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wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
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23
24Summary:
25========
26
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000027This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
wdenkce4832c2004-10-17 21:12:06 +000028Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
29processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
30initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
31code.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000032
33The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000034the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
35header files in common, and special provision has been made to
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000036support booting of Linux images.
37
38Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
39configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
40implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
41add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
42code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
43load and run it dynamically.
44
45
46Status:
47=======
48
49In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000050Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000051"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
52
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000053In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000054who contributed the specific port.
55
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000056
57Where to get help:
58==================
59
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000060In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
61U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
62<u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net>. There is also an archive of
63previous traffic on the mailing list - please search the archive
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000064before asking FAQ's. Please see
65http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users/
66
67
68Where we come from:
69===================
70
71- start from 8xxrom sources
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000072- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000073- clean up code
74- make it easier to add custom boards
75- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
76- extend functions, especially:
77 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
78 * S-Record download
79 * network boot
80 * PCMCIA / CompactFLash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000081- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000082- add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000083- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
84
85
86Names and Spelling:
87===================
88
89The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
90"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
91in source files etc.). Example:
92
93 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
94
95File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
96
97 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
98
99 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
100
101Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
102the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000103
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000104 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
105 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
106
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000107
wdenk7474aca2002-12-17 17:55:09 +0000108Versioning:
109===========
110
111U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a
112sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2",
113sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4".
114
115The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development
116between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of
117U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0".
118
119
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000120Directory Hierarchy:
121====================
122
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000123- board Board dependent files
124- common Misc architecture independent functions
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000125- cpu CPU specific files
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +0000126 - 74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000127 - arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
128 - arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
wdenk91fcc952005-04-06 13:52:31 +0000129 - at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +0000130 - imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
wdenkf8e9a232004-10-09 22:21:29 +0000131 - s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000132 - arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
133 - arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
wdenkf8062712005-01-09 23:16:25 +0000134 - arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
Wolfgang Denk64702552006-10-24 14:27:35 +0200135 - at32ap Files specific to Atmel AVR32 AP CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000136 - i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs
137 - ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +0000138 - mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000139 - mips Files specific to MIPS CPUs
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +0000140 - mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
141 - mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
142 - mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
143 - mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
144 - mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
145 - mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
146 - mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000147 - nios Files specific to Altera NIOS CPUs
wdenkef3386f2004-10-10 21:27:30 +0000148 - nios2 Files specific to Altera Nios-II CPUs
Wolfgang Denk0ee70772005-09-23 11:05:55 +0200149 - ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000150 - pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
151 - s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
152 - sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000153- disk Code for disk drive partition handling
154- doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000155- drivers Commonly used device drivers
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000156- dtt Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers
157- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
158- include Header Files
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000159- lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture
Wolfgang Denk83c15852006-10-24 14:21:16 +0200160- lib_avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000161- lib_generic Files generic to all architectures
162- lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture
163- lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
164- lib_mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
165- lib_nios Files generic to NIOS architecture
166- lib_ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000167- net Networking code
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000168- post Power On Self Test
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000169- rtc Real Time Clock drivers
170- tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
171
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000172Software Configuration:
173=======================
174
175Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
176rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
177
178There are two classes of configuration variables:
179
180* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
181 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
182 "CONFIG_".
183
184* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
185 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
186 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
187 "CFG_".
188
189Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
190identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
191do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
192links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
193as an example here.
194
195
196Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
197---------------------------------------------------
198
199For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
200configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
201
202Example: For a TQM823L module type:
203
204 cd u-boot
205 make TQM823L_config
206
207For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the cpu type as well;
208e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
209directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
210
211
212Configuration Options:
213----------------------
214
215Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
216such information is kept in a configuration file
217"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
218
219Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
220"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
221
222
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +0000223Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
224kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
225build a config tool - later.
226
227
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000228The following options need to be configured:
229
230- CPU Type: Define exactly one of
231
232 PowerPC based CPUs:
233 -------------------
234 CONFIG_MPC823, CONFIG_MPC850, CONFIG_MPC855, CONFIG_MPC860
wdenk359733b2003-03-31 17:27:09 +0000235 or CONFIG_MPC5xx
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +0000236 or CONFIG_MPC8220
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000237 or CONFIG_MPC824X, CONFIG_MPC8260
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +0000238 or CONFIG_MPC85xx
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000239 or CONFIG_IOP480
240 or CONFIG_405GP
wdenk232fe0b2003-09-02 22:48:03 +0000241 or CONFIG_405EP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000242 or CONFIG_440
243 or CONFIG_MPC74xx
wdenkaaf48a92003-06-20 23:10:58 +0000244 or CONFIG_750FX
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000245
246 ARM based CPUs:
247 ---------------
248 CONFIG_SA1110
249 CONFIG_ARM7
250 CONFIG_PXA250
Markus Klotzbuecher6e5c19a2006-03-24 15:28:02 +0100251 CONFIG_CPU_MONAHANS
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000252
wdenk12490652004-04-18 21:13:41 +0000253 MicroBlaze based CPUs:
254 ----------------------
wdenk20a61222004-07-10 23:48:41 +0000255 CONFIG_MICROBLAZE
wdenk12490652004-04-18 21:13:41 +0000256
wdenkef3386f2004-10-10 21:27:30 +0000257 Nios-2 based CPUs:
258 ----------------------
259 CONFIG_NIOS2
260
Wolfgang Denk64702552006-10-24 14:27:35 +0200261 AVR32 based CPUs:
262 ----------------------
263 CONFIG_AT32AP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000264
265- Board Type: Define exactly one of
266
267 PowerPC based boards:
268 ---------------------
269
Detlev Zundel07c4f5f2006-04-24 17:52:01 +0200270 CONFIG_ADCIOP CONFIG_FPS860L CONFIG_OXC
271 CONFIG_ADS860 CONFIG_GEN860T CONFIG_PCI405
272 CONFIG_AMX860 CONFIG_GENIETV CONFIG_PCIPPC2
273 CONFIG_AP1000 CONFIG_GTH CONFIG_PCIPPC6
274 CONFIG_AR405 CONFIG_gw8260 CONFIG_pcu_e
275 CONFIG_BAB7xx CONFIG_hermes CONFIG_PIP405
276 CONFIG_BC3450 CONFIG_hymod CONFIG_PM826
Wolfgang Denk315b46a2006-03-17 11:42:53 +0100277 CONFIG_c2mon CONFIG_IAD210 CONFIG_ppmc8260
278 CONFIG_CANBT CONFIG_ICU862 CONFIG_QS823
279 CONFIG_CCM CONFIG_IP860 CONFIG_QS850
280 CONFIG_CMI CONFIG_IPHASE4539 CONFIG_QS860T
281 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8260 CONFIG_IVML24 CONFIG_RBC823
282 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8xx CONFIG_IVML24_128 CONFIG_RPXClassic
283 CONFIG_CPCI405 CONFIG_IVML24_256 CONFIG_RPXlite
284 CONFIG_CPCI4052 CONFIG_IVMS8 CONFIG_RPXsuper
285 CONFIG_CPCIISER4 CONFIG_IVMS8_128 CONFIG_rsdproto
286 CONFIG_CPU86 CONFIG_IVMS8_256 CONFIG_sacsng
287 CONFIG_CRAYL1 CONFIG_JSE CONFIG_Sandpoint8240
288 CONFIG_CSB272 CONFIG_LANTEC CONFIG_Sandpoint8245
289 CONFIG_CU824 CONFIG_LITE5200B CONFIG_sbc8260
290 CONFIG_DASA_SIM CONFIG_lwmon CONFIG_sbc8560
291 CONFIG_DB64360 CONFIG_MBX CONFIG_SM850
292 CONFIG_DB64460 CONFIG_MBX860T CONFIG_SPD823TS
293 CONFIG_DU405 CONFIG_MHPC CONFIG_STXGP3
294 CONFIG_DUET_ADS CONFIG_MIP405 CONFIG_SXNI855T
295 CONFIG_EBONY CONFIG_MOUSSE CONFIG_TQM823L
296 CONFIG_ELPPC CONFIG_MPC8260ADS CONFIG_TQM8260
297 CONFIG_ELPT860 CONFIG_MPC8540ADS CONFIG_TQM850L
298 CONFIG_ep8260 CONFIG_MPC8540EVAL CONFIG_TQM855L
299 CONFIG_ERIC CONFIG_MPC8560ADS CONFIG_TQM860L
300 CONFIG_ESTEEM192E CONFIG_MUSENKI CONFIG_TTTech
301 CONFIG_ETX094 CONFIG_MVS1 CONFIG_UTX8245
302 CONFIG_EVB64260 CONFIG_NETPHONE CONFIG_V37
303 CONFIG_FADS823 CONFIG_NETTA CONFIG_W7OLMC
304 CONFIG_FADS850SAR CONFIG_NETVIA CONFIG_W7OLMG
305 CONFIG_FADS860T CONFIG_NX823 CONFIG_WALNUT
306 CONFIG_FLAGADM CONFIG_OCRTC CONFIG_ZPC1900
307 CONFIG_FPS850L CONFIG_ORSG CONFIG_ZUMA
Wolfgang Denk3193a652005-10-09 01:41:48 +0200308
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000309 ARM based boards:
310 -----------------
311
Wolfgang Denk4dc11462005-09-26 01:06:33 +0200312 CONFIG_ARMADILLO, CONFIG_AT91RM9200DK, CONFIG_CERF250,
Markus Klotzbuecher6e5c19a2006-03-24 15:28:02 +0100313 CONFIG_CSB637, CONFIG_DELTA, CONFIG_DNP1110,
Wolfgang Denkc80857e2006-07-21 11:56:05 +0200314 CONFIG_EP7312, CONFIG_H2_OMAP1610, CONFIG_HHP_CRADLE,
Wolfgang Denkebd3deb2006-04-16 10:51:58 +0200315 CONFIG_IMPA7, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1510, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1610,
Markus Klotzbuecher6e5c19a2006-03-24 15:28:02 +0100316 CONFIG_KB9202, CONFIG_LART, CONFIG_LPD7A400,
317 CONFIG_LUBBOCK, CONFIG_OSK_OMAP5912, CONFIG_OMAP2420H4,
Heiko Schocher221a5062006-05-02 07:51:46 +0200318 CONFIG_PLEB2, CONFIG_SHANNON, CONFIG_P2_OMAP730,
319 CONFIG_SMDK2400, CONFIG_SMDK2410, CONFIG_TRAB,
320 CONFIG_VCMA9
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000321
wdenk12490652004-04-18 21:13:41 +0000322 MicroBlaze based boards:
323 ------------------------
324
325 CONFIG_SUZAKU
326
wdenkef3386f2004-10-10 21:27:30 +0000327 Nios-2 based boards:
328 ------------------------
329
330 CONFIG_PCI5441 CONFIG_PK1C20
Scott McNutt2ca00852006-06-08 13:37:39 -0400331 CONFIG_EP1C20 CONFIG_EP1S10 CONFIG_EP1S40
wdenkef3386f2004-10-10 21:27:30 +0000332
Wolfgang Denk994ad962006-10-24 14:42:37 +0200333 AVR32 based boards:
334 -------------------
335
336 CONFIG_ATSTK1000
337
338- CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
339 Define exactly one of
340 CONFIG_ATSTK1002
341
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000342
343- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
344 Define exactly one of
345 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
346--- FIXME --- not tested yet:
347 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
348 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
349
350- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
351 Define exactly one of
352 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
353
354- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
355 Define one or more of
356 CONFIG_CMA302
357
358- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
359 Define one or more of
360 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
361 the lcd display every second with
362 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
363
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +0000364- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
365 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
366 Possible values are:
367 CFG_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
wdenkad276f22004-01-04 16:28:35 +0000368 CFG_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
wdenk2f0812d2003-10-08 22:45:44 +0000369 CFG_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
wdenk3902d702004-04-15 18:22:41 +0000370 CFG_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +0000371
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000372- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000373 Define exactly one of
374 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000375
wdenkfde37042004-01-31 20:06:54 +0000376- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx cpu)
wdenk20bddb32004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000377 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
378 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000379 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
380 reference PIT/RTC clock
wdenk20bddb32004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000381 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
382 or XTAL/EXTAL)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000383
