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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
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +010054who contributed the specific port. The MAINTAINERS file lists board
55maintainers.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000056
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000057
58Where to get help:
59==================
60
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000061In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
62U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
63<u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net>. There is also an archive of
64previous traffic on the mailing list - please search the archive
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000065before asking FAQ's. Please see
66http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users/
67
68
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +010069Where to get source code:
70=========================
71
72The U-Boot source code is maintained in the git repository at
73git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
74http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
75
76The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
77any version you might be interested in. Ofifcial releases are also
78available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
79directory.
80
Anatolij Gustschin08337f32008-03-26 18:13:33 +010081Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +010082ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
83
84
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000085Where we come from:
86===================
87
88- start from 8xxrom sources
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000089- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000090- clean up code
91- make it easier to add custom boards
92- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
93- extend functions, especially:
94 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
95 * S-Record download
96 * network boot
97 * PCMCIA / CompactFLash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000098- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000099- add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000100- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +0100101- current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/UBoot
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000102
103
104Names and Spelling:
105===================
106
107The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
108"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
109in source files etc.). Example:
110
111 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
112
113File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
114
115 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
116
117 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
118
119Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
120the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000121
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000122 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
123 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
124
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000125
wdenk7474aca2002-12-17 17:55:09 +0000126Versioning:
127===========
128
129U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a
130sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2",
131sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4".
132
133The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development
134between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of
135U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0".
136
137
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000138Directory Hierarchy:
139====================
140
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000141- board Board dependent files
142- common Misc architecture independent functions
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000143- cpu CPU specific files
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +0000144 - 74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000145 - arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
146 - arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
wdenk91fcc952005-04-06 13:52:31 +0000147 - at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +0000148 - imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
wdenkf8e9a232004-10-09 22:21:29 +0000149 - s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000150 - arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
151 - arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
wdenkf8062712005-01-09 23:16:25 +0000152 - arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
Wolfgang Denk64702552006-10-24 14:27:35 +0200153 - at32ap Files specific to Atmel AVR32 AP CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000154 - i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs
155 - ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
Daniel Hellstrom207e6952008-03-28 10:00:33 +0100156 - leon2 Files specific to Gaisler LEON2 SPARC CPU
Daniel Hellstromb552dbe2008-03-26 22:51:29 +0100157 - leon3 Files specific to Gaisler LEON3 SPARC CPU
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +0000158 - mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
TsiChungLiew99b037a2008-01-14 17:43:33 -0600159 - mcf5227x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5227x CPUs
TsiChung Liewf6afe722007-06-18 13:50:13 -0500160 - mcf532x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5329 CPUs
TsiChungLiewfc3ca3b62007-08-16 15:05:11 -0500161 - mcf5445x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5445x CPUs
TsiChungLiew8cb946d2008-01-15 14:15:46 -0600162 - mcf547x_8x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF547x_8x CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000163 - mips Files specific to MIPS CPUs
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +0000164 - mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
165 - mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
166 - mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
167 - mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
168 - mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
169 - mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
170 - mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000171 - nios Files specific to Altera NIOS CPUs
wdenkef3386f2004-10-10 21:27:30 +0000172 - nios2 Files specific to Altera Nios-II CPUs
Wolfgang Denk0ee70772005-09-23 11:05:55 +0200173 - ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000174 - pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
175 - s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
176 - sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000177- disk Code for disk drive partition handling
178- doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000179- drivers Commonly used device drivers
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000180- dtt Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers
181- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
182- include Header Files
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000183- lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture
Wolfgang Denk83c15852006-10-24 14:21:16 +0200184- lib_avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000185- lib_generic Files generic to all architectures
186- lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture
187- lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
188- lib_mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
189- lib_nios Files generic to NIOS architecture
190- lib_ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
Daniel Hellstrom9d7c6b22008-03-28 09:47:00 +0100191- lib_sparc Files generic to SPARC architecture
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +0100192- libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000193- net Networking code
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000194- post Power On Self Test
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000195- rtc Real Time Clock drivers
196- tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
197
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000198Software Configuration:
199=======================
200
201Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
202rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
203
204There are two classes of configuration variables:
205
206* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
207 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
208 "CONFIG_".
209
210* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
211 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
212 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
213 "CFG_".
214
215Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
216identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
217do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
218links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
219as an example here.
220
221
222Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
223---------------------------------------------------
224
225For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
226configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
227
228Example: For a TQM823L module type:
229
230 cd u-boot
231 make TQM823L_config
232
233For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the cpu type as well;
234e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
235directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
236
237
238Configuration Options:
239----------------------
240
241Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
242such information is kept in a configuration file
243"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
244
245Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
246"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
247
248
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +0000249Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
250kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
251build a config tool - later.
252
253
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000254The following options need to be configured:
255
Kim Phillips203fee32007-08-10 13:28:25 -0500256- CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000257
Kim Phillips203fee32007-08-10 13:28:25 -0500258- Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
Wolfgang Denk994ad962006-10-24 14:42:37 +0200259
260- CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
Haavard Skinnemoen9d5a43f2007-11-01 12:44:20 +0100261 Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000262
263- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
264 Define exactly one of
265 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
266--- FIXME --- not tested yet:
267 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
268 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
269
270- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
271 Define exactly one of
272 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
273
274- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
275 Define one or more of
276 CONFIG_CMA302
277
278- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
279 Define one or more of
280 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
281 the lcd display every second with
282 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
283
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +0000284- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
285 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
286 Possible values are:
287 CFG_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
wdenkad276f22004-01-04 16:28:35 +0000288 CFG_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
wdenk2f0812d2003-10-08 22:45:44 +0000289 CFG_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
wdenk3902d702004-04-15 18:22:41 +0000290 CFG_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +0000291
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000292- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000293 Define exactly one of
294 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000295
wdenkfde37042004-01-31 20:06:54 +0000296- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx cpu)
wdenk20bddb32004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000297 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
298 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000299 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
300 reference PIT/RTC clock
wdenk20bddb32004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000301 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
302 or XTAL/EXTAL)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000303
wdenk20bddb32004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000304- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
305 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
306 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
307 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
wdenkfde37042004-01-31 20:06:54 +0000308 See doc/README.MPC866
309
310 CFG_MEASURE_CPUCLK
311
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000312 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
313 of relying on the correctness of the configured
314 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
315 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
316 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
wdenk20bddb32004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000317 RTC clock or CFG_8XX_XIN)
wdenkfde37042004-01-31 20:06:54 +0000318
Markus Klotzbuecher6e5c19a2006-03-24 15:28:02 +0100319- Intel Monahans options:
320 CFG_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
321
322 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
323 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
324 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
325
326 CFG_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
Wolfgang Denkebd3deb2006-04-16 10:51:58 +0200327
Markus Klotzbuecher6e5c19a2006-03-24 15:28:02 +0100328 Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator
329 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
Wolfgang Denkebd3deb2006-04-16 10:51:58 +0200330 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
Markus Klotzbuecher6e5c19a2006-03-24 15:28:02 +0100331 by this value.
Wolfgang Denkebd3deb2006-04-16 10:51:58 +0200332
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000333- Linux Kernel Interface:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000334 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
335
336 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
337 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
338 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
339 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
340 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
341 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
342 Linux kernel.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000343 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +0100344 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000345 default environment.
346
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000347 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
348
349 When transfering memsize parameter to linux, some versions
350 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
351 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
352
Gerald Van Barend6abef42007-03-31 12:23:51 -0400353 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT / CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE
Wolfgang Denk27a5b0b2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200354
355 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
Gerald Van Barend6abef42007-03-31 12:23:51 -0400356 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
357 concepts).
358
359 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
360 * New libfdt-based support
361 * Adds the "fdt" command
Kim Phillips9b46eb62007-08-10 14:34:14 -0500362 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
Gerald Van Barend6abef42007-03-31 12:23:51 -0400363
364 CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE
365 * Deprecated, see CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
366 * Original ft_build.c-based support
367 * Automatically modifies the dft as part of the bootm command
368 * The environment variable "disable_of", when set,
369 disables this functionality.
Wolfgang Denk27a5b0b2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200370
Wolfgang Denk27a5b0b2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200371 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node.
Kumar Galae40c2b52006-01-11 13:59:02 -0600372 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node.
Wolfgang Denk27a5b0b2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200373 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
Kumar Galae40c2b52006-01-11 13:59:02 -0600374 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
Wolfgang Denk27a5b0b2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200375
Kim Phillips9b46eb62007-08-10 14:34:14 -0500376 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC mac addresses
377
Kumar Gala1e26aa52006-01-11 13:54:17 -0600378 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
379
380 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
381 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000382
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -0500383 CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU
384
385 This define fills in the correct boot cpu in the boot
386 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
387
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000388- Serial Ports:
389 CFG_PL010_SERIAL
390
391 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
392
393 CFG_PL011_SERIAL
394
395 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
396
397 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
398
399 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
400 the clock speed of the UARTs.
