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3# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
4#
5# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
6# project.
7#
8# This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
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23
24Summary:
25========
26
24ee89b9 27This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
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28Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
29processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
30initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
31code.
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32
33The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
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34the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
35header files in common, and special provision has been made to
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36support booting of Linux images.
37
38Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
39configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
40implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
41add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
42code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
43load and run it dynamically.
44
45
46Status:
47=======
48
49In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
24ee89b9 50Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
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51"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
52
24ee89b9 53In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
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54who contributed the specific port. The MAINTAINERS file lists board
55maintainers.
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57
58Where to get help:
59==================
60
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61In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
62U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
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63<u-boot@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic
64on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
65Please see http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
66http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot
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68
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69Where to get source code:
70=========================
71
72The U-Boot source code is maintained in the git repository at
73git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
74http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
75
76The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
11ccc33f 77any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
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78available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
79directory.
80
d4ee711d 81Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
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82ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
83
84
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85Where we come from:
86===================
87
88- start from 8xxrom sources
24ee89b9 89- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
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90- clean up code
91- make it easier to add custom boards
92- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
93- extend functions, especially:
94 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
95 * S-Record download
96 * network boot
11ccc33f 97 * PCMCIA / CompactFlash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
24ee89b9 98- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
c609719b 99- add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
24ee89b9 100- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
0d28f34b 101- current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
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102
103
104Names and Spelling:
105===================
106
107The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
108"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
109in source files etc.). Example:
110
111 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
112
113File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
114
115 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
116
117 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
118
119Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
120the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
121
122 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
123 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
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125
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126Versioning:
127===========
128
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129Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
130were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
131into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
132names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
133Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
134releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
135
136Examples:
137 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
138 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
139 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candiate 1 for September 2010 release
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140
141
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142Directory Hierarchy:
143====================
144
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145/arch Architecture specific files
146 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture
147 /cpu CPU specific files
148 /arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
149 /arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
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150 /at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
151 /imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
152 /s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
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153 /arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
154 /arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
155 /arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
156 /ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
157 /pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
158 /s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
159 /sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
160 /lib Architecture specific library files
161 /avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
162 /cpu CPU specific files
163 /lib Architecture specific library files
164 /blackfin Files generic to Analog Devices Blackfin architecture
165 /cpu CPU specific files
166 /lib Architecture specific library files
167 /i386 Files generic to i386 architecture
168 /cpu CPU specific files
169 /lib Architecture specific library files
170 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
171 /cpu CPU specific files
172 /mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
173 /mcf5227x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5227x CPUs
174 /mcf532x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5329 CPUs
175 /mcf5445x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5445x CPUs
176 /mcf547x_8x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF547x_8x CPUs
177 /lib Architecture specific library files
178 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
179 /cpu CPU specific files
180 /lib Architecture specific library files
181 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
182 /cpu CPU specific files
183 /lib Architecture specific library files
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184 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
185 /cpu CPU specific files
186 /lib Architecture specific library files
a47a12be 187 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
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188 /cpu CPU specific files
189 /74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
190 /mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
191 /mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
192 /mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
193 /mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
194 /mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
195 /mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
196 /mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
197 /ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
198 /lib Architecture specific library files
199 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
200 /cpu CPU specific files
201 /sh2 Files specific to sh2 CPUs
202 /sh3 Files specific to sh3 CPUs
203 /sh4 Files specific to sh4 CPUs
204 /lib Architecture specific library files
205 /sparc Files generic to SPARC architecture
206 /cpu CPU specific files
207 /leon2 Files specific to Gaisler LEON2 SPARC CPU
208 /leon3 Files specific to Gaisler LEON3 SPARC CPU
209 /lib Architecture specific library files
210/api Machine/arch independent API for external apps
211/board Board dependent files
212/common Misc architecture independent functions
213/disk Code for disk drive partition handling
214/doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
215/drivers Commonly used device drivers
216/examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
217/fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
218/include Header Files
219/lib Files generic to all architectures
220 /libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees
221 /lzma Library files to support LZMA decompression
222 /lzo Library files to support LZO decompression
223/net Networking code
224/post Power On Self Test
225/rtc Real Time Clock drivers
226/tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
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228Software Configuration:
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230
231Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
232rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
233
234There are two classes of configuration variables:
235
236* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
237 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
238 "CONFIG_".
239
240* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
241 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
242 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
6d0f6bcf 243 "CONFIG_SYS_".
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244
245Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
246identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
247do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
248links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
249as an example here.
250
251
252Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
253---------------------------------------------------
254
255For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
256configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
257
258Example: For a TQM823L module type:
259
260 cd u-boot
261 make TQM823L_config
262
11ccc33f 263For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the CPU type as well;
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264e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
265directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
266
267
268Configuration Options:
269----------------------
270
271Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
272such information is kept in a configuration file
273"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
274
275Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
276"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
277
278
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279Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
280kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
281build a config tool - later.
282
283
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284The following options need to be configured:
285
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286- CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
287
288- Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
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290- CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
09ea0de0 291 Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
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293- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
294 Define exactly one of
295 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
296--- FIXME --- not tested yet:
297 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
298 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
299
300- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
301 Define exactly one of
302 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
303
304- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
305 Define one or more of
306 CONFIG_CMA302
307
308- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
309 Define one or more of
310 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
11ccc33f 311 the LCD display every second with
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312 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
313
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314- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
315 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
316 Possible values are:
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317 CONFIG_SYS_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
318 CONFIG_SYS_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
319 CONFIG_SYS_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
320 CONFIG_SYS_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
2535d602 321
c609719b 322- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
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323 Define exactly one of
324 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
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11ccc33f 326- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx CPU)
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327 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
328 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
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329 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
330 reference PIT/RTC clock
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331 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
332 or XTAL/EXTAL)
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66ca92a5 334- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
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335 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
336 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
66ca92a5 337 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
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338 See doc/README.MPC866
339
6d0f6bcf 340 CONFIG_SYS_MEASURE_CPUCLK
75d1ea7f 341
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342 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
343 of relying on the correctness of the configured
344 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
345 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
346 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
6d0f6bcf 347 RTC clock or CONFIG_SYS_8XX_XIN)
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350
351 Define this option if you want to enable the
352 ICache only when Code runs from RAM.
353
0b953ffc 354- Intel Monahans options:
6d0f6bcf 355 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
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357 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
358 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
359 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
360
6d0f6bcf 361 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
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363 Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator
364 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
cf48eb9a 365 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
0b953ffc 366 by this value.
cf48eb9a 367
5da627a4 368- Linux Kernel Interface:
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369 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
370
371 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
372 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
373 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
374 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
375 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
376 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
377 Linux kernel.
c609719b 378 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
218ca724 379 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
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380 default environment.
381
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382 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
383
11ccc33f 384 When transferring memsize parameter to linux, some versions
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385 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
386 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
387
fec6d9ee 388 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
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390 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
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391 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
392 concepts).
393
394 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
395 * New libfdt-based support
396 * Adds the "fdt" command
3bb342fc 397 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
213bf8c8 398
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399 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node (only required for
400 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
401 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node (only required for
402 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
f57f70aa 403 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
c2871f03 404 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
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406 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
407 addresses
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409 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
410
411 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
412 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
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414 CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU
415
11ccc33f 416 This define fills in the correct boot CPU in the boot
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417 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
418
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419 CONFIG_OF_IDE_FIXUP
420
421 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
422 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
423 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
424 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
425 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
426 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
427
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428- vxWorks boot parameters:
429
430 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
431 environments variables: bootfile, ipaddr, serverip, hostname.
432 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
433
434 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_DEVICE - The vxworks device name
435 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_MAC_PTR - Ethernet 6 byte MA -address
436 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_SERVERNAME - Name of the server
437 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_ADDR - Address of boot parameters
438
439 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_ADD_PARAMS
440
441 Add it at the end of the bootline. E.g "u=username pw=secret"
442
443 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
444 the defaults discussed just above.
445
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48d0192f 447 CONFIG_PL010_SERIAL
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449 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
450
48d0192f 451 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL
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453 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
454
455 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
456
457 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
458 the clock speed of the UARTs.
459
460 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
461
462 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
463 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
464 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
465
466
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468 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
469 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
470 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
471 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
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473 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
474 port routines must be defined elsewhere
475 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
476
477 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
478 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
479 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
480 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
481 (default big endian)
482 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
483 rectangle fill
484 (cf. smiLynxEM)
485 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
486 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
487 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
488 (cols=pitch)
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489 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
490 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
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491 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
492 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
ba56f625 493 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
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494 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
495 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
496 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
497 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
498 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
499 (i.e. i8042_getc)
500 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
501 (requires blink timer
502 cf. i8042.c)
6d0f6bcf 503 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
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504 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
505 upper right corner
602ad3b3 506 (requires CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
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507 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
508 upper left corner
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509 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
510 linux_logo.h for logo.
511 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
c609719b 512 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
11ccc33f 513 additional board info beside
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514 the logo
515
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516 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
517 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
518 environment 'console=serial'.
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520 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
521 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
522 the "silent" environment variable. See
523 doc/README.silent for more information.
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525- Console Baudrate:
526 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
527 Select one of the baudrates listed in
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528 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
529 CONFIG_SYS_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
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532 With CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN it is possible to define
533 the maximum receive buffer length for the SMC.
2b3f12c2 534 This option is actual only for 82xx and 8xx possible.
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535 If using CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN also CONFIG_SYS_MAXIDLE
536 must be defined, to setup the maximum idle timeout for
537 the SMC.
538
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539- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
540 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
541 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
542
543 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
544 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
545 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
546 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
547 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
548 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
549 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
550 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
551 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
552 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
553 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
554 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
555
556- Autoboot Command:
557 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
558 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
559 define a command string that is automatically executed
560 when no character is read on the console interface
561 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
562
563 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
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564 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
565 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
566 environment value "bootargs".
