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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
6# project.
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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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125
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126Versioning:
127===========
128
129U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a
130sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2",
131sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4".
132
133The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development
134between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of
135U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0".
136
137
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138Directory Hierarchy:
139====================
140
ad532261 141- api Machine/arch independent API for external apps
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142- board Board dependent files
143- common Misc architecture independent functions
c609719b 144- cpu CPU specific files
983fda83 145 - 74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
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146 - arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
147 - arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
a85f9f21 148 - at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
983fda83 149 - imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
1d9f4105 150 - s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
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151 - arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
152 - arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
8ed96046 153 - arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
72a087e0 154 - at32ap Files specific to Atmel AVR32 AP CPUs
adbfeeb7 155 - blackfin Files specific to Analog Devices Blackfin CPUs
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156 - i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs
157 - ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
b330990c 158 - leon2 Files specific to Gaisler LEON2 SPARC CPU
1e9a164e 159 - leon3 Files specific to Gaisler LEON3 SPARC CPU
983fda83 160 - mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
1552af70 161 - mcf5227x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5227x CPUs
8e585f02 162 - mcf532x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5329 CPUs
8ae158cd 163 - mcf5445x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5445x CPUs
57a12720 164 - mcf547x_8x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF547x_8x CPUs
11dadd54 165 - mips Files specific to MIPS CPUs
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166 - mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
167 - mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
168 - mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
169 - mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
170 - mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
171 - mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
172 - mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
11dadd54 173 - nios Files specific to Altera NIOS CPUs
5c952cf0 174 - nios2 Files specific to Altera Nios-II CPUs
0c8721a4 175 - ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
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176 - pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
177 - s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
178 - sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
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179- disk Code for disk drive partition handling
180- doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
7152b1d0 181- drivers Commonly used device drivers
c609719b 182- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
ad532261 183- fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
c609719b 184- include Header Files
11dadd54 185- lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture
7b64fef3 186- lib_avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
adbfeeb7 187- lib_blackfin Files generic to Blackfin architecture
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188- lib_generic Files generic to all architectures
189- lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture
190- lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
ad532261 191- lib_microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
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192- lib_mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
193- lib_nios Files generic to NIOS architecture
ad532261 194- lib_nios2 Files generic to NIOS2 architecture
11dadd54 195- lib_ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
ad532261 196- lib_sh Files generic to SH architecture
c2f02da2 197- lib_sparc Files generic to SPARC architecture
218ca724 198- libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees
c609719b 199- net Networking code
c609719b 200- post Power On Self Test
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201- rtc Real Time Clock drivers
202- tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
203
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204Software Configuration:
205=======================
206
207Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
208rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
209
210There are two classes of configuration variables:
211
212* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
213 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
214 "CONFIG_".
215
216* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
217 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
218 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
6d0f6bcf 219 "CONFIG_SYS_".
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220
221Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
222identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
223do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
224links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
225as an example here.
226
227
228Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
229---------------------------------------------------
230
231For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
232configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
233
234Example: For a TQM823L module type:
235
236 cd u-boot
237 make TQM823L_config
238
11ccc33f 239For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the CPU type as well;
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240e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
241directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
242
243
244Configuration Options:
245----------------------
246
247Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
248such information is kept in a configuration file
249"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
250
251Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
252"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
253
254
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255Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
256kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
257build a config tool - later.
258
259
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260The following options need to be configured:
261
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262- CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
263
264- Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
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266- CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
09ea0de0 267 Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
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268
269- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
270 Define exactly one of
271 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
272--- FIXME --- not tested yet:
273 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
274 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
275
276- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
277 Define exactly one of
278 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
279
280- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
281 Define one or more of
282 CONFIG_CMA302
283
284- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
285 Define one or more of
286 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
11ccc33f 287 the LCD display every second with
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288 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
289
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290- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
291 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
292 Possible values are:
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293 CONFIG_SYS_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
294 CONFIG_SYS_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
295 CONFIG_SYS_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
296 CONFIG_SYS_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
2535d602 297
c609719b 298- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
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299 Define exactly one of
300 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
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11ccc33f 302- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx CPU)
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303 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
304 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
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305 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
306 reference PIT/RTC clock
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307 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
308 or XTAL/EXTAL)
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66ca92a5 310- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
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311 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
312 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
66ca92a5 313 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
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314 See doc/README.MPC866
315
6d0f6bcf 316 CONFIG_SYS_MEASURE_CPUCLK
75d1ea7f 317
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318 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
319 of relying on the correctness of the configured
320 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
321 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
322 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
6d0f6bcf 323 RTC clock or CONFIG_SYS_8XX_XIN)
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326
327 Define this option if you want to enable the
328 ICache only when Code runs from RAM.
329
0b953ffc 330- Intel Monahans options:
6d0f6bcf 331 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
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333 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
334 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
335 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
336
6d0f6bcf 337 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
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339 Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator
340 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
cf48eb9a 341 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
0b953ffc 342 by this value.
cf48eb9a 343
5da627a4 344- Linux Kernel Interface:
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345 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
346
347 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
348 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
349 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
350 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
351 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
352 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
353 Linux kernel.
c609719b 354 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
218ca724 355 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
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356 default environment.
357
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358 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
359
11ccc33f 360 When transferring memsize parameter to linux, some versions
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361 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
362 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
363
fec6d9ee 364 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
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365
366 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
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367 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
368 concepts).
369
370 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
371 * New libfdt-based support
372 * Adds the "fdt" command
3bb342fc 373 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
213bf8c8 374
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375 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node (only required for
376 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
377 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node (only required for
378 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
f57f70aa 379 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
c2871f03 380 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
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382 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
383 addresses
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385 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
386
387 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
388 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
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390 CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU
391
11ccc33f 392 This define fills in the correct boot CPU in the boot
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393 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
394
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395 CONFIG_OF_IDE_FIXUP
396
397 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
398 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
399 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
400 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
401 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
402 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
403
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404- vxWorks boot parameters:
405
406 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
407 environments variables: bootfile, ipaddr, serverip, hostname.
408 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
409
410 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_DEVICE - The vxworks device name
411 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_MAC_PTR - Ethernet 6 byte MA -address
412 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_SERVERNAME - Name of the server
413 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_ADDR - Address of boot parameters
414
415 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_ADD_PARAMS
416
417 Add it at the end of the bootline. E.g "u=username pw=secret"
418
419 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
420 the defaults discussed just above.
421
6705d81e 422- Serial Ports:
48d0192f 423 CONFIG_PL010_SERIAL
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425 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
426
48d0192f 427 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL
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428
429 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
430
431 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
432
433 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
434 the clock speed of the UARTs.
435
436 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
437
438 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
439 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
440 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
441
442
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444 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
445 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
446 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
447 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
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449 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
450 port routines must be defined elsewhere
451 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
452
453 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
454 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
455 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
456 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
457 (default big endian)
458 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
459 rectangle fill
460 (cf. smiLynxEM)
461 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
462 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
463 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
464 (cols=pitch)
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465 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
466 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
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467 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
468 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
ba56f625 469 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
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470 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
471 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
472 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
473 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
474 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
475 (i.e. i8042_getc)
476 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
477 (requires blink timer
478 cf. i8042.c)
6d0f6bcf 479 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
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480 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
481 upper right corner
602ad3b3 482 (requires CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
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483 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
484 upper left corner
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485 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
486 linux_logo.h for logo.
487 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
c609719b 488 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
11ccc33f 489 additional board info beside
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490 the logo
491
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492 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
493 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
494 environment 'console=serial'.
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496 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
497 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
498 the "silent" environment variable. See
499 doc/README.silent for more information.
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502 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
503 Select one of the baudrates listed in
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504 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
505 CONFIG_SYS_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
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507- Console Rx buffer length
508 With CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN it is possible to define
509 the maximum receive buffer length for the SMC.
2b3f12c2 510 This option is actual only for 82xx and 8xx possible.
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511 If using CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN also CONFIG_SYS_MAXIDLE
512 must be defined, to setup the maximum idle timeout for
513 the SMC.
514
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515- Interrupt driven serial port input:
516 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO
517
518 PPC405GP only.
519 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the
520 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake
521 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of
522 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have.
523
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524 Leave undefined to disable this feature, including
525 disable the buffer and hardware handshake.
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527- Console UART Number:
528 CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE
529
0c8721a4 530 AMCC PPC4xx only.
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531 If defined internal UART1 (and not UART0) is used
532 as default U-Boot console.
533
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534- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
535 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
536 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
537
538 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
539 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
540 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
541 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
542 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
543 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
544 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
545 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
546 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
547 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
548 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
549 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
550
551- Autoboot Command:
552 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
553 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
554 define a command string that is automatically executed
555 when no character is read on the console interface
556 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
557
558 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
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559 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
560 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
561 environment value "bootargs".
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562
563 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
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564 The value of these goes into the environment as
565 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
566 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
11ccc33f 567 RAM and NFS.
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569- Pre-Boot Commands:
570 CONFIG_PREBOOT
571
572 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
573 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
574 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
575 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
576 entering interactive mode.
