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wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00001======================================================================
wdenk6bd14892003-04-10 11:18:18 +00002Changes since U-Boot 0.3.0:
3======================================================================
4
stroeseee14b832003-04-10 13:30:28 +00005* Patch by Stefan Roese, 10 Apr 2003:
6 Changed DHCP client to use ip address from server option field #54
7 from the OFFER-paket in the server option field #54 in the REQUEST-
8 paket. This fixes a problem using a Windows 2000 DHCP server, where
9 the DHCP-server is not the TFTP-server.
10
wdenk6bd14892003-04-10 11:18:18 +000011* Add support for TQM862L modules
12
13======================================================================
wdenka6db71d2003-04-08 23:25:21 +000014Changes for U-Boot 0.3.0:
wdenkeda42082003-01-17 16:27:01 +000015======================================================================
16
wdenkb02744a2003-04-05 00:53:31 +000017* Patch by Arun Dharankar, 4 Apr 2003:
18 Add IDMA example code (tested on 8260 only)
19
20* Add support for Purple Board (MIPS64 5Kc)
21
22* Add support for MIPS64 5Kc CPUs
23
24* Fix missing setting of "loadaddr" and "bootfile" on ARM and MIPS
25
26* Patch by Denis Peter, 04 Apr 2003:
27 - update MIP405-4 board
28
stroese2606cf12003-04-04 16:55:30 +000029* Patch by Stefan Roese, 4 Apr 2003:
30 - U-Boot version environment variable "ver" added
31 (CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
32 - Changed PPC405GPr version from A to B.
33 - Changed CPCI405 to use CTS instead of DSR on PPC405 UART1.
34
wdenkb02744a2003-04-05 00:53:31 +000035* Patches by Denis Peter, 03 April 2003:
36 - fix PCI IRQs on MPL boards
37 - fix two more un-relocated pointer problems
38
39* Fix behaviour of "run" command:
40 - print error message iv variable does not exist
41 - terminate processing of arguments in case of error
42
43* Patches by Peter Figuli, 10 Mar 2003
44 - Add support for BTUART on PXA platform
45 - Add support for WEP EP250 (PXA) board
46
47* Fix flash problems on INCA-IP; add tool to allow bruning images to
48 flash using a BDI2000
49
50* Implement fix for I2C Edge Conditions problem for all boards that
51 use the bit-banging driver (common/soft_i2c.c)
52
wdenk359733b2003-03-31 17:27:09 +000053* Patch by Martin Winistoerfer, 23 Mar 2003
54 - Add port to MPC555/556 microcontrollers
55 - Add support for cmi customer board with
56 Intel 28F128J3A, 28F320J3A or 28F640J3A flash.
57
58* Patch by Rick Bronson, 28 Mar 2003:
59 - fix common/cmd_nand.c
60
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +000061* Patch by Arun Dharankar, 24 Mar 2003:
62 - add threads / scheduler example code
63
64* Add patches by Robert Schwebel, 31 Mar 2003:
65 - add ctrl-c support for kermit download
66 - align bdinfo output on ARM
wdenkb02744a2003-04-05 00:53:31 +000067 - csb226 board: bring in sync with innokom/memsetup.S
68 - csb226 board: fix MDREFR handling
69 - misc doc fixes / extensions
70 - innokom board: cleanup, MDREFR fix in memsetup.S, config update
71 - add BOOT_PROGRESS to armlinux.c
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +000072
stroese2606cf12003-04-04 16:55:30 +000073* Add CPU ID, version, and clock speed for INCA-IP
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +000074
wdenk5840af22003-03-28 14:40:36 +000075* Patches by Dave Ellis, 18 Mar 2003 for SXNI855T board:
76 - fix SRAM and SDRAM memory sizing
77 - add status LED support
78 - add MAC address for second (SCC1) ethernet port
79
80* Update default environment for TQM8260 board
81
wdenkc8434db2003-03-26 06:55:25 +000082* Patch by Rick Bronson, 16 Mar 2003:
wdenkbb1b8262003-03-27 12:09:35 +000083 - Add NAND flash support for reading, writing, and erasing NAND
84 flash (certain forms of which are called SmartMedia).
