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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
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23
24Summary:
25========
26
24ee89b9 27This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
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28Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
29processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
30initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
31code.
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32
33The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
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34the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
35header files in common, and special provision has been made to
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36support booting of Linux images.
37
38Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
39configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
40implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
41add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
42code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
43load and run it dynamically.
44
45
46Status:
47=======
48
49In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
24ee89b9 50Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
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51"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
52
24ee89b9 53In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
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54who contributed the specific port. The MAINTAINERS file lists board
55maintainers.
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57Note: There is no CHANGELOG file in the actual U-Boot source tree;
58it can be created dynamically from the Git log using:
59
60 make CHANGELOG
61
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62
63Where to get help:
64==================
65
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66In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
67U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
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68<u-boot@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic
69on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
70Please see http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
71http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot
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73
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74Where to get source code:
75=========================
76
77The U-Boot source code is maintained in the git repository at
78git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
79http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
80
81The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
11ccc33f 82any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
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83available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
84directory.
85
d4ee711d 86Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
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87ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
88
89
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90Where we come from:
91===================
92
93- start from 8xxrom sources
24ee89b9 94- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
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95- clean up code
96- make it easier to add custom boards
97- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
98- extend functions, especially:
99 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
100 * S-Record download
101 * network boot
11ccc33f 102 * PCMCIA / CompactFlash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
24ee89b9 103- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
c609719b 104- add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
24ee89b9 105- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
0d28f34b 106- current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
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107
108
109Names and Spelling:
110===================
111
112The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
113"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
114in source files etc.). Example:
115
116 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
117
118File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
119
120 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
121
122 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
123
124Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
125the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
126
127 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
128 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
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130
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131Versioning:
132===========
133
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134Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
135were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
136into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
137names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
138Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
139releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
140
141Examples:
c0f40859 142 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
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143 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
144 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candiate 1 for September 2010 release
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145
146
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147Directory Hierarchy:
148====================
149
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150/arch Architecture specific files
151 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture
152 /cpu CPU specific files
153 /arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
154 /arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
6eb0921a 155 /at91 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
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156 /imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
157 /s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
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158 /arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
159 /arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
160 /arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
161 /ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
162 /pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
163 /s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
164 /sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
165 /lib Architecture specific library files
166 /avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
167 /cpu CPU specific files
168 /lib Architecture specific library files
169 /blackfin Files generic to Analog Devices Blackfin architecture
170 /cpu CPU specific files
171 /lib Architecture specific library files
fea25720 172 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
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173 /cpu CPU specific files
174 /lib Architecture specific library files
175 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
176 /cpu CPU specific files
177 /mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
178 /mcf5227x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5227x CPUs
179 /mcf532x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5329 CPUs
180 /mcf5445x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5445x CPUs
181 /mcf547x_8x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF547x_8x CPUs
182 /lib Architecture specific library files
183 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
184 /cpu CPU specific files
185 /lib Architecture specific library files
186 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
187 /cpu CPU specific files
92bbd64e 188 /mips32 Files specific to MIPS32 CPUs
80421fcc 189 /xburst Files specific to Ingenic XBurst CPUs
8d321b81 190 /lib Architecture specific library files
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191 /nds32 Files generic to NDS32 architecture
192 /cpu CPU specific files
193 /n1213 Files specific to Andes Technology N1213 CPUs
194 /lib Architecture specific library files
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195 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
196 /cpu CPU specific files
197 /lib Architecture specific library files
a47a12be 198 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
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199 /cpu CPU specific files
200 /74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
201 /mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
202 /mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
203 /mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
204 /mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
205 /mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
206 /mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
207 /mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
208 /ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
209 /lib Architecture specific library files
210 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
211 /cpu CPU specific files
212 /sh2 Files specific to sh2 CPUs
213 /sh3 Files specific to sh3 CPUs
214 /sh4 Files specific to sh4 CPUs
215 /lib Architecture specific library files
216 /sparc Files generic to SPARC architecture
217 /cpu CPU specific files
218 /leon2 Files specific to Gaisler LEON2 SPARC CPU
219 /leon3 Files specific to Gaisler LEON3 SPARC CPU
220 /lib Architecture specific library files
221/api Machine/arch independent API for external apps
222/board Board dependent files
223/common Misc architecture independent functions
224/disk Code for disk drive partition handling
225/doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
226/drivers Commonly used device drivers
227/examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
228/fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
229/include Header Files
230/lib Files generic to all architectures
231 /libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees
232 /lzma Library files to support LZMA decompression
233 /lzo Library files to support LZO decompression
234/net Networking code
235/post Power On Self Test
236/rtc Real Time Clock drivers
237/tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
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239Software Configuration:
240=======================
241
242Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
243rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
244
245There are two classes of configuration variables:
246
247* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
248 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
249 "CONFIG_".
250
251* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
252 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
253 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
6d0f6bcf 254 "CONFIG_SYS_".
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256Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
257identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
258do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
259links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
260as an example here.
261
262
263Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
264---------------------------------------------------
265
266For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
267configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
268
269Example: For a TQM823L module type:
270
271 cd u-boot
272 make TQM823L_config
273
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275e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
276directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
277
278
279Configuration Options:
280----------------------
281
282Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
283such information is kept in a configuration file
284"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
285
286Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
287"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
288
289
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290Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
291kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
292build a config tool - later.
293
294
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295The following options need to be configured:
296
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297- CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
298
299- Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
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301- CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
09ea0de0 302 Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
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304- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
305 Define exactly one of
306 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
307--- FIXME --- not tested yet:
308 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
309 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
310
311- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
312 Define exactly one of
313 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
314
315- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
316 Define one or more of
317 CONFIG_CMA302
318
319- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
320 Define one or more of
321 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
11ccc33f 322 the LCD display every second with
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323 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
324
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325- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
326 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
327 Possible values are:
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328 CONFIG_SYS_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
329 CONFIG_SYS_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
330 CONFIG_SYS_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
331 CONFIG_SYS_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
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334 CONFIG_SYS_MVFS - define it if you want to enable
335 multiple fs option at one time
336 for marvell soc family
337
c609719b 338- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
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340 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
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11ccc33f 342- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx CPU)
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344 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
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345 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
346 reference PIT/RTC clock
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347 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
348 or XTAL/EXTAL)
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66ca92a5 350- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
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351 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
352 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
66ca92a5 353 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
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354 See doc/README.MPC866
355
6d0f6bcf 356 CONFIG_SYS_MEASURE_CPUCLK
75d1ea7f 357
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358 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
359 of relying on the correctness of the configured
360 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
361 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
362 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
6d0f6bcf 363 RTC clock or CONFIG_SYS_8XX_XIN)
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365 CONFIG_SYS_DELAYED_ICACHE
366
367 Define this option if you want to enable the
368 ICache only when Code runs from RAM.
369
66412c63 370- 85xx CPU Options:
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371 CONFIG_SYS_PPC64
372
373 Specifies that the core is a 64-bit PowerPC implementation (implements
374 the "64" category of the Power ISA). This is necessary for ePAPR
375 compliance, among other possible reasons.
376
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377 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
378
379 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
380 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
381 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
382
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383 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
384
385 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
386 tree nodes for the given platform.
387
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388 CONFIG_SYS_PPC_E500_DEBUG_TLB
389
390 Enables a temporary TLB entry to be used during boot to work
391 around limitations in e500v1 and e500v2 external debugger
392 support. This reduces the portions of the boot code where
393 breakpoints and single stepping do not work. The value of this
394 symbol should be set to the TLB1 entry to be used for this
395 purpose.
396
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397 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510
398
399 Enables a workaround for erratum A004510. If set,
400 then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and
401 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY must be set.
402
403 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV
404 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV2 (optional)
405
406 Defines one or two SoC revisions (low 8 bits of SVR)
407 for which the A004510 workaround should be applied.
408
409 The rest of SVR is either not relevant to the decision
410 of whether the erratum is present (e.g. p2040 versus
411 p2041) or is implied by the build target, which controls
412 whether CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 is set.
413
414 See Freescale App Note 4493 for more information about
415 this erratum.
416
417 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY
418
419 This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600
420 according to the A004510 workaround.
421
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423 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
424
425 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
426 values is arch specific.
427
0b953ffc 428- Intel Monahans options:
6d0f6bcf 429 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
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431 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
432 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
433 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
434
6d0f6bcf 435 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
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437 Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator
438 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
cf48eb9a 439 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
0b953ffc 440 by this value.
cf48eb9a 441
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443 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET
444
445 Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack
446 pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before
447 relocation.
448
449 CONFIG_SYS_MIPS_CACHE_MODE
450
451 Cache operation mode for the MIPS CPU.
452 See also arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h.
453 Possible values are:
454 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NO_WA
455 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_WA
456 CONF_CM_UNCACHED
457 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NONCOHERENT
458 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_CE
459 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_COW
460 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_CUW
461 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_ACCELERATED
462
463 CONFIG_SYS_XWAY_EBU_BOOTCFG
464
465 Special option for Lantiq XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash.
466 See also arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S.
467
468 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
469
470 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
471 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
472 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
473
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475 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
476
477 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
478 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
479
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480 CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD
481
482 Use this flag to build U-Boot using the Thumb instruction
483 set for ARM architectures. Thumb instruction set provides
484 better code density. For ARM architectures that support
485 Thumb2 this flag will result in Thumb2 code generated by
486 GCC.
487
5da627a4 488- Linux Kernel Interface:
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489 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
490
491 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
492 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
493 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
494 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
495 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
496 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
497 Linux kernel.
c609719b 498 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
218ca724 499 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
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500 default environment.
501
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502 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
503
11ccc33f 504 When transferring memsize parameter to linux, some versions
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505 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
506 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
507
fec6d9ee 508 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
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510 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
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511 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
512 concepts).
513
514 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
515 * New libfdt-based support
516 * Adds the "fdt" command
3bb342fc 517 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
213bf8c8 518
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519 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node (only required for
520 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
521 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node (only required for
522 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
f57f70aa 523 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
c2871f03 524 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
f57f70aa 525
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526 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
527 addresses
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529 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
530
531 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
532 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
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534 CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU
535
11ccc33f 536 This define fills in the correct boot CPU in the boot
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537 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
538
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539 CONFIG_OF_IDE_FIXUP
540
541 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
542 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
543 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
544 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
545 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
546 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
547
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548 CONFIG_MACH_TYPE [relevant for ARM only][mandatory]
549
550 This setting is mandatory for all boards that have only one
551 machine type and must be used to specify the machine type
552 number as it appears in the ARM machine registry
553 (see http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/).
554 Only boards that have multiple machine types supported
555 in a single configuration file and the machine type is
556 runtime discoverable, do not have to use this setting.
557
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558- vxWorks boot parameters:
559
560 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
561 environments variables: bootfile, ipaddr, serverip, hostname.
562 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
563
564 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_DEVICE - The vxworks device name
565 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_MAC_PTR - Ethernet 6 byte MA -address
566 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_SERVERNAME - Name of the server
567 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_ADDR - Address of boot parameters
568
569 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_ADD_PARAMS
570
571 Add it at the end of the bootline. E.g "u=username pw=secret"
572
573 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
574 the defaults discussed just above.
575
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576- Cache Configuration:
577 CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF - Do not enable instruction cache in U-Boot
578 CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF - Do not enable data cache in U-Boot
579 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot
580
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582 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
583 controller
584 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
585 controller register space
586
6705d81e 587- Serial Ports:
48d0192f 588 CONFIG_PL010_SERIAL
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590 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
591
48d0192f 592 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL
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594 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
595
596 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
597
598 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
599 the clock speed of the UARTs.
600
601 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
602
603 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
604 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
605 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
606
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607 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_RLCR
608
609 Some vendor versions of PL011 serial ports (e.g. ST-Ericsson U8500)
610 have separate receive and transmit line control registers. Set
611 this variable to initialize the extra register.
612
613 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_FLUSH_ON_INIT
614
615 On some platforms (e.g. U8500) U-Boot is loaded by a second stage
616 boot loader that has already initialized the UART. Define this
617 variable to flush the UART at init time.
618
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619 CONFIG_SYS_NS16550_BROKEN_TEMT
620
621 16550 UART set the Transmitter Empty (TEMT) Bit when all output
622 has finished and the transmitter is totally empty. U-Boot waits
623 for this bit to be set to initialize the serial console. On some
624 broken platforms this bit is not set in SPL making U-Boot to
625 hang while waiting for TEMT. Define this option to avoid it.
626
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629 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
630 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
631 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
632 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
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634 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
635 port routines must be defined elsewhere
636 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
637
638 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
639 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
c53043b7 640 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042)
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641 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
642 (default big endian)
643 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
644 rectangle fill
645 (cf. smiLynxEM)
646 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
647 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
648 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
649 (cols=pitch)
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650 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
651 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
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652 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
653 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
ba56f625 654 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
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655 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
656 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
657 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
658 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
659 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
660 (i.e. i8042_getc)
661 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
662 (requires blink timer
663 cf. i8042.c)
6d0f6bcf 664 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
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665 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
666 upper right corner
602ad3b3 667 (requires CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
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668 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
669 upper left corner
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670 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
671 linux_logo.h for logo.
672 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
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675 the logo
676
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677 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE_ANSI is defined, console will support
678 a limited number of ANSI escape sequences (cursor control,
679 erase functions and limited graphics rendition control).
680
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681 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
682 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
683 environment 'console=serial'.
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685 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
686 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
687 the "silent" environment variable. See
688 doc/README.silent for more information.
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690- Console Baudrate:
691 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
692 Select one of the baudrates listed in
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693 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
694 CONFIG_SYS_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
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696- Console Rx buffer length
697 With CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN it is possible to define
698 the maximum receive buffer length for the SMC.
2b3f12c2 699 This option is actual only for 82xx and 8xx possible.
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700 If using CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN also CONFIG_SYS_MAXIDLE
701 must be defined, to setup the maximum idle timeout for
702 the SMC.
703
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705 Prior to the console being initialised (i.e. serial UART
706 initialised etc) all console output is silently discarded.
707 Defining CONFIG_PRE_CONSOLE_BUFFER will cause U-Boot to
708 buffer any console messages prior to the console being
709 initialised to a buffer of size CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ
710 bytes located at CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_ADDR. The buffer is
711 a circular buffer, so if more than CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ
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713 earlier bytes are discarded.
