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wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
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23
24Summary:
25========
26
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000027This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
wdenkce4832c2004-10-17 21:12:06 +000028Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
29processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
30initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
31code.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000032
33The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000034the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
35header files in common, and special provision has been made to
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000036support booting of Linux images.
37
38Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
39configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
40implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
41add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
42code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
43load and run it dynamically.
44
45
46Status:
47=======
48
49In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000050Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000051"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
52
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000053In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000054who contributed the specific port.
55
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000056
57Where to get help:
58==================
59
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000060In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
61U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
62<u-boot-users@lists.sourceforge.net>. There is also an archive of
63previous traffic on the mailing list - please search the archive
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000064before asking FAQ's. Please see
65http://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/u-boot-users/
66
67
68Where we come from:
69===================
70
71- start from 8xxrom sources
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000072- create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000073- clean up code
74- make it easier to add custom boards
75- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
76- extend functions, especially:
77 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
78 * S-Record download
79 * network boot
80 * PCMCIA / CompactFLash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000081- create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000082- add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000083- create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
84
85
86Names and Spelling:
87===================
88
89The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
90"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
91in source files etc.). Example:
92
93 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
94
95File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
96
97 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
98
99 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
100
101Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
102the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000103
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000104 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
105 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
106
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000107
wdenk7474aca2002-12-17 17:55:09 +0000108Versioning:
109===========
110
111U-Boot uses a 3 level version number containing a version, a
112sub-version, and a patchlevel: "U-Boot-2.34.5" means version "2",
113sub-version "34", and patchlevel "4".
114
115The patchlevel is used to indicate certain stages of development
116between released versions, i. e. officially released versions of
117U-Boot will always have a patchlevel of "0".
118
119
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000120Directory Hierarchy:
121====================
122
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000123- board Board dependent files
124- common Misc architecture independent functions
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000125- cpu CPU specific files
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +0000126 - 74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000127 - arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
128 - arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
wdenk91fcc952005-04-06 13:52:31 +0000129 - at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +0000130 - imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
wdenkf8e9a232004-10-09 22:21:29 +0000131 - s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000132 - arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
133 - arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
wdenkf8062712005-01-09 23:16:25 +0000134 - arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
Wolfgang Denk64702552006-10-24 14:27:35 +0200135 - at32ap Files specific to Atmel AVR32 AP CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000136 - i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs
137 - ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +0000138 - mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000139 - mips Files specific to MIPS CPUs
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +0000140 - mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
141 - mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
142 - mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
143 - mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
144 - mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
145 - mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
146 - mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000147 - nios Files specific to Altera NIOS CPUs
wdenkef3386f2004-10-10 21:27:30 +0000148 - nios2 Files specific to Altera Nios-II CPUs
Wolfgang Denk0ee70772005-09-23 11:05:55 +0200149 - ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000150 - pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
151 - s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
152 - sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000153- disk Code for disk drive partition handling
154- doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000155- drivers Commonly used device drivers
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000156- dtt Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers
157- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
158- include Header Files
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000159- lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture
Wolfgang Denk83c15852006-10-24 14:21:16 +0200160- lib_avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000161- lib_generic Files generic to all architectures
162- lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture
163- lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
164- lib_mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
165- lib_nios Files generic to NIOS architecture
166- lib_ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000167- net Networking code
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000168- post Power On Self Test
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000169- rtc Real Time Clock drivers
170- tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
171
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000172Software Configuration:
173=======================
174
175Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
176rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
177
178There are two classes of configuration variables:
179
180* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
181 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
182 "CONFIG_".
183
184* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
185 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
186 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
187 "CFG_".
188
189Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
190identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
191do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
192links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
193as an example here.
194
195
196Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
197---------------------------------------------------
198
199For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
200configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
201
202Example: For a TQM823L module type:
203
204 cd u-boot
205 make TQM823L_config
206
207For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the cpu type as well;
208e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
209directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
210
211
212Configuration Options:
213----------------------
214
215Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
216such information is kept in a configuration file
217"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
218
219Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
220"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
221
222
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +0000223Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
224kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
225build a config tool - later.
226
227
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000228The following options need to be configured:
229
230- CPU Type: Define exactly one of
231
232 PowerPC based CPUs:
233 -------------------
234 CONFIG_MPC823, CONFIG_MPC850, CONFIG_MPC855, CONFIG_MPC860
wdenk359733b2003-03-31 17:27:09 +0000235 or CONFIG_MPC5xx
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +0000236 or CONFIG_MPC8220
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000237 or CONFIG_MPC824X, CONFIG_MPC8260
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +0000238 or CONFIG_MPC85xx
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000239 or CONFIG_IOP480
240 or CONFIG_405GP
wdenk232fe0b2003-09-02 22:48:03 +0000241 or CONFIG_405EP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000242 or CONFIG_440
243 or CONFIG_MPC74xx
wdenkaaf48a92003-06-20 23:10:58 +0000244 or CONFIG_750FX
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000245
246 ARM based CPUs:
247 ---------------
248 CONFIG_SA1110
249 CONFIG_ARM7
250 CONFIG_PXA250
Markus Klotzbuecher6e5c19a2006-03-24 15:28:02 +0100251 CONFIG_CPU_MONAHANS
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000252
wdenk12490652004-04-18 21:13:41 +0000253 MicroBlaze based CPUs:
254 ----------------------
wdenk20a61222004-07-10 23:48:41 +0000255 CONFIG_MICROBLAZE
wdenk12490652004-04-18 21:13:41 +0000256
wdenkef3386f2004-10-10 21:27:30 +0000257 Nios-2 based CPUs:
258 ----------------------
259 CONFIG_NIOS2
260
Wolfgang Denk64702552006-10-24 14:27:35 +0200261 AVR32 based CPUs:
262 ----------------------
263 CONFIG_AT32AP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000264
265- Board Type: Define exactly one of
266
267 PowerPC based boards:
268 ---------------------
269
Detlev Zundel07c4f5f2006-04-24 17:52:01 +0200270 CONFIG_ADCIOP CONFIG_FPS860L CONFIG_OXC
271 CONFIG_ADS860 CONFIG_GEN860T CONFIG_PCI405
272 CONFIG_AMX860 CONFIG_GENIETV CONFIG_PCIPPC2
273 CONFIG_AP1000 CONFIG_GTH CONFIG_PCIPPC6
274 CONFIG_AR405 CONFIG_gw8260 CONFIG_pcu_e
275 CONFIG_BAB7xx CONFIG_hermes CONFIG_PIP405
276 CONFIG_BC3450 CONFIG_hymod CONFIG_PM826
Wolfgang Denk315b46a2006-03-17 11:42:53 +0100277 CONFIG_c2mon CONFIG_IAD210 CONFIG_ppmc8260
278 CONFIG_CANBT CONFIG_ICU862 CONFIG_QS823
279 CONFIG_CCM CONFIG_IP860 CONFIG_QS850
280 CONFIG_CMI CONFIG_IPHASE4539 CONFIG_QS860T
281 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8260 CONFIG_IVML24 CONFIG_RBC823
282 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8xx CONFIG_IVML24_128 CONFIG_RPXClassic
283 CONFIG_CPCI405 CONFIG_IVML24_256 CONFIG_RPXlite
284 CONFIG_CPCI4052 CONFIG_IVMS8 CONFIG_RPXsuper
285 CONFIG_CPCIISER4 CONFIG_IVMS8_128 CONFIG_rsdproto
286 CONFIG_CPU86 CONFIG_IVMS8_256 CONFIG_sacsng
287 CONFIG_CRAYL1 CONFIG_JSE CONFIG_Sandpoint8240
288 CONFIG_CSB272 CONFIG_LANTEC CONFIG_Sandpoint8245
289 CONFIG_CU824 CONFIG_LITE5200B CONFIG_sbc8260
290 CONFIG_DASA_SIM CONFIG_lwmon CONFIG_sbc8560
291 CONFIG_DB64360 CONFIG_MBX CONFIG_SM850
292 CONFIG_DB64460 CONFIG_MBX860T CONFIG_SPD823TS
293 CONFIG_DU405 CONFIG_MHPC CONFIG_STXGP3
294 CONFIG_DUET_ADS CONFIG_MIP405 CONFIG_SXNI855T
295 CONFIG_EBONY CONFIG_MOUSSE CONFIG_TQM823L
296 CONFIG_ELPPC CONFIG_MPC8260ADS CONFIG_TQM8260
297 CONFIG_ELPT860 CONFIG_MPC8540ADS CONFIG_TQM850L
298 CONFIG_ep8260 CONFIG_MPC8540EVAL CONFIG_TQM855L
299 CONFIG_ERIC CONFIG_MPC8560ADS CONFIG_TQM860L
300 CONFIG_ESTEEM192E CONFIG_MUSENKI CONFIG_TTTech
301 CONFIG_ETX094 CONFIG_MVS1 CONFIG_UTX8245
302 CONFIG_EVB64260 CONFIG_NETPHONE CONFIG_V37
303 CONFIG_FADS823 CONFIG_NETTA CONFIG_W7OLMC
304 CONFIG_FADS850SAR CONFIG_NETVIA CONFIG_W7OLMG
305 CONFIG_FADS860T CONFIG_NX823 CONFIG_WALNUT
306 CONFIG_FLAGADM CONFIG_OCRTC CONFIG_ZPC1900
307 CONFIG_FPS850L CONFIG_ORSG CONFIG_ZUMA
Wolfgang Denk3193a652005-10-09 01:41:48 +0200308
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000309 ARM based boards:
310 -----------------
311
Wolfgang Denk4dc11462005-09-26 01:06:33 +0200312 CONFIG_ARMADILLO, CONFIG_AT91RM9200DK, CONFIG_CERF250,
Markus Klotzbuecher6e5c19a2006-03-24 15:28:02 +0100313 CONFIG_CSB637, CONFIG_DELTA, CONFIG_DNP1110,
Wolfgang Denkc80857e2006-07-21 11:56:05 +0200314 CONFIG_EP7312, CONFIG_H2_OMAP1610, CONFIG_HHP_CRADLE,
Wolfgang Denkebd3deb2006-04-16 10:51:58 +0200315 CONFIG_IMPA7, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1510, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1610,
Markus Klotzbuecher6e5c19a2006-03-24 15:28:02 +0100316 CONFIG_KB9202, CONFIG_LART, CONFIG_LPD7A400,
317 CONFIG_LUBBOCK, CONFIG_OSK_OMAP5912, CONFIG_OMAP2420H4,
Heiko Schocher221a5062006-05-02 07:51:46 +0200318 CONFIG_PLEB2, CONFIG_SHANNON, CONFIG_P2_OMAP730,
319 CONFIG_SMDK2400, CONFIG_SMDK2410, CONFIG_TRAB,
320 CONFIG_VCMA9
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000321
wdenk12490652004-04-18 21:13:41 +0000322 MicroBlaze based boards:
323 ------------------------
324
325 CONFIG_SUZAKU
326
wdenkef3386f2004-10-10 21:27:30 +0000327 Nios-2 based boards:
328 ------------------------
329
330 CONFIG_PCI5441 CONFIG_PK1C20
Scott McNutt2ca00852006-06-08 13:37:39 -0400331 CONFIG_EP1C20 CONFIG_EP1S10 CONFIG_EP1S40
wdenkef3386f2004-10-10 21:27:30 +0000332
Wolfgang Denk994ad962006-10-24 14:42:37 +0200333 AVR32 based boards:
334 -------------------
335
336 CONFIG_ATSTK1000
337
338- CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
339 Define exactly one of
340 CONFIG_ATSTK1002
341
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000342
343- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
344 Define exactly one of
345 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
346--- FIXME --- not tested yet:
347 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
348 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
349
350- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
351 Define exactly one of
352 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
353
354- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
355 Define one or more of
356 CONFIG_CMA302
357
358- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
359 Define one or more of
360 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
361 the lcd display every second with
362 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
363
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +0000364- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
365 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
366 Possible values are:
367 CFG_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
wdenkad276f22004-01-04 16:28:35 +0000368 CFG_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
wdenk2f0812d2003-10-08 22:45:44 +0000369 CFG_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
wdenk3902d702004-04-15 18:22:41 +0000370 CFG_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +0000371
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000372- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000373 Define exactly one of
374 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000375
wdenkfde37042004-01-31 20:06:54 +0000376- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx cpu)
wdenk20bddb32004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000377 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
378 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000379 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
380 reference PIT/RTC clock
wdenk20bddb32004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000381 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
382 or XTAL/EXTAL)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000383
