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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.
7#
8# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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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
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129Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
130were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
131into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
132names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
133Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
134releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
135
136Examples:
c0f40859 137 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
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138 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
139 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candiate 1 for September 2010 release
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140
141
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142Directory Hierarchy:
143====================
144
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145/arch Architecture specific files
146 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture
147 /cpu CPU specific files
148 /arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
149 /arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
6eb0921a 150 /at91 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
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151 /imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
152 /s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
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153 /arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
154 /arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
155 /arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
156 /ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
157 /pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
158 /s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
159 /sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
160 /lib Architecture specific library files
161 /avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
162 /cpu CPU specific files
163 /lib Architecture specific library files
164 /blackfin Files generic to Analog Devices Blackfin architecture
165 /cpu CPU specific files
166 /lib Architecture specific library files
fea25720 167 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
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168 /cpu CPU specific files
169 /lib Architecture specific library files
170 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
171 /cpu CPU specific files
172 /mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
173 /mcf5227x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5227x CPUs
174 /mcf532x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5329 CPUs
175 /mcf5445x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5445x CPUs
176 /mcf547x_8x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF547x_8x CPUs
177 /lib Architecture specific library files
178 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
179 /cpu CPU specific files
180 /lib Architecture specific library files
181 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
182 /cpu CPU specific files
92bbd64e 183 /mips32 Files specific to MIPS32 CPUs
80421fcc 184 /xburst Files specific to Ingenic XBurst CPUs
8d321b81 185 /lib Architecture specific library files
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186 /nds32 Files generic to NDS32 architecture
187 /cpu CPU specific files
188 /n1213 Files specific to Andes Technology N1213 CPUs
189 /lib Architecture specific library files
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190 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
191 /cpu CPU specific files
192 /lib Architecture specific library files
a47a12be 193 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
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194 /cpu CPU specific files
195 /74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
196 /mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
197 /mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
198 /mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
199 /mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
200 /mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
201 /mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
202 /mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
203 /ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
204 /lib Architecture specific library files
205 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
206 /cpu CPU specific files
207 /sh2 Files specific to sh2 CPUs
208 /sh3 Files specific to sh3 CPUs
209 /sh4 Files specific to sh4 CPUs
210 /lib Architecture specific library files
211 /sparc Files generic to SPARC architecture
212 /cpu CPU specific files
213 /leon2 Files specific to Gaisler LEON2 SPARC CPU
214 /leon3 Files specific to Gaisler LEON3 SPARC CPU
215 /lib Architecture specific library files
216/api Machine/arch independent API for external apps
217/board Board dependent files
218/common Misc architecture independent functions
219/disk Code for disk drive partition handling
220/doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
221/drivers Commonly used device drivers
222/examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
223/fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
224/include Header Files
225/lib Files generic to all architectures
226 /libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees
227 /lzma Library files to support LZMA decompression
228 /lzo Library files to support LZO decompression
229/net Networking code
230/post Power On Self Test
231/rtc Real Time Clock drivers
232/tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
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234Software Configuration:
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236
237Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
238rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
239
240There are two classes of configuration variables:
241
242* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
243 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
244 "CONFIG_".
245
246* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
247 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
248 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
6d0f6bcf 249 "CONFIG_SYS_".
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250
251Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
252identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
253do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
254links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
255as an example here.
256
257
258Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
259---------------------------------------------------
260
261For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
262configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
263
264Example: For a TQM823L module type:
265
266 cd u-boot
267 make TQM823L_config
268
11ccc33f 269For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the CPU type as well;
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270e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
271directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
272
273
274Configuration Options:
275----------------------
276
277Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
278such information is kept in a configuration file
279"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
280
281Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
282"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
283
284
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285Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
286kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
287build a config tool - later.
288
289
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290The following options need to be configured:
291
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292- CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
293
294- Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
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296- CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
09ea0de0 297 Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
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298
299- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
300 Define exactly one of
301 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
302--- FIXME --- not tested yet:
303 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
304 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
305
306- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
307 Define exactly one of
308 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
309
310- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
311 Define one or more of
312 CONFIG_CMA302
313
314- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
315 Define one or more of
316 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
11ccc33f 317 the LCD display every second with
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318 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
319
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320- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
321 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
322 Possible values are:
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323 CONFIG_SYS_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
324 CONFIG_SYS_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
325 CONFIG_SYS_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
326 CONFIG_SYS_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
2535d602 327
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329 CONFIG_SYS_MVFS - define it if you want to enable
330 multiple fs option at one time
331 for marvell soc family
332
c609719b 333- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
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334 Define exactly one of
335 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
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11ccc33f 337- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx CPU)
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338 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
339 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
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340 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
341 reference PIT/RTC clock
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342 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
343 or XTAL/EXTAL)
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66ca92a5 345- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
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346 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
347 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
66ca92a5 348 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
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349 See doc/README.MPC866
350
6d0f6bcf 351 CONFIG_SYS_MEASURE_CPUCLK
75d1ea7f 352
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353 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
354 of relying on the correctness of the configured
355 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
356 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
357 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
6d0f6bcf 358 RTC clock or CONFIG_SYS_8XX_XIN)
75d1ea7f 359
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360 CONFIG_SYS_DELAYED_ICACHE
361
362 Define this option if you want to enable the
363 ICache only when Code runs from RAM.
364
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365- 85xx CPU Options:
366 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
367
368 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
369 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
370 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
371
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372 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
373
374 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
375 tree nodes for the given platform.
376
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377- Generic CPU options:
378 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
379
380 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
381 values is arch specific.
382
0b953ffc 383- Intel Monahans options:
6d0f6bcf 384 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
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386 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
387 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
388 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
389
6d0f6bcf 390 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
cf48eb9a 391
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392 Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator
393 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
cf48eb9a 394 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
0b953ffc 395 by this value.
cf48eb9a 396
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398 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET
399
400 Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack
401 pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before
402 relocation.
403
404 CONFIG_SYS_MIPS_CACHE_MODE
405
406 Cache operation mode for the MIPS CPU.
407 See also arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h.
408 Possible values are:
409 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NO_WA
410 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_WA
411 CONF_CM_UNCACHED
412 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NONCOHERENT
413 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_CE
414 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_COW
415 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_CUW
416 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_ACCELERATED
417
418 CONFIG_SYS_XWAY_EBU_BOOTCFG
419
420 Special option for Lantiq XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash.
421 See also arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S.
422
423 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
424
425 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
426 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
427 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
428
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430 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
431
432 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
433 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
434
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435 CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD
436
437 Use this flag to build U-Boot using the Thumb instruction
438 set for ARM architectures. Thumb instruction set provides
439 better code density. For ARM architectures that support
440 Thumb2 this flag will result in Thumb2 code generated by
441 GCC.
442
5da627a4 443- Linux Kernel Interface:
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444 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
445
446 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
447 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
448 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
449 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
450 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
451 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
452 Linux kernel.
c609719b 453 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
218ca724 454 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
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455 default environment.
456
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457 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
458
11ccc33f 459 When transferring memsize parameter to linux, some versions
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460 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
461 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
462
fec6d9ee 463 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
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465 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
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466 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
467 concepts).
468
469 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
470 * New libfdt-based support
471 * Adds the "fdt" command
3bb342fc 472 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
213bf8c8 473
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474 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node (only required for
475 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
476 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node (only required for
477 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
f57f70aa 478 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
c2871f03 479 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
f57f70aa 480
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481 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
482 addresses
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484 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
485
486 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
487 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
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489 CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU
490
11ccc33f 491 This define fills in the correct boot CPU in the boot
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492 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
493
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494 CONFIG_OF_IDE_FIXUP
495
496 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
497 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
498 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
499 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
500 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
501 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
502
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503 CONFIG_MACH_TYPE [relevant for ARM only][mandatory]
504
505 This setting is mandatory for all boards that have only one
506 machine type and must be used to specify the machine type
507 number as it appears in the ARM machine registry
508 (see http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/).
509 Only boards that have multiple machine types supported
510 in a single configuration file and the machine type is
511 runtime discoverable, do not have to use this setting.
512
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513- vxWorks boot parameters:
514
515 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
516 environments variables: bootfile, ipaddr, serverip, hostname.
517 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
518
519 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_DEVICE - The vxworks device name
520 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_MAC_PTR - Ethernet 6 byte MA -address
521 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_SERVERNAME - Name of the server
522 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_ADDR - Address of boot parameters
523
524 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_ADD_PARAMS
525
526 Add it at the end of the bootline. E.g "u=username pw=secret"
527
528 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
529 the defaults discussed just above.
530
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531- Cache Configuration:
532 CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF - Do not enable instruction cache in U-Boot
533 CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF - Do not enable data cache in U-Boot
534 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot
535
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537 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
538 controller
539 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
540 controller register space
541
6705d81e 542- Serial Ports:
48d0192f 543 CONFIG_PL010_SERIAL
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545 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
546
48d0192f 547 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL
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549 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
550
551 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
552
553 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
554 the clock speed of the UARTs.
555
556 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
557
558 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
559 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
560 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
561
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562 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_RLCR
563
564 Some vendor versions of PL011 serial ports (e.g. ST-Ericsson U8500)
565 have separate receive and transmit line control registers. Set
566 this variable to initialize the extra register.
567
568 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_FLUSH_ON_INIT
569
570 On some platforms (e.g. U8500) U-Boot is loaded by a second stage
571 boot loader that has already initialized the UART. Define this
572 variable to flush the UART at init time.
573
6705d81e 574
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576 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
577 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
578 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
579 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
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580
581 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
582 port routines must be defined elsewhere
583 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
584
585 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
586 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
c53043b7 587 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042)
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588 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
589 (default big endian)
590 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
591 rectangle fill
592 (cf. smiLynxEM)
593 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
594 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
595 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
596 (cols=pitch)
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597 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
598 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
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599 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
600 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
ba56f625 601 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
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602 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
603 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
604 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
605 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
606 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
607 (i.e. i8042_getc)
608 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
609 (requires blink timer
610 cf. i8042.c)
6d0f6bcf 611 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
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612 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
613 upper right corner
602ad3b3 614 (requires CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
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615 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
616 upper left corner
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617 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
618 linux_logo.h for logo.
619 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
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11ccc33f 621 additional board info beside
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622 the logo
623
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624 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
625 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
626 environment 'console=serial'.
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628 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
629 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
630 the "silent" environment variable. See
631 doc/README.silent for more information.
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633- Console Baudrate:
634 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
635 Select one of the baudrates listed in
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637 CONFIG_SYS_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
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639- Console Rx buffer length
640 With CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN it is possible to define
641 the maximum receive buffer length for the SMC.
2b3f12c2 642 This option is actual only for 82xx and 8xx possible.
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643 If using CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN also CONFIG_SYS_MAXIDLE
644 must be defined, to setup the maximum idle timeout for
645 the SMC.
646
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648 Prior to the console being initialised (i.e. serial UART
649 initialised etc) all console output is silently discarded.
650 Defining CONFIG_PRE_CONSOLE_BUFFER will cause U-Boot to
651 buffer any console messages prior to the console being
652 initialised to a buffer of size CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ
653 bytes located at CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_ADDR. The buffer is
654 a circular buffer, so if more than CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ
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656 earlier bytes are discarded.
657
658 'Sane' compilers will generate smaller code if
659 CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ is a power of 2
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662 Define CONFIG_SYS_VSNPRINTF to compile in safe versions of
663 the printf() functions. These are defined in
664 include/vsprintf.h and include snprintf(), vsnprintf() and
665 so on. Code size increase is approximately 300-500 bytes.
666 If this option is not given then these functions will
667 silently discard their buffer size argument - this means
668 you are not getting any overflow checking in this case.
669
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670- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
671 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
672 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
673
674 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
675 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
676 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
677 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
678 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
679 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
680 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
681 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
682 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
683 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
684 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
685 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
686
687- Autoboot Command:
688 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
689 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
690 define a command string that is automatically executed
691 when no character is read on the console interface
692 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
693
694 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
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695 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
696 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
697 environment value "bootargs".