714
715 'Sane' compilers will generate smaller code if
716 CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ is a power of 2
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718- Safe printf() functions
719 Define CONFIG_SYS_VSNPRINTF to compile in safe versions of
720 the printf() functions. These are defined in
721 include/vsprintf.h and include snprintf(), vsnprintf() and
722 so on. Code size increase is approximately 300-500 bytes.
723 If this option is not given then these functions will
724 silently discard their buffer size argument - this means
725 you are not getting any overflow checking in this case.
726
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727- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
728 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
729 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
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730 set to -2 to autoboot with no delay and not check for abort
731 (even when CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK is defined).
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733 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
734 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
735 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
736 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
737 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
738 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
739 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
740 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
741 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
742 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
743 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
744 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
745
746- Autoboot Command:
747 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
748 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
749 define a command string that is automatically executed
750 when no character is read on the console interface
751 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
752
753 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
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754 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
755 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
756 environment value "bootargs".
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758 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
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759 The value of these goes into the environment as
760 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
761 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
11ccc33f 762 RAM and NFS.
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764- Pre-Boot Commands:
765 CONFIG_PREBOOT
766
767 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
768 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
769 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
770 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
771 entering interactive mode.
772
773 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
774 automatically generated or modified. For an example
775 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
776 modified when the user holds down a certain
777 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
778 booting the systems
779
780- Serial Download Echo Mode:
781 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
782 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
783 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
784 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
785 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
786 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
787 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
788
602ad3b3 789- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
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790 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE
791 Select one of the baudrates listed in
6d0f6bcf 792 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
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794- Monitor Functions:
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795 Monitor commands can be included or excluded
796 from the build by using the #include files
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797 <config_cmd_all.h> and #undef'ing unwanted
798 commands, or using <config_cmd_default.h>
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799 and augmenting with additional #define's
800 for wanted commands.
801
802 The default command configuration includes all commands
803 except those marked below with a "*".
804
805 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
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806 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
807 CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
808 CONFIG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
809 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
810 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
811 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
812 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
710b9938 813 CONFIG_CMD_CRC32 * crc32
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814 CONFIG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
815 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
816 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
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817 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510 * ds4510 I2C gpio commands
818 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_INFO * ds4510 I2C info command
819 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_MEM * ds4510 I2C eeprom/sram commansd
820 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_RST * ds4510 I2C rst command
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821 CONFIG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
822 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
246c6922 823 CONFIG_CMD_EDITENV edit env variable
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824 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
825 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
5e2b3e0c 826 CONFIG_CMD_ENV_CALLBACK * display details about env callbacks
fffad71b 827 CONFIG_CMD_ENV_FLAGS * display details about env flags
0c79cda0 828 CONFIG_CMD_EXPORTENV * export the environment
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829 CONFIG_CMD_EXT2 * ext2 command support
830 CONFIG_CMD_EXT4 * ext4 command support
bdab39d3 831 CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV saveenv
602ad3b3 832 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
03e2ecf6 833 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT command support
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834 CONFIG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
835 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
836 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
53fdc7ef 837 CONFIG_CMD_GETTIME * Get time since boot
a641b979 838 CONFIG_CMD_GO * the 'go' command (exec code)
a000b795 839 CONFIG_CMD_GREPENV * search environment
bf36c5d5 840 CONFIG_CMD_HASH * calculate hash / digest
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841 CONFIG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
842 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
843 CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
844 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
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845 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all images found in NOR flash
846 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS_NAND List all images found in NAND flash
602ad3b3 847 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
0c79cda0 848 CONFIG_CMD_IMPORTENV * import an environment
c167cc02 849 CONFIG_CMD_INI * import data from an ini file into the env
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850 CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
851 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
852 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
853 CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
1ba7fd25 854 CONFIG_CMD_LDRINFO ldrinfo (display Blackfin loader)
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855 CONFIG_CMD_LINK_LOCAL * link-local IP address auto-configuration
856 (169.254.*.*)
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857 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
858 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
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859 CONFIG_CMD_MD5SUM print md5 message digest
860 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY and CONFIG_MD5)
15a33e49 861 CONFIG_CMD_MEMINFO * Display detailed memory information
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862 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
863 loop, loopw, mtest
864 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
865 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
866 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
68d7d651 867 CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS * MTD partition support
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868 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
869 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
e92739d3 870 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X * PCA953x I2C gpio commands
c0f40859 871 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X_INFO * PCA953x I2C gpio info command
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872 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
873 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
874 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
875 host
876 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
ff048ea9 877 CONFIG_CMD_READ * Read raw data from partition
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878 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
879 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
d304931f 880 CONFIG_CMD_SANDBOX * sb command to access sandbox features
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881 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
882 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
883 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
884 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
885 CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access
886 (4xx only)
f61ec45e 887 CONFIG_CMD_SF * Read/write/erase SPI NOR flash
c6b1ee66 888 CONFIG_CMD_SHA1SUM print sha1 memory digest
02c9aa1d 889 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY)
74de7aef 890 CONFIG_CMD_SOURCE "source" command Support
602ad3b3 891 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
7a83af07 892 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPSRV * TFTP transfer in server mode
1fb7cd49 893 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT * TFTP put command (upload)
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894 CONFIG_CMD_TIME * run command and report execution time (ARM specific)
895 CONFIG_CMD_TIMER * access to the system tick timer
602ad3b3 896 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
602ad3b3 897 CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
c8339f51 898 CONFIG_CMD_MFSL * Microblaze FSL support
602ad3b3 899
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901 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
902 support you can write:
903
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904 #include "config_cmd_all.h"
905 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
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907 Other Commands:
908 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
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910 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
602ad3b3 911 (configuration option CONFIG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
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912 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
913 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
914 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
915 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
916 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
917 initial stack and some data.
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919
920 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
921
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922- Device tree:
923 CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
924 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree
925 to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically
926 compiled #defines in the board file. This option is
927 experimental and only available on a few boards. The device
928 tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob.
929
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930 U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can
931 be done using one of the two options below:
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932
933 CONFIG_OF_EMBED
934 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will embed a device tree
935 binary in its image. This device tree file should be in the
936 board directory and called <soc>-<board>.dts. The binary file
937 is then picked up in board_init_f() and made available through
938 the global data structure as gd->blob.
45ba8077 939
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940 CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE
941 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree
942 binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific
943 code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by:
944
945 cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
946
947 and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called
948 u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can
949 still use the individual files if you need something more
950 exotic.
951
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952- Watchdog:
953 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
954 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
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955 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
956 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260
957 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
958 register. When supported for a specific SoC is
959 available, then no further board specific code should
960 be needed to use it.
961
962 CONFIG_HW_WATCHDOG
963 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
964 SoC, then define this variable and provide board
965 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
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968 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
969 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
970 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
971 version as printed by the "version" command.
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972 Any change to this variable will be reverted at the
973 next reset.
c1551ea8 974
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976
602ad3b3 977 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
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979 following options:
980
981 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
982 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
4e8b7544 983 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
c609719b 984 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
1cb8e980 985 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
c609719b 986 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
7f70e853 987 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
3bac3513 988 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
9536dfcc 989 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
4c0d4c3b 990 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
6d0f6bcf 991 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
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992 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
993 RV3029 RTC.
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995 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
996 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
997
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998- GPIO Support:
999 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
1000 CONFIG_PCA953X_INFO - enable pca953x info command
1001
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1002 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
1003 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
1004 pins supported by a particular chip.
1005
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1006 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
1007 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
1008
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1010
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1011 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
1012 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
1013 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
602ad3b3 1014 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
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1016- Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported:
1017 Zero or more of the following:
1018 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table.
1019 CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION MS Dos partition table, traditional on the
1020 Intel architecture, USB sticks, etc.
1021 CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc.
1022 CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the
1023 bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see
1024 disk/part_efi.c
1025 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS Memory Technology Device partition table.
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1028 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at
923c46f9 1029 least one non-MTD partition type as well.
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1031- IDE Reset method:
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1032 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
1033 board configurations files but used nowhere!
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1035 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
1036 be performed by calling the function
1037 ide_set_reset(int reset)
1038 which has to be defined in a board specific file
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1040- ATAPI Support:
1041 CONFIG_ATAPI
1042
1043 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
1044
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1046 CONFIG_LBA48
1047
1048 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
4b142feb 1049 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
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1051 support disks up to 2.1TB.
1052
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1054 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
1055 Default is 32bit.
1056
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1058 At the moment only there is only support for the
1059 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
1060 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
1061
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1062 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
1063 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
1064 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
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1065 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
1066 devices.
6d0f6bcf 1067 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
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1070 SCSI devices found during the last scan.
1071
c609719b 1072- NETWORK Support (PCI):
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1074 Support for Intel 8254x/8257x gigabit chips.
1075
1076 CONFIG_E1000_SPI
1077 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
1078 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
1079 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
1080
1081 CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC
1082 Allow generic access to the SPI bus on the Intel 8257x, for
1083 example with the "sspi" command.
1084
1085 CONFIG_CMD_E1000
1086 Management command for E1000 devices. When used on devices
1087 with SPI support you can reprogram the EEPROM from U-Boot.
53cf9435 1088
ac3315c2 1089 CONFIG_E1000_FALLBACK_MAC
11ccc33f 1090 default MAC for empty EEPROM after production.
ac3315c2 1091
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1093 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
11ccc33f 1094 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
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1095 write routine for first time initialisation.
1096
1097 CONFIG_TULIP
1098 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
1099 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
1100 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
1101
1102 CONFIG_NATSEMI
1103 Support for National dp83815 chips.
1104
1105 CONFIG_NS8382X
1106 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
1107
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1109
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1110 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC
1111 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.
1112
1113 CONFIG_RMII
1114 Define this to use reduced MII inteface
1115
1116 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
1117 If this defined, the driver is quiet.
1118 The driver doen't show link status messages.
1119
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1120 CONFIG_CALXEDA_XGMAC
1121 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
1122
3bb46d23 1123 CONFIG_LAN91C96
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1124 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
1125
1126 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
1127 Define this to hold the physical address
1128 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
1129
1130 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
1131 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
1132
3bb46d23 1133 CONFIG_SMC91111
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1134 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
1135
1136 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
1137 Define this to hold the physical address
1138 of the device (I/O space)
1139
1140 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
1141 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1142
1143 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
1144 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
1145 (some hardware wont work with macros)
1146
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1147 CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC
1148 Support for davinci emac
1149
1150 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
1151 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
1152
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1153 CONFIG_FTGMAC100
1154 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
1155
1156 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
1157 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
1158 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
1159 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
1160 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
1161 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
1162 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
1163 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
1164
c2fff331 1165 CONFIG_SMC911X
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1166 Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips
1167
c2fff331 1168 CONFIG_SMC911X_BASE
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1169 Define this to hold the physical address
1170 of the device (I/O space)
1171
c2fff331 1172 CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT
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1173 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1174
c2fff331 1175 CONFIG_SMC911X_16_BIT
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1176 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
1177 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
c2fff331 1178 words you may also try CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT.
557b377d 1179
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1180 CONFIG_SH_ETHER
1181 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
1182
1183 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
1184 Define the number of ports to be used
1185
1186 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
1187 Define the ETH PHY's address
1188
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1189 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
1190 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
1191
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1192- TPM Support:
1193 CONFIG_GENERIC_LPC_TPM
1194 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
1195 per system is supported at this time.
1196
1197 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
1198 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
1199 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
1200 0xfed40000.
1201
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1202- USB Support:
1203 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
4d13cbad 1204 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
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1205 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
1206 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
30d56fae 1207 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
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1208 storage devices.
1209 Note:
1210 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
1211 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
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1212 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
1213 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
1214 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
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1215 CONFIG_PSC3_USB
1216 for USB on PSC3
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1217 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG
1218 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
1219 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
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1220 for differential drivers on PSC3: 0x00000100
1221 for single ended drivers on PSC3: 0x00004100
6d0f6bcf 1222 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EVENT_POLL
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1223 May be defined to allow interrupt polling
1224 instead of using asynchronous interrupts
4d13cbad 1225
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1226 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the
1227 txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset.
1228
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1229- USB Device:
1230 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
1231 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
1232 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
11ccc33f 1233 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
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1234 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
1235 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
386eda02 1236 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
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1237 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
1238 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
1239 a Linux host by
1240 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
1241 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
1242 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
1243 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
386eda02 1244
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1245 CONFIG_USB_DEVICE
1246 Define this to build a UDC device
1247
1248 CONFIG_USB_TTY
1249 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
1250 talk to the UDC device
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1252 CONFIG_USBD_HS
1253 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
1254 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
1255 int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
1256 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
1257 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
1258 speed.
1259
6d0f6bcf 1260 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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1261 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
1262 be set to usbtty.
1263
1264 mpc8xx:
6d0f6bcf 1265 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
16c8d5e7 1266 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
6d0f6bcf 1267 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0x02
386eda02 1268
6d0f6bcf 1269 CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0xBLAH
16c8d5e7 1270 Derive USB clock from brgclk
6d0f6bcf 1271 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0x04
16c8d5e7 1272
386eda02 1273 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
16c8d5e7 1274 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
386eda02 1275 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
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1276 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
1277 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
1278 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
1279
1280 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
1281 Define this string as the name of your company for
1282 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
386eda02 1283
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1284 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
1285 Define this string as the name of your product
1286 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
1287
1288 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
1289 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
1290 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
1291 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
1292 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
386eda02 1293
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1294 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
1295 Define this as the unique Product ID
1296 for your device
1297 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
4d13cbad 1298
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1299- ULPI Layer Support:
1300 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
1301 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
1302 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
1303 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
1304 viewport is supported.
1305 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
1306 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
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1307 If your ULPI phy needs a different reference clock than the
1308 standard 24 MHz then you have to define CONFIG_ULPI_REF_CLK to
1309 the appropriate value in Hz.
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71f95118 1311- MMC Support:
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1312 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1313 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1314 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
71f95118 1315 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
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1316 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1317 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
71f95118 1318
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1319 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF
1320 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
1321
1322 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
1323 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
1324
1325 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_CLK
1326 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
1327
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1328- Journaling Flash filesystem support:
1329 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
1330 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
1331 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1332
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1333 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1334 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
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1335 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1336
6d0f6bcf 1337 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
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1338 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
1339 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
1340
1341 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
6d0f6bcf 1342 #define CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
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1343 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you
1344 have not defined a custom partition
1345
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1346- FAT(File Allocation Table) filesystem write function support:
1347 CONFIG_FAT_WRITE
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1348
1349 Define this to enable support for saving memory data as a
1350 file in FAT formatted partition.
