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wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002#
Wolfgang Denk1234ce72013-06-21 10:22:36 +02003# (C) Copyright 2000 - 2013
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00004# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00005
6Summary:
7========
8
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00009This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
wdenkce4832c2004-10-17 21:12:06 +000010Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
11processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
12initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
13code.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000014
15The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000016the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
17header files in common, and special provision has been made to
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000018support booting of Linux images.
19
20Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
21configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
22implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
23add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
24code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
25load and run it dynamically.
26
27
28Status:
29=======
30
31In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000032Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000033"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
34
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -050035In case of problems see the CHANGELOG file to find out who contributed
36the specific port. In addition, there are various MAINTAINERS files
37scattered throughout the U-Boot source identifying the people or
38companies responsible for various boards and subsystems.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000039
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -050040Note: As of August, 2010, there is no longer a CHANGELOG file in the
41actual U-Boot source tree; however, it can be created dynamically
42from the Git log using:
Robert P. J. Day974ed2f2012-11-14 02:03:20 +000043
44 make CHANGELOG
45
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000046
47Where to get help:
48==================
49
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000050In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -050051U-Boot, you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
Peter Tyser8804a612008-09-10 09:18:34 -050052<u-boot@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic
53on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
Naoki Hayama2bc50c22020-10-08 13:16:18 +090054Please see https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
55https://marc.info/?l=u-boot
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000056
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +010057Where to get source code:
58=========================
59
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -050060The U-Boot source code is maintained in the Git repository at
Heinrich Schuchardt28b2b852021-02-24 13:19:04 +010061https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
62https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +010063
Naoki Hayama65ae68a2020-10-08 13:16:25 +090064The "Tags" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +020065any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
Naoki Hayama65ae68a2020-10-08 13:16:25 +090066available from the DENX file server through HTTPS or FTP.
67https://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
68ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +010069
70
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000071Where we come from:
72===================
73
74- start from 8xxrom sources
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +090075- create PPCBoot project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000076- clean up code
77- make it easier to add custom boards
78- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
79- extend functions, especially:
80 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
81 * S-Record download
82 * network boot
Simon Glassaaef3bf2019-08-01 09:47:14 -060083 * ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +090084- create ARMBoot project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000085- add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +090086- create U-Boot project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
87- current project page: see https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000088
89
90Names and Spelling:
91===================
92
93The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
94"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
95in source files etc.). Example:
96
97 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
98
99File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
100
101 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
102
103 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
104
105Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
106the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000107
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000108 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
109 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
110
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000111
wdenk7474aca2002-12-17 17:55:09 +0000112Versioning:
113===========
114
Thomas Webere89e6282010-09-28 08:06:25 +0200115Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
116were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
117into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
118names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
119Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
120releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
wdenk7474aca2002-12-17 17:55:09 +0000121
Thomas Webere89e6282010-09-28 08:06:25 +0200122Examples:
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +0000123 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
Thomas Webere89e6282010-09-28 08:06:25 +0200124 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
Jelle van der Waa30245ca2016-10-30 17:30:30 +0100125 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candidate 1 for September 2010 release
wdenk7474aca2002-12-17 17:55:09 +0000126
127
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000128Directory Hierarchy:
129====================
130
Simon Glass1a0a4ac2021-07-10 21:14:21 -0600131/arch Architecture-specific files
Masahiro Yamadaef6ebff2014-03-07 18:02:02 +0900132 /arc Files generic to ARC architecture
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500133 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500134 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500135 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500136 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500137 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +0200138 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
Rick Chend7e6f922017-12-26 13:55:59 +0800139 /riscv Files generic to RISC-V architecture
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500140 /sandbox Files generic to HW-independent "sandbox"
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500141 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
Robert P. J. Daya269c932013-09-15 18:34:15 -0400142 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
Naoki Hayama411f5c62020-10-08 13:16:38 +0900143 /xtensa Files generic to Xtensa architecture
Simon Glass1a0a4ac2021-07-10 21:14:21 -0600144/api Machine/arch-independent API for external apps
145/board Board-dependent files
Simon Glass91944df2021-10-14 12:47:54 -0600146/boot Support for images and booting
Xu Ziyuanfb1f9392016-08-26 19:54:49 +0800147/cmd U-Boot commands functions
Simon Glass1a0a4ac2021-07-10 21:14:21 -0600148/common Misc architecture-independent functions
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500149/configs Board default configuration files
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500150/disk Code for disk drive partition handling
Simon Glass1a0a4ac2021-07-10 21:14:21 -0600151/doc Documentation (a mix of ReST and READMEs)
152/drivers Device drivers
153/dts Makefile for building internal U-Boot fdt.
154/env Environment support
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500155/examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
156/fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
157/include Header Files
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500158/lib Library routines generic to all architectures
159/Licenses Various license files
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500160/net Networking code
161/post Power On Self Test
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500162/scripts Various build scripts and Makefiles
163/test Various unit test files
Simon Glass1a0a4ac2021-07-10 21:14:21 -0600164/tools Tools to build and sign FIT images, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000165
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000166Software Configuration:
167=======================
168
169Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
170rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
171
172There are two classes of configuration variables:
173
174* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
175 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
176 "CONFIG_".
177
178* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
179 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
180 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +0200181 "CONFIG_SYS_".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000182
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500183Previously, all configuration was done by hand, which involved creating
184symbolic links and editing configuration files manually. More recently,
185U-Boot has added the Kbuild infrastructure used by the Linux kernel,
186allowing you to use the "make menuconfig" command to configure your
187build.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000188
189
190Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
191---------------------------------------------------
192
193For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +0200194configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_defconfig".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000195
196Example: For a TQM823L module type:
197
198 cd u-boot
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +0200199 make TQM823L_defconfig
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000200
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500201Note: If you're looking for the default configuration file for a board
202you're sure used to be there but is now missing, check the file
203doc/README.scrapyard for a list of no longer supported boards.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000204
Simon Glass53552c92014-03-22 17:12:59 -0600205Sandbox Environment:
206--------------------
207
208U-Boot can be built natively to run on a Linux host using the 'sandbox'
209board. This allows feature development which is not board- or architecture-
210specific to be undertaken on a native platform. The sandbox is also used to
211run some of U-Boot's tests.
212
Naoki Hayamadd860ca2020-10-08 13:16:58 +0900213See doc/arch/sandbox.rst for more details.
Simon Glass53552c92014-03-22 17:12:59 -0600214
215
Simon Glassd8711af2015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700216Board Initialisation Flow:
217--------------------------
218
219This is the intended start-up flow for boards. This should apply for both
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500220SPL and U-Boot proper (i.e. they both follow the same rules).
221
222Note: "SPL" stands for "Secondary Program Loader," which is explained in
223more detail later in this file.
224
225At present, SPL mostly uses a separate code path, but the function names
226and roles of each function are the same. Some boards or architectures
227may not conform to this. At least most ARM boards which use
228CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK conform to this.
Simon Glassd8711af2015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700229
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500230Execution typically starts with an architecture-specific (and possibly
231CPU-specific) start.S file, such as:
232
233 - arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
234 - arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/start.S
235 - arch/mips/cpu/start.S
236
237and so on. From there, three functions are called; the purpose and
238limitations of each of these functions are described below.
