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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
Macpaul Lin1cac36e2011-10-19 20:41:11 +0000137 /nds32 Files generic to NDS32 architecture
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500138 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +0200139 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
Rick Chend7e6f922017-12-26 13:55:59 +0800140 /riscv Files generic to RISC-V architecture
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500141 /sandbox Files generic to HW-independent "sandbox"
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500142 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
Robert P. J. Daya269c932013-09-15 18:34:15 -0400143 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
Naoki Hayama411f5c62020-10-08 13:16:38 +0900144 /xtensa Files generic to Xtensa architecture
Simon Glass1a0a4ac2021-07-10 21:14:21 -0600145/api Machine/arch-independent API for external apps
146/board Board-dependent files
Simon Glass91944df2021-10-14 12:47:54 -0600147/boot Support for images and booting
Xu Ziyuanfb1f9392016-08-26 19:54:49 +0800148/cmd U-Boot commands functions
Simon Glass1a0a4ac2021-07-10 21:14:21 -0600149/common Misc architecture-independent functions
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500150/configs Board default configuration files
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500151/disk Code for disk drive partition handling
Simon Glass1a0a4ac2021-07-10 21:14:21 -0600152/doc Documentation (a mix of ReST and READMEs)
153/drivers Device drivers
154/dts Makefile for building internal U-Boot fdt.
155/env Environment support
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500156/examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
157/fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
158/include Header Files
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500159/lib Library routines generic to all architectures
160/Licenses Various license files
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500161/net Networking code
162/post Power On Self Test
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500163/scripts Various build scripts and Makefiles
164/test Various unit test files
Simon Glass1a0a4ac2021-07-10 21:14:21 -0600165/tools Tools to build and sign FIT images, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000166
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000167Software Configuration:
168=======================
169
170Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
171rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
172
173There are two classes of configuration variables:
174
175* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
176 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
177 "CONFIG_".
178
179* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
180 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
181 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +0200182 "CONFIG_SYS_".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000183
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500184Previously, all configuration was done by hand, which involved creating
185symbolic links and editing configuration files manually. More recently,
186U-Boot has added the Kbuild infrastructure used by the Linux kernel,
187allowing you to use the "make menuconfig" command to configure your
188build.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000189
190
191Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
192---------------------------------------------------
193
194For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +0200195configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_defconfig".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000196
197Example: For a TQM823L module type:
198
199 cd u-boot
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +0200200 make TQM823L_defconfig
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000201
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500202Note: If you're looking for the default configuration file for a board
203you're sure used to be there but is now missing, check the file
204doc/README.scrapyard for a list of no longer supported boards.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000205
Simon Glass53552c92014-03-22 17:12:59 -0600206Sandbox Environment:
207--------------------
208
209U-Boot can be built natively to run on a Linux host using the 'sandbox'
210board. This allows feature development which is not board- or architecture-
211specific to be undertaken on a native platform. The sandbox is also used to
212run some of U-Boot's tests.
213
Naoki Hayamadd860ca2020-10-08 13:16:58 +0900214See doc/arch/sandbox.rst for more details.
Simon Glass53552c92014-03-22 17:12:59 -0600215
216
Simon Glassd8711af2015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700217Board Initialisation Flow:
218--------------------------
219
220This is the intended start-up flow for boards. This should apply for both
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500221SPL and U-Boot proper (i.e. they both follow the same rules).
222
223Note: "SPL" stands for "Secondary Program Loader," which is explained in
224more detail later in this file.
225
226At present, SPL mostly uses a separate code path, but the function names
227and roles of each function are the same. Some boards or architectures
228may not conform to this. At least most ARM boards which use
229CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK conform to this.
Simon Glassd8711af2015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700230
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500231Execution typically starts with an architecture-specific (and possibly
232CPU-specific) start.S file, such as:
233
234 - arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
235 - arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/start.S
236 - arch/mips/cpu/start.S
237
238and so on. From there, three functions are called; the purpose and
239limitations of each of these functions are described below.
Simon Glassd8711af2015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700240
241lowlevel_init():
242 - purpose: essential init to permit execution to reach board_init_f()
243 - no global_data or BSS
244 - there is no stack (ARMv7 may have one but it will soon be removed)
245 - must not set up SDRAM or use console
246 - must only do the bare minimum to allow execution to continue to
247 board_init_f()
248 - this is almost never needed
249 - return normally from this function
250
251board_init_f():
252 - purpose: set up the machine ready for running board_init_r():
253 i.e. SDRAM and serial UART
254 - global_data is available
255 - stack is in SRAM
256 - BSS is not available, so you cannot use global/static variables,
257 only stack variables and global_data
258
259 Non-SPL-specific notes:
260 - dram_init() is called to set up DRAM. If already done in SPL this
261 can do nothing
262
263 SPL-specific notes:
264 - you can override the entire board_init_f() function with your own
265 version as needed.
266 - preloader_console_init() can be called here in extremis
267 - should set up SDRAM, and anything needed to make the UART work
Naoki Hayamaebfd8192020-09-24 15:57:19 +0900268 - there is no need to clear BSS, it will be done by crt0.S
Andreas Dannenberg7673bed2019-08-08 12:54:49 -0500269 - for specific scenarios on certain architectures an early BSS *can*
270 be made available (via CONFIG_SPL_EARLY_BSS by moving the clearing
271 of BSS prior to entering board_init_f()) but doing so is discouraged.
272 Instead it is strongly recommended to architect any code changes
273 or additions such to not depend on the availability of BSS during
274 board_init_f() as indicated in other sections of this README to
275 maintain compatibility and consistency across the entire code base.
Simon Glassd8711af2015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700276 - must return normally from this function (don't call board_init_r()
277 directly)
278
279Here the BSS is cleared. For SPL, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined, then at
280this point the stack and global_data are relocated to below
281CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR. For non-SPL, U-Boot is relocated to run at the top of
282memory.
283
284board_init_r():
285 - purpose: main execution, common code
286 - global_data is available
287 - SDRAM is available
288 - BSS is available, all static/global variables can be used
289 - execution eventually continues to main_loop()
290
291 Non-SPL-specific notes:
292 - U-Boot is relocated to the top of memory and is now running from
293 there.
294
295 SPL-specific notes:
296 - stack is optionally in SDRAM, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined and
297 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR points into SDRAM
298 - preloader_console_init() can be called here - typically this is
Ley Foon Tan48fcc4a2017-05-03 17:13:32 +0800299 done by selecting CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT and then supplying a
Simon Glassd8711af2015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700300 spl_board_init() function containing this call
301 - loads U-Boot or (in falcon mode) Linux
302
303
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000304Configuration Options:
305----------------------
306
307Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
308such information is kept in a configuration file
309"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
310
311Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
312"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
313
314
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +0000315Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
316kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
317build a config tool - later.
318
Ashish Kumar11234062017-08-11 11:09:14 +0530319- ARM Platform Bus Type(CCI):
320 CoreLink Cache Coherent Interconnect (CCI) is ARM BUS which
321 provides full cache coherency between two clusters of multi-core
322 CPUs and I/O coherency for devices and I/O masters
323
324 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCI400
325
326 Defined For SoC that has cache coherent interconnect
327 CCN-400
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +0000328
Ashish Kumar97393d62017-08-18 10:54:36 +0530329 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCN504
330
331 Defined for SoC that has cache coherent interconnect CCN-504
332
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000333The following options need to be configured:
334
Kim Phillips203fee32007-08-10 13:28:25 -0500335- CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000336
Kim Phillips203fee32007-08-10 13:28:25 -0500337- Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
Wolfgang Denk994ad962006-10-24 14:42:37 +0200338
Kumar Galaf4fb90f2011-02-18 05:40:54 -0600339- 85xx CPU Options:
York Sun2394a0f2012-10-08 07:44:30 +0000340 CONFIG_SYS_PPC64
341
342 Specifies that the core is a 64-bit PowerPC implementation (implements
343 the "64" category of the Power ISA). This is necessary for ePAPR
344 compliance, among other possible reasons.
345
Kumar Galaf4fb90f2011-02-18 05:40:54 -0600346 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
347
348 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
349 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
350 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
351
Kumar Gala179b1b22011-05-20 00:39:21 -0500352 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
353
354 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
355 tree nodes for the given platform.
356
Scott Wood80806962012-08-14 10:14:53 +0000357 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510
358
359 Enables a workaround for erratum A004510. If set,
360 then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and
361 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY must be set.
362
363 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV
364 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV2 (optional)
365
366 Defines one or two SoC revisions (low 8 bits of SVR)
367 for which the A004510 workaround should be applied.
368
369 The rest of SVR is either not relevant to the decision
370 of whether the erratum is present (e.g. p2040 versus
371 p2041) or is implied by the build target, which controls
372 whether CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 is set.
373
374 See Freescale App Note 4493 for more information about
375 this erratum.
376
Prabhakar Kushwahad324f472013-04-16 13:27:44 +0530377 CONFIG_A003399_NOR_WORKAROUND
378 Enables a workaround for IFC erratum A003399. It is only
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -0800379 required during NOR boot.
Prabhakar Kushwahad324f472013-04-16 13:27:44 +0530380
Prabhakar Kushwahac4c10d12014-10-29 22:33:09 +0530381 CONFIG_A008044_WORKAROUND
382 Enables a workaround for T1040/T1042 erratum A008044. It is only
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -0800383 required during NAND boot and valid for Rev 1.0 SoC revision
Prabhakar Kushwahac4c10d12014-10-29 22:33:09 +0530384
Scott Wood80806962012-08-14 10:14:53 +0000385 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY
386
387 This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600
388 according to the A004510 workaround.
389
Priyanka Jainc73b9032013-07-02 09:21:04 +0530390 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_DDR_ADDR
391 This value denotes start offset of DDR memory which is
392 connected exclusively to the DSP cores.
393
Priyanka Jainf81e8b22013-04-04 09:31:54 +0530394 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M2_RAM_ADDR
395 This value denotes start offset of M2 memory
396 which is directly connected to the DSP core.
397
Priyanka Jainc73b9032013-07-02 09:21:04 +0530398 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M3_RAM_ADDR
399 This value denotes start offset of M3 memory which is directly
400 connected to the DSP core.
401
Priyanka Jainf81e8b22013-04-04 09:31:54 +0530402 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT
403 This value denotes start offset of DSP CCSR space.
404
Priyanka Jaine9dcaa82013-12-17 14:25:52 +0530405 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SINGLE_SOURCE_CLK
406 Single Source Clock is clocking mode present in some of FSL SoC's.
407 In this mode, a single differential clock is used to supply
408 clocks to the sysclock, ddrclock and usbclock.
409
Aneesh Bansal8bcbc272014-03-18 23:40:26 +0530410 CONFIG_SYS_CPC_REINIT_F
411 This CONFIG is defined when the CPC is configured as SRAM at the
Bin Meng75574052016-02-05 19:30:11 -0800412 time of U-Boot entry and is required to be re-initialized.
Aneesh Bansal8bcbc272014-03-18 23:40:26 +0530413
Tang Yuantiana7364af2014-04-17 15:33:46 +0800414 CONFIG_DEEP_SLEEP
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -0800415 Indicates this SoC supports deep sleep feature. If deep sleep is
Tang Yuantiana7364af2014-04-17 15:33:46 +0800416 supported, core will start to execute uboot when wakes up.
417
Daniel Schwierzeckd8a49ca2012-04-02 02:57:56 +0000418- Generic CPU options:
419 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
420
421 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
422 values is arch specific.
423
York Sunf0626592013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700424 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR
425 Freescale DDR driver in use. This type of DDR controller is
Tom Rinie5404982021-05-14 21:34:26 -0400426 found in mpc83xx, mpc85xx as well as some ARM core SoCs.
York Sunf0626592013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700427
428 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_ADDR
429 Freescale DDR memory-mapped register base.
430
431 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_EMU
432 Specify emulator support for DDR. Some DDR features such as
433 deskew training are not available.
434
435 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN1
436 Freescale DDR1 controller.
437
438 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN2
439 Freescale DDR2 controller.
440
441 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN3
442 Freescale DDR3 controller.
443
York Sun2896cb72014-03-27 17:54:47 -0700444 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN4
445 Freescale DDR4 controller.
446
York Sun461c9392013-09-30 14:20:51 -0700447 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_ARM_GEN3
448 Freescale DDR3 controller for ARM-based SoCs.
449
York Sunf0626592013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700450 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR1
451 Board config to use DDR1. It can be enabled for SoCs with
452 Freescale DDR1 or DDR2 controllers, depending on the board
453 implemetation.
454
455 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR2
Robert P. J. Day8d56db92016-07-15 13:44:45 -0400456 Board config to use DDR2. It can be enabled for SoCs with
York Sunf0626592013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700457 Freescale DDR2 or DDR3 controllers, depending on the board
458 implementation.
459
460 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR3
461 Board config to use DDR3. It can be enabled for SoCs with
York Sun2896cb72014-03-27 17:54:47 -0700462 Freescale DDR3 or DDR3L controllers.
463
464 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR3L
465 Board config to use DDR3L. It can be enabled for SoCs with
466 DDR3L controllers.
467
Prabhakar Kushwaha62908c22014-01-18 12:28:30 +0530468 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_BE
469 Defines the IFC controller register space as Big Endian
470
471 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_LE
472 Defines the IFC controller register space as Little Endian
473
Prabhakar Kushwaha3c48f582017-02-02 15:01:26 +0530474 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_CLK_DIV
475 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to IFC controller).
476
Prabhakar Kushwahabedc5622017-02-02 15:02:00 +0530477 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_LBC_CLK_DIV
478 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to eLBC controller).
479
York Sun29647ab2014-02-10 13:59:42 -0800480 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_BE
481 Defines the DDR controller register space as Big Endian
482
483 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_LE
484 Defines the DDR controller register space as Little Endian
485
York Sun3a0916d2014-02-10 13:59:43 -0800486 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_SDRAM_BASE_PHY
487 Physical address from the view of DDR controllers. It is the
488 same as CONFIG_SYS_DDR_SDRAM_BASE for all Power SoCs. But
489 it could be different for ARM SoCs.