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699 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
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700 The value of these goes into the environment as
701 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
702 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
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705- Pre-Boot Commands:
706 CONFIG_PREBOOT
707
708 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
709 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
710 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
711 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
712 entering interactive mode.
713
714 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
715 automatically generated or modified. For an example
716 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
717 modified when the user holds down a certain
718 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
719 booting the systems
720
721- Serial Download Echo Mode:
722 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
723 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
724 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
725 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
726 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
727 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
728 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
729
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732 Select one of the baudrates listed in
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735- Monitor Functions:
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737 from the build by using the #include files
738 "config_cmd_all.h" and #undef'ing unwanted
739 commands, or using "config_cmd_default.h"
740 and augmenting with additional #define's
741 for wanted commands.
742
743 The default command configuration includes all commands
744 except those marked below with a "*".
745
746 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
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747 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
748 CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
749 CONFIG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
750 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
751 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
752 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
753 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
710b9938 754 CONFIG_CMD_CRC32 * crc32
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755 CONFIG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
756 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
757 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
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758 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510 * ds4510 I2C gpio commands
759 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_INFO * ds4510 I2C info command
760 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_MEM * ds4510 I2C eeprom/sram commansd
761 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_RST * ds4510 I2C rst command
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762 CONFIG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
763 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
246c6922 764 CONFIG_CMD_EDITENV edit env variable
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765 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
766 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
0c79cda0 767 CONFIG_CMD_EXPORTENV * export the environment
bdab39d3 768 CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV saveenv
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769 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
770 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support
771 CONFIG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
772 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
773 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
a641b979 774 CONFIG_CMD_GO * the 'go' command (exec code)
a000b795 775 CONFIG_CMD_GREPENV * search environment
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776 CONFIG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
777 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
778 CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
779 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
780 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
781 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
0c79cda0 782 CONFIG_CMD_IMPORTENV * import an environment
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783 CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
784 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
785 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
786 CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
1ba7fd25 787 CONFIG_CMD_LDRINFO ldrinfo (display Blackfin loader)
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788 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
789 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
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790 CONFIG_CMD_MD5SUM print md5 message digest
791 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY and CONFIG_MD5)
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792 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
793 loop, loopw, mtest
794 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
795 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
796 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
68d7d651 797 CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS * MTD partition support
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798 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
799 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
e92739d3 800 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X * PCA953x I2C gpio commands
c0f40859 801 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X_INFO * PCA953x I2C gpio info command
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802 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
803 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
804 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
805 host
806 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
807 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
808 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
809 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
810 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
811 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
812 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
813 CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access
814 (4xx only)
f61ec45e 815 CONFIG_CMD_SF * Read/write/erase SPI NOR flash
c6b1ee66 816 CONFIG_CMD_SHA1SUM print sha1 memory digest
02c9aa1d 817 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY)
74de7aef 818 CONFIG_CMD_SOURCE "source" command Support
602ad3b3 819 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
7a83af07 820 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPSRV * TFTP transfer in server mode
1fb7cd49 821 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT * TFTP put command (upload)
ca366d0e 822 CONFIG_CMD_TIME * run command and report execution time
602ad3b3 823 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
602ad3b3 824 CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
c8339f51 825 CONFIG_CMD_MFSL * Microblaze FSL support
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828 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
829 support you can write:
830
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832 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
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835 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
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837 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
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839 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
840 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
841 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
842 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
843 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
844 initial stack and some data.
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846
847 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
848
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849- Device tree:
850 CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
851 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree
852 to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically
853 compiled #defines in the board file. This option is
854 experimental and only available on a few boards. The device
855 tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob.
856
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857 U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can
858 be done using one of the two options below:
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860 CONFIG_OF_EMBED
861 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will embed a device tree
862 binary in its image. This device tree file should be in the
863 board directory and called <soc>-<board>.dts. The binary file
864 is then picked up in board_init_f() and made available through
865 the global data structure as gd->blob.
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867 CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE
868 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree
869 binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific
870 code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by:
871
872 cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
873
874 and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called
875 u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can
876 still use the individual files if you need something more
877 exotic.
878
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880 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
881 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
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882 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
883 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260
884 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
885 register. When supported for a specific SoC is
886 available, then no further board specific code should
887 be needed to use it.
888
889 CONFIG_HW_WATCHDOG
890 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
891 SoC, then define this variable and provide board
892 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
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895 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
896 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
897 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
898 version as printed by the "version" command.
899 This variable is readonly.
900
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902
602ad3b3 903 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
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905 following options:
906
907 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
908 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
4e8b7544 909 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
c609719b 910 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
1cb8e980 911 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
c609719b 912 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
7f70e853 913 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
3bac3513 914 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
9536dfcc 915 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
4c0d4c3b 916 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
6d0f6bcf 917 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
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919 RV3029 RTC.
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922 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
923
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925 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
926 CONFIG_PCA953X_INFO - enable pca953x info command
927
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928 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
929 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
930 pins supported by a particular chip.
931
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933 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
934
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936
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937 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
938 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
939 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
602ad3b3 940 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
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942- Partition Support:
943 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
07f3d789 944 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION
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947 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at
948 least one partition type as well.
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950- IDE Reset method:
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951 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
952 board configurations files but used nowhere!
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954 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
955 be performed by calling the function
956 ide_set_reset(int reset)
957 which has to be defined in a board specific file
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959- ATAPI Support:
960 CONFIG_ATAPI
961
962 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
963
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965 CONFIG_LBA48
966
967 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
4b142feb 968 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
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970 support disks up to 2.1TB.
971
6d0f6bcf 972 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
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974 Default is 32bit.
975
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977 At the moment only there is only support for the
978 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
979 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
980
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981 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
982 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
983 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
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984 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
985 devices.
6d0f6bcf 986 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
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988- NETWORK Support (PCI):
682011ff 989 CONFIG_E1000
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990 Support for Intel 8254x/8257x gigabit chips.
991
992 CONFIG_E1000_SPI
993 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
994 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
995 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
996
997 CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC
998 Allow generic access to the SPI bus on the Intel 8257x, for
999 example with the "sspi" command.
1000
1001 CONFIG_CMD_E1000
1002 Management command for E1000 devices. When used on devices
1003 with SPI support you can reprogram the EEPROM from U-Boot.
53cf9435 1004
ac3315c2 1005 CONFIG_E1000_FALLBACK_MAC
11ccc33f 1006 default MAC for empty EEPROM after production.
ac3315c2 1007
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1009 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
11ccc33f 1010 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
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1012
1013 CONFIG_TULIP
1014 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
1015 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
1016 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
1017
1018 CONFIG_NATSEMI
1019 Support for National dp83815 chips.
1020
1021 CONFIG_NS8382X
1022 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
1023
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1025
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1026 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC
1027 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.
1028
1029 CONFIG_RMII
1030 Define this to use reduced MII inteface
1031
1032 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
1033 If this defined, the driver is quiet.
1034 The driver doen't show link status messages.
1035
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1037 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
1038
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1039 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
1040 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
1041
1042 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
1043 Define this to hold the physical address
1044 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
1045
1046 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
1047 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
1048
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1050 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
1051
1052 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
1053 Define this to hold the physical address
1054 of the device (I/O space)
1055
1056 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
1057 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1058
1059 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
1060 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
1061 (some hardware wont work with macros)
1062
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1063 CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC
1064 Support for davinci emac
1065
1066 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
1067 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
1068
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1070 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
1071
1072 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
1073 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
1074 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
1075 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
1076 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
1077 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
1078 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
1079 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
1080
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1082 Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips
1083
c2fff331 1084 CONFIG_SMC911X_BASE
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1085 Define this to hold the physical address
1086 of the device (I/O space)
1087
c2fff331 1088 CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT
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1089 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1090
c2fff331 1091 CONFIG_SMC911X_16_BIT
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1092 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
1093 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
c2fff331 1094 words you may also try CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT.
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1097 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
1098
1099 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
1100 Define the number of ports to be used
1101
1102 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
1103 Define the ETH PHY's address
1104
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1106 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
1107
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1109 CONFIG_GENERIC_LPC_TPM
1110 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
1111 per system is supported at this time.
1112
1113 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
1114 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
1115 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
1116 0xfed40000.
1117
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1119 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
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1122 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
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1124 storage devices.
1125 Note:
1126 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
1127 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
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1128 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
1129 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
1130 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
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1131 CONFIG_PSC3_USB
1132 for USB on PSC3
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1134 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
1135 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
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1136 for differential drivers on PSC3: 0x00000100
1137 for single ended drivers on PSC3: 0x00004100
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1139 May be defined to allow interrupt polling
1140 instead of using asynchronous interrupts
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1142 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the
1143 txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset.
1144
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1146 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
1147 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
1148 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
11ccc33f 1149 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
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1150 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
1151 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
386eda02 1152 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
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1153 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
1154 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
1155 a Linux host by
1156 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
1157 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
1158 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
1159 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
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1161 CONFIG_USB_DEVICE
1162 Define this to build a UDC device
1163
1164 CONFIG_USB_TTY
1165 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
1166 talk to the UDC device
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1168 CONFIG_USBD_HS
1169 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
1170 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
1171 int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
1172 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
1173 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
1174 speed.
1175
6d0f6bcf 1176 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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1177 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
1178 be set to usbtty.
1179
1180 mpc8xx:
6d0f6bcf 1181 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
16c8d5e7 1182 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
6d0f6bcf 1183 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0x02
386eda02 1184
6d0f6bcf 1185 CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0xBLAH
16c8d5e7 1186 Derive USB clock from brgclk
6d0f6bcf 1187 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0x04
16c8d5e7 1188
386eda02 1189 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
16c8d5e7 1190 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
386eda02 1191 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
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1192 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
1193 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
1194 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
1195
1196 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
1197 Define this string as the name of your company for
1198 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
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1200 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
1201 Define this string as the name of your product
1202 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
1203
1204 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
1205 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
1206 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
1207 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
1208 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
386eda02 1209
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1210 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
1211 Define this as the unique Product ID
1212 for your device
1213 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
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1215- ULPI Layer Support:
1216 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
1217 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
1218 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
1219 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
1220 viewport is supported.
1221 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
1222 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
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71f95118 1224- MMC Support:
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1225 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1226 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1227 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
71f95118 1228 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
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1229 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1230 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
71f95118 1231
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1232 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF
1233 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
1234
1235 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
1236 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
1237
1238 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_CLK
1239 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
1240
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1242 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
1243 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
1244 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1245
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1246 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1247 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
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1248 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1249
6d0f6bcf 1250 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
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1251 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
1252 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
1253
1254 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
6d0f6bcf 1255 #define CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
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1256 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you
1257 have not defined a custom partition
1258
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1260 CONFIG_FAT_WRITE
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1261
1262 Define this to enable support for saving memory data as a
1263 file in FAT formatted partition.
1264
1265 This will also enable the command "fatwrite" enabling the
1266 user to write files to FAT.
c30a15e5 1267
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1268- Keyboard Support:
1269 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
1270
1271 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
1272 support
1273
1274 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
1275 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
1276 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
1277 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
1278 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
1279
1280- Video support:
1281 CONFIG_VIDEO
1282
1283 Define this to enable video support (for output to
1284 video).
1285
1286 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
1287
1288 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
1289
1290 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
b79a11cc 1291 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
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1292 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
1293 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
1294 assumed.
1295
b79a11cc 1296 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
11ccc33f 1297 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two different ways
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1298 are possible:
1299 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
6e592385 1300 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
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1302 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
1303 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1304 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
1305 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
1306 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
1307 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
1308 -------------+---------------------------------------------
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1309 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
1310
b79a11cc 1311 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
7817cb20 1312 from the bootargs. (See drivers/video/videomodes.c)
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1313
1314
c1551ea8 1315 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
43d9616c 1316 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
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1317 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
1318 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
1319
7d3053fb 1320 CONFIG_FSL_DIU_FB
04e5ae79 1321 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
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1322 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1323 support, and should also define these other macros:
1324
1325 CONFIG_SYS_DIU_ADDR
1326 CONFIG_VIDEO
1327 CONFIG_CMD_BMP
1328 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
1329 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1330 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1331 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
1332 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1333
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1334 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1335 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
1336 boot. See the documentation file README.video for a
1337 description of this variable.
