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23
24Summary:
25========
26
27This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
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.
32
33The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
34the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
35header files in common, and special provision has been made to
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
50Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
51"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
52
53In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
54who contributed the specific port. The MAINTAINERS file lists board
55maintainers.
56
57
58Where to get help:
59==================
60
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@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic
64on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
65Please see http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
66http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot
67
68
69Where to get source code:
70=========================
71
72The U-Boot source code is maintained in the git repository at
73git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
74http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
75
76The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
77any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
78available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
79directory.
80
81Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
82ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
83
84
85Where we come from:
86===================
87
88- start from 8xxrom sources
89- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
90- clean up code
91- make it easier to add custom boards
92- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
93- extend functions, especially:
94 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
95 * S-Record download
96 * network boot
97 * PCMCIA / CompactFlash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
98- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
99- add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
100- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
101- current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
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
124
125
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
138Directory Hierarchy:
139====================
140
141- board Board dependent files
142- common Misc architecture independent functions
143- cpu CPU specific files
144 - 74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
145 - arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
146 - arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
147 - at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
148 - imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
149 - s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
150 - arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
151 - arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
152 - arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
153 - at32ap Files specific to Atmel AVR32 AP CPUs
154 - blackfin Files specific to Analog Devices Blackfin CPUs
155 - i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs
156 - ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
157 - leon2 Files specific to Gaisler LEON2 SPARC CPU
158 - leon3 Files specific to Gaisler LEON3 SPARC CPU
159 - mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
160 - mcf5227x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5227x CPUs
161 - mcf532x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5329 CPUs
162 - mcf5445x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5445x CPUs
163 - mcf547x_8x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF547x_8x CPUs
164 - mips Files specific to MIPS CPUs
165 - mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
166 - mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
167 - mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
168 - mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
169 - mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
170 - mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
171 - mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
172 - nios Files specific to Altera NIOS CPUs
173 - nios2 Files specific to Altera Nios-II CPUs
174 - ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
175 - pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
176 - s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
177 - sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
178- disk Code for disk drive partition handling
179- doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
180- drivers Commonly used device drivers
181- dtt Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers
182- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
183- include Header Files
184- lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture
185- lib_avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
186- lib_blackfin Files generic to Blackfin architecture
187- lib_generic Files generic to all architectures
188- lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture
189- lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
190- lib_mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
191- lib_nios Files generic to NIOS architecture
192- lib_ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
193- lib_sparc Files generic to SPARC architecture
194- libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees
195- net Networking code
196- post Power On Self Test
197- rtc Real Time Clock drivers
198- tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
199
200Software Configuration:
201=======================
202
203Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
204rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
205
206There are two classes of configuration variables:
207
208* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
209 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
210 "CONFIG_".
211
212* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
213 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
214 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
215 "CONFIG_SYS_".
216
217Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
218identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
219do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
220links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
221as an example here.
222
223
224Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
225---------------------------------------------------
226
227For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
228configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
229
230Example: For a TQM823L module type:
231
232 cd u-boot
233 make TQM823L_config
234
235For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the CPU type as well;
236e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
237directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
238
239
240Configuration Options:
241----------------------
242
243Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
244such information is kept in a configuration file
245"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
246
247Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
248"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
249
250
251Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
252kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
253build a config tool - later.
254
255
256The following options need to be configured:
257
258- CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
259
260- Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
261
262- CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
263 Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
264
265- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
266 Define exactly one of
267 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
268--- FIXME --- not tested yet:
269 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
270 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
271
272- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
273 Define exactly one of
274 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
275
276- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
277 Define one or more of
278 CONFIG_CMA302
279
280- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
281 Define one or more of
282 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
283 the LCD display every second with
284 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
285
286- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
287 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
288 Possible values are:
289 CONFIG_SYS_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
290 CONFIG_SYS_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
291 CONFIG_SYS_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
292 CONFIG_SYS_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
293
294- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
295 Define exactly one of
296 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
297
298- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx CPU)
299 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
300 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
301 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
302 reference PIT/RTC clock
303 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
304 or XTAL/EXTAL)
305
306- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
307 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
308 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
309 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
310 See doc/README.MPC866
311
312 CONFIG_SYS_MEASURE_CPUCLK
313
314 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
315 of relying on the correctness of the configured
316 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
317 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
318 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
319 RTC clock or CONFIG_SYS_8XX_XIN)
320
321- Intel Monahans options:
322 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
323
324 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
325 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
326 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
327
328 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
329
330 Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator
331 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
332 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
333 by this value.
334
335- Linux Kernel Interface:
336 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
337
338 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
339 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
340 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
341 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
342 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
343 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
344 Linux kernel.
345 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
346 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
347 default environment.
348
349 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
350
351 When transferring memsize parameter to linux, some versions
352 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
353 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
354
355 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
356
357 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
358 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
359 concepts).
360
361 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
362 * New libfdt-based support
363 * Adds the "fdt" command
364 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
365
366 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node.
367 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node.
368 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
369 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
370
371 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
372 addresses
373
374 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
375
376 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
377 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
378
379 CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU
380
381 This define fills in the correct boot CPU in the boot
382 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
383
384- vxWorks boot parameters:
385
386 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
387 environments variables: bootfile, ipaddr, serverip, hostname.
388 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
389
390 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_DEVICE - The vxworks device name
391 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_MAC_PTR - Ethernet 6 byte MA -address
392 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_SERVERNAME - Name of the server
393 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_ADDR - Address of boot parameters
394
395 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_ADD_PARAMS
396
397 Add it at the end of the bootline. E.g "u=username pw=secret"
398
399 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
400 the defaults discussed just above.
401
402- Serial Ports:
403 CONFIG_PL010_SERIAL
404
405 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
406
407 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL
408
409 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
410
411 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
412
413 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
414 the clock speed of the UARTs.
415
416 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
417
418 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
419 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
420 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
421
422
423- Console Interface:
424 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
425 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
426 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
427 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
428
429 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
430 port routines must be defined elsewhere
431 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
432
433 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
434 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
435 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
436 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
437 (default big endian)
438 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
439 rectangle fill
440 (cf. smiLynxEM)
441 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
442 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
443 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
444 (cols=pitch)
445 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
446 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
447 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
448 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
449 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
450 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
451 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
452 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
453 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
454 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
455 (i.e. i8042_getc)
456 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
457 (requires blink timer
458 cf. i8042.c)
459 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
460 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
461 upper right corner
462 (requires CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
463 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
464 upper left corner
465 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
466 linux_logo.h for logo.
467 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
468 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
469 additional board info beside
470 the logo
471
472 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
473 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
474 environment 'console=serial'.
475
476 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
477 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
478 the "silent" environment variable. See
479 doc/README.silent for more information.
480
481- Console Baudrate:
482 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
483 Select one of the baudrates listed in
484 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
485 CONFIG_SYS_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
486
487- Interrupt driven serial port input:
488 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO
489
490 PPC405GP only.
491 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the
492 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake
493 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of
494 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have.
495
496 Leave undefined to disable this feature, including
497 disable the buffer and hardware handshake.
498
499- Console UART Number:
500 CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE
501
502 AMCC PPC4xx only.
503 If defined internal UART1 (and not UART0) is used
504 as default U-Boot console.
505
506- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
507 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
508 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
509
510 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
511 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
512 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
513 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
514 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
515 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
516 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
517 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
518 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
519 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
520 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
521 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
522
523- Autoboot Command:
524 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
525 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
526 define a command string that is automatically executed
527 when no character is read on the console interface
528 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
529
530 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
531 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
532 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
533 environment value "bootargs".
534
535 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
536 The value of these goes into the environment as
537 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
538 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
539 RAM and NFS.
540
541- Pre-Boot Commands:
542 CONFIG_PREBOOT
543
544 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
545 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
546 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
547 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
548 entering interactive mode.