490
York Sunc459ae62014-02-10 13:59:44 -0800491 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_INTLV_256B
492 DDR controller interleaving on 256-byte. This is a special
493 interleaving mode, handled by Dickens for Freescale layerscape
494 SoCs with ARM core.
495
York Sun79a779b2014-08-01 15:51:00 -0700496 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_MAIN_NUM_CTRLS
497 Number of controllers used as main memory.
498
499 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_OTHER_DDR_NUM_CTRLS
500 Number of controllers used for other than main memory.
501
Prabhakar Kushwaha122bcfd2015-11-09 16:42:07 +0530502 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_DP_DDR
503 Defines the SoC has DP-DDR used for DPAA.
504
Ruchika Guptabb7143b2014-09-09 11:50:31 +0530505 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_BE
506 Defines the SEC controller register space as Big Endian
507
508 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_LE
509 Defines the SEC controller register space as Little Endian
510
Daniel Schwierzeckd52a6232011-07-27 13:22:39 +0200511- MIPS CPU options:
512 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET
513
514 Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack
515 pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before
516 relocation.
517
Daniel Schwierzeckd52a6232011-07-27 13:22:39 +0200518 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
519
520 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
521 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
522 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
523
Christian Riesch48c2d6d2012-02-02 00:44:39 +0000524- ARM options:
525 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
526
527 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
528 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
529
York Sun77a10972015-03-20 19:28:08 -0700530 COUNTER_FREQUENCY
531 Generic timer clock source frequency.
532
533 COUNTER_FREQUENCY_REAL
534 Generic timer clock source frequency if the real clock is
535 different from COUNTER_FREQUENCY, and can only be determined
536 at run time.
537
Stephen Warren8d1fb312015-01-19 16:25:52 -0700538- Tegra SoC options:
539 CONFIG_TEGRA_SUPPORT_NON_SECURE
540
541 Support executing U-Boot in non-secure (NS) mode. Certain
542 impossible actions will be skipped if the CPU is in NS mode,
543 such as ARM architectural timer initialization.
544
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000545- Linux Kernel Interface:
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000546 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
547
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -0800548 When transferring memsize parameter to Linux, some versions
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000549 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
550 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
551
Gerald Van Barenfcd91bb2008-06-03 20:34:45 -0400552 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
Wolfgang Denk27a5b0b2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200553
554 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
Gerald Van Barend6abef42007-03-31 12:23:51 -0400555 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
556 concepts).
557
558 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
559 * New libfdt-based support
560 * Adds the "fdt" command
Kim Phillips9b46eb62007-08-10 14:34:14 -0500561 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
Gerald Van Barend6abef42007-03-31 12:23:51 -0400562
Wolfgang Denk27a5b0b2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200563 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
564
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +0200565 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
566 addresses
Kim Phillips9b46eb62007-08-10 14:34:14 -0500567
Kumar Gala1e26aa52006-01-11 13:54:17 -0600568 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
569
570 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
571 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000572
Simon Glass6c0be912014-10-23 18:58:54 -0600573 CONFIG_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP
574
575 Other code has addition modification that it wants to make
576 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel.
577 This causes ft_system_setup() to be called before booting
578 the kernel.
579
Heiko Schocherffb293a2009-09-23 07:56:08 +0200580 CONFIG_OF_IDE_FIXUP
581
582 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
583 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
584 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
585 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
586 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
587 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
588
Niklaus Giger0ab978d2008-11-03 22:13:47 +0100589- vxWorks boot parameters:
590
591 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
Bin Mengfb694b92015-10-07 20:19:17 -0700592 environments variables: bootdev, bootfile, ipaddr, netmask,
593 serverip, gatewayip, hostname, othbootargs.
Niklaus Giger0ab978d2008-11-03 22:13:47 +0100594 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
595
Naoki Hayama158c2262020-10-08 13:17:08 +0900596 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will override
Niklaus Giger0ab978d2008-11-03 22:13:47 +0100597 the defaults discussed just above.
598
Aneesh V960f5c02011-06-16 23:30:47 +0000599- Cache Configuration:
Aneesh V960f5c02011-06-16 23:30:47 +0000600 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot
601
Aneesh V686a0752011-06-16 23:30:51 +0000602- Cache Configuration for ARM:
603 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
604 controller
605 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
606 controller register space
607
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000608- Serial Ports:
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000609 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
610
611 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
612 the clock speed of the UARTs.
613
614 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
615
616 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
617 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
618 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
619
Karicheri, Muralidharancbc08882014-04-09 15:38:46 -0400620 CONFIG_SERIAL_HW_FLOW_CONTROL
621
622 Define this variable to enable hw flow control in serial driver.
623 Current user of this option is drivers/serial/nsl16550.c driver
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000624
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000625- Serial Download Echo Mode:
626 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
627 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
628 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
629 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
630 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
631 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
632 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
633
Simon Glassaa34ef22016-03-13 19:07:28 -0600634- Removal of commands
635 If no commands are needed to boot, you can disable
636 CONFIG_CMDLINE to remove them. In this case, the command line
637 will not be available, and when U-Boot wants to execute the
638 boot command (on start-up) it will call board_run_command()
639 instead. This can reduce image size significantly for very
640 simple boot procedures.
641
Wolfgang Denk2aceea12013-03-23 23:50:31 +0000642- Regular expression support:
643 CONFIG_REGEX
Wolfgang Denkec7fbf52013-10-04 17:43:24 +0200644 If this variable is defined, U-Boot is linked against
645 the SLRE (Super Light Regular Expression) library,
646 which adds regex support to some commands, as for
647 example "env grep" and "setexpr".
Wolfgang Denk2aceea12013-03-23 23:50:31 +0000648
Simon Glass3d686442011-10-15 05:48:20 +0000649- Device tree:
650 CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
651 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree
652 to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically
653 compiled #defines in the board file. This option is
654 experimental and only available on a few boards. The device
655 tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob.
656
Simon Glass5cb34db2011-10-24 19:15:31 +0000657 U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can
Alex Deymo5b661ec2017-04-02 01:25:20 -0700658 be done using one of the three options below:
Simon Glass38d6b8d2011-10-15 05:48:21 +0000659
Simon Glass5cb34db2011-10-24 19:15:31 +0000660 CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE
661 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree
662 binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific
663 code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by:
664
665 cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
666
667 and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called
668 u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can
669 still use the individual files if you need something more
670 exotic.
671
Alex Deymo5b661ec2017-04-02 01:25:20 -0700672 CONFIG_OF_BOARD
673 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use the device tree
674 provided by the board at runtime instead of embedding one with
675 the image. Only boards defining board_fdt_blob_setup() support
676 this option (see include/fdtdec.h file).
677
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000678- Watchdog:
679 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
680 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
Detlev Zundel6aa4d7b2011-04-27 05:25:59 +0000681 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
Christophe Leroy069fa832017-07-06 10:23:22 +0200682 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx
683 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
684 register. When supported for a specific SoC is
685 available, then no further board specific code should
686 be needed to use it.
Detlev Zundel6aa4d7b2011-04-27 05:25:59 +0000687
688 CONFIG_HW_WATCHDOG
689 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
690 SoC, then define this variable and provide board
691 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000692
Rasmus Villemoes134cc2b2021-04-14 09:18:22 +0200693 CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ
694 Some platforms automatically call WATCHDOG_RESET()
695 from the timer interrupt handler every
696 CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ interrupts. If not set by the
697 board configuration file, a default of CONFIG_SYS_HZ/2
698 (i.e. 500) is used. Setting CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ
699 to 0 disables calling WATCHDOG_RESET() from the timer
700 interrupt.
701
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000702- Real-Time Clock:
703
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500704 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000705 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
706 following options:
707
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000708 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
Fabio Estevam3f8d1782011-10-24 06:44:15 +0000709 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000710 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
wdenk1fe2c702003-03-06 21:55:29 +0000711 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000712 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
wdenk0893c472003-05-20 14:25:27 +0000713 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
Markus Niebel90491f22014-07-21 11:06:16 +0200714 CONFIG_RTC_DS1339 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1339 RTC
wdenkef5fe752003-03-12 10:41:04 +0000715 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
Tor Krillb27939b2008-03-15 15:40:26 +0100716 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
wdenkaeba06f2004-06-09 17:34:58 +0000717 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
Chris Packham2d3ac512017-05-30 12:03:33 +1200718 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
Heiko Schocher1f1b7012011-03-28 09:24:22 +0200719 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
720 RV3029 RTC.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000721
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000722 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
723 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
724
Peter Tyser9902e422008-12-17 16:36:21 -0600725- GPIO Support:
726 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
Peter Tyser9902e422008-12-17 16:36:21 -0600727
Chris Packham9b383202010-12-19 10:12:13 +0000728 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
729 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
730 pins supported by a particular chip.
731
Peter Tyser9902e422008-12-17 16:36:21 -0600732 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
733 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
734
Simon Glass4dc47ca2014-06-11 23:29:41 -0600735- I/O tracing:
736 When CONFIG_IO_TRACE is selected, U-Boot intercepts all I/O
737 accesses and can checksum them or write a list of them out
738 to memory. See the 'iotrace' command for details. This is
739 useful for testing device drivers since it can confirm that
740 the driver behaves the same way before and after a code
741 change. Currently this is supported on sandbox and arm. To
742 add support for your architecture, add '#include <iotrace.h>'
743 to the bottom of arch/<arch>/include/asm/io.h and test.
744
745 Example output from the 'iotrace stats' command is below.
746 Note that if the trace buffer is exhausted, the checksum will
747 still continue to operate.
748
749 iotrace is enabled
750 Start: 10000000 (buffer start address)
751 Size: 00010000 (buffer size)
752 Offset: 00000120 (current buffer offset)
753 Output: 10000120 (start + offset)
754 Count: 00000018 (number of trace records)
755 CRC32: 9526fb66 (CRC32 of all trace records)
756
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000757- Timestamp Support:
758
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000759 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
760 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
761 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500762 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000763
Karl O. Pinc8b1f90a2012-08-16 06:20:15 +0000764- Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported:
765 Zero or more of the following:
766 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table.
Karl O. Pinc8b1f90a2012-08-16 06:20:15 +0000767 CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc.
768 CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the
769 bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see
770 disk/part_efi.c
Simon Glass8706b812016-05-01 11:36:02 -0600771 CONFIG_SCSI) you must configure support for at
Karl O. Pinc8b1f90a2012-08-16 06:20:15 +0000772 least one non-MTD partition type as well.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000773
774- IDE Reset method:
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000775 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
776 be performed by calling the function
777 ide_set_reset(int reset)
778 which has to be defined in a board specific file
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000779
780- ATAPI Support:
781 CONFIG_ATAPI
782
783 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
784
wdenkf602aa02004-03-13 23:29:43 +0000785- LBA48 Support
786 CONFIG_LBA48
787
788 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
Heiko Schocher0f602e12009-12-03 11:21:21 +0100789 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
wdenkf602aa02004-03-13 23:29:43 +0000790 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
791 support disks up to 2.1TB.
792
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +0200793 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
wdenkf602aa02004-03-13 23:29:43 +0000794 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
795 Default is 32bit.
796
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000797- SCSI Support:
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +0200798 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
799 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
800 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000801 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
802 devices.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000803
Wolfgang Denkec7fbf52013-10-04 17:43:24 +0200804 The environment variable 'scsidevs' is set to the number of
805 SCSI devices found during the last scan.
Stefan Reinauere50a10e2012-10-29 05:23:48 +0000806
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000807- NETWORK Support (PCI):
Kyle Moffett64b94dd2011-10-18 11:05:29 +0000808 CONFIG_E1000_SPI
809 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
810 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
811 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
812
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000813 CONFIG_NATSEMI
814 Support for National dp83815 chips.
815
816 CONFIG_NS8382X
817 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
818
wdenkaa603362003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000819- NETWORK Support (other):
Rob Herringc9830dc2011-12-15 11:15:49 +0000820 CONFIG_CALXEDA_XGMAC
821 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
822
Ashok93fb8722012-10-15 06:20:47 +0000823 CONFIG_LAN91C96
wdenkaa603362003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000824 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
825
wdenkaa603362003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000826 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
827 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
828
Ashok93fb8722012-10-15 06:20:47 +0000829 CONFIG_SMC91111
wdenk3c711762004-06-09 13:37:52 +0000830 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
831
832 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
833 Define this to hold the physical address
834 of the device (I/O space)
835
836 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
837 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
838
839 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
840 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
841 (some hardware wont work with macros)
842
Heiko Schocher7d037f72011-11-15 10:00:04 -0500843 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
844 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
845
Macpaul Lin199c6252010-12-21 16:59:46 +0800846 CONFIG_FTGMAC100
847 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
848
849 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
850 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
851 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
852 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
853 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
854 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
855 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
856 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
857
Yoshihiro Shimodaed4cea02011-01-27 10:06:03 +0900858 CONFIG_SH_ETHER
859 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
860
861 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
862 Define the number of ports to be used
863
864 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
865 Define the ETH PHY's address
866
Yoshihiro Shimoda281aa052011-01-27 10:06:08 +0900867 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
868 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
869
Vadim Bendeburydac69642011-10-17 08:36:14 +0000870- TPM Support:
Che-liang Chiouacea5702013-04-12 11:04:34 +0000871 CONFIG_TPM
872 Support TPM devices.
873
Christophe Ricard8759ff82015-10-06 22:54:41 +0200874 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_INFINEON
875 Support for Infineon i2c bus TPM devices. Only one device
Tom Wai-Hong Tame49fed52013-04-12 11:04:37 +0000876 per system is supported at this time.
877
Tom Wai-Hong Tame49fed52013-04-12 11:04:37 +0000878 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C_BURST_LIMITATION
879 Define the burst count bytes upper limit
880
Christophe Ricard88249232016-01-21 23:27:13 +0100881 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24
882 Support for STMicroelectronics TPM devices. Requires DM_TPM support.
883
884 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_I2C
885 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 I2C devices.
