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wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002#
Wolfgang Denk1234ce72013-06-21 10:22:36 +02003# (C) Copyright 2000 - 2013
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00004# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00005
6Summary:
7========
8
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00009This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
wdenkce4832c2004-10-17 21:12:06 +000010Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
11processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
12initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
13code.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000014
15The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000016the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
17header files in common, and special provision has been made to
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000018support booting of Linux images.
19
20Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
21configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
22implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
23add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
24code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
25load and run it dynamically.
26
27
28Status:
29=======
30
31In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000032Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000033"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
34
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -050035In case of problems see the CHANGELOG file to find out who contributed
36the specific port. In addition, there are various MAINTAINERS files
37scattered throughout the U-Boot source identifying the people or
38companies responsible for various boards and subsystems.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000039
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -050040Note: As of August, 2010, there is no longer a CHANGELOG file in the
41actual U-Boot source tree; however, it can be created dynamically
42from the Git log using:
Robert P. J. Day974ed2f2012-11-14 02:03:20 +000043
44 make CHANGELOG
45
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000046
47Where to get help:
48==================
49
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000050In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -050051U-Boot, you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
Peter Tyser8804a612008-09-10 09:18:34 -050052<u-boot@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic
53on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
Naoki Hayama2bc50c22020-10-08 13:16:18 +090054Please see https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
55https://marc.info/?l=u-boot
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000056
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +010057Where to get source code:
58=========================
59
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -050060The U-Boot source code is maintained in the Git repository at
Heinrich Schuchardt28b2b852021-02-24 13:19:04 +010061https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
62https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +010063
Naoki Hayama65ae68a2020-10-08 13:16:25 +090064The "Tags" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +020065any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
Naoki Hayama65ae68a2020-10-08 13:16:25 +090066available from the DENX file server through HTTPS or FTP.
67https://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
68ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +010069
70
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000071Where we come from:
72===================
73
74- start from 8xxrom sources
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +090075- create PPCBoot project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000076- clean up code
77- make it easier to add custom boards
78- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
79- extend functions, especially:
80 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
81 * S-Record download
82 * network boot
Simon Glassaaef3bf2019-08-01 09:47:14 -060083 * ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +090084- create ARMBoot project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000085- add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +090086- create U-Boot project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
87- current project page: see https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000088
89
90Names and Spelling:
91===================
92
93The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
94"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
95in source files etc.). Example:
96
97 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
98
99File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
100
101 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
102
103 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
104
105Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
106the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000107
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000108 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
109 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
110
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000111
wdenk7474aca2002-12-17 17:55:09 +0000112Versioning:
113===========
114
Thomas Webere89e6282010-09-28 08:06:25 +0200115Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
116were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
117into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
118names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
119Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
120releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
wdenk7474aca2002-12-17 17:55:09 +0000121
Thomas Webere89e6282010-09-28 08:06:25 +0200122Examples:
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +0000123 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
Thomas Webere89e6282010-09-28 08:06:25 +0200124 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
Jelle van der Waa30245ca2016-10-30 17:30:30 +0100125 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candidate 1 for September 2010 release
wdenk7474aca2002-12-17 17:55:09 +0000126
127
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000128Directory Hierarchy:
129====================
130
Simon Glass1a0a4ac2021-07-10 21:14:21 -0600131/arch Architecture-specific files
Masahiro Yamadaef6ebff2014-03-07 18:02:02 +0900132 /arc Files generic to ARC architecture
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500133 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500134 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500135 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500136 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500137 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +0200138 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
Rick Chend7e6f922017-12-26 13:55:59 +0800139 /riscv Files generic to RISC-V architecture
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500140 /sandbox Files generic to HW-independent "sandbox"
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500141 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
Robert P. J. Daya269c932013-09-15 18:34:15 -0400142 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
Naoki Hayama411f5c62020-10-08 13:16:38 +0900143 /xtensa Files generic to Xtensa architecture
Simon Glass1a0a4ac2021-07-10 21:14:21 -0600144/api Machine/arch-independent API for external apps
145/board Board-dependent files
Simon Glass91944df2021-10-14 12:47:54 -0600146/boot Support for images and booting
Xu Ziyuanfb1f9392016-08-26 19:54:49 +0800147/cmd U-Boot commands functions
Simon Glass1a0a4ac2021-07-10 21:14:21 -0600148/common Misc architecture-independent functions
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500149/configs Board default configuration files
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500150/disk Code for disk drive partition handling
Simon Glass1a0a4ac2021-07-10 21:14:21 -0600151/doc Documentation (a mix of ReST and READMEs)
152/drivers Device drivers
153/dts Makefile for building internal U-Boot fdt.
154/env Environment support
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500155/examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
156/fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
157/include Header Files
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500158/lib Library routines generic to all architectures
159/Licenses Various license files
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500160/net Networking code
161/post Power On Self Test
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500162/scripts Various build scripts and Makefiles
163/test Various unit test files
Simon Glass1a0a4ac2021-07-10 21:14:21 -0600164/tools Tools to build and sign FIT images, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000165
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000166Software Configuration:
167=======================
168
169Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
170rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
171
172There are two classes of configuration variables:
173
174* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
175 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
176 "CONFIG_".
177
178* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
179 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
180 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +0200181 "CONFIG_SYS_".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000182
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500183Previously, all configuration was done by hand, which involved creating
184symbolic links and editing configuration files manually. More recently,
185U-Boot has added the Kbuild infrastructure used by the Linux kernel,
186allowing you to use the "make menuconfig" command to configure your
187build.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000188
189
190Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
191---------------------------------------------------
192
193For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +0200194configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_defconfig".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000195
196Example: For a TQM823L module type:
197
198 cd u-boot
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +0200199 make TQM823L_defconfig
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000200
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500201Note: If you're looking for the default configuration file for a board
202you're sure used to be there but is now missing, check the file
203doc/README.scrapyard for a list of no longer supported boards.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000204
Simon Glass53552c92014-03-22 17:12:59 -0600205Sandbox Environment:
206--------------------
207
208U-Boot can be built natively to run on a Linux host using the 'sandbox'
209board. This allows feature development which is not board- or architecture-
210specific to be undertaken on a native platform. The sandbox is also used to
211run some of U-Boot's tests.
212
Naoki Hayamadd860ca2020-10-08 13:16:58 +0900213See doc/arch/sandbox.rst for more details.
Simon Glass53552c92014-03-22 17:12:59 -0600214
215
Simon Glassd8711af2015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700216Board Initialisation Flow:
217--------------------------
218
219This is the intended start-up flow for boards. This should apply for both
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500220SPL and U-Boot proper (i.e. they both follow the same rules).
221
222Note: "SPL" stands for "Secondary Program Loader," which is explained in
223more detail later in this file.
224
225At present, SPL mostly uses a separate code path, but the function names
226and roles of each function are the same. Some boards or architectures
227may not conform to this. At least most ARM boards which use
228CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK conform to this.
Simon Glassd8711af2015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700229
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500230Execution typically starts with an architecture-specific (and possibly
231CPU-specific) start.S file, such as:
232
233 - arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
234 - arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/start.S
235 - arch/mips/cpu/start.S
236
237and so on. From there, three functions are called; the purpose and
238limitations of each of these functions are described below.
Simon Glassd8711af2015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700239
240lowlevel_init():
241 - purpose: essential init to permit execution to reach board_init_f()
242 - no global_data or BSS
243 - there is no stack (ARMv7 may have one but it will soon be removed)
244 - must not set up SDRAM or use console
245 - must only do the bare minimum to allow execution to continue to
246 board_init_f()
247 - this is almost never needed
248 - return normally from this function
249
250board_init_f():
251 - purpose: set up the machine ready for running board_init_r():
252 i.e. SDRAM and serial UART
253 - global_data is available
254 - stack is in SRAM
255 - BSS is not available, so you cannot use global/static variables,
256 only stack variables and global_data
257
258 Non-SPL-specific notes:
259 - dram_init() is called to set up DRAM. If already done in SPL this
260 can do nothing
261
262 SPL-specific notes:
263 - you can override the entire board_init_f() function with your own
264 version as needed.
265 - preloader_console_init() can be called here in extremis
266 - should set up SDRAM, and anything needed to make the UART work
Naoki Hayamaebfd8192020-09-24 15:57:19 +0900267 - there is no need to clear BSS, it will be done by crt0.S
Andreas Dannenberg7673bed2019-08-08 12:54:49 -0500268 - for specific scenarios on certain architectures an early BSS *can*
269 be made available (via CONFIG_SPL_EARLY_BSS by moving the clearing
270 of BSS prior to entering board_init_f()) but doing so is discouraged.
271 Instead it is strongly recommended to architect any code changes
272 or additions such to not depend on the availability of BSS during
273 board_init_f() as indicated in other sections of this README to
274 maintain compatibility and consistency across the entire code base.
Simon Glassd8711af2015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700275 - must return normally from this function (don't call board_init_r()
276 directly)
277
278Here the BSS is cleared. For SPL, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined, then at
279this point the stack and global_data are relocated to below
280CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR. For non-SPL, U-Boot is relocated to run at the top of
281memory.
282
283board_init_r():
284 - purpose: main execution, common code
285 - global_data is available
286 - SDRAM is available
287 - BSS is available, all static/global variables can be used
288 - execution eventually continues to main_loop()
289
290 Non-SPL-specific notes:
291 - U-Boot is relocated to the top of memory and is now running from
292 there.
293
294 SPL-specific notes:
295 - stack is optionally in SDRAM, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined and
Ashish Kumar11234062017-08-11 11:09:14 +0530296 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCI400
297
298 Defined For SoC that has cache coherent interconnect
299 CCN-400
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +0000300
Ashish Kumar97393d62017-08-18 10:54:36 +0530301 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCN504
302
303 Defined for SoC that has cache coherent interconnect CCN-504
304
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000305The following options need to be configured:
306
Kim Phillips203fee32007-08-10 13:28:25 -0500307- CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000308
Kim Phillips203fee32007-08-10 13:28:25 -0500309- Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
Wolfgang Denk994ad962006-10-24 14:42:37 +0200310
Kumar Galaf4fb90f2011-02-18 05:40:54 -0600311- 85xx CPU Options:
York Sun2394a0f2012-10-08 07:44:30 +0000312 CONFIG_SYS_PPC64
313
314 Specifies that the core is a 64-bit PowerPC implementation (implements
315 the "64" category of the Power ISA). This is necessary for ePAPR
316 compliance, among other possible reasons.
317
Kumar Galaf4fb90f2011-02-18 05:40:54 -0600318 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
319
320 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
321 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
322 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
323
Kumar Gala179b1b22011-05-20 00:39:21 -0500324 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
325
326 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
327 tree nodes for the given platform.
328
Scott Wood80806962012-08-14 10:14:53 +0000329 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510
330
331 Enables a workaround for erratum A004510. If set,
332 then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and
333 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY must be set.
334
335 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV
336 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV2 (optional)
337
338 Defines one or two SoC revisions (low 8 bits of SVR)
339 for which the A004510 workaround should be applied.
340
341 The rest of SVR is either not relevant to the decision
342 of whether the erratum is present (e.g. p2040 versus
343 p2041) or is implied by the build target, which controls
344 whether CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 is set.
345
346 See Freescale App Note 4493 for more information about
347 this erratum.
348
349 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY
350
351 This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600
352 according to the A004510 workaround.
353
Priyanka Jainc73b9032013-07-02 09:21:04 +0530354 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_DDR_ADDR
355 This value denotes start offset of DDR memory which is
356 connected exclusively to the DSP cores.
357
Priyanka Jainf81e8b22013-04-04 09:31:54 +0530358 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M2_RAM_ADDR
359 This value denotes start offset of M2 memory
360 which is directly connected to the DSP core.
361
Priyanka Jainc73b9032013-07-02 09:21:04 +0530362 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M3_RAM_ADDR
363 This value denotes start offset of M3 memory which is directly
364 connected to the DSP core.