1351
1352 This will also enable the command "fatwrite" enabling the
1353 user to write files to FAT.
c30a15e5 1354
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1355CBFS (Coreboot Filesystem) support
1356 CONFIG_CMD_CBFS
1357
1358 Define this to enable support for reading from a Coreboot
1359 filesystem. Available commands are cbfsinit, cbfsinfo, cbfsls
1360 and cbfsload.
1361
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1362- Keyboard Support:
1363 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
1364
1365 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
1366 support
1367
1368 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
1369 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
1370 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
1371 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
1372 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
1373
1374- Video support:
1375 CONFIG_VIDEO
1376
1377 Define this to enable video support (for output to
1378 video).
1379
1380 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
1381
1382 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
1383
1384 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
b79a11cc 1385 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
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1386 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
1387 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
1388 assumed.
1389
b79a11cc 1390 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
11ccc33f 1391 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two different ways
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1392 are possible:
1393 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
6e592385 1394 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
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1395
1396 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
1397 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1398 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
1399 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
1400 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
1401 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
1402 -------------+---------------------------------------------
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1403 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
1404
b79a11cc 1405 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
7817cb20 1406 from the bootargs. (See drivers/video/videomodes.c)
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1407
1408
c1551ea8 1409 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
43d9616c 1410 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
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1411 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
1412 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
1413
7d3053fb 1414 CONFIG_FSL_DIU_FB
04e5ae79 1415 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
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1416 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1417 support, and should also define these other macros:
1418
1419 CONFIG_SYS_DIU_ADDR
1420 CONFIG_VIDEO
1421 CONFIG_CMD_BMP
1422 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
1423 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1424 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1425 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
1426 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1427
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1428 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1429 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
1430 boot. See the documentation file README.video for a
1431 description of this variable.
7d3053fb 1432
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1433 CONFIG_VIDEO_VGA
1434
1435 Enable the VGA video / BIOS for x86. The alternative if you
1436 are using coreboot is to use the coreboot frame buffer
1437 driver.
1438
1439
682011ff 1440- Keyboard Support:
8bde7f77 1441 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
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1443 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1444 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1445 defined in your board-specific files.
1446 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
a6c7ad2f 1447
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1448- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1449
1450 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1451 display); also select one of the supported displays
1452 by defining one of these:
1453
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1454 CONFIG_ATMEL_LCD:
1455
1456 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1457
fd3103bb 1458 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
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fd3103bb 1460 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
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fd3103bb 1462 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
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1464 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1465 Active, color, single scan.
1466
1467 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1468
1469 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
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1470 Active, color, single scan.
1471
1472 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
1473
1474 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1475 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1476
1477 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1478
1479 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1480 Active, color, single scan.
1481
1482 CONFIG_HLD1045
1483
1484 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1485 Active, color, single scan.
1486
1487 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
1488
1489 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1490 or
1491 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1492 or
1493 Hitachi SP14Q002
1494
1495 320x240. Black & white.
1496
1497 Normally display is black on white background; define
6d0f6bcf 1498 CONFIG_SYS_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
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1500 CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT
1501
1502 Normally the LCD is page-aligned (tyically 4KB). If this is
1503 defined then the LCD will be aligned to this value instead.
1504 For ARM it is sometimes useful to use MMU_SECTION_SIZE
1505 here, since it is cheaper to change data cache settings on
1506 a per-section basis.
1507
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1508 CONFIG_CONSOLE_SCROLL_LINES
1509
1510 When the console need to be scrolled, this is the number of
1511 lines to scroll by. It defaults to 1. Increasing this makes
1512 the console jump but can help speed up operation when scrolling
1513 is slow.
676d319e 1514
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1515 CONFIG_LCD_BMP_RLE8
1516
1517 Support drawing of RLE8-compressed bitmaps on the LCD.
1518
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1519 CONFIG_I2C_EDID
1520
1521 Enables an 'i2c edid' command which can read EDID
1522 information over I2C from an attached LCD display.
1523
7152b1d0 1524- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
d791b1dc 1525
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1526 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1527 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1528 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
e94d2cd9 1529 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
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1530 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1531 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1532 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1533 loaded very quickly after power-on.
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1535 CONFIG_SPLASHIMAGE_GUARD
1536
1537 If this option is set, then U-Boot will prevent the environment
1538 variable "splashimage" from being set to a problematic address
1539 (see README.displaying-bmps and README.arm-unaligned-accesses).
1540 This option is useful for targets where, due to alignment
1541 restrictions, an improperly aligned BMP image will cause a data
1542 abort. If you think you will not have problems with unaligned
1543 accesses (for example because your toolchain prevents them)
1544 there is no need to set this option.
1545
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1546 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN
1547
1548 If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
1549 on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
1550 position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
1551 number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
1552 is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
1553 specify 'm' for centering the image.
1554
1555 Example:
1556 setenv splashpos m,m
1557 => image at center of screen
1558
1559 setenv splashpos 30,20
1560 => image at x = 30 and y = 20
1561
1562 setenv splashpos -10,m
1563 => vertically centered image
1564 at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9
1565
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1566 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_PREPARE
1567
1568 If this option is set then the board_splash_screen_prepare()
1569 function, which must be defined in your code, is called as part
1570 of the splash screen display sequence. It gives the board an
1571 opportunity to prepare the splash image data before it is
1572 processed and sent to the frame buffer by U-Boot.
1573
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1574- Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
1575
1576 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1577 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1578 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1579
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1580- Run length encoded BMP image (RLE8) support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8
1581
1582 If this option is set, 8-bit RLE compressed BMP images
1583 can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the
1584 bmp command.
1585
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1586- Do compresssing for memory range:
1587 CONFIG_CMD_ZIP
1588
1589 If this option is set, it would use zlib deflate method
1590 to compress the specified memory at its best effort.
1591
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1592- Compression support:
1593 CONFIG_BZIP2
1594
1595 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1596 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1597 compressed images are supported.
1598
42d1f039 1599 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
6d0f6bcf 1600 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
42d1f039 1601 be at least 4MB.
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1603 CONFIG_LZMA
1604
1605 If this option is set, support for lzma compressed
1606 images is included.
1607
1608 Note: The LZMA algorithm adds between 2 and 4KB of code and it
1609 requires an amount of dynamic memory that is given by the
1610 formula:
1611
1612 (1846 + 768 << (lc + lp)) * sizeof(uint16)
1613
1614 Where lc and lp stand for, respectively, Literal context bits
1615 and Literal pos bits.
1616
1617 This value is upper-bounded by 14MB in the worst case. Anyway,
1618 for a ~4MB large kernel image, we have lc=3 and lp=0 for a
1619 total amount of (1846 + 768 << (3 + 0)) * 2 = ~41KB... that is
1620 a very small buffer.
1621
1622 Use the lzmainfo tool to determinate the lc and lp values and
1623 then calculate the amount of needed dynamic memory (ensuring
6d0f6bcf 1624 the appropriate CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN value).
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1627 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR
1628
1629 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1630
1631 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1632
1633 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1634
1635 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE
1636
1637 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
11ccc33f 1638 detection of gigabit PHY is included.
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1639
1640 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1641
1642 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1643 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1644 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1645 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1646
1647 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1648
1649 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1650 command issued before MII status register can be read
1651
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1652- Ethernet address:
1653 CONFIG_ETHADDR
c68a05fe 1654 CONFIG_ETH1ADDR
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1655 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
1656 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
c68a05fe 1657 CONFIG_ETH4ADDR
1658 CONFIG_ETH5ADDR
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1660 Define a default value for Ethernet address to use
1661 for the respective Ethernet interface, in case this
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1662 is not determined automatically.
1663
1664- IP address:
1665 CONFIG_IPADDR
1666
1667 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
11ccc33f 1668 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
c609719b 1669 determined through e.g. bootp.
1ebcd654 1670 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
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1671
1672- Server IP address:
1673 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1674
11ccc33f 1675 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
c609719b 1676 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1ebcd654 1677 (Environment variable "serverip")
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1679 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1680
1681 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1682 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1683
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1684- Gateway IP address:
1685 CONFIG_GATEWAYIP
1686
1687 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1688 default router where packets to other networks are
1689 sent to.
1690 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1691
1692- Subnet mask:
1693 CONFIG_NETMASK
1694
1695 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1696 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1697 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1698 forwarded through a router.
1699 (Environment variable "netmask")
1700
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1701- Multicast TFTP Mode:
1702 CONFIG_MCAST_TFTP
1703
1704 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1705 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
11ccc33f 1706 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
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1707 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1708 multicast group.
1709
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1710- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1711 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1712
1713 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1714 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1715 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1716 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1717 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1718 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1719 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1720 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
6c33c785 1721 following delays are inserted then:
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1723 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1724 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1725 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1726 4th and following
1727 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1728
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1730 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1731 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1732
1733 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1734 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1735 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1736 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1737 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1738 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1739 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1740 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2
1741 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1742 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1743 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1744 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
2c00e099 1745 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL
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1747 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1748 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
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1750 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL - If the DHCP server is not found
1751 after the configured retry count, the call will fail
1752 instead of starting over. This can be used to fail over
1753 to Link-local IP address configuration if the DHCP server
1754 is not available.
1755
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1756 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1757 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1758 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1759 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1760 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1761 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1762 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
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1765 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1766 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1767 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
5d110f0a 1768 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
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1769 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1770 option 12 to the DHCP server.
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1772 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1773
1774 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1775 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1776 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1777 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1778 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1779 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1780 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1781 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1782 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1783 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1784 this delay.
1785
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1786 - Link-local IP address negotiation:
1787 Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network
1788 for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration.
1789 This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed
1790 to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
1791
1792 See doc/README.link-local for more information.
1793
a3d991bd 1794 - CDP Options:
6e592385 1795 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
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1796
1797 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1798
1799 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1800
1801 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1802 of the device.
1803
1804 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1805
1806 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1807 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
11ccc33f 1808 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
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1810 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1811
1812 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1813 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1814
1815 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1816
1817 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1818
1819 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1820
1821 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1822
1823 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1824
1825 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1826
1827 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1828
1829 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1830 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1831
1832 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1833
1834 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1835
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1837
1838 Several configurations allow to display the current
1839 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1840 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1841 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1842 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1843 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1844 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1845 feature in U-Boot.
1846
1847- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1848
1849 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1850 on those systems that support this (optional)
1851 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1852
1853- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1854
b37c7e5e 1855 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
945af8d7 1856 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
11ccc33f 1857 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected CPU.
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945af8d7 1859 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
602ad3b3 1860 command line (as long as you set CONFIG_CMD_I2C in
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1861 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1862 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
43d9616c 1863 command line interface.
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bb99ad6d 1865 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
b37c7e5e 1866
945af8d7 1867 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
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1869 support for I2C.
c609719b 1870
945af8d7 1871 There are several other quantities that must also be
b37c7e5e 1872 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
c609719b 1873
6d0f6bcf 1874 In both cases you will need to define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED
945af8d7 1875 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
6d0f6bcf 1876 to run and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
11ccc33f 1877 the CPU's i2c node address).
945af8d7 1878
8d321b81 1879 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx
a47a12be 1880 (arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c) sets the CPU up as a master node
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1881 and so its address should therefore be cleared to 0 (See,
1882 eg, MPC823e User's Manual p.16-473). So, set
1883 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
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1885 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_MPC5XXX
1886
1887 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1888 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1889 in progress. Reset the slave devices by sending start
1890 commands until the slave device responds.
1891
945af8d7 1892 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
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1894 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1895 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1896 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
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1897
1898 I2C_INIT
1899
b37c7e5e 1900 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
43d9616c 1901 controller or configure ports.
c609719b 1902
ba56f625 1903 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
b37c7e5e 1904
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1905 I2C_PORT
1906
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1907 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1908 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1909 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
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1910
1911 I2C_ACTIVE
1912
1913 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1914 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1915 define can be null.
1916
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1917 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1918
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1919 I2C_TRISTATE
1920
1921 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1922 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1923 define can be null.
1924
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1925 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1926
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1927 I2C_READ
1928
1929 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1930 FALSE if it is low.
1931
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1932 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1933
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1934 I2C_SDA(bit)
1935
1936 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1937 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1938
b37c7e5e 1939 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
2535d602 1940 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
ba56f625 1941 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
b37c7e5e 1942
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1943 I2C_SCL(bit)
1944
1945 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1946 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1947
b37c7e5e 1948 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
2535d602 1949 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
ba56f625 1950 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
b37c7e5e 1951
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1952 I2C_DELAY
1953
1954 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1955 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
b37c7e5e 1956 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
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1957 like:
1958
b37c7e5e 1959 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
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1961 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
1962
1963 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
1964 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
1965 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
1966 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
1967
1968 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
1969 the generic GPIO functions.
1970
6d0f6bcf 1971 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
47cd00fa 1972
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1973 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1974 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1975 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1976 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1977 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1978 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1979 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1980 is run early in the boot sequence.
47cd00fa 1981
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1982 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BOARD_LATE_INIT
1983
1984 An alternative to CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD. If this option is
1985 defined a custom i2c_board_late_init() routine in
1986 boards/xxx/board.c is run AFTER the operations in i2c_init()
1987 is completed. This callpoint can be used to unreset i2c bus
1988 using CPU i2c controller register accesses for CPUs whose i2c
1989 controller provide such a method. It is called at the end of
1990 i2c_init() to allow i2c_init operations to setup the i2c bus
1991 controller on the CPU (e.g. setting bus speed & slave address).
1992
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1993 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1994
1995 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1996 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1997 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1998
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1999 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2000
2001 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
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2002 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
2003 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
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2004 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
2005
6d0f6bcf 2006 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
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2007
2008 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
c0f40859 2009 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
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2010 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
2011 a 1D array of device addresses
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2012
2013 e.g.
2014 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
c0f40859 2015 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
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2016
2017 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
2018
c0f40859 2019 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
6d0f6bcf 2020 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
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2021
2022 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
2023
6d0f6bcf 2024 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
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2025
2026 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
2027 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
2028
6d0f6bcf 2029 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
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2030
2031 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
2032 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
2033
6d0f6bcf 2034 CONFIG_SYS_DTT_BUS_NUM
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2035
2036 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
2037 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
2038
6d0f6bcf 2039 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DTT_ADDR:
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2040
2041 If defined, specifies the I2C address of the DTT device.
2042 If not defined, then U-Boot uses predefined value for
2043 specified DTT device.
