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3# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
4#
5# See file CREDITS for list of people who contributed to this
6# project.
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23
24Summary:
25========
26
24ee89b9 27This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
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28Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
29processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
30initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
31code.
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32
33The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
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34the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
35header files in common, and special provision has been made to
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36support booting of Linux images.
37
38Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
39configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
40implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
41add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
42code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
43load and run it dynamically.
44
45
46Status:
47=======
48
49In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
24ee89b9 50Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
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51"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
52
24ee89b9 53In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
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54who contributed the specific port. The MAINTAINERS file lists board
55maintainers.
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57
58Where to get help:
59==================
60
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61In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
62U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
63<u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net>. There is also an archive of
64previous traffic on the mailing list - please search the archive
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65before asking FAQ's. Please see
66http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users/
67
68
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69Where to get source code:
70=========================
71
72The U-Boot source code is maintained in the git repository at
73git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
74http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
75
76The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
11ccc33f 77any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
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78available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
79directory.
80
d4ee711d 81Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
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82ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
83
84
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85Where we come from:
86===================
87
88- start from 8xxrom sources
24ee89b9 89- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
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90- clean up code
91- make it easier to add custom boards
92- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
93- extend functions, especially:
94 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
95 * S-Record download
96 * network boot
11ccc33f 97 * PCMCIA / CompactFlash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
24ee89b9 98- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
c609719b 99- add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
24ee89b9 100- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
0d28f34b 101- current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
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102
103
104Names and Spelling:
105===================
106
107The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
108"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
109in source files etc.). Example:
110
111 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
112
113File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
114
115 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
116
117 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
118
119Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
120the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
121
122 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
123 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
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125
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126Versioning:
127===========
128
129U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a
130sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2",
131sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4".
132
133The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development
134between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of
135U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0".
136
137
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138Directory Hierarchy:
139====================
140
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141- board Board dependent files
142- common Misc architecture independent functions
c609719b 143- cpu CPU specific files
983fda83 144 - 74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
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145 - arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
146 - arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
a85f9f21 147 - at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
983fda83 148 - imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
1d9f4105 149 - s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
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150 - arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
151 - arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
8ed96046 152 - arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
72a087e0 153 - at32ap Files specific to Atmel AVR32 AP CPUs
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154 - i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs
155 - ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
b330990c 156 - leon2 Files specific to Gaisler LEON2 SPARC CPU
1e9a164e 157 - leon3 Files specific to Gaisler LEON3 SPARC CPU
983fda83 158 - mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
1552af70 159 - mcf5227x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5227x CPUs
8e585f02 160 - mcf532x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5329 CPUs
8ae158cd 161 - mcf5445x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5445x CPUs
57a12720 162 - mcf547x_8x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF547x_8x CPUs
11dadd54 163 - mips Files specific to MIPS CPUs
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164 - mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
165 - mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
166 - mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
167 - mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
168 - mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
169 - mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
170 - mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
11dadd54 171 - nios Files specific to Altera NIOS CPUs
5c952cf0 172 - nios2 Files specific to Altera Nios-II CPUs
0c8721a4 173 - ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
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174 - pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
175 - s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
176 - sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
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177- disk Code for disk drive partition handling
178- doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
7152b1d0 179- drivers Commonly used device drivers
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180- dtt Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers
181- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
182- include Header Files
11dadd54 183- lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture
7b64fef3 184- lib_avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
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185- lib_generic Files generic to all architectures
186- lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture
187- lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
188- lib_mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
189- lib_nios Files generic to NIOS architecture
190- lib_ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
c2f02da2 191- lib_sparc Files generic to SPARC architecture
218ca724 192- libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees
c609719b 193- net Networking code
c609719b 194- post Power On Self Test
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195- rtc Real Time Clock drivers
196- tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
197
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198Software Configuration:
199=======================
200
201Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
202rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
203
204There are two classes of configuration variables:
205
206* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
207 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
208 "CONFIG_".
209
210* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
211 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
212 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
213 "CFG_".
214
215Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
216identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
217do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
218links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
219as an example here.
220
221
222Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
223---------------------------------------------------
224
225For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
226configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
227
228Example: For a TQM823L module type:
229
230 cd u-boot
231 make TQM823L_config
232
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234e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
235directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
236
237
238Configuration Options:
239----------------------
240
241Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
242such information is kept in a configuration file
243"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
244
245Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
246"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
247
248
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249Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
250kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
251build a config tool - later.
252
253
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254The following options need to be configured:
255
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256- CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
257
258- Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
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260- CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
09ea0de0 261 Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
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263- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
264 Define exactly one of
265 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
266--- FIXME --- not tested yet:
267 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
268 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
269
270- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
271 Define exactly one of
272 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
273
274- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
275 Define one or more of
276 CONFIG_CMA302
277
278- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
279 Define one or more of
280 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
11ccc33f 281 the LCD display every second with
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282 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
283
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284- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
285 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
286 Possible values are:
287 CFG_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
180d3f74 288 CFG_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
54387ac9 289 CFG_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
04a85b3b 290 CFG_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
2535d602 291
c609719b 292- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
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293 Define exactly one of
294 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
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11ccc33f 296- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx CPU)
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297 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
298 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
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299 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
300 reference PIT/RTC clock
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301 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
302 or XTAL/EXTAL)
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304- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
305 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
306 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
307 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
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308 See doc/README.MPC866
309
310 CFG_MEASURE_CPUCLK
311
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312 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
313 of relying on the correctness of the configured
314 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
315 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
316 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
66ca92a5 317 RTC clock or CFG_8XX_XIN)
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320 CFG_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
321
322 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
323 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
324 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
325
326 CFG_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
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328 Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator
329 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
cf48eb9a 330 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
0b953ffc 331 by this value.
cf48eb9a 332
5da627a4 333- Linux Kernel Interface:
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334 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
335
336 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
337 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
338 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
339 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
340 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
341 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
342 Linux kernel.
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218ca724 344 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
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345 default environment.
346
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347 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
348
11ccc33f 349 When transferring memsize parameter to linux, some versions
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350 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
351 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
352
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355 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
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356 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
357 concepts).
358
359 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
360 * New libfdt-based support
361 * Adds the "fdt" command
3bb342fc 362 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
213bf8c8 363
f57f70aa 364 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node.
c2871f03 365 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node.
f57f70aa 366 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
c2871f03 367 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
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369 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
370 addresses
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372 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
373
374 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
375 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
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377 CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU
378
11ccc33f 379 This define fills in the correct boot CPU in the boot
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380 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
381
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48d0192f 383 CONFIG_PL010_SERIAL
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385 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
386
48d0192f 387 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL
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389 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
390
391 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
392
393 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
394 the clock speed of the UARTs.
395
396 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
397
398 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
399 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
400 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
401
402
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404 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
405 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
406 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
407 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
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409 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
410 port routines must be defined elsewhere
411 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
412
413 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
414 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
415 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
416 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
417 (default big endian)
418 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
419 rectangle fill
420 (cf. smiLynxEM)
421 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
422 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
423 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
424 (cols=pitch)
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425 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
426 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
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427 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
428 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
ba56f625 429 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
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430 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
431 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
432 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
433 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
434 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
435 (i.e. i8042_getc)
436 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
437 (requires blink timer
438 cf. i8042.c)
439 CFG_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
440 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
441 upper right corner
602ad3b3 442 (requires CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
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443 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
444 upper left corner
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445 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
446 linux_logo.h for logo.
447 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
c609719b 448 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
11ccc33f 449 additional board info beside
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450 the logo
451
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452 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
453 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
454 environment 'console=serial'.
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456 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
457 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
458 the "silent" environment variable. See
459 doc/README.silent for more information.
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461- Console Baudrate:
462 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
463 Select one of the baudrates listed in
464 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
3bbc899f 465 CFG_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
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467- Interrupt driven serial port input:
468 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO
469
470 PPC405GP only.
471 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the
472 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake
473 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of
474 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have.
475
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477 disable the buffer and hardware handshake.
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479- Console UART Number:
480 CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE
481
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483 If defined internal UART1 (and not UART0) is used
484 as default U-Boot console.
485
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486- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
487 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
488 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
489
490 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
491 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
492 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
493 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
494 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
495 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
496 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
497 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
498 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
499 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
500 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
501 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
502
503- Autoboot Command:
504 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
505 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
506 define a command string that is automatically executed
507 when no character is read on the console interface
508 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
509
510 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
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511 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
512 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
513 environment value "bootargs".