365
Priyanka Jainf81e8b22013-04-04 09:31:54 +0530366 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT
367 This value denotes start offset of DSP CCSR space.
368
Priyanka Jaine9dcaa82013-12-17 14:25:52 +0530369 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SINGLE_SOURCE_CLK
370 Single Source Clock is clocking mode present in some of FSL SoC's.
371 In this mode, a single differential clock is used to supply
372 clocks to the sysclock, ddrclock and usbclock.
373
Daniel Schwierzeckd8a49ca2012-04-02 02:57:56 +0000374- Generic CPU options:
375 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
376
377 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
378 values is arch specific.
379
York Sunf0626592013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700380 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR
381 Freescale DDR driver in use. This type of DDR controller is
Tom Rinie5404982021-05-14 21:34:26 -0400382 found in mpc83xx, mpc85xx as well as some ARM core SoCs.
York Sunf0626592013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700383
384 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_ADDR
385 Freescale DDR memory-mapped register base.
386
York Sunf0626592013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700387 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN1
388 Freescale DDR1 controller.
389
390 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN2
391 Freescale DDR2 controller.
392
393 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN3
394 Freescale DDR3 controller.
395
York Sun2896cb72014-03-27 17:54:47 -0700396 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN4
397 Freescale DDR4 controller.
398
York Sun461c9392013-09-30 14:20:51 -0700399 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_ARM_GEN3
400 Freescale DDR3 controller for ARM-based SoCs.
401
York Sunf0626592013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700402 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR1
403 Board config to use DDR1. It can be enabled for SoCs with
404 Freescale DDR1 or DDR2 controllers, depending on the board
405 implemetation.
406
407 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR2
Robert P. J. Day8d56db92016-07-15 13:44:45 -0400408 Board config to use DDR2. It can be enabled for SoCs with
York Sunf0626592013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700409 Freescale DDR2 or DDR3 controllers, depending on the board
410 implementation.
411
412 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR3
413 Board config to use DDR3. It can be enabled for SoCs with
York Sun2896cb72014-03-27 17:54:47 -0700414 Freescale DDR3 or DDR3L controllers.
415
416 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR3L
417 Board config to use DDR3L. It can be enabled for SoCs with
418 DDR3L controllers.
419
Prabhakar Kushwaha62908c22014-01-18 12:28:30 +0530420 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_BE
421 Defines the IFC controller register space as Big Endian
422
423 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_LE
424 Defines the IFC controller register space as Little Endian
425
Prabhakar Kushwaha3c48f582017-02-02 15:01:26 +0530426 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_CLK_DIV
427 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to IFC controller).
428
Prabhakar Kushwahabedc5622017-02-02 15:02:00 +0530429 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_LBC_CLK_DIV
430 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to eLBC controller).
431
York Sun29647ab2014-02-10 13:59:42 -0800432 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_BE
433 Defines the DDR controller register space as Big Endian
434
435 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_LE
436 Defines the DDR controller register space as Little Endian
437
York Sun3a0916d2014-02-10 13:59:43 -0800438 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_SDRAM_BASE_PHY
439 Physical address from the view of DDR controllers. It is the
440 same as CONFIG_SYS_DDR_SDRAM_BASE for all Power SoCs. But
441 it could be different for ARM SoCs.
442
York Sunc459ae62014-02-10 13:59:44 -0800443 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_INTLV_256B
444 DDR controller interleaving on 256-byte. This is a special
445 interleaving mode, handled by Dickens for Freescale layerscape
446 SoCs with ARM core.
447
York Sun79a779b2014-08-01 15:51:00 -0700448 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_MAIN_NUM_CTRLS
449 Number of controllers used as main memory.
450
451 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_OTHER_DDR_NUM_CTRLS
452 Number of controllers used for other than main memory.
453
Ruchika Guptabb7143b2014-09-09 11:50:31 +0530454 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_BE
455 Defines the SEC controller register space as Big Endian
456
457 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_LE
458 Defines the SEC controller register space as Little Endian
459
Daniel Schwierzeckd52a6232011-07-27 13:22:39 +0200460- MIPS CPU options:
Daniel Schwierzeckd52a6232011-07-27 13:22:39 +0200461 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
462
463 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
464 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
465 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
466
Christian Riesch48c2d6d2012-02-02 00:44:39 +0000467- ARM options:
468 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
469
470 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
471 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
472
York Sun77a10972015-03-20 19:28:08 -0700473 COUNTER_FREQUENCY
474 Generic timer clock source frequency.
475
476 COUNTER_FREQUENCY_REAL
477 Generic timer clock source frequency if the real clock is
478 different from COUNTER_FREQUENCY, and can only be determined
479 at run time.
480
Stephen Warren8d1fb312015-01-19 16:25:52 -0700481- Tegra SoC options:
482 CONFIG_TEGRA_SUPPORT_NON_SECURE
483
484 Support executing U-Boot in non-secure (NS) mode. Certain
485 impossible actions will be skipped if the CPU is in NS mode,
486 such as ARM architectural timer initialization.
487
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000488- Linux Kernel Interface:
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000489 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
490
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -0800491 When transferring memsize parameter to Linux, some versions
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000492 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
493 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
494
Gerald Van Barenfcd91bb2008-06-03 20:34:45 -0400495 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
Wolfgang Denk27a5b0b2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200496
497 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
Gerald Van Barend6abef42007-03-31 12:23:51 -0400498 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
499 concepts).
500
501 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
502 * New libfdt-based support
503 * Adds the "fdt" command
Kim Phillips9b46eb62007-08-10 14:34:14 -0500504 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
Gerald Van Barend6abef42007-03-31 12:23:51 -0400505
Wolfgang Denk27a5b0b2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200506 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
507
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +0200508 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
509 addresses
Kim Phillips9b46eb62007-08-10 14:34:14 -0500510
Heiko Schocherffb293a2009-09-23 07:56:08 +0200511 CONFIG_OF_IDE_FIXUP
512
513 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
514 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
515 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
516 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
517 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
518 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
519
Niklaus Giger0ab978d2008-11-03 22:13:47 +0100520- vxWorks boot parameters:
521
522 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
Bin Mengfb694b92015-10-07 20:19:17 -0700523 environments variables: bootdev, bootfile, ipaddr, netmask,
524 serverip, gatewayip, hostname, othbootargs.
Niklaus Giger0ab978d2008-11-03 22:13:47 +0100525 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
526
Naoki Hayama158c2262020-10-08 13:17:08 +0900527 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will override
Niklaus Giger0ab978d2008-11-03 22:13:47 +0100528 the defaults discussed just above.
529
Aneesh V686a0752011-06-16 23:30:51 +0000530- Cache Configuration for ARM:
531 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
532 controller
533 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
534 controller register space
535
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000536- Serial Ports:
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000537 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
538
539 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
540 the clock speed of the UARTs.
541
542 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
543
544 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
545 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
546 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
547
Karicheri, Muralidharancbc08882014-04-09 15:38:46 -0400548 CONFIG_SERIAL_HW_FLOW_CONTROL
549
550 Define this variable to enable hw flow control in serial driver.
551 Current user of this option is drivers/serial/nsl16550.c driver
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000552
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000553- Serial Download Echo Mode:
554 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
555 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
556 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
557 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
558 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
559 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
560 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
561
Simon Glassaa34ef22016-03-13 19:07:28 -0600562- Removal of commands
563 If no commands are needed to boot, you can disable
564 CONFIG_CMDLINE to remove them. In this case, the command line
565 will not be available, and when U-Boot wants to execute the
566 boot command (on start-up) it will call board_run_command()
567 instead. This can reduce image size significantly for very
568 simple boot procedures.
569
Wolfgang Denk2aceea12013-03-23 23:50:31 +0000570- Regular expression support:
571 CONFIG_REGEX
Wolfgang Denkec7fbf52013-10-04 17:43:24 +0200572 If this variable is defined, U-Boot is linked against
573 the SLRE (Super Light Regular Expression) library,
574 which adds regex support to some commands, as for
575 example "env grep" and "setexpr".
Wolfgang Denk2aceea12013-03-23 23:50:31 +0000576
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000577- Watchdog:
Rasmus Villemoes134cc2b2021-04-14 09:18:22 +0200578 CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ
579 Some platforms automatically call WATCHDOG_RESET()
580 from the timer interrupt handler every
581 CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ interrupts. If not set by the
582 board configuration file, a default of CONFIG_SYS_HZ/2
583 (i.e. 500) is used. Setting CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ
584 to 0 disables calling WATCHDOG_RESET() from the timer
585 interrupt.
586
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000587- Real-Time Clock:
588
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500589 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000590 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
591 following options:
592
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000593 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
Fabio Estevam3f8d1782011-10-24 06:44:15 +0000594 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000595 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
wdenk1fe2c702003-03-06 21:55:29 +0000596 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000597 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
wdenk0893c472003-05-20 14:25:27 +0000598 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
Markus Niebel90491f22014-07-21 11:06:16 +0200599 CONFIG_RTC_DS1339 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1339 RTC
wdenkef5fe752003-03-12 10:41:04 +0000600 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
Tor Krillb27939b2008-03-15 15:40:26 +0100601 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
wdenkaeba06f2004-06-09 17:34:58 +0000602 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
Chris Packham2d3ac512017-05-30 12:03:33 +1200603 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
Heiko Schocher1f1b7012011-03-28 09:24:22 +0200604 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
605 RV3029 RTC.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000606
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000607 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
608 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
609
Peter Tyser9902e422008-12-17 16:36:21 -0600610- GPIO Support:
611 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
Peter Tyser9902e422008-12-17 16:36:21 -0600612
Chris Packham9b383202010-12-19 10:12:13 +0000613 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
614 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
615 pins supported by a particular chip.
616
Peter Tyser9902e422008-12-17 16:36:21 -0600617 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
618 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
619
Simon Glass4dc47ca2014-06-11 23:29:41 -0600620- I/O tracing:
621 When CONFIG_IO_TRACE is selected, U-Boot intercepts all I/O
622 accesses and can checksum them or write a list of them out
623 to memory. See the 'iotrace' command for details. This is
624 useful for testing device drivers since it can confirm that
625 the driver behaves the same way before and after a code
626 change. Currently this is supported on sandbox and arm. To
627 add support for your architecture, add '#include <iotrace.h>'
628 to the bottom of arch/<arch>/include/asm/io.h and test.
629
630 Example output from the 'iotrace stats' command is below.
631 Note that if the trace buffer is exhausted, the checksum will
632 still continue to operate.
633
634 iotrace is enabled
635 Start: 10000000 (buffer start address)
636 Size: 00010000 (buffer size)
637 Offset: 00000120 (current buffer offset)
638 Output: 10000120 (start + offset)
639 Count: 00000018 (number of trace records)
640 CRC32: 9526fb66 (CRC32 of all trace records)
641
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000642- Timestamp Support:
643
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000644 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
645 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
646 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500647 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000648
Karl O. Pinc8b1f90a2012-08-16 06:20:15 +0000649- Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported:
650 Zero or more of the following:
651 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table.
Karl O. Pinc8b1f90a2012-08-16 06:20:15 +0000652 CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc.