549
550 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
551 automatically generated or modified. For an example
552 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
553 modified when the user holds down a certain
554 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
555 booting the systems
556
557- Serial Download Echo Mode:
558 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
559 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
560 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
561 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
562 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
563 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
564 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
565
566- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
567 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE
568 Select one of the baudrates listed in
569 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
570
571- Monitor Functions:
572 Monitor commands can be included or excluded
573 from the build by using the #include files
574 "config_cmd_all.h" and #undef'ing unwanted
575 commands, or using "config_cmd_default.h"
576 and augmenting with additional #define's
577 for wanted commands.
578
579 The default command configuration includes all commands
580 except those marked below with a "*".
581
582 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
583 CONFIG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT Autoscript Support
584 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
585 CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
586 CONFIG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
587 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
588 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
589 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
590 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
591 CONFIG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
592 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
593 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
594 CONFIG_CMD_DOC * Disk-On-Chip Support
595 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510 * ds4510 I2C gpio commands
596 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_INFO * ds4510 I2C info command
597 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_MEM * ds4510 I2C eeprom/sram commansd
598 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_RST * ds4510 I2C rst command
599 CONFIG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
600 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
601 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
602 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
603 CONFIG_CMD_ENV saveenv
604 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
605 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support
606 CONFIG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
607 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
608 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
609 CONFIG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
610 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
611 CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
612 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
613 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
614 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
615 CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
616 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
617 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
618 CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
619 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
620 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
621 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
622 loop, loopw, mtest
623 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
624 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
625 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
626 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
627 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
628 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X * PCA953x I2C gpio commands
629 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X_INFO * PCA953x I2C gpio info command
630 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
631 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
632 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
633 host
634 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
635 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
636 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
637 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
638 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
639 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
640 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
641 CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access
642 (4xx only)
643 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
644 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
645 CONFIG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB)
646 CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
647 CONFIG_CMD_FSL * Microblaze FSL support
648
649
650 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
651 support you can write:
652
653 #include "config_cmd_all.h"
654 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
655
656 Other Commands:
657 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
658
659 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
660 (configuration option CONFIG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
661 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
662 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
663 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
664 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
665 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
666 initial stack and some data.
667
668
669 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
670
671- Watchdog:
672 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
673 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
674 support. There must be support in the platform specific
675 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the
676 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
677 register.
678
679- U-Boot Version:
680 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
681 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
682 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
683 version as printed by the "version" command.
684 This variable is readonly.
685
686- Real-Time Clock:
687
688 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
689 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
690 following options:
691
692 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
693 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
694 CONFIG_RTC_MC13783 - use MC13783 RTC
695 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
696 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
697 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
698 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
699 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
700 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
701 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
702 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
703
704 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
705 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
706
707- GPIO Support:
708 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
709 CONFIG_PCA953X_INFO - enable pca953x info command
710
711 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
712 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
713
714- Timestamp Support:
715
716 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
717 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
718 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
719 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
720
721- Partition Support:
722 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
723 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION
724
725 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CONFIG_CMD_IDE or
726 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at
727 least one partition type as well.
728
729- IDE Reset method:
730 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
731 board configurations files but used nowhere!
732
733 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
734 be performed by calling the function
735 ide_set_reset(int reset)
736 which has to be defined in a board specific file
737
738- ATAPI Support:
739 CONFIG_ATAPI
740
741 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
742
743- LBA48 Support
744 CONFIG_LBA48
745
746 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
747 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA ,CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_VSPRINTF and CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_STRTOUL
748 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
749 support disks up to 2.1TB.
750
751 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
752 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
753 Default is 32bit.
754
755- SCSI Support:
756 At the moment only there is only support for the
757 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
758 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
759
760 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
761 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
762 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
763 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
764 devices.
765 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
766
767- NETWORK Support (PCI):
768 CONFIG_E1000
769 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips.
770
771 CONFIG_E1000_FALLBACK_MAC
772 default MAC for empty EEPROM after production.
773
774 CONFIG_EEPRO100
775 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
776 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
777 write routine for first time initialisation.
778
779 CONFIG_TULIP
780 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
781 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
782 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
783
784 CONFIG_NATSEMI
785 Support for National dp83815 chips.
786
787 CONFIG_NS8382X
788 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
789
790- NETWORK Support (other):
791
792 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
793 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
794
795 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
796 Define this to hold the physical address
797 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
798
799 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
800 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
801
802 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111
803 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
804
805 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
806 Define this to hold the physical address
807 of the device (I/O space)
808
809 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
810 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
811
812 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
813 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
814 (some hardware wont work with macros)
815
816 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC911X
817 Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips
818
819 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC911X_BASE
820 Define this to hold the physical address
821 of the device (I/O space)
822
823 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC911X_32_BIT
824 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
825
826 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC911X_16_BIT
827 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
828 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
829 words you may also try CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC911X_32_BIT.
830
831- USB Support:
832 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
833 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
834 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
835 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
836 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
837 storage devices.
838 Note:
839 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
840 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
841 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
842 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
843 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
844 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG
845 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
846 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
847 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EVENT_POLL
848 May be defined to allow interrupt polling
849 instead of using asynchronous interrupts
850
851- USB Device:
852 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
853 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
854 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
855 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
856 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
857 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
858 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
859 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
860 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
861 a Linux host by
862 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
863 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
864 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
865 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
866
867 CONFIG_USB_DEVICE
868 Define this to build a UDC device
869
870 CONFIG_USB_TTY
871 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
872 talk to the UDC device
873
874 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
875 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
876 be set to usbtty.
877
878 mpc8xx:
879 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
880 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
881 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0x02
882
883 CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0xBLAH
884 Derive USB clock from brgclk
885 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0x04
886
887 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
888 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
889 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
890 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
891 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
892 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
893
894 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
895 Define this string as the name of your company for
896 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
897
898 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
899 Define this string as the name of your product
900 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
901
902 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
903 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
904 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
905 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
906 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
907
908 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
909 Define this as the unique Product ID
910 for your device
911 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
912
913
914- MMC Support:
915 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
916 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
917 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
918 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
919 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
920 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
921
922- Journaling Flash filesystem support:
923 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
924 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
925 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
926
927 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
928 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
929 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
930
931 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
932 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
933 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
934
935 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
936 #define CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
937 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you
938 have not defined a custom partition
939
940- Keyboard Support:
941 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
942
943 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
944 support
945
946 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
947 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
948 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
949 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
950 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
951
952- Video support:
953 CONFIG_VIDEO
954
955 Define this to enable video support (for output to
956 video).
957
958 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
959
960 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
961
962 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
963 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
964 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
965 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
966 assumed.
967
968 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
969 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two different ways
970 are possible:
971 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
972 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
973
974 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
975 -------------+---------------------------------------------
976 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
977 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
978 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
979 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
980 -------------+---------------------------------------------
981 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
982
983 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
984 from the bootargs. (See drivers/video/videomodes.c)
985
986
987 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
988 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
989 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
990 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
991
992- Keyboard Support:
993 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
994
995 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
996 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
997 defined in your board-specific files.
998 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
999
1000- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1001
1002 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1003 display); also select one of the supported displays
1004 by defining one of these:
1005
1006 CONFIG_ATMEL_LCD:
1007
1008 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1009
1010 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
1011
1012 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
1013
1014 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
1015
1016 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1017 Active, color, single scan.
1018
1019 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1020
1021 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
1022 Active, color, single scan.
1023
1024 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
1025
1026 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1027 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1028
1029 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1030
1031 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1032 Active, color, single scan.
1033
1034 CONFIG_HLD1045
1035
1036 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1037 Active, color, single scan.
1038
1039 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
1040
1041 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1042 or
1043 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1044 or
1045 Hitachi SP14Q002
1046
1047 320x240. Black & white.
1048
1049 Normally display is black on white background; define
1050 CONFIG_SYS_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
1051
1052- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
1053
1054 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1055 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1056 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
1057 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
1058 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1059 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1060 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1061 loaded very quickly after power-on.
1062
1063- Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
1064
1065 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1066 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1067 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1068
1069- Compression support:
1070 CONFIG_BZIP2
1071
1072 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1073 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1074 compressed images are supported.
1075
1076 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
1077 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
1078 be at least 4MB.
1079
1080 CONFIG_LZMA
1081
1082 If this option is set, support for lzma compressed
1083 images is included.
