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23
24 Summary:
25 ========
26
27 This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
28 Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
29 processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
30 initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
31 code.
32
33 The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
34 the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
35 header files in common, and special provision has been made to
36 support booting of Linux images.
37
38 Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
39 configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
40 implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
41 add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
42 code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
43 load and run it dynamically.
44
45
46 Status:
47 =======
48
49 In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
50 Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
51 "working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
52
53 In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
54 who contributed the specific port. The MAINTAINERS file lists board
55 maintainers.
56
57
58 Where to get help:
59 ==================
60
61 In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
62 U-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
64 on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
65 Please see http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
66 http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot
67
68
69 Where to get source code:
70 =========================
71
72 The U-Boot source code is maintained in the git repository at
73 git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
74 http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
75
76 The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
77 any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
78 available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
79 directory.
80
81 Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
82 ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
83
84
85 Where 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
104 Names and Spelling:
105 ===================
106
107 The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
108 "U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
109 in source files etc.). Example:
110
111 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
112
113 File 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
119 Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
120 the 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
126 Versioning:
127 ===========
128
129 Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
130 were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
131 into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
132 names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
133 Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
134 releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
135
136 Examples:
137 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
138 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
139 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candiate 1 for September 2010 release
140
141
142 Directory Hierarchy:
143 ====================
144
145 /arch Architecture specific files
146 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture
147 /cpu CPU specific files
148 /arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
149 /arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
150 /at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
151 /imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
152 /s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
153 /arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
154 /arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
155 /arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
156 /ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
157 /pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
158 /s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
159 /sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
160 /lib Architecture specific library files
161 /avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
162 /cpu CPU specific files
163 /lib Architecture specific library files
164 /blackfin Files generic to Analog Devices Blackfin architecture
165 /cpu CPU specific files
166 /lib Architecture specific library files
167 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
168 /cpu CPU specific files
169 /lib Architecture specific library files
170 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
171 /cpu CPU specific files
172 /mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
173 /mcf5227x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5227x CPUs
174 /mcf532x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5329 CPUs
175 /mcf5445x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5445x CPUs
176 /mcf547x_8x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF547x_8x CPUs
177 /lib Architecture specific library files
178 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
179 /cpu CPU specific files
180 /lib Architecture specific library files
181 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
182 /cpu CPU specific files
183 /lib Architecture specific library files
184 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
185 /cpu CPU specific files
186 /lib Architecture specific library files
187 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
188 /cpu CPU specific files
189 /74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
190 /mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
191 /mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
192 /mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
193 /mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
194 /mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
195 /mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
196 /mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
197 /ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
198 /lib Architecture specific library files
199 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
200 /cpu CPU specific files
201 /sh2 Files specific to sh2 CPUs
202 /sh3 Files specific to sh3 CPUs
203 /sh4 Files specific to sh4 CPUs
204 /lib Architecture specific library files
205 /sparc Files generic to SPARC architecture
206 /cpu CPU specific files
207 /leon2 Files specific to Gaisler LEON2 SPARC CPU
208 /leon3 Files specific to Gaisler LEON3 SPARC CPU
209 /lib Architecture specific library files
210 /api Machine/arch independent API for external apps
211 /board Board dependent files
212 /common Misc architecture independent functions
213 /disk Code for disk drive partition handling
214 /doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
215 /drivers Commonly used device drivers
216 /examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
217 /fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
218 /include Header Files
219 /lib Files generic to all architectures
220 /libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees
221 /lzma Library files to support LZMA decompression
222 /lzo Library files to support LZO decompression
223 /net Networking code
224 /post Power On Self Test
225 /rtc Real Time Clock drivers
226 /tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
227
228 Software Configuration:
229 =======================
230
231 Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
232 rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
233
234 There are two classes of configuration variables:
235
236 * Configuration _OPTIONS_:
237 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
238 "CONFIG_".
239
240 * Configuration _SETTINGS_:
241 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
242 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
243 "CONFIG_SYS_".
244
245 Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
246 identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
247 do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
248 links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
249 as an example here.
250
251
252 Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
253 ---------------------------------------------------
254
255 For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
256 configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
257
258 Example: For a TQM823L module type:
259
260 cd u-boot
261 make TQM823L_config
262
263 For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the CPU type as well;
264 e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
265 directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
266
267
268 Configuration Options:
269 ----------------------
270
271 Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
272 such information is kept in a configuration file
273 "include/configs/<board_name>.h".
274
275 Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
276 "include/configs/TQM823L.h".
277
278
279 Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
280 kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
281 build a config tool - later.
282
283
284 The following options need to be configured:
285
286 - CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
287
288 - Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
289
290 - CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
291 Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
292
293 - CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
294 Define exactly one of
295 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
296 --- FIXME --- not tested yet:
297 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
298 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
299
300 - Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
301 Define exactly one of
302 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
303
304 - Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
305 Define one or more of
306 CONFIG_CMA302
307
308 - Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
309 Define one or more of
310 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
311 the LCD display every second with
312 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
313
314 - Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
315 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
316 Possible values are:
317 CONFIG_SYS_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
318 CONFIG_SYS_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
319 CONFIG_SYS_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
320 CONFIG_SYS_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
321
322 - Marvell Family Member
323 CONFIG_SYS_MVFS - define it if you want to enable
324 multiple fs option at one time
325 for marvell soc family
326
327 - MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
328 Define exactly one of
329 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
330
331 - 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx CPU)
332 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
333 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
334 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
335 reference PIT/RTC clock
336 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
337 or XTAL/EXTAL)
338
339 - 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
340 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
341 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
342 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
343 See doc/README.MPC866
344
345 CONFIG_SYS_MEASURE_CPUCLK
346
347 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
348 of relying on the correctness of the configured
349 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
350 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
351 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
352 RTC clock or CONFIG_SYS_8XX_XIN)
353
354 CONFIG_SYS_DELAYED_ICACHE
355
356 Define this option if you want to enable the
357 ICache only when Code runs from RAM.
358
359 - 85xx CPU Options:
360 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
361
362 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
363 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
364 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
365
366 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
367
368 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
369 tree nodes for the given platform.
370
371 - Intel Monahans options:
372 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
373
374 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
375 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
376 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
377
378 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
379
380 Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator
381 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
382 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
383 by this value.
384
385 - Linux Kernel Interface:
386 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
387
388 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
389 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
390 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
391 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
392 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
393 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
394 Linux kernel.
395 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
396 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
397 default environment.
398
399 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
400
401 When transferring memsize parameter to linux, some versions
402 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
403 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
404
405 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
406
407 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
408 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
409 concepts).
410
411 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
412 * New libfdt-based support
413 * Adds the "fdt" command
414 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
415
416 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node (only required for
417 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
418 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node (only required for
419 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
420 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
421 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
422
423 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
424 addresses
425
426 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
427
428 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
429 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
430
431 CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU
432
433 This define fills in the correct boot CPU in the boot
434 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
435
436 CONFIG_OF_IDE_FIXUP
437
438 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
439 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
440 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
441 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
442 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
443 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
444
445 - vxWorks boot parameters:
446
447 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
448 environments variables: bootfile, ipaddr, serverip, hostname.
449 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
450
451 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_DEVICE - The vxworks device name
452 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_MAC_PTR - Ethernet 6 byte MA -address
453 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_SERVERNAME - Name of the server
454 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_ADDR - Address of boot parameters
455
456 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_ADD_PARAMS
457
458 Add it at the end of the bootline. E.g "u=username pw=secret"
459
460 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
461 the defaults discussed just above.
462
463 - Cache Configuration:
464 CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF - Do not enable instruction cache in U-Boot
465 CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF - Do not enable data cache in U-Boot
466 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot
467
468 - Cache Configuration for ARM:
469 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
470 controller
471 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
472 controller register space
473
474 - Serial Ports:
475 CONFIG_PL010_SERIAL
476
477 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
478
479 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL
480
481 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
482
483 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
484
485 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
486 the clock speed of the UARTs.
487
488 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
489
490 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
491 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
492 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
493
494 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_RLCR
495
496 Some vendor versions of PL011 serial ports (e.g. ST-Ericsson U8500)
497 have separate receive and transmit line control registers. Set
498 this variable to initialize the extra register.
499
500 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_FLUSH_ON_INIT
501
502 On some platforms (e.g. U8500) U-Boot is loaded by a second stage
503 boot loader that has already initialized the UART. Define this
504 variable to flush the UART at init time.
505
506
507 - Console Interface:
508 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
509 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
510 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
511 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
512
513 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
514 port routines must be defined elsewhere
515 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
516
517 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
518 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
519 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
520 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
521 (default big endian)
522 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
523 rectangle fill
524 (cf. smiLynxEM)
525 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
526 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
527 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
528 (cols=pitch)
529 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
530 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
531 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
532 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
533 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
534 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
535 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
536 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
537 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
538 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
539 (i.e. i8042_getc)
540 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
541 (requires blink timer
542 cf. i8042.c)
543 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
544 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
545 upper right corner
546 (requires CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
547 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
548 upper left corner
549 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
550 linux_logo.h for logo.
551 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
552 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
553 additional board info beside
554 the logo
555
556 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
557 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
558 environment 'console=serial'.
559
560 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
561 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
562 the "silent" environment variable. See
563 doc/README.silent for more information.
564
565 - Console Baudrate:
566 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
567 Select one of the baudrates listed in
568 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
569 CONFIG_SYS_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
570
571 - Console Rx buffer length
572 With CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN it is possible to define
573 the maximum receive buffer length for the SMC.