7d3053fb 1338
682011ff 1339- Keyboard Support:
8bde7f77 1340 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
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1342 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1343 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1344 defined in your board-specific files.
1345 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
a6c7ad2f 1346
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1347- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1348
1349 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1350 display); also select one of the supported displays
1351 by defining one of these:
1352
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1353 CONFIG_ATMEL_LCD:
1354
1355 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1356
fd3103bb 1357 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
c609719b 1358
fd3103bb 1359 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
c609719b 1360
fd3103bb 1361 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
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1363 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1364 Active, color, single scan.
1365
1366 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1367
1368 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
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1369 Active, color, single scan.
1370
1371 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
1372
1373 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1374 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1375
1376 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1377
1378 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1379 Active, color, single scan.
1380
1381 CONFIG_HLD1045
1382
1383 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1384 Active, color, single scan.
1385
1386 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
1387
1388 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1389 or
1390 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1391 or
1392 Hitachi SP14Q002
1393
1394 320x240. Black & white.
1395
1396 Normally display is black on white background; define
6d0f6bcf 1397 CONFIG_SYS_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
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7152b1d0 1399- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
d791b1dc 1400
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1401 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1402 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1403 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
e94d2cd9 1404 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
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1405 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1406 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1407 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1408 loaded very quickly after power-on.
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1410 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN
1411
1412 If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
1413 on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
1414 position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
1415 number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
1416 is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
1417 specify 'm' for centering the image.
1418
1419 Example:
1420 setenv splashpos m,m
1421 => image at center of screen
1422
1423 setenv splashpos 30,20
1424 => image at x = 30 and y = 20
1425
1426 setenv splashpos -10,m
1427 => vertically centered image
1428 at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9
1429
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1431
1432 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1433 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1434 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1435
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1437
1438 If this option is set, 8-bit RLE compressed BMP images
1439 can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the
1440 bmp command.
1441
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1442- Compression support:
1443 CONFIG_BZIP2
1444
1445 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1446 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1447 compressed images are supported.
1448
42d1f039 1449 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
6d0f6bcf 1450 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
42d1f039 1451 be at least 4MB.
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1453 CONFIG_LZMA
1454
1455 If this option is set, support for lzma compressed
1456 images is included.
1457
1458 Note: The LZMA algorithm adds between 2 and 4KB of code and it
1459 requires an amount of dynamic memory that is given by the
1460 formula:
1461
1462 (1846 + 768 << (lc + lp)) * sizeof(uint16)
1463
1464 Where lc and lp stand for, respectively, Literal context bits
1465 and Literal pos bits.
1466
1467 This value is upper-bounded by 14MB in the worst case. Anyway,
1468 for a ~4MB large kernel image, we have lc=3 and lp=0 for a
1469 total amount of (1846 + 768 << (3 + 0)) * 2 = ~41KB... that is
1470 a very small buffer.
1471
1472 Use the lzmainfo tool to determinate the lc and lp values and
1473 then calculate the amount of needed dynamic memory (ensuring
6d0f6bcf 1474 the appropriate CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN value).
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1476- MII/PHY support:
1477 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR
1478
1479 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1480
1481 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1482
1483 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1484
1485 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE
1486
1487 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
11ccc33f 1488 detection of gigabit PHY is included.
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1489
1490 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1491
1492 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1493 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1494 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1495 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1496
1497 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1498
1499 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1500 command issued before MII status register can be read
1501
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1503 CONFIG_ETHADDR
c68a05fe 1504 CONFIG_ETH1ADDR
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1505 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
1506 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
c68a05fe 1507 CONFIG_ETH4ADDR
1508 CONFIG_ETH5ADDR
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1511 for the respective Ethernet interface, in case this
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1512 is not determined automatically.
1513
1514- IP address:
1515 CONFIG_IPADDR
1516
1517 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
11ccc33f 1518 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
c609719b 1519 determined through e.g. bootp.
1ebcd654 1520 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
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1521
1522- Server IP address:
1523 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1524
11ccc33f 1525 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
c609719b 1526 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1ebcd654 1527 (Environment variable "serverip")
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1529 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1530
1531 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1532 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1533
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1535 CONFIG_GATEWAYIP
1536
1537 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1538 default router where packets to other networks are
1539 sent to.
1540 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1541
1542- Subnet mask:
1543 CONFIG_NETMASK
1544
1545 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1546 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1547 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1548 forwarded through a router.
1549 (Environment variable "netmask")
1550
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1552 CONFIG_MCAST_TFTP
1553
1554 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1555 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
11ccc33f 1556 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
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1557 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1558 multicast group.
1559
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1560- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1561 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1562
1563 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1564 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1565 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1566 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1567 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1568 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1569 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1570 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
6c33c785 1571 following delays are inserted then:
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1573 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1574 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1575 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1576 4th and following
1577 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1578
fe389a82 1579- DHCP Advanced Options:
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1581 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1582
1583 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1584 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1585 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1586 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1587 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1588 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1589 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1590 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2
1591 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1592 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1593 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1594 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
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1596 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1597 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
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1598
1599 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1600 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1601 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1602 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1603 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1604 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1605 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1fe80d79 1606 is defined.
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1608 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1609 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1610 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
5d110f0a 1611 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
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1612 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1613 option 12 to the DHCP server.
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1615 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1616
1617 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1618 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1619 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1620 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1621 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1622 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1623 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1624 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1625 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1626 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1627 this delay.
1628
a3d991bd 1629 - CDP Options:
6e592385 1630 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
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1631
1632 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1633
1634 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1635
1636 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1637 of the device.
1638
1639 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1640
1641 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1642 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
11ccc33f 1643 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
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1644
1645 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1646
1647 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1648 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1649
1650 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1651
1652 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1653
1654 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1655
1656 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1657
1658 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1659
1660 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1661
1662 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1663
1664 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1665 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1666
1667 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1668
1669 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1670
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1671- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1672
1673 Several configurations allow to display the current
1674 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1675 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1676 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1677 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1678 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1679 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1680 feature in U-Boot.
1681
1682- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1683
1684 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1685 on those systems that support this (optional)
1686 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1687
1688- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1689
b37c7e5e 1690 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
945af8d7 1691 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
11ccc33f 1692 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected CPU.
c609719b 1693
945af8d7 1694 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
602ad3b3 1695 command line (as long as you set CONFIG_CMD_I2C in
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1696 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1697 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
43d9616c 1698 command line interface.
c609719b 1699
bb99ad6d 1700 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
b37c7e5e 1701
945af8d7 1702 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
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1704 support for I2C.
c609719b 1705
945af8d7 1706 There are several other quantities that must also be
b37c7e5e 1707 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
c609719b 1708
6d0f6bcf 1709 In both cases you will need to define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED
945af8d7 1710 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
6d0f6bcf 1711 to run and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
11ccc33f 1712 the CPU's i2c node address).
945af8d7 1713
8d321b81 1714 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx
a47a12be 1715 (arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c) sets the CPU up as a master node
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1716 and so its address should therefore be cleared to 0 (See,
1717 eg, MPC823e User's Manual p.16-473). So, set
1718 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
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1720 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_MPC5XXX
1721
1722 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1723 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1724 in progress. Reset the slave devices by sending start
1725 commands until the slave device responds.
1726
945af8d7 1727 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
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1729 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1730 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1731 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
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1732
1733 I2C_INIT
1734
b37c7e5e 1735 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
43d9616c 1736 controller or configure ports.
c609719b 1737
ba56f625 1738 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
b37c7e5e 1739
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1740 I2C_PORT
1741
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1742 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1743 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1744 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
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1745
1746 I2C_ACTIVE
1747
1748 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1749 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1750 define can be null.
1751
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1752 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1753
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1754 I2C_TRISTATE
1755
1756 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1757 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1758 define can be null.
1759
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1760 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1761
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1762 I2C_READ
1763
1764 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1765 FALSE if it is low.
1766
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1767 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1768
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1769 I2C_SDA(bit)
1770
1771 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1772 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1773
b37c7e5e 1774 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
2535d602 1775 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
ba56f625 1776 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
b37c7e5e 1777
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1778 I2C_SCL(bit)
1779
1780 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1781 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1782
b37c7e5e 1783 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
2535d602 1784 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
ba56f625 1785 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
b37c7e5e 1786
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1787 I2C_DELAY
1788
1789 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1790 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
b37c7e5e 1791 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
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1792 like:
1793
b37c7e5e 1794 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
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1796 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
1797
1798 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
1799 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
1800 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
1801 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
1802
1803 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
1804 the generic GPIO functions.
1805
6d0f6bcf 1806 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
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1808 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1809 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1810 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1811 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1812 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1813 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1814 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1815 is run early in the boot sequence.
47cd00fa 1816
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1817 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BOARD_LATE_INIT
1818
1819 An alternative to CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD. If this option is
1820 defined a custom i2c_board_late_init() routine in
1821 boards/xxx/board.c is run AFTER the operations in i2c_init()
1822 is completed. This callpoint can be used to unreset i2c bus
1823 using CPU i2c controller register accesses for CPUs whose i2c
1824 controller provide such a method. It is called at the end of
1825 i2c_init() to allow i2c_init operations to setup the i2c bus
1826 controller on the CPU (e.g. setting bus speed & slave address).
1827
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1828 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1829
1830 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1831 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1832 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1833
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1834 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1835
1836 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
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1837 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1838 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
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1839 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1840
6d0f6bcf 1841 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
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1842
1843 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
c0f40859 1844 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
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1845 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
1846 a 1D array of device addresses
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1847
1848 e.g.
1849 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
c0f40859 1850 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
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1851
1852 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1853
c0f40859 1854 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
6d0f6bcf 1855 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
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1856
1857 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1858
6d0f6bcf 1859 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
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1860
1861 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1862 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1863
6d0f6bcf 1864 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
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1865
1866 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1867 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1868
6d0f6bcf 1869 CONFIG_SYS_DTT_BUS_NUM
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1870
1871 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
1872 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
1873
6d0f6bcf 1874 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DTT_ADDR:
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1875
1876 If defined, specifies the I2C address of the DTT device.
1877 If not defined, then U-Boot uses predefined value for
1878 specified DTT device.
1879
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1880 CONFIG_FSL_I2C
1881
1882 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
7817cb20 1883 drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c.
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1885 CONFIG_I2C_MUX
1886
1887 Define this option if you have I2C devices reached over 1 .. n
1888 I2C Muxes like the pca9544a. This option addes a new I2C
1889 Command "i2c bus [muxtype:muxaddr:muxchannel]" which adds a
1890 new I2C Bus to the existing I2C Busses. If you select the
1891 new Bus with "i2c dev", u-bbot sends first the commandos for
1892 the muxes to activate this new "bus".
1893
1894 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS must be also defined, to use this
1895 feature!
1896
1897 Example:
1898 Adding a new I2C Bus reached over 2 pca9544a muxes
1899 The First mux with address 70 and channel 6
1900 The Second mux with address 71 and channel 4
1901
1902 => i2c bus pca9544a:70:6:pca9544a:71:4
1903
1904 Use the "i2c bus" command without parameter, to get a list
1905 of I2C Busses with muxes:
1906
1907 => i2c bus
1908 Busses reached over muxes:
1909 Bus ID: 2
1910 reached over Mux(es):
1911 pca9544a@70 ch: 4
1912 Bus ID: 3
1913 reached over Mux(es):
1914 pca9544a@70 ch: 6
1915 pca9544a@71 ch: 4
1916 =>
1917
1918 If you now switch to the new I2C Bus 3 with "i2c dev 3"
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1919 u-boot first sends the command to the mux@70 to enable
1920 channel 6, and then the command to the mux@71 to enable
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1921 the channel 4.
1922
1923 After that, you can use the "normal" i2c commands as
f9a78b8d 1924 usual to communicate with your I2C devices behind
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1925 the 2 muxes.
1926
1927 This option is actually implemented for the bitbanging
1928 algorithm in common/soft_i2c.c and for the Hardware I2C
1929 Bus on the MPC8260. But it should be not so difficult
1930 to add this option to other architectures.