1084
1085 Note: The LZMA algorithm adds between 2 and 4KB of code and it
1086 requires an amount of dynamic memory that is given by the
1087 formula:
1088
1089 (1846 + 768 << (lc + lp)) * sizeof(uint16)
1090
1091 Where lc and lp stand for, respectively, Literal context bits
1092 and Literal pos bits.
1093
1094 This value is upper-bounded by 14MB in the worst case. Anyway,
1095 for a ~4MB large kernel image, we have lc=3 and lp=0 for a
1096 total amount of (1846 + 768 << (3 + 0)) * 2 = ~41KB... that is
1097 a very small buffer.
1098
1099 Use the lzmainfo tool to determinate the lc and lp values and
1100 then calculate the amount of needed dynamic memory (ensuring
1101 the appropriate CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN value).
1102
1103- MII/PHY support:
1104 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR
1105
1106 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1107
1108 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1109
1110 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1111
1112 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE
1113
1114 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
1115 detection of gigabit PHY is included.
1116
1117 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1118
1119 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1120 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1121 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1122 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1123
1124 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1125
1126 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1127 command issued before MII status register can be read
1128
1129- Ethernet address:
1130 CONFIG_ETHADDR
1131 CONFIG_ETH1ADDR
1132 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
1133 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
1134 CONFIG_ETH4ADDR
1135 CONFIG_ETH5ADDR
1136
1137 Define a default value for Ethernet address to use
1138 for the respective Ethernet interface, in case this
1139 is not determined automatically.
1140
1141- IP address:
1142 CONFIG_IPADDR
1143
1144 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1145 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
1146 determined through e.g. bootp.
1147
1148- Server IP address:
1149 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1150
1151 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
1152 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1153
1154- Multicast TFTP Mode:
1155 CONFIG_MCAST_TFTP
1156
1157 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1158 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
1159 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
1160 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1161 multicast group.
1162
1163 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1164- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1165 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1166
1167 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1168 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1169 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1170 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1171 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1172 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1173 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1174 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1175 following delays are inserted then:
1176
1177 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1178 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1179 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1180 4th and following
1181 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1182
1183- DHCP Advanced Options:
1184 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1185 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1186
1187 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1188 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1189 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1190 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1191 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1192 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1193 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1194 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2
1195 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1196 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1197 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1198 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
1199
1200 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1201 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
1202
1203 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1204 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1205 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1206 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1207 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1208 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1209 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1210 is defined.
1211
1212 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1213 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1214 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
1215 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
1216 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1217 option 12 to the DHCP server.
1218
1219 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1220
1221 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1222 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1223 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1224 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1225 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1226 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1227 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1228 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1229 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1230 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1231 this delay.
1232
1233 - CDP Options:
1234 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
1235
1236 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1237
1238 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1239
1240 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1241 of the device.
1242
1243 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1244
1245 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1246 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1247 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1248
1249 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1250
1251 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1252 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1253
1254 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1255
1256 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1257
1258 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1259
1260 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1261
1262 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1263
1264 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1265
1266 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1267
1268 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1269 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1270
1271 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1272
1273 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1274
1275- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1276
1277 Several configurations allow to display the current
1278 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1279 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1280 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1281 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1282 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1283 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1284 feature in U-Boot.
1285
1286- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1287
1288 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1289 on those systems that support this (optional)
1290 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1291
1292- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1293
1294 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
1295 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
1296 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected CPU.
1297
1298 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
1299 command line (as long as you set CONFIG_CMD_I2C in
1300 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1301 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
1302 command line interface.
1303
1304 CONFIG_I2C_CMD_TREE is a recommended option that places
1305 all I2C commands under a single 'i2c' root command. The
1306 older 'imm', 'imd', 'iprobe' etc. commands are considered
1307 deprecated and may disappear in the future.
1308
1309 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
1310
1311 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
1312 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1313 support for I2C.
1314
1315 There are several other quantities that must also be
1316 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
1317
1318 In both cases you will need to define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED
1319 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
1320 to run and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
1321 the CPU's i2c node address).
1322
1323 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c)
1324 sets the CPU up as a master node and so its address should
1325 therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual
1326 p.16-473). So, set CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
1327
1328 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
1329
1330 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1331 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1332 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
1333
1334 I2C_INIT
1335
1336 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
1337 controller or configure ports.
1338
1339 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
1340
1341 I2C_PORT
1342
1343 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1344 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1345 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
1346
1347 I2C_ACTIVE
1348
1349 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1350 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1351 define can be null.
1352
1353 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1354
1355 I2C_TRISTATE
1356
1357 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1358 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1359 define can be null.
1360
1361 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1362
1363 I2C_READ
1364
1365 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1366 FALSE if it is low.
1367
1368 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1369
1370 I2C_SDA(bit)
1371
1372 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1373 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1374
1375 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
1376 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
1377 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
1378
1379 I2C_SCL(bit)
1380
1381 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1382 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1383
1384 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
1385 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
1386 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
1387
1388 I2C_DELAY
1389
1390 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1391 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
1392 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
1393 like:
1394
1395 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
1396
1397 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1398
1399 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1400 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1401 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1402 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1403 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1404 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1405 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1406 is run early in the boot sequence.
1407
1408 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1409
1410 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1411 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1412 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1413
1414 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1415
1416 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
1417 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1418 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
1419 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1420
1421 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
1422
1423 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
1424 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued (or 'iprobe' using the legacy
1425 command). If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS is set, specify a list of bus-device
1426 pairs. Otherwise, specify a 1D array of device addresses
1427
1428 e.g.
1429 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1430 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
1431
1432 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1433
1434 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1435 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
1436
1437 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1438
1439 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
1440
1441 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1442 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1443
1444 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
1445
1446 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1447 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1448
1449 CONFIG_SYS_DTT_BUS_NUM
1450
1451 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
1452 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
1453
1454 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DTT_ADDR:
1455
1456 If defined, specifies the I2C address of the DTT device.
1457 If not defined, then U-Boot uses predefined value for
1458 specified DTT device.
1459
1460 CONFIG_FSL_I2C
1461
1462 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
1463 drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c.
1464
1465 CONFIG_I2C_MUX
1466
1467 Define this option if you have I2C devices reached over 1 .. n
1468 I2C Muxes like the pca9544a. This option addes a new I2C
1469 Command "i2c bus [muxtype:muxaddr:muxchannel]" which adds a
1470 new I2C Bus to the existing I2C Busses. If you select the
1471 new Bus with "i2c dev", u-bbot sends first the commandos for
1472 the muxes to activate this new "bus".
1473
1474 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS must be also defined, to use this
1475 feature!
1476
1477 Example:
1478 Adding a new I2C Bus reached over 2 pca9544a muxes
1479 The First mux with address 70 and channel 6
1480 The Second mux with address 71 and channel 4
1481
1482 => i2c bus pca9544a:70:6:pca9544a:71:4
1483
1484 Use the "i2c bus" command without parameter, to get a list
1485 of I2C Busses with muxes:
1486
1487 => i2c bus
1488 Busses reached over muxes:
1489 Bus ID: 2
1490 reached over Mux(es):
1491 pca9544a@70 ch: 4
1492 Bus ID: 3
1493 reached over Mux(es):
1494 pca9544a@70 ch: 6
1495 pca9544a@71 ch: 4
1496 =>
1497
1498 If you now switch to the new I2C Bus 3 with "i2c dev 3"
1499 u-boot sends First the Commando to the mux@70 to enable
1500 channel 6, and then the Commando to the mux@71 to enable
1501 the channel 4.
1502
1503 After that, you can use the "normal" i2c commands as
1504 usual, to communicate with your I2C devices behind
1505 the 2 muxes.
1506
1507 This option is actually implemented for the bitbanging
1508 algorithm in common/soft_i2c.c and for the Hardware I2C
1509 Bus on the MPC8260. But it should be not so difficult
1510 to add this option to other architectures.
1511
1512 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
1513
1514 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
1515 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
1516 between writing the address pointer and reading the
1517 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
1518 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
1519 devices can use either method, but some require one or
1520 the other.