2044
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2045 CONFIG_FSL_I2C
2046
2047 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
7817cb20 2048 drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c.
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2050 CONFIG_I2C_MUX
2051
2052 Define this option if you have I2C devices reached over 1 .. n
2053 I2C Muxes like the pca9544a. This option addes a new I2C
2054 Command "i2c bus [muxtype:muxaddr:muxchannel]" which adds a
2055 new I2C Bus to the existing I2C Busses. If you select the
2056 new Bus with "i2c dev", u-bbot sends first the commandos for
2057 the muxes to activate this new "bus".
2058
2059 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS must be also defined, to use this
2060 feature!
2061
2062 Example:
2063 Adding a new I2C Bus reached over 2 pca9544a muxes
2064 The First mux with address 70 and channel 6
2065 The Second mux with address 71 and channel 4
2066
2067 => i2c bus pca9544a:70:6:pca9544a:71:4
2068
2069 Use the "i2c bus" command without parameter, to get a list
2070 of I2C Busses with muxes:
2071
2072 => i2c bus
2073 Busses reached over muxes:
2074 Bus ID: 2
2075 reached over Mux(es):
2076 pca9544a@70 ch: 4
2077 Bus ID: 3
2078 reached over Mux(es):
2079 pca9544a@70 ch: 6
2080 pca9544a@71 ch: 4
2081 =>
2082
2083 If you now switch to the new I2C Bus 3 with "i2c dev 3"
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2084 u-boot first sends the command to the mux@70 to enable
2085 channel 6, and then the command to the mux@71 to enable
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2086 the channel 4.
2087
2088 After that, you can use the "normal" i2c commands as
f9a78b8d 2089 usual to communicate with your I2C devices behind
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2090 the 2 muxes.
2091
2092 This option is actually implemented for the bitbanging
2093 algorithm in common/soft_i2c.c and for the Hardware I2C
2094 Bus on the MPC8260. But it should be not so difficult
2095 to add this option to other architectures.
2096
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2097 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
2098
2099 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
2100 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
2101 between writing the address pointer and reading the
2102 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
2103 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
2104 devices can use either method, but some require one or
2105 the other.
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2107- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
2108
2109 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
2110 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
2111 D/As on the SACSng board)
2112
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2113 CONFIG_SH_SPI
2114
2115 Enables the driver for SPI controller on SuperH. Currently
2116 only SH7757 is supported.
2117
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2118 CONFIG_SPI_X
2119
2120 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
2121 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
2122
2123 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
2124
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2125 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
2126 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
2127 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
2128 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
2129 defined, the board configuration must define several
2130 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
2131 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
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2133 CONFIG_HARD_SPI
2134
2135 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
2136 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
2137 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
c0f40859 2138 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
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2139 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
2140
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2141 CONFIG_MXC_SPI
2142
2143 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
2e3cd1cd 2144 SoCs. Currently i.MX31/35/51 are supported.
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0133502e 2146- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
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2148 Enables FPGA subsystem.
2149
2150 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
2151
2152 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
2153 (ALTERA, XILINX)
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0133502e 2155 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
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2157 Enables support for FPGA family.
2158 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
2159
2160 CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
2161
2162 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
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6d0f6bcf 2164 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
c609719b 2165
8bde7f77 2166 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
c609719b 2167
6d0f6bcf 2168 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
c609719b 2169
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2170 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
2171 status by the configuration function. This option
2172 will require a board or device specific function to
2173 be written.
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2174
2175 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
2176
2177 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
2178 configuration driver.
2179
6d0f6bcf 2180 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
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2181 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
2182
6d0f6bcf 2183 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
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2185 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
2186 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
2187 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
2188 indicated a CRC error).
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6d0f6bcf 2190 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
c609719b 2191
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2192 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
2193 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
2194 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
11ccc33f 2195 ms.
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6d0f6bcf 2197 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
c609719b 2198
43d9616c 2199 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
11ccc33f 2200 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
c609719b 2201
6d0f6bcf 2202 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
c609719b 2203
43d9616c 2204 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
11ccc33f 2205 200 ms.
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2206
2207- Configuration Management:
2208 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
2209
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2210 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
2211 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
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2212
2213- Vendor Parameter Protection:
2214
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2215 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
2216 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
7152b1d0 2217 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
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2218 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
2219 protects these variables from casual modification by
2220 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
2221 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
11ccc33f 2222 change this behaviour:
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2223
2224 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
2225 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
47cd00fa 2226 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
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2227 these parameters.
2228
2229 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
2230 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
11ccc33f 2231 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
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2232 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
2233 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
2234 read-only.]
2235
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2237 for any variable by configuring the type of access
2238 to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable
2239 or define CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC.
2240
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2241- Protected RAM:
2242 CONFIG_PRAM
2243
2244 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
2245 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
2246 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
2247 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
2248 this default value by defining an environment
2249 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
2250 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
2251 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
2252 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
2253 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
2254 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
2255 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
2256
fe126d8b 2257 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
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2259
2260 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
2261 either, which results in a memory region that will
2262 not be affected by reboots.
2263
2264 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
2265 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
2266 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
2267 following board configurations are known to be
2268 "pRAM-clean":
2269
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2271 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON,
544d97e9 2272 FLAGADM, TQM8260
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2274- Access to physical memory region (> 4GB)
2275 Some basic support is provided for operations on memory not
2276 normally accessible to U-Boot - e.g. some architectures
2277 support access to more than 4GB of memory on 32-bit
2278 machines using physical address extension or similar.
2279 Define CONFIG_PHYSMEM to access this basic support, which
2280 currently only supports clearing the memory.
2281
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2282- Error Recovery:
2283 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
2284
2285 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
2286 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
2287 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
11ccc33f 2288 system where you want the system to reboot
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2289 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
2290 useful during development since you can try to debug
2291 the conditions that lead to the situation.
2292
2293 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
2294
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2295 This variable defines the number of retries for
2296 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
2297 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
2298 default value of 5 is used.
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2300 CONFIG_ARP_TIMEOUT
2301
2302 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
2303
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2304 CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT
2305
2306 Timeout in milliseconds used in NFS protocol.
2307 If you encounter "ERROR: Cannot umount" in nfs command,
2308 try longer timeout such as
2309 #define CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT 10000UL
2310
c609719b 2311- Command Interpreter:
8078f1a5 2312 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
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2313
2314 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
2315
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2316 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
2317 for the "hush" shell.
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2318
2319
6d0f6bcf 2320 CONFIG_SYS_HUSH_PARSER
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2322 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
2323 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
2324 powerful command line syntax like
2325 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
2326 constructs ("shell scripts").
2327
2328 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
2329 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
2330
2331
6d0f6bcf 2332 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
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2333
2334 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
2335 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
2336 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
2337
2338 Note:
2339
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2340 In the current implementation, the local variables
2341 space and global environment variables space are
2342 separated. Local variables are those you define by
2343 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
2344 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
2345 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
2346 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
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2348 Global environment variables are those you use
2349 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
2350 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
2351 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
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2352
2353 To store commands and special characters in a
2354 variable, please use double quotation marks
2355 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
2356 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
2357 symbols.
2358
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2359- Commandline Editing and History:
2360 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
2361
11ccc33f 2362 Enable editing and History functions for interactive
b9365a26 2363 commandline input operations
aa0c71ac 2364
a8c7c708 2365- Default Environment:
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2366 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
2367
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2368 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
2369 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
7152b1d0 2370 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2262cfee 2371
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2372 For example, place something like this in your
2373 board's config file:
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2375 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
2376 "myvar1=value1\0" \
2377 "myvar2=value2\0"
2378
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2379 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
2380 internal format how the environment is stored by the
2381 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
2382 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
7152b1d0 2383 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
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2384 You better know what you are doing here.
2385
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2386 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
2387 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
74de7aef 2388 the environment like the "source" command or the
43d9616c 2389 boot command first.
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2391 CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_CONFIG
2392
2393 Define this in order to add variables describing the
2394 U-Boot build configuration to the default environment.
2395 These will be named arch, cpu, board, vendor, and soc.
2396
2397 Enabling this option will cause the following to be defined:
2398
2399 - CONFIG_SYS_ARCH
2400 - CONFIG_SYS_CPU
2401 - CONFIG_SYS_BOARD
2402 - CONFIG_SYS_VENDOR
2403 - CONFIG_SYS_SOC
2404
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2406
2407 Define this in order to add variables describing certain
2408 run-time determined information about the hardware to the
2409 environment. These will be named board_name, board_rev.
2410
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2411 CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT
2412
2413 Normally the environment is loaded when the board is
2414 intialised so that it is available to U-Boot. This inhibits
2415 that so that the environment is not available until
2416 explicitly loaded later by U-Boot code. With CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
2417 this is instead controlled by the value of
2418 /config/load-environment.
2419
a8c7c708 2420- DataFlash Support:
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2421 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
2422
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2423 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
2424 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
2425 commands cp, md...
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2427- Serial Flash support
2428 CONFIG_CMD_SF
2429
2430 Defining this option enables SPI flash commands
2431 'sf probe/read/write/erase/update'.
2432
2433 Usage requires an initial 'probe' to define the serial
2434 flash parameters, followed by read/write/erase/update
2435 commands.
2436
2437 The following defaults may be provided by the platform
2438 to handle the common case when only a single serial
2439 flash is present on the system.
2440
2441 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_BUS Bus identifier
2442 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_CS Chip-select
2443 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_MODE (see include/spi.h)
2444 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED in Hz
2445
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2446 CONFIG_CMD_SF_TEST
2447
2448 Define this option to include a destructive SPI flash
2449 test ('sf test').
2450
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2451- SystemACE Support:
2452 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
2453
2454 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
2455 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
11ccc33f 2456 of the chip must also be defined in the
6d0f6bcf 2457 CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
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2458
2459 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
6d0f6bcf 2460 #define CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
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2461
2462 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
2463 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
2464
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2465- TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
2466 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
2467
28cb9375 2468 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
ecb0ccd9 2469 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
28cb9375 2470 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
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2471 number generator is used.
2472
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2473 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
2474 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
2475 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
2476
2477 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
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2478 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
2479 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
2480 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
2481 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
2482 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
2483 but sometimes that is not allowed.
2484
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2485- Hashing support:
2486 CONFIG_CMD_HASH
2487
2488 This enables a generic 'hash' command which can produce
2489 hashes / digests from a few algorithms (e.g. SHA1, SHA256).
2490
2491 CONFIG_HASH_VERIFY
2492
2493 Enable the hash verify command (hash -v). This adds to code
2494 size a little.
2495
2496 CONFIG_SHA1 - support SHA1 hashing
2497 CONFIG_SHA256 - support SHA256 hashing
2498
2499 Note: There is also a sha1sum command, which should perhaps
2500 be deprecated in favour of 'hash sha1'.
2501
a8c7c708 2502- Show boot progress:
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2503 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
2504
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2505 Defining this option allows to add some board-
2506 specific code (calling a user-provided function
2507 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
2508 the system's boot progress on some display (for
2509 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
2510 the following checkpoints are implemented:
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2512- Detailed boot stage timing
2513 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE
2514 Define this option to get detailed timing of each stage
2515 of the boot process.
2516
2517 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_USER_COUNT
2518 This is the number of available user bootstage records.
2519 Each time you call bootstage_mark(BOOTSTAGE_ID_ALLOC, ...)
2520 a new ID will be allocated from this stash. If you exceed
2521 the limit, recording will stop.
2522
2523 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_REPORT
2524 Define this to print a report before boot, similar to this:
2525
2526 Timer summary in microseconds:
2527 Mark Elapsed Stage
2528 0 0 reset
2529 3,575,678 3,575,678 board_init_f start
2530 3,575,695 17 arch_cpu_init A9
2531 3,575,777 82 arch_cpu_init done
2532 3,659,598 83,821 board_init_r start
2533 3,910,375 250,777 main_loop
2534 29,916,167 26,005,792 bootm_start
2535 30,361,327 445,160 start_kernel
2536
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2537 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTSTAGE
2538 Add a 'bootstage' command which supports printing a report
2539 and un/stashing of bootstage data.
2540
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2541 CONFIG_BOOTSTAGE_FDT
2542 Stash the bootstage information in the FDT. A root 'bootstage'
2543 node is created with each bootstage id as a child. Each child
2544 has a 'name' property and either 'mark' containing the
2545 mark time in microsecond, or 'accum' containing the
2546 accumulated time for that bootstage id in microseconds.
2547 For example:
2548
2549 bootstage {
2550 154 {
2551 name = "board_init_f";
2552 mark = <3575678>;
2553 };
2554 170 {
2555 name = "lcd";
2556 accum = <33482>;
2557 };
2558 };
2559
2560 Code in the Linux kernel can find this in /proc/devicetree.
2561
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2562Legacy uImage format:
2563
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2564 Arg Where When
2565 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
ba56f625 2566 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
c609719b 2567 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
ba56f625 2568 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
c609719b 2569 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
ba56f625 2570 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
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2571 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
2572 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
2573 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1372cce2 2574 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
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2575 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
2576 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
2577 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
2578 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
1372cce2 2579 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
c609719b 2580 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
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2581
2582 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2583 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
2584 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
2585 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
2586 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
2587 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
2588 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
11ccc33f 2589 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
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2590 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
2591 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
2592
c0f40859 2593 15 arch/<arch>/lib/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
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a47a12be 2595 -30 arch/powerpc/lib/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
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2596 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
2597 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
63e73c9a 2598
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2599 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
2600 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
2601 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
2602 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
2603 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
2604 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2605 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
2606 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
2607 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
2608 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
2609 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2610 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
2611 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2612 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
2613 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
2614 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
2615 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
2616 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
2617 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
2618 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
2619 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
2620 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
2621 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
2622 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
2623 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
2624 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
2625 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2626 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
2627 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
2628 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
2629 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
2630 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
2631 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
2632 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
2633 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
2634 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
2635 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
2636 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
2637 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
2638 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2639 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
2640 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2641 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
2642 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
2643 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
2644 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
2645 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
2646
2647 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
2648
11ccc33f 2649 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
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2650 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
2651 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
2652
2653 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
2654 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling NetLoop()
11ccc33f 2655 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in NetLoop() occurred
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2656 81 common/cmd_net.c NetLoop() back without error
2657 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
2658 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
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2659 83 common/cmd_net.c running "source" command
2660 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or "source" command
566a494f 2661 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
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2663FIT uImage format:
2664
2665 Arg Where When
2666 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
2667 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
2668 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
2669 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
2670 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
2671 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
f773bea8 2672 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
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2673 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
2674 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
2675 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
2676 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
2677 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
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2678 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
2679 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
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2680 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
2681 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
2682 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
2683 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
2684 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
2685 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
2686 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
2687 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
2688
2689 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2690 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
2691 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
11ccc33f 2692 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
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2693 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
2694 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
2695 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
2696 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
2697 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
2698 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
2699 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
2700 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
2701 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
2702 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
2703 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
2704 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
2705
11ccc33f 2706 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2707 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
2708
11ccc33f 2709 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2710 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
2711
11ccc33f 2712 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
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2713 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
2714
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2715- FIT image support:
2716 CONFIG_FIT
2717 Enable support for the FIT uImage format.
2718
2719 CONFIG_FIT_BEST_MATCH
2720 When no configuration is explicitly selected, default to the
2721 one whose fdt's compatibility field best matches that of
2722 U-Boot itself. A match is considered "best" if it matches the
2723 most specific compatibility entry of U-Boot's fdt's root node.
