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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
129U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a
130sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2",
131sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4".
132
133The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development
134between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of
135U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0".
136
137
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138Directory Hierarchy:
139====================
140
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141- board Board dependent files
142- common Misc architecture independent functions
c609719b 143- cpu CPU specific files
983fda83 144 - 74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
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145 - arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
146 - arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
a85f9f21 147 - at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
983fda83 148 - imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
1d9f4105 149 - s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
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150 - arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
151 - arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
8ed96046 152 - arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
72a087e0 153 - at32ap Files specific to Atmel AVR32 AP CPUs
adbfeeb7 154 - blackfin Files specific to Analog Devices Blackfin CPUs
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155 - i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs
156 - ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
b330990c 157 - leon2 Files specific to Gaisler LEON2 SPARC CPU
1e9a164e 158 - leon3 Files specific to Gaisler LEON3 SPARC CPU
983fda83 159 - mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
1552af70 160 - mcf5227x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5227x CPUs
8e585f02 161 - mcf532x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5329 CPUs
8ae158cd 162 - mcf5445x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5445x CPUs
57a12720 163 - mcf547x_8x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF547x_8x CPUs
11dadd54 164 - mips Files specific to MIPS CPUs
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165 - mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
166 - mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
167 - mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
168 - mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
169 - mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
170 - mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
171 - mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
11dadd54 172 - nios Files specific to Altera NIOS CPUs
5c952cf0 173 - nios2 Files specific to Altera Nios-II CPUs
0c8721a4 174 - ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
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175 - pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
176 - s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
177 - sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
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178- disk Code for disk drive partition handling
179- doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
7152b1d0 180- drivers Commonly used device drivers
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181- dtt Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers
182- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
183- include Header Files
11dadd54 184- lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture
7b64fef3 185- lib_avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
adbfeeb7 186- lib_blackfin Files generic to Blackfin architecture
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187- lib_generic Files generic to all architectures
188- lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture
189- lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
190- lib_mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
191- lib_nios Files generic to NIOS architecture
192- lib_ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
c2f02da2 193- lib_sparc Files generic to SPARC architecture
218ca724 194- libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees
c609719b 195- net Networking code
c609719b 196- post Power On Self Test
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197- rtc Real Time Clock drivers
198- tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
199
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200Software Configuration:
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202
203Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
204rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
205
206There are two classes of configuration variables:
207
208* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
209 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
210 "CONFIG_".
211
212* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
213 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
214 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
6d0f6bcf 215 "CONFIG_SYS_".
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216
217Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
218identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
219do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
220links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
221as an example here.
222
223
224Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
225---------------------------------------------------
226
227For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
228configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
229
230Example: For a TQM823L module type:
231
232 cd u-boot
233 make TQM823L_config
234
11ccc33f 235For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the CPU type as well;
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236e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
237directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
238
239
240Configuration Options:
241----------------------
242
243Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
244such information is kept in a configuration file
245"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
246
247Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
248"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
249
250
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251Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
252kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
253build a config tool - later.
254
255
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256The following options need to be configured:
257
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258- CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
259
260- Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
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262- CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
09ea0de0 263 Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
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265- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
266 Define exactly one of
267 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
268--- FIXME --- not tested yet:
269 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
270 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
271
272- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
273 Define exactly one of
274 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
275
276- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
277 Define one or more of
278 CONFIG_CMA302
279
280- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
281 Define one or more of
282 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
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284 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
285
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286- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
287 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
288 Possible values are:
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289 CONFIG_SYS_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
290 CONFIG_SYS_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
291 CONFIG_SYS_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
292 CONFIG_SYS_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
2535d602 293
c609719b 294- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
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295 Define exactly one of
296 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
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11ccc33f 298- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx CPU)
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299 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
300 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
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301 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
302 reference PIT/RTC clock
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303 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
304 or XTAL/EXTAL)
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66ca92a5 306- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
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307 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
308 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
66ca92a5 309 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
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310 See doc/README.MPC866
311
6d0f6bcf 312 CONFIG_SYS_MEASURE_CPUCLK
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314 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
315 of relying on the correctness of the configured
316 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
317 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
318 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
6d0f6bcf 319 RTC clock or CONFIG_SYS_8XX_XIN)
75d1ea7f 320
0b953ffc 321- Intel Monahans options:
6d0f6bcf 322 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
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324 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
325 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
326 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
327
6d0f6bcf 328 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
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330 Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator
331 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
cf48eb9a 332 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
0b953ffc 333 by this value.
cf48eb9a 334
5da627a4 335- Linux Kernel Interface:
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336 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
337
338 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
339 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
340 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
341 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
342 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
343 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
344 Linux kernel.
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218ca724 346 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
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347 default environment.
348
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349 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
350
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352 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
353 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
354
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356
357 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
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358 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
359 concepts).
360
361 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
362 * New libfdt-based support
363 * Adds the "fdt" command
3bb342fc 364 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
213bf8c8 365
f57f70aa 366 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node.
c2871f03 367 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node.
f57f70aa 368 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
c2871f03 369 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
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371 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
372 addresses
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374 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
375
376 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
377 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
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379 CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU
380
11ccc33f 381 This define fills in the correct boot CPU in the boot
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382 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
383
6705d81e 384- Serial Ports:
48d0192f 385 CONFIG_PL010_SERIAL
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387 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
388
48d0192f 389 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL
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391 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
392
393 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
394
395 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
396 the clock speed of the UARTs.
397
398 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
399
400 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
401 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
402 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
403
404
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406 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
407 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
408 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
409 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
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410
411 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
412 port routines must be defined elsewhere
413 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
414
415 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
416 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
417 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
418 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
419 (default big endian)
420 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
421 rectangle fill
422 (cf. smiLynxEM)
423 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
424 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
425 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
426 (cols=pitch)
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427 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
428 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
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429 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
430 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
ba56f625 431 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
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432 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
433 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
434 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
435 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
436 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
437 (i.e. i8042_getc)
438 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
439 (requires blink timer
440 cf. i8042.c)
6d0f6bcf 441 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
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442 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
443 upper right corner
602ad3b3 444 (requires CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
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445 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
446 upper left corner
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447 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
448 linux_logo.h for logo.
449 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
c609719b 450 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
11ccc33f 451 additional board info beside
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452 the logo
453
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454 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
455 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
456 environment 'console=serial'.
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458 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
459 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
460 the "silent" environment variable. See
461 doc/README.silent for more information.
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464 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
465 Select one of the baudrates listed in
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466 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
467 CONFIG_SYS_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
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469- Interrupt driven serial port input:
470 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO
471
472 PPC405GP only.
473 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the
474 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake
475 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of
476 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have.
477
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479 disable the buffer and hardware handshake.
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481- Console UART Number:
482 CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE
483
0c8721a4 484 AMCC PPC4xx only.
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485 If defined internal UART1 (and not UART0) is used
486 as default U-Boot console.
487
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488- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
489 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
490 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
491
492 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
493 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
494 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
495 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
496 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
497 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
498 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
499 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
500 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
501 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
502 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
503 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
504
505- Autoboot Command:
506 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
507 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
508 define a command string that is automatically executed
509 when no character is read on the console interface
510 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
511
512 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
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513 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
514 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
515 environment value "bootargs".
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516
517 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
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518 The value of these goes into the environment as
519 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
520 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
11ccc33f 521 RAM and NFS.
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522
523- Pre-Boot Commands:
524 CONFIG_PREBOOT
525
526 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
527 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
528 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
529 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
530 entering interactive mode.
531
532 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
533 automatically generated or modified. For an example
534 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
535 modified when the user holds down a certain
536 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
537 booting the systems
538
539- Serial Download Echo Mode:
540 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
541 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
542 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
543 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
544 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
545 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
546 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
547
602ad3b3 548- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
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549 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE
550 Select one of the baudrates listed in
6d0f6bcf 551 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
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553- Monitor Functions:
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554 Monitor commands can be included or excluded
555 from the build by using the #include files
556 "config_cmd_all.h" and #undef'ing unwanted
557 commands, or using "config_cmd_default.h"
558 and augmenting with additional #define's
559 for wanted commands.
560
561 The default command configuration includes all commands
562 except those marked below with a "*".
563
564 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
565 CONFIG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT Autoscript Support
566 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
567 CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
568 CONFIG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
569 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
570 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
571 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
572 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
573 CONFIG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
574 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
575 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
576 CONFIG_CMD_DOC * Disk-On-Chip Support
577 CONFIG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
578 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
579 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
580 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
581 CONFIG_CMD_ENV saveenv
582 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
583 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support
584 CONFIG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
585 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
586 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
587 CONFIG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
588 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
589 CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
590 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
591 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
592 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
593 CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
594 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
595 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
596 CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
597 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
598 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
599 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
600 loop, loopw, mtest
601 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
602 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
603 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
604 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
605 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
606 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
607 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
608 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
609 host
610 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
611 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
612 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
613 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
614 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
615 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
616 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
617 CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access
618 (4xx only)
619 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
620 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
621 CONFIG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB)
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623 CONFIG_CMD_FSL * Microblaze FSL support
624
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626 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
627 support you can write:
628
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630 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
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633 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
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635 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
602ad3b3 636 (configuration option CONFIG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
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637 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
638 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
639 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
640 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
641 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
642 initial stack and some data.