1931
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1932 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
1933
1934 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
1935 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
1936 between writing the address pointer and reading the
1937 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
1938 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
1939 devices can use either method, but some require one or
1940 the other.
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1942- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1943
1944 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1945 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1946 D/As on the SACSng board)
1947
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1948 CONFIG_SH_SPI
1949
1950 Enables the driver for SPI controller on SuperH. Currently
1951 only SH7757 is supported.
1952
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1953 CONFIG_SPI_X
1954
1955 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1956 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1957
1958 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1959
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1960 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1961 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1962 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1963 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1964 defined, the board configuration must define several
1965 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1966 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
c609719b 1967
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1968 CONFIG_HARD_SPI
1969
1970 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
1971 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
1972 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
c0f40859 1973 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
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1974 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
1975
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1976 CONFIG_MXC_SPI
1977
1978 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
2e3cd1cd 1979 SoCs. Currently i.MX31/35/51 are supported.
38254f45 1980
0133502e 1981- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
c609719b 1982
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1983 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1984
1985 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1986
1987 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1988 (ALTERA, XILINX)
c609719b 1989
0133502e 1990 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
c609719b 1991
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1992 Enables support for FPGA family.
1993 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1994
1995 CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1996
1997 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
c609719b 1998
6d0f6bcf 1999 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
c609719b 2000
8bde7f77 2001 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
c609719b 2002
6d0f6bcf 2003 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
c609719b 2004
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2005 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
2006 status by the configuration function. This option
2007 will require a board or device specific function to
2008 be written.
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2009
2010 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
2011
2012 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
2013 configuration driver.
2014
6d0f6bcf 2015 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
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2016 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
2017
6d0f6bcf 2018 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
c609719b 2019
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2020 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
2021 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
2022 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
2023 indicated a CRC error).
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6d0f6bcf 2025 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
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2027 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
2028 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
2029 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
11ccc33f 2030 ms.
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6d0f6bcf 2032 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
c609719b 2033
43d9616c 2034 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
11ccc33f 2035 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
c609719b 2036
6d0f6bcf 2037 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
c609719b 2038
43d9616c 2039 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
11ccc33f 2040 200 ms.
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2041
2042- Configuration Management:
2043 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
2044
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2045 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
2046 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
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2047
2048- Vendor Parameter Protection:
2049
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2050 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
2051 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
7152b1d0 2052 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
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2053 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
2054 protects these variables from casual modification by
2055 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
2056 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
11ccc33f 2057 change this behaviour:
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2058
2059 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
2060 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
47cd00fa 2061 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
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2062 these parameters.
2063
2064 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
2065 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
11ccc33f 2066 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
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2067 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
2068 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
2069 read-only.]
2070
2071- Protected RAM:
2072 CONFIG_PRAM
2073
2074 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
2075 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
2076 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
2077 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
2078 this default value by defining an environment
2079 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
2080 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
2081 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
2082 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
2083 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
2084 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
2085 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
2086
fe126d8b 2087 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
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2088 saveenv
2089
2090 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
2091 either, which results in a memory region that will
2092 not be affected by reboots.
2093
2094 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
2095 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
2096 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
2097 following board configurations are known to be
2098 "pRAM-clean":
2099
2100 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
2101 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
544d97e9 2102 FLAGADM, TQM8260
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2103
2104- Error Recovery:
2105 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
2106
2107 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
2108 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
2109 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
11ccc33f 2110 system where you want the system to reboot
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2111 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
2112 useful during development since you can try to debug
2113 the conditions that lead to the situation.
2114
2115 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
2116
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2117 This variable defines the number of retries for
2118 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
2119 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
2120 default value of 5 is used.
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2122 CONFIG_ARP_TIMEOUT
2123
2124 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
2125
c609719b 2126- Command Interpreter:
8078f1a5 2127 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
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2128
2129 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
2130
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2131 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
2132 for the "hush" shell.
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2133
2134
6d0f6bcf 2135 CONFIG_SYS_HUSH_PARSER
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2136
2137 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
2138 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
2139 powerful command line syntax like
2140 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
2141 constructs ("shell scripts").
2142
2143 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
2144 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
2145
2146
6d0f6bcf 2147 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
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2148
2149 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
2150 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
2151 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
2152
2153 Note:
2154
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2155 In the current implementation, the local variables
2156 space and global environment variables space are
2157 separated. Local variables are those you define by
2158 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
2159 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
2160 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
2161 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
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2163 Global environment variables are those you use
2164 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
2165 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
2166 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
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2167
2168 To store commands and special characters in a
2169 variable, please use double quotation marks
2170 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
2171 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
2172 symbols.
2173
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2174- Commandline Editing and History:
2175 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
2176
11ccc33f 2177 Enable editing and History functions for interactive
b9365a26 2178 commandline input operations
aa0c71ac 2179
a8c7c708 2180- Default Environment:
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2181 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
2182
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2183 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
2184 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
7152b1d0 2185 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2262cfee 2186
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2187 For example, place something like this in your
2188 board's config file:
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2189
2190 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
2191 "myvar1=value1\0" \
2192 "myvar2=value2\0"
2193
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2194 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
2195 internal format how the environment is stored by the
2196 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
2197 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
7152b1d0 2198 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
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2199 You better know what you are doing here.
2200
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2201 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
2202 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
74de7aef 2203 the environment like the "source" command or the
43d9616c 2204 boot command first.
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a8c7c708 2206- DataFlash Support:
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2207 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
2208
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2209 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
2210 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
2211 commands cp, md...
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2213- Serial Flash support
2214 CONFIG_CMD_SF
2215
2216 Defining this option enables SPI flash commands
2217 'sf probe/read/write/erase/update'.
2218
2219 Usage requires an initial 'probe' to define the serial
2220 flash parameters, followed by read/write/erase/update
2221 commands.
2222
2223 The following defaults may be provided by the platform
2224 to handle the common case when only a single serial
2225 flash is present on the system.
2226
2227 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_BUS Bus identifier
2228 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_CS Chip-select
2229 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_MODE (see include/spi.h)
2230 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED in Hz
2231
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2232- SystemACE Support:
2233 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
2234
2235 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
2236 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
11ccc33f 2237 of the chip must also be defined in the
6d0f6bcf 2238 CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
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2239
2240 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
6d0f6bcf 2241 #define CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
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2242
2243 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
2244 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
2245
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2246- TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
2247 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
2248
28cb9375 2249 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
ecb0ccd9 2250 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
28cb9375 2251 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
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2252 number generator is used.
2253
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2254 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
2255 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
2256 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
2257
2258 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
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2259 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
2260 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
2261 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
2262 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
2263 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
2264 but sometimes that is not allowed.
2265
a8c7c708 2266- Show boot progress:
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2267 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
2268
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2269 Defining this option allows to add some board-
2270 specific code (calling a user-provided function
2271 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
2272 the system's boot progress on some display (for
2273 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
2274 the following checkpoints are implemented:
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2276- Detailed boot stage timing
2277 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE
2278 Define this option to get detailed timing of each stage
2279 of the boot process.
2280
2281 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_USER_COUNT
2282 This is the number of available user bootstage records.
2283 Each time you call bootstage_mark(BOOTSTAGE_ID_ALLOC, ...)
2284 a new ID will be allocated from this stash. If you exceed
2285 the limit, recording will stop.
2286
2287 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_REPORT
2288 Define this to print a report before boot, similar to this:
2289
2290 Timer summary in microseconds:
2291 Mark Elapsed Stage
2292 0 0 reset
2293 3,575,678 3,575,678 board_init_f start
2294 3,575,695 17 arch_cpu_init A9
2295 3,575,777 82 arch_cpu_init done
2296 3,659,598 83,821 board_init_r start
2297 3,910,375 250,777 main_loop
2298 29,916,167 26,005,792 bootm_start
2299 30,361,327 445,160 start_kernel
2300
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2301Legacy uImage format:
2302
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2303 Arg Where When
2304 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
ba56f625 2305 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
c609719b 2306 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
ba56f625 2307 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
c609719b 2308 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
ba56f625 2309 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
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2310 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
2311 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
2312 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1372cce2 2313 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
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2314 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
2315 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
2316 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
2317 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
1372cce2 2318 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
c609719b 2319 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
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2320
2321 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2322 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
2323 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
2324 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
2325 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
2326 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
2327 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
11ccc33f 2328 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
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2329 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
2330 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
2331
c0f40859 2332 15 arch/<arch>/lib/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
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a47a12be 2334 -30 arch/powerpc/lib/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
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2335 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
2336 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
63e73c9a 2337
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2338 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
2339 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
2340 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
2341 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
2342 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
2343 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2344 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
2345 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
2346 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
2347 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
2348 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2349 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
2350 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2351 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
2352 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
2353 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
2354 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
2355 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
2356 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
2357 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
2358 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
2359 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
2360 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
2361 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
2362 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
2363 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
2364 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2365 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
2366 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
2367 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
2368 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
2369 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
2370 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
2371 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
2372 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
2373 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
2374 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
2375 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
2376 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
2377 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2378 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
2379 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2380 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
2381 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
2382 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
2383 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
2384 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
2385
2386 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
2387
11ccc33f 2388 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
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2389 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
2390 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
2391
2392 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
2393 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling NetLoop()
11ccc33f 2394 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in NetLoop() occurred
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2395 81 common/cmd_net.c NetLoop() back without error
2396 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
2397 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
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2398 83 common/cmd_net.c running "source" command
2399 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or "source" command
566a494f 2400 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
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2402FIT uImage format:
2403
2404 Arg Where When
2405 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
2406 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
2407 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
2408 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
2409 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
2410 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
f773bea8 2411 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
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2412 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
2413 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
2414 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
2415 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
2416 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
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2417 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
2418 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
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2419 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
2420 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
2421 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
2422 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
2423 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
2424 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
2425 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
2426 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
2427
2428 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2429 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
2430 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
11ccc33f 2431 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
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2432 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
2433 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
2434 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
2435 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
2436 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
2437 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
2438 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
2439 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
2440 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
2441 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
2442 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
2443 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
2444
11ccc33f 2445 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2446 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
2447
11ccc33f 2448 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2449 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
2450
11ccc33f 2451 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2452 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
2453
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2454- Standalone program support:
2455 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
2456
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2457 This option defines a board specific value for the
2458 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
2459 overwriting the architecture dependent default
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2460 settings.
2461
2462- Frame Buffer Address:
2463 CONFIG_FB_ADDR
2464
2465 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific
2466 address for frame buffer.
2467 Then system will reserve the frame buffer address to
2468 defined address instead of lcd_setmem (this function
6feff899 2469 grabs the memory for frame buffer by panel's size).
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2470
2471 Please see board_init_f function.
2472
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2473- Automatic software updates via TFTP server
2474 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP
2475 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
2476 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
2477
2478 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
2479 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
2480
2481- MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
2482 CONFIG_MTD_DEVICE
2483
2484 Adds the MTD device infrastructure from the Linux kernel.
2485 Needed for mtdparts command support.
2486
2487 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
2488
2489 Adds the MTD partitioning infrastructure from the Linux
2490 kernel. Needed for UBI support.
2491
6a11cf48 2492- SPL framework
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2493 CONFIG_SPL
2494 Enable building of SPL globally.
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2496 CONFIG_SPL_LDSCRIPT
2497 LDSCRIPT for linking the SPL binary.
2498
2499 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE
2500 Maximum binary size (text, data and rodata) of the SPL binary.
2501
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2502 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
2503 TEXT_BASE for linking the SPL binary.
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2505 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR
2506 Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary.
2507
2508 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2509 Maximum binary size of the BSS section of the SPL binary.
2510
2511 CONFIG_SPL_STACK
2512 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use
2513
2514 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
2515 Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL.
