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3# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
4#
5# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
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23
24Summary:
25========
26
24ee89b9 27This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
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28Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
29processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
30initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
31code.
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32
33The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
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34the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
35header files in common, and special provision has been made to
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36support booting of Linux images.
37
38Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
39configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
40implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
41add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
42code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
43load and run it dynamically.
44
45
46Status:
47=======
48
49In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
24ee89b9 50Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
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51"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
52
24ee89b9 53In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
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54who contributed the specific port. The MAINTAINERS file lists board
55maintainers.
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57
58Where to get help:
59==================
60
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61In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
62U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
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63<u-boot@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic
64on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
65Please see http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
66http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot
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68
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69Where to get source code:
70=========================
71
72The U-Boot source code is maintained in the git repository at
73git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
74http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
75
76The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
11ccc33f 77any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
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78available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
79directory.
80
d4ee711d 81Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
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82ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
83
84
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85Where we come from:
86===================
87
88- start from 8xxrom sources
24ee89b9 89- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
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90- clean up code
91- make it easier to add custom boards
92- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
93- extend functions, especially:
94 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
95 * S-Record download
96 * network boot
11ccc33f 97 * PCMCIA / CompactFlash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
24ee89b9 98- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
c609719b 99- add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
24ee89b9 100- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
0d28f34b 101- current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
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102
103
104Names and Spelling:
105===================
106
107The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
108"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
109in source files etc.). Example:
110
111 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
112
113File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
114
115 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
116
117 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
118
119Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
120the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
121
122 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
123 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
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124
125
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126Versioning:
127===========
128
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129Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
130were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
131into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
132names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
133Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
134releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
135
136Examples:
c0f40859 137 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
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138 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
139 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candiate 1 for September 2010 release
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140
141
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142Directory Hierarchy:
143====================
144
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145/arch Architecture specific files
146 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture
147 /cpu CPU specific files
148 /arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
149 /arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
6eb0921a 150 /at91 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
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151 /imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
152 /s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
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153 /arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
154 /arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
155 /arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
156 /ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
157 /pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
158 /s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
159 /sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
160 /lib Architecture specific library files
161 /avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
162 /cpu CPU specific files
163 /lib Architecture specific library files
164 /blackfin Files generic to Analog Devices Blackfin architecture
165 /cpu CPU specific files
166 /lib Architecture specific library files
fea25720 167 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
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168 /cpu CPU specific files
169 /lib Architecture specific library files
170 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
171 /cpu CPU specific files
172 /mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
173 /mcf5227x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5227x CPUs
174 /mcf532x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5329 CPUs
175 /mcf5445x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5445x CPUs
176 /mcf547x_8x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF547x_8x CPUs
177 /lib Architecture specific library files
178 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
179 /cpu CPU specific files
180 /lib Architecture specific library files
181 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
182 /cpu CPU specific files
92bbd64e 183 /mips32 Files specific to MIPS32 CPUs
80421fcc 184 /xburst Files specific to Ingenic XBurst CPUs
8d321b81 185 /lib Architecture specific library files
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186 /nds32 Files generic to NDS32 architecture
187 /cpu CPU specific files
188 /n1213 Files specific to Andes Technology N1213 CPUs
189 /lib Architecture specific library files
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190 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
191 /cpu CPU specific files
192 /lib Architecture specific library files
a47a12be 193 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
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194 /cpu CPU specific files
195 /74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
196 /mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
197 /mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
198 /mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
199 /mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
200 /mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
201 /mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
202 /mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
203 /ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
204 /lib Architecture specific library files
205 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
206 /cpu CPU specific files
207 /sh2 Files specific to sh2 CPUs
208 /sh3 Files specific to sh3 CPUs
209 /sh4 Files specific to sh4 CPUs
210 /lib Architecture specific library files
211 /sparc Files generic to SPARC architecture
212 /cpu CPU specific files
213 /leon2 Files specific to Gaisler LEON2 SPARC CPU
214 /leon3 Files specific to Gaisler LEON3 SPARC CPU
215 /lib Architecture specific library files
216/api Machine/arch independent API for external apps
217/board Board dependent files
218/common Misc architecture independent functions
219/disk Code for disk drive partition handling
220/doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
221/drivers Commonly used device drivers
222/examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
223/fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
224/include Header Files
225/lib Files generic to all architectures
226 /libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees
227 /lzma Library files to support LZMA decompression
228 /lzo Library files to support LZO decompression
229/net Networking code
230/post Power On Self Test
231/rtc Real Time Clock drivers
232/tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
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234Software Configuration:
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236
237Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
238rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
239
240There are two classes of configuration variables:
241
242* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
243 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
244 "CONFIG_".
245
246* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
247 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
248 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
6d0f6bcf 249 "CONFIG_SYS_".
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250
251Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
252identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
253do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
254links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
255as an example here.
256
257
258Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
259---------------------------------------------------
260
261For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
262configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
263
264Example: For a TQM823L module type:
265
266 cd u-boot
267 make TQM823L_config
268
11ccc33f 269For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the CPU type as well;
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270e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
271directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
272
273
274Configuration Options:
275----------------------
276
277Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
278such information is kept in a configuration file
279"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
280
281Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
282"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
283
284
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285Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
286kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
287build a config tool - later.
288
289
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290The following options need to be configured:
291
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292- CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
293
294- Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
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296- CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
09ea0de0 297 Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
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299- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
300 Define exactly one of
301 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
302--- FIXME --- not tested yet:
303 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
304 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
305
306- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
307 Define exactly one of
308 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
309
310- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
311 Define one or more of
312 CONFIG_CMA302
313
314- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
315 Define one or more of
316 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
11ccc33f 317 the LCD display every second with
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318 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
319
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320- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
321 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
322 Possible values are:
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323 CONFIG_SYS_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
324 CONFIG_SYS_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
325 CONFIG_SYS_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
326 CONFIG_SYS_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
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329 CONFIG_SYS_MVFS - define it if you want to enable
330 multiple fs option at one time
331 for marvell soc family
332
c609719b 333- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
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335 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
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11ccc33f 337- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx CPU)
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338 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
339 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
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340 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
341 reference PIT/RTC clock
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342 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
343 or XTAL/EXTAL)
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66ca92a5 345- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
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346 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
347 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
66ca92a5 348 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
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349 See doc/README.MPC866
350
6d0f6bcf 351 CONFIG_SYS_MEASURE_CPUCLK
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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
6d0f6bcf 358 RTC clock or CONFIG_SYS_8XX_XIN)
75d1ea7f 359
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360 CONFIG_SYS_DELAYED_ICACHE
361
362 Define this option if you want to enable the
363 ICache only when Code runs from RAM.
364
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366 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
367
368 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
369 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
370 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
371
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372 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
373
374 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
375 tree nodes for the given platform.
376
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377 CONFIG_SYS_PPC_E500_DEBUG_TLB
378
379 Enables a temporary TLB entry to be used during boot to work
380 around limitations in e500v1 and e500v2 external debugger
381 support. This reduces the portions of the boot code where
382 breakpoints and single stepping do not work. The value of this
383 symbol should be set to the TLB1 entry to be used for this
384 purpose.
385
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386- Generic CPU options:
387 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
388
389 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
390 values is arch specific.
391
0b953ffc 392- Intel Monahans options:
6d0f6bcf 393 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
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395 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
396 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
397 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
398
6d0f6bcf 399 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
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402 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
cf48eb9a 403 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
0b953ffc 404 by this value.
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407 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET
408
409 Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack
410 pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before
411 relocation.
412
413 CONFIG_SYS_MIPS_CACHE_MODE
414
415 Cache operation mode for the MIPS CPU.
416 See also arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h.
417 Possible values are:
418 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NO_WA
419 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_WA
420 CONF_CM_UNCACHED
421 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NONCOHERENT
422 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_CE
423 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_COW
424 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_CUW
425 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_ACCELERATED
426
427 CONFIG_SYS_XWAY_EBU_BOOTCFG
428
429 Special option for Lantiq XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash.
430 See also arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S.
431
432 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
433
434 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
435 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
436 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
437
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439 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
440
441 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
442 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
443
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444 CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD
445
446 Use this flag to build U-Boot using the Thumb instruction
447 set for ARM architectures. Thumb instruction set provides
448 better code density. For ARM architectures that support
449 Thumb2 this flag will result in Thumb2 code generated by
450 GCC.
451
5da627a4 452- Linux Kernel Interface:
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453 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
454
455 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
456 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
457 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
458 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
459 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
460 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
461 Linux kernel.
c609719b 462 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
218ca724 463 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
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464 default environment.
465
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466 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
467
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469 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
470 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
471
fec6d9ee 472 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
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474 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
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475 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
476 concepts).
477
478 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
479 * New libfdt-based support
480 * Adds the "fdt" command
3bb342fc 481 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
213bf8c8 482
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483 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node (only required for
484 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
485 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node (only required for
486 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
f57f70aa 487 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
c2871f03 488 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
f57f70aa 489
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490 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
491 addresses
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493 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
494
495 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
496 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
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498 CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU
499
11ccc33f 500 This define fills in the correct boot CPU in the boot
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501 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
502
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503 CONFIG_OF_IDE_FIXUP
504
505 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
506 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
507 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
508 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
509 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
510 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
511
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512 CONFIG_MACH_TYPE [relevant for ARM only][mandatory]
513
514 This setting is mandatory for all boards that have only one
515 machine type and must be used to specify the machine type
516 number as it appears in the ARM machine registry
517 (see http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/).
518 Only boards that have multiple machine types supported
519 in a single configuration file and the machine type is
520 runtime discoverable, do not have to use this setting.
521
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523
524 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
525 environments variables: bootfile, ipaddr, serverip, hostname.
526 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
527
528 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_DEVICE - The vxworks device name
529 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_MAC_PTR - Ethernet 6 byte MA -address
530 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_SERVERNAME - Name of the server
531 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_ADDR - Address of boot parameters
532
533 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_ADD_PARAMS
534
535 Add it at the end of the bootline. E.g "u=username pw=secret"
536
537 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
538 the defaults discussed just above.
539
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540- Cache Configuration:
541 CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF - Do not enable instruction cache in U-Boot
542 CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF - Do not enable data cache in U-Boot
543 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot
544
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546 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
547 controller
548 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
549 controller register space
550
6705d81e 551- Serial Ports:
48d0192f 552 CONFIG_PL010_SERIAL
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554 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
555
48d0192f 556 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL
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558 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
559
560 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
561
562 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
563 the clock speed of the UARTs.
564
565 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
566
567 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
568 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
569 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
570
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571 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_RLCR
572
573 Some vendor versions of PL011 serial ports (e.g. ST-Ericsson U8500)
574 have separate receive and transmit line control registers. Set
575 this variable to initialize the extra register.
576
577 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_FLUSH_ON_INIT
578
579 On some platforms (e.g. U8500) U-Boot is loaded by a second stage
580 boot loader that has already initialized the UART. Define this
581 variable to flush the UART at init time.
582
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586 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
587 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
588 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
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590 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
591 port routines must be defined elsewhere
592 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
593
594 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
595 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
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597 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
598 (default big endian)
599 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
600 rectangle fill
601 (cf. smiLynxEM)
602 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
603 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
604 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
605 (cols=pitch)
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606 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
607 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
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608 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
609 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
ba56f625 610 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
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611 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
612 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
613 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
614 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
615 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
616 (i.e. i8042_getc)
617 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
618 (requires blink timer
619 cf. i8042.c)
6d0f6bcf 620 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
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621 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
622 upper right corner
602ad3b3 623 (requires CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
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624 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
625 upper left corner
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627 linux_logo.h for logo.
628 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
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11ccc33f 630 additional board info beside
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631 the logo
632
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633 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
634 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
635 environment 'console=serial'.
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637 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
638 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
639 the "silent" environment variable. See
640 doc/README.silent for more information.
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642- Console Baudrate:
643 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
644 Select one of the baudrates listed in
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645 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
646 CONFIG_SYS_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
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648- Console Rx buffer length
649 With CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN it is possible to define
650 the maximum receive buffer length for the SMC.
2b3f12c2 651 This option is actual only for 82xx and 8xx possible.
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652 If using CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN also CONFIG_SYS_MAXIDLE
653 must be defined, to setup the maximum idle timeout for
654 the SMC.
655
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657 Prior to the console being initialised (i.e. serial UART
658 initialised etc) all console output is silently discarded.