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514
515 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
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516 The value of these goes into the environment as
517 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
518 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
11ccc33f 519 RAM and NFS.
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521- Pre-Boot Commands:
522 CONFIG_PREBOOT
523
524 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
525 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
526 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
527 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
528 entering interactive mode.
529
530 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
531 automatically generated or modified. For an example
532 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
533 modified when the user holds down a certain
534 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
535 booting the systems
536
537- Serial Download Echo Mode:
538 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
539 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
540 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
541 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
542 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
543 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
544 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
545
602ad3b3 546- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
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547 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE
548 Select one of the baudrates listed in
549 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
550
551- Monitor Functions:
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552 Monitor commands can be included or excluded
553 from the build by using the #include files
554 "config_cmd_all.h" and #undef'ing unwanted
555 commands, or using "config_cmd_default.h"
556 and augmenting with additional #define's
557 for wanted commands.
558
559 The default command configuration includes all commands
560 except those marked below with a "*".
561
562 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
563 CONFIG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT Autoscript Support
564 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
565 CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
566 CONFIG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
567 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
568 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
569 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
570 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
571 CONFIG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
572 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
573 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
574 CONFIG_CMD_DOC * Disk-On-Chip Support
575 CONFIG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
576 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
577 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
578 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
579 CONFIG_CMD_ENV saveenv
580 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
581 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support
582 CONFIG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
583 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
584 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
585 CONFIG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
586 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
587 CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
588 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
589 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
590 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
591 CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
592 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
593 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
594 CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
595 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
596 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
597 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
598 loop, loopw, mtest
599 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
600 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
601 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
602 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
603 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
604 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
605 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
606 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
607 host
608 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
609 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
610 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
611 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
612 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
613 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
614 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
615 CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access
616 (4xx only)
617 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
618 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
619 CONFIG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB)
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621 CONFIG_CMD_FSL * Microblaze FSL support
622
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624 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
625 support you can write:
626
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628 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
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631 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
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633 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
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635 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
636 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
637 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
638 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
639 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
640 initial stack and some data.
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642
643 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
644
645- Watchdog:
646 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
647 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
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649 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the
650 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
651 register.
652
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654 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
655 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
656 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
657 version as printed by the "version" command.
658 This variable is readonly.
659
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661
602ad3b3 662 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
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663 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
664 following options:
665
666 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
667 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
7ce63709 668 CONFIG_RTC_MC13783 - use MC13783 RTC
c609719b 669 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
1cb8e980 670 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
c609719b 671 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
7f70e853 672 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
3bac3513 673 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
9536dfcc 674 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
4c0d4c3b 675 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
da8808df 676 CFG_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
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679 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
680
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682
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683 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
684 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
685 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
602ad3b3 686 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
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688- Partition Support:
689 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
690 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION
691
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693 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at
694 least one partition type as well.
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696- IDE Reset method:
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697 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
698 board configurations files but used nowhere!
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700 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
701 be performed by calling the function
702 ide_set_reset(int reset)
703 which has to be defined in a board specific file
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705- ATAPI Support:
706 CONFIG_ATAPI
707
708 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
709
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711 CONFIG_LBA48
712
713 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
714 Also look at CFG_64BIT_LBA ,CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF and CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL
715 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
716 support disks up to 2.1TB.
717
718 CFG_64BIT_LBA:
719 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
720 Default is 32bit.
721
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722- SCSI Support:
723 At the moment only there is only support for the
724 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
725 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
726
727 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
728 CFG_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
729 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
730 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
731 devices.
732 CFG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
733
734- NETWORK Support (PCI):
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735 CONFIG_E1000
736 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips.
53cf9435 737
ac3315c2 738 CONFIG_E1000_FALLBACK_MAC
11ccc33f 739 default MAC for empty EEPROM after production.
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742 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
11ccc33f 743 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
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745
746 CONFIG_TULIP
747 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
748 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
749 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
750
751 CONFIG_NATSEMI
752 Support for National dp83815 chips.
753
754 CONFIG_NS8382X
755 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
756
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758
759 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
760 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
761
762 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
763 Define this to hold the physical address
764 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
765
766 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
767 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
768
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770 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
771
772 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
773 Define this to hold the physical address
774 of the device (I/O space)
775
776 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
777 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
778
779 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
780 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
781 (some hardware wont work with macros)
782
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784 Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips
785
786 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC911X_BASE
787 Define this to hold the physical address
788 of the device (I/O space)
789
790 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC911X_32_BIT
791 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
792
793 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC911X_16_BIT
794 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
795 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
796 words you may also try CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC911X_32_BIT.
797
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799 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
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801 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
802 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
30d56fae 803 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
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804 storage devices.
805 Note:
806 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
807 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
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808 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
809 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
810 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
811 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG
812 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
813 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
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814 CFG_USB_EVENT_POLL
815 May be defined to allow interrupt polling
816 instead of using asynchronous interrupts
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819 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
820 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
821 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
11ccc33f 822 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
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824 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
386eda02 825 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
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827 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
828 a Linux host by
829 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
830 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
831 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
832 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
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835 Define this to build a UDC device
836
837 CONFIG_USB_TTY
838 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
839 talk to the UDC device
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841 CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
842 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
843 be set to usbtty.
844
845 mpc8xx:
846 CFG_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
847 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
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849
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851 Derive USB clock from brgclk
852 - CFG_USB_BRG_CLK 0x04
853
386eda02 854 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
16c8d5e7 855 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
386eda02 856 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
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857 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
858 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
859 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
860
861 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
862 Define this string as the name of your company for
863 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
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865 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
866 Define this string as the name of your product
867 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
868
869 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
870 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
871 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
872 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
873 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
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875 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
876 Define this as the unique Product ID
877 for your device
878 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
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71f95118 881- MMC Support:
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883 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
884 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
71f95118 885 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
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887 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
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889- Journaling Flash filesystem support:
890 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
891 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
892 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
893
894 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
895 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CFG_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
896 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
897
898 CFG_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
899 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
900 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
901
902 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
efe2a4d5 903 #define CFG_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
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905 have not defined a custom partition
906
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907- Keyboard Support:
908 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
909
910 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
911 support
912
913 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
914 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
915 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
916 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
917 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
918
919- Video support:
920 CONFIG_VIDEO
921
922 Define this to enable video support (for output to
923 video).
924
925 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
926
927 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
928
929 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
b79a11cc 930 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
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931 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
932 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
933 assumed.
934
b79a11cc 935 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
11ccc33f 936 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two different ways
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938 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
6e592385 939 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
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941 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
942 -------------+---------------------------------------------
943 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
944 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
945 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
946 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
947 -------------+---------------------------------------------
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949
b79a11cc 950 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
7817cb20 951 from the bootargs. (See drivers/video/videomodes.c)
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952
953
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43d9616c 955 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
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957 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
958
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8bde7f77 960 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
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963 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
964 defined in your board-specific files.
965 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
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968
969 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
970 display); also select one of the supported displays
971 by defining one of these:
972
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974
975 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
976
fd3103bb 977 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
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fd3103bb 979 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
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fd3103bb 981 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
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984 Active, color, single scan.
985
986 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
987
988 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
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989 Active, color, single scan.
990
991 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
992
993 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
994 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
995
996 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
997
998 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
999 Active, color, single scan.
1000
1001 CONFIG_HLD1045
1002
1003 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1004 Active, color, single scan.
1005
1006 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
1007
1008 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1009 or
1010 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1011 or
1012 Hitachi SP14Q002
1013
1014 320x240. Black & white.
1015
1016 Normally display is black on white background; define
1017 CFG_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
1018
7152b1d0 1019- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
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1021 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1022 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1023 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
e94d2cd9 1024 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
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1025 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1026 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1027 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1028 loaded very quickly after power-on.
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1031
1032 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1033 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1034 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1035
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1037 CONFIG_BZIP2
1038
1039 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1040 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1041 compressed images are supported.
1042
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1043 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
1044 the malloc area (as defined by CFG_MALLOC_LEN) should
1045 be at least 4MB.
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1048
1049 If this option is set, support for lzma compressed
1050 images is included.
1051
1052 Note: The LZMA algorithm adds between 2 and 4KB of code and it
1053 requires an amount of dynamic memory that is given by the
1054 formula:
1055
1056 (1846 + 768 << (lc + lp)) * sizeof(uint16)
1057
1058 Where lc and lp stand for, respectively, Literal context bits
1059 and Literal pos bits.
