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3# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
4#
5# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
6# project.
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23
24Summary:
25========
26
24ee89b9 27This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
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28Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
29processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
30initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
31code.
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32
33The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
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34the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
35header files in common, and special provision has been made to
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36support booting of Linux images.
37
38Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
39configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
40implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
41add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
42code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
43load and run it dynamically.
44
45
46Status:
47=======
48
49In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
24ee89b9 50Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
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51"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
52
24ee89b9 53In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
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54who contributed the specific port. The MAINTAINERS file lists board
55maintainers.
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57
58Where to get help:
59==================
60
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61In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
62U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
63<u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net>. There is also an archive of
64previous traffic on the mailing list - please search the archive
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65before asking FAQ's. Please see
66http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users/
67
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
77any version you might be interested in. Ofifcial releases are also
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
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)
218ca724 101- current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/UBoot
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102
103
104Names and Spelling:
105===================
106
107The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
108"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
109in source files etc.). Example:
110
111 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
112
113File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
114
115 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
116
117 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
118
119Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
120the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
121
122 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
123 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
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124
125
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126Versioning:
127===========
128
129U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a
130sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2",
131sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4".
132
133The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development
134between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of
135U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0".
136
137
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138Directory Hierarchy:
139====================
140
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141- board Board dependent files
142- common Misc architecture independent functions
c609719b 143- cpu CPU specific files
983fda83 144 - 74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
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145 - arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
146 - arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
a85f9f21 147 - at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
983fda83 148 - imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
1d9f4105 149 - s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
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150 - arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
151 - arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
8ed96046 152 - arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
72a087e0 153 - at32ap Files specific to Atmel AVR32 AP CPUs
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154 - i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs
155 - ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
983fda83 156 - mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
1552af70 157 - mcf5227x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5227x CPUs
8e585f02 158 - mcf532x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5329 CPUs
8ae158cd 159 - mcf5445x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5445x CPUs
57a12720 160 - mcf547x_8x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF547x_8x CPUs
11dadd54 161 - mips Files specific to MIPS CPUs
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162 - mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
163 - mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
164 - mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
165 - mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
166 - mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
167 - mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
168 - mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
11dadd54 169 - nios Files specific to Altera NIOS CPUs
5c952cf0 170 - nios2 Files specific to Altera Nios-II CPUs
0c8721a4 171 - ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
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172 - pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
173 - s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
174 - sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
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175- disk Code for disk drive partition handling
176- doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
7152b1d0 177- drivers Commonly used device drivers
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178- dtt Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers
179- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
180- include Header Files
11dadd54 181- lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture
7b64fef3 182- lib_avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
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183- lib_generic Files generic to all architectures
184- lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture
185- lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
186- lib_mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
187- lib_nios Files generic to NIOS architecture
188- lib_ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
218ca724 189- libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees
c609719b 190- net Networking code
c609719b 191- post Power On Self Test
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192- rtc Real Time Clock drivers
193- tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
194
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195Software Configuration:
196=======================
197
198Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
199rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
200
201There are two classes of configuration variables:
202
203* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
204 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
205 "CONFIG_".
206
207* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
208 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
209 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
210 "CFG_".
211
212Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
213identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
214do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
215links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
216as an example here.
217
218
219Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
220---------------------------------------------------
221
222For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
223configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
224
225Example: For a TQM823L module type:
226
227 cd u-boot
228 make TQM823L_config
229
230For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the cpu type as well;
231e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
232directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
233
234
235Configuration Options:
236----------------------
237
238Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
239such information is kept in a configuration file
240"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
241
242Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
243"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
244
245
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246Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
247kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
248build a config tool - later.
249
250
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251The following options need to be configured:
252
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254
255- Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
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257- CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
09ea0de0 258 Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
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260- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
261 Define exactly one of
262 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
263--- FIXME --- not tested yet:
264 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
265 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
266
267- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
268 Define exactly one of
269 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
270
271- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
272 Define one or more of
273 CONFIG_CMA302
274
275- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
276 Define one or more of
277 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
278 the lcd display every second with
279 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
280
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281- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
282 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
283 Possible values are:
284 CFG_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
180d3f74 285 CFG_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
54387ac9 286 CFG_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
04a85b3b 287 CFG_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
2535d602 288
c609719b 289- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
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290 Define exactly one of
291 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
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75d1ea7f 293- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx cpu)
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294 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
295 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
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296 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
297 reference PIT/RTC clock
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298 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
299 or XTAL/EXTAL)
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301- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
302 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
303 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
304 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
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305 See doc/README.MPC866
306
307 CFG_MEASURE_CPUCLK
308
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309 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
310 of relying on the correctness of the configured
311 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
312 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
313 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
66ca92a5 314 RTC clock or CFG_8XX_XIN)
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317 CFG_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
318
319 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
320 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
321 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
322
323 CFG_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
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326 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
cf48eb9a 327 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
0b953ffc 328 by this value.
cf48eb9a 329
5da627a4 330- Linux Kernel Interface:
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331 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
332
333 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
334 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
335 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
336 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
337 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
338 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
339 Linux kernel.
c609719b 340 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
218ca724 341 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
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342 default environment.
343
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344 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
345
346 When transfering memsize parameter to linux, some versions
347 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
348 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
349
213bf8c8 350 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT / CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE
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351
352 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
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353 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
354 concepts).
355
356 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
357 * New libfdt-based support
358 * Adds the "fdt" command
3bb342fc 359 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
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361 CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE
362 * Deprecated, see CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
363 * Original ft_build.c-based support
364 * Automatically modifies the dft as part of the bootm command
365 * The environment variable "disable_of", when set,
366 disables this functionality.
f57f70aa 367
f57f70aa 368 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node.
c2871f03 369 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node.
f57f70aa 370 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
c2871f03 371 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
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373 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC mac addresses
374
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375 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
376
377 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
378 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
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380 CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU
381
382 This define fills in the correct boot cpu in the boot
383 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
384
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385- Serial Ports:
386 CFG_PL010_SERIAL
387
388 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
389
390 CFG_PL011_SERIAL
391
392 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
393
394 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
395
396 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
397 the clock speed of the UARTs.
398
399 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
400
401 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
402 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
403 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
404
405
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407 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
408 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
409 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
410 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
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411
412 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
413 port routines must be defined elsewhere
414 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
415
416 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
417 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
418 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
419 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
420 (default big endian)
421 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
422 rectangle fill
423 (cf. smiLynxEM)
424 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
425 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
426 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
427 (cols=pitch)
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428 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
429 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
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430 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
431 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
ba56f625 432 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
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433 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
434 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
435 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
436 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
437 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
438 (i.e. i8042_getc)
439 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
440 (requires blink timer
441 cf. i8042.c)
442 CFG_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
443 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
444 upper right corner
602ad3b3 445 (requires CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
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446 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
447 upper left corner
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448 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
449 linux_logo.h for logo.
450 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
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451 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
452 addional board info beside
453 the logo
454
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455 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
456 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
457 environment 'console=serial'.
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459 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
460 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
461 the "silent" environment variable. See
462 doc/README.silent for more information.
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464- Console Baudrate:
465 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
466 Select one of the baudrates listed in
467 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
3bbc899f 468 CFG_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
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470- Interrupt driven serial port input:
471 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO
472
473 PPC405GP only.
474 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the
475 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake
476 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of
477 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have.
478
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479 Leave undefined to disable this feature, including
480 disable the buffer and hardware handshake.
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483 CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE
484
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486 If defined internal UART1 (and not UART0) is used
487 as default U-Boot console.
488
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489- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
490 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
491 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
492
493 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
494 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
495 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
496 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
497 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
498 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
499 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
500 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
501 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
502 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
503 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
504 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
505
506- Autoboot Command:
507 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
508 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
509 define a command string that is automatically executed
510 when no character is read on the console interface
511 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
512
513 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
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514 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
515 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
516 environment value "bootargs".
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517
518 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
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519 The value of these goes into the environment as
520 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
521 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
522 ram and nfs.
