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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
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000135 - i386 Files specific to i386 CPUs
136 - ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +0000137 - mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000138 - mips Files specific to MIPS CPUs
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +0000139 - mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
140 - mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
141 - mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
142 - mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
143 - mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
144 - mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
145 - mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000146 - nios Files specific to Altera NIOS CPUs
wdenkef3386f2004-10-10 21:27:30 +0000147 - nios2 Files specific to Altera Nios-II CPUs
Wolfgang Denk0ee70772005-09-23 11:05:55 +0200148 - ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000149 - pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
150 - s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
151 - sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000152- disk Code for disk drive partition handling
153- doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000154- drivers Commonly used device drivers
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000155- dtt Digital Thermometer and Thermostat drivers
156- examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
157- include Header Files
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +0000158- lib_arm Files generic to ARM architecture
159- lib_generic Files generic to all architectures
160- lib_i386 Files generic to i386 architecture
161- lib_m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
162- lib_mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
163- lib_nios Files generic to NIOS architecture
164- lib_ppc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000165- net Networking code
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000166- post Power On Self Test
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000167- rtc Real Time Clock drivers
168- tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
169
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000170Software Configuration:
171=======================
172
173Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
174rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
175
176There are two classes of configuration variables:
177
178* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
179 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
180 "CONFIG_".
181
182* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
183 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
184 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
185 "CFG_".
186
187Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
188identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
189do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
190links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
191as an example here.
192
193
194Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
195---------------------------------------------------
196
197For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
198configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
199
200Example: For a TQM823L module type:
201
202 cd u-boot
203 make TQM823L_config
204
205For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the cpu type as well;
206e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
207directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
208
209
210Configuration Options:
211----------------------
212
213Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
214such information is kept in a configuration file
215"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
216
217Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
218"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
219
220
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +0000221Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
222kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
223build a config tool - later.
224
225
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000226The following options need to be configured:
227
228- CPU Type: Define exactly one of
229
230 PowerPC based CPUs:
231 -------------------
232 CONFIG_MPC823, CONFIG_MPC850, CONFIG_MPC855, CONFIG_MPC860
wdenk359733b2003-03-31 17:27:09 +0000233 or CONFIG_MPC5xx
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +0000234 or CONFIG_MPC8220
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000235 or CONFIG_MPC824X, CONFIG_MPC8260
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +0000236 or CONFIG_MPC85xx
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000237 or CONFIG_IOP480
238 or CONFIG_405GP
wdenk232fe0b2003-09-02 22:48:03 +0000239 or CONFIG_405EP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000240 or CONFIG_440
241 or CONFIG_MPC74xx
wdenkaaf48a92003-06-20 23:10:58 +0000242 or CONFIG_750FX
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000243
244 ARM based CPUs:
245 ---------------
246 CONFIG_SA1110
247 CONFIG_ARM7
248 CONFIG_PXA250
249
wdenk12490652004-04-18 21:13:41 +0000250 MicroBlaze based CPUs:
251 ----------------------
wdenk20a61222004-07-10 23:48:41 +0000252 CONFIG_MICROBLAZE
wdenk12490652004-04-18 21:13:41 +0000253
wdenkef3386f2004-10-10 21:27:30 +0000254 Nios-2 based CPUs:
255 ----------------------
256 CONFIG_NIOS2
257
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000258
259- Board Type: Define exactly one of
260
261 PowerPC based boards:
262 ---------------------
263
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +0000264 CONFIG_ADCIOP CONFIG_GEN860T CONFIG_PCI405
265 CONFIG_ADS860 CONFIG_GENIETV CONFIG_PCIPPC2
266 CONFIG_AMX860 CONFIG_GTH CONFIG_PCIPPC6
267 CONFIG_AR405 CONFIG_gw8260 CONFIG_pcu_e
268 CONFIG_BAB7xx CONFIG_hermes CONFIG_PIP405
269 CONFIG_c2mon CONFIG_hymod CONFIG_PM826
270 CONFIG_CANBT CONFIG_IAD210 CONFIG_ppmc8260
271 CONFIG_CCM CONFIG_ICU862 CONFIG_QS823
272 CONFIG_CMI CONFIG_IP860 CONFIG_QS850
273 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8260 CONFIG_IPHASE4539 CONFIG_QS860T
274 CONFIG_cogent_mpc8xx CONFIG_IVML24 CONFIG_RBC823
275 CONFIG_CPCI405 CONFIG_IVML24_128 CONFIG_RPXClassic
276 CONFIG_CPCI4052 CONFIG_IVML24_256 CONFIG_RPXlite
277 CONFIG_CPCIISER4 CONFIG_IVMS8 CONFIG_RPXsuper
278 CONFIG_CPU86 CONFIG_IVMS8_128 CONFIG_rsdproto
279 CONFIG_CRAYL1 CONFIG_IVMS8_256 CONFIG_sacsng
280 CONFIG_CSB272 CONFIG_JSE CONFIG_Sandpoint8240
281 CONFIG_CU824 CONFIG_LANTEC CONFIG_Sandpoint8245
282 CONFIG_DASA_SIM CONFIG_lwmon CONFIG_sbc8260
wdenk3203c8f2004-07-10 21:45:47 +0000283 CONFIG_DB64360 CONFIG_MBX CONFIG_sbc8560
284 CONFIG_DB64460 CONFIG_MBX860T CONFIG_SM850
285 CONFIG_DU405 CONFIG_MHPC CONFIG_SPD823TS
286 CONFIG_DUET_ADS CONFIG_MIP405 CONFIG_STXGP3
287 CONFIG_EBONY CONFIG_MOUSSE CONFIG_SXNI855T
288 CONFIG_ELPPC CONFIG_MPC8260ADS CONFIG_TQM823L
289 CONFIG_ELPT860 CONFIG_MPC8540ADS CONFIG_TQM8260
Lunsheng Wang61e61952005-07-29 10:20:29 -0500290 CONFIG_ep8260 CONFIG_MPC8540EVAL CONFIG_TQM850L
291 CONFIG_ERIC CONFIG_MPC8560ADS CONFIG_TQM855L
292 CONFIG_ESTEEM192E CONFIG_MUSENKI CONFIG_TQM860L
293 CONFIG_ETX094 CONFIG_MVS1 CONFIG_TTTech
294 CONFIG_EVB64260 CONFIG_NETPHONE CONFIG_UTX8245
295 CONFIG_FADS823 CONFIG_NETTA CONFIG_V37
296 CONFIG_FADS850SAR CONFIG_NETVIA CONFIG_W7OLMC
297 CONFIG_FADS860T CONFIG_NX823 CONFIG_W7OLMG
Jon Loeliger7ccb9f02005-08-02 13:53:07 -0500298 CONFIG_FLAGADM CONFIG_OCRTC CONFIG_WALNUT
Lunsheng Wang61e61952005-07-29 10:20:29 -0500299 CONFIG_FPS850L CONFIG_ORSG CONFIG_ZPC1900
300 CONFIG_FPS860L CONFIG_OXC CONFIG_ZUMA
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000301
302 ARM based boards:
303 -----------------
304
Wolfgang Denk4dc11462005-09-26 01:06:33 +0200305 CONFIG_ARMADILLO, CONFIG_AT91RM9200DK, CONFIG_CERF250,
306 CONFIG_DNP1110, CONFIG_EP7312, CONFIG_H2_OMAP1610,
307 CONFIG_HHP_CRADLE, CONFIG_IMPA7, CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1510,
Wolfgang Denk9da240c2005-10-05 00:19:34 +0200308 CONFIG_INNOVATOROMAP1610, CONFIG_KB9202, CONFIG_LART,
309 CONFIG_LPD7A400, CONFIG_LUBBOCK, CONFIG_OSK_OMAP5912,
310 CONFIG_OMAP2420H4, CONFIG_SHANNON, CONFIG_P2_OMAP730,
311 CONFIG_SMDK2400, CONFIG_SMDK2410, CONFIG_TRAB,
312 CONFIG_VCMA9
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000313
wdenk12490652004-04-18 21:13:41 +0000314 MicroBlaze based boards:
315 ------------------------
316
317 CONFIG_SUZAKU
318
wdenkef3386f2004-10-10 21:27:30 +0000319 Nios-2 based boards:
320 ------------------------
321
322 CONFIG_PCI5441 CONFIG_PK1C20
323
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000324
325- CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
326 Define exactly one of
327 CONFIG_CMA286_60_OLD
328--- FIXME --- not tested yet:
329 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
330 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
331
332- Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
333 Define exactly one of
334 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
335
336- Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
337 Define one or more of
338 CONFIG_CMA302
339
340- Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
341 Define one or more of
342 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
343 the lcd display every second with
344 a "rotator" |\-/|\-/
345
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +0000346- Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
347 CONFIG_ADSTYPE
348 Possible values are:
349 CFG_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
wdenkad276f22004-01-04 16:28:35 +0000350 CFG_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
wdenk2f0812d2003-10-08 22:45:44 +0000351 CFG_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
wdenk3902d702004-04-15 18:22:41 +0000352 CFG_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +0000353
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000354- MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000355 Define exactly one of
356 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000357
wdenkfde37042004-01-31 20:06:54 +0000358- 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx cpu)
wdenk20bddb32004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000359 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
360 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000361 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
362 reference PIT/RTC clock
wdenk20bddb32004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000363 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
364 or XTAL/EXTAL)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000365
wdenk20bddb32004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000366- 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
367 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
368 CFG_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
369 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
wdenkfde37042004-01-31 20:06:54 +0000370 See doc/README.MPC866
371
372 CFG_MEASURE_CPUCLK
373
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000374 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
375 of relying on the correctness of the configured
376 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
377 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
378 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
wdenk20bddb32004-09-28 17:59:53 +0000379 RTC clock or CFG_8XX_XIN)
wdenkfde37042004-01-31 20:06:54 +0000380
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000381- Linux Kernel Interface:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000382 CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ
383
384 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
385 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
386 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
387 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
388 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
389 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
390 Linux kernel.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000391 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
392 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
393 default environment.