85 - Add support for Atmel AT91RM9200DK ARM920T based development kit.
wdenkc8434db2003-03-26 06:55:25 +000086
87* Patches by Robert Schwebel, 19 Mar 2003:
88 - use arm-linux-gcc as default compiler for ARM
89 - fix i2c fixup code
90 - fix missing baudrate setting
91 - added $loadaddr / CFG_LOAD_ADDR support to loadb
92 - moved "ignoring trailing characters" _before_ u-boot wants to
93 print out diagnostics messages; removes bogus characters at the
94 end of transmission
95
96* Patch by John Zhan, 18 Mar 2003:
97 Add support for SinoVee Microsystems SC8xx boards
98
99* Patch by Rolf Offermanns, 21 Mar 2003:
100 ported the dnp1110 related changes from the current armboot cvs to
101 current u-boot cvs. smc91111 does not work. problem marked in
102 smc91111.c, grep for "FIXME".
103
104* Patch by Brian Auld, 25 Mar 2003:
105 Add support for STM flash chips on ebony board
106
wdenk28536032003-03-25 16:50:56 +0000107* Add PCI support for MPC8250 Boards (PM825 module)
108
stroesea95be4d2003-03-25 14:44:48 +0000109* Patch by Stefan Roese, 25 Mar 2003:
110 - PCI405 update.
111
stroesef2afa912003-03-20 15:32:59 +0000112* Patch by Stefan Roese, 20 Mar 2003:
113 - CPCI4052 update (support for revision 3).
114 - Set edge conditioning circuitry on PPC405GPr for compatibility
115 to existing PPC405GP designs.
116 - Clip udiv to 5 bits on PPC405 (serial.c).
117
wdenkbb1b8262003-03-27 12:09:35 +0000118* Extend INCAIP board support:
119 - add automatic RAM size detection
120 - add "bdinfo" command
121 - pass flash address and size to Linux kernel
122 - switch to 150 MHz clock
123
wdenk6b58f332003-03-14 20:47:52 +0000124* Avoid flicker on the TRAB's VFD by synchronizing the enable with
125 the HSYNC/VSYNC. Requires new CPLD code (Version 101 for Rev. 100
126 boards, version 153 for Rev. 200 boards).
127
128* Patch by Vladimir Gurevich, 12 Mar 2003:
129 Fix relocation problem of statically initialized string pointers
130 in common/cmd_pci.c
131
132* Patch by Kai-Uwe Blöm, 12 Mar 2003:
133 Cleanup & bug fixes for JFFS2 code:
134 - the memory mangement was broken. It caused havoc on malloc by
135 writing beyond the block boundaries.
136 - the length calculation for files was wrong, sometimes resulting
137 in short file reads.
138 - data copying now optionally takes fragment version numbers into
139 account, to avoid copying from older data.
140 See doc/README.JFFS2 for details.
141
wdenkef5fe752003-03-12 10:41:04 +0000142* Patch by Josef Wagner, 12 Mar 2003:
143 - 16/32 MB and 50/80 MHz support with auto-detection for IP860
144 - ETH05 and BEDBUG support for CU824
145 - added support for MicroSys CPC45
146 - new BOOTROM/FLASH0 and DOC base for PM826
147
148* Patch by Robert Schwebel, 12 Mar 2003:
149 Fix the chpart command on innokom board
150
151* Name cleanup:
152 mv include/asm-i386/ppcboot-i386.h include/asm-i386/u-boot-i386.h
153 s/PPCBoot/U-Boot/ in some files
154 s/pImage/uImage/ in some files
155
156* Patch by Detlev Zundel, 15 Jan 2003:
157 Fix '' command line quoting
158
159* Patch by The LEOX team, 19 Jan 2003:
160 - add support for the ELPT860 board
161 - add support for Dallas ds164x RTC
162
wdenk1fe2c702003-03-06 21:55:29 +0000163* Patches by David Müller, 31 Jan 2003:
164 - minimal setup for CardBus bridges
165 - add EEPROM read/write support in the CS8900 driver
166 - add support for the builtin I2C controller in the Samsung s3c24x0 chips