659 Defining CONFIG_PRE_CONSOLE_BUFFER will cause U-Boot to
660 buffer any console messages prior to the console being
661 initialised to a buffer of size CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ
662 bytes located at CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_ADDR. The buffer is
663 a circular buffer, so if more than CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ
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665 earlier bytes are discarded.
666
667 'Sane' compilers will generate smaller code if
668 CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ is a power of 2
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671 Define CONFIG_SYS_VSNPRINTF to compile in safe versions of
672 the printf() functions. These are defined in
673 include/vsprintf.h and include snprintf(), vsnprintf() and
674 so on. Code size increase is approximately 300-500 bytes.
675 If this option is not given then these functions will
676 silently discard their buffer size argument - this means
677 you are not getting any overflow checking in this case.
678
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679- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
680 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
681 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
682
683 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
684 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
685 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
686 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
687 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
688 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
689 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
690 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
691 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
692 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
693 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
694 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
695
696- Autoboot Command:
697 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
698 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
699 define a command string that is automatically executed
700 when no character is read on the console interface
701 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
702
703 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
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704 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
705 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
706 environment value "bootargs".
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708 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
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710 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
711 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
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714- Pre-Boot Commands:
715 CONFIG_PREBOOT
716
717 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
718 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
719 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
720 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
721 entering interactive mode.
722
723 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
724 automatically generated or modified. For an example
725 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
726 modified when the user holds down a certain
727 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
728 booting the systems
729
730- Serial Download Echo Mode:
731 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
732 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
733 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
734 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
735 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
736 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
737 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
738
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741 Select one of the baudrates listed in
6d0f6bcf 742 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
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744- Monitor Functions:
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746 from the build by using the #include files
747 "config_cmd_all.h" and #undef'ing unwanted
748 commands, or using "config_cmd_default.h"
749 and augmenting with additional #define's
750 for wanted commands.
751
752 The default command configuration includes all commands
753 except those marked below with a "*".
754
755 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
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756 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
757 CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
758 CONFIG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
759 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
760 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
761 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
762 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
710b9938 763 CONFIG_CMD_CRC32 * crc32
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764 CONFIG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
765 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
766 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
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767 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510 * ds4510 I2C gpio commands
768 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_INFO * ds4510 I2C info command
769 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_MEM * ds4510 I2C eeprom/sram commansd
770 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_RST * ds4510 I2C rst command
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771 CONFIG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
772 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
246c6922 773 CONFIG_CMD_EDITENV edit env variable
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774 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
775 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
0c79cda0 776 CONFIG_CMD_EXPORTENV * export the environment
bdab39d3 777 CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV saveenv
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778 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
779 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support
780 CONFIG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
781 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
782 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
a641b979 783 CONFIG_CMD_GO * the 'go' command (exec code)
a000b795 784 CONFIG_CMD_GREPENV * search environment
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785 CONFIG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
786 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
787 CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
788 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
789 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
790 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
0c79cda0 791 CONFIG_CMD_IMPORTENV * import an environment
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792 CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
793 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
794 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
795 CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
1ba7fd25 796 CONFIG_CMD_LDRINFO ldrinfo (display Blackfin loader)
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797 CONFIG_CMD_LINK_LOCAL * link-local IP address auto-configuration
798 (169.254.*.*)
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799 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
800 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
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801 CONFIG_CMD_MD5SUM print md5 message digest
802 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY and CONFIG_MD5)
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803 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
804 loop, loopw, mtest
805 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
806 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
807 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
68d7d651 808 CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS * MTD partition support
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809 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
810 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
e92739d3 811 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X * PCA953x I2C gpio commands
c0f40859 812 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X_INFO * PCA953x I2C gpio info command
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813 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
814 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
815 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
816 host
817 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
818 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
819 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
820 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
821 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
822 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
823 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
824 CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access
825 (4xx only)
f61ec45e 826 CONFIG_CMD_SF * Read/write/erase SPI NOR flash
c6b1ee66 827 CONFIG_CMD_SHA1SUM print sha1 memory digest
02c9aa1d 828 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY)
74de7aef 829 CONFIG_CMD_SOURCE "source" command Support
602ad3b3 830 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
7a83af07 831 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPSRV * TFTP transfer in server mode
1fb7cd49 832 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT * TFTP put command (upload)
ca366d0e 833 CONFIG_CMD_TIME * run command and report execution time
602ad3b3 834 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
602ad3b3 835 CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
c8339f51 836 CONFIG_CMD_MFSL * Microblaze FSL support
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839 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
840 support you can write:
841
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843 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
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846 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
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848 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
602ad3b3 849 (configuration option CONFIG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
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850 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
851 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
852 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
853 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
854 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
855 initial stack and some data.
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857
858 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
859
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860- Device tree:
861 CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
862 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree
863 to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically
864 compiled #defines in the board file. This option is
865 experimental and only available on a few boards. The device
866 tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob.
867
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868 U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can
869 be done using one of the two options below:
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871 CONFIG_OF_EMBED
872 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will embed a device tree
873 binary in its image. This device tree file should be in the
874 board directory and called <soc>-<board>.dts. The binary file
875 is then picked up in board_init_f() and made available through
876 the global data structure as gd->blob.
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878 CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE
879 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree
880 binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific
881 code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by:
882
883 cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
884
885 and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called
886 u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can
887 still use the individual files if you need something more
888 exotic.
889
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891 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
892 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
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893 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
894 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260
895 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
896 register. When supported for a specific SoC is
897 available, then no further board specific code should
898 be needed to use it.
899
900 CONFIG_HW_WATCHDOG
901 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
902 SoC, then define this variable and provide board
903 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
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906 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
907 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
908 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
909 version as printed by the "version" command.
910 This variable is readonly.
911
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913
602ad3b3 914 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
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916 following options:
917
918 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
919 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
4e8b7544 920 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
c609719b 921 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
1cb8e980 922 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
c609719b 923 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
7f70e853 924 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
3bac3513 925 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
9536dfcc 926 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
4c0d4c3b 927 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
6d0f6bcf 928 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
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929 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
930 RV3029 RTC.
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933 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
934
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936 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
937 CONFIG_PCA953X_INFO - enable pca953x info command
938
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939 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
940 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
941 pins supported by a particular chip.
942
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944 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
945
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947
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948 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
949 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
950 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
602ad3b3 951 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
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953- Partition Support:
954 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
07f3d789 955 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION
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957 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CONFIG_CMD_IDE or
958 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at
959 least one partition type as well.
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961- IDE Reset method:
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963 board configurations files but used nowhere!
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965 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
966 be performed by calling the function
967 ide_set_reset(int reset)
968 which has to be defined in a board specific file
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970- ATAPI Support:
971 CONFIG_ATAPI
972
973 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
974
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976 CONFIG_LBA48
977
978 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
4b142feb 979 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
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981 support disks up to 2.1TB.
982
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985 Default is 32bit.
986
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988 At the moment only there is only support for the
989 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
990 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
991
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992 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
993 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
994 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
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995 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
996 devices.
6d0f6bcf 997 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
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999- NETWORK Support (PCI):
682011ff 1000 CONFIG_E1000
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1001 Support for Intel 8254x/8257x gigabit chips.
1002
1003 CONFIG_E1000_SPI
1004 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
1005 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
1006 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
1007
1008 CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC
1009 Allow generic access to the SPI bus on the Intel 8257x, for
1010 example with the "sspi" command.
1011
1012 CONFIG_CMD_E1000
1013 Management command for E1000 devices. When used on devices
1014 with SPI support you can reprogram the EEPROM from U-Boot.
53cf9435 1015
ac3315c2 1016 CONFIG_E1000_FALLBACK_MAC
11ccc33f 1017 default MAC for empty EEPROM after production.
ac3315c2 1018
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1020 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
11ccc33f 1021 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
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1022 write routine for first time initialisation.
1023
1024 CONFIG_TULIP
1025 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
1026 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
1027 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
1028
1029 CONFIG_NATSEMI
1030 Support for National dp83815 chips.
1031
1032 CONFIG_NS8382X
1033 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
1034
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1036
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1037 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC
1038 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.
1039
1040 CONFIG_RMII
1041 Define this to use reduced MII inteface
1042
1043 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
1044 If this defined, the driver is quiet.
1045 The driver doen't show link status messages.
1046
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1048 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
1049
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1051 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
1052
1053 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
1054 Define this to hold the physical address
1055 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
1056
1057 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
1058 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
1059
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1061 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
1062
1063 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
1064 Define this to hold the physical address
1065 of the device (I/O space)
1066
1067 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
1068 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1069
1070 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
1071 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
1072 (some hardware wont work with macros)
1073
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1074 CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC
1075 Support for davinci emac
1076
1077 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
1078 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
1079
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1081 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
1082
1083 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
1084 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
1085 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
1086 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
1087 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
1088 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
1089 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
1090 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
1091
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1093 Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips
1094
c2fff331 1095 CONFIG_SMC911X_BASE
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1096 Define this to hold the physical address
1097 of the device (I/O space)
1098
c2fff331 1099 CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT
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1100 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1101
c2fff331 1102 CONFIG_SMC911X_16_BIT
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1103 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
1104 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
c2fff331 1105 words you may also try CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT.
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1108 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
1109
1110 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
1111 Define the number of ports to be used
1112
1113 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
1114 Define the ETH PHY's address
1115
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1117 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
1118
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1120 CONFIG_GENERIC_LPC_TPM
1121 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
1122 per system is supported at this time.
1123
1124 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
1125 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
1126 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
1127 0xfed40000.
1128
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1130 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
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1133 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
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1135 storage devices.
1136 Note:
1137 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
1138 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
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1139 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
1140 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
1141 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
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1143 for USB on PSC3
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1145 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
1146 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
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1147 for differential drivers on PSC3: 0x00000100
1148 for single ended drivers on PSC3: 0x00004100
6d0f6bcf 1149 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EVENT_POLL
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1150 May be defined to allow interrupt polling
1151 instead of using asynchronous interrupts
4d13cbad 1152
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1153 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the
1154 txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset.
1155
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1156- USB Device:
1157 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
1158 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
1159 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
11ccc33f 1160 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
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1161 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
1162 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
386eda02 1163 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
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1164 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
1165 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
1166 a Linux host by
1167 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
1168 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
1169 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
1170 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
386eda02 1171
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1172 CONFIG_USB_DEVICE
1173 Define this to build a UDC device
1174
1175 CONFIG_USB_TTY
1176 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
1177 talk to the UDC device
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1179 CONFIG_USBD_HS
1180 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
1181 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
1182 int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
1183 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
1184 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
1185 speed.
1186
6d0f6bcf 1187 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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1188 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
1189 be set to usbtty.
1190
1191 mpc8xx:
6d0f6bcf 1192 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
16c8d5e7 1193 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
6d0f6bcf 1194 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0x02
386eda02 1195
6d0f6bcf 1196 CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0xBLAH
16c8d5e7 1197 Derive USB clock from brgclk
6d0f6bcf 1198 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0x04
16c8d5e7 1199
386eda02 1200 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
16c8d5e7 1201 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
386eda02 1202 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
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1203 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
1204 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
1205 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
1206
1207 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
1208 Define this string as the name of your company for
1209 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
386eda02 1210
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1211 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
1212 Define this string as the name of your product
1213 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
1214
1215 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
1216 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
1217 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
1218 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
1219 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
386eda02 1220
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1221 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
1222 Define this as the unique Product ID
1223 for your device
1224 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
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1226- ULPI Layer Support:
1227 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
1228 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
1229 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
1230 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
1231 viewport is supported.
1232 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
1233 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
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71f95118 1235- MMC Support:
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1236 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1237 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1238 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
71f95118 1239 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
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1240 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1241 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
71f95118 1242
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1243 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF
1244 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
1245
1246 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
1247 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
1248
1249 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_CLK
1250 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
1251
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1252- Journaling Flash filesystem support:
1253 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
1254 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
1255 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1256
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1257 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1258 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
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1259 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1260
6d0f6bcf 1261 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
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1262 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
1263 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
1264
1265 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
6d0f6bcf 1266 #define CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
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1267 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you
1268 have not defined a custom partition
1269
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1270- FAT(File Allocation Table) filesystem write function support:
1271 CONFIG_FAT_WRITE
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1272
1273 Define this to enable support for saving memory data as a
1274 file in FAT formatted partition.