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644
645 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
646
647- Watchdog:
648 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
649 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
7152b1d0 650 support. There must be support in the platform specific
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651 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the
652 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
653 register.
654
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656 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
657 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
658 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
659 version as printed by the "version" command.
660 This variable is readonly.
661
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663
602ad3b3 664 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
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666 following options:
667
668 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
669 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
7ce63709 670 CONFIG_RTC_MC13783 - use MC13783 RTC
c609719b 671 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
1cb8e980 672 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
c609719b 673 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
7f70e853 674 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
3bac3513 675 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
9536dfcc 676 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
4c0d4c3b 677 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
6d0f6bcf 678 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
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681 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
682
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683- Timestamp Support:
684
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685 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
686 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
687 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
602ad3b3 688 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
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690- Partition Support:
691 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
07f3d789 692 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION
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694 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CONFIG_CMD_IDE or
695 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at
696 least one partition type as well.
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698- IDE Reset method:
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699 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
700 board configurations files but used nowhere!
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703 be performed by calling the function
704 ide_set_reset(int reset)
705 which has to be defined in a board specific file
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707- ATAPI Support:
708 CONFIG_ATAPI
709
710 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
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713 CONFIG_LBA48
714
715 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
6d0f6bcf 716 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA ,CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_VSPRINTF and CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_STRTOUL
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718 support disks up to 2.1TB.
719
6d0f6bcf 720 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
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722 Default is 32bit.
723
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725 At the moment only there is only support for the
726 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
727 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
728
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730 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
731 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
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732 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
733 devices.
6d0f6bcf 734 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
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736- NETWORK Support (PCI):
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738 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips.
53cf9435 739
ac3315c2 740 CONFIG_E1000_FALLBACK_MAC
11ccc33f 741 default MAC for empty EEPROM after production.
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744 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
11ccc33f 745 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
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747
748 CONFIG_TULIP
749 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
750 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
751 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
752
753 CONFIG_NATSEMI
754 Support for National dp83815 chips.
755
756 CONFIG_NS8382X
757 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
758
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760
761 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
762 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
763
764 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
765 Define this to hold the physical address
766 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
767
768 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
769 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
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772 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
773
774 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
775 Define this to hold the physical address
776 of the device (I/O space)
777
778 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
779 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
780
781 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
782 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
783 (some hardware wont work with macros)
784
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786 Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips
787
788 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC911X_BASE
789 Define this to hold the physical address
790 of the device (I/O space)
791
792 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC911X_32_BIT
793 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
794
795 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC911X_16_BIT
796 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
797 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
798 words you may also try CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC911X_32_BIT.
799
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801 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
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804 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
30d56fae 805 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
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806 storage devices.
807 Note:
808 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
809 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
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811 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
812 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
813 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG
814 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
815 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
6d0f6bcf 816 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EVENT_POLL
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818 instead of using asynchronous interrupts
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821 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
822 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
823 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
11ccc33f 824 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
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826 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
386eda02 827 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
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829 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
830 a Linux host by
831 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
832 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
833 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
834 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
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837 Define this to build a UDC device
838
839 CONFIG_USB_TTY
840 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
841 talk to the UDC device
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6d0f6bcf 843 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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845 be set to usbtty.
846
847 mpc8xx:
6d0f6bcf 848 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
16c8d5e7 849 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
6d0f6bcf 850 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0x02
386eda02 851
6d0f6bcf 852 CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0xBLAH
16c8d5e7 853 Derive USB clock from brgclk
6d0f6bcf 854 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0x04
16c8d5e7 855
386eda02 856 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
16c8d5e7 857 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
386eda02 858 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
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859 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
860 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
861 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
862
863 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
864 Define this string as the name of your company for
865 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
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867 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
868 Define this string as the name of your product
869 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
870
871 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
872 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
873 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
874 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
875 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
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877 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
878 Define this as the unique Product ID
879 for your device
880 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
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71f95118 883- MMC Support:
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884 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
885 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
886 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
71f95118 887 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
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888 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
889 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
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891- Journaling Flash filesystem support:
892 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
893 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
894 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
895
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897 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
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898 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
899
6d0f6bcf 900 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
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901 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
902 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
903
904 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
6d0f6bcf 905 #define CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
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907 have not defined a custom partition
908
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909- Keyboard Support:
910 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
911
912 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
913 support
914
915 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
916 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
917 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
918 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
919 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
920
921- Video support:
922 CONFIG_VIDEO
923
924 Define this to enable video support (for output to
925 video).
926
927 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
928
929 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
930
931 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
b79a11cc 932 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
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934 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
935 assumed.
936
b79a11cc 937 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
11ccc33f 938 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two different ways
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940 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
6e592385 941 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
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943 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
944 -------------+---------------------------------------------
945 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
946 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
947 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
948 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
949 -------------+---------------------------------------------
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951
b79a11cc 952 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
7817cb20 953 from the bootargs. (See drivers/video/videomodes.c)
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955
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43d9616c 957 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
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959 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
960
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8bde7f77 962 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
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964 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
965 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
966 defined in your board-specific files.
967 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
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970
971 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
972 display); also select one of the supported displays
973 by defining one of these:
974
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976
977 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
978
fd3103bb 979 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
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fd3103bb 981 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
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fd3103bb 983 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
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986 Active, color, single scan.
987
988 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
989
990 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
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991 Active, color, single scan.
992
993 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
994
995 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
996 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
997
998 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
999
1000 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1001 Active, color, single scan.
1002
1003 CONFIG_HLD1045
1004
1005 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1006 Active, color, single scan.
1007
1008 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
1009
1010 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1011 or
1012 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1013 or
1014 Hitachi SP14Q002
1015
1016 320x240. Black & white.
1017
1018 Normally display is black on white background; define
6d0f6bcf 1019 CONFIG_SYS_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
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7152b1d0 1021- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
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1023 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1024 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1025 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
e94d2cd9 1026 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
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1027 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1028 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1029 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1030 loaded very quickly after power-on.
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1033
1034 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1035 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1036 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1037
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1038- Compression support:
1039 CONFIG_BZIP2
1040
1041 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1042 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1043 compressed images are supported.
1044
42d1f039 1045 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
6d0f6bcf 1046 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
42d1f039 1047 be at least 4MB.
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1050
1051 If this option is set, support for lzma compressed
1052 images is included.
1053
1054 Note: The LZMA algorithm adds between 2 and 4KB of code and it
1055 requires an amount of dynamic memory that is given by the
1056 formula:
1057
1058 (1846 + 768 << (lc + lp)) * sizeof(uint16)
1059
1060 Where lc and lp stand for, respectively, Literal context bits
1061 and Literal pos bits.
1062
1063 This value is upper-bounded by 14MB in the worst case. Anyway,
1064 for a ~4MB large kernel image, we have lc=3 and lp=0 for a
1065 total amount of (1846 + 768 << (3 + 0)) * 2 = ~41KB... that is
1066 a very small buffer.
1067
1068 Use the lzmainfo tool to determinate the lc and lp values and
1069 then calculate the amount of needed dynamic memory (ensuring
6d0f6bcf 1070 the appropriate CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN value).
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1073 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR
1074
1075 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1076
1077 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1078
1079 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1080
1081 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE
1082
1083 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
11ccc33f 1084 detection of gigabit PHY is included.
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1086 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1087
1088 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1089 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1090 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1091 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1092
1093 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1094
1095 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1096 command issued before MII status register can be read
1097
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1099 CONFIG_ETHADDR
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1102 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
c68a05fe 1103 CONFIG_ETH4ADDR
1104 CONFIG_ETH5ADDR
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1107 for the respective Ethernet interface, in case this
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1109
1110- IP address:
1111 CONFIG_IPADDR
1112
1113 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
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1116
1117- Server IP address:
1118 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1119
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1122
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1124 CONFIG_MCAST_TFTP
1125
1126 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1127 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
11ccc33f 1128 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
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1130 multicast group.
1131
1132 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
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1134 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1135
1136 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1137 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1138 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1139 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1140 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1141 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1142 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1143 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
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1146 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1147 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1148 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1149 4th and following
1150 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1151
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1153 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1154 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1155
1156 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1157 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1158 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1159 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1160 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1161 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1162 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1163 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2
1164 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1165 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1166 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1167 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
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1169 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1170 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
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1171
1172 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1173 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1174 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1175 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1176 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1177 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1178 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1fe80d79 1179 is defined.