401
402 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
403
404 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
405 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
406 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
407
408
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000409- Console Interface:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000410 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
411 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
412 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
413 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000414
415 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
416 port routines must be defined elsewhere
417 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
418
419 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
420 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
421 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
422 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
423 (default big endian)
424 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
425 rectangle fill
426 (cf. smiLynxEM)
427 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
428 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
429 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
430 (cols=pitch)
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000431 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
432 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000433 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
434 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000435 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000436 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
437 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
438 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
439 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
440 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
441 (i.e. i8042_getc)
442 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
443 (requires blink timer
444 cf. i8042.c)
445 CFG_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
446 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
447 upper right corner
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500448 (requires CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000449 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
450 upper left corner
wdenk9dd2b882002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000451 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
452 linux_logo.h for logo.
453 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000454 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
455 addional board info beside
456 the logo
457
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000458 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
459 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
460 environment 'console=serial'.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000461
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +0000462 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
463 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
464 the "silent" environment variable. See
465 doc/README.silent for more information.
wdenk3da587e2003-10-19 23:22:11 +0000466
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000467- Console Baudrate:
468 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
469 Select one of the baudrates listed in
470 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
wdenk174e0e52003-12-07 22:27:15 +0000471 CFG_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000472
473- Interrupt driven serial port input:
474 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO
475
476 PPC405GP only.
477 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the
478 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake
479 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of
480 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have.
481
wdenkf16b5162004-03-23 21:43:07 +0000482 Leave undefined to disable this feature, including
483 disable the buffer and hardware handshake.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000484
stroese3d24d6e2003-05-23 11:39:05 +0000485- Console UART Number:
486 CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE
487
Wolfgang Denk0ee70772005-09-23 11:05:55 +0200488 AMCC PPC4xx only.
stroese3d24d6e2003-05-23 11:39:05 +0000489 If defined internal UART1 (and not UART0) is used
490 as default U-Boot console.
491
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000492- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
493 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
494 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
495
496 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
497 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
498 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
499 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
500 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
501 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
502 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
503 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
504 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
505 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
506 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
507 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
508
509- Autoboot Command:
510 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
511 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
512 define a command string that is automatically executed
513 when no character is read on the console interface
514 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
515
516 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000517 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
518 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
519 environment value "bootargs".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000520
521 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000522 The value of these goes into the environment as
523 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
524 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
525 ram and nfs.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000526
527- Pre-Boot Commands:
528 CONFIG_PREBOOT
529
530 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
531 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
532 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
533 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
534 entering interactive mode.
535
536 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
537 automatically generated or modified. For an example
538 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
539 modified when the user holds down a certain
540 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
541 booting the systems
542
543- Serial Download Echo Mode:
544 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
545 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
546 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
547 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
548 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
549 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
550 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
551
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500552- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000553 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE
554 Select one of the baudrates listed in
555 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
556
557- Monitor Functions:
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500558 Monitor commands can be included or excluded
559 from the build by using the #include files
560 "config_cmd_all.h" and #undef'ing unwanted
561 commands, or using "config_cmd_default.h"
562 and augmenting with additional #define's
563 for wanted commands.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000564
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500565 The default command configuration includes all commands
566 except those marked below with a "*".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000567
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500568 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
569 CONFIG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT Autoscript Support
570 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
571 CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
572 CONFIG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
573 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
574 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
575 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
576 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
577 CONFIG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
578 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
579 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
580 CONFIG_CMD_DOC * Disk-On-Chip Support
581 CONFIG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
582 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
583 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
584 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
585 CONFIG_CMD_ENV saveenv
586 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
587 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support
588 CONFIG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
589 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
590 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
591 CONFIG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
592 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
593 CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
594 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
595 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
596 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
597 CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
598 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
599 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
600 CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
601 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
602 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
603 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
604 loop, loopw, mtest
605 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
606 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
607 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
608 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
609 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
610 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
611 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
612 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
613 host
614 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
615 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
616 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
617 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
618 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
619 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
620 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
621 CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access
622 (4xx only)
623 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
624 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
625 CONFIG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB)
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500626 CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
627 CONFIG_CMD_FSL * Microblaze FSL support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000628
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000629
630 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
631 support you can write:
632
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500633 #include "config_cmd_all.h"
634 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000635
Gerald Van Barend6abef42007-03-31 12:23:51 -0400636 Other Commands:
637 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000638
639 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500640 (configuration option CONFIG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000641 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
642 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
643 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
644 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
645 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
646 initial stack and some data.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000647
648
649 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
650
651- Watchdog:
652 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
653 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000654 support. There must be support in the platform specific
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000655 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the
656 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
657 register.
658
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +0000659- U-Boot Version:
660 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
661 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
662 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
663 version as printed by the "version" command.
664 This variable is readonly.
665
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000666- Real-Time Clock:
667
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500668 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000669 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
670 following options:
671
672 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
673 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
Guennadi Liakhovetskid4387492008-04-15 14:15:30 +0200674 CONFIG_RTC_MC13783 - use MC13783 RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000675 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
wdenk1fe2c702003-03-06 21:55:29 +0000676 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000677 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
wdenk0893c472003-05-20 14:25:27 +0000678 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
wdenkef5fe752003-03-12 10:41:04 +0000679 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
Tor Krillb27939b2008-03-15 15:40:26 +0100680 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
wdenkaeba06f2004-06-09 17:34:58 +0000681 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
Joakim Tjernlund2ef27312008-03-26 13:02:13 +0100682 CFG_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000683
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000684 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
685 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
686
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000687- Timestamp Support:
688
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000689 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
690 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
691 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500692 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000693
694- Partition Support:
695 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
696 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION
697
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +0100698 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CONFIG_CMD_IDE or
699 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at
700 least one partition type as well.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000701
702- IDE Reset method:
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000703 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
704 board configurations files but used nowhere!
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000705
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000706 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
707 be performed by calling the function
708 ide_set_reset(int reset)
709 which has to be defined in a board specific file
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000710
711- ATAPI Support:
712 CONFIG_ATAPI
713
714 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
715
wdenkf602aa02004-03-13 23:29:43 +0000716- LBA48 Support
717 CONFIG_LBA48
718
719 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
720 Also look at CFG_64BIT_LBA ,CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF and CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL
721 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
722 support disks up to 2.1TB.
723
724 CFG_64BIT_LBA:
725 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
726 Default is 32bit.
727
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000728- SCSI Support:
729 At the moment only there is only support for the
730 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
731 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
732
733 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
734 CFG_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
735 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
736 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
737 devices.
738 CFG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
739
740- NETWORK Support (PCI):
wdenk4e112c12003-06-03 23:54:09 +0000741 CONFIG_E1000
742 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips.
stroese94ef1cf2003-06-05 15:39:44 +0000743
Andre Schwarz68c2a302008-03-06 16:45:44 +0100744 CONFIG_E1000_FALLBACK_MAC
745 default MAC for empty eeprom after production.
746
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000747 CONFIG_EEPRO100
748 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
749 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables eeprom
750 write routine for first time initialisation.
751
752 CONFIG_TULIP
753 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
754 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
755 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
756
757 CONFIG_NATSEMI
758 Support for National dp83815 chips.
759
760 CONFIG_NS8382X
761 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
762
wdenkaa603362003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000763- NETWORK Support (other):
764
765 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
766 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
767
768 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
769 Define this to hold the physical address
770 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
771
772 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
773 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
774
wdenk3c711762004-06-09 13:37:52 +0000775 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111
776 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
777
778 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
779 Define this to hold the physical address
780 of the device (I/O space)
781
782 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
783 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
784
785 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
786 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
787 (some hardware wont work with macros)
788
Jens Gehrlein1dd48252008-05-05 14:06:11 +0200789 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC911X
790 Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips
791
792 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC911X_BASE
793 Define this to hold the physical address
794 of the device (I/O space)
795
796 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC911X_32_BIT
797 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
798
799 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC911X_16_BIT
800 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
801 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
802 words you may also try CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC911X_32_BIT.
803
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000804- USB Support:
805 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000806 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000807 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
808 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
wdenkfb30b4c2004-10-09 22:44:59 +0000809 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000810 storage devices.
811 Note:
812 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
813 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000814 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
815 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
816 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
817 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG
818 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
819 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
Zhang Wei063f9ff2007-06-06 10:08:13 +0200820 CFG_USB_EVENT_POLL
821 May be defined to allow interrupt polling
822 instead of using asynchronous interrupts
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000823
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200824- USB Device:
825 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
826 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
827 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
828 attach your usb cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
829 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
830 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200831 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200832 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
833 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
834 a Linux host by
835 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
836 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
837 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
838 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200839
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200840 CONFIG_USB_DEVICE
841 Define this to build a UDC device
842
843 CONFIG_USB_TTY
844 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
845 talk to the UDC device
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200846
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200847 CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
848 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
849 be set to usbtty.
850
851 mpc8xx:
852 CFG_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
853 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200854 - CFG_USB_EXTC_CLK 0x02
855
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200856 CFG_USB_BRG_CLK 0xBLAH
857 Derive USB clock from brgclk
858 - CFG_USB_BRG_CLK 0x04
859
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200860 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200861 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200862 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200863 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
864 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
865 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
866
867 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
868 Define this string as the name of your company for
869 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200870
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200871 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
872 Define this string as the name of your product
873 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000874
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200875 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
876 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
877 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
878 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
879 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200880
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200881 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
882 Define this as the unique Product ID
883 for your device
884 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200885
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
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500892 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
893 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_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
Marcel Ziswileraea68562007-12-30 03:30:46 +0100957 from the bootargs. (See drivers/video/videomodes.c)
wdenkaea86e42004-03-23 22:53:55 +0000958
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
David Updegraff7280da72007-06-11 10:41:07 -05001097- Multicast TFTP Mode:
1098 CONFIG_MCAST_TFTP
1099
1100 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1101 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
1102 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the ethernet
1103 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1104 multicast group.