653 CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the
654 bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see
655 disk/part_efi.c
Simon Glass8706b812016-05-01 11:36:02 -0600656 CONFIG_SCSI) you must configure support for at
Karl O. Pinc8b1f90a2012-08-16 06:20:15 +0000657 least one non-MTD partition type as well.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000658
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000659- NETWORK Support (PCI):
Kyle Moffett64b94dd2011-10-18 11:05:29 +0000660 CONFIG_E1000_SPI
661 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
662 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
663 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
664
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000665 CONFIG_NATSEMI
666 Support for National dp83815 chips.
667
668 CONFIG_NS8382X
669 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
670
wdenkaa603362003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000671- NETWORK Support (other):
Rob Herringc9830dc2011-12-15 11:15:49 +0000672 CONFIG_CALXEDA_XGMAC
673 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
674
Ashok93fb8722012-10-15 06:20:47 +0000675 CONFIG_LAN91C96
wdenkaa603362003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000676 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
677
wdenkaa603362003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000678 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
679 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
680
Ashok93fb8722012-10-15 06:20:47 +0000681 CONFIG_SMC91111
wdenk3c711762004-06-09 13:37:52 +0000682 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
683
684 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
685 Define this to hold the physical address
686 of the device (I/O space)
687
688 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
689 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
690
691 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
692 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
693 (some hardware wont work with macros)
694
Heiko Schocher7d037f72011-11-15 10:00:04 -0500695 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
696 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
697
Macpaul Lin199c6252010-12-21 16:59:46 +0800698 CONFIG_FTGMAC100
699 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
700
701 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
702 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
703 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
704 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
705 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
706 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
707 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
708 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
709
Yoshihiro Shimodaed4cea02011-01-27 10:06:03 +0900710 CONFIG_SH_ETHER
711 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
712
713 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
714 Define the number of ports to be used
715
716 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
717 Define the ETH PHY's address
718
Yoshihiro Shimoda281aa052011-01-27 10:06:08 +0900719 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
720 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
721
Vadim Bendeburydac69642011-10-17 08:36:14 +0000722- TPM Support:
Che-liang Chiouacea5702013-04-12 11:04:34 +0000723 CONFIG_TPM
724 Support TPM devices.
725
Christophe Ricard8759ff82015-10-06 22:54:41 +0200726 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_INFINEON
727 Support for Infineon i2c bus TPM devices. Only one device
Tom Wai-Hong Tame49fed52013-04-12 11:04:37 +0000728 per system is supported at this time.
729
Tom Wai-Hong Tame49fed52013-04-12 11:04:37 +0000730 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C_BURST_LIMITATION
731 Define the burst count bytes upper limit
732
Christophe Ricard88249232016-01-21 23:27:13 +0100733 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24
734 Support for STMicroelectronics TPM devices. Requires DM_TPM support.
735
736 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_I2C
737 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 I2C devices.
738 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and I2C.
739
Christophe Ricard5ffadc32016-01-21 23:27:14 +0100740 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_SPI
741 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 SPI devices.
742 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and SPI.
743
Dirk Eibach20489092013-06-26 15:55:15 +0200744 CONFIG_TPM_ATMEL_TWI
745 Support for Atmel TWI TPM device. Requires I2C support.
746
Che-liang Chiouacea5702013-04-12 11:04:34 +0000747 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_LPC
Vadim Bendeburydac69642011-10-17 08:36:14 +0000748 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
749 per system is supported at this time.
750
751 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
752 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
753 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
754 0xfed40000.
755
Reinhard Pfau4fece432013-06-26 15:55:13 +0200756 CONFIG_TPM
757 Define this to enable the TPM support library which provides
758 functional interfaces to some TPM commands.
759 Requires support for a TPM device.
760
761 CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS
762 Define this to enable authorized functions in the TPM library.
763 Requires CONFIG_TPM and CONFIG_SHA1.
764
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000765- USB Support:
766 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
Heiko Schocher6f90e582017-06-14 05:49:40 +0200767 supported (PIP405, MIP405); define
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000768 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
769 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
wdenkfb30b4c2004-10-09 22:44:59 +0000770 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000771 storage devices.
772 Note:
773 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
774 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000775
Oleksandr Tymoshenko7a881752014-02-01 21:51:25 -0700776 CONFIG_USB_DWC2_REG_ADDR the physical CPU address of the DWC2
777 HW module registers.
778
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200779- USB Device:
780 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
781 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
782 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +0200783 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200784 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
785 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200786 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200787 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
788 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
789 a Linux host by
790 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
791 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
792 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
793 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200794
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200795 CONFIG_USB_DEVICE
796 Define this to build a UDC device
797
798 CONFIG_USB_TTY
799 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
800 talk to the UDC device
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200801
Vipin KUMARbdb17702012-03-26 15:38:06 +0530802 CONFIG_USBD_HS
803 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
804 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
805 int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
806 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
807 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
808 speed.
809
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200810 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200811 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200812 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200813 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
814 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
815 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
816
817 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
818 Define this string as the name of your company for
819 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200820
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200821 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
822 Define this string as the name of your product
823 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000824
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200825 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
826 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
827 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
828 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
829 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200830
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200831 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
832 Define this as the unique Product ID
833 for your device
834 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200835
Igor Grinbergac5f6ee2011-12-12 12:08:35 +0200836- ULPI Layer Support:
837 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
838 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
839 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
840 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
841 viewport is supported.
842 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
843 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
Lucas Stachf31e4112012-10-01 00:44:35 +0200844 If your ULPI phy needs a different reference clock than the
845 standard 24 MHz then you have to define CONFIG_ULPI_REF_CLK to
846 the appropriate value in Hz.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000847
wdenk7a428cc2003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000848- MMC Support:
Yoshihiro Shimodadb7717b2011-07-04 22:21:22 +0000849 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF
850 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
851
852 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
853 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
854
855 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_CLK
856 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
857
Tom Rini58a8d322013-03-14 05:32:47 +0000858- USB Device Firmware Update (DFU) class support:
Marek Vasut7f8d4362018-02-16 16:41:18 +0100859 CONFIG_DFU_OVER_USB
Tom Rini58a8d322013-03-14 05:32:47 +0000860 This enables the USB portion of the DFU USB class
861
Pantelis Antonioucf14d0d2013-03-14 05:32:52 +0000862 CONFIG_DFU_NAND
863 This enables support for exposing NAND devices via DFU.
864
Afzal Mohammede3c687a2013-09-18 01:15:24 +0530865 CONFIG_DFU_RAM
866 This enables support for exposing RAM via DFU.
867 Note: DFU spec refer to non-volatile memory usage, but
868 allow usages beyond the scope of spec - here RAM usage,
869 one that would help mostly the developer.
870
Heiko Schochera2f831e2013-06-12 06:05:51 +0200871 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_DATA_BUF_SIZE
872 Dfu transfer uses a buffer before writing data to the
873 raw storage device. Make the size (in bytes) of this buffer
874 configurable. The size of this buffer is also configurable
875 through the "dfu_bufsiz" environment variable.
876
Pantelis Antonioua6e788d2013-03-14 05:32:48 +0000877 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_MAX_FILE_SIZE
878 When updating files rather than the raw storage device,
879 we use a static buffer to copy the file into and then write
880 the buffer once we've been given the whole file. Define
881 this to the maximum filesize (in bytes) for the buffer.
882 Default is 4 MiB if undefined.
883
Heiko Schochere1ba1512014-03-18 08:09:56 +0100884 DFU_DEFAULT_POLL_TIMEOUT
885 Poll timeout [ms], is the timeout a device can send to the
886 host. The host must wait for this timeout before sending
887 a subsequent DFU_GET_STATUS request to the device.
888
889 DFU_MANIFEST_POLL_TIMEOUT
890 Poll timeout [ms], which the device sends to the host when
891 entering dfuMANIFEST state. Host waits this timeout, before
892 sending again an USB request to the device.
893
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000894- Journaling Flash filesystem support:
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +0200895 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
896 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000897 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
898
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000899- Keyboard Support:
Simon Glasseaba37e2015-11-11 10:05:47 -0700900 See Kconfig help for available keyboard drivers.
901
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000902- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
903
904 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
905 display); also select one of the supported displays
906 by defining one of these:
907
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000908 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000909
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000910 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000911
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000912 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
913
914 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
915 Active, color, single scan.
916
917 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000918
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000919 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000920 Active, color, single scan.
921
922 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
923
924 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
925 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
926
927 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
928
929 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
930 Active, color, single scan.
931
932 CONFIG_HLD1045
933
934 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
935 Active, color, single scan.
936
937 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
938
939 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
940 or
941 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
942 or
943 Hitachi SP14Q002
944
945 320x240. Black & white.
946
Simon Glass599a4df2012-10-17 13:24:54 +0000947 CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT
948
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -0800949 Normally the LCD is page-aligned (typically 4KB). If this is
Simon Glass599a4df2012-10-17 13:24:54 +0000950 defined then the LCD will be aligned to this value instead.
951 For ARM it is sometimes useful to use MMU_SECTION_SIZE
952 here, since it is cheaper to change data cache settings on
953 a per-section basis.
954
955
Hannes Petermaiera3c8e862015-03-27 08:01:38 +0100956 CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION
957
958 Sometimes, for example if the display is mounted in portrait
959 mode or even if it's mounted landscape but rotated by 180degree,
960 we need to rotate our content of the display relative to the
961 framebuffer, so that user can read the messages which are
962 printed out.
963 Once CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is defined, the lcd_console will be
964 initialized with a given rotation from "vl_rot" out of
965 "vidinfo_t" which is provided by the board specific code.
966 The value for vl_rot is coded as following (matching to
967 fbcon=rotate:<n> linux-kernel commandline):
968 0 = no rotation respectively 0 degree
969 1 = 90 degree rotation
970 2 = 180 degree rotation
971 3 = 270 degree rotation
972
973 If CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is not defined, the console will be
974 initialized with 0degree rotation.
975
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +0000976- MII/PHY support:
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +0000977 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
978
979 The clock frequency of the MII bus
980
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +0000981 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
982
983 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
984 command issued before MII status register can be read
985
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000986- IP address:
987 CONFIG_IPADDR
988
989 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +0200990 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000991 determined through e.g. bootp.
Wolfgang Denk26da2992011-10-26 10:21:22 +0000992 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000993
994- Server IP address:
995 CONFIG_SERVERIP
996
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +0200997 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000998 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
Wolfgang Denk26da2992011-10-26 10:21:22 +0000999 (Environment variable "serverip")
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001000
Wolfgang Denk26da2992011-10-26 10:21:22 +00001001- Gateway IP address:
1002 CONFIG_GATEWAYIP
1003
1004 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1005 default router where packets to other networks are
1006 sent to.
1007 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1008
1009- Subnet mask:
1010 CONFIG_NETMASK
1011
1012 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1013 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1014 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1015 forwarded through a router.
1016 (Environment variable "netmask")
1017
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001018- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1019 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1020
1021 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1022 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1023 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1024 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1025 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1026 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1027 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1028 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
Wolfgang Denkb65aaf92007-08-06 23:21:05 +02001029 following delays are inserted then:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001030
1031 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1032 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1033 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1034 4th and following
1035 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1036
Thierry Reding8977cda2014-08-19 10:21:24 +02001037 CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE
1038
1039 BOOTP packets are uniquely identified using a 32-bit ID. The
1040 server will copy the ID from client requests to responses and
1041 U-Boot will use this to determine if it is the destination of
1042 an incoming response. Some servers will check that addresses
1043 aren't in use before handing them out (usually using an ARP
1044 ping) and therefore take up to a few hundred milliseconds to
1045 respond. Network congestion may also influence the time it
1046 takes for a response to make it back to the client. If that
1047 time is too long, U-Boot will retransmit requests. In order
1048 to allow earlier responses to still be accepted after these
1049 retransmissions, U-Boot's BOOTP client keeps a small cache of
1050 IDs. The CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE controls the size of this
1051 cache. The default is to keep IDs for up to four outstanding
1052 requests. Increasing this will allow U-Boot to accept offers
1053 from a BOOTP client in networks with unusually high latency.
1054
stroesee0aadfb2003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001055- DHCP Advanced Options:
Joe Hershberger8ca7fa02012-05-23 07:59:19 +00001056
Joe Hershbergerb35a3a62012-05-23 08:00:12 +00001057 - Link-local IP address negotiation:
1058 Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network
1059 for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration.
1060 This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed
1061 to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
1062
1063 See doc/README.link-local for more information.
1064
Prabhakar Kushwaha2dec06f2017-11-23 16:51:32 +05301065 - MAC address from environment variables
1066
1067 FDT_SEQ_MACADDR_FROM_ENV
1068
1069 Fix-up device tree with MAC addresses fetched sequentially from
1070 environment variables. This config work on assumption that
1071 non-usable ethernet node of device-tree are either not present
1072 or their status has been marked as "disabled".