1060
1061 This value is upper-bounded by 14MB in the worst case. Anyway,
1062 for a ~4MB large kernel image, we have lc=3 and lp=0 for a
1063 total amount of (1846 + 768 << (3 + 0)) * 2 = ~41KB... that is
1064 a very small buffer.
1065
1066 Use the lzmainfo tool to determinate the lc and lp values and
1067 then calculate the amount of needed dynamic memory (ensuring
1068 the appropriate CFG_MALLOC_LEN value).
1069
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1070- MII/PHY support:
1071 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR
1072
1073 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1074
1075 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1076
1077 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1078
1079 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE
1080
1081 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
11ccc33f 1082 detection of gigabit PHY is included.
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1084 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1085
1086 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1087 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1088 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1089 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1090
1091 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1092
1093 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1094 command issued before MII status register can be read
1095
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1097 CONFIG_ETHADDR
1098 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
1099 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
1100
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1102 for the respective Ethernet interface, in case this
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1104
1105- IP address:
1106 CONFIG_IPADDR
1107
1108 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
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1111
1112- Server IP address:
1113 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1114
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1117
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1119 CONFIG_MCAST_TFTP
1120
1121 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1122 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
11ccc33f 1123 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
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1125 multicast group.
1126
1127 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
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1129 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1130
1131 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1132 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1133 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1134 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1135 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1136 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1137 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1138 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
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1141 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1142 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1143 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1144 4th and following
1145 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1146
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1149 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1150
1151 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1152 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1153 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1154 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1155 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1156 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1157 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1158 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2
1159 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1160 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1161 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1162 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
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1165 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
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1167 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1168 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1169 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1170 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1171 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1172 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1173 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1fe80d79 1174 is defined.
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1175
1176 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1177 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1178 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
5d110f0a 1179 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
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1180 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1181 option 12 to the DHCP server.
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1183 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1184
1185 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1186 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1187 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1188 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1189 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1190 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1191 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1192 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1193 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1194 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1195 this delay.
1196
a3d991bd 1197 - CDP Options:
6e592385 1198 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
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1199
1200 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1201
1202 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1203
1204 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1205 of the device.
1206
1207 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1208
1209 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1210 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
11ccc33f 1211 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
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1213 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1214
1215 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1216 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1217
1218 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1219
1220 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1221
1222 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1223
1224 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1225
1226 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1227
1228 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1229
1230 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1231
1232 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1233 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1234
1235 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1236
1237 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1238
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1240
1241 Several configurations allow to display the current
1242 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1243 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1244 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1245 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1246 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1247 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1248 feature in U-Boot.
1249
1250- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1251
1252 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1253 on those systems that support this (optional)
1254 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1255
1256- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1257
b37c7e5e 1258 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
945af8d7 1259 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
11ccc33f 1260 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected CPU.
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945af8d7 1262 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
602ad3b3 1263 command line (as long as you set CONFIG_CMD_I2C in
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1264 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1265 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
43d9616c 1266 command line interface.
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1268 CONFIG_I2C_CMD_TREE is a recommended option that places
1269 all I2C commands under a single 'i2c' root command. The
1270 older 'imm', 'imd', 'iprobe' etc. commands are considered
1271 deprecated and may disappear in the future.
1272
1273 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
b37c7e5e 1274
945af8d7 1275 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
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1276 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1277 support for I2C.
c609719b 1278
945af8d7 1279 There are several other quantities that must also be
b37c7e5e 1280 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
c609719b 1281
b37c7e5e 1282 In both cases you will need to define CFG_I2C_SPEED
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1283 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
1284 to run and CFG_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
11ccc33f 1285 the CPU's i2c node address).
945af8d7 1286
b37c7e5e 1287 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c)
11ccc33f 1288 sets the CPU up as a master node and so its address should
b37c7e5e 1289 therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual
945af8d7 1290 p.16-473). So, set CFG_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
c609719b 1291
945af8d7 1292 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
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1294 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1295 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1296 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
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1298 I2C_INIT
1299
b37c7e5e 1300 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
43d9616c 1301 controller or configure ports.
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ba56f625 1303 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
b37c7e5e 1304
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1305 I2C_PORT
1306
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1307 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1308 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1309 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
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1311 I2C_ACTIVE
1312
1313 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1314 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1315 define can be null.
1316
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1317 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1318
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1319 I2C_TRISTATE
1320
1321 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1322 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1323 define can be null.
1324
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1325 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1326
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1327 I2C_READ
1328
1329 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1330 FALSE if it is low.
1331
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1332 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1333
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1334 I2C_SDA(bit)
1335
1336 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1337 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1338
b37c7e5e 1339 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
2535d602 1340 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
ba56f625 1341 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
b37c7e5e 1342
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1343 I2C_SCL(bit)
1344
1345 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1346 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1347
b37c7e5e 1348 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
2535d602 1349 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
ba56f625 1350 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
b37c7e5e 1351
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1353
1354 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1355 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
b37c7e5e 1356 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
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1357 like:
1358
b37c7e5e 1359 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
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1361 CFG_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1362
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1363 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1364 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1365 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1366 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1367 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1368 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1369 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1370 is run early in the boot sequence.
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1372 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1373
1374 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1375 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1376 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1377
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1378 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1379
1380 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
1381 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1382 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
1383 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1384
1385 CFG_I2C_NOPROBES
1386
1387 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
1388 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued (or 'iprobe' using the legacy
1389 command). If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS is set, specify a list of bus-device
218ca724 1390 pairs. Otherwise, specify a 1D array of device addresses
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1391
1392 e.g.
1393 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1394 #define CFG_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
1395
1396 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1397
1398 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1399 #define CFG_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
1400
1401 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1402
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1403 CFG_SPD_BUS_NUM
1404
1405 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1406 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1407
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1408 CFG_RTC_BUS_NUM
1409
1410 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1411 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1412
1413 CFG_DTT_BUS_NUM
1414
1415 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
1416 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
1417
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1418 CFG_I2C_DTT_ADDR:
1419
1420 If defined, specifies the I2C address of the DTT device.
1421 If not defined, then U-Boot uses predefined value for
1422 specified DTT device.
1423
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1424 CONFIG_FSL_I2C
1425
1426 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
7817cb20 1427 drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c.
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1428
1429
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1430- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1431
1432 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1433 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1434 D/As on the SACSng board)
1435
1436 CONFIG_SPI_X
1437
1438 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1439 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1440
1441 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1442
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1443 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1444 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1445 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1446 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1447 defined, the board configuration must define several
1448 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1449 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
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1451 CONFIG_HARD_SPI
1452
1453 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
1454 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
1455 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
1456 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
1457 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
1458
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1460
1461 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
1462 SoCs. Currently only i.MX31 is supported.
1463
0133502e 1464- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
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1466 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1467
1468 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1469
1470 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1471 (ALTERA, XILINX)
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0133502e 1473 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
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1475 Enables support for FPGA family.
1476 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1477
1478 CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1479
1480 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
c609719b 1481
8bde7f77 1482 CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
c609719b 1483
8bde7f77 1484 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
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1485
1486 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1487
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1488 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1489 status by the configuration function. This option
1490 will require a board or device specific function to
1491 be written.
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1492
1493 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1494
1495 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1496 configuration driver.
1497
1498 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1499 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1500
1501 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1502
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1503 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1504 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1505 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1506 indicated a CRC error).
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1507
1508 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1509
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1510 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1511 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1512 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
11ccc33f 1513 ms.
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1515 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1516
43d9616c 1517 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
11ccc33f 1518 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
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1520 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1521
43d9616c 1522 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
11ccc33f 1523 200 ms.
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1524
1525- Configuration Management:
1526 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
1527
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1528 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1529 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
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1530
1531- Vendor Parameter Protection:
1532
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1533 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1534 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
7152b1d0 1535 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
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1536 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1537 protects these variables from casual modification by
1538 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1539 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
11ccc33f 1540 change this behaviour:
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1541
1542 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1543 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
47cd00fa 1544 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
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1545 these parameters.
1546
1547 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1548 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
11ccc33f 1549 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
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1550 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1551 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1552 read-only.]
1553
1554- Protected RAM:
1555 CONFIG_PRAM
1556
1557 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1558 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1559 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1560 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1561 this default value by defining an environment
1562 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1563 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1564 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1565 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1566 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1567 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1568 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1569
fe126d8b 1570 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
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1571 saveenv
1572
1573 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1574 either, which results in a memory region that will
1575 not be affected by reboots.