2516
2517 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
2518 The size of the malloc pool used in SPL.
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2520 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
2521 Support for common/libcommon.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2522
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2523 CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT
2524 Support for disk/libdisk.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2525
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2526 CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT
2527 Support for drivers/i2c/libi2c.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2528
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2529 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT
2530 Support for drivers/gpio/libgpio.o in SPL binary
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2532 CONFIG_SPL_MMC_SUPPORT
2533 Support for drivers/mmc/libmmc.o in SPL binary
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2535 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR,
2536 CONFIG_SYS_U_BOOT_MAX_SIZE_SECTORS,
2537 CONFIG_SYS_MMC_SD_FAT_BOOT_PARTITION
2538 Address, size and partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from
2539 when the MMC is being used in raw mode.
2540
2541 CONFIG_SPL_FAT_SUPPORT
2542 Support for fs/fat/libfat.o in SPL binary
2543
2544 CONFIG_SPL_FAT_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
2545 Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from FAT
2546
2547 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE
2548 Support for drivers/mtd/nand/libnand.o in SPL binary
2549
2550 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
2551 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
2552 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
2553 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
2554 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
2555 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
2556 to read U-Boot with CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE
2557
2558 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS
2559 Location in NAND for CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE to read U-Boot
2560 from.
2561
2562 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
2563 Location in memory for CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE to load U-Boot
2564 to.
2565
2566 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
2567 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
2568 data. This is used for example on davinci plattforms.
2569
2570 CONFIG_SPL_OMAP3_ID_NAND
2571 Support for an OMAP3-specific set of functions to return the
2572 ID and MFR of the first attached NAND chip, if present.
2573
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2574 CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT
2575 Support for drivers/serial/libserial.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2576
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2577 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT
2578 Support for drivers/mtd/spi/libspi_flash.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2579
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2580 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_SUPPORT
2581 Support for drivers/spi/libspi.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2582
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2583 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT
2584 Support for lib/libgeneric.o in SPL binary
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2586Modem Support:
2587--------------
2588
566e5cf4 2589[so far only for SMDK2400 boards]
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11ccc33f 2591- Modem support enable:
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2592 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
2593
2594- RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
2595 CONFIG_HWFLOW
2596
2597- Modem debug support:
2598 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
2599
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2600 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
2601 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
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2603- Interrupt support (PPC):
2604
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2605 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
2606 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
11ccc33f 2607 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
d4ca31c4 2608 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
11ccc33f 2609 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
d4ca31c4 2610 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
11ccc33f 2611 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
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2612 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
2613 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
2614 general timer_interrupt().
a8c7c708 2615
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2616- General:
2617
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2618 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
2619 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
2620 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
11ccc33f 2621 (autoboot). The key_pressed() function is called from
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2622 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
2623 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
2624 initialization.
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2626 If there are no modem init strings in the
2627 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
2628 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
11ccc33f 2629 suppressed, though.
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2630
2631 See also: doc/README.Modem
2632
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2633Board initialization settings:
2634------------------------------
2635
2636During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
2637to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
2638before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
2639following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
2640architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
2641typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
2642
2643- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
2644- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
2645- CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
2646- CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init()
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2648Configuration Settings:
2649-----------------------
2650
6d0f6bcf 2651- CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
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2652 undefine this when you're short of memory.
2653
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2654- CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
2655 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
2656
6d0f6bcf 2657- CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
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2658 prompt for user input.
2659
6d0f6bcf 2660- CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
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6d0f6bcf 2662- CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
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6d0f6bcf 2664- CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
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6d0f6bcf 2666- CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
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2667 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
2668 booted
2669
6d0f6bcf 2670- CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
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2671 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
2672
6d0f6bcf 2673- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
8bde7f77 2674 Suppress display of console information at boot.
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6d0f6bcf 2676- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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2677 If the board specific function
2678 extern int overwrite_console (void);
2679 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
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2680 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
2681
6d0f6bcf 2682- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
8bde7f77 2683 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
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6d0f6bcf 2685- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
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2686 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
2687
6d0f6bcf 2688- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
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2689 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
2690 simple memory test.
2691
6d0f6bcf 2692- CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST:
8bde7f77 2693 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
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6d0f6bcf 2695- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
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2696 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
2697 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
2698
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2699- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE (PPC only):
2700 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
14f73ca6 2701 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
11ccc33f 2702 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
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2703 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
2704 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
2705 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
5e12e75d 2706 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
14f73ca6 2707 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
5e12e75d 2708 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
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2709
2710 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
2711 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
2712 be touched.
2713
2714 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
2715 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
2716 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
2717 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
2718 problems.
2719
6d0f6bcf 2720- CONFIG_SYS_TFTP_LOADADDR:
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2721 Default load address for network file downloads
2722
6d0f6bcf 2723- CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
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2724 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
2725
6d0f6bcf 2726- CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
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2727 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
2728
6d0f6bcf 2729- CONFIG_SYS_MBIO_BASE:
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2730 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
2731 Cogent motherboard)
2732
6d0f6bcf 2733- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
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2734 Physical start address of Flash memory.
2735
6d0f6bcf 2736- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
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2737 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2738 make config files to be same as the text base address
14d0a02a 2739 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
6d0f6bcf 2740 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
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6d0f6bcf 2742- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
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2743 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2744 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2745 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2746 flash sector.
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6d0f6bcf 2748- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
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2749 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2750
6d0f6bcf 2751- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
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2752 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
2753 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
6d0f6bcf 2754 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
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2755 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2756
6d0f6bcf 2757- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
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2758 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2759 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
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2760 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2761 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
2762 enviroment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
2763 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
c0f40859 2764 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
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2765 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
2766 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
2767 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
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2769- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
2770 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
2771 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
2772 is enabled.
2773
2774- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
2775 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
2776 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2777
2778- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
2779 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
2780 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2781
6d0f6bcf 2782- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
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2783 Max number of Flash memory banks
2784
6d0f6bcf 2785- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
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2786 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2787
6d0f6bcf 2788- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
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2789 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2790
6d0f6bcf 2791- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
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2792 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2793
6d0f6bcf 2794- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
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2795 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2796
6d0f6bcf 2797- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
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2798 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2799
6d0f6bcf 2800- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
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2801 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2802 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2803
6d0f6bcf 2804- CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
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2805
2806 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2807 without this option such a download has to be
2808 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2809 copy from RAM to flash.
2810
2811 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2812 you can check if the download worked before you erase
11ccc33f
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2813 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
2814 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
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2815 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2816
6d0f6bcf 2817- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
43d9616c 2818 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
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2819 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2820
00b1883a 2821- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
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2822 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2823 in the drivers directory
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2825- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
2826 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
2827 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
2828 to the MTD layer.
2829
6d0f6bcf 2830- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
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2831 Use buffered writes to flash.
2832
2833- CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2834 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2835 write commands.
2836
6d0f6bcf 2837- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
5568e613
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2838 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2839 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2840 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2841 optionally available.
2842
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2843- CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2844 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2845 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2846 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2847
6d0f6bcf 2848- CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
11ccc33f
MZ
2849 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
2850 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
53cf9435
SR
2851 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2852 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
11ccc33f 2853 on high Ethernet traffic.
53cf9435
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2854 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2855
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2856- CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
2857
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2858 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
2859 internally to store the environment settings. The default
2860 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
2861 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
2862 lib/hashtable.c for details.
ea882baf 2863
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2864The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
2865of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
2866following configurations:
2867
c3eb3fe4
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2868- CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
2869
2870 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
2871 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
2872
5a1aceb0 2873- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
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2874
2875 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
2876
2877 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
2878 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
2879 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
2880 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
2881 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
2882 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
2883 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
2884 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
2885 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
2886 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
2887 between U-Boot and the environment.
2888
0e8d1586 2889 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
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2890
2891 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
2892 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
2893 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
2894 for this sector is given here.
2895
6d0f6bcf 2896 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE.
c609719b 2897
0e8d1586 2898 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
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2899
2900 This is just another way to specify the start address of
2901 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
0e8d1586 2902 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET).
c609719b 2903
0e8d1586 2904 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
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2905
2906 Size of the sector containing the environment.
2907
2908
2909 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
2910 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
2911 the environment.
2912
0e8d1586 2913 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
c609719b 2914
5a1aceb0 2915 If you use this in combination with CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
0e8d1586 2916 and CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
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2917 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
2918 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
2919
2920 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
2921 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
2922 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
2923 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
2924 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
2925 updating the environment in flash makes it always
2926 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
2927 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
2928 RAM, your target system will be dead.
2929
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2930 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
2931 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
c609719b 2932
43d9616c 2933 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
11ccc33f 2934 a redundant copy of the environment data, so that there is
3e38691e 2935 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
43d9616c 2936 a "saveenv" operation.
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2937
2938BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
2939source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
2940accordingly!
2941
2942
9314cee6 2943- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
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2944
2945 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
2946 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
2947 environment.
2948
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2949 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
2950 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
c609719b 2951
11ccc33f 2952 These two #defines are used to determine the memory area you
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2953 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
2954 can just be read and written to, without any special
2955 provision.
2956
2957BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
2958in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
11ccc33f 2959console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
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2960U-Boot will hang.
2961
2962Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
2963environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
2964keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
2965to save the current settings.
2966
2967
bb1f8b4f 2968- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
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2969
2970 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
2971 device and a driver for it.
2972
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2973 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2974 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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2975
2976 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
2977 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
2978
6d0f6bcf 2979 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
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2980 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
2981 The default address is zero.
2982
6d0f6bcf 2983 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
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2984 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
2985 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
2986 would require six bits.
2987
6d0f6bcf 2988 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
c609719b 2989 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
ba56f625 2990 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
c609719b 2991
6d0f6bcf 2992 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
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2993 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
2994 that this is NOT the chip address length!
2995
6d0f6bcf 2996 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
5cf91d6b
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2997 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
2998 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
2999 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
3000 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
3001 byte chips.
3002
3003 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
3004 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
3005 in the chip address.
3006
6d0f6bcf 3007 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_SIZE:
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3008 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
3009
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3010 - CONFIG_ENV_EEPROM_IS_ON_I2C
3011 define this, if you have I2C and SPI activated, and your
3012 EEPROM, which holds the environment, is on the I2C bus.
3013
3014 - CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS
3015 if you have an Environment on an EEPROM reached over
3016 I2C muxes, you can define here, how to reach this
3017 EEPROM. For example:
3018
a9046b9e 3019 #define CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS "pca9547:70:d\0"
548738b4
HS
3020
3021 EEPROM which holds the environment, is reached over
3022 a pca9547 i2c mux with address 0x70, channel 3.
c609719b 3023
057c849c 3024- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
5779d8d9 3025
d4ca31c4 3026 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
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3027 want to use for the environment.
3028
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3029 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3030 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
3031 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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3032
3033 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
3034 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
3035 at the specified address.
3036
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LG
3037- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_REMOTE:
3038
3039 Define this if you have a remote memory space which you
3040 want to use for the local device's environment.
3041
3042 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
3043 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
3044
3045 These two #defines specify the address and size of the
3046 environment area within the remote memory space. The
3047 local device can get the environment from remote memory
3048 space by SRIO or other links.
3049
3050BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
3051"saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
3052environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO link, but it can
3053not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO interface.
3054
51bfee19 3055- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
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3056
3057 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
3058 for the environment.
3059
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3060 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3061 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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3062
3063 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
fdd813de
SW
3064 area within the first NAND device. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET must be
3065 aligned to an erase block boundary.
5779d8d9 3066
fdd813de 3067 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
e443c944 3068
0e8d1586 3069 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
fdd813de
SW
3070 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, so
3071 that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure
c0f40859 3072 during a "saveenv" operation. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_RENDUND must be
fdd813de
SW
3073 aligned to an erase block boundary.
3074
3075 - CONFIG_ENV_RANGE (optional):
3076
3077 Specifies the length of the region in which the environment
3078 can be written. This should be a multiple of the NAND device's
3079 block size. Specifying a range with more erase blocks than
3080 are needed to hold CONFIG_ENV_SIZE allows bad blocks within
3081 the range to be avoided.
3082
3083 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB (optional):
3084
3085 Enables support for dynamically retrieving the offset of the
3086 environment from block zero's out-of-band data. The
3087 "nand env.oob" command can be used to record this offset.