wdenk20bddb32004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000384- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
385 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
386 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
387 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
wdenkfde37042004-01-31 20:06:54 +0000388 See doc/README.MPC866
389
390 CFG_MEASURE_CPUCLK
391
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000392 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
393 of relying on the correctness of the configured
394 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
395 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
396 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
wdenk20bddb32004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000397 RTC clock or CFG_8XX_XIN)
wdenkfde37042004-01-31 20:06:54 +0000398
Markus Klotzbuecher6e5c19a2006-03-24 15:28:02 +0100399- Intel Monahans options:
400 CFG_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
401
402 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
403 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
404 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
405
406 CFG_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
Wolfgang Denkebd3deb2006-04-16 10:51:58 +0200407
Markus Klotzbuecher6e5c19a2006-03-24 15:28:02 +0100408 Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator
409 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
Wolfgang Denkebd3deb2006-04-16 10:51:58 +0200410 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
Markus Klotzbuecher6e5c19a2006-03-24 15:28:02 +0100411 by this value.
Wolfgang Denkebd3deb2006-04-16 10:51:58 +0200412
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000413- Linux Kernel Interface:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000414 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
415
416 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
417 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
418 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
419 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
420 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
421 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
422 Linux kernel.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000423 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
424 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
425 default environment.
426
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000427 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
428
429 When transfering memsize parameter to linux, some versions
430 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
431 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
432
Wolfgang Denk27a5b0b2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200433 CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE
434
435 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
436 passed using flat open firmware trees.
437 The environment variable "disable_of", when set, disables this
438 functionality.
439
440 CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE_MAX_SIZE
441
442 The maximum size of the constructed OF tree.
443
444 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node.
Kumar Galae40c2b52006-01-11 13:59:02 -0600445 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node.
Wolfgang Denk27a5b0b2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200446 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
Kumar Galae40c2b52006-01-11 13:59:02 -0600447 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
Wolfgang Denk27a5b0b2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200448
Kumar Gala4ce14312006-01-11 13:49:31 -0600449 CONFIG_OF_HAS_BD_T
450
451 The resulting flat device tree will have a copy of the bd_t.
452 Space should be pre-allocated in the dts for the bd_t.
453
454 CONFIG_OF_HAS_UBOOT_ENV
Stefan Roese5d5ce292006-03-13 11:16:36 +0100455
Kumar Gala4ce14312006-01-11 13:49:31 -0600456 The resulting flat device tree will have a copy of u-boot's
457 environment variables
458
Kumar Gala1e26aa52006-01-11 13:54:17 -0600459 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
460
461 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
462 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000463
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -0500464 CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU
465
466 This define fills in the correct boot cpu in the boot
467 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
468
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000469- Serial Ports:
470 CFG_PL010_SERIAL
471
472 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
473
474 CFG_PL011_SERIAL
475
476 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
477
478 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
479
480 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
481 the clock speed of the UARTs.
482
483 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
484
485 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
486 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
487 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
488
489
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000490- Console Interface:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000491 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
492 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
493 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
494 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000495
496 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
497 port routines must be defined elsewhere
498 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
499
500 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
501 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
502 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
503 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
504 (default big endian)
505 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
506 rectangle fill
507 (cf. smiLynxEM)
508 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
509 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
510 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
511 (cols=pitch)
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000512 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
513 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000514 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
515 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000516 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000517 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
518 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
519 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
520 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
521 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
522 (i.e. i8042_getc)
523 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
524 (requires blink timer
525 cf. i8042.c)
526 CFG_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
527 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
528 upper right corner
529 (requires CFG_CMD_DATE)
530 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
531 upper left corner
wdenk9dd2b882002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000532 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
533 linux_logo.h for logo.
534 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000535 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
536 addional board info beside
537 the logo
538
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000539 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
540 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
541 environment 'console=serial'.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000542
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +0000543 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
544 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
545 the "silent" environment variable. See
546 doc/README.silent for more information.
wdenk3da587e2003-10-19 23:22:11 +0000547
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000548- Console Baudrate:
549 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
550 Select one of the baudrates listed in
551 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
wdenk174e0e52003-12-07 22:27:15 +0000552 CFG_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000553
554- Interrupt driven serial port input:
555 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO
556
557 PPC405GP only.
558 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the
559 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake
560 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of
561 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have.
562
wdenkf16b5162004-03-23 21:43:07 +0000563 Leave undefined to disable this feature, including
564 disable the buffer and hardware handshake.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000565
stroese3d24d6e2003-05-23 11:39:05 +0000566- Console UART Number:
567 CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE
568
Wolfgang Denk0ee70772005-09-23 11:05:55 +0200569 AMCC PPC4xx only.
stroese3d24d6e2003-05-23 11:39:05 +0000570 If defined internal UART1 (and not UART0) is used
571 as default U-Boot console.
572
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000573- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
574 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
575 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
576
577 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
578 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
579 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
580 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
581 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
582 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
583 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
584 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
585 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
586 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
587 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
588 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
589
590- Autoboot Command:
591 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
592 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
593 define a command string that is automatically executed
594 when no character is read on the console interface
595 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
596
597 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000598 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
599 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
600 environment value "bootargs".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000601
602 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000603 The value of these goes into the environment as
604 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
605 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
606 ram and nfs.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000607
608- Pre-Boot Commands:
609 CONFIG_PREBOOT
610
611 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
612 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
613 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
614 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
615 entering interactive mode.
616
617 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
618 automatically generated or modified. For an example
619 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
620 modified when the user holds down a certain
621 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
622 booting the systems
623
624- Serial Download Echo Mode:
625 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
626 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
627 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
628 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
629 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
630 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
631 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
632
633- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CFG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
634 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE
635 Select one of the baudrates listed in
636 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
637
638- Monitor Functions:
639 CONFIG_COMMANDS
640 Most monitor functions can be selected (or
641 de-selected) by adjusting the definition of
642 CONFIG_COMMANDS; to select individual functions,
643 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS by "OR"ing any of the
644 following values:
645
646 #define enables commands:
647 -------------------------
648 CFG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
wdenk1f197c62003-09-15 18:00:00 +0000649 CFG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT Autoscript Support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000650 CFG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000651 CFG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000652 CFG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000653 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000654 CFG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000655 CFG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000656 CFG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
657 CFG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000658 CFG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000659 CFG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
660 CFG_CMD_DOC * Disk-On-Chip Support
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000661 CFG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
Wolfgang Denk582f3dd2006-03-12 16:51:59 +0100662 CFG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000663 CFG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000664 CFG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000665 CFG_CMD_ENV saveenv
666 CFG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000667 CFG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support
wdenk591dda52002-11-18 00:14:45 +0000668 CFG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000669 CFG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
670 CFG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000671 CFG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000672 CFG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
673 CFG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
674 CFG_CMD_IMI iminfo
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000675 CFG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000676 CFG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
677 CFG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000678 CFG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000679 CFG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000680 CFG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
681 CFG_CMD_LOADB loadb
682 CFG_CMD_LOADS loads
683 CFG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +0000684 loop, loopw, mtest
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000685 CFG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000686 CFG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
687 CFG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000688 CFG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000689 CFG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
690 CFG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
691 CFG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000692 CFG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network host
693 CFG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000694 CFG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
695 CFG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000696 CFG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000697 CFG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000698 CFG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
wdenkfa66e932005-04-03 14:52:59 +0000699 (requires CFG_CMD_I2C)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000700 CFG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access (4xx only)
701 CFG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
702 CFG_CMD_USB * USB support
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000703 CFG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000704 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board SPecific functions
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +0000705 CFG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000706 -----------------------------------------------
707 CFG_CMD_ALL all
708
wdenk7dd13292004-07-11 20:04:51 +0000709 CONFIG_CMD_DFL Default configuration; at the moment
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000710 this is includes all commands, except
711 the ones marked with "*" in the list
712 above.