574 This option is actual only for 82xx and 8xx possible.
575 If using CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN also CONFIG_SYS_MAXIDLE
576 must be defined, to setup the maximum idle timeout for
577 the SMC.
578
579 - Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
580 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
581 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
582
583 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
584 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
585 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
586 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
587 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
588 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
589 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
590 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
591 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
592 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
593 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
594 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
595
596 - Autoboot Command:
597 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
598 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
599 define a command string that is automatically executed
600 when no character is read on the console interface
601 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
602
603 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
604 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
605 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
606 environment value "bootargs".
607
608 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
609 The value of these goes into the environment as
610 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
611 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
612 RAM and NFS.
613
614 - Pre-Boot Commands:
615 CONFIG_PREBOOT
616
617 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
618 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
619 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
620 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
621 entering interactive mode.
622
623 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
624 automatically generated or modified. For an example
625 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
626 modified when the user holds down a certain
627 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
628 booting the systems
629
630 - Serial Download Echo Mode:
631 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
632 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
633 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
634 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
635 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
636 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
637 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
638
639 - Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
640 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE
641 Select one of the baudrates listed in
642 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
643
644 - Monitor Functions:
645 Monitor commands can be included or excluded
646 from the build by using the #include files
647 "config_cmd_all.h" and #undef'ing unwanted
648 commands, or using "config_cmd_default.h"
649 and augmenting with additional #define's
650 for wanted commands.
651
652 The default command configuration includes all commands
653 except those marked below with a "*".
654
655 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
656 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
657 CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
658 CONFIG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
659 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
660 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
661 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
662 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
663 CONFIG_CMD_CRC32 * crc32
664 CONFIG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
665 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
666 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
667 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510 * ds4510 I2C gpio commands
668 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_INFO * ds4510 I2C info command
669 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_MEM * ds4510 I2C eeprom/sram commansd
670 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_RST * ds4510 I2C rst command
671 CONFIG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
672 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
673 CONFIG_CMD_EDITENV edit env variable
674 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
675 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
676 CONFIG_CMD_EXPORTENV * export the environment
677 CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV saveenv
678 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
679 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support
680 CONFIG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
681 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
682 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
683 CONFIG_CMD_GO * the 'go' command (exec code)
684 CONFIG_CMD_GREPENV * search environment
685 CONFIG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
686 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
687 CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
688 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
689 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
690 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
691 CONFIG_CMD_IMPORTENV * import an environment
692 CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
693 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
694 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
695 CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
696 CONFIG_CMD_LDRINFO ldrinfo (display Blackfin loader)
697 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
698 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
699 CONFIG_CMD_MD5SUM print md5 message digest
700 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY and CONFIG_MD5)
701 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
702 loop, loopw, mtest
703 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
704 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
705 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
706 CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS * MTD partition support
707 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
708 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
709 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X * PCA953x I2C gpio commands
710 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X_INFO * PCA953x I2C gpio info command
711 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
712 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
713 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
714 host
715 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
716 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
717 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
718 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
719 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
720 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
721 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
722 CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access
723 (4xx only)
724 CONFIG_CMD_SHA1SUM print sha1 memory digest
725 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY)
726 CONFIG_CMD_SOURCE "source" command Support
727 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
728 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPSRV * TFTP transfer in server mode
729 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
730 CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
731 CONFIG_CMD_FSL * Microblaze FSL support
732
733
734 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
735 support you can write:
736
737 #include "config_cmd_all.h"
738 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
739
740 Other Commands:
741 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
742
743 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
744 (configuration option CONFIG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
745 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
746 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
747 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
748 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
749 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
750 initial stack and some data.
751
752
753 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
754
755 - Watchdog:
756 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
757 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
758 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
759 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260
760 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
761 register. When supported for a specific SoC is
762 available, then no further board specific code should
763 be needed to use it.
764
765 CONFIG_HW_WATCHDOG
766 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
767 SoC, then define this variable and provide board
768 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
769
770 - U-Boot Version:
771 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
772 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
773 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
774 version as printed by the "version" command.
775 This variable is readonly.
776
777 - Real-Time Clock:
778
779 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
780 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
781 following options:
782
783 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
784 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
785 CONFIG_RTC_MC13783 - use MC13783 RTC
786 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
787 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
788 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
789 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
790 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
791 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
792 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
793 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
794 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
795 RV3029 RTC.
796
797 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
798 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
799
800 - GPIO Support:
801 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
802 CONFIG_PCA953X_INFO - enable pca953x info command
803
804 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
805 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
806 pins supported by a particular chip.
807
808 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
809 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
810
811 - Timestamp Support:
812
813 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
814 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
815 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
816 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
817
818 - Partition Support:
819 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
820 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION
821
822 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CONFIG_CMD_IDE or
823 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at
824 least one partition type as well.
825
826 - IDE Reset method:
827 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
828 board configurations files but used nowhere!
829
830 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
831 be performed by calling the function
832 ide_set_reset(int reset)
833 which has to be defined in a board specific file
834
835 - ATAPI Support:
836 CONFIG_ATAPI
837
838 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
839
840 - LBA48 Support
841 CONFIG_LBA48
842
843 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
844 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
845 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
846 support disks up to 2.1TB.
847
848 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
849 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
850 Default is 32bit.
851
852 - SCSI Support:
853 At the moment only there is only support for the
854 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
855 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
856
857 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
858 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
859 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
860 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
861 devices.
862 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
863
864 - NETWORK Support (PCI):
865 CONFIG_E1000
866 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips.
867
868 CONFIG_E1000_FALLBACK_MAC
869 default MAC for empty EEPROM after production.
870
871 CONFIG_EEPRO100
872 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
873 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
874 write routine for first time initialisation.
875
876 CONFIG_TULIP
877 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
878 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
879 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
880
881 CONFIG_NATSEMI
882 Support for National dp83815 chips.
883
884 CONFIG_NS8382X
885 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
886
887 - NETWORK Support (other):
888
889 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC
890 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.
891
892 CONFIG_RMII
893 Define this to use reduced MII inteface
894
895 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
896 If this defined, the driver is quiet.
897 The driver doen't show link status messages.
898
899 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
900 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
901
902 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
903 Define this to hold the physical address
904 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
905
906 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
907 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
908
909 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111
910 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
911
912 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
913 Define this to hold the physical address
914 of the device (I/O space)
915
916 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
917 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
918
919 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
920 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
921 (some hardware wont work with macros)
922
923 CONFIG_FTGMAC100
924 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
925
926 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
927 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
928 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
929 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
930 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
931 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
932 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
933 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
934
935 CONFIG_SMC911X
936 Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips
937
938 CONFIG_SMC911X_BASE
939 Define this to hold the physical address
940 of the device (I/O space)
941
942 CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT
943 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
944
945 CONFIG_SMC911X_16_BIT
946 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
947 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
948 words you may also try CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT.
949
950 CONFIG_SH_ETHER
951 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
952
953 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
954 Define the number of ports to be used
955
956 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
957 Define the ETH PHY's address
958
959 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
960 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
961
962 - USB Support:
963 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
964 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
965 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
966 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
967 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
968 storage devices.
969 Note:
970 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
971 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
972 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
973 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
974 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
975 CONFIG_PSC3_USB
976 for USB on PSC3
977 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG
978 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
979 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
980 for differential drivers on PSC3: 0x00000100
981 for single ended drivers on PSC3: 0x00004100
982 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EVENT_POLL
983 May be defined to allow interrupt polling
984 instead of using asynchronous interrupts
985
986 - USB Device:
987 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
988 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
989 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
990 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
991 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
992 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
993 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
994 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
995 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
996 a Linux host by
997 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
998 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
999 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
1000 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
1001
1002 CONFIG_USB_DEVICE
1003 Define this to build a UDC device
1004
1005 CONFIG_USB_TTY
1006 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
1007 talk to the UDC device
1008
1009 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
1010 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
1011 be set to usbtty.
1012
1013 mpc8xx:
1014 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
1015 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
1016 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0x02
1017
1018 CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0xBLAH
1019 Derive USB clock from brgclk
1020 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0x04
1021
1022 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
1023 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
1024 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
1025 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
1026 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
1027 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
1028
1029 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
1030 Define this string as the name of your company for
1031 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
1032
1033 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
1034 Define this string as the name of your product
1035 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
1036
1037 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
1038 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
1039 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
1040 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
1041 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
1042
1043 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
1044 Define this as the unique Product ID
1045 for your device
1046 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
1047
1048
1049 - MMC Support:
1050 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1051 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1052 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
1053 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
1054 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1055 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
1056
1057 - Journaling Flash filesystem support:
1058 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
1059 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
1060 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1061
1062 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1063 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
1064 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1065
1066 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
1067 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
1068 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
1069
1070 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
1071 #define CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
1072 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you
1073 have not defined a custom partition
1074
1075 - Keyboard Support:
1076 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
1077
1078 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
1079 support
1080
1081 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
1082 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
1083 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
1084 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
1085 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
1086
1087 - Video support:
1088 CONFIG_VIDEO
1089
1090 Define this to enable video support (for output to
1091 video).
1092
1093 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
1094
1095 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
1096
1097 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
1098 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
1099 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
1100 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
1101 assumed.