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523
524- Pre-Boot Commands:
525 CONFIG_PREBOOT
526
527 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
528 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
529 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
530 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
531 entering interactive mode.
532
533 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
534 automatically generated or modified. For an example
535 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
536 modified when the user holds down a certain
537 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
538 booting the systems
539
540- Serial Download Echo Mode:
541 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
542 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
543 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
544 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
545 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
546 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
547 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
548
602ad3b3 549- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
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550 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE
551 Select one of the baudrates listed in
552 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
553
554- Monitor Functions:
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555 Monitor commands can be included or excluded
556 from the build by using the #include files
557 "config_cmd_all.h" and #undef'ing unwanted
558 commands, or using "config_cmd_default.h"
559 and augmenting with additional #define's
560 for wanted commands.
561
562 The default command configuration includes all commands
563 except those marked below with a "*".
564
565 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
566 CONFIG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT Autoscript Support
567 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
568 CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
569 CONFIG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
570 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
571 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
572 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
573 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
574 CONFIG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
575 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
576 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
577 CONFIG_CMD_DOC * Disk-On-Chip Support
578 CONFIG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
579 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
580 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
581 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
582 CONFIG_CMD_ENV saveenv
583 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
584 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support
585 CONFIG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
586 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
587 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
588 CONFIG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
589 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
590 CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
591 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
592 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
593 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
594 CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
595 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
596 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
597 CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
598 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
599 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
600 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
601 loop, loopw, mtest
602 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
603 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
604 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
605 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
606 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
607 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
608 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
609 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
610 host
611 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
612 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
613 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
614 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
615 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
616 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
617 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
618 CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access
619 (4xx only)
620 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
621 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
622 CONFIG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB)
623 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board SPecific functions
624 CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
625 CONFIG_CMD_FSL * Microblaze FSL support
626
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628 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
629 support you can write:
630
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632 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
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635 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
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637 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
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640 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
641 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
642 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
643 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
644 initial stack and some data.
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646
647 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
648
649- Watchdog:
650 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
651 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
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654 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
655 register.
656
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658 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
659 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
660 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
661 version as printed by the "version" command.
662 This variable is readonly.
663
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665
602ad3b3 666 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
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668 following options:
669
670 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
671 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
672 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
1cb8e980 673 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
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7f70e853 675 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
3bac3513 676 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
9536dfcc 677 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
4c0d4c3b 678 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
da8808df 679 CFG_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
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682 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
683
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685
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687 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
688 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
602ad3b3 689 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
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691- Partition Support:
692 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
693 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION
694
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696 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at
697 least one partition type as well.
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699- IDE Reset method:
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701 board configurations files but used nowhere!
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704 be performed by calling the function
705 ide_set_reset(int reset)
706 which has to be defined in a board specific file
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708- ATAPI Support:
709 CONFIG_ATAPI
710
711 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
712
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714 CONFIG_LBA48
715
716 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
717 Also look at CFG_64BIT_LBA ,CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF and CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL
718 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
719 support disks up to 2.1TB.
720
721 CFG_64BIT_LBA:
722 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
723 Default is 32bit.
724
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726 At the moment only there is only support for the
727 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
728 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
729
730 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
731 CFG_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
732 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
733 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
734 devices.
735 CFG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
736
737- NETWORK Support (PCI):
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739 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips.
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742 default MAC for empty eeprom after production.
743
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745 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
746 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables eeprom
747 write routine for first time initialisation.
748
749 CONFIG_TULIP
750 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
751 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
752 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
753
754 CONFIG_NATSEMI
755 Support for National dp83815 chips.
756
757 CONFIG_NS8382X
758 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
759
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761
762 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
763 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
764
765 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
766 Define this to hold the physical address
767 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
768
769 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
770 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
771
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773 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
774
775 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
776 Define this to hold the physical address
777 of the device (I/O space)
778
779 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
780 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
781
782 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
783 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
784 (some hardware wont work with macros)
785
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787 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
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790 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
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792 storage devices.
793 Note:
794 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
795 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
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796 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
797 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
798 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
799 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG
800 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
801 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
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802 CFG_USB_EVENT_POLL
803 May be defined to allow interrupt polling
804 instead of using asynchronous interrupts
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807 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
808 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
809 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
810 attach your usb cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
811 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
812 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
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815 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
816 a Linux host by
817 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
818 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
819 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
820 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
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823 Define this to build a UDC device
824
825 CONFIG_USB_TTY
826 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
827 talk to the UDC device
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830 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
831 be set to usbtty.
832
833 mpc8xx:
834 CFG_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
835 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
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837
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839 Derive USB clock from brgclk
840 - CFG_USB_BRG_CLK 0x04
841
386eda02 842 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
16c8d5e7 843 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
386eda02 844 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
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846 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
847 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
848
849 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
850 Define this string as the name of your company for
851 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
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853 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
854 Define this string as the name of your product
855 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
856
857 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
858 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
859 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
860 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
861 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
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863 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
864 Define this as the unique Product ID
865 for your device
866 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
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870 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
871 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
872 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
71f95118 873 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
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875 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
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877- Journaling Flash filesystem support:
878 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
879 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
880 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
881
882 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
883 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CFG_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
884 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
885
886 CFG_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
887 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
888 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
889
890 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
efe2a4d5 891 #define CFG_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
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893 have not defined a custom partition
894
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895- Keyboard Support:
896 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
897
898 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
899 support
900
901 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
902 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
903 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
904 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
905 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
906
907- Video support:
908 CONFIG_VIDEO
909
910 Define this to enable video support (for output to
911 video).
912
913 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
914
915 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
916
917 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
b79a11cc 918 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
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920 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
921 assumed.
922
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924 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two diferent ways
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926 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
6e592385 927 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
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929 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
930 -------------+---------------------------------------------
931 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
932 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
933 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
934 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
935 -------------+---------------------------------------------
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937
b79a11cc 938 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
7817cb20 939 from the bootargs. (See drivers/video/videomodes.c)
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941
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945 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
946
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8bde7f77 948 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
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950 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
951 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
952 defined in your board-specific files.
953 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
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956
957 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
958 display); also select one of the supported displays
959 by defining one of these:
960
fd3103bb 961 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
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fd3103bb 963 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
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fd3103bb 965 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
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968 Active, color, single scan.
969
970 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
971
972 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
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973 Active, color, single scan.
974
975 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
976
977 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
978 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
979
980 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
981
982 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
983 Active, color, single scan.
984
985 CONFIG_HLD1045
986
987 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
988 Active, color, single scan.
989
990 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
991
992 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
993 or
994 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
995 or
996 Hitachi SP14Q002
997
998 320x240. Black & white.
999
1000 Normally display is black on white background; define
1001 CFG_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
1002
7152b1d0 1003- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
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1005 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1006 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1007 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
e94d2cd9 1008 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
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1009 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1010 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1011 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1012 loaded very quickly after power-on.
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1015
1016 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1017 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1018 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1019
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1021 CONFIG_BZIP2
1022
1023 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1024 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1025 compressed images are supported.
1026
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1028 the malloc area (as defined by CFG_MALLOC_LEN) should
1029 be at least 4MB.
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1032 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR
1033
1034 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1035
1036 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1037
1038 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1039
1040 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE
1041
1042 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
1043 detection of Gigabit PHY is included.
1044
1045 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1046
1047 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1048 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1049 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1050 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1051
1052 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1053
1054 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1055 command issued before MII status register can be read
1056
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1058 CONFIG_ETHADDR
1059 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
1060 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
1061
1062 Define a default value for ethernet address to use
1063 for the respective ethernet interface, in case this
1064 is not determined automatically.
1065
1066- IP address:
1067 CONFIG_IPADDR
1068
1069 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1070 the default ethernet interface, in case this is not
1071 determined through e.g. bootp.
1072
1073- Server IP address:
1074 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1075
1076 Defines a default value for theIP address of a TFTP
1077 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1078
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1080 CONFIG_MCAST_TFTP
1081
1082 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1083 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
1084 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the ethernet
1085 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1086 multicast group.