713
714 If you don't define CONFIG_COMMANDS it defaults to
wdenk7dd13292004-07-11 20:04:51 +0000715 CONFIG_CMD_DFL in include/cmd_confdefs.h. A board can
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000716 override the default settings in the respective
717 include file.
718
719 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
720 support you can write:
721
722 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS (CFG_CMD_ALL & ~CFG_CMD_NET)
723
724
725 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000726 (configuration option CFG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
727 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
728 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
729 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
730 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
731 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
732 initial stack and some data.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000733
734
735 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
736
737- Watchdog:
738 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
739 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000740 support. There must be support in the platform specific
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000741 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the
742 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
743 register.
744
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +0000745- U-Boot Version:
746 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
747 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
748 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
749 version as printed by the "version" command.
750 This variable is readonly.
751
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000752- Real-Time Clock:
753
754 When CFG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
755 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
756 following options:
757
758 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
759 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
760 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
wdenk1fe2c702003-03-06 21:55:29 +0000761 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000762 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
wdenk0893c472003-05-20 14:25:27 +0000763 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
wdenkef5fe752003-03-12 10:41:04 +0000764 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
wdenkaeba06f2004-06-09 17:34:58 +0000765 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000766
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000767 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
768 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
769
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000770- Timestamp Support:
771
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000772 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
773 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
774 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
775 automatically enabled when you select CFG_CMD_DATE .
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000776
777- Partition Support:
778 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
779 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION
780
781 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CFG_CMD_IDE or
782 CFG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at least
783 one partition type as well.
784
785- IDE Reset method:
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000786 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
787 board configurations files but used nowhere!
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000788
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000789 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
790 be performed by calling the function
791 ide_set_reset(int reset)
792 which has to be defined in a board specific file
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000793
794- ATAPI Support:
795 CONFIG_ATAPI
796
797 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
798
wdenkf602aa02004-03-13 23:29:43 +0000799- LBA48 Support
800 CONFIG_LBA48
801
802 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
803 Also look at CFG_64BIT_LBA ,CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF and CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL
804 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
805 support disks up to 2.1TB.
806
807 CFG_64BIT_LBA:
808 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
809 Default is 32bit.
810
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000811- SCSI Support:
812 At the moment only there is only support for the
813 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
814 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
815
816 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
817 CFG_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
818 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
819 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
820 devices.
821 CFG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
822
823- NETWORK Support (PCI):
wdenk4e112c12003-06-03 23:54:09 +0000824 CONFIG_E1000
825 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips.
stroese94ef1cf2003-06-05 15:39:44 +0000826
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000827 CONFIG_EEPRO100
828 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
829 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables eeprom
830 write routine for first time initialisation.
831
832 CONFIG_TULIP
833 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
834 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
835 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
836
837 CONFIG_NATSEMI
838 Support for National dp83815 chips.
839
840 CONFIG_NS8382X
841 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
842
wdenkaa603362003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000843- NETWORK Support (other):
844
845 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
846 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
847
848 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
849 Define this to hold the physical address
850 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
851
852 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
853 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
854
wdenk3c711762004-06-09 13:37:52 +0000855 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111
856 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
857
858 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
859 Define this to hold the physical address
860 of the device (I/O space)
861
862 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
863 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
864
865 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
866 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
867 (some hardware wont work with macros)
868
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000869- USB Support:
870 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000871 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000872 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
873 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
wdenkfb30b4c2004-10-09 22:44:59 +0000874 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000875 storage devices.
876 Note:
877 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
878 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000879 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
880 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
881 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
882 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG
883 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
884 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
885
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000886
wdenk7a428cc2003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000887- MMC Support:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000888 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
889 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
890 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
wdenk7a428cc2003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000891 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
892 enabled with CFG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000893 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CFG_CMD_FAT.
wdenk7a428cc2003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000894
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000895- Journaling Flash filesystem support:
896 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
897 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
898 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
899
900 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
901 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CFG_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
902 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
903
904 CFG_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
905 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
906 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
907
908 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +0000909 #define CFG_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000910 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you
911 have not defined a custom partition
912
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000913- Keyboard Support:
914 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
915
916 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
917 support
918
919 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
920 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
921 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
922 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
923 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
924
925- Video support:
926 CONFIG_VIDEO
927
928 Define this to enable video support (for output to
929 video).
930
931 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
932
933 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
934
935 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
wdenkd3602132004-03-25 15:14:43 +0000936 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
wdenkaea86e42004-03-23 22:53:55 +0000937 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
938 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
939 assumed.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000940
wdenkd3602132004-03-25 15:14:43 +0000941 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
942 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two diferent ways
wdenkaea86e42004-03-23 22:53:55 +0000943 are possible:
944 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
wdenk05939202004-04-18 17:39:38 +0000945 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
wdenkaea86e42004-03-23 22:53:55 +0000946
947 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
948 -------------+---------------------------------------------
949 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
950 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
951 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
952 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
953 -------------+---------------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000954 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
955
wdenkd3602132004-03-25 15:14:43 +0000956 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
wdenkaea86e42004-03-23 22:53:55 +0000957 from the bootargs. (See drivers/videomodes.c)
958
959
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +0000960 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000961 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
wdenk9dd2b882002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000962 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
963 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
964
wdenk4e112c12003-06-03 23:54:09 +0000965- Keyboard Support:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000966 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
wdenk4e112c12003-06-03 23:54:09 +0000967
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000968 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
969 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
970 defined in your board-specific files.
971 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
wdenk9dd2b882002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000972
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000973- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
974
975 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
976 display); also select one of the supported displays
977 by defining one of these:
978
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000979 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000980
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000981 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000982
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000983 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
984
985 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
986 Active, color, single scan.
987
988 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000989
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000990 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000991 Active, color, single scan.
992
993 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
994
995 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
996 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
997
998 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
999
1000 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1001 Active, color, single scan.
1002
1003 CONFIG_HLD1045
1004
1005 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1006 Active, color, single scan.
1007
1008 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
1009
1010 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1011 or
1012 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1013 or
1014 Hitachi SP14Q002
1015
1016 320x240. Black & white.
1017
1018 Normally display is black on white background; define
1019 CFG_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
1020
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001021- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
wdenk92bbe3f2003-04-20 14:04:18 +00001022
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001023 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1024 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1025 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
wdenk01686632004-06-30 22:59:18 +00001026 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001027 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1028 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1029 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1030 loaded very quickly after power-on.
wdenk92bbe3f2003-04-20 14:04:18 +00001031
Stefan Roesed9d97742005-09-22 09:04:17 +02001032- Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
1033
1034 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1035 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1036 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1037
wdenk710e3502003-08-29 20:57:53 +00001038- Compression support:
1039 CONFIG_BZIP2
1040
1041 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1042 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1043 compressed images are supported.
1044
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00001045 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
1046 the malloc area (as defined by CFG_MALLOC_LEN) should
1047 be at least 4MB.
wdenk92bbe3f2003-04-20 14:04:18 +00001048
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +00001049- MII/PHY support:
1050 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR
1051
1052 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1053
1054 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1055
1056 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1057
1058 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE
1059
1060 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
1061 detection of Gigabit PHY is included.
1062
1063 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1064
1065 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1066 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1067 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1068 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1069
1070 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1071
1072 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1073 command issued before MII status register can be read
1074
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001075- Ethernet address:
1076 CONFIG_ETHADDR
1077 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
1078 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
1079
1080 Define a default value for ethernet address to use
1081 for the respective ethernet interface, in case this
1082 is not determined automatically.
1083
1084- IP address:
1085 CONFIG_IPADDR
1086
1087 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1088 the default ethernet interface, in case this is not
1089 determined through e.g. bootp.
1090
1091- Server IP address:
1092 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1093
1094 Defines a default value for theIP address of a TFTP
1095 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1096
1097- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1098 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1099
1100 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1101 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1102 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1103 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1104 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1105 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1106 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1107 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1108 following delays are insterted then:
1109
1110 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1111 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1112 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1113 4th and following
1114 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1115
stroesee0aadfb2003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001116- DHCP Advanced Options:
1117 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK
1118
1119 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by adding
1120 these flags to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK define:
1121
1122 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1123 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1124 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1125 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1126 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1127 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1128 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1129 is added to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK.
1130
1131 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1132 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1133 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
1134 If CONFIG_BOOP_SEND_HOSTNAME is added to the
1135 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK, the content of the "hostname"
1136 environment variable is passed as option 12 to
1137 the DHCP server.
1138
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001139 - CDP Options:
wdenk05939202004-04-18 17:39:38 +00001140 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001141
1142 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1143
1144 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1145
1146 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1147 of the device.
1148
1149 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1150
1151 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1152 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1153 eth0 for the first ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1154
1155 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1156
1157 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1158 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1159
1160 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1161
1162 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1163
1164 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1165
1166 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1167
1168 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1169
1170 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1171
1172 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1173
1174 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1175 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1176
1177 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1178
1179 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1180
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001181- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1182
1183 Several configurations allow to display the current
1184 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1185 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1186 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1187 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1188 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1189 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1190 feature in U-Boot.
1191
1192- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1193
1194 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1195 on those systems that support this (optional)
1196 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1197
1198- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1199
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001200 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001201 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
1202 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected cpu.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001203
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001204 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
1205 command line (as long as you set CFG_CMD_I2C in
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001206 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1207 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001208 command line interface.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001209
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001210 CONFIG_I2C_CMD_TREE is a recommended option that places
1211 all I2C commands under a single 'i2c' root command. The
1212 older 'imm', 'imd', 'iprobe' etc. commands are considered
1213 deprecated and may disappear in the future.