577
578 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
579 automatically generated or modified. For an example
580 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
581 modified when the user holds down a certain
582 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
583 booting the systems
584
585- Serial Download Echo Mode:
586 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
587 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
588 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
589 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
590 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
591 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
592 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
593
602ad3b3 594- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
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596 Select one of the baudrates listed in
6d0f6bcf 597 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
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599- Monitor Functions:
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600 Monitor commands can be included or excluded
601 from the build by using the #include files
602 "config_cmd_all.h" and #undef'ing unwanted
603 commands, or using "config_cmd_default.h"
604 and augmenting with additional #define's
605 for wanted commands.
606
607 The default command configuration includes all commands
608 except those marked below with a "*".
609
610 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
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611 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
612 CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
613 CONFIG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
614 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
615 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
616 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
617 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
618 CONFIG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
619 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
620 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
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621 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510 * ds4510 I2C gpio commands
622 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_INFO * ds4510 I2C info command
623 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_MEM * ds4510 I2C eeprom/sram commansd
624 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_RST * ds4510 I2C rst command
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625 CONFIG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
626 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
246c6922 627 CONFIG_CMD_EDITENV edit env variable
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628 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
629 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
bdab39d3 630 CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV saveenv
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631 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
632 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support
633 CONFIG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
634 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
635 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
636 CONFIG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
637 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
638 CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
639 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
640 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
641 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
642 CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
643 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
644 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
645 CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
646 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
647 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
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649 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY and CONFIG_MD5)
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651 loop, loopw, mtest
652 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
653 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
654 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
68d7d651 655 CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS * MTD partition support
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656 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
657 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
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658 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X * PCA953x I2C gpio commands
659 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X_INFO * PCA953x I2C gpio info command
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660 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
661 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
662 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
663 host
664 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
665 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
666 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
667 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
668 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
669 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
670 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
671 CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access
672 (4xx only)
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674 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY)
74de7aef 675 CONFIG_CMD_SOURCE "source" command Support
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676 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
677 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
678 CONFIG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB)
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680 CONFIG_CMD_FSL * Microblaze FSL support
681
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683 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
684 support you can write:
685
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687 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
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690 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
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692 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
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695 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
696 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
697 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
698 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
699 initial stack and some data.
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701
702 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
703
704- Watchdog:
705 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
706 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
7152b1d0 707 support. There must be support in the platform specific
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709 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
710 register.
711
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713 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
714 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
715 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
716 version as printed by the "version" command.
717 This variable is readonly.
718
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720
602ad3b3 721 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
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723 following options:
724
725 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
726 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
7ce63709 727 CONFIG_RTC_MC13783 - use MC13783 RTC
c609719b 728 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
1cb8e980 729 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
c609719b 730 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
7f70e853 731 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
3bac3513 732 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
9536dfcc 733 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
4c0d4c3b 734 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
6d0f6bcf 735 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
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738 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
739
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741 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
742 CONFIG_PCA953X_INFO - enable pca953x info command
743
744 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
745 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
746
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748
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750 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
751 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
602ad3b3 752 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
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754- Partition Support:
755 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
07f3d789 756 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION
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759 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at
760 least one partition type as well.
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762- IDE Reset method:
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764 board configurations files but used nowhere!
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767 be performed by calling the function
768 ide_set_reset(int reset)
769 which has to be defined in a board specific file
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771- ATAPI Support:
772 CONFIG_ATAPI
773
774 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
775
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777 CONFIG_LBA48
778
779 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
4b142feb 780 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
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782 support disks up to 2.1TB.
783
6d0f6bcf 784 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
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786 Default is 32bit.
787
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789 At the moment only there is only support for the
790 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
791 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
792
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794 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
795 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
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796 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
797 devices.
6d0f6bcf 798 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
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800- NETWORK Support (PCI):
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802 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips.
53cf9435 803
ac3315c2 804 CONFIG_E1000_FALLBACK_MAC
11ccc33f 805 default MAC for empty EEPROM after production.
ac3315c2 806
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808 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
11ccc33f 809 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
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810 write routine for first time initialisation.
811
812 CONFIG_TULIP
813 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
814 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
815 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
816
817 CONFIG_NATSEMI
818 Support for National dp83815 chips.
819
820 CONFIG_NS8382X
821 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
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824
825 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
826 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
827
828 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
829 Define this to hold the physical address
830 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
831
832 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
833 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
834
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836 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
837
838 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
839 Define this to hold the physical address
840 of the device (I/O space)
841
842 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
843 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
844
845 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
846 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
847 (some hardware wont work with macros)
848
c2fff331 849 CONFIG_SMC911X
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850 Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips
851
c2fff331 852 CONFIG_SMC911X_BASE
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853 Define this to hold the physical address
854 of the device (I/O space)
855
c2fff331 856 CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT
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857 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
858
c2fff331 859 CONFIG_SMC911X_16_BIT
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860 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
861 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
c2fff331 862 words you may also try CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT.
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865 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
4d13cbad 866 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
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868 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
30d56fae 869 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
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870 storage devices.
871 Note:
872 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
873 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
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874 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
875 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
876 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
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878 for USB on PSC3
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879 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG
880 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
881 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
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882 for differential drivers on PSC3: 0x00000100
883 for single ended drivers on PSC3: 0x00004100
6d0f6bcf 884 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EVENT_POLL
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885 May be defined to allow interrupt polling
886 instead of using asynchronous interrupts
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889 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
890 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
891 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
11ccc33f 892 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
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893 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
894 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
386eda02 895 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
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896 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
897 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
898 a Linux host by
899 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
900 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
901 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
902 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
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904 CONFIG_USB_DEVICE
905 Define this to build a UDC device
906
907 CONFIG_USB_TTY
908 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
909 talk to the UDC device
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6d0f6bcf 911 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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912 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
913 be set to usbtty.
914
915 mpc8xx:
6d0f6bcf 916 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
16c8d5e7 917 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
6d0f6bcf 918 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0x02
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6d0f6bcf 920 CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0xBLAH
16c8d5e7 921 Derive USB clock from brgclk
6d0f6bcf 922 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0x04
16c8d5e7 923
386eda02 924 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
16c8d5e7 925 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
386eda02 926 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
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928 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
929 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
930
931 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
932 Define this string as the name of your company for
933 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
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935 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
936 Define this string as the name of your product
937 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
938
939 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
940 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
941 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
942 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
943 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
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945 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
946 Define this as the unique Product ID
947 for your device
948 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
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71f95118 951- MMC Support:
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952 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
953 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
954 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
71f95118 955 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
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957 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
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959- Journaling Flash filesystem support:
960 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
961 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
962 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
963
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965 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
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966 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
967
6d0f6bcf 968 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
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969 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
970 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
971
972 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
6d0f6bcf 973 #define CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
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975 have not defined a custom partition
976
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977- Keyboard Support:
978 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
979
980 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
981 support
982
983 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
984 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
985 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
986 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
987 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
988
989- Video support:
990 CONFIG_VIDEO
991
992 Define this to enable video support (for output to
993 video).
994
995 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
996
997 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
998
999 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
b79a11cc 1000 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
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1001 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
1002 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
1003 assumed.
1004
b79a11cc 1005 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
11ccc33f 1006 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two different ways
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1008 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
6e592385 1009 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
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1011 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
1012 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1013 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
1014 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
1015 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
1016 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
1017 -------------+---------------------------------------------
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1019
b79a11cc 1020 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
7817cb20 1021 from the bootargs. (See drivers/video/videomodes.c)
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1023
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43d9616c 1025 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
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1027 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
1028
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8bde7f77 1030 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
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1033 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1034 defined in your board-specific files.
1035 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
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1038
1039 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1040 display); also select one of the supported displays
1041 by defining one of these:
1042
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1044
1045 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1046
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fd3103bb 1049 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
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fd3103bb 1051 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
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1054 Active, color, single scan.
1055
1056 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1057
1058 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
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1060
1061 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
1062
1063 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1064 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1065
1066 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1067
1068 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1069 Active, color, single scan.
1070
1071 CONFIG_HLD1045
1072
1073 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1074 Active, color, single scan.
1075
1076 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
1077
1078 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1079 or
1080 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1081 or
1082 Hitachi SP14Q002
1083
1084 320x240. Black & white.
1085
1086 Normally display is black on white background; define
6d0f6bcf 1087 CONFIG_SYS_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
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7152b1d0 1089- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
d791b1dc 1090
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1091 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1092 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1093 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
e94d2cd9 1094 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
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1095 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1096 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1097 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1098 loaded very quickly after power-on.
d791b1dc 1099
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1101
1102 If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
1103 on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
1104 position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
1105 number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
1106 is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
1107 specify 'm' for centering the image.
1108
1109 Example:
1110 setenv splashpos m,m
1111 => image at center of screen
1112
1113 setenv splashpos 30,20
1114 => image at x = 30 and y = 20
1115
1116 setenv splashpos -10,m
1117 => vertically centered image
1118 at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9
1119
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1121
1122 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1123 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1124 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1125
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1126- Compression support:
1127 CONFIG_BZIP2
1128
1129 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1130 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1131 compressed images are supported.
1132
42d1f039 1133 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
6d0f6bcf 1134 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
42d1f039 1135 be at least 4MB.
d791b1dc 1136
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1137 CONFIG_LZMA
1138
1139 If this option is set, support for lzma compressed
1140 images is included.