1105
1106 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001107- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1108 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1109
1110 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1111 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1112 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1113 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1114 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1115 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1116 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1117 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
Wolfgang Denkb65aaf92007-08-06 23:21:05 +02001118 following delays are inserted then:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001119
1120 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1121 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1122 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1123 4th and following
1124 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1125
stroesee0aadfb2003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001126- DHCP Advanced Options:
Jon Loeliger5336a762007-07-09 22:08:34 -05001127 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1128 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
stroesee0aadfb2003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001129
Jon Loeliger5336a762007-07-09 22:08:34 -05001130 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1131 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1132 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1133 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1134 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1135 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1136 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1137 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2
1138 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1139 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1140 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1141 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
stroesee0aadfb2003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001142
Wilson Callan22bcd6e2007-07-28 10:56:13 -04001143 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1144 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
stroesee0aadfb2003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001145
1146 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1147 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1148 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1149 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1150 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1151 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1152 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
Jon Loeliger5336a762007-07-09 22:08:34 -05001153 is defined.
stroesee0aadfb2003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001154
1155 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1156 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1157 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
Wilson Callan22bcd6e2007-07-28 10:56:13 -04001158 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
Jon Loeliger5336a762007-07-09 22:08:34 -05001159 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1160 option 12 to the DHCP server.
stroesee0aadfb2003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001161
Aras Vaichas72aa3f32008-03-26 09:43:57 +11001162 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1163
1164 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1165 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1166 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1167 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1168 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1169 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1170 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1171 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1172 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1173 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1174 this delay.
1175
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001176 - CDP Options:
wdenk05939202004-04-18 17:39:38 +00001177 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001178
1179 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1180
1181 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1182
1183 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1184 of the device.
1185
1186 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1187
1188 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1189 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1190 eth0 for the first ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1191
1192 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1193
1194 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1195 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1196
1197 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1198
1199 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1200
1201 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1202
1203 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1204
1205 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1206
1207 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1208
1209 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1210
1211 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1212 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1213
1214 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1215
1216 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1217
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001218- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1219
1220 Several configurations allow to display the current
1221 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1222 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1223 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1224 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1225 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1226 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1227 feature in U-Boot.
1228
1229- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1230
1231 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1232 on those systems that support this (optional)
1233 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1234
1235- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1236
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001237 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001238 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
1239 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected cpu.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001240
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001241 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -05001242 command line (as long as you set CONFIG_CMD_I2C in
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001243 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1244 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001245 command line interface.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001246
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001247 CONFIG_I2C_CMD_TREE is a recommended option that places
1248 all I2C commands under a single 'i2c' root command. The
1249 older 'imm', 'imd', 'iprobe' etc. commands are considered
1250 deprecated and may disappear in the future.
1251
1252 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001253
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001254 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001255 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1256 support for I2C.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001257
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001258 There are several other quantities that must also be
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001259 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001260
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001261 In both cases you will need to define CFG_I2C_SPEED
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001262 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
1263 to run and CFG_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
1264 the cpu's i2c node address).
1265
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001266 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c)
1267 sets the cpu up as a master node and so its address should
1268 therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001269 p.16-473). So, set CFG_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001270
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001271 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001272
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001273 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1274 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1275 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001276
1277 I2C_INIT
1278
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001279 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001280 controller or configure ports.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001281
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001282 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001283
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001284 I2C_PORT
1285
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001286 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1287 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1288 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001289
1290 I2C_ACTIVE
1291
1292 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1293 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1294 define can be null.
1295
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001296 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1297
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001298 I2C_TRISTATE
1299
1300 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1301 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1302 define can be null.
1303
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001304 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1305
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001306 I2C_READ
1307
1308 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1309 FALSE if it is low.
1310
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001311 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1312
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001313 I2C_SDA(bit)
1314
1315 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1316 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1317
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001318 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001319 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001320 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001321
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001322 I2C_SCL(bit)
1323
1324 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1325 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1326
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001327 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001328 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001329 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001330
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001331 I2C_DELAY
1332
1333 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1334 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001335 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001336 like:
1337
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001338 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001339
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001340 CFG_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1341
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001342 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1343 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1344 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1345 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1346 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1347 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1348 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1349 is run early in the boot sequence.
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001350
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +00001351 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1352
1353 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1354 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1355 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1356
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001357 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1358
1359 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
1360 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1361 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
1362 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1363
1364 CFG_I2C_NOPROBES
1365
1366 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
1367 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued (or 'iprobe' using the legacy
1368 command). If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS is set, specify a list of bus-device
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01001369 pairs. Otherwise, specify a 1D array of device addresses
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001370
1371 e.g.
1372 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1373 #define CFG_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
1374
1375 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1376
1377 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1378 #define CFG_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
1379
1380 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1381
Timur Tabiab347542006-11-03 19:15:00 -06001382 CFG_SPD_BUS_NUM
1383
1384 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1385 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1386
Stefan Roese096cc9b2007-02-20 10:51:26 +01001387 CFG_RTC_BUS_NUM
1388
1389 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1390 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1391
1392 CFG_DTT_BUS_NUM
1393
1394 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
1395 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
1396
Timur Tabiab347542006-11-03 19:15:00 -06001397 CONFIG_FSL_I2C
1398
1399 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
Marcel Ziswileraea68562007-12-30 03:30:46 +01001400 drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c.
Timur Tabiab347542006-11-03 19:15:00 -06001401
1402
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001403- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1404
1405 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1406 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1407 D/As on the SACSng board)
1408
1409 CONFIG_SPI_X
1410
1411 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1412 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1413
1414 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1415
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001416 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1417 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1418 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1419 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1420 defined, the board configuration must define several
1421 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1422 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001423
Ben Warren7efe9272008-01-16 22:37:35 -05001424 CONFIG_HARD_SPI
1425
1426 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
1427 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
1428 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
1429 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
1430 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
1431
Guennadi Liakhovetski07327a52008-04-15 14:14:25 +02001432 CONFIG_MXC_SPI
1433
1434 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
1435 SoCs. Currently only i.MX31 is supported.
1436
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001437- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001438
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001439 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1440
1441 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1442
1443 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1444 (ALTERA, XILINX)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001445
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001446 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001447
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001448 Enables support for FPGA family.
1449 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1450
1451 CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1452
1453 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001454
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001455 CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001456
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001457 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001458
1459 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1460
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001461 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1462 status by the configuration function. This option
1463 will require a board or device specific function to
1464 be written.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001465
1466 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1467
1468 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1469 configuration driver.
1470
1471 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1472 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1473
1474 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1475
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001476 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1477 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1478 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1479 indicated a CRC error).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001480
1481 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1482
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001483 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1484 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1485 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
1486 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001487
1488 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1489
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001490 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
1491 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001492
1493 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1494
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001495 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1496 200 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001497
1498- Configuration Management:
1499 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
1500
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001501 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1502 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001503
1504- Vendor Parameter Protection:
1505
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001506 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1507 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001508 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001509 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1510 protects these variables from casual modification by
1511 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1512 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
1513 change this behviour:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001514
1515 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1516 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001517 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001518 these parameters.
1519
1520 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1521 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
1522 ethernet address is installed in the environment,
1523 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1524 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1525 read-only.]
1526
1527- Protected RAM:
1528 CONFIG_PRAM
1529
1530 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1531 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1532 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1533 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1534 this default value by defining an environment
1535 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1536 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1537 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1538 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1539 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1540 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1541 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1542
Wolfgang Denk86eb3b72005-11-20 21:40:11 +01001543 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001544 saveenv
1545
1546 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1547 either, which results in a memory region that will
1548 not be affected by reboots.
1549
1550 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1551 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1552 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1553 following board configurations are known to be
1554 "pRAM-clean":
1555
1556 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
1557 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
1558 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260
1559
1560- Error Recovery:
1561 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
1562
1563 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
1564 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
1565 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
1566 system where you want to system to reboot
1567 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
1568 useful during development since you can try to debug
1569 the conditions that lead to the situation.
1570
1571 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1572
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001573 This variable defines the number of retries for
1574 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1575 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1576 default value of 5 is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001577
Guennadi Liakhovetskib38c2b32008-04-03 17:04:19 +02001578 CONFIG_ARP_TIMEOUT
1579
1580 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
1581
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001582- Command Interpreter:
Wolfgang Denk81352ed2006-10-28 02:28:02 +02001583 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
wdenk3902d702004-04-15 18:22:41 +00001584
1585 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
1586
Wolfgang Denk018147d2006-11-27 15:32:42 +01001587 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
1588 for the "hush" shell.
Wolfgang Denk81352ed2006-10-28 02:28:02 +02001589
1590
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001591 CFG_HUSH_PARSER
1592
1593 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
1594 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
1595 powerful command line syntax like
1596 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
1597 constructs ("shell scripts").