394
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000395 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
396
397 When transfering memsize parameter to linux, some versions
398 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
399 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
400
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000401- Serial Ports:
402 CFG_PL010_SERIAL
403
404 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
405
406 CFG_PL011_SERIAL
407
408 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
409
410 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
411
412 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
413 the clock speed of the UARTs.
414
415 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
416
417 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
418 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
419 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
420
421
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000422- Console Interface:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000423 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
424 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
425 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
426 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000427
428 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
429 port routines must be defined elsewhere
430 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
431
432 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
433 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
434 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
435 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
436 (default big endian)
437 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
438 rectangle fill
439 (cf. smiLynxEM)
440 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
441 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
442 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
443 (cols=pitch)
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000444 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
445 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000446 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
447 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000448 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000449 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
450 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
451 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
452 (i.e. i8042_tstc)
453 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
454 (i.e. i8042_getc)
455 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
456 (requires blink timer
457 cf. i8042.c)
458 CFG_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
459 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
460 upper right corner
461 (requires CFG_CMD_DATE)
462 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
463 upper left corner
wdenk9dd2b882002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000464 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
465 linux_logo.h for logo.
466 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000467 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
468 addional board info beside
469 the logo
470
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000471 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
472 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
473 environment 'console=serial'.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000474
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +0000475 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
476 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
477 the "silent" environment variable. See
478 doc/README.silent for more information.
wdenk3da587e2003-10-19 23:22:11 +0000479
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000480- Console Baudrate:
481 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
482 Select one of the baudrates listed in
483 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
wdenk174e0e52003-12-07 22:27:15 +0000484 CFG_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000485
486- Interrupt driven serial port input:
487 CONFIG_SERIAL_SOFTWARE_FIFO
488
489 PPC405GP only.
490 Use an interrupt handler for receiving data on the
491 serial port. It also enables using hardware handshake
492 (RTS/CTS) and UART's built-in FIFO. Set the number of
493 bytes the interrupt driven input buffer should have.
494
wdenkf16b5162004-03-23 21:43:07 +0000495 Leave undefined to disable this feature, including
496 disable the buffer and hardware handshake.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000497
stroese3d24d6e2003-05-23 11:39:05 +0000498- Console UART Number:
499 CONFIG_UART1_CONSOLE
500
Wolfgang Denk0ee70772005-09-23 11:05:55 +0200501 AMCC PPC4xx only.
stroese3d24d6e2003-05-23 11:39:05 +0000502 If defined internal UART1 (and not UART0) is used
503 as default U-Boot console.
504
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000505- Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
506 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
507 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
508
509 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
510 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
511 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
512 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
513 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
514 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
515 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
516 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
517 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
518 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
519 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
520 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
521
522- Autoboot Command:
523 CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
524 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
525 define a command string that is automatically executed
526 when no character is read on the console interface
527 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
528
529 CONFIG_BOOTARGS
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000530 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
531 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
532 environment value "bootargs".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000533
534 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000535 The value of these goes into the environment as
536 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
537 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
538 ram and nfs.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000539
540- Pre-Boot Commands:
541 CONFIG_PREBOOT
542
543 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
544 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
545 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
546 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
547 entering interactive mode.
548
549 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
550 automatically generated or modified. For an example
551 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
552 modified when the user holds down a certain
553 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
554 booting the systems
555
556- Serial Download Echo Mode:
557 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
558 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
559 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
560 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
561 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
562 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
563 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
564
565- Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CFG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
566 CONFIG_KGDB_BAUDRATE
567 Select one of the baudrates listed in
568 CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
569
570- Monitor Functions:
571 CONFIG_COMMANDS
572 Most monitor functions can be selected (or
573 de-selected) by adjusting the definition of
574 CONFIG_COMMANDS; to select individual functions,
575 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS by "OR"ing any of the
576 following values:
577
578 #define enables commands:
579 -------------------------
580 CFG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
wdenk1f197c62003-09-15 18:00:00 +0000581 CFG_CMD_AUTOSCRIPT Autoscript Support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000582 CFG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000583 CFG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000584 CFG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000585 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000586 CFG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000587 CFG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000588 CFG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
589 CFG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000590 CFG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000591 CFG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
592 CFG_CMD_DOC * Disk-On-Chip Support
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000593 CFG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000594 CFG_CMD_ECHO * echo arguments
595 CFG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000596 CFG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000597 CFG_CMD_ENV saveenv
598 CFG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000599 CFG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support
wdenk591dda52002-11-18 00:14:45 +0000600 CFG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000601 CFG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
602 CFG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000603 CFG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000604 CFG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
605 CFG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
606 CFG_CMD_IMI iminfo
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000607 CFG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000608 CFG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
609 CFG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000610 CFG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000611 CFG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000612 CFG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
613 CFG_CMD_LOADB loadb
614 CFG_CMD_LOADS loads
615 CFG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +0000616 loop, loopw, mtest
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000617 CFG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000618 CFG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
619 CFG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000620 CFG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000621 CFG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
622 CFG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
623 CFG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000624 CFG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network host
625 CFG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000626 CFG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
627 CFG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000628 CFG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000629 CFG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000630 CFG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
wdenkfa66e932005-04-03 14:52:59 +0000631 (requires CFG_CMD_I2C)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000632 CFG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access (4xx only)
633 CFG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
634 CFG_CMD_USB * USB support
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +0000635 CFG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000636 CFG_CMD_BSP * Board SPecific functions
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +0000637 CFG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000638 -----------------------------------------------
639 CFG_CMD_ALL all
640
wdenk7dd13292004-07-11 20:04:51 +0000641 CONFIG_CMD_DFL Default configuration; at the moment
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000642 this is includes all commands, except
643 the ones marked with "*" in the list
644 above.
645
646 If you don't define CONFIG_COMMANDS it defaults to
wdenk7dd13292004-07-11 20:04:51 +0000647 CONFIG_CMD_DFL in include/cmd_confdefs.h. A board can
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000648 override the default settings in the respective
649 include file.
650
651 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
652 support you can write:
653
654 #define CONFIG_COMMANDS (CFG_CMD_ALL & ~CFG_CMD_NET)
655
656
657 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000658 (configuration option CFG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
659 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
660 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
661 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
662 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
663 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
664 initial stack and some data.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000665
666
667 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
668
669- Watchdog:
670 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
671 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000672 support. There must be support in the platform specific
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000673 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the
674 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
675 register.
676
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +0000677- U-Boot Version:
678 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
679 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
680 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
681 version as printed by the "version" command.
682 This variable is readonly.
683
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000684- Real-Time Clock:
685
686 When CFG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
687 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
688 following options:
689
690 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
691 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
692 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
wdenk1fe2c702003-03-06 21:55:29 +0000693 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000694 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
wdenk0893c472003-05-20 14:25:27 +0000695 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
wdenkef5fe752003-03-12 10:41:04 +0000696 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
wdenkaeba06f2004-06-09 17:34:58 +0000697 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000698
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000699 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
700 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
701
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000702- Timestamp Support:
703
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000704 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
705 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
706 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
707 automatically enabled when you select CFG_CMD_DATE .
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000708
709- Partition Support:
710 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
711 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION
712
713 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CFG_CMD_IDE or
714 CFG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at least
715 one partition type as well.
716
717- IDE Reset method:
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000718 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
719 board configurations files but used nowhere!
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000720
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000721 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
722 be performed by calling the function
723 ide_set_reset(int reset)
724 which has to be defined in a board specific file
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000725
726- ATAPI Support:
727 CONFIG_ATAPI
728
729 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
730
wdenkf602aa02004-03-13 23:29:43 +0000731- LBA48 Support
732 CONFIG_LBA48
733
734 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
735 Also look at CFG_64BIT_LBA ,CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF and CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL
736 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
737 support disks up to 2.1TB.