1141
1142 Note: The LZMA algorithm adds between 2 and 4KB of code and it
1143 requires an amount of dynamic memory that is given by the
1144 formula:
1145
1146 (1846 + 768 << (lc + lp)) * sizeof(uint16)
1147
1148 Where lc and lp stand for, respectively, Literal context bits
1149 and Literal pos bits.
1150
1151 This value is upper-bounded by 14MB in the worst case. Anyway,
1152 for a ~4MB large kernel image, we have lc=3 and lp=0 for a
1153 total amount of (1846 + 768 << (3 + 0)) * 2 = ~41KB... that is
1154 a very small buffer.
1155
1156 Use the lzmainfo tool to determinate the lc and lp values and
1157 then calculate the amount of needed dynamic memory (ensuring
6d0f6bcf 1158 the appropriate CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN value).
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1160- MII/PHY support:
1161 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR
1162
1163 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1164
1165 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1166
1167 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1168
1169 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE
1170
1171 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
11ccc33f 1172 detection of gigabit PHY is included.
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1173
1174 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1175
1176 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1177 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1178 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1179 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1180
1181 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1182
1183 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1184 command issued before MII status register can be read
1185
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1186- Ethernet address:
1187 CONFIG_ETHADDR
c68a05fe 1188 CONFIG_ETH1ADDR
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1189 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
1190 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
c68a05fe 1191 CONFIG_ETH4ADDR
1192 CONFIG_ETH5ADDR
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1195 for the respective Ethernet interface, in case this
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1196 is not determined automatically.
1197
1198- IP address:
1199 CONFIG_IPADDR
1200
1201 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
11ccc33f 1202 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
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1203 determined through e.g. bootp.
1204
1205- Server IP address:
1206 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1207
11ccc33f 1208 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
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1209 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1210
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1211 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1212
1213 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1214 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1215
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1217 CONFIG_MCAST_TFTP
1218
1219 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1220 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
11ccc33f 1221 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
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1222 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1223 multicast group.
1224
1225 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
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1226- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1227 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1228
1229 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1230 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1231 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1232 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1233 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1234 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1235 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1236 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
6c33c785 1237 following delays are inserted then:
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1239 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1240 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1241 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1242 4th and following
1243 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1244
fe389a82 1245- DHCP Advanced Options:
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1246 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1247 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1248
1249 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1250 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1251 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1252 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1253 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1254 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1255 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1256 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2
1257 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1258 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1259 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1260 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
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1262 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1263 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
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1264
1265 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1266 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1267 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1268 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1269 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1270 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1271 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1fe80d79 1272 is defined.
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1273
1274 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1275 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1276 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
5d110f0a 1277 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
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1278 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1279 option 12 to the DHCP server.
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1281 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1282
1283 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1284 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1285 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1286 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1287 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1288 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1289 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1290 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1291 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1292 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1293 this delay.
1294
a3d991bd 1295 - CDP Options:
6e592385 1296 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
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1297
1298 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1299
1300 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1301
1302 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1303 of the device.
1304
1305 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1306
1307 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1308 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
11ccc33f 1309 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
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1310
1311 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1312
1313 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1314 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1315
1316 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1317
1318 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1319
1320 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1321
1322 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1323
1324 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1325
1326 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1327
1328 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1329
1330 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1331 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1332
1333 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1334
1335 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1336
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1337- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1338
1339 Several configurations allow to display the current
1340 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1341 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1342 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1343 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1344 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1345 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1346 feature in U-Boot.
1347
1348- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1349
1350 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1351 on those systems that support this (optional)
1352 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1353
1354- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1355
b37c7e5e 1356 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
945af8d7 1357 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
11ccc33f 1358 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected CPU.
c609719b 1359
945af8d7 1360 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
602ad3b3 1361 command line (as long as you set CONFIG_CMD_I2C in
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1362 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1363 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
43d9616c 1364 command line interface.
c609719b 1365
bb99ad6d 1366 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
b37c7e5e 1367
945af8d7 1368 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
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1369 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1370 support for I2C.
c609719b 1371
945af8d7 1372 There are several other quantities that must also be
b37c7e5e 1373 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
c609719b 1374
6d0f6bcf 1375 In both cases you will need to define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED
945af8d7 1376 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
6d0f6bcf 1377 to run and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
11ccc33f 1378 the CPU's i2c node address).
945af8d7 1379
b37c7e5e 1380 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c)
11ccc33f 1381 sets the CPU up as a master node and so its address should
b37c7e5e 1382 therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual
6d0f6bcf 1383 p.16-473). So, set CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
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1385 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_MPC5XXX
1386
1387 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1388 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1389 in progress. Reset the slave devices by sending start
1390 commands until the slave device responds.
1391
945af8d7 1392 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
c609719b 1393
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1394 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1395 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1396 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
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1397
1398 I2C_INIT
1399
b37c7e5e 1400 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
43d9616c 1401 controller or configure ports.
c609719b 1402
ba56f625 1403 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
b37c7e5e 1404
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1405 I2C_PORT
1406
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1407 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1408 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1409 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
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1410
1411 I2C_ACTIVE
1412
1413 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1414 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1415 define can be null.
1416
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1417 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1418
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1419 I2C_TRISTATE
1420
1421 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1422 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1423 define can be null.
1424
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1425 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1426
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1427 I2C_READ
1428
1429 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1430 FALSE if it is low.
1431
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1432 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1433
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1434 I2C_SDA(bit)
1435
1436 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1437 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1438
b37c7e5e 1439 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
2535d602 1440 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
ba56f625 1441 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
b37c7e5e 1442
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1443 I2C_SCL(bit)
1444
1445 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1446 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1447
b37c7e5e 1448 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
2535d602 1449 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
ba56f625 1450 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
b37c7e5e 1451
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1452 I2C_DELAY
1453
1454 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1455 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
b37c7e5e 1456 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
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1457 like:
1458
b37c7e5e 1459 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
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6d0f6bcf 1461 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
47cd00fa 1462
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1463 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1464 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1465 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1466 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1467 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1468 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1469 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1470 is run early in the boot sequence.
47cd00fa 1471
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1472 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1473
1474 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1475 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1476 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1477
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1478 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1479
1480 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
1481 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1482 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
1483 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1484
6d0f6bcf 1485 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
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1486
1487 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
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1488 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1489 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
1490 a 1D array of device addresses
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1491
1492 e.g.
1493 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
6d0f6bcf 1494 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
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1495
1496 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1497
1498 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
6d0f6bcf 1499 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
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1500
1501 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1502
6d0f6bcf 1503 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
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1504
1505 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1506 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1507
6d0f6bcf 1508 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
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1509
1510 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1511 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1512
6d0f6bcf 1513 CONFIG_SYS_DTT_BUS_NUM
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1514
1515 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
1516 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
1517
6d0f6bcf 1518 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DTT_ADDR:
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1519
1520 If defined, specifies the I2C address of the DTT device.
1521 If not defined, then U-Boot uses predefined value for
1522 specified DTT device.
1523
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1524 CONFIG_FSL_I2C
1525
1526 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
7817cb20 1527 drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c.
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1529 CONFIG_I2C_MUX
1530
1531 Define this option if you have I2C devices reached over 1 .. n
1532 I2C Muxes like the pca9544a. This option addes a new I2C
1533 Command "i2c bus [muxtype:muxaddr:muxchannel]" which adds a
1534 new I2C Bus to the existing I2C Busses. If you select the
1535 new Bus with "i2c dev", u-bbot sends first the commandos for
1536 the muxes to activate this new "bus".
1537
1538 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS must be also defined, to use this
1539 feature!
1540
1541 Example:
1542 Adding a new I2C Bus reached over 2 pca9544a muxes
1543 The First mux with address 70 and channel 6
1544 The Second mux with address 71 and channel 4
1545
1546 => i2c bus pca9544a:70:6:pca9544a:71:4
1547
1548 Use the "i2c bus" command without parameter, to get a list
1549 of I2C Busses with muxes:
1550
1551 => i2c bus
1552 Busses reached over muxes:
1553 Bus ID: 2
1554 reached over Mux(es):
1555 pca9544a@70 ch: 4
1556 Bus ID: 3
1557 reached over Mux(es):
1558 pca9544a@70 ch: 6
1559 pca9544a@71 ch: 4
1560 =>
1561
1562 If you now switch to the new I2C Bus 3 with "i2c dev 3"
1563 u-boot sends First the Commando to the mux@70 to enable
1564 channel 6, and then the Commando to the mux@71 to enable
1565 the channel 4.
1566
1567 After that, you can use the "normal" i2c commands as
1568 usual, to communicate with your I2C devices behind
1569 the 2 muxes.
1570
1571 This option is actually implemented for the bitbanging
1572 algorithm in common/soft_i2c.c and for the Hardware I2C
1573 Bus on the MPC8260. But it should be not so difficult
1574 to add this option to other architectures.
1575
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1576 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
1577
1578 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
1579 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
1580 between writing the address pointer and reading the
1581 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
1582 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
1583 devices can use either method, but some require one or
1584 the other.
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1586- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1587
1588 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1589 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1590 D/As on the SACSng board)
1591
1592 CONFIG_SPI_X
1593
1594 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1595 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1596
1597 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1598
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1599 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1600 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1601 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1602 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1603 defined, the board configuration must define several
1604 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1605 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
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1607 CONFIG_HARD_SPI
1608
1609 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
1610 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
1611 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
1612 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
1613 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
1614
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1615 CONFIG_MXC_SPI
1616
1617 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
1618 SoCs. Currently only i.MX31 is supported.
1619
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1622 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1623
1624 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1625
1626 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1627 (ALTERA, XILINX)
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0133502e 1629 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
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1631 Enables support for FPGA family.