1598
1599 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
1600 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
1601
1602
1603 CFG_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
1604
1605 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1606 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1607 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1608
1609 Note:
1610
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001611 In the current implementation, the local variables
1612 space and global environment variables space are
1613 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1614 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1615 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1616 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1617 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001618
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001619 Global environment variables are those you use
1620 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1621 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1622 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001623
1624 To store commands and special characters in a
1625 variable, please use double quotation marks
1626 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1627 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1628 symbols.
1629
Wolfgang Denk2039a072006-07-21 11:35:21 +02001630- Commandline Editing and History:
1631 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
1632
Wolfgang Denkc80857e2006-07-21 11:56:05 +02001633 Enable editiong and History functions for interactive
1634 commandline input operations
Wolfgang Denk2039a072006-07-21 11:35:21 +02001635
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001636- Default Environment:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001637 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1638
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001639 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1640 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001641 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
wdenk591dda52002-11-18 00:14:45 +00001642
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001643 For example, place something like this in your
1644 board's config file:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001645
1646 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1647 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1648 "myvar2=value2\0"
1649
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001650 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1651 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1652 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1653 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001654 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001655 You better know what you are doing here.
1656
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001657 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1658 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
1659 the environment like the autoscript function or the
1660 boot command first.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001661
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001662- DataFlash Support:
wdenk381669a2003-06-16 23:50:08 +00001663 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
1664
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001665 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
1666 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
1667 commands cp, md...
wdenk381669a2003-06-16 23:50:08 +00001668
wdenkef893942004-02-23 16:11:30 +00001669- SystemACE Support:
1670 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1671
1672 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
1673 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
1674 of the chip must alsh be defined in the
1675 CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
1676
1677 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1678 #define CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
1679
1680 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
1681 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
1682
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001683- TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
1684 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
1685
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02001686 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001687 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02001688 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001689 number generator is used.
1690
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02001691 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
1692 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
1693 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
1694
1695 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001696 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
1697 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
1698 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
1699 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
1700 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
1701 but sometimes that is not allowed.
1702
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001703- Show boot progress:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001704 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
1705
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001706 Defining this option allows to add some board-
1707 specific code (calling a user-provided function
1708 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
1709 the system's boot progress on some display (for
1710 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
1711 the following checkpoints are implemented:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001712
Marian Balakowicz74eb4ae2008-03-12 10:33:01 +01001713Legacy uImage format:
1714
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001715 Arg Where When
1716 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001717 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001718 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001719 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001720 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001721 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001722 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
1723 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
1724 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
Marian Balakowicz74eb4ae2008-03-12 10:33:01 +01001725 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001726 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1727 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
1728 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
1729 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
Marian Balakowicz74eb4ae2008-03-12 10:33:01 +01001730 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001731 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
Marian Balakowicz74eb4ae2008-03-12 10:33:01 +01001732
1733 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
1734 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
1735 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
1736 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
1737 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
1738 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
1739 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
1740 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux Ramdisk)
1741 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
1742 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
1743
1744 15 lib_<arch>/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001745
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +00001746 -30 lib_ppc/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
1747 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
1748 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
wdenke97d3d92004-02-23 22:22:28 +00001749
Heiko Schocher633e03a2007-06-22 19:11:54 +02001750 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
1751 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
1752 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
1753 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
1754 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
1755 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1756 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
1757 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
1758 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
1759 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
1760 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
1761 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
1762 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
1763 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
1764 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
1765 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
1766 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
1767 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
1768 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
1769 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
1770 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
1771 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
1772 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
1773 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
1774 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
1775 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
1776 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
1777 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
1778 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
1779 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
1780 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
1781 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
1782 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
1783 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
1784 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
1785 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
1786 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
1787 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
1788 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
1789 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1790 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
1791 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
1792 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
1793 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
1794 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
1795 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
1796 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001797
Heiko Schocher633e03a2007-06-22 19:11:54 +02001798 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001799
Heiko Schocher633e03a2007-06-22 19:11:54 +02001800 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernetconfiguration.
1801 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
1802 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001803
Heiko Schocher633e03a2007-06-22 19:11:54 +02001804 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
1805 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling NetLoop()
1806 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in NetLoop() occured
1807 81 common/cmd_net.c NetLoop() back without error
1808 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
1809 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
1810 83 common/cmd_net.c running autoscript
1811 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or autoscript
1812 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001813
Marian Balakowicz74eb4ae2008-03-12 10:33:01 +01001814FIT uImage format:
1815
1816 Arg Where When
1817 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
1818 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
1819 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
1820 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
1821 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
1822 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
Marian Balakowicz0cd4f3d2008-03-12 10:35:46 +01001823 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
Marian Balakowicz74eb4ae2008-03-12 10:33:01 +01001824 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
1825 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
1826 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
1827 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
1828 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1829 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong typea
1830 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimge type OK
1831 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
1832 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
1833 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
1834 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
1835 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
1836 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
1837 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
1838 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
1839
1840 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
1841 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
1842 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
1843 122 common/image.c No Ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
1844 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
1845 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
1846 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
1847 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
1848 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
1849 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
1850 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
1851 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
1852 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
1853 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
1854 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
1855 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
1856
1857 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Icorrect FIT image format
1858 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
1859
1860 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Icorrect FIT image format
1861 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
1862
1863 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Icorrect FIT image format
1864 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
1865
1866
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001867Modem Support:
1868--------------
1869
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001870[so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001871
1872- Modem support endable:
1873 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
1874
1875- RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
1876 CONFIG_HWFLOW
1877
1878- Modem debug support:
1879 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
1880
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001881 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
1882 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001883
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001884- Interrupt support (PPC):
1885
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001886 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
1887 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
1888 for cpu specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
1889 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
1890 cpu resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
1891 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
1892 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for cpu
1893 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
1894 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
1895 general timer_interrupt().
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001896
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001897- General:
1898
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001899 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
1900 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
1901 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
1902 (autoboot). The key_pressed() fuction is called from
1903 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
1904 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
1905 initialization.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001906
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001907 If there are no modem init strings in the
1908 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
1909 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
1910 supressed, though.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001911
1912 See also: doc/README.Modem
1913
1914
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001915Configuration Settings:
1916-----------------------
1917
1918- CFG_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
1919 undefine this when you're short of memory.
1920
1921- CFG_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
1922 prompt for user input.
1923
1924- CFG_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
1925
1926- CFG_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
1927
1928- CFG_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
1929
1930- CFG_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
1931 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
1932 booted
1933
1934- CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
1935 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
1936
1937- CFG_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001938 Suppress display of console information at boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001939
1940- CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001941 If the board specific function
1942 extern int overwrite_console (void);
1943 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001944 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
1945
1946- CFG_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001947 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001948
1949- CFG_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
1950 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
1951
1952- CFG_MEMTEST_START, CFG_MEMTEST_END:
1953 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
1954 simple memory test.
1955
1956- CFG_ALT_MEMTEST:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001957 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001958
wdenk5958f4a2003-09-18 09:21:33 +00001959- CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
1960 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
1961 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
1962
Stefan Roesea13709f2008-03-26 10:14:11 +01001963- CFG_MEM_TOP_HIDE (PPC only):
1964 If CFG_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
1965 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
1966 (end) of ram and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
1967 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
1968 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
1969 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
Stefan Roese37f31bf2008-03-28 11:02:53 +01001970 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
Stefan Roesea13709f2008-03-26 10:14:11 +01001971 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
Stefan Roese37f31bf2008-03-28 11:02:53 +01001972 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
Stefan Roesea13709f2008-03-26 10:14:11 +01001973
1974 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
1975 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
1976 be touched.
1977
1978 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
1979 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
1980 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
1981 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
1982 problems.
1983
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001984- CFG_TFTP_LOADADDR:
1985 Default load address for network file downloads
1986
1987- CFG_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
1988 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
1989
1990- CFG_SDRAM_BASE:
1991 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
1992
1993- CFG_MBIO_BASE:
1994 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
1995 Cogent motherboard)
1996
1997- CFG_FLASH_BASE:
1998 Physical start address of Flash memory.
1999
2000- CFG_MONITOR_BASE:
2001 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2002 make config files to be same as the text base address
2003 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
2004 CFG_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
2005
2006- CFG_MONITOR_LEN:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00002007 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2008 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2009 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2010 flash sector.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002011
2012- CFG_MALLOC_LEN:
2013 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2014
Stefan Roese5d5ce292006-03-13 11:16:36 +01002015- CFG_BOOTM_LEN:
2016 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
2017 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
2018 you can define CFG_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
2019 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2020
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002021- CFG_BOOTMAPSZ:
2022 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2023 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
Bartlomiej Siekac5648c82008-04-14 15:44:16 +02002024 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2025 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
2026 enviroment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
2027 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
2028 and "bootm_low" + CFG_BOOTMAPSZ.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002029
2030- CFG_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
2031 Max number of Flash memory banks
2032
2033- CFG_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
2034 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2035
2036- CFG_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
2037 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2038
2039- CFG_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
2040 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2041
wdenkdccbda02003-07-14 22:13:32 +00002042- CFG_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
2043 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2044
2045- CFG_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
2046 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2047
2048- CFG_FLASH_PROTECTION
2049 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2050 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2051
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002052- CFG_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
2053
2054 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2055 without this option such a download has to be
2056 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2057 copy from RAM to flash.
