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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.
55
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56
57Where to get help:
58==================
59
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60In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
61U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
62<u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net>. There is also an archive of
63previous traffic on the mailing list - please search the archive
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64before asking FAQ's. Please see
65http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users/
66
67
68Where we come from:
69===================
70
71- start from 8xxrom sources
24ee89b9 72- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
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73- clean up code
74- make it easier to add custom boards
75- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
76- extend functions, especially:
77 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
78 * S-Record download
79 * network boot
80 * PCMCIA / CompactFLash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
24ee89b9 81- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
c609719b 82- add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
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83- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
84
85
86Names and Spelling:
87===================
88
89The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
90"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
91in source files etc.). Example:
92
93 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
94
95File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
96
97 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
98
99 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
100
101Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
102the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
103
104 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
105 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
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106
107
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108Versioning:
109===========
110
111U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a
112sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2",
113sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4".
114
115The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development
116between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of
117U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0".
118
119
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120Directory Hierarchy:
121====================
122
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123- board Board dependent files
124- common Misc architecture independent functions
c609719b 125- cpu CPU specific files
983fda83 126 - 74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
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127 - arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
128 - arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
a85f9f21 129 - at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
983fda83 130 - imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
1d9f4105 131 - s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
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132 - arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
133 - arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
8ed96046 134 - arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
72a087e0 135 - at32ap Files specific to Atmel AVR32 AP CPUs
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136 - i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs
137 - ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
983fda83 138 - mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
11dadd54 139 - mips Files specific to MIPS CPUs
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140 - mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
141 - mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
142 - mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
143 - mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
144 - mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
145 - mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
146 - mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
11dadd54 147 - nios Files specific to Altera NIOS CPUs
5c952cf0 148 - nios2 Files specific to Altera Nios-II CPUs
0c8721a4 149 - ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
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150 - pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
151 - s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
152 - sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
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153- disk Code for disk drive partition handling
154- doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
7152b1d0 155- drivers Commonly used device drivers
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156- dtt Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers
157- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
158- include Header Files
11dadd54 159- lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture
7b64fef3 160- lib_avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
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161- lib_generic Files generic to all architectures
162- lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture
163- lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
164- lib_mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
165- lib_nios Files generic to NIOS architecture
166- lib_ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
213bf8c8 167- libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees
c609719b 168- net Networking code
c609719b 169- post Power On Self Test
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170- rtc Real Time Clock drivers
171- tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
172
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173Software Configuration:
174=======================
175
176Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
177rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
178
179There are two classes of configuration variables:
180
181* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
182 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
183 "CONFIG_".
184
185* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
186 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
187 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
188 "CFG_".
189
190Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
191identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
192do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
193links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
194as an example here.
195
196
197Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
198---------------------------------------------------
199
200For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
201configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
202
203Example: For a TQM823L module type:
204
205 cd u-boot
206 make TQM823L_config
207
208For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the cpu type as well;
209e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
210directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
211
212
213Configuration Options:
214----------------------
215
216Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
217such information is kept in a configuration file
218"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
219
220Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
221"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
222
223
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224Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
225kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
226build a config tool - later.
227
228
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229The following options need to be configured:
230
231- CPU Type: Define exactly one of
232
233 PowerPC based CPUs:
234 -------------------
235 CONFIG_MPC823, CONFIG_MPC850, CONFIG_MPC855, CONFIG_MPC860
0db5bca8 236 or CONFIG_MPC5xx
983fda83 237 or CONFIG_MPC8220
c609719b 238 or CONFIG_MPC824X, CONFIG_MPC8260
42d1f039 239 or CONFIG_MPC85xx
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240 or CONFIG_IOP480
241 or CONFIG_405GP
12f34241 242 or CONFIG_405EP
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243 or CONFIG_440
244 or CONFIG_MPC74xx
72755c71 245 or CONFIG_750FX
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246
247 ARM based CPUs:
248 ---------------
249 CONFIG_SA1110
250 CONFIG_ARM7
251 CONFIG_PXA250
0b953ffc 252 CONFIG_CPU_MONAHANS
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254 MicroBlaze based CPUs:
255 ----------------------
857cad37 256 CONFIG_MICROBLAZE
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258 Nios-2 based CPUs:
259 ----------------------
260 CONFIG_NIOS2
261
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263 ----------------------
264 CONFIG_AT32AP
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266- Board Type: Define exactly one of
267
268 PowerPC based boards:
269 ---------------------
270
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271 CONFIG_ADCIOP CONFIG_FPS860L CONFIG_OXC
272 CONFIG_ADS860 CONFIG_GEN860T CONFIG_PCI405
273 CONFIG_AMX860 CONFIG_GENIETV CONFIG_PCIPPC2
274 CONFIG_AP1000 CONFIG_GTH CONFIG_PCIPPC6
275 CONFIG_AR405 CONFIG_gw8260 CONFIG_pcu_e
276 CONFIG_BAB7xx CONFIG_hermes CONFIG_PIP405
277 CONFIG_BC3450 CONFIG_hymod CONFIG_PM826
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278 CONFIG_c2mon CONFIG_IAD210 CONFIG_ppmc8260
279 CONFIG_CANBT CONFIG_ICU862 CONFIG_QS823
280 CONFIG_CCM CONFIG_IP860 CONFIG_QS850
281 CONFIG_CMI CONFIG_IPHASE4539 CONFIG_QS860T
282 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8260 CONFIG_IVML24 CONFIG_RBC823
283 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8xx CONFIG_IVML24_128 CONFIG_RPXClassic
284 CONFIG_CPCI405 CONFIG_IVML24_256 CONFIG_RPXlite
285 CONFIG_CPCI4052 CONFIG_IVMS8 CONFIG_RPXsuper
286 CONFIG_CPCIISER4 CONFIG_IVMS8_128 CONFIG_rsdproto
287 CONFIG_CPU86 CONFIG_IVMS8_256 CONFIG_sacsng
288 CONFIG_CRAYL1 CONFIG_JSE CONFIG_Sandpoint8240
289 CONFIG_CSB272 CONFIG_LANTEC CONFIG_Sandpoint8245
290 CONFIG_CU824 CONFIG_LITE5200B CONFIG_sbc8260
291 CONFIG_DASA_SIM CONFIG_lwmon CONFIG_sbc8560
292 CONFIG_DB64360 CONFIG_MBX CONFIG_SM850
293 CONFIG_DB64460 CONFIG_MBX860T CONFIG_SPD823TS
294 CONFIG_DU405 CONFIG_MHPC CONFIG_STXGP3
295 CONFIG_DUET_ADS CONFIG_MIP405 CONFIG_SXNI855T
296 CONFIG_EBONY CONFIG_MOUSSE CONFIG_TQM823L
297 CONFIG_ELPPC CONFIG_MPC8260ADS CONFIG_TQM8260
298 CONFIG_ELPT860 CONFIG_MPC8540ADS CONFIG_TQM850L
299 CONFIG_ep8260 CONFIG_MPC8540EVAL CONFIG_TQM855L
300 CONFIG_ERIC CONFIG_MPC8560ADS CONFIG_TQM860L
301 CONFIG_ESTEEM192E CONFIG_MUSENKI CONFIG_TTTech
302 CONFIG_ETX094 CONFIG_MVS1 CONFIG_UTX8245
303 CONFIG_EVB64260 CONFIG_NETPHONE CONFIG_V37
304 CONFIG_FADS823 CONFIG_NETTA CONFIG_W7OLMC
305 CONFIG_FADS850SAR CONFIG_NETVIA CONFIG_W7OLMG
306 CONFIG_FADS860T CONFIG_NX823 CONFIG_WALNUT
307 CONFIG_FLAGADM CONFIG_OCRTC CONFIG_ZPC1900
308 CONFIG_FPS850L CONFIG_ORSG CONFIG_ZUMA
3df5bea0 309
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310 ARM based boards:
311 -----------------
312
c570b2fd 313 CONFIG_ARMADILLO, CONFIG_AT91RM9200DK, CONFIG_CERF250,
0b953ffc 314 CONFIG_CSB637, CONFIG_DELTA, CONFIG_DNP1110,
b9365a26 315 CONFIG_EP7312, CONFIG_H2_OMAP1610, CONFIG_HHP_CRADLE,
cf48eb9a 316 CONFIG_IMPA7, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1510, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1610,
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317 CONFIG_KB9202, CONFIG_LART, CONFIG_LPD7A400,
318 CONFIG_LUBBOCK, CONFIG_OSK_OMAP5912, CONFIG_OMAP2420H4,
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319 CONFIG_PLEB2, CONFIG_SHANNON, CONFIG_P2_OMAP730,
320 CONFIG_SMDK2400, CONFIG_SMDK2410, CONFIG_TRAB,
321 CONFIG_VCMA9
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323 MicroBlaze based boards:
324 ------------------------
325
326 CONFIG_SUZAKU
327
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329 ------------------------
330
331 CONFIG_PCI5441 CONFIG_PK1C20
9cc83378 332 CONFIG_EP1C20 CONFIG_EP1S10 CONFIG_EP1S40
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335 -------------------
336
337 CONFIG_ATSTK1000
338
339- CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
340 Define exactly one of
341 CONFIG_ATSTK1002
342
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344- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
345 Define exactly one of
346 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
347--- FIXME --- not tested yet:
348 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
349 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
350
351- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
352 Define exactly one of
353 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
354
355- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
356 Define one or more of
357 CONFIG_CMA302
358
359- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
360 Define one or more of
361 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
362 the lcd display every second with
363 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
364
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365- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
366 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
367 Possible values are:
368 CFG_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
180d3f74 369 CFG_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
54387ac9 370 CFG_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
04a85b3b 371 CFG_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
2535d602 372
c609719b 373- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
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374 Define exactly one of
375 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
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75d1ea7f 377- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx cpu)
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378 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
379 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
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380 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
381 reference PIT/RTC clock
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382 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
383 or XTAL/EXTAL)
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385- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
386 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
387 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
388 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
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389 See doc/README.MPC866
390
391 CFG_MEASURE_CPUCLK
392
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393 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
394 of relying on the correctness of the configured
395 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
396 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
397 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
66ca92a5 398 RTC clock or CFG_8XX_XIN)
75d1ea7f 399
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401 CFG_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
402
403 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
404 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
405 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
406
407 CFG_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
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410 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
cf48eb9a 411 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
0b953ffc 412 by this value.