1214
1215 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001216
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001217 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001218 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1219 support for I2C.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001220
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001221 There are several other quantities that must also be
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001222 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001223
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001224 In both cases you will need to define CFG_I2C_SPEED
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001225 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
1226 to run and CFG_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
1227 the cpu's i2c node address).
1228
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001229 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c)
1230 sets the cpu up as a master node and so its address should
1231 therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001232 p.16-473). So, set CFG_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001233
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001234 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001235
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001236 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1237 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1238 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001239
1240 I2C_INIT
1241
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001242 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001243 controller or configure ports.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001244
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001245 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001246
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001247 I2C_PORT
1248
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001249 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1250 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1251 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001252
1253 I2C_ACTIVE
1254
1255 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1256 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1257 define can be null.
1258
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001259 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1260
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001261 I2C_TRISTATE
1262
1263 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1264 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1265 define can be null.
1266
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001267 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1268
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001269 I2C_READ
1270
1271 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1272 FALSE if it is low.
1273
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001274 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1275
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001276 I2C_SDA(bit)
1277
1278 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1279 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1280
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001281 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001282 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001283 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001284
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001285 I2C_SCL(bit)
1286
1287 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1288 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1289
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001290 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001291 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001292 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001293
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001294 I2C_DELAY
1295
1296 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1297 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001298 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001299 like:
1300
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001301 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001302
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001303 CFG_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1304
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001305 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1306 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1307 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1308 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1309 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1310 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1311 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1312 is run early in the boot sequence.
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001313
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +00001314 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1315
1316 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1317 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1318 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1319
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001320 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1321
1322 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
1323 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1324 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
1325 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1326
1327 CFG_I2C_NOPROBES
1328
1329 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
1330 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued (or 'iprobe' using the legacy
1331 command). If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS is set, specify a list of bus-device
1332 pairs. Otherwise, specify a 1D array of device addresses
1333
1334 e.g.
1335 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1336 #define CFG_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
1337
1338 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1339
1340 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1341 #define CFG_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
1342
1343 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1344
Timur Tabiab347542006-11-03 19:15:00 -06001345 CFG_SPD_BUS_NUM
1346
1347 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1348 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1349
Stefan Roese096cc9b2007-02-20 10:51:26 +01001350 CFG_RTC_BUS_NUM
1351
1352 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1353 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1354
1355 CFG_DTT_BUS_NUM
1356
1357 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
1358 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
1359
Timur Tabiab347542006-11-03 19:15:00 -06001360 CONFIG_FSL_I2C
1361
1362 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
1363 drivers/fsl_i2c.c.
1364
1365
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001366- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1367
1368 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1369 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1370 D/As on the SACSng board)
1371
1372 CONFIG_SPI_X
1373
1374 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1375 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1376
1377 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1378
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001379 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1380 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1381 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1382 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1383 defined, the board configuration must define several
1384 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1385 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001386
1387- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1388
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001389 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001390
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001391 CONFIG_FPGA
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001392
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001393 Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For example,
1394 #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001395
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001396 CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001397
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001398 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001399
1400 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1401
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001402 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1403 status by the configuration function. This option
1404 will require a board or device specific function to
1405 be written.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001406
1407 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1408
1409 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1410 configuration driver.
1411
1412 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1413 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1414
1415 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1416
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001417 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1418 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1419 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1420 indicated a CRC error).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001421
1422 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1423
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001424 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1425 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1426 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
1427 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001428
1429 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1430
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001431 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
1432 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001433
1434 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1435
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001436 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1437 200 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001438
1439- Configuration Management:
1440 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
1441
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001442 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1443 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001444
1445- Vendor Parameter Protection:
1446
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001447 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1448 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001449 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001450 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1451 protects these variables from casual modification by
1452 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1453 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
1454 change this behviour:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001455
1456 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1457 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001458 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001459 these parameters.
1460
1461 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1462 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
1463 ethernet address is installed in the environment,
1464 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1465 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1466 read-only.]
1467
1468- Protected RAM:
1469 CONFIG_PRAM
1470
1471 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1472 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1473 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1474 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1475 this default value by defining an environment
1476 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1477 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1478 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1479 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1480 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1481 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1482 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1483
Wolfgang Denk86eb3b72005-11-20 21:40:11 +01001484 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001485 saveenv
1486
1487 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1488 either, which results in a memory region that will
1489 not be affected by reboots.
1490
1491 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1492 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1493 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1494 following board configurations are known to be
1495 "pRAM-clean":
1496
1497 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
1498 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
1499 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260
1500
1501- Error Recovery:
1502 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
1503
1504 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
1505 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
1506 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
1507 system where you want to system to reboot
1508 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
1509 useful during development since you can try to debug
1510 the conditions that lead to the situation.
1511
1512 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1513
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001514 This variable defines the number of retries for
1515 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1516 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1517 default value of 5 is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001518
1519- Command Interpreter:
Wolfgang Denk81352ed2006-10-28 02:28:02 +02001520 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
wdenk3902d702004-04-15 18:22:41 +00001521
1522 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
1523
Wolfgang Denk018147d2006-11-27 15:32:42 +01001524 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
1525 for the "hush" shell.
Wolfgang Denk81352ed2006-10-28 02:28:02 +02001526
1527
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001528 CFG_HUSH_PARSER
1529
1530 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
1531 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
1532 powerful command line syntax like
1533 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
1534 constructs ("shell scripts").
1535
1536 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
1537 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
1538
1539
1540 CFG_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
1541
1542 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1543 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1544 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1545
1546 Note:
1547
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001548 In the current implementation, the local variables
1549 space and global environment variables space are
1550 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1551 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1552 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1553 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1554 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001555
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001556 Global environment variables are those you use
1557 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1558 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1559 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001560
1561 To store commands and special characters in a
1562 variable, please use double quotation marks
1563 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1564 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1565 symbols.
1566
Wolfgang Denk2039a072006-07-21 11:35:21 +02001567- Commandline Editing and History:
1568 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
1569
Wolfgang Denkc80857e2006-07-21 11:56:05 +02001570 Enable editiong and History functions for interactive
1571 commandline input operations
Wolfgang Denk2039a072006-07-21 11:35:21 +02001572
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001573- Default Environment:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001574 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1575
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001576 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1577 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001578 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
wdenk591dda52002-11-18 00:14:45 +00001579
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001580 For example, place something like this in your
1581 board's config file:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001582
1583 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1584 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1585 "myvar2=value2\0"
1586
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001587 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1588 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1589 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1590 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001591 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001592 You better know what you are doing here.
1593
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001594 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1595 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
1596 the environment like the autoscript function or the
1597 boot command first.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001598
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001599- DataFlash Support:
wdenk381669a2003-06-16 23:50:08 +00001600 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
1601
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001602 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
1603 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
1604 commands cp, md...
wdenk381669a2003-06-16 23:50:08 +00001605
wdenkef893942004-02-23 16:11:30 +00001606- SystemACE Support:
1607 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1608
1609 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
1610 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
1611 of the chip must alsh be defined in the
1612 CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
1613
1614 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1615 #define CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
1616
1617 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
1618 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
1619
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001620- TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
1621 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
1622
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02001623 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001624 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02001625 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001626 number generator is used.
1627
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02001628 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
1629 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
1630 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
1631
1632 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001633 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
1634 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
1635 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
1636 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
1637 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
1638 but sometimes that is not allowed.
1639
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001640- Show boot progress:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001641 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
1642
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001643 Defining this option allows to add some board-
1644 specific code (calling a user-provided function
1645 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
1646 the system's boot progress on some display (for
1647 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
1648 the following checkpoints are implemented:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001649
1650 Arg Where When
1651 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001652 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001653 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001654 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001655 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001656 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001657 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
1658 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
1659 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1660 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone)
1661 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1662 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
1663 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
1664 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
1665 -8 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone)
1666 8 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1667 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
1668 9 common/cmd_bootm.c Start initial ramdisk verification
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001669 -10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
1670 -11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001671 10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header is OK
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001672 -12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001673 11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
1674 12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
1675 -13 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux Ramdisk)
1676 13 common/cmd_bootm.c Start multifile image verification
1677 14 common/cmd_bootm.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
1678 15 common/cmd_bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
1679
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +00001680 -30 lib_ppc/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
1681 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
1682 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
wdenke97d3d92004-02-23 22:22:28 +00001683
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001684 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
1685 -1 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
1686 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1687 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
1688 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
1689
1690 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
1691 -1 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
1692 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown boot device
1693 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
1694 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
1695 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Read Error on boot device
1696 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
1697
wdenk8706ea82003-09-18 10:02:25 +00001698 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
1699 -1 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
1700 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1701 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Read Error on boot device
1702 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
1703
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001704 -1 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001705
1706
1707Modem Support:
1708--------------
1709
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001710[so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001711
1712- Modem support endable:
1713 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
1714
1715- RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
1716 CONFIG_HWFLOW
1717
1718- Modem debug support:
1719 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
1720
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001721 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
1722 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001723
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001724- Interrupt support (PPC):
1725
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001726 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
1727 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
1728 for cpu specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
1729 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
1730 cpu resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
1731 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
1732 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for cpu
1733 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
1734 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
1735 general timer_interrupt().
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001736
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001737- General:
1738
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001739 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
1740 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
1741 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
1742 (autoboot). The key_pressed() fuction is called from
1743 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
1744 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
1745 initialization.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001746
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001747 If there are no modem init strings in the
1748 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
1749 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
1750 supressed, though.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001751
1752 See also: doc/README.Modem
1753
1754
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001755Configuration Settings:
1756-----------------------
1757
1758- CFG_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
1759 undefine this when you're short of memory.
1760
1761- CFG_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
1762 prompt for user input.
