605 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
2606 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2607 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
2608 Load Address: 0x00000000
2609 Entry Point: 0x00000000
2610
2611
2612 Installing a Linux Image:
2613 -------------------------
2614
2615 To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
2616 you must convert the image to S-Record format:
2617
2618 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
2619
2620 The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
2621 image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
2622 address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
2623 specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
2624 command.
2625
2626 Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
2627 TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
2628
2629 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
2630
2631 .......... done
2632 Erased 8 sectors
2633
2634 => loads 40100000
2635 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2636 ~>examples/image.srec
2637 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
2638 ...
2639 15989 15990 15991 15992
2640 [file transfer complete]
2641 [connected]
2642 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
2643
2644
2645 You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
2646 this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
2647 corruption happened:
2648
2649 => imi 40100000
2650
2651 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
2652 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2653 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2654 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2655 Load Address: 00000000
2656 Entry Point: 0000000c
2657 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2658
2659
2660 Boot Linux:
2661 -----------
2662
2663 The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
2664 memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
2665 of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
2666 parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
2667 "printenv" and "setenv" commands:
2668
2669
2670 => printenv bootargs
2671 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
2672
2673 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
2674
2675 => printenv bootargs
2676 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
2677
2678 => bootm 40020000
2679 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
2680 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
2681 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2682 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
2683 Load Address: 00000000
2684 Entry Point: 0000000c
2685 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2686 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2687 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
2688 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
2689 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
2690 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
2691 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
2692 ...
2693
2694 If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial ram disk, you pass
2695 the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
2696 format!) to the "bootm" command:
2697
2698 => imi 40100000 40200000
2699
2700 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
2701 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2702 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2703 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2704 Load Address: 00000000
2705 Entry Point: 0000000c
2706 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2707
2708 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
2709 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2710 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2711 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
2712 Load Address: 00000000
2713 Entry Point: 00000000
2714 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2715
2716 => bootm 40100000 40200000
2717 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
2718 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2719 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2720 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2721 Load Address: 00000000
2722 Entry Point: 0000000c
2723 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2724 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2725 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
2726 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2727 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2728 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
2729 Load Address: 00000000
2730 Entry Point: 00000000
2731 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2732 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
2733 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
2734 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
2735 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
2736 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
2737 ...
2738 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
2739 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
2740
2741 bash#
2742
2743 More About U-Boot Image Types:
2744 ------------------------------
2745
2746 U-Boot supports the following image types:
2747
2748 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
2749 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
2750 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
2751 the Standalone Program.
2752 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
2753 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
2754 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
2755 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
2756 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
2757 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
2758 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
2759 being started.
2760 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
2761 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
2762 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
2763 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
2764 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
2765 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
2766
2767 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
2768 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
2769 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
2770 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
2771 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
2772 a multiple of 4 bytes).
2773
2774 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
2775 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
2776 flash memory.
2777
2778 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
2779 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
2780 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
2781 as command interpreter.
2782
2783
2784 Standalone HOWTO:
2785 =================
2786
2787 One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
2788 run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
2789 U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
2790
2791 Two simple examples are included with the sources:
2792
2793 "Hello World" Demo:
2794 -------------------
2795
2796 'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
2797 application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
2798 It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
2799 like that:
2800
2801 => loads
2802 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2803 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
2804 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
2805 [file transfer complete]
2806 [connected]
2807 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
2808
2809 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
2810 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
2811 Hello World
2812 argc = 7
2813 argv[0] = "40004"
2814 argv[1] = "Hello"
2815 argv[2] = "World!"
2816 argv[3] = "This"
2817 argv[4] = "is"
2818 argv[5] = "a"
2819 argv[6] = "test."
2820 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
2821 Hit any key to exit ...
2822
2823 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
2824
2825 Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
2826 handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
2827 Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
2828 The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
2829 character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
2830 controlled by the following keys:
2831
2832 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
2833 b - enable interrupts and start timer
2834 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
2835 q - quit application
2836
2837 => loads
2838 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2839 ~>examples/timer.srec
2840 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
2841 [file transfer complete]
2842 [connected]
2843 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
2844
2845 => go 40004
2846 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
2847 TIMERS=0xfff00980
2848 Using timer 1
2849 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
2850
2851 Hit 'b':
2852 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
2853 Enabling timer
2854 Hit '?':
2855 [q, b, e, ?] ........