cf48eb9a 413
5da627a4 414- Linux Kernel Interface:
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415 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
416
417 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
418 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
419 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
420 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
421 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
422 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
423 Linux kernel.
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424 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
425 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
426 default environment.
427
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428 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
429
430 When transfering memsize parameter to linux, some versions
431 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
432 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
433
213bf8c8 434 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT / CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE
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436 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
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437 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
438 concepts).
439
440 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
441 * New libfdt-based support
442 * Adds the "fdt" command
443 * The bootm command does _not_ modify the fdt
444
445 CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE
446 * Deprecated, see CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
447 * Original ft_build.c-based support
448 * Automatically modifies the dft as part of the bootm command
449 * The environment variable "disable_of", when set,
450 disables this functionality.
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452 CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE_MAX_SIZE
453
454 The maximum size of the constructed OF tree.
455
456 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node.
c2871f03 457 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node.
f57f70aa 458 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
c2871f03 459 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
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461 CONFIG_OF_HAS_BD_T
462
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464 * CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE - The resulting flat device tree
465 will have a copy of the bd_t. Space should be
466 pre-allocated in the dts for the bd_t.
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468 CONFIG_OF_HAS_UBOOT_ENV
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470 * CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT - enables the "fdt bd_t" command
471 * CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE - The resulting flat device tree
472 will have a copy of u-boot's environment variables
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474 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
475
476 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
477 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
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480
481 This define fills in the correct boot cpu in the boot
482 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
483
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485 CFG_PL010_SERIAL
486
487 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
488
489 CFG_PL011_SERIAL
490
491 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
492
493 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
494
495 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
496 the clock speed of the UARTs.
497
498 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
499
500 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
501 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
502 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
503
504
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506 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
507 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
508 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
509 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
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511 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
512 port routines must be defined elsewhere
513 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
514
515 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
516 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
517 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
518 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
519 (default big endian)
520 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
521 rectangle fill
522 (cf. smiLynxEM)
523 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
524 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
525 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
526 (cols=pitch)
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527 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
528 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
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529 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
530 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
ba56f625 531 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
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532 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
533 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
534 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
535 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
536 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
537 (i.e. i8042_getc)
538 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
539 (requires blink timer
540 cf. i8042.c)
541 CFG_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
542 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
543 upper right corner
602ad3b3 544 (requires CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
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545 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
546 upper left corner
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547 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
548 linux_logo.h for logo.
549 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
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550 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
551 addional board info beside
552 the logo
553
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554 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
555 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
556 environment 'console=serial'.
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558 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
559 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
560 the "silent" environment variable. See
561 doc/README.silent for more information.
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563- Console Baudrate:
564 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
565 Select one of the baudrates listed in
566 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
3bbc899f 567 CFG_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
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569- Interrupt driven serial port input:
570 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO
571
572 PPC405GP only.
573 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the
574 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake
575 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of
576 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have.
577
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579 disable the buffer and hardware handshake.
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581- Console UART Number:
582 CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE
583
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586 as default U-Boot console.
587
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589 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
590 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
591
592 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
593 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
594 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
595 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
596 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
597 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
598 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
599 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
600 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
601 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
602 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
603 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
604
605- Autoboot Command:
606 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
607 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
608 define a command string that is automatically executed
609 when no character is read on the console interface
610 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
611
612 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
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614 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
615 environment value "bootargs".
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617 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
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619 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
620 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
621 ram and nfs.
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623- Pre-Boot Commands:
624 CONFIG_PREBOOT
625
626 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
627 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
628 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
629 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
630 entering interactive mode.
631
632 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
633 automatically generated or modified. For an example
634 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
635 modified when the user holds down a certain
636 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
637 booting the systems
638
639- Serial Download Echo Mode:
640 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
641 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
642 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
643 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
644 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
645 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
646 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
647
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650 Select one of the baudrates listed in
651 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
652
653- Monitor Functions:
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655 from the build by using the #include files
656 "config_cmd_all.h" and #undef'ing unwanted
657 commands, or using "config_cmd_default.h"
658 and augmenting with additional #define's
659 for wanted commands.
660
661 The default command configuration includes all commands
662 except those marked below with a "*".
663
664 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
665 CONFIG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT Autoscript Support
666 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
667 CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
668 CONFIG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
669 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
670 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
671 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
672 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
673 CONFIG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
674 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
675 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
676 CONFIG_CMD_DOC * Disk-On-Chip Support
677 CONFIG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
678 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
679 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
680 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
681 CONFIG_CMD_ENV saveenv
682 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
683 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support
684 CONFIG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
685 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
686 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
687 CONFIG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
688 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
689 CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
690 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
691 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
692 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
693 CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
694 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
695 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
696 CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
697 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
698 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
699 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
700 loop, loopw, mtest
701 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
702 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
703 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
704 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
705 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
706 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
707 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
708 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
709 host
710 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
711 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
712 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
713 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
714 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
715 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
716 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
717 CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access
718 (4xx only)
719 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
720 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
721 CONFIG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB)
722 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board SPecific functions
723 CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
724 CONFIG_CMD_FSL * Microblaze FSL support
725
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727 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
728 support you can write:
729
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731 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
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734 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
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736 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
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739 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
740 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
741 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
742 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
743 initial stack and some data.
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745
746 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
747
748- Watchdog:
749 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
750 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
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753 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
754 register.
755
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757 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
758 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
759 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
760 version as printed by the "version" command.
761 This variable is readonly.
762
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764
602ad3b3 765 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
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767 following options:
768
769 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
770 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
771 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
1cb8e980 772 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
c609719b 773 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
7f70e853 774 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
3bac3513 775 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
4c0d4c3b 776 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
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779 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
780
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782
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784 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
785 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
602ad3b3 786 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
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788- Partition Support:
789 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
790 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION
791
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793 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at least
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795
796- IDE Reset method:
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798 board configurations files but used nowhere!
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801 be performed by calling the function
802 ide_set_reset(int reset)
803 which has to be defined in a board specific file
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805- ATAPI Support:
806 CONFIG_ATAPI
807
808 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
809
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811 CONFIG_LBA48
812
813 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
814 Also look at CFG_64BIT_LBA ,CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF and CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL
815 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
816 support disks up to 2.1TB.
817
818 CFG_64BIT_LBA:
819 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
820 Default is 32bit.
821
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823 At the moment only there is only support for the
824 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
825 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
826
827 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
828 CFG_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
829 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
830 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
831 devices.
832 CFG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
833
834- NETWORK Support (PCI):
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836 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips.
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838 CONFIG_EEPRO100
839 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
840 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables eeprom
841 write routine for first time initialisation.