3088 Currently, CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND is not supported when
3089 using CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB.
e443c944 3090
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GL
3091- CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
3092
3093 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
3094 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
3095 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
3096
6d0f6bcf 3097- CONFIG_SYS_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
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3098
3099 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
3100 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
3101 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
3102 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
3103 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
3104 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
3105 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
3106
e881cb56 3107Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
c609719b 3108has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
cdb74977 3109created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_f()
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3110until then to read environment variables.
3111
85ec0bcc
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3112The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
3113is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
3114with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
3115necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
3116"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
3117have any device yet where we could complain.]
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3118
3119Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
3120the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
85ec0bcc 3121use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
c609719b 3122
6d0f6bcf 3123- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
42d1f039 3124 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
fc3e2165 3125
6d0f6bcf 3126 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
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3127 also needs to be defined.
3128
6d0f6bcf 3129- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
42d1f039 3130 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
c609719b 3131
f5675aa5
RM
3132- CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
3133 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
3134 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
3135 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
3136 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
3137 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
3138
c609719b 3139Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
dc7c9a1a 3140---------------------------------------------------
c609719b 3141
6d0f6bcf 3142- CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
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3143 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
3144
6d0f6bcf 3145- CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR:
c609719b 3146 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
2535d602 3147
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3148 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
3149 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
3150 the IMMR register after a reset.
c609719b 3151
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3152- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
3153 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
3154 PowerPC SOCs.
3155
3156- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
3157 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
3158 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
3159
3160 CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR must also be set to this value,
3161 for cross-platform code that uses that macro instead.
3162
3163- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
3164 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
3165 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
c0f40859 3166 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
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TT
3167 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
3168 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
3169 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
3170
3171 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
3172 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
3173
3174- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
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3175 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
3176 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
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TT
3177 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3178 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3179
3180- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
3181 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
3182 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3183 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3184
3185- CONFIG_SYS_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE:
3186 If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be
3187 forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated.
3188
7f6c2cbc 3189- Floppy Disk Support:
6d0f6bcf 3190 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
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3191
3192 the default drive number (default value 0)
3193
6d0f6bcf 3194 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
7f6c2cbc 3195
11ccc33f 3196 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
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3197 (default value 1)
3198
6d0f6bcf 3199 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
7f6c2cbc 3200
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3201 defines the offset of register from address. It
3202 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
11ccc33f 3203 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
7f6c2cbc 3204
6d0f6bcf
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3205 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
3206 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
43d9616c 3207 default value.
7f6c2cbc 3208
6d0f6bcf 3209 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
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3210 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
3211 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
3212 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
3213 initializations.
7f6c2cbc 3214
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3215- CONFIG_IDE_AHB:
3216 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
3217 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
3218 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
3219 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
3220 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
3221 is requierd.
3222
6d0f6bcf 3223- CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
efe2a4d5 3224 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
25d6712a 3225 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
c609719b 3226
6d0f6bcf 3227- CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
c609719b 3228
7152b1d0 3229 Start address of memory area that can be used for
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3230 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
3231 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
3232 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
3233 will become available only after programming the
3234 memory controller and running certain initialization
3235 sequences.
3236
3237 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
3238 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
3239 - MPC824X: data cache
3240 - PPC4xx: data cache
3241
6d0f6bcf 3242- CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
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3243
3244 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
6d0f6bcf
JCPV
3245 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
3246 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
c609719b 3247 data is located at the end of the available space
553f0982 3248 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
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3249 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
3250 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
3251 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
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3252
3253 Note:
3254 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
3255 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
6d0f6bcf 3256 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
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3257 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
3258 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
3259
6d0f6bcf 3260- CONFIG_SYS_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
c609719b 3261
6d0f6bcf 3262- CONFIG_SYS_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
c609719b 3263
6d0f6bcf 3264- CONFIG_SYS_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
c609719b 3265
6d0f6bcf 3266- CONFIG_SYS_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
c609719b 3267
6d0f6bcf 3268- CONFIG_SYS_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
c609719b 3269
6d0f6bcf 3270- CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
c609719b 3271
6d0f6bcf 3272- CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
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3273 SDRAM timing
3274
6d0f6bcf 3275- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
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3276 periodic timer for refresh
3277
6d0f6bcf 3278- CONFIG_SYS_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
c609719b 3279
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3280- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
3281 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
3282 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
3283 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
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3284 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
3285
3286- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
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3287 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
3288 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
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3289 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
3290
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3291- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
3292 CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_8COL, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_9COL:
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3293 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
3294 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
3295
6d0f6bcf 3296- CONFIG_SYS_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
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3297 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3298 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
3299
6d0f6bcf 3300- CONFIG_SYS_SMC_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SMC_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
b423d055
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3301 enable SMC microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3302 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]
3303
6d0f6bcf 3304- CONFIG_SYS_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
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3305 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3306 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
3307
6d0f6bcf 3308- CONFIG_SYS_USE_OSCCLK:
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3309 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
3310 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
3311 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
3312
6d0f6bcf 3313- CONFIG_SYS_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
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3314 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
3315 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
3316 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
3317 cpm_8260.h.
ea909b76 3318
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3319- CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
3320 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK0_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
3321 CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK1_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
3322 CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
3323 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
3324 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
3325 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
3326 CONFIG_SYS_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
a47a12be 3327 Overrides the default PCI memory map in arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
5d232d0e 3328
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3329- CONFIG_PCI_DISABLE_PCIE:
3330 Disable PCI-Express on systems where it is supported but not
3331 required.
3332
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3333- CONFIG_SYS_SRIO:
3334 Chip has SRIO or not
3335
3336- CONFIG_SRIO1:
3337 Board has SRIO 1 port available
3338
3339- CONFIG_SRIO2:
3340 Board has SRIO 2 port available
3341
3342- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
3343 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3344
3345- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYS:
3346 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3347
3348- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
3349 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3350
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3351- CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_16
3352 Defined to tell the NDFC that the NAND chip is using a
3353 16 bit bus.
3354
3355- CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
3356 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
3357 a default value will be used.
3358
bb99ad6d 3359- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
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3360 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
3361 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
3362
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3363 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
3364 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
3365
6d0f6bcf 3366- CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
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3367 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
3368 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
3369 to something your driver can deal with.
bb99ad6d 3370
1b3e3c4f
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3371- CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
3372 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
3373 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
3374 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
3375 header files or board specific files.
3376
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3377- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
3378 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
3379
6d0f6bcf 3380- CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
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3381 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
3382 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2ad6b513 3383
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3384- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
3385 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
3386
3387- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
3388 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
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3389 to the given FEC; i. e.
3390 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
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3391 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
3392
3393 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
3394
3395- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
3396 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
3397 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
3398
3399- CONFIG_RMII
3400 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
3401 Note that this is a global option, we can't
3402 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
3403
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3404- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
3405 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
3406 The syntax is:
3407
3408 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
3409
3410 Where address/count indicate a memory area
3411 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
3412 area should have.
3413
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3414- CONFIG_LOOPW
3415 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
602ad3b3 3416 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
56523f12 3417
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3418- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
3419 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
3420 "md/mw" commands.
3421 Examples:
3422
efe2a4d5 3423 => mdc.b 10 4 500
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3424 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
3425
efe2a4d5 3426 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
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3427 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
3428
efe2a4d5 3429 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
602ad3b3 3430 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
7b466641 3431
8aa1a2d1 3432- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
afc1ce82 3433 [ARM, NDS32, MIPS only] If this variable is defined, then certain
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3434 low level initializations (like setting up the memory
3435 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
3436 relocate itself into RAM.
3437
3438 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
3439 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
3440 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
3441 these initializations itself.
8aa1a2d1 3442
401bb30b 3443- CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
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3444 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
3445 that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
3446 compiling a NAND SPL.
400558b5 3447
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3448- CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMCPY
3449 CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMSET
3450 If these options are used a optimized version of memcpy/memset will
3451 be used if available. These functions may be faster under some
3452 conditions but may increase the binary size.
3453
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3454Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
3455-----------------------------------
3456
3457The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
3458loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
3459This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
3460are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
3461within that device.
3462
3463- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_ADDR
3464 The address in the storage device where the firmware is located. The
3465 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
3466 is also specified.
3467
3468- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
3469 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
3470 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
3471 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
3472 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
3473
3474- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
3475 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
3476 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
3477 virtual address in NOR flash.
3478
3479- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
3480 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
3481 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
3482
3483- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
3484 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
3485 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
3486
3487- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_SPIFLASH
3488 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SPI
3489 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
3490
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3491- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
3492 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
3493 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
3494 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO outbound window
3495 ->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in master's
3496 NOR flash.
f2717b47 3497
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3498Building the Software:
3499======================
3500
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3501Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
3502and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
3503all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
3504(potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
3505recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
3506which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
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3508If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
3509have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
3510you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
3511Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
3512necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
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3514 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
3515 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
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3517Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
3518 the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
3519 (http://www.mingw.org). Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
3520 toolchain and execute 'make tools'. For example:
3521
3522 $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools
3523
3524 Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
3525 be executed on computers running Windows.
3526
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3527U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
3528sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
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3529is done by typing:
3530
3531 make NAME_config
3532
218ca724 3533where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing configu-
4d675ae6 3534rations; see boards.cfg for supported names.
db01a2ea 3535
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3536Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
3537 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
3538 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
3539 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
11ccc33f 3540 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
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3541
3542 make TQM823L_config
3543 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
3544
3545 make TQM823L_LCD_config
3546 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
3547
3548 etc.
3549
3550
3551Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
3552images ready for download to / installation on your system:
3553
3554- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
3555- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
3556- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
3557
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3558By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
3559in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
3560this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
3561
35621. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
3563
3564 make O=/tmp/build distclean
3565 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
3566 make O=/tmp/build all
3567
35682. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
3569
3570 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
3571 make distclean
3572 make NAME_config
3573 make all
3574
3575Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
3576variable.
3577
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3578
3579Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
3580for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
3581native "make".
3582
3583
3584If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
3585to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
3586steps:
3587
35881. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
4d675ae6
MJ
3589 "boards.cfg" file, using the existing entries as examples.
3590 Follow the instructions there to keep the boards in order.
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35912. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
3592 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
3593 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
35943. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
3595 your board
35963. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
3597 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
35984. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
35995. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
3600 to be installed on your target system.
36016. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
3602 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
3603
3604
3605Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
3606==============================================================
3607
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3608If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
3609or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
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3610provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
3611the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
218ca724 3612official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
2729af9d 3613
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3614But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
3615cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
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3616the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
3617just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
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3618for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
3619select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
3620environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the ELDK cross tools
3621you can type
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3622
3623 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
3624
3625or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
3626
3627 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
3628
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3629When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build
3630U-Boot in the source directory. This location can be changed by
3631setting the BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target
3632built, the MAKEALL script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and
3633<target>.MAKEALL) in the <source dir>/LOG directory. This default
3634location can be changed by setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment
3635variable. For example:
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3636
3637 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
3638 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
3639 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
3640
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3641With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build,
3642log files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean
3643during the whole build process.
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3644
3645
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3646See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
3647
3648
3649Monitor Commands - Overview:
3650============================
3651
3652go - start application at address 'addr'
3653run - run commands in an environment variable
3654bootm - boot application image from memory
3655bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
44f074c7 3656bootz - boot zImage from memory
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3657tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
3658 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
3659 (and eventually "gatewayip")
1fb7cd49 3660tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
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3661rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
3662diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
3663loads - load S-Record file over serial line
3664loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
3665md - memory display
3666mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
3667nm - memory modify (constant address)
3668mw - memory write (fill)
3669cp - memory copy
3670cmp - memory compare
3671crc32 - checksum calculation
0f89c54b 3672i2c - I2C sub-system
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3673sspi - SPI utility commands
3674base - print or set address offset
3675printenv- print environment variables
3676setenv - set environment variables
3677saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
3678protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
3679erase - erase FLASH memory
3680flinfo - print FLASH memory information
3681bdinfo - print Board Info structure
3682iminfo - print header information for application image
3683coninfo - print console devices and informations
3684ide - IDE sub-system
3685loop - infinite loop on address range
56523f12 3686loopw - infinite write loop on address range
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3687mtest - simple RAM test
3688icache - enable or disable instruction cache
3689dcache - enable or disable data cache
3690reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
3691echo - echo args to console
3692version - print monitor version
3693help - print online help
3694? - alias for 'help'
3695
3696
3697Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
3698========================================
3699
3700TODO.