1763
1764- CFG_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
1765
1766- CFG_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
1767
1768- CFG_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
1769
1770- CFG_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
1771 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
1772 booted
1773
1774- CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
1775 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
1776
1777- CFG_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001778 Suppress display of console information at boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001779
1780- CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001781 If the board specific function
1782 extern int overwrite_console (void);
1783 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001784 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
1785
1786- CFG_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001787 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001788
1789- CFG_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
1790 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
1791
1792- CFG_MEMTEST_START, CFG_MEMTEST_END:
1793 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
1794 simple memory test.
1795
1796- CFG_ALT_MEMTEST:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001797 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001798
wdenk5958f4a2003-09-18 09:21:33 +00001799- CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
1800 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
1801 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
1802
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001803- CFG_TFTP_LOADADDR:
1804 Default load address for network file downloads
1805
1806- CFG_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
1807 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
1808
1809- CFG_SDRAM_BASE:
1810 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
1811
1812- CFG_MBIO_BASE:
1813 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
1814 Cogent motherboard)
1815
1816- CFG_FLASH_BASE:
1817 Physical start address of Flash memory.
1818
1819- CFG_MONITOR_BASE:
1820 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
1821 make config files to be same as the text base address
1822 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
1823 CFG_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
1824
1825- CFG_MONITOR_LEN:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001826 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
1827 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
1828 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
1829 flash sector.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001830
1831- CFG_MALLOC_LEN:
1832 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
1833
Stefan Roese5d5ce292006-03-13 11:16:36 +01001834- CFG_BOOTM_LEN:
1835 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
1836 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
1837 you can define CFG_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
1838 to adjust this setting to your needs.
1839
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001840- CFG_BOOTMAPSZ:
1841 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
1842 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
1843 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, eventually
1844 initrd image) must be put below this limit.
1845
1846- CFG_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
1847 Max number of Flash memory banks
1848
1849- CFG_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
1850 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
1851
1852- CFG_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
1853 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
1854
1855- CFG_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
1856 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
1857
wdenkdccbda02003-07-14 22:13:32 +00001858- CFG_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
1859 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
1860
1861- CFG_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
1862 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
1863
1864- CFG_FLASH_PROTECTION
1865 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
1866 instead of U-Boot software protection.
1867
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001868- CFG_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
1869
1870 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
1871 without this option such a download has to be
1872 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
1873 copy from RAM to flash.
1874
1875 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
1876 you can check if the download worked before you erase
1877 the flash, but in some situations (when sytem RAM is
1878 too limited to allow for a tempory copy of the
1879 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
1880
1881- CFG_FLASH_CFI:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001882 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
wdenk2cefd152004-02-08 22:55:38 +00001883 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
1884
1885- CFG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
1886 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
1887 in the drivers directory
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001888
Stefan Roesec443fe92005-11-22 13:20:42 +01001889- CFG_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
1890 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
1891 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
1892 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
1893 optionally available.
1894
stroese94ef1cf2003-06-05 15:39:44 +00001895- CFG_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
1896 Defines the number of ethernet receive buffers. On some
1897 ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
1898 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
1899 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
1900 on high ethernet traffic.
1901 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
1902
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001903The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
1904of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
1905following configurations:
1906
1907- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
1908
1909 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
1910
1911 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
1912 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
1913 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
1914 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
1915 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
1916 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
1917 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
1918 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
1919 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
1920 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
1921 between U-Boot and the environment.
1922
1923 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1924
1925 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
1926 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
1927 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
1928 for this sector is given here.
1929
1930 CFG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CFG_FLASH_BASE.
1931
1932 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
1933
1934 This is just another way to specify the start address of
1935 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
1936 CFG_ENV_OFFSET).
1937
1938 - CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
1939
1940 Size of the sector containing the environment.
1941
1942
1943 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
1944 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
1945 the environment.
1946
1947 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1948
1949 If you use this in combination with CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
1950 and CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
1951 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
1952 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
1953
1954 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
1955 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
1956 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
1957 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
1958 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
1959 updating the environment in flash makes it always
1960 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
1961 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
1962 RAM, your target system will be dead.
1963
1964 - CFG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
1965 CFG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
1966
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001967 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
1968 a redundand copy of the environment data, so that there is
wdenkb02744a2003-04-05 00:53:31 +00001969 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001970 a "saveenv" operation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001971
1972BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
1973source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
1974accordingly!
1975
1976
1977- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
1978
1979 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
1980 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
1981 environment.
1982
1983 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
1984 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1985
1986 These two #defines are used to determin the memory area you
1987 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
1988 can just be read and written to, without any special
1989 provision.
1990
1991BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
1992in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
1993console baudrate). You *MUST* have mappend your NVRAM area then, or
1994U-Boot will hang.
1995
1996Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
1997environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
1998keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
1999to save the current settings.
2000
2001
2002- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
2003
2004 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
2005 device and a driver for it.
2006
2007 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
2008 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2009
2010 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
2011 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
2012
2013 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
2014 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
2015 The default address is zero.
2016
2017 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
2018 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
2019 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
2020 would require six bits.
2021
2022 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
2023 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00002024 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002025
2026 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
2027 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
2028 that this is NOT the chip address length!
2029
wdenk20c98a62004-04-23 20:32:05 +00002030 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
2031 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
2032 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
2033 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
2034 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
2035 byte chips.
2036
2037 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
2038 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
2039 in the chip address.
2040
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002041 - CFG_EEPROM_SIZE:
2042 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
2043
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002044
wdenk86765902003-12-06 23:55:10 +00002045- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
2046
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00002047 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
wdenk86765902003-12-06 23:55:10 +00002048 want to use for the environment.
2049
2050 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
2051 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
2052 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2053
2054 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
2055 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
2056 at the specified address.
2057
wdenk79b59372004-06-09 14:58:14 +00002058- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
2059
2060 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
2061 for the environment.
2062
2063 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
2064 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2065
2066 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
2067 area within the first NAND device.
wdenk86765902003-12-06 23:55:10 +00002068
Markus Klotzbuecher5d113e02006-03-20 18:02:44 +01002069 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND
2070
2071 This setting describes a second storage area of CFG_ENV_SIZE
2072 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data,
2073 so that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a
2074 power failure during a "saveenv" operation.
2075
2076 Note: CFG_ENV_OFFSET and CFG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND must be aligned
2077 to a block boundary, and CFG_ENV_SIZE must be a multiple of
2078 the NAND devices block size.
2079
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002080- CFG_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
2081
2082 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
2083 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
2084 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
2085 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
2086 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
2087 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
2088 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
2089
2090Please note that the environment is read-only as long as the monitor
2091has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
2092created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r()
2093until then to read environment variables.
2094
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002095The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
2096is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
2097with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
2098necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
2099"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
2100have any device yet where we could complain.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002101
2102Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
2103the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002104use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002105
wdenk49c3f672003-10-08 22:33:00 +00002106- CFG_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00002107 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
wdenk49c3f672003-10-08 22:33:00 +00002108
2109 Note: If this option is active, then CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR
2110 also needs to be defined.
2111
2112- CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00002113 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002114
wdenkf602aa02004-03-13 23:29:43 +00002115- CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF:
2116 Makes vsprintf (and all *printf functions) support printing
2117 of 64bit values by using the L quantifier
2118
2119- CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL:
2120 Adds simple_strtoull that returns a 64bit value
2121
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002122Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
wdenkc8434db2003-03-26 06:55:25 +00002123---------------------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002124
2125- CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE:
2126 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
2127
2128- CFG_DEFAULT_IMMR:
2129 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00002130
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00002131 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
2132 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
2133 the IMMR register after a reset.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002134
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +00002135- Floppy Disk Support:
2136 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
2137
2138 the default drive number (default value 0)
2139
2140 CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE
2141
2142 defines the spacing between fdc chipset registers
2143 (default value 1)
2144
2145 CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET
2146
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002147 defines the offset of register from address. It
2148 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
2149 the fdc chipset. (default value 0)
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +00002150
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002151 If CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
2152 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
2153 default value.
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +00002154
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002155 if CFG_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
2156 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
2157 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
2158 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
2159 initializations.
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +00002160
wdenkb3a4a702004-12-10 11:40:40 +00002161- CFG_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002162 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
wdenkb3a4a702004-12-10 11:40:40 +00002163 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002164
2165- CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
2166
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002167 Start address of memory area that can be used for
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002168 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
2169 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
2170 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
2171 will become available only after programming the
2172 memory controller and running certain initialization
2173 sequences.
2174
2175 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
2176 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
2177 - MPC824X: data cache
2178 - PPC4xx: data cache
2179
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002180- CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002181
2182 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
2183 area defined by CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002184 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002185 data is located at the end of the available space
2186 (sometimes written as (CFG_INIT_RAM_END -
2187 CFG_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
2188 below that area (growing from (CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002189 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002190
2191 Note:
2192 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
2193 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
2194 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
2195 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
2196 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
2197
2198- CFG_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
2199
2200- CFG_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
2201
2202- CFG_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
2203
2204- CFG_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
2205
2206- CFG_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
2207
2208- CFG_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
2209
2210- CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
2211 SDRAM timing
2212
2213- CFG_MAMR_PTA:
2214 periodic timer for refresh
2215
2216- CFG_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
2217
2218- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CFG_REMAP_OR_AM,
2219 CFG_PRELIM_OR_AM, CFG_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CFG_OR0_REMAP,
2220 CFG_OR0_PRELIM, CFG_BR0_PRELIM, CFG_OR1_REMAP, CFG_OR1_PRELIM,
2221 CFG_BR1_PRELIM:
2222 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
2223
2224- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
2225 CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CFG_OR2_PRELIM, CFG_BR2_PRELIM,
2226 CFG_OR3_PRELIM, CFG_BR3_PRELIM:
2227 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
2228
2229- CFG_MAMR_PTA, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
2230 CFG_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CFG_MAMR_8COL, CFG_MAMR_9COL:
2231 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
2232 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
2233
2234- CFG_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2235 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2236 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
2237
2238- CFG_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2239 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2240 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
2241
2242- CFG_USE_OSCCLK:
2243 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
2244 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
2245 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
2246
wdenk2029f4d2002-11-21 23:11:29 +00002247- CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002248 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
2249 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
2250 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
2251 cpm_8260.h.
wdenk2029f4d2002-11-21 23:11:29 +00002252
stroese3d24d6e2003-05-23 11:39:05 +00002253- CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CFG_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2254 CFG_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CFG_PCIMSK0_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
2255 CFG_PCIMSK1_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
2256 CFG_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CFG_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2257 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
2258 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CFG_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
2259 CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CFG_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
wdenkbf2f8c92003-05-22 22:52:13 +00002260 CFG_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
2261 Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
2262
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04002263- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
2264 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common with pluggable
2265 memory modules such as SODIMMs
2266 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
2267 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
2268
2269- CFG_SPD_BUS_NUM
2270 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first one, specify here.