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567
568 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
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569 The value of these goes into the environment as
570 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
571 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
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574- Pre-Boot Commands:
575 CONFIG_PREBOOT
576
577 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
578 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
579 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
580 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
581 entering interactive mode.
582
583 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
584 automatically generated or modified. For an example
585 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
586 modified when the user holds down a certain
587 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
588 booting the systems
589
590- Serial Download Echo Mode:
591 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
592 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
593 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
594 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
595 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
596 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
597 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
598
602ad3b3 599- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
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600 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE
601 Select one of the baudrates listed in
6d0f6bcf 602 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
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604- Monitor Functions:
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605 Monitor commands can be included or excluded
606 from the build by using the #include files
607 "config_cmd_all.h" and #undef'ing unwanted
608 commands, or using "config_cmd_default.h"
609 and augmenting with additional #define's
610 for wanted commands.
611
612 The default command configuration includes all commands
613 except those marked below with a "*".
614
615 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
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616 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
617 CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
618 CONFIG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
619 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
620 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
621 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
622 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
623 CONFIG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
624 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
625 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
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626 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510 * ds4510 I2C gpio commands
627 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_INFO * ds4510 I2C info command
628 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_MEM * ds4510 I2C eeprom/sram commansd
629 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_RST * ds4510 I2C rst command
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630 CONFIG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
631 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
246c6922 632 CONFIG_CMD_EDITENV edit env variable
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633 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
634 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
bdab39d3 635 CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV saveenv
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636 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
637 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support
638 CONFIG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
639 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
640 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
641 CONFIG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
642 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
643 CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
644 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
645 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
646 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
647 CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
648 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
649 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
650 CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
651 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
652 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
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654 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY and CONFIG_MD5)
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655 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
656 loop, loopw, mtest
657 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
658 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
659 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
68d7d651 660 CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS * MTD partition support
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661 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
662 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
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663 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X * PCA953x I2C gpio commands
664 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X_INFO * PCA953x I2C gpio info command
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665 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
666 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
667 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
668 host
669 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
670 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
671 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
672 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
673 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
674 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
675 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
676 CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access
677 (4xx only)
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679 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY)
74de7aef 680 CONFIG_CMD_SOURCE "source" command Support
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681 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
682 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
683 CONFIG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB)
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684 CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
685 CONFIG_CMD_FSL * Microblaze FSL support
686
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688 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
689 support you can write:
690
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692 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
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695 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
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697 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
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700 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
701 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
702 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
703 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
704 initial stack and some data.
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706
707 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
708
709- Watchdog:
710 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
711 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
7152b1d0 712 support. There must be support in the platform specific
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713 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the
714 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
715 register.
716
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718 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
719 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
720 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
721 version as printed by the "version" command.
722 This variable is readonly.
723
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725
602ad3b3 726 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
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728 following options:
729
730 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
731 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
7ce63709 732 CONFIG_RTC_MC13783 - use MC13783 RTC
c609719b 733 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
1cb8e980 734 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
c609719b 735 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
7f70e853 736 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
3bac3513 737 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
9536dfcc 738 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
4c0d4c3b 739 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
6d0f6bcf 740 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
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743 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
744
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746 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
747 CONFIG_PCA953X_INFO - enable pca953x info command
748
749 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
750 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
751
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752- Timestamp Support:
753
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754 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
755 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
756 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
602ad3b3 757 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
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759- Partition Support:
760 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
07f3d789 761 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION
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764 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at
765 least one partition type as well.
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767- IDE Reset method:
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769 board configurations files but used nowhere!
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771 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
772 be performed by calling the function
773 ide_set_reset(int reset)
774 which has to be defined in a board specific file
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776- ATAPI Support:
777 CONFIG_ATAPI
778
779 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
780
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782 CONFIG_LBA48
783
784 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
4b142feb 785 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
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787 support disks up to 2.1TB.
788
6d0f6bcf 789 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
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790 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
791 Default is 32bit.
792
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794 At the moment only there is only support for the
795 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
796 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
797
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798 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
799 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
800 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
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801 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
802 devices.
6d0f6bcf 803 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
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805- NETWORK Support (PCI):
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807 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips.
53cf9435 808
ac3315c2 809 CONFIG_E1000_FALLBACK_MAC
11ccc33f 810 default MAC for empty EEPROM after production.
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813 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
11ccc33f 814 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
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815 write routine for first time initialisation.
816
817 CONFIG_TULIP
818 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
819 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
820 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
821
822 CONFIG_NATSEMI
823 Support for National dp83815 chips.
824
825 CONFIG_NS8382X
826 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
827
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829
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831 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.
832
833 CONFIG_RMII
834 Define this to use reduced MII inteface
835
836 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
837 If this defined, the driver is quiet.
838 The driver doen't show link status messages.
839
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840 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
841 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
842
843 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
844 Define this to hold the physical address
845 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
846
847 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
848 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
849
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851 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
852
853 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
854 Define this to hold the physical address
855 of the device (I/O space)
856
857 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
858 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
859
860 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
861 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
862 (some hardware wont work with macros)
863
c2fff331 864 CONFIG_SMC911X
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866
c2fff331 867 CONFIG_SMC911X_BASE
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868 Define this to hold the physical address
869 of the device (I/O space)
870
c2fff331 871 CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT
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873
c2fff331 874 CONFIG_SMC911X_16_BIT
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875 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
876 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
c2fff331 877 words you may also try CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT.
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880 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
4d13cbad 881 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
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882 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
883 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
30d56fae 884 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
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885 storage devices.
886 Note:
887 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
888 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
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889 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
890 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
891 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
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893 for USB on PSC3
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894 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG
895 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
896 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
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897 for differential drivers on PSC3: 0x00000100
898 for single ended drivers on PSC3: 0x00004100
6d0f6bcf 899 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EVENT_POLL
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900 May be defined to allow interrupt polling
901 instead of using asynchronous interrupts
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904 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
905 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
906 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
11ccc33f 907 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
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908 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
909 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
386eda02 910 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
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911 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
912 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
913 a Linux host by
914 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
915 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
916 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
917 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
386eda02 918
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919 CONFIG_USB_DEVICE
920 Define this to build a UDC device
921
922 CONFIG_USB_TTY
923 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
924 talk to the UDC device
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6d0f6bcf 926 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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928 be set to usbtty.
929
930 mpc8xx:
6d0f6bcf 931 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
16c8d5e7 932 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
6d0f6bcf 933 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0x02
386eda02 934
6d0f6bcf 935 CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0xBLAH
16c8d5e7 936 Derive USB clock from brgclk
6d0f6bcf 937 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0x04
16c8d5e7 938
386eda02 939 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
16c8d5e7 940 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
386eda02 941 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
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943 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
944 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
945
946 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
947 Define this string as the name of your company for
948 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
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950 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
951 Define this string as the name of your product
952 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
953
954 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
955 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
956 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
957 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
958 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
386eda02 959
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960 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
961 Define this as the unique Product ID
962 for your device
963 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
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967 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
968 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
969 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
71f95118 970 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
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972 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
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975 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
976 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
977 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
978
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980 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
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981 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
982
6d0f6bcf 983 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
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985 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
986
987 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
6d0f6bcf 988 #define CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
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990 have not defined a custom partition
991
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992- Keyboard Support:
993 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
994
995 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
996 support
997
998 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
999 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
1000 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
1001 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
1002 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
1003
1004- Video support:
1005 CONFIG_VIDEO
1006
1007 Define this to enable video support (for output to
1008 video).
1009
1010 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
1011
1012 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
1013
1014 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
b79a11cc 1015 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
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1016 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
1017 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
1018 assumed.
1019
b79a11cc 1020 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
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1023 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
6e592385 1024 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
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1026 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
1027 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1028 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
1029 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
1030 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
1031 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
1032 -------------+---------------------------------------------
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1033 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
1034
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7817cb20 1036 from the bootargs. (See drivers/video/videomodes.c)
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1038
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1042 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
1043
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8bde7f77 1045 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
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1047 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1048 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1049 defined in your board-specific files.
1050 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
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1053
1054 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1055 display); also select one of the supported displays
1056 by defining one of these:
1057
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1059
1060 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1061
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fd3103bb 1064 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
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fd3103bb 1066 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
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1069 Active, color, single scan.
1070
1071 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1072
1073 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
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1074 Active, color, single scan.
1075
1076 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
1077
1078 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1079 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1080
1081 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1082
1083 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1084 Active, color, single scan.
1085
1086 CONFIG_HLD1045
1087
1088 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1089 Active, color, single scan.
1090
1091 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
1092
1093 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1094 or
1095 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1096 or
1097 Hitachi SP14Q002
1098
1099 320x240. Black & white.
1100
1101 Normally display is black on white background; define
6d0f6bcf 1102 CONFIG_SYS_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
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7152b1d0 1104- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
d791b1dc 1105
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1106 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1107 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1108 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
e94d2cd9 1109 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
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1110 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1111 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1112 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1113 loaded very quickly after power-on.
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1116
1117 If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
1118 on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
1119 position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
1120 number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
1121 is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
1122 specify 'm' for centering the image.
1123
1124 Example:
1125 setenv splashpos m,m
1126 => image at center of screen
1127
1128 setenv splashpos 30,20
1129 => image at x = 30 and y = 20
1130
1131 setenv splashpos -10,m
1132 => vertically centered image
1133 at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9
1134
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1136
1137 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1138 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1139 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1140
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1141- Run length encoded BMP image (RLE8) support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8
1142
1143 If this option is set, 8-bit RLE compressed BMP images
1144 can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the
1145 bmp command.
1146
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1147- Compression support:
1148 CONFIG_BZIP2
1149
1150 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1151 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1152 compressed images are supported.