Simon Glassd8711af2015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700239
240lowlevel_init():
241 - purpose: essential init to permit execution to reach board_init_f()
242 - no global_data or BSS
243 - there is no stack (ARMv7 may have one but it will soon be removed)
244 - must not set up SDRAM or use console
245 - must only do the bare minimum to allow execution to continue to
246 board_init_f()
247 - this is almost never needed
248 - return normally from this function
249
250board_init_f():
251 - purpose: set up the machine ready for running board_init_r():
252 i.e. SDRAM and serial UART
253 - global_data is available
254 - stack is in SRAM
255 - BSS is not available, so you cannot use global/static variables,
256 only stack variables and global_data
257
258 Non-SPL-specific notes:
259 - dram_init() is called to set up DRAM. If already done in SPL this
260 can do nothing
261
262 SPL-specific notes:
263 - you can override the entire board_init_f() function with your own
264 version as needed.
265 - preloader_console_init() can be called here in extremis
266 - should set up SDRAM, and anything needed to make the UART work
Naoki Hayamaebfd8192020-09-24 15:57:19 +0900267 - there is no need to clear BSS, it will be done by crt0.S
Andreas Dannenberg7673bed2019-08-08 12:54:49 -0500268 - for specific scenarios on certain architectures an early BSS *can*
269 be made available (via CONFIG_SPL_EARLY_BSS by moving the clearing
270 of BSS prior to entering board_init_f()) but doing so is discouraged.
271 Instead it is strongly recommended to architect any code changes
272 or additions such to not depend on the availability of BSS during
273 board_init_f() as indicated in other sections of this README to
274 maintain compatibility and consistency across the entire code base.
Simon Glassd8711af2015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700275 - must return normally from this function (don't call board_init_r()
276 directly)
277
278Here the BSS is cleared. For SPL, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined, then at
279this point the stack and global_data are relocated to below
280CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR. For non-SPL, U-Boot is relocated to run at the top of
281memory.
282
283board_init_r():
284 - purpose: main execution, common code
285 - global_data is available
286 - SDRAM is available
287 - BSS is available, all static/global variables can be used
288 - execution eventually continues to main_loop()
289
290 Non-SPL-specific notes:
291 - U-Boot is relocated to the top of memory and is now running from
292 there.
293
294 SPL-specific notes:
295 - stack is optionally in SDRAM, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined and
Ashish Kumar11234062017-08-11 11:09:14 +0530296 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCI400
297
298 Defined For SoC that has cache coherent interconnect
299 CCN-400
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +0000300
Ashish Kumar97393d62017-08-18 10:54:36 +0530301 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCN504
302
303 Defined for SoC that has cache coherent interconnect CCN-504
304
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000305The following options need to be configured:
306
Kim Phillips203fee32007-08-10 13:28:25 -0500307- CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000308
Kim Phillips203fee32007-08-10 13:28:25 -0500309- Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
Wolfgang Denk994ad962006-10-24 14:42:37 +0200310
Kumar Galaf4fb90f2011-02-18 05:40:54 -0600311- 85xx CPU Options:
York Sun2394a0f2012-10-08 07:44:30 +0000312 CONFIG_SYS_PPC64
313
314 Specifies that the core is a 64-bit PowerPC implementation (implements
315 the "64" category of the Power ISA). This is necessary for ePAPR
316 compliance, among other possible reasons.
317
Kumar Galaf4fb90f2011-02-18 05:40:54 -0600318 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
319
320 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
321 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
322 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
323
Kumar Gala179b1b22011-05-20 00:39:21 -0500324 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
325
326 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
327 tree nodes for the given platform.
328
Scott Wood80806962012-08-14 10:14:53 +0000329 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510
330
331 Enables a workaround for erratum A004510. If set,
332 then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and
333 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY must be set.
334
335 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV
336 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV2 (optional)
337
338 Defines one or two SoC revisions (low 8 bits of SVR)
339 for which the A004510 workaround should be applied.
340
341 The rest of SVR is either not relevant to the decision
342 of whether the erratum is present (e.g. p2040 versus
343 p2041) or is implied by the build target, which controls
344 whether CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 is set.
345
346 See Freescale App Note 4493 for more information about
347 this erratum.
348
349 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY
350
351 This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600
352 according to the A004510 workaround.
353
Priyanka Jainc73b9032013-07-02 09:21:04 +0530354 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_DDR_ADDR
355 This value denotes start offset of DDR memory which is
356 connected exclusively to the DSP cores.
357
Priyanka Jainf81e8b22013-04-04 09:31:54 +0530358 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M2_RAM_ADDR
359 This value denotes start offset of M2 memory
360 which is directly connected to the DSP core.
361
Priyanka Jainc73b9032013-07-02 09:21:04 +0530362 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M3_RAM_ADDR
363 This value denotes start offset of M3 memory which is directly
364 connected to the DSP core.
365
Priyanka Jainf81e8b22013-04-04 09:31:54 +0530366 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT
367 This value denotes start offset of DSP CCSR space.
368
Priyanka Jaine9dcaa82013-12-17 14:25:52 +0530369 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SINGLE_SOURCE_CLK
370 Single Source Clock is clocking mode present in some of FSL SoC's.
371 In this mode, a single differential clock is used to supply
372 clocks to the sysclock, ddrclock and usbclock.
373
Aneesh Bansal8bcbc272014-03-18 23:40:26 +0530374 CONFIG_SYS_CPC_REINIT_F
375 This CONFIG is defined when the CPC is configured as SRAM at the
Bin Meng75574052016-02-05 19:30:11 -0800376 time of U-Boot entry and is required to be re-initialized.
Aneesh Bansal8bcbc272014-03-18 23:40:26 +0530377
Daniel Schwierzeckd8a49ca2012-04-02 02:57:56 +0000378- Generic CPU options:
379 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
380
381 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
382 values is arch specific.
383
York Sunf0626592013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700384 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR
385 Freescale DDR driver in use. This type of DDR controller is
Tom Rinie5404982021-05-14 21:34:26 -0400386 found in mpc83xx, mpc85xx as well as some ARM core SoCs.
York Sunf0626592013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700387
388 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_ADDR
389 Freescale DDR memory-mapped register base.
390
York Sunf0626592013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700391 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN1
392 Freescale DDR1 controller.
393
394 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN2
395 Freescale DDR2 controller.
396
397 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN3
398 Freescale DDR3 controller.
399
York Sun2896cb72014-03-27 17:54:47 -0700400 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN4
401 Freescale DDR4 controller.
402
York Sun461c9392013-09-30 14:20:51 -0700403 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_ARM_GEN3
404 Freescale DDR3 controller for ARM-based SoCs.
405
York Sunf0626592013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700406 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR1
407 Board config to use DDR1. It can be enabled for SoCs with
408 Freescale DDR1 or DDR2 controllers, depending on the board
409 implemetation.
410
411 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR2
Robert P. J. Day8d56db92016-07-15 13:44:45 -0400412 Board config to use DDR2. It can be enabled for SoCs with
York Sunf0626592013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700413 Freescale DDR2 or DDR3 controllers, depending on the board
414 implementation.
415
416 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR3
417 Board config to use DDR3. It can be enabled for SoCs with
York Sun2896cb72014-03-27 17:54:47 -0700418 Freescale DDR3 or DDR3L controllers.