3701
3702For now: just type "help <command>".
3703
3704
3705Environment Variables:
3706======================
3707
3708U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
3709can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
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3711Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
3712"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
3713without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
3714environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
3715working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
3716environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
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3718Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
3719
3720List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
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2729af9d 3722 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
c609719b 3723
2729af9d 3724 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
c609719b 3725
2729af9d 3726 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
4a6fd34b 3727
2729af9d 3728 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
c609719b 3729
2729af9d 3730 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
c609719b 3731
7d721e34
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3732 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3733 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3734 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
3735 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
3736 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
3737 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
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3738 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
3739 bootm_mapsize.
3740
c0f40859 3741 bootm_mapsize - Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel.
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3742 This variable is given as a hexadecimal number and it
3743 defines the size of the memory region starting at base
3744 address bootm_low that is accessible by the Linux kernel
3745 during early boot. If unset, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is used
3746 as the default value if it is defined, and bootm_size is
3747 used otherwise.
7d721e34
BS
3748
3749 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3750 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3751 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
3752 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
3753 environment variable.
3754
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3755 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
3756 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
3757 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
3758
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3759 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
3760 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
3761 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
3762 load any image using TFTP
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3764 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
3765 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
3766 be automatically started (by internally calling
3767 "bootm")
38b99261 3768
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3769 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
3770 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
3771 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
3772 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
3773 data.
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3775 fdt_high - if set this restricts the maximum address that the
3776 flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot.
fa34f6b2
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3777 For example, if you have a system with 1 GB memory
3778 at physical address 0x10000000, while Linux kernel
3779 only recognizes the first 704 MB as low memory, you
3780 may need to set fdt_high as 0x3C000000 to have the
3781 device tree blob be copied to the maximum address
3782 of the 704 MB low memory, so that Linux kernel can
3783 access it during the boot procedure.
3784
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3785 If this is set to the special value 0xFFFFFFFF then
3786 the fdt will not be copied at all on boot. For this
3787 to work it must reside in writable memory, have
3788 sufficient padding on the end of it for u-boot to
3789 add the information it needs into it, and the memory
3790 must be accessible by the kernel.
3791
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3792 fdtcontroladdr- if set this is the address of the control flattened
3793 device tree used by U-Boot when CONFIG_OF_CONTROL is
3794 defined.
3795
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3796 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
3797 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
3798 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
3799 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
3800 it must be saved and board must be reset.
3801
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3802 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
3803 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
3804 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
3805 is usually what you want since it allows for
3806 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
3807 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
6d0f6bcf 3808 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
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3809 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
3810 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
3811 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
3812 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
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3814 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
3815 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
3816 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
3817 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
3818 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
3819 12 MB as well - this can be done with
c609719b 3820
2729af9d 3821 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
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3823 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
3824 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
3825 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
3826 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
3827 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
3828 boot time on your system, but requires that this
3829 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
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2729af9d 3831 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
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3833 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
3834 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
c609719b 3835
2729af9d 3836 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
a3d991bd 3837
2729af9d 3838 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
a3d991bd 3839
2729af9d 3840 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
a3d991bd 3841
2729af9d 3842 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
a3d991bd 3843
2729af9d 3844 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
c609719b 3845
e2a53458 3846 ethprime - controls which interface is used first.
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3848 ethact - controls which interface is currently active.
3849 For example you can do the following
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3851 => setenv ethact FEC
3852 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
3853 => setenv ethact SCC
3854 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
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3856 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
3857 available network interfaces.
3858 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
3859
c96f86ee 3860 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
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3861 either succeed or fail without retrying.
3862 When set to "once" the network operation will
3863 fail when all the available network interfaces
3864 are tried once without success.
3865 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
3866 themselves.
c609719b 3867
b4e2f89d 3868 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
a1cf027a 3869
28cb9375 3870 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
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3871 UDP source port.
3872
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3873 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
3874 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
3875
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3876 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
3877 we use the TFTP server's default block size
3878
3879 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
3880 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
3881 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
3882 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
3883 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
3884 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
3885 with unreliable TFTP servers.
3886
3887 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
11ccc33f 3888 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
2729af9d 3889 VLAN tagged frames.
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3891The following image location variables contain the location of images
3892used in booting. The "Image" column gives the role of the image and is
3893not an environment variable name. The other columns are environment
3894variable names. "File Name" gives the name of the file on a TFTP
3895server, "RAM Address" gives the location in RAM the image will be
3896loaded to, and "Flash Location" gives the image's address in NOR
3897flash or offset in NAND flash.
3898
3899*Note* - these variables don't have to be defined for all boards, some
3900boards currenlty use other variables for these purposes, and some
3901boards use these variables for other purposes.
3902
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3903Image File Name RAM Address Flash Location
3904----- --------- ----------- --------------
3905u-boot u-boot u-boot_addr_r u-boot_addr
3906Linux kernel bootfile kernel_addr_r kernel_addr
3907device tree blob fdtfile fdt_addr_r fdt_addr
3908ramdisk ramdiskfile ramdisk_addr_r ramdisk_addr
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3910The following environment variables may be used and automatically
3911updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
3912depending the information provided by your boot server:
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3914 bootfile - see above
3915 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
3916 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
3917 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
3918 hostname - Target hostname
3919 ipaddr - see above
3920 netmask - Subnet Mask
3921 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
3922 serverip - see above
c1551ea8 3923
c1551ea8 3924
2729af9d 3925There are two special Environment Variables:
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3927 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
3928 as type string and/or serial number
3929 ethaddr - Ethernet address
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3931These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
3932the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
3933once they have been set once.
c609719b 3934
f07771cc 3935
2729af9d 3936Further special Environment Variables:
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3938 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
3939 with the "version" command. This variable is
3940 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
f07771cc 3941
f07771cc 3942
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3943Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
3944only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
f07771cc 3945
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3947Command Line Parsing:
3948=====================
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3950There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
3951the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
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3953Old, simple command line parser:
3954--------------------------------
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3956- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
3957- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
fe126d8b 3958- variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
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3959- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
3960 for example:
fe126d8b 3961 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
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3962- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
3963 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
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3965Hush shell:
3966-----------
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3968- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
3969 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
3970 until...do...done, ...
3971- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
3972 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
3973 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
3974 command
3975
3976General rules:
3977--------------
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3979(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
3980 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
3981 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
3982 executed anyway.
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2729af9d 3984(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
11ccc33f 3985 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
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3986 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
3987 variables are not executed.
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3989Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
3990=======================================
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11ccc33f 3992Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
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3993such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
3994"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
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3996Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
3997MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
3998"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
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4000If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
4001in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
4002ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
4003variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
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4005o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
4006 environment, the SROM's address is used.
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4008o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
4009 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
4010 used.
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4012o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
4013 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
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4015o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
4016 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
4017 warning is printed.
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4019o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
4020 is raised.
c609719b 4021
ecee9324 4022If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
c0f40859 4023will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
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4024may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
4025The naming convention is as follows:
4026"ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
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4028Image Formats:
4029==============
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4031U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
4032images in two formats:
4033
4034New uImage format (FIT)
4035-----------------------
4036
4037Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
4038to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
4039components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
4040SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
4041
4042
4043Old uImage format
4044-----------------
4045
4046Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
4047preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
4048details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
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4050* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
4051 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
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4052 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
4053 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
4054 INTEGRITY).
7b64fef3 4055* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
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4056 IA64, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
4057 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC).
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4058* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
4059* Load Address
4060* Entry Point
4061* Image Name
4062* Image Timestamp
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4064The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
4065and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
4066CRC32 checksums.
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4067
4068
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4069Linux Support:
4070==============
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4072Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
4073easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
4074U-Boot.
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4076U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
4077special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
4078"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
4079instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
4080serves several purposes:
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4082- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
4083 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
4084 Flash memory footprint)
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4086- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
4087 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
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4089- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
4090 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
4091 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
4092 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
4093 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
4094 software is easier now.
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4097Linux HOWTO:
4098============
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4100Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
4101---------------------------------------
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4103U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
4104configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
4105(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
4106Linux :-).
c609719b 4107
a47a12be 4108But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
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4110Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
4111include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
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4112Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
4113and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
6d0f6bcf 4114as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
24ee89b9 4115
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4117Configuring the Linux kernel:
4118-----------------------------
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4120No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
4121device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
4122
4123
4124Building a Linux Image:
4125-----------------------
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4127With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
4128not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
4129"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
4130U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
4131which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
4132100% compatible format.
4133
4134Example:
4135
4136 make TQM850L_config
4137 make oldconfig
4138 make dep
4139 make uImage
4140
4141The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
4142encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
4143CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
4144
4145* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
4146
4147* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
4148
4149 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
4150 -R .note -R .comment \
4151 -S vmlinux linux.bin
4152
4153* compress the binary image:
4154
4155 gzip -9 linux.bin
4156
4157* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
4158
4159 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
4160 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
4161 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
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4164The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
4165with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
4166combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
4167byte header containing information about target architecture,
4168operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
4169stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
4170
4171"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
4172print the header information, or to build new images.
4173
4174In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
4175contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
4176checksum verification:
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4178 tools/mkimage -l image
4179 -l ==> list image header information
4180
4181The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
4182from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
4183
4184 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
4185 -n name -d data_file image
4186 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
4187 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
4188 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
4189 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
4190 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
4191 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
4192 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
4193 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
4194
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4195Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
4196address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
4197kernel version:
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4198
4199- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
4200- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
4201
4202So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
4203
4204 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4205 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
a47a12be 4206 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
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4207 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
4208 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4209 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4210 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4211 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4212 Load Address: 0x00000000
4213 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4214
4215To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
4216
4217 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
4218 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4219 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4220 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4221 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4222 Load Address: 0x00000000
4223 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4224
4225NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
4226speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
4227needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
4228need to be uncompressed:
4229
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4231 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4232 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
a47a12be 4233 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
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4234 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
4235 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4236 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4237 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
4238 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
4239 Load Address: 0x00000000
4240 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4241
4242
4243Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
4244when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
4245
4246 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
4247 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
4248 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
4249 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4250 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
4251 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4252 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
4253 Load Address: 0x00000000
4254 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4255
4256
4257Installing a Linux Image:
4258-------------------------
4259
4260To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
4261you must convert the image to S-Record format:
4262
4263 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
4264
4265The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
4266image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
4267address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
4268specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
4269command.
4270
4271Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
4272TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
4273
4274 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
4275
4276 .......... done
4277 Erased 8 sectors
4278
4279 => loads 40100000
4280 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4281 ~>examples/image.srec
4282 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
4283 ...
4284 15989 15990 15991 15992
4285 [file transfer complete]
4286 [connected]
4287 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
4288
4289
4290You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
218ca724 4291this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
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4292corruption happened:
4293
4294 => imi 40100000
4295
4296 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4297 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4298 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4299 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4300 Load Address: 00000000
4301 Entry Point: 0000000c
4302 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4303
4304
4305Boot Linux:
4306-----------
4307
4308The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
4309memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
4310of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
4311parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
4312"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
4313
4314
4315 => printenv bootargs
4316 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
4317
4318 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4319
4320 => printenv bootargs
4321 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4322
4323 => bootm 40020000
4324 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
4325 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
4326 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4327 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
4328 Load Address: 00000000
4329 Entry Point: 0000000c
4330 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4331 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4332 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
4333 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4334 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4335 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4336 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
4337 ...
4338
11ccc33f 4339If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
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4340the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
4341format!) to the "bootm" command:
4342
4343 => imi 40100000 40200000
4344
4345 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4346 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4347 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4348 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4349 Load Address: 00000000
4350 Entry Point: 0000000c
4351 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4352
4353 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
4354 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4355 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4356 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4357 Load Address: 00000000
4358 Entry Point: 00000000
4359 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4360
4361 => bootm 40100000 40200000
4362 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
4363 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4364 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4365 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4366 Load Address: 00000000
4367 Entry Point: 0000000c
4368 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4369 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4370 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
4371 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4372 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4373 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4374 Load Address: 00000000
4375 Entry Point: 00000000
4376 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4377 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
4378 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
4379 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
4380 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4381 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4382 ...