2724 The order of entries in the configuration's fdt is ignored.
2725
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2726- Standalone program support:
2727 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
2728
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2729 This option defines a board specific value for the
2730 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
2731 overwriting the architecture dependent default
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2732 settings.
2733
2734- Frame Buffer Address:
2735 CONFIG_FB_ADDR
2736
2737 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific
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2738 address for frame buffer. This is typically the case
2739 when using a graphics controller has separate video
2740 memory. U-Boot will then place the frame buffer at
2741 the given address instead of dynamically reserving it
2742 in system RAM by calling lcd_setmem(), which grabs
2743 the memory for the frame buffer depending on the
2744 configured panel size.
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2745
2746 Please see board_init_f function.
2747
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2748- Automatic software updates via TFTP server
2749 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP
2750 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
2751 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
2752
2753 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
2754 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
2755
2756- MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
2757 CONFIG_MTD_DEVICE
2758
2759 Adds the MTD device infrastructure from the Linux kernel.
2760 Needed for mtdparts command support.
2761
2762 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
2763
2764 Adds the MTD partitioning infrastructure from the Linux
2765 kernel. Needed for UBI support.
2766
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2768 CONFIG_SPL
2769 Enable building of SPL globally.
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2771 CONFIG_SPL_LDSCRIPT
2772 LDSCRIPT for linking the SPL binary.
2773
2774 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE
2775 Maximum binary size (text, data and rodata) of the SPL binary.
2776
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2777 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
2778 TEXT_BASE for linking the SPL binary.
6a11cf48 2779
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2780 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_TEXT_BASE
2781 Address to relocate to. If unspecified, this is equal to
2782 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE (i.e. no relocation is done).
2783
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2784 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR
2785 Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary.
2786
2787 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2788 Maximum binary size of the BSS section of the SPL binary.
2789
2790 CONFIG_SPL_STACK
2791 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use
2792
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2793 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_STACK
2794 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use after
2795 relocation. If unspecified, this is equal to
2796 CONFIG_SPL_STACK.
2797
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2798 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
2799 Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL.
2800
2801 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
2802 The size of the malloc pool used in SPL.
6a11cf48 2803
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2804 CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK
2805 Enable the SPL framework under common/. This framework
2806 supports MMC, NAND and YMODEM loading of U-Boot and NAND
2807 NAND loading of the Linux Kernel.
2808
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2809 CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT
2810 For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information
2811 about the running system.
2812
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2813 CONFIG_SPL_INIT_MINIMAL
2814 Arch init code should be built for a very small image
2815
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2816 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
2817 Support for common/libcommon.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2818
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2819 CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT
2820 Support for disk/libdisk.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2821
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2822 CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT
2823 Support for drivers/i2c/libi2c.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2824
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2825 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT
2826 Support for drivers/gpio/libgpio.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2827
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2828 CONFIG_SPL_MMC_SUPPORT
2829 Support for drivers/mmc/libmmc.o in SPL binary
6a11cf48 2830
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2831 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR,
2832 CONFIG_SYS_U_BOOT_MAX_SIZE_SECTORS,
2833 CONFIG_SYS_MMC_SD_FAT_BOOT_PARTITION
2834 Address, size and partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from
2835 when the MMC is being used in raw mode.
2836
2837 CONFIG_SPL_FAT_SUPPORT
2838 Support for fs/fat/libfat.o in SPL binary
2839
2840 CONFIG_SPL_FAT_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
2841 Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from FAT
2842
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2843 CONFIG_SPL_MPC83XX_WAIT_FOR_NAND
2844 Set this for NAND SPL on PPC mpc83xx targets, so that
2845 start.S waits for the rest of the SPL to load before
2846 continuing (the hardware starts execution after just
2847 loading the first page rather than the full 4K).
2848
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2849 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BASE
2850 Include nand_base.c in the SPL. Requires
2851 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS.
2852
2853 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS
2854 SPL uses normal NAND drivers, not minimal drivers.
2855
2856 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_ECC
2857 Include standard software ECC in the SPL
2858
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2860 Support for NAND boot using simple NAND drivers that
2861 expose the cmd_ctrl() interface.
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2862
2863 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
2864 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
2865 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
2866 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
2867 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
2868 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
7d4b7955 2869 to read U-Boot
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2870
2871 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS
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2872 Location in NAND to read U-Boot from
2873
2874 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST
2875 Location in memory to load U-Boot to
2876
2877 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE
2878 Size of image to load
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2880 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
7d4b7955 2881 Entry point in loaded image to jump to
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2882
2883 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
2884 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
2885 data. This is used for example on davinci plattforms.
2886
2887 CONFIG_SPL_OMAP3_ID_NAND
2888 Support for an OMAP3-specific set of functions to return the
2889 ID and MFR of the first attached NAND chip, if present.
2890
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2891 CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT
2892 Support for drivers/serial/libserial.o in SPL binary
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2894 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT
2895 Support for drivers/mtd/spi/libspi_flash.o in SPL binary
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2897 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_SUPPORT
2898 Support for drivers/spi/libspi.o in SPL binary
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2900 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE
2901 Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary
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2903 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT
2904 Support for lib/libgeneric.o in SPL binary
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2906 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO
2907 Linker address to which the SPL should be padded before
2908 appending the SPL payload.
2909
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2910 CONFIG_SPL_TARGET
2911 Final target image containing SPL and payload. Some SPLs
2912 use an arch-specific makefile fragment instead, for
2913 example if more than one image needs to be produced.
2914
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2915Modem Support:
2916--------------
2917
566e5cf4 2918[so far only for SMDK2400 boards]
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11ccc33f 2920- Modem support enable:
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2921 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
2922
2923- RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
2924 CONFIG_HWFLOW
2925
2926- Modem debug support:
2927 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
2928
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2929 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
2930 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
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2932- Interrupt support (PPC):
2933
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2934 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
2935 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
11ccc33f 2936 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
d4ca31c4 2937 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
11ccc33f 2938 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
d4ca31c4 2939 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
11ccc33f 2940 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
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2941 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
2942 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
2943 general timer_interrupt().
a8c7c708 2944
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2945- General:
2946
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2947 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
2948 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
2949 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
11ccc33f 2950 (autoboot). The key_pressed() function is called from
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2951 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
2952 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
2953 initialization.
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2955 If there are no modem init strings in the
2956 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
2957 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
11ccc33f 2958 suppressed, though.
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2959
2960 See also: doc/README.Modem
2961
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2962Board initialization settings:
2963------------------------------
2964
2965During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
2966to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
2967before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
2968following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
2969architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
2970typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
2971
2972- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
2973- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
2974- CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
2975- CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init()
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2977Configuration Settings:
2978-----------------------
2979
6d0f6bcf 2980- CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
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2981 undefine this when you're short of memory.
2982
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2983- CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
2984 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
2985
6d0f6bcf 2986- CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
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2987 prompt for user input.
2988
6d0f6bcf 2989- CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
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6d0f6bcf 2991- CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
c609719b 2992
6d0f6bcf 2993- CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
c609719b 2994
6d0f6bcf 2995- CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
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2996 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
2997 booted
2998
6d0f6bcf 2999- CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
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3000 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
3001
6d0f6bcf 3002- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
8bde7f77 3003 Suppress display of console information at boot.
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6d0f6bcf 3005- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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3006 If the board specific function
3007 extern int overwrite_console (void);
3008 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
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3009 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
3010
6d0f6bcf 3011- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
8bde7f77 3012 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
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6d0f6bcf 3014- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
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3015 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
3016
6d0f6bcf 3017- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
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3018 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
3019 simple memory test.
3020
6d0f6bcf 3021- CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST:
8bde7f77 3022 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
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6d0f6bcf 3024- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
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3025 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
3026 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
3027
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3028- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE (PPC only):
3029 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
14f73ca6 3030 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
11ccc33f 3031 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
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3032 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
3033 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
3034 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
5e12e75d 3035 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
14f73ca6 3036 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
5e12e75d 3037 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
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3038
3039 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
3040 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
3041 be touched.
3042
3043 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
3044 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
3045 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
3046 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
3047 problems.
3048
6d0f6bcf 3049- CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
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3050 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
3051
6d0f6bcf 3052- CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
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3053 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
3054
6d0f6bcf 3055- CONFIG_SYS_MBIO_BASE:
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3056 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
3057 Cogent motherboard)
3058
6d0f6bcf 3059- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
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3060 Physical start address of Flash memory.
3061
6d0f6bcf 3062- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
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3063 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
3064 make config files to be same as the text base address
14d0a02a 3065 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
6d0f6bcf 3066 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
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6d0f6bcf 3068- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
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3069 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
3070 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
3071 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
3072 flash sector.
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6d0f6bcf 3074- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
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3075 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
3076
6d0f6bcf 3077- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
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3078 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
3079 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
6d0f6bcf 3080 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
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3081 to adjust this setting to your needs.
3082
6d0f6bcf 3083- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
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3084 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
3085 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
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3086 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
3087 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
3088 enviroment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
3089 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
c0f40859 3090 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
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3091 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
3092 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
3093 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
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3095- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
3096 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
3097 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
3098 is enabled.
3099
3100- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
3101 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
3102 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
3103
3104- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
3105 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
3106 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
3107
6d0f6bcf 3108- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
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3109 Max number of Flash memory banks
3110
6d0f6bcf 3111- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
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3112 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
3113
6d0f6bcf 3114- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
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3115 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
3116
6d0f6bcf 3117- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
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3118 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
3119
6d0f6bcf 3120- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
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3121 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
3122
6d0f6bcf 3123- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
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3124 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
3125
6d0f6bcf 3126- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
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3127 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
3128 instead of U-Boot software protection.
3129
6d0f6bcf 3130- CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
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3131
3132 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
3133 without this option such a download has to be
3134 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
3135 copy from RAM to flash.
3136
3137 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
3138 you can check if the download worked before you erase
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3139 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
3140 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
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3141 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
3142
6d0f6bcf 3143- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
43d9616c 3144 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
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3145 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
3146
00b1883a 3147- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
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3148 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
3149 in the drivers directory
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3151- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
3152 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
3153 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
3154 to the MTD layer.
3155
6d0f6bcf 3156- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
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3157 Use buffered writes to flash.
3158
3159- CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
3160 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
3161 write commands.
3162
6d0f6bcf 3163- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
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3164 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
3165 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
3166 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
3167 optionally available.
3168
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3169- CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
3170 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
3171 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
3172 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
3173
6d0f6bcf 3174- CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
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3175 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
3176 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
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3177 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
3178 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
11ccc33f 3179 on high Ethernet traffic.
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3180 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
3181
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3182- CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
3183
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3184 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
3185 internally to store the environment settings. The default
3186 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
3187 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
3188 lib/hashtable.c for details.
ea882baf 3189
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3190- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
3191- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
3192 Enable validation of the values given to enviroment variables when
3193 calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal,
3194 hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined,
3195 the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address.
3196
3197 The format of the list is:
3198 type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m]
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3199 access_atribute = [a|r|o|c]
3200 attributes = type_attribute[access_atribute]
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3201 entry = variable_name[:attributes]
3202 list = entry[,list]
3203
3204 The type attributes are:
3205 s - String (default)
3206 d - Decimal
3207 x - Hexadecimal
3208 b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF])
3209 i - IP address
3210 m - MAC address
3211
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3212 The access attributes are:
3213 a - Any (default)
3214 r - Read-only
3215 o - Write-once
3216 c - Change-default
3217
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3218 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
3219 Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags"
3220 envirnoment variable in the default or embedded environment.
3221
3222 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
3223 Define this to a list (string) to define validation that
3224 should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags"
3225 environment variable. To override a setting in the static
3226 list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the
3227 ".flags" variable.
3228
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3229- CONFIG_ENV_ACCESS_IGNORE_FORCE
3230 If defined, don't allow the -f switch to env set override variable
3231 access flags.
3232
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3233The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
3234of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
3235following configurations:
3236
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3237- CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
3238
3239 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
3240 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
3241
5a1aceb0 3242- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
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3243
3244 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
3245
3246 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
3247 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
3248 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
3249 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
3250 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
3251 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
3252 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
3253 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
3254 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
3255 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
3256 between U-Boot and the environment.
3257
0e8d1586 3258 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
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3259
3260 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
3261 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
3262 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
3263 for this sector is given here.
3264
6d0f6bcf 3265 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE.
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0e8d1586 3267 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
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3268
3269 This is just another way to specify the start address of
3270 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
0e8d1586 3271 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET).
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0e8d1586 3273 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
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3274
3275 Size of the sector containing the environment.
3276
3277
3278 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
3279 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
3280 the environment.
3281
0e8d1586 3282 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
c609719b 3283
5a1aceb0 3284 If you use this in combination with CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
0e8d1586 3285 and CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
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3286 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
3287 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
3288
3289 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
3290 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
3291 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
3292 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
3293 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
3294 updating the environment in flash makes it always
3295 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
3296 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
3297 RAM, your target system will be dead.
3298
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3299 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
3300 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
c609719b 3301
43d9616c 3302 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
11ccc33f 3303 a redundant copy of the environment data, so that there is
3e38691e 3304 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
43d9616c 3305 a "saveenv" operation.
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3306
3307BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
3308source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
3309accordingly!
3310
3311
9314cee6 3312- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
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3313
3314 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
3315 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
3316 environment.