886 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and I2C.
887
Christophe Ricard5ffadc32016-01-21 23:27:14 +0100888 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_SPI
889 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 SPI devices.
890 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and SPI.
891
Dirk Eibach20489092013-06-26 15:55:15 +0200892 CONFIG_TPM_ATMEL_TWI
893 Support for Atmel TWI TPM device. Requires I2C support.
894
Che-liang Chiouacea5702013-04-12 11:04:34 +0000895 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_LPC
Vadim Bendeburydac69642011-10-17 08:36:14 +0000896 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
897 per system is supported at this time.
898
899 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
900 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
901 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
902 0xfed40000.
903
Reinhard Pfau4fece432013-06-26 15:55:13 +0200904 CONFIG_TPM
905 Define this to enable the TPM support library which provides
906 functional interfaces to some TPM commands.
907 Requires support for a TPM device.
908
909 CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS
910 Define this to enable authorized functions in the TPM library.
911 Requires CONFIG_TPM and CONFIG_SHA1.
912
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000913- USB Support:
914 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
Heiko Schocher6f90e582017-06-14 05:49:40 +0200915 supported (PIP405, MIP405); define
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000916 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
917 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
wdenkfb30b4c2004-10-09 22:44:59 +0000918 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000919 storage devices.
920 Note:
921 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
922 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000923
Simon Glass5978cdb2012-02-27 10:52:47 +0000924 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the
925 txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset.
926
Oleksandr Tymoshenko7a881752014-02-01 21:51:25 -0700927 CONFIG_USB_DWC2_REG_ADDR the physical CPU address of the DWC2
928 HW module registers.
929
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200930- USB Device:
931 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
932 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
933 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +0200934 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200935 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
936 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200937 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200938 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
939 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
940 a Linux host by
941 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
942 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
943 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
944 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200945
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200946 CONFIG_USB_DEVICE
947 Define this to build a UDC device
948
949 CONFIG_USB_TTY
950 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
951 talk to the UDC device
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200952
Vipin KUMARbdb17702012-03-26 15:38:06 +0530953 CONFIG_USBD_HS
954 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
955 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
956 int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
957 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
958 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
959 speed.
960
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200961 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200962 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200963 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200964 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
965 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
966 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
967
968 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
969 Define this string as the name of your company for
970 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200971
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200972 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
973 Define this string as the name of your product
974 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000975
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200976 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
977 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
978 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
979 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
980 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200981
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200982 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
983 Define this as the unique Product ID
984 for your device
985 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200986
Igor Grinbergac5f6ee2011-12-12 12:08:35 +0200987- ULPI Layer Support:
988 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
989 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
990 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
991 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
992 viewport is supported.
993 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
994 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
Lucas Stachf31e4112012-10-01 00:44:35 +0200995 If your ULPI phy needs a different reference clock than the
996 standard 24 MHz then you have to define CONFIG_ULPI_REF_CLK to
997 the appropriate value in Hz.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000998
wdenk7a428cc2003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000999- MMC Support:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001000 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1001 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1002 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
wdenk7a428cc2003-06-15 22:40:42 +00001003 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -05001004 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1005 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
wdenk7a428cc2003-06-15 22:40:42 +00001006
Yoshihiro Shimodadb7717b2011-07-04 22:21:22 +00001007 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF
1008 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
1009
1010 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
1011 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
1012
1013 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_CLK
1014 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
1015
Tom Rini58a8d322013-03-14 05:32:47 +00001016- USB Device Firmware Update (DFU) class support:
Marek Vasut7f8d4362018-02-16 16:41:18 +01001017 CONFIG_DFU_OVER_USB
Tom Rini58a8d322013-03-14 05:32:47 +00001018 This enables the USB portion of the DFU USB class
1019
Pantelis Antonioucf14d0d2013-03-14 05:32:52 +00001020 CONFIG_DFU_NAND
1021 This enables support for exposing NAND devices via DFU.
1022
Afzal Mohammede3c687a2013-09-18 01:15:24 +05301023 CONFIG_DFU_RAM
1024 This enables support for exposing RAM via DFU.
1025 Note: DFU spec refer to non-volatile memory usage, but
1026 allow usages beyond the scope of spec - here RAM usage,
1027 one that would help mostly the developer.
1028
Heiko Schochera2f831e2013-06-12 06:05:51 +02001029 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_DATA_BUF_SIZE
1030 Dfu transfer uses a buffer before writing data to the
1031 raw storage device. Make the size (in bytes) of this buffer
1032 configurable. The size of this buffer is also configurable
1033 through the "dfu_bufsiz" environment variable.
1034
Pantelis Antonioua6e788d2013-03-14 05:32:48 +00001035 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_MAX_FILE_SIZE
1036 When updating files rather than the raw storage device,
1037 we use a static buffer to copy the file into and then write
1038 the buffer once we've been given the whole file. Define
1039 this to the maximum filesize (in bytes) for the buffer.
1040 Default is 4 MiB if undefined.
1041
Heiko Schochere1ba1512014-03-18 08:09:56 +01001042 DFU_DEFAULT_POLL_TIMEOUT
1043 Poll timeout [ms], is the timeout a device can send to the
1044 host. The host must wait for this timeout before sending
1045 a subsequent DFU_GET_STATUS request to the device.
1046
1047 DFU_MANIFEST_POLL_TIMEOUT
1048 Poll timeout [ms], which the device sends to the host when
1049 entering dfuMANIFEST state. Host waits this timeout, before
1050 sending again an USB request to the device.
1051
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +00001052- Journaling Flash filesystem support:
Simon Glassfa8527b2016-10-02 18:00:59 -06001053 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +00001054 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1055
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001056 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1057 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +00001058 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1059
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001060- Keyboard Support:
Simon Glasseaba37e2015-11-11 10:05:47 -07001061 See Kconfig help for available keyboard drivers.
1062
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001063- Video support:
Timur Tabi020edd22011-02-15 17:09:19 -06001064 CONFIG_FSL_DIU_FB
Wolfgang Denk825223d2011-09-11 21:24:09 +02001065 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
Timur Tabi020edd22011-02-15 17:09:19 -06001066 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1067 support, and should also define these other macros:
1068
1069 CONFIG_SYS_DIU_ADDR
1070 CONFIG_VIDEO
Timur Tabi020edd22011-02-15 17:09:19 -06001071 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
1072 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1073 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1074 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
1075 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1076
Timur Tabi32f709e2011-04-11 14:18:22 -05001077 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1078 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
Fabio Estevamd3ad5e52016-04-02 11:53:18 -03001079 boot. See the documentation file doc/README.video for a
Timur Tabi32f709e2011-04-11 14:18:22 -05001080 description of this variable.
Timur Tabi020edd22011-02-15 17:09:19 -06001081
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001082- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1083
1084 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1085 display); also select one of the supported displays
1086 by defining one of these:
1087
Stelian Popf6f86652008-05-09 21:57:18 +02001088 CONFIG_ATMEL_LCD:
1089
1090 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1091
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +00001092 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001093
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +00001094 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001095
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +00001096 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
1097
1098 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1099 Active, color, single scan.
1100
1101 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001102
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +00001103 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001104 Active, color, single scan.
1105
1106 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
1107
1108 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1109 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1110
1111 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1112
1113 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1114 Active, color, single scan.
1115
1116 CONFIG_HLD1045
1117
1118 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1119 Active, color, single scan.
1120
1121 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
1122
1123 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1124 or
1125 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1126 or
1127 Hitachi SP14Q002
1128
1129 320x240. Black & white.
1130
Simon Glass599a4df2012-10-17 13:24:54 +00001131 CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT
1132
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001133 Normally the LCD is page-aligned (typically 4KB). If this is
Simon Glass599a4df2012-10-17 13:24:54 +00001134 defined then the LCD will be aligned to this value instead.
1135 For ARM it is sometimes useful to use MMU_SECTION_SIZE
1136 here, since it is cheaper to change data cache settings on
1137 a per-section basis.
1138
1139
Hannes Petermaiera3c8e862015-03-27 08:01:38 +01001140 CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION
1141
1142 Sometimes, for example if the display is mounted in portrait
1143 mode or even if it's mounted landscape but rotated by 180degree,
1144 we need to rotate our content of the display relative to the
1145 framebuffer, so that user can read the messages which are
1146 printed out.
1147 Once CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is defined, the lcd_console will be
1148 initialized with a given rotation from "vl_rot" out of
1149 "vidinfo_t" which is provided by the board specific code.
1150 The value for vl_rot is coded as following (matching to
1151 fbcon=rotate:<n> linux-kernel commandline):
1152 0 = no rotation respectively 0 degree
1153 1 = 90 degree rotation
1154 2 = 180 degree rotation
1155 3 = 270 degree rotation
1156
1157 If CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is not defined, the console will be
1158 initialized with 0degree rotation.
1159
Tom Wai-Hong Tam79926a42012-09-28 15:11:16 +00001160 CONFIG_LCD_BMP_RLE8
1161
1162 Support drawing of RLE8-compressed bitmaps on the LCD.
1163
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +00001164- MII/PHY support:
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +00001165 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1166
1167 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1168
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +00001169 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1170
1171 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1172 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1173 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1174 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1175
1176 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1177
1178 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1179 command issued before MII status register can be read
1180
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001181- IP address:
1182 CONFIG_IPADDR
1183
1184 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001185 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001186 determined through e.g. bootp.
Wolfgang Denk26da2992011-10-26 10:21:22 +00001187 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001188
1189- Server IP address:
1190 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1191
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001192 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001193 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
Wolfgang Denk26da2992011-10-26 10:21:22 +00001194 (Environment variable "serverip")
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001195
Robin Getz470a6d42009-07-21 12:15:28 -04001196 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1197
1198 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1199 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1200
Wolfgang Denk26da2992011-10-26 10:21:22 +00001201- Gateway IP address:
1202 CONFIG_GATEWAYIP
1203
1204 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1205 default router where packets to other networks are
1206 sent to.
1207 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1208
1209- Subnet mask:
1210 CONFIG_NETMASK
1211
1212 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1213 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1214 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1215 forwarded through a router.
1216 (Environment variable "netmask")
1217
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001218- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1219 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1220
1221 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1222 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1223 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1224 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1225 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1226 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1227 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1228 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
Wolfgang Denkb65aaf92007-08-06 23:21:05 +02001229 following delays are inserted then:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001230
1231 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1232 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1233 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1234 4th and following
1235 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1236
Thierry Reding8977cda2014-08-19 10:21:24 +02001237 CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE
1238
1239 BOOTP packets are uniquely identified using a 32-bit ID. The
1240 server will copy the ID from client requests to responses and
1241 U-Boot will use this to determine if it is the destination of
1242 an incoming response. Some servers will check that addresses
1243 aren't in use before handing them out (usually using an ARP
1244 ping) and therefore take up to a few hundred milliseconds to
1245 respond. Network congestion may also influence the time it
1246 takes for a response to make it back to the client. If that
1247 time is too long, U-Boot will retransmit requests. In order
1248 to allow earlier responses to still be accepted after these
1249 retransmissions, U-Boot's BOOTP client keeps a small cache of
1250 IDs. The CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE controls the size of this
1251 cache. The default is to keep IDs for up to four outstanding
1252 requests. Increasing this will allow U-Boot to accept offers
1253 from a BOOTP client in networks with unusually high latency.
1254
stroesee0aadfb2003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001255- DHCP Advanced Options:
Jon Loeliger5336a762007-07-09 22:08:34 -05001256 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1257 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
stroesee0aadfb2003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001258
Jon Loeliger5336a762007-07-09 22:08:34 -05001259 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
Jon Loeliger5336a762007-07-09 22:08:34 -05001260 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
Jon Loeliger5336a762007-07-09 22:08:34 -05001261 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1262 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1263 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
Joe Hershberger8ca7fa02012-05-23 07:59:19 +00001264 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL
stroesee0aadfb2003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001265
Wilson Callan22bcd6e2007-07-28 10:56:13 -04001266 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1267 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
stroesee0aadfb2003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001268
Joe Hershberger8ca7fa02012-05-23 07:59:19 +00001269 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL - If the DHCP server is not found
1270 after the configured retry count, the call will fail
1271 instead of starting over. This can be used to fail over
1272 to Link-local IP address configuration if the DHCP server
1273 is not available.
1274
Aras Vaichas72aa3f32008-03-26 09:43:57 +11001275 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1276
1277 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1278 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1279 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1280 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1281 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1282 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1283 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1284 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1285 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1286 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1287 this delay.
1288
Joe Hershbergerb35a3a62012-05-23 08:00:12 +00001289 - Link-local IP address negotiation:
1290 Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network
1291 for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration.
1292 This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed
1293 to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
1294
1295 See doc/README.link-local for more information.
1296
Prabhakar Kushwaha2dec06f2017-11-23 16:51:32 +05301297 - MAC address from environment variables
1298
1299 FDT_SEQ_MACADDR_FROM_ENV
1300
1301 Fix-up device tree with MAC addresses fetched sequentially from
1302 environment variables. This config work on assumption that
1303 non-usable ethernet node of device-tree are either not present
1304 or their status has been marked as "disabled".
1305
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001306 - CDP Options:
wdenk05939202004-04-18 17:39:38 +00001307 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001308
1309 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1310
1311 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1312
1313 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1314 of the device.
1315
1316 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1317
1318 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1319 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001320 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001321
1322 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1323
1324 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1325 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1326
1327 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1328
1329 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1330
1331 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1332
1333 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1334
1335 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1336
1337 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1338
1339 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1340
1341 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1342 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1343
1344 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1345
1346 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1347
Uri Mashiach3dc6f652017-01-19 10:51:05 +02001348- Status LED: CONFIG_LED_STATUS
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001349
1350 Several configurations allow to display the current
1351 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1352 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1353 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1354 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1355 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
Uri Mashiach3dc6f652017-01-19 10:51:05 +02001356 kernel). Defining CONFIG_LED_STATUS enables this
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001357 feature in U-Boot.