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1180
1181 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1182 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1183 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
5d110f0a 1184 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
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1185 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1186 option 12 to the DHCP server.
fe389a82 1187
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1188 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1189
1190 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1191 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1192 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1193 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1194 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1195 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1196 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1197 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1198 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1199 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1200 this delay.
1201
a3d991bd 1202 - CDP Options:
6e592385 1203 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
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1204
1205 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1206
1207 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1208
1209 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1210 of the device.
1211
1212 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1213
1214 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1215 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
11ccc33f 1216 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
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1217
1218 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1219
1220 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1221 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1222
1223 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1224
1225 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1226
1227 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1228
1229 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1230
1231 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1232
1233 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1234
1235 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1236
1237 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1238 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1239
1240 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1241
1242 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1243
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1244- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1245
1246 Several configurations allow to display the current
1247 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1248 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1249 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1250 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1251 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1252 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1253 feature in U-Boot.
1254
1255- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1256
1257 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1258 on those systems that support this (optional)
1259 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1260
1261- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1262
b37c7e5e 1263 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
945af8d7 1264 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
11ccc33f 1265 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected CPU.
c609719b 1266
945af8d7 1267 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
602ad3b3 1268 command line (as long as you set CONFIG_CMD_I2C in
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1269 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1270 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
43d9616c 1271 command line interface.
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1273 CONFIG_I2C_CMD_TREE is a recommended option that places
1274 all I2C commands under a single 'i2c' root command. The
1275 older 'imm', 'imd', 'iprobe' etc. commands are considered
1276 deprecated and may disappear in the future.
1277
1278 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
b37c7e5e 1279
945af8d7 1280 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
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1281 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1282 support for I2C.
c609719b 1283
945af8d7 1284 There are several other quantities that must also be
b37c7e5e 1285 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
c609719b 1286
6d0f6bcf 1287 In both cases you will need to define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED
945af8d7 1288 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
6d0f6bcf 1289 to run and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
11ccc33f 1290 the CPU's i2c node address).
945af8d7 1291
b37c7e5e 1292 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c)
11ccc33f 1293 sets the CPU up as a master node and so its address should
b37c7e5e 1294 therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual
6d0f6bcf 1295 p.16-473). So, set CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
c609719b 1296
945af8d7 1297 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
c609719b 1298
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1299 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1300 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1301 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
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1302
1303 I2C_INIT
1304
b37c7e5e 1305 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
43d9616c 1306 controller or configure ports.
c609719b 1307
ba56f625 1308 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
b37c7e5e 1309
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1310 I2C_PORT
1311
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1312 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1313 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1314 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
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1315
1316 I2C_ACTIVE
1317
1318 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1319 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1320 define can be null.
1321
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1322 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1323
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1324 I2C_TRISTATE
1325
1326 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1327 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1328 define can be null.
1329
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1330 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1331
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1332 I2C_READ
1333
1334 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1335 FALSE if it is low.
1336
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1337 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1338
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1339 I2C_SDA(bit)
1340
1341 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1342 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1343
b37c7e5e 1344 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
2535d602 1345 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
ba56f625 1346 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
b37c7e5e 1347
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1348 I2C_SCL(bit)
1349
1350 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1351 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1352
b37c7e5e 1353 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
2535d602 1354 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
ba56f625 1355 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
b37c7e5e 1356
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1357 I2C_DELAY
1358
1359 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1360 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
b37c7e5e 1361 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
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1362 like:
1363
b37c7e5e 1364 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
c609719b 1365
6d0f6bcf 1366 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
47cd00fa 1367
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1368 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1369 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1370 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1371 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1372 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1373 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1374 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1375 is run early in the boot sequence.
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1377 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1378
1379 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1380 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1381 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1382
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1383 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1384
1385 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
1386 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1387 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
1388 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1389
6d0f6bcf 1390 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
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1391
1392 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
1393 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued (or 'iprobe' using the legacy
1394 command). If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS is set, specify a list of bus-device
218ca724 1395 pairs. Otherwise, specify a 1D array of device addresses
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1396
1397 e.g.
1398 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
6d0f6bcf 1399 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
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1400
1401 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1402
1403 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
6d0f6bcf 1404 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
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1405
1406 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1407
6d0f6bcf 1408 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
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1409
1410 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1411 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1412
6d0f6bcf 1413 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
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1414
1415 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1416 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1417
6d0f6bcf 1418 CONFIG_SYS_DTT_BUS_NUM
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1419
1420 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
1421 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
1422
6d0f6bcf 1423 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DTT_ADDR:
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1425 If defined, specifies the I2C address of the DTT device.
1426 If not defined, then U-Boot uses predefined value for
1427 specified DTT device.
1428
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1429 CONFIG_FSL_I2C
1430
1431 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
7817cb20 1432 drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c.
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1434 CONFIG_I2C_MUX
1435
1436 Define this option if you have I2C devices reached over 1 .. n
1437 I2C Muxes like the pca9544a. This option addes a new I2C
1438 Command "i2c bus [muxtype:muxaddr:muxchannel]" which adds a
1439 new I2C Bus to the existing I2C Busses. If you select the
1440 new Bus with "i2c dev", u-bbot sends first the commandos for
1441 the muxes to activate this new "bus".
1442
1443 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS must be also defined, to use this
1444 feature!
1445
1446 Example:
1447 Adding a new I2C Bus reached over 2 pca9544a muxes
1448 The First mux with address 70 and channel 6
1449 The Second mux with address 71 and channel 4
1450
1451 => i2c bus pca9544a:70:6:pca9544a:71:4
1452
1453 Use the "i2c bus" command without parameter, to get a list
1454 of I2C Busses with muxes:
1455
1456 => i2c bus
1457 Busses reached over muxes:
1458 Bus ID: 2
1459 reached over Mux(es):
1460 pca9544a@70 ch: 4
1461 Bus ID: 3
1462 reached over Mux(es):
1463 pca9544a@70 ch: 6
1464 pca9544a@71 ch: 4
1465 =>
1466
1467 If you now switch to the new I2C Bus 3 with "i2c dev 3"
1468 u-boot sends First the Commando to the mux@70 to enable
1469 channel 6, and then the Commando to the mux@71 to enable
1470 the channel 4.
1471
1472 After that, you can use the "normal" i2c commands as
1473 usual, to communicate with your I2C devices behind
1474 the 2 muxes.
1475
1476 This option is actually implemented for the bitbanging
1477 algorithm in common/soft_i2c.c and for the Hardware I2C
1478 Bus on the MPC8260. But it should be not so difficult
1479 to add this option to other architectures.
1480
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1482- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1483
1484 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1485 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1486 D/As on the SACSng board)
1487
1488 CONFIG_SPI_X
1489
1490 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1491 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1492
1493 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1494
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1495 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1496 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1497 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1498 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1499 defined, the board configuration must define several
1500 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1501 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
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1503 CONFIG_HARD_SPI
1504
1505 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
1506 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
1507 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
1508 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
1509 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
1510
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1511 CONFIG_MXC_SPI
1512
1513 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
1514 SoCs. Currently only i.MX31 is supported.
1515
0133502e 1516- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
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1518 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1519
1520 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1521
1522 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1523 (ALTERA, XILINX)
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0133502e 1525 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
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1527 Enables support for FPGA family.
1528 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1529
1530 CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1531
1532 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
c609719b 1533
6d0f6bcf 1534 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
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8bde7f77 1536 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
c609719b 1537
6d0f6bcf 1538 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
c609719b 1539
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1540 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1541 status by the configuration function. This option
1542 will require a board or device specific function to
1543 be written.
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1544
1545 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1546
1547 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1548 configuration driver.
1549
6d0f6bcf 1550 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
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1551 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1552
6d0f6bcf 1553 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
c609719b 1554
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1555 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1556 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1557 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1558 indicated a CRC error).
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6d0f6bcf 1560 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
c609719b 1561
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1562 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1563 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1564 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
11ccc33f 1565 ms.
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6d0f6bcf 1567 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
c609719b 1568
43d9616c 1569 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
11ccc33f 1570 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
c609719b 1571
6d0f6bcf 1572 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
c609719b 1573
43d9616c 1574 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
11ccc33f 1575 200 ms.
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1576
1577- Configuration Management:
1578 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
1579
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1580 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1581 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
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1582
1583- Vendor Parameter Protection:
1584
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1585 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1586 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
7152b1d0 1587 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
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1588 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1589 protects these variables from casual modification by
1590 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1591 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
11ccc33f 1592 change this behaviour:
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1593
1594 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1595 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
47cd00fa 1596 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
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1597 these parameters.
1598
1599 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1600 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
11ccc33f 1601 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
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1602 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1603 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1604 read-only.]