1275
1276 This will also enable the command "fatwrite" enabling the
1277 user to write files to FAT.
c30a15e5 1278
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1279- Keyboard Support:
1280 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
1281
1282 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
1283 support
1284
1285 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
1286 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
1287 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
1288 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
1289 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
1290
1291- Video support:
1292 CONFIG_VIDEO
1293
1294 Define this to enable video support (for output to
1295 video).
1296
1297 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
1298
1299 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
1300
1301 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
b79a11cc 1302 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
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1303 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
1304 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
1305 assumed.
1306
b79a11cc 1307 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
11ccc33f 1308 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two different ways
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1309 are possible:
1310 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
6e592385 1311 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
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1312
1313 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
1314 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1315 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
1316 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
1317 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
1318 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
1319 -------------+---------------------------------------------
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1320 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
1321
b79a11cc 1322 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
7817cb20 1323 from the bootargs. (See drivers/video/videomodes.c)
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1324
1325
c1551ea8 1326 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
43d9616c 1327 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
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1328 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
1329 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
1330
7d3053fb 1331 CONFIG_FSL_DIU_FB
04e5ae79 1332 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
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1333 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1334 support, and should also define these other macros:
1335
1336 CONFIG_SYS_DIU_ADDR
1337 CONFIG_VIDEO
1338 CONFIG_CMD_BMP
1339 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
1340 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1341 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1342 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
1343 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1344
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1345 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1346 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
1347 boot. See the documentation file README.video for a
1348 description of this variable.
7d3053fb 1349
682011ff 1350- Keyboard Support:
8bde7f77 1351 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
682011ff 1352
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1353 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1354 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1355 defined in your board-specific files.
1356 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
a6c7ad2f 1357
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1358- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1359
1360 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1361 display); also select one of the supported displays
1362 by defining one of these:
1363
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1364 CONFIG_ATMEL_LCD:
1365
1366 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1367
fd3103bb 1368 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
c609719b 1369
fd3103bb 1370 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
c609719b 1371
fd3103bb 1372 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
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1374 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1375 Active, color, single scan.
1376
1377 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1378
1379 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
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1380 Active, color, single scan.
1381
1382 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
1383
1384 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1385 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1386
1387 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1388
1389 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1390 Active, color, single scan.
1391
1392 CONFIG_HLD1045
1393
1394 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1395 Active, color, single scan.
1396
1397 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
1398
1399 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1400 or
1401 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1402 or
1403 Hitachi SP14Q002
1404
1405 320x240. Black & white.
1406
1407 Normally display is black on white background; define
6d0f6bcf 1408 CONFIG_SYS_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
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7152b1d0 1410- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
d791b1dc 1411
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1412 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1413 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1414 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
e94d2cd9 1415 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
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1416 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1417 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1418 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1419 loaded very quickly after power-on.
d791b1dc 1420
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1421 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN
1422
1423 If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
1424 on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
1425 position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
1426 number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
1427 is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
1428 specify 'm' for centering the image.
1429
1430 Example:
1431 setenv splashpos m,m
1432 => image at center of screen
1433
1434 setenv splashpos 30,20
1435 => image at x = 30 and y = 20
1436
1437 setenv splashpos -10,m
1438 => vertically centered image
1439 at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9
1440
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1441- Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
1442
1443 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1444 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1445 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1446
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1448
1449 If this option is set, 8-bit RLE compressed BMP images
1450 can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the
1451 bmp command.
1452
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1453- Compression support:
1454 CONFIG_BZIP2
1455
1456 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1457 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1458 compressed images are supported.
1459
42d1f039 1460 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
6d0f6bcf 1461 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
42d1f039 1462 be at least 4MB.
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1464 CONFIG_LZMA
1465
1466 If this option is set, support for lzma compressed
1467 images is included.
1468
1469 Note: The LZMA algorithm adds between 2 and 4KB of code and it
1470 requires an amount of dynamic memory that is given by the
1471 formula:
1472
1473 (1846 + 768 << (lc + lp)) * sizeof(uint16)
1474
1475 Where lc and lp stand for, respectively, Literal context bits
1476 and Literal pos bits.
1477
1478 This value is upper-bounded by 14MB in the worst case. Anyway,
1479 for a ~4MB large kernel image, we have lc=3 and lp=0 for a
1480 total amount of (1846 + 768 << (3 + 0)) * 2 = ~41KB... that is
1481 a very small buffer.
1482
1483 Use the lzmainfo tool to determinate the lc and lp values and
1484 then calculate the amount of needed dynamic memory (ensuring
6d0f6bcf 1485 the appropriate CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN value).
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1487- MII/PHY support:
1488 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR
1489
1490 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1491
1492 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1493
1494 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1495
1496 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE
1497
1498 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
11ccc33f 1499 detection of gigabit PHY is included.
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1501 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1502
1503 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1504 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1505 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1506 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1507
1508 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1509
1510 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1511 command issued before MII status register can be read
1512
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1513- Ethernet address:
1514 CONFIG_ETHADDR
c68a05fe 1515 CONFIG_ETH1ADDR
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1516 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
1517 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
c68a05fe 1518 CONFIG_ETH4ADDR
1519 CONFIG_ETH5ADDR
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1521 Define a default value for Ethernet address to use
1522 for the respective Ethernet interface, in case this
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1524
1525- IP address:
1526 CONFIG_IPADDR
1527
1528 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
11ccc33f 1529 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
c609719b 1530 determined through e.g. bootp.
1ebcd654 1531 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
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1532
1533- Server IP address:
1534 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1535
11ccc33f 1536 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
c609719b 1537 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1ebcd654 1538 (Environment variable "serverip")
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1540 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1541
1542 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1543 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1544
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1545- Gateway IP address:
1546 CONFIG_GATEWAYIP
1547
1548 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1549 default router where packets to other networks are
1550 sent to.
1551 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1552
1553- Subnet mask:
1554 CONFIG_NETMASK
1555
1556 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1557 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1558 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1559 forwarded through a router.
1560 (Environment variable "netmask")
1561
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1563 CONFIG_MCAST_TFTP
1564
1565 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1566 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
11ccc33f 1567 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
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1568 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1569 multicast group.
1570
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1571- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1572 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1573
1574 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1575 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1576 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1577 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1578 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1579 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1580 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1581 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
6c33c785 1582 following delays are inserted then:
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1584 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1585 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1586 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1587 4th and following
1588 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1589
fe389a82 1590- DHCP Advanced Options:
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1591 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1592 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1593
1594 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1595 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1596 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1597 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1598 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1599 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1600 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1601 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2
1602 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1603 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1604 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1605 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
2c00e099 1606 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL
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1608 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1609 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
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1611 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL - If the DHCP server is not found
1612 after the configured retry count, the call will fail
1613 instead of starting over. This can be used to fail over
1614 to Link-local IP address configuration if the DHCP server
1615 is not available.
1616
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1617 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1618 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1619 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1620 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1621 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1622 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1623 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1fe80d79 1624 is defined.
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1626 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1627 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1628 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
5d110f0a 1629 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
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1630 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1631 option 12 to the DHCP server.
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1633 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1634
1635 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1636 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1637 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1638 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1639 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1640 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1641 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1642 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1643 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1644 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1645 this delay.
1646
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1648 Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network
1649 for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration.
1650 This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed
1651 to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
1652
1653 See doc/README.link-local for more information.
1654
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6e592385 1656 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
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1657
1658 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1659
1660 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1661
1662 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1663 of the device.
1664
1665 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1666
1667 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1668 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
11ccc33f 1669 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
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1670
1671 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1672
1673 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1674 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1675
1676 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1677
1678 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1679
1680 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1681
1682 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1683
1684 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1685
1686 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1687
1688 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1689
1690 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1691 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1692
1693 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1694
1695 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1696
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1697- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1698
1699 Several configurations allow to display the current
1700 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1701 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1702 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1703 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1704 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1705 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1706 feature in U-Boot.
1707
1708- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1709
1710 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1711 on those systems that support this (optional)
1712 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1713
1714- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1715
b37c7e5e 1716 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
945af8d7 1717 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
11ccc33f 1718 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected CPU.
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945af8d7 1720 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
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1722 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1723 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
43d9616c 1724 command line interface.
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bb99ad6d 1726 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
b37c7e5e 1727
945af8d7 1728 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
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1729 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1730 support for I2C.
c609719b 1731
945af8d7 1732 There are several other quantities that must also be
b37c7e5e 1733 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
c609719b 1734
6d0f6bcf 1735 In both cases you will need to define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED
945af8d7 1736 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
6d0f6bcf 1737 to run and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
11ccc33f 1738 the CPU's i2c node address).
945af8d7 1739
8d321b81 1740 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx
a47a12be 1741 (arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c) sets the CPU up as a master node
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1742 and so its address should therefore be cleared to 0 (See,
1743 eg, MPC823e User's Manual p.16-473). So, set
1744 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
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1746 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_MPC5XXX
1747
1748 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1749 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1750 in progress. Reset the slave devices by sending start
1751 commands until the slave device responds.
1752
945af8d7 1753 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
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1755 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1756 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1757 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
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1758
1759 I2C_INIT
1760
b37c7e5e 1761 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
43d9616c 1762 controller or configure ports.
c609719b 1763
ba56f625 1764 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
b37c7e5e 1765
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1766 I2C_PORT
1767
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1768 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1769 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1770 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
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1771
1772 I2C_ACTIVE
1773
1774 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1775 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1776 define can be null.
1777
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1778 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1779
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1780 I2C_TRISTATE
1781
1782 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1783 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1784 define can be null.
1785
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1786 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1787
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1788 I2C_READ
1789
1790 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1791 FALSE if it is low.
1792
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1793 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1794
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1795 I2C_SDA(bit)
1796
1797 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1798 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1799
b37c7e5e 1800 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
2535d602 1801 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
ba56f625 1802 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
b37c7e5e 1803
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1804 I2C_SCL(bit)
1805
1806 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1807 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1808
b37c7e5e 1809 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
2535d602 1810 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
ba56f625 1811 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
b37c7e5e 1812
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1814
1815 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1816 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
b37c7e5e 1817 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
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1818 like:
1819
b37c7e5e 1820 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
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1822 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
1823
1824 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
1825 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
1826 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
1827 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
1828
1829 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
1830 the generic GPIO functions.
1831
6d0f6bcf 1832 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
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1834 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1835 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1836 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1837 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1838 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1839 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1840 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1841 is run early in the boot sequence.
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1843 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BOARD_LATE_INIT
1844
1845 An alternative to CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD. If this option is
1846 defined a custom i2c_board_late_init() routine in
1847 boards/xxx/board.c is run AFTER the operations in i2c_init()
1848 is completed. This callpoint can be used to unreset i2c bus
1849 using CPU i2c controller register accesses for CPUs whose i2c
1850 controller provide such a method. It is called at the end of
1851 i2c_init() to allow i2c_init operations to setup the i2c bus
1852 controller on the CPU (e.g. setting bus speed & slave address).
1853
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1854 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1855
1856 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1857 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1858 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1859
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1860 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1861
1862 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
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1863 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1864 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
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1865 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1866
6d0f6bcf 1867 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
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1868
1869 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
c0f40859 1870 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
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1871 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
1872 a 1D array of device addresses
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1873
1874 e.g.
1875 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
c0f40859 1876 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
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1877
1878 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1879
c0f40859 1880 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
6d0f6bcf 1881 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
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1882
1883 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1884
6d0f6bcf 1885 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
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1886
1887 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1888 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1889
6d0f6bcf 1890 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
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1891
1892 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1893 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1894
6d0f6bcf 1895 CONFIG_SYS_DTT_BUS_NUM
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1896
1897 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
1898 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
1899
6d0f6bcf 1900 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DTT_ADDR:
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1901
1902 If defined, specifies the I2C address of the DTT device.
1903 If not defined, then U-Boot uses predefined value for
1904 specified DTT device.
1905
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1906 CONFIG_FSL_I2C
1907
1908 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
7817cb20 1909 drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c.
be5e6181 1910
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1911 CONFIG_I2C_MUX
1912
1913 Define this option if you have I2C devices reached over 1 .. n
1914 I2C Muxes like the pca9544a. This option addes a new I2C
1915 Command "i2c bus [muxtype:muxaddr:muxchannel]" which adds a
1916 new I2C Bus to the existing I2C Busses. If you select the
1917 new Bus with "i2c dev", u-bbot sends first the commandos for
1918 the muxes to activate this new "bus".
1919
1920 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS must be also defined, to use this
1921 feature!