1576
1577 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1578 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1579 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1580 following board configurations are known to be
1581 "pRAM-clean":
1582
1583 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
1584 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
1585 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260
1586
1587- Error Recovery:
1588 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
1589
1590 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
1591 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
1592 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
11ccc33f 1593 system where you want the system to reboot
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1594 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
1595 useful during development since you can try to debug
1596 the conditions that lead to the situation.
1597
1598 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1599
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1600 This variable defines the number of retries for
1601 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1602 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1603 default value of 5 is used.
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1605 CONFIG_ARP_TIMEOUT
1606
1607 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
1608
c609719b 1609- Command Interpreter:
8078f1a5 1610 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
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1611
1612 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
1613
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1614 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
1615 for the "hush" shell.
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1616
1617
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1618 CFG_HUSH_PARSER
1619
1620 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
1621 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
1622 powerful command line syntax like
1623 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
1624 constructs ("shell scripts").
1625
1626 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
1627 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
1628
1629
1630 CFG_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
1631
1632 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1633 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1634 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1635
1636 Note:
1637
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1638 In the current implementation, the local variables
1639 space and global environment variables space are
1640 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1641 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1642 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1643 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1644 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
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1646 Global environment variables are those you use
1647 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1648 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1649 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
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1650
1651 To store commands and special characters in a
1652 variable, please use double quotation marks
1653 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1654 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1655 symbols.
1656
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1657- Commandline Editing and History:
1658 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
1659
11ccc33f 1660 Enable editing and History functions for interactive
b9365a26 1661 commandline input operations
aa0c71ac 1662
a8c7c708 1663- Default Environment:
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1664 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1665
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1666 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1667 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
7152b1d0 1668 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2262cfee 1669
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1670 For example, place something like this in your
1671 board's config file:
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1672
1673 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1674 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1675 "myvar2=value2\0"
1676
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1677 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1678 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1679 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1680 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
7152b1d0 1681 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
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1682 You better know what you are doing here.
1683
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1684 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1685 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
1686 the environment like the autoscript function or the
1687 boot command first.
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a8c7c708 1689- DataFlash Support:
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1690 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
1691
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1692 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
1693 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
1694 commands cp, md...
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1696- SystemACE Support:
1697 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1698
1699 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
1700 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
11ccc33f 1701 of the chip must also be defined in the
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1702 CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
1703
1704 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1705 #define CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
1706
1707 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
1708 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
1709
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1710- TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
1711 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
1712
28cb9375 1713 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
ecb0ccd9 1714 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
28cb9375 1715 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
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1716 number generator is used.
1717
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1718 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
1719 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
1720 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
1721
1722 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
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1723 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
1724 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
1725 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
1726 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
1727 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
1728 but sometimes that is not allowed.
1729
a8c7c708 1730- Show boot progress:
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1731 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
1732
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1733 Defining this option allows to add some board-
1734 specific code (calling a user-provided function
1735 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
1736 the system's boot progress on some display (for
1737 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
1738 the following checkpoints are implemented:
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1741
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1742 Arg Where When
1743 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
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c609719b 1745 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
ba56f625 1746 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
c609719b 1747 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
ba56f625 1748 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
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1749 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
1750 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
1751 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1372cce2 1752 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
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1753 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1754 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
1755 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
1756 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
1372cce2 1757 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
c609719b 1758 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
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1759
1760 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
1761 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
1762 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
1763 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
1764 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
1765 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
1766 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
11ccc33f 1767 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
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1768 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
1769 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
1770
1771 15 lib_<arch>/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
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1773 -30 lib_ppc/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
1774 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
1775 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
63e73c9a 1776
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1777 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
1778 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
1779 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
1780 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
1781 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
1782 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1783 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
1784 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
1785 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
1786 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
1787 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
1788 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
1789 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
1790 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
1791 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
1792 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
1793 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
1794 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
1795 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
1796 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
1797 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
1798 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
1799 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
1800 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
1801 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
1802 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
1803 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
1804 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
1805 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
1806 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
1807 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
1808 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
1809 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
1810 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
1811 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
1812 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
1813 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
1814 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
1815 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
1816 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1817 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
1818 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
1819 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
1820 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
1821 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
1822 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
1823 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
1824
1825 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
1826
11ccc33f 1827 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
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1828 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
1829 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
1830
1831 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
1832 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling NetLoop()
11ccc33f 1833 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in NetLoop() occurred
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1834 81 common/cmd_net.c NetLoop() back without error
1835 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
1836 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
1837 83 common/cmd_net.c running autoscript
1838 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or autoscript
1839 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
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1841FIT uImage format:
1842
1843 Arg Where When
1844 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
1845 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
1846 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
1847 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
1848 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
1849 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
f773bea8 1850 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
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1851 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
1852 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
1853 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
1854 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
1855 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
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1856 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
1857 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
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1858 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
1859 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
1860 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
1861 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
1862 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
1863 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
1864 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
1865 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
1866
1867 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
1868 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
1869 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
11ccc33f 1870 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
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1871 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
1872 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
1873 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
1874 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
1875 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
1876 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
1877 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
1878 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
1879 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
1880 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
1881 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
1882 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
1883
11ccc33f 1884 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
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1885 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
1886
11ccc33f 1887 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
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1888 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
1889
11ccc33f 1890 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
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1891 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
1892
1893
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1894Modem Support:
1895--------------
1896
85ec0bcc 1897[so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards]
c609719b 1898
11ccc33f 1899- Modem support enable:
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1900 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
1901
1902- RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
1903 CONFIG_HWFLOW
1904
1905- Modem debug support:
1906 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
1907
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1908 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
1909 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
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1911- Interrupt support (PPC):
1912
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1913 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
1914 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
11ccc33f 1915 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
d4ca31c4 1916 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
11ccc33f 1917 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
d4ca31c4 1918 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
11ccc33f 1919 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
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1920 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
1921 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
1922 general timer_interrupt().
a8c7c708 1923
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1924- General:
1925
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1926 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
1927 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
1928 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
11ccc33f 1929 (autoboot). The key_pressed() function is called from
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1930 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
1931 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
1932 initialization.
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1934 If there are no modem init strings in the
1935 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
1936 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
11ccc33f 1937 suppressed, though.
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1939 See also: doc/README.Modem
1940
1941
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1942Configuration Settings:
1943-----------------------
1944
1945- CFG_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
1946 undefine this when you're short of memory.
1947
1948- CFG_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
1949 prompt for user input.
1950
1951- CFG_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
1952
1953- CFG_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
1954
1955- CFG_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
1956
1957- CFG_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
1958 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
1959 booted
1960
1961- CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
1962 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
1963
1964- CFG_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
8bde7f77 1965 Suppress display of console information at boot.
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1967- CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
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1968 If the board specific function
1969 extern int overwrite_console (void);
1970 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
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1971 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
1972
1973- CFG_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
8bde7f77 1974 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
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1976- CFG_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
1977 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
1978
1979- CFG_MEMTEST_START, CFG_MEMTEST_END:
1980 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
1981 simple memory test.
1982
1983- CFG_ALT_MEMTEST:
8bde7f77 1984 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
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1986- CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
1987 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
1988 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
1989
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1991 If CFG_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
1992 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
11ccc33f 1993 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
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1994 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
1995 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
1996 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
5e12e75d 1997 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
14f73ca6 1998 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
5e12e75d 1999 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
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2001 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
2002 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
2003 be touched.
2004
2005 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
2006 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
2007 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
2008 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
2009 problems.
2010
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2011- CFG_TFTP_LOADADDR:
2012 Default load address for network file downloads
2013
2014- CFG_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
2015 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
2016
2017- CFG_SDRAM_BASE:
2018 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
2019
2020- CFG_MBIO_BASE:
2021 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
2022 Cogent motherboard)
2023
2024- CFG_FLASH_BASE:
2025 Physical start address of Flash memory.
2026
2027- CFG_MONITOR_BASE:
2028 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2029 make config files to be same as the text base address
2030 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
2031 CFG_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
2032
2033- CFG_MONITOR_LEN:
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2034 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2035 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2036 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2037 flash sector.
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2039- CFG_MALLOC_LEN:
2040 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2041
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2043 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
2044 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
2045 you can define CFG_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
2046 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2047
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2048- CFG_BOOTMAPSZ:
2049 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2050 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
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2051 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2052 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
2053 enviroment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
2054 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
2055 and "bootm_low" + CFG_BOOTMAPSZ.