738
739 CFG_64BIT_LBA:
740 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
741 Default is 32bit.
742
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000743- SCSI Support:
744 At the moment only there is only support for the
745 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
746 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
747
748 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
749 CFG_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CFG_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
750 CFG_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
751 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
752 devices.
753 CFG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
754
755- NETWORK Support (PCI):
wdenk4e112c12003-06-03 23:54:09 +0000756 CONFIG_E1000
757 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips.
stroese94ef1cf2003-06-05 15:39:44 +0000758
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000759 CONFIG_EEPRO100
760 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
761 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables eeprom
762 write routine for first time initialisation.
763
764 CONFIG_TULIP
765 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
766 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
767 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
768
769 CONFIG_NATSEMI
770 Support for National dp83815 chips.
771
772 CONFIG_NS8382X
773 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
774
wdenkaa603362003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000775- NETWORK Support (other):
776
777 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
778 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
779
780 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
781 Define this to hold the physical address
782 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
783
784 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
785 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
786
wdenk3c711762004-06-09 13:37:52 +0000787 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111
788 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
789
790 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
791 Define this to hold the physical address
792 of the device (I/O space)
793
794 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
795 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
796
797 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
798 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
799 (some hardware wont work with macros)
800
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000801- USB Support:
802 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000803 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000804 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
805 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
wdenkfb30b4c2004-10-09 22:44:59 +0000806 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000807 storage devices.
808 Note:
809 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
810 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000811 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
812 CONFIG_USB_CLOCK
813 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
814 CONFIG_USB_CONFIG
815 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
816 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
817
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000818
wdenk7a428cc2003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000819- MMC Support:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000820 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
821 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
822 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
wdenk7a428cc2003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000823 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
824 enabled with CFG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000825 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CFG_CMD_FAT.
wdenk7a428cc2003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000826
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000827- Journaling Flash filesystem support:
828 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
829 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
830 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
831
832 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
833 CFG_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CFG_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
834 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
835
836 CFG_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
837 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
838 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
839
840 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +0000841 #define CFG_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000842 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you
843 have not defined a custom partition
844
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000845- Keyboard Support:
846 CONFIG_ISA_KEYBOARD
847
848 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
849 support
850
851 CONFIG_I8042_KBD
852 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
853 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
854 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
855 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
856
857- Video support:
858 CONFIG_VIDEO
859
860 Define this to enable video support (for output to
861 video).
862
863 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
864
865 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
866
867 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
wdenkd3602132004-03-25 15:14:43 +0000868 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
wdenkaea86e42004-03-23 22:53:55 +0000869 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
870 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
871 assumed.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000872
wdenkd3602132004-03-25 15:14:43 +0000873 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
874 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two diferent ways
wdenkaea86e42004-03-23 22:53:55 +0000875 are possible:
876 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
wdenk05939202004-04-18 17:39:38 +0000877 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
wdenkaea86e42004-03-23 22:53:55 +0000878
879 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
880 -------------+---------------------------------------------
881 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
882 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
883 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
884 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
885 -------------+---------------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000886 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
887
wdenkd3602132004-03-25 15:14:43 +0000888 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
wdenkaea86e42004-03-23 22:53:55 +0000889 from the bootargs. (See drivers/videomodes.c)
890
891
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +0000892 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000893 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
wdenk9dd2b882002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000894 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
895 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
896
wdenk4e112c12003-06-03 23:54:09 +0000897- Keyboard Support:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000898 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
wdenk4e112c12003-06-03 23:54:09 +0000899
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000900 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
901 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
902 defined in your board-specific files.
903 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
wdenk9dd2b882002-12-03 21:28:10 +0000904
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000905- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
906
907 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
908 display); also select one of the supported displays
909 by defining one of these:
910
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000911 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000912
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000913 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000914
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000915 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
916
917 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
918 Active, color, single scan.
919
920 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000921
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000922 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000923 Active, color, single scan.
924
925 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
926
927 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
928 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
929
930 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
931
932 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
933 Active, color, single scan.
934
935 CONFIG_HLD1045
936
937 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
938 Active, color, single scan.
939
940 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
941
942 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
943 or
944 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
945 or
946 Hitachi SP14Q002
947
948 320x240. Black & white.
949
950 Normally display is black on white background; define
951 CFG_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
952
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +0000953- Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
wdenk92bbe3f2003-04-20 14:04:18 +0000954
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000955 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
956 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
957 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
wdenk01686632004-06-30 22:59:18 +0000958 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000959 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
960 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
961 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
962 loaded very quickly after power-on.
wdenk92bbe3f2003-04-20 14:04:18 +0000963
Stefan Roesed9d97742005-09-22 09:04:17 +0200964- Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
965
966 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
967 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
968 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
969
wdenk710e3502003-08-29 20:57:53 +0000970- Compression support:
971 CONFIG_BZIP2
972
973 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
974 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
975 compressed images are supported.
976
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +0000977 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
978 the malloc area (as defined by CFG_MALLOC_LEN) should
979 be at least 4MB.
wdenk92bbe3f2003-04-20 14:04:18 +0000980
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +0000981- MII/PHY support:
982 CONFIG_PHY_ADDR
983
984 The address of PHY on MII bus.
985
986 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
987
988 The clock frequency of the MII bus
989
990 CONFIG_PHY_GIGE
991
992 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
993 detection of Gigabit PHY is included.
994
995 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
996
997 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
998 reset before any MII register access is possible.
999 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1000 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1001
1002 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1003
1004 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1005 command issued before MII status register can be read
1006
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001007- Ethernet address:
1008 CONFIG_ETHADDR
1009 CONFIG_ETH2ADDR
1010 CONFIG_ETH3ADDR
1011
1012 Define a default value for ethernet address to use
1013 for the respective ethernet interface, in case this
1014 is not determined automatically.
1015
1016- IP address:
1017 CONFIG_IPADDR
1018
1019 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1020 the default ethernet interface, in case this is not
1021 determined through e.g. bootp.
1022
1023- Server IP address:
1024 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1025
1026 Defines a default value for theIP address of a TFTP
1027 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1028
1029- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1030 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1031
1032 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1033 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1034 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1035 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1036 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1037 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1038 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1039 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1040 following delays are insterted then:
1041
1042 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1043 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1044 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1045 4th and following
1046 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1047
stroesee0aadfb2003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001048- DHCP Advanced Options:
1049 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK
1050
1051 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by adding
1052 these flags to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK define:
1053
1054 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1055 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1056 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1057 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1058 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1059 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1060 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1061 is added to the CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK.
1062
1063 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1064 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1065 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
1066 If CONFIG_BOOP_SEND_HOSTNAME is added to the
1067 CONFIG_BOOTP_MASK, the content of the "hostname"
1068 environment variable is passed as option 12 to
1069 the DHCP server.
1070
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001071 - CDP Options:
wdenk05939202004-04-18 17:39:38 +00001072 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001073
1074 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1075
1076 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1077
1078 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1079 of the device.
1080
1081 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1082
1083 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1084 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1085 eth0 for the first ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1086
1087 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1088
1089 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1090 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1091
1092 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1093
1094 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1095
1096 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1097
1098 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1099
1100 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1101
1102 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1103
1104 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1105
1106 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1107 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1108
1109 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1110
1111 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1112
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001113- Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1114
1115 Several configurations allow to display the current
1116 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1117 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1118 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1119 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1120 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1121 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1122 feature in U-Boot.
1123
1124- CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1125
1126 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1127 on those systems that support this (optional)
1128 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1129
1130- I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1131
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001132 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001133 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
1134 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected cpu.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001135
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001136 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
1137 command line (as long as you set CFG_CMD_I2C in
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001138 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1139 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001140 command line interface.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001141
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001142 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects the CPM hardware driver for I2C.
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001143
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001144 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001145 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1146 support for I2C.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001147
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001148 There are several other quantities that must also be
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001149 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001150
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001151 In both cases you will need to define CFG_I2C_SPEED
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001152 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
1153 to run and CFG_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
1154 the cpu's i2c node address).
1155
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001156 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx (cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c)
1157 sets the cpu up as a master node and so its address should
1158 therefore be cleared to 0 (See, eg, MPC823e User's Manual
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001159 p.16-473). So, set CFG_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001160
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001161 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001162
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001163 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1164 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1165 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001166
1167 I2C_INIT
1168
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001169 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001170 controller or configure ports.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001171
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001172 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001173
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001174 I2C_PORT
1175
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001176 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1177 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1178 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001179
1180 I2C_ACTIVE
1181
1182 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1183 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1184 define can be null.
1185
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001186 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1187
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001188 I2C_TRISTATE
1189
1190 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1191 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1192 define can be null.
1193
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001194 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1195
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001196 I2C_READ
1197
1198 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1199 FALSE if it is low.