2271 Note that the value must resolve to something your driver can deal with.
2272
Timur Tabi054838e2006-10-31 18:44:42 -06002273- CFG_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
2274 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should be configured
2275 using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2276
2277- CFG_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
2278 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should be configured
2279 using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2280
wdenk6203e402004-04-18 10:13:26 +00002281- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
2282 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
2283
2284- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
2285 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
wdenk05939202004-04-18 17:39:38 +00002286 to the given FEC; i. e.
2287 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
wdenk6203e402004-04-18 10:13:26 +00002288 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
2289
2290 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
2291
2292- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
2293 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
2294 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
2295
2296- CONFIG_RMII
2297 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2298 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2299 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2300
wdenk20c98a62004-04-23 20:32:05 +00002301- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2302 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2303 The syntax is:
2304
2305 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2306
2307 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2308 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2309 area should have.
2310
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002311- CONFIG_LOOPW
2312 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
2313 the memory commands are activated globally (CFG_CMD_MEM).
2314
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002315- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
2316 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2317 "md/mw" commands.
2318 Examples:
2319
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002320 => mdc.b 10 4 500
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002321 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
2322
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002323 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002324 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
2325
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002326 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002327 globally (CFG_CMD_MEM).
2328
wdenk3d3d99f2005-04-04 12:44:11 +00002329- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
2330- CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT
2331
wdenke085e5b2005-04-05 23:32:21 +00002332 [ARM only] If these variables are defined, then
2333 certain low level initializations (like setting up
2334 the memory controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does
2335 not relocate itself into RAM.
2336 Normally these variables MUST NOT be defined. The
2337 only exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by
2338 some other boot loader or by a debugger which
2339 performs these intializations itself.
wdenk3d3d99f2005-04-04 12:44:11 +00002340
wdenk336b2bc2005-04-02 23:52:25 +00002341
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002342Building the Software:
2343======================
2344
2345Building U-Boot has been tested in native PPC environments (on a
2346PowerBook G3 running LinuxPPC 2000) and in cross environments
2347(running RedHat 6.x and 7.x Linux on x86, Solaris 2.6 on a SPARC, and
2348NetBSD 1.5 on x86).
2349
2350If you are not using a native PPC environment, it is assumed that you
2351have the GNU cross compiling tools available in your path and named
2352with a prefix of "powerpc-linux-". If this is not the case, (e.g. if
2353you are using Monta Vista's Hard Hat Linux CDK 1.2) you must change
2354the definition of CROSS_COMPILE in Makefile. For HHL on a 4xx CPU,
2355change it to:
2356
2357 CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx-
2358
2359
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00002360U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002361sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
2362is done by typing:
2363
2364 make NAME_config
2365
2366where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing
2367configurations; the following names are supported:
2368
wdenk914be132004-06-08 00:22:43 +00002369 ADCIOP_config FPS860L_config omap730p2_config
2370 ADS860_config GEN860T_config pcu_e_config
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +00002371 Alaska8220_config
wdenk914be132004-06-08 00:22:43 +00002372 AR405_config GENIETV_config PIP405_config
2373 at91rm9200dk_config GTH_config QS823_config
2374 CANBT_config hermes_config QS850_config
2375 cmi_mpc5xx_config hymod_config QS860T_config
2376 cogent_common_config IP860_config RPXlite_config
wdenkec432742004-06-09 21:04:48 +00002377 cogent_mpc8260_config IVML24_config RPXlite_DW_config
2378 cogent_mpc8xx_config IVMS8_config RPXsuper_config
2379 CPCI405_config JSE_config rsdproto_config
2380 CPCIISER4_config LANTEC_config Sandpoint8240_config
2381 csb272_config lwmon_config sbc8260_config
wdenk265d2172004-07-10 22:35:59 +00002382 CU824_config MBX860T_config sbc8560_33_config
2383 DUET_ADS_config MBX_config sbc8560_66_config
roy zangd136d662006-11-02 18:49:51 +08002384 EBONY_config mpc7448hpc2_config SM850_config
2385 ELPT860_config MPC8260ADS_config SPD823TS_config
2386 ESTEEM192E_config MPC8540ADS_config stxgp3_config
2387 ETX094_config MPC8540EVAL_config SXNI855T_config
2388 FADS823_config NMPC8560ADS_config TQM823L_config
2389 FADS850SAR_config NETVIA_config TQM850L_config
2390 FADS860T_config omap1510inn_config TQM855L_config
2391 FPS850L_config omap1610h2_config TQM860L_config
2392 omap1610inn_config walnut_config
2393 omap5912osk_config Yukon8220_config
2394 omap2420h4_config ZPC1900_config
wdenk2f0812d2003-10-08 22:45:44 +00002395
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002396Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
2397 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2398 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
2399 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
2400 when chosing the configuration, i. e.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002401
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002402 make TQM823L_config
2403 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002404
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002405 make TQM823L_LCD_config
2406 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002407
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002408 etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002409
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002410
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002411Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
2412images ready for download to / installation on your system:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002413
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002414- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
2415- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
2416- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002417
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002418By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
2419in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
2420this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
2421
24221. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
2423
2424 make O=/tmp/build distclean
2425 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
2426 make O=/tmp/build all
2427
24282. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
2429
2430 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2431 make distclean
2432 make NAME_config
2433 make all
2434
2435Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
2436variable.
2437
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002438
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002439Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
2440for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
2441native "make".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002442
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002443
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002444If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
2445to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
2446steps:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002447
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +000024481. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
2449 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
2450 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
2451 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please
2452 keep this order.
24532. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
2454 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
2455 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
24563. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
2457 your board
24583. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
2459 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
24604. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
24615. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
2462 to be installed on your target system.
24636. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
2464 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002465
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002466
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002467Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
2468==============================================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002469
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002470If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
2471or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
2472provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
2473the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
2474official or latest in CVS) version of U-Boot sources.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002475
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002476But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
2477cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
2478the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
2479just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
2480for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
2481select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
2482environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the cross tools from
2483MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux you can type
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002484
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002485 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002486
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002487or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002488
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002489 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002490
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002491When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build U-Boot
2492in the source directory. This location can be changed by setting the
2493BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target built, the MAKEALL
2494script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and <target>.MAKEALL) in the
2495<source dir>/LOG directory. This default location can be changed by
2496setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment variable. For example:
2497
2498 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2499 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
2500 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
2501
2502With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build, log
2503files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean during
2504the whole build process.
2505
2506
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002507See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002508
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002509
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002510Monitor Commands - Overview:
2511============================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002512
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002513go - start application at address 'addr'
2514run - run commands in an environment variable
2515bootm - boot application image from memory
2516bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
2517tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
2518 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
2519 (and eventually "gatewayip")
2520rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
2521diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
2522loads - load S-Record file over serial line
2523loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
2524md - memory display
2525mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2526nm - memory modify (constant address)
2527mw - memory write (fill)
2528cp - memory copy
2529cmp - memory compare
2530crc32 - checksum calculation
2531imd - i2c memory display
2532imm - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2533inm - i2c memory modify (constant address)
2534imw - i2c memory write (fill)
2535icrc32 - i2c checksum calculation
2536iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses
2537iloop - infinite loop on address range
2538isdram - print SDRAM configuration information
2539sspi - SPI utility commands
2540base - print or set address offset
2541printenv- print environment variables
2542setenv - set environment variables
2543saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
2544protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
2545erase - erase FLASH memory
2546flinfo - print FLASH memory information
2547bdinfo - print Board Info structure
2548iminfo - print header information for application image
2549coninfo - print console devices and informations
2550ide - IDE sub-system
2551loop - infinite loop on address range
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002552loopw - infinite write loop on address range
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002553mtest - simple RAM test
2554icache - enable or disable instruction cache
2555dcache - enable or disable data cache
2556reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
2557echo - echo args to console
2558version - print monitor version
2559help - print online help
2560? - alias for 'help'
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002561
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002562
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002563Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
2564========================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002565
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002566TODO.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002567
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002568For now: just type "help <command>".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002569
2570
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002571Environment Variables:
2572======================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002573
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002574U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
2575can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002576
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002577Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
2578"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
2579without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
2580environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
2581working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
2582environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002583
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002584Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002585
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002586 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002587
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002588 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002589
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002590 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002591
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002592 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002593
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002594 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002595
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002596 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
2597 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
2598 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
2599 load any image using TFTP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002600
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002601 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
2602 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
2603 be automatically started (by internally calling
2604 "bootm")
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002605
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002606 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
2607 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
2608 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
2609 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
2610 data.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002611
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +00002612 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
2613 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
2614 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
2615 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
2616 it must be saved and board must be reset.