1632 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1633
1634 CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1635
1636 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
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6d0f6bcf 1638 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
c609719b 1639
8bde7f77 1640 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
c609719b 1641
6d0f6bcf 1642 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
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1644 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1645 status by the configuration function. This option
1646 will require a board or device specific function to
1647 be written.
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1648
1649 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1650
1651 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1652 configuration driver.
1653
6d0f6bcf 1654 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
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1655 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1656
6d0f6bcf 1657 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
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1659 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1660 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1661 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1662 indicated a CRC error).
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6d0f6bcf 1664 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
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1666 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1667 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1668 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
11ccc33f 1669 ms.
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6d0f6bcf 1671 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
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43d9616c 1673 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
11ccc33f 1674 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
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6d0f6bcf 1676 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
c609719b 1677
43d9616c 1678 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
11ccc33f 1679 200 ms.
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1680
1681- Configuration Management:
1682 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
1683
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1684 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1685 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
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1686
1687- Vendor Parameter Protection:
1688
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1689 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1690 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
7152b1d0 1691 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
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1692 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1693 protects these variables from casual modification by
1694 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1695 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
11ccc33f 1696 change this behaviour:
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1697
1698 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1699 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
47cd00fa 1700 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
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1701 these parameters.
1702
1703 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1704 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
11ccc33f 1705 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
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1706 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1707 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1708 read-only.]
1709
1710- Protected RAM:
1711 CONFIG_PRAM
1712
1713 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1714 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1715 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1716 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1717 this default value by defining an environment
1718 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1719 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1720 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1721 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1722 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1723 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1724 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1725
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1727 saveenv
1728
1729 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1730 either, which results in a memory region that will
1731 not be affected by reboots.
1732
1733 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1734 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1735 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1736 following board configurations are known to be
1737 "pRAM-clean":
1738
1739 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
1740 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
1741 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260
1742
1743- Error Recovery:
1744 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
1745
1746 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
1747 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
1748 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
11ccc33f 1749 system where you want the system to reboot
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1750 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
1751 useful during development since you can try to debug
1752 the conditions that lead to the situation.
1753
1754 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1755
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1756 This variable defines the number of retries for
1757 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1758 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1759 default value of 5 is used.
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1762
1763 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
1764
c609719b 1765- Command Interpreter:
8078f1a5 1766 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
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1768 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
1769
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1770 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
1771 for the "hush" shell.
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1773
6d0f6bcf 1774 CONFIG_SYS_HUSH_PARSER
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1775
1776 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
1777 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
1778 powerful command line syntax like
1779 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
1780 constructs ("shell scripts").
1781
1782 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
1783 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
1784
1785
6d0f6bcf 1786 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
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1787
1788 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1789 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1790 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1791
1792 Note:
1793
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1794 In the current implementation, the local variables
1795 space and global environment variables space are
1796 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1797 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1798 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1799 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1800 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
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1802 Global environment variables are those you use
1803 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1804 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1805 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
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1806
1807 To store commands and special characters in a
1808 variable, please use double quotation marks
1809 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1810 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1811 symbols.
1812
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1813- Commandline Editing and History:
1814 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
1815
11ccc33f 1816 Enable editing and History functions for interactive
b9365a26 1817 commandline input operations
aa0c71ac 1818
a8c7c708 1819- Default Environment:
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1820 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1821
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1822 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1823 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
7152b1d0 1824 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2262cfee 1825
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1826 For example, place something like this in your
1827 board's config file:
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1829 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1830 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1831 "myvar2=value2\0"
1832
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1833 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1834 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1835 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1836 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
7152b1d0 1837 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
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1838 You better know what you are doing here.
1839
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1840 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1841 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
74de7aef 1842 the environment like the "source" command or the
43d9616c 1843 boot command first.
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a8c7c708 1845- DataFlash Support:
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1846 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
1847
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1848 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
1849 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
1850 commands cp, md...
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1852- SystemACE Support:
1853 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1854
1855 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
1856 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
11ccc33f 1857 of the chip must also be defined in the
6d0f6bcf 1858 CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
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1859
1860 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
6d0f6bcf 1861 #define CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
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1862
1863 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
1864 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
1865
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1866- TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
1867 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
1868
28cb9375 1869 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
ecb0ccd9 1870 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
28cb9375 1871 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
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1872 number generator is used.
1873
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1874 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
1875 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
1876 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
1877
1878 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
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1879 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
1880 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
1881 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
1882 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
1883 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
1884 but sometimes that is not allowed.
1885
a8c7c708 1886- Show boot progress:
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1887 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
1888
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1889 Defining this option allows to add some board-
1890 specific code (calling a user-provided function
1891 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
1892 the system's boot progress on some display (for
1893 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
1894 the following checkpoints are implemented:
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1896Legacy uImage format:
1897
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1898 Arg Where When
1899 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
ba56f625 1900 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
c609719b 1901 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
ba56f625 1902 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
c609719b 1903 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
ba56f625 1904 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
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1905 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
1906 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
1907 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1372cce2 1908 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
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1909 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1910 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
1911 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
1912 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
1372cce2 1913 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
c609719b 1914 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
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1915
1916 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
1917 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
1918 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
1919 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
1920 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
1921 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
1922 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
11ccc33f 1923 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
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1924 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
1925 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
1926
1927 15 lib_<arch>/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
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1929 -30 lib_ppc/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
1930 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
1931 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
63e73c9a 1932
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1933 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
1934 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
1935 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
1936 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
1937 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
1938 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1939 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
1940 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
1941 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
1942 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
1943 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
1944 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
1945 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
1946 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
1947 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
1948 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
1949 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
1950 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
1951 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
1952 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
1953 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
1954 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
1955 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
1956 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
1957 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
1958 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
1959 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
1960 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
1961 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
1962 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
1963 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
1964 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
1965 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
1966 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
1967 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
1968 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
1969 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
1970 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
1971 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
1972 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1973 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
1974 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
1975 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
1976 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
1977 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
1978 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
1979 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
1980
1981 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
1982
11ccc33f 1983 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
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1984 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
1985 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
1986
1987 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
1988 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling NetLoop()
11ccc33f 1989 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in NetLoop() occurred
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1990 81 common/cmd_net.c NetLoop() back without error
1991 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
1992 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
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1993 83 common/cmd_net.c running "source" command
1994 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or "source" command
566a494f 1995 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
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1997FIT uImage format:
1998
1999 Arg Where When
2000 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
2001 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
2002 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
2003 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
2004 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
2005 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
f773bea8 2006 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
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2007 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
2008 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
2009 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
2010 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
2011 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
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2012 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
2013 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
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2014 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
2015 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
2016 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
2017 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
2018 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
2019 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
2020 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
2021 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
2022
2023 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2024 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
2025 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
11ccc33f 2026 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
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2027 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
2028 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
2029 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
2030 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
2031 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
2032 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
2033 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
2034 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
2035 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
2036 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
2037 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
2038 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
2039
11ccc33f 2040 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2041 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
2042
11ccc33f 2043 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2044 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
2045
11ccc33f 2046 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2047 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
2048
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2049- Automatic software updates via TFTP server
2050 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP
2051 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
2052 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
2053
2054 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
2055 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
2056
2057- MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
2058 CONFIG_MTD_DEVICE
2059
2060 Adds the MTD device infrastructure from the Linux kernel.
2061 Needed for mtdparts command support.
2062
2063 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
2064
2065 Adds the MTD partitioning infrastructure from the Linux
2066 kernel. Needed for UBI support.
2067
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2069Modem Support:
2070--------------
2071
85ec0bcc 2072[so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards]
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11ccc33f 2074- Modem support enable:
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2075 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
2076
2077- RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
2078 CONFIG_HWFLOW
2079
2080- Modem debug support:
2081 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
2082
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2083 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
2084 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
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2086- Interrupt support (PPC):
2087
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2088 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
2089 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
11ccc33f 2090 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
d4ca31c4 2091 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
11ccc33f 2092 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
d4ca31c4 2093 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
11ccc33f 2094 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
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2095 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
2096 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
2097 general timer_interrupt().
a8c7c708 2098
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2099- General:
2100
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2101 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
2102 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
2103 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
11ccc33f 2104 (autoboot). The key_pressed() function is called from
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2105 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
2106 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
2107 initialization.
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2109 If there are no modem init strings in the
2110 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
2111 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
11ccc33f 2112 suppressed, though.
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2113
2114 See also: doc/README.Modem
2115
2116
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2117Configuration Settings:
2118-----------------------
2119
6d0f6bcf 2120- CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
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2121 undefine this when you're short of memory.
2122
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2123- CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
2124 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
2125
6d0f6bcf 2126- CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
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2127 prompt for user input.
2128
6d0f6bcf 2129- CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
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6d0f6bcf 2131- CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
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6d0f6bcf 2133- CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
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6d0f6bcf 2135- CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
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2136 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
2137 booted
2138
6d0f6bcf 2139- CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
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2140 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
2141
6d0f6bcf 2142- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
8bde7f77 2143 Suppress display of console information at boot.