419
420 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR3L
421 Board config to use DDR3L. It can be enabled for SoCs with
422 DDR3L controllers.
423
Prabhakar Kushwaha62908c22014-01-18 12:28:30 +0530424 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_BE
425 Defines the IFC controller register space as Big Endian
426
427 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_LE
428 Defines the IFC controller register space as Little Endian
429
Prabhakar Kushwaha3c48f582017-02-02 15:01:26 +0530430 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_CLK_DIV
431 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to IFC controller).
432
Prabhakar Kushwahabedc5622017-02-02 15:02:00 +0530433 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_LBC_CLK_DIV
434 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to eLBC controller).
435
York Sun29647ab2014-02-10 13:59:42 -0800436 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_BE
437 Defines the DDR controller register space as Big Endian
438
439 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_LE
440 Defines the DDR controller register space as Little Endian
441
York Sun3a0916d2014-02-10 13:59:43 -0800442 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_SDRAM_BASE_PHY
443 Physical address from the view of DDR controllers. It is the
444 same as CONFIG_SYS_DDR_SDRAM_BASE for all Power SoCs. But
445 it could be different for ARM SoCs.
446
York Sunc459ae62014-02-10 13:59:44 -0800447 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_INTLV_256B
448 DDR controller interleaving on 256-byte. This is a special
449 interleaving mode, handled by Dickens for Freescale layerscape
450 SoCs with ARM core.
451
York Sun79a779b2014-08-01 15:51:00 -0700452 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_MAIN_NUM_CTRLS
453 Number of controllers used as main memory.
454
455 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_OTHER_DDR_NUM_CTRLS
456 Number of controllers used for other than main memory.
457
Ruchika Guptabb7143b2014-09-09 11:50:31 +0530458 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_BE
459 Defines the SEC controller register space as Big Endian
460
461 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_LE
462 Defines the SEC controller register space as Little Endian
463
Daniel Schwierzeckd52a6232011-07-27 13:22:39 +0200464- MIPS CPU options:
Daniel Schwierzeckd52a6232011-07-27 13:22:39 +0200465 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
466
467 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
468 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
469 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
470
Christian Riesch48c2d6d2012-02-02 00:44:39 +0000471- ARM options:
472 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
473
474 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
475 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
476
York Sun77a10972015-03-20 19:28:08 -0700477 COUNTER_FREQUENCY
478 Generic timer clock source frequency.
479
480 COUNTER_FREQUENCY_REAL
481 Generic timer clock source frequency if the real clock is
482 different from COUNTER_FREQUENCY, and can only be determined
483 at run time.
484
Stephen Warren8d1fb312015-01-19 16:25:52 -0700485- Tegra SoC options:
486 CONFIG_TEGRA_SUPPORT_NON_SECURE
487
488 Support executing U-Boot in non-secure (NS) mode. Certain
489 impossible actions will be skipped if the CPU is in NS mode,
490 such as ARM architectural timer initialization.
491
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000492- Linux Kernel Interface:
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000493 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
494
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -0800495 When transferring memsize parameter to Linux, some versions
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000496 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
497 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
498
Gerald Van Barenfcd91bb2008-06-03 20:34:45 -0400499 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
Wolfgang Denk27a5b0b2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200500
501 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
Gerald Van Barend6abef42007-03-31 12:23:51 -0400502 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
503 concepts).
504
505 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
506 * New libfdt-based support
507 * Adds the "fdt" command
Kim Phillips9b46eb62007-08-10 14:34:14 -0500508 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
Gerald Van Barend6abef42007-03-31 12:23:51 -0400509
Wolfgang Denk27a5b0b2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200510 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
511
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +0200512 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
513 addresses
Kim Phillips9b46eb62007-08-10 14:34:14 -0500514
Heiko Schocherffb293a2009-09-23 07:56:08 +0200515 CONFIG_OF_IDE_FIXUP
516
517 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
518 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
519 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
520 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
521 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
522 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
523
Niklaus Giger0ab978d2008-11-03 22:13:47 +0100524- vxWorks boot parameters:
525
526 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
Bin Mengfb694b92015-10-07 20:19:17 -0700527 environments variables: bootdev, bootfile, ipaddr, netmask,
528 serverip, gatewayip, hostname, othbootargs.
Niklaus Giger0ab978d2008-11-03 22:13:47 +0100529 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
530
Naoki Hayama158c2262020-10-08 13:17:08 +0900531 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will override
Niklaus Giger0ab978d2008-11-03 22:13:47 +0100532 the defaults discussed just above.
533
Aneesh V686a0752011-06-16 23:30:51 +0000534- Cache Configuration for ARM:
535 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
536 controller
537 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
538 controller register space
539
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000540- Serial Ports:
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000541 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
542
543 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
544 the clock speed of the UARTs.
545
546 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
547
548 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
549 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
550 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
551
Karicheri, Muralidharancbc08882014-04-09 15:38:46 -0400552 CONFIG_SERIAL_HW_FLOW_CONTROL
553
554 Define this variable to enable hw flow control in serial driver.
555 Current user of this option is drivers/serial/nsl16550.c driver
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000556
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000557- Serial Download Echo Mode:
558 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
559 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
560 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
561 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
562 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
563 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
564 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
565
Simon Glassaa34ef22016-03-13 19:07:28 -0600566- Removal of commands
567 If no commands are needed to boot, you can disable
568 CONFIG_CMDLINE to remove them. In this case, the command line
569 will not be available, and when U-Boot wants to execute the
570 boot command (on start-up) it will call board_run_command()
571 instead. This can reduce image size significantly for very
572 simple boot procedures.
573
Wolfgang Denk2aceea12013-03-23 23:50:31 +0000574- Regular expression support:
575 CONFIG_REGEX
Wolfgang Denkec7fbf52013-10-04 17:43:24 +0200576 If this variable is defined, U-Boot is linked against
577 the SLRE (Super Light Regular Expression) library,
578 which adds regex support to some commands, as for
579 example "env grep" and "setexpr".
Wolfgang Denk2aceea12013-03-23 23:50:31 +0000580
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000581- Watchdog:
Rasmus Villemoes134cc2b2021-04-14 09:18:22 +0200582 CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ
583 Some platforms automatically call WATCHDOG_RESET()
584 from the timer interrupt handler every
585 CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ interrupts. If not set by the
586 board configuration file, a default of CONFIG_SYS_HZ/2
587 (i.e. 500) is used. Setting CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ
588 to 0 disables calling WATCHDOG_RESET() from the timer
589 interrupt.
590
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000591- Real-Time Clock:
592
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500593 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000594 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
595 following options:
596
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000597 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
Fabio Estevam3f8d1782011-10-24 06:44:15 +0000598 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000599 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
wdenk1fe2c702003-03-06 21:55:29 +0000600 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000601 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
wdenk0893c472003-05-20 14:25:27 +0000602 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
Markus Niebel90491f22014-07-21 11:06:16 +0200603 CONFIG_RTC_DS1339 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1339 RTC
wdenkef5fe752003-03-12 10:41:04 +0000604 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
Tor Krillb27939b2008-03-15 15:40:26 +0100605 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
wdenkaeba06f2004-06-09 17:34:58 +0000606 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
Chris Packham2d3ac512017-05-30 12:03:33 +1200607 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
Heiko Schocher1f1b7012011-03-28 09:24:22 +0200608 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
609 RV3029 RTC.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000610
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000611 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
612 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
613
Peter Tyser9902e422008-12-17 16:36:21 -0600614- GPIO Support:
615 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
Peter Tyser9902e422008-12-17 16:36:21 -0600616
Chris Packham9b383202010-12-19 10:12:13 +0000617 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
618 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
619 pins supported by a particular chip.