3317
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3318 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
3319 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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11ccc33f 3321 These two #defines are used to determine the memory area you
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3322 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
3323 can just be read and written to, without any special
3324 provision.
3325
3326BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
3327in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
11ccc33f 3328console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
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3329U-Boot will hang.
3330
3331Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
3332environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
3333keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
3334to save the current settings.
3335
3336
bb1f8b4f 3337- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
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3338
3339 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
3340 device and a driver for it.
3341
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3342 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3343 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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3344
3345 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
3346 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
3347
6d0f6bcf 3348 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
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3349 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
3350 The default address is zero.
3351
6d0f6bcf 3352 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
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3353 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
3354 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
3355 would require six bits.
3356
6d0f6bcf 3357 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
c609719b 3358 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
ba56f625 3359 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
c609719b 3360
6d0f6bcf 3361 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
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3362 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
3363 that this is NOT the chip address length!
3364
6d0f6bcf 3365 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
5cf91d6b
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3366 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
3367 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
3368 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
3369 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
3370 byte chips.
3371
3372 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
3373 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
3374 in the chip address.
3375
6d0f6bcf 3376 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_SIZE:
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3377 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
3378
548738b4
HS
3379 - CONFIG_ENV_EEPROM_IS_ON_I2C
3380 define this, if you have I2C and SPI activated, and your
3381 EEPROM, which holds the environment, is on the I2C bus.
3382
3383 - CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS
3384 if you have an Environment on an EEPROM reached over
3385 I2C muxes, you can define here, how to reach this
3386 EEPROM. For example:
3387
a9046b9e 3388 #define CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS "pca9547:70:d\0"
548738b4
HS
3389
3390 EEPROM which holds the environment, is reached over
3391 a pca9547 i2c mux with address 0x70, channel 3.
c609719b 3392
057c849c 3393- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
5779d8d9 3394
d4ca31c4 3395 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
5779d8d9
WD
3396 want to use for the environment.
3397
0e8d1586
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3398 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3399 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
3400 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
5779d8d9
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3401
3402 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
3403 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
3404 at the specified address.
3405
0a85a9e7
LG
3406- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_REMOTE:
3407
3408 Define this if you have a remote memory space which you
3409 want to use for the local device's environment.
3410
3411 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
3412 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
3413
3414 These two #defines specify the address and size of the
3415 environment area within the remote memory space. The
3416 local device can get the environment from remote memory
fc54c7fa 3417 space by SRIO or PCIE links.
0a85a9e7
LG
3418
3419BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
3420"saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
fc54c7fa
LG
3421environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE link,
3422but it can not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE interface.
0a85a9e7 3423
51bfee19 3424- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
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3425
3426 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
3427 for the environment.
3428
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JCPV
3429 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3430 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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3431
3432 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
fdd813de
SW
3433 area within the first NAND device. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET must be
3434 aligned to an erase block boundary.
5779d8d9 3435
fdd813de 3436 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
e443c944 3437
0e8d1586 3438 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
fdd813de
SW
3439 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, so
3440 that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure
c0f40859 3441 during a "saveenv" operation. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_RENDUND must be
fdd813de
SW
3442 aligned to an erase block boundary.
3443
3444 - CONFIG_ENV_RANGE (optional):
3445
3446 Specifies the length of the region in which the environment
3447 can be written. This should be a multiple of the NAND device's
3448 block size. Specifying a range with more erase blocks than
3449 are needed to hold CONFIG_ENV_SIZE allows bad blocks within
3450 the range to be avoided.
3451
3452 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB (optional):
3453
3454 Enables support for dynamically retrieving the offset of the
3455 environment from block zero's out-of-band data. The
3456 "nand env.oob" command can be used to record this offset.
3457 Currently, CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND is not supported when
3458 using CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB.
e443c944 3459
b74ab737
GL
3460- CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
3461
3462 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
3463 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
3464 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
3465
6d0f6bcf 3466- CONFIG_SYS_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
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3467
3468 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
3469 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
3470 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
3471 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
3472 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
3473 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
3474 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
3475
e881cb56 3476Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
c609719b 3477has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
cdb74977 3478created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_f()
c609719b
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3479until then to read environment variables.
3480
85ec0bcc
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3481The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
3482is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
3483with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
3484necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
3485"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
3486have any device yet where we could complain.]
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3487
3488Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
3489the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
85ec0bcc 3490use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
c609719b 3491
6d0f6bcf 3492- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
42d1f039 3493 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
fc3e2165 3494
6d0f6bcf 3495 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
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3496 also needs to be defined.
3497
6d0f6bcf 3498- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
42d1f039 3499 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
c609719b 3500
f5675aa5
RM
3501- CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
3502 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
3503 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
3504 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
3505 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
3506 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
3507
b2b92f53
SG
3508- CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
3509 Display information about the board that U-Boot is running on
3510 when U-Boot starts up. The board function checkboard() is called
3511 to do this.
3512
e2e3e2b1
SG
3513- CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE
3514 Similar to the previous option, but display this information
3515 later, once stdio is running and output goes to the LCD, if
3516 present.
3517
c609719b 3518Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
dc7c9a1a 3519---------------------------------------------------
c609719b 3520
6d0f6bcf 3521- CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
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3522 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
3523
6d0f6bcf 3524- CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR:
c609719b 3525 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
2535d602 3526
42d1f039
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3527 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
3528 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
3529 the IMMR register after a reset.
c609719b 3530
e46fedfe
TT
3531- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
3532 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
3533 PowerPC SOCs.
3534
3535- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
3536 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
3537 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
3538
3539 CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR must also be set to this value,
3540 for cross-platform code that uses that macro instead.
3541
3542- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
3543 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
3544 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
c0f40859 3545 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
e46fedfe
TT
3546 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
3547 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
3548 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
3549
3550 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
3551 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
3552
3553- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
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3554 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
3555 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
e46fedfe
TT
3556 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3557 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3558
3559- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
3560 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
3561 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3562 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3563
3564- CONFIG_SYS_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE:
3565 If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be
3566 forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated.
3567
7f6c2cbc 3568- Floppy Disk Support:
6d0f6bcf 3569 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
7f6c2cbc
WD
3570
3571 the default drive number (default value 0)
3572
6d0f6bcf 3573 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
7f6c2cbc 3574
11ccc33f 3575 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
7f6c2cbc
WD
3576 (default value 1)
3577
6d0f6bcf 3578 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
7f6c2cbc 3579
43d9616c
WD
3580 defines the offset of register from address. It
3581 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
11ccc33f 3582 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
7f6c2cbc 3583
6d0f6bcf
JCPV
3584 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
3585 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
43d9616c 3586 default value.
7f6c2cbc 3587
6d0f6bcf 3588 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
43d9616c
WD
3589 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
3590 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
3591 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
3592 initializations.
7f6c2cbc 3593
0abddf82
ML
3594- CONFIG_IDE_AHB:
3595 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
3596 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
3597 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
3598 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
3599 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
3600 is requierd.
3601
6d0f6bcf 3602- CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
efe2a4d5 3603 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
25d6712a 3604 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
c609719b 3605
6d0f6bcf 3606- CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
c609719b 3607
7152b1d0 3608 Start address of memory area that can be used for
c609719b
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3609 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
3610 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
3611 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
3612 will become available only after programming the
3613 memory controller and running certain initialization
3614 sequences.
3615
3616 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
3617 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
3618 - MPC824X: data cache
3619 - PPC4xx: data cache
3620
6d0f6bcf 3621- CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
c609719b
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3622
3623 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
6d0f6bcf
JCPV
3624 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
3625 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
c609719b 3626 data is located at the end of the available space
553f0982 3627 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
6d0f6bcf
JCPV
3628 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
3629 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
3630 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
c609719b
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3631
3632 Note:
3633 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
3634 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
6d0f6bcf 3635 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
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3636 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
3637 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
3638
6d0f6bcf 3639- CONFIG_SYS_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
c609719b 3640
6d0f6bcf 3641- CONFIG_SYS_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
c609719b 3642
6d0f6bcf 3643- CONFIG_SYS_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
c609719b 3644
6d0f6bcf 3645- CONFIG_SYS_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
c609719b 3646
6d0f6bcf 3647- CONFIG_SYS_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
c609719b 3648
6d0f6bcf 3649- CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
c609719b 3650
6d0f6bcf 3651- CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
c609719b
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3652 SDRAM timing
3653
6d0f6bcf 3654- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
c609719b
WD
3655 periodic timer for refresh
3656
6d0f6bcf 3657- CONFIG_SYS_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
c609719b 3658
6d0f6bcf
JCPV
3659- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
3660 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
3661 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
3662 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
c609719b
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3663 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
3664
3665- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
6d0f6bcf
JCPV
3666 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
3667 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
c609719b
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3668 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
3669
6d0f6bcf
JCPV
3670- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
3671 CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_8COL, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_9COL:
c609719b
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3672 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
3673 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
3674
6d0f6bcf 3675- CONFIG_SYS_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
c609719b
WD
3676 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3677 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
3678
6d0f6bcf 3679- CONFIG_SYS_SMC_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SMC_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
b423d055
HS
3680 enable SMC microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3681 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]
3682
6d0f6bcf 3683- CONFIG_SYS_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
c609719b
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3684 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3685 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
3686
6d0f6bcf 3687- CONFIG_SYS_USE_OSCCLK:
c609719b
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3688 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
3689 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
3690 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
3691
6d0f6bcf 3692- CONFIG_SYS_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
43d9616c
WD
3693 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
3694 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
3695 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
3696 cpm_8260.h.
ea909b76 3697
6d0f6bcf
JCPV
3698- CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
3699 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK0_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
3700 CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK1_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
3701 CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
3702 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
3703 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
3704 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
3705 CONFIG_SYS_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
a47a12be 3706 Overrides the default PCI memory map in arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
5d232d0e 3707
9cacf4fc
DE
3708- CONFIG_PCI_DISABLE_PCIE:
3709 Disable PCI-Express on systems where it is supported but not
3710 required.
3711
69fd2d3b
AS
3712- CONFIG_PCI_ENUM_ONLY
3713 Only scan through and get the devices on the busses.
3714 Don't do any setup work, presumably because someone or
3715 something has already done it, and we don't need to do it
3716 a second time. Useful for platforms that are pre-booted
3717 by coreboot or similar.
3718
a09b9b68
KG
3719- CONFIG_SYS_SRIO:
3720 Chip has SRIO or not
3721
3722- CONFIG_SRIO1:
3723 Board has SRIO 1 port available
3724
3725- CONFIG_SRIO2:
3726 Board has SRIO 2 port available
3727
3728- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
3729 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3730
3731- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYS:
3732 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3733
3734- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
3735 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3736
eced4626
AW
3737- CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_16
3738 Defined to tell the NDFC that the NAND chip is using a
3739 16 bit bus.
3740
3741- CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
3742 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
3743 a default value will be used.
3744
bb99ad6d 3745- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
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WD
3746 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
3747 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
3748
bb99ad6d
BW
3749 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
3750 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
3751
6d0f6bcf 3752- CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
218ca724
WD
3753 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
3754 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
3755 to something your driver can deal with.
bb99ad6d 3756
1b3e3c4f
YS
3757- CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
3758 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
3759 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
3760 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
3761 header files or board specific files.
3762
6f5e1dc5
YS
3763- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
3764 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
3765
6d0f6bcf 3766- CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
218ca724
WD
3767 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
3768 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2ad6b513 3769
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WD
3770- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
3771 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
3772
3773- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
3774 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
6e592385
WD
3775 to the given FEC; i. e.
3776 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
c26e454d
WD
3777 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
3778
3779 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
3780
3781- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
3782 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
3783 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
3784
3785- CONFIG_RMII
3786 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
3787 Note that this is a global option, we can't
3788 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
3789
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3790- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
3791 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
3792 The syntax is:
3793
3794 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
3795
3796 Where address/count indicate a memory area
3797 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
3798 area should have.
3799
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WD
3800- CONFIG_LOOPW
3801 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
602ad3b3 3802 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
56523f12 3803
7b466641
SR
3804- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
3805 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
3806 "md/mw" commands.
3807 Examples:
3808
efe2a4d5 3809 => mdc.b 10 4 500
7b466641
SR
3810 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
3811
efe2a4d5 3812 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
7b466641
SR
3813 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
3814
efe2a4d5 3815 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
602ad3b3 3816 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
7b466641 3817
8aa1a2d1 3818- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
afc1ce82 3819 [ARM, NDS32, MIPS only] If this variable is defined, then certain
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3820 low level initializations (like setting up the memory
3821 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
3822 relocate itself into RAM.
3823
3824 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
3825 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
3826 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
3827 these initializations itself.
8aa1a2d1 3828
401bb30b 3829- CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
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3830 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
3831 that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
3832 compiling a NAND SPL.
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3834- CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM
3835 Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses
3836 effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard
3837 U-Boot address as virtual addresses that need to be translated
3838 to physical addresses. However, sandbox requires this, since
3839 it maintains its own little RAM buffer which contains all
3840 addressable memory. This option causes some memory accesses
3841 to be mapped through map_sysmem() / unmap_sysmem().
3842
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3843- CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMCPY
3844 CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMSET
3845 If these options are used a optimized version of memcpy/memset will
3846 be used if available. These functions may be faster under some
3847 conditions but may increase the binary size.
3848
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3849- CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR
3850 If defined, the x86 reset vector code is included. This is not
3851 needed when U-Boot is running from Coreboot.
b16f521a 3852
5b5ece9e 3853
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3854Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
3855-----------------------------------
3856
3857The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
3858loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
3859This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
3860are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
3861within that device.
3862
3863- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_ADDR
3864 The address in the storage device where the firmware is located. The
3865 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
3866 is also specified.
3867
3868- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
3869 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
3870 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
3871 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
3872 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
3873
3874- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
3875 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
3876 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
3877 virtual address in NOR flash.
3878
3879- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
3880 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
3881 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
3882
3883- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
3884 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
3885 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
3886
3887- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_SPIFLASH
3888 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SPI
3889 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
3890
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3891- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
3892 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
3893 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
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3894 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO or PCIE outbound
3895 window->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in
3896 master's memory space.
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3898Building the Software:
3899======================
3900
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3901Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
3902and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
3903all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
3904(potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
3905recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
3906which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
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3908If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
3909have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
3910you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
3911Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
3912necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
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3914 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
3915 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
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3917Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
3918 the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
3919 (http://www.mingw.org). Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
3920 toolchain and execute 'make tools'. For example:
3921
3922 $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools
3923
3924 Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
3925 be executed on computers running Windows.