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2056
2057- CFG_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
2058 Max number of Flash memory banks
2059
2060- CFG_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
2061 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2062
2063- CFG_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
2064 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2065
2066- CFG_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
2067 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2068
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2069- CFG_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
2070 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2071
2072- CFG_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
2073 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2074
2075- CFG_FLASH_PROTECTION
2076 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2077 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2078
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2079- CFG_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
2080
2081 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2082 without this option such a download has to be
2083 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2084 copy from RAM to flash.
2085
2086 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2087 you can check if the download worked before you erase
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2089 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
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2090 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2091
2092- CFG_FLASH_CFI:
43d9616c 2093 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
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2095
00b1883a 2096- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
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2098 in the drivers directory
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2100- CFG_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
2101 Use buffered writes to flash.
2102
2103- CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2104 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2105 write commands.
2106
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2107- CFG_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
2108 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2109 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2110 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2111 optionally available.
2112
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2113- CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2114 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2115 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2116 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2117
53cf9435 2118- CFG_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
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2120 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
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2121 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2122 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
11ccc33f 2123 on high Ethernet traffic.
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2124 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2125
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2127of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
2128following configurations:
2129
5a1aceb0 2130- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
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2131
2132 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
2133
2134 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
2135 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
2136 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
2137 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
2138 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
2139 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
2140 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
2141 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
2142 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
2143 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
2144 between U-Boot and the environment.
2145
0e8d1586 2146 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
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2147
2148 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
2149 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
2150 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
2151 for this sector is given here.
2152
0e8d1586 2153 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CFG_FLASH_BASE.
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0e8d1586 2155 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
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2156
2157 This is just another way to specify the start address of
2158 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
0e8d1586 2159 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET).
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0e8d1586 2161 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
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2162
2163 Size of the sector containing the environment.
2164
2165
2166 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
2167 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
2168 the environment.
2169
0e8d1586 2170 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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5a1aceb0 2172 If you use this in combination with CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
0e8d1586 2173 and CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
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2174 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
2175 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
2176
2177 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
2178 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
2179 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
2180 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
2181 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
2182 updating the environment in flash makes it always
2183 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
2184 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
2185 RAM, your target system will be dead.
2186
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2187 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
2188 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
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43d9616c 2190 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
11ccc33f 2191 a redundant copy of the environment data, so that there is
3e38691e 2192 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
43d9616c 2193 a "saveenv" operation.
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2195BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
2196source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
2197accordingly!
2198
2199
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2201
2202 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
2203 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
2204 environment.
2205
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2207 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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11ccc33f 2209 These two #defines are used to determine the memory area you
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2210 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
2211 can just be read and written to, without any special
2212 provision.
2213
2214BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
2215in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
11ccc33f 2216console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
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2217U-Boot will hang.
2218
2219Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
2220environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
2221keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
2222to save the current settings.
2223
2224
bb1f8b4f 2225- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
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2227 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
2228 device and a driver for it.
2229
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2231 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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2232
2233 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
2234 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
2235
2236 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
2237 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
2238 The default address is zero.
2239
2240 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
2241 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
2242 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
2243 would require six bits.
2244
2245 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
2246 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
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2249 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
2250 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
2251 that this is NOT the chip address length!
2252
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2254 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
2255 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
2256 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
2257 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
2258 byte chips.
2259
2260 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
2261 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
2262 in the chip address.
2263
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2264 - CFG_EEPROM_SIZE:
2265 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
2266
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057c849c 2268- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
5779d8d9 2269
d4ca31c4 2270 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
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2272
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2274 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
2275 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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2276
2277 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
2278 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
2279 at the specified address.
2280
51bfee19 2281- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
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2283 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
2284 for the environment.
2285
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2286 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2287 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
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2288
2289 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
2290 area within the first NAND device.
5779d8d9 2291
0e8d1586 2292 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND
e443c944 2293
0e8d1586 2294 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
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2295 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data,
2296 so that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a
2297 power failure during a "saveenv" operation.
2298
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2299 Note: CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET and CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND must be aligned
2300 to a block boundary, and CONFIG_ENV_SIZE must be a multiple of
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2301 the NAND devices block size.
2302
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2303- CFG_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
2304
2305 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
2306 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
2307 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
2308 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
2309 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
2310 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
2311 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
2312
e881cb56 2313Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
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2314has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
2315created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r()
2316until then to read environment variables.
2317
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2318The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
2319is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
2320with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
2321necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
2322"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
2323have any device yet where we could complain.]
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2324
2325Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
2326the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
85ec0bcc 2327use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
c609719b 2328
fc3e2165 2329- CFG_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
42d1f039 2330 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
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2331
2332 Note: If this option is active, then CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR
2333 also needs to be defined.
2334
2335- CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
42d1f039 2336 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
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2338- CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF:
2339 Makes vsprintf (and all *printf functions) support printing
2340 of 64bit values by using the L quantifier
2341
2342- CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL:
2343 Adds simple_strtoull that returns a 64bit value
2344
c609719b 2345Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
dc7c9a1a 2346---------------------------------------------------
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2347
2348- CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE:
2349 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
2350
2351- CFG_DEFAULT_IMMR:
2352 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
2535d602 2353
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2354 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
2355 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
2356 the IMMR register after a reset.
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2358- Floppy Disk Support:
2359 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
2360
2361 the default drive number (default value 0)
2362
2363 CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE
2364
11ccc33f 2365 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
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2366 (default value 1)
2367
2368 CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET
2369
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2370 defines the offset of register from address. It
2371 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
11ccc33f 2372 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
7f6c2cbc 2373
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2374 If CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
2375 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
2376 default value.
7f6c2cbc 2377
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2378 if CFG_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
2379 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
2380 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
2381 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
2382 initializations.
7f6c2cbc 2383
25d6712a 2384- CFG_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
efe2a4d5 2385 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
25d6712a 2386 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
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2387
2388- CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
2389
7152b1d0 2390 Start address of memory area that can be used for
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2391 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
2392 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
2393 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
2394 will become available only after programming the
2395 memory controller and running certain initialization
2396 sequences.
2397
2398 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
2399 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
2400 - MPC824X: data cache
2401 - PPC4xx: data cache
2402
85ec0bcc 2403- CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
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2404
2405 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
2406 area defined by CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
85ec0bcc 2407 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
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2408 data is located at the end of the available space
2409 (sometimes written as (CFG_INIT_RAM_END -
2410 CFG_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
2411 below that area (growing from (CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
85ec0bcc 2412 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
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2413
2414 Note:
2415 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
2416 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
2417 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
2418 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
2419 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
2420
2421- CFG_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
2422
2423- CFG_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
2424
2425- CFG_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
2426
2427- CFG_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
2428
2429- CFG_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
2430
2431- CFG_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
2432
2433- CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
2434 SDRAM timing
2435
2436- CFG_MAMR_PTA:
2437 periodic timer for refresh
2438
2439- CFG_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
2440
2441- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CFG_REMAP_OR_AM,
2442 CFG_PRELIM_OR_AM, CFG_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CFG_OR0_REMAP,
2443 CFG_OR0_PRELIM, CFG_BR0_PRELIM, CFG_OR1_REMAP, CFG_OR1_PRELIM,
2444 CFG_BR1_PRELIM:
2445 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
2446
2447- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
2448 CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CFG_OR2_PRELIM, CFG_BR2_PRELIM,
2449 CFG_OR3_PRELIM, CFG_BR3_PRELIM:
2450 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
2451
2452- CFG_MAMR_PTA, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
2453 CFG_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CFG_MAMR_8COL, CFG_MAMR_9COL:
2454 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
2455 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
2456
2457- CFG_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2458 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2459 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
2460
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2461- CFG_SMC_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SMC_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2462 enable SMC microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2463 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]
2464
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2465- CFG_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2466 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2467 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
2468
2469- CFG_USE_OSCCLK:
2470 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
2471 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
2472 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
2473
ea909b76 2474- CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
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2475 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
2476 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
2477 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
2478 cpm_8260.h.
ea909b76 2479
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2480- CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CFG_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2481 CFG_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CFG_PCIMSK0_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
2482 CFG_PCIMSK1_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
2483 CFG_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CFG_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2484 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
2485 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CFG_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
2486 CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CFG_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
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2487 CFG_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
2488 Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
2489
bb99ad6d 2490- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
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2491 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
2492 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
2493
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2494 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
2495 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
2496
2497- CFG_SPD_BUS_NUM
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2498 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
2499 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
2500 to something your driver can deal with.
bb99ad6d 2501
2ad6b513 2502- CFG_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
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2503 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2504 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
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2505
2506- CFG_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
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2507 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2508 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2ad6b513 2509
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2510- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
2511 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
2512
2513- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
2514 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
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2515 to the given FEC; i. e.