wdenkef5fe752003-03-12 10:41:04 +0000167 - add support for MPL's VCMA9 (Samsung s3c2410 based) board
wdenk1fe2c702003-03-06 21:55:29 +0000168
169* Patch by Steven Scholz, 04 Feb 2003:
170 add support for RTC DS1307
171
172* Patch by Reinhard Meyer, 5 Feb 2003:
173 fix PLPRCR/SCCR init sequence on 8xx to allow for
174 changes of EBDF by software
175
176* Patch by Vladimir Gurevich, 07 Feb 2003:
177 "API-compatibility patch" for 4xx I2C driver
178
179* TRAB fixes / extensions:
180 - Restore VFD brightness as saved in environment
181 - add support for FGujitsu flashes
182 - make sure both buzzers are turned off (drive low level)
183
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +0000184* Patches by Robert Schwebel, 06 Mar 2003:
185 - fix bug in BOOTP code (must use NetCopyIP)
186 - update of CSB226 port
187 - clear BSS segment on XScale
188 - added support for i2c_init_board() function
189 - update to the Innokom plattform
190
191* Extend support for redundand environments for configurations where
192 environment size < sector size
193
wdenkb666c8f2003-03-06 00:58:30 +0000194* Patch by Rune Torgersen, 13 Feb 2003:
195 Add support for Motorola MPC8266ADS board
196
197* Patch by Kyle Harris, 19 Feb 2003:
198 patches for the Intel lubbock board:
199 memsetup.S - general cleanup (based on Robert's csb226 code)
200 flash.c - overhaul, actually works now
201 lubbock.c - fix init funcs to return proper value
202
203* Patch by Kenneth Johansson, 26 Feb 2003:
stroesef2afa912003-03-20 15:32:59 +0000204 - Fixed off by one in RFTA calculation.
wdenkb666c8f2003-03-06 00:58:30 +0000205 - No need to abort when LDF is lower than we can program it's only
stroesef2afa912003-03-20 15:32:59 +0000206 minimum timing so clamp it to what we can do.
wdenkb666c8f2003-03-06 00:58:30 +0000207 - Takes function pointer to function for reading the spd_nvram. Usefull
208 for faking data or hardcode a module without the nvram.
209 - fix other user for above change
210 - fix some comments.
211
212* Patches by Brian Waite, 26 Feb 2003:
213 - fix port for evb64260 board
214 - fix PCI for evb64260 board
215 - fix PCI scan
216
217* Patch by Reinhard Meyer, 1 Mar 2003:
218 Add support for EMK TOP860 Module
219
220* Patch by Yuli Barcohen, 02 Mar 2003:
221 Add SPD EEPROM support for MPC8260ADS board
222
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000223* Patch by Robert Schwebel, 21 Jan 2003:
224 - Add support for Innokom board
225 - Don't complain if "install" fails
226 - README cleanup (remove duplicated lines)
227 - Update PXA header files
228
229* Add documentation for existing POST code (doc/README.POST)
230
231* Patch by Laudney Ren, 15 Jan 2003:
232 Fix handling of redundand environment in "tools/envcrc.c"
233
234* Patch by Detlev Zundel, 28 Feb 2003:
235 Add bedbug support for 824x systems
236
237* Add support for 16 MB flash configuration of TRAB board
238
239* Patch by Erwin Rol, 27 Feb 2003:
240 Add support for RTEMS
241
242* Add image information to README
243
stroesefd4b5a72003-02-18 11:30:24 +0000244* Patch by Stefan Roese, 18 Feb 2003:
245 CPCIISER4 configuration updated.
246
stroese85d0fec2003-02-17 16:06:06 +0000247* Patch by Stefan Roese, 17 Feb 2003:
248 Fixed bug in ext. serial clock setup on PPC405 (since PPC440 port).
249
stroesef5dd4102003-02-14 11:21:23 +0000250* Patch by Stefan Roese, 13 Feb 2003:
251 Add "pcidelay" environment variable (in ms, enabled via
252 CONFIG_PCI_BOOTDELAY).
253 PCI spec 2.2 defines, that a pci target has 2^25 pci clocks after
254 RST# to respond to configuration cycles (33MHz -> 1s).
255
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000256* Fix dual PCMCIA slot support (when running with just one
257 slot populated)
258
259* Add VFD type detection to trab board
260
261* extend drivers/cs8900.c driver to synchronize ethaddr environment
262 variable with value in the EEPROM
263
stroese91ee5282003-02-10 16:39:00 +0000264* Patch by Stefan Roese, 10 Feb 2003:
265 Add support for 4MB and 128MB onboard SDRAM (cpu/ppc4xx/sdram.c)
266
wdenkbb1b8262003-03-27 12:09:35 +0000267* Add support for MIPS32 4Kc CPUs
268
269* Add support for INCA-IP Board
270
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000271======================================================================
272Changes for U-Boot 0.2.2:
273======================================================================
274
wdenkeda42082003-01-17 16:27:01 +0000275* Add dual ethernet support on PM826
276
277* Add support for LXT971 PHY on PM826
278
279* Patch by Tord Andersson, 16 Jan 2003:
280 Fix flash sector count for TQM8xxL
281
282* Fix I2C EEPROM problem on ICU862 board (would only write the first
283 16 bytes out of each 32 byte block)
284
285======================================================================
286Changes for U-Boot 0.2.1:
wdenk2f87a3f2002-12-20 23:42:25 +0000287======================================================================
288
wdenk2dad91b2003-01-13 23:54:46 +0000289* Add support for V37 board
290 (patch by Jón Benediktsson, 11 Dec 2002)
291
wdenke7f34c62003-01-11 09:48:40 +0000292* Update baudrate in bd_info when it gets changed
293
294* Add watchdog trigger points while waiting for serial port
295 (so far only 8xx -- needed on LWMON with 100ms watchdog)
296
297* Improve command line tool to access the U-Boot's environment
298 (figuration of the utility, using a config file)
299
wdenk654868c2003-01-02 23:57:29 +0000300* Add single quote support for (old) command line parser
301
wdenk2f87a3f2002-12-20 23:42:25 +0000302* Switch LWMON board default config from FRAM to EEPROM;
303 in POST, EEPROM shows up on 8 addresses
304
305======================================================================
wdenka08708c2002-12-17 18:07:30 +0000306Changes for U-Boot 0.2.0:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000307======================================================================
308
wdenk34b613e2002-12-17 01:51:00 +0000309* Use 1-byte-read instead of -write for iprobe() function
310 Add i2c commands to PM826 config
311
312* extend I2C POST code: check for list on known addresses
313
wdenk9dfa8d12002-12-08 09:53:23 +0000314* Improve log buffer code; use "loglevel" to decide which messages
315 to log on the console, too (like in Linux); get rid of "logstart"
316
317* Add command line tool to access the U-Boot's environment
318 (board-specific for TRAB now, to be fixed later)
319
wdenkbb444c92002-12-07 00:20:59 +0000320* Patch by Hans-Joerg Frieden, 06 Dec 2002
321 Fix misc problems with AmigaOne support
322
323* Patch by Chris Hallinan, 3 Dec 2002:
324 minor cleanup to the MPC8245 EPIC driver
325
326* Patch by Pierre Aubert , 28 Nov 2002
327 Add support for external (SIU) interrupts on MPC8xx
328
329* Patch by Pierre Aubert , 28 Nov 2002
330 Fix nested syscalls bug in standalone applications
331
332* Patch by David Müller, 27 Nov 2002:
333 fix output of "pciinfo" command for CardBus bridge devices.
334
335* Fix bug in TQM8260 board detection - boards got stuck when board ID
336 was not readable
337
wdenk90e7e422002-12-04 23:39:58 +0000338* Add LED indication for IDE activity on KUP4K board
339
wdenk9dd2b882002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000340* Fix startup problems with VFD display on TRAB
341
342* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 20 Nov 2002
343 Add driver for Epson SED13806 graphic controller.
344 Add support for BMP logos in cfb_console driver.
345
wdenk2029f4d2002-11-21 23:11:29 +0000346* Added support for both PCMCIA slots (at the same time!) on MPC8xx
347
348* Patch by Rod Boyce, 21 Nov 2002:
349 fix PCMCIA on MBX8xx board
350
351* Patch by Pierre Aubert , 21 Nov 2002
352 Add CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR to make the offset of the
353 bootmode word in DPRAM configurable
354
wdenk67ff36c2002-11-19 23:01:07 +0000355* Patch by Daniel Engström, 18 Nov 2002:
356 Fixes for x86 port (mostly strings issues)
357
358* Patch by Ken Chou, 18 Nov 2002:
359 Fix for natsemi NIC cards (DP83815)
360
361* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 19 Nov 2002:
362 fix a bug for the MII configuration, and some warnings
363
wdenk452cfd62002-11-19 11:04:11 +0000364* Patch by Thomas Frieden, 13 Nov 2002:
365 Add code for AmigaOne board
366 (preliminary merge to U-Boot, still WIP)
367
368* Patch by Jon Diekema, 12 Nov 2002:
369 - Adding URL for IEEE OUI lookup
370 - Making the autoboot #defines dependent on CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
371 being defined.