1102
1103 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
1104 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two different ways
1105 are possible:
1106 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
1107 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
1108
1109 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
1110 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1111 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
1112 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
1113 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
1114 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
1115 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1116 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
1117
1118 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
1119 from the bootargs. (See drivers/video/videomodes.c)
1120
1121
1122 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
1123 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
1124 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
1125 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
1126
1127 CONFIG_FSL_DIU_FB
1128 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
1129 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1130 support, and should also define these other macros:
1131
1132 CONFIG_SYS_DIU_ADDR
1133 CONFIG_VIDEO
1134 CONFIG_CMD_BMP
1135 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
1136 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1137 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1138 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
1139 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1140
1141 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1142 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
1143 boot. See the documentation file README.video for a
1144 description of this variable.
1145
1146 - Keyboard Support:
1147 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
1148
1149 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1150 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1151 defined in your board-specific files.
1152 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
1153
1154 - LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1155
1156 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1157 display); also select one of the supported displays
1158 by defining one of these:
1159
1160 CONFIG_ATMEL_LCD:
1161
1162 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1163
1164 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
1165
1166 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
1167
1168 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
1169
1170 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1171 Active, color, single scan.
1172
1173 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1174
1175 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
1176 Active, color, single scan.
1177
1178 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
1179
1180 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1181 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1182
1183 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1184
1185 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1186 Active, color, single scan.
1187
1188 CONFIG_HLD1045
1189
1190 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1191 Active, color, single scan.
1192
1193 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
1194
1195 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1196 or
1197 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1198 or
1199 Hitachi SP14Q002
1200
1201 320x240. Black & white.
1202
1203 Normally display is black on white background; define
1204 CONFIG_SYS_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
1205
1206 - Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
1207
1208 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1209 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1210 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
1211 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
1212 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1213 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1214 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1215 loaded very quickly after power-on.
1216
1217 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN
1218
1219 If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
1220 on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
1221 position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
1222 number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
1223 is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
1224 specify 'm' for centering the image.
1225
1226 Example:
1227 setenv splashpos m,m
1228 => image at center of screen
1229
1230 setenv splashpos 30,20
1231 => image at x = 30 and y = 20
1232
1233 setenv splashpos -10,m
1234 => vertically centered image
1235 at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9
1236
1237 - Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
1238
1239 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1240 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1241 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1242
1243 - Run length encoded BMP image (RLE8) support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8
1244
1245 If this option is set, 8-bit RLE compressed BMP images
1246 can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the
1247 bmp command.
1248
1249 - Compression support:
1250 CONFIG_BZIP2
1251
1252 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1253 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1254 compressed images are supported.
1255
1256 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
1257 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
1258 be at least 4MB.
1259
1260 CONFIG_LZMA
1261
1262 If this option is set, support for lzma compressed
1263 images is included.
1264
1265 Note: The LZMA algorithm adds between 2 and 4KB of code and it
1266 requires an amount of dynamic memory that is given by the
1267 formula:
1268
1269 (1846 + 768 << (lc + lp)) * sizeof(uint16)
1270
1271 Where lc and lp stand for, respectively, Literal context bits
1272 and Literal pos bits.
1273
1274 This value is upper-bounded by 14MB in the worst case. Anyway,
1275 for a ~4MB large kernel image, we have lc=3 and lp=0 for a
1276 total amount of (1846 + 768 << (3 + 0)) * 2 = ~41KB... that is
1277 a very small buffer.
1278
1279 Use the lzmainfo tool to determinate the lc and lp values and
1280 then calculate the amount of needed dynamic memory (ensuring
1281 the appropriate CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN value).
1282
1283 - MII/PHY support:
1284 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR
1285
1286 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1287
1288 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1289
1290 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1291
1292 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE
1293
1294 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
1295 detection of gigabit PHY is included.
1296
1297 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1298
1299 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1300 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1301 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1302 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1303
1304 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1305
1306 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1307 command issued before MII status register can be read
1308
1309 - Ethernet address:
1310 CONFIG_ETHADDR
1311 CONFIG_ETH1ADDR
1312 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
1313 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
1314 CONFIG_ETH4ADDR
1315 CONFIG_ETH5ADDR
1316
1317 Define a default value for Ethernet address to use
1318 for the respective Ethernet interface, in case this
1319 is not determined automatically.
1320
1321 - IP address:
1322 CONFIG_IPADDR
1323
1324 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1325 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
1326 determined through e.g. bootp.
1327
1328 - Server IP address:
1329 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1330
1331 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
1332 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1333
1334 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1335
1336 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1337 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1338
1339 - Multicast TFTP Mode:
1340 CONFIG_MCAST_TFTP
1341
1342 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1343 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
1344 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
1345 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1346 multicast group.
1347
1348 - BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1349 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1350
1351 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1352 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1353 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1354 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1355 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1356 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1357 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1358 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1359 following delays are inserted then:
1360
1361 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1362 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1363 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1364 4th and following
1365 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1366
1367 - DHCP Advanced Options:
1368 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1369 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1370
1371 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1372 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1373 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1374 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1375 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1376 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1377 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1378 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2
1379 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1380 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1381 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1382 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
1383
1384 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1385 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
1386
1387 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1388 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1389 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1390 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1391 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1392 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1393 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1394 is defined.
1395
1396 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1397 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1398 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
1399 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
1400 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1401 option 12 to the DHCP server.
1402
1403 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1404
1405 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1406 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1407 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1408 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1409 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1410 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1411 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1412 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1413 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1414 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1415 this delay.
1416
1417 - CDP Options:
1418 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
1419
1420 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1421
1422 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1423
1424 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1425 of the device.
1426
1427 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1428
1429 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1430 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1431 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1432
1433 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1434
1435 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1436 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1437
1438 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1439
1440 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1441
1442 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1443
1444 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1445
1446 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1447
1448 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1449
1450 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1451
1452 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1453 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1454
1455 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1456
1457 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1458
1459 - Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1460
1461 Several configurations allow to display the current
1462 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1463 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1464 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1465 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1466 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1467 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1468 feature in U-Boot.
1469
1470 - CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1471
1472 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1473 on those systems that support this (optional)
1474 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1475
1476 - I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1477
1478 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
1479 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
1480 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected CPU.
1481
1482 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
1483 command line (as long as you set CONFIG_CMD_I2C in
1484 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1485 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
1486 command line interface.
1487
1488 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
1489
1490 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
1491 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1492 support for I2C.
1493
1494 There are several other quantities that must also be
1495 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
1496
1497 In both cases you will need to define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED
1498 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
1499 to run and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
1500 the CPU's i2c node address).
1501
1502 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx
1503 (arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c) sets the CPU up as a master node
1504 and so its address should therefore be cleared to 0 (See,
1505 eg, MPC823e User's Manual p.16-473). So, set
1506 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
1507
1508 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_MPC5XXX
1509
1510 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1511 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1512 in progress. Reset the slave devices by sending start
1513 commands until the slave device responds.
1514
1515 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
1516
1517 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1518 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1519 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
1520
1521 I2C_INIT
1522
1523 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
1524 controller or configure ports.
1525
1526 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
1527
1528 I2C_PORT
1529
1530 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1531 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1532 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
1533
1534 I2C_ACTIVE
1535
1536 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1537 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1538 define can be null.
1539
1540 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1541
1542 I2C_TRISTATE
1543
1544 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1545 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1546 define can be null.
1547
1548 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1549
1550 I2C_READ
1551
1552 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1553 FALSE if it is low.
1554
1555 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1556
1557 I2C_SDA(bit)
1558
1559 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1560 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1561
1562 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
1563 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
1564 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
1565
1566 I2C_SCL(bit)
1567
1568 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1569 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1570
1571 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
1572 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
1573 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
1574
1575 I2C_DELAY
1576
1577 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1578 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
1579 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
1580 like:
1581
1582 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
1583
1584 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
1585
1586 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
1587 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
1588 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
1589 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
1590
1591 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
1592 the generic GPIO functions.
1593
1594 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1595
1596 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1597 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1598 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1599 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1600 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1601 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1602 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1603 is run early in the boot sequence.
1604
1605 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BOARD_LATE_INIT
1606
1607 An alternative to CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD. If this option is
1608 defined a custom i2c_board_late_init() routine in
1609 boards/xxx/board.c is run AFTER the operations in i2c_init()
1610 is completed. This callpoint can be used to unreset i2c bus
1611 using CPU i2c controller register accesses for CPUs whose i2c
1612 controller provide such a method. It is called at the end of
1613 i2c_init() to allow i2c_init operations to setup the i2c bus
1614 controller on the CPU (e.g. setting bus speed & slave address).
1615
1616 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1617
1618 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1619 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1620 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1621
1622 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1623
1624 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
1625 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1626 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
1627 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1628
1629 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
1630
1631 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
1632 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1633 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
1634 a 1D array of device addresses
1635
1636 e.g.
1637 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1638 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
1639
1640 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1641
1642 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1643 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
1644
1645 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1646
1647 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
1648
1649 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1650 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1651
1652 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
1653
1654 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1655 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1656
1657 CONFIG_SYS_DTT_BUS_NUM
1658
1659 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
1660 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
1661
1662 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DTT_ADDR:
1663
1664 If defined, specifies the I2C address of the DTT device.
1665 If not defined, then U-Boot uses predefined value for
1666 specified DTT device.
1667
1668 CONFIG_FSL_I2C
1669
1670 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
1671 drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c.
1672
1673 CONFIG_I2C_MUX
1674
1675 Define this option if you have I2C devices reached over 1 .. n
1676 I2C Muxes like the pca9544a. This option addes a new I2C
1677 Command "i2c bus [muxtype:muxaddr:muxchannel]" which adds a
1678 new I2C Bus to the existing I2C Busses. If you select the
1679 new Bus with "i2c dev", u-bbot sends first the commandos for
1680 the muxes to activate this new "bus".