2058
2059 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2060 you can check if the download worked before you erase
2061 the flash, but in some situations (when sytem RAM is
2062 too limited to allow for a tempory copy of the
2063 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2064
2065- CFG_FLASH_CFI:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002066 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
wdenk2cefd152004-02-08 22:55:38 +00002067 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2068
2069- CFG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
2070 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2071 in the drivers directory
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002072
Guennadi Liakhovetski183284f2008-04-03 13:36:02 +02002073- CFG_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
2074 Use buffered writes to flash.
2075
2076- CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2077 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2078 write commands.
2079
Stefan Roesec443fe92005-11-22 13:20:42 +01002080- CFG_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
2081 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2082 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2083 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2084 optionally available.
2085
Jerry Van Barenaae73572008-03-08 13:48:01 -05002086- CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2087 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2088 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2089 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2090
stroese94ef1cf2003-06-05 15:39:44 +00002091- CFG_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
2092 Defines the number of ethernet receive buffers. On some
2093 ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
2094 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2095 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
2096 on high ethernet traffic.
2097 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2098
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002099The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
2100of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
2101following configurations:
2102
2103- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
2104
2105 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
2106
2107 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
2108 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
2109 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
2110 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
2111 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
2112 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
2113 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
2114 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
2115 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
2116 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
2117 between U-Boot and the environment.
2118
2119 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
2120
2121 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
2122 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
2123 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
2124 for this sector is given here.
2125
2126 CFG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CFG_FLASH_BASE.
2127
2128 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
2129
2130 This is just another way to specify the start address of
2131 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
2132 CFG_ENV_OFFSET).
2133
2134 - CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
2135
2136 Size of the sector containing the environment.
2137
2138
2139 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
2140 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
2141 the environment.
2142
2143 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2144
2145 If you use this in combination with CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
2146 and CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
2147 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
2148 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
2149
2150 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
2151 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
2152 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
2153 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
2154 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
2155 updating the environment in flash makes it always
2156 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
2157 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
2158 RAM, your target system will be dead.
2159
2160 - CFG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
2161 CFG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
2162
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002163 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
2164 a redundand copy of the environment data, so that there is
wdenkb02744a2003-04-05 00:53:31 +00002165 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002166 a "saveenv" operation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002167
2168BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
2169source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
2170accordingly!
2171
2172
2173- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
2174
2175 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
2176 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
2177 environment.
2178
2179 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
2180 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2181
2182 These two #defines are used to determin the memory area you
2183 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
2184 can just be read and written to, without any special
2185 provision.
2186
2187BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
2188in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
2189console baudrate). You *MUST* have mappend your NVRAM area then, or
2190U-Boot will hang.
2191
2192Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
2193environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
2194keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
2195to save the current settings.
2196
2197
2198- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
2199
2200 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
2201 device and a driver for it.
2202
2203 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
2204 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2205
2206 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
2207 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
2208
2209 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
2210 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
2211 The default address is zero.
2212
2213 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
2214 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
2215 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
2216 would require six bits.
2217
2218 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
2219 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00002220 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002221
2222 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
2223 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
2224 that this is NOT the chip address length!
2225
wdenk20c98a62004-04-23 20:32:05 +00002226 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
2227 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
2228 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
2229 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
2230 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
2231 byte chips.
2232
2233 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
2234 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
2235 in the chip address.
2236
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002237 - CFG_EEPROM_SIZE:
2238 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
2239
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002240
wdenk86765902003-12-06 23:55:10 +00002241- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
2242
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00002243 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
wdenk86765902003-12-06 23:55:10 +00002244 want to use for the environment.
2245
2246 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
2247 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
2248 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2249
2250 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
2251 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
2252 at the specified address.
2253
wdenk79b59372004-06-09 14:58:14 +00002254- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
2255
2256 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
2257 for the environment.
2258
2259 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
2260 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2261
2262 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
2263 area within the first NAND device.
wdenk86765902003-12-06 23:55:10 +00002264
Markus Klotzbuecher5d113e02006-03-20 18:02:44 +01002265 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND
2266
2267 This setting describes a second storage area of CFG_ENV_SIZE
2268 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data,
2269 so that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a
2270 power failure during a "saveenv" operation.
2271
2272 Note: CFG_ENV_OFFSET and CFG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND must be aligned
2273 to a block boundary, and CFG_ENV_SIZE must be a multiple of
2274 the NAND devices block size.
2275
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002276- CFG_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
2277
2278 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
2279 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
2280 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
2281 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
2282 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
2283 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
2284 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
2285
Bruce Adleredecc942007-11-02 13:15:42 -07002286Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002287has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
2288created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r()
2289until then to read environment variables.
2290
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002291The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
2292is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
2293with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
2294necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
2295"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
2296have any device yet where we could complain.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002297
2298Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
2299the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002300use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002301
wdenk49c3f672003-10-08 22:33:00 +00002302- CFG_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00002303 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
wdenk49c3f672003-10-08 22:33:00 +00002304
2305 Note: If this option is active, then CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR
2306 also needs to be defined.
2307
2308- CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00002309 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002310
wdenkf602aa02004-03-13 23:29:43 +00002311- CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF:
2312 Makes vsprintf (and all *printf functions) support printing
2313 of 64bit values by using the L quantifier
2314
2315- CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL:
2316 Adds simple_strtoull that returns a 64bit value
2317
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002318Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
wdenkc8434db2003-03-26 06:55:25 +00002319---------------------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002320
2321- CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE:
2322 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
2323
2324- CFG_DEFAULT_IMMR:
2325 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00002326
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00002327 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
2328 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
2329 the IMMR register after a reset.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002330
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +00002331- Floppy Disk Support:
2332 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
2333
2334 the default drive number (default value 0)
2335
2336 CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE
2337
2338 defines the spacing between fdc chipset registers
2339 (default value 1)
2340
2341 CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET
2342
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002343 defines the offset of register from address. It
2344 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
2345 the fdc chipset. (default value 0)
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +00002346
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002347 If CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
2348 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
2349 default value.
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +00002350
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002351 if CFG_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
2352 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
2353 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
2354 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
2355 initializations.
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +00002356
wdenkb3a4a702004-12-10 11:40:40 +00002357- CFG_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002358 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
wdenkb3a4a702004-12-10 11:40:40 +00002359 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002360
2361- CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
2362
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002363 Start address of memory area that can be used for
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002364 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
2365 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
2366 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
2367 will become available only after programming the
2368 memory controller and running certain initialization
2369 sequences.
2370
2371 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
2372 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
2373 - MPC824X: data cache
2374 - PPC4xx: data cache
2375
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002376- CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002377
2378 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
2379 area defined by CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002380 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002381 data is located at the end of the available space
2382 (sometimes written as (CFG_INIT_RAM_END -
2383 CFG_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
2384 below that area (growing from (CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002385 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002386
2387 Note:
2388 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
2389 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
2390 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
2391 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
2392 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
2393
2394- CFG_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
2395
2396- CFG_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
2397
2398- CFG_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
2399
2400- CFG_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
2401
2402- CFG_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
2403
2404- CFG_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
2405
2406- CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
2407 SDRAM timing
2408
2409- CFG_MAMR_PTA:
2410 periodic timer for refresh
2411
2412- CFG_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
2413
2414- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CFG_REMAP_OR_AM,
2415 CFG_PRELIM_OR_AM, CFG_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CFG_OR0_REMAP,
2416 CFG_OR0_PRELIM, CFG_BR0_PRELIM, CFG_OR1_REMAP, CFG_OR1_PRELIM,
2417 CFG_BR1_PRELIM:
2418 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
2419
2420- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
2421 CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CFG_OR2_PRELIM, CFG_BR2_PRELIM,
2422 CFG_OR3_PRELIM, CFG_BR3_PRELIM:
2423 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
2424
2425- CFG_MAMR_PTA, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
2426 CFG_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CFG_MAMR_8COL, CFG_MAMR_9COL:
2427 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
2428 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
2429
2430- CFG_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2431 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2432 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
2433
Heiko Schocherc8148ed2008-01-11 01:12:07 +01002434- CFG_SMC_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SMC_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2435 enable SMC microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2436 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]
2437
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002438- CFG_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2439 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2440 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
2441
2442- CFG_USE_OSCCLK:
2443 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
2444 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
2445 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
2446
wdenk2029f4d2002-11-21 23:11:29 +00002447- CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002448 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
2449 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
2450 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
2451 cpm_8260.h.
wdenk2029f4d2002-11-21 23:11:29 +00002452
stroese3d24d6e2003-05-23 11:39:05 +00002453- CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CFG_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2454 CFG_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CFG_PCIMSK0_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
2455 CFG_PCIMSK1_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
2456 CFG_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CFG_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2457 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
2458 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CFG_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
2459 CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CFG_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
wdenkbf2f8c92003-05-22 22:52:13 +00002460 CFG_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
2461 Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
2462
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04002463- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002464 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
2465 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
2466
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04002467 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
2468 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
2469
2470- CFG_SPD_BUS_NUM
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002471 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
2472 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
2473 to something your driver can deal with.