1521
1522- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1523
1524 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1525 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1526 D/As on the SACSng board)
1527
1528 CONFIG_SPI_X
1529
1530 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1531 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1532
1533 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1534
1535 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1536 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1537 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1538 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1539 defined, the board configuration must define several
1540 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1541 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
1542
1543 CONFIG_HARD_SPI
1544
1545 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
1546 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
1547 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
1548 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
1549 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
1550
1551 CONFIG_MXC_SPI
1552
1553 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
1554 SoCs. Currently only i.MX31 is supported.
1555
1556- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
1557
1558 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1559
1560 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1561
1562 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1563 (ALTERA, XILINX)
1564
1565 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
1566
1567 Enables support for FPGA family.
1568 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1569
1570 CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1571
1572 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
1573
1574 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
1575
1576 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
1577
1578 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1579
1580 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1581 status by the configuration function. This option
1582 will require a board or device specific function to
1583 be written.
1584
1585 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1586
1587 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1588 configuration driver.
1589
1590 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1591 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1592
1593 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1594
1595 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1596 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1597 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1598 indicated a CRC error).
1599
1600 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1601
1602 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1603 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1604 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
1605 ms.
1606
1607 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1608
1609 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
1610 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
1611
1612 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1613
1614 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1615 200 ms.
1616
1617- Configuration Management:
1618 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
1619
1620 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1621 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
1622
1623- Vendor Parameter Protection:
1624
1625 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1626 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
1627 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
1628 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1629 protects these variables from casual modification by
1630 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1631 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
1632 change this behaviour:
1633
1634 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1635 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
1636 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
1637 these parameters.
1638
1639 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1640 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
1641 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
1642 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1643 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1644 read-only.]
1645
1646- Protected RAM:
1647 CONFIG_PRAM
1648
1649 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1650 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1651 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1652 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1653 this default value by defining an environment
1654 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1655 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1656 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1657 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1658 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1659 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1660 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1661
1662 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
1663 saveenv
1664
1665 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1666 either, which results in a memory region that will
1667 not be affected by reboots.
1668
1669 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1670 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1671 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1672 following board configurations are known to be
1673 "pRAM-clean":
1674
1675 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
1676 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
1677 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260
1678
1679- Error Recovery:
1680 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
1681
1682 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
1683 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
1684 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
1685 system where you want the system to reboot
1686 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
1687 useful during development since you can try to debug
1688 the conditions that lead to the situation.
1689
1690 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1691
1692 This variable defines the number of retries for
1693 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1694 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1695 default value of 5 is used.
1696
1697 CONFIG_ARP_TIMEOUT
1698
1699 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
1700
1701- Command Interpreter:
1702 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
1703
1704 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
1705
1706 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
1707 for the "hush" shell.
1708
1709
1710 CONFIG_SYS_HUSH_PARSER
1711
1712 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
1713 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
1714 powerful command line syntax like
1715 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
1716 constructs ("shell scripts").
1717
1718 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
1719 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
1720
1721
1722 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
1723
1724 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1725 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1726 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1727
1728 Note:
1729
1730 In the current implementation, the local variables
1731 space and global environment variables space are
1732 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1733 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1734 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1735 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1736 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
1737
1738 Global environment variables are those you use
1739 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1740 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1741 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
1742
1743 To store commands and special characters in a
1744 variable, please use double quotation marks
1745 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1746 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1747 symbols.
1748
1749- Commandline Editing and History:
1750 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
1751
1752 Enable editing and History functions for interactive
1753 commandline input operations
1754
1755- Default Environment:
1756 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1757
1758 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1759 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
1760 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
1761
1762 For example, place something like this in your
1763 board's config file:
1764
1765 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1766 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1767 "myvar2=value2\0"
1768
1769 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1770 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1771 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1772 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
1773 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
1774 You better know what you are doing here.
1775
1776 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1777 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
1778 the environment like the autoscript function or the
1779 boot command first.
1780
1781- DataFlash Support:
1782 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
1783
1784 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
1785 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
1786 commands cp, md...
1787
1788- SystemACE Support:
1789 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1790
1791 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
1792 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
1793 of the chip must also be defined in the
1794 CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
1795
1796 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1797 #define CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
1798
1799 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
1800 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
1801
1802- TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
1803 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
1804
1805 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
1806 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
1807 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
1808 number generator is used.
1809
1810 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
1811 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
1812 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
1813
1814 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
1815 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
1816 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
1817 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
1818 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
1819 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
1820 but sometimes that is not allowed.
1821
1822- Show boot progress:
1823 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
1824
1825 Defining this option allows to add some board-
1826 specific code (calling a user-provided function
1827 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
1828 the system's boot progress on some display (for
1829 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
1830 the following checkpoints are implemented:
1831
1832- Automatic software updates via TFTP server
1833 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP
1834 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
1835 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
1836
1837 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
1838 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
1839
1840Legacy uImage format:
1841
1842 Arg Where When
1843 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
1844 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
1845 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
1846 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
1847 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
1848 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
1849 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
1850 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
1851 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1852 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
1853 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1854 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
1855 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
1856 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
1857 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
1858 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
1859
1860 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
1861 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
1862 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
1863 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
1864 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
1865 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
1866 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
1867 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
1868 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
1869 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
1870
1871 15 lib_<arch>/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
1872
1873 -30 lib_ppc/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
1874 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
1875 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
1876
1877 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
1878 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
1879 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
1880 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
1881 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
1882 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1883 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
1884 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
1885 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
1886 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
1887 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
1888 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
1889 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
1890 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
1891 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
1892 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
1893 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
1894 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
1895 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
1896 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
1897 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
1898 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
1899 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
1900 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
1901 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
1902 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
1903 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
1904 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
1905 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
1906 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
1907 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
1908 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
1909 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
1910 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
1911 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
1912 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
1913 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
1914 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
1915 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
1916 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1917 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
1918 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
1919 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
1920 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
1921 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
1922 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
1923 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
1924
1925 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
1926
1927 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
1928 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
1929 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
1930
1931 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
1932 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling NetLoop()
1933 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in NetLoop() occurred
1934 81 common/cmd_net.c NetLoop() back without error
1935 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
1936 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
1937 83 common/cmd_net.c running autoscript
1938 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or autoscript
1939 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
1940
1941FIT uImage format:
1942
1943 Arg Where When
1944 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
1945 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
1946 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
1947 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
1948 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
1949 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
1950 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
1951 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
1952 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
1953 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
1954 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
1955 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1956 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
1957 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
1958 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
1959 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
1960 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
1961 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
1962 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
1963 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
1964 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
1965 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
1966
1967 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
1968 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
1969 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
1970 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
1971 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
1972 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
1973 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
1974 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
1975 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
1976 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
1977 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
1978 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
1979 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
1980 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
1981 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
1982 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
1983
1984 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
1985 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
1986
1987 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
1988 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
1989
1990 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
1991 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
1992
1993
1994Modem Support:
1995--------------
1996
1997[so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards]
1998
1999- Modem support enable:
2000 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
2001
2002- RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
2003 CONFIG_HWFLOW
2004
2005- Modem debug support:
2006 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
2007
2008 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
2009 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
2010
2011- Interrupt support (PPC):
2012
2013 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
2014 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
2015 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
2016 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
2017 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
2018 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
2019 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
2020 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
2021 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
2022 general timer_interrupt().
2023
2024- General:
2025
2026 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
2027 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
2028 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
2029 (autoboot). The key_pressed() function is called from
2030 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
2031 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
2032 initialization.
2033
2034 If there are no modem init strings in the
2035 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
2036 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
2037 suppressed, though.
2038
2039 See also: doc/README.Modem
2040
2041
2042Configuration Settings:
2043-----------------------
2044
2045- CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
2046 undefine this when you're short of memory.
2047
2048- CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
2049 prompt for user input.
2050
2051- CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
2052
2053- CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
2054
2055- CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
2056
2057- CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
2058 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
2059 booted
2060
2061- CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
2062 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
2063
2064- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
2065 Suppress display of console information at boot.
2066
2067- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
2068 If the board specific function
2069 extern int overwrite_console (void);
2070 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
2071 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
2072
2073- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
2074 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
2075
2076- CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
2077 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
2078
2079- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
2080 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
2081 simple memory test.