1153
42d1f039 1154 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
6d0f6bcf 1155 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
42d1f039 1156 be at least 4MB.
d791b1dc 1157
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1158 CONFIG_LZMA
1159
1160 If this option is set, support for lzma compressed
1161 images is included.
1162
1163 Note: The LZMA algorithm adds between 2 and 4KB of code and it
1164 requires an amount of dynamic memory that is given by the
1165 formula:
1166
1167 (1846 + 768 << (lc + lp)) * sizeof(uint16)
1168
1169 Where lc and lp stand for, respectively, Literal context bits
1170 and Literal pos bits.
1171
1172 This value is upper-bounded by 14MB in the worst case. Anyway,
1173 for a ~4MB large kernel image, we have lc=3 and lp=0 for a
1174 total amount of (1846 + 768 << (3 + 0)) * 2 = ~41KB... that is
1175 a very small buffer.
1176
1177 Use the lzmainfo tool to determinate the lc and lp values and
1178 then calculate the amount of needed dynamic memory (ensuring
6d0f6bcf 1179 the appropriate CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN value).
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1181- MII/PHY support:
1182 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR
1183
1184 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1185
1186 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1187
1188 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1189
1190 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE
1191
1192 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
11ccc33f 1193 detection of gigabit PHY is included.
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1194
1195 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1196
1197 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1198 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1199 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1200 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1201
1202 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1203
1204 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1205 command issued before MII status register can be read
1206
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1207- Ethernet address:
1208 CONFIG_ETHADDR
c68a05fe 1209 CONFIG_ETH1ADDR
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1210 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
1211 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
c68a05fe 1212 CONFIG_ETH4ADDR
1213 CONFIG_ETH5ADDR
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1216 for the respective Ethernet interface, in case this
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1217 is not determined automatically.
1218
1219- IP address:
1220 CONFIG_IPADDR
1221
1222 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
11ccc33f 1223 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
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1224 determined through e.g. bootp.
1225
1226- Server IP address:
1227 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1228
11ccc33f 1229 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
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1230 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1231
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1232 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1233
1234 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1235 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1236
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1237- Multicast TFTP Mode:
1238 CONFIG_MCAST_TFTP
1239
1240 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1241 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
11ccc33f 1242 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
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1243 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1244 multicast group.
1245
1246 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
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1247- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1248 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1249
1250 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1251 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1252 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1253 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1254 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1255 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1256 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1257 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
6c33c785 1258 following delays are inserted then:
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1260 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1261 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1262 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1263 4th and following
1264 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1265
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1267 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1268 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1269
1270 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1271 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1272 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1273 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1274 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1275 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1276 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1277 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2
1278 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1279 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1280 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1281 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
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1283 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1284 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
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1285
1286 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1287 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1288 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1289 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1290 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1291 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1292 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1fe80d79 1293 is defined.
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1295 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1296 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1297 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
5d110f0a 1298 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
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1299 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1300 option 12 to the DHCP server.
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1302 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1303
1304 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1305 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1306 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1307 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1308 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1309 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1310 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1311 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1312 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1313 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1314 this delay.
1315
a3d991bd 1316 - CDP Options:
6e592385 1317 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
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1318
1319 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1320
1321 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1322
1323 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1324 of the device.
1325
1326 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1327
1328 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1329 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
11ccc33f 1330 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
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1331
1332 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1333
1334 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1335 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1336
1337 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1338
1339 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1340
1341 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1342
1343 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1344
1345 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1346
1347 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1348
1349 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1350
1351 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1352 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1353
1354 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1355
1356 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1357
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1358- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1359
1360 Several configurations allow to display the current
1361 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1362 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1363 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1364 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1365 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1366 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1367 feature in U-Boot.
1368
1369- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1370
1371 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1372 on those systems that support this (optional)
1373 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1374
1375- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1376
b37c7e5e 1377 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
945af8d7 1378 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
11ccc33f 1379 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected CPU.
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945af8d7 1381 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
602ad3b3 1382 command line (as long as you set CONFIG_CMD_I2C in
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1383 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1384 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
43d9616c 1385 command line interface.
c609719b 1386
bb99ad6d 1387 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
b37c7e5e 1388
945af8d7 1389 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
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1390 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1391 support for I2C.
c609719b 1392
945af8d7 1393 There are several other quantities that must also be
b37c7e5e 1394 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
c609719b 1395
6d0f6bcf 1396 In both cases you will need to define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED
945af8d7 1397 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
6d0f6bcf 1398 to run and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
11ccc33f 1399 the CPU's i2c node address).
945af8d7 1400
8d321b81 1401 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx
a47a12be 1402 (arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c) sets the CPU up as a master node
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1403 and so its address should therefore be cleared to 0 (See,
1404 eg, MPC823e User's Manual p.16-473). So, set
1405 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
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1407 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_MPC5XXX
1408
1409 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1410 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1411 in progress. Reset the slave devices by sending start
1412 commands until the slave device responds.
1413
945af8d7 1414 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
c609719b 1415
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1416 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1417 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1418 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
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1419
1420 I2C_INIT
1421
b37c7e5e 1422 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
43d9616c 1423 controller or configure ports.
c609719b 1424
ba56f625 1425 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
b37c7e5e 1426
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1427 I2C_PORT
1428
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1429 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1430 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1431 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
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1432
1433 I2C_ACTIVE
1434
1435 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1436 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1437 define can be null.
1438
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1439 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1440
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1441 I2C_TRISTATE
1442
1443 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1444 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1445 define can be null.
1446
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1447 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1448
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1449 I2C_READ
1450
1451 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1452 FALSE if it is low.
1453
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1454 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1455
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1456 I2C_SDA(bit)
1457
1458 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1459 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1460
b37c7e5e 1461 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
2535d602 1462 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
ba56f625 1463 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
b37c7e5e 1464
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1465 I2C_SCL(bit)
1466
1467 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1468 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1469
b37c7e5e 1470 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
2535d602 1471 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
ba56f625 1472 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
b37c7e5e 1473
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1474 I2C_DELAY
1475
1476 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1477 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
b37c7e5e 1478 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
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1479 like:
1480
b37c7e5e 1481 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
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1483 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
1484
1485 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
1486 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
1487 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
1488 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
1489
1490 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
1491 the generic GPIO functions.
1492
6d0f6bcf 1493 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
47cd00fa 1494
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1495 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1496 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1497 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1498 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1499 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1500 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1501 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1502 is run early in the boot sequence.
47cd00fa 1503
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1504 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BOARD_LATE_INIT
1505
1506 An alternative to CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD. If this option is
1507 defined a custom i2c_board_late_init() routine in
1508 boards/xxx/board.c is run AFTER the operations in i2c_init()
1509 is completed. This callpoint can be used to unreset i2c bus
1510 using CPU i2c controller register accesses for CPUs whose i2c
1511 controller provide such a method. It is called at the end of
1512 i2c_init() to allow i2c_init operations to setup the i2c bus
1513 controller on the CPU (e.g. setting bus speed & slave address).
1514
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1515 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1516
1517 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1518 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1519 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1520
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1521 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1522
1523 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
1524 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1525 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
1526 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1527
6d0f6bcf 1528 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
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1529
1530 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
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1531 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1532 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
1533 a 1D array of device addresses
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1534
1535 e.g.
1536 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
6d0f6bcf 1537 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
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1538
1539 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1540
1541 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
6d0f6bcf 1542 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
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1543
1544 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1545
6d0f6bcf 1546 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
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1547
1548 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1549 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1550
6d0f6bcf 1551 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
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1552
1553 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1554 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1555
6d0f6bcf 1556 CONFIG_SYS_DTT_BUS_NUM
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1557
1558 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
1559 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
1560
6d0f6bcf 1561 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DTT_ADDR:
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1562
1563 If defined, specifies the I2C address of the DTT device.
1564 If not defined, then U-Boot uses predefined value for
1565 specified DTT device.
1566
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1567 CONFIG_FSL_I2C
1568
1569 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
7817cb20 1570 drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c.
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1572 CONFIG_I2C_MUX
1573
1574 Define this option if you have I2C devices reached over 1 .. n
1575 I2C Muxes like the pca9544a. This option addes a new I2C
1576 Command "i2c bus [muxtype:muxaddr:muxchannel]" which adds a
1577 new I2C Bus to the existing I2C Busses. If you select the
1578 new Bus with "i2c dev", u-bbot sends first the commandos for
1579 the muxes to activate this new "bus".
1580
1581 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS must be also defined, to use this
1582 feature!
1583
1584 Example:
1585 Adding a new I2C Bus reached over 2 pca9544a muxes
1586 The First mux with address 70 and channel 6
1587 The Second mux with address 71 and channel 4
1588
1589 => i2c bus pca9544a:70:6:pca9544a:71:4
1590
1591 Use the "i2c bus" command without parameter, to get a list
1592 of I2C Busses with muxes:
1593
1594 => i2c bus
1595 Busses reached over muxes:
1596 Bus ID: 2
1597 reached over Mux(es):
1598 pca9544a@70 ch: 4
1599 Bus ID: 3
1600 reached over Mux(es):
1601 pca9544a@70 ch: 6
1602 pca9544a@71 ch: 4
1603 =>
1604
1605 If you now switch to the new I2C Bus 3 with "i2c dev 3"
1606 u-boot sends First the Commando to the mux@70 to enable
1607 channel 6, and then the Commando to the mux@71 to enable
1608 the channel 4.
1609
1610 After that, you can use the "normal" i2c commands as
1611 usual, to communicate with your I2C devices behind
1612 the 2 muxes.
1613
1614 This option is actually implemented for the bitbanging
1615 algorithm in common/soft_i2c.c and for the Hardware I2C
1616 Bus on the MPC8260. But it should be not so difficult
1617 to add this option to other architectures.