3926
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3927U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
3928sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
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3929is done by typing:
3930
3931 make NAME_config
3932
218ca724 3933where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing configu-
4d675ae6 3934rations; see boards.cfg for supported names.
db01a2ea 3935
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3936Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
3937 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
3938 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
3939 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
11ccc33f 3940 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
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3941
3942 make TQM823L_config
3943 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
3944
3945 make TQM823L_LCD_config
3946 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
3947
3948 etc.
3949
3950
3951Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
3952images ready for download to / installation on your system:
3953
3954- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
3955- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
3956- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
3957
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3958By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
3959in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
3960this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
3961
39621. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
3963
3964 make O=/tmp/build distclean
3965 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
3966 make O=/tmp/build all
3967
39682. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
3969
3970 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
3971 make distclean
3972 make NAME_config
3973 make all
3974
3975Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
3976variable.
3977
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3978
3979Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
3980for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
3981native "make".
3982
3983
3984If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
3985to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
3986steps:
3987
39881. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
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3989 "boards.cfg" file, using the existing entries as examples.
3990 Follow the instructions there to keep the boards in order.
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39912. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
3992 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
3993 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
39943. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
3995 your board
39963. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
3997 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
39984. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
39995. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
4000 to be installed on your target system.
40016. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
4002 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
4003
4004
4005Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
4006==============================================================
4007
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4008If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
4009or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
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4010provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
4011the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
218ca724 4012official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
2729af9d 4013
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4014But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
4015cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
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4016the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
4017just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
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4018for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
4019select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
4020environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the ELDK cross tools
4021you can type
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4022
4023 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
4024
4025or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
4026
4027 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
4028
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4029When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build
4030U-Boot in the source directory. This location can be changed by
4031setting the BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target
4032built, the MAKEALL script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and
4033<target>.MAKEALL) in the <source dir>/LOG directory. This default
4034location can be changed by setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment
4035variable. For example:
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4036
4037 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
4038 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
4039 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
4040
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4041With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build,
4042log files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean
4043during the whole build process.
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4044
4045
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4046See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
4047
4048
4049Monitor Commands - Overview:
4050============================
4051
4052go - start application at address 'addr'
4053run - run commands in an environment variable
4054bootm - boot application image from memory
4055bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
44f074c7 4056bootz - boot zImage from memory
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4057tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
4058 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
4059 (and eventually "gatewayip")
1fb7cd49 4060tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
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4061rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
4062diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
4063loads - load S-Record file over serial line
4064loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
4065md - memory display
4066mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
4067nm - memory modify (constant address)
4068mw - memory write (fill)
4069cp - memory copy
4070cmp - memory compare
4071crc32 - checksum calculation
0f89c54b 4072i2c - I2C sub-system
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4073sspi - SPI utility commands
4074base - print or set address offset
4075printenv- print environment variables
4076setenv - set environment variables
4077saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
4078protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
4079erase - erase FLASH memory
4080flinfo - print FLASH memory information
10635afa 4081nand - NAND memory operations (see doc/README.nand)
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4082bdinfo - print Board Info structure
4083iminfo - print header information for application image
4084coninfo - print console devices and informations
4085ide - IDE sub-system
4086loop - infinite loop on address range
56523f12 4087loopw - infinite write loop on address range
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4088mtest - simple RAM test
4089icache - enable or disable instruction cache
4090dcache - enable or disable data cache
4091reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
4092echo - echo args to console
4093version - print monitor version
4094help - print online help
4095? - alias for 'help'
4096
4097
4098Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
4099========================================
4100
4101TODO.
4102
4103For now: just type "help <command>".
4104
4105
4106Environment Variables:
4107======================
4108
4109U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
4110can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
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4112Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
4113"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
4114without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
4115environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
4116working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
4117environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
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4119Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
4120
4121List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
c609719b 4122
2729af9d 4123 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
c609719b 4124
2729af9d 4125 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
c609719b 4126
2729af9d 4127 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
4a6fd34b 4128
2729af9d 4129 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
c609719b 4130
2729af9d 4131 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
c609719b 4132
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4133 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
4134 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
4135 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
4136 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
4137 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
4138 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
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4139 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
4140 bootm_mapsize.
4141
c0f40859 4142 bootm_mapsize - Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel.
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4143 This variable is given as a hexadecimal number and it
4144 defines the size of the memory region starting at base
4145 address bootm_low that is accessible by the Linux kernel
4146 during early boot. If unset, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is used
4147 as the default value if it is defined, and bootm_size is
4148 used otherwise.
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4149
4150 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
4151 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
4152 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
4153 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
4154 environment variable.
4155
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4156 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
4157 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
4158 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
4159
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4160 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
4161 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
4162 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
4163 load any image using TFTP
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4165 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
4166 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
4167 be automatically started (by internally calling
4168 "bootm")
38b99261 4169
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4170 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
4171 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
4172 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
4173 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
4174 data.
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4176 fdt_high - if set this restricts the maximum address that the
4177 flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot.
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4178 For example, if you have a system with 1 GB memory
4179 at physical address 0x10000000, while Linux kernel
4180 only recognizes the first 704 MB as low memory, you
4181 may need to set fdt_high as 0x3C000000 to have the
4182 device tree blob be copied to the maximum address
4183 of the 704 MB low memory, so that Linux kernel can
4184 access it during the boot procedure.
4185
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4186 If this is set to the special value 0xFFFFFFFF then
4187 the fdt will not be copied at all on boot. For this
4188 to work it must reside in writable memory, have
4189 sufficient padding on the end of it for u-boot to
4190 add the information it needs into it, and the memory
4191 must be accessible by the kernel.
4192
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4193 fdtcontroladdr- if set this is the address of the control flattened
4194 device tree used by U-Boot when CONFIG_OF_CONTROL is
4195 defined.
4196
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4197 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
4198 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
4199 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
4200 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
4201 it must be saved and board must be reset.
4202
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4203 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
4204 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
4205 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
4206 is usually what you want since it allows for
4207 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
4208 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
6d0f6bcf 4209 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
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4210 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
4211 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
4212 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
4213 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
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4215 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
4216 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
4217 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
4218 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
4219 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
4220 12 MB as well - this can be done with
c609719b 4221
2729af9d 4222 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
c609719b 4223
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4224 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
4225 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
4226 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
4227 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
4228 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
4229 boot time on your system, but requires that this
4230 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
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2729af9d 4232 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
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4234 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
4235 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
c609719b 4236
2729af9d 4237 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
a3d991bd 4238
2729af9d 4239 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
a3d991bd 4240
2729af9d 4241 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
a3d991bd 4242
2729af9d 4243 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
a3d991bd 4244
2729af9d 4245 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
c609719b 4246
e2a53458 4247 ethprime - controls which interface is used first.
c609719b 4248
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4249 ethact - controls which interface is currently active.
4250 For example you can do the following
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4252 => setenv ethact FEC
4253 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
4254 => setenv ethact SCC
4255 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
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4257 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
4258 available network interfaces.
4259 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
4260
c96f86ee 4261 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
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4262 either succeed or fail without retrying.
4263 When set to "once" the network operation will
4264 fail when all the available network interfaces
4265 are tried once without success.
4266 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
4267 themselves.
c609719b 4268
b4e2f89d 4269 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
a1cf027a 4270
28cb9375 4271 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
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4272 UDP source port.
4273
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4274 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
4275 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
4276
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4277 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
4278 we use the TFTP server's default block size
4279
4280 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
4281 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
4282 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
4283 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
4284 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
4285 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
4286 with unreliable TFTP servers.
4287
4288 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
11ccc33f 4289 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
2729af9d 4290 VLAN tagged frames.
c609719b 4291
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4292The following image location variables contain the location of images
4293used in booting. The "Image" column gives the role of the image and is
4294not an environment variable name. The other columns are environment
4295variable names. "File Name" gives the name of the file on a TFTP
4296server, "RAM Address" gives the location in RAM the image will be
4297loaded to, and "Flash Location" gives the image's address in NOR
4298flash or offset in NAND flash.
4299
4300*Note* - these variables don't have to be defined for all boards, some
4301boards currenlty use other variables for these purposes, and some
4302boards use these variables for other purposes.
4303
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4304Image File Name RAM Address Flash Location
4305----- --------- ----------- --------------
4306u-boot u-boot u-boot_addr_r u-boot_addr
4307Linux kernel bootfile kernel_addr_r kernel_addr
4308device tree blob fdtfile fdt_addr_r fdt_addr
4309ramdisk ramdiskfile ramdisk_addr_r ramdisk_addr
dc0b7b0e 4310
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4311The following environment variables may be used and automatically
4312updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
4313depending the information provided by your boot server:
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4315 bootfile - see above
4316 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
4317 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
4318 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
4319 hostname - Target hostname
4320 ipaddr - see above
4321 netmask - Subnet Mask
4322 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
4323 serverip - see above
c1551ea8 4324
c1551ea8 4325
2729af9d 4326There are two special Environment Variables:
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4328 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
4329 as type string and/or serial number
4330 ethaddr - Ethernet address
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4332These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
4333the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
4334once they have been set once.
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f07771cc 4336
2729af9d 4337Further special Environment Variables:
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4339 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
4340 with the "version" command. This variable is
4341 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
f07771cc 4342
f07771cc 4343
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4344Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
4345only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
f07771cc 4346
f07771cc 4347
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4348Callback functions for environment variables:
4349---------------------------------------------
4350
4351For some environment variables, the behavior of u-boot needs to change
4352when their values are changed. This functionailty allows functions to
4353be associated with arbitrary variables. On creation, overwrite, or
4354deletion, the callback will provide the opportunity for some side
4355effect to happen or for the change to be rejected.
4356
4357The callbacks are named and associated with a function using the
4358U_BOOT_ENV_CALLBACK macro in your board or driver code.
4359
4360These callbacks are associated with variables in one of two ways. The
4361static list can be added to by defining CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_STATIC
4362in the board configuration to a string that defines a list of
4363associations. The list must be in the following format:
4364
4365 entry = variable_name[:callback_name]
4366 list = entry[,list]
4367
4368If the callback name is not specified, then the callback is deleted.
4369Spaces are also allowed anywhere in the list.
4370
4371Callbacks can also be associated by defining the ".callbacks" variable
4372with the same list format above. Any association in ".callbacks" will
4373override any association in the static list. You can define
4374CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_DEFAULT to a list (string) to define the
4375".callbacks" envirnoment variable in the default or embedded environment.
4376
4377
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4378Command Line Parsing:
4379=====================
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4381There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
4382the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
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4384Old, simple command line parser:
4385--------------------------------
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4387- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
4388- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
fe126d8b 4389- variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
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4390- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
4391 for example:
fe126d8b 4392 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
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4393- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
4394 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
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4396Hush shell:
4397-----------
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4399- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
4400 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
4401 until...do...done, ...
4402- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
4403 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
4404 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
4405 command
4406
4407General rules:
4408--------------
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4410(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
4411 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
4412 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
4413 executed anyway.
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2729af9d 4415(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
11ccc33f 4416 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
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4417 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
4418 variables are not executed.
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4420Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
4421=======================================
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11ccc33f 4423Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
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4424such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
4425"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
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4427Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
4428MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
4429"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
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4431If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
4432in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
4433ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
4434variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
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4436o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
4437 environment, the SROM's address is used.
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4439o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
4440 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
4441 used.
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4443o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
4444 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
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4446o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
4447 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
4448 warning is printed.
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4450o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
4451 is raised.
c609719b 4452
ecee9324 4453If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
c0f40859 4454will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
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4455may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
4456The naming convention is as follows:
4457"ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
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4459Image Formats:
4460==============
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4462U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
4463images in two formats:
4464
4465New uImage format (FIT)
4466-----------------------
4467
4468Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
4469to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
4470components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
4471SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
4472
4473
4474Old uImage format
4475-----------------
4476
4477Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
4478preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
4479details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
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4481* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
4482 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
f5ed9e39
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4483 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
4484 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
4485 INTEGRITY).
7b64fef3 4486* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
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4487 IA64, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
4488 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC).
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4489* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
4490* Load Address
4491* Entry Point
4492* Image Name
4493* Image Timestamp
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4495The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
4496and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
4497CRC32 checksums.
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4498
4499
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4500Linux Support:
4501==============
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4503Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
4504easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
4505U-Boot.
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4507U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
4508special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
4509"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
4510instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
4511serves several purposes:
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4513- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
4514 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
4515 Flash memory footprint)
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4517- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
4518 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
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4520- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
4521 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
4522 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
4523 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
4524 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
4525 software is easier now.
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4528Linux HOWTO:
4529============
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4531Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
4532---------------------------------------
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4534U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
4535configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
4536(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
4537Linux :-).
c609719b 4538
a47a12be 4539But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
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4541Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
4542include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
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4543Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
4544and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
6d0f6bcf 4545as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
24ee89b9 4546
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4548Configuring the Linux kernel:
4549-----------------------------
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4551No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
4552device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
4553
4554
4555Building a Linux Image:
4556-----------------------
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4558With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
4559not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
4560"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
4561U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
4562which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
4563100% compatible format.
4564
4565Example:
4566
4567 make TQM850L_config
4568 make oldconfig
4569 make dep
4570 make uImage
4571
4572The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
4573encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
4574CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
4575
4576* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
4577
4578* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
4579
4580 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
4581 -R .note -R .comment \
4582 -S vmlinux linux.bin
4583
4584* compress the binary image:
4585
4586 gzip -9 linux.bin
4587
4588* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
4589
4590 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
4591 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
4592 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
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4595The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
4596with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
4597combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
4598byte header containing information about target architecture,
4599operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
4600stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
4601
4602"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
4603print the header information, or to build new images.