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04002474
Timur Tabi054838e2006-10-31 18:44:42 -06002475- CFG_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002476 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2477 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
Timur Tabi054838e2006-10-31 18:44:42 -06002478
2479- CFG_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002480 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2481 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
Timur Tabi054838e2006-10-31 18:44:42 -06002482
wdenk6203e402004-04-18 10:13:26 +00002483- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
2484 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
2485
2486- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
2487 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
wdenk05939202004-04-18 17:39:38 +00002488 to the given FEC; i. e.
2489 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
wdenk6203e402004-04-18 10:13:26 +00002490 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
2491
2492 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
2493
2494- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
2495 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
2496 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
2497
2498- CONFIG_RMII
2499 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2500 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2501 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2502
wdenk20c98a62004-04-23 20:32:05 +00002503- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2504 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2505 The syntax is:
2506
2507 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2508
2509 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2510 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2511 area should have.
2512
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002513- CONFIG_LOOPW
2514 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -05002515 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002516
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002517- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
2518 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2519 "md/mw" commands.
2520 Examples:
2521
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002522 => mdc.b 10 4 500
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002523 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
2524
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002525 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002526 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
2527
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002528 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -05002529 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002530
wdenk3d3d99f2005-04-04 12:44:11 +00002531- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
2532- CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT
2533
wdenke085e5b2005-04-05 23:32:21 +00002534 [ARM only] If these variables are defined, then
2535 certain low level initializations (like setting up
2536 the memory controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does
2537 not relocate itself into RAM.
2538 Normally these variables MUST NOT be defined. The
2539 only exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by
2540 some other boot loader or by a debugger which
2541 performs these intializations itself.
wdenk3d3d99f2005-04-04 12:44:11 +00002542
wdenk336b2bc2005-04-02 23:52:25 +00002543
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002544Building the Software:
2545======================
2546
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002547Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
2548and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
2549all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
2550(potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
2551recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
2552which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002553
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002554If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
2555have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
2556you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
2557Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
2558necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002559
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002560 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
2561 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002562
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002563U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
2564sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002565is done by typing:
2566
2567 make NAME_config
2568
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002569where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing configu-
2570rations; see the main Makefile for supported names.
wdenk2f0812d2003-10-08 22:45:44 +00002571
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002572Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
2573 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2574 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
2575 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
2576 when chosing the configuration, i. e.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002577
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002578 make TQM823L_config
2579 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002580
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002581 make TQM823L_LCD_config
2582 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002583
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002584 etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002585
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002586
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002587Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
2588images ready for download to / installation on your system:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002589
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002590- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
2591- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
2592- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002593
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002594By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
2595in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
2596this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
2597
25981. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
2599
2600 make O=/tmp/build distclean
2601 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
2602 make O=/tmp/build all
2603
26042. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
2605
2606 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2607 make distclean
2608 make NAME_config
2609 make all
2610
2611Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
2612variable.
2613
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002614
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002615Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
2616for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
2617native "make".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002618
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002619
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002620If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
2621to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
2622steps:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002623
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +000026241. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
2625 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
2626 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
2627 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please
2628 keep this order.
26292. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
2630 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
2631 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
26323. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
2633 your board
26343. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
2635 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
26364. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
26375. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
2638 to be installed on your target system.
26396. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
2640 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002641
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002642
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002643Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
2644==============================================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002645
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002646If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
2647or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002648provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
2649the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002650official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002651
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002652But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
2653cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002654the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
2655just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002656for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
2657select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
2658environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the ELDK cross tools
2659you can type
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002660
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002661 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002662
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002663or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002664
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002665 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002666
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002667When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build
2668U-Boot in the source directory. This location can be changed by
2669setting the BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target
2670built, the MAKEALL script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and
2671<target>.MAKEALL) in the <source dir>/LOG directory. This default
2672location can be changed by setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment
2673variable. For example:
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002674
2675 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2676 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
2677 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
2678
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002679With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build,
2680log files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean
2681during the whole build process.
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002682
2683
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002684See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002685
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002686
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002687Monitor Commands - Overview:
2688============================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002689
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002690go - start application at address 'addr'
2691run - run commands in an environment variable
2692bootm - boot application image from memory
2693bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
2694tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
2695 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
2696 (and eventually "gatewayip")
2697rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
2698diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
2699loads - load S-Record file over serial line
2700loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
2701md - memory display
2702mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2703nm - memory modify (constant address)
2704mw - memory write (fill)
2705cp - memory copy
2706cmp - memory compare
2707crc32 - checksum calculation
2708imd - i2c memory display
2709imm - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2710inm - i2c memory modify (constant address)
2711imw - i2c memory write (fill)
2712icrc32 - i2c checksum calculation
2713iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses
2714iloop - infinite loop on address range
2715isdram - print SDRAM configuration information
2716sspi - SPI utility commands
2717base - print or set address offset
2718printenv- print environment variables
2719setenv - set environment variables
2720saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
2721protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
2722erase - erase FLASH memory
2723flinfo - print FLASH memory information
2724bdinfo - print Board Info structure
2725iminfo - print header information for application image
2726coninfo - print console devices and informations
2727ide - IDE sub-system
2728loop - infinite loop on address range
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002729loopw - infinite write loop on address range
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002730mtest - simple RAM test
2731icache - enable or disable instruction cache
2732dcache - enable or disable data cache
2733reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
2734echo - echo args to console
2735version - print monitor version
2736help - print online help
2737? - alias for 'help'
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002738
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002739
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002740Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
2741========================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002742
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002743TODO.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002744
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002745For now: just type "help <command>".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002746
2747
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002748Environment Variables:
2749======================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002750
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002751U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
2752can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002753
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002754Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
2755"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
2756without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
2757environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
2758working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
2759environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002760
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002761Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002762
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002763 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002764
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002765 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002766
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002767 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002768
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002769 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002770
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002771 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002772
Bartlomiej Siekac5648c82008-04-14 15:44:16 +02002773 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
2774 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
2775 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
2776 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
2777 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
2778 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
2779 kernel -- see the descripton of CFG_BOOTMAPSZ.
2780
2781 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
2782 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
2783 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
2784 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
2785 environment variable.
2786
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002787 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
2788 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
2789 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
2790 load any image using TFTP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002791
Marian Balakowicz18710b82008-03-12 12:13:13 +01002792 autoscript - if set to "yes" commands like "loadb", "loady",
2793 "bootp", "tftpb", "rarpboot" and "nfs" will attempt
2794 to automatically run script images (by internally
2795 calling "autoscript").
2796
2797 autoscript_uname - if script image is in a format (FIT) this
2798 variable is used to get script subimage unit name.
2799
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002800 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
2801 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
2802 be automatically started (by internally calling
2803 "bootm")
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002804
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002805 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
2806 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
2807 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
2808 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
2809 data.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002810
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +00002811 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
2812 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
2813 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
2814 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
2815 it must be saved and board must be reset.
2816
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002817 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
2818 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
2819 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
2820 is usually what you want since it allows for
2821 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
2822 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
2823 CFG_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
2824 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
2825 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
2826 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
2827 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002828
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002829 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
2830 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
2831 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
2832 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
2833 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
2834 12 MB as well - this can be done with
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002835
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002836 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002837
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002838 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
2839 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
2840 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
2841 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
2842 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
2843 boot time on your system, but requires that this
2844 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
wdenk3f9ab982003-04-12 23:38:12 +00002845
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002846 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002847
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002848 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
2849 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002850
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002851 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002852
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002853 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
wdenk6f770ed2003-05-23 23:18:21 +00002854
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002855 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002856
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002857 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002858
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002859 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002860
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002861 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2862 interface is used first.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002863
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002864 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2865 interface is currently active. For example you
2866 can do the following
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002867
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002868 => setenv ethact FEC ETHERNET
2869 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC ETHERNET
2870 => setenv ethact SCC ETHERNET
2871 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC ETHERNET
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002872
Matthias Fuchs204f0ec2008-01-17 07:45:05 +01002873 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
2874 available network interfaces.
2875 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
2876
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002877 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
2878 either succeed or fail without retrying.
2879 When set to "once" the network operation will
2880 fail when all the available network interfaces
2881 are tried once without success.
2882 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
2883 themselves.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002884
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARDd2164ef2008-01-07 08:41:34 +01002885 npe_ucode - see CONFIG_IXP4XX_NPE_EXT_UCOD
2886 if set load address for the npe microcode
2887
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02002888 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02002889 UDP source port.
2890
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02002891 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
2892 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
2893
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002894 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
2895 ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
2896 VLAN tagged frames.
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002897
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002898The following environment variables may be used and automatically
2899updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
2900depending the information provided by your boot server:
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002901
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002902 bootfile - see above
2903 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
2904 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
2905 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
2906 hostname - Target hostname
2907 ipaddr - see above
2908 netmask - Subnet Mask
2909 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
2910 serverip - see above
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002911
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002912
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002913There are two special Environment Variables:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002914
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002915 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
2916 as type string and/or serial number
2917 ethaddr - Ethernet address
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002918
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002919These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
2920the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
2921once they have been set once.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002922
2923
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002924Further special Environment Variables:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002925
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002926 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
2927 with the "version" command. This variable is
2928 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002929
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002930
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002931Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
2932only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002933
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002934
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002935Command Line Parsing:
2936=====================
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002937
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002938There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
2939the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002940
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002941Old, simple command line parser:
2942--------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002943
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002944- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
2945- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
Wolfgang Denk86eb3b72005-11-20 21:40:11 +01002946- variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002947- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
2948 for example:
Wolfgang Denk86eb3b72005-11-20 21:40:11 +01002949 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002950- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
2951 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002952
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002953Hush shell:
2954-----------
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002955
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002956- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
2957 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
2958 until...do...done, ...