842
843 CONFIG_TULIP
844 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
845 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
846 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
847
848 CONFIG_NATSEMI
849 Support for National dp83815 chips.
850
851 CONFIG_NS8382X
852 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
853
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855
856 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
857 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
858
859 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
860 Define this to hold the physical address
861 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
862
863 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
864 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
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867 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
868
869 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
870 Define this to hold the physical address
871 of the device (I/O space)
872
873 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
874 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
875
876 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
877 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
878 (some hardware wont work with macros)
879
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881 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
4d13cbad 882 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
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884 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
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886 storage devices.
887 Note:
888 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
889 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
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890 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
891 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
892 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
893 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG
894 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
895 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
896
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900 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
901 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
71f95118 902 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
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904 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
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907 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
908 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
909 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
910
911 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
912 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CFG_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
913 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
914
915 CFG_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
916 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
917 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
918
919 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
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922 have not defined a custom partition
923
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924- Keyboard Support:
925 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
926
927 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
928 support
929
930 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
931 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
932 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
933 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
934 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
935
936- Video support:
937 CONFIG_VIDEO
938
939 Define this to enable video support (for output to
940 video).
941
942 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
943
944 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
945
946 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
b79a11cc 947 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
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949 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
950 assumed.
951
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953 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two diferent ways
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955 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
6e592385 956 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
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958 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
959 -------------+---------------------------------------------
960 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
961 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
962 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
963 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
964 -------------+---------------------------------------------
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966
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969
970
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974 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
975
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8bde7f77 977 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
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980 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
981 defined in your board-specific files.
982 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
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985
986 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
987 display); also select one of the supported displays
988 by defining one of these:
989
fd3103bb 990 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
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fd3103bb 992 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
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fd3103bb 994 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
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997 Active, color, single scan.
998
999 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1000
1001 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
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1002 Active, color, single scan.
1003
1004 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
1005
1006 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1007 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1008
1009 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1010
1011 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1012 Active, color, single scan.
1013
1014 CONFIG_HLD1045
1015
1016 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1017 Active, color, single scan.
1018
1019 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
1020
1021 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1022 or
1023 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1024 or
1025 Hitachi SP14Q002
1026
1027 320x240. Black & white.
1028
1029 Normally display is black on white background; define
1030 CFG_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
1031
7152b1d0 1032- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
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1034 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1035 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1036 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
e94d2cd9 1037 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
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1039 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1040 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1041 loaded very quickly after power-on.
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1044
1045 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1046 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1047 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1048
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1050 CONFIG_BZIP2
1051
1052 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1053 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1054 compressed images are supported.
1055
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1057 the malloc area (as defined by CFG_MALLOC_LEN) should
1058 be at least 4MB.
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1061 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR
1062
1063 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1064
1065 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1066
1067 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1068
1069 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE
1070
1071 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
1072 detection of Gigabit PHY is included.
1073
1074 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1075
1076 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1077 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1078 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1079 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1080
1081 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1082
1083 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1084 command issued before MII status register can be read
1085
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1087 CONFIG_ETHADDR
1088 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
1089 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
1090
1091 Define a default value for ethernet address to use
1092 for the respective ethernet interface, in case this
1093 is not determined automatically.
1094
1095- IP address:
1096 CONFIG_IPADDR
1097
1098 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1099 the default ethernet interface, in case this is not
1100 determined through e.g. bootp.
1101
1102- Server IP address:
1103 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1104
1105 Defines a default value for theIP address of a TFTP
1106 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1107
1108- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1109 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1110
1111 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1112 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1113 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1114 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1115 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1116 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1117 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1118 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1119 following delays are insterted then:
1120
1121 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1122 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1123 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1124 4th and following
1125 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1126
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1129 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1130
1131 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1132 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1133 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1134 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1135 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1136 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1137 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1138 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2
1139 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1140 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1141 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1142 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
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1144 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1145 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1146 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1147 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1148 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1149 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1150 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1fe80d79 1151 is defined.
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1153 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1154 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1155 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
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1157 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1158 option 12 to the DHCP server.
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1163 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1164
1165 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1166
1167 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1168 of the device.
1169
1170 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1171
1172 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1173 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1174 eth0 for the first ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1175
1176 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1177
1178 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1179 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1180
1181 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1182
1183 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1184
1185 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1186
1187 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1188
1189 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1190
1191 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1192
1193 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1194
1195 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1196 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1197
1198 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1199
1200 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1201
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1203
1204 Several configurations allow to display the current
1205 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1206 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1207 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1208 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1209 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1210 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1211 feature in U-Boot.
1212
1213- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1214
1215 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1216 on those systems that support this (optional)
1217 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1218
1219- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1220
b37c7e5e 1221 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
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1222 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
1223 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected cpu.
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945af8d7 1225 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
602ad3b3 1226 command line (as long as you set CONFIG_CMD_I2C in
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1227 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1228 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
43d9616c 1229 command line interface.
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1231 CONFIG_I2C_CMD_TREE is a recommended option that places
1232 all I2C commands under a single 'i2c' root command. The
1233 older 'imm', 'imd', 'iprobe' etc. commands are considered
1234 deprecated and may disappear in the future.
1235
1236 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
b37c7e5e 1237
945af8d7 1238 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
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1239 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1240 support for I2C.
c609719b 1241
945af8d7 1242 There are several other quantities that must also be
b37c7e5e 1243 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
c609719b 1244
b37c7e5e 1245 In both cases you will need to define CFG_I2C_SPEED
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1246 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
1247 to run and CFG_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
1248 the cpu's i2c node address).
1249
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1250 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c)
1251 sets the cpu up as a master node and so its address should
1252 therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual
945af8d7 1253 p.16-473). So, set CFG_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
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945af8d7 1255 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
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1257 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1258 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1259 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
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1260
1261 I2C_INIT
1262
b37c7e5e 1263 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
43d9616c 1264 controller or configure ports.
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ba56f625 1266 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
b37c7e5e 1267
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1268 I2C_PORT
1269
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1270 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1271 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1272 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
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1273
1274 I2C_ACTIVE
1275
1276 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1277 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1278 define can be null.
1279
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1280 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1281
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1282 I2C_TRISTATE
1283
1284 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1285 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1286 define can be null.
1287
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1288 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1289
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1290 I2C_READ
1291
1292 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1293 FALSE if it is low.
1294
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1295 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1296
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1297 I2C_SDA(bit)
1298
1299 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1300 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1301
b37c7e5e 1302 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
2535d602 1303 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
ba56f625 1304 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
b37c7e5e 1305
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1306 I2C_SCL(bit)
1307
1308 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1309 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1310
b37c7e5e 1311 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
2535d602 1312 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
ba56f625 1313 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
b37c7e5e 1314
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1316
1317 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1318 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
b37c7e5e 1319 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
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1320 like:
1321
b37c7e5e 1322 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
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1324 CFG_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1325
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1326 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1327 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1328 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1329 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1330 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1331 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1332 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1333 is run early in the boot sequence.
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1335 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1336
1337 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1338 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1339 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1340
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1341 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1342
1343 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
1344 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1345 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
1346 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1347
1348 CFG_I2C_NOPROBES
1349
1350 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
1351 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued (or 'iprobe' using the legacy
1352 command). If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS is set, specify a list of bus-device
1353 pairs. Otherwise, specify a 1D array of device addresses
1354
1355 e.g.
1356 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1357 #define CFG_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
1358
1359 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1360
1361 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1362 #define CFG_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
1363
1364 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1365
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1366 CFG_SPD_BUS_NUM
1367
1368 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1369 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1370
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1371 CFG_RTC_BUS_NUM
1372
1373 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1374 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1375
1376 CFG_DTT_BUS_NUM
1377
1378 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
1379 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
1380
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1381 CONFIG_FSL_I2C
1382
1383 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
1384 drivers/fsl_i2c.c.
1385
1386
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1387- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1388
1389 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1390 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1391 D/As on the SACSng board)
1392
1393 CONFIG_SPI_X
1394
1395 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1396 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1397
1398 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1399
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1400 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1401 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1402 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1403 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1404 defined, the board configuration must define several
1405 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1406 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
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ba56f625 1408- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
c609719b 1409
8bde7f77 1410 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
c609719b 1411
8bde7f77 1412 CONFIG_FPGA
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1414 Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For example,
1415 #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2
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8bde7f77 1417 CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
c609719b 1418
8bde7f77 1419 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
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1420
1421 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1422
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1423 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1424 status by the configuration function. This option
1425 will require a board or device specific function to
1426 be written.
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1427
1428 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1429
1430 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1431 configuration driver.
1432
1433 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1434 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1435
1436 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1437
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1438 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1439 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1440 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1441 indicated a CRC error).
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1443 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1444
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1445 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1446 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1447 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
1448 mS.
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1450 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1451
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1452 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
1453 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS.