wdenk20bddb32004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000384- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
385 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
386 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
387 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
wdenkfde37042004-01-31 20:06:54 +0000388 See doc/README.MPC866
389
390 CFG_MEASURE_CPUCLK
391
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000392 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
393 of relying on the correctness of the configured
394 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
395 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
396 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
wdenk20bddb32004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000397 RTC clock or CFG_8XX_XIN)
wdenkfde37042004-01-31 20:06:54 +0000398
Markus Klotzbuecher6e5c19a2006-03-24 15:28:02 +0100399- Intel Monahans options:
400 CFG_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
401
402 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
403 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
404 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
405
406 CFG_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
Wolfgang Denkebd3deb2006-04-16 10:51:58 +0200407
Markus Klotzbuecher6e5c19a2006-03-24 15:28:02 +0100408 Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator
409 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
Wolfgang Denkebd3deb2006-04-16 10:51:58 +0200410 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
Markus Klotzbuecher6e5c19a2006-03-24 15:28:02 +0100411 by this value.
Wolfgang Denkebd3deb2006-04-16 10:51:58 +0200412
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000413- Linux Kernel Interface:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000414 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
415
416 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
417 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
418 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
419 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
420 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
421 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
422 Linux kernel.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000423 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
424 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
425 default environment.
426
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000427 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
428
429 When transfering memsize parameter to linux, some versions
430 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
431 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
432
Wolfgang Denk27a5b0b2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200433 CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE
434
435 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
436 passed using flat open firmware trees.
437 The environment variable "disable_of", when set, disables this
438 functionality.
439
440 CONFIG_OF_FLAT_TREE_MAX_SIZE
441
442 The maximum size of the constructed OF tree.
443
444 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node.
Kumar Galae40c2b52006-01-11 13:59:02 -0600445 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node.
Wolfgang Denk27a5b0b2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200446 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
Kumar Galae40c2b52006-01-11 13:59:02 -0600447 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
Wolfgang Denk27a5b0b2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200448
Kumar Gala4ce14312006-01-11 13:49:31 -0600449 CONFIG_OF_HAS_BD_T
450
451 The resulting flat device tree will have a copy of the bd_t.
452 Space should be pre-allocated in the dts for the bd_t.
453
454 CONFIG_OF_HAS_UBOOT_ENV
Stefan Roese5d5ce292006-03-13 11:16:36 +0100455
Kumar Gala4ce14312006-01-11 13:49:31 -0600456 The resulting flat device tree will have a copy of u-boot's
457 environment variables
458
Kumar Gala1e26aa52006-01-11 13:54:17 -0600459 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
460
461 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
462 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000463
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -0500464 CONFIG_OF_BOOT_CPU
465
466 This define fills in the correct boot cpu in the boot
467 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
468
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000469- Serial Ports:
470 CFG_PL010_SERIAL
471
472 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
473
474 CFG_PL011_SERIAL
475
476 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
477
478 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
479
480 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
481 the clock speed of the UARTs.
482
483 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
484
485 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
486 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
487 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
488
489
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000490- Console Interface:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000491 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
492 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
493 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
494 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000495
496 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
497 port routines must be defined elsewhere
498 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
499
500 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
501 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
502 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
503 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
504 (default big endian)
505 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
506 rectangle fill
507 (cf. smiLynxEM)
508 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
509 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
510 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
511 (cols=pitch)
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000512 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
513 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000514 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
515 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000516 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000517 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
518 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
519 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
520 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
521 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
522 (i.e. i8042_getc)
523 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
524 (requires blink timer
525 cf. i8042.c)
526 CFG_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
527 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
528 upper right corner
529 (requires CFG_CMD_DATE)
530 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
531 upper left corner
wdenk9dd2b882002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000532 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
533 linux_logo.h for logo.
534 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000535 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
536 addional board info beside
537 the logo
538
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000539 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
540 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
541 environment 'console=serial'.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000542
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +0000543 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
544 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
545 the "silent" environment variable. See
546 doc/README.silent for more information.
wdenk3da587e2003-10-19 23:22:11 +0000547
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000548- Console Baudrate:
549 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
550 Select one of the baudrates listed in
551 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
wdenk174e0e52003-12-07 22:27:15 +0000552 CFG_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000553
554- Interrupt driven serial port input:
555 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO
556
557 PPC405GP only.
558 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the
559 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake
560 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of
561 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have.
562
wdenkf16b5162004-03-23 21:43:07 +0000563 Leave undefined to disable this feature, including
564 disable the buffer and hardware handshake.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000565
stroese3d24d6e2003-05-23 11:39:05 +0000566- Console UART Number:
567 CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE
568
Wolfgang Denk0ee70772005-09-23 11:05:55 +0200569 AMCC PPC4xx only.
stroese3d24d6e2003-05-23 11:39:05 +0000570 If defined internal UART1 (and not UART0) is used
571 as default U-Boot console.
572
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000573- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
574 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
575 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
576
577 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
578 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
579 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
580 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
581 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
582 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
583 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
584 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
585 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
586 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
587 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
588 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
589
590- Autoboot Command:
591 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
592 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
593 define a command string that is automatically executed
594 when no character is read on the console interface
595 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
596
597 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000598 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
599 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
600 environment value "bootargs".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000601
602 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000603 The value of these goes into the environment as
604 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
605 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
606 ram and nfs.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000607
608- Pre-Boot Commands:
609 CONFIG_PREBOOT
610
611 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
612 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
613 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
614 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
615 entering interactive mode.
616
617 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
618 automatically generated or modified. For an example
619 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
620 modified when the user holds down a certain
621 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
622 booting the systems
623
624- Serial Download Echo Mode:
625 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
626 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
627 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
628 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
629 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
630 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
631 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
632
633- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CFG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
634 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE
635 Select one of the baudrates listed in
636 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
637
638- Monitor Functions:
639 CONFIG_COMMANDS
640 Most monitor functions can be selected (or
641 de-selected) by adjusting the definition of
642 CONFIG_COMMANDS; to select individual functions,
643 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS by "OR"ing any of the
644 following values:
645
646 #define enables commands:
647 -------------------------
648 CFG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
wdenk1f197c62003-09-15 18:00:00 +0000649 CFG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT Autoscript Support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000650 CFG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000651 CFG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000652 CFG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000653 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000654 CFG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000655 CFG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000656 CFG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
657 CFG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000658 CFG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000659 CFG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
660 CFG_CMD_DOC * Disk-On-Chip Support
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000661 CFG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
Wolfgang Denk582f3dd2006-03-12 16:51:59 +0100662 CFG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000663 CFG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000664 CFG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000665 CFG_CMD_ENV saveenv
666 CFG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000667 CFG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support
wdenk591dda52002-11-18 00:14:45 +0000668 CFG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000669 CFG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
670 CFG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000671 CFG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000672 CFG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
673 CFG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
674 CFG_CMD_IMI iminfo
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000675 CFG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000676 CFG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
677 CFG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000678 CFG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000679 CFG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000680 CFG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
681 CFG_CMD_LOADB loadb
682 CFG_CMD_LOADS loads
683 CFG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +0000684 loop, loopw, mtest
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000685 CFG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000686 CFG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
687 CFG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000688 CFG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000689 CFG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
690 CFG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
691 CFG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000692 CFG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network host
693 CFG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000694 CFG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
695 CFG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000696 CFG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000697 CFG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000698 CFG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
wdenkfa66e932005-04-03 14:52:59 +0000699 (requires CFG_CMD_I2C)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000700 CFG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access (4xx only)
701 CFG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
702 CFG_CMD_USB * USB support
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000703 CFG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000704 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board SPecific functions
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +0000705 CFG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000706 -----------------------------------------------
707 CFG_CMD_ALL all
708
wdenk7dd13292004-07-11 20:04:51 +0000709 CONFIG_CMD_DFL Default configuration; at the moment
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000710 this is includes all commands, except
711 the ones marked with "*" in the list
712 above.