4604
4605In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
4606contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
4607checksum verification:
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4609 tools/mkimage -l image
4610 -l ==> list image header information
4611
4612The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
4613from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
4614
4615 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
4616 -n name -d data_file image
4617 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
4618 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
4619 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
4620 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
4621 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
4622 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
4623 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
4624 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
4625
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4626Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
4627address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
4628kernel version:
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4629
4630- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
4631- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
4632
4633So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
4634
4635 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4636 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
a47a12be 4637 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
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4638 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
4639 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4640 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4641 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4642 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4643 Load Address: 0x00000000
4644 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4645
4646To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
4647
4648 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
4649 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4650 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4651 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4652 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4653 Load Address: 0x00000000
4654 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4655
4656NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
4657speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
4658needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
4659need to be uncompressed:
4660
a47a12be 4661 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
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4662 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4663 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
a47a12be 4664 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
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4665 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
4666 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4667 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4668 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
4669 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
4670 Load Address: 0x00000000
4671 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4672
4673
4674Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
4675when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
4676
4677 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
4678 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
4679 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
4680 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4681 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
4682 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4683 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
4684 Load Address: 0x00000000
4685 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4686
4687
4688Installing a Linux Image:
4689-------------------------
4690
4691To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
4692you must convert the image to S-Record format:
4693
4694 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
4695
4696The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
4697image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
4698address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
4699specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
4700command.
4701
4702Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
4703TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
4704
4705 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
4706
4707 .......... done
4708 Erased 8 sectors
4709
4710 => loads 40100000
4711 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4712 ~>examples/image.srec
4713 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
4714 ...
4715 15989 15990 15991 15992
4716 [file transfer complete]
4717 [connected]
4718 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
4719
4720
4721You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
218ca724 4722this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
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4723corruption happened:
4724
4725 => imi 40100000
4726
4727 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4728 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4729 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4730 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4731 Load Address: 00000000
4732 Entry Point: 0000000c
4733 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4734
4735
4736Boot Linux:
4737-----------
4738
4739The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
4740memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
4741of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
4742parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
4743"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
4744
4745
4746 => printenv bootargs
4747 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
4748
4749 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4750
4751 => printenv bootargs
4752 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4753
4754 => bootm 40020000
4755 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
4756 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
4757 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4758 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
4759 Load Address: 00000000
4760 Entry Point: 0000000c
4761 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4762 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4763 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
4764 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4765 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4766 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4767 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
4768 ...
4769
11ccc33f 4770If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
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4771the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
4772format!) to the "bootm" command:
4773
4774 => imi 40100000 40200000
4775
4776 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4777 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4778 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4779 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4780 Load Address: 00000000
4781 Entry Point: 0000000c
4782 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4783
4784 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
4785 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4786 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4787 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4788 Load Address: 00000000
4789 Entry Point: 00000000
4790 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4791
4792 => bootm 40100000 40200000
4793 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
4794 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4795 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4796 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4797 Load Address: 00000000
4798 Entry Point: 0000000c
4799 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4800 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4801 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
4802 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4803 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4804 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4805 Load Address: 00000000
4806 Entry Point: 00000000
4807 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4808 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
4809 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
4810 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
4811 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4812 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4813 ...
4814 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
4815 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
4816
4817 bash#
4818
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4819Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
4820-----------
4821
4822First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
4823titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
4824following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
4825flat device tree:
4826
4827=> print oftaddr
4828oftaddr=0x300000
4829=> print oft
4830oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
4831=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
4832Speed: 1000, full duplex
4833Using TSEC0 device
4834TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
4835Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
4836Load address: 0x300000
4837Loading: #
4838done
4839Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
4840=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
4841Speed: 1000, full duplex
4842Using TSEC0 device
4843TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
4844Filename 'uImage'.
4845Load address: 0x200000
4846Loading:############
4847done
4848Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
4849=> print loadaddr
4850loadaddr=200000
4851=> print oftaddr
4852oftaddr=0x300000
4853=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
4854## Booting image at 00200000 ...
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4855 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
4856 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4857 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
0267768e 4858 Load Address: 00000000
a9398e01 4859 Entry Point: 00000000
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4860 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4861 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4862Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
4863Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
4864Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
4865[snip]
4866
4867
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4868More About U-Boot Image Types:
4869------------------------------
4870
4871U-Boot supports the following image types:
4872
4873 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
4874 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
4875 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
4876 the Standalone Program.
4877 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
4878 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
4879 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
4880 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
4881 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
4882 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
4883 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
4884 being started.
4885 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
4886 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
4887 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
4888 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
4889 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
4890 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
4891
4892 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
4893 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
4894 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
4895 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
4896 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
4897 a multiple of 4 bytes).
4898
4899 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
4900 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
4901 flash memory.
4902
4903 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
4904 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
4905 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
4906 as command interpreter.
4907
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4908Booting the Linux zImage:
4909-------------------------
4910
4911On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
4912using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
4913as the syntax of "bootm" command.
4914
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4915Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_INITRD_RAW allows user to supply
4916kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
4917address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
4918format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
4919
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4920
4921Standalone HOWTO:
4922=================
4923
4924One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
4925run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
4926U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
4927
4928Two simple examples are included with the sources:
4929
4930"Hello World" Demo:
4931-------------------
4932
4933'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
4934application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
4935It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
4936like that:
4937
4938 => loads
4939 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4940 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
4941 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4942 [file transfer complete]
4943 [connected]
4944 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4945
4946 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
4947 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4948 Hello World
4949 argc = 7
4950 argv[0] = "40004"
4951 argv[1] = "Hello"
4952 argv[2] = "World!"
4953 argv[3] = "This"
4954 argv[4] = "is"
4955 argv[5] = "a"
4956 argv[6] = "test."
4957 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
4958 Hit any key to exit ...
4959
4960 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4961
4962Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
4963handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
4964Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
4965The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
4966character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
4967controlled by the following keys:
4968
4969 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
4970 b - enable interrupts and start timer
4971 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
4972 q - quit application
4973
4974 => loads
4975 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4976 ~>examples/timer.srec
4977 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4978 [file transfer complete]
4979 [connected]
4980 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4981
4982 => go 40004
4983 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4984 TIMERS=0xfff00980
4985 Using timer 1
4986 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
4987
4988Hit 'b':
4989 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
4990 Enabling timer
4991Hit '?':
4992 [q, b, e, ?] ........
4993 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
4994Hit '?':
4995 [q, b, e, ?] .
4996 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
4997Hit '?':
4998 [q, b, e, ?] .
4999 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
5000Hit '?':
5001 [q, b, e, ?] .
5002 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
5003Hit 'e':
5004 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
5005Hit 'q':
5006 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
5007
5008
5009Minicom warning:
5010================
5011
5012Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
5013"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
5014consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
5015Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
5016especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
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5017use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). See
5018http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.
5019for help with kermit.
5020
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5021
5022Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
5023configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
5024
5025 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
5026 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
5027 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
5028
5029
5030NetBSD Notes:
5031=============
5032
5033Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
5034(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
5035
5036Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
5037NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
5038need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
5039Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
5040attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
5041missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
5042
5043 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
5044 # mkdir powerpc
5045 # ln -s powerpc machine
5046 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
5047 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
5048
5049Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
5050and U-Boot include files.
5051
5052Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
5053stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
5054proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
5055tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
2a8af187 5056meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
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5057
5058
5059Implementation Internals:
5060=========================
5061
5062The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
5063implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
5064inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
5065hardware.
5066
5067
5068Initial Stack, Global Data:
5069---------------------------
5070
5071The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
5072starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
5073system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
5074This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
5075is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
5076at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
5077options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
5078models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
5079MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
5080locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
5081
218ca724 5082 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
0668236b 5083 U-Boot mailing list:
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5084
5085 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
5086 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
5087 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
5088 ...
5089
5090 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
5091 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
5092 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
5093 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
5094 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
11ccc33f 5095 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
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5096 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
5097 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
5098
5099 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
5100 is another option for the system designer to use as an
11ccc33f 5101 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
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5102 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
5103 board designers haven't used it for something that would
5104 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
5105 used.
5106
6d0f6bcf 5107 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
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5108 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
5109 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
8a316c9b 5110 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
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5111 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
5112 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
5113 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
5114 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
5115 you get the config right.
5116
5117 -Chris Hallinan
5118 DS4.COM, Inc.
5119
5120It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
5121code for the initialization procedures:
5122
5123* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
5124 to write it.
5125
11ccc33f 5126* Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
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5127 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
5128 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
5129
5130* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
5131 that.
5132
5133Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
5134normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
5135turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
5136simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
5137functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
5138functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
5139the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
5140place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
5141reserve for this purpose.
5142
5143When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
5144relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
5145GCC's implementation.
5146
5147For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
5148 R1: stack pointer
e7670f6c 5149 R2: reserved for system use
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5150 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
5151 R5-R10: parameter passing
5152 R13: small data area pointer
5153 R30: GOT pointer
5154 R31: frame pointer
5155
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5156 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
5157 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
5158 going back and forth between asm and C)
2729af9d 5159
e7670f6c 5160 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
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5161
5162 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
5163 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
5164 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
5165 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
5166 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
5167 624 text + 127 data).
5168
c4db335c 5169On Blackfin, the normal C ABI (except for P3) is followed as documented here:
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5170 http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=application_binary_interface
5171
c4db335c 5172 ==> U-Boot will use P3 to hold a pointer to the global data
4c58eb55 5173
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5174On ARM, the following registers are used:
5175
5176 R0: function argument word/integer result
5177 R1-R3: function argument word
5178 R9: GOT pointer
5179 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
5180 R11: argument (frame) pointer
5181 R12: temporary workspace
5182 R13: stack pointer
5183 R14: link register
5184 R15: program counter
5185
5186 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
5187
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5188On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
5189 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
5190
5191 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
5192
5193 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
5194 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
5195
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5196On NDS32, the following registers are used:
5197
5198 R0-R1: argument/return
5199 R2-R5: argument
5200 R15: temporary register for assembler
5201 R16: trampoline register
5202 R28: frame pointer (FP)
5203 R29: global pointer (GP)
5204 R30: link register (LP)
5205 R31: stack pointer (SP)
5206 PC: program counter (PC)
5207
5208 ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data
5209
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5210NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
5211or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
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5212
5213Memory Management:
5214------------------
5215
5216U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
5217MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
5218
5219The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
5220controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
5221memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
5222physical memory banks.
5223
5224U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
5225TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
5226booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
5227to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
6d0f6bcf 5228memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
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5229configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
5230Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
5231
5232Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
5233of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
5234
5235So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
5236this:
5237
5238 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
5239 :
5240 0x0000 1FFF
5241 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
5242 :
5243 :
5244
5245 :
5246 :
5247 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
5248 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
5249 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
5250 :
5251 0x00FD FFFF
5252 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
5253 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
5254 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
5255 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
5256
5257
5258System Initialization:
5259----------------------
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2729af9d 5261In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
11ccc33f 5262(on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
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5263configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
5264To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
5265To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
5266initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
5267which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
5268part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
5269the caches and the SIU.
5270
5271Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
5272preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
5273(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
5274on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
5275programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
5276simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
5277banks.
5278
5279When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
5280different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
5281bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
52820x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
5283contiguous memory starting from 0.
5284
5285Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
5286and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
5287Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
5288pages, and the final stack is set up.
5289
5290Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
5291until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
5292running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
5293new address in RAM.
5294
5295
5296U-Boot Porting Guide:
5297----------------------
c609719b 5298
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5299[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
5300list, October 2002]
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5301
5302
6c3fef28 5303int main(int argc, char *argv[])
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5304{
5305 sighandler_t no_more_time;
c609719b 5306
6c3fef28
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5307 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
5308 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
c609719b 5309
2729af9d 5310 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
6c3fef28 5311 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
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5312 return 0;
5313 }
5314
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5315 Download latest U-Boot source;
5316
0668236b 5317 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
2729af9d 5318
6c3fef28
JVB
5319 if (clueless)
5320 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
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5321
5322 while (learning) {
5323 Read the README file in the top level directory;
6c3fef28
JVB
5324 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
5325 Read applicable doc/*.README;
2729af9d 5326 Read the source, Luke;
6c3fef28 5327 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
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5328 }
5329
6c3fef28
JVB
5330 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
5331 Buy a BDI3000;
5332 else
2729af9d 5333 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
2729af9d 5334
6c3fef28
JVB
5335 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
5336 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
5337 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
5338 } else {
5339 Create your own board support subdirectory;
5340 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
5341 }
5342 Edit new board/<myboard> files
5343 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
5344
5345 while (!accepted) {
5346 while (!running) {
5347 do {
5348 Add / modify source code;
5349 } until (compiles);
5350 Debug;
5351 if (clueless)
5352 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
5353 }
5354 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
5355 if (reasonable critiques)
5356 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
5357 else
5358 Defend code as written;
2729af9d 5359 }
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5360
5361 return 0;
5362}
5363
5364void no_more_time (int sig)
5365{
5366 hire_a_guru();
5367}
5368
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5370Coding Standards:
5371-----------------
c609719b 5372
2729af9d 5373All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
2c051651 5374coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
7ca9296e 5375"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
2c051651
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5376
5377Source files originating from a different project (for example the
5378MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
5379reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
5380sources.
5381
5382Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
5383Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
5384in your code.
c609719b 5385
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5386Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
5387- remove any trailing white space
7ca9296e 5388- use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
2729af9d 5389- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
7ca9296e 5390- do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
2729af9d 5391- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
180d3f74 5392
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5393Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
5394with a request to reformat the changes.
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5395
5396
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5397Submitting Patches:
5398-------------------
c609719b 5399
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5400Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
5401establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
5402may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
c609719b 5403
0d28f34b 5404Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
218ca724 5405
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5406Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
5407see http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
5408
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5409When you send a patch, please include the following information with
5410it:
c609719b 5411
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5412* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
5413 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
5414 patch actually fixes something.
c609719b 5415
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5416* For new features: a description of the feature and your
5417 implementation.
c609719b 5418
2729af9d 5419* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
c609719b 5420
2729af9d 5421* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
c609719b 5422
2729af9d 5423* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
7ca9296e 5424 board to the MAINTAINERS file, too.
c609719b 5425
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5426* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
5427 document these in the README file.
c609719b 5428
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5429* The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
5430 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
7ca9296e 5431 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
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5432 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
5433 with some other mail clients.
5434
5435 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
5436 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
5437 GNU diff.
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5439 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
5440 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
5441 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
5442 affected files).
6dff5529 5443
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5444 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
5445 and compressed attachments must not be used.
c609719b 5446
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5447* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
5448 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
52f52c14 5449
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5450* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
5451 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
8bde7f77 5452
52f52c14 5453
2729af9d 5454Notes:
c609719b 5455
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5456* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
5457 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
5458 for any of the boards.
c609719b 5459
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5460* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
5461 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
5462 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
c609719b 5463
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5464* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
5465 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
5466 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
5467 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
5468 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
5469 modification.
90dc6704 5470
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5471* Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
5472 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
5473 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
5474 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.