2516 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
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2517 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
2518
2519 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
2520
2521- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
2522 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
2523 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
2524
2525- CONFIG_RMII
2526 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2527 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2528 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2529
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2530- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2531 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2532 The syntax is:
2533
2534 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2535
2536 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2537 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2538 area should have.
2539
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2540- CONFIG_LOOPW
2541 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
602ad3b3 2542 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
56523f12 2543
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2544- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
2545 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2546 "md/mw" commands.
2547 Examples:
2548
efe2a4d5 2549 => mdc.b 10 4 500
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2550 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
2551
efe2a4d5 2552 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
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2553 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
2554
efe2a4d5 2555 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
602ad3b3 2556 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
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2558- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
2559- CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT
2560
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2561 [ARM only] If these variables are defined, then
2562 certain low level initializations (like setting up
2563 the memory controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does
2564 not relocate itself into RAM.
2565 Normally these variables MUST NOT be defined. The
2566 only exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by
2567 some other boot loader or by a debugger which
11ccc33f 2568 performs these initializations itself.
8aa1a2d1 2569
400558b5 2570
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2571Building the Software:
2572======================
2573
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2574Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
2575and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
2576all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
2577(potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
2578recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
2579which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
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2581If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
2582have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
2583you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
2584Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
2585necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
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2587 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
2588 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
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2590U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
2591sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
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2592is done by typing:
2593
2594 make NAME_config
2595
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2596where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing configu-
2597rations; see the main Makefile for supported names.
db01a2ea 2598
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2599Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
2600 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2601 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
2602 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
11ccc33f 2603 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
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2604
2605 make TQM823L_config
2606 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
2607
2608 make TQM823L_LCD_config
2609 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
2610
2611 etc.
2612
2613
2614Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
2615images ready for download to / installation on your system:
2616
2617- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
2618- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
2619- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
2620
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2621By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
2622in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
2623this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
2624
26251. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
2626
2627 make O=/tmp/build distclean
2628 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
2629 make O=/tmp/build all
2630
26312. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
2632
2633 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2634 make distclean
2635 make NAME_config
2636 make all
2637
2638Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
2639variable.
2640
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2641
2642Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
2643for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
2644native "make".
2645
2646
2647If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
2648to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
2649steps:
2650
26511. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
2652 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
2653 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
2654 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please
2655 keep this order.
26562. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
2657 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
2658 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
26593. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
2660 your board
26613. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
2662 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
26634. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
26645. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
2665 to be installed on your target system.
26666. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
2667 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
2668
2669
2670Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
2671==============================================================
2672
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2673If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
2674or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
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2675provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
2676the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
218ca724 2677official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
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2679But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
2680cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
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2681the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
2682just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
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2683for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
2684select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
2685environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the ELDK cross tools
2686you can type
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2687
2688 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
2689
2690or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
2691
2692 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
2693
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2694When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build
2695U-Boot in the source directory. This location can be changed by
2696setting the BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target
2697built, the MAKEALL script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and
2698<target>.MAKEALL) in the <source dir>/LOG directory. This default
2699location can be changed by setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment
2700variable. For example:
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2701
2702 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2703 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
2704 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
2705
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2706With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build,
2707log files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean
2708during the whole build process.
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2709
2710
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2711See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
2712
2713
2714Monitor Commands - Overview:
2715============================
2716
2717go - start application at address 'addr'
2718run - run commands in an environment variable
2719bootm - boot application image from memory
2720bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
2721tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
2722 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
2723 (and eventually "gatewayip")
2724rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
2725diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
2726loads - load S-Record file over serial line
2727loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
2728md - memory display
2729mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2730nm - memory modify (constant address)
2731mw - memory write (fill)
2732cp - memory copy
2733cmp - memory compare
2734crc32 - checksum calculation
2735imd - i2c memory display
2736imm - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2737inm - i2c memory modify (constant address)
2738imw - i2c memory write (fill)
2739icrc32 - i2c checksum calculation
2740iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses
2741iloop - infinite loop on address range
2742isdram - print SDRAM configuration information
2743sspi - SPI utility commands
2744base - print or set address offset
2745printenv- print environment variables
2746setenv - set environment variables
2747saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
2748protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
2749erase - erase FLASH memory
2750flinfo - print FLASH memory information
2751bdinfo - print Board Info structure
2752iminfo - print header information for application image
2753coninfo - print console devices and informations
2754ide - IDE sub-system
2755loop - infinite loop on address range
56523f12 2756loopw - infinite write loop on address range
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2757mtest - simple RAM test
2758icache - enable or disable instruction cache
2759dcache - enable or disable data cache
2760reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
2761echo - echo args to console
2762version - print monitor version
2763help - print online help
2764? - alias for 'help'
2765
2766
2767Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
2768========================================
2769
2770TODO.
2771
2772For now: just type "help <command>".
2773
2774
2775Environment Variables:
2776======================
2777
2778U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
2779can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
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2781Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
2782"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
2783without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
2784environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
2785working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
2786environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
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2729af9d 2788Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables:
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2729af9d 2790 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
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2729af9d 2792 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
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2729af9d 2794 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
4a6fd34b 2795
2729af9d 2796 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
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2729af9d 2798 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
c609719b 2799
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2800 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
2801 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
2802 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
2803 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
2804 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
2805 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
11ccc33f 2806 kernel -- see the description of CFG_BOOTMAPSZ.
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2807
2808 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
2809 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
2810 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
2811 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
2812 environment variable.
2813
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2814 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
2815 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
2816 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
2817 load any image using TFTP
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2819 autoscript - if set to "yes" commands like "loadb", "loady",
2820 "bootp", "tftpb", "rarpboot" and "nfs" will attempt
2821 to automatically run script images (by internally
2822 calling "autoscript").
2823
2824 autoscript_uname - if script image is in a format (FIT) this
2825 variable is used to get script subimage unit name.
2826
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2827 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
2828 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
2829 be automatically started (by internally calling
2830 "bootm")
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2832 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
2833 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
2834 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
2835 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
2836 data.
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2838 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
2839 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
2840 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
2841 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
2842 it must be saved and board must be reset.
2843
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2844 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
2845 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
2846 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
2847 is usually what you want since it allows for
2848 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
2849 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
2850 CFG_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
2851 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
2852 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
2853 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
2854 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
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2856 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
2857 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
2858 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
2859 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
2860 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
2861 12 MB as well - this can be done with
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2729af9d 2863 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
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2865 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
2866 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
2867 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
2868 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
2869 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
2870 boot time on your system, but requires that this
2871 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
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2729af9d 2873 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
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2875 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
2876 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
c609719b 2877
2729af9d 2878 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
a3d991bd 2879
2729af9d 2880 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
a3d991bd 2881
2729af9d 2882 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
a3d991bd 2883
2729af9d 2884 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
a3d991bd 2885
2729af9d 2886 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
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2888 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2889 interface is used first.
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2891 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2892 interface is currently active. For example you
2893 can do the following
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2895 => setenv ethact FEC ETHERNET
2896 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC ETHERNET
2897 => setenv ethact SCC ETHERNET
2898 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC ETHERNET
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2900 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
2901 available network interfaces.
2902 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
2903
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2904 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
2905 either succeed or fail without retrying.
2906 When set to "once" the network operation will
2907 fail when all the available network interfaces
2908 are tried once without success.
2909 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
2910 themselves.
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a1cf027a 2912 npe_ucode - see CONFIG_IXP4XX_NPE_EXT_UCOD
11ccc33f 2913 if set load address for the NPE microcode
a1cf027a 2914
28cb9375 2915 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
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2917
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2918 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
2919 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
2920
2729af9d 2921 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
11ccc33f 2922 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
2729af9d 2923 VLAN tagged frames.
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2925The following environment variables may be used and automatically
2926updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
2927depending the information provided by your boot server:
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2929 bootfile - see above
2930 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
2931 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
2932 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
2933 hostname - Target hostname
2934 ipaddr - see above
2935 netmask - Subnet Mask
2936 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
2937 serverip - see above
c1551ea8 2938
c1551ea8 2939
2729af9d 2940There are two special Environment Variables:
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2942 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
2943 as type string and/or serial number
2944 ethaddr - Ethernet address
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2946These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
2947the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
2948once they have been set once.