713
714 If you don't define CONFIG_COMMANDS it defaults to
wdenk7dd13292004-07-11 20:04:51 +0000715 CONFIG_CMD_DFL in include/cmd_confdefs.h. A board can
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000716 override the default settings in the respective
717 include file.
718
719 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
720 support you can write:
721
722 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS (CFG_CMD_ALL & ~CFG_CMD_NET)
723
724
725 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000726 (configuration option CFG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
727 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
728 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
729 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
730 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
731 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
732 initial stack and some data.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000733
734
735 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
736
737- Watchdog:
738 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
739 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000740 support. There must be support in the platform specific
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000741 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the
742 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
743 register.
744
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +0000745- U-Boot Version:
746 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
747 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
748 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
749 version as printed by the "version" command.
750 This variable is readonly.
751
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000752- Real-Time Clock:
753
754 When CFG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
755 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
756 following options:
757
758 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
759 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
760 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
wdenk1fe2c702003-03-06 21:55:29 +0000761 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000762 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
wdenk0893c472003-05-20 14:25:27 +0000763 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
wdenkef5fe752003-03-12 10:41:04 +0000764 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
wdenkaeba06f2004-06-09 17:34:58 +0000765 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000766
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000767 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
768 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
769
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000770- Timestamp Support:
771
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000772 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
773 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
774 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
775 automatically enabled when you select CFG_CMD_DATE .
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000776
777- Partition Support:
778 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
779 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION
780
781 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CFG_CMD_IDE or
782 CFG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at least
783 one partition type as well.
784
785- IDE Reset method:
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000786 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
787 board configurations files but used nowhere!
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000788
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000789 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
790 be performed by calling the function
791 ide_set_reset(int reset)
792 which has to be defined in a board specific file
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000793
794- ATAPI Support:
795 CONFIG_ATAPI
796
797 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
798
wdenkf602aa02004-03-13 23:29:43 +0000799- LBA48 Support
800 CONFIG_LBA48
801
802 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
803 Also look at CFG_64BIT_LBA ,CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF and CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL
804 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
805 support disks up to 2.1TB.
806
807 CFG_64BIT_LBA:
808 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
809 Default is 32bit.
810
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000811- SCSI Support:
812 At the moment only there is only support for the
813 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
814 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
815
816 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
817 CFG_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
818 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
819 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
820 devices.
821 CFG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
822
823- NETWORK Support (PCI):
wdenk4e112c12003-06-03 23:54:09 +0000824 CONFIG_E1000
825 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips.
stroese94ef1cf2003-06-05 15:39:44 +0000826
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000827 CONFIG_EEPRO100
828 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
829 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables eeprom
830 write routine for first time initialisation.
831
832 CONFIG_TULIP
833 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
834 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
835 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
836
837 CONFIG_NATSEMI
838 Support for National dp83815 chips.
839
840 CONFIG_NS8382X
841 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
842
wdenkaa603362003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000843- NETWORK Support (other):
844
845 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
846 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
847
848 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
849 Define this to hold the physical address
850 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
851
852 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
853 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
854
wdenk3c711762004-06-09 13:37:52 +0000855 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111
856 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
857
858 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
859 Define this to hold the physical address
860 of the device (I/O space)
861
862 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
863 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
864
865 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
866 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
867 (some hardware wont work with macros)
868
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000869- USB Support:
870 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000871 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000872 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
873 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
wdenkfb30b4c2004-10-09 22:44:59 +0000874 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000875 storage devices.
876 Note:
877 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
878 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000879 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
880 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
881 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
882 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG
883 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
884 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
885
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000886
wdenk7a428cc2003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000887- MMC Support:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000888 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
889 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
890 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
wdenk7a428cc2003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000891 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
892 enabled with CFG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000893 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CFG_CMD_FAT.
wdenk7a428cc2003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000894
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000895- Journaling Flash filesystem support:
896 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
897 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
898 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
899
900 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
901 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CFG_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
902 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
903
904 CFG_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
905 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
906 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
907
908 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +0000909 #define CFG_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000910 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you
911 have not defined a custom partition
912
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000913- Keyboard Support:
914 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
915
916 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
917 support
918
919 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
920 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
921 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
922 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
923 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
924
925- Video support:
926 CONFIG_VIDEO
927
928 Define this to enable video support (for output to
929 video).
930
931 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
932
933 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
934
935 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
wdenkd3602132004-03-25 15:14:43 +0000936 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
wdenkaea86e42004-03-23 22:53:55 +0000937 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
938 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
939 assumed.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000940
wdenkd3602132004-03-25 15:14:43 +0000941 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
942 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two diferent ways
wdenkaea86e42004-03-23 22:53:55 +0000943 are possible:
944 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
wdenk05939202004-04-18 17:39:38 +0000945 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
wdenkaea86e42004-03-23 22:53:55 +0000946
947 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
948 -------------+---------------------------------------------
949 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
950 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
951 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
952 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
953 -------------+---------------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000954 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
955
wdenkd3602132004-03-25 15:14:43 +0000956 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
wdenkaea86e42004-03-23 22:53:55 +0000957 from the bootargs. (See drivers/videomodes.c)
958
959
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +0000960 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000961 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
wdenk9dd2b882002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000962 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
963 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
964
wdenk4e112c12003-06-03 23:54:09 +0000965- Keyboard Support:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000966 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
wdenk4e112c12003-06-03 23:54:09 +0000967
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000968 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
969 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
970 defined in your board-specific files.
971 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
wdenk9dd2b882002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000972
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000973- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
974
975 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
976 display); also select one of the supported displays
977 by defining one of these:
978
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000979 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000980
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000981 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000982
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000983 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
984
985 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
986 Active, color, single scan.
987
988 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000989
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000990 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000991 Active, color, single scan.
992
993 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
994
995 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
996 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
997
998 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
999
1000 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1001 Active, color, single scan.
1002
1003 CONFIG_HLD1045
1004
1005 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1006 Active, color, single scan.
1007
1008 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
1009
1010 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1011 or
1012 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1013 or
1014 Hitachi SP14Q002
1015
1016 320x240. Black & white.
1017
1018 Normally display is black on white background; define
1019 CFG_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
1020
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001021- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
wdenk92bbe3f2003-04-20 14:04:18 +00001022
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001023 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1024 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1025 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
wdenk01686632004-06-30 22:59:18 +00001026 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001027 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1028 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1029 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1030 loaded very quickly after power-on.
wdenk92bbe3f2003-04-20 14:04:18 +00001031
Stefan Roesed9d97742005-09-22 09:04:17 +02001032- Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
1033
1034 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1035 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1036 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1037
wdenk710e3502003-08-29 20:57:53 +00001038- Compression support:
1039 CONFIG_BZIP2
1040
1041 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1042 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1043 compressed images are supported.
1044
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00001045 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
1046 the malloc area (as defined by CFG_MALLOC_LEN) should
1047 be at least 4MB.
wdenk92bbe3f2003-04-20 14:04:18 +00001048
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +00001049- MII/PHY support:
1050 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR
1051
1052 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1053
1054 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1055
1056 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1057
1058 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE
1059
1060 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
1061 detection of Gigabit PHY is included.
1062
1063 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1064
1065 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1066 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1067 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1068 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1069
1070 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1071
1072 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1073 command issued before MII status register can be read
1074
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001075- Ethernet address:
1076 CONFIG_ETHADDR
1077 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
1078 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
1079
1080 Define a default value for ethernet address to use
1081 for the respective ethernet interface, in case this
1082 is not determined automatically.
1083
1084- IP address:
1085 CONFIG_IPADDR
1086
1087 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1088 the default ethernet interface, in case this is not
1089 determined through e.g. bootp.
1090
1091- Server IP address:
1092 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1093
1094 Defines a default value for theIP address of a TFTP
1095 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1096
1097- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1098 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1099
1100 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1101 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1102 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1103 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1104 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1105 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1106 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1107 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1108 following delays are insterted then:
1109
1110 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1111 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1112 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1113 4th and following
1114 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1115
stroesee0aadfb2003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001116- DHCP Advanced Options:
1117 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK
1118
1119 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by adding
1120 these flags to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK define:
1121
1122 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1123 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1124 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1125 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1126 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1127 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1128 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1129 is added to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK.
1130
1131 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1132 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1133 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
1134 If CONFIG_BOOP_SEND_HOSTNAME is added to the
1135 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK, the content of the "hostname"
1136 environment variable is passed as option 12 to
1137 the DHCP server.
1138
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001139 - CDP Options:
wdenk05939202004-04-18 17:39:38 +00001140 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001141
1142 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1143
1144 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1145
1146 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1147 of the device.