1073
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001074 - CDP Options:
wdenk05939202004-04-18 17:39:38 +00001075 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001076
1077 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1078
1079 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1080
1081 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1082 of the device.
1083
1084 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1085
1086 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1087 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001088 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001089
1090 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1091
1092 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1093 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1094
1095 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1096
1097 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1098
1099 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1100
1101 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1102
1103 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1104
1105 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1106
1107 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1108
1109 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1110 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1111
1112 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1113
1114 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1115
Uri Mashiach3dc6f652017-01-19 10:51:05 +02001116- Status LED: CONFIG_LED_STATUS
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001117
1118 Several configurations allow to display the current
1119 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1120 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1121 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1122 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1123 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
Uri Mashiach3dc6f652017-01-19 10:51:05 +02001124 kernel). Defining CONFIG_LED_STATUS enables this
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001125 feature in U-Boot.
1126
Igor Grinberg4997a9e2013-11-08 01:03:50 +02001127 Additional options:
1128
Uri Mashiach3dc6f652017-01-19 10:51:05 +02001129 CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
Igor Grinberg4997a9e2013-11-08 01:03:50 +02001130 The status LED can be connected to a GPIO pin.
1131 In such cases, the gpio_led driver can be used as a
Uri Mashiach3dc6f652017-01-19 10:51:05 +02001132 status LED backend implementation. Define CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
Igor Grinberg4997a9e2013-11-08 01:03:50 +02001133 to include the gpio_led driver in the U-Boot binary.
1134
Igor Grinberg203bd9f2013-11-08 01:03:52 +02001135 CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE
1136 Some GPIO connected LEDs may have inverted polarity in which
1137 case the GPIO high value corresponds to LED off state and
1138 GPIO low value corresponds to LED on state.
1139 In such cases CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE may be defined
1140 with a list of GPIO LEDs that have inverted polarity.
1141
Tom Rini52b2e262021-08-18 23:12:24 -04001142- I2C Support:
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001143 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES
Simon Glassb05e2b32016-10-02 18:01:05 -06001144 Hold the number of i2c buses you want to use.
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001145
1146 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS
1147 define this, if you don't use i2c muxes on your hardware.
1148 if CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS is not defined or == 0 you can
1149 omit this define.
1150
1151 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS
1152 define how many muxes are maximal consecutively connected
1153 on one i2c bus. If you not use i2c muxes, omit this
1154 define.
1155
1156 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001157 hold a list of buses you want to use, only used if
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001158 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS is not defined, for example
1159 a board with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS = 1 and
1160 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES = 9:
1161
1162 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES {{0, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
1163 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 1}}}, \
1164 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 2}}}, \
1165 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 3}}}, \
1166 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 4}}}, \
1167 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 5}}}, \
1168 {1, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
1169 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 1}}}, \
1170 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 2}}}, \
1171 }
1172
1173 which defines
1174 bus 0 on adapter 0 without a mux
Heiko Schocher479a4cf2013-01-29 08:53:15 +01001175 bus 1 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 1
1176 bus 2 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 2
1177 bus 3 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 3
1178 bus 4 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 4
1179 bus 5 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 5
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001180 bus 6 on adapter 1 without a mux
Heiko Schocher479a4cf2013-01-29 08:53:15 +01001181 bus 7 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 1
1182 bus 8 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 2
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001183
1184 If you do not have i2c muxes on your board, omit this define.
1185
Simon Glass3efce392017-05-12 21:10:00 -06001186- Legacy I2C Support:
Heiko Schocher479a4cf2013-01-29 08:53:15 +01001187 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT)
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001188 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1189 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001190
1191 I2C_INIT
1192
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001193 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001194 controller or configure ports.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001195
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001196 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001197
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001198 I2C_ACTIVE
1199
1200 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1201 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1202 define can be null.
1203
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001204 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1205
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001206 I2C_TRISTATE
1207
1208 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1209 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1210 define can be null.
1211
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001212 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1213
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001214 I2C_READ
1215
York Sun4a598092013-04-01 11:29:11 -07001216 Code that returns true if the I2C data line is high,
1217 false if it is low.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001218
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001219 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1220
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001221 I2C_SDA(bit)
1222
York Sun4a598092013-04-01 11:29:11 -07001223 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1224 is false, it clears it (low).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001225
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001226 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001227 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001228 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001229
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001230 I2C_SCL(bit)
1231
York Sun4a598092013-04-01 11:29:11 -07001232 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1233 is false, it clears it (low).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001234
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001235 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001236 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001237 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001238
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001239 I2C_DELAY
1240
1241 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1242 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001243 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001244 like:
1245
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001246 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001247
Mike Frysingeree12d542010-07-21 13:38:02 -04001248 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
1249
1250 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
1251 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
1252 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
1253 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
1254
1255 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
1256 the generic GPIO functions.
1257
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001258 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001259
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001260 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1261 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1262 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1263 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1264 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1265 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1266 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1267 is run early in the boot sequence.
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001268
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001269 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1270
1271 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001272 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1273 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001274 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1275
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001276 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001277
1278 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001279 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
Peter Tyser469cde42009-04-18 22:34:03 -05001280 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
1281 a 1D array of device addresses
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001282
1283 e.g.
1284 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001285 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001286
1287 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1288
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001289 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
Simon Glassb05e2b32016-10-02 18:01:05 -06001290 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001291
1292 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1293
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001294 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
Stefan Roese096cc9b2007-02-20 10:51:26 +01001295
1296 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1297 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1298
Andrew Dyer58c41f92008-12-29 17:36:01 -06001299 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
1300
1301 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
1302 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
1303 between writing the address pointer and reading the
1304 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
1305 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
1306 devices can use either method, but some require one or
1307 the other.
Timur Tabiab347542006-11-03 19:15:00 -06001308
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001309- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1310
1311 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1312 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1313 D/As on the SACSng board)
1314
Heiko Schocherb77c8882014-07-14 10:22:11 +02001315 CONFIG_SYS_SPI_MXC_WAIT
1316 Timeout for waiting until spi transfer completed.
1317 default: (CONFIG_SYS_HZ/100) /* 10 ms */
1318
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001319- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001320
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001321 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1322
1323 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1324
1325 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1326 (ALTERA, XILINX)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001327
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001328 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001329
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001330 Enables support for FPGA family.
1331 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1332
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001333 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001334
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001335 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001336
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001337 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001338
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001339 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1340 status by the configuration function. This option
1341 will require a board or device specific function to
1342 be written.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001343
1344 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1345
1346 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1347 configuration driver.
1348
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001349 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001350 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1351
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001352 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001353
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001354 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1355 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1356 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1357 indicated a CRC error).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001358
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001359 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001360
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001361 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to de-assert
1362 after PROB_B has been de-asserted during a Virtex II
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001363 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001364 ms.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001365
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001366 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001367
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001368 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to de-assert during
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001369 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001370
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001371 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001372
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001373 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001374 200 ms.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001375
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001376- Vendor Parameter Protection:
1377
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001378 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1379 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001380 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001381 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1382 protects these variables from casual modification by
1383 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1384 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001385 change this behaviour:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001386
1387 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1388 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001389 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001390 these parameters.
1391
Joe Hershberger76f353e2015-05-04 14:55:14 -05001392 Alternatively, if you define _both_ an ethaddr in the
1393 default env _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001394 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001395 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1396 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1397 read-only.]
1398
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001399 The same can be accomplished in a more flexible way
1400 for any variable by configuring the type of access
1401 to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable
1402 or define CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC.
1403
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001404- Protected RAM:
1405 CONFIG_PRAM
1406
1407 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1408 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1409 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1410 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1411 this default value by defining an environment
1412 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1413 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1414 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1415 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1416 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1417 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1418 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1419
Wolfgang Denk86eb3b72005-11-20 21:40:11 +01001420 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001421 saveenv
1422
1423 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1424 either, which results in a memory region that will
1425 not be affected by reboots.
1426
1427 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1428 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1429 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1430 following board configurations are known to be
1431 "pRAM-clean":
1432
Heiko Schocher65d94db2017-06-07 17:33:09 +02001433 IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx,
Wolfgang Denk90326762012-10-24 02:36:15 +00001434 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON,
Heiko Schocher71cb3e92017-06-07 17:33:10 +02001435 FLAGADM
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001436
1437- Error Recovery:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001438 Note:
1439
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001440 In the current implementation, the local variables
1441 space and global environment variables space are
1442 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1443 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1444 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1445 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1446 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001447
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001448 Global environment variables are those you use
1449 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1450 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1451 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001452
1453 To store commands and special characters in a
1454 variable, please use double quotation marks
1455 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1456 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1457 symbols.
1458
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001459- Default Environment:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001460 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1461
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001462 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1463 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001464 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
wdenk591dda52002-11-18 00:14:45 +00001465
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001466 For example, place something like this in your
1467 board's config file:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001468
1469 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1470 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1471 "myvar2=value2\0"
1472
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001473 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1474 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1475 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1476 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001477 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001478 You better know what you are doing here.
1479
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001480 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1481 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
Wolfgang Denk85c25df2009-04-01 23:34:12 +02001482 the environment like the "source" command or the
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001483 boot command first.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001484
Simon Glass6b8d5fd2012-11-30 13:01:17 +00001485 CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT
1486
1487 Normally the environment is loaded when the board is
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001488 initialised so that it is available to U-Boot. This inhibits
Simon Glass6b8d5fd2012-11-30 13:01:17 +00001489 that so that the environment is not available until
1490 explicitly loaded later by U-Boot code. With CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
1491 this is instead controlled by the value of
1492 /config/load-environment.
1493
Wolfgang Denkd590fb12011-10-07 09:58:21 +02001494 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
1495
Wolfgang Denk23f78482011-10-09 21:06:34 +02001496 This option defines a board specific value for the
1497 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
1498 overwriting the architecture dependent default
Wolfgang Denkd590fb12011-10-07 09:58:21 +02001499 settings.
1500
Detlev Zundel0ecb6112009-12-01 17:16:19 +01001501- Automatic software updates via TFTP server
1502 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP
1503 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
1504 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
1505
1506 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
1507 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
1508
1509- MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
Heiko Schocherf5895d12014-06-24 10:10:04 +02001510 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD
1511 This parameter defines the maximum difference between the highest
1512 erase counter value and the lowest erase counter value of eraseblocks
1513 of UBI devices. When this threshold is exceeded, UBI starts performing
1514 wear leveling by means of moving data from eraseblock with low erase
1515 counter to eraseblocks with high erase counter.
1516
1517 The default value should be OK for SLC NAND flashes, NOR flashes and
1518 other flashes which have eraseblock life-cycle 100000 or more.
1519 However, in case of MLC NAND flashes which typically have eraseblock
1520 life-cycle less than 10000, the threshold should be lessened (e.g.,
1521 to 128 or 256, although it does not have to be power of 2).
1522
1523 default: 4096
Simon Glass6c0be912014-10-23 18:58:54 -06001524
Heiko Schocherf5895d12014-06-24 10:10:04 +02001525 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT
1526 This option specifies the maximum bad physical eraseblocks UBI
1527 expects on the MTD device (per 1024 eraseblocks). If the
1528 underlying flash does not admit of bad eraseblocks (e.g. NOR
1529 flash), this value is ignored.
1530
1531 NAND datasheets often specify the minimum and maximum NVM
1532 (Number of Valid Blocks) for the flashes' endurance lifetime.
1533 The maximum expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 eraseblocks
1534 then can be calculated as "1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB)",
1535 which gives 20 for most NANDs (MaxNVB is basically the total
1536 count of eraseblocks on the chip).