620
Peter Tyser9902e422008-12-17 16:36:21 -0600621 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
622 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
623
Simon Glass4dc47ca2014-06-11 23:29:41 -0600624- I/O tracing:
625 When CONFIG_IO_TRACE is selected, U-Boot intercepts all I/O
626 accesses and can checksum them or write a list of them out
627 to memory. See the 'iotrace' command for details. This is
628 useful for testing device drivers since it can confirm that
629 the driver behaves the same way before and after a code
630 change. Currently this is supported on sandbox and arm. To
631 add support for your architecture, add '#include <iotrace.h>'
632 to the bottom of arch/<arch>/include/asm/io.h and test.
633
634 Example output from the 'iotrace stats' command is below.
635 Note that if the trace buffer is exhausted, the checksum will
636 still continue to operate.
637
638 iotrace is enabled
639 Start: 10000000 (buffer start address)
640 Size: 00010000 (buffer size)
641 Offset: 00000120 (current buffer offset)
642 Output: 10000120 (start + offset)
643 Count: 00000018 (number of trace records)
644 CRC32: 9526fb66 (CRC32 of all trace records)
645
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000646- Timestamp Support:
647
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000648 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
649 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
650 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500651 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000652
Karl O. Pinc8b1f90a2012-08-16 06:20:15 +0000653- Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported:
654 Zero or more of the following:
655 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table.
Karl O. Pinc8b1f90a2012-08-16 06:20:15 +0000656 CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc.
657 CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the
658 bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see
659 disk/part_efi.c
Simon Glass8706b812016-05-01 11:36:02 -0600660 CONFIG_SCSI) you must configure support for at
Karl O. Pinc8b1f90a2012-08-16 06:20:15 +0000661 least one non-MTD partition type as well.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000662
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000663- NETWORK Support (PCI):
Kyle Moffett64b94dd2011-10-18 11:05:29 +0000664 CONFIG_E1000_SPI
665 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
666 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
667 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
668
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000669 CONFIG_NATSEMI
670 Support for National dp83815 chips.
671
672 CONFIG_NS8382X
673 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
674
wdenkaa603362003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000675- NETWORK Support (other):
Rob Herringc9830dc2011-12-15 11:15:49 +0000676 CONFIG_CALXEDA_XGMAC
677 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
678
Ashok93fb8722012-10-15 06:20:47 +0000679 CONFIG_LAN91C96
wdenkaa603362003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000680 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
681
wdenkaa603362003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000682 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
683 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
684
Ashok93fb8722012-10-15 06:20:47 +0000685 CONFIG_SMC91111
wdenk3c711762004-06-09 13:37:52 +0000686 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
687
688 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
689 Define this to hold the physical address
690 of the device (I/O space)
691
692 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
693 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
694
695 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
696 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
697 (some hardware wont work with macros)
698
Heiko Schocher7d037f72011-11-15 10:00:04 -0500699 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
700 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
701
Macpaul Lin199c6252010-12-21 16:59:46 +0800702 CONFIG_FTGMAC100
703 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
704
705 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
706 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
707 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
708 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
709 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
710 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
711 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
712 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
713
Yoshihiro Shimodaed4cea02011-01-27 10:06:03 +0900714 CONFIG_SH_ETHER
715 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
716
717 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
718 Define the number of ports to be used
719
720 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
721 Define the ETH PHY's address
722
Yoshihiro Shimoda281aa052011-01-27 10:06:08 +0900723 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
724 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
725
Vadim Bendeburydac69642011-10-17 08:36:14 +0000726- TPM Support:
Che-liang Chiouacea5702013-04-12 11:04:34 +0000727 CONFIG_TPM
728 Support TPM devices.
729
Christophe Ricard8759ff82015-10-06 22:54:41 +0200730 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_INFINEON
731 Support for Infineon i2c bus TPM devices. Only one device
Tom Wai-Hong Tame49fed52013-04-12 11:04:37 +0000732 per system is supported at this time.
733
Tom Wai-Hong Tame49fed52013-04-12 11:04:37 +0000734 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C_BURST_LIMITATION
735 Define the burst count bytes upper limit
736
Christophe Ricard88249232016-01-21 23:27:13 +0100737 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24
738 Support for STMicroelectronics TPM devices. Requires DM_TPM support.
739
740 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_I2C
741 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 I2C devices.
742 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and I2C.
743
Christophe Ricard5ffadc32016-01-21 23:27:14 +0100744 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_SPI
745 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 SPI devices.
746 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and SPI.
747
Dirk Eibach20489092013-06-26 15:55:15 +0200748 CONFIG_TPM_ATMEL_TWI
749 Support for Atmel TWI TPM device. Requires I2C support.
750
Che-liang Chiouacea5702013-04-12 11:04:34 +0000751 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_LPC
Vadim Bendeburydac69642011-10-17 08:36:14 +0000752 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
753 per system is supported at this time.
754
755 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
756 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
757 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
758 0xfed40000.
759
Reinhard Pfau4fece432013-06-26 15:55:13 +0200760 CONFIG_TPM
761 Define this to enable the TPM support library which provides
762 functional interfaces to some TPM commands.
763 Requires support for a TPM device.
764
765 CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS
766 Define this to enable authorized functions in the TPM library.
767 Requires CONFIG_TPM and CONFIG_SHA1.
768
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000769- USB Support:
770 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
Heiko Schocher6f90e582017-06-14 05:49:40 +0200771 supported (PIP405, MIP405); define
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000772 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
773 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
wdenkfb30b4c2004-10-09 22:44:59 +0000774 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000775 storage devices.
776 Note:
777 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
778 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000779
Oleksandr Tymoshenko7a881752014-02-01 21:51:25 -0700780 CONFIG_USB_DWC2_REG_ADDR the physical CPU address of the DWC2
781 HW module registers.
782
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200783- USB Device:
784 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
785 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
786 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +0200787 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200788 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
789 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200790 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200791 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
792 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
793 a Linux host by
794 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
795 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
796 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
797 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200798
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200799 CONFIG_USB_DEVICE
800 Define this to build a UDC device
801
802 CONFIG_USB_TTY
803 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
804 talk to the UDC device
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200805
Vipin KUMARbdb17702012-03-26 15:38:06 +0530806 CONFIG_USBD_HS
807 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
808 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
809 int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
810 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
811 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
812 speed.
813
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200814 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200815 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200816 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200817 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
818 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
819 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
820
821 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
822 Define this string as the name of your company for
823 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200824
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200825 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
826 Define this string as the name of your product
827 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000828
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200829 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
830 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
831 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
832 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
833 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200834
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200835 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
836 Define this as the unique Product ID
837 for your device
838 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200839
Igor Grinbergac5f6ee2011-12-12 12:08:35 +0200840- ULPI Layer Support:
841 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
842 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
843 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
844 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
845 viewport is supported.