1148
1149 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1150
1151 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1152 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1153 eth0 for the first ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1154
1155 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1156
1157 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1158 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1159
1160 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1161
1162 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1163
1164 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1165
1166 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1167
1168 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1169
1170 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1171
1172 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1173
1174 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1175 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1176
1177 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1178
1179 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1180
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001181- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1182
1183 Several configurations allow to display the current
1184 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1185 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1186 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1187 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1188 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1189 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1190 feature in U-Boot.
1191
1192- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1193
1194 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1195 on those systems that support this (optional)
1196 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1197
1198- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1199
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001200 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001201 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
1202 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected cpu.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001203
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001204 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
1205 command line (as long as you set CFG_CMD_I2C in
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001206 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1207 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001208 command line interface.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001209
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001210 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects the CPM hardware driver for I2C.
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001211
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001212 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001213 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1214 support for I2C.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001215
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001216 There are several other quantities that must also be
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001217 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001218
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001219 In both cases you will need to define CFG_I2C_SPEED
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001220 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
1221 to run and CFG_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
1222 the cpu's i2c node address).
1223
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001224 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c)
1225 sets the cpu up as a master node and so its address should
1226 therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001227 p.16-473). So, set CFG_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001228
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001229 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001230
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001231 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1232 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1233 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001234
1235 I2C_INIT
1236
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001237 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001238 controller or configure ports.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001239
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001240 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001241
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001242 I2C_PORT
1243
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001244 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1245 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1246 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001247
1248 I2C_ACTIVE
1249
1250 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1251 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1252 define can be null.
1253
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001254 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1255
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001256 I2C_TRISTATE
1257
1258 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1259 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1260 define can be null.
1261
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001262 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1263
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001264 I2C_READ
1265
1266 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1267 FALSE if it is low.
1268
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001269 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1270
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001271 I2C_SDA(bit)
1272
1273 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1274 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1275
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001276 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001277 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001278 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001279
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001280 I2C_SCL(bit)
1281
1282 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1283 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1284
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001285 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001286 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001287 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001288
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001289 I2C_DELAY
1290
1291 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1292 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001293 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001294 like:
1295
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001296 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001297
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001298 CFG_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1299
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001300 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1301 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1302 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1303 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1304 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1305 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1306 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1307 is run early in the boot sequence.
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001308
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +00001309 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1310
1311 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1312 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1313 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1314
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001315- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1316
1317 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1318 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1319 D/As on the SACSng board)
1320
1321 CONFIG_SPI_X
1322
1323 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1324 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1325
1326 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1327
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001328 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1329 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1330 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1331 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1332 defined, the board configuration must define several
1333 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1334 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001335
1336- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1337
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001338 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001339
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001340 CONFIG_FPGA
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001341
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001342 Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For example,
1343 #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001344
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001345 CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001346
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001347 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001348
1349 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1350
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001351 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1352 status by the configuration function. This option
1353 will require a board or device specific function to
1354 be written.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001355
1356 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1357
1358 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1359 configuration driver.
1360
1361 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1362 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1363
1364 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1365
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001366 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1367 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1368 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1369 indicated a CRC error).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001370
1371 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1372
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001373 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1374 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1375 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
1376 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001377
1378 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1379
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001380 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
1381 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001382
1383 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1384
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001385 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1386 200 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001387
1388- Configuration Management:
1389 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
1390
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001391 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1392 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001393
1394- Vendor Parameter Protection:
1395
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001396 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1397 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001398 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001399 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1400 protects these variables from casual modification by
1401 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1402 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
1403 change this behviour:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001404
1405 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1406 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001407 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001408 these parameters.
1409
1410 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1411 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
1412 ethernet address is installed in the environment,
1413 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1414 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1415 read-only.]
1416
1417- Protected RAM:
1418 CONFIG_PRAM
1419
1420 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1421 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1422 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1423 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1424 this default value by defining an environment
1425 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1426 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1427 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1428 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1429 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1430 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1431 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1432
Wolfgang Denk86eb3b72005-11-20 21:40:11 +01001433 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001434 saveenv
1435
1436 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1437 either, which results in a memory region that will
1438 not be affected by reboots.
1439
1440 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1441 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1442 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1443 following board configurations are known to be
1444 "pRAM-clean":
1445
1446 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
1447 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
1448 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260
1449
1450- Error Recovery:
1451 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
1452
1453 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
1454 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
1455 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
1456 system where you want to system to reboot
1457 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
1458 useful during development since you can try to debug
1459 the conditions that lead to the situation.
1460
1461 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1462
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001463 This variable defines the number of retries for
1464 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1465 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1466 default value of 5 is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001467
1468- Command Interpreter:
Wolfgang Denk81352ed2006-10-28 02:28:02 +02001469 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
wdenk3902d702004-04-15 18:22:41 +00001470
1471 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
1472
Wolfgang Denk81352ed2006-10-28 02:28:02 +02001473 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
1474 for the "hush" shell.
1475
1476
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001477 CFG_HUSH_PARSER
1478
1479 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
1480 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
1481 powerful command line syntax like
1482 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
1483 constructs ("shell scripts").
1484
1485 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
1486 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
1487
1488
1489 CFG_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
1490
1491 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1492 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1493 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1494
1495 Note:
1496
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001497 In the current implementation, the local variables
1498 space and global environment variables space are
1499 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1500 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1501 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1502 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1503 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001504
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001505 Global environment variables are those you use
1506 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1507 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1508 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001509
1510 To store commands and special characters in a
1511 variable, please use double quotation marks
1512 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1513 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1514 symbols.
1515
Wolfgang Denk2039a072006-07-21 11:35:21 +02001516- Commandline Editing and History:
1517 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
1518
Wolfgang Denkc80857e2006-07-21 11:56:05 +02001519 Enable editiong and History functions for interactive
1520 commandline input operations
Wolfgang Denk2039a072006-07-21 11:35:21 +02001521
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001522- Default Environment:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001523 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1524
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001525 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1526 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001527 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
wdenk591dda52002-11-18 00:14:45 +00001528
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001529 For example, place something like this in your
1530 board's config file:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001531
1532 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1533 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1534 "myvar2=value2\0"
1535
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001536 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1537 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1538 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1539 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001540 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001541 You better know what you are doing here.
1542
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001543 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1544 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
1545 the environment like the autoscript function or the
1546 boot command first.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001547
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001548- DataFlash Support:
wdenk381669a2003-06-16 23:50:08 +00001549 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
1550
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001551 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
1552 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
1553 commands cp, md...
wdenk381669a2003-06-16 23:50:08 +00001554
wdenkef893942004-02-23 16:11:30 +00001555- SystemACE Support:
1556 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1557
1558 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
1559 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
1560 of the chip must alsh be defined in the
1561 CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
1562
1563 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1564 #define CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
1565
1566 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
1567 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
1568
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001569- TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
1570 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
1571
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02001572 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001573 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02001574 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001575 number generator is used.
1576
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02001577 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
1578 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
1579 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
1580
1581 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001582 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
1583 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
1584 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
1585 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
1586 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
1587 but sometimes that is not allowed.
1588
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001589- Show boot progress:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001590 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
1591
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001592 Defining this option allows to add some board-
1593 specific code (calling a user-provided function
1594 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
1595 the system's boot progress on some display (for
1596 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
1597 the following checkpoints are implemented:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001598
1599 Arg Where When
1600 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001601 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001602 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001603 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001604 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001605 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001606 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
1607 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
1608 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1609 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone)
1610 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1611 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
1612 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
1613 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
1614 -8 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone)
1615 8 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1616 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
1617 9 common/cmd_bootm.c Start initial ramdisk verification
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001618 -10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
1619 -11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001620 10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header is OK
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001621 -12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001622 11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
1623 12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
1624 -13 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux Ramdisk)
1625 13 common/cmd_bootm.c Start multifile image verification
1626 14 common/cmd_bootm.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
1627 15 common/cmd_bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
1628
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +00001629 -30 lib_ppc/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
1630 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
1631 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
wdenke97d3d92004-02-23 22:22:28 +00001632
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001633 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
1634 -1 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
1635 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1636 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
1637 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
1638
1639 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
1640 -1 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
1641 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown boot device
1642 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
1643 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
1644 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Read Error on boot device
1645 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
1646
wdenk8706ea82003-09-18 10:02:25 +00001647 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
1648 -1 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
1649 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1650 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Read Error on boot device
1651 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
1652
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001653 -1 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001654
1655
1656Modem Support:
1657--------------
1658
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001659[so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001660
1661- Modem support endable:
1662 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
1663
1664- RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
1665 CONFIG_HWFLOW
1666
1667- Modem debug support:
1668 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
1669
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001670 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
1671 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001672
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001673- Interrupt support (PPC):
1674
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001675 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
1676 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
1677 for cpu specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
1678 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
1679 cpu resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
1680 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
1681 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for cpu
1682 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
1683 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
1684 general timer_interrupt().
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001685
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001686- General:
1687
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001688 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
1689 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
1690 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
1691 (autoboot). The key_pressed() fuction is called from
1692 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
1693 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
1694 initialization.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001695
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001696 If there are no modem init strings in the
1697 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
1698 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
1699 supressed, though.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001700
1701 See also: doc/README.Modem
1702
1703
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001704Configuration Settings:
1705-----------------------
1706
1707- CFG_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
1708 undefine this when you're short of memory.
1709
1710- CFG_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
1711 prompt for user input.
1712
1713- CFG_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
1714
1715- CFG_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
1716
1717- CFG_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
1718
1719- CFG_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
1720 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
1721 booted
1722
1723- CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
1724 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
1725
1726- CFG_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001727 Suppress display of console information at boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001728
1729- CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001730 If the board specific function
1731 extern int overwrite_console (void);
1732 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001733 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
1734
1735- CFG_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001736 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001737
1738- CFG_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
1739 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
1740
1741- CFG_MEMTEST_START, CFG_MEMTEST_END:
1742 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
1743 simple memory test.