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6d0f6bcf 2145- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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2146 If the board specific function
2147 extern int overwrite_console (void);
2148 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
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2149 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
2150
6d0f6bcf 2151- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
8bde7f77 2152 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
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6d0f6bcf 2154- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
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2155 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
2156
6d0f6bcf 2157- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
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2158 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
2159 simple memory test.
2160
6d0f6bcf 2161- CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST:
8bde7f77 2162 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
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6d0f6bcf 2164- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
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2165 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
2166 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
2167
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2168- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE (PPC only):
2169 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
14f73ca6 2170 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
11ccc33f 2171 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
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2172 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
2173 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
2174 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
5e12e75d 2175 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
14f73ca6 2176 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
5e12e75d 2177 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
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2178
2179 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
2180 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
2181 be touched.
2182
2183 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
2184 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
2185 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
2186 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
2187 problems.
2188
6d0f6bcf 2189- CONFIG_SYS_TFTP_LOADADDR:
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2190 Default load address for network file downloads
2191
6d0f6bcf 2192- CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
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2193 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
2194
6d0f6bcf 2195- CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
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2196 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
2197
6d0f6bcf 2198- CONFIG_SYS_MBIO_BASE:
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2199 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
2200 Cogent motherboard)
2201
6d0f6bcf 2202- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
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2203 Physical start address of Flash memory.
2204
6d0f6bcf 2205- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
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2206 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2207 make config files to be same as the text base address
2208 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
6d0f6bcf 2209 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
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6d0f6bcf 2211- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
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2212 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2213 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2214 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2215 flash sector.
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6d0f6bcf 2217- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
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2218 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2219
6d0f6bcf 2220- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
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2221 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
2222 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
6d0f6bcf 2223 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
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2224 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2225
6d0f6bcf 2226- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
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2227 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2228 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
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2229 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2230 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
2231 enviroment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
2232 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
6d0f6bcf 2233 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ.
c609719b 2234
6d0f6bcf 2235- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
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2236 Max number of Flash memory banks
2237
6d0f6bcf 2238- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
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2239 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2240
6d0f6bcf 2241- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
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2242 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2243
6d0f6bcf 2244- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
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2245 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2246
6d0f6bcf 2247- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
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2248 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2249
6d0f6bcf 2250- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
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2251 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2252
6d0f6bcf 2253- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
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2254 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2255 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2256
6d0f6bcf 2257- CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
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2258
2259 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2260 without this option such a download has to be
2261 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2262 copy from RAM to flash.
2263
2264 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2265 you can check if the download worked before you erase
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2266 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
2267 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
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2268 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2269
6d0f6bcf 2270- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
43d9616c 2271 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
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2272 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2273
00b1883a 2274- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
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2275 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2276 in the drivers directory
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2278- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
2279 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
2280 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
2281 to the MTD layer.
2282
6d0f6bcf 2283- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
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2284 Use buffered writes to flash.
2285
2286- CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2287 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2288 write commands.
2289
6d0f6bcf 2290- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
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2291 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2292 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2293 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2294 optionally available.
2295
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2296- CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2297 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2298 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2299 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2300
6d0f6bcf 2301- CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
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2302 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
2303 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
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2304 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2305 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
11ccc33f 2306 on high Ethernet traffic.
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2307 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2308
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2309The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
2310of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
2311following configurations:
2312
5a1aceb0 2313- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
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2314
2315 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
2316
2317 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
2318 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
2319 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
2320 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
2321 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
2322 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
2323 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
2324 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
2325 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
2326 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
2327 between U-Boot and the environment.
2328
0e8d1586 2329 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
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2330
2331 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
2332 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
2333 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
2334 for this sector is given here.
2335
6d0f6bcf 2336 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE.
c609719b 2337
0e8d1586 2338 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
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2339
2340 This is just another way to specify the start address of
2341 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
0e8d1586 2342 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET).
c609719b 2343
0e8d1586 2344 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
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2345
2346 Size of the sector containing the environment.
2347
2348
2349 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
2350 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
2351 the environment.
2352
0e8d1586 2353 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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5a1aceb0 2355 If you use this in combination with CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
0e8d1586 2356 and CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
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2357 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
2358 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
2359
2360 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
2361 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
2362 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
2363 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
2364 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
2365 updating the environment in flash makes it always
2366 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
2367 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
2368 RAM, your target system will be dead.
2369
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2370 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
2371 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
c609719b 2372
43d9616c 2373 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
11ccc33f 2374 a redundant copy of the environment data, so that there is
3e38691e 2375 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
43d9616c 2376 a "saveenv" operation.
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2377
2378BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
2379source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
2380accordingly!
2381
2382
9314cee6 2383- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
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2384
2385 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
2386 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
2387 environment.
2388
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2389 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
2390 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
c609719b 2391
11ccc33f 2392 These two #defines are used to determine the memory area you
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2393 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
2394 can just be read and written to, without any special
2395 provision.
2396
2397BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
2398in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
11ccc33f 2399console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
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2400U-Boot will hang.
2401
2402Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
2403environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
2404keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
2405to save the current settings.
2406
2407
bb1f8b4f 2408- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
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2409
2410 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
2411 device and a driver for it.
2412
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2413 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2414 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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2415
2416 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
2417 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
2418
6d0f6bcf 2419 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
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2420 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
2421 The default address is zero.
2422
6d0f6bcf 2423 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
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2424 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
2425 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
2426 would require six bits.
2427
6d0f6bcf 2428 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
c609719b 2429 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
ba56f625 2430 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
c609719b 2431
6d0f6bcf 2432 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
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2433 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
2434 that this is NOT the chip address length!
2435
6d0f6bcf 2436 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
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2437 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
2438 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
2439 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
2440 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
2441 byte chips.
2442
2443 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
2444 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
2445 in the chip address.
2446
6d0f6bcf 2447 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_SIZE:
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2448 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
2449
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2450 - CONFIG_ENV_EEPROM_IS_ON_I2C
2451 define this, if you have I2C and SPI activated, and your
2452 EEPROM, which holds the environment, is on the I2C bus.
2453
2454 - CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS
2455 if you have an Environment on an EEPROM reached over
2456 I2C muxes, you can define here, how to reach this
2457 EEPROM. For example:
2458
2459 #define CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS "pca9547:70:d\0"
2460
2461 EEPROM which holds the environment, is reached over
2462 a pca9547 i2c mux with address 0x70, channel 3.
c609719b 2463
057c849c 2464- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
5779d8d9 2465
d4ca31c4 2466 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
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2467 want to use for the environment.
2468
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2469 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2470 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
2471 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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2472
2473 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
2474 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
2475 at the specified address.
2476
51bfee19 2477- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
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2478
2479 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
2480 for the environment.
2481
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2482 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2483 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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2484
2485 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
2486 area within the first NAND device.
5779d8d9 2487
0e8d1586 2488 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND
e443c944 2489
0e8d1586 2490 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
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2491 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data,
2492 so that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a
2493 power failure during a "saveenv" operation.
2494
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2495 Note: CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET and CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND must be aligned
2496 to a block boundary, and CONFIG_ENV_SIZE must be a multiple of
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2497 the NAND devices block size.
2498
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2499- CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
2500
2501 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
2502 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
2503 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
2504
6d0f6bcf 2505- CONFIG_SYS_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
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2506
2507 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
2508 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
2509 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
2510 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
2511 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
2512 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
2513 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
2514
e881cb56 2515Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
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2516has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
2517created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r()
2518until then to read environment variables.
2519
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2520The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
2521is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
2522with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
2523necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
2524"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
2525have any device yet where we could complain.]
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2526
2527Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
2528the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
85ec0bcc 2529use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
c609719b 2530
6d0f6bcf 2531- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
42d1f039 2532 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
fc3e2165 2533
6d0f6bcf 2534 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
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2535 also needs to be defined.
2536
6d0f6bcf 2537- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
42d1f039 2538 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
c609719b 2539
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2540- CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
2541 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
2542 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
2543 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
2544 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
2545 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
2546
c609719b 2547Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
dc7c9a1a 2548---------------------------------------------------
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6d0f6bcf 2550- CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
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2551 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
2552
6d0f6bcf 2553- CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR:
c609719b 2554 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
2535d602 2555
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2556 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
2557 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
2558 the IMMR register after a reset.
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7f6c2cbc 2560- Floppy Disk Support:
6d0f6bcf 2561 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
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2562
2563 the default drive number (default value 0)
2564
6d0f6bcf 2565 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
7f6c2cbc 2566
11ccc33f 2567 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
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2568 (default value 1)
2569
6d0f6bcf 2570 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
7f6c2cbc 2571
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2572 defines the offset of register from address. It
2573 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
11ccc33f 2574 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
7f6c2cbc 2575
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2576 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
2577 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
43d9616c 2578 default value.
7f6c2cbc 2579
6d0f6bcf 2580 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
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2581 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
2582 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
2583 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
2584 initializations.
7f6c2cbc 2585
6d0f6bcf 2586- CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
efe2a4d5 2587 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
25d6712a 2588 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
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6d0f6bcf 2590- CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
c609719b 2591
7152b1d0 2592 Start address of memory area that can be used for
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2593 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
2594 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
2595 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
2596 will become available only after programming the
2597 memory controller and running certain initialization
2598 sequences.