1618
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1619 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
1620
1621 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
1622 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
1623 between writing the address pointer and reading the
1624 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
1625 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
1626 devices can use either method, but some require one or
1627 the other.
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1630
1631 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1632 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1633 D/As on the SACSng board)
1634
1635 CONFIG_SPI_X
1636
1637 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1638 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1639
1640 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1641
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1642 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1643 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1644 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1645 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1646 defined, the board configuration must define several
1647 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1648 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
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1650 CONFIG_HARD_SPI
1651
1652 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
1653 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
1654 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
1655 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
1656 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
1657
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1658 CONFIG_MXC_SPI
1659
1660 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
1661 SoCs. Currently only i.MX31 is supported.
1662
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1665 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1666
1667 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1668
1669 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1670 (ALTERA, XILINX)
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0133502e 1672 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
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1674 Enables support for FPGA family.
1675 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1676
1677 CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1678
1679 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
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6d0f6bcf 1681 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
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8bde7f77 1683 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
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6d0f6bcf 1685 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
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1687 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1688 status by the configuration function. This option
1689 will require a board or device specific function to
1690 be written.
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1691
1692 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1693
1694 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1695 configuration driver.
1696
6d0f6bcf 1697 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
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1698 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1699
6d0f6bcf 1700 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
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1702 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1703 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1704 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1705 indicated a CRC error).
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6d0f6bcf 1707 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
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1709 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1710 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1711 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
11ccc33f 1712 ms.
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6d0f6bcf 1714 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
c609719b 1715
43d9616c 1716 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
11ccc33f 1717 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
c609719b 1718
6d0f6bcf 1719 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
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43d9616c 1721 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
11ccc33f 1722 200 ms.
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1723
1724- Configuration Management:
1725 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
1726
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1727 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1728 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
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1729
1730- Vendor Parameter Protection:
1731
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1732 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1733 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
7152b1d0 1734 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
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1735 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1736 protects these variables from casual modification by
1737 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1738 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
11ccc33f 1739 change this behaviour:
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1740
1741 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1742 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
47cd00fa 1743 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
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1744 these parameters.
1745
1746 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1747 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
11ccc33f 1748 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
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1749 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1750 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1751 read-only.]
1752
1753- Protected RAM:
1754 CONFIG_PRAM
1755
1756 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1757 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1758 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1759 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1760 this default value by defining an environment
1761 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1762 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1763 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1764 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1765 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1766 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1767 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1768
fe126d8b 1769 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
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1770 saveenv
1771
1772 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1773 either, which results in a memory region that will
1774 not be affected by reboots.
1775
1776 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1777 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1778 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1779 following board configurations are known to be
1780 "pRAM-clean":
1781
1782 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
1783 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
544d97e9 1784 FLAGADM, TQM8260
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1786- Error Recovery:
1787 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
1788
1789 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
1790 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
1791 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
11ccc33f 1792 system where you want the system to reboot
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1793 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
1794 useful during development since you can try to debug
1795 the conditions that lead to the situation.
1796
1797 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1798
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1800 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1801 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1802 default value of 5 is used.
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1805
1806 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
1807
c609719b 1808- Command Interpreter:
8078f1a5 1809 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
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1811 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
1812
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1814 for the "hush" shell.
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1816
6d0f6bcf 1817 CONFIG_SYS_HUSH_PARSER
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1818
1819 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
1820 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
1821 powerful command line syntax like
1822 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
1823 constructs ("shell scripts").
1824
1825 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
1826 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
1827
1828
6d0f6bcf 1829 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
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1831 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1832 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1833 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1834
1835 Note:
1836
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1838 space and global environment variables space are
1839 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1840 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1841 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1842 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1843 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
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1845 Global environment variables are those you use
1846 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1847 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1848 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
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1849
1850 To store commands and special characters in a
1851 variable, please use double quotation marks
1852 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1853 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1854 symbols.
1855
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1857 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
1858
11ccc33f 1859 Enable editing and History functions for interactive
b9365a26 1860 commandline input operations
aa0c71ac 1861
a8c7c708 1862- Default Environment:
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1863 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1864
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1865 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1866 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
7152b1d0 1867 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2262cfee 1868
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1869 For example, place something like this in your
1870 board's config file:
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1871
1872 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1873 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1874 "myvar2=value2\0"
1875
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1876 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1877 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1878 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1879 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
7152b1d0 1880 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
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1881 You better know what you are doing here.
1882
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1883 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1884 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
74de7aef 1885 the environment like the "source" command or the
43d9616c 1886 boot command first.
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a8c7c708 1888- DataFlash Support:
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1889 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
1890
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1891 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
1892 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
1893 commands cp, md...
2abbe075 1894
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1895- SystemACE Support:
1896 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1897
1898 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
1899 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
11ccc33f 1900 of the chip must also be defined in the
6d0f6bcf 1901 CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
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1902
1903 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
6d0f6bcf 1904 #define CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
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1905
1906 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
1907 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
1908
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1909- TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
1910 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
1911
28cb9375 1912 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
ecb0ccd9 1913 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
28cb9375 1914 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
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1915 number generator is used.
1916
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1917 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
1918 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
1919 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
1920
1921 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
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1922 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
1923 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
1924 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
1925 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
1926 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
1927 but sometimes that is not allowed.
1928
a8c7c708 1929- Show boot progress:
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1930 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
1931
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1932 Defining this option allows to add some board-
1933 specific code (calling a user-provided function
1934 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
1935 the system's boot progress on some display (for
1936 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
1937 the following checkpoints are implemented:
c609719b 1938
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1939Legacy uImage format:
1940
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1941 Arg Where When
1942 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
ba56f625 1943 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
c609719b 1944 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
ba56f625 1945 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
c609719b 1946 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
ba56f625 1947 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
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1948 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
1949 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
1950 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1372cce2 1951 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
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1952 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1953 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
1954 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
1955 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
1372cce2 1956 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
c609719b 1957 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
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1958
1959 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
1960 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
1961 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
1962 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
1963 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
1964 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
1965 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
11ccc33f 1966 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
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1967 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
1968 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
1969
ea0364f1 1970 15 arch/<arch>/lib/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
c609719b 1971
a47a12be 1972 -30 arch/powerpc/lib/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
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1973 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
1974 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
63e73c9a 1975
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1976 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
1977 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
1978 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
1979 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
1980 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
1981 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1982 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
1983 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
1984 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
1985 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
1986 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
1987 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
1988 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
1989 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
1990 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
1991 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
1992 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
1993 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
1994 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
1995 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
1996 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
1997 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
1998 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
1999 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
2000 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
2001 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
2002 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2003 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
2004 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
2005 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
2006 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
2007 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
2008 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
2009 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
2010 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
2011 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
2012 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
2013 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
2014 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
2015 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2016 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
2017 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2018 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
2019 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
2020 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
2021 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
2022 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
2023
2024 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
2025
11ccc33f 2026 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
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2027 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
2028 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
2029
2030 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
2031 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling NetLoop()
11ccc33f 2032 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in NetLoop() occurred
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2033 81 common/cmd_net.c NetLoop() back without error
2034 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
2035 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
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2036 83 common/cmd_net.c running "source" command
2037 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or "source" command
566a494f 2038 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
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2040FIT uImage format:
2041
2042 Arg Where When
2043 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
2044 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
2045 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
2046 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
2047 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
2048 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
f773bea8 2049 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
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2050 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
2051 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
2052 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
2053 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
2054 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
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2055 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
2056 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
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2057 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
2058 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
2059 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
2060 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
2061 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
2062 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
2063 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
2064 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
2065
2066 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2067 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
2068 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
11ccc33f 2069 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
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2070 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
2071 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
2072 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
2073 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
2074 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
2075 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
2076 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
2077 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
2078 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
2079 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
2080 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
2081 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
2082
11ccc33f 2083 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2084 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
2085
11ccc33f 2086 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2087 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
2088
11ccc33f 2089 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2090 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
2091
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2092- Automatic software updates via TFTP server
2093 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP
2094 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
2095 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
2096
2097 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
2098 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
2099
2100- MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
2101 CONFIG_MTD_DEVICE
2102
2103 Adds the MTD device infrastructure from the Linux kernel.
2104 Needed for mtdparts command support.
2105
2106 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
2107
2108 Adds the MTD partitioning infrastructure from the Linux
2109 kernel. Needed for UBI support.
2110
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2112Modem Support:
2113--------------
2114
85ec0bcc 2115[so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards]
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11ccc33f 2117- Modem support enable:
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2118 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
2119
2120- RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
2121 CONFIG_HWFLOW
2122
2123- Modem debug support:
2124 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
2125
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2126 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
2127 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
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2129- Interrupt support (PPC):
2130
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2131 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
2132 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
11ccc33f 2133 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
d4ca31c4 2134 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
11ccc33f 2135 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
d4ca31c4 2136 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
11ccc33f 2137 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
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2138 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
2139 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
2140 general timer_interrupt().
a8c7c708 2141
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2142- General:
2143
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2144 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
2145 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
2146 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
11ccc33f 2147 (autoboot). The key_pressed() function is called from
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2148 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
2149 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
2150 initialization.
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2152 If there are no modem init strings in the
2153 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
2154 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
11ccc33f 2155 suppressed, though.
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2157 See also: doc/README.Modem
2158
2159
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2160Configuration Settings:
2161-----------------------
2162
6d0f6bcf 2163- CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
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2165
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2166- CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
2167 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
2168
6d0f6bcf 2169- CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
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2170 prompt for user input.
2171
6d0f6bcf 2172- CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
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6d0f6bcf 2174- CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
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6d0f6bcf 2176- CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
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6d0f6bcf 2178- CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
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2179 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
2180 booted
2181
6d0f6bcf 2182- CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
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2183 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
2184
6d0f6bcf 2185- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
8bde7f77 2186 Suppress display of console information at boot.