1537
1538 To put it differently, if this value is 20, UBI will try to
1539 reserve about 1.9% of physical eraseblocks for bad blocks
1540 handling. And that will be 1.9% of eraseblocks on the entire
1541 NAND chip, not just the MTD partition UBI attaches. This means
1542 that if you have, say, a NAND flash chip admits maximum 40 bad
1543 eraseblocks, and it is split on two MTD partitions of the same
1544 size, UBI will reserve 40 eraseblocks when attaching a
1545 partition.
1546
1547 default: 20
1548
1549 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
1550 Fastmap is a mechanism which allows attaching an UBI device
1551 in nearly constant time. Instead of scanning the whole MTD device it
1552 only has to locate a checkpoint (called fastmap) on the device.
1553 The on-flash fastmap contains all information needed to attach
1554 the device. Using fastmap makes only sense on large devices where
1555 attaching by scanning takes long. UBI will not automatically install
1556 a fastmap on old images, but you can set the UBI parameter
1557 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT to 1 if you want so. Please note
1558 that fastmap-enabled images are still usable with UBI implementations
1559 without fastmap support. On typical flash devices the whole fastmap
1560 fits into one PEB. UBI will reserve PEBs to hold two fastmaps.
1561
1562 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT
1563 Set this parameter to enable fastmap automatically on images
1564 without a fastmap.
1565 default: 0
1566
Heiko Schocher94b66de2015-10-22 06:19:21 +02001567 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FM_DEBUG
1568 Enable UBI fastmap debug
1569 default: 0
1570
Daniel Schwierzeck39ca08e2011-07-18 07:48:07 +00001571- SPL framework
Wolfgang Denk825223d2011-09-11 21:24:09 +02001572 CONFIG_SPL
1573 Enable building of SPL globally.
Daniel Schwierzeck39ca08e2011-07-18 07:48:07 +00001574
Albert ARIBAUD \(3ADEV\)287b0942015-03-31 11:40:50 +02001575 CONFIG_SPL_PANIC_ON_RAW_IMAGE
1576 When defined, SPL will panic() if the image it has
1577 loaded does not have a signature.
1578 Defining this is useful when code which loads images
1579 in SPL cannot guarantee that absolutely all read errors
1580 will be caught.
1581 An example is the LPC32XX MLC NAND driver, which will
1582 consider that a completely unreadable NAND block is bad,
1583 and thus should be skipped silently.
1584
Tom Rinife3b0c72012-08-13 11:37:56 -07001585 CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT
1586 For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information
1587 about the running system.
1588
Scott Wood2b36fbb2012-12-06 13:33:17 +00001589 CONFIG_SPL_MPC83XX_WAIT_FOR_NAND
1590 Set this for NAND SPL on PPC mpc83xx targets, so that
1591 start.S waits for the rest of the SPL to load before
1592 continuing (the hardware starts execution after just
1593 loading the first page rather than the full 4K).
1594
Thomas Gleixner820d24d2016-07-12 20:28:12 +02001595 CONFIG_SPL_UBI
1596 Support for a lightweight UBI (fastmap) scanner and
1597 loader
1598
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001599 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
1600 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
1601 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
1602 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
1603 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
1604 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
Scott Wood36c440e2012-09-21 18:35:27 -05001605 to read U-Boot
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001606
Scott Wood36c440e2012-09-21 18:35:27 -05001607 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST
1608 Location in memory to load U-Boot to
1609
1610 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE
1611 Size of image to load
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001612
1613 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
Scott Wood36c440e2012-09-21 18:35:27 -05001614 Entry point in loaded image to jump to
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001615
1616 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
1617 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001618 data. This is used, for example, on davinci platforms.
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001619
Pavel Machekde997252012-08-30 22:42:11 +02001620 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE
1621 Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary
1622
Marek Vasut9f2e0eb2018-05-13 00:22:52 +02001623 CONFIG_SPL_FIT_PRINT
Simon Glass82d94532013-05-08 08:05:59 +00001624 Printing information about a FIT image adds quite a bit of
1625 code to SPL. So this is normally disabled in SPL. Use this
1626 option to re-enable it. This will affect the output of the
1627 bootm command when booting a FIT image.
1628
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001629- Interrupt support (PPC):
1630
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001631 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
1632 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001633 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001634 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001635 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001636 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001637 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001638 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
1639 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
1640 general timer_interrupt().
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001641
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001642
Helmut Raigerd5a184b2011-10-20 04:19:47 +00001643Board initialization settings:
1644------------------------------
1645
1646During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
1647to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
1648before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
1649following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
1650architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
1651typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
1652
1653- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
1654- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
1655- CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001656
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001657Configuration Settings:
1658-----------------------
1659
Simon Glass8927bf22019-12-28 10:45:10 -07001660- MEM_SUPPORT_64BIT_DATA: Defined automatically if compiled as 64-bit.
York Sun6c480012014-02-26 17:03:19 -08001661 Optionally it can be defined to support 64-bit memory commands.
1662
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001663- CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001664 undefine this when you're short of memory.
1665
Peter Tyserdfb72b82009-01-27 18:03:12 -06001666- CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
1667 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
1668
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001669- CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001670 prompt for user input.
1671
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001672- CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001673 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
1674
York Sun5d286cd2015-12-04 11:57:07 -08001675- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE
York Sun1ef95cc2016-06-24 16:46:18 -07001676 Only implemented for ARMv8 for now.
York Sun5d286cd2015-12-04 11:57:07 -08001677 If defined, the size of CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE memory
1678 is substracted from total RAM and won't be reported to OS.
1679 This memory can be used as secure memory. A variable
York Sun1ef95cc2016-06-24 16:46:18 -07001680 gd->arch.secure_ram is used to track the location. In systems
York Sun5d286cd2015-12-04 11:57:07 -08001681 the RAM base is not zero, or RAM is divided into banks,
1682 this variable needs to be recalcuated to get the address.
1683
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001684- CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001685 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
1686
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001687- CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001688 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
1689
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001690- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001691 Physical start address of Flash memory.
1692
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001693- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001694 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
1695 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
1696 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
1697 flash sector.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001698
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001699- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001700 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
1701
Simon Glass863e4042014-07-10 22:23:28 -06001702- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
1703 Size of the malloc() pool for use before relocation. If
1704 this is defined, then a very simple malloc() implementation
1705 will become available before relocation. The address is just
1706 below the global data, and the stack is moved down to make
1707 space.
1708
1709 This feature allocates regions with increasing addresses
1710 within the region. calloc() is supported, but realloc()
1711 is not available. free() is supported but does nothing.
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001712 The memory will be freed (or in fact just forgotten) when
Simon Glass863e4042014-07-10 22:23:28 -06001713 U-Boot relocates itself.
1714
Simon Glass9fa901b2014-11-10 17:16:54 -07001715- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE
1716 Provides a simple and small malloc() and calloc() for those
1717 boards which do not use the full malloc in SPL (which is
Tom Rini166e3222022-05-27 12:48:32 -04001718 enabled with CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC).
Simon Glass9fa901b2014-11-10 17:16:54 -07001719
Thierry Redingc97d9742014-12-09 22:25:22 -07001720- CONFIG_SYS_NONCACHED_MEMORY:
1721 Size of non-cached memory area. This area of memory will be
1722 typically located right below the malloc() area and mapped
1723 uncached in the MMU. This is useful for drivers that would
1724 otherwise require a lot of explicit cache maintenance. For
1725 some drivers it's also impossible to properly maintain the
1726 cache. For example if the regions that need to be flushed
1727 are not a multiple of the cache-line size, *and* padding
1728 cannot be allocated between the regions to align them (i.e.
1729 if the HW requires a contiguous array of regions, and the
1730 size of each region is not cache-aligned), then a flush of
1731 one region may result in overwriting data that hardware has
1732 written to another region in the same cache-line. This can
1733 happen for example in network drivers where descriptors for
1734 buffers are typically smaller than the CPU cache-line (e.g.
1735 16 bytes vs. 32 or 64 bytes).
1736
1737 Non-cached memory is only supported on 32-bit ARM at present.
1738
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001739- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001740 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
1741 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
Bartlomiej Siekac5648c82008-04-14 15:44:16 +02001742 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
1743 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
Robert P. J. Day832d36e2013-09-16 07:15:45 -04001744 environment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
Bartlomiej Siekac5648c82008-04-14 15:44:16 +02001745 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001746 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
Grant Likely26396382011-03-28 09:58:43 +00001747 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
1748 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
1749 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001750
John Rigbyeea8e692010-10-13 13:57:35 -06001751- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
1752 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
1753 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
1754
1755- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
1756 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
1757 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
1758
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001759- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001760 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
1761
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001762- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001763 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
1764
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001765- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001766 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
1767
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001768- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
wdenkdccbda02003-07-14 22:13:32 +00001769 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
1770
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001771- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
wdenkdccbda02003-07-14 22:13:32 +00001772 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
1773
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001774- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
wdenkdccbda02003-07-14 22:13:32 +00001775 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
1776 instead of U-Boot software protection.
1777
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001778- CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001779
1780 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
1781 without this option such a download has to be
1782 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
1783 copy from RAM to flash.
1784
1785 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
1786 you can check if the download worked before you erase
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001787 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
1788 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001789 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
1790
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001791- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001792 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
wdenk2cefd152004-02-08 22:55:38 +00001793 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
1794
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD8d94c232008-08-13 01:40:42 +02001795- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
wdenk2cefd152004-02-08 22:55:38 +00001796 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
1797 in the drivers directory
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001798
Piotr Ziecik3e939e92008-11-17 15:57:58 +01001799- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
1800 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
1801 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
1802 to the MTD layer.
1803
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001804- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
Guennadi Liakhovetski183284f2008-04-03 13:36:02 +02001805 Use buffered writes to flash.
1806
1807- CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
1808 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
1809 write commands.
1810
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001811- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
Stefan Roesec443fe92005-11-22 13:20:42 +01001812 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
1813 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
1814 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
1815 optionally available.
1816
Jerry Van Barenaae73572008-03-08 13:48:01 -05001817- CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
1818 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
1819 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
1820 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
1821
Stefan Roesed20cba52013-04-04 15:53:14 +02001822- CONFIG_FLASH_VERIFY
1823 If defined, the content of the flash (destination) is compared
1824 against the source after the write operation. An error message
1825 will be printed when the contents are not identical.
1826 Please note that this option is useless in nearly all cases,
1827 since such flash programming errors usually are detected earlier
1828 while unprotecting/erasing/programming. Please only enable
1829 this option if you really know what you are doing.
1830
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001831- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
1832- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
Robert P. J. Day832d36e2013-09-16 07:15:45 -04001833 Enable validation of the values given to environment variables when
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001834 calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal,
1835 hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined,
1836 the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address.
1837
1838 The format of the list is:
1839 type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m]
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001840 access_attribute = [a|r|o|c]
1841 attributes = type_attribute[access_attribute]
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001842 entry = variable_name[:attributes]
1843 list = entry[,list]
1844
1845 The type attributes are:
1846 s - String (default)
1847 d - Decimal
1848 x - Hexadecimal
1849 b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF])
1850 i - IP address
1851 m - MAC address
1852
Joe Hershberger6fe26c92012-12-11 22:16:34 -06001853 The access attributes are:
1854 a - Any (default)
1855 r - Read-only
1856 o - Write-once
1857 c - Change-default
1858
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001859 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
1860 Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags"
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001861 environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001862
1863 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
1864 Define this to a list (string) to define validation that
1865 should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags"
1866 environment variable. To override a setting in the static
1867 list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the
1868 ".flags" variable.
1869
Joe Hershberger6db9fd42015-05-20 14:27:20 -05001870 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
1871 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to define the same
1872 flags without explicitly listing them for each variable.
1873
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001874The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
1875of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
1876following configurations:
1877
Mike Frysinger63b8f122011-07-08 10:44:25 +00001878- CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
1879
1880 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
1881 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
1882
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001883BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001884in U-Boot initialization (when we try to get the setting of for the
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001885console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001886U-Boot will hang.