1605
1606- Protected RAM:
1607 CONFIG_PRAM
1608
1609 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1610 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1611 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1612 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1613 this default value by defining an environment
1614 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1615 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1616 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1617 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1618 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1619 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1620 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1621
fe126d8b 1622 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
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1623 saveenv
1624
1625 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1626 either, which results in a memory region that will
1627 not be affected by reboots.
1628
1629 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1630 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1631 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1632 following board configurations are known to be
1633 "pRAM-clean":
1634
1635 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
1636 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
1637 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260
1638
1639- Error Recovery:
1640 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
1641
1642 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
1643 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
1644 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
11ccc33f 1645 system where you want the system to reboot
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1646 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
1647 useful during development since you can try to debug
1648 the conditions that lead to the situation.
1649
1650 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1651
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1652 This variable defines the number of retries for
1653 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1654 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1655 default value of 5 is used.
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1658
1659 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
1660
c609719b 1661- Command Interpreter:
8078f1a5 1662 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
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1663
1664 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
1665
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1666 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
1667 for the "hush" shell.
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1668
1669
6d0f6bcf 1670 CONFIG_SYS_HUSH_PARSER
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1671
1672 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
1673 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
1674 powerful command line syntax like
1675 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
1676 constructs ("shell scripts").
1677
1678 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
1679 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
1680
1681
6d0f6bcf 1682 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
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1683
1684 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1685 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1686 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1687
1688 Note:
1689
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1690 In the current implementation, the local variables
1691 space and global environment variables space are
1692 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1693 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1694 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1695 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1696 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
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1698 Global environment variables are those you use
1699 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1700 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1701 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
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1702
1703 To store commands and special characters in a
1704 variable, please use double quotation marks
1705 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1706 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1707 symbols.
1708
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1709- Commandline Editing and History:
1710 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
1711
11ccc33f 1712 Enable editing and History functions for interactive
b9365a26 1713 commandline input operations
aa0c71ac 1714
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1716 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1717
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1718 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1719 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
7152b1d0 1720 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2262cfee 1721
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1722 For example, place something like this in your
1723 board's config file:
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1725 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1726 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1727 "myvar2=value2\0"
1728
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1729 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1730 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1731 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1732 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
7152b1d0 1733 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
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1734 You better know what you are doing here.
1735
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1736 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1737 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
1738 the environment like the autoscript function or the
1739 boot command first.
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a8c7c708 1741- DataFlash Support:
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1742 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
1743
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1744 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
1745 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
1746 commands cp, md...
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1749 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1750
1751 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
1752 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
11ccc33f 1753 of the chip must also be defined in the
6d0f6bcf 1754 CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
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1755
1756 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
6d0f6bcf 1757 #define CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
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1758
1759 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
1760 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
1761
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1762- TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
1763 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
1764
28cb9375 1765 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
ecb0ccd9 1766 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
28cb9375 1767 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
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1768 number generator is used.
1769
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1770 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
1771 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
1772 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
1773
1774 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
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1775 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
1776 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
1777 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
1778 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
1779 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
1780 but sometimes that is not allowed.
1781
a8c7c708 1782- Show boot progress:
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1783 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
1784
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1785 Defining this option allows to add some board-
1786 specific code (calling a user-provided function
1787 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
1788 the system's boot progress on some display (for
1789 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
1790 the following checkpoints are implemented:
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1792- Automatic software updates via TFTP server
1793 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP
1794 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
1795 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
1796
1797 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
1798 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
1799
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1800Legacy uImage format:
1801
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1802 Arg Where When
1803 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
ba56f625 1804 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
c609719b 1805 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
ba56f625 1806 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
c609719b 1807 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
ba56f625 1808 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
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1809 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
1810 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
1811 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1372cce2 1812 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
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1813 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1814 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
1815 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
1816 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
1372cce2 1817 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
c609719b 1818 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
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1819
1820 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
1821 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
1822 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
1823 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
1824 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
1825 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
1826 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
11ccc33f 1827 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
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1828 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
1829 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
1830
1831 15 lib_<arch>/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
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1833 -30 lib_ppc/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
1834 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
1835 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
63e73c9a 1836
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1837 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
1838 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
1839 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
1840 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
1841 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
1842 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1843 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
1844 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
1845 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
1846 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
1847 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
1848 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
1849 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
1850 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
1851 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
1852 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
1853 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
1854 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
1855 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
1856 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
1857 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
1858 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
1859 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
1860 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
1861 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
1862 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
1863 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
1864 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
1865 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
1866 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
1867 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
1868 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
1869 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
1870 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
1871 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
1872 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
1873 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
1874 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
1875 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
1876 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1877 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
1878 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
1879 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
1880 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
1881 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
1882 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
1883 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
1884
1885 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
1886
11ccc33f 1887 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
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1888 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
1889 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
1890
1891 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
1892 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling NetLoop()
11ccc33f 1893 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in NetLoop() occurred
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1894 81 common/cmd_net.c NetLoop() back without error
1895 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
1896 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
1897 83 common/cmd_net.c running autoscript
1898 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or autoscript
1899 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
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1901FIT uImage format:
1902
1903 Arg Where When
1904 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
1905 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
1906 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
1907 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
1908 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
1909 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
f773bea8 1910 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
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1911 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
1912 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
1913 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
1914 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
1915 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
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1916 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
1917 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
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1918 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
1919 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
1920 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
1921 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
1922 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
1923 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
1924 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
1925 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
1926
1927 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
1928 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
1929 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
11ccc33f 1930 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
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1931 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
1932 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
1933 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
1934 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
1935 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
1936 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
1937 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
1938 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
1939 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
1940 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
1941 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
1942 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
1943
11ccc33f 1944 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
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1945 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
1946
11ccc33f 1947 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
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1948 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
1949
11ccc33f 1950 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
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1951 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
1952
1953
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1954Modem Support:
1955--------------
1956
85ec0bcc 1957[so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards]
c609719b 1958
11ccc33f 1959- Modem support enable:
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1960 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
1961
1962- RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
1963 CONFIG_HWFLOW
1964
1965- Modem debug support:
1966 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
1967
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1968 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
1969 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
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1971- Interrupt support (PPC):
1972
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1973 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
1974 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
11ccc33f 1975 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
d4ca31c4 1976 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
11ccc33f 1977 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
d4ca31c4 1978 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
11ccc33f 1979 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
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1980 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
1981 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
1982 general timer_interrupt().
a8c7c708 1983
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1984- General:
1985
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1986 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
1987 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
1988 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
11ccc33f 1989 (autoboot). The key_pressed() function is called from
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1990 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
1991 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
1992 initialization.
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1994 If there are no modem init strings in the
1995 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
1996 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
11ccc33f 1997 suppressed, though.
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1999 See also: doc/README.Modem
2000
2001
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2002Configuration Settings:
2003-----------------------
2004
6d0f6bcf 2005- CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
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2006 undefine this when you're short of memory.
2007
6d0f6bcf 2008- CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
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2009 prompt for user input.
2010
6d0f6bcf 2011- CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
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6d0f6bcf 2013- CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
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6d0f6bcf 2015- CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
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6d0f6bcf 2017- CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
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2018 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
2019 booted
2020
6d0f6bcf 2021- CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
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2022 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
2023
6d0f6bcf 2024- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
8bde7f77 2025 Suppress display of console information at boot.
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6d0f6bcf 2027- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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2028 If the board specific function
2029 extern int overwrite_console (void);
2030 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
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2031 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
2032
6d0f6bcf 2033- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
8bde7f77 2034 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
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6d0f6bcf 2036- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
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2037 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
2038
6d0f6bcf 2039- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
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2040 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
2041 simple memory test.
2042
6d0f6bcf 2043- CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST:
8bde7f77 2044 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
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6d0f6bcf 2046- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
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2047 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
2048 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
2049
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2050- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE (PPC only):
2051 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
14f73ca6 2052 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
11ccc33f 2053 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
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2054 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
2055 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
2056 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
5e12e75d 2057 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
14f73ca6 2058 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
5e12e75d 2059 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
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2061 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
2062 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
2063 be touched.
2064
2065 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
2066 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
2067 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
2068 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
2069 problems.
2070
6d0f6bcf 2071- CONFIG_SYS_TFTP_LOADADDR:
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2072 Default load address for network file downloads
2073
6d0f6bcf 2074- CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
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2075 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
2076
6d0f6bcf 2077- CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
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2078 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
2079
6d0f6bcf 2080- CONFIG_SYS_MBIO_BASE:
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2081 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
2082 Cogent motherboard)
2083
6d0f6bcf 2084- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
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2085 Physical start address of Flash memory.
2086
6d0f6bcf 2087- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
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2088 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2089 make config files to be same as the text base address
2090 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
6d0f6bcf 2091 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
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6d0f6bcf 2093- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
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2094 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2095 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2096 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2097 flash sector.