2959- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
2960 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
2961 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
2962 command
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002963
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002964General rules:
2965--------------
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002966
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002967(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
2968 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
2969 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
2970 executed anyway.
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002971
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002972(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
2973 calling run with a list af variables as arguments), any failing
2974 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
2975 variables are not executed.
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002976
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002977Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
2978=======================================
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002979
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002980Some boards come with redundant ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
2981such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
2982"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002983
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002984Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
2985MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
2986"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002987
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002988If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
2989in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
2990ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
2991variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002992
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002993o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
2994 environment, the SROM's address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002995
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002996o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
2997 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
2998 used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002999
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003000o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
3001 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003002
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003003o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
3004 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
3005 warning is printed.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003006
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003007o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
3008 is raised.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003009
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003010
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003011Image Formats:
3012==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003013
Marian Balakowicz18710b82008-03-12 12:13:13 +01003014U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
3015images in two formats:
3016
3017New uImage format (FIT)
3018-----------------------
3019
3020Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
3021to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
3022components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
3023SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
3024
3025
3026Old uImage format
3027-----------------
3028
3029Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
3030preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
3031details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003032
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003033* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
3034 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
3035 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS;
3036 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS, LynxOS).
Wolfgang Denk83c15852006-10-24 14:21:16 +02003037* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003038 IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
Wolfgang Denk83c15852006-10-24 14:21:16 +02003039 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC).
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003040* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
3041* Load Address
3042* Entry Point
3043* Image Name
3044* Image Timestamp
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003045
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003046The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
3047and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
3048CRC32 checksums.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003049
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003050
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003051Linux Support:
3052==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003053
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003054Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
3055easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
3056U-Boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003057
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003058U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
3059special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
3060"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
3061instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
3062serves several purposes:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003063
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003064- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
3065 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
3066 Flash memory footprint)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003067
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003068- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
3069 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003070
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003071- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
3072 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
3073 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
3074 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
3075 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
3076 software is easier now.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003077
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003078
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003079Linux HOWTO:
3080============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003081
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003082Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
3083---------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003084
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003085U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
3086configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
3087(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
3088Linux :-).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003089
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003090But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/ppc/mbxboot).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003091
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003092Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
3093include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
3094Information structure as we define in include/u-boot.h, and make
3095sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value as your
3096U-Boot configuration in CFG_IMMR.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003097
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003098
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003099Configuring the Linux kernel:
3100-----------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003101
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003102No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
3103device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003104
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003105
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003106Building a Linux Image:
3107-----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003108
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003109With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
3110not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
3111"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
3112U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
3113which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
3114100% compatible format.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003115
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003116Example:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003117
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003118 make TQM850L_config
3119 make oldconfig
3120 make dep
3121 make uImage
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003122
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003123The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
3124encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
3125CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003126
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003127* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003128
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003129* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003130
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003131 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
3132 -R .note -R .comment \
3133 -S vmlinux linux.bin
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003134
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003135* compress the binary image:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003136
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003137 gzip -9 linux.bin
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003138
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003139* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003140
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003141 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
3142 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
3143 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003144
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003145
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003146The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
3147with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
3148combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
3149byte header containing information about target architecture,
3150operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
3151stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003152
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003153"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
3154print the header information, or to build new images.
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003155
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003156In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
3157contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
3158checksum verification:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003159
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003160 tools/mkimage -l image
3161 -l ==> list image header information
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003162
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003163The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
3164from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003165
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003166 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
3167 -n name -d data_file image
3168 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
3169 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
3170 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
3171 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
3172 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
3173 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
3174 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
3175 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003176
wdenkcd914452004-05-29 16:53:29 +00003177Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
3178address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
3179kernel version:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003180
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003181- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
3182- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003183
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003184So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003185
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003186 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3187 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
3188 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
3189 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
3190 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3191 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3192 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3193 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3194 Load Address: 0x00000000
3195 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003196
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003197To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003198
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003199 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
3200 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3201 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3202 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3203 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3204 Load Address: 0x00000000
3205 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003206
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003207NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
3208speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
3209needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
3210need to be uncompressed:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003211
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003212 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
3213 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3214 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
3215 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \
3216 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
3217 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3218 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3219 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
3220 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
3221 Load Address: 0x00000000
3222 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003223
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003224
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003225Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
3226when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003227
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003228 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
3229 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
3230 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
3231 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3232 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
3233 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3234 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
3235 Load Address: 0x00000000
3236 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003237
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003238
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003239Installing a Linux Image:
3240-------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003241
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003242To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
3243you must convert the image to S-Record format:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003244
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003245 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003246
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003247The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
3248image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
3249address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
3250specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
3251command.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003252
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003253Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
3254TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003255
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003256 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003257
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003258 .......... done
3259 Erased 8 sectors
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003260
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003261 => loads 40100000
3262 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3263 ~>examples/image.srec
3264 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
3265 ...
3266 15989 15990 15991 15992
3267 [file transfer complete]
3268 [connected]
3269 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003270
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003271
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003272You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003273this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003274corruption happened:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003275
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003276 => imi 40100000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003277
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003278 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3279 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3280 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3281 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3282 Load Address: 00000000
3283 Entry Point: 0000000c
3284 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003285
3286
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003287Boot Linux:
3288-----------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003289
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003290The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
3291memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
3292of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
3293parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
3294"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003295
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003296
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003297 => printenv bootargs
3298 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003299
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003300 => 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 +00003301
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003302 => printenv bootargs
3303 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 +00003304
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003305 => bootm 40020000
3306 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
3307 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
3308 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3309 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
3310 Load Address: 00000000
3311 Entry Point: 0000000c
3312 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3313 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3314 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
3315 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3316 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3317 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3318 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
3319 ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003320
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003321If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial ram disk, you pass
3322the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
3323format!) to the "bootm" command:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003324
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003325 => imi 40100000 40200000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003326
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003327 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3328 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3329 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3330 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3331 Load Address: 00000000
3332 Entry Point: 0000000c
3333 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003334
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003335 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
3336 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3337 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3338 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3339 Load Address: 00000000
3340 Entry Point: 00000000
3341 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003342
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003343 => bootm 40100000 40200000
3344 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
3345 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3346 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3347 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3348 Load Address: 00000000
3349 Entry Point: 0000000c
3350 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3351 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3352 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
3353 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3354 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3355 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3356 Load Address: 00000000
3357 Entry Point: 00000000
3358 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3359 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
3360 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
3361 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
3362 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3363 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3364 ...
3365 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
3366 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003367
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003368 bash#
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003369
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -05003370Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
3371-----------
3372
3373First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
3374titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
3375following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
3376flat device tree:
3377
3378=> print oftaddr
3379oftaddr=0x300000
3380=> print oft
3381oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
3382=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
3383Speed: 1000, full duplex
3384Using TSEC0 device
3385TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
3386Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
3387Load address: 0x300000
3388Loading: #
3389done
3390Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
3391=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
3392Speed: 1000, full duplex
3393Using TSEC0 device
3394TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
3395Filename 'uImage'.
3396Load address: 0x200000
3397Loading:############
3398done
3399Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
3400=> print loadaddr
3401loadaddr=200000
3402=> print oftaddr
3403oftaddr=0x300000
3404=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
3405## Booting image at 00200000 ...
Wolfgang Denk018147d2006-11-27 15:32:42 +01003406 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
3407 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3408 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -05003409 Load Address: 00000000
Wolfgang Denk018147d2006-11-27 15:32:42 +01003410 Entry Point: 00000000
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -05003411 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3412 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3413Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
3414Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
3415Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
3416[snip]
3417
3418
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003419More About U-Boot Image Types:
3420------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003421
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003422U-Boot supports the following image types:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003423
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003424 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
3425 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
3426 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
3427 the Standalone Program.
3428 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
3429 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
3430 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
3431 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
3432 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
3433 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
3434 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
3435 being started.
3436 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
3437 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
3438 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
3439 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
3440 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
3441 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003442
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003443 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
3444 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
3445 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
3446 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
3447 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
3448 a multiple of 4 bytes).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003449
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003450 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
3451 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
3452 flash memory.
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00003453
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003454 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
3455 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
3456 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
3457 as command interpreter.
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00003458
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00003459
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003460Standalone HOWTO:
3461=================
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00003462
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003463One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
3464run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
3465U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00003466
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003467Two simple examples are included with the sources:
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00003468
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003469"Hello World" Demo:
3470-------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003471
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003472'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
3473application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
3474It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
3475like that:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003476
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003477 => loads
3478 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3479 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
3480 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3481 [file transfer complete]
3482 [connected]
3483 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003484
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003485 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
3486 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3487 Hello World
3488 argc = 7
3489 argv[0] = "40004"
3490 argv[1] = "Hello"
3491 argv[2] = "World!"
3492 argv[3] = "This"
3493 argv[4] = "is"
3494 argv[5] = "a"
3495 argv[6] = "test."