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6d0f6bcf 2188- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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2189 If the board specific function
2190 extern int overwrite_console (void);
2191 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
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2192 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
2193
6d0f6bcf 2194- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
8bde7f77 2195 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
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6d0f6bcf 2197- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
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2198 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
2199
6d0f6bcf 2200- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
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2201 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
2202 simple memory test.
2203
6d0f6bcf 2204- CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST:
8bde7f77 2205 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
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6d0f6bcf 2207- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
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2208 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
2209 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
2210
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2211- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE (PPC only):
2212 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
14f73ca6 2213 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
11ccc33f 2214 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
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2215 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
2216 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
2217 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
5e12e75d 2218 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
14f73ca6 2219 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
5e12e75d 2220 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
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2221
2222 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
2223 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
2224 be touched.
2225
2226 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
2227 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
2228 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
2229 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
2230 problems.
2231
6d0f6bcf 2232- CONFIG_SYS_TFTP_LOADADDR:
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2233 Default load address for network file downloads
2234
6d0f6bcf 2235- CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
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2236 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
2237
6d0f6bcf 2238- CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
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2239 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
2240
6d0f6bcf 2241- CONFIG_SYS_MBIO_BASE:
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2242 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
2243 Cogent motherboard)
2244
6d0f6bcf 2245- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
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2246 Physical start address of Flash memory.
2247
6d0f6bcf 2248- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
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2249 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2250 make config files to be same as the text base address
14d0a02a 2251 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
6d0f6bcf 2252 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
c609719b 2253
6d0f6bcf 2254- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
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2255 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2256 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2257 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2258 flash sector.
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6d0f6bcf 2260- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
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2261 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2262
6d0f6bcf 2263- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
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2264 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
2265 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
6d0f6bcf 2266 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
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2267 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2268
6d0f6bcf 2269- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
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2270 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2271 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
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2272 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2273 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
2274 enviroment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
2275 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
6d0f6bcf 2276 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ.
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2278- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
2279 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
2280 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
2281 is enabled.
2282
2283- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
2284 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
2285 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2286
2287- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
2288 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
2289 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2290
6d0f6bcf 2291- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
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2292 Max number of Flash memory banks
2293
6d0f6bcf 2294- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
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2295 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2296
6d0f6bcf 2297- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
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2298 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2299
6d0f6bcf 2300- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
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2301 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2302
6d0f6bcf 2303- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
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2304 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2305
6d0f6bcf 2306- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
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2307 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2308
6d0f6bcf 2309- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
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2310 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2311 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2312
6d0f6bcf 2313- CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
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2314
2315 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2316 without this option such a download has to be
2317 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2318 copy from RAM to flash.
2319
2320 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2321 you can check if the download worked before you erase
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2322 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
2323 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
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2324 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2325
6d0f6bcf 2326- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
43d9616c 2327 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
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2328 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2329
00b1883a 2330- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
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2331 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2332 in the drivers directory
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2334- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
2335 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
2336 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
2337 to the MTD layer.
2338
6d0f6bcf 2339- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
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2340 Use buffered writes to flash.
2341
2342- CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2343 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2344 write commands.
2345
6d0f6bcf 2346- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
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2347 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2348 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2349 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2350 optionally available.
2351
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2352- CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2353 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2354 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2355 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2356
6d0f6bcf 2357- CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
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2358 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
2359 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
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2360 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2361 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
11ccc33f 2362 on high Ethernet traffic.
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2363 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2364
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2365- CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
2366
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2367 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
2368 internally to store the environment settings. The default
2369 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
2370 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
2371 lib/hashtable.c for details.
ea882baf 2372
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2373The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
2374of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
2375following configurations:
2376
5a1aceb0 2377- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
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2378
2379 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
2380
2381 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
2382 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
2383 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
2384 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
2385 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
2386 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
2387 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
2388 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
2389 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
2390 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
2391 between U-Boot and the environment.
2392
0e8d1586 2393 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
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2394
2395 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
2396 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
2397 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
2398 for this sector is given here.
2399
6d0f6bcf 2400 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE.
c609719b 2401
0e8d1586 2402 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
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2403
2404 This is just another way to specify the start address of
2405 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
0e8d1586 2406 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET).
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0e8d1586 2408 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
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2409
2410 Size of the sector containing the environment.
2411
2412
2413 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
2414 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
2415 the environment.
2416
0e8d1586 2417 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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5a1aceb0 2419 If you use this in combination with CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
0e8d1586 2420 and CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
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2421 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
2422 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
2423
2424 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
2425 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
2426 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
2427 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
2428 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
2429 updating the environment in flash makes it always
2430 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
2431 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
2432 RAM, your target system will be dead.
2433
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2434 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
2435 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
c609719b 2436
43d9616c 2437 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
11ccc33f 2438 a redundant copy of the environment data, so that there is
3e38691e 2439 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
43d9616c 2440 a "saveenv" operation.
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2441
2442BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
2443source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
2444accordingly!
2445
2446
9314cee6 2447- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
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2448
2449 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
2450 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
2451 environment.
2452
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2453 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
2454 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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11ccc33f 2456 These two #defines are used to determine the memory area you
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2457 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
2458 can just be read and written to, without any special
2459 provision.
2460
2461BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
2462in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
11ccc33f 2463console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
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2464U-Boot will hang.
2465
2466Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
2467environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
2468keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
2469to save the current settings.
2470
2471
bb1f8b4f 2472- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
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2473
2474 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
2475 device and a driver for it.
2476
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2477 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2478 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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2479
2480 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
2481 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
2482
6d0f6bcf 2483 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
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2484 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
2485 The default address is zero.
2486
6d0f6bcf 2487 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
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2488 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
2489 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
2490 would require six bits.
2491
6d0f6bcf 2492 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
c609719b 2493 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
ba56f625 2494 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
c609719b 2495
6d0f6bcf 2496 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
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2497 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
2498 that this is NOT the chip address length!
2499
6d0f6bcf 2500 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
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2501 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
2502 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
2503 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
2504 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
2505 byte chips.
2506
2507 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
2508 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
2509 in the chip address.
2510
6d0f6bcf 2511 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_SIZE:
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2512 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
2513
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2514 - CONFIG_ENV_EEPROM_IS_ON_I2C
2515 define this, if you have I2C and SPI activated, and your
2516 EEPROM, which holds the environment, is on the I2C bus.
2517
2518 - CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS
2519 if you have an Environment on an EEPROM reached over
2520 I2C muxes, you can define here, how to reach this
2521 EEPROM. For example:
2522
a9046b9e 2523 #define CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS "pca9547:70:d\0"
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2524
2525 EEPROM which holds the environment, is reached over
2526 a pca9547 i2c mux with address 0x70, channel 3.
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057c849c 2528- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
5779d8d9 2529
d4ca31c4 2530 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
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2531 want to use for the environment.
2532
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2533 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2534 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
2535 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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2536
2537 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
2538 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
2539 at the specified address.
2540
51bfee19 2541- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
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2542
2543 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
2544 for the environment.
2545
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2546 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2547 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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2548
2549 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
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2550 area within the first NAND device. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET must be
2551 aligned to an erase block boundary.
5779d8d9 2552
fdd813de 2553 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
e443c944 2554
0e8d1586 2555 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
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2556 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, so
2557 that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure
2558 during a "saveenv" operation. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_RENDUND must be
2559 aligned to an erase block boundary.
2560
2561 - CONFIG_ENV_RANGE (optional):
2562
2563 Specifies the length of the region in which the environment
2564 can be written. This should be a multiple of the NAND device's
2565 block size. Specifying a range with more erase blocks than
2566 are needed to hold CONFIG_ENV_SIZE allows bad blocks within
2567 the range to be avoided.
2568
2569 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB (optional):
2570
2571 Enables support for dynamically retrieving the offset of the
2572 environment from block zero's out-of-band data. The
2573 "nand env.oob" command can be used to record this offset.
2574 Currently, CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND is not supported when
2575 using CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB.
e443c944 2576
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2577- CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
2578
2579 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
2580 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
2581 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
2582
6d0f6bcf 2583- CONFIG_SYS_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
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2584
2585 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
2586 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
2587 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
2588 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
2589 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
2590 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
2591 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
2592
e881cb56 2593Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
c609719b 2594has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
cdb74977 2595created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_f()
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2596until then to read environment variables.
2597
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2598The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
2599is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
2600with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
2601necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
2602"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
2603have any device yet where we could complain.]
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2604
2605Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
2606the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
85ec0bcc 2607use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
c609719b 2608
6d0f6bcf 2609- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
42d1f039 2610 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
fc3e2165 2611
6d0f6bcf 2612 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
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2613 also needs to be defined.
2614
6d0f6bcf 2615- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
42d1f039 2616 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
c609719b 2617
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2618- CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
2619 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
2620 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
2621 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
2622 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
2623 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
2624
c609719b 2625Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
dc7c9a1a 2626---------------------------------------------------
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6d0f6bcf 2628- CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
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2629 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
2630
6d0f6bcf 2631- CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR:
c609719b 2632 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
2535d602 2633
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2634 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
2635 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
2636 the IMMR register after a reset.
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7f6c2cbc 2638- Floppy Disk Support:
6d0f6bcf 2639 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
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2640
2641 the default drive number (default value 0)
2642
6d0f6bcf 2643 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
7f6c2cbc 2644
11ccc33f 2645 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
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2646 (default value 1)
2647
6d0f6bcf 2648 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
7f6c2cbc 2649
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2650 defines the offset of register from address. It
2651 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
11ccc33f 2652 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
7f6c2cbc 2653
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2654 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
2655 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
43d9616c 2656 default value.