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6d0f6bcf 2099- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
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2100 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2101
6d0f6bcf 2102- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
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2104 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
6d0f6bcf 2105 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
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2106 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2107
6d0f6bcf 2108- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
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2109 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2110 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
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2111 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2112 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
2113 enviroment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
2114 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
6d0f6bcf 2115 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ.
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6d0f6bcf 2117- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
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2118 Max number of Flash memory banks
2119
6d0f6bcf 2120- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
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2121 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2122
6d0f6bcf 2123- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
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2124 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2125
6d0f6bcf 2126- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
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2127 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2128
6d0f6bcf 2129- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
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2130 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2131
6d0f6bcf 2132- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
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2133 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2134
6d0f6bcf 2135- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
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2136 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2137 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2138
6d0f6bcf 2139- CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
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2140
2141 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2142 without this option such a download has to be
2143 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2144 copy from RAM to flash.
2145
2146 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2147 you can check if the download worked before you erase
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2148 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
2149 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
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2150 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2151
6d0f6bcf 2152- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
43d9616c 2153 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
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2154 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2155
00b1883a 2156- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
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2157 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2158 in the drivers directory
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6d0f6bcf 2160- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
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2161 Use buffered writes to flash.
2162
2163- CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2164 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2165 write commands.
2166
6d0f6bcf 2167- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
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2168 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2169 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2170 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2171 optionally available.
2172
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2173- CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2174 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2175 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2176 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2177
6d0f6bcf 2178- CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
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2179 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
2180 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
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2181 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2182 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
11ccc33f 2183 on high Ethernet traffic.
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2184 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2185
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2187of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
2188following configurations:
2189
5a1aceb0 2190- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
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2191
2192 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
2193
2194 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
2195 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
2196 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
2197 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
2198 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
2199 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
2200 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
2201 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
2202 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
2203 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
2204 between U-Boot and the environment.
2205
0e8d1586 2206 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
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2207
2208 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
2209 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
2210 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
2211 for this sector is given here.
2212
6d0f6bcf 2213 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE.
c609719b 2214
0e8d1586 2215 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
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2216
2217 This is just another way to specify the start address of
2218 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
0e8d1586 2219 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET).
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0e8d1586 2221 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
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2222
2223 Size of the sector containing the environment.
2224
2225
2226 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
2227 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
2228 the environment.
2229
0e8d1586 2230 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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5a1aceb0 2232 If you use this in combination with CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
0e8d1586 2233 and CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
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2234 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
2235 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
2236
2237 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
2238 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
2239 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
2240 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
2241 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
2242 updating the environment in flash makes it always
2243 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
2244 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
2245 RAM, your target system will be dead.
2246
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2247 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
2248 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
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43d9616c 2250 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
11ccc33f 2251 a redundant copy of the environment data, so that there is
3e38691e 2252 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
43d9616c 2253 a "saveenv" operation.
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2254
2255BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
2256source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
2257accordingly!
2258
2259
9314cee6 2260- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
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2261
2262 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
2263 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
2264 environment.
2265
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2266 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
2267 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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11ccc33f 2269 These two #defines are used to determine the memory area you
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2270 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
2271 can just be read and written to, without any special
2272 provision.
2273
2274BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
2275in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
11ccc33f 2276console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
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2277U-Boot will hang.
2278
2279Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
2280environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
2281keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
2282to save the current settings.
2283
2284
bb1f8b4f 2285- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
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2286
2287 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
2288 device and a driver for it.
2289
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2290 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2291 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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2292
2293 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
2294 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
2295
6d0f6bcf 2296 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
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2297 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
2298 The default address is zero.
2299
6d0f6bcf 2300 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
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2301 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
2302 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
2303 would require six bits.
2304
6d0f6bcf 2305 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
c609719b 2306 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
ba56f625 2307 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
c609719b 2308
6d0f6bcf 2309 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
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2310 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
2311 that this is NOT the chip address length!
2312
6d0f6bcf 2313 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
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2314 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
2315 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
2316 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
2317 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
2318 byte chips.
2319
2320 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
2321 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
2322 in the chip address.
2323
6d0f6bcf 2324 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_SIZE:
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2325 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
2326
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057c849c 2328- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
5779d8d9 2329
d4ca31c4 2330 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
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2331 want to use for the environment.
2332
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2333 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2334 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
2335 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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2336
2337 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
2338 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
2339 at the specified address.
2340
51bfee19 2341- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
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2342
2343 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
2344 for the environment.
2345
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2346 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2347 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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2348
2349 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
2350 area within the first NAND device.
5779d8d9 2351
0e8d1586 2352 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND
e443c944 2353
0e8d1586 2354 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
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2355 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data,
2356 so that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a
2357 power failure during a "saveenv" operation.
2358
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2359 Note: CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET and CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND must be aligned
2360 to a block boundary, and CONFIG_ENV_SIZE must be a multiple of
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2361 the NAND devices block size.
2362
6d0f6bcf 2363- CONFIG_SYS_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
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2364
2365 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
2366 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
2367 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
2368 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
2369 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
2370 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
2371 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
2372
e881cb56 2373Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
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2374has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
2375created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r()
2376until then to read environment variables.
2377
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2378The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
2379is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
2380with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
2381necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
2382"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
2383have any device yet where we could complain.]
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2384
2385Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
2386the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
85ec0bcc 2387use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
c609719b 2388
6d0f6bcf 2389- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
42d1f039 2390 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
fc3e2165 2391
6d0f6bcf 2392 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
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2393 also needs to be defined.
2394
6d0f6bcf 2395- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
42d1f039 2396 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
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6d0f6bcf 2398- CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_VSPRINTF:
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2399 Makes vsprintf (and all *printf functions) support printing
2400 of 64bit values by using the L quantifier
2401
6d0f6bcf 2402- CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_STRTOUL:
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2403 Adds simple_strtoull that returns a 64bit value
2404
c609719b 2405Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
dc7c9a1a 2406---------------------------------------------------
c609719b 2407
6d0f6bcf 2408- CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
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2409 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
2410
6d0f6bcf 2411- CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR:
c609719b 2412 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
2535d602 2413
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2414 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
2415 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
2416 the IMMR register after a reset.
c609719b 2417
7f6c2cbc 2418- Floppy Disk Support:
6d0f6bcf 2419 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
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2420
2421 the default drive number (default value 0)
2422
6d0f6bcf 2423 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
7f6c2cbc 2424
11ccc33f 2425 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
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2426 (default value 1)
2427
6d0f6bcf 2428 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
7f6c2cbc 2429
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2430 defines the offset of register from address. It
2431 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
11ccc33f 2432 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
7f6c2cbc 2433
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2434 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
2435 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
43d9616c 2436 default value.
7f6c2cbc 2437
6d0f6bcf 2438 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
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2439 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
2440 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
2441 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
2442 initializations.
7f6c2cbc 2443
6d0f6bcf 2444- CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
efe2a4d5 2445 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
25d6712a 2446 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
c609719b 2447
6d0f6bcf 2448- CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
c609719b 2449
7152b1d0 2450 Start address of memory area that can be used for
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2451 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
2452 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
2453 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
2454 will become available only after programming the
2455 memory controller and running certain initialization
2456 sequences.
2457
2458 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
2459 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
2460 - MPC824X: data cache
2461 - PPC4xx: data cache
2462
6d0f6bcf 2463- CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
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2464
2465 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
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2466 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
2467 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
c609719b 2468 data is located at the end of the available space
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2469 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_END -
2470 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
2471 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
2472 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
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2473
2474 Note:
2475 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
2476 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
6d0f6bcf 2477 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
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2478 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
2479 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
2480
6d0f6bcf 2481- CONFIG_SYS_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
c609719b 2482
6d0f6bcf 2483- CONFIG_SYS_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
c609719b 2484
6d0f6bcf 2485- CONFIG_SYS_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
c609719b 2486
6d0f6bcf 2487- CONFIG_SYS_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
c609719b 2488
6d0f6bcf 2489- CONFIG_SYS_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
c609719b 2490
6d0f6bcf 2491- CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
c609719b 2492
6d0f6bcf 2493- CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
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2494 SDRAM timing
2495
6d0f6bcf 2496- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
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2497 periodic timer for refresh
2498
6d0f6bcf 2499- CONFIG_SYS_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
c609719b 2500
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2501- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
2502 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
2503 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
2504 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
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2505 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
2506
2507- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
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2508 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
2509 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
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2510 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
2511
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2512- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
2513 CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_8COL, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_9COL:
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2514 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
2515 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
2516
6d0f6bcf 2517- CONFIG_SYS_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
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2518 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2519 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
2520
6d0f6bcf 2521- CONFIG_SYS_SMC_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SMC_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
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2522 enable SMC microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2523 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]
2524
6d0f6bcf 2525- CONFIG_SYS_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
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2526 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2527 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
2528
6d0f6bcf 2529- CONFIG_SYS_USE_OSCCLK:
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2530 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
2531 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
2532 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
2533
6d0f6bcf 2534- CONFIG_SYS_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
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2535 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
2536 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
2537 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
2538 cpm_8260.h.
ea909b76 2539
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2540- CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2541 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK0_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
2542 CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK1_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
2543 CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2544 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
2545 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
2546 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
2547 CONFIG_SYS_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
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2548 Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
2549
bb99ad6d 2550- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
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2551 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
2552 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
2553
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2554 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
2555 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
2556
6d0f6bcf 2557- CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
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2558 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
2559 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
2560 to something your driver can deal with.
bb99ad6d 2561
6d0f6bcf 2562- CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
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2563 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2564 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2ad6b513 2565
6d0f6bcf 2566- CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
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2567 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2568 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2ad6b513 2569
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2570- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
2571 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
2572
2573- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
2574 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
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2575 to the given FEC; i. e.