2082
2083- CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST:
2084 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
2085
2086- CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
2087 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
2088 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
2089
2090- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE (PPC only):
2091 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
2092 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
2093 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
2094 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
2095 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
2096 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
2097 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
2098 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
2099 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
2100
2101 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
2102 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
2103 be touched.
2104
2105 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
2106 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
2107 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
2108 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
2109 problems.
2110
2111- CONFIG_SYS_TFTP_LOADADDR:
2112 Default load address for network file downloads
2113
2114- CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
2115 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
2116
2117- CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
2118 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
2119
2120- CONFIG_SYS_MBIO_BASE:
2121 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
2122 Cogent motherboard)
2123
2124- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
2125 Physical start address of Flash memory.
2126
2127- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
2128 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2129 make config files to be same as the text base address
2130 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
2131 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
2132
2133- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
2134 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2135 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2136 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2137 flash sector.
2138
2139- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
2140 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2141
2142- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
2143 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
2144 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
2145 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
2146 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2147
2148- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
2149 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2150 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
2151 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2152 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
2153 enviroment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
2154 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
2155 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ.
2156
2157- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
2158 Max number of Flash memory banks
2159
2160- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
2161 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2162
2163- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
2164 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2165
2166- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
2167 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2168
2169- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
2170 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2171
2172- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
2173 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2174
2175- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
2176 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2177 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2178
2179- CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
2180
2181 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2182 without this option such a download has to be
2183 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2184 copy from RAM to flash.
2185
2186 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2187 you can check if the download worked before you erase
2188 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
2189 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
2190 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2191
2192- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
2193 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
2194 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2195
2196- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
2197 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2198 in the drivers directory
2199
2200- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
2201 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
2202 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
2203 to the MTD layer.
2204
2205- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
2206 Use buffered writes to flash.
2207
2208- CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2209 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2210 write commands.
2211
2212- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
2213 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2214 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2215 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2216 optionally available.
2217
2218- CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2219 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2220 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2221 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2222
2223- CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
2224 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
2225 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
2226 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2227 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
2228 on high Ethernet traffic.
2229 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2230
2231The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
2232of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
2233following configurations:
2234
2235- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
2236
2237 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
2238
2239 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
2240 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
2241 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
2242 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
2243 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
2244 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
2245 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
2246 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
2247 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
2248 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
2249 between U-Boot and the environment.
2250
2251 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2252
2253 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
2254 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
2255 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
2256 for this sector is given here.
2257
2258 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE.
2259
2260 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
2261
2262 This is just another way to specify the start address of
2263 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
2264 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET).
2265
2266 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
2267
2268 Size of the sector containing the environment.
2269
2270
2271 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
2272 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
2273 the environment.
2274
2275 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
2276
2277 If you use this in combination with CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
2278 and CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
2279 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
2280 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
2281
2282 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
2283 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
2284 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
2285 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
2286 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
2287 updating the environment in flash makes it always
2288 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
2289 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
2290 RAM, your target system will be dead.
2291
2292 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
2293 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
2294
2295 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
2296 a redundant copy of the environment data, so that there is
2297 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
2298 a "saveenv" operation.
2299
2300BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
2301source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
2302accordingly!
2303
2304
2305- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
2306
2307 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
2308 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
2309 environment.
2310
2311 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
2312 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
2313
2314 These two #defines are used to determine the memory area you
2315 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
2316 can just be read and written to, without any special
2317 provision.
2318
2319BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
2320in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
2321console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
2322U-Boot will hang.
2323
2324Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
2325environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
2326keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
2327to save the current settings.
2328
2329
2330- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
2331
2332 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
2333 device and a driver for it.
2334
2335 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2336 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
2337
2338 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
2339 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
2340
2341 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
2342 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
2343 The default address is zero.
2344
2345 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
2346 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
2347 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
2348 would require six bits.
2349
2350 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
2351 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
2352 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
2353
2354 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
2355 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
2356 that this is NOT the chip address length!
2357
2358 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
2359 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
2360 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
2361 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
2362 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
2363 byte chips.
2364
2365 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
2366 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
2367 in the chip address.
2368
2369 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_SIZE:
2370 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
2371
2372
2373- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
2374
2375 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
2376 want to use for the environment.
2377
2378 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2379 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
2380 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
2381
2382 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
2383 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
2384 at the specified address.
2385
2386- CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
2387
2388 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
2389 for the environment.
2390
2391 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2392 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
2393
2394 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
2395 area within the first NAND device.
2396
2397 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND
2398
2399 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
2400 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data,
2401 so that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a
2402 power failure during a "saveenv" operation.
2403
2404 Note: CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET and CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND must be aligned
2405 to a block boundary, and CONFIG_ENV_SIZE must be a multiple of
2406 the NAND devices block size.
2407
2408- CONFIG_SYS_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
2409
2410 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
2411 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
2412 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
2413 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
2414 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
2415 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
2416 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
2417
2418Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
2419has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
2420created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r()
2421until then to read environment variables.
2422
2423The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
2424is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
2425with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
2426necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
2427"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
2428have any device yet where we could complain.]
2429
2430Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
2431the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
2432use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
2433
2434- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
2435 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
2436
2437 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
2438 also needs to be defined.
2439
2440- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
2441 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
2442
2443- CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_VSPRINTF:
2444 Makes vsprintf (and all *printf functions) support printing
2445 of 64bit values by using the L quantifier
2446
2447- CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_STRTOUL:
2448 Adds simple_strtoull that returns a 64bit value
2449
2450Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
2451---------------------------------------------------
2452
2453- CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
2454 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
2455
2456- CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR:
2457 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
2458
2459 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
2460 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
2461 the IMMR register after a reset.
2462
2463- Floppy Disk Support:
2464 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
2465
2466 the default drive number (default value 0)
2467
2468 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
2469
2470 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
2471 (default value 1)
2472
2473 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
2474
2475 defines the offset of register from address. It
2476 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
2477 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
2478
2479 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
2480 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
2481 default value.
2482
2483 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
2484 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
2485 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
2486 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
2487 initializations.
2488
2489- CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
2490 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
2491 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
2492
2493- CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
2494
2495 Start address of memory area that can be used for
2496 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
2497 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
2498 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
2499 will become available only after programming the
2500 memory controller and running certain initialization
2501 sequences.
2502
2503 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
2504 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
2505 - MPC824X: data cache
2506 - PPC4xx: data cache
2507
2508- CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
2509
2510 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
2511 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
2512 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
2513 data is located at the end of the available space
2514 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_END -
2515 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
2516 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
2517 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
2518
2519 Note:
2520 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
2521 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
2522 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
2523 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
2524 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
2525
2526- CONFIG_SYS_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
2527
2528- CONFIG_SYS_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
2529
2530- CONFIG_SYS_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
2531
2532- CONFIG_SYS_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
2533
2534- CONFIG_SYS_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
2535
2536- CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
2537
2538- CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
2539 SDRAM timing
2540
2541- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
2542 periodic timer for refresh
2543
2544- CONFIG_SYS_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
2545
2546- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
2547 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
2548 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
2549 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
2550 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
2551
2552- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
2553 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
2554 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
2555 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
2556
2557- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
2558 CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_8COL, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_9COL:
2559 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
2560 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
2561
2562- CONFIG_SYS_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2563 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2564 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
2565
2566- CONFIG_SYS_SMC_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SMC_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2567 enable SMC microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2568 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]
2569
2570- CONFIG_SYS_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2571 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2572 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
2573
2574- CONFIG_SYS_USE_OSCCLK:
2575 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
2576 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
2577 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
2578
2579- CONFIG_SYS_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
2580 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
2581 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
2582 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
2583 cpm_8260.h.
2584
2585- CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2586 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK0_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
2587 CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK1_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
2588 CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2589 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
2590 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
2591 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
2592 CONFIG_SYS_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
2593 Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
2594
2595- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
2596 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
2597 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
2598
2599 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
2600 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
2601
2602- CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
2603 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
2604 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
2605 to something your driver can deal with.