846 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
847 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
Lucas Stachf31e4112012-10-01 00:44:35 +0200848 If your ULPI phy needs a different reference clock than the
849 standard 24 MHz then you have to define CONFIG_ULPI_REF_CLK to
850 the appropriate value in Hz.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000851
wdenk7a428cc2003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000852- MMC Support:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +0000853 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
854 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
855 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
wdenk7a428cc2003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000856 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500857 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
858 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
wdenk7a428cc2003-06-15 22:40:42 +0000859
Yoshihiro Shimodadb7717b2011-07-04 22:21:22 +0000860 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF
861 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
862
863 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
864 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
865
866 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_CLK
867 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
868
Tom Rini58a8d322013-03-14 05:32:47 +0000869- USB Device Firmware Update (DFU) class support:
Marek Vasut7f8d4362018-02-16 16:41:18 +0100870 CONFIG_DFU_OVER_USB
Tom Rini58a8d322013-03-14 05:32:47 +0000871 This enables the USB portion of the DFU USB class
872
Pantelis Antonioucf14d0d2013-03-14 05:32:52 +0000873 CONFIG_DFU_NAND
874 This enables support for exposing NAND devices via DFU.
875
Afzal Mohammede3c687a2013-09-18 01:15:24 +0530876 CONFIG_DFU_RAM
877 This enables support for exposing RAM via DFU.
878 Note: DFU spec refer to non-volatile memory usage, but
879 allow usages beyond the scope of spec - here RAM usage,
880 one that would help mostly the developer.
881
Heiko Schochera2f831e2013-06-12 06:05:51 +0200882 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_DATA_BUF_SIZE
883 Dfu transfer uses a buffer before writing data to the
884 raw storage device. Make the size (in bytes) of this buffer
885 configurable. The size of this buffer is also configurable
886 through the "dfu_bufsiz" environment variable.
887
Pantelis Antonioua6e788d2013-03-14 05:32:48 +0000888 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_MAX_FILE_SIZE
889 When updating files rather than the raw storage device,
890 we use a static buffer to copy the file into and then write
891 the buffer once we've been given the whole file. Define
892 this to the maximum filesize (in bytes) for the buffer.
893 Default is 4 MiB if undefined.
894
Heiko Schochere1ba1512014-03-18 08:09:56 +0100895 DFU_DEFAULT_POLL_TIMEOUT
896 Poll timeout [ms], is the timeout a device can send to the
897 host. The host must wait for this timeout before sending
898 a subsequent DFU_GET_STATUS request to the device.
899
900 DFU_MANIFEST_POLL_TIMEOUT
901 Poll timeout [ms], which the device sends to the host when
902 entering dfuMANIFEST state. Host waits this timeout, before
903 sending again an USB request to the device.
904
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000905- Journaling Flash filesystem support:
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +0200906 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
907 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000908 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
909
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000910- Keyboard Support:
Simon Glasseaba37e2015-11-11 10:05:47 -0700911 See Kconfig help for available keyboard drivers.
912
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000913- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
914
915 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
916 display); also select one of the supported displays
917 by defining one of these:
918
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000919 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000920
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000921 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000922
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000923 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
924
925 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
926 Active, color, single scan.
927
928 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000929
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +0000930 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000931 Active, color, single scan.
932
933 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
934
935 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
936 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
937
938 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
939
940 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
941 Active, color, single scan.
942
943 CONFIG_HLD1045
944
945 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
946 Active, color, single scan.
947
948 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
949
950 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
951 or
952 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
953 or
954 Hitachi SP14Q002
955
956 320x240. Black & white.
957
Simon Glass599a4df2012-10-17 13:24:54 +0000958 CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT
959
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -0800960 Normally the LCD is page-aligned (typically 4KB). If this is
Simon Glass599a4df2012-10-17 13:24:54 +0000961 defined then the LCD will be aligned to this value instead.
962 For ARM it is sometimes useful to use MMU_SECTION_SIZE
963 here, since it is cheaper to change data cache settings on
964 a per-section basis.
965
966
Hannes Petermaiera3c8e862015-03-27 08:01:38 +0100967 CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION
968
969 Sometimes, for example if the display is mounted in portrait
970 mode or even if it's mounted landscape but rotated by 180degree,
971 we need to rotate our content of the display relative to the
972 framebuffer, so that user can read the messages which are
973 printed out.
974 Once CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is defined, the lcd_console will be
975 initialized with a given rotation from "vl_rot" out of
976 "vidinfo_t" which is provided by the board specific code.
977 The value for vl_rot is coded as following (matching to
978 fbcon=rotate:<n> linux-kernel commandline):
979 0 = no rotation respectively 0 degree
980 1 = 90 degree rotation
981 2 = 180 degree rotation
982 3 = 270 degree rotation
983
984 If CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is not defined, the console will be
985 initialized with 0degree rotation.
986
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +0000987- MII/PHY support:
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +0000988 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
989
990 The clock frequency of the MII bus
991
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +0000992 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
993
994 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
995 command issued before MII status register can be read
996
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000997- IP address:
998 CONFIG_IPADDR
999
1000 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001001 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001002 determined through e.g. bootp.
Wolfgang Denk26da2992011-10-26 10:21:22 +00001003 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001004
1005- Server IP address:
1006 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1007
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001008 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001009 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
Wolfgang Denk26da2992011-10-26 10:21:22 +00001010 (Environment variable "serverip")
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001011
Wolfgang Denk26da2992011-10-26 10:21:22 +00001012- Gateway IP address:
1013 CONFIG_GATEWAYIP
1014
1015 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1016 default router where packets to other networks are
1017 sent to.
1018 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1019
1020- Subnet mask:
1021 CONFIG_NETMASK
1022
1023 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1024 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1025 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1026 forwarded through a router.
1027 (Environment variable "netmask")
1028
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001029- 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
Wolfgang Denkb65aaf92007-08-06 23:21:05 +02001040 following delays are inserted then:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001041
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
Thierry Reding8977cda2014-08-19 10:21:24 +02001048 CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE
1049
1050 BOOTP packets are uniquely identified using a 32-bit ID. The
1051 server will copy the ID from client requests to responses and
1052 U-Boot will use this to determine if it is the destination of
1053 an incoming response. Some servers will check that addresses
1054 aren't in use before handing them out (usually using an ARP
1055 ping) and therefore take up to a few hundred milliseconds to
1056 respond. Network congestion may also influence the time it
1057 takes for a response to make it back to the client. If that
1058 time is too long, U-Boot will retransmit requests. In order
1059 to allow earlier responses to still be accepted after these
1060 retransmissions, U-Boot's BOOTP client keeps a small cache of
1061 IDs. The CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE controls the size of this
1062 cache. The default is to keep IDs for up to four outstanding
1063 requests. Increasing this will allow U-Boot to accept offers
1064 from a BOOTP client in networks with unusually high latency.
1065
stroesee0aadfb2003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001066- DHCP Advanced Options:
Joe Hershberger8ca7fa02012-05-23 07:59:19 +00001067
Joe Hershbergerb35a3a62012-05-23 08:00:12 +00001068 - Link-local IP address negotiation:
1069 Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network
1070 for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration.
1071 This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed
1072 to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
1073
1074 See doc/README.link-local for more information.
1075
Prabhakar Kushwaha2dec06f2017-11-23 16:51:32 +05301076 - MAC address from environment variables
1077
1078 FDT_SEQ_MACADDR_FROM_ENV
1079
1080 Fix-up device tree with MAC addresses fetched sequentially from
1081 environment variables. This config work on assumption that
1082 non-usable ethernet node of device-tree are either not present
1083 or their status has been marked as "disabled".