2576 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
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2577 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
2578
2579 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
2580
2581- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
2582 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
2583 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
2584
2585- CONFIG_RMII
2586 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2587 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2588 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2589
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2590- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2591 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2592 The syntax is:
2593
2594 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2595
2596 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2597 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2598 area should have.
2599
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2600- CONFIG_LOOPW
2601 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
602ad3b3 2602 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
56523f12 2603
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2604- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
2605 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2606 "md/mw" commands.
2607 Examples:
2608
efe2a4d5 2609 => mdc.b 10 4 500
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2610 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
2611
efe2a4d5 2612 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
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2613 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
2614
efe2a4d5 2615 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
602ad3b3 2616 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
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2618- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
2619- CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT
2620
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2621 [ARM only] If these variables are defined, then
2622 certain low level initializations (like setting up
2623 the memory controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does
2624 not relocate itself into RAM.
2625 Normally these variables MUST NOT be defined. The
2626 only exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by
2627 some other boot loader or by a debugger which
11ccc33f 2628 performs these initializations itself.
8aa1a2d1 2629
400558b5 2630
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2631Building the Software:
2632======================
2633
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2634Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
2635and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
2636all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
2637(potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
2638recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
2639which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
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2641If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
2642have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
2643you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
2644Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
2645necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
c609719b 2646
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2647 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
2648 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
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2650U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
2651sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
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2652is done by typing:
2653
2654 make NAME_config
2655
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2656where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing configu-
2657rations; see the main Makefile for supported names.
db01a2ea 2658
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2659Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
2660 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2661 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
2662 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
11ccc33f 2663 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
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2664
2665 make TQM823L_config
2666 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
2667
2668 make TQM823L_LCD_config
2669 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
2670
2671 etc.
2672
2673
2674Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
2675images ready for download to / installation on your system:
2676
2677- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
2678- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
2679- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
2680
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2681By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
2682in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
2683this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
2684
26851. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
2686
2687 make O=/tmp/build distclean
2688 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
2689 make O=/tmp/build all
2690
26912. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
2692
2693 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2694 make distclean
2695 make NAME_config
2696 make all
2697
2698Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
2699variable.
2700
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2701
2702Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
2703for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
2704native "make".
2705
2706
2707If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
2708to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
2709steps:
2710
27111. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
2712 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
2713 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
2714 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please
2715 keep this order.
27162. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
2717 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
2718 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
27193. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
2720 your board
27213. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
2722 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
27234. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
27245. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
2725 to be installed on your target system.
27266. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
2727 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
2728
2729
2730Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
2731==============================================================
2732
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2733If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
2734or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
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2735provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
2736the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
218ca724 2737official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
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2739But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
2740cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
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2741the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
2742just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
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2743for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
2744select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
2745environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the ELDK cross tools
2746you can type
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2748 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
2749
2750or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
2751
2752 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
2753
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2754When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build
2755U-Boot in the source directory. This location can be changed by
2756setting the BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target
2757built, the MAKEALL script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and
2758<target>.MAKEALL) in the <source dir>/LOG directory. This default
2759location can be changed by setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment
2760variable. For example:
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2762 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2763 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
2764 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
2765
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2766With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build,
2767log files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean
2768during the whole build process.
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2769
2770
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2771See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
2772
2773
2774Monitor Commands - Overview:
2775============================
2776
2777go - start application at address 'addr'
2778run - run commands in an environment variable
2779bootm - boot application image from memory
2780bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
2781tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
2782 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
2783 (and eventually "gatewayip")
2784rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
2785diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
2786loads - load S-Record file over serial line
2787loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
2788md - memory display
2789mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2790nm - memory modify (constant address)
2791mw - memory write (fill)
2792cp - memory copy
2793cmp - memory compare
2794crc32 - checksum calculation
2795imd - i2c memory display
2796imm - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2797inm - i2c memory modify (constant address)
2798imw - i2c memory write (fill)
2799icrc32 - i2c checksum calculation
2800iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses
2801iloop - infinite loop on address range
2802isdram - print SDRAM configuration information
2803sspi - SPI utility commands
2804base - print or set address offset
2805printenv- print environment variables
2806setenv - set environment variables
2807saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
2808protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
2809erase - erase FLASH memory
2810flinfo - print FLASH memory information
2811bdinfo - print Board Info structure
2812iminfo - print header information for application image
2813coninfo - print console devices and informations
2814ide - IDE sub-system
2815loop - infinite loop on address range
56523f12 2816loopw - infinite write loop on address range
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2817mtest - simple RAM test
2818icache - enable or disable instruction cache
2819dcache - enable or disable data cache
2820reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
2821echo - echo args to console
2822version - print monitor version
2823help - print online help
2824? - alias for 'help'
2825
2826
2827Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
2828========================================
2829
2830TODO.
2831
2832For now: just type "help <command>".
2833
2834
2835Environment Variables:
2836======================
2837
2838U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
2839can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
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2841Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
2842"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
2843without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
2844environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
2845working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
2846environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
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2729af9d 2848Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables:
c609719b 2849
2729af9d 2850 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
c609719b 2851
2729af9d 2852 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
c609719b 2853
2729af9d 2854 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
4a6fd34b 2855
2729af9d 2856 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
c609719b 2857
2729af9d 2858 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
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2860 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
2861 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
2862 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
2863 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
2864 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
2865 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
6d0f6bcf 2866 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ.
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2867
2868 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
2869 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
2870 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
2871 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
2872 environment variable.
2873
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2874 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
2875 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
2876 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
2877
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2878 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
2879 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
2880 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
2881 load any image using TFTP
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2883 autoscript - if set to "yes" commands like "loadb", "loady",
2884 "bootp", "tftpb", "rarpboot" and "nfs" will attempt
2885 to automatically run script images (by internally
2886 calling "autoscript").
2887
2888 autoscript_uname - if script image is in a format (FIT) this
2889 variable is used to get script subimage unit name.
2890
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2891 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
2892 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
2893 be automatically started (by internally calling
2894 "bootm")
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2896 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
2897 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
2898 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
2899 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
2900 data.
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2902 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
2903 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
2904 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
2905 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
2906 it must be saved and board must be reset.
2907
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2908 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
2909 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
2910 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
2911 is usually what you want since it allows for
2912 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
2913 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
6d0f6bcf 2914 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
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2915 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
2916 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
2917 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
2918 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
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2920 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
2921 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
2922 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
2923 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
2924 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
2925 12 MB as well - this can be done with
c609719b 2926
2729af9d 2927 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
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2929 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
2930 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
2931 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
2932 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
2933 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
2934 boot time on your system, but requires that this
2935 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
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2729af9d 2937 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
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2939 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
2940 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
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2729af9d 2942 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
a3d991bd 2943
2729af9d 2944 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
a3d991bd 2945
2729af9d 2946 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
a3d991bd 2947
2729af9d 2948 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
a3d991bd 2949
2729af9d 2950 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
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2952 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2953 interface is used first.
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2955 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2956 interface is currently active. For example you
2957 can do the following
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2959 => setenv ethact FEC ETHERNET
2960 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC ETHERNET
2961 => setenv ethact SCC ETHERNET
2962 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC ETHERNET
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2964 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
2965 available network interfaces.
2966 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
2967
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2968 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
2969 either succeed or fail without retrying.
2970 When set to "once" the network operation will
2971 fail when all the available network interfaces
2972 are tried once without success.
2973 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
2974 themselves.
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a1cf027a 2976 npe_ucode - see CONFIG_IXP4XX_NPE_EXT_UCOD
11ccc33f 2977 if set load address for the NPE microcode
a1cf027a 2978
28cb9375 2979 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
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2980 UDP source port.
2981
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2982 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
2983 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
2984
2729af9d 2985 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
11ccc33f 2986 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
2729af9d 2987 VLAN tagged frames.