1200
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001201 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1202
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001203 I2C_SDA(bit)
1204
1205 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1206 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1207
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001208 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001209 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001210 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001211
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001212 I2C_SCL(bit)
1213
1214 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1215 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1216
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001217 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001218 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001219 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001220
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001221 I2C_DELAY
1222
1223 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1224 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001225 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001226 like:
1227
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001228 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001229
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001230 CFG_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1231
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001232 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1233 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1234 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1235 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1236 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1237 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1238 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1239 is run early in the boot sequence.
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001240
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +00001241 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1242
1243 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1244 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1245 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1246
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001247- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1248
1249 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1250 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1251 D/As on the SACSng board)
1252
1253 CONFIG_SPI_X
1254
1255 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1256 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1257
1258 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1259
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001260 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1261 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1262 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1263 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1264 defined, the board configuration must define several
1265 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1266 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001267
1268- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1269
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001270 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001271
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001272 CONFIG_FPGA
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001273
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001274 Used to specify the types of FPGA devices. For example,
1275 #define CONFIG_FPGA CFG_XILINX_VIRTEX2
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001276
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001277 CFG_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001278
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001279 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001280
1281 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1282
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001283 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1284 status by the configuration function. This option
1285 will require a board or device specific function to
1286 be written.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001287
1288 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1289
1290 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1291 configuration driver.
1292
1293 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1294 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1295
1296 CFG_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1297
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001298 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1299 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1300 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1301 indicated a CRC error).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001302
1303 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1304
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001305 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1306 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1307 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
1308 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001309
1310 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1311
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001312 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
1313 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001314
1315 CFG_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1316
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001317 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1318 200 mS.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001319
1320- Configuration Management:
1321 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
1322
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001323 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1324 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001325
1326- Vendor Parameter Protection:
1327
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001328 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1329 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001330 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001331 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1332 protects these variables from casual modification by
1333 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1334 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
1335 change this behviour:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001336
1337 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1338 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001339 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001340 these parameters.
1341
1342 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1343 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
1344 ethernet address is installed in the environment,
1345 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1346 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1347 read-only.]
1348
1349- Protected RAM:
1350 CONFIG_PRAM
1351
1352 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1353 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1354 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1355 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1356 this default value by defining an environment
1357 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1358 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1359 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1360 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1361 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1362 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1363 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1364
1365 setenv bootargs ... mem=\$(mem)
1366 saveenv
1367
1368 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1369 either, which results in a memory region that will
1370 not be affected by reboots.
1371
1372 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1373 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1374 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1375 following board configurations are known to be
1376 "pRAM-clean":
1377
1378 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
1379 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
1380 PCU_E, FLAGADM, TQM8260
1381
1382- Error Recovery:
1383 CONFIG_PANIC_HANG
1384
1385 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
1386 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
1387 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
1388 system where you want to system to reboot
1389 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
1390 useful during development since you can try to debug
1391 the conditions that lead to the situation.
1392
1393 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1394
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001395 This variable defines the number of retries for
1396 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1397 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1398 default value of 5 is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001399
1400- Command Interpreter:
wdenk3902d702004-04-15 18:22:41 +00001401 CFG_AUTO_COMPLETE
1402
1403 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
1404
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001405 CFG_HUSH_PARSER
1406
1407 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
1408 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
1409 powerful command line syntax like
1410 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
1411 constructs ("shell scripts").
1412
1413 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
1414 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
1415
1416
1417 CFG_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
1418
1419 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1420 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1421 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1422
1423 Note:
1424
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001425 In the current implementation, the local variables
1426 space and global environment variables space are
1427 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1428 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1429 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1430 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1431 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001432
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001433 Global environment variables are those you use
1434 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1435 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1436 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001437
1438 To store commands and special characters in a
1439 variable, please use double quotation marks
1440 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1441 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1442 symbols.
1443
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001444- Default Environment:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001445 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1446
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001447 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1448 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001449 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
wdenk591dda52002-11-18 00:14:45 +00001450
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001451 For example, place something like this in your
1452 board's config file:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001453
1454 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1455 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1456 "myvar2=value2\0"
1457
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001458 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1459 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1460 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1461 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001462 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001463 You better know what you are doing here.
1464
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001465 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1466 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
1467 the environment like the autoscript function or the
1468 boot command first.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001469
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001470- DataFlash Support:
wdenk381669a2003-06-16 23:50:08 +00001471 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
1472
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001473 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
1474 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
1475 commands cp, md...
wdenk381669a2003-06-16 23:50:08 +00001476
wdenkef893942004-02-23 16:11:30 +00001477- SystemACE Support:
1478 CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1479
1480 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
1481 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
1482 of the chip must alsh be defined in the
1483 CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
1484
1485 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1486 #define CFG_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
1487
1488 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
1489 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
1490
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001491- TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
1492 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
1493
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02001494 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001495 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02001496 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001497 number generator is used.
1498
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02001499 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
1500 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
1501 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
1502
1503 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001504 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
1505 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
1506 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
1507 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
1508 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
1509 but sometimes that is not allowed.
1510
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001511- Show boot progress:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001512 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
1513
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001514 Defining this option allows to add some board-
1515 specific code (calling a user-provided function
1516 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
1517 the system's boot progress on some display (for
1518 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
1519 the following checkpoints are implemented:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001520
1521 Arg Where When
1522 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001523 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001524 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001525 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001526 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001527 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001528 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
1529 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
1530 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
1531 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone)
1532 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1533 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
1534 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
1535 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
1536 -8 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi, standalone)
1537 8 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
1538 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
1539 9 common/cmd_bootm.c Start initial ramdisk verification
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001540 -10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
1541 -11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001542 10 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk header is OK
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001543 -12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001544 11 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
1545 12 common/cmd_bootm.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
1546 -13 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux Ramdisk)
1547 13 common/cmd_bootm.c Start multifile image verification
1548 14 common/cmd_bootm.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
1549 15 common/cmd_bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
1550
wdenkd729d302004-02-27 00:07:27 +00001551 -30 lib_ppc/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
1552 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
1553 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
wdenke97d3d92004-02-23 22:22:28 +00001554
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001555 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
1556 -1 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
1557 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1558 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
1559 -1 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
1560
1561 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
1562 -1 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
1563 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown boot device
1564 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
1565 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
1566 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Read Error on boot device
1567 -1 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
1568
wdenk8706ea82003-09-18 10:02:25 +00001569 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
1570 -1 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
1571 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
1572 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Read Error on boot device
1573 -1 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
1574
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001575 -1 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001576
1577
1578Modem Support:
1579--------------
1580
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001581[so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001582
1583- Modem support endable:
1584 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
1585
1586- RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
1587 CONFIG_HWFLOW
1588
1589- Modem debug support:
1590 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
1591
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001592 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
1593 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001594
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001595- Interrupt support (PPC):
1596
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001597 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
1598 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
1599 for cpu specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
1600 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
1601 cpu resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
1602 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
1603 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for cpu
1604 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
1605 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
1606 general timer_interrupt().
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001607
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001608- General:
1609
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001610 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
1611 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
1612 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
1613 (autoboot). The key_pressed() fuction is called from
1614 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
1615 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
1616 initialization.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001617
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001618 If there are no modem init strings in the
1619 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
1620 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
1621 supressed, though.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001622
1623 See also: doc/README.Modem
1624
1625
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001626Configuration Settings:
1627-----------------------
1628
1629- CFG_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
1630 undefine this when you're short of memory.
1631
1632- CFG_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
1633 prompt for user input.
1634
1635- CFG_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
1636
1637- CFG_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
1638
1639- CFG_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
1640
1641- CFG_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
1642 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
1643 booted
1644
1645- CFG_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
1646 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
1647
1648- CFG_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001649 Suppress display of console information at boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001650
1651- CFG_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001652 If the board specific function
1653 extern int overwrite_console (void);
1654 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001655 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
1656
1657- CFG_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001658 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001659
1660- CFG_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
1661 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
1662
1663- CFG_MEMTEST_START, CFG_MEMTEST_END:
1664 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
1665 simple memory test.
1666
1667- CFG_ALT_MEMTEST:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001668 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001669
wdenk5958f4a2003-09-18 09:21:33 +00001670- CFG_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
1671 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
1672 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
1673
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001674- CFG_TFTP_LOADADDR:
1675 Default load address for network file downloads
1676
1677- CFG_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
1678 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
1679
1680- CFG_SDRAM_BASE:
1681 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
1682
1683- CFG_MBIO_BASE:
1684 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
1685 Cogent motherboard)
1686
1687- CFG_FLASH_BASE:
1688 Physical start address of Flash memory.
1689
1690- CFG_MONITOR_BASE:
1691 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
1692 make config files to be same as the text base address
1693 (TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
1694 CFG_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
1695
1696- CFG_MONITOR_LEN:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001697 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
1698 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
1699 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
1700 flash sector.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001701
1702- CFG_MALLOC_LEN:
1703 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
1704
1705- CFG_BOOTMAPSZ:
1706 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
1707 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
1708 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, eventually
1709 initrd image) must be put below this limit.