4383 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
4384 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
4385
4386 bash#
4387
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4388Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
4389-----------
4390
4391First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
4392titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
4393following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
4394flat device tree:
4395
4396=> print oftaddr
4397oftaddr=0x300000
4398=> print oft
4399oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
4400=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
4401Speed: 1000, full duplex
4402Using TSEC0 device
4403TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
4404Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
4405Load address: 0x300000
4406Loading: #
4407done
4408Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
4409=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
4410Speed: 1000, full duplex
4411Using TSEC0 device
4412TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
4413Filename 'uImage'.
4414Load address: 0x200000
4415Loading:############
4416done
4417Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
4418=> print loadaddr
4419loadaddr=200000
4420=> print oftaddr
4421oftaddr=0x300000
4422=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
4423## Booting image at 00200000 ...
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4424 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
4425 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4426 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
0267768e 4427 Load Address: 00000000
a9398e01 4428 Entry Point: 00000000
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4429 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4430 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4431Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
4432Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
4433Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
4434[snip]
4435
4436
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4437More About U-Boot Image Types:
4438------------------------------
4439
4440U-Boot supports the following image types:
4441
4442 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
4443 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
4444 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
4445 the Standalone Program.
4446 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
4447 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
4448 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
4449 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
4450 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
4451 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
4452 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
4453 being started.
4454 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
4455 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
4456 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
4457 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
4458 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
4459 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
4460
4461 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
4462 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
4463 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
4464 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
4465 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
4466 a multiple of 4 bytes).
4467
4468 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
4469 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
4470 flash memory.
4471
4472 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
4473 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
4474 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
4475 as command interpreter.
4476
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4477Booting the Linux zImage:
4478-------------------------
4479
4480On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
4481using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
4482as the syntax of "bootm" command.
4483
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4484Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_INITRD_RAW allows user to supply
4485kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
4486address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
4487format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
4488
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4489
4490Standalone HOWTO:
4491=================
4492
4493One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
4494run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
4495U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
4496
4497Two simple examples are included with the sources:
4498
4499"Hello World" Demo:
4500-------------------
4501
4502'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
4503application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
4504It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
4505like that:
4506
4507 => loads
4508 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4509 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
4510 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4511 [file transfer complete]
4512 [connected]
4513 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4514
4515 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
4516 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4517 Hello World
4518 argc = 7
4519 argv[0] = "40004"
4520 argv[1] = "Hello"
4521 argv[2] = "World!"
4522 argv[3] = "This"
4523 argv[4] = "is"
4524 argv[5] = "a"
4525 argv[6] = "test."
4526 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
4527 Hit any key to exit ...
4528
4529 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4530
4531Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
4532handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
4533Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
4534The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
4535character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
4536controlled by the following keys:
4537
4538 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
4539 b - enable interrupts and start timer
4540 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
4541 q - quit application
4542
4543 => loads
4544 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4545 ~>examples/timer.srec
4546 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4547 [file transfer complete]
4548 [connected]
4549 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4550
4551 => go 40004
4552 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4553 TIMERS=0xfff00980
4554 Using timer 1
4555 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
4556
4557Hit 'b':
4558 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
4559 Enabling timer
4560Hit '?':
4561 [q, b, e, ?] ........
4562 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
4563Hit '?':
4564 [q, b, e, ?] .
4565 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
4566Hit '?':
4567 [q, b, e, ?] .
4568 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
4569Hit '?':
4570 [q, b, e, ?] .
4571 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
4572Hit 'e':
4573 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
4574Hit 'q':
4575 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4576
4577
4578Minicom warning:
4579================
4580
4581Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
4582"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
4583consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
4584Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
4585especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
4586use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
4587
4588Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
4589configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
4590
4591 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
4592 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
4593 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
4594
4595
4596NetBSD Notes:
4597=============
4598
4599Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
4600(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
4601
4602Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
4603NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
4604need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
4605Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
4606attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
4607missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
4608
4609 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
4610 # mkdir powerpc
4611 # ln -s powerpc machine
4612 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
4613 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
4614
4615Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
4616and U-Boot include files.
4617
4618Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
4619stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
4620proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
4621tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
2a8af187 4622meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
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4623
4624
4625Implementation Internals:
4626=========================
4627
4628The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
4629implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
4630inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
4631hardware.
4632
4633
4634Initial Stack, Global Data:
4635---------------------------
4636
4637The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
4638starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
4639system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
4640This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
4641is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
4642at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
4643options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
4644models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
4645MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
4646locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
4647
218ca724 4648 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
0668236b 4649 U-Boot mailing list:
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4650
4651 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
4652 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
4653 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
4654 ...
4655
4656 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
4657 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
4658 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
4659 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
4660 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
11ccc33f 4661 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
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4662 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
4663 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
4664
4665 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
4666 is another option for the system designer to use as an
11ccc33f 4667 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
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4668 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
4669 board designers haven't used it for something that would
4670 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
4671 used.
4672
6d0f6bcf 4673 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
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4674 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
4675 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
8a316c9b 4676 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
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4677 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
4678 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
4679 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
4680 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
4681 you get the config right.
4682
4683 -Chris Hallinan
4684 DS4.COM, Inc.
4685
4686It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
4687code for the initialization procedures:
4688
4689* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
4690 to write it.
4691
11ccc33f 4692* Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
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4693 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
4694 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
4695
4696* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
4697 that.
4698
4699Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
4700normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
4701turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
4702simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
4703functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
4704functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
4705the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
4706place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
4707reserve for this purpose.
4708
4709When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
4710relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
4711GCC's implementation.
4712
4713For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
4714 R1: stack pointer
e7670f6c 4715 R2: reserved for system use
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4716 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
4717 R5-R10: parameter passing
4718 R13: small data area pointer
4719 R30: GOT pointer
4720 R31: frame pointer
4721
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4722 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
4723 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
4724 going back and forth between asm and C)
2729af9d 4725
e7670f6c 4726 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
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4727
4728 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
4729 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
4730 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
4731 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
4732 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
4733 624 text + 127 data).
4734
c4db335c 4735On Blackfin, the normal C ABI (except for P3) is followed as documented here:
4c58eb55
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4736 http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=application_binary_interface
4737
c4db335c 4738 ==> U-Boot will use P3 to hold a pointer to the global data
4c58eb55 4739
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4740On ARM, the following registers are used:
4741
4742 R0: function argument word/integer result
4743 R1-R3: function argument word
4744 R9: GOT pointer
4745 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
4746 R11: argument (frame) pointer
4747 R12: temporary workspace
4748 R13: stack pointer
4749 R14: link register
4750 R15: program counter
4751
4752 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
4753
0df01fd3
TC
4754On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
4755 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
4756
4757 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
4758
4759 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
4760 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
4761
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4762On NDS32, the following registers are used:
4763
4764 R0-R1: argument/return
4765 R2-R5: argument
4766 R15: temporary register for assembler
4767 R16: trampoline register
4768 R28: frame pointer (FP)
4769 R29: global pointer (GP)
4770 R30: link register (LP)
4771 R31: stack pointer (SP)
4772 PC: program counter (PC)
4773
4774 ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data
4775
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4776NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
4777or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
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4778
4779Memory Management:
4780------------------
4781
4782U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
4783MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
4784
4785The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
4786controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
4787memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
4788physical memory banks.
4789
4790U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
4791TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
4792booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
4793to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
6d0f6bcf 4794memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
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4795configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
4796Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
4797
4798Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
4799of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
4800
4801So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
4802this:
4803
4804 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
4805 :
4806 0x0000 1FFF
4807 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
4808 :
4809 :
4810
4811 :
4812 :
4813 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
4814 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
4815 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
4816 :
4817 0x00FD FFFF
4818 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
4819 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
4820 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
4821 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
4822
4823
4824System Initialization:
4825----------------------
c609719b 4826
2729af9d 4827In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
11ccc33f 4828(on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
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4829configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
4830To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
4831To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
4832initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
4833which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
4834part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
4835the caches and the SIU.
4836
4837Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
4838preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
4839(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
4840on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
4841programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
4842simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
4843banks.
4844
4845When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
4846different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
4847bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
48480x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
4849contiguous memory starting from 0.
4850
4851Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
4852and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
4853Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
4854pages, and the final stack is set up.
4855
4856Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
4857until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
4858running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
4859new address in RAM.
4860
4861
4862U-Boot Porting Guide:
4863----------------------
c609719b 4864
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4865[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
4866list, October 2002]
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4867
4868
6c3fef28 4869int main(int argc, char *argv[])
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4870{
4871 sighandler_t no_more_time;
c609719b 4872
6c3fef28
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4873 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
4874 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
c609719b 4875
2729af9d 4876 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
6c3fef28 4877 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
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4878 return 0;
4879 }
4880
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4881 Download latest U-Boot source;
4882
0668236b 4883 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
2729af9d 4884
6c3fef28
JVB
4885 if (clueless)
4886 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
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4887
4888 while (learning) {
4889 Read the README file in the top level directory;
6c3fef28
JVB
4890 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
4891 Read applicable doc/*.README;
2729af9d 4892 Read the source, Luke;
6c3fef28 4893 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
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4894 }
4895
6c3fef28
JVB
4896 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
4897 Buy a BDI3000;
4898 else
2729af9d 4899 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
2729af9d 4900
6c3fef28
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4901 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
4902 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
4903 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
4904 } else {
4905 Create your own board support subdirectory;
4906 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
4907 }
4908 Edit new board/<myboard> files
4909 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
4910
4911 while (!accepted) {
4912 while (!running) {
4913 do {
4914 Add / modify source code;
4915 } until (compiles);
4916 Debug;
4917 if (clueless)
4918 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
4919 }
4920 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
4921 if (reasonable critiques)
4922 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
4923 else
4924 Defend code as written;
2729af9d 4925 }
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4926
4927 return 0;
4928}
4929
4930void no_more_time (int sig)
4931{
4932 hire_a_guru();
4933}
4934
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4936Coding Standards:
4937-----------------
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2729af9d 4939All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
2c051651 4940coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
7ca9296e 4941"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
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4942
4943Source files originating from a different project (for example the
4944MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
4945reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
4946sources.
4947
4948Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
4949Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
4950in your code.
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4952Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
4953- remove any trailing white space
7ca9296e 4954- use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
2729af9d 4955- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
7ca9296e 4956- do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
2729af9d 4957- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
180d3f74 4958
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4959Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
4960with a request to reformat the changes.
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4961
4962
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4963Submitting Patches:
4964-------------------
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4966Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
4967establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
4968may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
c609719b 4969
0d28f34b 4970Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
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4972Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
4973see http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
4974
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4975When you send a patch, please include the following information with
4976it:
c609719b 4977
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4978* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
4979 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
4980 patch actually fixes something.
c609719b 4981
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4982* For new features: a description of the feature and your
4983 implementation.
c609719b 4984
2729af9d 4985* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
c609719b 4986
2729af9d 4987* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
c609719b 4988
2729af9d 4989* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
7ca9296e 4990 board to the MAINTAINERS file, too.
c609719b 4991
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4992* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
4993 document these in the README file.
c609719b 4994
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4995* The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
4996 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
7ca9296e 4997 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
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4998 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
4999 with some other mail clients.
5000
5001 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
5002 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
5003 GNU diff.
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5005 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
5006 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
5007 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
5008 affected files).
6dff5529 5009
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5010 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
5011 and compressed attachments must not be used.
c609719b 5012
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5013* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
5014 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
52f52c14 5015
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5016* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
5017 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
8bde7f77 5018
52f52c14 5019
2729af9d 5020Notes:
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5022* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
5023 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
5024 for any of the boards.
c609719b 5025
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5026* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
5027 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
5028 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
c609719b 5029
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5030* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
5031 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
5032 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
5033 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
5034 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
5035 modification.
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5037* Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
5038 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
5039 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
5040 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.