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2729af9d 2951Further special Environment Variables:
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2953 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
2954 with the "version" command. This variable is
2955 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
f07771cc 2956
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2958Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
2959only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
f07771cc 2960
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2962Command Line Parsing:
2963=====================
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2965There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
2966the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
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2968Old, simple command line parser:
2969--------------------------------
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2971- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
2972- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
fe126d8b 2973- variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
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2974- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
2975 for example:
fe126d8b 2976 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
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2977- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
2978 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
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2980Hush shell:
2981-----------
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2983- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
2984 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
2985 until...do...done, ...
2986- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
2987 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
2988 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
2989 command
2990
2991General rules:
2992--------------
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2994(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
2995 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
2996 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
2997 executed anyway.
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2729af9d 2999(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
11ccc33f 3000 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
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3001 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
3002 variables are not executed.
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3004Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
3005=======================================
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11ccc33f 3007Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
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3008such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
3009"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
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3011Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
3012MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
3013"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
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3015If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
3016in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
3017ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
3018variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
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3020o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
3021 environment, the SROM's address is used.
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3023o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
3024 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
3025 used.
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3027o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
3028 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
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3030o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
3031 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
3032 warning is printed.
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3034o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
3035 is raised.
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3038Image Formats:
3039==============
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3041U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
3042images in two formats:
3043
3044New uImage format (FIT)
3045-----------------------
3046
3047Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
3048to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
3049components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
3050SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
3051
3052
3053Old uImage format
3054-----------------
3055
3056Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
3057preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
3058details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
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3060* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
3061 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
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3062 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
3063 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
3064 INTEGRITY).
7b64fef3 3065* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
2729af9d 3066 IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
7b64fef3 3067 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC).
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3068* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
3069* Load Address
3070* Entry Point
3071* Image Name
3072* Image Timestamp
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3074The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
3075and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
3076CRC32 checksums.
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3077
3078
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3079Linux Support:
3080==============
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3082Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
3083easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
3084U-Boot.
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3086U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
3087special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
3088"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
3089instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
3090serves several purposes:
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3092- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
3093 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
3094 Flash memory footprint)
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3096- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
3097 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
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3099- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
3100 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
3101 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
3102 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
3103 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
3104 software is easier now.
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3107Linux HOWTO:
3108============
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3110Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
3111---------------------------------------
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3113U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
3114configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
3115(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
3116Linux :-).
c609719b 3117
2729af9d 3118But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/ppc/mbxboot).
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3120Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
3121include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
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3122Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
3123and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
3124as your U-Boot configuration in CFG_IMMR.
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3127Configuring the Linux kernel:
3128-----------------------------
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3130No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
3131device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
3132
3133
3134Building a Linux Image:
3135-----------------------
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3137With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
3138not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
3139"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
3140U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
3141which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
3142100% compatible format.
3143
3144Example:
3145
3146 make TQM850L_config
3147 make oldconfig
3148 make dep
3149 make uImage
3150
3151The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
3152encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
3153CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
3154
3155* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
3156
3157* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
3158
3159 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
3160 -R .note -R .comment \
3161 -S vmlinux linux.bin
3162
3163* compress the binary image:
3164
3165 gzip -9 linux.bin
3166
3167* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
3168
3169 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
3170 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
3171 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
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3174The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
3175with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
3176combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
3177byte header containing information about target architecture,
3178operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
3179stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
3180
3181"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
3182print the header information, or to build new images.
3183
3184In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
3185contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
3186checksum verification:
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3188 tools/mkimage -l image
3189 -l ==> list image header information
3190
3191The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
3192from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
3193
3194 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
3195 -n name -d data_file image
3196 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
3197 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
3198 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
3199 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
3200 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
3201 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
3202 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
3203 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
3204
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3205Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
3206address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
3207kernel version:
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3209- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
3210- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
3211
3212So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
3213
3214 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3215 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
3216 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
3217 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
3218 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3219 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3220 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3221 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3222 Load Address: 0x00000000
3223 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3224
3225To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
3226
3227 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
3228 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3229 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3230 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3231 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3232 Load Address: 0x00000000
3233 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3234
3235NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
3236speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
3237needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
3238need to be uncompressed:
3239
3240 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
3241 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3242 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
3243 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \
3244 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
3245 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3246 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3247 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
3248 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
3249 Load Address: 0x00000000
3250 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3251
3252
3253Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
3254when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
3255
3256 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
3257 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
3258 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
3259 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3260 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
3261 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3262 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
3263 Load Address: 0x00000000
3264 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3265
3266
3267Installing a Linux Image:
3268-------------------------
3269
3270To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
3271you must convert the image to S-Record format:
3272
3273 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
3274
3275The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
3276image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
3277address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
3278specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
3279command.
3280
3281Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
3282TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
3283
3284 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
3285
3286 .......... done
3287 Erased 8 sectors
3288
3289 => loads 40100000
3290 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3291 ~>examples/image.srec
3292 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
3293 ...
3294 15989 15990 15991 15992
3295 [file transfer complete]
3296 [connected]
3297 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
3298
3299
3300You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
218ca724 3301this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
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3302corruption happened:
3303
3304 => imi 40100000
3305
3306 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3307 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3308 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3309 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3310 Load Address: 00000000
3311 Entry Point: 0000000c
3312 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3313
3314
3315Boot Linux:
3316-----------
3317
3318The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
3319memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
3320of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
3321parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
3322"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
3323
3324
3325 => printenv bootargs
3326 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
3327
3328 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3329
3330 => printenv bootargs
3331 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3332
3333 => bootm 40020000
3334 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
3335 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
3336 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3337 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
3338 Load Address: 00000000
3339 Entry Point: 0000000c
3340 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3341 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3342 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
3343 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3344 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3345 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3346 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
3347 ...
3348
11ccc33f 3349If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
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3350the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
3351format!) to the "bootm" command:
3352
3353 => imi 40100000 40200000
3354
3355 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3356 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3357 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3358 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3359 Load Address: 00000000
3360 Entry Point: 0000000c
3361 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3362
3363 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
3364 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3365 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3366 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3367 Load Address: 00000000
3368 Entry Point: 00000000
3369 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3370
3371 => bootm 40100000 40200000
3372 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
3373 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3374 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3375 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3376 Load Address: 00000000
3377 Entry Point: 0000000c
3378 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3379 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3380 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
3381 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3382 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3383 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3384 Load Address: 00000000
3385 Entry Point: 00000000
3386 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3387 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
3388 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
3389 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
3390 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3391 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3392 ...
3393 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
3394 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
3395
3396 bash#
3397
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3398Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
3399-----------
3400
3401First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
3402titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
3403following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
3404flat device tree:
3405
3406=> print oftaddr
3407oftaddr=0x300000
3408=> print oft
3409oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
3410=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
3411Speed: 1000, full duplex
3412Using TSEC0 device
3413TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
3414Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
3415Load address: 0x300000
3416Loading: #
3417done
3418Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
3419=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
3420Speed: 1000, full duplex
3421Using TSEC0 device
3422TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
3423Filename 'uImage'.
3424Load address: 0x200000
3425Loading:############
3426done
3427Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
3428=> print loadaddr
3429loadaddr=200000
3430=> print oftaddr
3431oftaddr=0x300000
3432=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
3433## Booting image at 00200000 ...
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3434 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
3435 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3436 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
0267768e 3437 Load Address: 00000000
a9398e01 3438 Entry Point: 00000000
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3439 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3440 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3441Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
3442Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
3443Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
3444[snip]
3445
3446
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3447More About U-Boot Image Types:
3448------------------------------
3449
3450U-Boot supports the following image types:
3451
3452 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
3453 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
3454 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
3455 the Standalone Program.
3456 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
3457 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
3458 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
3459 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
3460 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
3461 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
3462 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
3463 being started.
3464 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
3465 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
3466 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
3467 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
3468 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
3469 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
3470
3471 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
3472 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
3473 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
3474 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
3475 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
3476 a multiple of 4 bytes).
3477
3478 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
3479 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
3480 flash memory.
3481
3482 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
3483 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
3484 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
3485 as command interpreter.
3486
3487
3488Standalone HOWTO:
3489=================
3490
3491One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
3492run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
3493U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
3494
3495Two simple examples are included with the sources:
3496
3497"Hello World" Demo:
3498-------------------
3499
3500'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
3501application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
3502It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
3503like that:
3504
3505 => loads
3506 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3507 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
3508 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3509 [file transfer complete]
3510 [connected]
3511 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3512
3513 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
3514 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3515 Hello World
3516 argc = 7
3517 argv[0] = "40004"
3518 argv[1] = "Hello"
3519 argv[2] = "World!"
3520 argv[3] = "This"
3521 argv[4] = "is"
3522 argv[5] = "a"
3523 argv[6] = "test."