1710
1711- CFG_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
1712 Max number of Flash memory banks
1713
1714- CFG_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
1715 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
1716
1717- CFG_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
1718 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
1719
1720- CFG_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
1721 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
1722
wdenkdccbda02003-07-14 22:13:32 +00001723- CFG_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
1724 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
1725
1726- CFG_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
1727 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
1728
1729- CFG_FLASH_PROTECTION
1730 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
1731 instead of U-Boot software protection.
1732
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001733- CFG_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
1734
1735 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
1736 without this option such a download has to be
1737 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
1738 copy from RAM to flash.
1739
1740 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
1741 you can check if the download worked before you erase
1742 the flash, but in some situations (when sytem RAM is
1743 too limited to allow for a tempory copy of the
1744 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
1745
1746- CFG_FLASH_CFI:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001747 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
wdenk2cefd152004-02-08 22:55:38 +00001748 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
1749
1750- CFG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
1751 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
1752 in the drivers directory
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001753
stroese94ef1cf2003-06-05 15:39:44 +00001754- CFG_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
1755 Defines the number of ethernet receive buffers. On some
1756 ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
1757 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
1758 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
1759 on high ethernet traffic.
1760 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
1761
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001762The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
1763of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
1764following configurations:
1765
1766- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
1767
1768 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
1769
1770 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
1771 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
1772 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
1773 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
1774 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
1775 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
1776 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
1777 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
1778 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
1779 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
1780 between U-Boot and the environment.
1781
1782 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1783
1784 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
1785 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
1786 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
1787 for this sector is given here.
1788
1789 CFG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CFG_FLASH_BASE.
1790
1791 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
1792
1793 This is just another way to specify the start address of
1794 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
1795 CFG_ENV_OFFSET).
1796
1797 - CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
1798
1799 Size of the sector containing the environment.
1800
1801
1802 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
1803 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
1804 the environment.
1805
1806 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1807
1808 If you use this in combination with CFG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
1809 and CFG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
1810 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
1811 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
1812
1813 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
1814 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
1815 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
1816 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
1817 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
1818 updating the environment in flash makes it always
1819 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
1820 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
1821 RAM, your target system will be dead.
1822
1823 - CFG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
1824 CFG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
1825
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001826 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
1827 a redundand copy of the environment data, so that there is
wdenkb02744a2003-04-05 00:53:31 +00001828 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001829 a "saveenv" operation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001830
1831BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
1832source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
1833accordingly!
1834
1835
1836- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
1837
1838 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
1839 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
1840 environment.
1841
1842 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
1843 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1844
1845 These two #defines are used to determin the memory area you
1846 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
1847 can just be read and written to, without any special
1848 provision.
1849
1850BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
1851in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
1852console baudrate). You *MUST* have mappend your NVRAM area then, or
1853U-Boot will hang.
1854
1855Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
1856environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
1857keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
1858to save the current settings.
1859
1860
1861- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
1862
1863 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
1864 device and a driver for it.
1865
1866 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1867 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1868
1869 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
1870 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
1871
1872 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
1873 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
1874 The default address is zero.
1875
1876 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
1877 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
1878 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
1879 would require six bits.
1880
1881 - CFG_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
1882 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001883 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001884
1885 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
1886 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
1887 that this is NOT the chip address length!
1888
wdenk20c98a62004-04-23 20:32:05 +00001889 - CFG_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
1890 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
1891 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
1892 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
1893 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
1894 byte chips.
1895
1896 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
1897 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
1898 in the chip address.
1899
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001900 - CFG_EEPROM_SIZE:
1901 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
1902
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001903
wdenk86765902003-12-06 23:55:10 +00001904- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
1905
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001906 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
wdenk86765902003-12-06 23:55:10 +00001907 want to use for the environment.
1908
1909 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1910 - CFG_ENV_ADDR:
1911 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1912
1913 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
1914 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
1915 at the specified address.
1916
wdenk79b59372004-06-09 14:58:14 +00001917- CFG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
1918
1919 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
1920 for the environment.
1921
1922 - CFG_ENV_OFFSET:
1923 - CFG_ENV_SIZE:
1924
1925 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
1926 area within the first NAND device.
wdenk86765902003-12-06 23:55:10 +00001927
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001928- CFG_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
1929
1930 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
1931 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
1932 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
1933 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
1934 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
1935 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
1936 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
1937
1938Please note that the environment is read-only as long as the monitor
1939has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
1940created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_r()
1941until then to read environment variables.
1942
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001943The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
1944is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
1945with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
1946necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
1947"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
1948have any device yet where we could complain.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001949
1950Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
1951the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001952use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001953
wdenk49c3f672003-10-08 22:33:00 +00001954- CFG_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00001955 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
wdenk49c3f672003-10-08 22:33:00 +00001956
1957 Note: If this option is active, then CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR
1958 also needs to be defined.
1959
1960- CFG_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00001961 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001962
wdenkf602aa02004-03-13 23:29:43 +00001963- CFG_64BIT_VSPRINTF:
1964 Makes vsprintf (and all *printf functions) support printing
1965 of 64bit values by using the L quantifier
1966
1967- CFG_64BIT_STRTOUL:
1968 Adds simple_strtoull that returns a 64bit value
1969
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001970Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
wdenkc8434db2003-03-26 06:55:25 +00001971---------------------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001972
1973- CFG_CACHELINE_SIZE:
1974 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
1975
1976- CFG_DEFAULT_IMMR:
1977 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001978
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00001979 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
1980 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
1981 the IMMR register after a reset.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001982
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +00001983- Floppy Disk Support:
1984 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
1985
1986 the default drive number (default value 0)
1987
1988 CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE
1989
1990 defines the spacing between fdc chipset registers
1991 (default value 1)
1992
1993 CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET
1994
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001995 defines the offset of register from address. It
1996 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
1997 the fdc chipset. (default value 0)
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +00001998
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001999 If CFG_ISA_IO_STRIDE CFG_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
2000 CFG_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
2001 default value.
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +00002002
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002003 if CFG_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
2004 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
2005 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
2006 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
2007 initializations.
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +00002008
wdenkb3a4a702004-12-10 11:40:40 +00002009- CFG_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002010 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
wdenkb3a4a702004-12-10 11:40:40 +00002011 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002012
2013- CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
2014
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002015 Start address of memory area that can be used for
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002016 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
2017 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
2018 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
2019 will become available only after programming the
2020 memory controller and running certain initialization
2021 sequences.
2022
2023 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
2024 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
2025 - MPC824X: data cache
2026 - PPC4xx: data cache
2027
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002028- CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002029
2030 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
2031 area defined by CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002032 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002033 data is located at the end of the available space
2034 (sometimes written as (CFG_INIT_RAM_END -
2035 CFG_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
2036 below that area (growing from (CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002037 CFG_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002038
2039 Note:
2040 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
2041 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
2042 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
2043 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
2044 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
2045
2046- CFG_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
2047
2048- CFG_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
2049
2050- CFG_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
2051
2052- CFG_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
2053
2054- CFG_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
2055
2056- CFG_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
2057
2058- CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
2059 SDRAM timing
2060
2061- CFG_MAMR_PTA:
2062 periodic timer for refresh
2063
2064- CFG_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
2065
2066- FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CFG_REMAP_OR_AM,
2067 CFG_PRELIM_OR_AM, CFG_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CFG_OR0_REMAP,
2068 CFG_OR0_PRELIM, CFG_BR0_PRELIM, CFG_OR1_REMAP, CFG_OR1_PRELIM,
2069 CFG_BR1_PRELIM:
2070 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
2071
2072- SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
2073 CFG_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CFG_OR2_PRELIM, CFG_BR2_PRELIM,
2074 CFG_OR3_PRELIM, CFG_BR3_PRELIM:
2075 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
2076
2077- CFG_MAMR_PTA, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CFG_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
2078 CFG_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CFG_MAMR_8COL, CFG_MAMR_9COL:
2079 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
2080 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
2081
2082- CFG_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2083 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2084 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
2085
2086- CFG_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CFG_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2087 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2088 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
2089
2090- CFG_USE_OSCCLK:
2091 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
2092 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
2093 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
2094
wdenk2029f4d2002-11-21 23:11:29 +00002095- CFG_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002096 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
2097 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
2098 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
2099 cpm_8260.h.
wdenk2029f4d2002-11-21 23:11:29 +00002100
stroese3d24d6e2003-05-23 11:39:05 +00002101- CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CFG_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2102 CFG_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CFG_PCIMSK0_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
2103 CFG_PCIMSK1_MASK, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
2104 CFG_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CFG_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2105 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
2106 CFG_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CFG_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
2107 CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CFG_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CFG_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
wdenkbf2f8c92003-05-22 22:52:13 +00002108 CFG_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
2109 Overrides the default PCI memory map in cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
2110
wdenk6203e402004-04-18 10:13:26 +00002111- CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
2112 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
2113
2114- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
2115 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
wdenk05939202004-04-18 17:39:38 +00002116 to the given FEC; i. e.