1681
1682 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS must be also defined, to use this
1683 feature!
1684
1685 Example:
1686 Adding a new I2C Bus reached over 2 pca9544a muxes
1687 The First mux with address 70 and channel 6
1688 The Second mux with address 71 and channel 4
1689
1690 => i2c bus pca9544a:70:6:pca9544a:71:4
1691
1692 Use the "i2c bus" command without parameter, to get a list
1693 of I2C Busses with muxes:
1694
1695 => i2c bus
1696 Busses reached over muxes:
1697 Bus ID: 2
1698 reached over Mux(es):
1699 pca9544a@70 ch: 4
1700 Bus ID: 3
1701 reached over Mux(es):
1702 pca9544a@70 ch: 6
1703 pca9544a@71 ch: 4
1704 =>
1705
1706 If you now switch to the new I2C Bus 3 with "i2c dev 3"
1707 u-boot sends First the Commando to the mux@70 to enable
1708 channel 6, and then the Commando to the mux@71 to enable
1709 the channel 4.
1710
1711 After that, you can use the "normal" i2c commands as
1712 usual, to communicate with your I2C devices behind
1713 the 2 muxes.
1714
1715 This option is actually implemented for the bitbanging
1716 algorithm in common/soft_i2c.c and for the Hardware I2C
1717 Bus on the MPC8260. But it should be not so difficult
1718 to add this option to other architectures.
1719
1720 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
1721
1722 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
1723 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
1724 between writing the address pointer and reading the
1725 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
1726 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
1727 devices can use either method, but some require one or
1728 the other.
1729
1730 - SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1731
1732 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1733 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1734 D/As on the SACSng board)
1735
1736 CONFIG_SH_SPI
1737
1738 Enables the driver for SPI controller on SuperH. Currently
1739 only SH7757 is supported.
1740
1741 CONFIG_SPI_X
1742
1743 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1744 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1745
1746 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1747
1748 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1749 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1750 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1751 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1752 defined, the board configuration must define several
1753 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1754 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
1755
1756 CONFIG_HARD_SPI
1757
1758 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
1759 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
1760 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
1761 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
1762 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
1763
1764 CONFIG_MXC_SPI
1765
1766 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
1767 SoCs. Currently only i.MX31 is supported.
1768
1769 - FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
1770
1771 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1772
1773 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1774
1775 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1776 (ALTERA, XILINX)
1777
1778 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
1779
1780 Enables support for FPGA family.
1781 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1782
1783 CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1784
1785 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
1786
1787 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
1788
1789 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
1790
1791 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1792
1793 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1794 status by the configuration function. This option
1795 will require a board or device specific function to
1796 be written.
1797
1798 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1799
1800 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1801 configuration driver.
1802
1803 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1804 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1805
1806 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1807
1808 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1809 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1810 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1811 indicated a CRC error).
1812
1813 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1814
1815 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1816 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1817 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
1818 ms.
1819
1820 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1821
1822 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
1823 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
1824
1825 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1826
1827 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1828 200 ms.
1829
1830 - Configuration Management:
1831 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
1832
1833 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1834 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
1835
1836 - Vendor Parameter Protection:
1837
1838 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1839 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
1840 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
1841 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1842 protects these variables from casual modification by
1843 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1844 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
1845 change this behaviour:
1846
1847 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1848 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
1849 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
1850 these parameters.
1851
1852 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1853 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
1854 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
1855 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1856 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1857 read-only.]
1858
1859 - Protected RAM:
1860 CONFIG_PRAM
1861
1862 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1863 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1864 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1865 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1866 this default value by defining an environment
1867 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1868 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1869 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1870 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1871 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1872 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1873 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1874
1875 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
1876 saveenv
1877
1878 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1879 either, which results in a memory region that will
1880 not be affected by reboots.
1881
1882 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1883 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1884 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1885 following board configurations are known to be
1886 "pRAM-clean":
1887
1888 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
1889 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
1890 FLAGADM, TQM8260
1891
1892 - Error Recovery:
1893 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
1894
1895 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
1896 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
1897 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
1898 system where you want the system to reboot
1899 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
1900 useful during development since you can try to debug
1901 the conditions that lead to the situation.
1902
1903 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1904
1905 This variable defines the number of retries for
1906 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1907 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1908 default value of 5 is used.
1909
1910 CONFIG_ARP_TIMEOUT
1911
1912 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
1913
1914 - Command Interpreter:
1915 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
1916
1917 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
1918
1919 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
1920 for the "hush" shell.
1921
1922
1923 CONFIG_SYS_HUSH_PARSER
1924
1925 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
1926 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
1927 powerful command line syntax like
1928 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
1929 constructs ("shell scripts").
1930
1931 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
1932 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
1933
1934
1935 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
1936
1937 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1938 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1939 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1940
1941 Note:
1942
1943 In the current implementation, the local variables
1944 space and global environment variables space are
1945 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1946 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1947 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1948 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1949 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
1950
1951 Global environment variables are those you use
1952 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1953 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1954 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
1955
1956 To store commands and special characters in a
1957 variable, please use double quotation marks
1958 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1959 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1960 symbols.
1961
1962 - Commandline Editing and History:
1963 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
1964
1965 Enable editing and History functions for interactive
1966 commandline input operations
1967
1968 - Default Environment:
1969 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1970
1971 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1972 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
1973 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
1974
1975 For example, place something like this in your
1976 board's config file:
1977
1978 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1979 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1980 "myvar2=value2\0"
1981
1982 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1983 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1984 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1985 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
1986 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
1987 You better know what you are doing here.
1988
1989 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1990 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
1991 the environment like the "source" command or the
1992 boot command first.
1993
1994 - DataFlash Support:
1995 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
1996
1997 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
1998 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
1999 commands cp, md...
2000
2001 - SystemACE Support:
2002 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
2003
2004 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
2005 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
2006 of the chip must also be defined in the
2007 CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
2008
2009 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
2010 #define CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
2011
2012 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
2013 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
2014
2015 - TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
2016 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
2017
2018 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
2019 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
2020 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
2021 number generator is used.
2022
2023 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
2024 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
2025 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
2026
2027 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
2028 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
2029 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
2030 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
2031 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
2032 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
2033 but sometimes that is not allowed.
2034
2035 - Show boot progress:
2036 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
2037
2038 Defining this option allows to add some board-
2039 specific code (calling a user-provided function
2040 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
2041 the system's boot progress on some display (for
2042 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
2043 the following checkpoints are implemented:
2044
2045 - Standalone program support:
2046 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
2047
2048 This option allows to define board specific values
2049 for the address where standalone program gets loaded,
2050 thus overwriting the architecutre dependent default
2051 settings.
2052
2053 - Frame Buffer Address:
2054 CONFIG_FB_ADDR
2055
2056 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific address for
2057 frame buffer.
2058 Then system will reserve the frame buffer address to defined address
2059 instead of lcd_setmem (this function grab the memory for frame buffer
2060 by panel's size).
2061
2062 Please see board_init_f function.
2063
2064 If you want this config option then,
2065 please define it at your board config file
2066
2067 Legacy uImage format:
2068
2069 Arg Where When
2070 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
2071 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
2072 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
2073 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
2074 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
2075 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
2076 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
2077 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
2078 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2079 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
2080 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
2081 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
2082 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
2083 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
2084 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
2085 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
2086
2087 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2088 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
2089 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
2090 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
2091 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
2092 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
2093 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
2094 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
2095 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
2096 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
2097
2098 15 arch/<arch>/lib/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
2099
2100 -30 arch/powerpc/lib/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
2101 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
2102 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
2103
2104 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
2105 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
2106 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
2107 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
2108 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
2109 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2110 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
2111 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
2112 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
2113 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
2114 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2115 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
2116 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2117 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
2118 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
2119 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
2120 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
2121 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
2122 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
2123 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
2124 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
2125 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
2126 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
2127 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
2128 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
2129 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
2130 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2131 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
2132 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
2133 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
2134 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
2135 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
2136 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
2137 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
2138 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
2139 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
2140 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
2141 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
2142 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
2143 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2144 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
2145 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2146 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
2147 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
2148 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
2149 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
2150 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
2151
2152 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
2153
2154 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
2155 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
2156 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
2157
2158 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
2159 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling NetLoop()
2160 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in NetLoop() occurred
2161 81 common/cmd_net.c NetLoop() back without error
2162 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
2163 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
2164 83 common/cmd_net.c running "source" command
2165 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or "source" command
2166 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
2167
2168 FIT uImage format:
2169
2170 Arg Where When
2171 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
2172 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
2173 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
2174 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
2175 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
2176 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
2177 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
2178 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
2179 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
2180 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
2181 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
2182 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2183 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
2184 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
2185 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
2186 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
2187 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
2188 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
2189 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
2190 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
2191 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
2192 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
2193
2194 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2195 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
2196 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
2197 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
2198 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
2199 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
2200 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
2201 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
2202 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
2203 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
2204 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
2205 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
2206 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
2207 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
2208 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
2209 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
2210
2211 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
2212 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
2213
2214 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
2215 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
2216
2217 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
2218 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
2219
2220 - Automatic software updates via TFTP server
2221 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP
2222 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
2223 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
2224
2225 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
2226 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
2227
2228 - MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
2229 CONFIG_MTD_DEVICE
2230
2231 Adds the MTD device infrastructure from the Linux kernel.
2232 Needed for mtdparts command support.
2233
2234 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
2235
2236 Adds the MTD partitioning infrastructure from the Linux
2237 kernel. Needed for UBI support.