1084
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001085 - CDP Options:
wdenk05939202004-04-18 17:39:38 +00001086 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001087
1088 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1089
1090 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1091
1092 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1093 of the device.
1094
1095 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1096
1097 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1098 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001099 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001100
1101 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1102
1103 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1104 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1105
1106 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1107
1108 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1109
1110 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1111
1112 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1113
1114 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1115
1116 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1117
1118 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1119
1120 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1121 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1122
1123 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1124
1125 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1126
Uri Mashiach3dc6f652017-01-19 10:51:05 +02001127- Status LED: CONFIG_LED_STATUS
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001128
1129 Several configurations allow to display the current
1130 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1131 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1132 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1133 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1134 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
Uri Mashiach3dc6f652017-01-19 10:51:05 +02001135 kernel). Defining CONFIG_LED_STATUS enables this
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001136 feature in U-Boot.
1137
Igor Grinberg4997a9e2013-11-08 01:03:50 +02001138 Additional options:
1139
Uri Mashiach3dc6f652017-01-19 10:51:05 +02001140 CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
Igor Grinberg4997a9e2013-11-08 01:03:50 +02001141 The status LED can be connected to a GPIO pin.
1142 In such cases, the gpio_led driver can be used as a
Uri Mashiach3dc6f652017-01-19 10:51:05 +02001143 status LED backend implementation. Define CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
Igor Grinberg4997a9e2013-11-08 01:03:50 +02001144 to include the gpio_led driver in the U-Boot binary.
1145
Igor Grinberg203bd9f2013-11-08 01:03:52 +02001146 CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE
1147 Some GPIO connected LEDs may have inverted polarity in which
1148 case the GPIO high value corresponds to LED off state and
1149 GPIO low value corresponds to LED on state.
1150 In such cases CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE may be defined
1151 with a list of GPIO LEDs that have inverted polarity.
1152
Tom Rini52b2e262021-08-18 23:12:24 -04001153- I2C Support:
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001154 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES
Simon Glassb05e2b32016-10-02 18:01:05 -06001155 Hold the number of i2c buses you want to use.
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001156
1157 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS
1158 define this, if you don't use i2c muxes on your hardware.
1159 if CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS is not defined or == 0 you can
1160 omit this define.
1161
1162 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS
1163 define how many muxes are maximal consecutively connected
1164 on one i2c bus. If you not use i2c muxes, omit this
1165 define.
1166
1167 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001168 hold a list of buses you want to use, only used if
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001169 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS is not defined, for example
1170 a board with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS = 1 and
1171 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES = 9:
1172
1173 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES {{0, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
1174 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 1}}}, \
1175 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 2}}}, \
1176 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 3}}}, \
1177 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 4}}}, \
1178 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 5}}}, \
1179 {1, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
1180 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 1}}}, \
1181 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 2}}}, \
1182 }
1183
1184 which defines
1185 bus 0 on adapter 0 without a mux
Heiko Schocher479a4cf2013-01-29 08:53:15 +01001186 bus 1 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 1
1187 bus 2 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 2
1188 bus 3 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 3
1189 bus 4 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 4
1190 bus 5 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 5
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001191 bus 6 on adapter 1 without a mux
Heiko Schocher479a4cf2013-01-29 08:53:15 +01001192 bus 7 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 1
1193 bus 8 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 2
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001194
1195 If you do not have i2c muxes on your board, omit this define.
1196
Simon Glass3efce392017-05-12 21:10:00 -06001197- Legacy I2C Support:
Heiko Schocher479a4cf2013-01-29 08:53:15 +01001198 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT)
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001199 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1200 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001201
1202 I2C_INIT
1203
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001204 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001205 controller or configure ports.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001206
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001207 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001208
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001209 I2C_ACTIVE
1210
1211 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1212 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1213 define can be null.
1214
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001215 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1216
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001217 I2C_TRISTATE
1218
1219 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1220 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1221 define can be null.
1222
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001223 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1224
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001225 I2C_READ
1226
York Sun4a598092013-04-01 11:29:11 -07001227 Code that returns true if the I2C data line is high,
1228 false if it is low.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001229
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001230 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1231
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001232 I2C_SDA(bit)
1233
York Sun4a598092013-04-01 11:29:11 -07001234 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1235 is false, it clears it (low).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001236
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001237 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001238 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001239 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001240
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001241 I2C_SCL(bit)
1242
York Sun4a598092013-04-01 11:29:11 -07001243 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1244 is false, it clears it (low).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001245
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001246 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001247 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001248 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001249
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001250 I2C_DELAY
1251
1252 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1253 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001254 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001255 like:
1256
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001257 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001258
Mike Frysingeree12d542010-07-21 13:38:02 -04001259 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
1260
1261 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
1262 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
1263 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
1264 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
1265
1266 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
1267 the generic GPIO functions.
1268
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001269 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001270
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001271 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1272 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1273 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1274 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1275 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1276 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1277 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1278 is run early in the boot sequence.
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001279
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001280 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1281
1282 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001283 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1284 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001285 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1286
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001287 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001288
1289 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001290 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
Peter Tyser469cde42009-04-18 22:34:03 -05001291 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
1292 a 1D array of device addresses
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001293
1294 e.g.
1295 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001296 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001297
1298 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1299
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001300 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
Simon Glassb05e2b32016-10-02 18:01:05 -06001301 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001302
1303 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1304
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001305 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
Stefan Roese096cc9b2007-02-20 10:51:26 +01001306
1307 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1308 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1309
Andrew Dyer58c41f92008-12-29 17:36:01 -06001310 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
1311
1312 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
1313 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
1314 between writing the address pointer and reading the
1315 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
1316 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
1317 devices can use either method, but some require one or
1318 the other.
Timur Tabiab347542006-11-03 19:15:00 -06001319
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001320- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1321
1322 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1323 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1324 D/As on the SACSng board)
1325
Heiko Schocherb77c8882014-07-14 10:22:11 +02001326 CONFIG_SYS_SPI_MXC_WAIT
1327 Timeout for waiting until spi transfer completed.
1328 default: (CONFIG_SYS_HZ/100) /* 10 ms */
1329
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001330- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001331
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001332 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1333
1334 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1335
1336 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1337 (ALTERA, XILINX)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001338
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001339 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001340
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001341 Enables support for FPGA family.
1342 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1343
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001344 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001345
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001346 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001347
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001348 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001349
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001350 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1351 status by the configuration function. This option
1352 will require a board or device specific function to
1353 be written.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001354
1355 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1356
1357 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1358 configuration driver.
1359
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001360 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001361 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1362
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001363 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001364
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001365 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1366 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1367 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1368 indicated a CRC error).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001369
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001370 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001371
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001372 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to de-assert
1373 after PROB_B has been de-asserted during a Virtex II
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001374 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001375 ms.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001376
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001377 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001378
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001379 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to de-assert during
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001380 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001381
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001382 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001383
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001384 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001385 200 ms.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001386
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001387- Vendor Parameter Protection:
1388
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001389 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1390 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001391 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001392 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1393 protects these variables from casual modification by
1394 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1395 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001396 change this behaviour:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001397
1398 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1399 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001400 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001401 these parameters.