2606
2607- CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
2608 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2609 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2610
2611- CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
2612 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2613 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2614
2615- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
2616 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
2617
2618- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
2619 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
2620 to the given FEC; i. e.
2621 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
2622 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
2623
2624 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
2625
2626- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
2627 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
2628 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
2629
2630- CONFIG_RMII
2631 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2632 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2633 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2634
2635- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2636 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2637 The syntax is:
2638
2639 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2640
2641 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2642 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2643 area should have.
2644
2645- CONFIG_LOOPW
2646 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
2647 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
2648
2649- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
2650 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2651 "md/mw" commands.
2652 Examples:
2653
2654 => mdc.b 10 4 500
2655 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
2656
2657 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
2658 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
2659
2660 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
2661 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
2662
2663- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
2664- CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT
2665
2666 [ARM only] If these variables are defined, then
2667 certain low level initializations (like setting up
2668 the memory controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does
2669 not relocate itself into RAM.
2670 Normally these variables MUST NOT be defined. The
2671 only exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by
2672 some other boot loader or by a debugger which
2673 performs these initializations itself.
2674
2675
2676Building the Software:
2677======================
2678
2679Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
2680and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
2681all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
2682(potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
2683recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
2684which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
2685
2686If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
2687have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
2688you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
2689Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
2690necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
2691
2692 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
2693 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
2694
2695U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
2696sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
2697is done by typing:
2698
2699 make NAME_config
2700
2701where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing configu-
2702rations; see the main Makefile for supported names.
2703
2704Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
2705 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2706 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
2707 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
2708 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
2709
2710 make TQM823L_config
2711 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
2712
2713 make TQM823L_LCD_config
2714 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
2715
2716 etc.
2717
2718
2719Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
2720images ready for download to / installation on your system:
2721
2722- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
2723- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
2724- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
2725
2726By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
2727in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
2728this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
2729
27301. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
2731
2732 make O=/tmp/build distclean
2733 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
2734 make O=/tmp/build all
2735
27362. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
2737
2738 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2739 make distclean
2740 make NAME_config
2741 make all
2742
2743Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
2744variable.
2745
2746
2747Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
2748for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
2749native "make".
2750
2751
2752If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
2753to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
2754steps:
2755
27561. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
2757 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
2758 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
2759 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please
2760 keep this order.
27612. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
2762 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
2763 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
27643. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
2765 your board
27663. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
2767 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
27684. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
27695. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
2770 to be installed on your target system.
27716. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
2772 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
2773
2774
2775Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
2776==============================================================
2777
2778If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
2779or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
2780provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
2781the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
2782official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
2783
2784But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
2785cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
2786the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
2787just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
2788for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
2789select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
2790environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the ELDK cross tools
2791you can type
2792
2793 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
2794
2795or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
2796
2797 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
2798
2799When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build
2800U-Boot in the source directory. This location can be changed by
2801setting the BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target
2802built, the MAKEALL script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and
2803<target>.MAKEALL) in the <source dir>/LOG directory. This default
2804location can be changed by setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment
2805variable. For example:
2806
2807 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2808 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
2809 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
2810
2811With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build,
2812log files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean
2813during the whole build process.
2814
2815
2816See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
2817
2818
2819Monitor Commands - Overview:
2820============================
2821
2822go - start application at address 'addr'
2823run - run commands in an environment variable
2824bootm - boot application image from memory
2825bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
2826tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
2827 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
2828 (and eventually "gatewayip")
2829rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
2830diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
2831loads - load S-Record file over serial line
2832loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
2833md - memory display
2834mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2835nm - memory modify (constant address)
2836mw - memory write (fill)
2837cp - memory copy
2838cmp - memory compare
2839crc32 - checksum calculation
2840imd - i2c memory display
2841imm - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2842inm - i2c memory modify (constant address)
2843imw - i2c memory write (fill)
2844icrc32 - i2c checksum calculation
2845iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses
2846iloop - infinite loop on address range
2847isdram - print SDRAM configuration information
2848sspi - SPI utility commands
2849base - print or set address offset
2850printenv- print environment variables
2851setenv - set environment variables
2852saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
2853protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
2854erase - erase FLASH memory
2855flinfo - print FLASH memory information
2856bdinfo - print Board Info structure
2857iminfo - print header information for application image
2858coninfo - print console devices and informations
2859ide - IDE sub-system
2860loop - infinite loop on address range
2861loopw - infinite write loop on address range
2862mtest - simple RAM test
2863icache - enable or disable instruction cache
2864dcache - enable or disable data cache
2865reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
2866echo - echo args to console
2867version - print monitor version
2868help - print online help
2869? - alias for 'help'
2870
2871
2872Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
2873========================================
2874
2875TODO.
2876
2877For now: just type "help <command>".
2878
2879
2880Environment Variables:
2881======================
2882
2883U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
2884can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
2885
2886Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
2887"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
2888without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
2889environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
2890working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
2891environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
2892
2893Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables:
2894
2895 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
2896
2897 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
2898
2899 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
2900
2901 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
2902
2903 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
2904
2905 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
2906 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
2907 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
2908 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
2909 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
2910 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
2911 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ.
2912
2913 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
2914 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
2915 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
2916 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
2917 environment variable.
2918
2919 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
2920 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
2921 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
2922
2923 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
2924 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
2925 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
2926 load any image using TFTP
2927
2928 autoscript - if set to "yes" commands like "loadb", "loady",
2929 "bootp", "tftpb", "rarpboot" and "nfs" will attempt
2930 to automatically run script images (by internally
2931 calling "autoscript").
2932
2933 autoscript_uname - if script image is in a format (FIT) this
2934 variable is used to get script subimage unit name.
2935
2936 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
2937 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
2938 be automatically started (by internally calling
2939 "bootm")
2940
2941 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
2942 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
2943 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
2944 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
2945 data.
2946
2947 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
2948 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
2949 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
2950 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
2951 it must be saved and board must be reset.
2952
2953 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
2954 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
2955 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
2956 is usually what you want since it allows for
2957 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
2958 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
2959 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
2960 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
2961 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
2962 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
2963 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
2964
2965 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
2966 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
2967 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
2968 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
2969 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
2970 12 MB as well - this can be done with
2971
2972 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
2973
2974 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
2975 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
2976 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
2977 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
2978 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
2979 boot time on your system, but requires that this
2980 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
2981
2982 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
2983
2984 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
2985 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
2986
2987 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
2988
2989 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
2990
2991 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
2992
2993 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
2994
2995 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
2996
2997 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2998 interface is used first.
2999
3000 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
3001 interface is currently active. For example you
3002 can do the following
3003
3004 => setenv ethact FEC ETHERNET
3005 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC ETHERNET
3006 => setenv ethact SCC ETHERNET
3007 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC ETHERNET
3008
3009 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
3010 available network interfaces.
3011 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
3012
3013 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
3014 either succeed or fail without retrying.
3015 When set to "once" the network operation will
3016 fail when all the available network interfaces
3017 are tried once without success.
3018 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
3019 themselves.
3020
3021 npe_ucode - see CONFIG_IXP4XX_NPE_EXT_UCOD
3022 if set load address for the NPE microcode
3023
3024 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
3025 UDP source port.
3026
3027 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
3028 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
3029
3030 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
3031 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
3032 VLAN tagged frames.
3033
3034The following environment variables may be used and automatically
3035updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
3036depending the information provided by your boot server:
3037
3038 bootfile - see above
3039 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
3040 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
3041 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
3042 hostname - Target hostname
3043 ipaddr - see above
3044 netmask - Subnet Mask
3045 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
3046 serverip - see above
3047
3048
3049There are two special Environment Variables:
3050
3051 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
3052 as type string and/or serial number
3053 ethaddr - Ethernet address
3054
3055These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
3056the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
3057once they have been set once.