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1454
1455 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1456
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1457 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1458 200 mS.
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1459
1460- Configuration Management:
1461 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
1462
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1463 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1464 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
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1465
1466- Vendor Parameter Protection:
1467
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1468 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1469 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
7152b1d0 1470 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
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1471 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1472 protects these variables from casual modification by
1473 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1474 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
1475 change this behviour:
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1476
1477 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1478 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
47cd00fa 1479 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
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1480 these parameters.
1481
1482 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1483 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
1484 ethernet address is installed in the environment,
1485 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1486 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1487 read-only.]
1488
1489- Protected RAM:
1490 CONFIG_PRAM
1491
1492 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1493 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1494 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1495 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1496 this default value by defining an environment
1497 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1498 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1499 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1500 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1501 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1502 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1503 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1504
fe126d8b 1505 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
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1506 saveenv
1507
1508 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1509 either, which results in a memory region that will
1510 not be affected by reboots.
1511
1512 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1513 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1514 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1515 following board configurations are known to be
1516 "pRAM-clean":
1517
1518 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
1519 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
1520 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260
1521
1522- Error Recovery:
1523 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
1524
1525 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
1526 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
1527 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
1528 system where you want to system to reboot
1529 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
1530 useful during development since you can try to debug
1531 the conditions that lead to the situation.
1532
1533 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1534
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1535 This variable defines the number of retries for
1536 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1537 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1538 default value of 5 is used.
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1539
1540- Command Interpreter:
8078f1a5 1541 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
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1542
1543 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
1544
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1545 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
1546 for the "hush" shell.
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1547
1548
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1549 CFG_HUSH_PARSER
1550
1551 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
1552 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
1553 powerful command line syntax like
1554 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
1555 constructs ("shell scripts").
1556
1557 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
1558 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
1559
1560
1561 CFG_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
1562
1563 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1564 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1565 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1566
1567 Note:
1568
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1569 In the current implementation, the local variables
1570 space and global environment variables space are
1571 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1572 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1573 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1574 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1575 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
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1577 Global environment variables are those you use
1578 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1579 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1580 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
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1581
1582 To store commands and special characters in a
1583 variable, please use double quotation marks
1584 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1585 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1586 symbols.
1587
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1588- Commandline Editing and History:
1589 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
1590
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1591 Enable editiong and History functions for interactive
1592 commandline input operations
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a8c7c708 1594- Default Environment:
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1595 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1596
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1597 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1598 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
7152b1d0 1599 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2262cfee 1600
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1601 For example, place something like this in your
1602 board's config file:
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1603
1604 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1605 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1606 "myvar2=value2\0"
1607
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1608 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1609 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1610 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1611 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
7152b1d0 1612 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
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1613 You better know what you are doing here.
1614
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1615 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1616 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
1617 the environment like the autoscript function or the
1618 boot command first.
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a8c7c708 1620- DataFlash Support:
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1621 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
1622
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1623 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
1624 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
1625 commands cp, md...
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1627- SystemACE Support:
1628 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1629
1630 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
1631 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
1632 of the chip must alsh be defined in the
1633 CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
1634
1635 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1636 #define CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
1637
1638 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
1639 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
1640
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1641- TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
1642 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
1643
28cb9375 1644 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
ecb0ccd9 1645 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
28cb9375 1646 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
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1647 number generator is used.
1648
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1649 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
1650 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
1651 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
1652
1653 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
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1654 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
1655 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
1656 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
1657 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
1658 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
1659 but sometimes that is not allowed.
1660
a8c7c708 1661- Show boot progress:
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1662 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
1663
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1664 Defining this option allows to add some board-
1665 specific code (calling a user-provided function
1666 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
1667 the system's boot progress on some display (for
1668 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
1669 the following checkpoints are implemented:
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1670
1671 Arg Where When
1672 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
ba56f625 1673 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
c609719b 1674 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
ba56f625 1675 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
c609719b 1676 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
ba56f625 1677 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
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1678 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
1679 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
1680 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1681 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone)
1682 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1683 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
1684 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
1685 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
1686 -8 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone)
1687 8 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1688 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
1689 9 common/cmd_bootm.c Start initial ramdisk verification
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1690 -10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
1691 -11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
c609719b 1692 10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header is OK
ba56f625 1693 -12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
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1694 11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
1695 12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
1696 -13 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux Ramdisk)
1697 13 common/cmd_bootm.c Start multifile image verification
1698 14 common/cmd_bootm.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
1699 15 common/cmd_bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
1700
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1701 -30 lib_ppc/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
1702 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
1703 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
63e73c9a 1704
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1705 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
1706 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
1707 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
1708 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
1709 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
1710 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1711 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
1712 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
1713 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
1714 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
1715 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
1716 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
1717 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
1718 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
1719 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
1720 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
1721 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
1722 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
1723 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
1724 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
1725 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
1726 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
1727 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
1728 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
1729 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
1730 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
1731 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
1732 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
1733 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
1734 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
1735 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
1736 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
1737 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
1738 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
1739 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
1740 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
1741 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
1742 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
1743 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
1744 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1745 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
1746 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
1747 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
1748 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
1749 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
1750 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
1751 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
1752
1753 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
1754
1755 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernetconfiguration.
1756 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
1757 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
1758
1759 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
1760 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling NetLoop()
1761 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in NetLoop() occured
1762 81 common/cmd_net.c NetLoop() back without error
1763 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
1764 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
1765 83 common/cmd_net.c running autoscript
1766 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or autoscript
1767 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
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1768
1769Modem Support:
1770--------------
1771
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1773
1774- Modem support endable:
1775 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
1776
1777- RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
1778 CONFIG_HWFLOW
1779
1780- Modem debug support:
1781 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
1782
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1783 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
1784 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
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1786- Interrupt support (PPC):
1787
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1788 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
1789 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
1790 for cpu specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
1791 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
1792 cpu resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
1793 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
1794 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for cpu
1795 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
1796 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
1797 general timer_interrupt().
a8c7c708 1798
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1799- General:
1800
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1801 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
1802 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
1803 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
1804 (autoboot). The key_pressed() fuction is called from
1805 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
1806 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
1807 initialization.
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1809 If there are no modem init strings in the
1810 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
1811 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
1812 supressed, though.
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1814 See also: doc/README.Modem
1815
1816
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1817Configuration Settings:
1818-----------------------
1819
1820- CFG_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
1821 undefine this when you're short of memory.
1822
1823- CFG_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
1824 prompt for user input.
1825
1826- CFG_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
1827
1828- CFG_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
1829
1830- CFG_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
1831
1832- CFG_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
1833 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
1834 booted
1835
1836- CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
1837 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
1838
1839- CFG_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
8bde7f77 1840 Suppress display of console information at boot.
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1842- CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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1843 If the board specific function
1844 extern int overwrite_console (void);
1845 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
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1846 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
1847
1848- CFG_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
8bde7f77 1849 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
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1851- CFG_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
1852 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
1853
1854- CFG_MEMTEST_START, CFG_MEMTEST_END:
1855 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
1856 simple memory test.
1857
1858- CFG_ALT_MEMTEST:
8bde7f77 1859 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
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1861- CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
1862 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
1863 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
1864
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1865- CFG_TFTP_LOADADDR:
1866 Default load address for network file downloads
1867
1868- CFG_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
1869 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
1870
1871- CFG_SDRAM_BASE:
1872 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
1873
1874- CFG_MBIO_BASE:
1875 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
1876 Cogent motherboard)
1877
1878- CFG_FLASH_BASE:
1879 Physical start address of Flash memory.
1880
1881- CFG_MONITOR_BASE:
1882 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
1883 make config files to be same as the text base address
1884 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
1885 CFG_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
1886
1887- CFG_MONITOR_LEN:
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1888 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
1889 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
1890 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
1891 flash sector.
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1892
1893- CFG_MALLOC_LEN:
1894 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
1895
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1896- CFG_BOOTM_LEN:
1897 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
1898 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
1899 you can define CFG_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
1900 to adjust this setting to your needs.
1901
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1902- CFG_BOOTMAPSZ:
1903 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
1904 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
1905 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, eventually
1906 initrd image) must be put below this limit.
1907
1908- CFG_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
1909 Max number of Flash memory banks
1910
1911- CFG_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
1912 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
1913
1914- CFG_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
1915 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
1916
1917- CFG_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
1918 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
1919
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1920- CFG_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
1921 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
1922
1923- CFG_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
1924 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
1925
1926- CFG_FLASH_PROTECTION
1927 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
1928 instead of U-Boot software protection.