7f6c2cbc 2657
6d0f6bcf 2658 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
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2659 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
2660 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
2661 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
2662 initializations.
7f6c2cbc 2663
6d0f6bcf 2664- CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
efe2a4d5 2665 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
25d6712a 2666 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
c609719b 2667
6d0f6bcf 2668- CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
c609719b 2669
7152b1d0 2670 Start address of memory area that can be used for
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2671 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
2672 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
2673 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
2674 will become available only after programming the
2675 memory controller and running certain initialization
2676 sequences.
2677
2678 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
2679 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
2680 - MPC824X: data cache
2681 - PPC4xx: data cache
2682
6d0f6bcf 2683- CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
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2684
2685 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
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2686 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
2687 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
c609719b 2688 data is located at the end of the available space
553f0982 2689 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
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2690 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
2691 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
2692 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
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2693
2694 Note:
2695 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
2696 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
6d0f6bcf 2697 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
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2698 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
2699 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
2700
6d0f6bcf 2701- CONFIG_SYS_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
c609719b 2702
6d0f6bcf 2703- CONFIG_SYS_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
c609719b 2704
6d0f6bcf 2705- CONFIG_SYS_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
c609719b 2706
6d0f6bcf 2707- CONFIG_SYS_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
c609719b 2708
6d0f6bcf 2709- CONFIG_SYS_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
c609719b 2710
6d0f6bcf 2711- CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
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6d0f6bcf 2713- CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
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2714 SDRAM timing
2715
6d0f6bcf 2716- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
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2717 periodic timer for refresh
2718
6d0f6bcf 2719- CONFIG_SYS_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
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2721- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
2722 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
2723 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
2724 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
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2725 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
2726
2727- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
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2728 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
2729 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
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2730 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
2731
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2732- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
2733 CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_8COL, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_9COL:
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2734 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
2735 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
2736
6d0f6bcf 2737- CONFIG_SYS_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
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2738 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2739 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
2740
6d0f6bcf 2741- CONFIG_SYS_SMC_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SMC_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
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2742 enable SMC microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2743 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]
2744
6d0f6bcf 2745- CONFIG_SYS_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
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2746 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2747 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
2748
6d0f6bcf 2749- CONFIG_SYS_USE_OSCCLK:
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2750 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
2751 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
2752 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
2753
6d0f6bcf 2754- CONFIG_SYS_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
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2755 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
2756 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
2757 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
2758 cpm_8260.h.
ea909b76 2759
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2760- CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2761 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK0_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
2762 CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK1_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
2763 CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2764 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
2765 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
2766 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
2767 CONFIG_SYS_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
a47a12be 2768 Overrides the default PCI memory map in arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
5d232d0e 2769
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2770- CONFIG_PCI_DISABLE_PCIE:
2771 Disable PCI-Express on systems where it is supported but not
2772 required.
2773
bb99ad6d 2774- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
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2775 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
2776 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
2777
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2778 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
2779 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
2780
6d0f6bcf 2781- CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
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2782 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
2783 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
2784 to something your driver can deal with.
bb99ad6d 2785
6d0f6bcf 2786- CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
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2787 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2788 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2ad6b513 2789
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2790- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
2791 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
2792
2793- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
2794 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
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2795 to the given FEC; i. e.
2796 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
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2797 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
2798
2799 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
2800
2801- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
2802 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
2803 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
2804
2805- CONFIG_RMII
2806 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2807 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2808 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2809
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2810- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2811 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2812 The syntax is:
2813
2814 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2815
2816 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2817 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2818 area should have.
2819
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2820- CONFIG_LOOPW
2821 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
602ad3b3 2822 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
56523f12 2823
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2824- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
2825 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2826 "md/mw" commands.
2827 Examples:
2828
efe2a4d5 2829 => mdc.b 10 4 500
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2830 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
2831
efe2a4d5 2832 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
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2833 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
2834
efe2a4d5 2835 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
602ad3b3 2836 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
7b466641 2837
8aa1a2d1 2838- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
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2839 [ARM only] If this variable is defined, then certain
2840 low level initializations (like setting up the memory
2841 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
2842 relocate itself into RAM.
2843
2844 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
2845 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
2846 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
2847 these initializations itself.
8aa1a2d1 2848
df81238b 2849- CONFIG_PRELOADER
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2850 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
2851 that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
2852 compiling a NAND SPL.
400558b5 2853
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2854Building the Software:
2855======================
2856
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2857Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
2858and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
2859all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
2860(potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
2861recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
2862which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
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2864If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
2865have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
2866you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
2867Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
2868necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
c609719b 2869
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2870 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
2871 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
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2873Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
2874 the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
2875 (http://www.mingw.org). Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
2876 toolchain and execute 'make tools'. For example:
2877
2878 $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools
2879
2880 Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
2881 be executed on computers running Windows.
2882
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2883U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
2884sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
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2885is done by typing:
2886
2887 make NAME_config
2888
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2889where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing configu-
2890rations; see the main Makefile for supported names.
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2892Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
2893 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2894 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
2895 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
11ccc33f 2896 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
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2897
2898 make TQM823L_config
2899 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
2900
2901 make TQM823L_LCD_config
2902 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
2903
2904 etc.
2905
2906
2907Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
2908images ready for download to / installation on your system:
2909
2910- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
2911- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
2912- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
2913
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2914By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
2915in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
2916this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
2917
29181. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
2919
2920 make O=/tmp/build distclean
2921 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
2922 make O=/tmp/build all
2923
29242. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
2925
2926 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2927 make distclean
2928 make NAME_config
2929 make all
2930
2931Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
2932variable.
2933
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2934
2935Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
2936for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
2937native "make".
2938
2939
2940If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
2941to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
2942steps:
2943
29441. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
2945 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
2946 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
2947 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please
2948 keep this order.
29492. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
2950 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
2951 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
29523. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
2953 your board
29543. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
2955 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
29564. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
29575. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
2958 to be installed on your target system.
29596. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
2960 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
2961
2962
2963Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
2964==============================================================
2965
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2966If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
2967or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
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2968provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
2969the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
218ca724 2970official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
2729af9d 2971
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2972But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
2973cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
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2974the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
2975just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
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2976for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
2977select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
2978environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the ELDK cross tools
2979you can type
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2980
2981 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
2982
2983or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
2984
2985 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
2986
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2987When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build
2988U-Boot in the source directory. This location can be changed by
2989setting the BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target
2990built, the MAKEALL script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and
2991<target>.MAKEALL) in the <source dir>/LOG directory. This default
2992location can be changed by setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment
2993variable. For example:
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2994
2995 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2996 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
2997 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
2998
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2999With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build,
3000log files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean
3001during the whole build process.
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3002
3003
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3004See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
3005
3006
3007Monitor Commands - Overview:
3008============================
3009
3010go - start application at address 'addr'
3011run - run commands in an environment variable
3012bootm - boot application image from memory
3013bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
3014tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
3015 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
3016 (and eventually "gatewayip")
3017rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
3018diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
3019loads - load S-Record file over serial line
3020loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
3021md - memory display
3022mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
3023nm - memory modify (constant address)
3024mw - memory write (fill)
3025cp - memory copy
3026cmp - memory compare
3027crc32 - checksum calculation
0f89c54b 3028i2c - I2C sub-system
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3029sspi - SPI utility commands
3030base - print or set address offset
3031printenv- print environment variables
3032setenv - set environment variables
3033saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
3034protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
3035erase - erase FLASH memory
3036flinfo - print FLASH memory information
3037bdinfo - print Board Info structure
3038iminfo - print header information for application image
3039coninfo - print console devices and informations
3040ide - IDE sub-system
3041loop - infinite loop on address range
56523f12 3042loopw - infinite write loop on address range
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3043mtest - simple RAM test
3044icache - enable or disable instruction cache
3045dcache - enable or disable data cache
3046reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
3047echo - echo args to console
3048version - print monitor version
3049help - print online help
3050? - alias for 'help'
3051
3052
3053Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
3054========================================
3055
3056TODO.
3057
3058For now: just type "help <command>".
3059
3060
3061Environment Variables:
3062======================
3063
3064U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
3065can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
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3067Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
3068"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
3069without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
3070environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
3071working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
3072environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
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3074Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
3075
3076List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
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2729af9d 3078 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
c609719b 3079
2729af9d 3080 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
c609719b 3081
2729af9d 3082 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
4a6fd34b 3083
2729af9d 3084 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
c609719b 3085
2729af9d 3086 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
c609719b 3087
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3088 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3089 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3090 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
3091 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
3092 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
3093 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
6d0f6bcf 3094 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ.
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3095
3096 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3097 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3098 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
3099 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
3100 environment variable.
3101
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3102 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
3103 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
3104 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
3105
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3106 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
3107 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
3108 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
3109 load any image using TFTP
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3111 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
3112 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
3113 be automatically started (by internally calling
3114 "bootm")
38b99261 3115
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3116 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
3117 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
3118 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
3119 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
3120 data.
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3122 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
3123 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
3124 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
3125 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
3126 it must be saved and board must be reset.
3127
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3128 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
3129 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
3130 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
3131 is usually what you want since it allows for
3132 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
3133 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
6d0f6bcf 3134 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
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3135 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
3136 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
3137 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
3138 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
c609719b 3139
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3140 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
3141 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
3142 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
3143 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
3144 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
3145 12 MB as well - this can be done with
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2729af9d 3147 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
c609719b 3148
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3149 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
3150 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
3151 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
3152 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
3153 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
3154 boot time on your system, but requires that this
3155 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
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2729af9d 3157 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
c609719b 3158
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3159 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
3160 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
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2729af9d 3162 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
a3d991bd 3163
2729af9d 3164 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
a3d991bd 3165
2729af9d 3166 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
a3d991bd 3167
2729af9d 3168 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
a3d991bd 3169
2729af9d 3170 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
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3172 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
3173 interface is used first.