1087
1088 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
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1090 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1091
1092 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1093 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1094 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1095 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1096 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1097 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1098 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1099 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
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1102 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1103 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1104 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1105 4th and following
1106 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1107
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1110 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1111
1112 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1113 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1114 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1115 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1116 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1117 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1118 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1119 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2
1120 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1121 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1122 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1123 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
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1126 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
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1128 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1129 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1130 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1131 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1132 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1133 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1134 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
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1137 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1138 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1139 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
5d110f0a 1140 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
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1142 option 12 to the DHCP server.
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1145
1146 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1147 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1148 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1149 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1150 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1151 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1152 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1153 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1154 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1155 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1156 this delay.
1157
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1161 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1162
1163 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1164
1165 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1166 of the device.
1167
1168 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1169
1170 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1171 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1172 eth0 for the first ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1173
1174 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1175
1176 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1177 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1178
1179 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1180
1181 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1182
1183 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1184
1185 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1186
1187 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1188
1189 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1190
1191 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1192
1193 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1194 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1195
1196 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1197
1198 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1199
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1200- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1201
1202 Several configurations allow to display the current
1203 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1204 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1205 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1206 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1207 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1208 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1209 feature in U-Boot.
1210
1211- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1212
1213 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1214 on those systems that support this (optional)
1215 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1216
1217- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1218
b37c7e5e 1219 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
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1220 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
1221 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected cpu.
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945af8d7 1223 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
602ad3b3 1224 command line (as long as you set CONFIG_CMD_I2C in
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1225 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1226 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
43d9616c 1227 command line interface.
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1229 CONFIG_I2C_CMD_TREE is a recommended option that places
1230 all I2C commands under a single 'i2c' root command. The
1231 older 'imm', 'imd', 'iprobe' etc. commands are considered
1232 deprecated and may disappear in the future.
1233
1234 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
b37c7e5e 1235
945af8d7 1236 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
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1237 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1238 support for I2C.
c609719b 1239
945af8d7 1240 There are several other quantities that must also be
b37c7e5e 1241 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
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b37c7e5e 1243 In both cases you will need to define CFG_I2C_SPEED
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1244 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
1245 to run and CFG_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
1246 the cpu's i2c node address).
1247
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1248 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c)
1249 sets the cpu up as a master node and so its address should
1250 therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual
945af8d7 1251 p.16-473). So, set CFG_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
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945af8d7 1253 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
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1255 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1256 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1257 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
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1258
1259 I2C_INIT
1260
b37c7e5e 1261 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
43d9616c 1262 controller or configure ports.
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ba56f625 1264 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
b37c7e5e 1265
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1266 I2C_PORT
1267
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1268 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1269 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1270 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
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1271
1272 I2C_ACTIVE
1273
1274 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1275 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1276 define can be null.
1277
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1278 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1279
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1280 I2C_TRISTATE
1281
1282 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1283 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1284 define can be null.
1285
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1286 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1287
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1288 I2C_READ
1289
1290 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1291 FALSE if it is low.
1292
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1293 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1294
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1295 I2C_SDA(bit)
1296
1297 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1298 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1299
b37c7e5e 1300 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
2535d602 1301 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
ba56f625 1302 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
b37c7e5e 1303
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1304 I2C_SCL(bit)
1305
1306 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1307 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1308
b37c7e5e 1309 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
2535d602 1310 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
ba56f625 1311 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
b37c7e5e 1312
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1313 I2C_DELAY
1314
1315 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1316 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
b37c7e5e 1317 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
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1318 like:
1319
b37c7e5e 1320 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
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1322 CFG_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1323
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1324 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1325 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1326 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1327 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1328 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1329 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1330 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1331 is run early in the boot sequence.
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1333 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1334
1335 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1336 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1337 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1338
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1339 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1340
1341 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
1342 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1343 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
1344 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1345
1346 CFG_I2C_NOPROBES
1347
1348 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
1349 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued (or 'iprobe' using the legacy
1350 command). If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS is set, specify a list of bus-device
218ca724 1351 pairs. Otherwise, specify a 1D array of device addresses
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1352
1353 e.g.
1354 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1355 #define CFG_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
1356
1357 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1358
1359 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1360 #define CFG_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
1361
1362 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1363
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1364 CFG_SPD_BUS_NUM
1365
1366 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1367 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1368
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1369 CFG_RTC_BUS_NUM
1370
1371 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1372 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1373
1374 CFG_DTT_BUS_NUM
1375
1376 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
1377 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
1378
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1379 CONFIG_FSL_I2C
1380
1381 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
7817cb20 1382 drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c.
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1383
1384
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1385- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1386
1387 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1388 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1389 D/As on the SACSng board)
1390
1391 CONFIG_SPI_X
1392
1393 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1394 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1395
1396 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1397
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1398 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1399 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1400 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1401 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1402 defined, the board configuration must define several
1403 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1404 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
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1406 CONFIG_HARD_SPI
1407
1408 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
1409 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
1410 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
1411 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
1412 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
1413
0133502e 1414- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
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1416 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1417
1418 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1419
1420 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1421 (ALTERA, XILINX)
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0133502e 1423 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
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1425 Enables support for FPGA family.
1426 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1427
1428 CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1429
1430 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
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8bde7f77 1432 CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
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8bde7f77 1434 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
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1435
1436 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1437
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1438 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1439 status by the configuration function. This option
1440 will require a board or device specific function to
1441 be written.
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1442
1443 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1444
1445 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1446 configuration driver.
1447
1448 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1449 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1450
1451 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1452
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1453 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1454 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1455 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1456 indicated a CRC error).
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1457
1458 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1459
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1460 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1461 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1462 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
1463 mS.
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1464
1465 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1466
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1467 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
1468 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS.
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1469
1470 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1471
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1472 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1473 200 mS.
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1474
1475- Configuration Management:
1476 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
1477
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1478 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1479 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
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1480
1481- Vendor Parameter Protection:
1482
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1483 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1484 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
7152b1d0 1485 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
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1486 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1487 protects these variables from casual modification by
1488 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1489 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
1490 change this behviour:
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1491
1492 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1493 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
47cd00fa 1494 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
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1495 these parameters.
1496
1497 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1498 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
1499 ethernet address is installed in the environment,
1500 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1501 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1502 read-only.]
1503
1504- Protected RAM:
1505 CONFIG_PRAM
1506
1507 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1508 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1509 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1510 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1511 this default value by defining an environment
1512 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1513 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1514 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1515 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1516 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1517 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1518 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1519
fe126d8b 1520 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
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1521 saveenv
1522
1523 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1524 either, which results in a memory region that will
1525 not be affected by reboots.
1526
1527 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1528 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1529 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1530 following board configurations are known to be
1531 "pRAM-clean":
1532
1533 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
1534 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
1535 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260
1536
1537- Error Recovery:
1538 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
1539
1540 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
1541 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
1542 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
1543 system where you want to system to reboot
1544 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
1545 useful during development since you can try to debug
1546 the conditions that lead to the situation.
1547
1548 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1549
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1550 This variable defines the number of retries for
1551 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1552 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1553 default value of 5 is used.
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1554
1555- Command Interpreter:
8078f1a5 1556 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
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1557
1558 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
1559
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1560 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
1561 for the "hush" shell.
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1562
1563
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1564 CFG_HUSH_PARSER
1565
1566 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
1567 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
1568 powerful command line syntax like
1569 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
1570 constructs ("shell scripts").
1571
1572 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
1573 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
1574
1575
1576 CFG_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
1577
1578 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1579 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1580 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1581
1582 Note:
1583
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1584 In the current implementation, the local variables
1585 space and global environment variables space are
1586 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1587 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1588 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1589 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1590 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
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1592 Global environment variables are those you use
1593 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1594 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1595 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
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1596
1597 To store commands and special characters in a
1598 variable, please use double quotation marks
1599 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1600 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1601 symbols.
1602
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1603- Commandline Editing and History:
1604 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
1605
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1606 Enable editiong and History functions for interactive
1607 commandline input operations
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a8c7c708 1609- Default Environment:
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1610 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1611
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1612 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1613 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
7152b1d0 1614 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2262cfee 1615
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1616 For example, place something like this in your
1617 board's config file:
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1618
1619 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1620 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1621 "myvar2=value2\0"
1622
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1623 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1624 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1625 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1626 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
7152b1d0 1627 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
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1628 You better know what you are doing here.