1929
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1930- CFG_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
1931
1932 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
1933 without this option such a download has to be
1934 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
1935 copy from RAM to flash.
1936
1937 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
1938 you can check if the download worked before you erase
1939 the flash, but in some situations (when sytem RAM is
1940 too limited to allow for a tempory copy of the
1941 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
1942
1943- CFG_FLASH_CFI:
43d9616c 1944 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
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1945 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
1946
1947- CFG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
1948 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
1949 in the drivers directory
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1951- CFG_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
1952 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
1953 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
1954 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
1955 optionally available.
1956
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1957- CFG_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
1958 Defines the number of ethernet receive buffers. On some
1959 ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
1960 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
1961 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
1962 on high ethernet traffic.
1963 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
1964
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1965The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
1966of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
1967following configurations:
1968
1969- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
1970
1971 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
1972
1973 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
1974 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
1975 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
1976 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
1977 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
1978 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
1979 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
1980 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
1981 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
1982 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
1983 between U-Boot and the environment.
1984
1985 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1986
1987 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
1988 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
1989 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
1990 for this sector is given here.
1991
1992 CFG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CFG_FLASH_BASE.
1993
1994 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
1995
1996 This is just another way to specify the start address of
1997 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
1998 CFG_ENV_OFFSET).
1999
2000 - CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
2001
2002 Size of the sector containing the environment.
2003
2004
2005 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
2006 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
2007 the environment.
2008
2009 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2010
2011 If you use this in combination with CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
2012 and CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
2013 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
2014 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
2015
2016 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
2017 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
2018 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
2019 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
2020 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
2021 updating the environment in flash makes it always
2022 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
2023 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
2024 RAM, your target system will be dead.
2025
2026 - CFG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
2027 CFG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
2028
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2029 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
2030 a redundand copy of the environment data, so that there is
3e38691e 2031 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
43d9616c 2032 a "saveenv" operation.
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2033
2034BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
2035source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
2036accordingly!
2037
2038
2039- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
2040
2041 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
2042 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
2043 environment.
2044
2045 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
2046 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2047
2048 These two #defines are used to determin the memory area you
2049 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
2050 can just be read and written to, without any special
2051 provision.
2052
2053BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
2054in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
2055console baudrate). You *MUST* have mappend your NVRAM area then, or
2056U-Boot will hang.
2057
2058Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
2059environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
2060keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
2061to save the current settings.
2062
2063
2064- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
2065
2066 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
2067 device and a driver for it.
2068
2069 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
2070 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2071
2072 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
2073 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
2074
2075 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
2076 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
2077 The default address is zero.
2078
2079 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
2080 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
2081 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
2082 would require six bits.
2083
2084 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
2085 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
ba56f625 2086 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
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2087
2088 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
2089 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
2090 that this is NOT the chip address length!
2091
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2092 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
2093 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
2094 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
2095 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
2096 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
2097 byte chips.
2098
2099 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
2100 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
2101 in the chip address.
2102
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2103 - CFG_EEPROM_SIZE:
2104 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
2105
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2107- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
2108
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2110 want to use for the environment.
2111
2112 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
2113 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
2114 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2115
2116 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
2117 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
2118 at the specified address.
2119
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2120- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
2121
2122 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
2123 for the environment.
2124
2125 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
2126 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2127
2128 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
2129 area within the first NAND device.
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2132
2133 This setting describes a second storage area of CFG_ENV_SIZE
2134 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data,
2135 so that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a
2136 power failure during a "saveenv" operation.
2137
2138 Note: CFG_ENV_OFFSET and CFG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND must be aligned
2139 to a block boundary, and CFG_ENV_SIZE must be a multiple of
2140 the NAND devices block size.
2141
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2142- CFG_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
2143
2144 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
2145 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
2146 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
2147 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
2148 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
2149 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
2150 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
2151
2152Please note that the environment is read-only as long as the monitor
2153has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
2154created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r()
2155until then to read environment variables.
2156
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2157The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
2158is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
2159with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
2160necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
2161"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
2162have any device yet where we could complain.]
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2164Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
2165the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
85ec0bcc 2166use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
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fc3e2165 2168- CFG_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
42d1f039 2169 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
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2170
2171 Note: If this option is active, then CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR
2172 also needs to be defined.
2173
2174- CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
42d1f039 2175 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
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2177- CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF:
2178 Makes vsprintf (and all *printf functions) support printing
2179 of 64bit values by using the L quantifier
2180
2181- CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL:
2182 Adds simple_strtoull that returns a 64bit value
2183
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2186
2187- CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE:
2188 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
2189
2190- CFG_DEFAULT_IMMR:
2191 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
2535d602 2192
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2193 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
2194 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
2195 the IMMR register after a reset.
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2197- Floppy Disk Support:
2198 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
2199
2200 the default drive number (default value 0)
2201
2202 CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE
2203
2204 defines the spacing between fdc chipset registers
2205 (default value 1)
2206
2207 CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET
2208
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2209 defines the offset of register from address. It
2210 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
2211 the fdc chipset. (default value 0)
7f6c2cbc 2212
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2213 If CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
2214 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
2215 default value.
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2217 if CFG_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
2218 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
2219 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
2220 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
2221 initializations.
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25d6712a 2223- CFG_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
efe2a4d5 2224 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
25d6712a 2225 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
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2227- CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
2228
7152b1d0 2229 Start address of memory area that can be used for
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2230 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
2231 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
2232 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
2233 will become available only after programming the
2234 memory controller and running certain initialization
2235 sequences.
2236
2237 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
2238 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
2239 - MPC824X: data cache
2240 - PPC4xx: data cache
2241
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2243
2244 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
2245 area defined by CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
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2247 data is located at the end of the available space
2248 (sometimes written as (CFG_INIT_RAM_END -
2249 CFG_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
2250 below that area (growing from (CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
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2252
2253 Note:
2254 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
2255 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
2256 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
2257 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
2258 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
2259
2260- CFG_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
2261
2262- CFG_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
2263
2264- CFG_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
2265
2266- CFG_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
2267
2268- CFG_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
2269
2270- CFG_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
2271
2272- CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
2273 SDRAM timing
2274
2275- CFG_MAMR_PTA:
2276 periodic timer for refresh
2277
2278- CFG_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
2279
2280- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CFG_REMAP_OR_AM,
2281 CFG_PRELIM_OR_AM, CFG_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CFG_OR0_REMAP,
2282 CFG_OR0_PRELIM, CFG_BR0_PRELIM, CFG_OR1_REMAP, CFG_OR1_PRELIM,
2283 CFG_BR1_PRELIM:
2284 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
2285
2286- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
2287 CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CFG_OR2_PRELIM, CFG_BR2_PRELIM,
2288 CFG_OR3_PRELIM, CFG_BR3_PRELIM:
2289 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
2290
2291- CFG_MAMR_PTA, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
2292 CFG_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CFG_MAMR_8COL, CFG_MAMR_9COL:
2293 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
2294 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
2295
2296- CFG_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2297 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2298 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
2299
2300- CFG_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2301 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2302 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
2303
2304- CFG_USE_OSCCLK:
2305 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
2306 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
2307 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
2308
ea909b76 2309- CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
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2310 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
2311 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
2312 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
2313 cpm_8260.h.
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2315- CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CFG_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2316 CFG_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CFG_PCIMSK0_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
2317 CFG_PCIMSK1_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
2318 CFG_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CFG_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2319 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
2320 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CFG_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
2321 CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CFG_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
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2322 CFG_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
2323 Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
2324
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2325- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
2326 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common with pluggable
2327 memory modules such as SODIMMs
2328 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
2329 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
2330
2331- CFG_SPD_BUS_NUM
2332 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first one, specify here.
2333 Note that the value must resolve to something your driver can deal with.
2334
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2335- CFG_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
2336 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should be configured
2337 using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2338
2339- CFG_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
2340 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should be configured
2341 using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2342
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2343- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
2344 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
2345
2346- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
2347 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
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2348 to the given FEC; i. e.
2349 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
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2350 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
2351
2352 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
2353
2354- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
2355 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
2356 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
2357
2358- CONFIG_RMII
2359 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2360 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2361 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2362
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2363- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2364 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2365 The syntax is:
2366
2367 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2368
2369 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2370 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2371 area should have.
2372
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2373- CONFIG_LOOPW
2374 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
602ad3b3 2375 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
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2377- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
2378 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2379 "md/mw" commands.
2380 Examples:
2381
efe2a4d5 2382 => mdc.b 10 4 500
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2383 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
2384
efe2a4d5 2385 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
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2386 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
2387
efe2a4d5 2388 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
602ad3b3 2389 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
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2391- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
2392- CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT
2393
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2394 [ARM only] If these variables are defined, then
2395 certain low level initializations (like setting up
2396 the memory controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does
2397 not relocate itself into RAM.