3496 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
3497 Hit any key to exit ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003498
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003499 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003500
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003501Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
3502handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
3503Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
3504The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
3505character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
3506controlled by the following keys:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003507
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003508 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
3509 b - enable interrupts and start timer
3510 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
3511 q - quit application
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003512
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003513 => loads
3514 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3515 ~>examples/timer.srec
3516 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3517 [file transfer complete]
3518 [connected]
3519 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003520
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003521 => go 40004
3522 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3523 TIMERS=0xfff00980
3524 Using timer 1
3525 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003526
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003527Hit 'b':
3528 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
3529 Enabling timer
3530Hit '?':
3531 [q, b, e, ?] ........
3532 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
3533Hit '?':
3534 [q, b, e, ?] .
3535 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
3536Hit '?':
3537 [q, b, e, ?] .
3538 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
3539Hit '?':
3540 [q, b, e, ?] .
3541 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
3542Hit 'e':
3543 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
3544Hit 'q':
3545 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003546
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003547
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003548Minicom warning:
3549================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003550
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003551Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
3552"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
3553consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
3554Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
3555especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
3556use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003557
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003558Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
3559configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003560
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003561 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
3562 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
3563 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00003564
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00003565
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003566NetBSD Notes:
3567=============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003568
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003569Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
3570(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003571
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003572Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
3573NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
3574need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
3575Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
3576attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
3577missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003578
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003579 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
3580 # mkdir powerpc
3581 # ln -s powerpc machine
3582 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
3583 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003584
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003585Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
3586and U-Boot include files.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003587
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003588Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
3589stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
3590proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
3591tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
wdenkd0245fc2005-04-13 10:02:42 +00003592meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003593
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003594
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003595Implementation Internals:
3596=========================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003597
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003598The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
3599implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
3600inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
3601hardware.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003602
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003603
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003604Initial Stack, Global Data:
3605---------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003606
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003607The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
3608starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
3609system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
3610This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
3611is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
3612at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
3613options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
3614models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
3615MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
3616locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003617
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003618 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003619 u-boot-users mailing list:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003620
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003621 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
3622 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
3623 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
3624 ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003625
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003626 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
3627 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
3628 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
3629 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
3630 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
3631 beyond the scope of this list to expain the details, but you
3632 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
3633 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003634
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003635 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
3636 is another option for the system designer to use as an
3637 initial stack/ram area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
3638 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
3639 board designers haven't used it for something that would
3640 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
3641 used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003642
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003643 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
3644 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
3645 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
Stefan Roese3e1f1b32005-08-01 16:49:12 +02003646 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003647 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
3648 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
3649 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
3650 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
3651 you get the config right.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003652
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003653 -Chris Hallinan
3654 DS4.COM, Inc.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003655
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003656It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
3657code for the initialization procedures:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003658
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003659* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
3660 to write it.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003661
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003662* Do not use any unitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
3663 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
3664 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003665
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003666* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
3667 that.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003668
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003669Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
3670normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
3671turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
3672simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
3673functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
3674functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
3675the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
3676place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
3677reserve for this purpose.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003678
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003679When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
3680relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
3681GCC's implementation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003682
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003683For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
3684 R1: stack pointer
Wolfgang Denk69c09642008-02-14 22:43:22 +01003685 R2: reserved for system use
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003686 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
3687 R5-R10: parameter passing
3688 R13: small data area pointer
3689 R30: GOT pointer
3690 R31: frame pointer
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003691
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003692 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003693
Wolfgang Denk69c09642008-02-14 22:43:22 +01003694 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003695
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003696 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
3697 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
3698 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
3699 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
3700 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
3701 624 text + 127 data).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003702
Mike Frysinger60f09302008-02-04 19:26:54 -05003703On Blackfin, the normal C ABI (except for P5) is followed as documented here:
3704 http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=application_binary_interface
3705
3706 ==> U-Boot will use P5 to hold a pointer to the global data
3707
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003708On ARM, the following registers are used:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003709
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003710 R0: function argument word/integer result
3711 R1-R3: function argument word
3712 R9: GOT pointer
3713 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
3714 R11: argument (frame) pointer
3715 R12: temporary workspace
3716 R13: stack pointer
3717 R14: link register
3718 R15: program counter
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003719
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003720 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003721
Wolfgang Denk6405a152006-03-31 18:32:53 +02003722NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
3723or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003724
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003725Memory Management:
3726------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003727
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003728U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
3729MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003730
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003731The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
3732controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
3733memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
3734physical memory banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003735
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003736U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
3737TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
3738booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
3739to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
3740memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CFG_MALLOC_LEN
3741configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
3742Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003743
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003744Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
3745of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003746
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003747So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
3748this:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003749
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003750 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
3751 :
3752 0x0000 1FFF
3753 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
3754 :
3755 :
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003756
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003757 :
3758 :
3759 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
3760 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
3761 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
3762 :
3763 0x00FD FFFF
3764 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
3765 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
3766 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
3767 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003768
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003769
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003770System Initialization:
3771----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003772
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003773In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
3774(on most PowerPC systens at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
3775configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
3776To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
3777To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
3778initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
3779which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
3780part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
3781the caches and the SIU.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003782
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003783Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
3784preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
3785(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
3786on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
3787programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
3788simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
3789banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003790
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003791When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
3792different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
3793bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
37940x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
3795contiguous memory starting from 0.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003796
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003797Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
3798and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
3799Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
3800pages, and the final stack is set up.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003801
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003802Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
3803until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
3804running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
3805new address in RAM.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003806
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003807
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003808U-Boot Porting Guide:
3809----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003810
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003811[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
3812list, October 2002]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003813
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003814
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003815int main (int argc, char *argv[])
3816{
3817 sighandler_t no_more_time;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003818
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003819 signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time);
3820 alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003821
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003822 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
3823 pay consultant to port U-Boot;
3824 return 0;
3825 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003826
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003827 Download latest U-Boot source;
wdenk34b613e2002-12-17 01:51:00 +00003828
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003829 Subscribe to u-boot-users mailing list;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003830
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003831 if (clueless) {
3832 email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
3833 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003834
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003835 while (learning) {
3836 Read the README file in the top level directory;
3837 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual ;
3838 Read the source, Luke;
3839 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003840
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003841 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) {
3842 Buy a BDI2000;
3843 } else {
3844 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
3845 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003846
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003847 Create your own board support subdirectory;
wdenk34b613e2002-12-17 01:51:00 +00003848
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003849 Create your own board config file;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003850
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003851 while (!running) {
3852 do {
3853 Add / modify source code;
3854 } until (compiles);
3855 Debug;
3856 if (clueless)
3857 email ("Hi, I am having problems...");
wdenk634d2f72004-04-15 23:14:49 +00003858 }
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003859 Send patch file to Wolfgang;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003860
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003861 return 0;
3862}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003863
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003864void no_more_time (int sig)
3865{
3866 hire_a_guru();
3867}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003868
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003869
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003870Coding Standards:
3871-----------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003872
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003873All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
Detlev Zundelaa63d482006-09-01 15:39:02 +02003874coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
3875"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory. In sources
3876originating from U-Boot a style corresponding to "Lindent -pcs" (adding
3877spaces before parameters to function calls) is actually used.
3878
3879Source files originating from a different project (for example the
3880MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
3881reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
3882sources.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003883
Detlev Zundelaa63d482006-09-01 15:39:02 +02003884Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
3885Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
3886in your code.
wdenkad276f22004-01-04 16:28:35 +00003887
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003888Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
3889- remove any trailing white space
3890- use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces
3891- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
3892- do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files
3893- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003894
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003895Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
3896with a request to reformat the changes.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003897
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003898
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003899Submitting Patches:
3900-------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003901
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003902Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
3903establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
3904may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003905
wdenkcbc49a52005-05-03 14:12:25 +00003906Patches shall be sent to the u-boot-users mailing list.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003907
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003908Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/UBoot/Patches for details.
3909
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003910When you send a patch, please include the following information with
3911it:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003912
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003913* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
3914 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
3915 patch actually fixes something.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003916
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003917* For new features: a description of the feature and your
3918 implementation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003919
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003920* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003921
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003922* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003923
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003924* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
3925 board to the MAKEALL script, too.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003926
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003927* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
3928 document these in the README file.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003929
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003930* The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
3931 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
3932 "git-format-patch". If you then use "git-send-email" to send it to
3933 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
3934 with some other mail clients.
wdenkca9bc762003-07-15 07:45:49 +00003935
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003936 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
3937 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
3938 GNU diff.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003939
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003940 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
3941 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
3942 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
3943 affected files).
3944
3945 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
3946 and compressed attachments must not be used.
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003947
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003948* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
3949 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00003950
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003951* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
3952 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003953
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003954
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003955Notes:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003956
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003957* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
3958 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
3959 for any of the boards.
3960
3961* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
3962 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
3963 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003964
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003965* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
3966 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
3967 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
3968 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
3969 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
3970 modification.
wdenkcbc49a52005-05-03 14:12:25 +00003971
3972* Remember that there is a size limit of 40 kB per message on the
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003973 u-boot-users mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If
3974 they are reasonable and not bigger than 100 kB, they will be
3975 acknowledged. Even bigger patches should be avoided.