1358
Igor Grinberg4997a9e2013-11-08 01:03:50 +02001359 Additional options:
1360
Uri Mashiach3dc6f652017-01-19 10:51:05 +02001361 CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
Igor Grinberg4997a9e2013-11-08 01:03:50 +02001362 The status LED can be connected to a GPIO pin.
1363 In such cases, the gpio_led driver can be used as a
Uri Mashiach3dc6f652017-01-19 10:51:05 +02001364 status LED backend implementation. Define CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
Igor Grinberg4997a9e2013-11-08 01:03:50 +02001365 to include the gpio_led driver in the U-Boot binary.
1366
Igor Grinberg203bd9f2013-11-08 01:03:52 +02001367 CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE
1368 Some GPIO connected LEDs may have inverted polarity in which
1369 case the GPIO high value corresponds to LED off state and
1370 GPIO low value corresponds to LED on state.
1371 In such cases CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE may be defined
1372 with a list of GPIO LEDs that have inverted polarity.
1373
Tom Rini52b2e262021-08-18 23:12:24 -04001374- I2C Support:
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001375 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES
Simon Glassb05e2b32016-10-02 18:01:05 -06001376 Hold the number of i2c buses you want to use.
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001377
1378 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS
1379 define this, if you don't use i2c muxes on your hardware.
1380 if CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS is not defined or == 0 you can
1381 omit this define.
1382
1383 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS
1384 define how many muxes are maximal consecutively connected
1385 on one i2c bus. If you not use i2c muxes, omit this
1386 define.
1387
1388 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001389 hold a list of buses you want to use, only used if
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001390 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS is not defined, for example
1391 a board with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS = 1 and
1392 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES = 9:
1393
1394 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES {{0, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
1395 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 1}}}, \
1396 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 2}}}, \
1397 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 3}}}, \
1398 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 4}}}, \
1399 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 5}}}, \
1400 {1, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
1401 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 1}}}, \
1402 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 2}}}, \
1403 }
1404
1405 which defines
1406 bus 0 on adapter 0 without a mux
Heiko Schocher479a4cf2013-01-29 08:53:15 +01001407 bus 1 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 1
1408 bus 2 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 2
1409 bus 3 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 3
1410 bus 4 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 4
1411 bus 5 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 5
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001412 bus 6 on adapter 1 without a mux
Heiko Schocher479a4cf2013-01-29 08:53:15 +01001413 bus 7 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 1
1414 bus 8 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 2
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001415
1416 If you do not have i2c muxes on your board, omit this define.
1417
Simon Glass3efce392017-05-12 21:10:00 -06001418- Legacy I2C Support:
Heiko Schocher479a4cf2013-01-29 08:53:15 +01001419 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT)
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001420 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1421 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001422
1423 I2C_INIT
1424
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001425 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001426 controller or configure ports.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001427
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001428 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001429
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001430 I2C_ACTIVE
1431
1432 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1433 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1434 define can be null.
1435
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001436 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1437
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001438 I2C_TRISTATE
1439
1440 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1441 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1442 define can be null.
1443
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001444 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1445
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001446 I2C_READ
1447
York Sun4a598092013-04-01 11:29:11 -07001448 Code that returns true if the I2C data line is high,
1449 false if it is low.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001450
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001451 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1452
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001453 I2C_SDA(bit)
1454
York Sun4a598092013-04-01 11:29:11 -07001455 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1456 is false, it clears it (low).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001457
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001458 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001459 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001460 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001461
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001462 I2C_SCL(bit)
1463
York Sun4a598092013-04-01 11:29:11 -07001464 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1465 is false, it clears it (low).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001466
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001467 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001468 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001469 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001470
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001471 I2C_DELAY
1472
1473 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1474 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001475 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001476 like:
1477
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001478 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001479
Mike Frysingeree12d542010-07-21 13:38:02 -04001480 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
1481
1482 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
1483 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
1484 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
1485 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
1486
1487 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
1488 the generic GPIO functions.
1489
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001490 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001491
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001492 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1493 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1494 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1495 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1496 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1497 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1498 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1499 is run early in the boot sequence.
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001500
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001501 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1502
1503 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001504 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1505 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001506 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1507
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001508 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001509
1510 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001511 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
Peter Tyser469cde42009-04-18 22:34:03 -05001512 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
1513 a 1D array of device addresses
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001514
1515 e.g.
1516 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001517 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001518
1519 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1520
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001521 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
Simon Glassb05e2b32016-10-02 18:01:05 -06001522 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001523
1524 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1525
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001526 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
Timur Tabiab347542006-11-03 19:15:00 -06001527
1528 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1529 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1530
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001531 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
Stefan Roese096cc9b2007-02-20 10:51:26 +01001532
1533 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1534 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1535
Andrew Dyer58c41f92008-12-29 17:36:01 -06001536 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
1537
1538 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
1539 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
1540 between writing the address pointer and reading the
1541 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
1542 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
1543 devices can use either method, but some require one or
1544 the other.
Timur Tabiab347542006-11-03 19:15:00 -06001545
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001546- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1547
1548 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1549 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1550 D/As on the SACSng board)
1551
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001552 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1553
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001554 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1555 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1556 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1557 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1558 defined, the board configuration must define several
1559 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1560 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001561
Heiko Schocherb77c8882014-07-14 10:22:11 +02001562 CONFIG_SYS_SPI_MXC_WAIT
1563 Timeout for waiting until spi transfer completed.
1564 default: (CONFIG_SYS_HZ/100) /* 10 ms */
1565
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001566- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001567
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001568 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1569
1570 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1571
1572 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1573 (ALTERA, XILINX)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001574
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001575 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001576
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001577 Enables support for FPGA family.
1578 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1579
1580 CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1581
1582 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001583
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001584 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001585
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001586 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001587
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001588 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001589
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001590 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1591 status by the configuration function. This option
1592 will require a board or device specific function to
1593 be written.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001594
1595 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1596
1597 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1598 configuration driver.
1599
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001600 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001601 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1602
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001603 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001604
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001605 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1606 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1607 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1608 indicated a CRC error).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001609
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001610 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001611
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001612 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to de-assert
1613 after PROB_B has been de-asserted during a Virtex II
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001614 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001615 ms.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001616
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001617 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001618
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001619 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to de-assert during
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001620 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001621
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001622 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001623
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001624 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001625 200 ms.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001626
1627- Configuration Management:
Stefan Roese141ed202014-10-22 12:13:24 +02001628
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001629 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
1630
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001631 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1632 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001633
1634- Vendor Parameter Protection:
1635
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001636 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1637 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001638 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001639 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1640 protects these variables from casual modification by
1641 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1642 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001643 change this behaviour:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001644
1645 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1646 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001647 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001648 these parameters.
1649
Joe Hershberger76f353e2015-05-04 14:55:14 -05001650 Alternatively, if you define _both_ an ethaddr in the
1651 default env _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001652 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001653 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1654 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1655 read-only.]
1656
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001657 The same can be accomplished in a more flexible way
1658 for any variable by configuring the type of access
1659 to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable
1660 or define CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC.
1661
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001662- Protected RAM:
1663 CONFIG_PRAM
1664
1665 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1666 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1667 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1668 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1669 this default value by defining an environment
1670 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1671 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1672 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1673 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1674 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1675 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1676 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1677
Wolfgang Denk86eb3b72005-11-20 21:40:11 +01001678 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001679 saveenv
1680
1681 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1682 either, which results in a memory region that will
1683 not be affected by reboots.
1684
1685 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1686 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1687 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1688 following board configurations are known to be
1689 "pRAM-clean":
1690
Heiko Schocher65d94db2017-06-07 17:33:09 +02001691 IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx,
Wolfgang Denk90326762012-10-24 02:36:15 +00001692 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON,
Heiko Schocher71cb3e92017-06-07 17:33:10 +02001693 FLAGADM
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001694
1695- Error Recovery:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001696 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1697
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001698 This variable defines the number of retries for
1699 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1700 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1701 default value of 5 is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001702
Guennadi Liakhovetskib38c2b32008-04-03 17:04:19 +02001703 CONFIG_ARP_TIMEOUT
1704
1705 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
1706
Tetsuyuki Kobayashi147e3902012-07-03 22:25:21 +00001707 CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT
1708
1709 Timeout in milliseconds used in NFS protocol.
1710 If you encounter "ERROR: Cannot umount" in nfs command,
1711 try longer timeout such as
1712 #define CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT 10000UL
1713
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001714 Note:
1715
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001716 In the current implementation, the local variables
1717 space and global environment variables space are
1718 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1719 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1720 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1721 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1722 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001723
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001724 Global environment variables are those you use
1725 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1726 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1727 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001728
1729 To store commands and special characters in a
1730 variable, please use double quotation marks
1731 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1732 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1733 symbols.
1734
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001735- Command Line Editing and History:
Marek Vasut734fb042016-01-27 04:47:55 +01001736 CONFIG_CMDLINE_PS_SUPPORT
1737
1738 Enable support for changing the command prompt string
1739 at run-time. Only static string is supported so far.
1740 The string is obtained from environment variables PS1
1741 and PS2.
1742
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001743- Default Environment:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001744 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1745
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001746 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1747 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001748 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
wdenk591dda52002-11-18 00:14:45 +00001749
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001750 For example, place something like this in your
1751 board's config file:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001752
1753 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1754 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1755 "myvar2=value2\0"
1756
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001757 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1758 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1759 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1760 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001761 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001762 You better know what you are doing here.
1763
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001764 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1765 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
Wolfgang Denk85c25df2009-04-01 23:34:12 +02001766 the environment like the "source" command or the
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001767 boot command first.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001768
Simon Glass6b8d5fd2012-11-30 13:01:17 +00001769 CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT
1770
1771 Normally the environment is loaded when the board is
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001772 initialised so that it is available to U-Boot. This inhibits
Simon Glass6b8d5fd2012-11-30 13:01:17 +00001773 that so that the environment is not available until
1774 explicitly loaded later by U-Boot code. With CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
1775 this is instead controlled by the value of
1776 /config/load-environment.
1777
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001778- TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
1779 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
1780
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02001781 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001782 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02001783 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001784 number generator is used.
1785
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02001786 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
1787 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
1788 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
1789
1790 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001791 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
1792 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
1793 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
1794 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
1795 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
1796 but sometimes that is not allowed.
1797
Wolfgang Denkd590fb12011-10-07 09:58:21 +02001798 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
1799
Wolfgang Denk23f78482011-10-09 21:06:34 +02001800 This option defines a board specific value for the
1801 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
1802 overwriting the architecture dependent default
Wolfgang Denkd590fb12011-10-07 09:58:21 +02001803 settings.
1804
1805- Frame Buffer Address:
1806 CONFIG_FB_ADDR
1807
1808 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific
Wolfgang Denka71eb8e2013-01-03 00:43:59 +00001809 address for frame buffer. This is typically the case
1810 when using a graphics controller has separate video
1811 memory. U-Boot will then place the frame buffer at
1812 the given address instead of dynamically reserving it
1813 in system RAM by calling lcd_setmem(), which grabs
1814 the memory for the frame buffer depending on the
1815 configured panel size.
Wolfgang Denkd590fb12011-10-07 09:58:21 +02001816
1817 Please see board_init_f function.
1818
Detlev Zundel0ecb6112009-12-01 17:16:19 +01001819- Automatic software updates via TFTP server
1820 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP
1821 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
1822 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
1823
1824 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
1825 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
1826
1827- MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
Heiko Schocherf5895d12014-06-24 10:10:04 +02001828 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD
1829 This parameter defines the maximum difference between the highest
1830 erase counter value and the lowest erase counter value of eraseblocks
1831 of UBI devices. When this threshold is exceeded, UBI starts performing
1832 wear leveling by means of moving data from eraseblock with low erase
1833 counter to eraseblocks with high erase counter.
1834
1835 The default value should be OK for SLC NAND flashes, NOR flashes and
1836 other flashes which have eraseblock life-cycle 100000 or more.
1837 However, in case of MLC NAND flashes which typically have eraseblock
1838 life-cycle less than 10000, the threshold should be lessened (e.g.,
1839 to 128 or 256, although it does not have to be power of 2).
1840
1841 default: 4096
Simon Glass6c0be912014-10-23 18:58:54 -06001842
Heiko Schocherf5895d12014-06-24 10:10:04 +02001843 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT
1844 This option specifies the maximum bad physical eraseblocks UBI
1845 expects on the MTD device (per 1024 eraseblocks). If the
1846 underlying flash does not admit of bad eraseblocks (e.g. NOR
1847 flash), this value is ignored.
1848
1849 NAND datasheets often specify the minimum and maximum NVM
1850 (Number of Valid Blocks) for the flashes' endurance lifetime.
1851 The maximum expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 eraseblocks
1852 then can be calculated as "1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB)",
1853 which gives 20 for most NANDs (MaxNVB is basically the total
1854 count of eraseblocks on the chip).
1855
1856 To put it differently, if this value is 20, UBI will try to
1857 reserve about 1.9% of physical eraseblocks for bad blocks
1858 handling. And that will be 1.9% of eraseblocks on the entire
1859 NAND chip, not just the MTD partition UBI attaches. This means
1860 that if you have, say, a NAND flash chip admits maximum 40 bad
1861 eraseblocks, and it is split on two MTD partitions of the same
1862 size, UBI will reserve 40 eraseblocks when attaching a
1863 partition.
1864
1865 default: 20
1866
1867 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
1868 Fastmap is a mechanism which allows attaching an UBI device
1869 in nearly constant time. Instead of scanning the whole MTD device it
1870 only has to locate a checkpoint (called fastmap) on the device.
1871 The on-flash fastmap contains all information needed to attach
1872 the device. Using fastmap makes only sense on large devices where
1873 attaching by scanning takes long. UBI will not automatically install
1874 a fastmap on old images, but you can set the UBI parameter
1875 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT to 1 if you want so. Please note
1876 that fastmap-enabled images are still usable with UBI implementations
1877 without fastmap support. On typical flash devices the whole fastmap
1878 fits into one PEB. UBI will reserve PEBs to hold two fastmaps.