1629
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1630 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1631 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
1632 the environment like the autoscript function or the
1633 boot command first.
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a8c7c708 1635- DataFlash Support:
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1636 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
1637
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1638 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
1639 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
1640 commands cp, md...
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1642- SystemACE Support:
1643 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1644
1645 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
1646 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
1647 of the chip must alsh be defined in the
1648 CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
1649
1650 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1651 #define CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
1652
1653 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
1654 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
1655
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1656- TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
1657 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
1658
28cb9375 1659 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
ecb0ccd9 1660 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
28cb9375 1661 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
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1662 number generator is used.
1663
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1664 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
1665 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
1666 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
1667
1668 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
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1669 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
1670 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
1671 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
1672 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
1673 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
1674 but sometimes that is not allowed.
1675
a8c7c708 1676- Show boot progress:
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1677 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
1678
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1679 Defining this option allows to add some board-
1680 specific code (calling a user-provided function
1681 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
1682 the system's boot progress on some display (for
1683 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
1684 the following checkpoints are implemented:
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1686Legacy uImage format:
1687
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1688 Arg Where When
1689 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
ba56f625 1690 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
c609719b 1691 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
ba56f625 1692 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
c609719b 1693 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
ba56f625 1694 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
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1695 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
1696 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
1697 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1372cce2 1698 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
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1699 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1700 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
1701 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
1702 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
1372cce2 1703 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
c609719b 1704 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
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1705
1706 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
1707 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
1708 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
1709 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
1710 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
1711 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
1712 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
1713 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux Ramdisk)
1714 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
1715 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
1716
1717 15 lib_<arch>/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
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1719 -30 lib_ppc/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
1720 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
1721 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
63e73c9a 1722
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1723 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
1724 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
1725 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
1726 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
1727 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
1728 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1729 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
1730 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
1731 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
1732 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
1733 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
1734 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
1735 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
1736 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
1737 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
1738 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
1739 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
1740 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
1741 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
1742 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
1743 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
1744 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
1745 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
1746 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
1747 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
1748 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
1749 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
1750 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
1751 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
1752 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
1753 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
1754 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
1755 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
1756 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
1757 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
1758 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
1759 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
1760 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
1761 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
1762 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1763 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
1764 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
1765 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
1766 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
1767 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
1768 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
1769 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
1770
1771 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
1772
1773 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernetconfiguration.
1774 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
1775 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
1776
1777 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
1778 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling NetLoop()
1779 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in NetLoop() occured
1780 81 common/cmd_net.c NetLoop() back without error
1781 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
1782 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
1783 83 common/cmd_net.c running autoscript
1784 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or autoscript
1785 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
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1787FIT uImage format:
1788
1789 Arg Where When
1790 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
1791 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
1792 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
1793 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
1794 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
1795 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
f773bea8 1796 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
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1797 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
1798 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
1799 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
1800 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
1801 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1802 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong typea
1803 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimge type OK
1804 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
1805 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
1806 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
1807 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
1808 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
1809 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
1810 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
1811 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
1812
1813 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
1814 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
1815 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
1816 122 common/image.c No Ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
1817 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
1818 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
1819 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
1820 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
1821 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
1822 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
1823 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
1824 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
1825 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
1826 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
1827 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
1828 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
1829
1830 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Icorrect FIT image format
1831 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
1832
1833 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Icorrect FIT image format
1834 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
1835
1836 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Icorrect FIT image format
1837 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
1838
1839
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1840Modem Support:
1841--------------
1842
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1844
1845- Modem support endable:
1846 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
1847
1848- RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
1849 CONFIG_HWFLOW
1850
1851- Modem debug support:
1852 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
1853
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1854 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
1855 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
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1857- Interrupt support (PPC):
1858
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1859 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
1860 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
1861 for cpu specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
1862 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
1863 cpu resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
1864 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
1865 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for cpu
1866 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
1867 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
1868 general timer_interrupt().
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1870- General:
1871
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1872 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
1873 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
1874 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
1875 (autoboot). The key_pressed() fuction is called from
1876 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
1877 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
1878 initialization.
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1880 If there are no modem init strings in the
1881 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
1882 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
1883 supressed, though.
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1884
1885 See also: doc/README.Modem
1886
1887
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1888Configuration Settings:
1889-----------------------
1890
1891- CFG_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
1892 undefine this when you're short of memory.
1893
1894- CFG_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
1895 prompt for user input.
1896
1897- CFG_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
1898
1899- CFG_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
1900
1901- CFG_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
1902
1903- CFG_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
1904 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
1905 booted
1906
1907- CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
1908 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
1909
1910- CFG_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
8bde7f77 1911 Suppress display of console information at boot.
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1913- CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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1914 If the board specific function
1915 extern int overwrite_console (void);
1916 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
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1917 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
1918
1919- CFG_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
8bde7f77 1920 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
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1921
1922- CFG_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
1923 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
1924
1925- CFG_MEMTEST_START, CFG_MEMTEST_END:
1926 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
1927 simple memory test.
1928
1929- CFG_ALT_MEMTEST:
8bde7f77 1930 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
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1932- CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
1933 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
1934 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
1935
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1937 If CFG_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
1938 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
1939 (end) of ram and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
1940 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
1941 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
1942 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
5e12e75d 1943 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
14f73ca6 1944 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
5e12e75d 1945 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
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1946
1947 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
1948 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
1949 be touched.
1950
1951 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
1952 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
1953 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
1954 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
1955 problems.
1956
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1957- CFG_TFTP_LOADADDR:
1958 Default load address for network file downloads
1959
1960- CFG_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
1961 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
1962
1963- CFG_SDRAM_BASE:
1964 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
1965
1966- CFG_MBIO_BASE:
1967 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
1968 Cogent motherboard)
1969
1970- CFG_FLASH_BASE:
1971 Physical start address of Flash memory.
1972
1973- CFG_MONITOR_BASE:
1974 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
1975 make config files to be same as the text base address
1976 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
1977 CFG_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
1978
1979- CFG_MONITOR_LEN:
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1980 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
1981 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
1982 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
1983 flash sector.
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1985- CFG_MALLOC_LEN:
1986 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
1987
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1988- CFG_BOOTM_LEN:
1989 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
1990 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
1991 you can define CFG_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
1992 to adjust this setting to your needs.
1993
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1994- CFG_BOOTMAPSZ:
1995 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
1996 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
1997 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, eventually
1998 initrd image) must be put below this limit.
1999
2000- CFG_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
2001 Max number of Flash memory banks
2002
2003- CFG_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
2004 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2005
2006- CFG_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
2007 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2008
2009- CFG_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
2010 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2011
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2012- CFG_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
2013 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2014
2015- CFG_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
2016 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2017
2018- CFG_FLASH_PROTECTION
2019 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2020 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2021
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2022- CFG_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
2023
2024 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2025 without this option such a download has to be
2026 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2027 copy from RAM to flash.
2028
2029 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2030 you can check if the download worked before you erase
2031 the flash, but in some situations (when sytem RAM is
2032 too limited to allow for a tempory copy of the
2033 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2034
2035- CFG_FLASH_CFI:
43d9616c 2036 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
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2037 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2038
2039- CFG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
2040 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2041 in the drivers directory
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2043- CFG_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
2044 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2045 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2046 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2047 optionally available.
2048
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2049- CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2050 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2051 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2052 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2053
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2055 Defines the number of ethernet receive buffers. On some
2056 ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
2057 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2058 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
2059 on high ethernet traffic.
2060 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2061
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2062The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
2063of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
2064following configurations:
2065
2066- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
2067
2068 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
2069
2070 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
2071 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
2072 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
2073 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
2074 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
2075 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
2076 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
2077 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
2078 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
2079 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
2080 between U-Boot and the environment.
2081
2082 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
2083
2084 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
2085 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
2086 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
2087 for this sector is given here.
