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3 * Denis Peter, MPL AG Switzerland
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24
25USB Support for PIP405 and MIP405 (UHCI)
26========================================
27
28The USB support is implemented on the base of the UHCI Host
29controller.
30
Simon Glass1e9961d2011-02-16 11:14:33 -080031Currently supported are USB Hubs, USB Keyboards, USB Floppys, USB
32flash sticks and USB network adaptors.
wdenke2211742002-11-02 23:30:20 +000033Tested with a TEAC Floppy TEAC FD-05PUB and Chicony KU-8933 Keyboard.
34
35How it works:
36-------------
37
38The USB (at least the USB UHCI) needs a frame list (4k), transfer
39descripor and queue headers which are all located in the main memory.
40The UHCI allocates every milisecond the PCI bus and reads the current
41frame pointer. This may cause to crash the OS during boot. So the USB
42_MUST_ be stopped during OS boot. This is the reason, why the USB is
43NOT automatically started during start-up. If someone needs the USB
44he has to start it and should therefore be aware that he had to stop
45it before booting the OS.
46
47For USB keyboards this can be done by a script which is automatically
48started after the U-Boot is up and running. To boot an OS with a an
49USB keyboard another script is necessary, which first disables the
50USB and then executes the boot command. If the boot command fails,
51the script can reenable the USB kbd.
52
53Common USB Commands:
54- usb start:
55- usb reset: (re)starts the USB. All USB devices will be
56 initialized and a device tree is build for them.
57- usb tree: shows all USB devices in a tree like display
58- usb info [dev]: shows all USB infos of the device dev, or of all
59 the devices
60- usb stop [f]: stops the USB. If f==1 the USB will also stop if
61 an USB keyboard is assigned as stdin. The stdin
62 is then switched to serial input.
63Storage USB Commands:
64- usb scan: scans the USB for storage devices.The USB must be
65 running for this command (usb start)
66- usb device [dev]: show or set current USB staorage device
67- usb part [dev]: print partition table of one or all USB storage
68 devices
69- usb read addr blk# cnt:
70 read `cnt' blocks starting at block `blk#'to
71 memory address `addr'
72- usbboot addr dev:part:
73 boot from USB device
74
75Config Switches:
76----------------
Jon Loeliger1670a5b2007-07-10 11:19:50 -050077CONFIG_CMD_USB enables basic USB support and the usb command
78CONFIG_USB_UHCI defines the lowlevel part.A lowlevel part must be defined
79 if using CONFIG_CMD_USB
wdenke2211742002-11-02 23:30:20 +000080CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD enables the USB Keyboard
81CONFIG_USB_STORAGE enables the USB storage devices
Simon Glass1e9961d2011-02-16 11:14:33 -080082CONFIG_USB_HOST_ETHER enables USB ethernet dongle support