372 - In the CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS #define, the root-on-initrd and
373 root-on-nfs macros are designed to switch how the default boot
374 method gets defined.
375
wdenk591dda52002-11-18 00:14:45 +0000376* Patch by Daniel Engström, 13 Nov 2002:
377 Add support for i386 architecture and AMD SC520 board
378
379* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 12 Nov 2002:
380 Add support for DOS filesystem and booting from DOS floppy disk
381
wdenk2582f6b2002-11-11 21:14:20 +0000382* Patch by Jim Sandoz, 07 Nov 2002:
383 Increase number of network RX buffers (PKTBUFSRX in
384 "include/net.h") for EEPRO100 based boards (especially SP8240)
385 which showed "Receiver is not ready" errors when U-Boot was
386 processing the receive buffers slower than the network controller
387 was filling them.
388
wdenkc217f6d2002-11-11 02:11:37 +0000389* Patch by Andreas Oberritter, 09 Nov 2002:
390 Change behaviour of NetLoop(): return -1 for errors, filesize
391 otherwise; return code 0 is valid an means no file loaded - in this
392 case the environment still gets updated!
393
394* Patches by Jon Diekema, 9 Nov 2002:
395 - improve ADC/DAC clocking on the SACSng board to align
396 the failing edges of LRCLK and SCLK
397 - sbc8260 configuration tweaks
398 - add status LED support for 82xx systems
399 - wire sspi/sspo commands into command handler; improved error
400 handlering
401 - add timestamp support and alternate memory test to the
402 SACSng configuration
403
404* Patch by Vince Husovsky, 7 Nov 2002:
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +0000405 Add "-n" to linker options to get rid of "Not enough room for
406 program headers" problem
407
408* Patch by David Müller, 05 Nov 2002
409 Rename CONFIG_PLL_INPUT_FREQ to CONFIG_SYS_CLK_FREQ
410 so we can use an already existing name
411
412* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 05 Nov 2002
413 Hardware relatied improvments in FDC boot code
414
415* Patch by Holger Schurig, 5 Nov 2002:
416 Make the PXA really change it's frequency
417
418* Patch by Pierre Aubert, 05 Nov 2002
419 Add support for slave serial Spartan 2 FPGAs
420
421* Fix uninitialized memory (MAC address) in 8xx SCC/FEC ethernet
422 drivers
423
wdenk56f94be2002-11-05 16:35:14 +0000424* Add support for log buffer which can be passed to Linux kernel's
425 syslog mechanism; used especially for POST results.
426
427* Patch by Klaus Heydeck, 31 Oct 2002:
428 Add initial support for kup4k board
429
wdenk384ae022002-11-05 00:17:55 +0000430* Patch by Robert Schwebel, 04 Nov 2002:
431 - use watchdog to reset PXA250 systems
432 - added progress callbacks to (some of the) ARM code
433 - update for Cogent CSB226 board
434
435* Add support for FPS860 board
436
wdenke95b61c2002-11-04 16:02:40 +0000437* Patch by Guillaume Alexandre,, 04 Nov 2002:
438 Improve PCI access on 32-bits Compact PCI bus
439
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000440* Fix mdelay() on TRAB - this was still the debugging version with
441 seconds instead of ms.
442
443* Patch by Robert Schwebel, 1 Nov 2002:
444 XScale related cleanup (affects all ARM boards)
445
446* Cleanup of names and README.
wdenkcc1c8a12002-11-02 22:58:18 +0000447
448======================================================================
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000449Notes for U-Boot 0.1.0:
wdenkcc1c8a12002-11-02 22:58:18 +0000450======================================================================
451
452This is the initial version of "Das U-Boot", the Universal Boot Loader.
453
454It is based on version 2.0.0 (the "Halloween Release") of PPCBoot.
455For information about the history of the project please see the
456PPCBoot project page at http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot
457
458======================================================================