1887
1888Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
1889environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
1890keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
1891to save the current settings.
1892
Liu Gang85bcd732012-03-08 00:33:20 +00001893BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
1894"saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
Liu Gang357bf5a2012-08-09 05:10:01 +00001895environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE link,
1896but it can not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE interface.
Liu Gang85bcd732012-03-08 00:33:20 +00001897
Guennadi Liakhovetskifad24442009-05-18 16:07:22 +02001898- CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
1899
1900 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
1901 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
1902 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
1903
Bruce Adleredecc942007-11-02 13:15:42 -07001904Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001905has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
Simon Glass64b723f2017-08-03 12:22:12 -06001906created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use env_get_f()
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001907until then to read environment variables.
1908
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001909The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
1910is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
1911with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
1912necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
1913"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
1914have any device yet where we could complain.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001915
1916Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
1917the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001918use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001919
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001920- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00001921 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001922
Ron Madriddfa028a2009-02-18 14:30:44 -08001923- CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
1924 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
1925 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
1926 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
1927 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
1928 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
1929
Simon Glass28a9e332012-11-30 13:01:18 +00001930- CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
1931 Display information about the board that U-Boot is running on
1932 when U-Boot starts up. The board function checkboard() is called
1933 to do this.
1934
Simon Glasse8822012012-11-30 13:01:19 +00001935- CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE
1936 Similar to the previous option, but display this information
1937 later, once stdio is running and output goes to the LCD, if
1938 present.
1939
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001940Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
wdenkc8434db2003-03-26 06:55:25 +00001941---------------------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001942
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001943- CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001944 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
1945
Timur Tabid8f341c2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05001946- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
1947 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
1948 PowerPC SOCs.
1949
1950- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
1951 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
1952 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
1953
Timur Tabid8f341c2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05001954- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
1955 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
1956 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001957 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
Timur Tabid8f341c2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05001958 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
1959 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
1960 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
1961
1962 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
1963 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
1964
1965- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
Wolfgang Denkd590fb12011-10-07 09:58:21 +02001966 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
1967 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
Timur Tabid8f341c2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05001968 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
1969 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
1970
1971- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
1972 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
1973 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
1974 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
1975
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001976- CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00001977 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
Christophe Leroy069fa832017-07-06 10:23:22 +02001978 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx systems only]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001979
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001980- CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001981
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001982 Start address of memory area that can be used for
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001983 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
1984 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
1985 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
1986 will become available only after programming the
1987 memory controller and running certain initialization
1988 sequences.
1989
1990 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
Christophe Leroy069fa832017-07-06 10:23:22 +02001991 - MPC8xx: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001992
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001993- CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001994
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001995- CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001996 SDRAM timing
1997
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001998- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001999 periodic timer for refresh
2000
Kumar Gala8975d7a2010-12-30 12:09:53 -06002001- CONFIG_SYS_SRIO:
2002 Chip has SRIO or not
2003
2004- CONFIG_SRIO1:
2005 Board has SRIO 1 port available
2006
2007- CONFIG_SRIO2:
2008 Board has SRIO 2 port available
2009
Liu Gang27afb9c2013-05-07 16:30:46 +08002010- CONFIG_SRIO_PCIE_BOOT_MASTER
2011 Board can support master function for Boot from SRIO and PCIE
2012
Kumar Gala8975d7a2010-12-30 12:09:53 -06002013- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
2014 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2015
Simon Glass970b61e2019-11-14 12:57:09 -07002016- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYxS:
Kumar Gala8975d7a2010-12-30 12:09:53 -06002017 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2018
2019- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
2020 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2021
Fabio Estevamf17e8782013-04-11 09:35:34 +00002022- CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BUSWIDTH_16BIT
2023 Defined to tell the NAND controller that the NAND chip is using
2024 a 16 bit bus.
2025 Not all NAND drivers use this symbol.
Fabio Estevam417052b2013-04-11 09:35:35 +00002026 Example of drivers that use it:
Miquel Raynal1f1ae152018-08-16 17:30:07 +02002027 - drivers/mtd/nand/raw/ndfc.c
2028 - drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxc_nand.c
Alex Watermancd6aae32011-05-19 15:08:36 -04002029
2030- CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
2031 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
2032 a default value will be used.
2033
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04002034- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002035 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
2036 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
2037
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04002038 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
2039 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
2040
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002041- CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002042 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
2043 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
2044 to something your driver can deal with.
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04002045
York Sunbd495cf2011-09-16 13:21:35 -07002046- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
2047 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
2048
York Sun8ced0502015-01-06 13:18:55 -08002049- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_SYNC_REFRESH
2050 Enable sync of refresh for multiple controllers.
2051
York Sunb6a35f82015-03-19 09:30:28 -07002052- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_BIST
2053 Enable built-in memory test for Freescale DDR controllers.
2054
wdenk6203e402004-04-18 10:13:26 +00002055- CONFIG_RMII
2056 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2057 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2058 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2059
wdenk20c98a62004-04-23 20:32:05 +00002060- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2061 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2062 The syntax is:
2063
2064 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2065
2066 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2067 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2068 area should have.
2069
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002070- CONFIG_LOOPW
2071 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
Simon Glass92ffdee2017-08-04 16:34:27 -06002072 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002073
Joel Johnsondb5a97e2020-01-29 09:17:18 -07002074- CONFIG_CMD_MX_CYCLIC
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002075 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2076 "md/mw" commands.
2077 Examples:
2078
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002079 => mdc.b 10 4 500
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002080 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
2081
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002082 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002083 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
2084
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002085 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
Simon Glass92ffdee2017-08-04 16:34:27 -06002086 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002087
Aneesh V552a3192011-07-13 05:11:07 +00002088- CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
Thomas Hebbfd37f242019-11-13 18:18:03 -08002089 Set when the currently-running compilation is for an artifact
2090 that will end up in the SPL (as opposed to the TPL or U-Boot
2091 proper). Code that needs stage-specific behavior should check
2092 this.
wdenk336b2bc2005-04-02 23:52:25 +00002093
Ying Zhang2d2e3b62013-08-16 15:16:15 +08002094- CONFIG_TPL_BUILD
Thomas Hebbfd37f242019-11-13 18:18:03 -08002095 Set when the currently-running compilation is for an artifact
2096 that will end up in the TPL (as opposed to the SPL or U-Boot
2097 proper). Code that needs stage-specific behavior should check
2098 this.
Ying Zhang2d2e3b62013-08-16 15:16:15 +08002099
Simon Glass17dabf02013-02-24 17:33:14 +00002100- CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM
2101 Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses
2102 effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard
2103 U-Boot address as virtual addresses that need to be translated
2104 to physical addresses. However, sandbox requires this, since
2105 it maintains its own little RAM buffer which contains all
2106 addressable memory. This option causes some memory accesses
2107 to be mapped through map_sysmem() / unmap_sysmem().
2108
Simon Glassbfb59802013-02-14 04:18:54 +00002109- CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR
2110 If defined, the x86 reset vector code is included. This is not
2111 needed when U-Boot is running from Coreboot.
Gabe Black14f82462012-11-27 21:08:06 +00002112
Karicheri, Muralidharanc1dc61b2014-04-04 13:16:50 -04002113- CONFIG_SYS_NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE
2114 Option to disable subpage write in NAND driver
2115 driver that uses this:
Miquel Raynal1f1ae152018-08-16 17:30:07 +02002116 drivers/mtd/nand/raw/davinci_nand.c
Karicheri, Muralidharanc1dc61b2014-04-04 13:16:50 -04002117
Timur Tabi275f4bb2011-11-22 09:21:25 -06002118Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
2119-----------------------------------
2120
2121The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
2122loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
2123This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
2124are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
2125within that device.
2126
Zhao Qiang83a90842014-03-21 16:21:44 +08002127- CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR
2128 The address in the storage device where the FMAN microcode is located. The
Tom Rinifa911f82019-05-12 07:59:12 -04002129 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_xxx macro
Zhao Qiang83a90842014-03-21 16:21:44 +08002130 is also specified.
2131
2132- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_ADDR
2133 The address in the storage device where the QE microcode is located. The
Tom Rinifa911f82019-05-12 07:59:12 -04002134 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_xxx macro
Timur Tabi275f4bb2011-11-22 09:21:25 -06002135 is also specified.
2136
2137- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
2138 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
2139 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
2140 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
2141 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
2142
2143- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
2144 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
2145 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
2146 virtual address in NOR flash.
2147
2148- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
2149 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
2150 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
2151
2152- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
2153 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
2154 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
2155
Liu Gang1e084582012-03-08 00:33:18 +00002156- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
2157 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
2158 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
Liu Gang357bf5a2012-08-09 05:10:01 +00002159 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO or PCIE outbound
2160 window->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in
2161 master's memory space.
Timur Tabi275f4bb2011-11-22 09:21:25 -06002162
J. German Rivera8ff14b72014-06-23 15:15:55 -07002163Freescale Layerscape Management Complex Firmware Support:
2164---------------------------------------------------------
2165The Freescale Layerscape Management Complex (MC) supports the loading of
2166"firmware".
2167This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
2168are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
2169within that device.
2170
2171- CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
2172 Enable the MC driver for Layerscape SoCs.
2173
Prabhakar Kushwaha853a9012015-06-02 10:55:52 +05302174Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support:
2175-------------------------------------------
2176The Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support supports the loading of
2177"Debug Server firmware" and triggering SP boot-rom.
2178This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting.
2179
York Sun928b6812015-12-07 11:08:58 -08002180- CONFIG_SYS_MC_RSV_MEM_ALIGN
2181 Define alignment of reserved memory MC requires
Prabhakar Kushwaha853a9012015-06-02 10:55:52 +05302182
Paul Kocialkowski7b917022015-07-26 18:48:15 +02002183Reproducible builds
2184-------------------
2185
2186In order to achieve reproducible builds, timestamps used in the U-Boot build
2187process have to be set to a fixed value.
2188
2189This is done using the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable.
2190SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is to be set on the build host's shell, not as a configuration
2191option for U-Boot or an environment variable in U-Boot.
2192
2193SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH should be set to a number of seconds since the epoch, in UTC.
2194
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002195Building the Software:
2196======================
2197
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002198Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
2199and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
2200all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
2201(potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09002202recommend to use the ELDK (see https://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002203which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002204
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002205If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
2206have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
2207you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
2208Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
2209necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002210
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002211 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
2212 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002213
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002214U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
2215sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002216is done by typing:
2217
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002218 make NAME_defconfig
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002219
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002220where "NAME_defconfig" is the name of one of the existing configu-
Heinrich Schuchardtd6e07af2020-02-24 18:36:30 +01002221rations; see configs/*_defconfig for supported names.
wdenk2f0812d2003-10-08 22:45:44 +00002222
Heinrich Schuchardtd6e07af2020-02-24 18:36:30 +01002223Note: for some boards special configuration names may exist; check if
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002224 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2225 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
2226 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002227 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002228
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002229 make TQM823L_defconfig
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002230 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002231
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002232 make TQM823L_LCD_defconfig
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002233 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002234
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002235 etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002236
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002237
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002238Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
2239images ready for download to / installation on your system:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002240
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002241- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
2242- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
2243- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002244
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002245By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
2246in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
2247this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
2248
22491. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
2250
2251 make O=/tmp/build distclean
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002252 make O=/tmp/build NAME_defconfig
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002253 make O=/tmp/build all
2254
Timo Ketolac8c67602014-11-06 14:39:05 +020022552. Set environment variable KBUILD_OUTPUT to point to the desired location:
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002256
Timo Ketolac8c67602014-11-06 14:39:05 +02002257 export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/build
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002258 make distclean
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002259 make NAME_defconfig
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002260 make all
2261
Timo Ketolac8c67602014-11-06 14:39:05 +02002262Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the KBUILD_OUTPUT environment
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002263variable.