2856 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
2857 Hit '?':
2858 [q, b, e, ?] .
2859 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
2860 Hit '?':
2861 [q, b, e, ?] .
2862 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
2863 Hit '?':
2864 [q, b, e, ?] .
2865 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
2866 Hit 'e':
2867 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
2868 Hit 'q':
2869 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
2870
2871
2872 Minicom warning:
2873 ================
2874
2875 Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
2876 "minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
2877 consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
2878 Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
2879 especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
2880 use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
2881
2882 Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
2883 configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
2884
2885 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
2886 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
2887 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
2888
2889
2890 NetBSD Notes:
2891 =============
2892
2893 Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
2894 (build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
2895
2896 Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
2897 NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
2898 need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
2899 Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
2900 attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
2901 missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
2902
2903 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
2904 # mkdir powerpc
2905 # ln -s powerpc machine
2906 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
2907 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
2908
2909 Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
2910 and U-Boot include files.
2911
2912 Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
2913 stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
2914 proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
2915 tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
2916 meantime, send mail to bruno@exet-ag.de and/or wd@denx.de for
2917 details.
2918
2919
2920 Implementation Internals:
2921 =========================
2922
2923 The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
2924 implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
2925 inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
2926 hardware.
2927
2928
2929 Initial Stack, Global Data:
2930 ---------------------------
2931
2932 The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
2933 starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
2934 system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
2935 This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
2936 is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
2937 at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
2938 options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
2939 models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
2940 MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
2941 locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
2942
2943 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
2944 u-boot-users mailing list:
2945
2946 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
2947 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
2948 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
2949 ...
2950
2951 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
2952 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
2953 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
2954 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
2955 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
2956 beyond the scope of this list to expain the details, but you
2957 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
2958 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
2959
2960 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
2961 is another option for the system designer to use as an
2962 initial stack/ram area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
2963 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
2964 board designers haven't used it for something that would
2965 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
2966 used.
2967
2968 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
2969 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
2970 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
2971 Walnut405.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
2972 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
2973 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
2974 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
2975 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
2976 you get the config right.
2977
2978 -Chris Hallinan
2979 DS4.COM, Inc.
2980
2981 It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
2982 code for the initialization procedures:
2983
2984 * Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
2985 to write it.
2986
2987 * Do not use any unitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
2988 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
2989 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
2990
2991 * Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
2992 that.
2993
2994 Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
2995 normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
2996 turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
2997 simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
2998 functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
2999 functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
3000 the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
3001 place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
3002 reserve for this purpose.
3003
3004 When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
3005 relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
3006 GCC's implementation.
3007
3008 For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
3009 R1: stack pointer
3010 R2: TOC pointer
3011 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
3012 R5-R10: parameter passing
3013 R13: small data area pointer
3014 R30: GOT pointer
3015 R31: frame pointer
3016
3017 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.)
3018
3019 ==> U-Boot will use R29 to hold a pointer to the global data
3020
3021 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
3022 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
3023 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
3024 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
3025 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
3026 624 text + 127 data).
3027
3028 On ARM, the following registers are used:
3029
3030 R0: function argument word/integer result
3031 R1-R3: function argument word
3032 R9: GOT pointer
3033 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
3034 R11: argument (frame) pointer
3035 R12: temporary workspace
3036 R13: stack pointer
3037 R14: link register
3038 R15: program counter
3039
3040 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
3041
3042
3043 Memory Management:
3044 ------------------
3045
3046 U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
3047 MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
3048
3049 The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
3050 controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
3051 memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
3052 physical memory banks.