2599
2600 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
2601 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
2602 - MPC824X: data cache
2603 - PPC4xx: data cache
2604
6d0f6bcf 2605- CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
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2606
2607 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
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2608 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
2609 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
c609719b 2610 data is located at the end of the available space
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2611 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_END -
2612 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
2613 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
2614 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
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2615
2616 Note:
2617 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
2618 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
6d0f6bcf 2619 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
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2620 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
2621 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
2622
6d0f6bcf 2623- CONFIG_SYS_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
c609719b 2624
6d0f6bcf 2625- CONFIG_SYS_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
c609719b 2626
6d0f6bcf 2627- CONFIG_SYS_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
c609719b 2628
6d0f6bcf 2629- CONFIG_SYS_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
c609719b 2630
6d0f6bcf 2631- CONFIG_SYS_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
c609719b 2632
6d0f6bcf 2633- CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
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6d0f6bcf 2635- CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
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2636 SDRAM timing
2637
6d0f6bcf 2638- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
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2639 periodic timer for refresh
2640
6d0f6bcf 2641- CONFIG_SYS_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
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2643- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
2644 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
2645 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
2646 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
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2647 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
2648
2649- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
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2650 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
2651 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
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2652 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
2653
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2654- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
2655 CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_8COL, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_9COL:
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2656 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
2657 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
2658
6d0f6bcf 2659- CONFIG_SYS_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
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2660 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2661 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
2662
6d0f6bcf 2663- CONFIG_SYS_SMC_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SMC_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
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2664 enable SMC microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2665 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]
2666
6d0f6bcf 2667- CONFIG_SYS_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
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2668 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2669 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
2670
6d0f6bcf 2671- CONFIG_SYS_USE_OSCCLK:
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2672 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
2673 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
2674 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
2675
6d0f6bcf 2676- CONFIG_SYS_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
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2677 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
2678 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
2679 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
2680 cpm_8260.h.
ea909b76 2681
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2682- CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2683 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK0_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
2684 CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK1_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
2685 CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2686 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
2687 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
2688 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
2689 CONFIG_SYS_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
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2690 Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
2691
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2692- CONFIG_PCI_DISABLE_PCIE:
2693 Disable PCI-Express on systems where it is supported but not
2694 required.
2695
bb99ad6d 2696- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
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2697 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
2698 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
2699
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2700 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
2701 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
2702
6d0f6bcf 2703- CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
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2704 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
2705 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
2706 to something your driver can deal with.
bb99ad6d 2707
6d0f6bcf 2708- CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
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2709 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2710 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2ad6b513 2711
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2712- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
2713 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
2714
2715- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
2716 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
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2717 to the given FEC; i. e.
2718 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
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2719 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
2720
2721 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
2722
2723- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
2724 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
2725 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
2726
2727- CONFIG_RMII
2728 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2729 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2730 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2731
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2732- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2733 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2734 The syntax is:
2735
2736 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2737
2738 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2739 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2740 area should have.
2741
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2742- CONFIG_LOOPW
2743 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
602ad3b3 2744 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
56523f12 2745
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2746- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
2747 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2748 "md/mw" commands.
2749 Examples:
2750
efe2a4d5 2751 => mdc.b 10 4 500
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2752 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
2753
efe2a4d5 2754 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
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2755 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
2756
efe2a4d5 2757 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
602ad3b3 2758 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
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2760- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
2761- CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT
2762
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2763 [ARM only] If these variables are defined, then
2764 certain low level initializations (like setting up
2765 the memory controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does
2766 not relocate itself into RAM.
2767 Normally these variables MUST NOT be defined. The
2768 only exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by
2769 some other boot loader or by a debugger which
11ccc33f 2770 performs these initializations itself.
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2772- CONFIG_PRELOADER
2773
2774 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
2775 that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
2776 compiling a NAND SPL.
400558b5 2777
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2778Building the Software:
2779======================
2780
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2781Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
2782and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
2783all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
2784(potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
2785recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
2786which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
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2788If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
2789have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
2790you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
2791Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
2792necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
c609719b 2793
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2794 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
2795 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
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2797Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
2798 the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
2799 (http://www.mingw.org). Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
2800 toolchain and execute 'make tools'. For example:
2801
2802 $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools
2803
2804 Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
2805 be executed on computers running Windows.
2806
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2807U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
2808sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
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2809is done by typing:
2810
2811 make NAME_config
2812
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2813where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing configu-
2814rations; see the main Makefile for supported names.
db01a2ea 2815
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2816Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
2817 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2818 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
2819 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
11ccc33f 2820 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
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2821
2822 make TQM823L_config
2823 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
2824
2825 make TQM823L_LCD_config
2826 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
2827
2828 etc.
2829
2830
2831Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
2832images ready for download to / installation on your system:
2833
2834- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
2835- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
2836- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
2837
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2838By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
2839in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
2840this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
2841
28421. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
2843
2844 make O=/tmp/build distclean
2845 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
2846 make O=/tmp/build all
2847
28482. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
2849
2850 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2851 make distclean
2852 make NAME_config
2853 make all
2854
2855Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
2856variable.
2857
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2858
2859Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
2860for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
2861native "make".
2862
2863
2864If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
2865to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
2866steps:
2867
28681. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
2869 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
2870 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
2871 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please
2872 keep this order.
28732. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
2874 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
2875 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
28763. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
2877 your board
28783. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
2879 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
28804. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
28815. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
2882 to be installed on your target system.
28836. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
2884 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
2885
2886
2887Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
2888==============================================================
2889
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2890If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
2891or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
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2892provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
2893the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
218ca724 2894official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
2729af9d 2895
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2896But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
2897cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
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2898the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
2899just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
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2900for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
2901select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
2902environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the ELDK cross tools
2903you can type
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2904
2905 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
2906
2907or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
2908
2909 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
2910
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2911When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build
2912U-Boot in the source directory. This location can be changed by
2913setting the BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target
2914built, the MAKEALL script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and
2915<target>.MAKEALL) in the <source dir>/LOG directory. This default
2916location can be changed by setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment
2917variable. For example:
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2918
2919 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2920 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
2921 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
2922
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2923With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build,
2924log files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean
2925during the whole build process.
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2926
2927
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2928See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
2929
2930
2931Monitor Commands - Overview:
2932============================
2933
2934go - start application at address 'addr'
2935run - run commands in an environment variable
2936bootm - boot application image from memory
2937bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
2938tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
2939 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
2940 (and eventually "gatewayip")
2941rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
2942diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
2943loads - load S-Record file over serial line
2944loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
2945md - memory display
2946mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2947nm - memory modify (constant address)
2948mw - memory write (fill)
2949cp - memory copy
2950cmp - memory compare
2951crc32 - checksum calculation
0f89c54b 2952i2c - I2C sub-system
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2953sspi - SPI utility commands
2954base - print or set address offset
2955printenv- print environment variables
2956setenv - set environment variables
2957saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
2958protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
2959erase - erase FLASH memory
2960flinfo - print FLASH memory information
2961bdinfo - print Board Info structure
2962iminfo - print header information for application image
2963coninfo - print console devices and informations
2964ide - IDE sub-system
2965loop - infinite loop on address range
56523f12 2966loopw - infinite write loop on address range
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2967mtest - simple RAM test
2968icache - enable or disable instruction cache
2969dcache - enable or disable data cache
2970reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
2971echo - echo args to console
2972version - print monitor version
2973help - print online help
2974? - alias for 'help'
2975
2976
2977Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
2978========================================
2979
2980TODO.
2981
2982For now: just type "help <command>".
2983
2984
2985Environment Variables:
2986======================
2987
2988U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
2989can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
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2991Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
2992"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
2993without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
2994environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
2995working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
2996environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
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2729af9d 2998Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables:
c609719b 2999
2729af9d 3000 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
c609719b 3001
2729af9d 3002 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
c609719b 3003
2729af9d 3004 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
4a6fd34b 3005
2729af9d 3006 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
c609719b 3007
2729af9d 3008 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
c609719b 3009
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3010 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3011 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3012 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
3013 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
3014 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
3015 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
6d0f6bcf 3016 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ.
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3017
3018 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3019 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3020 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
3021 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
3022 environment variable.
3023
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3024 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
3025 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
3026 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
3027
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3028 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
3029 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
3030 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
3031 load any image using TFTP
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3033 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
3034 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
3035 be automatically started (by internally calling
3036 "bootm")
38b99261 3037
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3038 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
3039 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
3040 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
3041 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
3042 data.
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3044 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
3045 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
3046 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
3047 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
3048 it must be saved and board must be reset.
3049
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3050 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
3051 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
3052 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
3053 is usually what you want since it allows for
3054 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
3055 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
6d0f6bcf 3056 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
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3057 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
3058 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
3059 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
3060 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
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3062 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
3063 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
3064 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
3065 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
3066 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
3067 12 MB as well - this can be done with
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2729af9d 3069 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
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3071 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
3072 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
3073 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
3074 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
3075 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
3076 boot time on your system, but requires that this
3077 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
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2729af9d 3079 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
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3081 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
3082 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
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2729af9d 3084 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
a3d991bd 3085
2729af9d 3086 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
a3d991bd 3087
2729af9d 3088 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
a3d991bd 3089
2729af9d 3090 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
a3d991bd 3091
2729af9d 3092 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
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3094 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
3095 interface is used first.