1922
1923 Example:
1924 Adding a new I2C Bus reached over 2 pca9544a muxes
1925 The First mux with address 70 and channel 6
1926 The Second mux with address 71 and channel 4
1927
1928 => i2c bus pca9544a:70:6:pca9544a:71:4
1929
1930 Use the "i2c bus" command without parameter, to get a list
1931 of I2C Busses with muxes:
1932
1933 => i2c bus
1934 Busses reached over muxes:
1935 Bus ID: 2
1936 reached over Mux(es):
1937 pca9544a@70 ch: 4
1938 Bus ID: 3
1939 reached over Mux(es):
1940 pca9544a@70 ch: 6
1941 pca9544a@71 ch: 4
1942 =>
1943
1944 If you now switch to the new I2C Bus 3 with "i2c dev 3"
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1945 u-boot first sends the command to the mux@70 to enable
1946 channel 6, and then the command to the mux@71 to enable
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1947 the channel 4.
1948
1949 After that, you can use the "normal" i2c commands as
f9a78b8d 1950 usual to communicate with your I2C devices behind
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1951 the 2 muxes.
1952
1953 This option is actually implemented for the bitbanging
1954 algorithm in common/soft_i2c.c and for the Hardware I2C
1955 Bus on the MPC8260. But it should be not so difficult
1956 to add this option to other architectures.
1957
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1958 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
1959
1960 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
1961 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
1962 between writing the address pointer and reading the
1963 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
1964 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
1965 devices can use either method, but some require one or
1966 the other.
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1968- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1969
1970 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1971 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1972 D/As on the SACSng board)
1973
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1974 CONFIG_SH_SPI
1975
1976 Enables the driver for SPI controller on SuperH. Currently
1977 only SH7757 is supported.
1978
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1979 CONFIG_SPI_X
1980
1981 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1982 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1983
1984 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1985
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1986 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1987 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1988 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1989 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1990 defined, the board configuration must define several
1991 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1992 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
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1994 CONFIG_HARD_SPI
1995
1996 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
1997 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
1998 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
c0f40859 1999 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
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2000 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
2001
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2002 CONFIG_MXC_SPI
2003
2004 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
2e3cd1cd 2005 SoCs. Currently i.MX31/35/51 are supported.
38254f45 2006
0133502e 2007- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
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2009 Enables FPGA subsystem.
2010
2011 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
2012
2013 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
2014 (ALTERA, XILINX)
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0133502e 2016 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
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2018 Enables support for FPGA family.
2019 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
2020
2021 CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
2022
2023 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
c609719b 2024
6d0f6bcf 2025 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
c609719b 2026
8bde7f77 2027 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
c609719b 2028
6d0f6bcf 2029 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
c609719b 2030
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2031 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
2032 status by the configuration function. This option
2033 will require a board or device specific function to
2034 be written.
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2035
2036 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
2037
2038 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
2039 configuration driver.
2040
6d0f6bcf 2041 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
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2042 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
2043
6d0f6bcf 2044 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
c609719b 2045
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2046 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
2047 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
2048 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
2049 indicated a CRC error).
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6d0f6bcf 2051 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
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2053 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
2054 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
2055 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
11ccc33f 2056 ms.
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6d0f6bcf 2058 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
c609719b 2059
43d9616c 2060 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
11ccc33f 2061 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
c609719b 2062
6d0f6bcf 2063 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
c609719b 2064
43d9616c 2065 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
11ccc33f 2066 200 ms.
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2067
2068- Configuration Management:
2069 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
2070
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2071 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
2072 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
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2073
2074- Vendor Parameter Protection:
2075
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2076 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
2077 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
7152b1d0 2078 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
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2079 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
2080 protects these variables from casual modification by
2081 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
2082 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
11ccc33f 2083 change this behaviour:
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2084
2085 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
2086 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
47cd00fa 2087 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
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2088 these parameters.
2089
2090 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
2091 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
11ccc33f 2092 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
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2093 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
2094 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
2095 read-only.]
2096
2097- Protected RAM:
2098 CONFIG_PRAM
2099
2100 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
2101 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
2102 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
2103 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
2104 this default value by defining an environment
2105 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
2106 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
2107 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
2108 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
2109 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
2110 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
2111 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
2112
fe126d8b 2113 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
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2114 saveenv
2115
2116 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
2117 either, which results in a memory region that will
2118 not be affected by reboots.
2119
2120 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
2121 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
2122 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
2123 following board configurations are known to be
2124 "pRAM-clean":
2125
2126 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
2127 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
544d97e9 2128 FLAGADM, TQM8260
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2130- Error Recovery:
2131 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
2132
2133 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
2134 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
2135 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
11ccc33f 2136 system where you want the system to reboot
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2137 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
2138 useful during development since you can try to debug
2139 the conditions that lead to the situation.
2140
2141 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
2142
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2143 This variable defines the number of retries for
2144 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
2145 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
2146 default value of 5 is used.
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2148 CONFIG_ARP_TIMEOUT
2149
2150 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
2151
c609719b 2152- Command Interpreter:
8078f1a5 2153 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
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2154
2155 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
2156
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2157 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
2158 for the "hush" shell.
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2159
2160
6d0f6bcf 2161 CONFIG_SYS_HUSH_PARSER
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2162
2163 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
2164 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
2165 powerful command line syntax like
2166 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
2167 constructs ("shell scripts").
2168
2169 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
2170 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
2171
2172
6d0f6bcf 2173 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
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2174
2175 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
2176 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
2177 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
2178
2179 Note:
2180
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2181 In the current implementation, the local variables
2182 space and global environment variables space are
2183 separated. Local variables are those you define by
2184 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
2185 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
2186 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
2187 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
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2189 Global environment variables are those you use
2190 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
2191 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
2192 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
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2193
2194 To store commands and special characters in a
2195 variable, please use double quotation marks
2196 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
2197 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
2198 symbols.
2199
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2200- Commandline Editing and History:
2201 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
2202
11ccc33f 2203 Enable editing and History functions for interactive
b9365a26 2204 commandline input operations
aa0c71ac 2205
a8c7c708 2206- Default Environment:
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2207 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
2208
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2209 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
2210 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
7152b1d0 2211 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2262cfee 2212
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2213 For example, place something like this in your
2214 board's config file:
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2215
2216 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
2217 "myvar1=value1\0" \
2218 "myvar2=value2\0"
2219
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2220 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
2221 internal format how the environment is stored by the
2222 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
2223 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
7152b1d0 2224 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
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2225 You better know what you are doing here.
2226
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2227 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
2228 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
74de7aef 2229 the environment like the "source" command or the
43d9616c 2230 boot command first.
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2232 CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_CONFIG
2233
2234 Define this in order to add variables describing the
2235 U-Boot build configuration to the default environment.
2236 These will be named arch, cpu, board, vendor, and soc.
2237
2238 Enabling this option will cause the following to be defined:
2239
2240 - CONFIG_SYS_ARCH
2241 - CONFIG_SYS_CPU
2242 - CONFIG_SYS_BOARD
2243 - CONFIG_SYS_VENDOR
2244 - CONFIG_SYS_SOC
2245
a8c7c708 2246- DataFlash Support:
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2247 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
2248
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2249 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
2250 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
2251 commands cp, md...
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2253- Serial Flash support
2254 CONFIG_CMD_SF
2255
2256 Defining this option enables SPI flash commands
2257 'sf probe/read/write/erase/update'.
2258
2259 Usage requires an initial 'probe' to define the serial
2260 flash parameters, followed by read/write/erase/update
2261 commands.
2262
2263 The following defaults may be provided by the platform
2264 to handle the common case when only a single serial
2265 flash is present on the system.
2266
2267 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_BUS Bus identifier
2268 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_CS Chip-select
2269 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_MODE (see include/spi.h)
2270 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED in Hz
2271
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2272- SystemACE Support:
2273 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
2274
2275 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
2276 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
11ccc33f 2277 of the chip must also be defined in the
6d0f6bcf 2278 CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
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2279
2280 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
6d0f6bcf 2281 #define CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
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2282
2283 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
2284 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
2285
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2286- TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
2287 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
2288
28cb9375 2289 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
ecb0ccd9 2290 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
28cb9375 2291 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
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2292 number generator is used.
2293
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2294 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
2295 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
2296 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
2297
2298 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
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2299 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
2300 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
2301 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
2302 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
2303 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
2304 but sometimes that is not allowed.
2305
a8c7c708 2306- Show boot progress:
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2307 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
2308
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2309 Defining this option allows to add some board-
2310 specific code (calling a user-provided function
2311 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
2312 the system's boot progress on some display (for
2313 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
2314 the following checkpoints are implemented:
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2316- Detailed boot stage timing
2317 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE
2318 Define this option to get detailed timing of each stage
2319 of the boot process.
2320
2321 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_USER_COUNT
2322 This is the number of available user bootstage records.
2323 Each time you call bootstage_mark(BOOTSTAGE_ID_ALLOC, ...)
2324 a new ID will be allocated from this stash. If you exceed
2325 the limit, recording will stop.
2326
2327 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_REPORT
2328 Define this to print a report before boot, similar to this:
2329
2330 Timer summary in microseconds:
2331 Mark Elapsed Stage
2332 0 0 reset
2333 3,575,678 3,575,678 board_init_f start
2334 3,575,695 17 arch_cpu_init A9
2335 3,575,777 82 arch_cpu_init done
2336 3,659,598 83,821 board_init_r start
2337 3,910,375 250,777 main_loop
2338 29,916,167 26,005,792 bootm_start
2339 30,361,327 445,160 start_kernel
2340
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2341Legacy uImage format:
2342
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2343 Arg Where When
2344 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
ba56f625 2345 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
c609719b 2346 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
ba56f625 2347 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
c609719b 2348 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
ba56f625 2349 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
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2350 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
2351 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
2352 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1372cce2 2353 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
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2354 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
2355 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
2356 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
2357 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
1372cce2 2358 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
c609719b 2359 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
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2360
2361 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2362 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
2363 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
2364 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
2365 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
2366 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
2367 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
11ccc33f 2368 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
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2369 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
2370 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
2371
c0f40859 2372 15 arch/<arch>/lib/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
c609719b 2373
a47a12be 2374 -30 arch/powerpc/lib/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
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2375 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
2376 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
63e73c9a 2377
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2378 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
2379 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
2380 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
2381 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
2382 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
2383 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2384 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
2385 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
2386 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
2387 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
2388 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2389 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
2390 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2391 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
2392 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
2393 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
2394 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
2395 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
2396 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
2397 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
2398 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
2399 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
2400 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
2401 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
2402 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
2403 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
2404 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2405 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
2406 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
2407 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
2408 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
2409 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
2410 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
2411 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
2412 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
2413 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
2414 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
2415 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
2416 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
2417 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2418 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
2419 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2420 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
2421 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
2422 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
2423 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
2424 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
2425
2426 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
2427
11ccc33f 2428 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
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2429 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
2430 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
2431
2432 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
2433 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling NetLoop()
11ccc33f 2434 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in NetLoop() occurred
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2435 81 common/cmd_net.c NetLoop() back without error
2436 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
2437 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
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2438 83 common/cmd_net.c running "source" command
2439 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or "source" command
566a494f 2440 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
c609719b 2441
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2442FIT uImage format:
2443
2444 Arg Where When
2445 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
2446 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
2447 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
2448 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
2449 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
2450 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
f773bea8 2451 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
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2452 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
2453 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
2454 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
2455 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
2456 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
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2457 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
2458 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
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2459 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
2460 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
2461 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
2462 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
2463 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
2464 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
2465 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
2466 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
2467
2468 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2469 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
2470 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
11ccc33f 2471 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
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2472 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
2473 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
2474 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
2475 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
2476 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
2477 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
2478 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
2479 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
2480 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
2481 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
2482 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
2483 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
2484
11ccc33f 2485 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2486 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
2487
11ccc33f 2488 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2489 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
2490
11ccc33f 2491 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2492 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
2493
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2494- Standalone program support:
2495 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
2496
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2497 This option defines a board specific value for the
2498 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
2499 overwriting the architecture dependent default
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2500 settings.
2501
2502- Frame Buffer Address:
2503 CONFIG_FB_ADDR
2504
2505 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific
2506 address for frame buffer.
2507 Then system will reserve the frame buffer address to
2508 defined address instead of lcd_setmem (this function
6feff899 2509 grabs the memory for frame buffer by panel's size).