1879
1880 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT
1881 Set this parameter to enable fastmap automatically on images
1882 without a fastmap.
1883 default: 0
1884
Heiko Schocher94b66de2015-10-22 06:19:21 +02001885 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FM_DEBUG
1886 Enable UBI fastmap debug
1887 default: 0
1888
Daniel Schwierzeck39ca08e2011-07-18 07:48:07 +00001889- SPL framework
Wolfgang Denk825223d2011-09-11 21:24:09 +02001890 CONFIG_SPL
1891 Enable building of SPL globally.
Daniel Schwierzeck39ca08e2011-07-18 07:48:07 +00001892
Albert ARIBAUDe916e052013-04-12 05:14:30 +00001893 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT
1894 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL, BSS included.
1895 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory
1896 used by SPL from _start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
Albert ARIBAUDafab1482013-04-14 04:48:38 +00001897 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
Albert ARIBAUDe916e052013-04-12 05:14:30 +00001898 must not be both defined at the same time.
1899
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001900 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE
Albert ARIBAUDe916e052013-04-12 05:14:30 +00001901 Maximum size of the SPL image (text, data, rodata, and
1902 linker lists sections), BSS excluded.
1903 When defined, the linker checks that the actual size does
1904 not exceed it.
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001905
Scott Woodc4f0d002012-09-20 19:05:12 -05001906 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_TEXT_BASE
1907 Address to relocate to. If unspecified, this is equal to
1908 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE (i.e. no relocation is done).
1909
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001910 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR
1911 Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary.
1912
1913 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
Albert ARIBAUDe916e052013-04-12 05:14:30 +00001914 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL BSS.
1915 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory used
1916 by SPL from __bss_start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
Albert ARIBAUDafab1482013-04-14 04:48:38 +00001917 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
Albert ARIBAUDe916e052013-04-12 05:14:30 +00001918 must not be both defined at the same time.
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001919
1920 CONFIG_SPL_STACK
1921 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use
1922
Albert ARIBAUD \(3ADEV\)287b0942015-03-31 11:40:50 +02001923 CONFIG_SPL_PANIC_ON_RAW_IMAGE
1924 When defined, SPL will panic() if the image it has
1925 loaded does not have a signature.
1926 Defining this is useful when code which loads images
1927 in SPL cannot guarantee that absolutely all read errors
1928 will be caught.
1929 An example is the LPC32XX MLC NAND driver, which will
1930 consider that a completely unreadable NAND block is bad,
1931 and thus should be skipped silently.
1932
Scott Woodc4f0d002012-09-20 19:05:12 -05001933 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_STACK
1934 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use after
1935 relocation. If unspecified, this is equal to
1936 CONFIG_SPL_STACK.
1937
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001938 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
1939 Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL.
Fabio Estevam38e1a972015-11-12 12:30:19 -02001940 When this option is set the full malloc is used in SPL and
1941 it is set up by spl_init() and before that, the simple malloc()
1942 can be used if CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F is defined.
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001943
1944 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
1945 The size of the malloc pool used in SPL.
Daniel Schwierzeck39ca08e2011-07-18 07:48:07 +00001946
Tom Rinife3b0c72012-08-13 11:37:56 -07001947 CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT
1948 For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information
1949 about the running system.
1950
Scott Wood7c810902012-09-20 16:35:21 -05001951 CONFIG_SPL_INIT_MINIMAL
1952 Arch init code should be built for a very small image
1953
Paul Kocialkowski17675c82014-11-08 23:14:56 +01001954 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_PARTITION
1955 Partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from when the MMC is being
1956 used in raw mode
1957
Peter Korsgaard01b542f2013-05-13 08:36:29 +00001958 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_KERNEL_SECTOR
1959 Sector to load kernel uImage from when MMC is being
1960 used in raw mode (for Falcon mode)
1961
1962 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTOR,
1963 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTORS
1964 Sector and number of sectors to load kernel argument
1965 parameters from when MMC is being used in raw mode
1966 (for falcon mode)
1967
Guillaume GARDET5065b712014-10-15 17:53:13 +02001968 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
1969 Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from filesystem
1970
1971 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_KERNEL_NAME
Peter Korsgaard465f1f82013-05-13 08:36:27 +00001972 Filename to read to load kernel uImage when reading
Guillaume GARDET5065b712014-10-15 17:53:13 +02001973 from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
Peter Korsgaard465f1f82013-05-13 08:36:27 +00001974
Guillaume GARDET5065b712014-10-15 17:53:13 +02001975 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_ARGS_NAME
Peter Korsgaard465f1f82013-05-13 08:36:27 +00001976 Filename to read to load kernel argument parameters
Guillaume GARDET5065b712014-10-15 17:53:13 +02001977 when reading from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
Peter Korsgaard465f1f82013-05-13 08:36:27 +00001978
Scott Wood2b36fbb2012-12-06 13:33:17 +00001979 CONFIG_SPL_MPC83XX_WAIT_FOR_NAND
1980 Set this for NAND SPL on PPC mpc83xx targets, so that
1981 start.S waits for the rest of the SPL to load before
1982 continuing (the hardware starts execution after just
1983 loading the first page rather than the full 4K).
1984
Prabhakar Kushwaha6e2b9a32014-04-08 19:12:31 +05301985 CONFIG_SPL_SKIP_RELOCATE
1986 Avoid SPL relocation
1987
Jörg Krause6f8190f2018-01-14 19:26:38 +01001988 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_IDENT
1989 SPL uses the chip ID list to identify the NAND flash.
1990 Requires CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BASE.
1991
Thomas Gleixner820d24d2016-07-12 20:28:12 +02001992 CONFIG_SPL_UBI
1993 Support for a lightweight UBI (fastmap) scanner and
1994 loader
1995
Heiko Schochercf000272014-10-31 08:31:00 +01001996 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_RAW_ONLY
1997 Support to boot only raw u-boot.bin images. Use this only
1998 if you need to save space.
1999
Ying Zhangdfb2b152013-08-16 15:16:12 +08002000 CONFIG_SPL_COMMON_INIT_DDR
2001 Set for common ddr init with serial presence detect in
2002 SPL binary.
2003
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00002004 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
2005 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
2006 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
2007 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
2008 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
2009 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
Scott Wood36c440e2012-09-21 18:35:27 -05002010 to read U-Boot
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00002011
Scott Wood36c440e2012-09-21 18:35:27 -05002012 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST
2013 Location in memory to load U-Boot to
2014
2015 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE
2016 Size of image to load
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00002017
2018 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
Scott Wood36c440e2012-09-21 18:35:27 -05002019 Entry point in loaded image to jump to
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00002020
2021 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
2022 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08002023 data. This is used, for example, on davinci platforms.
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00002024
Pavel Machekde997252012-08-30 22:42:11 +02002025 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE
2026 Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary
2027
Scott Woodeb7bd972012-12-06 13:33:16 +00002028 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO
Benoît Thébaudeauf0180722013-04-11 09:35:49 +00002029 Image offset to which the SPL should be padded before appending
2030 the SPL payload. By default, this is defined as
2031 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
2032 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
2033 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
Scott Woodeb7bd972012-12-06 13:33:16 +00002034
Scott Woodf147eb72012-09-21 16:27:32 -05002035 CONFIG_SPL_TARGET
2036 Final target image containing SPL and payload. Some SPLs
2037 use an arch-specific makefile fragment instead, for
2038 example if more than one image needs to be produced.
2039
Marek Vasut9f2e0eb2018-05-13 00:22:52 +02002040 CONFIG_SPL_FIT_PRINT
Simon Glass82d94532013-05-08 08:05:59 +00002041 Printing information about a FIT image adds quite a bit of
2042 code to SPL. So this is normally disabled in SPL. Use this
2043 option to re-enable it. This will affect the output of the
2044 bootm command when booting a FIT image.
2045
Ying Zhang2d2e3b62013-08-16 15:16:15 +08002046- TPL framework
2047 CONFIG_TPL
2048 Enable building of TPL globally.
2049
2050 CONFIG_TPL_PAD_TO
2051 Image offset to which the TPL should be padded before appending
2052 the TPL payload. By default, this is defined as
Wolfgang Denkec7fbf52013-10-04 17:43:24 +02002053 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
2054 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
2055 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
Ying Zhang2d2e3b62013-08-16 15:16:15 +08002056
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00002057- Interrupt support (PPC):
2058
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00002059 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
2060 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002061 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00002062 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002063 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00002064 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002065 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00002066 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
2067 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
2068 general timer_interrupt().
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00002069
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002070
Helmut Raigerd5a184b2011-10-20 04:19:47 +00002071Board initialization settings:
2072------------------------------
2073
2074During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
2075to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
2076before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
2077following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
2078architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
2079typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
2080
2081- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
2082- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
2083- CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
2084- CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init()
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002085
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002086Configuration Settings:
2087-----------------------
2088
Simon Glass8927bf22019-12-28 10:45:10 -07002089- MEM_SUPPORT_64BIT_DATA: Defined automatically if compiled as 64-bit.
York Sun6c480012014-02-26 17:03:19 -08002090 Optionally it can be defined to support 64-bit memory commands.
2091
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002092- CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002093 undefine this when you're short of memory.
2094
Peter Tyserdfb72b82009-01-27 18:03:12 -06002095- CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
2096 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
2097
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002098- CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002099 prompt for user input.
2100
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002101- CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002102
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002103- CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002104
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002105- CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002106
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002107- CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002108 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
2109 booted
2110
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002111- CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002112 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
2113
York Sun5d286cd2015-12-04 11:57:07 -08002114- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE
York Sun1ef95cc2016-06-24 16:46:18 -07002115 Only implemented for ARMv8 for now.
York Sun5d286cd2015-12-04 11:57:07 -08002116 If defined, the size of CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE memory
2117 is substracted from total RAM and won't be reported to OS.
2118 This memory can be used as secure memory. A variable
York Sun1ef95cc2016-06-24 16:46:18 -07002119 gd->arch.secure_ram is used to track the location. In systems
York Sun5d286cd2015-12-04 11:57:07 -08002120 the RAM base is not zero, or RAM is divided into banks,
2121 this variable needs to be recalcuated to get the address.
2122
York Sun50739372015-12-07 11:05:29 -08002123- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE:
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002124 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
Stefan Roesea13709f2008-03-26 10:14:11 +01002125 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002126 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
Stefan Roesea13709f2008-03-26 10:14:11 +01002127 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
2128 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
2129 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
Stefan Roese37f31bf2008-03-28 11:02:53 +01002130 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
Stefan Roesea13709f2008-03-26 10:14:11 +01002131 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
Stefan Roese37f31bf2008-03-28 11:02:53 +01002132 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
Stefan Roesea13709f2008-03-26 10:14:11 +01002133
2134 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
2135 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
2136 be touched.
2137
2138 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
2139 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
2140 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
2141 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
2142 problems.
2143
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002144- CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002145 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
2146
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002147- CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002148 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
2149
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002150- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002151 Physical start address of Flash memory.
2152
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002153- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002154 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2155 make config files to be same as the text base address
Wolfgang Denk0708bc62010-10-07 21:51:12 +02002156 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002157 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002158
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002159- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00002160 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2161 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2162 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2163 flash sector.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002164
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002165- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002166 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2167
Simon Glass863e4042014-07-10 22:23:28 -06002168- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
2169 Size of the malloc() pool for use before relocation. If
2170 this is defined, then a very simple malloc() implementation
2171 will become available before relocation. The address is just
2172 below the global data, and the stack is moved down to make
2173 space.
2174
2175 This feature allocates regions with increasing addresses
2176 within the region. calloc() is supported, but realloc()
2177 is not available. free() is supported but does nothing.
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08002178 The memory will be freed (or in fact just forgotten) when
Simon Glass863e4042014-07-10 22:23:28 -06002179 U-Boot relocates itself.
2180
Simon Glass9fa901b2014-11-10 17:16:54 -07002181- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE
2182 Provides a simple and small malloc() and calloc() for those
2183 boards which do not use the full malloc in SPL (which is
2184 enabled with CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START).
2185
Thierry Redingc97d9742014-12-09 22:25:22 -07002186- CONFIG_SYS_NONCACHED_MEMORY:
2187 Size of non-cached memory area. This area of memory will be
2188 typically located right below the malloc() area and mapped
2189 uncached in the MMU. This is useful for drivers that would
2190 otherwise require a lot of explicit cache maintenance. For
2191 some drivers it's also impossible to properly maintain the
2192 cache. For example if the regions that need to be flushed
2193 are not a multiple of the cache-line size, *and* padding
2194 cannot be allocated between the regions to align them (i.e.
2195 if the HW requires a contiguous array of regions, and the
2196 size of each region is not cache-aligned), then a flush of
2197 one region may result in overwriting data that hardware has
2198 written to another region in the same cache-line. This can
2199 happen for example in network drivers where descriptors for
2200 buffers are typically smaller than the CPU cache-line (e.g.
2201 16 bytes vs. 32 or 64 bytes).
2202
2203 Non-cached memory is only supported on 32-bit ARM at present.
2204
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002205- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
Stefan Roese5d5ce292006-03-13 11:16:36 +01002206 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
2207 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002208 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
Stefan Roese5d5ce292006-03-13 11:16:36 +01002209 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2210
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002211- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002212 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2213 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
Bartlomiej Siekac5648c82008-04-14 15:44:16 +02002214 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2215 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
Robert P. J. Day832d36e2013-09-16 07:15:45 -04002216 environment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
Bartlomiej Siekac5648c82008-04-14 15:44:16 +02002217 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00002218 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
Grant Likely26396382011-03-28 09:58:43 +00002219 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
2220 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
2221 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002222
John Rigbyeea8e692010-10-13 13:57:35 -06002223- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
2224 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
2225 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
2226 is enabled.