2117 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
wdenk6203e402004-04-18 10:13:26 +00002118 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
2119
2120 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
2121
2122- CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
2123 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
2124 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
2125
2126- CONFIG_RMII
2127 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2128 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2129 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2130
wdenk20c98a62004-04-23 20:32:05 +00002131- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2132 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2133 The syntax is:
2134
2135 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2136
2137 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2138 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2139 area should have.
2140
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002141- CONFIG_LOOPW
2142 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
2143 the memory commands are activated globally (CFG_CMD_MEM).
2144
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002145- CONFIG_MX_CYCLIC
2146 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2147 "md/mw" commands.
2148 Examples:
2149
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002150 => mdc.b 10 4 500
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002151 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
2152
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002153 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002154 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
2155
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002156 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002157 globally (CFG_CMD_MEM).
2158
wdenk3d3d99f2005-04-04 12:44:11 +00002159- CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
2160- CONFIG_SKIP_RELOCATE_UBOOT
2161
wdenke085e5b2005-04-05 23:32:21 +00002162 [ARM only] If these variables are defined, then
2163 certain low level initializations (like setting up
2164 the memory controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does
2165 not relocate itself into RAM.
2166 Normally these variables MUST NOT be defined. The
2167 only exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by
2168 some other boot loader or by a debugger which
2169 performs these intializations itself.
wdenk3d3d99f2005-04-04 12:44:11 +00002170
wdenk336b2bc2005-04-02 23:52:25 +00002171
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002172Building the Software:
2173======================
2174
2175Building U-Boot has been tested in native PPC environments (on a
2176PowerBook G3 running LinuxPPC 2000) and in cross environments
2177(running RedHat 6.x and 7.x Linux on x86, Solaris 2.6 on a SPARC, and
2178NetBSD 1.5 on x86).
2179
2180If you are not using a native PPC environment, it is assumed that you
2181have the GNU cross compiling tools available in your path and named
2182with a prefix of "powerpc-linux-". If this is not the case, (e.g. if
2183you are using Monta Vista's Hard Hat Linux CDK 1.2) you must change
2184the definition of CROSS_COMPILE in Makefile. For HHL on a 4xx CPU,
2185change it to:
2186
2187 CROSS_COMPILE = ppc_4xx-
2188
2189
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00002190U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002191sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
2192is done by typing:
2193
2194 make NAME_config
2195
2196where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing
2197configurations; the following names are supported:
2198
wdenk914be132004-06-08 00:22:43 +00002199 ADCIOP_config FPS860L_config omap730p2_config
2200 ADS860_config GEN860T_config pcu_e_config
wdenk337f5652004-10-28 00:09:35 +00002201 Alaska8220_config
wdenk914be132004-06-08 00:22:43 +00002202 AR405_config GENIETV_config PIP405_config
2203 at91rm9200dk_config GTH_config QS823_config
2204 CANBT_config hermes_config QS850_config
2205 cmi_mpc5xx_config hymod_config QS860T_config
2206 cogent_common_config IP860_config RPXlite_config
wdenkec432742004-06-09 21:04:48 +00002207 cogent_mpc8260_config IVML24_config RPXlite_DW_config
2208 cogent_mpc8xx_config IVMS8_config RPXsuper_config
2209 CPCI405_config JSE_config rsdproto_config
2210 CPCIISER4_config LANTEC_config Sandpoint8240_config
2211 csb272_config lwmon_config sbc8260_config
wdenk265d2172004-07-10 22:35:59 +00002212 CU824_config MBX860T_config sbc8560_33_config
2213 DUET_ADS_config MBX_config sbc8560_66_config
wdenk3203c8f2004-07-10 21:45:47 +00002214 EBONY_config MPC8260ADS_config SM850_config
2215 ELPT860_config MPC8540ADS_config SPD823TS_config
Lunsheng Wang61e61952005-07-29 10:20:29 -05002216 ESTEEM192E_config MPC8540EVAL_config stxgp3_config
2217 ETX094_config MPC8560ADS_config SXNI855T_config
2218 FADS823_config NETVIA_config TQM823L_config
2219 FADS850SAR_config omap1510inn_config TQM850L_config
2220 FADS860T_config omap1610h2_config TQM855L_config
2221 FPS850L_config omap1610inn_config TQM860L_config
Jon Loeliger7ccb9f02005-08-02 13:53:07 -05002222 omap5912osk_config walnut_config
Lunsheng Wang61e61952005-07-29 10:20:29 -05002223 omap2420h4_config Yukon8220_config
wdenk3203c8f2004-07-10 21:45:47 +00002224 ZPC1900_config
wdenk2f0812d2003-10-08 22:45:44 +00002225
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002226Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
2227 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2228 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
2229 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
2230 when chosing the configuration, i. e.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002231
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002232 make TQM823L_config
2233 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002234
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002235 make TQM823L_LCD_config
2236 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002237
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002238 etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002239
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002240
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002241Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
2242images ready for download to / installation on your system:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002243
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002244- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
2245- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
2246- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002247
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002248
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002249Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
2250for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
2251native "make".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002252
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002253
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002254If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
2255to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
2256steps:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002257
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +000022581. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
2259 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
2260 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
2261 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please
2262 keep this order.
22632. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
2264 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
2265 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
22663. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
2267 your board
22683. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
2269 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
22704. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
22715. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
2272 to be installed on your target system.
22736. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
2274 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002275
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002276
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002277Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
2278==============================================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002279
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002280If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
2281or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
2282provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
2283the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
2284official or latest in CVS) version of U-Boot sources.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002285
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002286But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
2287cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
2288the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
2289just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
2290for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
2291select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
2292environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the cross tools from
2293MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux you can type
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002294
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002295 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002296
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002297or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002298
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002299 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002300
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002301See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002302
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002303
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002304Monitor Commands - Overview:
2305============================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002306
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002307go - start application at address 'addr'
2308run - run commands in an environment variable
2309bootm - boot application image from memory
2310bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
2311tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
2312 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
2313 (and eventually "gatewayip")
2314rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
2315diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
2316loads - load S-Record file over serial line
2317loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
2318md - memory display
2319mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2320nm - memory modify (constant address)
2321mw - memory write (fill)
2322cp - memory copy
2323cmp - memory compare
2324crc32 - checksum calculation
2325imd - i2c memory display
2326imm - i2c memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2327inm - i2c memory modify (constant address)
2328imw - i2c memory write (fill)
2329icrc32 - i2c checksum calculation
2330iprobe - probe to discover valid I2C chip addresses
2331iloop - infinite loop on address range
2332isdram - print SDRAM configuration information
2333sspi - SPI utility commands
2334base - print or set address offset
2335printenv- print environment variables
2336setenv - set environment variables
2337saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
2338protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
2339erase - erase FLASH memory
2340flinfo - print FLASH memory information
2341bdinfo - print Board Info structure
2342iminfo - print header information for application image
2343coninfo - print console devices and informations
2344ide - IDE sub-system
2345loop - infinite loop on address range
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002346loopw - infinite write loop on address range
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002347mtest - simple RAM test
2348icache - enable or disable instruction cache
2349dcache - enable or disable data cache
2350reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
2351echo - echo args to console
2352version - print monitor version
2353help - print online help
2354? - alias for 'help'
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002355
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002356
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002357Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
2358========================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002359
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002360TODO.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002361
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002362For now: just type "help <command>".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002363
2364
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002365Environment Variables:
2366======================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002367
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002368U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
2369can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002370
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002371Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
2372"printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
2373without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
2374environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
2375working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
2376environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002377
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002378Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002379
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002380 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002381
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002382 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002383
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002384 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002385
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002386 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002387
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002388 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002389
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002390 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
2391 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
2392 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
2393 load any image using TFTP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002394
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002395 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
2396 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
2397 be automatically started (by internally calling
2398 "bootm")
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002399
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002400 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
2401 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
2402 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
2403 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
2404 data.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002405
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +00002406 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
2407 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
2408 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
2409 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
2410 it must be saved and board must be reset.
2411
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002412 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
2413 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
2414 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
2415 is usually what you want since it allows for
2416 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
2417 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
2418 CFG_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
2419 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
2420 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
2421 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
2422 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002423
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002424 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
2425 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
2426 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
2427 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
2428 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
2429 12 MB as well - this can be done with
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002430
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002431 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002432
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002433 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
2434 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
2435 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
2436 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
2437 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
2438 boot time on your system, but requires that this
2439 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
wdenk3f9ab982003-04-12 23:38:12 +00002440
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002441 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002442
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002443 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
2444 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002445
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002446 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002447
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002448 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
wdenk6f770ed2003-05-23 23:18:21 +00002449
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002450 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002451
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002452 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002453
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002454 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002455
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002456 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2457 interface is used first.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002458
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002459 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
2460 interface is currently active. For example you
2461 can do the following
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002462
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002463 => setenv ethact FEC ETHERNET
2464 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC ETHERNET
2465 => setenv ethact SCC ETHERNET
2466 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC ETHERNET
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002467
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002468 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
2469 either succeed or fail without retrying.