1744
1745- CFG_ALT_MEMTEST:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001746 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001747
wdenk5958f4a2003-09-18 09:21:33 +00001748- CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
1749 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
1750 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
1751
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001752- CFG_TFTP_LOADADDR:
1753 Default load address for network file downloads
1754
1755- CFG_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
1756 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
1757
1758- CFG_SDRAM_BASE:
1759 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
1760
1761- CFG_MBIO_BASE:
1762 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
1763 Cogent motherboard)
1764
1765- CFG_FLASH_BASE:
1766 Physical start address of Flash memory.
1767
1768- CFG_MONITOR_BASE:
1769 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
1770 make config files to be same as the text base address
1771 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
1772 CFG_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
1773
1774- CFG_MONITOR_LEN:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001775 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
1776 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
1777 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
1778 flash sector.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001779
1780- CFG_MALLOC_LEN:
1781 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
1782
Stefan Roese5d5ce292006-03-13 11:16:36 +01001783- CFG_BOOTM_LEN:
1784 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
1785 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
1786 you can define CFG_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
1787 to adjust this setting to your needs.
1788
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001789- CFG_BOOTMAPSZ:
1790 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
1791 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
1792 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, eventually
1793 initrd image) must be put below this limit.
1794
1795- CFG_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
1796 Max number of Flash memory banks
1797
1798- CFG_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
1799 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
1800
1801- CFG_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
1802 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
1803
1804- CFG_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
1805 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
1806
wdenkdccbda02003-07-14 22:13:32 +00001807- CFG_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
1808 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
1809
1810- CFG_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
1811 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
1812
1813- CFG_FLASH_PROTECTION
1814 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
1815 instead of U-Boot software protection.
1816
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001817- CFG_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
1818
1819 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
1820 without this option such a download has to be
1821 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
1822 copy from RAM to flash.
1823
1824 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
1825 you can check if the download worked before you erase
1826 the flash, but in some situations (when sytem RAM is
1827 too limited to allow for a tempory copy of the
1828 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
1829
1830- CFG_FLASH_CFI:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001831 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
wdenk2cefd152004-02-08 22:55:38 +00001832 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
1833
1834- CFG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
1835 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
1836 in the drivers directory
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001837
Stefan Roesec443fe92005-11-22 13:20:42 +01001838- CFG_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
1839 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
1840 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
1841 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
1842 optionally available.
1843
stroese94ef1cf2003-06-05 15:39:44 +00001844- CFG_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
1845 Defines the number of ethernet receive buffers. On some
1846 ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
1847 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
1848 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
1849 on high ethernet traffic.
1850 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
1851
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001852The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
1853of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
1854following configurations:
1855
1856- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
1857
1858 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
1859
1860 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
1861 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
1862 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
1863 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
1864 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
1865 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
1866 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
1867 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
1868 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
1869 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
1870 between U-Boot and the environment.
1871
1872 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1873
1874 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
1875 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
1876 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
1877 for this sector is given here.
1878
1879 CFG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CFG_FLASH_BASE.
1880
1881 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
1882
1883 This is just another way to specify the start address of
1884 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
1885 CFG_ENV_OFFSET).
1886
1887 - CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
1888
1889 Size of the sector containing the environment.
1890
1891
1892 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
1893 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
1894 the environment.
1895
1896 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1897
1898 If you use this in combination with CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
1899 and CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
1900 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
1901 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
1902
1903 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
1904 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
1905 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
1906 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
1907 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
1908 updating the environment in flash makes it always
1909 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
1910 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
1911 RAM, your target system will be dead.
1912
1913 - CFG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
1914 CFG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
1915
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001916 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
1917 a redundand copy of the environment data, so that there is
wdenkb02744a2003-04-05 00:53:31 +00001918 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001919 a "saveenv" operation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001920
1921BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
1922source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
1923accordingly!
1924
1925
1926- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
1927
1928 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
1929 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
1930 environment.
1931
1932 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
1933 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1934
1935 These two #defines are used to determin the memory area you
1936 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
1937 can just be read and written to, without any special
1938 provision.
1939
1940BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
1941in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
1942console baudrate). You *MUST* have mappend your NVRAM area then, or
1943U-Boot will hang.
1944
1945Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
1946environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
1947keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
1948to save the current settings.
1949
1950
1951- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
1952
1953 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
1954 device and a driver for it.
1955
1956 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1957 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1958
1959 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
1960 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
1961
1962 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
1963 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
1964 The default address is zero.
1965
1966 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
1967 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
1968 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
1969 would require six bits.
1970
1971 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
1972 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001973 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001974
1975 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
1976 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
1977 that this is NOT the chip address length!
1978
wdenk20c98a62004-04-23 20:32:05 +00001979 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
1980 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
1981 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
1982 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
1983 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
1984 byte chips.
1985
1986 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
1987 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
1988 in the chip address.
1989
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001990 - CFG_EEPROM_SIZE:
1991 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
1992
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001993
wdenk86765902003-12-06 23:55:10 +00001994- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
1995
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001996 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
wdenk86765902003-12-06 23:55:10 +00001997 want to use for the environment.
1998
1999 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
2000 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
2001 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2002
2003 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
2004 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
2005 at the specified address.
2006
wdenk79b59372004-06-09 14:58:14 +00002007- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
2008
2009 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
2010 for the environment.
2011
2012 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
2013 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
2014
2015 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
2016 area within the first NAND device.
wdenk86765902003-12-06 23:55:10 +00002017
Markus Klotzbuecher5d113e02006-03-20 18:02:44 +01002018 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND
2019
2020 This setting describes a second storage area of CFG_ENV_SIZE
2021 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data,
2022 so that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a
2023 power failure during a "saveenv" operation.
2024
2025 Note: CFG_ENV_OFFSET and CFG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND must be aligned
2026 to a block boundary, and CFG_ENV_SIZE must be a multiple of
2027 the NAND devices block size.
2028
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002029- CFG_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
2030
2031 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
2032 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
2033 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
2034 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
2035 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
2036 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
2037 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
2038
2039Please note that the environment is read-only as long as the monitor
2040has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
2041created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r()
2042until then to read environment variables.
2043
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002044The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
2045is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
2046with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
2047necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
2048"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
2049have any device yet where we could complain.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002050
2051Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
2052the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002053use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002054
wdenk49c3f672003-10-08 22:33:00 +00002055- CFG_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00002056 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
wdenk49c3f672003-10-08 22:33:00 +00002057
2058 Note: If this option is active, then CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR
2059 also needs to be defined.
2060
2061- CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00002062 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002063
wdenkf602aa02004-03-13 23:29:43 +00002064- CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF:
2065 Makes vsprintf (and all *printf functions) support printing
2066 of 64bit values by using the L quantifier
2067
2068- CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL:
2069 Adds simple_strtoull that returns a 64bit value
2070
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002071Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
wdenkc8434db2003-03-26 06:55:25 +00002072---------------------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002073
2074- CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE:
2075 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
2076
2077- CFG_DEFAULT_IMMR:
2078 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00002079
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00002080 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
2081 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
2082 the IMMR register after a reset.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002083
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +00002084- Floppy Disk Support:
2085 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
2086
2087 the default drive number (default value 0)
2088
2089 CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE
2090
2091 defines the spacing between fdc chipset registers
2092 (default value 1)
2093
2094 CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET
2095
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002096 defines the offset of register from address. It
2097 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
2098 the fdc chipset. (default value 0)
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +00002099
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002100 If CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
2101 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
2102 default value.
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +00002103
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002104 if CFG_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
2105 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
2106 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
2107 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
2108 initializations.
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +00002109
wdenkb3a4a702004-12-10 11:40:40 +00002110- CFG_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002111 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
wdenkb3a4a702004-12-10 11:40:40 +00002112 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002113
2114- CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
2115
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002116 Start address of memory area that can be used for
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002117 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
2118 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
2119 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
2120 will become available only after programming the
2121 memory controller and running certain initialization
2122 sequences.
2123
2124 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
2125 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
2126 - MPC824X: data cache
2127 - PPC4xx: data cache
2128
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002129- CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002130
2131 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
2132 area defined by CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002133 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002134 data is located at the end of the available space
2135 (sometimes written as (CFG_INIT_RAM_END -
2136 CFG_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
2137 below that area (growing from (CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002138 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002139
2140 Note:
2141 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
2142 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
2143 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
2144 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
2145 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
2146
2147- CFG_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
2148
2149- CFG_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
2150
2151- CFG_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
2152
2153- CFG_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
2154
2155- CFG_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
2156
2157- CFG_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
2158
2159- CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
2160 SDRAM timing
2161
2162- CFG_MAMR_PTA:
2163 periodic timer for refresh
2164
2165- CFG_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
2166
2167- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CFG_REMAP_OR_AM,
2168 CFG_PRELIM_OR_AM, CFG_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CFG_OR0_REMAP,
2169 CFG_OR0_PRELIM, CFG_BR0_PRELIM, CFG_OR1_REMAP, CFG_OR1_PRELIM,
2170 CFG_BR1_PRELIM:
2171 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
2172
2173- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
2174 CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CFG_OR2_PRELIM, CFG_BR2_PRELIM,
2175 CFG_OR3_PRELIM, CFG_BR3_PRELIM:
2176 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
2177
2178- CFG_MAMR_PTA, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
2179 CFG_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CFG_MAMR_8COL, CFG_MAMR_9COL:
2180 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
2181 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
2182
2183- CFG_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2184 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2185 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
2186
2187- CFG_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2188 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2189 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
2190
2191- CFG_USE_OSCCLK:
2192 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
2193 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
2194 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
2195
wdenk2029f4d2002-11-21 23:11:29 +00002196- CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002197 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
2198 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
2199 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
2200 cpm_8260.h.
wdenk2029f4d2002-11-21 23:11:29 +00002201
stroese3d24d6e2003-05-23 11:39:05 +00002202- CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CFG_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2203 CFG_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CFG_PCIMSK0_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
2204 CFG_PCIMSK1_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
2205 CFG_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CFG_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2206 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
2207 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CFG_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
2208 CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CFG_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
wdenkbf2f8c92003-05-22 22:52:13 +00002209 CFG_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
2210 Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
2211
wdenk6203e402004-04-18 10:13:26 +00002212- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
2213 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
2214
2215- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
2216 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
wdenk05939202004-04-18 17:39:38 +00002217 to the given FEC; i. e.