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3175 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
3176 interface is currently active. For example you
3177 can do the following
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3179 => setenv ethact FEC
3180 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
3181 => setenv ethact SCC
3182 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
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3184 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
3185 available network interfaces.
3186 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
3187
c96f86ee 3188 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
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3189 either succeed or fail without retrying.
3190 When set to "once" the network operation will
3191 fail when all the available network interfaces
3192 are tried once without success.
3193 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
3194 themselves.
c609719b 3195
b4e2f89d 3196 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
a1cf027a 3197
28cb9375 3198 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
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3199 UDP source port.
3200
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3201 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
3202 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
3203
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3204 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
3205 we use the TFTP server's default block size
3206
3207 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
3208 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
3209 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
3210 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
3211 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
3212 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
3213 with unreliable TFTP servers.
3214
3215 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
11ccc33f 3216 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
2729af9d 3217 VLAN tagged frames.
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3219The following environment variables may be used and automatically
3220updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
3221depending the information provided by your boot server:
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3223 bootfile - see above
3224 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
3225 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
3226 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
3227 hostname - Target hostname
3228 ipaddr - see above
3229 netmask - Subnet Mask
3230 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
3231 serverip - see above
c1551ea8 3232
c1551ea8 3233
2729af9d 3234There are two special Environment Variables:
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3236 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
3237 as type string and/or serial number
3238 ethaddr - Ethernet address
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3240These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
3241the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
3242once they have been set once.
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f07771cc 3244
2729af9d 3245Further special Environment Variables:
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3247 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
3248 with the "version" command. This variable is
3249 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
f07771cc 3250
f07771cc 3251
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3252Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
3253only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
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3256Command Line Parsing:
3257=====================
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3259There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
3260the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
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3262Old, simple command line parser:
3263--------------------------------
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3265- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
3266- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
fe126d8b 3267- variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
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3268- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
3269 for example:
fe126d8b 3270 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
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3271- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
3272 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
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3274Hush shell:
3275-----------
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3277- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
3278 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
3279 until...do...done, ...
3280- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
3281 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
3282 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
3283 command
3284
3285General rules:
3286--------------
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3288(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
3289 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
3290 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
3291 executed anyway.
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11ccc33f 3294 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
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3295 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
3296 variables are not executed.
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3298Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
3299=======================================
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11ccc33f 3301Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
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3302such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
3303"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
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3305Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
3306MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
3307"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
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3309If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
3310in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
3311ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
3312variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
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3314o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
3315 environment, the SROM's address is used.
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3317o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
3318 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
3319 used.
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3321o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
3322 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
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3324o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
3325 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
3326 warning is printed.
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3328o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
3329 is raised.
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3331If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
3332will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
3333may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
3334The naming convention is as follows:
3335"ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
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3337Image Formats:
3338==============
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3310c549
MB
3340U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
3341images in two formats:
3342
3343New uImage format (FIT)
3344-----------------------
3345
3346Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
3347to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
3348components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
3349SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
3350
3351
3352Old uImage format
3353-----------------
3354
3355Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
3356preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
3357details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
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3359* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
3360 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
f5ed9e39
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3361 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
3362 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
3363 INTEGRITY).
7b64fef3 3364* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
1117cbf2
TC
3365 IA64, MIPS, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
3366 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, Nios II, PowerPC).
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3367* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
3368* Load Address
3369* Entry Point
3370* Image Name
3371* Image Timestamp
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3373The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
3374and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
3375CRC32 checksums.
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3376
3377
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3378Linux Support:
3379==============
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3381Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
3382easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
3383U-Boot.
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3385U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
3386special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
3387"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
3388instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
3389serves several purposes:
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3391- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
3392 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
3393 Flash memory footprint)
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3395- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
3396 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
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3398- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
3399 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
3400 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
3401 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
3402 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
3403 software is easier now.
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3406Linux HOWTO:
3407============
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3409Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
3410---------------------------------------
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3412U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
3413configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
3414(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
3415Linux :-).
c609719b 3416
a47a12be 3417But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
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3419Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
3420include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
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3421Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
3422and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
6d0f6bcf 3423as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
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3426Configuring the Linux kernel:
3427-----------------------------
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3429No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
3430device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
3431
3432
3433Building a Linux Image:
3434-----------------------
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3436With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
3437not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
3438"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
3439U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
3440which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
3441100% compatible format.
3442
3443Example:
3444
3445 make TQM850L_config
3446 make oldconfig
3447 make dep
3448 make uImage
3449
3450The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
3451encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
3452CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
3453
3454* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
3455
3456* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
3457
3458 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
3459 -R .note -R .comment \
3460 -S vmlinux linux.bin
3461
3462* compress the binary image:
3463
3464 gzip -9 linux.bin
3465
3466* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
3467
3468 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
3469 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
3470 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
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3473The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
3474with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
3475combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
3476byte header containing information about target architecture,
3477operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
3478stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
3479
3480"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
3481print the header information, or to build new images.
3482
3483In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
3484contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
3485checksum verification:
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3487 tools/mkimage -l image
3488 -l ==> list image header information
3489
3490The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
3491from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
3492
3493 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
3494 -n name -d data_file image
3495 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
3496 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
3497 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
3498 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
3499 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
3500 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
3501 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
3502 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
3503
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3504Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
3505address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
3506kernel version:
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3507
3508- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
3509- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
3510
3511So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
3512
3513 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3514 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
a47a12be 3515 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
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3516 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
3517 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3518 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3519 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3520 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3521 Load Address: 0x00000000
3522 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3523
3524To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
3525
3526 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
3527 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3528 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3529 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3530 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3531 Load Address: 0x00000000
3532 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3533
3534NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
3535speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
3536needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
3537need to be uncompressed:
3538
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3540 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3541 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
a47a12be 3542 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
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3543 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
3544 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3545 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3546 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
3547 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
3548 Load Address: 0x00000000
3549 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3550
3551
3552Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
3553when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
3554
3555 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
3556 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
3557 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
3558 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3559 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
3560 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3561 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
3562 Load Address: 0x00000000
3563 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3564
3565
3566Installing a Linux Image:
3567-------------------------
3568
3569To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
3570you must convert the image to S-Record format:
3571
3572 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
3573
3574The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
3575image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
3576address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
3577specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
3578command.
3579
3580Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
3581TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
3582
3583 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
3584
3585 .......... done
3586 Erased 8 sectors
3587
3588 => loads 40100000
3589 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3590 ~>examples/image.srec
3591 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
3592 ...
3593 15989 15990 15991 15992
3594 [file transfer complete]
3595 [connected]
3596 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
3597
3598
3599You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
218ca724 3600this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
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3601corruption happened:
3602
3603 => imi 40100000
3604
3605 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3606 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3607 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3608 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3609 Load Address: 00000000
3610 Entry Point: 0000000c
3611 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3612
3613
3614Boot Linux:
3615-----------
3616
3617The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
3618memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
3619of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
3620parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
3621"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
3622
3623
3624 => printenv bootargs
3625 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
3626
3627 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3628
3629 => printenv bootargs
3630 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3631
3632 => bootm 40020000
3633 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
3634 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
3635 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3636 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
3637 Load Address: 00000000
3638 Entry Point: 0000000c
3639 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3640 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3641 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
3642 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3643 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3644 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3645 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
3646 ...
3647
11ccc33f 3648If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
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3649the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
3650format!) to the "bootm" command:
3651
3652 => imi 40100000 40200000
3653
3654 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3655 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3656 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3657 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3658 Load Address: 00000000
3659 Entry Point: 0000000c
3660 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3661
3662 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
3663 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3664 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3665 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3666 Load Address: 00000000
3667 Entry Point: 00000000
3668 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3669
3670 => bootm 40100000 40200000
3671 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
3672 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3673 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3674 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3675 Load Address: 00000000
3676 Entry Point: 0000000c
3677 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3678 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3679 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
3680 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3681 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3682 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3683 Load Address: 00000000
3684 Entry Point: 00000000
3685 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3686 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
3687 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
3688 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
3689 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3690 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3691 ...
3692 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
3693 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
3694
3695 bash#
3696
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3697Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
3698-----------
3699
3700First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
3701titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
3702following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
3703flat device tree:
3704
3705=> print oftaddr
3706oftaddr=0x300000
3707=> print oft
3708oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
3709=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
3710Speed: 1000, full duplex
3711Using TSEC0 device
3712TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
3713Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
3714Load address: 0x300000
3715Loading: #
3716done
3717Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
3718=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
3719Speed: 1000, full duplex
3720Using TSEC0 device
3721TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
3722Filename 'uImage'.
3723Load address: 0x200000
3724Loading:############
3725done
3726Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
3727=> print loadaddr
3728loadaddr=200000
3729=> print oftaddr
3730oftaddr=0x300000
3731=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
3732## Booting image at 00200000 ...
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3733 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
3734 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3735 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
0267768e 3736 Load Address: 00000000
a9398e01 3737 Entry Point: 00000000
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MM
3738 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3739 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3740Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
3741Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
3742Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
3743[snip]
3744
3745
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3746More About U-Boot Image Types:
3747------------------------------
3748
3749U-Boot supports the following image types:
3750
3751 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
3752 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
3753 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
3754 the Standalone Program.
3755 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
3756 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
3757 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
3758 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
3759 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
3760 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
3761 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
3762 being started.
3763 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
3764 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
3765 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
3766 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
3767 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
3768 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
3769
3770 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
3771 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
3772 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
3773 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
3774 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
3775 a multiple of 4 bytes).
3776
3777 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
3778 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
3779 flash memory.
3780
3781 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
3782 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
3783 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
3784 as command interpreter.