2398 Normally these variables MUST NOT be defined. The
2399 only exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by
2400 some other boot loader or by a debugger which
2401 performs these intializations itself.
8aa1a2d1 2402
400558b5 2403
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2404Building the Software:
2405======================
2406
2407Building U-Boot has been tested in native PPC environments (on a
2408PowerBook G3 running LinuxPPC 2000) and in cross environments
2409(running RedHat 6.x and 7.x Linux on x86, Solaris 2.6 on a SPARC, and
2410NetBSD 1.5 on x86).
2411
2412If you are not using a native PPC environment, it is assumed that you
2413have the GNU cross compiling tools available in your path and named
2414with a prefix of "powerpc-linux-". If this is not the case, (e.g. if
2415you are using Monta Vista's Hard Hat Linux CDK 1.2) you must change
2416the definition of CROSS_COMPILE in Makefile. For HHL on a 4xx CPU,
2417change it to:
2418
2419 CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx-
2420
2421
ba56f625 2422U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
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2423sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
2424is done by typing:
2425
2426 make NAME_config
2427
2428where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing
2429configurations; the following names are supported:
2430
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2431 ADCIOP_config FPS860L_config omap730p2_config
2432 ADS860_config GEN860T_config pcu_e_config
983fda83 2433 Alaska8220_config
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2434 AR405_config GENIETV_config PIP405_config
2435 at91rm9200dk_config GTH_config QS823_config
2436 CANBT_config hermes_config QS850_config
2437 cmi_mpc5xx_config hymod_config QS860T_config
2438 cogent_common_config IP860_config RPXlite_config
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2439 cogent_mpc8260_config IVML24_config RPXlite_DW_config
2440 cogent_mpc8xx_config IVMS8_config RPXsuper_config
2441 CPCI405_config JSE_config rsdproto_config
2442 CPCIISER4_config LANTEC_config Sandpoint8240_config
2443 csb272_config lwmon_config sbc8260_config
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2444 CU824_config MBX860T_config sbc8560_33_config
2445 DUET_ADS_config MBX_config sbc8560_66_config
4c52783b 2446 EBONY_config mpc7448hpc2_config SM850_config
2447 ELPT860_config MPC8260ADS_config SPD823TS_config
2448 ESTEEM192E_config MPC8540ADS_config stxgp3_config
2449 ETX094_config MPC8540EVAL_config SXNI855T_config
2450 FADS823_config NMPC8560ADS_config TQM823L_config
2451 FADS850SAR_config NETVIA_config TQM850L_config
2452 FADS860T_config omap1510inn_config TQM855L_config
2453 FPS850L_config omap1610h2_config TQM860L_config
2454 omap1610inn_config walnut_config
2455 omap5912osk_config Yukon8220_config
2456 omap2420h4_config ZPC1900_config
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2458Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
2459 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2460 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
2461 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
2462 when chosing the configuration, i. e.
2463
2464 make TQM823L_config
2465 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
2466
2467 make TQM823L_LCD_config
2468 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
2469
2470 etc.
2471
2472
2473Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
2474images ready for download to / installation on your system:
2475
2476- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
2477- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
2478- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
2479
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2480By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
2481in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
2482this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
2483
24841. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
2485
2486 make O=/tmp/build distclean
2487 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
2488 make O=/tmp/build all
2489
24902. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
2491
2492 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2493 make distclean
2494 make NAME_config
2495 make all
2496
2497Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
2498variable.
2499
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2500
2501Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
2502for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
2503native "make".
2504
2505
2506If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
2507to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
2508steps:
2509
25101. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
2511 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
2512 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
2513 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please
2514 keep this order.
25152. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
2516 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
2517 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
25183. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
2519 your board
25203. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
2521 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
25224. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
25235. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
2524 to be installed on your target system.
25256. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
2526 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
2527
2528
2529Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
2530==============================================================
2531
2532If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
2533or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
2534provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
2535the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
2536official or latest in CVS) version of U-Boot sources.
2537
2538But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
2539cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
2540the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
2541just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
2542for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
2543select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
2544environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the cross tools from
2545MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux you can type
2546
2547 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
2548
2549or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
2550
2551 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
2552
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2553When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build U-Boot
2554in the source directory. This location can be changed by setting the
2555BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target built, the MAKEALL
2556script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and <target>.MAKEALL) in the
2557<source dir>/LOG directory. This default location can be changed by
2558setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment variable. For example:
2559
2560 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2561 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
2562 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
2563
2564With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build, log
2565files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean during
2566the whole build process.
2567
2568
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2569See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
2570
2571
2572Monitor Commands - Overview:
2573============================
2574
2575go - start application at address 'addr'
2576run - run commands in an environment variable
2577bootm - boot application image from memory
2578bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
2579tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
2580 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
2581 (and eventually "gatewayip")
2582rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
2583diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
2584loads - load S-Record file over serial line
2585loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
2586md - memory display
2587mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2588nm - memory modify (constant address)
2589mw - memory write (fill)
2590cp - memory copy
2591cmp - memory compare
2592crc32 - checksum calculation
2593imd - i2c memory display
2594imm - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2595inm - i2c memory modify (constant address)
2596imw - i2c memory write (fill)
2597icrc32 - i2c checksum calculation
2598iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses
2599iloop - infinite loop on address range
2600isdram - print SDRAM configuration information
2601sspi - SPI utility commands
2602base - print or set address offset
2603printenv- print environment variables
2604setenv - set environment variables
2605saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
2606protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
2607erase - erase FLASH memory
2608flinfo - print FLASH memory information
2609bdinfo - print Board Info structure
2610iminfo - print header information for application image
2611coninfo - print console devices and informations
2612ide - IDE sub-system
2613loop - infinite loop on address range
56523f12 2614loopw - infinite write loop on address range
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2615mtest - simple RAM test
2616icache - enable or disable instruction cache
2617dcache - enable or disable data cache
2618reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
2619echo - echo args to console
2620version - print monitor version
2621help - print online help
2622? - alias for 'help'
2623
2624
2625Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
2626========================================
2627
2628TODO.
2629
2630For now: just type "help <command>".
2631
2632
2633Environment Variables:
2634======================
2635
2636U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
2637can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
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2639Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
2640"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
2641without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
2642environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
2643working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
2644environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
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2729af9d 2646Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables:
c609719b 2647
2729af9d 2648 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
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2729af9d 2650 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
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2729af9d 2652 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
4a6fd34b 2653
2729af9d 2654 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
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2729af9d 2656 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
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2658 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
2659 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
2660 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
2661 load any image using TFTP
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2663 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
2664 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
2665 be automatically started (by internally calling
2666 "bootm")
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2668 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
2669 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
2670 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
2671 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
2672 data.
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2674 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
2675 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
2676 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
2677 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
2678 it must be saved and board must be reset.
2679
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2680 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
2681 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
2682 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
2683 is usually what you want since it allows for
2684 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
2685 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
2686 CFG_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
2687 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
2688 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
2689 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
2690 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
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2692 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
2693 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
2694 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
2695 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
2696 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
2697 12 MB as well - this can be done with
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2729af9d 2699 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
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2701 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
2702 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
2703 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
2704 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
2705 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
2706 boot time on your system, but requires that this
2707 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
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2729af9d 2709 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
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2711 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
2712 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
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2729af9d 2714 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
a3d991bd 2715
2729af9d 2716 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
a3d991bd 2717
2729af9d 2718 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
a3d991bd 2719
2729af9d 2720 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
a3d991bd 2721
2729af9d 2722 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
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2724 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2725 interface is used first.
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2727 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2728 interface is currently active. For example you
2729 can do the following
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2731 => setenv ethact FEC ETHERNET
2732 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC ETHERNET
2733 => setenv ethact SCC ETHERNET
2734 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC ETHERNET
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2736 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
2737 either succeed or fail without retrying.
2738 When set to "once" the network operation will
2739 fail when all the available network interfaces
2740 are tried once without success.
2741 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
2742 themselves.
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28cb9375 2744 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
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2745 UDP source port.
2746
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2747 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
2748 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
2749
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2750 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
2751 ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
2752 VLAN tagged frames.
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2754The following environment variables may be used and automatically
2755updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
2756depending the information provided by your boot server:
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2758 bootfile - see above
2759 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
2760 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
2761 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
2762 hostname - Target hostname
2763 ipaddr - see above
2764 netmask - Subnet Mask
2765 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
2766 serverip - see above
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c1551ea8 2768
2729af9d 2769There are two special Environment Variables:
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2771 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
2772 as type string and/or serial number
2773 ethaddr - Ethernet address
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2775These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
2776the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
2777once they have been set once.