2227
2228- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
2229 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
2230 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2231
2232- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
2233 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
2234 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2235
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002236- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002237 Max number of Flash memory banks
2238
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002239- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002240 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2241
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002242- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002243 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2244
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002245- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002246 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2247
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002248- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
wdenkdccbda02003-07-14 22:13:32 +00002249 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2250
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002251- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
wdenkdccbda02003-07-14 22:13:32 +00002252 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2253
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002254- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
wdenkdccbda02003-07-14 22:13:32 +00002255 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2256 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2257
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002258- CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002259
2260 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2261 without this option such a download has to be
2262 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2263 copy from RAM to flash.
2264
2265 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2266 you can check if the download worked before you erase
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002267 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
2268 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002269 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2270
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002271- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002272 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
wdenk2cefd152004-02-08 22:55:38 +00002273 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2274
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD8d94c232008-08-13 01:40:42 +02002275- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
wdenk2cefd152004-02-08 22:55:38 +00002276 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2277 in the drivers directory
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002278
Piotr Ziecik3e939e92008-11-17 15:57:58 +01002279- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
2280 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
2281 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
2282 to the MTD layer.
2283
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002284- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
Guennadi Liakhovetski183284f2008-04-03 13:36:02 +02002285 Use buffered writes to flash.
2286
2287- CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2288 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2289 write commands.
2290
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002291- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
Stefan Roesec443fe92005-11-22 13:20:42 +01002292 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2293 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2294 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2295 optionally available.
2296
Jerry Van Barenaae73572008-03-08 13:48:01 -05002297- CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2298 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2299 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2300 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2301
Stefan Roesed20cba52013-04-04 15:53:14 +02002302- CONFIG_FLASH_VERIFY
2303 If defined, the content of the flash (destination) is compared
2304 against the source after the write operation. An error message
2305 will be printed when the contents are not identical.
2306 Please note that this option is useless in nearly all cases,
2307 since such flash programming errors usually are detected earlier
2308 while unprotecting/erasing/programming. Please only enable
2309 this option if you really know what you are doing.
2310
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002311- CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002312 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
2313 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
stroese94ef1cf2003-06-05 15:39:44 +00002314 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2315 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002316 on high Ethernet traffic.
stroese94ef1cf2003-06-05 15:39:44 +00002317 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2318
Wolfgang Denk460a9ff2010-06-20 23:33:59 +02002319- CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
2320
Wolfgang Denk1136f692010-10-27 22:48:30 +02002321 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
2322 internally to store the environment settings. The default
2323 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
2324 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
2325 lib/hashtable.c for details.
Wolfgang Denk460a9ff2010-06-20 23:33:59 +02002326
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06002327- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
2328- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
Robert P. J. Day832d36e2013-09-16 07:15:45 -04002329 Enable validation of the values given to environment variables when
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06002330 calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal,
2331 hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined,
2332 the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address.
2333
2334 The format of the list is:
2335 type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m]
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08002336 access_attribute = [a|r|o|c]
2337 attributes = type_attribute[access_attribute]
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06002338 entry = variable_name[:attributes]
2339 list = entry[,list]
2340
2341 The type attributes are:
2342 s - String (default)
2343 d - Decimal
2344 x - Hexadecimal
2345 b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF])
2346 i - IP address
2347 m - MAC address
2348
Joe Hershberger6fe26c92012-12-11 22:16:34 -06002349 The access attributes are:
2350 a - Any (default)
2351 r - Read-only
2352 o - Write-once
2353 c - Change-default
2354
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06002355 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
2356 Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags"
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08002357 environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06002358
2359 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
2360 Define this to a list (string) to define validation that
2361 should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags"
2362 environment variable. To override a setting in the static
2363 list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the
2364 ".flags" variable.
2365
Joe Hershberger6db9fd42015-05-20 14:27:20 -05002366 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
2367 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to define the same
2368 flags without explicitly listing them for each variable.
2369
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002370The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
2371of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
2372following configurations:
2373
Mike Frysinger63b8f122011-07-08 10:44:25 +00002374- CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
2375
2376 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
2377 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
2378
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002379BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08002380in U-Boot initialization (when we try to get the setting of for the
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002381console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002382U-Boot will hang.
2383
2384Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
2385environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
2386keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
2387to save the current settings.
2388
Liu Gang85bcd732012-03-08 00:33:20 +00002389BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
2390"saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
Liu Gang357bf5a2012-08-09 05:10:01 +00002391environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE link,
2392but it can not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE interface.
Liu Gang85bcd732012-03-08 00:33:20 +00002393
Guennadi Liakhovetskifad24442009-05-18 16:07:22 +02002394- CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
2395
2396 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
2397 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
2398 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
2399
Bruce Adleredecc942007-11-02 13:15:42 -07002400Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002401has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
Simon Glass64b723f2017-08-03 12:22:12 -06002402created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use env_get_f()
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002403until then to read environment variables.
2404
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002405The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
2406is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
2407with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
2408necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
2409"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
2410have any device yet where we could complain.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002411
2412Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
2413the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002414use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002415
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002416- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00002417 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
wdenk49c3f672003-10-08 22:33:00 +00002418
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002419 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
wdenk49c3f672003-10-08 22:33:00 +00002420 also needs to be defined.
2421
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002422- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00002423 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002424
Ron Madriddfa028a2009-02-18 14:30:44 -08002425- CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
2426 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
2427 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
2428 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
2429 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
2430 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
2431
Simon Glass28a9e332012-11-30 13:01:18 +00002432- CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
2433 Display information about the board that U-Boot is running on
2434 when U-Boot starts up. The board function checkboard() is called
2435 to do this.
2436
Simon Glasse8822012012-11-30 13:01:19 +00002437- CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE
2438 Similar to the previous option, but display this information
2439 later, once stdio is running and output goes to the LCD, if
2440 present.
2441
Sascha Silbe4b9c17c2013-08-11 16:40:43 +02002442- CONFIG_BOARD_SIZE_LIMIT:
2443 Maximum size of the U-Boot image. When defined, the
2444 build system checks that the actual size does not
2445 exceed it.
2446
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002447Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
wdenkc8434db2003-03-26 06:55:25 +00002448---------------------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002449
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002450- CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002451 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
2452
Timur Tabid8f341c2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05002453- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
2454 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
2455 PowerPC SOCs.
2456
2457- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
2458 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
2459 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
2460
Timur Tabid8f341c2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05002461- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
2462 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
2463 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00002464 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
Timur Tabid8f341c2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05002465 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
2466 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
2467 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
2468
2469 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
2470 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
2471
2472- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
Wolfgang Denkd590fb12011-10-07 09:58:21 +02002473 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
2474 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
Timur Tabid8f341c2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05002475 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
2476 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
2477
2478- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
2479 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
2480 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
2481 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
2482
2483- CONFIG_SYS_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE:
2484 If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be
2485 forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated.
2486
Macpaul Lind1e49942011-04-11 20:45:32 +00002487- CONFIG_IDE_AHB:
2488 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
2489 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
2490 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
2491 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
2492 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08002493 is required.
Macpaul Lind1e49942011-04-11 20:45:32 +00002494
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002495- CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002496 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
Christophe Leroy069fa832017-07-06 10:23:22 +02002497 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx systems only]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002498
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002499- CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002500
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002501 Start address of memory area that can be used for
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002502 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
2503 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
2504 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
2505 will become available only after programming the
2506 memory controller and running certain initialization
2507 sequences.
2508
2509 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
Christophe Leroy069fa832017-07-06 10:23:22 +02002510 - MPC8xx: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002511
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002512- CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002513
2514 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002515 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
2516 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002517 data is located at the end of the available space
Wolfgang Denk1c2e98e2010-10-26 13:32:32 +02002518 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
Simon Glass9a6ac8b2016-10-02 18:01:06 -06002519 GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002520 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
2521 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002522
2523 Note:
2524 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
2525 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002526 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002527 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
2528 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
2529
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002530- CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002531
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002532- CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002533 SDRAM timing
2534
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002535- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002536 periodic timer for refresh
2537
Kumar Gala8975d7a2010-12-30 12:09:53 -06002538- CONFIG_SYS_SRIO:
2539 Chip has SRIO or not
2540
2541- CONFIG_SRIO1:
2542 Board has SRIO 1 port available
2543
2544- CONFIG_SRIO2:
2545 Board has SRIO 2 port available
2546
Liu Gang27afb9c2013-05-07 16:30:46 +08002547- CONFIG_SRIO_PCIE_BOOT_MASTER
2548 Board can support master function for Boot from SRIO and PCIE
2549
Kumar Gala8975d7a2010-12-30 12:09:53 -06002550- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
2551 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2552
Simon Glass970b61e2019-11-14 12:57:09 -07002553- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYxS:
Kumar Gala8975d7a2010-12-30 12:09:53 -06002554 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2555
2556- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
2557 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2558
Fabio Estevamf17e8782013-04-11 09:35:34 +00002559- CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BUSWIDTH_16BIT
2560 Defined to tell the NAND controller that the NAND chip is using
2561 a 16 bit bus.
2562 Not all NAND drivers use this symbol.
Fabio Estevam417052b2013-04-11 09:35:35 +00002563 Example of drivers that use it:
Miquel Raynal1f1ae152018-08-16 17:30:07 +02002564 - drivers/mtd/nand/raw/ndfc.c
2565 - drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxc_nand.c
Alex Watermancd6aae32011-05-19 15:08:36 -04002566
2567- CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
2568 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
2569 a default value will be used.
2570
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04002571- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002572 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
2573 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
2574
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04002575 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
2576 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
2577
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002578- CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002579 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
2580 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
2581 to something your driver can deal with.
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04002582
York Sune73cc042011-06-07 09:42:16 +08002583- CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
2584 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
2585 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
2586 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
2587 header files or board specific files.
2588
York Sunbd495cf2011-09-16 13:21:35 -07002589- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
2590 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
2591
York Sun8ced0502015-01-06 13:18:55 -08002592- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_SYNC_REFRESH
2593 Enable sync of refresh for multiple controllers.
2594
York Sunb6a35f82015-03-19 09:30:28 -07002595- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_BIST
2596 Enable built-in memory test for Freescale DDR controllers.
2597
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002598- CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002599 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2600 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
Timur Tabi054838e2006-10-31 18:44:42 -06002601
wdenk6203e402004-04-18 10:13:26 +00002602- CONFIG_RMII
2603 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2604 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2605 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2606
wdenk20c98a62004-04-23 20:32:05 +00002607- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2608 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2609 The syntax is:
2610
2611 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2612
2613 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2614 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2615 area should have.
2616
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002617- CONFIG_LOOPW
2618 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
Simon Glass92ffdee2017-08-04 16:34:27 -06002619 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002620
Joel Johnsondb5a97e2020-01-29 09:17:18 -07002621- CONFIG_CMD_MX_CYCLIC
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002622 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2623 "md/mw" commands.
2624 Examples:
2625
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002626 => mdc.b 10 4 500
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002627 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
2628
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002629 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002630 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
2631
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002632 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
Simon Glass92ffdee2017-08-04 16:34:27 -06002633 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002634
Aneesh V552a3192011-07-13 05:11:07 +00002635- CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
Thomas Hebbfd37f242019-11-13 18:18:03 -08002636 Set when the currently-running compilation is for an artifact
2637 that will end up in the SPL (as opposed to the TPL or U-Boot
2638 proper). Code that needs stage-specific behavior should check
2639 this.
wdenk336b2bc2005-04-02 23:52:25 +00002640
Ying Zhang2d2e3b62013-08-16 15:16:15 +08002641- CONFIG_TPL_BUILD
Thomas Hebbfd37f242019-11-13 18:18:03 -08002642 Set when the currently-running compilation is for an artifact
2643 that will end up in the TPL (as opposed to the SPL or U-Boot
2644 proper). Code that needs stage-specific behavior should check
2645 this.
Ying Zhang2d2e3b62013-08-16 15:16:15 +08002646
Ying Zhang0d4f5442013-05-20 14:07:23 +08002647- CONFIG_SYS_MPC85XX_NO_RESETVEC
2648 Only for 85xx systems. If this variable is specified, the section
2649 .resetvec is not kept and the section .bootpg is placed in the
2650 previous 4k of the .text section.
2651
Simon Glass17dabf02013-02-24 17:33:14 +00002652- CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM
2653 Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses
2654 effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard
2655 U-Boot address as virtual addresses that need to be translated
2656 to physical addresses. However, sandbox requires this, since
2657 it maintains its own little RAM buffer which contains all
2658 addressable memory. This option causes some memory accesses
2659 to be mapped through map_sysmem() / unmap_sysmem().
2660
Simon Glassbfb59802013-02-14 04:18:54 +00002661- CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR
2662 If defined, the x86 reset vector code is included. This is not
2663 needed when U-Boot is running from Coreboot.
Gabe Black14f82462012-11-27 21:08:06 +00002664
Karicheri, Muralidharanc1dc61b2014-04-04 13:16:50 -04002665- CONFIG_SYS_NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE
2666 Option to disable subpage write in NAND driver
2667 driver that uses this:
Miquel Raynal1f1ae152018-08-16 17:30:07 +02002668 drivers/mtd/nand/raw/davinci_nand.c
Karicheri, Muralidharanc1dc61b2014-04-04 13:16:50 -04002669
Timur Tabi275f4bb2011-11-22 09:21:25 -06002670Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
2671-----------------------------------
2672
2673The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
2674loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
2675This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
2676are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
2677within that device.
2678
Zhao Qiang83a90842014-03-21 16:21:44 +08002679- CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR
2680 The address in the storage device where the FMAN microcode is located. The
Tom Rinifa911f82019-05-12 07:59:12 -04002681 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_xxx macro
Zhao Qiang83a90842014-03-21 16:21:44 +08002682 is also specified.
2683
2684- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_ADDR
2685 The address in the storage device where the QE microcode is located. The
Tom Rinifa911f82019-05-12 07:59:12 -04002686 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_xxx macro
Timur Tabi275f4bb2011-11-22 09:21:25 -06002687 is also specified.