2470 When set to "once" the network operation will
2471 fail when all the available network interfaces
2472 are tried once without success.
2473 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
2474 themselves.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002475
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02002476 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02002477 UDP source port.
2478
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02002479 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
2480 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
2481
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002482 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
2483 ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
2484 VLAN tagged frames.
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002485
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002486The following environment variables may be used and automatically
2487updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
2488depending the information provided by your boot server:
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002489
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002490 bootfile - see above
2491 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
2492 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
2493 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
2494 hostname - Target hostname
2495 ipaddr - see above
2496 netmask - Subnet Mask
2497 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
2498 serverip - see above
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002499
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00002500
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002501There are two special Environment Variables:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002502
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002503 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
2504 as type string and/or serial number
2505 ethaddr - Ethernet address
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002506
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002507These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
2508the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
2509once they have been set once.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002510
2511
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002512Further special Environment Variables:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002513
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002514 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
2515 with the "version" command. This variable is
2516 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002517
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002518
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002519Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
2520only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002521
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002522
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002523Command Line Parsing:
2524=====================
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002525
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002526There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
2527the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002528
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002529Old, simple command line parser:
2530--------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002531
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002532- supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
2533- several commands on one line, separated by ';'
2534- variable substitution using "... $(name) ..." syntax
2535- special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
2536 for example:
2537 setenv bootcmd bootm \$(address)
2538- You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
2539 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002540
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002541Hush shell:
2542-----------
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002543
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002544- similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
2545 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
2546 until...do...done, ...
2547- supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
2548 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
2549 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
2550 command
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002551
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002552General rules:
2553--------------
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002554
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002555(1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
2556 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
2557 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
2558 executed anyway.
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002559
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002560(2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
2561 calling run with a list af variables as arguments), any failing
2562 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
2563 variables are not executed.
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002564
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002565Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
2566=======================================
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002567
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002568Some boards come with redundant ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
2569such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
2570"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002571
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002572Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
2573MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
2574"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002575
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002576If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
2577in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
2578ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
2579variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002580
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002581o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
2582 environment, the SROM's address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002583
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002584o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
2585 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
2586 used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002587
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002588o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
2589 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002590
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002591o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
2592 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
2593 warning is printed.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002594
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002595o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
2596 is raised.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002597
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002598
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002599Image Formats:
2600==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002601
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002602The "boot" commands of this monitor operate on "image" files which
2603can be basicly anything, preceeded by a special header; see the
2604definitions in include/image.h for details; basicly, the header
2605defines the following image properties:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002606
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002607* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
2608 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
2609 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS;
2610 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, ARTOS, LynxOS).
2611* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86,
2612 IA64, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
2613 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NIOS, PowerPC).
2614* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
2615* Load Address
2616* Entry Point
2617* Image Name
2618* Image Timestamp
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002619
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002620The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
2621and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
2622CRC32 checksums.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002623
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002624
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002625Linux Support:
2626==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002627
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002628Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
2629easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
2630U-Boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002631
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002632U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
2633special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
2634"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
2635instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
2636serves several purposes:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002637
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002638- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
2639 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
2640 Flash memory footprint)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002641
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002642- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
2643 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002644
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002645- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
2646 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
2647 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
2648 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
2649 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
2650 software is easier now.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002651
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002652
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002653Linux HOWTO:
2654============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002655
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002656Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
2657---------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002658
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002659U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
2660configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
2661(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
2662Linux :-).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002663
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002664But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/ppc/mbxboot).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002665
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002666Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
2667include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
2668Information structure as we define in include/u-boot.h, and make
2669sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value as your
2670U-Boot configuration in CFG_IMMR.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002671
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002672
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002673Configuring the Linux kernel:
2674-----------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002675
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002676No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
2677device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002678
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002679
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002680Building a Linux Image:
2681-----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002682
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002683With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
2684not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
2685"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
2686U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
2687which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
2688100% compatible format.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002689
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002690Example:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002691
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002692 make TQM850L_config
2693 make oldconfig
2694 make dep
2695 make uImage
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002696
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002697The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
2698encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
2699CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002700
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002701* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002702
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002703* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002704
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002705 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
2706 -R .note -R .comment \
2707 -S vmlinux linux.bin
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002708
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002709* compress the binary image:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002710
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002711 gzip -9 linux.bin
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002712
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002713* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002714
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002715 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
2716 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
2717 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002718
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002719
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002720The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
2721with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
2722combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
2723byte header containing information about target architecture,
2724operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
2725stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002726
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002727"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
2728print the header information, or to build new images.
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002729
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002730In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
2731contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
2732checksum verification:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002733
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002734 tools/mkimage -l image
2735 -l ==> list image header information
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002736
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002737The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
2738from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002739
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002740 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
2741 -n name -d data_file image
2742 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
2743 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
2744 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
2745 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
2746 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
2747 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
2748 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
2749 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002750
wdenkcd914452004-05-29 16:53:29 +00002751Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
2752address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
2753kernel version:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002754
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002755- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
2756- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002757
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002758So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002759
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002760 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2761 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
2762 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
2763 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
2764 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2765 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2766 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2767 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2768 Load Address: 0x00000000
2769 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002770
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002771To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002772
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002773 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
2774 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2775 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2776 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2777 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2778 Load Address: 0x00000000
2779 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002780
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002781NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
2782speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
2783needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
2784need to be uncompressed:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002785
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002786 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
2787 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2788 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
2789 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/ppc/coffboot/vmlinux \
2790 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
2791 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2792 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2793 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
2794 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
2795 Load Address: 0x00000000
2796 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002797
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002798
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002799Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
2800when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002801
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002802 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
2803 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
2804 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
2805 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2806 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
2807 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2808 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
2809 Load Address: 0x00000000
2810 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002811
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002812
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002813Installing a Linux Image:
2814-------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002815
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002816To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
2817you must convert the image to S-Record format:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002818
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002819 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002820
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002821The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
2822image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
2823address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
2824specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
2825command.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002826
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002827Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
2828TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002829
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002830 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002831
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002832 .......... done
2833 Erased 8 sectors
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002834
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002835 => loads 40100000
2836 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2837 ~>examples/image.srec
2838 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
2839 ...
2840 15989 15990 15991 15992
2841 [file transfer complete]
2842 [connected]
2843 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002844
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002845
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002846You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
2847this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
2848corruption happened:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002849
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002850 => imi 40100000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002851
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002852 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
2853 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2854 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2855 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2856 Load Address: 00000000
2857 Entry Point: 0000000c
2858 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002859
2860
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002861Boot Linux:
2862-----------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002863
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002864The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
2865memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
2866of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
2867parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
2868"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002869
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002870
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002871 => printenv bootargs
2872 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002873
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002874 => 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 +00002875
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002876 => printenv bootargs
2877 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 +00002878
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002879 => bootm 40020000
2880 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
2881 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
2882 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2883 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
2884 Load Address: 00000000
2885 Entry Point: 0000000c
2886 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2887 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2888 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
2889 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
2890 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
2891 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
2892 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
2893 ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002894
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002895If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial ram disk, you pass
2896the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
2897format!) to the "bootm" command:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002898
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002899 => imi 40100000 40200000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002900
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002901 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
2902 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2903 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2904 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2905 Load Address: 00000000
2906 Entry Point: 0000000c
2907 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002908
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002909 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
2910 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2911 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2912 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
2913 Load Address: 00000000
2914 Entry Point: 00000000
2915 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002916
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002917 => bootm 40100000 40200000
2918 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
2919 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2920 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2921 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2922 Load Address: 00000000
2923 Entry Point: 0000000c
2924 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2925 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2926 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
2927 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2928 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2929 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
2930 Load Address: 00000000
2931 Entry Point: 00000000
2932 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2933 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
2934 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
2935 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
2936 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
2937 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
2938 ...
2939 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
2940 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002941
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002942 bash#
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002943
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002944More About U-Boot Image Types:
2945------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002946
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002947U-Boot supports the following image types:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002948
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002949 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
2950 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
2951 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
2952 the Standalone Program.
2953 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
2954 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
2955 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
2956 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
2957 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
2958 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
2959 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
2960 being started.
2961 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
2962 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
2963 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
2964 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
2965 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
2966 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002967
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002968 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
2969 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
2970 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
2971 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
2972 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
2973 a multiple of 4 bytes).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002974
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002975 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
2976 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
2977 flash memory.
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002978
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002979 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
2980 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
2981 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
2982 as command interpreter.
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002983
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002984
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002985Standalone HOWTO:
2986=================
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002987
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002988One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
2989run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
2990U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002991
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002992Two simple examples are included with the sources:
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002993
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002994"Hello World" Demo:
2995-------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002996
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002997'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
2998application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
2999It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
3000like that:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003001
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003002 => loads
3003 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3004 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
3005 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3006 [file transfer complete]
3007 [connected]
3008 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003009
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003010 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
3011 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3012 Hello World
3013 argc = 7
3014 argv[0] = "40004"
3015 argv[1] = "Hello"
3016 argv[2] = "World!"