2264
Daniel Schwierzeck88484422018-01-26 16:31:04 +01002265User specific CPPFLAGS, AFLAGS and CFLAGS can be passed to the compiler by
2266setting the according environment variables KCPPFLAGS, KAFLAGS and KCFLAGS.
2267For example to treat all compiler warnings as errors:
2268
2269 make KCFLAGS=-Werror
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002270
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002271Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
2272for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
2273native "make".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002274
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002275
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002276If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
2277to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
2278steps:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002279
Phil Sutterc77b4882015-12-25 14:41:18 +010022801. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002281 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
Phil Sutterc77b4882015-12-25 14:41:18 +01002282 the "Makefile" and a "<board>.c".
22832. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
2284 your board.
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +000022853. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
2286 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +020022874. Run "make <board>_defconfig" with your new name.
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +000022885. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
2289 to be installed on your target system.
22906. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
2291 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002292
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002293
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002294Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
2295==============================================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002296
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002297If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
2298or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002299provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
Thomas Hebbfd37f242019-11-13 18:18:03 -08002300the form of a "patch", i.e. a context diff against a certain (latest
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002301official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002302
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002303But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
2304cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002305the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
Simon Glassdc27def2016-07-27 20:33:08 -06002306just run the buildman script (tools/buildman/buildman), which will
2307configure and build U-Boot for ALL supported system. Be warned, this
2308will take a while. Please see the buildman README, or run 'buildman -H'
2309for documentation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002310
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002311
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002312See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002313
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002314
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002315Monitor Commands - Overview:
2316============================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002317
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002318go - start application at address 'addr'
2319run - run commands in an environment variable
2320bootm - boot application image from memory
2321bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
Marek Vasutcf41a9b2012-03-14 21:52:45 +00002322bootz - boot zImage from memory
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002323tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
2324 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
2325 (and eventually "gatewayip")
Simon Glass6a398d22011-10-24 18:00:07 +00002326tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002327rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
2328diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
2329loads - load S-Record file over serial line
2330loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
Rui Miguel Silva433f15a2022-05-11 10:55:40 +01002331loadm - load binary blob from source address to destination address
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002332md - memory display
2333mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2334nm - memory modify (constant address)
2335mw - memory write (fill)
Simon Glass19038de2020-06-02 19:26:49 -06002336ms - memory search
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002337cp - memory copy
2338cmp - memory compare
2339crc32 - checksum calculation
Peter Tyser469cde42009-04-18 22:34:03 -05002340i2c - I2C sub-system
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002341sspi - SPI utility commands
2342base - print or set address offset
2343printenv- print environment variables
Pragnesh Patel1d5955f2020-12-22 11:30:05 +05302344pwm - control pwm channels
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002345setenv - set environment variables
2346saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
2347protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
2348erase - erase FLASH memory
2349flinfo - print FLASH memory information
Karl O. Pinc4baf03d2012-08-03 05:57:21 +00002350nand - NAND memory operations (see doc/README.nand)
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002351bdinfo - print Board Info structure
2352iminfo - print header information for application image
2353coninfo - print console devices and informations
2354ide - IDE sub-system
2355loop - infinite loop on address range
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002356loopw - infinite write loop on address range
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002357mtest - simple RAM test
2358icache - enable or disable instruction cache
2359dcache - enable or disable data cache
2360reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
2361echo - echo args to console
2362version - print monitor version
2363help - print online help
2364? - alias for 'help'
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002365
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002366
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002367Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
2368========================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002369
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002370TODO.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002371
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002372For now: just type "help <command>".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002373
2374
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002375Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
2376=======================================
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002377
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002378Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002379such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
2380"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002381
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002382Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
2383MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
2384"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002385
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002386If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
2387in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
2388ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
2389variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002390
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002391o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
2392 environment, the SROM's address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002393
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002394o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
2395 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
2396 used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002397
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002398o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
2399 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002400
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002401o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
2402 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
2403 warning is printed.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002404
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002405o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
Joe Hershberger2dc2b5d2015-05-04 14:55:13 -05002406 is raised. If CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, then in this case
2407 a random, locally-assigned MAC is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002408
Ben Warren6db991a2010-04-26 11:11:46 -07002409If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00002410will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
Ben Warren6db991a2010-04-26 11:11:46 -07002411may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
2412The naming convention is as follows:
2413"ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002414
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002415Image Formats:
2416==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002417
Marian Balakowicz18710b82008-03-12 12:13:13 +01002418U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
2419images in two formats:
2420
2421New uImage format (FIT)
2422-----------------------
2423
2424Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
2425to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
2426components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
2427SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
2428
2429
2430Old uImage format
2431-----------------
2432
2433Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
2434preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
2435details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002436
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002437* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
2438 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
Peter Tyser56b8dd12008-09-08 14:56:49 -05002439 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
Thomas Huthc90d56a2021-11-13 18:13:50 +01002440 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY).
Andy Shevchenko8cb5cdd2017-07-05 16:25:22 +03002441* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86,
Tom Rini53320122022-04-06 09:21:25 -04002442 IA64, MIPS, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
2443 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, Nios II, PowerPC).
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002444* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
2445* Load Address
2446* Entry Point
2447* Image Name
2448* Image Timestamp
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002449
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002450The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
2451and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
2452CRC32 checksums.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002453
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002454
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002455Linux Support:
2456==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002457
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002458Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
2459easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
2460U-Boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002461
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002462U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
2463special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
2464"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
2465instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
2466serves several purposes:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002467
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002468- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
2469 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
2470 Flash memory footprint)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002471
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002472- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
2473 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002474
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002475- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
2476 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
2477 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
2478 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
2479 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
2480 software is easier now.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002481
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002482
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002483Linux HOWTO:
2484============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002485
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002486Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
2487---------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002488
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002489U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
2490configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
2491(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
2492Linux :-).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002493
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +02002494But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002495
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002496Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
2497include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
Markus Heidelberg47167572008-09-07 20:18:27 +02002498Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
2499and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002500as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002501
Simon Glassd097e592014-06-11 23:29:46 -06002502Note that U-Boot now has a driver model, a unified model for drivers.
2503If you are adding a new driver, plumb it into driver model. If there
2504is no uclass available, you are encouraged to create one. See
2505doc/driver-model.
2506
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002507
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002508Configuring the Linux kernel:
2509-----------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002510
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002511No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
2512device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002513
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002514
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002515Building a Linux Image:
2516-----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002517
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002518With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
2519not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
2520"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
2521U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
2522which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
2523100% compatible format.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002524
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002525Example:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002526
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002527 make TQM850L_defconfig
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002528 make oldconfig
2529 make dep
2530 make uImage
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002531
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002532The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
2533encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
2534CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002535
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002536* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002537
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002538* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002539
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002540 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
2541 -R .note -R .comment \
2542 -S vmlinux linux.bin
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002543
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002544* compress the binary image:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002545
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002546 gzip -9 linux.bin
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002547
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002548* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002549
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002550 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
2551 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
2552 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002553
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002554
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002555The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
2556with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
2557combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
2558byte header containing information about target architecture,
2559operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
2560stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002561
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002562"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
2563print the header information, or to build new images.
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002564
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002565In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
2566contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
2567checksum verification:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002568
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002569 tools/mkimage -l image
2570 -l ==> list image header information
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002571
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002572The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
2573from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002574
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002575 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
2576 -n name -d data_file image
2577 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
2578 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
2579 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
2580 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
2581 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
2582 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
2583 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
2584 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002585
wdenkcd914452004-05-29 16:53:29 +00002586Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
2587address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
2588kernel version:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002589
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002590- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
2591- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002592
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002593So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002594
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002595 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2596 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +02002597 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002598 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
2599 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2600 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2601 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2602 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2603 Load Address: 0x00000000
2604 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002605
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002606To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002607
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002608 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
2609 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2610 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2611 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2612 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2613 Load Address: 0x00000000
2614 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002615
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002616NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
2617speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
2618needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
2619need to be uncompressed:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002620
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +02002621 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002622 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2623 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +02002624 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002625 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
2626 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2627 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2628 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
2629 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
2630 Load Address: 0x00000000
2631 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002632
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002633
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002634Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
2635when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002636
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002637 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
2638 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
2639 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
2640 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2641 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
2642 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2643 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
2644 Load Address: 0x00000000
2645 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002646
Tyler Hicks791c7472020-10-26 10:40:24 -05002647The "dumpimage" tool can be used to disassemble or list the contents of images
2648built by mkimage. See dumpimage's help output (-h) for details.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002649
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002650Installing a Linux Image:
2651-------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002652
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002653To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
2654you must convert the image to S-Record format:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002655
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002656 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002657
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002658The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
2659image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
2660address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
2661specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
2662command.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002663
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002664Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
2665TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002666
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002667 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002668
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002669 .......... done
2670 Erased 8 sectors
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002671
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002672 => loads 40100000
2673 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2674 ~>examples/image.srec
2675 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
2676 ...
2677 15989 15990 15991 15992
2678 [file transfer complete]
2679 [connected]
2680 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002681
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002682
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002683You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002684this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002685corruption happened:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002686
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002687 => imi 40100000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002688
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002689 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
2690 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2691 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2692 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2693 Load Address: 00000000
2694 Entry Point: 0000000c
2695 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002696
2697
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002698Boot Linux:
2699-----------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002700
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002701The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
2702memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
2703of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
2704parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
2705"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002706
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002707
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002708 => printenv bootargs
2709 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002710
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002711 => 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 +00002712
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002713 => printenv bootargs
2714 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 +00002715
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002716 => bootm 40020000
2717 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
2718 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
2719 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2720 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
2721 Load Address: 00000000
2722 Entry Point: 0000000c
2723 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2724 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2725 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
2726 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
2727 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
2728 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
2729 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
2730 ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002731
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002732If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002733the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
2734format!) to the "bootm" command:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002735
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002736 => imi 40100000 40200000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002737
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002738 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
2739 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2740 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2741 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2742 Load Address: 00000000
2743 Entry Point: 0000000c
2744 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002745
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002746 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
2747 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2748 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2749 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
2750 Load Address: 00000000
2751 Entry Point: 00000000
2752 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002753
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002754 => bootm 40100000 40200000
2755 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
2756 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2757 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2758 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2759 Load Address: 00000000
2760 Entry Point: 0000000c
2761 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2762 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2763 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
2764 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2765 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2766 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
2767 Load Address: 00000000
2768 Entry Point: 00000000
2769 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2770 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
2771 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
2772 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
2773 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
2774 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
2775 ...
2776 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
2777 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002778
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002779 bash#
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002780
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -05002781Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
2782-----------
2783
2784First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
2785titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
2786following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
2787flat device tree:
2788
2789=> print oftaddr
2790oftaddr=0x300000
2791=> print oft
2792oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
2793=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
2794Speed: 1000, full duplex
2795Using TSEC0 device
2796TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
2797Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
2798Load address: 0x300000
2799Loading: #
2800done
2801Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
2802=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
2803Speed: 1000, full duplex
2804Using TSEC0 device
2805TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
2806Filename 'uImage'.
2807Load address: 0x200000
2808Loading:############
2809done
2810Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
2811=> print loadaddr
2812loadaddr=200000
2813=> print oftaddr
2814oftaddr=0x300000
2815=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
2816## Booting image at 00200000 ...
Wolfgang Denk018147d2006-11-27 15:32:42 +01002817 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
2818 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2819 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -05002820 Load Address: 00000000
Wolfgang Denk018147d2006-11-27 15:32:42 +01002821 Entry Point: 00000000
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -05002822 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2823 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2824Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
2825Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
2826Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
2827[snip]
2828
2829
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002830More About U-Boot Image Types:
2831------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002832
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002833U-Boot supports the following image types:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002834
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002835 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
2836 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
2837 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
2838 the Standalone Program.
2839 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
2840 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
2841 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
2842 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
2843 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
2844 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
2845 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
2846 being started.
2847 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
2848 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
2849 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
2850 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
2851 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
2852 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002853
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002854 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
2855 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
2856 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
2857 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
2858 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
2859 a multiple of 4 bytes).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002860
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002861 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
2862 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
2863 flash memory.