2088
2089 CFG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CFG_FLASH_BASE.
2090
2091 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
2092
2093 This is just another way to specify the start address of
2094 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
2095 CFG_ENV_OFFSET).
2096
2097 - CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
2098
2099 Size of the sector containing the environment.
2100
2101
2102 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
2103 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
2104 the environment.
2105
2106 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2107
2108 If you use this in combination with CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
2109 and CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
2110 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
2111 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
2112
2113 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
2114 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
2115 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
2116 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
2117 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
2118 updating the environment in flash makes it always
2119 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
2120 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
2121 RAM, your target system will be dead.
2122
2123 - CFG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
2124 CFG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
2125
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2126 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
2127 a redundand copy of the environment data, so that there is
3e38691e 2128 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
43d9616c 2129 a "saveenv" operation.
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2130
2131BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
2132source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
2133accordingly!
2134
2135
2136- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
2137
2138 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
2139 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
2140 environment.
2141
2142 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
2143 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2144
2145 These two #defines are used to determin the memory area you
2146 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
2147 can just be read and written to, without any special
2148 provision.
2149
2150BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
2151in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
2152console baudrate). You *MUST* have mappend your NVRAM area then, or
2153U-Boot will hang.
2154
2155Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
2156environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
2157keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
2158to save the current settings.
2159
2160
2161- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
2162
2163 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
2164 device and a driver for it.
2165
2166 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
2167 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2168
2169 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
2170 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
2171
2172 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
2173 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
2174 The default address is zero.
2175
2176 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
2177 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
2178 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
2179 would require six bits.
2180
2181 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
2182 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
ba56f625 2183 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
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2184
2185 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
2186 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
2187 that this is NOT the chip address length!
2188
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2189 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
2190 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
2191 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
2192 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
2193 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
2194 byte chips.
2195
2196 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
2197 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
2198 in the chip address.
2199
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2200 - CFG_EEPROM_SIZE:
2201 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
2202
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2204- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
2205
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2207 want to use for the environment.
2208
2209 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
2210 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
2211 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2212
2213 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
2214 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
2215 at the specified address.
2216
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2217- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
2218
2219 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
2220 for the environment.
2221
2222 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
2223 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2224
2225 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
2226 area within the first NAND device.
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2229
2230 This setting describes a second storage area of CFG_ENV_SIZE
2231 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data,
2232 so that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a
2233 power failure during a "saveenv" operation.
2234
2235 Note: CFG_ENV_OFFSET and CFG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND must be aligned
2236 to a block boundary, and CFG_ENV_SIZE must be a multiple of
2237 the NAND devices block size.
2238
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2239- CFG_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
2240
2241 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
2242 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
2243 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
2244 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
2245 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
2246 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
2247 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
2248
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2250has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
2251created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r()
2252until then to read environment variables.
2253
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2254The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
2255is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
2256with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
2257necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
2258"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
2259have any device yet where we could complain.]
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2260
2261Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
2262the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
85ec0bcc 2263use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
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fc3e2165 2265- CFG_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
42d1f039 2266 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
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2267
2268 Note: If this option is active, then CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR
2269 also needs to be defined.
2270
2271- CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
42d1f039 2272 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
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2274- CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF:
2275 Makes vsprintf (and all *printf functions) support printing
2276 of 64bit values by using the L quantifier
2277
2278- CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL:
2279 Adds simple_strtoull that returns a 64bit value
2280
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2283
2284- CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE:
2285 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
2286
2287- CFG_DEFAULT_IMMR:
2288 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
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2290 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
2291 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
2292 the IMMR register after a reset.
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2294- Floppy Disk Support:
2295 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
2296
2297 the default drive number (default value 0)
2298
2299 CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE
2300
2301 defines the spacing between fdc chipset registers
2302 (default value 1)
2303
2304 CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET
2305
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2306 defines the offset of register from address. It
2307 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
2308 the fdc chipset. (default value 0)
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2310 If CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
2311 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
2312 default value.
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2314 if CFG_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
2315 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
2316 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
2317 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
2318 initializations.
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25d6712a 2320- CFG_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
efe2a4d5 2321 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
25d6712a 2322 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
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2324- CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
2325
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2327 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
2328 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
2329 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
2330 will become available only after programming the
2331 memory controller and running certain initialization
2332 sequences.
2333
2334 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
2335 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
2336 - MPC824X: data cache
2337 - PPC4xx: data cache
2338
85ec0bcc 2339- CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
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2340
2341 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
2342 area defined by CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
85ec0bcc 2343 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
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2344 data is located at the end of the available space
2345 (sometimes written as (CFG_INIT_RAM_END -
2346 CFG_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
2347 below that area (growing from (CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
85ec0bcc 2348 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
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2349
2350 Note:
2351 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
2352 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
2353 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
2354 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
2355 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
2356
2357- CFG_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
2358
2359- CFG_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
2360
2361- CFG_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
2362
2363- CFG_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
2364
2365- CFG_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
2366
2367- CFG_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
2368
2369- CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
2370 SDRAM timing
2371
2372- CFG_MAMR_PTA:
2373 periodic timer for refresh
2374
2375- CFG_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
2376
2377- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CFG_REMAP_OR_AM,
2378 CFG_PRELIM_OR_AM, CFG_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CFG_OR0_REMAP,
2379 CFG_OR0_PRELIM, CFG_BR0_PRELIM, CFG_OR1_REMAP, CFG_OR1_PRELIM,
2380 CFG_BR1_PRELIM:
2381 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
2382
2383- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
2384 CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CFG_OR2_PRELIM, CFG_BR2_PRELIM,
2385 CFG_OR3_PRELIM, CFG_BR3_PRELIM:
2386 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
2387
2388- CFG_MAMR_PTA, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
2389 CFG_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CFG_MAMR_8COL, CFG_MAMR_9COL:
2390 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
2391 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
2392
2393- CFG_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2394 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2395 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
2396
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2397- CFG_SMC_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SMC_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2398 enable SMC microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2399 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]
2400
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2401- CFG_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2402 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2403 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
2404
2405- CFG_USE_OSCCLK:
2406 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
2407 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
2408 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
2409
ea909b76 2410- CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
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2411 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
2412 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
2413 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
2414 cpm_8260.h.
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2416- CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CFG_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2417 CFG_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CFG_PCIMSK0_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
2418 CFG_PCIMSK1_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
2419 CFG_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CFG_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2420 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
2421 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CFG_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
2422 CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CFG_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
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2423 CFG_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
2424 Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
2425
bb99ad6d 2426- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
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2427 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
2428 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
2429
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2430 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
2431 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
2432
2433- CFG_SPD_BUS_NUM
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2434 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
2435 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
2436 to something your driver can deal with.
bb99ad6d 2437
2ad6b513 2438- CFG_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
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2439 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2440 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
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2441
2442- CFG_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
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2443 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2444 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2ad6b513 2445
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2446- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
2447 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
2448
2449- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
2450 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
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2451 to the given FEC; i. e.
2452 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
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2453 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
2454
2455 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
2456
2457- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
2458 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
2459 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
2460
2461- CONFIG_RMII
2462 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2463 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2464 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2465
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2466- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2467 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2468 The syntax is:
2469
2470 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2471
2472 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2473 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2474 area should have.
2475
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2476- CONFIG_LOOPW
2477 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
602ad3b3 2478 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
56523f12 2479
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2480- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
2481 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2482 "md/mw" commands.
2483 Examples:
2484
efe2a4d5 2485 => mdc.b 10 4 500
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2486 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
2487
efe2a4d5 2488 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
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2489 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
2490
efe2a4d5 2491 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
602ad3b3 2492 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
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2494- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
2495- CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT
2496
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2497 [ARM only] If these variables are defined, then
2498 certain low level initializations (like setting up
2499 the memory controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does
2500 not relocate itself into RAM.
2501 Normally these variables MUST NOT be defined. The
2502 only exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by
2503 some other boot loader or by a debugger which
2504 performs these intializations itself.