3058
3059
3060Further special Environment Variables:
3061
3062 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
3063 with the "version" command. This variable is
3064 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
3065
3066
3067Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
3068only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
3069
3070
3071Command Line Parsing:
3072=====================
3073
3074There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
3075the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
3076
3077Old, simple command line parser:
3078--------------------------------
3079
3080- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
3081- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
3082- variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
3083- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
3084 for example:
3085 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
3086- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
3087 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
3088
3089Hush shell:
3090-----------
3091
3092- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
3093 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
3094 until...do...done, ...
3095- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
3096 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
3097 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
3098 command
3099
3100General rules:
3101--------------
3102
3103(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
3104 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
3105 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
3106 executed anyway.
3107
3108(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
3109 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
3110 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
3111 variables are not executed.
3112
3113Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
3114=======================================
3115
3116Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
3117such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
3118"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
3119
3120Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
3121MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
3122"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
3123
3124If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
3125in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
3126ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
3127variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
3128
3129o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
3130 environment, the SROM's address is used.
3131
3132o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
3133 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
3134 used.
3135
3136o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
3137 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
3138
3139o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
3140 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
3141 warning is printed.
3142
3143o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
3144 is raised.
3145
3146
3147Image Formats:
3148==============
3149
3150U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
3151images in two formats:
3152
3153New uImage format (FIT)
3154-----------------------
3155
3156Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
3157to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
3158components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
3159SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
3160
3161
3162Old uImage format
3163-----------------
3164
3165Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
3166preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
3167details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
3168
3169* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
3170 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
3171 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
3172 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
3173 INTEGRITY).
3174* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
3175 IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
3176 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC).
3177* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
3178* Load Address
3179* Entry Point
3180* Image Name
3181* Image Timestamp
3182
3183The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
3184and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
3185CRC32 checksums.
3186
3187
3188Linux Support:
3189==============
3190
3191Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
3192easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
3193U-Boot.
3194
3195U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
3196special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
3197"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
3198instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
3199serves several purposes:
3200
3201- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
3202 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
3203 Flash memory footprint)
3204
3205- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
3206 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
3207
3208- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
3209 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
3210 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
3211 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
3212 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
3213 software is easier now.
3214
3215
3216Linux HOWTO:
3217============
3218
3219Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
3220---------------------------------------
3221
3222U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
3223configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
3224(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
3225Linux :-).
3226
3227But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/ppc/mbxboot).
3228
3229Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
3230include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
3231Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
3232and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
3233as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
3234
3235
3236Configuring the Linux kernel:
3237-----------------------------
3238
3239No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
3240device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
3241
3242
3243Building a Linux Image:
3244-----------------------
3245
3246With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
3247not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
3248"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
3249U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
3250which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
3251100% compatible format.
3252
3253Example:
3254
3255 make TQM850L_config
3256 make oldconfig
3257 make dep
3258 make uImage
3259
3260The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
3261encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
3262CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
3263
3264* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
3265
3266* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
3267
3268 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
3269 -R .note -R .comment \
3270 -S vmlinux linux.bin
3271
3272* compress the binary image:
3273
3274 gzip -9 linux.bin
3275
3276* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
3277
3278 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
3279 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
3280 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
3281
3282
3283The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
3284with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
3285combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
3286byte header containing information about target architecture,
3287operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
3288stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
3289
3290"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
3291print the header information, or to build new images.
3292
3293In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
3294contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
3295checksum verification:
3296
3297 tools/mkimage -l image
3298 -l ==> list image header information
3299
3300The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
3301from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
3302
3303 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
3304 -n name -d data_file image
3305 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
3306 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
3307 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
3308 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
3309 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
3310 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
3311 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
3312 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
3313
3314Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
3315address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
3316kernel version:
3317
3318- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
3319- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
3320
3321So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
3322
3323 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3324 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
3325 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
3326 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
3327 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3328 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3329 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3330 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3331 Load Address: 0x00000000
3332 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3333
3334To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
3335
3336 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
3337 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3338 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3339 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3340 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3341 Load Address: 0x00000000
3342 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3343
3344NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
3345speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
3346needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
3347need to be uncompressed:
3348
3349 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
3350 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3351 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
3352 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \
3353 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
3354 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3355 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3356 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
3357 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
3358 Load Address: 0x00000000
3359 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3360
3361
3362Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
3363when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
3364
3365 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
3366 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
3367 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
3368 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3369 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
3370 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3371 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
3372 Load Address: 0x00000000
3373 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3374
3375
3376Installing a Linux Image:
3377-------------------------
3378
3379To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
3380you must convert the image to S-Record format:
3381
3382 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
3383
3384The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
3385image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
3386address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
3387specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
3388command.
3389
3390Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
3391TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
3392
3393 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
3394
3395 .......... done
3396 Erased 8 sectors
3397
3398 => loads 40100000
3399 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3400 ~>examples/image.srec
3401 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
3402 ...
3403 15989 15990 15991 15992
3404 [file transfer complete]
3405 [connected]
3406 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
3407
3408
3409You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
3410this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
3411corruption happened:
3412
3413 => imi 40100000
3414
3415 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3416 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3417 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3418 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3419 Load Address: 00000000
3420 Entry Point: 0000000c
3421 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3422
3423
3424Boot Linux:
3425-----------
3426
3427The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
3428memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
3429of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
3430parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
3431"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
3432
3433
3434 => printenv bootargs
3435 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
3436
3437 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3438
3439 => printenv bootargs
3440 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3441
3442 => bootm 40020000
3443 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
3444 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
3445 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3446 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
3447 Load Address: 00000000
3448 Entry Point: 0000000c
3449 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3450 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3451 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
3452 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3453 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3454 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3455 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
3456 ...
3457
3458If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
3459the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
3460format!) to the "bootm" command:
3461
3462 => imi 40100000 40200000
3463
3464 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3465 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3466 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3467 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3468 Load Address: 00000000
3469 Entry Point: 0000000c
3470 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3471
3472 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
3473 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3474 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3475 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3476 Load Address: 00000000
3477 Entry Point: 00000000
3478 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3479
3480 => bootm 40100000 40200000
3481 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
3482 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3483 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3484 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3485 Load Address: 00000000
3486 Entry Point: 0000000c
3487 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3488 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3489 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
3490 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3491 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3492 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3493 Load Address: 00000000
3494 Entry Point: 00000000
3495 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3496 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
3497 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
3498 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
3499 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3500 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3501 ...
3502 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
3503 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
3504
3505 bash#
3506
3507Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
3508-----------
3509
3510First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
3511titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
3512following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
3513flat device tree:
3514
3515=> print oftaddr
3516oftaddr=0x300000
3517=> print oft
3518oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
3519=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
3520Speed: 1000, full duplex
3521Using TSEC0 device
3522TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
3523Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
3524Load address: 0x300000
3525Loading: #
3526done
3527Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
3528=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
3529Speed: 1000, full duplex
3530Using TSEC0 device
3531TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
3532Filename 'uImage'.
3533Load address: 0x200000
3534Loading:############
3535done
3536Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
3537=> print loadaddr
3538loadaddr=200000
3539=> print oftaddr
3540oftaddr=0x300000
3541=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
3542## Booting image at 00200000 ...
3543 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
3544 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3545 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
3546 Load Address: 00000000
3547 Entry Point: 00000000
3548 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3549 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3550Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
3551Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
3552Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
3553[snip]
3554
3555
3556More About U-Boot Image Types:
3557------------------------------
3558
3559U-Boot supports the following image types:
3560
3561 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
3562 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
3563 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
3564 the Standalone Program.
3565 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
3566 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
3567 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
3568 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
3569 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
3570 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
3571 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
3572 being started.
3573 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
3574 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
3575 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
3576 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
3577 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
3578 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
3579
3580 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
3581 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
3582 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
3583 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
3584 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
3585 a multiple of 4 bytes).
3586
3587 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
3588 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
3589 flash memory.
3590
3591 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
3592 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
3593 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
3594 as command interpreter.
3595
3596
3597Standalone HOWTO:
3598=================
3599
3600One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
3601run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
3602U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
3603
3604Two simple examples are included with the sources:
3605
3606"Hello World" Demo:
3607-------------------
3608
3609'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
3610application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
3611It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
3612like that:
3613
3614 => loads
3615 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3616 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
3617 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3618 [file transfer complete]
3619 [connected]
3620 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3621
3622 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
3623 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3624 Hello World
3625 argc = 7
3626 argv[0] = "40004"
3627 argv[1] = "Hello"
3628 argv[2] = "World!"