3524 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
3525 Hit any key to exit ...
3526
3527 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
3528
3529Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
3530handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
3531Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
3532The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
3533character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
3534controlled by the following keys:
3535
3536 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
3537 b - enable interrupts and start timer
3538 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
3539 q - quit application
3540
3541 => loads
3542 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3543 ~>examples/timer.srec
3544 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3545 [file transfer complete]
3546 [connected]
3547 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3548
3549 => go 40004
3550 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3551 TIMERS=0xfff00980
3552 Using timer 1
3553 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
3554
3555Hit 'b':
3556 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
3557 Enabling timer
3558Hit '?':
3559 [q, b, e, ?] ........
3560 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
3561Hit '?':
3562 [q, b, e, ?] .
3563 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
3564Hit '?':
3565 [q, b, e, ?] .
3566 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
3567Hit '?':
3568 [q, b, e, ?] .
3569 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
3570Hit 'e':
3571 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
3572Hit 'q':
3573 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
3574
3575
3576Minicom warning:
3577================
3578
3579Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
3580"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
3581consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
3582Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
3583especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
3584use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
3585
3586Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
3587configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
3588
3589 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
3590 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
3591 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
3592
3593
3594NetBSD Notes:
3595=============
3596
3597Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
3598(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
3599
3600Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
3601NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
3602need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
3603Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
3604attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
3605missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
3606
3607 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
3608 # mkdir powerpc
3609 # ln -s powerpc machine
3610 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
3611 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
3612
3613Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
3614and U-Boot include files.
3615
3616Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
3617stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
3618proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
3619tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
2a8af187 3620meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
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3621
3622
3623Implementation Internals:
3624=========================
3625
3626The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
3627implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
3628inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
3629hardware.
3630
3631
3632Initial Stack, Global Data:
3633---------------------------
3634
3635The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
3636starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
3637system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
3638This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
3639is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
3640at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
3641options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
3642models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
3643MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
3644locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
3645
218ca724 3646 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
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3647 u-boot-users mailing list:
3648
3649 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
3650 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
3651 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
3652 ...
3653
3654 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
3655 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
3656 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
3657 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
3658 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
11ccc33f 3659 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
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3660 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
3661 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
3662
3663 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
3664 is another option for the system designer to use as an
11ccc33f 3665 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
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3666 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
3667 board designers haven't used it for something that would
3668 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
3669 used.
3670
3671 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
3672 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
3673 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
8a316c9b 3674 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
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3675 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
3676 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
3677 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
3678 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
3679 you get the config right.
3680
3681 -Chris Hallinan
3682 DS4.COM, Inc.
3683
3684It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
3685code for the initialization procedures:
3686
3687* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
3688 to write it.
3689
11ccc33f 3690* Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
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3691 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
3692 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
3693
3694* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
3695 that.
3696
3697Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
3698normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
3699turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
3700simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
3701functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
3702functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
3703the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
3704place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
3705reserve for this purpose.
3706
3707When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
3708relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
3709GCC's implementation.
3710
3711For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
3712 R1: stack pointer
e7670f6c 3713 R2: reserved for system use
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3714 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
3715 R5-R10: parameter passing
3716 R13: small data area pointer
3717 R30: GOT pointer
3718 R31: frame pointer
3719
3720 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.)
3721
e7670f6c 3722 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
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3723
3724 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
3725 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
3726 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
3727 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
3728 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
3729 624 text + 127 data).
3730
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3731On Blackfin, the normal C ABI (except for P5) is followed as documented here:
3732 http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=application_binary_interface
3733
3734 ==> U-Boot will use P5 to hold a pointer to the global data
3735
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3736On ARM, the following registers are used:
3737
3738 R0: function argument word/integer result
3739 R1-R3: function argument word
3740 R9: GOT pointer
3741 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
3742 R11: argument (frame) pointer
3743 R12: temporary workspace
3744 R13: stack pointer
3745 R14: link register
3746 R15: program counter
3747
3748 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
3749
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3750NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
3751or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
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3752
3753Memory Management:
3754------------------
3755
3756U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
3757MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
3758
3759The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
3760controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
3761memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
3762physical memory banks.
3763
3764U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
3765TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
3766booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
3767to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
3768memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CFG_MALLOC_LEN
3769configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
3770Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
3771
3772Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
3773of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
3774
3775So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
3776this:
3777
3778 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
3779 :
3780 0x0000 1FFF
3781 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
3782 :
3783 :
3784
3785 :
3786 :
3787 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
3788 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
3789 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
3790 :
3791 0x00FD FFFF
3792 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
3793 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
3794 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
3795 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
3796
3797
3798System Initialization:
3799----------------------
c609719b 3800
2729af9d 3801In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
11ccc33f 3802(on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
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3803configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
3804To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
3805To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
3806initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
3807which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
3808part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
3809the caches and the SIU.
3810
3811Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
3812preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
3813(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
3814on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
3815programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
3816simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
3817banks.
3818
3819When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
3820different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
3821bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
38220x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
3823contiguous memory starting from 0.
3824
3825Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
3826and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
3827Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
3828pages, and the final stack is set up.
3829
3830Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
3831until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
3832running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
3833new address in RAM.
3834
3835
3836U-Boot Porting Guide:
3837----------------------
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3839[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
3840list, October 2002]
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3841
3842
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3843int main (int argc, char *argv[])
3844{
3845 sighandler_t no_more_time;
c609719b 3846
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3847 signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time);
3848 alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
c609719b 3849
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3850 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
3851 pay consultant to port U-Boot;
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3852 return 0;
3853 }
3854
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3855 Download latest U-Boot source;
3856
3857 Subscribe to u-boot-users mailing list;
3858
3859 if (clueless) {
3860 email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
3861 }
3862
3863 while (learning) {
3864 Read the README file in the top level directory;
3865 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual ;
3866 Read the source, Luke;
3867 }
3868
3869 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) {
3870 Buy a BDI2000;
3871 } else {
3872 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
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3873 }
3874
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3875 Create your own board support subdirectory;
3876
3877 Create your own board config file;
3878
3879 while (!running) {
3880 do {
3881 Add / modify source code;
3882 } until (compiles);
3883 Debug;
3884 if (clueless)
3885 email ("Hi, I am having problems...");
3886 }
3887 Send patch file to Wolfgang;
3888
3889 return 0;
3890}
3891
3892void no_more_time (int sig)
3893{
3894 hire_a_guru();
3895}
3896
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3898Coding Standards:
3899-----------------
c609719b 3900
2729af9d 3901All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
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3902coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
3903"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory. In sources
3904originating from U-Boot a style corresponding to "Lindent -pcs" (adding
3905spaces before parameters to function calls) is actually used.
3906
3907Source files originating from a different project (for example the
3908MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
3909reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
3910sources.
3911
3912Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
3913Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
3914in your code.
c609719b 3915
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3916Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
3917- remove any trailing white space
3918- use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces
3919- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
3920- do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files
3921- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
180d3f74 3922
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3923Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
3924with a request to reformat the changes.
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3925
3926
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3927Submitting Patches:
3928-------------------
c609719b 3929
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3930Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
3931establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
3932may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
c609719b 3933
90dc6704 3934Patches shall be sent to the u-boot-users mailing list.
c609719b 3935
0d28f34b 3936Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
218ca724 3937
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3938When you send a patch, please include the following information with
3939it:
c609719b 3940
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3941* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
3942 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
3943 patch actually fixes something.
c609719b 3944
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3945* For new features: a description of the feature and your
3946 implementation.
c609719b 3947
2729af9d 3948* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
c609719b 3949
2729af9d 3950* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
c609719b 3951
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3952* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
3953 board to the MAKEALL script, too.
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3955* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
3956 document these in the README file.
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3958* The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
3959 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
3960 "git-format-patch". If you then use "git-send-email" to send it to
3961 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
3962 with some other mail clients.
3963
3964 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
3965 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
3966 GNU diff.
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3968 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
3969 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
3970 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
3971 affected files).
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3973 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
3974 and compressed attachments must not be used.
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3976* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
3977 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
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3979* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
3980 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
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3985* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
3986 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
3987 for any of the boards.
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3989* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
3990 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
3991 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
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3993* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
3994 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
3995 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
3996 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
3997 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
3998 modification.
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3999
4000* Remember that there is a size limit of 40 kB per message on the
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4001 u-boot-users mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If
4002 they are reasonable and not bigger than 100 kB, they will be
4003 acknowledged. Even bigger patches should be avoided.