8aa1a2d1 2505
400558b5 2506
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2507Building the Software:
2508======================
2509
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2510Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
2511and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
2512all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
2513(potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
2514recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
2515which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
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2517If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
2518have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
2519you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
2520Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
2521necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
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2523 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
2524 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
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2526U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
2527sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
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2528is done by typing:
2529
2530 make NAME_config
2531
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2532where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing configu-
2533rations; see the main Makefile for supported names.
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2535Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
2536 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2537 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
2538 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
2539 when chosing the configuration, i. e.
2540
2541 make TQM823L_config
2542 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
2543
2544 make TQM823L_LCD_config
2545 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
2546
2547 etc.
2548
2549
2550Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
2551images ready for download to / installation on your system:
2552
2553- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
2554- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
2555- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
2556
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2557By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
2558in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
2559this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
2560
25611. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
2562
2563 make O=/tmp/build distclean
2564 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
2565 make O=/tmp/build all
2566
25672. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
2568
2569 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2570 make distclean
2571 make NAME_config
2572 make all
2573
2574Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
2575variable.
2576
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2577
2578Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
2579for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
2580native "make".
2581
2582
2583If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
2584to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
2585steps:
2586
25871. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
2588 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
2589 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
2590 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please
2591 keep this order.
25922. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
2593 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
2594 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
25953. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
2596 your board
25973. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
2598 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
25994. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
26005. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
2601 to be installed on your target system.
26026. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
2603 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
2604
2605
2606Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
2607==============================================================
2608
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2609If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
2610or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
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2611provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
2612the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
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2615But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
2616cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
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2617the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
2618just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
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2619for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
2620select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
2621environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the ELDK cross tools
2622you can type
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2623
2624 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
2625
2626or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
2627
2628 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
2629
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2630When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build
2631U-Boot in the source directory. This location can be changed by
2632setting the BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target
2633built, the MAKEALL script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and
2634<target>.MAKEALL) in the <source dir>/LOG directory. This default
2635location can be changed by setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment
2636variable. For example:
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2637
2638 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2639 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
2640 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
2641
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2642With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build,
2643log files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean
2644during the whole build process.
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2645
2646
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2647See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
2648
2649
2650Monitor Commands - Overview:
2651============================
2652
2653go - start application at address 'addr'
2654run - run commands in an environment variable
2655bootm - boot application image from memory
2656bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
2657tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
2658 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
2659 (and eventually "gatewayip")
2660rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
2661diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
2662loads - load S-Record file over serial line
2663loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
2664md - memory display
2665mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2666nm - memory modify (constant address)
2667mw - memory write (fill)
2668cp - memory copy
2669cmp - memory compare
2670crc32 - checksum calculation
2671imd - i2c memory display
2672imm - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2673inm - i2c memory modify (constant address)
2674imw - i2c memory write (fill)
2675icrc32 - i2c checksum calculation
2676iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses
2677iloop - infinite loop on address range
2678isdram - print SDRAM configuration information
2679sspi - SPI utility commands
2680base - print or set address offset
2681printenv- print environment variables
2682setenv - set environment variables
2683saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
2684protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
2685erase - erase FLASH memory
2686flinfo - print FLASH memory information
2687bdinfo - print Board Info structure
2688iminfo - print header information for application image
2689coninfo - print console devices and informations
2690ide - IDE sub-system
2691loop - infinite loop on address range
56523f12 2692loopw - infinite write loop on address range
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2693mtest - simple RAM test
2694icache - enable or disable instruction cache
2695dcache - enable or disable data cache
2696reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
2697echo - echo args to console
2698version - print monitor version
2699help - print online help
2700? - alias for 'help'
2701
2702
2703Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
2704========================================
2705
2706TODO.
2707
2708For now: just type "help <command>".
2709
2710
2711Environment Variables:
2712======================
2713
2714U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
2715can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
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2717Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
2718"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
2719without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
2720environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
2721working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
2722environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
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2729af9d 2724Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables:
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2729af9d 2726 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
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2729af9d 2728 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
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2729af9d 2730 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
4a6fd34b 2731
2729af9d 2732 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
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2729af9d 2734 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
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2736 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
2737 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
2738 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
2739 load any image using TFTP
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2741 autoscript - if set to "yes" commands like "loadb", "loady",
2742 "bootp", "tftpb", "rarpboot" and "nfs" will attempt
2743 to automatically run script images (by internally
2744 calling "autoscript").
2745
2746 autoscript_uname - if script image is in a format (FIT) this
2747 variable is used to get script subimage unit name.
2748
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2749 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
2750 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
2751 be automatically started (by internally calling
2752 "bootm")
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2754 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
2755 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
2756 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
2757 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
2758 data.
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2760 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
2761 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
2762 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
2763 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
2764 it must be saved and board must be reset.
2765
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2766 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
2767 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
2768 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
2769 is usually what you want since it allows for
2770 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
2771 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
2772 CFG_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
2773 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
2774 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
2775 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
2776 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
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2778 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
2779 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
2780 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
2781 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
2782 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
2783 12 MB as well - this can be done with
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2729af9d 2785 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
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2787 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
2788 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
2789 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
2790 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
2791 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
2792 boot time on your system, but requires that this
2793 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
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2729af9d 2795 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
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2797 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
2798 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
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2729af9d 2800 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
a3d991bd 2801
2729af9d 2802 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
a3d991bd 2803
2729af9d 2804 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
a3d991bd 2805
2729af9d 2806 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
a3d991bd 2807
2729af9d 2808 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
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2810 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2811 interface is used first.
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2813 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2814 interface is currently active. For example you
2815 can do the following
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2817 => setenv ethact FEC ETHERNET
2818 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC ETHERNET
2819 => setenv ethact SCC ETHERNET
2820 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC ETHERNET
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2822 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
2823 available network interfaces.
2824 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
2825
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2826 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
2827 either succeed or fail without retrying.
2828 When set to "once" the network operation will
2829 fail when all the available network interfaces
2830 are tried once without success.
2831 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
2832 themselves.
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2834 npe_ucode - see CONFIG_IXP4XX_NPE_EXT_UCOD
2835 if set load address for the npe microcode
2836
28cb9375 2837 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
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2838 UDP source port.
2839
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2840 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
2841 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
2842
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2843 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
2844 ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
2845 VLAN tagged frames.
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2847The following environment variables may be used and automatically
2848updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
2849depending the information provided by your boot server:
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2851 bootfile - see above
2852 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
2853 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
2854 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
2855 hostname - Target hostname
2856 ipaddr - see above
2857 netmask - Subnet Mask
2858 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
2859 serverip - see above
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c1551ea8 2861
2729af9d 2862There are two special Environment Variables:
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2864 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
2865 as type string and/or serial number
2866 ethaddr - Ethernet address
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2868These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
2869the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
2870once they have been set once.
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2875 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
2876 with the "version" command. This variable is
2877 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
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2880Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
2881only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
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2884Command Line Parsing:
2885=====================
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2887There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
2888the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
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2890Old, simple command line parser:
2891--------------------------------
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2893- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
2894- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
fe126d8b 2895- variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
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2896- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
2897 for example:
fe126d8b 2898 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
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2899- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
2900 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
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2902Hush shell:
2903-----------
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2905- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
2906 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
2907 until...do...done, ...
2908- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
2909 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
2910 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
2911 command
2912
2913General rules:
2914--------------
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2916(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
2917 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
2918 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
2919 executed anyway.
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2921(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
2922 calling run with a list af variables as arguments), any failing
2923 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
2924 variables are not executed.
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2926Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
2927=======================================
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2929Some boards come with redundant ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
2930such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
2931"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
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2933Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
2934MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
2935"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
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2937If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
2938in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
2939ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
2940variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
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2942o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
2943 environment, the SROM's address is used.
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2945o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
2946 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
2947 used.
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2949o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
2950 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
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2952o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
2953 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
2954 warning is printed.
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2956o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
2957 is raised.