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2510
2511 Please see board_init_f function.
2512
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2513- Automatic software updates via TFTP server
2514 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP
2515 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
2516 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
2517
2518 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
2519 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
2520
2521- MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
2522 CONFIG_MTD_DEVICE
2523
2524 Adds the MTD device infrastructure from the Linux kernel.
2525 Needed for mtdparts command support.
2526
2527 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
2528
2529 Adds the MTD partitioning infrastructure from the Linux
2530 kernel. Needed for UBI support.
2531
6a11cf48 2532- SPL framework
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2533 CONFIG_SPL
2534 Enable building of SPL globally.
6a11cf48 2535
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2536 CONFIG_SPL_LDSCRIPT
2537 LDSCRIPT for linking the SPL binary.
2538
2539 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE
2540 Maximum binary size (text, data and rodata) of the SPL binary.
2541
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2542 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
2543 TEXT_BASE for linking the SPL binary.
6a11cf48 2544
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2545 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR
2546 Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary.
2547
2548 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2549 Maximum binary size of the BSS section of the SPL binary.
2550
2551 CONFIG_SPL_STACK
2552 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use
2553
2554 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
2555 Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL.
2556
2557 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
2558 The size of the malloc pool used in SPL.
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2560 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
2561 Support for common/libcommon.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2562
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2563 CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT
2564 Support for disk/libdisk.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2565
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2566 CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT
2567 Support for drivers/i2c/libi2c.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2568
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2569 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT
2570 Support for drivers/gpio/libgpio.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2571
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2572 CONFIG_SPL_MMC_SUPPORT
2573 Support for drivers/mmc/libmmc.o in SPL binary
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2575 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR,
2576 CONFIG_SYS_U_BOOT_MAX_SIZE_SECTORS,
2577 CONFIG_SYS_MMC_SD_FAT_BOOT_PARTITION
2578 Address, size and partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from
2579 when the MMC is being used in raw mode.
2580
2581 CONFIG_SPL_FAT_SUPPORT
2582 Support for fs/fat/libfat.o in SPL binary
2583
2584 CONFIG_SPL_FAT_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
2585 Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from FAT
2586
2587 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE
2588 Support for drivers/mtd/nand/libnand.o in SPL binary
2589
2590 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
2591 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
2592 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
2593 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
2594 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
2595 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
2596 to read U-Boot with CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE
2597
2598 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS
2599 Location in NAND for CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE to read U-Boot
2600 from.
2601
2602 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
2603 Location in memory for CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE to load U-Boot
2604 to.
2605
2606 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
2607 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
2608 data. This is used for example on davinci plattforms.
2609
2610 CONFIG_SPL_OMAP3_ID_NAND
2611 Support for an OMAP3-specific set of functions to return the
2612 ID and MFR of the first attached NAND chip, if present.
2613
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2614 CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT
2615 Support for drivers/serial/libserial.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2616
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2617 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT
2618 Support for drivers/mtd/spi/libspi_flash.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2619
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2620 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_SUPPORT
2621 Support for drivers/spi/libspi.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2622
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2623 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT
2624 Support for lib/libgeneric.o in SPL binary
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2626Modem Support:
2627--------------
2628
566e5cf4 2629[so far only for SMDK2400 boards]
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11ccc33f 2631- Modem support enable:
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2632 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
2633
2634- RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
2635 CONFIG_HWFLOW
2636
2637- Modem debug support:
2638 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
2639
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2640 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
2641 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
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2643- Interrupt support (PPC):
2644
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2645 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
2646 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
11ccc33f 2647 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
d4ca31c4 2648 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
11ccc33f 2649 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
d4ca31c4 2650 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
11ccc33f 2651 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
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2652 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
2653 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
2654 general timer_interrupt().
a8c7c708 2655
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2656- General:
2657
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2658 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
2659 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
2660 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
11ccc33f 2661 (autoboot). The key_pressed() function is called from
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2662 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
2663 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
2664 initialization.
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2666 If there are no modem init strings in the
2667 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
2668 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
11ccc33f 2669 suppressed, though.
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2670
2671 See also: doc/README.Modem
2672
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2673Board initialization settings:
2674------------------------------
2675
2676During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
2677to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
2678before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
2679following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
2680architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
2681typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
2682
2683- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
2684- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
2685- CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
2686- CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init()
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2688Configuration Settings:
2689-----------------------
2690
6d0f6bcf 2691- CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
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2692 undefine this when you're short of memory.
2693
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2694- CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
2695 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
2696
6d0f6bcf 2697- CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
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2698 prompt for user input.
2699
6d0f6bcf 2700- CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
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6d0f6bcf 2702- CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
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6d0f6bcf 2704- CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
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6d0f6bcf 2706- CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
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2707 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
2708 booted
2709
6d0f6bcf 2710- CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
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2711 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
2712
6d0f6bcf 2713- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
8bde7f77 2714 Suppress display of console information at boot.
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6d0f6bcf 2716- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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2717 If the board specific function
2718 extern int overwrite_console (void);
2719 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
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2720 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
2721
6d0f6bcf 2722- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
8bde7f77 2723 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
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6d0f6bcf 2725- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
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2726 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
2727
6d0f6bcf 2728- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
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2729 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
2730 simple memory test.
2731
6d0f6bcf 2732- CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST:
8bde7f77 2733 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
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6d0f6bcf 2735- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
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2736 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
2737 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
2738
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2739- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE (PPC only):
2740 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
14f73ca6 2741 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
11ccc33f 2742 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
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2743 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
2744 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
2745 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
5e12e75d 2746 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
14f73ca6 2747 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
5e12e75d 2748 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
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2749
2750 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
2751 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
2752 be touched.
2753
2754 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
2755 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
2756 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
2757 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
2758 problems.
2759
6d0f6bcf 2760- CONFIG_SYS_TFTP_LOADADDR:
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2761 Default load address for network file downloads
2762
6d0f6bcf 2763- CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
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2764 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
2765
6d0f6bcf 2766- CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
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2767 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
2768
6d0f6bcf 2769- CONFIG_SYS_MBIO_BASE:
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2770 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
2771 Cogent motherboard)
2772
6d0f6bcf 2773- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
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2774 Physical start address of Flash memory.
2775
6d0f6bcf 2776- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
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2777 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2778 make config files to be same as the text base address
14d0a02a 2779 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
6d0f6bcf 2780 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
c609719b 2781
6d0f6bcf 2782- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
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2783 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2784 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2785 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2786 flash sector.
c609719b 2787
6d0f6bcf 2788- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
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2789 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2790
6d0f6bcf 2791- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
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2792 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
2793 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
6d0f6bcf 2794 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
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2795 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2796
6d0f6bcf 2797- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
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2798 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2799 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
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2800 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2801 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
2802 enviroment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
2803 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
c0f40859 2804 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
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2805 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
2806 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
2807 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
c609719b 2808
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2809- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
2810 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
2811 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
2812 is enabled.
2813
2814- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
2815 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
2816 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2817
2818- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
2819 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
2820 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2821
6d0f6bcf 2822- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
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2823 Max number of Flash memory banks
2824
6d0f6bcf 2825- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
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2826 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2827
6d0f6bcf 2828- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
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2829 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2830
6d0f6bcf 2831- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
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2832 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2833
6d0f6bcf 2834- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
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2835 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2836
6d0f6bcf 2837- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
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2838 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2839
6d0f6bcf 2840- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
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2841 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2842 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2843
6d0f6bcf 2844- CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
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2845
2846 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2847 without this option such a download has to be
2848 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2849 copy from RAM to flash.
2850
2851 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2852 you can check if the download worked before you erase
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2853 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
2854 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
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2855 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2856
6d0f6bcf 2857- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
43d9616c 2858 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
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2859 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2860
00b1883a 2861- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
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2862 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2863 in the drivers directory
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2865- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
2866 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
2867 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
2868 to the MTD layer.
2869
6d0f6bcf 2870- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
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2871 Use buffered writes to flash.
2872
2873- CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2874 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2875 write commands.
2876
6d0f6bcf 2877- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
5568e613
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2878 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2879 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2880 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2881 optionally available.
2882
9a042e9c
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2883- CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2884 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2885 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2886 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2887
6d0f6bcf 2888- CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
11ccc33f
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2889 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
2890 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
53cf9435
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2891 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2892 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
11ccc33f 2893 on high Ethernet traffic.
53cf9435
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2894 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2895
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2896- CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
2897
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2898 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
2899 internally to store the environment settings. The default
2900 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
2901 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
2902 lib/hashtable.c for details.
ea882baf 2903
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2904The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
2905of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
2906following configurations:
2907
c3eb3fe4
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2908- CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
2909
2910 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
2911 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
2912
5a1aceb0 2913- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
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2914
2915 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
2916
2917 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
2918 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
2919 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
2920 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
2921 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
2922 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
2923 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
2924 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
2925 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
2926 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
2927 between U-Boot and the environment.
2928
0e8d1586 2929 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
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2930
2931 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
2932 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
2933 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
2934 for this sector is given here.
2935
6d0f6bcf 2936 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE.
c609719b 2937
0e8d1586 2938 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
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2939
2940 This is just another way to specify the start address of
2941 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
0e8d1586 2942 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET).
c609719b 2943
0e8d1586 2944 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
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2945
2946 Size of the sector containing the environment.
2947
2948
2949 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
2950 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
2951 the environment.
2952
0e8d1586 2953 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
c609719b 2954
5a1aceb0 2955 If you use this in combination with CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
0e8d1586 2956 and CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
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2957 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
2958 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
2959
2960 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
2961 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
2962 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
2963 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
2964 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
2965 updating the environment in flash makes it always
2966 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
2967 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
2968 RAM, your target system will be dead.
2969
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2970 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
2971 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
c609719b 2972
43d9616c 2973 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
11ccc33f 2974 a redundant copy of the environment data, so that there is
3e38691e 2975 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
43d9616c 2976 a "saveenv" operation.
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2977
2978BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
2979source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
2980accordingly!
2981
2982
9314cee6 2983- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
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2984
2985 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
2986 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
2987 environment.
2988
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2989 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
2990 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
c609719b 2991
11ccc33f 2992 These two #defines are used to determine the memory area you
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2993 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
2994 can just be read and written to, without any special
2995 provision.
2996
2997BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
2998in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
11ccc33f 2999console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
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3000U-Boot will hang.
3001
3002Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
3003environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
3004keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
3005to save the current settings.
3006
3007
bb1f8b4f 3008- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
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3009
3010 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
3011 device and a driver for it.
3012
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3013 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3014 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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3015
3016 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
3017 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
3018
6d0f6bcf 3019 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
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3020 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
3021 The default address is zero.
3022
6d0f6bcf 3023 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
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3024 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
3025 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
3026 would require six bits.
3027
6d0f6bcf 3028 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
c609719b 3029 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
ba56f625 3030 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
c609719b 3031
6d0f6bcf 3032 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
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3033 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
3034 that this is NOT the chip address length!
3035
6d0f6bcf 3036 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
5cf91d6b
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3037 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
3038 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
3039 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
3040 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
3041 byte chips.
3042
3043 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
3044 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
3045 in the chip address.
3046
6d0f6bcf 3047 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_SIZE:
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3048 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
3049
548738b4
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3050 - CONFIG_ENV_EEPROM_IS_ON_I2C
3051 define this, if you have I2C and SPI activated, and your
3052 EEPROM, which holds the environment, is on the I2C bus.
3053
3054 - CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS
3055 if you have an Environment on an EEPROM reached over
3056 I2C muxes, you can define here, how to reach this
3057 EEPROM. For example:
3058
a9046b9e 3059 #define CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS "pca9547:70:d\0"
548738b4
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3060
3061 EEPROM which holds the environment, is reached over
3062 a pca9547 i2c mux with address 0x70, channel 3.
c609719b 3063
057c849c 3064- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
5779d8d9 3065
d4ca31c4 3066 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
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3067 want to use for the environment.
3068
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3069 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3070 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
3071 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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3072
3073 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
3074 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
3075 at the specified address.
3076
0a85a9e7
LG
3077- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_REMOTE:
3078
3079 Define this if you have a remote memory space which you
3080 want to use for the local device's environment.
3081
3082 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
3083 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
3084
3085 These two #defines specify the address and size of the
3086 environment area within the remote memory space. The
3087 local device can get the environment from remote memory
3088 space by SRIO or other links.
3089
3090BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
3091"saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
3092environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO link, but it can
3093not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO interface.
3094
51bfee19 3095- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
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3096
3097 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
3098 for the environment.