2238
2239
2240 Modem Support:
2241 --------------
2242
2243 [so far only for SMDK2400 boards]
2244
2245 - Modem support enable:
2246 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
2247
2248 - RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
2249 CONFIG_HWFLOW
2250
2251 - Modem debug support:
2252 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
2253
2254 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
2255 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
2256
2257 - Interrupt support (PPC):
2258
2259 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
2260 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
2261 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
2262 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
2263 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
2264 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
2265 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
2266 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
2267 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
2268 general timer_interrupt().
2269
2270 - General:
2271
2272 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
2273 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
2274 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
2275 (autoboot). The key_pressed() function is called from
2276 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
2277 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
2278 initialization.
2279
2280 If there are no modem init strings in the
2281 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
2282 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
2283 suppressed, though.
2284
2285 See also: doc/README.Modem
2286
2287
2288 Configuration Settings:
2289 -----------------------
2290
2291 - CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
2292 undefine this when you're short of memory.
2293
2294 - CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
2295 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
2296
2297 - CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
2298 prompt for user input.
2299
2300 - CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
2301
2302 - CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
2303
2304 - CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
2305
2306 - CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
2307 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
2308 booted
2309
2310 - CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
2311 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
2312
2313 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
2314 Suppress display of console information at boot.
2315
2316 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
2317 If the board specific function
2318 extern int overwrite_console (void);
2319 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
2320 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
2321
2322 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
2323 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
2324
2325 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
2326 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
2327
2328 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
2329 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
2330 simple memory test.
2331
2332 - CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST:
2333 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
2334
2335 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
2336 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
2337 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
2338
2339 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE (PPC only):
2340 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
2341 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
2342 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
2343 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
2344 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
2345 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
2346 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
2347 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
2348 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
2349
2350 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
2351 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
2352 be touched.
2353
2354 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
2355 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
2356 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
2357 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
2358 problems.
2359
2360 - CONFIG_SYS_TFTP_LOADADDR:
2361 Default load address for network file downloads
2362
2363 - CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
2364 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
2365
2366 - CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
2367 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
2368
2369 - CONFIG_SYS_MBIO_BASE:
2370 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
2371 Cogent motherboard)
2372
2373 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
2374 Physical start address of Flash memory.
2375
2376 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
2377 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2378 make config files to be same as the text base address
2379 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
2380 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
2381
2382 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
2383 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2384 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2385 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2386 flash sector.
2387
2388 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
2389 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2390
2391 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
2392 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
2393 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
2394 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
2395 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2396
2397 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
2398 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2399 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
2400 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2401 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
2402 enviroment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
2403 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
2404 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
2405 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
2406 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
2407 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
2408
2409 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
2410 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
2411 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
2412 is enabled.
2413
2414 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
2415 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
2416 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2417
2418 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
2419 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
2420 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2421
2422 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
2423 Max number of Flash memory banks
2424
2425 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
2426 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2427
2428 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
2429 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2430
2431 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
2432 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2433
2434 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
2435 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2436
2437 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
2438 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2439
2440 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
2441 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2442 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2443
2444 - CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
2445
2446 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2447 without this option such a download has to be
2448 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2449 copy from RAM to flash.
2450
2451 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2452 you can check if the download worked before you erase
2453 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
2454 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
2455 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2456
2457 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
2458 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
2459 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2460
2461 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
2462 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2463 in the drivers directory
2464
2465 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
2466 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
2467 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
2468 to the MTD layer.
2469
2470 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
2471 Use buffered writes to flash.
2472
2473 - CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2474 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2475 write commands.
2476
2477 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
2478 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2479 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2480 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2481 optionally available.
2482
2483 - CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2484 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2485 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2486 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2487
2488 - CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
2489 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
2490 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
2491 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2492 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
2493 on high Ethernet traffic.
2494 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2495
2496 - CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
2497
2498 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
2499 internally to store the environment settings. The default
2500 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
2501 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
2502 lib/hashtable.c for details.
2503
2504 The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
2505 of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
2506 following configurations:
2507
2508 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
2509
2510 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
2511
2512 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
2513 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
2514 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
2515 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
2516 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
2517 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
2518 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
2519 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
2520 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
2521 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
2522 between U-Boot and the environment.
2523
2524 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2525
2526 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
2527 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
2528 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
2529 for this sector is given here.
2530
2531 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE.
2532
2533 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
2534
2535 This is just another way to specify the start address of
2536 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
2537 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET).
2538
2539 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
2540
2541 Size of the sector containing the environment.
2542
2543
2544 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
2545 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
2546 the environment.
2547
2548 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
2549
2550 If you use this in combination with CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
2551 and CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
2552 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
2553 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
2554
2555 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
2556 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
2557 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
2558 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
2559 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
2560 updating the environment in flash makes it always
2561 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
2562 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
2563 RAM, your target system will be dead.
2564
2565 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
2566 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
2567
2568 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
2569 a redundant copy of the environment data, so that there is
2570 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
2571 a "saveenv" operation.
2572
2573 BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
2574 source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
2575 accordingly!
2576
2577
2578 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
2579
2580 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
2581 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
2582 environment.
2583
2584 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
2585 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
2586
2587 These two #defines are used to determine the memory area you
2588 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
2589 can just be read and written to, without any special
2590 provision.
2591
2592 BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
2593 in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
2594 console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
2595 U-Boot will hang.
2596
2597 Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
2598 environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
2599 keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
2600 to save the current settings.
2601
2602
2603 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
2604
2605 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
2606 device and a driver for it.
2607
2608 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2609 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
2610
2611 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
2612 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
2613
2614 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
2615 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
2616 The default address is zero.
2617
2618 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
2619 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
2620 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
2621 would require six bits.
2622
2623 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
2624 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
2625 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
2626
2627 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
2628 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
2629 that this is NOT the chip address length!
2630
2631 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
2632 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
2633 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
2634 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
2635 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
2636 byte chips.
2637
2638 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
2639 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
2640 in the chip address.
2641
2642 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_SIZE:
2643 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
2644
2645 - CONFIG_ENV_EEPROM_IS_ON_I2C
2646 define this, if you have I2C and SPI activated, and your
2647 EEPROM, which holds the environment, is on the I2C bus.
2648
2649 - CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS
2650 if you have an Environment on an EEPROM reached over
2651 I2C muxes, you can define here, how to reach this
2652 EEPROM. For example:
2653
2654 #define CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS "pca9547:70:d\0"
2655
2656 EEPROM which holds the environment, is reached over
2657 a pca9547 i2c mux with address 0x70, channel 3.
2658
2659 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
2660
2661 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
2662 want to use for the environment.
2663
2664 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2665 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR:
2666 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
2667
2668 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
2669 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
2670 at the specified address.
2671
2672 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
2673
2674 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
2675 for the environment.
2676
2677 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2678 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE:
2679
2680 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
2681 area within the first NAND device. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET must be
2682 aligned to an erase block boundary.
2683
2684 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
2685
2686 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
2687 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, so
2688 that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure
2689 during a "saveenv" operation. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_RENDUND must be
2690 aligned to an erase block boundary.
2691
2692 - CONFIG_ENV_RANGE (optional):
2693
2694 Specifies the length of the region in which the environment
2695 can be written. This should be a multiple of the NAND device's
2696 block size. Specifying a range with more erase blocks than
2697 are needed to hold CONFIG_ENV_SIZE allows bad blocks within
2698 the range to be avoided.
2699
2700 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB (optional):
2701
2702 Enables support for dynamically retrieving the offset of the
2703 environment from block zero's out-of-band data. The
2704 "nand env.oob" command can be used to record this offset.
2705 Currently, CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND is not supported when
2706 using CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB.
2707
2708 - CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
2709
2710 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
2711 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
2712 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
2713
2714 - CONFIG_SYS_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
2715
2716 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
2717 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
2718 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
2719 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
2720 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
2721 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
2722 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
2723
2724 Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
2725 has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
2726 created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_f()
2727 until then to read environment variables.
2728
2729 The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
2730 is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
2731 with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
2732 necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
2733 "baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
2734 have any device yet where we could complain.]
2735
2736 Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
2737 the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
2738 use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
2739
2740 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
2741 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
2742
2743 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
2744 also needs to be defined.
2745
2746 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
2747 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
2748
2749 - CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
2750 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
2751 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
2752 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
2753 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
2754 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
2755
2756 Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
2757 ---------------------------------------------------
2758
2759 - CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
2760 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
2761
2762 - CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR:
2763 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
2764
2765 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
2766 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
2767 the IMMR register after a reset.
2768
2769 - Floppy Disk Support:
2770 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
2771
2772 the default drive number (default value 0)
2773
2774 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
2775
2776 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
2777 (default value 1)
2778
2779 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
2780
2781 defines the offset of register from address. It
2782 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
2783 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
2784
2785 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
2786 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
2787 default value.
2788
2789 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
2790 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
2791 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
2792 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
2793 initializations.
2794
2795 - CONFIG_IDE_AHB:
2796 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
2797 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
2798 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
2799 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
2800 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
2801 is requierd.
2802
2803 - CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
2804 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
2805 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
2806
2807 - CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
2808
2809 Start address of memory area that can be used for
2810 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
2811 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
2812 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
2813 will become available only after programming the
2814 memory controller and running certain initialization
2815 sequences.