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2960Image Formats:
2961==============
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3310c549
MB
2963U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
2964images in two formats:
2965
2966New uImage format (FIT)
2967-----------------------
2968
2969Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
2970to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
2971components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
2972SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
2973
2974
2975Old uImage format
2976-----------------
2977
2978Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
2979preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
2980details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
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2982* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
2983 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
2984 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS;
2985 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS, LynxOS).
7b64fef3 2986* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
2729af9d 2987 IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
7b64fef3 2988 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC).
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2989* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
2990* Load Address
2991* Entry Point
2992* Image Name
2993* Image Timestamp
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2995The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
2996and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
2997CRC32 checksums.
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2998
2999
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3000Linux Support:
3001==============
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3003Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
3004easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
3005U-Boot.
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3007U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
3008special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
3009"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
3010instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
3011serves several purposes:
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3013- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
3014 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
3015 Flash memory footprint)
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3017- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
3018 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
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3020- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
3021 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
3022 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
3023 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
3024 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
3025 software is easier now.
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3028Linux HOWTO:
3029============
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3031Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
3032---------------------------------------
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3034U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
3035configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
3036(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
3037Linux :-).
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2729af9d 3039But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/ppc/mbxboot).
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3041Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
3042include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
3043Information structure as we define in include/u-boot.h, and make
3044sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value as your
3045U-Boot configuration in CFG_IMMR.
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3048Configuring the Linux kernel:
3049-----------------------------
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3051No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
3052device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
3053
3054
3055Building a Linux Image:
3056-----------------------
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3058With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
3059not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
3060"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
3061U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
3062which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
3063100% compatible format.
3064
3065Example:
3066
3067 make TQM850L_config
3068 make oldconfig
3069 make dep
3070 make uImage
3071
3072The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
3073encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
3074CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
3075
3076* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
3077
3078* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
3079
3080 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
3081 -R .note -R .comment \
3082 -S vmlinux linux.bin
3083
3084* compress the binary image:
3085
3086 gzip -9 linux.bin
3087
3088* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
3089
3090 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
3091 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
3092 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
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3095The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
3096with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
3097combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
3098byte header containing information about target architecture,
3099operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
3100stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
3101
3102"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
3103print the header information, or to build new images.
3104
3105In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
3106contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
3107checksum verification:
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3109 tools/mkimage -l image
3110 -l ==> list image header information
3111
3112The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
3113from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
3114
3115 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
3116 -n name -d data_file image
3117 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
3118 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
3119 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
3120 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
3121 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
3122 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
3123 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
3124 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
3125
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3126Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
3127address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
3128kernel version:
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3129
3130- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
3131- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
3132
3133So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
3134
3135 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3136 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
3137 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
3138 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
3139 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3140 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3141 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3142 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3143 Load Address: 0x00000000
3144 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3145
3146To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
3147
3148 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
3149 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3150 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3151 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3152 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3153 Load Address: 0x00000000
3154 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3155
3156NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
3157speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
3158needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
3159need to be uncompressed:
3160
3161 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
3162 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3163 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
3164 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \
3165 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
3166 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3167 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3168 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
3169 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
3170 Load Address: 0x00000000
3171 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3172
3173
3174Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
3175when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
3176
3177 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
3178 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
3179 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
3180 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3181 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
3182 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3183 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
3184 Load Address: 0x00000000
3185 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3186
3187
3188Installing a Linux Image:
3189-------------------------
3190
3191To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
3192you must convert the image to S-Record format:
3193
3194 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
3195
3196The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
3197image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
3198address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
3199specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
3200command.
3201
3202Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
3203TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
3204
3205 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
3206
3207 .......... done
3208 Erased 8 sectors
3209
3210 => loads 40100000
3211 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3212 ~>examples/image.srec
3213 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
3214 ...
3215 15989 15990 15991 15992
3216 [file transfer complete]
3217 [connected]
3218 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
3219
3220
3221You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
218ca724 3222this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
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3223corruption happened:
3224
3225 => imi 40100000
3226
3227 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3228 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3229 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3230 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3231 Load Address: 00000000
3232 Entry Point: 0000000c
3233 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3234
3235
3236Boot Linux:
3237-----------
3238
3239The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
3240memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
3241of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
3242parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
3243"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
3244
3245
3246 => printenv bootargs
3247 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
3248
3249 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3250
3251 => printenv bootargs
3252 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3253
3254 => bootm 40020000
3255 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
3256 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
3257 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3258 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
3259 Load Address: 00000000
3260 Entry Point: 0000000c
3261 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3262 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3263 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
3264 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3265 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3266 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3267 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
3268 ...
3269
3270If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial ram disk, you pass
3271the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
3272format!) to the "bootm" command:
3273
3274 => imi 40100000 40200000
3275
3276 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3277 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3278 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3279 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3280 Load Address: 00000000
3281 Entry Point: 0000000c
3282 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3283
3284 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
3285 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3286 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3287 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3288 Load Address: 00000000
3289 Entry Point: 00000000
3290 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3291
3292 => bootm 40100000 40200000
3293 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
3294 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3295 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3296 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3297 Load Address: 00000000
3298 Entry Point: 0000000c
3299 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3300 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3301 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
3302 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3303 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3304 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3305 Load Address: 00000000
3306 Entry Point: 00000000
3307 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3308 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
3309 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
3310 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
3311 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3312 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3313 ...
3314 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
3315 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
3316
3317 bash#
3318
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3319Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
3320-----------
3321
3322First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
3323titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
3324following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
3325flat device tree:
3326
3327=> print oftaddr
3328oftaddr=0x300000
3329=> print oft
3330oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
3331=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
3332Speed: 1000, full duplex
3333Using TSEC0 device
3334TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
3335Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
3336Load address: 0x300000
3337Loading: #
3338done
3339Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
3340=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
3341Speed: 1000, full duplex
3342Using TSEC0 device
3343TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
3344Filename 'uImage'.
3345Load address: 0x200000
3346Loading:############
3347done
3348Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
3349=> print loadaddr
3350loadaddr=200000
3351=> print oftaddr
3352oftaddr=0x300000
3353=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
3354## Booting image at 00200000 ...
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3355 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
3356 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3357 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
0267768e 3358 Load Address: 00000000
a9398e01 3359 Entry Point: 00000000
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3360 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3361 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3362Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
3363Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
3364Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
3365[snip]
3366
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3368More About U-Boot Image Types:
3369------------------------------
3370
3371U-Boot supports the following image types:
3372
3373 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
3374 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
3375 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
3376 the Standalone Program.
3377 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
3378 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
3379 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
3380 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
3381 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
3382 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
3383 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
3384 being started.
3385 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
3386 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
3387 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
3388 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
3389 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
3390 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
3391
3392 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
3393 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
3394 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
3395 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
3396 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
3397 a multiple of 4 bytes).
3398
3399 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
3400 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
3401 flash memory.
3402
3403 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
3404 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
3405 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
3406 as command interpreter.
3407
3408
3409Standalone HOWTO:
3410=================
3411
3412One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
3413run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
3414U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
3415
3416Two simple examples are included with the sources:
3417
3418"Hello World" Demo:
3419-------------------
3420
3421'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
3422application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
3423It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
3424like that:
3425
3426 => loads
3427 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3428 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
3429 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3430 [file transfer complete]
3431 [connected]
3432 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3433
3434 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
3435 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3436 Hello World
3437 argc = 7
3438 argv[0] = "40004"
3439 argv[1] = "Hello"
3440 argv[2] = "World!"
3441 argv[3] = "This"
3442 argv[4] = "is"
3443 argv[5] = "a"
3444 argv[6] = "test."
3445 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
3446 Hit any key to exit ...
3447
3448 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
3449
3450Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
3451handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
3452Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
3453The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
3454character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
3455controlled by the following keys:
3456
3457 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
3458 b - enable interrupts and start timer
3459 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
3460 q - quit application
3461
3462 => loads
3463 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3464 ~>examples/timer.srec
3465 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3466 [file transfer complete]
3467 [connected]
3468 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3469
3470 => go 40004
3471 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3472 TIMERS=0xfff00980
3473 Using timer 1
3474 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
3475
3476Hit 'b':
3477 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
3478 Enabling timer
3479Hit '?':
3480 [q, b, e, ?] ........