3053
3054 U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
3055 TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
3056 booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
3057 to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
3058 memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CFG_MALLOC_LEN
3059 configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
3060 Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
3061
3062 Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
3063 of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
3064
3065 So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
3066 this:
3067
3068 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
3069 :
3070 0x0000 1FFF
3071 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
3072 :
3073 :
3074
3075 :
3076 :
3077 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
3078 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
3079 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
3080 :
3081 0x00FD FFFF
3082 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
3083 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
3084 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
3085 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
3086
3087
3088 System Initialization:
3089 ----------------------
3090
3091 In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
3092 (on most PowerPC systens at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
3093 configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
3094 To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
3095 To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
3096 initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
3097 which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
3098 part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
3099 the caches and the SIU.
3100
3101 Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
3102 preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
3103 (multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
3104 on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
3105 programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
3106 simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
3107 banks.
3108
3109 When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
3110 different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
3111 bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
3112 0x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
3113 contiguous memory starting from 0.
3114
3115 Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
3116 and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
3117 Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
3118 pages, and the final stack is set up.
3119
3120 Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
3121 until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
3122 running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
3123 new address in RAM.
3124
3125
3126 U-Boot Porting Guide:
3127 ----------------------
3128
3129 [Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
3130 list, October 2002]
3131
3132
3133 int main (int argc, char *argv[])
3134 {
3135 sighandler_t no_more_time;
3136
3137 signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time);
3138 alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
3139
3140 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
3141 pay consultant to port U-Boot;
3142 return 0;
3143 }
3144
3145 Download latest U-Boot source;
3146
3147 Subscribe to u-boot-users mailing list;
3148
3149 if (clueless) {
3150 email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
3151 }
3152
3153 while (learning) {
3154 Read the README file in the top level directory;
3155 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual ;
3156 Read the source, Luke;
3157 }
3158
3159 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) {
3160 Buy a BDI2000;
3161 } else {
3162 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
3163 }
3164
3165 Create your own board support subdirectory;
3166
3167 Create your own board config file;
3168
3169 while (!running) {
3170 do {
3171 Add / modify source code;
3172 } until (compiles);
3173 Debug;
3174 if (clueless)
3175 email ("Hi, I am having problems...");
3176 }
3177 Send patch file to Wolfgang;
3178
3179 return 0;
3180 }
3181
3182 void no_more_time (int sig)
3183 {
3184 hire_a_guru();
3185 }
3186
3187
3188 Coding Standards:
3189 -----------------
3190
3191 All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
3192 coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" in your Linux
3193 kernel source directory.
3194
3195 Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts
3196 in Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style
3197 comments (//) in your code.
3198
3199 Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
3200 - remove any trailing white space
3201 - use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces
3202 - make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
3203 - do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files
3204 - do not add trailing empty lines to source files
3205
3206 Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
3207 with a request to reformat the changes.
3208
3209
3210 Submitting Patches:
3211 -------------------
3212
3213 Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
3214 establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
3215 may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
3216
3217
3218 When you send a patch, please include the following information with
3219 it:
3220
3221 * For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
3222 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
3223 patch actually fixes something.
3224
3225 * For new features: a description of the feature and your
3226 implementation.
3227
3228 * A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
3229
3230 * For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
3231
3232 * When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
3233 board to the MAKEALL script, too.
3234
3235 * If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
3236 document these in the README file.
3237
3238 * The patch itself. If you are accessing the CVS repository use "cvs
3239 update; cvs diff -puRN"; else, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your
3240 version of diff does not support these options, then get the latest
3241 version of GNU diff.
3242
3243 The current directory when running this command shall be the top
3244 level directory of the U-Boot source tree, or it's parent directory
3245 (i. e. please make sure that your patch includes sufficient
3246 directory information for the affected files).
3247
3248 We accept patches as plain text, MIME attachments or as uuencoded
3249 gzipped text.
3250
3251 * If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
3252 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
3253
3254 * Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
3255 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
3256
3257
3258 Notes:
3259
3260 * Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
3261 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
3262 for any of the boards.
3263
3264 * Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
3265 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
3266 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
3267
3268 * If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
3269 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
3270 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
3271 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
3272 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
3273 modification.