1402
Joe Hershberger76f353e2015-05-04 14:55:14 -05001403 Alternatively, if you define _both_ an ethaddr in the
1404 default env _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001405 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001406 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1407 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1408 read-only.]
1409
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001410 The same can be accomplished in a more flexible way
1411 for any variable by configuring the type of access
1412 to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable
1413 or define CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC.
1414
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001415- Protected RAM:
1416 CONFIG_PRAM
1417
1418 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1419 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1420 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1421 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1422 this default value by defining an environment
1423 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1424 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1425 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1426 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1427 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1428 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1429 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1430
Wolfgang Denk86eb3b72005-11-20 21:40:11 +01001431 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001432 saveenv
1433
1434 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1435 either, which results in a memory region that will
1436 not be affected by reboots.
1437
1438 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1439 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1440 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1441 following board configurations are known to be
1442 "pRAM-clean":
1443
Heiko Schocher65d94db2017-06-07 17:33:09 +02001444 IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx,
Wolfgang Denk90326762012-10-24 02:36:15 +00001445 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON,
Heiko Schocher71cb3e92017-06-07 17:33:10 +02001446 FLAGADM
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001447
1448- Error Recovery:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001449 Note:
1450
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001451 In the current implementation, the local variables
1452 space and global environment variables space are
1453 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1454 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1455 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1456 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1457 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001458
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001459 Global environment variables are those you use
1460 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1461 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1462 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001463
1464 To store commands and special characters in a
1465 variable, please use double quotation marks
1466 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1467 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1468 symbols.
1469
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001470- Default Environment:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001471 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1472
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001473 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1474 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001475 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
wdenk591dda52002-11-18 00:14:45 +00001476
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001477 For example, place something like this in your
1478 board's config file:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001479
1480 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1481 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1482 "myvar2=value2\0"
1483
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001484 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1485 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1486 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1487 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001488 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001489 You better know what you are doing here.
1490
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001491 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1492 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
Wolfgang Denk85c25df2009-04-01 23:34:12 +02001493 the environment like the "source" command or the
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001494 boot command first.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001495
Simon Glass6b8d5fd2012-11-30 13:01:17 +00001496 CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT
1497
1498 Normally the environment is loaded when the board is
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001499 initialised so that it is available to U-Boot. This inhibits
Simon Glass6b8d5fd2012-11-30 13:01:17 +00001500 that so that the environment is not available until
1501 explicitly loaded later by U-Boot code. With CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
1502 this is instead controlled by the value of
1503 /config/load-environment.
1504
Wolfgang Denkd590fb12011-10-07 09:58:21 +02001505 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
1506
Wolfgang Denk23f78482011-10-09 21:06:34 +02001507 This option defines a board specific value for the
1508 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
1509 overwriting the architecture dependent default
Wolfgang Denkd590fb12011-10-07 09:58:21 +02001510 settings.
1511
1512- Frame Buffer Address:
1513 CONFIG_FB_ADDR
1514
1515 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific
Wolfgang Denka71eb8e2013-01-03 00:43:59 +00001516 address for frame buffer. This is typically the case
1517 when using a graphics controller has separate video
1518 memory. U-Boot will then place the frame buffer at
1519 the given address instead of dynamically reserving it
1520 in system RAM by calling lcd_setmem(), which grabs
1521 the memory for the frame buffer depending on the
1522 configured panel size.
Wolfgang Denkd590fb12011-10-07 09:58:21 +02001523
1524 Please see board_init_f function.
1525
Detlev Zundel0ecb6112009-12-01 17:16:19 +01001526- Automatic software updates via TFTP server
1527 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP
1528 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
1529 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
1530
1531 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
1532 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
1533
1534- MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
Heiko Schocherf5895d12014-06-24 10:10:04 +02001535 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD
1536 This parameter defines the maximum difference between the highest
1537 erase counter value and the lowest erase counter value of eraseblocks
1538 of UBI devices. When this threshold is exceeded, UBI starts performing
1539 wear leveling by means of moving data from eraseblock with low erase
1540 counter to eraseblocks with high erase counter.
1541
1542 The default value should be OK for SLC NAND flashes, NOR flashes and
1543 other flashes which have eraseblock life-cycle 100000 or more.
1544 However, in case of MLC NAND flashes which typically have eraseblock
1545 life-cycle less than 10000, the threshold should be lessened (e.g.,
1546 to 128 or 256, although it does not have to be power of 2).
1547
1548 default: 4096
Simon Glass6c0be912014-10-23 18:58:54 -06001549
Heiko Schocherf5895d12014-06-24 10:10:04 +02001550 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT
1551 This option specifies the maximum bad physical eraseblocks UBI
1552 expects on the MTD device (per 1024 eraseblocks). If the
1553 underlying flash does not admit of bad eraseblocks (e.g. NOR
1554 flash), this value is ignored.
1555
1556 NAND datasheets often specify the minimum and maximum NVM
1557 (Number of Valid Blocks) for the flashes' endurance lifetime.
1558 The maximum expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 eraseblocks
1559 then can be calculated as "1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB)",
1560 which gives 20 for most NANDs (MaxNVB is basically the total
1561 count of eraseblocks on the chip).
1562
1563 To put it differently, if this value is 20, UBI will try to
1564 reserve about 1.9% of physical eraseblocks for bad blocks
1565 handling. And that will be 1.9% of eraseblocks on the entire
1566 NAND chip, not just the MTD partition UBI attaches. This means
1567 that if you have, say, a NAND flash chip admits maximum 40 bad
1568 eraseblocks, and it is split on two MTD partitions of the same
1569 size, UBI will reserve 40 eraseblocks when attaching a
1570 partition.
1571
1572 default: 20
1573
1574 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
1575 Fastmap is a mechanism which allows attaching an UBI device
1576 in nearly constant time. Instead of scanning the whole MTD device it
1577 only has to locate a checkpoint (called fastmap) on the device.
1578 The on-flash fastmap contains all information needed to attach
1579 the device. Using fastmap makes only sense on large devices where
1580 attaching by scanning takes long. UBI will not automatically install
1581 a fastmap on old images, but you can set the UBI parameter
1582 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT to 1 if you want so. Please note
1583 that fastmap-enabled images are still usable with UBI implementations
1584 without fastmap support. On typical flash devices the whole fastmap
1585 fits into one PEB. UBI will reserve PEBs to hold two fastmaps.
1586
1587 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT
1588 Set this parameter to enable fastmap automatically on images
1589 without a fastmap.
1590 default: 0
1591
Heiko Schocher94b66de2015-10-22 06:19:21 +02001592 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FM_DEBUG
1593 Enable UBI fastmap debug
1594 default: 0
1595
Daniel Schwierzeck39ca08e2011-07-18 07:48:07 +00001596- SPL framework
Wolfgang Denk825223d2011-09-11 21:24:09 +02001597 CONFIG_SPL
1598 Enable building of SPL globally.
Daniel Schwierzeck39ca08e2011-07-18 07:48:07 +00001599
Albert ARIBAUD \(3ADEV\)287b0942015-03-31 11:40:50 +02001600 CONFIG_SPL_PANIC_ON_RAW_IMAGE
1601 When defined, SPL will panic() if the image it has
1602 loaded does not have a signature.
1603 Defining this is useful when code which loads images
1604 in SPL cannot guarantee that absolutely all read errors
1605 will be caught.