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2989The following environment variables may be used and automatically
2990updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
2991depending the information provided by your boot server:
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2993 bootfile - see above
2994 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
2995 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
2996 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
2997 hostname - Target hostname
2998 ipaddr - see above
2999 netmask - Subnet Mask
3000 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
3001 serverip - see above
c1551ea8 3002
c1551ea8 3003
2729af9d 3004There are two special Environment Variables:
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3006 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
3007 as type string and/or serial number
3008 ethaddr - Ethernet address
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3010These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
3011the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
3012once they have been set once.
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f07771cc 3014
2729af9d 3015Further special Environment Variables:
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3017 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
3018 with the "version" command. This variable is
3019 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
f07771cc 3020
f07771cc 3021
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3022Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
3023only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
f07771cc 3024
f07771cc 3025
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3026Command Line Parsing:
3027=====================
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3029There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
3030the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
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3032Old, simple command line parser:
3033--------------------------------
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3035- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
3036- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
fe126d8b 3037- variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
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3038- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
3039 for example:
fe126d8b 3040 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
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3041- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
3042 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
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3044Hush shell:
3045-----------
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3047- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
3048 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
3049 until...do...done, ...
3050- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
3051 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
3052 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
3053 command
3054
3055General rules:
3056--------------
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3058(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
3059 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
3060 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
3061 executed anyway.
c609719b 3062
2729af9d 3063(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
11ccc33f 3064 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
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3065 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
3066 variables are not executed.
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3068Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
3069=======================================
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11ccc33f 3071Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
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3072such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
3073"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
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3075Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
3076MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
3077"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
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3079If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
3080in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
3081ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
3082variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
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3084o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
3085 environment, the SROM's address is used.
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3087o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
3088 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
3089 used.
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3091o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
3092 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
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3094o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
3095 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
3096 warning is printed.
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3098o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
3099 is raised.
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3102Image Formats:
3103==============
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3105U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
3106images in two formats:
3107
3108New uImage format (FIT)
3109-----------------------
3110
3111Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
3112to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
3113components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
3114SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
3115
3116
3117Old uImage format
3118-----------------
3119
3120Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
3121preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
3122details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
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3124* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
3125 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
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3126 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
3127 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
3128 INTEGRITY).
7b64fef3 3129* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
2729af9d 3130 IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
7b64fef3 3131 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC).
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3132* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
3133* Load Address
3134* Entry Point
3135* Image Name
3136* Image Timestamp
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3138The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
3139and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
3140CRC32 checksums.
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3141
3142
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3143Linux Support:
3144==============
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3146Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
3147easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
3148U-Boot.
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3150U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
3151special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
3152"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
3153instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
3154serves several purposes:
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3156- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
3157 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
3158 Flash memory footprint)
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3160- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
3161 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
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3163- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
3164 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
3165 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
3166 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
3167 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
3168 software is easier now.
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3171Linux HOWTO:
3172============
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3174Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
3175---------------------------------------
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3177U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
3178configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
3179(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
3180Linux :-).
c609719b 3181
2729af9d 3182But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/ppc/mbxboot).
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3184Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
3185include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
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3186Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
3187and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
6d0f6bcf 3188as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
24ee89b9 3189
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3191Configuring the Linux kernel:
3192-----------------------------
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3194No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
3195device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
3196
3197
3198Building a Linux Image:
3199-----------------------
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3201With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
3202not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
3203"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
3204U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
3205which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
3206100% compatible format.
3207
3208Example:
3209
3210 make TQM850L_config
3211 make oldconfig
3212 make dep
3213 make uImage
3214
3215The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
3216encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
3217CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
3218
3219* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
3220
3221* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
3222
3223 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
3224 -R .note -R .comment \
3225 -S vmlinux linux.bin
3226
3227* compress the binary image:
3228
3229 gzip -9 linux.bin
3230
3231* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
3232
3233 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
3234 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
3235 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
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3238The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
3239with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
3240combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
3241byte header containing information about target architecture,
3242operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
3243stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
3244
3245"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
3246print the header information, or to build new images.
3247
3248In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
3249contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
3250checksum verification:
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3252 tools/mkimage -l image
3253 -l ==> list image header information
3254
3255The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
3256from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
3257
3258 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
3259 -n name -d data_file image
3260 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
3261 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
3262 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
3263 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
3264 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
3265 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
3266 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
3267 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
3268
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3269Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
3270address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
3271kernel version:
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3272
3273- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
3274- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
3275
3276So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
3277
3278 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3279 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
3280 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
3281 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
3282 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3283 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3284 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3285 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3286 Load Address: 0x00000000
3287 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3288
3289To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
3290
3291 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
3292 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3293 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3294 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3295 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3296 Load Address: 0x00000000
3297 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3298
3299NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
3300speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
3301needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
3302need to be uncompressed:
3303
3304 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
3305 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3306 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
3307 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \
3308 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
3309 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3310 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3311 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
3312 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
3313 Load Address: 0x00000000
3314 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3315
3316
3317Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
3318when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
3319
3320 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
3321 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
3322 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
3323 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3324 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
3325 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3326 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
3327 Load Address: 0x00000000
3328 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3329
3330
3331Installing a Linux Image:
3332-------------------------
3333
3334To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
3335you must convert the image to S-Record format:
3336
3337 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
3338
3339The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
3340image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
3341address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
3342specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
3343command.
3344
3345Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
3346TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
3347
3348 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
3349
3350 .......... done
3351 Erased 8 sectors
3352
3353 => loads 40100000
3354 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3355 ~>examples/image.srec
3356 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
3357 ...
3358 15989 15990 15991 15992
3359 [file transfer complete]
3360 [connected]
3361 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
3362
3363
3364You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
218ca724 3365this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
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3366corruption happened:
3367
3368 => imi 40100000
3369
3370 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3371 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3372 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3373 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3374 Load Address: 00000000
3375 Entry Point: 0000000c
3376 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3377
3378
3379Boot Linux:
3380-----------
3381
3382The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
3383memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
3384of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
3385parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
3386"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
3387
3388
3389 => printenv bootargs
3390 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
3391
3392 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3393
3394 => printenv bootargs
3395 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3396
3397 => bootm 40020000
3398 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
3399 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
3400 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3401 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
3402 Load Address: 00000000
3403 Entry Point: 0000000c
3404 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3405 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3406 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
3407 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3408 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3409 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3410 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
3411 ...
3412
11ccc33f 3413If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
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3414the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
3415format!) to the "bootm" command:
3416
3417 => imi 40100000 40200000
3418
3419 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3420 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3421 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3422 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3423 Load Address: 00000000
3424 Entry Point: 0000000c
3425 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3426
3427 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
3428 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3429 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3430 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3431 Load Address: 00000000
3432 Entry Point: 00000000
3433 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3434
3435 => bootm 40100000 40200000
3436 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
3437 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3438 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3439 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3440 Load Address: 00000000
3441 Entry Point: 0000000c
3442 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3443 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3444 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
3445 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3446 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3447 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3448 Load Address: 00000000
3449 Entry Point: 00000000
3450 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3451 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
3452 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
3453 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
3454 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3455 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3456 ...
3457 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
3458 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
3459
3460 bash#
3461
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3462Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
3463-----------
3464
3465First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
3466titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
3467following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
3468flat device tree:
3469
3470=> print oftaddr
3471oftaddr=0x300000
3472=> print oft
3473oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
3474=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
3475Speed: 1000, full duplex
3476Using TSEC0 device
3477TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
3478Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
3479Load address: 0x300000
3480Loading: #
3481done
3482Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
3483=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
3484Speed: 1000, full duplex
3485Using TSEC0 device
3486TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
3487Filename 'uImage'.
3488Load address: 0x200000
3489Loading:############
3490done
3491Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
3492=> print loadaddr
3493loadaddr=200000
3494=> print oftaddr
3495oftaddr=0x300000
3496=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
3497## Booting image at 00200000 ...
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3498 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
3499 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3500 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
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a9398e01 3502 Entry Point: 00000000
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3503 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3504 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3505Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
3506Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
3507Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
3508[snip]
3509
3510
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3511More About U-Boot Image Types:
3512------------------------------
3513
3514U-Boot supports the following image types:
3515
3516 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
3517 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
3518 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
3519 the Standalone Program.
3520 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
3521 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
3522 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
3523 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
3524 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
3525 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
3526 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
3527 being started.
3528 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
3529 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
3530 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
3531 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
3532 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
3533 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
3534
3535 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
3536 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
3537 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
3538 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
3539 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
3540 a multiple of 4 bytes).
3541
3542 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
3543 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
3544 flash memory.
3545
3546 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
3547 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
3548 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
3549 as command interpreter.
3550
3551
3552Standalone HOWTO:
3553=================
3554
3555One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
3556run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
3557U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
3558
3559Two simple examples are included with the sources:
3560
3561"Hello World" Demo:
3562-------------------
3563
3564'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
3565application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
3566It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
3567like that:
3568
3569 => loads
3570 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3571 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
3572 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3573 [file transfer complete]
3574 [connected]
3575 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3576
3577 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
3578 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3579 Hello World
3580 argc = 7
3581 argv[0] = "40004"
3582 argv[1] = "Hello"
3583 argv[2] = "World!"