2617
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002618 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
2619 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
2620 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
2621 is usually what you want since it allows for
2622 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
2623 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
2624 CFG_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
2625 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
2626 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
2627 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
2628 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002629
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002630 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
2631 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
2632 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
2633 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
2634 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
2635 12 MB as well - this can be done with
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002636
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002637 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002638
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002639 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
2640 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
2641 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
2642 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
2643 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
2644 boot time on your system, but requires that this
2645 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
wdenk3f9ab982003-04-12 23:38:12 +00002646
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002647 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002648
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002649 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
2650 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002651
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002652 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002653
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002654 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
wdenk6f770ed2003-05-23 23:18:21 +00002655
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002656 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002657
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002658 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002659
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002660 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002661
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002662 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2663 interface is used first.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002664
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002665 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2666 interface is currently active. For example you
2667 can do the following
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002668
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002669 => setenv ethact FEC ETHERNET
2670 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC ETHERNET
2671 => setenv ethact SCC ETHERNET
2672 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC ETHERNET
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002673
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002674 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
2675 either succeed or fail without retrying.
2676 When set to "once" the network operation will
2677 fail when all the available network interfaces
2678 are tried once without success.
2679 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
2680 themselves.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002681
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02002682 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02002683 UDP source port.
2684
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02002685 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
2686 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
2687
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002688 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
2689 ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
2690 VLAN tagged frames.
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002691
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002692The following environment variables may be used and automatically
2693updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
2694depending the information provided by your boot server:
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002695
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002696 bootfile - see above
2697 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
2698 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
2699 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
2700 hostname - Target hostname
2701 ipaddr - see above
2702 netmask - Subnet Mask
2703 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
2704 serverip - see above
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002705
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002706
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002707There are two special Environment Variables:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002708
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002709 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
2710 as type string and/or serial number
2711 ethaddr - Ethernet address
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002712
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002713These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
2714the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
2715once they have been set once.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002716
2717
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002718Further special Environment Variables:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002719
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002720 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
2721 with the "version" command. This variable is
2722 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002723
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002724
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002725Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
2726only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002727
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002728
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002729Command Line Parsing:
2730=====================
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002731
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002732There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
2733the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002734
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002735Old, simple command line parser:
2736--------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002737
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002738- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
2739- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
Wolfgang Denk86eb3b72005-11-20 21:40:11 +01002740- variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002741- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
2742 for example:
Wolfgang Denk86eb3b72005-11-20 21:40:11 +01002743 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002744- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
2745 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002746
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002747Hush shell:
2748-----------
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002749
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002750- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
2751 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
2752 until...do...done, ...
2753- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
2754 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
2755 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
2756 command
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002757
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002758General rules:
2759--------------
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002760
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002761(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
2762 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
2763 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
2764 executed anyway.
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002765
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002766(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
2767 calling run with a list af variables as arguments), any failing
2768 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
2769 variables are not executed.
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002770
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002771Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
2772=======================================
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002773
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002774Some boards come with redundant ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
2775such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
2776"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002777
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002778Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
2779MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
2780"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002781
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002782If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
2783in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
2784ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
2785variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002786
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002787o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
2788 environment, the SROM's address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002789
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002790o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
2791 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
2792 used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002793
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002794o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
2795 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002796
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002797o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
2798 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
2799 warning is printed.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002800
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002801o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
2802 is raised.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002803
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002804
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002805Image Formats:
2806==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002807
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002808The "boot" commands of this monitor operate on "image" files which
2809can be basicly anything, preceeded by a special header; see the
2810definitions in include/image.h for details; basicly, the header
2811defines the following image properties:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002812
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002813* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
2814 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
2815 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS;
2816 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS, LynxOS).
Wolfgang Denk83c15852006-10-24 14:21:16 +02002817* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002818 IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
Wolfgang Denk83c15852006-10-24 14:21:16 +02002819 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC).
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002820* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
2821* Load Address
2822* Entry Point
2823* Image Name
2824* Image Timestamp
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002825
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002826The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
2827and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
2828CRC32 checksums.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002829
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002830
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002831Linux Support:
2832==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002833
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002834Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
2835easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
2836U-Boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002837
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002838U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
2839special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
2840"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
2841instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
2842serves several purposes:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002843
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002844- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
2845 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
2846 Flash memory footprint)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002847
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002848- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
2849 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002850
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002851- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
2852 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
2853 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
2854 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
2855 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
2856 software is easier now.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002857
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002858
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002859Linux HOWTO:
2860============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002861
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002862Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
2863---------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002864
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002865U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
2866configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
2867(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
2868Linux :-).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002869
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002870But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/ppc/mbxboot).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002871
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002872Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
2873include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
2874Information structure as we define in include/u-boot.h, and make
2875sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value as your
2876U-Boot configuration in CFG_IMMR.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002877
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002878
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002879Configuring the Linux kernel:
2880-----------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002881
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002882No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
2883device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002884
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002885
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002886Building a Linux Image:
2887-----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002888
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002889With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
2890not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
2891"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
2892U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
2893which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
2894100% compatible format.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002895
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002896Example:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002897
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002898 make TQM850L_config
2899 make oldconfig
2900 make dep
2901 make uImage
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002902
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002903The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
2904encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
2905CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002906
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002907* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002908
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002909* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002910
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002911 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
2912 -R .note -R .comment \
2913 -S vmlinux linux.bin
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002914
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002915* compress the binary image:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002916
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002917 gzip -9 linux.bin
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002918
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002919* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002920
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002921 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
2922 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
2923 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002924
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002925
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002926The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
2927with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
2928combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
2929byte header containing information about target architecture,
2930operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
2931stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002932
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002933"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
2934print the header information, or to build new images.
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002935
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002936In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
2937contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
2938checksum verification:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002939
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002940 tools/mkimage -l image
2941 -l ==> list image header information
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002942
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002943The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
2944from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002945
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002946 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
2947 -n name -d data_file image
2948 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
2949 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
2950 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
2951 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
2952 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
2953 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
2954 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
2955 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002956
wdenkcd914452004-05-29 16:53:29 +00002957Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
2958address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
2959kernel version:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002960
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002961- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
2962- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002963
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002964So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002965
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002966 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2967 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
2968 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
2969 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
2970 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2971 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2972 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2973 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2974 Load Address: 0x00000000
2975 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002976
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002977To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002978
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002979 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
2980 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2981 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2982 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2983 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2984 Load Address: 0x00000000
2985 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002986
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002987NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
2988speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
2989needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
2990need to be uncompressed:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002991
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002992 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
2993 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2994 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
2995 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \
2996 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
2997 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2998 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2999 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
3000 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
3001 Load Address: 0x00000000
3002 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003003
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003004
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003005Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
3006when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003007
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003008 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
3009 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
3010 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
3011 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3012 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
3013 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3014 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
3015 Load Address: 0x00000000
3016 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003017
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003018
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003019Installing a Linux Image:
3020-------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003021
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003022To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
3023you must convert the image to S-Record format:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003024
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003025 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003026
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003027The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
3028image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
3029address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
3030specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
3031command.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003032
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003033Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
3034TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003035
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003036 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003037
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003038 .......... done
3039 Erased 8 sectors
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003040
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003041 => loads 40100000
3042 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3043 ~>examples/image.srec
3044 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
3045 ...
3046 15989 15990 15991 15992
3047 [file transfer complete]
3048 [connected]
3049 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003050
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003051
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003052You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
3053this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
3054corruption happened:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003055
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003056 => imi 40100000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003057
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003058 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3059 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3060 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3061 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3062 Load Address: 00000000
3063 Entry Point: 0000000c
3064 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003065
3066
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003067Boot Linux:
3068-----------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003069
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003070The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
3071memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
3072of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
3073parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
3074"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003075
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003076
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003077 => printenv bootargs
3078 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003079
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003080 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003081
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003082 => printenv bootargs
3083 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003084
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003085 => bootm 40020000
3086 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
3087 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
3088 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3089 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
3090 Load Address: 00000000
3091 Entry Point: 0000000c
3092 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3093 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3094 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
3095 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3096 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3097 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3098 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
3099 ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003100
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003101If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial ram disk, you pass
3102the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
3103format!) to the "bootm" command:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003104
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003105 => imi 40100000 40200000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003106
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003107 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3108 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3109 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3110 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3111 Load Address: 00000000
3112 Entry Point: 0000000c
3113 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003114
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003115 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
3116 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3117 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3118 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3119 Load Address: 00000000
3120 Entry Point: 00000000
3121 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003122
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003123 => bootm 40100000 40200000
3124 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
3125 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3126 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3127 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3128 Load Address: 00000000
3129 Entry Point: 0000000c
3130 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3131 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3132 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
3133 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3134 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3135 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3136 Load Address: 00000000
3137 Entry Point: 00000000
3138 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3139 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
3140 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
3141 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
3142 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3143 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3144 ...
3145 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
3146 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003147
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003148 bash#
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003149
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -05003150Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
3151-----------
3152
3153First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
3154titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
3155following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
3156flat device tree:
3157
3158=> print oftaddr
3159oftaddr=0x300000
3160=> print oft
3161oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
3162=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
3163Speed: 1000, full duplex
3164Using TSEC0 device
3165TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
3166Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
3167Load address: 0x300000
3168Loading: #
3169done
3170Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
3171=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
3172Speed: 1000, full duplex
3173Using TSEC0 device
3174TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
3175Filename 'uImage'.
3176Load address: 0x200000
3177Loading:############
3178done
3179Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
3180=> print loadaddr
3181loadaddr=200000
3182=> print oftaddr
3183oftaddr=0x300000
3184=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
3185## Booting image at 00200000 ...
Wolfgang Denk018147d2006-11-27 15:32:42 +01003186 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
3187 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3188 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -05003189 Load Address: 00000000
Wolfgang Denk018147d2006-11-27 15:32:42 +01003190 Entry Point: 00000000
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -05003191 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3192 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3193Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
3194Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
3195Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
3196[snip]
3197
3198
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003199More About U-Boot Image Types:
3200------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003201
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003202U-Boot supports the following image types:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003203
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003204 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
3205 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
3206 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
3207 the Standalone Program.
3208 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
3209 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
3210 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
3211 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
3212 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
3213 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
3214 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
3215 being started.