2816
2817 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
2818 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
2819 - MPC824X: data cache
2820 - PPC4xx: data cache
2821
2822 - CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
2823
2824 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
2825 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
2826 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
2827 data is located at the end of the available space
2828 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
2829 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
2830 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
2831 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
2832
2833 Note:
2834 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
2835 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
2836 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
2837 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
2838 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
2839
2840 - CONFIG_SYS_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
2841
2842 - CONFIG_SYS_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
2843
2844 - CONFIG_SYS_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
2845
2846 - CONFIG_SYS_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
2847
2848 - CONFIG_SYS_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
2849
2850 - CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
2851
2852 - CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
2853 SDRAM timing
2854
2855 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
2856 periodic timer for refresh
2857
2858 - CONFIG_SYS_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
2859
2860 - FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
2861 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
2862 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
2863 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
2864 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
2865
2866 - SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
2867 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
2868 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
2869 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
2870
2871 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
2872 CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_8COL, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_9COL:
2873 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
2874 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
2875
2876 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2877 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2878 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
2879
2880 - CONFIG_SYS_SMC_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SMC_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2881 enable SMC microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2882 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]
2883
2884 - CONFIG_SYS_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2885 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2886 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
2887
2888 - CONFIG_SYS_USE_OSCCLK:
2889 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
2890 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
2891 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
2892
2893 - CONFIG_SYS_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
2894 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
2895 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
2896 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
2897 cpm_8260.h.
2898
2899 - CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2900 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK0_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
2901 CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK1_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
2902 CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2903 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
2904 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
2905 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
2906 CONFIG_SYS_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
2907 Overrides the default PCI memory map in arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
2908
2909 - CONFIG_PCI_DISABLE_PCIE:
2910 Disable PCI-Express on systems where it is supported but not
2911 required.
2912
2913 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIO:
2914 Chip has SRIO or not
2915
2916 - CONFIG_SRIO1:
2917 Board has SRIO 1 port available
2918
2919 - CONFIG_SRIO2:
2920 Board has SRIO 2 port available
2921
2922 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
2923 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2924
2925 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYS:
2926 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2927
2928 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
2929 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2930
2931 - CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_16
2932 Defined to tell the NDFC that the NAND chip is using a
2933 16 bit bus.
2934
2935 - CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
2936 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
2937 a default value will be used.
2938
2939 - CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
2940 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
2941 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
2942
2943 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
2944 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
2945
2946 - CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
2947 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
2948 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
2949 to something your driver can deal with.
2950
2951 - CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
2952 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
2953 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
2954 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
2955 header files or board specific files.
2956
2957 - CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
2958 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2959 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2960
2961 - CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
2962 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
2963
2964 - CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
2965 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
2966 to the given FEC; i. e.
2967 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
2968 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
2969
2970 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
2971
2972 - CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
2973 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
2974 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
2975
2976 - CONFIG_RMII
2977 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2978 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2979 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2980
2981 - CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2982 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2983 The syntax is:
2984
2985 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2986
2987 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2988 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2989 area should have.
2990
2991 - CONFIG_LOOPW
2992 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
2993 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
2994
2995 - CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
2996 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2997 "md/mw" commands.
2998 Examples:
2999
3000 => mdc.b 10 4 500
3001 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
3002
3003 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
3004 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
3005
3006 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
3007 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
3008
3009 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
3010 [ARM only] If this variable is defined, then certain
3011 low level initializations (like setting up the memory
3012 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
3013 relocate itself into RAM.
3014
3015 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
3016 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
3017 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
3018 these initializations itself.
3019
3020 - CONFIG_PRELOADER
3021 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
3022 that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
3023 compiling a NAND SPL.
3024
3025 - CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMCPY
3026 CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMSET
3027 If these options are used a optimized version of memcpy/memset will
3028 be used if available. These functions may be faster under some
3029 conditions but may increase the binary size.
3030
3031 Building the Software:
3032 ======================
3033
3034 Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
3035 and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
3036 all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
3037 (potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
3038 recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
3039 which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
3040
3041 If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
3042 have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
3043 you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
3044 Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
3045 necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
3046
3047 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
3048 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
3049
3050 Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
3051 the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
3052 (http://www.mingw.org). Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
3053 toolchain and execute 'make tools'. For example:
3054
3055 $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools
3056
3057 Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
3058 be executed on computers running Windows.
3059
3060 U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
3061 sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
3062 is done by typing:
3063
3064 make NAME_config
3065
3066 where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing configu-
3067 rations; see the main Makefile for supported names.
3068
3069 Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
3070 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
3071 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
3072 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
3073 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
3074
3075 make TQM823L_config
3076 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
3077
3078 make TQM823L_LCD_config
3079 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
3080
3081 etc.
3082
3083
3084 Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
3085 images ready for download to / installation on your system:
3086
3087 - "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
3088 - "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
3089 - "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
3090
3091 By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
3092 in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
3093 this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
3094
3095 1. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
3096
3097 make O=/tmp/build distclean
3098 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
3099 make O=/tmp/build all
3100
3101 2. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
3102
3103 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
3104 make distclean
3105 make NAME_config
3106 make all
3107
3108 Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
3109 variable.
3110
3111
3112 Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
3113 for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
3114 native "make".
3115
3116
3117 If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
3118 to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
3119 steps:
3120
3121 1. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
3122 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
3123 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
3124 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please
3125 keep this order.
3126 2. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
3127 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
3128 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
3129 3. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
3130 your board
3131 3. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
3132 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
3133 4. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
3134 5. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
3135 to be installed on your target system.
3136 6. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
3137 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
3138
3139
3140 Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
3141 ==============================================================
3142
3143 If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
3144 or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
3145 provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
3146 the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
3147 official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
3148
3149 But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
3150 cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
3151 the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
3152 just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
3153 for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
3154 select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
3155 environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the ELDK cross tools
3156 you can type
3157
3158 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
3159
3160 or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
3161
3162 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
3163
3164 When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build
3165 U-Boot in the source directory. This location can be changed by
3166 setting the BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target
3167 built, the MAKEALL script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and
3168 <target>.MAKEALL) in the <source dir>/LOG directory. This default
3169 location can be changed by setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment
3170 variable. For example:
3171
3172 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
3173 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
3174 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
3175
3176 With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build,
3177 log files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean
3178 during the whole build process.
3179
3180
3181 See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
3182
3183
3184 Monitor Commands - Overview:
3185 ============================
3186
3187 go - start application at address 'addr'
3188 run - run commands in an environment variable
3189 bootm - boot application image from memory
3190 bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
3191 tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
3192 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
3193 (and eventually "gatewayip")
3194 rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
3195 diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
3196 loads - load S-Record file over serial line
3197 loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
3198 md - memory display
3199 mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
3200 nm - memory modify (constant address)
3201 mw - memory write (fill)
3202 cp - memory copy
3203 cmp - memory compare
3204 crc32 - checksum calculation
3205 i2c - I2C sub-system
3206 sspi - SPI utility commands
3207 base - print or set address offset
3208 printenv- print environment variables
3209 setenv - set environment variables
3210 saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
3211 protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
3212 erase - erase FLASH memory
3213 flinfo - print FLASH memory information
3214 bdinfo - print Board Info structure
3215 iminfo - print header information for application image
3216 coninfo - print console devices and informations
3217 ide - IDE sub-system
3218 loop - infinite loop on address range
3219 loopw - infinite write loop on address range
3220 mtest - simple RAM test
3221 icache - enable or disable instruction cache
3222 dcache - enable or disable data cache
3223 reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
3224 echo - echo args to console
3225 version - print monitor version
3226 help - print online help
3227 ? - alias for 'help'
3228
3229
3230 Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
3231 ========================================
3232
3233 TODO.
3234
3235 For now: just type "help <command>".
3236
3237
3238 Environment Variables:
3239 ======================
3240
3241 U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
3242 can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
3243
3244 Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
3245 "printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
3246 without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
3247 environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
3248 working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
3249 environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
3250
3251 Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
3252
3253 List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
3254
3255 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
3256
3257 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
3258
3259 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
3260
3261 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
3262
3263 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
3264
3265 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3266 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3267 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
3268 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
3269 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
3270 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
3271 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
3272 bootm_mapsize.
3273
3274 bootm_mapsize - Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel.
3275 This variable is given as a hexadecimal number and it
3276 defines the size of the memory region starting at base
3277 address bootm_low that is accessible by the Linux kernel
3278 during early boot. If unset, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is used
3279 as the default value if it is defined, and bootm_size is
3280 used otherwise.
3281
3282 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3283 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3284 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
3285 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
3286 environment variable.
3287
3288 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
3289 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
3290 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
3291
3292 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
3293 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
3294 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
3295 load any image using TFTP
3296
3297 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
3298 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
3299 be automatically started (by internally calling
3300 "bootm")
3301
3302 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
3303 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
3304 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
3305 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
3306 data.
3307
3308 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
3309 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
3310 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
3311 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
3312 it must be saved and board must be reset.
3313
3314 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
3315 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
3316 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
3317 is usually what you want since it allows for
3318 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
3319 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
3320 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
3321 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
3322 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
3323 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
3324 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
3325
3326 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
3327 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
3328 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
3329 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
3330 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
3331 12 MB as well - this can be done with
3332
3333 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
3334
3335 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
3336 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
3337 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
3338 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
3339 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
3340 boot time on your system, but requires that this
3341 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
3342
3343 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
3344
3345 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
3346 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
3347
3348 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
3349
3350 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
3351
3352 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
3353
3354 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
3355
3356 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
3357
3358 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
3359 interface is used first.
3360
3361 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
3362 interface is currently active. For example you
3363 can do the following
3364
3365 => setenv ethact FEC
3366 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
3367 => setenv ethact SCC
3368 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
3369
3370 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
3371 available network interfaces.