2218 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
wdenk6203e402004-04-18 10:13:26 +00002219 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
2220
2221 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
2222
2223- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
2224 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
2225 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
2226
2227- CONFIG_RMII
2228 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2229 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2230 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2231
wdenk20c98a62004-04-23 20:32:05 +00002232- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2233 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2234 The syntax is:
2235
2236 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2237
2238 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2239 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2240 area should have.
2241
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002242- CONFIG_LOOPW
2243 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
2244 the memory commands are activated globally (CFG_CMD_MEM).
2245
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002246- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
2247 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2248 "md/mw" commands.
2249 Examples:
2250
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002251 => mdc.b 10 4 500
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002252 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
2253
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002254 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002255 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
2256
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002257 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002258 globally (CFG_CMD_MEM).
2259
wdenk3d3d99f2005-04-04 12:44:11 +00002260- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
2261- CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT
2262
wdenke085e5b2005-04-05 23:32:21 +00002263 [ARM only] If these variables are defined, then
2264 certain low level initializations (like setting up
2265 the memory controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does
2266 not relocate itself into RAM.
2267 Normally these variables MUST NOT be defined. The
2268 only exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by
2269 some other boot loader or by a debugger which
2270 performs these intializations itself.
wdenk3d3d99f2005-04-04 12:44:11 +00002271
wdenk336b2bc2005-04-02 23:52:25 +00002272
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002273Building the Software:
2274======================
2275
2276Building U-Boot has been tested in native PPC environments (on a
2277PowerBook G3 running LinuxPPC 2000) and in cross environments
2278(running RedHat 6.x and 7.x Linux on x86, Solaris 2.6 on a SPARC, and
2279NetBSD 1.5 on x86).
2280
2281If you are not using a native PPC environment, it is assumed that you
2282have the GNU cross compiling tools available in your path and named
2283with a prefix of "powerpc-linux-". If this is not the case, (e.g. if
2284you are using Monta Vista's Hard Hat Linux CDK 1.2) you must change
2285the definition of CROSS_COMPILE in Makefile. For HHL on a 4xx CPU,
2286change it to:
2287
2288 CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx-
2289
2290
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00002291U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002292sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
2293is done by typing:
2294
2295 make NAME_config
2296
2297where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing
2298configurations; the following names are supported:
2299
wdenk914be132004-06-08 00:22:43 +00002300 ADCIOP_config FPS860L_config omap730p2_config
2301 ADS860_config GEN860T_config pcu_e_config
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +00002302 Alaska8220_config
wdenk914be132004-06-08 00:22:43 +00002303 AR405_config GENIETV_config PIP405_config
2304 at91rm9200dk_config GTH_config QS823_config
2305 CANBT_config hermes_config QS850_config
2306 cmi_mpc5xx_config hymod_config QS860T_config
2307 cogent_common_config IP860_config RPXlite_config
wdenkec432742004-06-09 21:04:48 +00002308 cogent_mpc8260_config IVML24_config RPXlite_DW_config
2309 cogent_mpc8xx_config IVMS8_config RPXsuper_config
2310 CPCI405_config JSE_config rsdproto_config
2311 CPCIISER4_config LANTEC_config Sandpoint8240_config
2312 csb272_config lwmon_config sbc8260_config
wdenk265d2172004-07-10 22:35:59 +00002313 CU824_config MBX860T_config sbc8560_33_config
2314 DUET_ADS_config MBX_config sbc8560_66_config
wdenk3203c8f2004-07-10 21:45:47 +00002315 EBONY_config MPC8260ADS_config SM850_config
2316 ELPT860_config MPC8540ADS_config SPD823TS_config
Lunsheng Wang61e61952005-07-29 10:20:29 -05002317 ESTEEM192E_config MPC8540EVAL_config stxgp3_config
2318 ETX094_config MPC8560ADS_config SXNI855T_config
2319 FADS823_config NETVIA_config TQM823L_config
2320 FADS850SAR_config omap1510inn_config TQM850L_config
2321 FADS860T_config omap1610h2_config TQM855L_config
2322 FPS850L_config omap1610inn_config TQM860L_config
Jon Loeliger7ccb9f02005-08-02 13:53:07 -05002323 omap5912osk_config walnut_config
Lunsheng Wang61e61952005-07-29 10:20:29 -05002324 omap2420h4_config Yukon8220_config
wdenk3203c8f2004-07-10 21:45:47 +00002325 ZPC1900_config
wdenk2f0812d2003-10-08 22:45:44 +00002326
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002327Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
2328 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2329 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
2330 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
2331 when chosing the configuration, i. e.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002332
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002333 make TQM823L_config
2334 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002335
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002336 make TQM823L_LCD_config
2337 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002338
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002339 etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002340
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002341
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002342Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
2343images ready for download to / installation on your system:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002344
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002345- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
2346- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
2347- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002348
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002349By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
2350in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
2351this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
2352
23531. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
2354
2355 make O=/tmp/build distclean
2356 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
2357 make O=/tmp/build all
2358
23592. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
2360
2361 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2362 make distclean
2363 make NAME_config
2364 make all
2365
2366Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
2367variable.
2368
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002369
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002370Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
2371for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
2372native "make".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002373
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002374
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002375If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
2376to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
2377steps:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002378
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +000023791. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
2380 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
2381 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
2382 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please
2383 keep this order.
23842. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
2385 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
2386 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
23873. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
2388 your board
23893. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
2390 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
23914. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
23925. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
2393 to be installed on your target system.
23946. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
2395 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002396
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002397
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002398Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
2399==============================================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002400
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002401If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
2402or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
2403provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
2404the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
2405official or latest in CVS) version of U-Boot sources.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002406
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002407But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
2408cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
2409the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
2410just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
2411for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
2412select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
2413environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the cross tools from
2414MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux you can type
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002415
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002416 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002417
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002418or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002419
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002420 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002421
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002422When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build U-Boot
2423in the source directory. This location can be changed by setting the
2424BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target built, the MAKEALL
2425script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and <target>.MAKEALL) in the
2426<source dir>/LOG directory. This default location can be changed by
2427setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment variable. For example:
2428
2429 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
2430 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
2431 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
2432
2433With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build, log
2434files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean during
2435the whole build process.
2436
2437
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002438See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002439
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002440
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002441Monitor Commands - Overview:
2442============================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002443
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002444go - start application at address 'addr'
2445run - run commands in an environment variable
2446bootm - boot application image from memory
2447bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
2448tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
2449 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
2450 (and eventually "gatewayip")
2451rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
2452diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
2453loads - load S-Record file over serial line
2454loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
2455md - memory display
2456mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2457nm - memory modify (constant address)
2458mw - memory write (fill)
2459cp - memory copy
2460cmp - memory compare
2461crc32 - checksum calculation
2462imd - i2c memory display
2463imm - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2464inm - i2c memory modify (constant address)
2465imw - i2c memory write (fill)
2466icrc32 - i2c checksum calculation
2467iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses
2468iloop - infinite loop on address range
2469isdram - print SDRAM configuration information
2470sspi - SPI utility commands
2471base - print or set address offset
2472printenv- print environment variables
2473setenv - set environment variables
2474saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
2475protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
2476erase - erase FLASH memory
2477flinfo - print FLASH memory information
2478bdinfo - print Board Info structure
2479iminfo - print header information for application image
2480coninfo - print console devices and informations
2481ide - IDE sub-system
2482loop - infinite loop on address range
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002483loopw - infinite write loop on address range
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002484mtest - simple RAM test
2485icache - enable or disable instruction cache
2486dcache - enable or disable data cache
2487reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
2488echo - echo args to console
2489version - print monitor version
2490help - print online help
2491? - alias for 'help'
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002492
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002493
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002494Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
2495========================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002496
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002497TODO.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002498
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002499For now: just type "help <command>".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002500
2501
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002502Environment Variables:
2503======================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002504
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002505U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
2506can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002507
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002508Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
2509"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
2510without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
2511environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
2512working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
2513environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002514
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002515Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002516
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002517 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002518
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002519 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002520
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002521 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002522
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002523 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002524
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002525 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002526
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002527 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
2528 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
2529 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
2530 load any image using TFTP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002531
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002532 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
2533 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
2534 be automatically started (by internally calling
2535 "bootm")
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002536
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002537 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
2538 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
2539 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
2540 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
2541 data.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002542
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +00002543 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
2544 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
2545 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
2546 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
2547 it must be saved and board must be reset.
2548
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002549 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
2550 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
2551 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
2552 is usually what you want since it allows for
2553 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
2554 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
2555 CFG_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
2556 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
2557 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
2558 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
2559 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002560
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002561 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
2562 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
2563 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
2564 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
2565 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
2566 12 MB as well - this can be done with
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002567
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002568 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002569
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002570 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
2571 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
2572 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
2573 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
2574 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
2575 boot time on your system, but requires that this
2576 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
wdenk3f9ab982003-04-12 23:38:12 +00002577
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002578 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002579
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002580 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
2581 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002582
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002583 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002584
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002585 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
wdenk6f770ed2003-05-23 23:18:21 +00002586
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002587 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002588
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002589 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002590
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002591 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002592
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002593 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2594 interface is used first.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002595
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002596 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2597 interface is currently active. For example you
2598 can do the following
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002599
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002600 => setenv ethact FEC ETHERNET
2601 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC ETHERNET
2602 => setenv ethact SCC ETHERNET
2603 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC ETHERNET
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002604
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002605 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
2606 either succeed or fail without retrying.