3216 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
3217 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
3218 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
3219 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
3220 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
3221 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003222
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003223 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
3224 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
3225 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
3226 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
3227 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
3228 a multiple of 4 bytes).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003229
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003230 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
3231 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
3232 flash memory.
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00003233
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003234 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
3235 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
3236 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
3237 as command interpreter.
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00003238
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00003239
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003240Standalone HOWTO:
3241=================
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00003242
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003243One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
3244run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
3245U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00003246
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003247Two simple examples are included with the sources:
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00003248
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003249"Hello World" Demo:
3250-------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003251
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003252'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
3253application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
3254It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
3255like that:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003256
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003257 => loads
3258 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3259 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
3260 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3261 [file transfer complete]
3262 [connected]
3263 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003264
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003265 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
3266 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3267 Hello World
3268 argc = 7
3269 argv[0] = "40004"
3270 argv[1] = "Hello"
3271 argv[2] = "World!"
3272 argv[3] = "This"
3273 argv[4] = "is"
3274 argv[5] = "a"
3275 argv[6] = "test."
3276 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
3277 Hit any key to exit ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003278
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003279 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003280
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003281Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
3282handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
3283Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
3284The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
3285character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
3286controlled by the following keys:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003287
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003288 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
3289 b - enable interrupts and start timer
3290 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
3291 q - quit application
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003292
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003293 => loads
3294 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3295 ~>examples/timer.srec
3296 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3297 [file transfer complete]
3298 [connected]
3299 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003300
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003301 => go 40004
3302 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3303 TIMERS=0xfff00980
3304 Using timer 1
3305 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003306
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003307Hit 'b':
3308 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
3309 Enabling timer
3310Hit '?':
3311 [q, b, e, ?] ........
3312 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
3313Hit '?':
3314 [q, b, e, ?] .
3315 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
3316Hit '?':
3317 [q, b, e, ?] .
3318 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
3319Hit '?':
3320 [q, b, e, ?] .
3321 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
3322Hit 'e':
3323 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
3324Hit 'q':
3325 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003326
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003327
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003328Minicom warning:
3329================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003330
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003331Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
3332"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
3333consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
3334Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
3335especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
3336use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003337
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003338Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
3339configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003340
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003341 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
3342 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
3343 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00003344
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00003345
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003346NetBSD Notes:
3347=============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003348
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003349Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
3350(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003351
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003352Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
3353NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
3354need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
3355Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
3356attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
3357missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003358
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003359 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
3360 # mkdir powerpc
3361 # ln -s powerpc machine
3362 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
3363 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003364
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003365Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
3366and U-Boot include files.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003367
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003368Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
3369stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
3370proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
3371tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
wdenkd0245fc2005-04-13 10:02:42 +00003372meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003373
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003374
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003375Implementation Internals:
3376=========================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003377
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003378The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
3379implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
3380inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
3381hardware.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003382
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003383
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003384Initial Stack, Global Data:
3385---------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003386
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003387The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
3388starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
3389system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
3390This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
3391is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
3392at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
3393options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
3394models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
3395MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
3396locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003397
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003398 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
3399 u-boot-users mailing list:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003400
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003401 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
3402 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
3403 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
3404 ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003405
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003406 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
3407 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
3408 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
3409 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
3410 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
3411 beyond the scope of this list to expain the details, but you
3412 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
3413 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003414
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003415 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
3416 is another option for the system designer to use as an
3417 initial stack/ram area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
3418 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
3419 board designers haven't used it for something that would
3420 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
3421 used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003422
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003423 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
3424 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
3425 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
Stefan Roese3e1f1b32005-08-01 16:49:12 +02003426 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003427 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
3428 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
3429 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
3430 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
3431 you get the config right.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003432
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003433 -Chris Hallinan
3434 DS4.COM, Inc.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003435
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003436It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
3437code for the initialization procedures:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003438
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003439* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
3440 to write it.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003441
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003442* Do not use any unitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
3443 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
3444 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003445
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003446* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
3447 that.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003448
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003449Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
3450normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
3451turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
3452simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
3453functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
3454functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
3455the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
3456place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
3457reserve for this purpose.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003458
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003459When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
3460relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
3461GCC's implementation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003462
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003463For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
3464 R1: stack pointer
3465 R2: TOC pointer
3466 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
3467 R5-R10: parameter passing
3468 R13: small data area pointer
3469 R30: GOT pointer
3470 R31: frame pointer
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003471
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003472 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003473
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003474 ==> U-Boot will use R29 to hold a pointer to the global data
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003475
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003476 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
3477 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
3478 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
3479 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
3480 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
3481 624 text + 127 data).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003482
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003483On ARM, the following registers are used:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003484
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003485 R0: function argument word/integer result
3486 R1-R3: function argument word
3487 R9: GOT pointer
3488 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
3489 R11: argument (frame) pointer
3490 R12: temporary workspace
3491 R13: stack pointer
3492 R14: link register
3493 R15: program counter
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003494
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003495 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003496
Wolfgang Denk6405a152006-03-31 18:32:53 +02003497NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
3498or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003499
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003500Memory Management:
3501------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003502
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003503U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
3504MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003505
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003506The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
3507controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
3508memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
3509physical memory banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003510
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003511U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
3512TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
3513booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
3514to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
3515memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CFG_MALLOC_LEN
3516configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
3517Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003518
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003519Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
3520of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003521
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003522So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
3523this:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003524
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003525 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
3526 :
3527 0x0000 1FFF
3528 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
3529 :
3530 :
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003531
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003532 :
3533 :
3534 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
3535 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
3536 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
3537 :
3538 0x00FD FFFF
3539 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
3540 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
3541 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
3542 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003543
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003544
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003545System Initialization:
3546----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003547
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003548In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
3549(on most PowerPC systens at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
3550configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
3551To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
3552To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
3553initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
3554which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
3555part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
3556the caches and the SIU.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003557
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003558Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
3559preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
3560(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
3561on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
3562programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
3563simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
3564banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003565
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003566When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
3567different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
3568bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
35690x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
3570contiguous memory starting from 0.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003571
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003572Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
3573and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
3574Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
3575pages, and the final stack is set up.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003576
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003577Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
3578until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
3579running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
3580new address in RAM.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003581
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003582
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003583U-Boot Porting Guide:
3584----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003585
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003586[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
3587list, October 2002]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003588
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003589
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003590int main (int argc, char *argv[])
3591{
3592 sighandler_t no_more_time;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003593
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003594 signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time);
3595 alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003596
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003597 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
3598 pay consultant to port U-Boot;
3599 return 0;
3600 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003601
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003602 Download latest U-Boot source;
wdenk34b613e2002-12-17 01:51:00 +00003603
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003604 Subscribe to u-boot-users mailing list;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003605
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003606 if (clueless) {
3607 email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
3608 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003609
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003610 while (learning) {
3611 Read the README file in the top level directory;
3612 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual ;
3613 Read the source, Luke;
3614 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003615
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003616 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) {
3617 Buy a BDI2000;
3618 } else {
3619 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
3620 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003621
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003622 Create your own board support subdirectory;
wdenk34b613e2002-12-17 01:51:00 +00003623
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003624 Create your own board config file;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003625
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003626 while (!running) {
3627 do {
3628 Add / modify source code;
3629 } until (compiles);
3630 Debug;
3631 if (clueless)
3632 email ("Hi, I am having problems...");
wdenk634d2f72004-04-15 23:14:49 +00003633 }
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003634 Send patch file to Wolfgang;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003635
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003636 return 0;
3637}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003638
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003639void no_more_time (int sig)
3640{
3641 hire_a_guru();
3642}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003643
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003644
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003645Coding Standards:
3646-----------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003647
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003648All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
Detlev Zundelaa63d482006-09-01 15:39:02 +02003649coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
3650"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory. In sources
3651originating from U-Boot a style corresponding to "Lindent -pcs" (adding
3652spaces before parameters to function calls) is actually used.
3653
3654Source files originating from a different project (for example the
3655MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
3656reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
3657sources.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003658
Detlev Zundelaa63d482006-09-01 15:39:02 +02003659Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
3660Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
3661in your code.
wdenkad276f22004-01-04 16:28:35 +00003662
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003663Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
3664- remove any trailing white space
3665- use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces
3666- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
3667- do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files
3668- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003669
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003670Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
3671with a request to reformat the changes.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003672
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003673
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003674Submitting Patches:
3675-------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003676
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003677Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
3678establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
3679may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003680
wdenkcbc49a52005-05-03 14:12:25 +00003681Patches shall be sent to the u-boot-users mailing list.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003682
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003683When you send a patch, please include the following information with
3684it:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003685
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003686* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
3687 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
3688 patch actually fixes something.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003689
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003690* For new features: a description of the feature and your
3691 implementation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003692
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003693* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003694
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003695* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003696
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003697* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
3698 board to the MAKEALL script, too.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003699
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003700* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
3701 document these in the README file.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003702
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003703* The patch itself. If you are accessing the CVS repository use "cvs
3704 update; cvs diff -puRN"; else, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your
3705 version of diff does not support these options, then get the latest
3706 version of GNU diff.
wdenkca9bc762003-07-15 07:45:49 +00003707
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003708 The current directory when running this command shall be the top
3709 level directory of the U-Boot source tree, or it's parent directory
3710 (i. e. please make sure that your patch includes sufficient
3711 directory information for the affected files).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003712
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003713 We accept patches as plain text, MIME attachments or as uuencoded
3714 gzipped text.
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003715
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003716* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
3717 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00003718
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003719* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
3720 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003721
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003722
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003723Notes:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003724
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003725* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
3726 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
3727 for any of the boards.
3728
3729* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
3730 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
3731 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003732
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003733* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
3734 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
3735 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
3736 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
3737 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
3738 modification.
wdenkcbc49a52005-05-03 14:12:25 +00003739
3740* Remember that there is a size limit of 40 kB per message on the
3741 u-boot-users mailing list. Compression may help.