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3097 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
3098 interface is currently active. For example you
3099 can do the following
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3101 => setenv ethact FEC ETHERNET
3102 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC ETHERNET
3103 => setenv ethact SCC ETHERNET
3104 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC ETHERNET
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3106 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
3107 available network interfaces.
3108 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
3109
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3110 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
3111 either succeed or fail without retrying.
3112 When set to "once" the network operation will
3113 fail when all the available network interfaces
3114 are tried once without success.
3115 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
3116 themselves.
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b4e2f89d 3118 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
a1cf027a 3119
28cb9375 3120 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
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3121 UDP source port.
3122
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3123 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
3124 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
3125
2729af9d 3126 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
11ccc33f 3127 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
2729af9d 3128 VLAN tagged frames.
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3130The following environment variables may be used and automatically
3131updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
3132depending the information provided by your boot server:
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3134 bootfile - see above
3135 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
3136 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
3137 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
3138 hostname - Target hostname
3139 ipaddr - see above
3140 netmask - Subnet Mask
3141 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
3142 serverip - see above
c1551ea8 3143
c1551ea8 3144
2729af9d 3145There are two special Environment Variables:
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3147 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
3148 as type string and/or serial number
3149 ethaddr - Ethernet address
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3151These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
3152the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
3153once they have been set once.
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f07771cc 3155
2729af9d 3156Further special Environment Variables:
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3158 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
3159 with the "version" command. This variable is
3160 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
f07771cc 3161
f07771cc 3162
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3163Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
3164only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
f07771cc 3165
f07771cc 3166
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3167Command Line Parsing:
3168=====================
f07771cc 3169
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3170There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
3171the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
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3173Old, simple command line parser:
3174--------------------------------
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3176- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
3177- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
fe126d8b 3178- variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
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3179- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
3180 for example:
fe126d8b 3181 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
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3182- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
3183 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
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3185Hush shell:
3186-----------
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3188- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
3189 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
3190 until...do...done, ...
3191- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
3192 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
3193 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
3194 command
3195
3196General rules:
3197--------------
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3199(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
3200 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
3201 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
3202 executed anyway.
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2729af9d 3204(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
11ccc33f 3205 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
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3206 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
3207 variables are not executed.
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3209Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
3210=======================================
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11ccc33f 3212Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
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3213such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
3214"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
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3216Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
3217MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
3218"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
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3220If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
3221in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
3222ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
3223variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
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3225o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
3226 environment, the SROM's address is used.
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3228o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
3229 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
3230 used.
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3232o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
3233 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
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3235o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
3236 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
3237 warning is printed.
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3239o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
3240 is raised.
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3243Image Formats:
3244==============
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3246U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
3247images in two formats:
3248
3249New uImage format (FIT)
3250-----------------------
3251
3252Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
3253to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
3254components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
3255SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
3256
3257
3258Old uImage format
3259-----------------
3260
3261Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
3262preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
3263details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
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3265* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
3266 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
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3267 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
3268 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
3269 INTEGRITY).
7b64fef3 3270* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
2729af9d 3271 IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
7b64fef3 3272 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC).
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3273* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
3274* Load Address
3275* Entry Point
3276* Image Name
3277* Image Timestamp
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3279The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
3280and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
3281CRC32 checksums.
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3282
3283
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3284Linux Support:
3285==============
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3287Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
3288easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
3289U-Boot.
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3291U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
3292special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
3293"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
3294instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
3295serves several purposes:
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3297- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
3298 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
3299 Flash memory footprint)
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3301- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
3302 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
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3304- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
3305 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
3306 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
3307 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
3308 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
3309 software is easier now.
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3312Linux HOWTO:
3313============
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3315Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
3316---------------------------------------
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3318U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
3319configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
3320(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
3321Linux :-).
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3325Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
3326include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
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3327Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
3328and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
6d0f6bcf 3329as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
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3332Configuring the Linux kernel:
3333-----------------------------
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3335No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
3336device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
3337
3338
3339Building a Linux Image:
3340-----------------------
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3342With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
3343not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
3344"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
3345U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
3346which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
3347100% compatible format.
3348
3349Example:
3350
3351 make TQM850L_config
3352 make oldconfig
3353 make dep
3354 make uImage
3355
3356The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
3357encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
3358CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
3359
3360* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
3361
3362* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
3363
3364 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
3365 -R .note -R .comment \
3366 -S vmlinux linux.bin
3367
3368* compress the binary image:
3369
3370 gzip -9 linux.bin
3371
3372* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
3373
3374 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
3375 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
3376 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
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3379The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
3380with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
3381combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
3382byte header containing information about target architecture,
3383operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
3384stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
3385
3386"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
3387print the header information, or to build new images.
3388
3389In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
3390contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
3391checksum verification:
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3393 tools/mkimage -l image
3394 -l ==> list image header information
3395
3396The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
3397from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
3398
3399 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
3400 -n name -d data_file image
3401 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
3402 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
3403 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
3404 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
3405 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
3406 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
3407 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
3408 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
3409
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3410Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
3411address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
3412kernel version:
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3414- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
3415- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
3416
3417So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
3418
3419 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3420 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
3421 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
3422 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
3423 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3424 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3425 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3426 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3427 Load Address: 0x00000000
3428 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3429
3430To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
3431
3432 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
3433 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3434 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3435 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3436 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3437 Load Address: 0x00000000
3438 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3439
3440NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
3441speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
3442needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
3443need to be uncompressed:
3444
3445 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
3446 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3447 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
3448 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \
3449 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
3450 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3451 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3452 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
3453 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
3454 Load Address: 0x00000000
3455 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3456
3457
3458Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
3459when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
3460
3461 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
3462 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
3463 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
3464 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3465 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
3466 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3467 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
3468 Load Address: 0x00000000
3469 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3470
3471
3472Installing a Linux Image:
3473-------------------------
3474
3475To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
3476you must convert the image to S-Record format:
3477
3478 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
3479
3480The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
3481image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
3482address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
3483specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
3484command.
3485
3486Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
3487TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
3488
3489 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
3490
3491 .......... done
3492 Erased 8 sectors
3493
3494 => loads 40100000
3495 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3496 ~>examples/image.srec
3497 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
3498 ...
3499 15989 15990 15991 15992
3500 [file transfer complete]
3501 [connected]
3502 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
3503
3504
3505You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
218ca724 3506this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
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3507corruption happened:
3508
3509 => imi 40100000
3510
3511 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3512 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3513 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3514 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3515 Load Address: 00000000
3516 Entry Point: 0000000c
3517 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3518
3519
3520Boot Linux:
3521-----------
3522
3523The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
3524memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
3525of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
3526parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
3527"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
3528
3529
3530 => printenv bootargs
3531 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
3532
3533 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3534
3535 => printenv bootargs
3536 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3537
3538 => bootm 40020000
3539 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
3540 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
3541 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3542 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
3543 Load Address: 00000000
3544 Entry Point: 0000000c
3545 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3546 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3547 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
3548 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3549 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3550 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3551 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
3552 ...
3553
11ccc33f 3554If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
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3555the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
3556format!) to the "bootm" command:
3557
3558 => imi 40100000 40200000
3559
3560 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3561 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3562 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3563 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3564 Load Address: 00000000
3565 Entry Point: 0000000c
3566 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3567
3568 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
3569 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3570 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3571 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3572 Load Address: 00000000
3573 Entry Point: 00000000
3574 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3575
3576 => bootm 40100000 40200000
3577 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
3578 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3579 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3580 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3581 Load Address: 00000000
3582 Entry Point: 0000000c
3583 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3584 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3585 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
3586 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3587 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3588 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3589 Load Address: 00000000
3590 Entry Point: 00000000
3591 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3592 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
3593 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
3594 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
3595 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3596 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3597 ...
3598 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
3599 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
3600
3601 bash#
3602
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3603Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
3604-----------
3605
3606First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
3607titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
3608following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
3609flat device tree:
3610
3611=> print oftaddr
3612oftaddr=0x300000
3613=> print oft
3614oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
3615=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
3616Speed: 1000, full duplex
3617Using TSEC0 device
3618TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
3619Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
3620Load address: 0x300000
3621Loading: #
3622done
3623Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
3624=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
3625Speed: 1000, full duplex
3626Using TSEC0 device
3627TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
3628Filename 'uImage'.
3629Load address: 0x200000
3630Loading:############
3631done
3632Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
3633=> print loadaddr
3634loadaddr=200000
3635=> print oftaddr
3636oftaddr=0x300000
3637=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
3638## Booting image at 00200000 ...
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3639 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
3640 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3641 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
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3644 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3645 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3646Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
3647Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
3648Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
3649[snip]
3650
3651
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3652More About U-Boot Image Types:
3653------------------------------
3654
3655U-Boot supports the following image types:
3656
3657 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
3658 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
3659 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
3660 the Standalone Program.
3661 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
3662 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
3663 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
3664 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
3665 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
3666 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
3667 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
3668 being started.
3669 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
3670 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
3671 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
3672 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
3673 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
3674 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
3675
3676 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
3677 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
3678 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
3679 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
3680 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
3681 a multiple of 4 bytes).
3682
3683 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
3684 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
3685 flash memory.
3686
3687 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
3688 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
3689 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
3690 as command interpreter.