2688
2689- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
2690 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
2691 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
2692 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
2693 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
2694
2695- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
2696 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
2697 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
2698 virtual address in NOR flash.
2699
2700- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
2701 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
2702 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
2703
2704- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
2705 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
2706 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
2707
Liu Gang1e084582012-03-08 00:33:18 +00002708- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
2709 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
2710 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
Liu Gang357bf5a2012-08-09 05:10:01 +00002711 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO or PCIE outbound
2712 window->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in
2713 master's memory space.
Timur Tabi275f4bb2011-11-22 09:21:25 -06002714
J. German Rivera8ff14b72014-06-23 15:15:55 -07002715Freescale Layerscape Management Complex Firmware Support:
2716---------------------------------------------------------
2717The Freescale Layerscape Management Complex (MC) supports the loading of
2718"firmware".
2719This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
2720are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
2721within that device.
2722
2723- CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
2724 Enable the MC driver for Layerscape SoCs.
2725
Prabhakar Kushwaha853a9012015-06-02 10:55:52 +05302726Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support:
2727-------------------------------------------
2728The Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support supports the loading of
2729"Debug Server firmware" and triggering SP boot-rom.
2730This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting.
2731
York Sun928b6812015-12-07 11:08:58 -08002732- CONFIG_SYS_MC_RSV_MEM_ALIGN
2733 Define alignment of reserved memory MC requires
Prabhakar Kushwaha853a9012015-06-02 10:55:52 +05302734
Paul Kocialkowski7b917022015-07-26 18:48:15 +02002735Reproducible builds
2736-------------------
2737
2738In order to achieve reproducible builds, timestamps used in the U-Boot build
2739process have to be set to a fixed value.
2740
2741This is done using the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable.
2742SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is to be set on the build host's shell, not as a configuration
2743option for U-Boot or an environment variable in U-Boot.
2744
2745SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH should be set to a number of seconds since the epoch, in UTC.
2746
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002747Building the Software:
2748======================
2749
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002750Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
2751and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
2752all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
2753(potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09002754recommend to use the ELDK (see https://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002755which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002756
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002757If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
2758have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
2759you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
2760Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
2761necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002762
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002763 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
2764 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002765
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002766U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
2767sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002768is done by typing:
2769
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002770 make NAME_defconfig
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002771
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002772where "NAME_defconfig" is the name of one of the existing configu-
Heinrich Schuchardtd6e07af2020-02-24 18:36:30 +01002773rations; see configs/*_defconfig for supported names.
wdenk2f0812d2003-10-08 22:45:44 +00002774
Heinrich Schuchardtd6e07af2020-02-24 18:36:30 +01002775Note: for some boards special configuration names may exist; check if
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002776 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2777 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
2778 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002779 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002780
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002781 make TQM823L_defconfig
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002782 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002783
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002784 make TQM823L_LCD_defconfig
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002785 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002786
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002787 etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002788
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002789
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002790Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
2791images ready for download to / installation on your system:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002792
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002793- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
2794- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
2795- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002796
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002797By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
2798in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
2799this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
2800
28011. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
2802
2803 make O=/tmp/build distclean
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002804 make O=/tmp/build NAME_defconfig
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002805 make O=/tmp/build all
2806
Timo Ketolac8c67602014-11-06 14:39:05 +020028072. Set environment variable KBUILD_OUTPUT to point to the desired location:
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002808
Timo Ketolac8c67602014-11-06 14:39:05 +02002809 export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/build
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002810 make distclean
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002811 make NAME_defconfig
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002812 make all
2813
Timo Ketolac8c67602014-11-06 14:39:05 +02002814Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the KBUILD_OUTPUT environment
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002815variable.
2816
Daniel Schwierzeck88484422018-01-26 16:31:04 +01002817User specific CPPFLAGS, AFLAGS and CFLAGS can be passed to the compiler by
2818setting the according environment variables KCPPFLAGS, KAFLAGS and KCFLAGS.
2819For example to treat all compiler warnings as errors:
2820
2821 make KCFLAGS=-Werror
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002822
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002823Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
2824for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
2825native "make".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002826
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002827
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002828If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
2829to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
2830steps:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002831
Phil Sutterc77b4882015-12-25 14:41:18 +010028321. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002833 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
Phil Sutterc77b4882015-12-25 14:41:18 +01002834 the "Makefile" and a "<board>.c".
28352. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
2836 your board.
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +000028373. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
2838 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +020028394. Run "make <board>_defconfig" with your new name.
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +000028405. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
2841 to be installed on your target system.
28426. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
2843 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002844
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002845
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002846Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
2847==============================================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002848
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002849If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
2850or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002851provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
Thomas Hebbfd37f242019-11-13 18:18:03 -08002852the form of a "patch", i.e. a context diff against a certain (latest
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002853official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002854
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002855But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
2856cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002857the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
Simon Glassdc27def2016-07-27 20:33:08 -06002858just run the buildman script (tools/buildman/buildman), which will
2859configure and build U-Boot for ALL supported system. Be warned, this
2860will take a while. Please see the buildman README, or run 'buildman -H'
2861for documentation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002862
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002863
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002864See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002865
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002866
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002867Monitor Commands - Overview:
2868============================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002869
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002870go - start application at address 'addr'
2871run - run commands in an environment variable
2872bootm - boot application image from memory
2873bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
Marek Vasutcf41a9b2012-03-14 21:52:45 +00002874bootz - boot zImage from memory
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002875tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
2876 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
2877 (and eventually "gatewayip")
Simon Glass6a398d22011-10-24 18:00:07 +00002878tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002879rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
2880diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
2881loads - load S-Record file over serial line
2882loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
2883md - memory display
2884mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2885nm - memory modify (constant address)
2886mw - memory write (fill)
Simon Glass19038de2020-06-02 19:26:49 -06002887ms - memory search
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002888cp - memory copy
2889cmp - memory compare
2890crc32 - checksum calculation
Peter Tyser469cde42009-04-18 22:34:03 -05002891i2c - I2C sub-system
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002892sspi - SPI utility commands
2893base - print or set address offset
2894printenv- print environment variables
Pragnesh Patel1d5955f2020-12-22 11:30:05 +05302895pwm - control pwm channels
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002896setenv - set environment variables
2897saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
2898protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
2899erase - erase FLASH memory
2900flinfo - print FLASH memory information
Karl O. Pinc4baf03d2012-08-03 05:57:21 +00002901nand - NAND memory operations (see doc/README.nand)
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002902bdinfo - print Board Info structure
2903iminfo - print header information for application image
2904coninfo - print console devices and informations
2905ide - IDE sub-system
2906loop - infinite loop on address range
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002907loopw - infinite write loop on address range
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002908mtest - simple RAM test
2909icache - enable or disable instruction cache
2910dcache - enable or disable data cache
2911reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
2912echo - echo args to console
2913version - print monitor version
2914help - print online help
2915? - alias for 'help'
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002916
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002917
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002918Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
2919========================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002920
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002921TODO.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002922
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002923For now: just type "help <command>".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002924
2925
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002926Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
2927=======================================
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002928
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002929Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002930such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
2931"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002932
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002933Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
2934MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
2935"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002936
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002937If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
2938in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
2939ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
2940variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002941
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002942o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
2943 environment, the SROM's address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002944
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002945o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
2946 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
2947 used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002948
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002949o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
2950 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002951
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002952o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
2953 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
2954 warning is printed.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002955
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002956o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
Joe Hershberger2dc2b5d2015-05-04 14:55:13 -05002957 is raised. If CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, then in this case
2958 a random, locally-assigned MAC is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002959
Ben Warren6db991a2010-04-26 11:11:46 -07002960If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00002961will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
Ben Warren6db991a2010-04-26 11:11:46 -07002962may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
2963The naming convention is as follows:
2964"ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002965
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002966Image Formats:
2967==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002968
Marian Balakowicz18710b82008-03-12 12:13:13 +01002969U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
2970images in two formats:
2971
2972New uImage format (FIT)
2973-----------------------
2974
2975Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
2976to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
2977components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
2978SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
2979
2980
2981Old uImage format
2982-----------------
2983
2984Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
2985preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
2986details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002987
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002988* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
2989 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
Peter Tyser56b8dd12008-09-08 14:56:49 -05002990 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
2991 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
2992 INTEGRITY).
Andy Shevchenko8cb5cdd2017-07-05 16:25:22 +03002993* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86,
Macpaul Lin1cac36e2011-10-19 20:41:11 +00002994 IA64, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
Andy Shevchenko8cb5cdd2017-07-05 16:25:22 +03002995 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC).
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002996* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
2997* Load Address
2998* Entry Point
2999* Image Name
3000* Image Timestamp
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003001
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003002The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
3003and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
3004CRC32 checksums.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003005
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003006
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003007Linux Support:
3008==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003009
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003010Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
3011easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
3012U-Boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003013
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003014U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
3015special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
3016"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
3017instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
3018serves several purposes:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003019
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003020- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
3021 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
3022 Flash memory footprint)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003023
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003024- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
3025 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003026
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003027- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
3028 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
3029 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
3030 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
3031 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
3032 software is easier now.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003033
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003034
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003035Linux HOWTO:
3036============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003037
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003038Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
3039---------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003040
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003041U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
3042configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
3043(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
3044Linux :-).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003045
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +02003046But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003047
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003048Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
3049include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
Markus Heidelberg47167572008-09-07 20:18:27 +02003050Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
3051and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02003052as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003053
Simon Glassd097e592014-06-11 23:29:46 -06003054Note that U-Boot now has a driver model, a unified model for drivers.
3055If you are adding a new driver, plumb it into driver model. If there
3056is no uclass available, you are encouraged to create one. See
3057doc/driver-model.
3058
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003059
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003060Configuring the Linux kernel:
3061-----------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003062
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003063No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
3064device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003065
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003066
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003067Building a Linux Image:
3068-----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003069
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003070With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
3071not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
3072"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
3073U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
3074which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
3075100% compatible format.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003076
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003077Example:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003078
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02003079 make TQM850L_defconfig
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003080 make oldconfig
3081 make dep
3082 make uImage
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003083
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003084The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
3085encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
3086CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003087
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003088* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003089
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003090* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003091
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003092 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
3093 -R .note -R .comment \
3094 -S vmlinux linux.bin
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003095
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003096* compress the binary image:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003097
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003098 gzip -9 linux.bin
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003099
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003100* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003101
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003102 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
3103 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
3104 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003105
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003106
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003107The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
3108with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
3109combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
3110byte header containing information about target architecture,
3111operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
3112stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003113
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003114"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
3115print the header information, or to build new images.
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003116
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003117In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
3118contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
3119checksum verification:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003120
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003121 tools/mkimage -l image
3122 -l ==> list image header information
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003123
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003124The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
3125from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003126
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003127 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
3128 -n name -d data_file image
3129 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
3130 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
3131 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
3132 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
3133 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
3134 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
3135 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
3136 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003137
wdenkcd914452004-05-29 16:53:29 +00003138Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
3139address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
3140kernel version:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003141
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003142- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
3143- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003144
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003145So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003146
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003147 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3148 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +02003149 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003150 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
3151 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3152 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3153 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3154 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3155 Load Address: 0x00000000
3156 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003157
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003158To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003159
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003160 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
3161 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3162 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3163 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3164 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3165 Load Address: 0x00000000
3166 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003167
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003168NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
3169speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
3170needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
3171need to be uncompressed:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003172
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +02003173 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003174 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3175 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +02003176 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003177 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
3178 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3179 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3180 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
3181 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
3182 Load Address: 0x00000000
3183 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003184
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003185
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003186Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
3187when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003188
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003189 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
3190 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
3191 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
3192 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3193 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
3194 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3195 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
3196 Load Address: 0x00000000
3197 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003198
Tyler Hicks791c7472020-10-26 10:40:24 -05003199The "dumpimage" tool can be used to disassemble or list the contents of images
3200built by mkimage. See dumpimage's help output (-h) for details.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003201
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003202Installing a Linux Image:
3203-------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003204
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003205To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
3206you must convert the image to S-Record format:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003207
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003208 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003209
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003210The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
3211image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
3212address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
3213specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
3214command.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003215
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003216Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
3217TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003218
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003219 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003220
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003221 .......... done
3222 Erased 8 sectors
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003223
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003224 => loads 40100000
3225 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3226 ~>examples/image.srec
3227 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
3228 ...
3229 15989 15990 15991 15992
3230 [file transfer complete]
3231 [connected]
3232 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003233
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003234
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003235You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003236this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003237corruption happened:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003238
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003239 => imi 40100000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003240
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003241 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3242 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3243 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3244 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3245 Load Address: 00000000
3246 Entry Point: 0000000c
3247 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003248
3249
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003250Boot Linux:
3251-----------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003252
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003253The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
3254memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
3255of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
3256parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
3257"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003258
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003259
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003260 => printenv bootargs
3261 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003262
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003263 => 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 +00003264
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003265 => printenv bootargs
3266 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 +00003267
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003268 => bootm 40020000
3269 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
3270 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
3271 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3272 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
3273 Load Address: 00000000
3274 Entry Point: 0000000c
3275 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3276 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3277 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
3278 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3279 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3280 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3281 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
3282 ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003283
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02003284If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003285the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
3286format!) to the "bootm" command:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003287
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003288 => imi 40100000 40200000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003289
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003290 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3291 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3292 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3293 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3294 Load Address: 00000000
3295 Entry Point: 0000000c
3296 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003297
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003298 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
3299 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3300 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3301 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3302 Load Address: 00000000
3303 Entry Point: 00000000
3304 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003305
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003306 => bootm 40100000 40200000
3307 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
3308 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3309 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3310 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3311 Load Address: 00000000
3312 Entry Point: 0000000c
3313 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3314 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3315 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
3316 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3317 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3318 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3319 Load Address: 00000000
3320 Entry Point: 00000000
3321 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3322 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
3323 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
3324 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
3325 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3326 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3327 ...