3099
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3100 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3101 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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3102
3103 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
fdd813de
SW
3104 area within the first NAND device. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET must be
3105 aligned to an erase block boundary.
5779d8d9 3106
fdd813de 3107 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
e443c944 3108
0e8d1586 3109 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
fdd813de
SW
3110 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, so
3111 that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure
c0f40859 3112 during a "saveenv" operation. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_RENDUND must be
fdd813de
SW
3113 aligned to an erase block boundary.
3114
3115 - CONFIG_ENV_RANGE (optional):
3116
3117 Specifies the length of the region in which the environment
3118 can be written. This should be a multiple of the NAND device's
3119 block size. Specifying a range with more erase blocks than
3120 are needed to hold CONFIG_ENV_SIZE allows bad blocks within
3121 the range to be avoided.
3122
3123 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB (optional):
3124
3125 Enables support for dynamically retrieving the offset of the
3126 environment from block zero's out-of-band data. The
3127 "nand env.oob" command can be used to record this offset.
3128 Currently, CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND is not supported when
3129 using CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB.
e443c944 3130
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3131- CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
3132
3133 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
3134 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
3135 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
3136
6d0f6bcf 3137- CONFIG_SYS_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
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3138
3139 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
3140 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
3141 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
3142 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
3143 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
3144 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
3145 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
3146
e881cb56 3147Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
c609719b 3148has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
cdb74977 3149created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_f()
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3150until then to read environment variables.
3151
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3152The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
3153is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
3154with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
3155necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
3156"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
3157have any device yet where we could complain.]
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3158
3159Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
3160the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
85ec0bcc 3161use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
c609719b 3162
6d0f6bcf 3163- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
42d1f039 3164 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
fc3e2165 3165
6d0f6bcf 3166 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
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3167 also needs to be defined.
3168
6d0f6bcf 3169- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
42d1f039 3170 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
c609719b 3171
f5675aa5
RM
3172- CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
3173 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
3174 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
3175 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
3176 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
3177 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
3178
c609719b 3179Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
dc7c9a1a 3180---------------------------------------------------
c609719b 3181
6d0f6bcf 3182- CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
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3183 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
3184
6d0f6bcf 3185- CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR:
c609719b 3186 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
2535d602 3187
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3188 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
3189 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
3190 the IMMR register after a reset.
c609719b 3191
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3192- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
3193 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
3194 PowerPC SOCs.
3195
3196- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
3197 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
3198 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
3199
3200 CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR must also be set to this value,
3201 for cross-platform code that uses that macro instead.
3202
3203- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
3204 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
3205 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
c0f40859 3206 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
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TT
3207 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
3208 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
3209 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
3210
3211 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
3212 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
3213
3214- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
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3215 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
3216 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
e46fedfe
TT
3217 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3218 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3219
3220- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
3221 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
3222 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3223 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3224
3225- CONFIG_SYS_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE:
3226 If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be
3227 forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated.
3228
7f6c2cbc 3229- Floppy Disk Support:
6d0f6bcf 3230 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
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3231
3232 the default drive number (default value 0)
3233
6d0f6bcf 3234 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
7f6c2cbc 3235
11ccc33f 3236 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
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3237 (default value 1)
3238
6d0f6bcf 3239 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
7f6c2cbc 3240
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3241 defines the offset of register from address. It
3242 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
11ccc33f 3243 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
7f6c2cbc 3244
6d0f6bcf
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3245 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
3246 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
43d9616c 3247 default value.
7f6c2cbc 3248
6d0f6bcf 3249 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
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3250 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
3251 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
3252 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
3253 initializations.
7f6c2cbc 3254
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3255- CONFIG_IDE_AHB:
3256 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
3257 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
3258 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
3259 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
3260 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
3261 is requierd.
3262
6d0f6bcf 3263- CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
efe2a4d5 3264 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
25d6712a 3265 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
c609719b 3266
6d0f6bcf 3267- CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
c609719b 3268
7152b1d0 3269 Start address of memory area that can be used for
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3270 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
3271 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
3272 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
3273 will become available only after programming the
3274 memory controller and running certain initialization
3275 sequences.
3276
3277 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
3278 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
3279 - MPC824X: data cache
3280 - PPC4xx: data cache
3281
6d0f6bcf 3282- CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
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3283
3284 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
6d0f6bcf
JCPV
3285 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
3286 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
c609719b 3287 data is located at the end of the available space
553f0982 3288 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
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3289 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
3290 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
3291 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
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3292
3293 Note:
3294 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
3295 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
6d0f6bcf 3296 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
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3297 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
3298 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
3299
6d0f6bcf 3300- CONFIG_SYS_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
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6d0f6bcf 3302- CONFIG_SYS_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
c609719b 3303
6d0f6bcf 3304- CONFIG_SYS_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
c609719b 3305
6d0f6bcf 3306- CONFIG_SYS_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
c609719b 3307
6d0f6bcf 3308- CONFIG_SYS_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
c609719b 3309
6d0f6bcf 3310- CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
c609719b 3311
6d0f6bcf 3312- CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
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3313 SDRAM timing
3314
6d0f6bcf 3315- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
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3316 periodic timer for refresh
3317
6d0f6bcf 3318- CONFIG_SYS_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
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6d0f6bcf
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3320- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
3321 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
3322 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
3323 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
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3324 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
3325
3326- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
6d0f6bcf
JCPV
3327 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
3328 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
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3329 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
3330
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3331- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
3332 CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_8COL, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_9COL:
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3333 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
3334 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
3335
6d0f6bcf 3336- CONFIG_SYS_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
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3337 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3338 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
3339
6d0f6bcf 3340- CONFIG_SYS_SMC_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SMC_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
b423d055
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3341 enable SMC microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3342 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]
3343
6d0f6bcf 3344- CONFIG_SYS_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
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3345 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3346 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
3347
6d0f6bcf 3348- CONFIG_SYS_USE_OSCCLK:
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3349 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
3350 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
3351 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
3352
6d0f6bcf 3353- CONFIG_SYS_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
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3354 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
3355 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
3356 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
3357 cpm_8260.h.
ea909b76 3358
6d0f6bcf
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3359- CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
3360 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK0_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
3361 CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK1_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
3362 CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
3363 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
3364 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
3365 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
3366 CONFIG_SYS_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
a47a12be 3367 Overrides the default PCI memory map in arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
5d232d0e 3368
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3369- CONFIG_PCI_DISABLE_PCIE:
3370 Disable PCI-Express on systems where it is supported but not
3371 required.
3372
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3373- CONFIG_SYS_SRIO:
3374 Chip has SRIO or not
3375
3376- CONFIG_SRIO1:
3377 Board has SRIO 1 port available
3378
3379- CONFIG_SRIO2:
3380 Board has SRIO 2 port available
3381
3382- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
3383 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3384
3385- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYS:
3386 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3387
3388- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
3389 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3390
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3391- CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_16
3392 Defined to tell the NDFC that the NAND chip is using a
3393 16 bit bus.
3394
3395- CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
3396 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
3397 a default value will be used.
3398
bb99ad6d 3399- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
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3400 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
3401 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
3402
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3403 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
3404 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
3405
6d0f6bcf 3406- CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
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3407 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
3408 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
3409 to something your driver can deal with.
bb99ad6d 3410
1b3e3c4f
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3411- CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
3412 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
3413 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
3414 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
3415 header files or board specific files.
3416
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3417- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
3418 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
3419
6d0f6bcf 3420- CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
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3421 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
3422 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2ad6b513 3423
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3424- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
3425 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
3426
3427- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
3428 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
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3429 to the given FEC; i. e.
3430 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
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3431 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
3432
3433 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
3434
3435- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
3436 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
3437 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
3438
3439- CONFIG_RMII
3440 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
3441 Note that this is a global option, we can't
3442 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
3443
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3444- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
3445 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
3446 The syntax is:
3447
3448 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
3449
3450 Where address/count indicate a memory area
3451 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
3452 area should have.
3453
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3454- CONFIG_LOOPW
3455 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
602ad3b3 3456 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
56523f12 3457
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3458- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
3459 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
3460 "md/mw" commands.
3461 Examples:
3462
efe2a4d5 3463 => mdc.b 10 4 500
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3464 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
3465
efe2a4d5 3466 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
7b466641
SR
3467 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
3468
efe2a4d5 3469 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
602ad3b3 3470 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
7b466641 3471
8aa1a2d1 3472- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
afc1ce82 3473 [ARM, NDS32, MIPS only] If this variable is defined, then certain
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3474 low level initializations (like setting up the memory
3475 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
3476 relocate itself into RAM.
3477
3478 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
3479 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
3480 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
3481 these initializations itself.
8aa1a2d1 3482
401bb30b 3483- CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
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3484 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
3485 that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
3486 compiling a NAND SPL.
400558b5 3487
d8834a13
MW
3488- CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMCPY
3489 CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMSET
3490 If these options are used a optimized version of memcpy/memset will
3491 be used if available. These functions may be faster under some
3492 conditions but may increase the binary size.
3493
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3494Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
3495-----------------------------------
3496
3497The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
3498loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
3499This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
3500are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
3501within that device.
3502
3503- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_ADDR
3504 The address in the storage device where the firmware is located. The
3505 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
3506 is also specified.
3507
3508- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
3509 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
3510 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
3511 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
3512 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
3513
3514- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
3515 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
3516 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
3517 virtual address in NOR flash.
3518
3519- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
3520 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
3521 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
3522
3523- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
3524 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
3525 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
3526
3527- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_SPIFLASH
3528 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SPI
3529 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
3530
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3531- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
3532 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
3533 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
3534 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO outbound window
3535 ->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in master's
3536 NOR flash.
f2717b47 3537
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3538Building the Software:
3539======================
3540
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3541Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
3542and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
3543all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
3544(potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
3545recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
3546which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
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3548If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
3549have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
3550you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
3551Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
3552necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
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3554 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
3555 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
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2f8d396b
PT
3557Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
3558 the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
3559 (http://www.mingw.org). Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
3560 toolchain and execute 'make tools'. For example:
3561
3562 $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools
3563
3564 Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
3565 be executed on computers running Windows.
3566
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3567U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
3568sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
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3569is done by typing:
3570
3571 make NAME_config
3572
218ca724 3573where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing configu-
4d675ae6 3574rations; see boards.cfg for supported names.
db01a2ea 3575
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3576Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
3577 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
3578 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
3579 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
11ccc33f 3580 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
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3581
3582 make TQM823L_config
3583 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
3584
3585 make TQM823L_LCD_config
3586 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
3587
3588 etc.
3589
3590
3591Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
3592images ready for download to / installation on your system:
3593
3594- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
3595- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
3596- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
3597
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3598By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
3599in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
3600this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
3601
36021. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
3603
3604 make O=/tmp/build distclean
3605 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
3606 make O=/tmp/build all
3607
36082. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
3609
3610 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
3611 make distclean
3612 make NAME_config
3613 make all
3614
3615Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
3616variable.
3617
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3618
3619Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
3620for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
3621native "make".
3622
3623
3624If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
3625to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
3626steps:
3627
36281. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
4d675ae6
MJ
3629 "boards.cfg" file, using the existing entries as examples.
3630 Follow the instructions there to keep the boards in order.
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36312. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
3632 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
3633 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
36343. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
3635 your board
36363. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
3637 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
36384. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
36395. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
3640 to be installed on your target system.
36416. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
3642 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
3643
3644
3645Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
3646==============================================================
3647
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3648If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
3649or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
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3650provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
3651the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
218ca724 3652official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
2729af9d 3653
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3654But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
3655cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
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3656the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
3657just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
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3658for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
3659select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
3660environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the ELDK cross tools
3661you can type
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3662
3663 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
3664
3665or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
3666
3667 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
3668
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3669When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build
3670U-Boot in the source directory. This location can be changed by
3671setting the BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target
3672built, the MAKEALL script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and
3673<target>.MAKEALL) in the <source dir>/LOG directory. This default
3674location can be changed by setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment
3675variable. For example:
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3676
3677 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
3678 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
3679 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
3680
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3681With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build,
3682log files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean
3683during the whole build process.