3785
3786
3787Standalone HOWTO:
3788=================
3789
3790One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
3791run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
3792U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
3793
3794Two simple examples are included with the sources:
3795
3796"Hello World" Demo:
3797-------------------
3798
3799'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
3800application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
3801It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
3802like that:
3803
3804 => loads
3805 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3806 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
3807 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3808 [file transfer complete]
3809 [connected]
3810 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3811
3812 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
3813 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3814 Hello World
3815 argc = 7
3816 argv[0] = "40004"
3817 argv[1] = "Hello"
3818 argv[2] = "World!"
3819 argv[3] = "This"
3820 argv[4] = "is"
3821 argv[5] = "a"
3822 argv[6] = "test."
3823 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
3824 Hit any key to exit ...
3825
3826 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
3827
3828Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
3829handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
3830Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
3831The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
3832character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
3833controlled by the following keys:
3834
3835 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
3836 b - enable interrupts and start timer
3837 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
3838 q - quit application
3839
3840 => loads
3841 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3842 ~>examples/timer.srec
3843 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3844 [file transfer complete]
3845 [connected]
3846 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3847
3848 => go 40004
3849 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3850 TIMERS=0xfff00980
3851 Using timer 1
3852 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
3853
3854Hit 'b':
3855 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
3856 Enabling timer
3857Hit '?':
3858 [q, b, e, ?] ........
3859 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
3860Hit '?':
3861 [q, b, e, ?] .
3862 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
3863Hit '?':
3864 [q, b, e, ?] .
3865 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
3866Hit '?':
3867 [q, b, e, ?] .
3868 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
3869Hit 'e':
3870 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
3871Hit 'q':
3872 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
3873
3874
3875Minicom warning:
3876================
3877
3878Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
3879"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
3880consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
3881Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
3882especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
3883use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
3884
3885Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
3886configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
3887
3888 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
3889 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
3890 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
3891
3892
3893NetBSD Notes:
3894=============
3895
3896Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
3897(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
3898
3899Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
3900NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
3901need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
3902Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
3903attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
3904missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
3905
3906 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
3907 # mkdir powerpc
3908 # ln -s powerpc machine
3909 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
3910 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
3911
3912Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
3913and U-Boot include files.
3914
3915Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
3916stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
3917proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
3918tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
2a8af187 3919meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
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3920
3921
3922Implementation Internals:
3923=========================
3924
3925The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
3926implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
3927inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
3928hardware.
3929
3930
3931Initial Stack, Global Data:
3932---------------------------
3933
3934The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
3935starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
3936system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
3937This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
3938is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
3939at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
3940options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
3941models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
3942MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
3943locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
3944
218ca724 3945 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
0668236b 3946 U-Boot mailing list:
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3947
3948 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
3949 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
3950 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
3951 ...
3952
3953 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
3954 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
3955 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
3956 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
3957 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
11ccc33f 3958 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
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3959 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
3960 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
3961
3962 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
3963 is another option for the system designer to use as an
11ccc33f 3964 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
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3965 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
3966 board designers haven't used it for something that would
3967 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
3968 used.
3969
6d0f6bcf 3970 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
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3971 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
3972 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
8a316c9b 3973 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
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3974 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
3975 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
3976 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
3977 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
3978 you get the config right.
3979
3980 -Chris Hallinan
3981 DS4.COM, Inc.
3982
3983It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
3984code for the initialization procedures:
3985
3986* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
3987 to write it.
3988
11ccc33f 3989* Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
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3990 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
3991 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
3992
3993* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
3994 that.
3995
3996Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
3997normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
3998turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
3999simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
4000functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
4001functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
4002the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
4003place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
4004reserve for this purpose.
4005
4006When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
4007relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
4008GCC's implementation.
4009
4010For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
4011 R1: stack pointer
e7670f6c 4012 R2: reserved for system use
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4013 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
4014 R5-R10: parameter passing
4015 R13: small data area pointer
4016 R30: GOT pointer
4017 R31: frame pointer
4018
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4019 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
4020 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
4021 going back and forth between asm and C)
2729af9d 4022
e7670f6c 4023 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
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4024
4025 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
4026 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
4027 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
4028 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
4029 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
4030 624 text + 127 data).
4031
c4db335c 4032On Blackfin, the normal C ABI (except for P3) is followed as documented here:
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4033 http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=application_binary_interface
4034
c4db335c 4035 ==> U-Boot will use P3 to hold a pointer to the global data
4c58eb55 4036
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4037On ARM, the following registers are used:
4038
4039 R0: function argument word/integer result
4040 R1-R3: function argument word
4041 R9: GOT pointer
4042 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
4043 R11: argument (frame) pointer
4044 R12: temporary workspace
4045 R13: stack pointer
4046 R14: link register
4047 R15: program counter
4048
4049 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
4050
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4051On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
4052 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
4053
4054 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
4055
4056 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
4057 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
4058
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4059NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
4060or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
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4061
4062Memory Management:
4063------------------
4064
4065U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
4066MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
4067
4068The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
4069controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
4070memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
4071physical memory banks.
4072
4073U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
4074TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
4075booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
4076to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
6d0f6bcf 4077memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
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4078configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
4079Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
4080
4081Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
4082of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
4083
4084So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
4085this:
4086
4087 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
4088 :
4089 0x0000 1FFF
4090 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
4091 :
4092 :
4093
4094 :
4095 :
4096 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
4097 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
4098 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
4099 :
4100 0x00FD FFFF
4101 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
4102 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
4103 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
4104 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
4105
4106
4107System Initialization:
4108----------------------
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2729af9d 4110In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
11ccc33f 4111(on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
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4112configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
4113To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
4114To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
4115initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
4116which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
4117part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
4118the caches and the SIU.
4119
4120Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
4121preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
4122(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
4123on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
4124programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
4125simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
4126banks.
4127
4128When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
4129different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
4130bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
41310x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
4132contiguous memory starting from 0.
4133
4134Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
4135and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
4136Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
4137pages, and the final stack is set up.
4138
4139Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
4140until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
4141running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
4142new address in RAM.
4143
4144
4145U-Boot Porting Guide:
4146----------------------
c609719b 4147
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4148[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
4149list, October 2002]
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4150
4151
6c3fef28 4152int main(int argc, char *argv[])
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4153{
4154 sighandler_t no_more_time;
c609719b 4155
6c3fef28
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4156 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
4157 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
c609719b 4158
2729af9d 4159 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
6c3fef28 4160 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
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4161 return 0;
4162 }
4163
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4164 Download latest U-Boot source;
4165
0668236b 4166 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
2729af9d 4167
6c3fef28
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4168 if (clueless)
4169 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
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4170
4171 while (learning) {
4172 Read the README file in the top level directory;
6c3fef28
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4173 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
4174 Read applicable doc/*.README;
2729af9d 4175 Read the source, Luke;
6c3fef28 4176 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
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4177 }
4178
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4179 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
4180 Buy a BDI3000;
4181 else
2729af9d 4182 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
2729af9d 4183
6c3fef28
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4184 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
4185 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
4186 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
4187 } else {
4188 Create your own board support subdirectory;
4189 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
4190 }
4191 Edit new board/<myboard> files
4192 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
4193
4194 while (!accepted) {
4195 while (!running) {
4196 do {
4197 Add / modify source code;
4198 } until (compiles);
4199 Debug;
4200 if (clueless)
4201 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
4202 }
4203 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
4204 if (reasonable critiques)
4205 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
4206 else
4207 Defend code as written;
2729af9d 4208 }
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4209
4210 return 0;
4211}
4212
4213void no_more_time (int sig)
4214{
4215 hire_a_guru();
4216}
4217
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4219Coding Standards:
4220-----------------
c609719b 4221
2729af9d 4222All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
2c051651
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4223coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
4224"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory. In sources
4225originating from U-Boot a style corresponding to "Lindent -pcs" (adding
4226spaces before parameters to function calls) is actually used.
4227
4228Source files originating from a different project (for example the
4229MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
4230reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
4231sources.
4232
4233Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
4234Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
4235in your code.
c609719b 4236
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4237Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
4238- remove any trailing white space
4239- use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces
4240- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
4241- do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files
4242- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
180d3f74 4243
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4244Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
4245with a request to reformat the changes.
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4246
4247
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4248Submitting Patches:
4249-------------------
c609719b 4250
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4251Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
4252establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
4253may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
c609719b 4254
0d28f34b 4255Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
218ca724 4256
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4257Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
4258see http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
4259
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4260When you send a patch, please include the following information with
4261it:
c609719b 4262
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4263* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
4264 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
4265 patch actually fixes something.
c609719b 4266
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4267* For new features: a description of the feature and your
4268 implementation.
c609719b 4269
2729af9d 4270* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
c609719b 4271
2729af9d 4272* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
c609719b 4273
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4274* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
4275 board to the MAKEALL script, too.
c609719b 4276
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4277* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
4278 document these in the README file.
c609719b 4279
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4280* The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
4281 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
4282 "git-format-patch". If you then use "git-send-email" to send it to
4283 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
4284 with some other mail clients.
4285
4286 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
4287 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
4288 GNU diff.
c609719b 4289
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4290 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
4291 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
4292 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
4293 affected files).
6dff5529 4294
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4295 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
4296 and compressed attachments must not be used.
c609719b 4297
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4298* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
4299 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
52f52c14 4300
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4301* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
4302 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
8bde7f77 4303
52f52c14 4304
2729af9d 4305Notes:
c609719b 4306
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4307* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
4308 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
4309 for any of the boards.
c609719b 4310
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4311* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
4312 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
4313 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
c609719b 4314
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4315* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
4316 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
4317 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
4318 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
4319 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
4320 modification.
90dc6704 4321
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4322* Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
4323 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
4324 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
4325 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.