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f07771cc 2779
2729af9d 2780Further special Environment Variables:
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2782 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
2783 with the "version" command. This variable is
2784 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
f07771cc 2785
f07771cc 2786
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2787Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
2788only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
f07771cc 2789
f07771cc 2790
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2791Command Line Parsing:
2792=====================
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2794There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
2795the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
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2797Old, simple command line parser:
2798--------------------------------
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2800- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
2801- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
fe126d8b 2802- variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
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2803- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
2804 for example:
fe126d8b 2805 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
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2806- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
2807 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
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2809Hush shell:
2810-----------
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2812- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
2813 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
2814 until...do...done, ...
2815- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
2816 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
2817 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
2818 command
2819
2820General rules:
2821--------------
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2823(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
2824 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
2825 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
2826 executed anyway.
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2828(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
2829 calling run with a list af variables as arguments), any failing
2830 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
2831 variables are not executed.
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2833Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
2834=======================================
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2836Some boards come with redundant ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
2837such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
2838"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
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2840Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
2841MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
2842"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
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2844If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
2845in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
2846ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
2847variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
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2849o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
2850 environment, the SROM's address is used.
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2852o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
2853 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
2854 used.
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2856o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
2857 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
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2859o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
2860 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
2861 warning is printed.
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2863o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
2864 is raised.
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2867Image Formats:
2868==============
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2870The "boot" commands of this monitor operate on "image" files which
2871can be basicly anything, preceeded by a special header; see the
2872definitions in include/image.h for details; basicly, the header
2873defines the following image properties:
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2875* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
2876 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
2877 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS;
2878 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS, LynxOS).
7b64fef3 2879* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
2729af9d 2880 IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
7b64fef3 2881 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC).
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2882* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
2883* Load Address
2884* Entry Point
2885* Image Name
2886* Image Timestamp
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2888The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
2889and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
2890CRC32 checksums.
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2891
2892
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2893Linux Support:
2894==============
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2896Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
2897easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
2898U-Boot.
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2900U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
2901special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
2902"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
2903instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
2904serves several purposes:
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2906- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
2907 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
2908 Flash memory footprint)
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2910- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
2911 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
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2913- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
2914 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
2915 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
2916 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
2917 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
2918 software is easier now.
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2921Linux HOWTO:
2922============
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2924Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
2925---------------------------------------
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2927U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
2928configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
2929(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
2930Linux :-).
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2934Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
2935include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
2936Information structure as we define in include/u-boot.h, and make
2937sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value as your
2938U-Boot configuration in CFG_IMMR.
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2941Configuring the Linux kernel:
2942-----------------------------
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2944No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
2945device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
2946
2947
2948Building a Linux Image:
2949-----------------------
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2951With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
2952not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
2953"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
2954U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
2955which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
2956100% compatible format.
2957
2958Example:
2959
2960 make TQM850L_config
2961 make oldconfig
2962 make dep
2963 make uImage
2964
2965The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
2966encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
2967CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
2968
2969* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
2970
2971* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
2972
2973 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
2974 -R .note -R .comment \
2975 -S vmlinux linux.bin
2976
2977* compress the binary image:
2978
2979 gzip -9 linux.bin
2980
2981* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
2982
2983 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
2984 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
2985 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
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2988The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
2989with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
2990combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
2991byte header containing information about target architecture,
2992operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
2993stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
2994
2995"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
2996print the header information, or to build new images.
2997
2998In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
2999contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
3000checksum verification:
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3002 tools/mkimage -l image
3003 -l ==> list image header information
3004
3005The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
3006from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
3007
3008 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
3009 -n name -d data_file image
3010 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
3011 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
3012 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
3013 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
3014 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
3015 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
3016 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
3017 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
3018
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3019Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
3020address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
3021kernel version:
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3023- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
3024- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
3025
3026So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
3027
3028 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3029 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
3030 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
3031 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
3032 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3033 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3034 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3035 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3036 Load Address: 0x00000000
3037 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3038
3039To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
3040
3041 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
3042 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3043 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3044 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3045 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3046 Load Address: 0x00000000
3047 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3048
3049NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
3050speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
3051needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
3052need to be uncompressed:
3053
3054 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
3055 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3056 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
3057 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \
3058 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
3059 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3060 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3061 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
3062 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
3063 Load Address: 0x00000000
3064 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3065
3066
3067Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
3068when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
3069
3070 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
3071 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
3072 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
3073 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3074 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
3075 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3076 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
3077 Load Address: 0x00000000
3078 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3079
3080
3081Installing a Linux Image:
3082-------------------------
3083
3084To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
3085you must convert the image to S-Record format:
3086
3087 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
3088
3089The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
3090image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
3091address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
3092specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
3093command.
3094
3095Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
3096TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
3097
3098 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
3099
3100 .......... done
3101 Erased 8 sectors
3102
3103 => loads 40100000
3104 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3105 ~>examples/image.srec
3106 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
3107 ...
3108 15989 15990 15991 15992
3109 [file transfer complete]
3110 [connected]
3111 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
3112
3113
3114You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
3115this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
3116corruption happened:
3117
3118 => imi 40100000
3119
3120 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3121 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3122 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3123 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3124 Load Address: 00000000
3125 Entry Point: 0000000c
3126 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3127
3128
3129Boot Linux:
3130-----------
3131
3132The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
3133memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
3134of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
3135parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
3136"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
3137
3138
3139 => printenv bootargs
3140 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
3141
3142 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3143
3144 => printenv bootargs
3145 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3146
3147 => bootm 40020000
3148 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
3149 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
3150 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3151 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
3152 Load Address: 00000000
3153 Entry Point: 0000000c
3154 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3155 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3156 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
3157 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3158 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3159 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3160 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
3161 ...
3162
3163If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial ram disk, you pass
3164the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
3165format!) to the "bootm" command:
3166
3167 => imi 40100000 40200000
3168
3169 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3170 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3171 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3172 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3173 Load Address: 00000000
3174 Entry Point: 0000000c
3175 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3176
3177 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
3178 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3179 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3180 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3181 Load Address: 00000000
3182 Entry Point: 00000000
3183 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3184
3185 => bootm 40100000 40200000
3186 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
3187 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3188 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3189 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3190 Load Address: 00000000
3191 Entry Point: 0000000c
3192 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3193 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3194 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
3195 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3196 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3197 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3198 Load Address: 00000000
3199 Entry Point: 00000000
3200 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3201 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
3202 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
3203 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
3204 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3205 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3206 ...
3207 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
3208 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
3209
3210 bash#
3211
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3212Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
3213-----------
3214
3215First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
3216titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
3217following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
3218flat device tree:
3219
3220=> print oftaddr
3221oftaddr=0x300000
3222=> print oft
3223oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
3224=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
3225Speed: 1000, full duplex
3226Using TSEC0 device
3227TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
3228Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
3229Load address: 0x300000
3230Loading: #
3231done
3232Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
3233=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
3234Speed: 1000, full duplex
3235Using TSEC0 device
3236TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
3237Filename 'uImage'.
3238Load address: 0x200000
3239Loading:############
3240done
3241Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
3242=> print loadaddr
3243loadaddr=200000
3244=> print oftaddr
3245oftaddr=0x300000
3246=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
3247## Booting image at 00200000 ...
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3249 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3250 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
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a9398e01 3252 Entry Point: 00000000
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3253 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3254 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3255Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
3256Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
3257Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
3258[snip]
3259
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3261More About U-Boot Image Types:
3262------------------------------
3263
3264U-Boot supports the following image types:
3265
3266 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
3267 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
3268 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
3269 the Standalone Program.
3270 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
3271 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
3272 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
3273 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
3274 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
3275 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
3276 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
3277 being started.
3278 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
3279 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
3280 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
3281 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
3282 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
3283 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
3284
3285 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
3286 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
3287 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
3288 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
3289 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
3290 a multiple of 4 bytes).
3291
3292 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
3293 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
3294 flash memory.
3295
3296 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
3297 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
3298 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
3299 as command interpreter.
3300
3301
3302Standalone HOWTO:
3303=================
3304
3305One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
3306run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
3307U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
3308
3309Two simple examples are included with the sources:
3310
3311"Hello World" Demo:
3312-------------------
3313
3314'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
3315application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
3316It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
3317like that:
3318
3319 => loads
3320 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3321 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
3322 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3323 [file transfer complete]
3324 [connected]
3325 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3326
3327 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
3328 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3329 Hello World
3330 argc = 7
3331 argv[0] = "40004"
3332 argv[1] = "Hello"
3333 argv[2] = "World!"