2607 When set to "once" the network operation will
2608 fail when all the available network interfaces
2609 are tried once without success.
2610 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
2611 themselves.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002612
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02002613 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02002614 UDP source port.
2615
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02002616 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
2617 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
2618
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002619 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
2620 ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
2621 VLAN tagged frames.
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002622
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002623The following environment variables may be used and automatically
2624updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
2625depending the information provided by your boot server:
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002626
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002627 bootfile - see above
2628 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
2629 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
2630 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
2631 hostname - Target hostname
2632 ipaddr - see above
2633 netmask - Subnet Mask
2634 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
2635 serverip - see above
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002636
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002637
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002638There are two special Environment Variables:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002639
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002640 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
2641 as type string and/or serial number
2642 ethaddr - Ethernet address
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002643
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002644These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
2645the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
2646once they have been set once.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002647
2648
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002649Further special Environment Variables:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002650
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002651 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
2652 with the "version" command. This variable is
2653 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002654
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002655
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002656Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
2657only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002658
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002659
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002660Command Line Parsing:
2661=====================
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002662
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002663There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
2664the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002665
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002666Old, simple command line parser:
2667--------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002668
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002669- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
2670- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
Wolfgang Denk86eb3b72005-11-20 21:40:11 +01002671- variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002672- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
2673 for example:
Wolfgang Denk86eb3b72005-11-20 21:40:11 +01002674 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002675- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
2676 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002677
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002678Hush shell:
2679-----------
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002680
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002681- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
2682 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
2683 until...do...done, ...
2684- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
2685 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
2686 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
2687 command
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002688
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002689General rules:
2690--------------
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002691
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002692(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
2693 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
2694 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
2695 executed anyway.
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002696
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002697(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
2698 calling run with a list af variables as arguments), any failing
2699 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
2700 variables are not executed.
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002701
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002702Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
2703=======================================
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002704
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002705Some boards come with redundant ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
2706such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
2707"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002708
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002709Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
2710MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
2711"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002712
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002713If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
2714in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
2715ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
2716variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002717
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002718o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
2719 environment, the SROM's address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002720
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002721o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
2722 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
2723 used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002724
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002725o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
2726 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002727
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002728o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
2729 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
2730 warning is printed.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002731
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002732o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
2733 is raised.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002734
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002735
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002736Image Formats:
2737==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002738
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002739The "boot" commands of this monitor operate on "image" files which
2740can be basicly anything, preceeded by a special header; see the
2741definitions in include/image.h for details; basicly, the header
2742defines the following image properties:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002743
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002744* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
2745 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
2746 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS;
2747 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS, LynxOS).
Wolfgang Denk83c15852006-10-24 14:21:16 +02002748* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002749 IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
Wolfgang Denk83c15852006-10-24 14:21:16 +02002750 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC).
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002751* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
2752* Load Address
2753* Entry Point
2754* Image Name
2755* Image Timestamp
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002756
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002757The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
2758and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
2759CRC32 checksums.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002760
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002761
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002762Linux Support:
2763==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002764
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002765Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
2766easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
2767U-Boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002768
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002769U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
2770special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
2771"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
2772instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
2773serves several purposes:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002774
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002775- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
2776 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
2777 Flash memory footprint)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002778
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002779- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
2780 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002781
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002782- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
2783 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
2784 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
2785 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
2786 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
2787 software is easier now.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002788
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002789
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002790Linux HOWTO:
2791============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002792
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002793Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
2794---------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002795
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002796U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
2797configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
2798(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
2799Linux :-).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002800
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002801But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/ppc/mbxboot).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002802
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002803Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
2804include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
2805Information structure as we define in include/u-boot.h, and make
2806sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value as your
2807U-Boot configuration in CFG_IMMR.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002808
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002809
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002810Configuring the Linux kernel:
2811-----------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002812
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002813No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
2814device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002815
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002816
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002817Building a Linux Image:
2818-----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002819
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002820With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
2821not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
2822"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
2823U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
2824which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
2825100% compatible format.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002826
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002827Example:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002828
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002829 make TQM850L_config
2830 make oldconfig
2831 make dep
2832 make uImage
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002833
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002834The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
2835encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
2836CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002837
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002838* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002839
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002840* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002841
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002842 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
2843 -R .note -R .comment \
2844 -S vmlinux linux.bin
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002845
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002846* compress the binary image:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002847
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002848 gzip -9 linux.bin
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002849
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002850* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002851
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002852 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
2853 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
2854 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002855
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002856
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002857The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
2858with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
2859combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
2860byte header containing information about target architecture,
2861operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
2862stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002863
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002864"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
2865print the header information, or to build new images.
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002866
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002867In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
2868contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
2869checksum verification:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002870
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002871 tools/mkimage -l image
2872 -l ==> list image header information
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002873
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002874The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
2875from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002876
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002877 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
2878 -n name -d data_file image
2879 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
2880 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
2881 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
2882 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
2883 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
2884 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
2885 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
2886 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002887
wdenkcd914452004-05-29 16:53:29 +00002888Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
2889address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
2890kernel version:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002891
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002892- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
2893- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002894
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002895So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002896
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002897 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2898 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
2899 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
2900 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
2901 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2902 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2903 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2904 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2905 Load Address: 0x00000000
2906 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002907
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002908To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002909
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002910 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
2911 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2912 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2913 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2914 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2915 Load Address: 0x00000000
2916 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002917
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002918NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
2919speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
2920needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
2921need to be uncompressed:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002922
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002923 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
2924 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2925 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
2926 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \
2927 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
2928 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2929 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2930 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
2931 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
2932 Load Address: 0x00000000
2933 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002934
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002935
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002936Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
2937when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002938
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002939 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
2940 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
2941 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
2942 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2943 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
2944 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2945 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
2946 Load Address: 0x00000000
2947 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002948
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002949
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002950Installing a Linux Image:
2951-------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002952
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002953To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
2954you must convert the image to S-Record format:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002955
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002956 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002957
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002958The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
2959image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
2960address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
2961specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
2962command.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002963
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002964Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
2965TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002966
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002967 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002968
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002969 .......... done
2970 Erased 8 sectors
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002971
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002972 => loads 40100000
2973 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2974 ~>examples/image.srec
2975 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
2976 ...
2977 15989 15990 15991 15992
2978 [file transfer complete]
2979 [connected]
2980 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002981
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002982
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002983You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
2984this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
2985corruption happened:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002986
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002987 => imi 40100000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002988
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002989 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
2990 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2991 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2992 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2993 Load Address: 00000000
2994 Entry Point: 0000000c
2995 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002996
2997
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002998Boot Linux:
2999-----------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003000
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003001The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
3002memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
3003of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
3004parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
3005"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003006
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003007
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003008 => printenv bootargs
3009 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003010
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003011 => 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 +00003012
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003013 => printenv bootargs
3014 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 +00003015
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003016 => bootm 40020000
3017 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
3018 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
3019 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3020 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
3021 Load Address: 00000000
3022 Entry Point: 0000000c
3023 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3024 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3025 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
3026 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3027 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3028 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3029 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
3030 ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003031
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003032If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial ram disk, you pass
3033the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
3034format!) to the "bootm" command:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003035
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003036 => imi 40100000 40200000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003037
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003038 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3039 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3040 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3041 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3042 Load Address: 00000000
3043 Entry Point: 0000000c
3044 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003045
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003046 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
3047 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3048 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3049 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3050 Load Address: 00000000
3051 Entry Point: 00000000
3052 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003053
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003054 => bootm 40100000 40200000
3055 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
3056 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3057 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3058 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3059 Load Address: 00000000
3060 Entry Point: 0000000c
3061 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3062 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3063 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
3064 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3065 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3066 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3067 Load Address: 00000000
3068 Entry Point: 00000000
3069 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3070 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
3071 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
3072 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
3073 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3074 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3075 ...
3076 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
3077 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003078
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003079 bash#
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003080
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -05003081Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
3082-----------
3083
3084First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
3085titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
3086following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
3087flat device tree:
3088
3089=> print oftaddr
3090oftaddr=0x300000
3091=> print oft
3092oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
3093=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
3094Speed: 1000, full duplex
3095Using TSEC0 device
3096TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
3097Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
3098Load address: 0x300000
3099Loading: #
3100done
3101Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
3102=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
3103Speed: 1000, full duplex
3104Using TSEC0 device
3105TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
3106Filename 'uImage'.
3107Load address: 0x200000
3108Loading:############
3109done
3110Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
3111=> print loadaddr
3112loadaddr=200000
3113=> print oftaddr
3114oftaddr=0x300000
3115=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
3116## Booting image at 00200000 ...
3117 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
3118 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3119 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
3120 Load Address: 00000000
3121 Entry Point: 00000000
3122 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3123 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3124Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
3125Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
3126Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
3127[snip]
3128
3129
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003130More About U-Boot Image Types:
3131------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003132
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003133U-Boot supports the following image types:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003134
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003135 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
3136 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
3137 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
3138 the Standalone Program.
3139 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
3140 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
3141 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
3142 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
3143 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
3144 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
3145 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
3146 being started.
3147 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
3148 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
3149 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
3150 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
3151 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
3152 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003153
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003154 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
3155 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
3156 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
3157 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
3158 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
3159 a multiple of 4 bytes).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003160
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003161 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
3162 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
3163 flash memory.