3691
3692
3693Standalone HOWTO:
3694=================
3695
3696One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
3697run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
3698U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
3699
3700Two simple examples are included with the sources:
3701
3702"Hello World" Demo:
3703-------------------
3704
3705'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
3706application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
3707It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
3708like that:
3709
3710 => loads
3711 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3712 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
3713 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3714 [file transfer complete]
3715 [connected]
3716 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3717
3718 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
3719 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3720 Hello World
3721 argc = 7
3722 argv[0] = "40004"
3723 argv[1] = "Hello"
3724 argv[2] = "World!"
3725 argv[3] = "This"
3726 argv[4] = "is"
3727 argv[5] = "a"
3728 argv[6] = "test."
3729 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
3730 Hit any key to exit ...
3731
3732 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
3733
3734Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
3735handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
3736Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
3737The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
3738character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
3739controlled by the following keys:
3740
3741 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
3742 b - enable interrupts and start timer
3743 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
3744 q - quit application
3745
3746 => loads
3747 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3748 ~>examples/timer.srec
3749 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3750 [file transfer complete]
3751 [connected]
3752 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3753
3754 => go 40004
3755 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3756 TIMERS=0xfff00980
3757 Using timer 1
3758 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
3759
3760Hit 'b':
3761 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
3762 Enabling timer
3763Hit '?':
3764 [q, b, e, ?] ........
3765 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
3766Hit '?':
3767 [q, b, e, ?] .
3768 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
3769Hit '?':
3770 [q, b, e, ?] .
3771 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
3772Hit '?':
3773 [q, b, e, ?] .
3774 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
3775Hit 'e':
3776 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
3777Hit 'q':
3778 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
3779
3780
3781Minicom warning:
3782================
3783
3784Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
3785"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
3786consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
3787Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
3788especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
3789use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
3790
3791Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
3792configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
3793
3794 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
3795 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
3796 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
3797
3798
3799NetBSD Notes:
3800=============
3801
3802Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
3803(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
3804
3805Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
3806NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
3807need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
3808Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
3809attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
3810missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
3811
3812 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
3813 # mkdir powerpc
3814 # ln -s powerpc machine
3815 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
3816 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
3817
3818Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
3819and U-Boot include files.
3820
3821Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
3822stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
3823proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
3824tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
2a8af187 3825meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
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3826
3827
3828Implementation Internals:
3829=========================
3830
3831The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
3832implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
3833inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
3834hardware.
3835
3836
3837Initial Stack, Global Data:
3838---------------------------
3839
3840The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
3841starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
3842system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
3843This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
3844is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
3845at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
3846options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
3847models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
3848MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
3849locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
3850
218ca724 3851 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
0668236b 3852 U-Boot mailing list:
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3854 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
3855 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
3856 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
3857 ...
3858
3859 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
3860 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
3861 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
3862 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
3863 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
11ccc33f 3864 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
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3865 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
3866 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
3867
3868 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
3869 is another option for the system designer to use as an
11ccc33f 3870 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
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3871 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
3872 board designers haven't used it for something that would
3873 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
3874 used.
3875
6d0f6bcf 3876 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
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3877 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
3878 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
8a316c9b 3879 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
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3880 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
3881 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
3882 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
3883 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
3884 you get the config right.
3885
3886 -Chris Hallinan
3887 DS4.COM, Inc.
3888
3889It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
3890code for the initialization procedures:
3891
3892* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
3893 to write it.
3894
11ccc33f 3895* Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
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3896 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
3897 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
3898
3899* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
3900 that.
3901
3902Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
3903normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
3904turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
3905simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
3906functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
3907functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
3908the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
3909place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
3910reserve for this purpose.
3911
3912When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
3913relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
3914GCC's implementation.
3915
3916For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
3917 R1: stack pointer
e7670f6c 3918 R2: reserved for system use
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3919 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
3920 R5-R10: parameter passing
3921 R13: small data area pointer
3922 R30: GOT pointer
3923 R31: frame pointer
3924
3925 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.)
3926
e7670f6c 3927 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
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3928
3929 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
3930 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
3931 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
3932 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
3933 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
3934 624 text + 127 data).
3935
c4db335c 3936On Blackfin, the normal C ABI (except for P3) is followed as documented here:
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3937 http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=application_binary_interface
3938
c4db335c 3939 ==> U-Boot will use P3 to hold a pointer to the global data
4c58eb55 3940
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3941On ARM, the following registers are used:
3942
3943 R0: function argument word/integer result
3944 R1-R3: function argument word
3945 R9: GOT pointer
3946 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
3947 R11: argument (frame) pointer
3948 R12: temporary workspace
3949 R13: stack pointer
3950 R14: link register
3951 R15: program counter
3952
3953 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
3954
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3955NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
3956or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
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3957
3958Memory Management:
3959------------------
3960
3961U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
3962MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
3963
3964The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
3965controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
3966memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
3967physical memory banks.
3968
3969U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
3970TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
3971booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
3972to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
6d0f6bcf 3973memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
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3974configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
3975Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
3976
3977Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
3978of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
3979
3980So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
3981this:
3982
3983 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
3984 :
3985 0x0000 1FFF
3986 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
3987 :
3988 :
3989
3990 :
3991 :
3992 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
3993 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
3994 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
3995 :
3996 0x00FD FFFF
3997 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
3998 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
3999 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
4000 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
4001
4002
4003System Initialization:
4004----------------------
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2729af9d 4006In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
11ccc33f 4007(on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
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4008configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
4009To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
4010To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
4011initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
4012which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
4013part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
4014the caches and the SIU.
4015
4016Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
4017preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
4018(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
4019on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
4020programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
4021simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
4022banks.
4023
4024When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
4025different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
4026bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
40270x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
4028contiguous memory starting from 0.
4029
4030Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
4031and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
4032Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
4033pages, and the final stack is set up.
4034
4035Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
4036until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
4037running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
4038new address in RAM.
4039
4040
4041U-Boot Porting Guide:
4042----------------------
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4044[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
4045list, October 2002]
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4046
4047
6c3fef28 4048int main(int argc, char *argv[])
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4049{
4050 sighandler_t no_more_time;
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4052 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
4053 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
c609719b 4054
2729af9d 4055 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
6c3fef28 4056 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
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4057 return 0;
4058 }
4059
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4060 Download latest U-Boot source;
4061
0668236b 4062 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
2729af9d 4063
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4064 if (clueless)
4065 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
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4066
4067 while (learning) {
4068 Read the README file in the top level directory;
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4069 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
4070 Read applicable doc/*.README;
2729af9d 4071 Read the source, Luke;
6c3fef28 4072 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
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4073 }
4074
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4075 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
4076 Buy a BDI3000;
4077 else
2729af9d 4078 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
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4080 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
4081 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
4082 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
4083 } else {
4084 Create your own board support subdirectory;
4085 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
4086 }
4087 Edit new board/<myboard> files
4088 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
4089
4090 while (!accepted) {
4091 while (!running) {
4092 do {
4093 Add / modify source code;
4094 } until (compiles);
4095 Debug;
4096 if (clueless)
4097 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
4098 }
4099 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
4100 if (reasonable critiques)
4101 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
4102 else
4103 Defend code as written;
2729af9d 4104 }
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4105
4106 return 0;
4107}
4108
4109void no_more_time (int sig)
4110{
4111 hire_a_guru();
4112}
4113
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4115Coding Standards:
4116-----------------
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2729af9d 4118All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
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4119coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
4120"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory. In sources
4121originating from U-Boot a style corresponding to "Lindent -pcs" (adding
4122spaces before parameters to function calls) is actually used.
4123
4124Source files originating from a different project (for example the
4125MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
4126reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
4127sources.
4128
4129Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
4130Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
4131in your code.
c609719b 4132
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4133Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
4134- remove any trailing white space
4135- use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces
4136- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
4137- do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files
4138- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
180d3f74 4139
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4140Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
4141with a request to reformat the changes.
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4142
4143
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4144Submitting Patches:
4145-------------------
c609719b 4146
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4147Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
4148establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
4149may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
c609719b 4150
0d28f34b 4151Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
218ca724 4152
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4153Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
4154see http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
4155
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4156When you send a patch, please include the following information with
4157it:
c609719b 4158
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4159* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
4160 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
4161 patch actually fixes something.
c609719b 4162
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4163* For new features: a description of the feature and your
4164 implementation.
c609719b 4165
2729af9d 4166* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
c609719b 4167
2729af9d 4168* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
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4170* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
4171 board to the MAKEALL script, too.
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4173* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
4174 document these in the README file.
c609719b 4175
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4176* The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
4177 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
4178 "git-format-patch". If you then use "git-send-email" to send it to
4179 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
4180 with some other mail clients.
4181
4182 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
4183 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
4184 GNU diff.
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4186 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
4187 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
4188 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
4189 affected files).
6dff5529 4190
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4191 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
4192 and compressed attachments must not be used.
c609719b 4193
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4194* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
4195 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
52f52c14 4196
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4197* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
4198 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
8bde7f77 4199
52f52c14 4200
2729af9d 4201Notes:
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4203* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
4204 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
4205 for any of the boards.
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4207* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
4208 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
4209 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
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4211* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
4212 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
4213 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
4214 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
4215 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
4216 modification.
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4218* Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
4219 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
4220 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
4221 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.