3372 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
3373
3374 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
3375 either succeed or fail without retrying.
3376 When set to "once" the network operation will
3377 fail when all the available network interfaces
3378 are tried once without success.
3379 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
3380 themselves.
3381
3382 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
3383
3384 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
3385 UDP source port.
3386
3387 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
3388 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
3389
3390 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
3391 we use the TFTP server's default block size
3392
3393 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
3394 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
3395 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
3396 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
3397 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
3398 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
3399 with unreliable TFTP servers.
3400
3401 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
3402 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
3403 VLAN tagged frames.
3404
3405 The following environment variables may be used and automatically
3406 updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
3407 depending the information provided by your boot server:
3408
3409 bootfile - see above
3410 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
3411 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
3412 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
3413 hostname - Target hostname
3414 ipaddr - see above
3415 netmask - Subnet Mask
3416 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
3417 serverip - see above
3418
3419
3420 There are two special Environment Variables:
3421
3422 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
3423 as type string and/or serial number
3424 ethaddr - Ethernet address
3425
3426 These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
3427 the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
3428 once they have been set once.
3429
3430
3431 Further special Environment Variables:
3432
3433 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
3434 with the "version" command. This variable is
3435 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
3436
3437
3438 Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
3439 only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
3440
3441
3442 Command Line Parsing:
3443 =====================
3444
3445 There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
3446 the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
3447
3448 Old, simple command line parser:
3449 --------------------------------
3450
3451 - supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
3452 - several commands on one line, separated by ';'
3453 - variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
3454 - special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
3455 for example:
3456 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
3457 - You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
3458 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
3459
3460 Hush shell:
3461 -----------
3462
3463 - similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
3464 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
3465 until...do...done, ...
3466 - supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
3467 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
3468 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
3469 command
3470
3471 General rules:
3472 --------------
3473
3474 (1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
3475 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
3476 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
3477 executed anyway.
3478
3479 (2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
3480 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
3481 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
3482 variables are not executed.
3483
3484 Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
3485 =======================================
3486
3487 Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
3488 such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
3489 "working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
3490
3491 Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
3492 MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
3493 "eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
3494
3495 If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
3496 in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
3497 ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
3498 variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
3499
3500 o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
3501 environment, the SROM's address is used.
3502
3503 o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
3504 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
3505 used.
3506
3507 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
3508 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
3509
3510 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
3511 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
3512 warning is printed.
3513
3514 o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
3515 is raised.
3516
3517 If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
3518 will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
3519 may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
3520 The naming convention is as follows:
3521 "ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
3522
3523 Image Formats:
3524 ==============
3525
3526 U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
3527 images in two formats:
3528
3529 New uImage format (FIT)
3530 -----------------------
3531
3532 Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
3533 to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
3534 components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
3535 SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
3536
3537
3538 Old uImage format
3539 -----------------
3540
3541 Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
3542 preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
3543 details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
3544
3545 * Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
3546 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
3547 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
3548 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
3549 INTEGRITY).
3550 * Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
3551 IA64, MIPS, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
3552 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, Nios II, PowerPC).
3553 * Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
3554 * Load Address
3555 * Entry Point
3556 * Image Name
3557 * Image Timestamp
3558
3559 The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
3560 and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
3561 CRC32 checksums.
3562
3563
3564 Linux Support:
3565 ==============
3566
3567 Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
3568 easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
3569 U-Boot.
3570
3571 U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
3572 special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
3573 "initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
3574 instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
3575 serves several purposes:
3576
3577 - the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
3578 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
3579 Flash memory footprint)
3580
3581 - it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
3582 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
3583
3584 - the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
3585 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
3586 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
3587 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
3588 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
3589 software is easier now.
3590
3591
3592 Linux HOWTO:
3593 ============
3594
3595 Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
3596 ---------------------------------------
3597
3598 U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
3599 configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
3600 (no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
3601 Linux :-).
3602
3603 But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
3604
3605 Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
3606 include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
3607 Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
3608 and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
3609 as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
3610
3611
3612 Configuring the Linux kernel:
3613 -----------------------------
3614
3615 No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
3616 device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
3617
3618
3619 Building a Linux Image:
3620 -----------------------
3621
3622 With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
3623 not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
3624 "uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
3625 U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
3626 which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
3627 100% compatible format.
3628
3629 Example:
3630
3631 make TQM850L_config
3632 make oldconfig
3633 make dep
3634 make uImage
3635
3636 The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
3637 encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
3638 CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
3639
3640 * build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
3641
3642 * convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
3643
3644 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
3645 -R .note -R .comment \
3646 -S vmlinux linux.bin
3647
3648 * compress the binary image:
3649
3650 gzip -9 linux.bin
3651
3652 * package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
3653
3654 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
3655 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
3656 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
3657
3658
3659 The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
3660 with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
3661 combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
3662 byte header containing information about target architecture,
3663 operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
3664 stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
3665
3666 "mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
3667 print the header information, or to build new images.
3668
3669 In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
3670 contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
3671 checksum verification:
3672
3673 tools/mkimage -l image
3674 -l ==> list image header information
3675
3676 The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
3677 from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
3678
3679 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
3680 -n name -d data_file image
3681 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
3682 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
3683 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
3684 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
3685 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
3686 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
3687 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
3688 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
3689
3690 Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
3691 address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
3692 kernel version:
3693
3694 - 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
3695 - 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
3696
3697 So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
3698
3699 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3700 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
3701 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
3702 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
3703 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3704 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3705 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3706 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3707 Load Address: 0x00000000
3708 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3709
3710 To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
3711
3712 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
3713 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3714 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3715 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3716 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3717 Load Address: 0x00000000
3718 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3719
3720 NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
3721 speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
3722 needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
3723 need to be uncompressed:
3724
3725 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
3726 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3727 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
3728 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
3729 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
3730 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3731 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3732 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
3733 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
3734 Load Address: 0x00000000
3735 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3736
3737
3738 Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
3739 when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
3740
3741 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
3742 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
3743 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
3744 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3745 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
3746 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3747 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
3748 Load Address: 0x00000000
3749 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3750
3751
3752 Installing a Linux Image:
3753 -------------------------
3754
3755 To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
3756 you must convert the image to S-Record format:
3757
3758 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
3759
3760 The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
3761 image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
3762 address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
3763 specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
3764 command.
3765
3766 Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
3767 TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
3768
3769 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
3770
3771 .......... done
3772 Erased 8 sectors
3773
3774 => loads 40100000
3775 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3776 ~>examples/image.srec
3777 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
3778 ...
3779 15989 15990 15991 15992
3780 [file transfer complete]
3781 [connected]
3782 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
3783
3784
3785 You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
3786 this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
3787 corruption happened:
3788
3789 => imi 40100000
3790
3791 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3792 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3793 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3794 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3795 Load Address: 00000000
3796 Entry Point: 0000000c
3797 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3798
3799
3800 Boot Linux:
3801 -----------
3802
3803 The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
3804 memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
3805 of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
3806 parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
3807 "printenv" and "setenv" commands:
3808
3809
3810 => printenv bootargs
3811 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
3812
3813 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3814
3815 => printenv bootargs
3816 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3817
3818 => bootm 40020000
3819 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
3820 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
3821 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3822 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
3823 Load Address: 00000000
3824 Entry Point: 0000000c
3825 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3826 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3827 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
3828 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3829 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3830 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3831 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
3832 ...
3833
3834 If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
3835 the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
3836 format!) to the "bootm" command:
3837
3838 => imi 40100000 40200000
3839
3840 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3841 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3842 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3843 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3844 Load Address: 00000000
3845 Entry Point: 0000000c
3846 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3847
3848 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
3849 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3850 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3851 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3852 Load Address: 00000000
3853 Entry Point: 00000000
3854 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3855
3856 => bootm 40100000 40200000
3857 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
3858 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3859 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3860 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3861 Load Address: 00000000
3862 Entry Point: 0000000c
3863 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3864 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3865 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
3866 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3867 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3868 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3869 Load Address: 00000000
3870 Entry Point: 00000000
3871 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3872 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
3873 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
3874 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
3875 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3876 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3877 ...
3878 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
3879 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
3880
3881 bash#
3882
3883 Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
3884 -----------
3885
3886 First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
3887 titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
3888 following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
3889 flat device tree:
3890
3891 => print oftaddr
3892 oftaddr=0x300000
3893 => print oft
3894 oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
3895 => tftp $oftaddr $oft
3896 Speed: 1000, full duplex
3897 Using TSEC0 device
3898 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
3899 Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
3900 Load address: 0x300000
3901 Loading: #
3902 done
3903 Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
3904 => tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
3905 Speed: 1000, full duplex
3906 Using TSEC0 device
3907 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
3908 Filename 'uImage'.
3909 Load address: 0x200000
3910 Loading:############
3911 done
3912 Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
3913 => print loadaddr
3914 loadaddr=200000
3915 => print oftaddr
3916 oftaddr=0x300000
3917 => bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
3918 ## Booting image at 00200000 ...
3919 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
3920 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3921 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
3922 Load Address: 00000000
3923 Entry Point: 00000000
3924 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3925 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3926 Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
3927 Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
3928 Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
3929 [snip]
3930
3931
3932 More About U-Boot Image Types:
3933 ------------------------------
3934
3935 U-Boot supports the following image types:
3936
3937 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
3938 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
3939 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
3940 the Standalone Program.
3941 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
3942 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
3943 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
3944 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
3945 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
3946 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
3947 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
3948 being started.