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002864
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002865 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
2866 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
2867 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
2868 as command interpreter.
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002869
Marek Vasutcf41a9b2012-03-14 21:52:45 +00002870Booting the Linux zImage:
2871-------------------------
2872
2873On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
2874using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
2875as the syntax of "bootm" command.
2876
Tom Rini45f46d12013-05-16 11:40:11 -04002877Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD allows user to supply
Marek Vasut28850d02012-03-18 11:47:58 +00002878kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
2879address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
2880format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
2881
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002882
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002883Standalone HOWTO:
2884=================
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002885
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002886One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
2887run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
2888U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002889
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002890Two simple examples are included with the sources:
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002891
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002892"Hello World" Demo:
2893-------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002894
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002895'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
2896application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
2897It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
2898like that:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002899
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002900 => loads
2901 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2902 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
2903 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
2904 [file transfer complete]
2905 [connected]
2906 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002907
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002908 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
2909 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
2910 Hello World
2911 argc = 7
2912 argv[0] = "40004"
2913 argv[1] = "Hello"
2914 argv[2] = "World!"
2915 argv[3] = "This"
2916 argv[4] = "is"
2917 argv[5] = "a"
2918 argv[6] = "test."
2919 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
2920 Hit any key to exit ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002921
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002922 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002923
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002924Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
2925handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
2926Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
2927The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
2928character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
2929controlled by the following keys:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002930
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002931 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
2932 b - enable interrupts and start timer
2933 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
2934 q - quit application
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002935
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002936 => loads
2937 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2938 ~>examples/timer.srec
2939 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
2940 [file transfer complete]
2941 [connected]
2942 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002943
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002944 => go 40004
2945 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
2946 TIMERS=0xfff00980
2947 Using timer 1
2948 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002949
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002950Hit 'b':
2951 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
2952 Enabling timer
2953Hit '?':
2954 [q, b, e, ?] ........
2955 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
2956Hit '?':
2957 [q, b, e, ?] .
2958 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
2959Hit '?':
2960 [q, b, e, ?] .
2961 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
2962Hit '?':
2963 [q, b, e, ?] .
2964 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
2965Hit 'e':
2966 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
2967Hit 'q':
2968 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002969
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002970
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002971Minicom warning:
2972================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002973
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002974Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
2975"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
2976consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
2977Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
2978especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
Karl O. Pinca0189bb2012-10-01 05:11:56 +00002979use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). See
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09002980https://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.
Karl O. Pinca0189bb2012-10-01 05:11:56 +00002981for help with kermit.
2982
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002983
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002984Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
2985configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002986
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002987 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
2988 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
2989 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002990
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002991
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002992NetBSD Notes:
2993=============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002994
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002995Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
2996(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00002997
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002998Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
2999NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
3000need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
3001Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
3002attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
3003missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003004
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003005 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
3006 # mkdir powerpc
3007 # ln -s powerpc machine
3008 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
3009 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003010
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003011Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
3012and U-Boot include files.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003013
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003014Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
3015stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
3016proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
3017tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
wdenkd0245fc2005-04-13 10:02:42 +00003018meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003019
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003020
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003021Implementation Internals:
3022=========================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003023
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003024The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
3025implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
3026inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
3027hardware.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003028
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003029
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003030Initial Stack, Global Data:
3031---------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003032
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003033The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
3034starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
3035system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
3036This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
3037is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
3038at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
3039options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
3040models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
3041MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
3042locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003043
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003044 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01003045 U-Boot mailing list:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003046
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003047 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
3048 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
3049 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
3050 ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003051
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003052 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
3053 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
3054 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
3055 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
3056 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02003057 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003058 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
3059 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003060
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003061 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
3062 is another option for the system designer to use as an
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02003063 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003064 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
3065 board designers haven't used it for something that would
3066 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
3067 used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003068
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02003069 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003070 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
3071 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
Stefan Roese3e1f1b32005-08-01 16:49:12 +02003072 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003073 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
3074 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
3075 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
3076 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
3077 you get the config right.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003078
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003079 -Chris Hallinan
3080 DS4.COM, Inc.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003081
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003082It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
3083code for the initialization procedures:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003084
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003085* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
3086 to write it.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003087
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08003088* Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitly initialized
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003089 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
3090 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003091
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003092* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
3093 that.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003094
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003095Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08003096normal global data to share information between the code. But it
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003097turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
3098simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
3099functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
3100functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
3101the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
3102place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
3103reserve for this purpose.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003104
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003105When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
3106relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
3107GCC's implementation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003108
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003109For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
3110 R1: stack pointer
Wolfgang Denk69c09642008-02-14 22:43:22 +01003111 R2: reserved for system use
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003112 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
3113 R5-R10: parameter passing
3114 R13: small data area pointer
3115 R30: GOT pointer
3116 R31: frame pointer
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003117
Joakim Tjernlund693c0c12010-01-19 14:41:58 +01003118 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
3119 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
3120 going back and forth between asm and C)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003121
Wolfgang Denk69c09642008-02-14 22:43:22 +01003122 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003123
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003124 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
3125 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
3126 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
3127 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
3128 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
3129 624 text + 127 data).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003130
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003131On ARM, the following registers are used:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003132
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003133 R0: function argument word/integer result
3134 R1-R3: function argument word
Jeroen Hofsteea556aca2013-09-21 14:04:42 +02003135 R9: platform specific
3136 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking is enabled)
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003137 R11: argument (frame) pointer
3138 R12: temporary workspace
3139 R13: stack pointer
3140 R14: link register
3141 R15: program counter
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003142
Jeroen Hofsteea556aca2013-09-21 14:04:42 +02003143 ==> U-Boot will use R9 to hold a pointer to the global data
3144
3145 Note: on ARM, only R_ARM_RELATIVE relocations are supported.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003146
Thomas Chou8fa38582010-05-21 11:08:03 +08003147On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09003148 https://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
Thomas Chou8fa38582010-05-21 11:08:03 +08003149
3150 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
3151
3152 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
3153 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
3154
Rick Chend7e6f922017-12-26 13:55:59 +08003155On RISC-V, the following registers are used:
3156
3157 x0: hard-wired zero (zero)
3158 x1: return address (ra)
3159 x2: stack pointer (sp)
3160 x3: global pointer (gp)
3161 x4: thread pointer (tp)
3162 x5: link register (t0)
3163 x8: frame pointer (fp)
3164 x10-x11: arguments/return values (a0-1)
3165 x12-x17: arguments (a2-7)
3166 x28-31: temporaries (t3-6)
3167 pc: program counter (pc)
3168
3169 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
3170
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003171Memory Management:
3172------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003173
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003174U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
3175MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003176
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003177The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
3178controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
3179memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
3180physical memory banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003181
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003182U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
3183TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
3184booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
3185to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02003186memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003187configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
3188Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003189
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003190Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
3191of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003192
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003193So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
3194this:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003195
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003196 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
3197 :
3198 0x0000 1FFF
3199 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
3200 :
3201 :
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003202
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003203 :
3204 :
3205 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
3206 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
3207 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
3208 :
3209 0x00FD FFFF
3210 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
3211 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
3212 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
3213 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003214
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003215
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003216System Initialization:
3217----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003218
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003219In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02003220(on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08003221configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the on board Flash memory.
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003222To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
3223To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
3224initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
Heiko Schocher71cb3e92017-06-07 17:33:10 +02003225which provide such a feature like), or in a locked part of the data
3226cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, the caches and
3227the SIU.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003228
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003229Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
3230preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
3231(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
3232on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
3233programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
3234simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
3235banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003236
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003237When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
3238different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
3239bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
32400x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
3241contiguous memory starting from 0.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003242
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003243Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
3244and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
3245Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
3246pages, and the final stack is set up.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003247
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003248Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
3249until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
3250running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
3251new address in RAM.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003252
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003253
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003254U-Boot Porting Guide:
3255----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003256
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003257[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
3258list, October 2002]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003259
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003260
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003261int main(int argc, char *argv[])
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003262{
3263 sighandler_t no_more_time;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003264
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003265 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
3266 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003267
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003268 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003269 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003270 return 0;
3271 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003272
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003273 Download latest U-Boot source;
wdenk34b613e2002-12-17 01:51:00 +00003274
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01003275 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003276
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003277 if (clueless)
3278 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003279
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003280 while (learning) {
3281 Read the README file in the top level directory;
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09003282 Read https://www.denx.de/wiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
Patrick Delaunay9b281fa2020-02-28 15:18:10 +01003283 Read applicable doc/README.*;
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003284 Read the source, Luke;
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003285 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003286 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003287
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003288 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
3289 Buy a BDI3000;
3290 else
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003291 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003292
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003293 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
3294 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
3295 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
3296 } else {
3297 Create your own board support subdirectory;
3298 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
3299 }
3300 Edit new board/<myboard> files
3301 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003302
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003303 while (!accepted) {
3304 while (!running) {
3305 do {
3306 Add / modify source code;
3307 } until (compiles);
3308 Debug;
3309 if (clueless)
3310 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
3311 }
3312 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
3313 if (reasonable critiques)
3314 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
3315 else
3316 Defend code as written;
wdenk634d2f72004-04-15 23:14:49 +00003317 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003318
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003319 return 0;
3320}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003321
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003322void no_more_time (int sig)
3323{
3324 hire_a_guru();
3325}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003326
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003327
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003328Coding Standards:
3329-----------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003330
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003331All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
Baruch Siachb1081252017-12-10 17:34:35 +02003332coding style; see the kernel coding style guide at
3333https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html, and the
3334script "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
Detlev Zundelaa63d482006-09-01 15:39:02 +02003335
3336Source files originating from a different project (for example the
3337MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08003338reformatted to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
Detlev Zundelaa63d482006-09-01 15:39:02 +02003339sources.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003340
Detlev Zundelaa63d482006-09-01 15:39:02 +02003341Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
3342Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
3343in your code.
wdenkad276f22004-01-04 16:28:35 +00003344
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003345Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
3346- remove any trailing white space
Wolfgang Denk20bd2a62011-07-27 10:59:55 +00003347- use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003348- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
Wolfgang Denk20bd2a62011-07-27 10:59:55 +00003349- do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003350- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003351
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003352Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
3353with a request to reformat the changes.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003354
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003355
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003356Submitting Patches:
3357-------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003358
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003359Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
3360establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
3361may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003362
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09003363Please see https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003364
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01003365Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
S. Lockwood-Childsda6d34c2017-11-14 22:56:42 -08003366see https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01003367
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003368When you send a patch, please include the following information with
3369it:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003370
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003371* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
3372 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
3373 patch actually fixes something.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003374
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003375* For new features: a description of the feature and your
3376 implementation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003377
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -05003378* For major contributions, add a MAINTAINERS file with your
3379 information and associated file and directory references.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003380
Albert ARIBAUD48e910f2013-09-11 15:52:51 +02003381* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add a
3382 maintainer e-mail address to the boards.cfg file, too.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003383
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003384* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
3385 document these in the README file.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003386
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003387* The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
3388 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
Wolfgang Denk20bd2a62011-07-27 10:59:55 +00003389 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003390 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
3391 with some other mail clients.
wdenkca9bc762003-07-15 07:45:49 +00003392
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003393 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
3394 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
3395 GNU diff.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003396
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003397 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
3398 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
3399 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
3400 affected files).
3401
3402 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
3403 and compressed attachments must not be used.
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003404
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003405* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
3406 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00003407
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003408* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
3409 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003410
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003411
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003412Notes:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003413
Simon Glassdc27def2016-07-27 20:33:08 -06003414* Before sending the patch, run the buildman script on your patched
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003415 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
3416 for any of the boards.
3417
3418* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
3419 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
3420 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003421
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003422* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
3423 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
3424 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
3425 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
3426 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
3427 modification.
wdenkcbc49a52005-05-03 14:12:25 +00003428
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01003429* Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
3430 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
3431 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
3432 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.