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3684
3685
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3686See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
3687
3688
3689Monitor Commands - Overview:
3690============================
3691
3692go - start application at address 'addr'
3693run - run commands in an environment variable
3694bootm - boot application image from memory
3695bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
44f074c7 3696bootz - boot zImage from memory
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3697tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
3698 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
3699 (and eventually "gatewayip")
1fb7cd49 3700tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
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3701rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
3702diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
3703loads - load S-Record file over serial line
3704loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
3705md - memory display
3706mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
3707nm - memory modify (constant address)
3708mw - memory write (fill)
3709cp - memory copy
3710cmp - memory compare
3711crc32 - checksum calculation
0f89c54b 3712i2c - I2C sub-system
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3713sspi - SPI utility commands
3714base - print or set address offset
3715printenv- print environment variables
3716setenv - set environment variables
3717saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
3718protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
3719erase - erase FLASH memory
3720flinfo - print FLASH memory information
3721bdinfo - print Board Info structure
3722iminfo - print header information for application image
3723coninfo - print console devices and informations
3724ide - IDE sub-system
3725loop - infinite loop on address range
56523f12 3726loopw - infinite write loop on address range
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3727mtest - simple RAM test
3728icache - enable or disable instruction cache
3729dcache - enable or disable data cache
3730reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
3731echo - echo args to console
3732version - print monitor version
3733help - print online help
3734? - alias for 'help'
3735
3736
3737Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
3738========================================
3739
3740TODO.
3741
3742For now: just type "help <command>".
3743
3744
3745Environment Variables:
3746======================
3747
3748U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
3749can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
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3751Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
3752"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
3753without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
3754environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
3755working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
3756environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
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3758Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
3759
3760List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
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2729af9d 3762 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
c609719b 3763
2729af9d 3764 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
c609719b 3765
2729af9d 3766 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
4a6fd34b 3767
2729af9d 3768 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
c609719b 3769
2729af9d 3770 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
c609719b 3771
7d721e34
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3772 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3773 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3774 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
3775 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
3776 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
3777 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
c3624e6e
GL
3778 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
3779 bootm_mapsize.
3780
c0f40859 3781 bootm_mapsize - Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel.
c3624e6e
GL
3782 This variable is given as a hexadecimal number and it
3783 defines the size of the memory region starting at base
3784 address bootm_low that is accessible by the Linux kernel
3785 during early boot. If unset, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is used
3786 as the default value if it is defined, and bootm_size is
3787 used otherwise.
7d721e34
BS
3788
3789 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3790 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3791 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
3792 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
3793 environment variable.
3794
4bae9090
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3795 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
3796 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
3797 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
3798
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3799 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
3800 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
3801 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
3802 load any image using TFTP
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3804 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
3805 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
3806 be automatically started (by internally calling
3807 "bootm")
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3809 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
3810 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
3811 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
3812 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
3813 data.
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3815 fdt_high - if set this restricts the maximum address that the
3816 flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot.
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3817 For example, if you have a system with 1 GB memory
3818 at physical address 0x10000000, while Linux kernel
3819 only recognizes the first 704 MB as low memory, you
3820 may need to set fdt_high as 0x3C000000 to have the
3821 device tree blob be copied to the maximum address
3822 of the 704 MB low memory, so that Linux kernel can
3823 access it during the boot procedure.
3824
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3825 If this is set to the special value 0xFFFFFFFF then
3826 the fdt will not be copied at all on boot. For this
3827 to work it must reside in writable memory, have
3828 sufficient padding on the end of it for u-boot to
3829 add the information it needs into it, and the memory
3830 must be accessible by the kernel.
3831
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3832 fdtcontroladdr- if set this is the address of the control flattened
3833 device tree used by U-Boot when CONFIG_OF_CONTROL is
3834 defined.
3835
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3836 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
3837 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
3838 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
3839 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
3840 it must be saved and board must be reset.
3841
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3842 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
3843 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
3844 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
3845 is usually what you want since it allows for
3846 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
3847 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
6d0f6bcf 3848 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
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3849 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
3850 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
3851 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
3852 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
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3854 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
3855 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
3856 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
3857 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
3858 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
3859 12 MB as well - this can be done with
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2729af9d 3861 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
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3863 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
3864 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
3865 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
3866 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
3867 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
3868 boot time on your system, but requires that this
3869 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
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2729af9d 3871 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
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3873 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
3874 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
c609719b 3875
2729af9d 3876 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
a3d991bd 3877
2729af9d 3878 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
a3d991bd 3879
2729af9d 3880 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
a3d991bd 3881
2729af9d 3882 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
a3d991bd 3883
2729af9d 3884 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
c609719b 3885
e2a53458 3886 ethprime - controls which interface is used first.
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3888 ethact - controls which interface is currently active.
3889 For example you can do the following
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3891 => setenv ethact FEC
3892 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
3893 => setenv ethact SCC
3894 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
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3896 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
3897 available network interfaces.
3898 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
3899
c96f86ee 3900 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
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3901 either succeed or fail without retrying.
3902 When set to "once" the network operation will
3903 fail when all the available network interfaces
3904 are tried once without success.
3905 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
3906 themselves.
c609719b 3907
b4e2f89d 3908 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
a1cf027a 3909
28cb9375 3910 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
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3911 UDP source port.
3912
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3913 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
3914 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
3915
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3916 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
3917 we use the TFTP server's default block size
3918
3919 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
3920 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
3921 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
3922 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
3923 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
3924 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
3925 with unreliable TFTP servers.
3926
3927 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
11ccc33f 3928 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
2729af9d 3929 VLAN tagged frames.
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3931The following image location variables contain the location of images
3932used in booting. The "Image" column gives the role of the image and is
3933not an environment variable name. The other columns are environment
3934variable names. "File Name" gives the name of the file on a TFTP
3935server, "RAM Address" gives the location in RAM the image will be
3936loaded to, and "Flash Location" gives the image's address in NOR
3937flash or offset in NAND flash.
3938
3939*Note* - these variables don't have to be defined for all boards, some
3940boards currenlty use other variables for these purposes, and some
3941boards use these variables for other purposes.
3942
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3943Image File Name RAM Address Flash Location
3944----- --------- ----------- --------------
3945u-boot u-boot u-boot_addr_r u-boot_addr
3946Linux kernel bootfile kernel_addr_r kernel_addr
3947device tree blob fdtfile fdt_addr_r fdt_addr
3948ramdisk ramdiskfile ramdisk_addr_r ramdisk_addr
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3950The following environment variables may be used and automatically
3951updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
3952depending the information provided by your boot server:
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3954 bootfile - see above
3955 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
3956 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
3957 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
3958 hostname - Target hostname
3959 ipaddr - see above
3960 netmask - Subnet Mask
3961 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
3962 serverip - see above
c1551ea8 3963
c1551ea8 3964
2729af9d 3965There are two special Environment Variables:
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3967 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
3968 as type string and/or serial number
3969 ethaddr - Ethernet address
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3971These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
3972the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
3973once they have been set once.
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f07771cc 3975
2729af9d 3976Further special Environment Variables:
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3978 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
3979 with the "version" command. This variable is
3980 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
f07771cc 3981
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3983Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
3984only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
f07771cc 3985
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3987Command Line Parsing:
3988=====================
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3990There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
3991the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
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3993Old, simple command line parser:
3994--------------------------------
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3996- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
3997- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
fe126d8b 3998- variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
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3999- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
4000 for example:
fe126d8b 4001 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
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4002- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
4003 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
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4005Hush shell:
4006-----------
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4008- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
4009 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
4010 until...do...done, ...
4011- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
4012 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
4013 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
4014 command
4015
4016General rules:
4017--------------
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4019(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
4020 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
4021 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
4022 executed anyway.
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2729af9d 4024(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
11ccc33f 4025 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
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4026 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
4027 variables are not executed.
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4029Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
4030=======================================
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11ccc33f 4032Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
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4033such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
4034"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
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4036Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
4037MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
4038"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
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4040If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
4041in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
4042ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
4043variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
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4045o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
4046 environment, the SROM's address is used.
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4048o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
4049 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
4050 used.
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4052o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
4053 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
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4055o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
4056 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
4057 warning is printed.
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4059o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
4060 is raised.
c609719b 4061
ecee9324 4062If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
c0f40859 4063will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
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4064may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
4065The naming convention is as follows:
4066"ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
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4068Image Formats:
4069==============
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4071U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
4072images in two formats:
4073
4074New uImage format (FIT)
4075-----------------------
4076
4077Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
4078to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
4079components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
4080SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
4081
4082
4083Old uImage format
4084-----------------
4085
4086Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
4087preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
4088details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
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4090* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
4091 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
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4092 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
4093 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
4094 INTEGRITY).
7b64fef3 4095* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
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4096 IA64, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
4097 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC).
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4098* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
4099* Load Address
4100* Entry Point
4101* Image Name
4102* Image Timestamp
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4104The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
4105and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
4106CRC32 checksums.
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4107
4108
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4109Linux Support:
4110==============
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4112Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
4113easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
4114U-Boot.
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4116U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
4117special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
4118"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
4119instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
4120serves several purposes:
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4122- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
4123 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
4124 Flash memory footprint)
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4126- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
4127 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
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4129- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
4130 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
4131 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
4132 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
4133 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
4134 software is easier now.
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4137Linux HOWTO:
4138============
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4140Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
4141---------------------------------------
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4143U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
4144configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
4145(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
4146Linux :-).
c609719b 4147
a47a12be 4148But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
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4150Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
4151include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
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4152Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
4153and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
6d0f6bcf 4154as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
24ee89b9 4155
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4157Configuring the Linux kernel:
4158-----------------------------
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4160No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
4161device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
4162
4163
4164Building a Linux Image:
4165-----------------------
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4167With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
4168not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
4169"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
4170U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
4171which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
4172100% compatible format.
4173
4174Example:
4175
4176 make TQM850L_config
4177 make oldconfig
4178 make dep
4179 make uImage
4180
4181The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
4182encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
4183CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
4184
4185* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
4186
4187* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
4188
4189 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
4190 -R .note -R .comment \
4191 -S vmlinux linux.bin
4192
4193* compress the binary image:
4194
4195 gzip -9 linux.bin
4196
4197* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
4198
4199 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
4200 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
4201 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
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4204The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
4205with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
4206combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
4207byte header containing information about target architecture,
4208operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
4209stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
4210
4211"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
4212print the header information, or to build new images.
4213
4214In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
4215contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
4216checksum verification:
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4218 tools/mkimage -l image
4219 -l ==> list image header information
4220
4221The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
4222from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
4223
4224 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
4225 -n name -d data_file image
4226 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
4227 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
4228 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
4229 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
4230 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
4231 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
4232 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
4233 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
4234
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4235Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
4236address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
4237kernel version:
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4238
4239- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
4240- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
4241
4242So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
4243
4244 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4245 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
a47a12be 4246 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
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4247 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
4248 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4249 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4250 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4251 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4252 Load Address: 0x00000000
4253 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4254
4255To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
4256
4257 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
4258 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4259 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4260 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4261 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4262 Load Address: 0x00000000
4263 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4264
4265NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
4266speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
4267needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
4268need to be uncompressed:
4269
a47a12be 4270 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
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4271 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4272 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
a47a12be 4273 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
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4274 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
4275 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4276 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4277 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
4278 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
4279 Load Address: 0x00000000
4280 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4281
4282
4283Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
4284when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
4285
4286 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
4287 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
4288 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
4289 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4290 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
4291 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4292 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
4293 Load Address: 0x00000000
4294 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4295
4296
4297Installing a Linux Image:
4298-------------------------
4299
4300To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
4301you must convert the image to S-Record format:
4302
4303 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
4304
4305The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
4306image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
4307address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
4308specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
4309command.
4310
4311Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
4312TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
4313
4314 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
4315
4316 .......... done
4317 Erased 8 sectors
4318
4319 => loads 40100000
4320 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4321 ~>examples/image.srec
4322 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
4323 ...
4324 15989 15990 15991 15992
4325 [file transfer complete]
4326 [connected]
4327 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
4328
4329
4330You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
218ca724 4331this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
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4332corruption happened:
4333
4334 => imi 40100000
4335
4336 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4337 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4338 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4339 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4340 Load Address: 00000000
4341 Entry Point: 0000000c
4342 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4343
4344
4345Boot Linux:
4346-----------
4347
4348The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
4349memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
4350of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
4351parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
4352"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
4353
4354
4355 => printenv bootargs
4356 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
4357
4358 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4359
4360 => printenv bootargs
4361 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4362
4363 => bootm 40020000
4364 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
4365 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
4366 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4367 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
4368 Load Address: 00000000
4369 Entry Point: 0000000c
4370 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4371 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4372 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
4373 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4374 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4375 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4376 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
4377 ...