3629 argv[3] = "This"
3630 argv[4] = "is"
3631 argv[5] = "a"
3632 argv[6] = "test."
3633 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
3634 Hit any key to exit ...
3635
3636 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
3637
3638Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
3639handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
3640Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
3641The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
3642character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
3643controlled by the following keys:
3644
3645 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
3646 b - enable interrupts and start timer
3647 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
3648 q - quit application
3649
3650 => loads
3651 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3652 ~>examples/timer.srec
3653 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3654 [file transfer complete]
3655 [connected]
3656 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3657
3658 => go 40004
3659 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3660 TIMERS=0xfff00980
3661 Using timer 1
3662 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
3663
3664Hit 'b':
3665 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
3666 Enabling timer
3667Hit '?':
3668 [q, b, e, ?] ........
3669 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
3670Hit '?':
3671 [q, b, e, ?] .
3672 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
3673Hit '?':
3674 [q, b, e, ?] .
3675 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
3676Hit '?':
3677 [q, b, e, ?] .
3678 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
3679Hit 'e':
3680 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
3681Hit 'q':
3682 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
3683
3684
3685Minicom warning:
3686================
3687
3688Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
3689"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
3690consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
3691Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
3692especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
3693use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
3694
3695Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
3696configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
3697
3698 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
3699 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
3700 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
3701
3702
3703NetBSD Notes:
3704=============
3705
3706Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
3707(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
3708
3709Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
3710NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
3711need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
3712Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
3713attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
3714missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
3715
3716 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
3717 # mkdir powerpc
3718 # ln -s powerpc machine
3719 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
3720 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
3721
3722Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
3723and U-Boot include files.
3724
3725Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
3726stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
3727proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
3728tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
3729meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
3730
3731
3732Implementation Internals:
3733=========================
3734
3735The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
3736implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
3737inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
3738hardware.
3739
3740
3741Initial Stack, Global Data:
3742---------------------------
3743
3744The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
3745starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
3746system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
3747This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
3748is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
3749at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
3750options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
3751models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
3752MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
3753locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
3754
3755 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
3756 U-Boot mailing list:
3757
3758 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
3759 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
3760 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
3761 ...
3762
3763 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
3764 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
3765 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
3766 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
3767 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
3768 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
3769 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
3770 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
3771
3772 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
3773 is another option for the system designer to use as an
3774 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
3775 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
3776 board designers haven't used it for something that would
3777 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
3778 used.
3779
3780 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
3781 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
3782 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
3783 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
3784 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
3785 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
3786 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
3787 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
3788 you get the config right.
3789
3790 -Chris Hallinan
3791 DS4.COM, Inc.
3792
3793It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
3794code for the initialization procedures:
3795
3796* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
3797 to write it.
3798
3799* Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
3800 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
3801 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
3802
3803* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
3804 that.
3805
3806Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
3807normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
3808turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
3809simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
3810functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
3811functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
3812the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
3813place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
3814reserve for this purpose.
3815
3816When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
3817relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
3818GCC's implementation.
3819
3820For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
3821 R1: stack pointer
3822 R2: reserved for system use
3823 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
3824 R5-R10: parameter passing
3825 R13: small data area pointer
3826 R30: GOT pointer
3827 R31: frame pointer
3828
3829 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.)
3830
3831 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
3832
3833 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
3834 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
3835 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
3836 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
3837 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
3838 624 text + 127 data).
3839
3840On Blackfin, the normal C ABI (except for P5) is followed as documented here:
3841 http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=application_binary_interface
3842
3843 ==> U-Boot will use P5 to hold a pointer to the global data
3844
3845On ARM, the following registers are used:
3846
3847 R0: function argument word/integer result
3848 R1-R3: function argument word
3849 R9: GOT pointer
3850 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
3851 R11: argument (frame) pointer
3852 R12: temporary workspace
3853 R13: stack pointer
3854 R14: link register
3855 R15: program counter
3856
3857 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
3858
3859NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
3860or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
3861
3862Memory Management:
3863------------------
3864
3865U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
3866MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
3867
3868The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
3869controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
3870memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
3871physical memory banks.
3872
3873U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
3874TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
3875booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
3876to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
3877memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
3878configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
3879Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
3880
3881Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
3882of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
3883
3884So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
3885this:
3886
3887 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
3888 :
3889 0x0000 1FFF
3890 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
3891 :
3892 :
3893
3894 :
3895 :
3896 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
3897 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
3898 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
3899 :
3900 0x00FD FFFF
3901 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
3902 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
3903 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
3904 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
3905
3906
3907System Initialization:
3908----------------------
3909
3910In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
3911(on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
3912configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
3913To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
3914To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
3915initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
3916which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
3917part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
3918the caches and the SIU.
3919
3920Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
3921preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
3922(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
3923on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
3924programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
3925simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
3926banks.
3927
3928When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
3929different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
3930bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
39310x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
3932contiguous memory starting from 0.
3933
3934Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
3935and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
3936Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
3937pages, and the final stack is set up.
3938
3939Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
3940until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
3941running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
3942new address in RAM.
3943
3944
3945U-Boot Porting Guide:
3946----------------------
3947
3948[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
3949list, October 2002]
3950
3951
3952int main (int argc, char *argv[])
3953{
3954 sighandler_t no_more_time;
3955
3956 signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time);
3957 alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
3958
3959 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
3960 pay consultant to port U-Boot;
3961 return 0;
3962 }
3963
3964 Download latest U-Boot source;
3965
3966 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
3967
3968 if (clueless) {
3969 email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
3970 }
3971
3972 while (learning) {
3973 Read the README file in the top level directory;
3974 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual ;
3975 Read the source, Luke;
3976 }
3977
3978 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) {
3979 Buy a BDI2000;
3980 } else {
3981 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
3982 }
3983
3984 Create your own board support subdirectory;
3985
3986 Create your own board config file;
3987
3988 while (!running) {
3989 do {
3990 Add / modify source code;
3991 } until (compiles);
3992 Debug;
3993 if (clueless)
3994 email ("Hi, I am having problems...");
3995 }
3996 Send patch file to Wolfgang;
3997
3998 return 0;
3999}
4000
4001void no_more_time (int sig)
4002{
4003 hire_a_guru();
4004}
4005
4006
4007Coding Standards:
4008-----------------
4009
4010All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
4011coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
4012"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory. In sources
4013originating from U-Boot a style corresponding to "Lindent -pcs" (adding
4014spaces before parameters to function calls) is actually used.
4015
4016Source files originating from a different project (for example the
4017MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
4018reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
4019sources.
4020
4021Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
4022Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
4023in your code.
4024
4025Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
4026- remove any trailing white space
4027- use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces
4028- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
4029- do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files
4030- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
4031
4032Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
4033with a request to reformat the changes.
4034
4035
4036Submitting Patches:
4037-------------------
4038
4039Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
4040establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
4041may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
4042
4043Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
4044
4045Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
4046see http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
4047
4048When you send a patch, please include the following information with
4049it:
4050
4051* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
4052 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
4053 patch actually fixes something.
4054
4055* For new features: a description of the feature and your
4056 implementation.
4057
4058* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
4059
4060* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
4061
4062* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
4063 board to the MAKEALL script, too.
4064
4065* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
4066 document these in the README file.
4067
4068* The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
4069 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
4070 "git-format-patch". If you then use "git-send-email" to send it to
4071 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
4072 with some other mail clients.
4073
4074 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
4075 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
4076 GNU diff.
4077
4078 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
4079 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
4080 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
4081 affected files).
4082
4083 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
4084 and compressed attachments must not be used.
4085
4086* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
4087 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
4088
4089* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
4090 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
4091
4092
4093Notes:
4094
4095* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
4096 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
4097 for any of the boards.
4098
4099* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
4100 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
4101 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
4102
4103* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
4104 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
4105 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
4106 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
4107 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
4108 modification.
4109
4110* Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
4111 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
4112 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
4113 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.