3017 argv[3] = "This"
3018 argv[4] = "is"
3019 argv[5] = "a"
3020 argv[6] = "test."
3021 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
3022 Hit any key to exit ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003023
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003024 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003025
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003026Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
3027handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
3028Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
3029The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
3030character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
3031controlled by the following keys:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003032
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003033 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
3034 b - enable interrupts and start timer
3035 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
3036 q - quit application
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003037
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003038 => loads
3039 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3040 ~>examples/timer.srec
3041 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3042 [file transfer complete]
3043 [connected]
3044 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003045
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003046 => go 40004
3047 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3048 TIMERS=0xfff00980
3049 Using timer 1
3050 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003051
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003052Hit 'b':
3053 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
3054 Enabling timer
3055Hit '?':
3056 [q, b, e, ?] ........
3057 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
3058Hit '?':
3059 [q, b, e, ?] .
3060 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
3061Hit '?':
3062 [q, b, e, ?] .
3063 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
3064Hit '?':
3065 [q, b, e, ?] .
3066 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
3067Hit 'e':
3068 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
3069Hit 'q':
3070 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003071
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003072
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003073Minicom warning:
3074================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003075
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003076Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
3077"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
3078consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
3079Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
3080especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
3081use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003082
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003083Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
3084configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003085
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003086 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
3087 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
3088 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00003089
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00003090
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003091NetBSD Notes:
3092=============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003093
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003094Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
3095(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003096
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003097Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
3098NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
3099need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
3100Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
3101attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
3102missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003103
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003104 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
3105 # mkdir powerpc
3106 # ln -s powerpc machine
3107 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
3108 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003109
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003110Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
3111and U-Boot include files.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003112
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003113Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
3114stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
3115proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
3116tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
wdenkd0245fc2005-04-13 10:02:42 +00003117meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003118
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003119
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003120Implementation Internals:
3121=========================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003122
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003123The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
3124implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
3125inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
3126hardware.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003127
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003128
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003129Initial Stack, Global Data:
3130---------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003131
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003132The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
3133starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
3134system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
3135This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
3136is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
3137at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
3138options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
3139models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
3140MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
3141locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003142
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003143 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
3144 u-boot-users mailing list:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003145
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003146 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
3147 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
3148 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
3149 ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003150
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003151 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
3152 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
3153 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
3154 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
3155 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
3156 beyond the scope of this list to expain the details, but you
3157 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
3158 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003159
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003160 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
3161 is another option for the system designer to use as an
3162 initial stack/ram area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
3163 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
3164 board designers haven't used it for something that would
3165 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
3166 used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003167
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003168 CFG_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
3169 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
3170 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
Stefan Roese3e1f1b32005-08-01 16:49:12 +02003171 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003172 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
3173 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
3174 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
3175 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
3176 you get the config right.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003177
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003178 -Chris Hallinan
3179 DS4.COM, Inc.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003180
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003181It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
3182code for the initialization procedures:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003183
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003184* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
3185 to write it.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003186
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003187* Do not use any unitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
3188 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
3189 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003190
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003191* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
3192 that.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003193
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003194Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
3195normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
3196turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
3197simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
3198functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
3199functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
3200the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
3201place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
3202reserve for this purpose.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003203
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003204When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
3205relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
3206GCC's implementation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003207
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003208For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
3209 R1: stack pointer
3210 R2: TOC pointer
3211 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
3212 R5-R10: parameter passing
3213 R13: small data area pointer
3214 R30: GOT pointer
3215 R31: frame pointer
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003216
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003217 (U-Boot also uses R14 as internal GOT pointer.)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003218
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003219 ==> U-Boot will use R29 to hold a pointer to the global data
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003220
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003221 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
3222 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
3223 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
3224 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
3225 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
3226 624 text + 127 data).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003227
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003228On ARM, the following registers are used:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003229
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003230 R0: function argument word/integer result
3231 R1-R3: function argument word
3232 R9: GOT pointer
3233 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
3234 R11: argument (frame) pointer
3235 R12: temporary workspace
3236 R13: stack pointer
3237 R14: link register
3238 R15: program counter
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003239
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003240 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003241
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003242
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003243Memory Management:
3244------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003245
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003246U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
3247MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003248
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003249The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
3250controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
3251memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
3252physical memory banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003253
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003254U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
3255TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
3256booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
3257to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
3258memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CFG_MALLOC_LEN
3259configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
3260Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003261
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003262Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
3263of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003264
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003265So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
3266this:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003267
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003268 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
3269 :
3270 0x0000 1FFF
3271 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
3272 :
3273 :
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003274
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003275 :
3276 :
3277 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
3278 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
3279 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
3280 :
3281 0x00FD FFFF
3282 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
3283 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
3284 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
3285 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003286
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003287
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003288System Initialization:
3289----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003290
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003291In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
3292(on most PowerPC systens at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
3293configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
3294To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
3295To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
3296initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
3297which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
3298part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
3299the caches and the SIU.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003300
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003301Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
3302preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
3303(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
3304on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
3305programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
3306simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
3307banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003308
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003309When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
3310different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
3311bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
33120x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
3313contiguous memory starting from 0.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003314
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003315Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
3316and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
3317Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
3318pages, and the final stack is set up.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003319
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003320Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
3321until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
3322running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
3323new address in RAM.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003324
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003325
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003326U-Boot Porting Guide:
3327----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003328
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003329[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
3330list, October 2002]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003331
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003332
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003333int main (int argc, char *argv[])
3334{
3335 sighandler_t no_more_time;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003336
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003337 signal (SIGALRM, no_more_time);
3338 alarm (PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003339
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003340 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
3341 pay consultant to port U-Boot;
3342 return 0;
3343 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003344
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003345 Download latest U-Boot source;
wdenk34b613e2002-12-17 01:51:00 +00003346
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003347 Subscribe to u-boot-users mailing list;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003348
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003349 if (clueless) {
3350 email ("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
3351 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003352
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003353 while (learning) {
3354 Read the README file in the top level directory;
3355 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual ;
3356 Read the source, Luke;
3357 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003358
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003359 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500)) {
3360 Buy a BDI2000;
3361 } else {
3362 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
3363 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003364
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003365 Create your own board support subdirectory;
wdenk34b613e2002-12-17 01:51:00 +00003366
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003367 Create your own board config file;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003368
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003369 while (!running) {
3370 do {
3371 Add / modify source code;
3372 } until (compiles);
3373 Debug;
3374 if (clueless)
3375 email ("Hi, I am having problems...");
wdenk634d2f72004-04-15 23:14:49 +00003376 }
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003377 Send patch file to Wolfgang;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003378
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003379 return 0;
3380}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003381
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003382void no_more_time (int sig)
3383{
3384 hire_a_guru();
3385}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003386
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003387
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003388Coding Standards:
3389-----------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003390
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003391All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
3392coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" in your Linux
3393kernel source directory.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003394
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003395Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts
3396in Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style
3397comments (//) in your code.
wdenkad276f22004-01-04 16:28:35 +00003398
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003399Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
3400- remove any trailing white space
3401- use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces
3402- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
3403- do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files
3404- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003405
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003406Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
3407with a request to reformat the changes.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003408
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003409
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003410Submitting Patches:
3411-------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003412
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003413Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
3414establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
3415may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003416
wdenkcbc49a52005-05-03 14:12:25 +00003417Patches shall be sent to the u-boot-users mailing list.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003418
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003419When you send a patch, please include the following information with
3420it:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003421
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003422* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
3423 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
3424 patch actually fixes something.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003425
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003426* For new features: a description of the feature and your
3427 implementation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003428
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003429* A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003430
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003431* For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003432
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003433* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
3434 board to the MAKEALL script, too.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003435
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003436* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
3437 document these in the README file.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003438
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003439* The patch itself. If you are accessing the CVS repository use "cvs
3440 update; cvs diff -puRN"; else, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your
3441 version of diff does not support these options, then get the latest
3442 version of GNU diff.
wdenkca9bc762003-07-15 07:45:49 +00003443
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003444 The current directory when running this command shall be the top
3445 level directory of the U-Boot source tree, or it's parent directory
3446 (i. e. please make sure that your patch includes sufficient
3447 directory information for the affected files).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003448
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003449 We accept patches as plain text, MIME attachments or as uuencoded
3450 gzipped text.
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003451
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003452* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
3453 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00003454
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003455* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
3456 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003457
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003458
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003459Notes:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003460
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003461* Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
3462 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
3463 for any of the boards.
3464
3465* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
3466 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
3467 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003468
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003469* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
3470 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
3471 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
3472 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
3473 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
3474 modification.
wdenkcbc49a52005-05-03 14:12:25 +00003475
3476* Remember that there is a size limit of 40 kB per message on the
3477 u-boot-users mailing list. Compression may help.