3334 argv[3] = "This"
3335 argv[4] = "is"
3336 argv[5] = "a"
3337 argv[6] = "test."
3338 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
3339 Hit any key to exit ...
3340
3341 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
3342
3343Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
3344handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
3345Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
3346The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
3347character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
3348controlled by the following keys:
3349
3350 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
3351 b - enable interrupts and start timer
3352 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
3353 q - quit application
3354
3355 => loads
3356 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3357 ~>examples/timer.srec
3358 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3359 [file transfer complete]
3360 [connected]
3361 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3362
3363 => go 40004
3364 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3365 TIMERS=0xfff00980
3366 Using timer 1
3367 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
3368
3369Hit 'b':
3370 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
3371 Enabling timer
3372Hit '?':
3373 [q, b, e, ?] ........
3374 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
3375Hit '?':
3376 [q, b, e, ?] .
3377 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
3378Hit '?':
3379 [q, b, e, ?] .
3380 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
3381Hit '?':
3382 [q, b, e, ?] .
3383 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
3384Hit 'e':
3385 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
3386Hit 'q':
3387 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
3388
3389
3390Minicom warning:
3391================
3392
3393Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
3394"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
3395consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
3396Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
3397especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
3398use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
3399
3400Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
3401configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
3402
3403 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
3404 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
3405 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
3406
3407
3408NetBSD Notes:
3409=============
3410
3411Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
3412(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
3413
3414Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
3415NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
3416need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
3417Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
3418attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
3419missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
3420
3421 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
3422 # mkdir powerpc
3423 # ln -s powerpc machine
3424 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
3425 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
3426
3427Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
3428and U-Boot include files.
3429
3430Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
3431stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
3432proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
3433tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
2a8af187 3434meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
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3436
3437Implementation Internals:
3438=========================
3439
3440The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
3441implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
3442inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
3443hardware.
3444
3445
3446Initial Stack, Global Data:
3447---------------------------
3448
3449The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
3450starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
3451system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
3452This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
3453is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
3454at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
3455options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
3456models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
3457MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
3458locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
3459
3460 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
3461 u-boot-users mailing list:
3462
3463 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
3464 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
3465 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
3466 ...
3467
3468 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
3469 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
3470 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
3471 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
3472 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
3473 beyond the scope of this list to expain the details, but you
3474 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
3475 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
3476
3477 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
3478 is another option for the system designer to use as an
3479 initial stack/ram area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
3480 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
3481 board designers haven't used it for something that would
3482 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
3483 used.
3484
3485 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
3486 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
3487 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
8a316c9b 3488 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
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3489 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
3490 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
3491 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
3492 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
3493 you get the config right.
3494
3495 -Chris Hallinan
3496 DS4.COM, Inc.
3497
3498It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
3499code for the initialization procedures:
3500
3501* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
3502 to write it.
3503
3504* Do not use any unitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
3505 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
3506 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
3507
3508* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
3509 that.
3510
3511Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
3512normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
3513turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
3514simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
3515functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
3516functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
3517the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
3518place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
3519reserve for this purpose.
3520
3521When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
3522relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
3523GCC's implementation.
3524
3525For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
3526 R1: stack pointer
3527 R2: TOC pointer
3528 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
3529 R5-R10: parameter passing
3530 R13: small data area pointer
3531 R30: GOT pointer
3532 R31: frame pointer
3533
3534 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.)
3535
3536 ==> U-Boot will use R29 to hold a pointer to the global data
3537
3538 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
3539 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
3540 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
3541 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
3542 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
3543 624 text + 127 data).
3544
3545On ARM, the following registers are used:
3546
3547 R0: function argument word/integer result
3548 R1-R3: function argument word
3549 R9: GOT pointer
3550 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
3551 R11: argument (frame) pointer
3552 R12: temporary workspace
3553 R13: stack pointer
3554 R14: link register
3555 R15: program counter
3556
3557 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
3558
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3559NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
3560or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
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3561
3562Memory Management:
3563------------------
3564
3565U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
3566MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
3567
3568The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
3569controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
3570memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
3571physical memory banks.
3572
3573U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
3574TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
3575booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
3576to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
3577memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CFG_MALLOC_LEN
3578configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
3579Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
3580
3581Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
3582of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
3583
3584So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
3585this:
3586
3587 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
3588 :
3589 0x0000 1FFF
3590 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
3591 :
3592 :
3593
3594 :
3595 :
3596 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
3597 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
3598 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
3599 :
3600 0x00FD FFFF
3601 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
3602 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
3603 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
3604 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
3605
3606
3607System Initialization:
3608----------------------
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3610In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
3611(on most PowerPC systens at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
3612configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
3613To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
3614To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
3615initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
3616which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
3617part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
3618the caches and the SIU.
3619
3620Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
3621preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
3622(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
3623on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
3624programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
3625simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
3626banks.
3627
3628When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
3629different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
3630bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
36310x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
3632contiguous memory starting from 0.
3633
3634Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
3635and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
3636Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
3637pages, and the final stack is set up.
3638
3639Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
3640until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
3641running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
3642new address in RAM.
3643
3644
3645U-Boot Porting Guide:
3646----------------------
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3648[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
3649list, October 2002]
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3650
3651
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3652int main (int argc, char *argv[])
3653{
3654 sighandler_t no_more_time;
c609719b 3655
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3656 signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time);
3657 alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
c609719b 3658
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3659 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
3660 pay consultant to port U-Boot;
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3661 return 0;
3662 }
3663
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3664 Download latest U-Boot source;
3665
3666 Subscribe to u-boot-users mailing list;
3667
3668 if (clueless) {
3669 email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
3670 }
3671
3672 while (learning) {
3673 Read the README file in the top level directory;
3674 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual ;
3675 Read the source, Luke;
3676 }
3677
3678 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) {
3679 Buy a BDI2000;
3680 } else {
3681 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
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3682 }
3683
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3684 Create your own board support subdirectory;
3685
3686 Create your own board config file;
3687
3688 while (!running) {
3689 do {
3690 Add / modify source code;
3691 } until (compiles);
3692 Debug;
3693 if (clueless)
3694 email ("Hi, I am having problems...");
3695 }
3696 Send patch file to Wolfgang;
3697
3698 return 0;
3699}
3700
3701void no_more_time (int sig)
3702{
3703 hire_a_guru();
3704}
3705
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3707Coding Standards:
3708-----------------
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2729af9d 3710All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
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3711coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
3712"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory. In sources
3713originating from U-Boot a style corresponding to "Lindent -pcs" (adding
3714spaces before parameters to function calls) is actually used.
3715
3716Source files originating from a different project (for example the
3717MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
3718reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
3719sources.
3720
3721Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
3722Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
3723in your code.
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3725Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
3726- remove any trailing white space
3727- use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces
3728- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
3729- do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files
3730- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
180d3f74 3731
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3732Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
3733with a request to reformat the changes.
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3734
3735
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3736Submitting Patches:
3737-------------------
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3739Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
3740establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
3741may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
c609719b 3742
90dc6704 3743Patches shall be sent to the u-boot-users mailing list.
c609719b 3744
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3745When you send a patch, please include the following information with
3746it:
c609719b 3747
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3748* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
3749 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
3750 patch actually fixes something.
c609719b 3751
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3752* For new features: a description of the feature and your
3753 implementation.
c609719b 3754
2729af9d 3755* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
c609719b 3756
2729af9d 3757* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
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3759* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
3760 board to the MAKEALL script, too.
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3762* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
3763 document these in the README file.
c609719b 3764
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3765* The patch itself. If you are accessing the CVS repository use "cvs
3766 update; cvs diff -puRN"; else, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your
3767 version of diff does not support these options, then get the latest
3768 version of GNU diff.
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3770 The current directory when running this command shall be the top
3771 level directory of the U-Boot source tree, or it's parent directory
3772 (i. e. please make sure that your patch includes sufficient
3773 directory information for the affected files).
6dff5529 3774
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3775 We accept patches as plain text, MIME attachments or as uuencoded
3776 gzipped text.
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3778* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
3779 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
52f52c14 3780
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3781* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
3782 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
8bde7f77 3783
52f52c14 3784
2729af9d 3785Notes:
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3787* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
3788 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
3789 for any of the boards.
c609719b 3790
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3791* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
3792 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
3793 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
c609719b 3794
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3795* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
3796 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
3797 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
3798 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
3799 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
3800 modification.
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3801
3802* Remember that there is a size limit of 40 kB per message on the
3803 u-boot-users mailing list. Compression may help.