3584 argv[3] = "This"
3585 argv[4] = "is"
3586 argv[5] = "a"
3587 argv[6] = "test."
3588 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
3589 Hit any key to exit ...
3590
3591 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
3592
3593Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
3594handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
3595Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
3596The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
3597character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
3598controlled by the following keys:
3599
3600 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
3601 b - enable interrupts and start timer
3602 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
3603 q - quit application
3604
3605 => loads
3606 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3607 ~>examples/timer.srec
3608 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3609 [file transfer complete]
3610 [connected]
3611 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3612
3613 => go 40004
3614 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3615 TIMERS=0xfff00980
3616 Using timer 1
3617 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
3618
3619Hit 'b':
3620 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
3621 Enabling timer
3622Hit '?':
3623 [q, b, e, ?] ........
3624 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
3625Hit '?':
3626 [q, b, e, ?] .
3627 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
3628Hit '?':
3629 [q, b, e, ?] .
3630 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
3631Hit '?':
3632 [q, b, e, ?] .
3633 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
3634Hit 'e':
3635 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
3636Hit 'q':
3637 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
3638
3639
3640Minicom warning:
3641================
3642
3643Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
3644"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
3645consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
3646Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
3647especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
3648use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
3649
3650Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
3651configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
3652
3653 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
3654 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
3655 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
3656
3657
3658NetBSD Notes:
3659=============
3660
3661Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
3662(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
3663
3664Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
3665NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
3666need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
3667Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
3668attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
3669missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
3670
3671 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
3672 # mkdir powerpc
3673 # ln -s powerpc machine
3674 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
3675 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
3676
3677Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
3678and U-Boot include files.
3679
3680Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
3681stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
3682proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
3683tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
2a8af187 3684meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
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3686
3687Implementation Internals:
3688=========================
3689
3690The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
3691implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
3692inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
3693hardware.
3694
3695
3696Initial Stack, Global Data:
3697---------------------------
3698
3699The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
3700starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
3701system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
3702This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
3703is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
3704at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
3705options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
3706models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
3707MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
3708locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
3709
218ca724 3710 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
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3711 u-boot-users mailing list:
3712
3713 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
3714 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
3715 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
3716 ...
3717
3718 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
3719 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
3720 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
3721 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
3722 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
11ccc33f 3723 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
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3724 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
3725 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
3726
3727 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
3728 is another option for the system designer to use as an
11ccc33f 3729 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
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3730 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
3731 board designers haven't used it for something that would
3732 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
3733 used.
3734
6d0f6bcf 3735 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
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3736 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
3737 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
8a316c9b 3738 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
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3739 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
3740 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
3741 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
3742 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
3743 you get the config right.
3744
3745 -Chris Hallinan
3746 DS4.COM, Inc.
3747
3748It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
3749code for the initialization procedures:
3750
3751* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
3752 to write it.
3753
11ccc33f 3754* Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
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3755 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
3756 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
3757
3758* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
3759 that.
3760
3761Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
3762normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
3763turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
3764simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
3765functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
3766functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
3767the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
3768place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
3769reserve for this purpose.
3770
3771When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
3772relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
3773GCC's implementation.
3774
3775For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
3776 R1: stack pointer
e7670f6c 3777 R2: reserved for system use
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3778 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
3779 R5-R10: parameter passing
3780 R13: small data area pointer
3781 R30: GOT pointer
3782 R31: frame pointer
3783
3784 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.)
3785
e7670f6c 3786 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
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3787
3788 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
3789 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
3790 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
3791 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
3792 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
3793 624 text + 127 data).
3794
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3795On Blackfin, the normal C ABI (except for P5) is followed as documented here:
3796 http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=application_binary_interface
3797
3798 ==> U-Boot will use P5 to hold a pointer to the global data
3799
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3800On ARM, the following registers are used:
3801
3802 R0: function argument word/integer result
3803 R1-R3: function argument word
3804 R9: GOT pointer
3805 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
3806 R11: argument (frame) pointer
3807 R12: temporary workspace
3808 R13: stack pointer
3809 R14: link register
3810 R15: program counter
3811
3812 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
3813
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3815or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
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3816
3817Memory Management:
3818------------------
3819
3820U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
3821MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
3822
3823The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
3824controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
3825memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
3826physical memory banks.
3827
3828U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
3829TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
3830booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
3831to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
6d0f6bcf 3832memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
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3833configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
3834Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
3835
3836Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
3837of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
3838
3839So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
3840this:
3841
3842 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
3843 :
3844 0x0000 1FFF
3845 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
3846 :
3847 :
3848
3849 :
3850 :
3851 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
3852 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
3853 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
3854 :
3855 0x00FD FFFF
3856 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
3857 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
3858 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
3859 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
3860
3861
3862System Initialization:
3863----------------------
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2729af9d 3865In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
11ccc33f 3866(on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
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3867configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
3868To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
3869To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
3870initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
3871which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
3872part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
3873the caches and the SIU.
3874
3875Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
3876preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
3877(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
3878on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
3879programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
3880simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
3881banks.
3882
3883When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
3884different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
3885bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
38860x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
3887contiguous memory starting from 0.
3888
3889Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
3890and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
3891Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
3892pages, and the final stack is set up.
3893
3894Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
3895until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
3896running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
3897new address in RAM.
3898
3899
3900U-Boot Porting Guide:
3901----------------------
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3903[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
3904list, October 2002]
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3905
3906
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3907int main (int argc, char *argv[])
3908{
3909 sighandler_t no_more_time;
c609719b 3910
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3911 signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time);
3912 alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
c609719b 3913
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3914 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
3915 pay consultant to port U-Boot;
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3916 return 0;
3917 }
3918
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3919 Download latest U-Boot source;
3920
3921 Subscribe to u-boot-users mailing list;
3922
3923 if (clueless) {
3924 email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
3925 }
3926
3927 while (learning) {
3928 Read the README file in the top level directory;
3929 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual ;
3930 Read the source, Luke;
3931 }
3932
3933 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) {
3934 Buy a BDI2000;
3935 } else {
3936 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
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3937 }
3938
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3939 Create your own board support subdirectory;
3940
3941 Create your own board config file;
3942
3943 while (!running) {
3944 do {
3945 Add / modify source code;
3946 } until (compiles);
3947 Debug;
3948 if (clueless)
3949 email ("Hi, I am having problems...");
3950 }
3951 Send patch file to Wolfgang;
3952
3953 return 0;
3954}
3955
3956void no_more_time (int sig)
3957{
3958 hire_a_guru();
3959}
3960
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3962Coding Standards:
3963-----------------
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2729af9d 3965All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
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3966coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
3967"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory. In sources
3968originating from U-Boot a style corresponding to "Lindent -pcs" (adding
3969spaces before parameters to function calls) is actually used.
3970
3971Source files originating from a different project (for example the
3972MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
3973reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
3974sources.
3975
3976Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
3977Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
3978in your code.
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3980Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
3981- remove any trailing white space
3982- use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces
3983- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
3984- do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files
3985- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
180d3f74 3986
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3987Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
3988with a request to reformat the changes.
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3989
3990
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3991Submitting Patches:
3992-------------------
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3994Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
3995establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
3996may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
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90dc6704 3998Patches shall be sent to the u-boot-users mailing list.
c609719b 3999
0d28f34b 4000Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
218ca724 4001
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4002When you send a patch, please include the following information with
4003it:
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4005* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
4006 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
4007 patch actually fixes something.
c609719b 4008
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4009* For new features: a description of the feature and your
4010 implementation.
c609719b 4011
2729af9d 4012* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
c609719b 4013
2729af9d 4014* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
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4016* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
4017 board to the MAKEALL script, too.
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4019* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
4020 document these in the README file.
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4022* The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
4023 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
4024 "git-format-patch". If you then use "git-send-email" to send it to
4025 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
4026 with some other mail clients.
4027
4028 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
4029 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
4030 GNU diff.
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4032 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
4033 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
4034 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
4035 affected files).
6dff5529 4036
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4037 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
4038 and compressed attachments must not be used.
c609719b 4039
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4040* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
4041 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
52f52c14 4042
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4043* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
4044 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
8bde7f77 4045
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2729af9d 4047Notes:
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4049* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
4050 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
4051 for any of the boards.
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4053* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
4054 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
4055 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
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4057* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
4058 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
4059 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
4060 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
4061 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
4062 modification.
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4063
4064* Remember that there is a size limit of 40 kB per message on the
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4065 u-boot-users mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If
4066 they are reasonable and not bigger than 100 kB, they will be
4067 acknowledged. Even bigger patches should be avoided.