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00003164
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003165 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
3166 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
3167 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
3168 as command interpreter.
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00003169
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00003170
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003171Standalone HOWTO:
3172=================
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00003173
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003174One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
3175run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
3176U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00003177
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003178Two simple examples are included with the sources:
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00003179
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003180"Hello World" Demo:
3181-------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003182
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003183'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
3184application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
3185It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
3186like that:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003187
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003188 => loads
3189 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3190 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
3191 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3192 [file transfer complete]
3193 [connected]
3194 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003195
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003196 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
3197 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3198 Hello World
3199 argc = 7
3200 argv[0] = "40004"
3201 argv[1] = "Hello"
3202 argv[2] = "World!"
3203 argv[3] = "This"
3204 argv[4] = "is"
3205 argv[5] = "a"
3206 argv[6] = "test."
3207 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
3208 Hit any key to exit ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003209
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003210 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003211
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003212Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
3213handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
3214Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
3215The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
3216character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
3217controlled by the following keys:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003218
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003219 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
3220 b - enable interrupts and start timer
3221 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
3222 q - quit application
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003223
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003224 => loads
3225 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3226 ~>examples/timer.srec
3227 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3228 [file transfer complete]
3229 [connected]
3230 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003231
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003232 => go 40004
3233 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3234 TIMERS=0xfff00980
3235 Using timer 1
3236 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003237
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003238Hit 'b':
3239 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
3240 Enabling timer
3241Hit '?':
3242 [q, b, e, ?] ........
3243 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
3244Hit '?':
3245 [q, b, e, ?] .
3246 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
3247Hit '?':
3248 [q, b, e, ?] .
3249 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
3250Hit '?':
3251 [q, b, e, ?] .
3252 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
3253Hit 'e':
3254 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
3255Hit 'q':
3256 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003257
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003258
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003259Minicom warning:
3260================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003261
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003262Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
3263"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
3264consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
3265Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
3266especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
3267use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003268
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003269Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
3270configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003271
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003272 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
3273 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
3274 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00003275
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00003276
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003277NetBSD Notes:
3278=============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003279
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003280Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
3281(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003282
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003283Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
3284NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
3285need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
3286Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
3287attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
3288missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003289
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003290 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
3291 # mkdir powerpc
3292 # ln -s powerpc machine
3293 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
3294 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003295
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003296Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
3297and U-Boot include files.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003298
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003299Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
3300stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
3301proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
3302tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
wdenkd0245fc2005-04-13 10:02:42 +00003303meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003304
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003305
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003306Implementation Internals:
3307=========================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003308
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003309The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
3310implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
3311inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
3312hardware.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003313
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003314
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003315Initial Stack, Global Data:
3316---------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003317
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003318The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
3319starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
3320system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
3321This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
3322is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
3323at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
3324options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
3325models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
3326MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
3327locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003328
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003329 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
3330 u-boot-users mailing list:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003331
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003332 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
3333 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
3334 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
3335 ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003336
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003337 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
3338 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
3339 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
3340 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
3341 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
3342 beyond the scope of this list to expain the details, but you
3343 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
3344 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003345
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003346 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
3347 is another option for the system designer to use as an
3348 initial stack/ram area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
3349 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
3350 board designers haven't used it for something that would
3351 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
3352 used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003353
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003354 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
3355 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
3356 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
Stefan Roese3e1f1b32005-08-01 16:49:12 +02003357 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003358 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
3359 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
3360 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
3361 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
3362 you get the config right.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003363
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003364 -Chris Hallinan
3365 DS4.COM, Inc.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003366
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003367It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
3368code for the initialization procedures:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003369
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003370* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
3371 to write it.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003372
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003373* Do not use any unitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
3374 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
3375 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003376
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003377* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
3378 that.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003379
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003380Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
3381normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
3382turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
3383simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
3384functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
3385functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
3386the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
3387place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
3388reserve for this purpose.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003389
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003390When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
3391relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
3392GCC's implementation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003393
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003394For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
3395 R1: stack pointer
3396 R2: TOC pointer
3397 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
3398 R5-R10: parameter passing
3399 R13: small data area pointer
3400 R30: GOT pointer
3401 R31: frame pointer
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003402
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003403 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003404
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003405 ==> U-Boot will use R29 to hold a pointer to the global data
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003406
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003407 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
3408 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
3409 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
3410 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
3411 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
3412 624 text + 127 data).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003413
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003414On ARM, the following registers are used:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003415
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003416 R0: function argument word/integer result
3417 R1-R3: function argument word
3418 R9: GOT pointer
3419 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
3420 R11: argument (frame) pointer
3421 R12: temporary workspace
3422 R13: stack pointer
3423 R14: link register
3424 R15: program counter
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003425
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003426 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003427
Wolfgang Denk6405a152006-03-31 18:32:53 +02003428NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
3429or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003430
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003431Memory Management:
3432------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003433
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003434U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
3435MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003436
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003437The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
3438controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
3439memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
3440physical memory banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003441
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003442U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
3443TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
3444booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
3445to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
3446memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CFG_MALLOC_LEN
3447configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
3448Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003449
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003450Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
3451of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003452
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003453So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
3454this:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003455
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003456 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
3457 :
3458 0x0000 1FFF
3459 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
3460 :
3461 :
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003462
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003463 :
3464 :
3465 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
3466 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
3467 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
3468 :
3469 0x00FD FFFF
3470 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
3471 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
3472 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
3473 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003474
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003475
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003476System Initialization:
3477----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003478
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003479In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
3480(on most PowerPC systens at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
3481configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
3482To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
3483To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
3484initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
3485which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
3486part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
3487the caches and the SIU.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003488
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003489Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
3490preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
3491(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
3492on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
3493programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
3494simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
3495banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003496
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003497When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
3498different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
3499bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
35000x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
3501contiguous memory starting from 0.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003502
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003503Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
3504and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
3505Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
3506pages, and the final stack is set up.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003507
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003508Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
3509until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
3510running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
3511new address in RAM.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003512
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003513
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003514U-Boot Porting Guide:
3515----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003516
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003517[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
3518list, October 2002]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003519
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003520
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003521int main (int argc, char *argv[])
3522{
3523 sighandler_t no_more_time;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003524
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003525 signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time);
3526 alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003527
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003528 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
3529 pay consultant to port U-Boot;
3530 return 0;
3531 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003532
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003533 Download latest U-Boot source;
wdenk34b613e2002-12-17 01:51:00 +00003534
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003535 Subscribe to u-boot-users mailing list;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003536
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003537 if (clueless) {
3538 email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
3539 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003540
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003541 while (learning) {
3542 Read the README file in the top level directory;
3543 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual ;
3544 Read the source, Luke;
3545 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003546
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003547 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) {
3548 Buy a BDI2000;
3549 } else {
3550 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
3551 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003552
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003553 Create your own board support subdirectory;
wdenk34b613e2002-12-17 01:51:00 +00003554
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003555 Create your own board config file;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003556
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003557 while (!running) {
3558 do {
3559 Add / modify source code;
3560 } until (compiles);
3561 Debug;
3562 if (clueless)
3563 email ("Hi, I am having problems...");
wdenk634d2f72004-04-15 23:14:49 +00003564 }
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003565 Send patch file to Wolfgang;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003566
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003567 return 0;
3568}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003569
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003570void no_more_time (int sig)
3571{
3572 hire_a_guru();
3573}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003574
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003575
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003576Coding Standards:
3577-----------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003578
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003579All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
Detlev Zundelaa63d482006-09-01 15:39:02 +02003580coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
3581"scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory. In sources
3582originating from U-Boot a style corresponding to "Lindent -pcs" (adding
3583spaces before parameters to function calls) is actually used.
3584
3585Source files originating from a different project (for example the
3586MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
3587reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
3588sources.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003589
Detlev Zundelaa63d482006-09-01 15:39:02 +02003590Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
3591Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
3592in your code.
wdenkad276f22004-01-04 16:28:35 +00003593
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003594Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
3595- remove any trailing white space
3596- use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces
3597- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
3598- do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files
3599- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003600
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003601Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
3602with a request to reformat the changes.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003603
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003604
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003605Submitting Patches:
3606-------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003607
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003608Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
3609establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
3610may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003611
wdenkcbc49a52005-05-03 14:12:25 +00003612Patches shall be sent to the u-boot-users mailing list.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003613
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003614When you send a patch, please include the following information with
3615it:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003616
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003617* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
3618 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
3619 patch actually fixes something.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003620
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003621* For new features: a description of the feature and your
3622 implementation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003623
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003624* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003625
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003626* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003627
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003628* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
3629 board to the MAKEALL script, too.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003630
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003631* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
3632 document these in the README file.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003633
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003634* The patch itself. If you are accessing the CVS repository use "cvs
3635 update; cvs diff -puRN"; else, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your
3636 version of diff does not support these options, then get the latest
3637 version of GNU diff.
wdenkca9bc762003-07-15 07:45:49 +00003638
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003639 The current directory when running this command shall be the top
3640 level directory of the U-Boot source tree, or it's parent directory
3641 (i. e. please make sure that your patch includes sufficient
3642 directory information for the affected files).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003643
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003644 We accept patches as plain text, MIME attachments or as uuencoded
3645 gzipped text.
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003646
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003647* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
3648 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00003649
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003650* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
3651 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003652
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003653
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003654Notes:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003655
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003656* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
3657 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
3658 for any of the boards.
3659
3660* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
3661 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
3662 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003663
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003664* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
3665 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
3666 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
3667 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
3668 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
3669 modification.
wdenkcbc49a52005-05-03 14:12:25 +00003670
3671* Remember that there is a size limit of 40 kB per message on the
3672 u-boot-users mailing list. Compression may help.