3328 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
3329 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003330
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003331 bash#
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003332
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -05003333Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
3334-----------
3335
3336First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
3337titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
3338following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
3339flat device tree:
3340
3341=> print oftaddr
3342oftaddr=0x300000
3343=> print oft
3344oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
3345=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
3346Speed: 1000, full duplex
3347Using TSEC0 device
3348TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
3349Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
3350Load address: 0x300000
3351Loading: #
3352done
3353Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
3354=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
3355Speed: 1000, full duplex
3356Using TSEC0 device
3357TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
3358Filename 'uImage'.
3359Load address: 0x200000
3360Loading:############
3361done
3362Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
3363=> print loadaddr
3364loadaddr=200000
3365=> print oftaddr
3366oftaddr=0x300000
3367=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
3368## Booting image at 00200000 ...
Wolfgang Denk018147d2006-11-27 15:32:42 +01003369 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
3370 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3371 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -05003372 Load Address: 00000000
Wolfgang Denk018147d2006-11-27 15:32:42 +01003373 Entry Point: 00000000
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -05003374 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3375 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3376Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
3377Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
3378Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
3379[snip]
3380
3381
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003382More About U-Boot Image Types:
3383------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003384
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003385U-Boot supports the following image types:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003386
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003387 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
3388 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
3389 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
3390 the Standalone Program.
3391 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
3392 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
3393 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
3394 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
3395 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
3396 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
3397 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
3398 being started.
3399 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
3400 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
3401 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
3402 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
3403 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
3404 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003405
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003406 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
3407 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
3408 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
3409 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
3410 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
3411 a multiple of 4 bytes).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003412
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003413 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
3414 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
3415 flash memory.
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00003416
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003417 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
3418 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
3419 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
3420 as command interpreter.
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00003421
Marek Vasutcf41a9b2012-03-14 21:52:45 +00003422Booting the Linux zImage:
3423-------------------------
3424
3425On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
3426using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
3427as the syntax of "bootm" command.
3428
Tom Rini45f46d12013-05-16 11:40:11 -04003429Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD allows user to supply
Marek Vasut28850d02012-03-18 11:47:58 +00003430kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
3431address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
3432format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
3433
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00003434
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003435Standalone HOWTO:
3436=================
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00003437
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003438One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
3439run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
3440U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00003441
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003442Two simple examples are included with the sources:
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00003443
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003444"Hello World" Demo:
3445-------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003446
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003447'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
3448application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
3449It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
3450like that:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003451
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003452 => loads
3453 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3454 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
3455 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3456 [file transfer complete]
3457 [connected]
3458 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003459
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003460 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
3461 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3462 Hello World
3463 argc = 7
3464 argv[0] = "40004"
3465 argv[1] = "Hello"
3466 argv[2] = "World!"
3467 argv[3] = "This"
3468 argv[4] = "is"
3469 argv[5] = "a"
3470 argv[6] = "test."
3471 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
3472 Hit any key to exit ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003473
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003474 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003475
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003476Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
3477handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
3478Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
3479The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
3480character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
3481controlled by the following keys:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003482
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003483 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
3484 b - enable interrupts and start timer
3485 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
3486 q - quit application
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003487
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003488 => loads
3489 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3490 ~>examples/timer.srec
3491 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3492 [file transfer complete]
3493 [connected]
3494 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003495
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003496 => go 40004
3497 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3498 TIMERS=0xfff00980
3499 Using timer 1
3500 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003501
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003502Hit 'b':
3503 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
3504 Enabling timer
3505Hit '?':
3506 [q, b, e, ?] ........
3507 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
3508Hit '?':
3509 [q, b, e, ?] .
3510 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
3511Hit '?':
3512 [q, b, e, ?] .
3513 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
3514Hit '?':
3515 [q, b, e, ?] .
3516 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
3517Hit 'e':
3518 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
3519Hit 'q':
3520 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003521
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003522
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003523Minicom warning:
3524================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003525
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003526Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
3527"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
3528consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
3529Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
3530especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
Karl O. Pinca0189bb2012-10-01 05:11:56 +00003531use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). See
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09003532https://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.
Karl O. Pinca0189bb2012-10-01 05:11:56 +00003533for help with kermit.
3534
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003535
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003536Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
3537configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003538
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003539 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
3540 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
3541 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00003542
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00003543
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003544NetBSD Notes:
3545=============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003546
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003547Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
3548(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003549
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003550Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
3551NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
3552need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
3553Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
3554attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
3555missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003556
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003557 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
3558 # mkdir powerpc
3559 # ln -s powerpc machine
3560 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
3561 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003562
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003563Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
3564and U-Boot include files.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003565
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003566Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
3567stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
3568proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
3569tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
wdenkd0245fc2005-04-13 10:02:42 +00003570meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003571
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003572
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003573Implementation Internals:
3574=========================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003575
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003576The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
3577implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
3578inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
3579hardware.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003580
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003581
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003582Initial Stack, Global Data:
3583---------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003584
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003585The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
3586starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
3587system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
3588This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
3589is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
3590at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
3591options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
3592models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
3593MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
3594locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003595
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003596 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01003597 U-Boot mailing list:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003598
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003599 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
3600 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
3601 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
3602 ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003603
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003604 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
3605 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
3606 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
3607 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
3608 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02003609 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003610 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
3611 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003612
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003613 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
3614 is another option for the system designer to use as an
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02003615 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003616 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
3617 board designers haven't used it for something that would
3618 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
3619 used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003620
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02003621 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003622 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
3623 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
Stefan Roese3e1f1b32005-08-01 16:49:12 +02003624 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003625 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
3626 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
3627 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
3628 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
3629 you get the config right.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003630
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003631 -Chris Hallinan
3632 DS4.COM, Inc.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003633
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003634It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
3635code for the initialization procedures:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003636
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003637* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
3638 to write it.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003639
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08003640* Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitly initialized
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003641 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
3642 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003643
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003644* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
3645 that.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003646
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003647Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08003648normal global data to share information between the code. But it
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003649turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
3650simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
3651functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
3652functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
3653the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
3654place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
3655reserve for this purpose.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003656
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003657When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
3658relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
3659GCC's implementation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003660
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003661For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
3662 R1: stack pointer
Wolfgang Denk69c09642008-02-14 22:43:22 +01003663 R2: reserved for system use
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003664 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
3665 R5-R10: parameter passing
3666 R13: small data area pointer
3667 R30: GOT pointer
3668 R31: frame pointer
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003669
Joakim Tjernlund693c0c12010-01-19 14:41:58 +01003670 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
3671 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
3672 going back and forth between asm and C)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003673
Wolfgang Denk69c09642008-02-14 22:43:22 +01003674 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003675
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003676 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
3677 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
3678 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
3679 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
3680 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
3681 624 text + 127 data).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003682
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003683On ARM, the following registers are used:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003684
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003685 R0: function argument word/integer result
3686 R1-R3: function argument word
Jeroen Hofsteea556aca2013-09-21 14:04:42 +02003687 R9: platform specific
3688 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking is enabled)
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003689 R11: argument (frame) pointer
3690 R12: temporary workspace
3691 R13: stack pointer
3692 R14: link register
3693 R15: program counter
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003694
Jeroen Hofsteea556aca2013-09-21 14:04:42 +02003695 ==> U-Boot will use R9 to hold a pointer to the global data
3696
3697 Note: on ARM, only R_ARM_RELATIVE relocations are supported.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003698
Thomas Chou8fa38582010-05-21 11:08:03 +08003699On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09003700 https://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
Thomas Chou8fa38582010-05-21 11:08:03 +08003701
3702 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
3703
3704 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
3705 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
3706
Macpaul Lin1cac36e2011-10-19 20:41:11 +00003707On NDS32, the following registers are used:
3708
3709 R0-R1: argument/return
3710 R2-R5: argument
3711 R15: temporary register for assembler
3712 R16: trampoline register
3713 R28: frame pointer (FP)
3714 R29: global pointer (GP)
3715 R30: link register (LP)
3716 R31: stack pointer (SP)
3717 PC: program counter (PC)
3718
3719 ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data
3720
Wolfgang Denk6405a152006-03-31 18:32:53 +02003721NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
3722or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003723
Rick Chend7e6f922017-12-26 13:55:59 +08003724On RISC-V, the following registers are used:
3725
3726 x0: hard-wired zero (zero)
3727 x1: return address (ra)
3728 x2: stack pointer (sp)
3729 x3: global pointer (gp)
3730 x4: thread pointer (tp)
3731 x5: link register (t0)
3732 x8: frame pointer (fp)
3733 x10-x11: arguments/return values (a0-1)
3734 x12-x17: arguments (a2-7)
3735 x28-31: temporaries (t3-6)
3736 pc: program counter (pc)
3737
3738 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
3739
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003740Memory Management:
3741------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003742
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003743U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
3744MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003745
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003746The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
3747controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
3748memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
3749physical memory banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003750
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003751U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
3752TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
3753booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
3754to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02003755memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003756configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
3757Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003758
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003759Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
3760of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003761
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003762So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
3763this:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003764
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003765 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
3766 :
3767 0x0000 1FFF
3768 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
3769 :
3770 :
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003771
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003772 :
3773 :
3774 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
3775 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
3776 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
3777 :
3778 0x00FD FFFF
3779 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
3780 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
3781 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
3782 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003783
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003784
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003785System Initialization:
3786----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003787
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003788In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02003789(on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08003790configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the on board Flash memory.
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003791To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
3792To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
3793initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
Heiko Schocher71cb3e92017-06-07 17:33:10 +02003794which provide such a feature like), or in a locked part of the data
3795cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, the caches and
3796the SIU.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003797
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003798Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
3799preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
3800(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
3801on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
3802programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
3803simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
3804banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003805
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003806When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
3807different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
3808bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
38090x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
3810contiguous memory starting from 0.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003811
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003812Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
3813and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
3814Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
3815pages, and the final stack is set up.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003816
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003817Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
3818until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
3819running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
3820new address in RAM.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003821
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003822
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003823U-Boot Porting Guide:
3824----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003825
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003826[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
3827list, October 2002]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003828
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003829
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003830int main(int argc, char *argv[])
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003831{
3832 sighandler_t no_more_time;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003833
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003834 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
3835 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003836
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003837 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003838 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003839 return 0;
3840 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003841
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003842 Download latest U-Boot source;
wdenk34b613e2002-12-17 01:51:00 +00003843
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01003844 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003845
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003846 if (clueless)
3847 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003848
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003849 while (learning) {
3850 Read the README file in the top level directory;
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09003851 Read https://www.denx.de/wiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
Patrick Delaunay9b281fa2020-02-28 15:18:10 +01003852 Read applicable doc/README.*;
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003853 Read the source, Luke;
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003854 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003855 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003856
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003857 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
3858 Buy a BDI3000;
3859 else
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003860 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003861
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003862 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
3863 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
3864 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
3865 } else {
3866 Create your own board support subdirectory;
3867 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
3868 }
3869 Edit new board/<myboard> files
3870 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003871
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003872 while (!accepted) {
3873 while (!running) {
3874 do {
3875 Add / modify source code;
3876 } until (compiles);
3877 Debug;
3878 if (clueless)
3879 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
3880 }
3881 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
3882 if (reasonable critiques)
3883 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
3884 else
3885 Defend code as written;
wdenk634d2f72004-04-15 23:14:49 +00003886 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003887
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003888 return 0;
3889}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003890
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003891void no_more_time (int sig)
3892{
3893 hire_a_guru();
3894}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003895
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003896
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003897Coding Standards:
3898-----------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003899
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003900All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
Baruch Siachb1081252017-12-10 17:34:35 +02003901coding style; see the kernel coding style guide at
3902https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html, and the
3903script "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
Detlev Zundelaa63d482006-09-01 15:39:02 +02003904
3905Source files originating from a different project (for example the
3906MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08003907reformatted to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
Detlev Zundelaa63d482006-09-01 15:39:02 +02003908sources.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003909
Detlev Zundelaa63d482006-09-01 15:39:02 +02003910Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
3911Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
3912in your code.
wdenkad276f22004-01-04 16:28:35 +00003913
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003914Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
3915- remove any trailing white space
Wolfgang Denk20bd2a62011-07-27 10:59:55 +00003916- use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003917- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
Wolfgang Denk20bd2a62011-07-27 10:59:55 +00003918- do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003919- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003920
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003921Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
3922with a request to reformat the changes.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003923
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003924
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003925Submitting Patches:
3926-------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003927
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003928Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
3929establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
3930may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003931
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09003932Please see https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003933
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01003934Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
S. Lockwood-Childsda6d34c2017-11-14 22:56:42 -08003935see https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01003936
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003937When you send a patch, please include the following information with
3938it:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003939
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003940* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
3941 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
3942 patch actually fixes something.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003943
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003944* For new features: a description of the feature and your
3945 implementation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003946
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -05003947* For major contributions, add a MAINTAINERS file with your
3948 information and associated file and directory references.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003949
Albert ARIBAUD48e910f2013-09-11 15:52:51 +02003950* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add a
3951 maintainer e-mail address to the boards.cfg file, too.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003952
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003953* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
3954 document these in the README file.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003955
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003956* The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
3957 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
Wolfgang Denk20bd2a62011-07-27 10:59:55 +00003958 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003959 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
3960 with some other mail clients.
wdenkca9bc762003-07-15 07:45:49 +00003961
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003962 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
3963 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
3964 GNU diff.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003965
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003966 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
3967 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
3968 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
3969 affected files).
3970
3971 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
3972 and compressed attachments must not be used.
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003973
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003974* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
3975 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00003976
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003977* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
3978 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003979
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003980
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003981Notes:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003982
Simon Glassdc27def2016-07-27 20:33:08 -06003983* Before sending the patch, run the buildman script on your patched
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003984 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
3985 for any of the boards.
3986
3987* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
3988 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
3989 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003990
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003991* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
3992 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
3993 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
3994 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
3995 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
3996 modification.
wdenkcbc49a52005-05-03 14:12:25 +00003997
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01003998* Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
3999 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
4000 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
4001 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.