3481 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
3482Hit '?':
3483 [q, b, e, ?] .
3484 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
3485Hit '?':
3486 [q, b, e, ?] .
3487 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
3488Hit '?':
3489 [q, b, e, ?] .
3490 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
3491Hit 'e':
3492 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
3493Hit 'q':
3494 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
3495
3496
3497Minicom warning:
3498================
3499
3500Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
3501"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
3502consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
3503Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
3504especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
3505use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
3506
3507Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
3508configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
3509
3510 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
3511 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
3512 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
3513
3514
3515NetBSD Notes:
3516=============
3517
3518Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
3519(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
3520
3521Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
3522NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
3523need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
3524Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
3525attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
3526missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
3527
3528 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
3529 # mkdir powerpc
3530 # ln -s powerpc machine
3531 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
3532 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
3533
3534Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
3535and U-Boot include files.
3536
3537Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
3538stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
3539proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
3540tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
2a8af187 3541meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
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3542
3543
3544Implementation Internals:
3545=========================
3546
3547The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
3548implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
3549inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
3550hardware.
3551
3552
3553Initial Stack, Global Data:
3554---------------------------
3555
3556The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
3557starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
3558system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
3559This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
3560is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
3561at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
3562options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
3563models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
3564MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
3565locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
3566
218ca724 3567 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
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3568 u-boot-users mailing list:
3569
3570 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
3571 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
3572 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
3573 ...
3574
3575 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
3576 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
3577 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
3578 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
3579 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
3580 beyond the scope of this list to expain the details, but you
3581 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
3582 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
3583
3584 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
3585 is another option for the system designer to use as an
3586 initial stack/ram area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
3587 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
3588 board designers haven't used it for something that would
3589 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
3590 used.
3591
3592 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
3593 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
3594 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
8a316c9b 3595 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
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3596 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
3597 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
3598 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
3599 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
3600 you get the config right.
3601
3602 -Chris Hallinan
3603 DS4.COM, Inc.
3604
3605It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
3606code for the initialization procedures:
3607
3608* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
3609 to write it.
3610
3611* Do not use any unitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
3612 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
3613 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
3614
3615* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
3616 that.
3617
3618Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
3619normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
3620turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
3621simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
3622functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
3623functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
3624the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
3625place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
3626reserve for this purpose.
3627
3628When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
3629relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
3630GCC's implementation.
3631
3632For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
3633 R1: stack pointer
e7670f6c 3634 R2: reserved for system use
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3635 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
3636 R5-R10: parameter passing
3637 R13: small data area pointer
3638 R30: GOT pointer
3639 R31: frame pointer
3640
3641 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.)
3642
e7670f6c 3643 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
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3644
3645 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
3646 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
3647 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
3648 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
3649 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
3650 624 text + 127 data).
3651
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3652On Blackfin, the normal C ABI (except for P5) is followed as documented here:
3653 http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=application_binary_interface
3654
3655 ==> U-Boot will use P5 to hold a pointer to the global data
3656
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3657On ARM, the following registers are used:
3658
3659 R0: function argument word/integer result
3660 R1-R3: function argument word
3661 R9: GOT pointer
3662 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
3663 R11: argument (frame) pointer
3664 R12: temporary workspace
3665 R13: stack pointer
3666 R14: link register
3667 R15: program counter
3668
3669 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
3670
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3671NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
3672or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
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3673
3674Memory Management:
3675------------------
3676
3677U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
3678MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
3679
3680The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
3681controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
3682memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
3683physical memory banks.
3684
3685U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
3686TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
3687booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
3688to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
3689memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CFG_MALLOC_LEN
3690configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
3691Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
3692
3693Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
3694of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
3695
3696So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
3697this:
3698
3699 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
3700 :
3701 0x0000 1FFF
3702 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
3703 :
3704 :
3705
3706 :
3707 :
3708 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
3709 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
3710 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
3711 :
3712 0x00FD FFFF
3713 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
3714 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
3715 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
3716 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
3717
3718
3719System Initialization:
3720----------------------
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3722In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
3723(on most PowerPC systens at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
3724configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
3725To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
3726To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
3727initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
3728which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
3729part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
3730the caches and the SIU.
3731
3732Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
3733preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
3734(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
3735on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
3736programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
3737simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
3738banks.
3739
3740When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
3741different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
3742bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
37430x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
3744contiguous memory starting from 0.
3745
3746Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
3747and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
3748Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
3749pages, and the final stack is set up.
3750
3751Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
3752until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
3753running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
3754new address in RAM.
3755
3756
3757U-Boot Porting Guide:
3758----------------------
c609719b 3759
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3760[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
3761list, October 2002]
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3762
3763
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3764int main (int argc, char *argv[])
3765{
3766 sighandler_t no_more_time;
c609719b 3767
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3768 signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time);
3769 alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
c609719b 3770
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3771 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
3772 pay consultant to port U-Boot;
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3773 return 0;
3774 }
3775
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3776 Download latest U-Boot source;
3777
3778 Subscribe to u-boot-users mailing list;
3779
3780 if (clueless) {
3781 email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
3782 }
3783
3784 while (learning) {
3785 Read the README file in the top level directory;
3786 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual ;
3787 Read the source, Luke;
3788 }
3789
3790 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) {
3791 Buy a BDI2000;
3792 } else {
3793 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
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3794 }
3795
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3796 Create your own board support subdirectory;
3797
3798 Create your own board config file;
3799
3800 while (!running) {
3801 do {
3802 Add / modify source code;
3803 } until (compiles);
3804 Debug;
3805 if (clueless)
3806 email ("Hi, I am having problems...");
3807 }
3808 Send patch file to Wolfgang;
3809
3810 return 0;
3811}
3812
3813void no_more_time (int sig)
3814{
3815 hire_a_guru();
3816}
3817
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3819Coding Standards:
3820-----------------
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2729af9d 3822All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
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3823coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
3824"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory. In sources
3825originating from U-Boot a style corresponding to "Lindent -pcs" (adding
3826spaces before parameters to function calls) is actually used.
3827
3828Source files originating from a different project (for example the
3829MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
3830reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
3831sources.
3832
3833Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
3834Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
3835in your code.
c609719b 3836
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3837Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
3838- remove any trailing white space
3839- use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces
3840- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
3841- do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files
3842- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
180d3f74 3843
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3844Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
3845with a request to reformat the changes.
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3846
3847
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3848Submitting Patches:
3849-------------------
c609719b 3850
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3851Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
3852establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
3853may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
c609719b 3854
90dc6704 3855Patches shall be sent to the u-boot-users mailing list.
c609719b 3856
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3857Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/UBoot/Patches for details.
3858
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3859When you send a patch, please include the following information with
3860it:
c609719b 3861
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3862* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
3863 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
3864 patch actually fixes something.
c609719b 3865
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3866* For new features: a description of the feature and your
3867 implementation.
c609719b 3868
2729af9d 3869* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
c609719b 3870
2729af9d 3871* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
c609719b 3872
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3873* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
3874 board to the MAKEALL script, too.
c609719b 3875
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3876* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
3877 document these in the README file.
c609719b 3878
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3879* The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
3880 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
3881 "git-format-patch". If you then use "git-send-email" to send it to
3882 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
3883 with some other mail clients.
3884
3885 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
3886 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
3887 GNU diff.
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3889 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
3890 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
3891 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
3892 affected files).
6dff5529 3893
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3894 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
3895 and compressed attachments must not be used.
c609719b 3896
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3897* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
3898 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
52f52c14 3899
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3900* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
3901 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
8bde7f77 3902
52f52c14 3903
2729af9d 3904Notes:
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3906* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
3907 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
3908 for any of the boards.
c609719b 3909
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3910* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
3911 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
3912 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
c609719b 3913
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3914* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
3915 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
3916 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
3917 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
3918 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
3919 modification.
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3920
3921* Remember that there is a size limit of 40 kB per message on the
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3922 u-boot-users mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If
3923 they are reasonable and not bigger than 100 kB, they will be
3924 acknowledged. Even bigger patches should be avoided.