3949 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
3950 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
3951 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
3952 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
3953 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
3954 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
3955
3956 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
3957 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
3958 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
3959 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
3960 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
3961 a multiple of 4 bytes).
3962
3963 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
3964 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
3965 flash memory.
3966
3967 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
3968 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
3969 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
3970 as command interpreter.
3971
3972
3973 Standalone HOWTO:
3974 =================
3975
3976 One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
3977 run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
3978 U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
3979
3980 Two simple examples are included with the sources:
3981
3982 "Hello World" Demo:
3983 -------------------
3984
3985 'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
3986 application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
3987 It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
3988 like that:
3989
3990 => loads
3991 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3992 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
3993 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3994 [file transfer complete]
3995 [connected]
3996 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3997
3998 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
3999 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4000 Hello World
4001 argc = 7
4002 argv[0] = "40004"
4003 argv[1] = "Hello"
4004 argv[2] = "World!"
4005 argv[3] = "This"
4006 argv[4] = "is"
4007 argv[5] = "a"
4008 argv[6] = "test."
4009 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
4010 Hit any key to exit ...
4011
4012 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4013
4014 Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
4015 handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
4016 Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
4017 The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
4018 character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
4019 controlled by the following keys:
4020
4021 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
4022 b - enable interrupts and start timer
4023 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
4024 q - quit application
4025
4026 => loads
4027 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4028 ~>examples/timer.srec
4029 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4030 [file transfer complete]
4031 [connected]
4032 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4033
4034 => go 40004
4035 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4036 TIMERS=0xfff00980
4037 Using timer 1
4038 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
4039
4040 Hit 'b':
4041 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
4042 Enabling timer
4043 Hit '?':
4044 [q, b, e, ?] ........
4045 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
4046 Hit '?':
4047 [q, b, e, ?] .
4048 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
4049 Hit '?':
4050 [q, b, e, ?] .
4051 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
4052 Hit '?':
4053 [q, b, e, ?] .
4054 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
4055 Hit 'e':
4056 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
4057 Hit 'q':
4058 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4059
4060
4061 Minicom warning:
4062 ================
4063
4064 Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
4065 "minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
4066 consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
4067 Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
4068 especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
4069 use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
4070
4071 Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
4072 configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
4073
4074 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
4075 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
4076 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
4077
4078
4079 NetBSD Notes:
4080 =============
4081
4082 Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
4083 (build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
4084
4085 Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
4086 NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
4087 need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
4088 Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
4089 attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
4090 missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
4091
4092 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
4093 # mkdir powerpc
4094 # ln -s powerpc machine
4095 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
4096 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
4097
4098 Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
4099 and U-Boot include files.
4100
4101 Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
4102 stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
4103 proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
4104 tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
4105 meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
4106
4107
4108 Implementation Internals:
4109 =========================
4110
4111 The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
4112 implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
4113 inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
4114 hardware.
4115
4116
4117 Initial Stack, Global Data:
4118 ---------------------------
4119
4120 The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
4121 starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
4122 system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
4123 This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
4124 is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
4125 at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
4126 options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
4127 models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
4128 MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
4129 locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
4130
4131 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
4132 U-Boot mailing list:
4133
4134 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
4135 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
4136 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
4137 ...
4138
4139 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
4140 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
4141 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
4142 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
4143 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
4144 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
4145 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
4146 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
4147
4148 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
4149 is another option for the system designer to use as an
4150 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
4151 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
4152 board designers haven't used it for something that would
4153 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
4154 used.
4155
4156 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
4157 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
4158 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
4159 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
4160 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
4161 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
4162 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
4163 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
4164 you get the config right.
4165
4166 -Chris Hallinan
4167 DS4.COM, Inc.
4168
4169 It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
4170 code for the initialization procedures:
4171
4172 * Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
4173 to write it.
4174
4175 * Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
4176 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
4177 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
4178
4179 * Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
4180 that.
4181
4182 Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
4183 normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
4184 turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
4185 simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
4186 functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
4187 functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
4188 the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
4189 place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
4190 reserve for this purpose.
4191
4192 When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
4193 relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
4194 GCC's implementation.
4195
4196 For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
4197 R1: stack pointer
4198 R2: reserved for system use
4199 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
4200 R5-R10: parameter passing
4201 R13: small data area pointer
4202 R30: GOT pointer
4203 R31: frame pointer
4204
4205 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
4206 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
4207 going back and forth between asm and C)
4208
4209 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
4210
4211 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
4212 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
4213 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
4214 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
4215 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
4216 624 text + 127 data).
4217
4218 On Blackfin, the normal C ABI (except for P3) is followed as documented here:
4219 http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=application_binary_interface
4220
4221 ==> U-Boot will use P3 to hold a pointer to the global data
4222
4223 On ARM, the following registers are used:
4224
4225 R0: function argument word/integer result
4226 R1-R3: function argument word
4227 R9: GOT pointer
4228 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
4229 R11: argument (frame) pointer
4230 R12: temporary workspace
4231 R13: stack pointer
4232 R14: link register
4233 R15: program counter
4234
4235 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
4236
4237 On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
4238 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
4239
4240 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
4241
4242 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
4243 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
4244
4245 NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
4246 or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
4247
4248 Memory Management:
4249 ------------------
4250
4251 U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
4252 MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
4253
4254 The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
4255 controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
4256 memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
4257 physical memory banks.
4258
4259 U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
4260 TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
4261 booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
4262 to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
4263 memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
4264 configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
4265 Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
4266
4267 Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
4268 of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
4269
4270 So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
4271 this:
4272
4273 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
4274 :
4275 0x0000 1FFF
4276 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
4277 :
4278 :
4279
4280 :
4281 :
4282 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
4283 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
4284 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
4285 :
4286 0x00FD FFFF
4287 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
4288 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
4289 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
4290 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
4291
4292
4293 System Initialization:
4294 ----------------------
4295
4296 In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
4297 (on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
4298 configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
4299 To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
4300 To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
4301 initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
4302 which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
4303 part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
4304 the caches and the SIU.
4305
4306 Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
4307 preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
4308 (multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
4309 on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
4310 programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
4311 simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
4312 banks.
4313
4314 When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
4315 different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
4316 bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
4317 0x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
4318 contiguous memory starting from 0.
4319
4320 Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
4321 and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
4322 Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
4323 pages, and the final stack is set up.
4324
4325 Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
4326 until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
4327 running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
4328 new address in RAM.
4329
4330
4331 U-Boot Porting Guide:
4332 ----------------------
4333
4334 [Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
4335 list, October 2002]
4336
4337
4338 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
4339 {
4340 sighandler_t no_more_time;
4341
4342 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
4343 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
4344
4345 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
4346 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
4347 return 0;
4348 }
4349
4350 Download latest U-Boot source;
4351
4352 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
4353
4354 if (clueless)
4355 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
4356
4357 while (learning) {
4358 Read the README file in the top level directory;
4359 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
4360 Read applicable doc/*.README;
4361 Read the source, Luke;
4362 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
4363 }
4364
4365 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
4366 Buy a BDI3000;
4367 else
4368 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
4369
4370 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
4371 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
4372 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
4373 } else {
4374 Create your own board support subdirectory;
4375 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
4376 }
4377 Edit new board/<myboard> files
4378 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
4379
4380 while (!accepted) {
4381 while (!running) {
4382 do {
4383 Add / modify source code;
4384 } until (compiles);
4385 Debug;
4386 if (clueless)
4387 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
4388 }
4389 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
4390 if (reasonable critiques)
4391 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
4392 else
4393 Defend code as written;
4394 }
4395
4396 return 0;
4397 }
4398
4399 void no_more_time (int sig)
4400 {
4401 hire_a_guru();
4402 }
4403
4404
4405 Coding Standards:
4406 -----------------
4407
4408 All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
4409 coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
4410 "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory. In sources
4411 originating from U-Boot a style corresponding to "Lindent -pcs" (adding
4412 spaces before parameters to function calls) is actually used.
4413
4414 Source files originating from a different project (for example the
4415 MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
4416 reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
4417 sources.
4418
4419 Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
4420 Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
4421 in your code.
4422
4423 Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
4424 - remove any trailing white space
4425 - use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces
4426 - make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
4427 - do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files
4428 - do not add trailing empty lines to source files
4429
4430 Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
4431 with a request to reformat the changes.
4432
4433
4434 Submitting Patches:
4435 -------------------
4436
4437 Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
4438 establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
4439 may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
4440
4441 Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
4442
4443 Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
4444 see http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
4445
4446 When you send a patch, please include the following information with
4447 it:
4448
4449 * For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
4450 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
4451 patch actually fixes something.
4452
4453 * For new features: a description of the feature and your
4454 implementation.
4455
4456 * A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
4457
4458 * For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
4459
4460 * When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
4461 board to the MAKEALL script, too.
4462
4463 * If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
4464 document these in the README file.
4465
4466 * The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
4467 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
4468 "git-format-patch". If you then use "git-send-email" to send it to
4469 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
4470 with some other mail clients.
4471
4472 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
4473 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
4474 GNU diff.
4475
4476 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
4477 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
4478 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
4479 affected files).
4480
4481 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
4482 and compressed attachments must not be used.
4483
4484 * If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
4485 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
4486
4487 * Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
4488 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
4489
4490
4491 Notes:
4492
4493 * Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
4494 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
4495 for any of the boards.
4496
4497 * Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
4498 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
4499 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
4500
4501 * If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
4502 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
4503 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
4504 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
4505 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
4506 modification.
4507
4508 * Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
4509 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
4510 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
4511 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.