4378
11ccc33f 4379If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
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4380the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
4381format!) to the "bootm" command:
4382
4383 => imi 40100000 40200000
4384
4385 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4386 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4387 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4388 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4389 Load Address: 00000000
4390 Entry Point: 0000000c
4391 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4392
4393 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
4394 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4395 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4396 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4397 Load Address: 00000000
4398 Entry Point: 00000000
4399 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4400
4401 => bootm 40100000 40200000
4402 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
4403 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4404 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4405 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4406 Load Address: 00000000
4407 Entry Point: 0000000c
4408 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4409 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4410 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
4411 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4412 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4413 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4414 Load Address: 00000000
4415 Entry Point: 00000000
4416 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4417 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
4418 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
4419 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
4420 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4421 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4422 ...
4423 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
4424 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
4425
4426 bash#
4427
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4428Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
4429-----------
4430
4431First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
4432titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
4433following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
4434flat device tree:
4435
4436=> print oftaddr
4437oftaddr=0x300000
4438=> print oft
4439oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
4440=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
4441Speed: 1000, full duplex
4442Using TSEC0 device
4443TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
4444Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
4445Load address: 0x300000
4446Loading: #
4447done
4448Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
4449=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
4450Speed: 1000, full duplex
4451Using TSEC0 device
4452TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
4453Filename 'uImage'.
4454Load address: 0x200000
4455Loading:############
4456done
4457Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
4458=> print loadaddr
4459loadaddr=200000
4460=> print oftaddr
4461oftaddr=0x300000
4462=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
4463## Booting image at 00200000 ...
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4464 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
4465 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4466 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
0267768e 4467 Load Address: 00000000
a9398e01 4468 Entry Point: 00000000
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4469 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4470 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4471Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
4472Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
4473Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
4474[snip]
4475
4476
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4477More About U-Boot Image Types:
4478------------------------------
4479
4480U-Boot supports the following image types:
4481
4482 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
4483 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
4484 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
4485 the Standalone Program.
4486 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
4487 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
4488 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
4489 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
4490 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
4491 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
4492 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
4493 being started.
4494 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
4495 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
4496 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
4497 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
4498 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
4499 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
4500
4501 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
4502 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
4503 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
4504 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
4505 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
4506 a multiple of 4 bytes).
4507
4508 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
4509 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
4510 flash memory.
4511
4512 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
4513 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
4514 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
4515 as command interpreter.
4516
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4517Booting the Linux zImage:
4518-------------------------
4519
4520On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
4521using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
4522as the syntax of "bootm" command.
4523
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4524Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_INITRD_RAW allows user to supply
4525kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
4526address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
4527format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
4528
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4529
4530Standalone HOWTO:
4531=================
4532
4533One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
4534run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
4535U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
4536
4537Two simple examples are included with the sources:
4538
4539"Hello World" Demo:
4540-------------------
4541
4542'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
4543application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
4544It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
4545like that:
4546
4547 => loads
4548 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4549 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
4550 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4551 [file transfer complete]
4552 [connected]
4553 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4554
4555 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
4556 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4557 Hello World
4558 argc = 7
4559 argv[0] = "40004"
4560 argv[1] = "Hello"
4561 argv[2] = "World!"
4562 argv[3] = "This"
4563 argv[4] = "is"
4564 argv[5] = "a"
4565 argv[6] = "test."
4566 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
4567 Hit any key to exit ...
4568
4569 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4570
4571Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
4572handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
4573Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
4574The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
4575character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
4576controlled by the following keys:
4577
4578 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
4579 b - enable interrupts and start timer
4580 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
4581 q - quit application
4582
4583 => loads
4584 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4585 ~>examples/timer.srec
4586 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4587 [file transfer complete]
4588 [connected]
4589 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4590
4591 => go 40004
4592 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4593 TIMERS=0xfff00980
4594 Using timer 1
4595 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
4596
4597Hit 'b':
4598 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
4599 Enabling timer
4600Hit '?':
4601 [q, b, e, ?] ........
4602 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
4603Hit '?':
4604 [q, b, e, ?] .
4605 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
4606Hit '?':
4607 [q, b, e, ?] .
4608 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
4609Hit '?':
4610 [q, b, e, ?] .
4611 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
4612Hit 'e':
4613 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
4614Hit 'q':
4615 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4616
4617
4618Minicom warning:
4619================
4620
4621Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
4622"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
4623consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
4624Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
4625especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
4626use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
4627
4628Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
4629configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
4630
4631 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
4632 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
4633 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
4634
4635
4636NetBSD Notes:
4637=============
4638
4639Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
4640(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
4641
4642Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
4643NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
4644need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
4645Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
4646attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
4647missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
4648
4649 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
4650 # mkdir powerpc
4651 # ln -s powerpc machine
4652 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
4653 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
4654
4655Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
4656and U-Boot include files.
4657
4658Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
4659stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
4660proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
4661tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
2a8af187 4662meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
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4663
4664
4665Implementation Internals:
4666=========================
4667
4668The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
4669implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
4670inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
4671hardware.
4672
4673
4674Initial Stack, Global Data:
4675---------------------------
4676
4677The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
4678starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
4679system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
4680This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
4681is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
4682at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
4683options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
4684models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
4685MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
4686locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
4687
218ca724 4688 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
0668236b 4689 U-Boot mailing list:
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4690
4691 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
4692 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
4693 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
4694 ...
4695
4696 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
4697 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
4698 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
4699 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
4700 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
11ccc33f 4701 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
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4702 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
4703 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
4704
4705 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
4706 is another option for the system designer to use as an
11ccc33f 4707 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
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4708 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
4709 board designers haven't used it for something that would
4710 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
4711 used.
4712
6d0f6bcf 4713 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
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4714 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
4715 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
8a316c9b 4716 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
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4717 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
4718 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
4719 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
4720 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
4721 you get the config right.
4722
4723 -Chris Hallinan
4724 DS4.COM, Inc.
4725
4726It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
4727code for the initialization procedures:
4728
4729* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
4730 to write it.
4731
11ccc33f 4732* Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
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4733 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
4734 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
4735
4736* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
4737 that.
4738
4739Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
4740normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
4741turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
4742simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
4743functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
4744functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
4745the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
4746place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
4747reserve for this purpose.
4748
4749When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
4750relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
4751GCC's implementation.
4752
4753For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
4754 R1: stack pointer
e7670f6c 4755 R2: reserved for system use
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4756 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
4757 R5-R10: parameter passing
4758 R13: small data area pointer
4759 R30: GOT pointer
4760 R31: frame pointer
4761
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4762 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
4763 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
4764 going back and forth between asm and C)
2729af9d 4765
e7670f6c 4766 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
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4767
4768 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
4769 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
4770 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
4771 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
4772 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
4773 624 text + 127 data).
4774
c4db335c 4775On Blackfin, the normal C ABI (except for P3) is followed as documented here:
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4776 http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=application_binary_interface
4777
c4db335c 4778 ==> U-Boot will use P3 to hold a pointer to the global data
4c58eb55 4779
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4780On ARM, the following registers are used:
4781
4782 R0: function argument word/integer result
4783 R1-R3: function argument word
4784 R9: GOT pointer
4785 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
4786 R11: argument (frame) pointer
4787 R12: temporary workspace
4788 R13: stack pointer
4789 R14: link register
4790 R15: program counter
4791
4792 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
4793
0df01fd3
TC
4794On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
4795 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
4796
4797 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
4798
4799 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
4800 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
4801
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4802On NDS32, the following registers are used:
4803
4804 R0-R1: argument/return
4805 R2-R5: argument
4806 R15: temporary register for assembler
4807 R16: trampoline register
4808 R28: frame pointer (FP)
4809 R29: global pointer (GP)
4810 R30: link register (LP)
4811 R31: stack pointer (SP)
4812 PC: program counter (PC)
4813
4814 ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data
4815
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4816NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
4817or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
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4818
4819Memory Management:
4820------------------
4821
4822U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
4823MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
4824
4825The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
4826controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
4827memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
4828physical memory banks.
4829
4830U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
4831TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
4832booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
4833to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
6d0f6bcf 4834memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
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4835configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
4836Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
4837
4838Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
4839of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
4840
4841So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
4842this:
4843
4844 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
4845 :
4846 0x0000 1FFF
4847 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
4848 :
4849 :
4850
4851 :
4852 :
4853 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
4854 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
4855 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
4856 :
4857 0x00FD FFFF
4858 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
4859 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
4860 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
4861 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
4862
4863
4864System Initialization:
4865----------------------
c609719b 4866
2729af9d 4867In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
11ccc33f 4868(on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
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4869configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
4870To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
4871To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
4872initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
4873which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
4874part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
4875the caches and the SIU.
4876
4877Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
4878preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
4879(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
4880on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
4881programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
4882simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
4883banks.
4884
4885When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
4886different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
4887bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
48880x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
4889contiguous memory starting from 0.
4890
4891Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
4892and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
4893Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
4894pages, and the final stack is set up.
4895
4896Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
4897until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
4898running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
4899new address in RAM.
4900
4901
4902U-Boot Porting Guide:
4903----------------------
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4905[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
4906list, October 2002]
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4907
4908
6c3fef28 4909int main(int argc, char *argv[])
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4910{
4911 sighandler_t no_more_time;
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4913 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
4914 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
c609719b 4915
2729af9d 4916 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
6c3fef28 4917 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
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4918 return 0;
4919 }
4920
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4921 Download latest U-Boot source;
4922
0668236b 4923 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
2729af9d 4924
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4925 if (clueless)
4926 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
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4927
4928 while (learning) {
4929 Read the README file in the top level directory;
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4930 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
4931 Read applicable doc/*.README;
2729af9d 4932 Read the source, Luke;
6c3fef28 4933 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
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4934 }
4935
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4936 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
4937 Buy a BDI3000;
4938 else
2729af9d 4939 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
2729af9d 4940
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4941 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
4942 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
4943 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
4944 } else {
4945 Create your own board support subdirectory;
4946 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
4947 }
4948 Edit new board/<myboard> files
4949 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
4950
4951 while (!accepted) {
4952 while (!running) {
4953 do {
4954 Add / modify source code;
4955 } until (compiles);
4956 Debug;
4957 if (clueless)
4958 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
4959 }
4960 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
4961 if (reasonable critiques)
4962 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
4963 else
4964 Defend code as written;
2729af9d 4965 }
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4966
4967 return 0;
4968}
4969
4970void no_more_time (int sig)
4971{
4972 hire_a_guru();
4973}
4974
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4976Coding Standards:
4977-----------------
c609719b 4978
2729af9d 4979All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
2c051651 4980coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
7ca9296e 4981"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
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4982
4983Source files originating from a different project (for example the
4984MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
4985reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
4986sources.
4987
4988Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
4989Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
4990in your code.
c609719b 4991
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4992Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
4993- remove any trailing white space
7ca9296e 4994- use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
2729af9d 4995- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
7ca9296e 4996- do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
2729af9d 4997- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
180d3f74 4998
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4999Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
5000with a request to reformat the changes.
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5001
5002
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5003Submitting Patches:
5004-------------------
c609719b 5005
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5006Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
5007establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
5008may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
c609719b 5009
0d28f34b 5010Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
218ca724 5011
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5012Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
5013see http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
5014
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5015When you send a patch, please include the following information with
5016it:
c609719b 5017
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5018* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
5019 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
5020 patch actually fixes something.
c609719b 5021
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5022* For new features: a description of the feature and your
5023 implementation.
c609719b 5024
2729af9d 5025* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
c609719b 5026
2729af9d 5027* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
c609719b 5028
2729af9d 5029* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
7ca9296e 5030 board to the MAINTAINERS file, too.
c609719b 5031
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5032* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
5033 document these in the README file.
c609719b 5034
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5035* The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
5036 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
7ca9296e 5037 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
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5038 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
5039 with some other mail clients.
5040
5041 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
5042 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
5043 GNU diff.
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5045 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
5046 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
5047 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
5048 affected files).
6dff5529 5049
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5050 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
5051 and compressed attachments must not be used.
c609719b 5052
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5053* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
5054 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
52f52c14 5055
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5056* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
5057 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
8bde7f77 5058
52f52c14 5059
2729af9d 5060Notes:
c609719b 5061
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5062* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
5063 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
5064 for any of the boards.
c609719b 5065
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5066* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
5067 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
5068 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
c609719b 5069
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5070* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
5071 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
5072 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
5073 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
5074 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
5075 modification.
90dc6704 5076
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5077* Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
5078 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
5079 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
5080 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.