1606 An example is the LPC32XX MLC NAND driver, which will
1607 consider that a completely unreadable NAND block is bad,
1608 and thus should be skipped silently.
1609
Tom Rinife3b0c72012-08-13 11:37:56 -07001610 CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT
1611 For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information
1612 about the running system.
1613
Scott Wood2b36fbb2012-12-06 13:33:17 +00001614 CONFIG_SPL_MPC83XX_WAIT_FOR_NAND
1615 Set this for NAND SPL on PPC mpc83xx targets, so that
1616 start.S waits for the rest of the SPL to load before
1617 continuing (the hardware starts execution after just
1618 loading the first page rather than the full 4K).
1619
Thomas Gleixner820d24d2016-07-12 20:28:12 +02001620 CONFIG_SPL_UBI
1621 Support for a lightweight UBI (fastmap) scanner and
1622 loader
1623
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001624 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
1625 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
1626 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
1627 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
1628 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
1629 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
Scott Wood36c440e2012-09-21 18:35:27 -05001630 to read U-Boot
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001631
Scott Wood36c440e2012-09-21 18:35:27 -05001632 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST
1633 Location in memory to load U-Boot to
1634
1635 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE
1636 Size of image to load
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001637
1638 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
Scott Wood36c440e2012-09-21 18:35:27 -05001639 Entry point in loaded image to jump to
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001640
1641 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
1642 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001643 data. This is used, for example, on davinci platforms.
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001644
Pavel Machekde997252012-08-30 22:42:11 +02001645 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE
1646 Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary
1647
Marek Vasut9f2e0eb2018-05-13 00:22:52 +02001648 CONFIG_SPL_FIT_PRINT
Simon Glass82d94532013-05-08 08:05:59 +00001649 Printing information about a FIT image adds quite a bit of
1650 code to SPL. So this is normally disabled in SPL. Use this
1651 option to re-enable it. This will affect the output of the
1652 bootm command when booting a FIT image.
1653
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001654- Interrupt support (PPC):
1655
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001656 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
1657 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001658 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001659 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001660 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001661 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001662 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00001663 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
1664 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
1665 general timer_interrupt().
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001666
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001667
Helmut Raigerd5a184b2011-10-20 04:19:47 +00001668Board initialization settings:
1669------------------------------
1670
1671During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
1672to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
1673before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
1674following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
1675architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
1676typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
1677
1678- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
1679- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
1680- CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001681
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001682Configuration Settings:
1683-----------------------
1684
Simon Glass8927bf22019-12-28 10:45:10 -07001685- MEM_SUPPORT_64BIT_DATA: Defined automatically if compiled as 64-bit.
York Sun6c480012014-02-26 17:03:19 -08001686 Optionally it can be defined to support 64-bit memory commands.
1687
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001688- CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001689 undefine this when you're short of memory.
1690
Peter Tyserdfb72b82009-01-27 18:03:12 -06001691- CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
1692 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
1693
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001694- CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001695 prompt for user input.
1696
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001697- CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001698 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
1699
York Sun5d286cd2015-12-04 11:57:07 -08001700- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE
York Sun1ef95cc2016-06-24 16:46:18 -07001701 Only implemented for ARMv8 for now.
York Sun5d286cd2015-12-04 11:57:07 -08001702 If defined, the size of CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE memory
1703 is substracted from total RAM and won't be reported to OS.
1704 This memory can be used as secure memory. A variable
York Sun1ef95cc2016-06-24 16:46:18 -07001705 gd->arch.secure_ram is used to track the location. In systems
York Sun5d286cd2015-12-04 11:57:07 -08001706 the RAM base is not zero, or RAM is divided into banks,
1707 this variable needs to be recalcuated to get the address.
1708
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001709- CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001710 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
1711
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001712- CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001713 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
1714
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001715- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001716 Physical start address of Flash memory.
1717
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001718- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001719 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
1720 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
1721 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
1722 flash sector.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001723
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001724- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001725 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
1726
Simon Glass863e4042014-07-10 22:23:28 -06001727- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
1728 Size of the malloc() pool for use before relocation. If
1729 this is defined, then a very simple malloc() implementation
1730 will become available before relocation. The address is just
1731 below the global data, and the stack is moved down to make
1732 space.
1733
1734 This feature allocates regions with increasing addresses
1735 within the region. calloc() is supported, but realloc()
1736 is not available. free() is supported but does nothing.
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001737 The memory will be freed (or in fact just forgotten) when
Simon Glass863e4042014-07-10 22:23:28 -06001738 U-Boot relocates itself.
1739
Simon Glass9fa901b2014-11-10 17:16:54 -07001740- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE
1741 Provides a simple and small malloc() and calloc() for those
1742 boards which do not use the full malloc in SPL (which is
Tom Rini166e3222022-05-27 12:48:32 -04001743 enabled with CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC).
Simon Glass9fa901b2014-11-10 17:16:54 -07001744
Thierry Redingc97d9742014-12-09 22:25:22 -07001745- CONFIG_SYS_NONCACHED_MEMORY:
1746 Size of non-cached memory area. This area of memory will be
1747 typically located right below the malloc() area and mapped
1748 uncached in the MMU. This is useful for drivers that would
1749 otherwise require a lot of explicit cache maintenance. For
1750 some drivers it's also impossible to properly maintain the
1751 cache. For example if the regions that need to be flushed
1752 are not a multiple of the cache-line size, *and* padding
1753 cannot be allocated between the regions to align them (i.e.
1754 if the HW requires a contiguous array of regions, and the
1755 size of each region is not cache-aligned), then a flush of
1756 one region may result in overwriting data that hardware has
1757 written to another region in the same cache-line. This can
1758 happen for example in network drivers where descriptors for
1759 buffers are typically smaller than the CPU cache-line (e.g.
1760 16 bytes vs. 32 or 64 bytes).
1761
1762 Non-cached memory is only supported on 32-bit ARM at present.
1763
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001764- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
Stefan Roese5d5ce292006-03-13 11:16:36 +01001765 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
1766 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001767 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
Stefan Roese5d5ce292006-03-13 11:16:36 +01001768 to adjust this setting to your needs.
1769
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001770- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001771 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
1772 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
Bartlomiej Siekac5648c82008-04-14 15:44:16 +02001773 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
1774 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
Robert P. J. Day832d36e2013-09-16 07:15:45 -04001775 environment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
Bartlomiej Siekac5648c82008-04-14 15:44:16 +02001776 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001777 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
Grant Likely26396382011-03-28 09:58:43 +00001778 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
1779 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
1780 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001781
John Rigbyeea8e692010-10-13 13:57:35 -06001782- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
1783 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
1784 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
1785 is enabled.
1786
1787- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
1788 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
1789 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
1790
1791- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
1792 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
1793 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
1794
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001795- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001796 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
1797
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001798- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001799 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
1800
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001801- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001802 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
1803
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001804- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
wdenkdccbda02003-07-14 22:13:32 +00001805 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
1806
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001807- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
wdenkdccbda02003-07-14 22:13:32 +00001808 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
1809
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001810- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
wdenkdccbda02003-07-14 22:13:32 +00001811 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
1812 instead of U-Boot software protection.
1813
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001814- CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001815
1816 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
1817 without this option such a download has to be
1818 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
1819 copy from RAM to flash.
1820
1821 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
1822 you can check if the download worked before you erase
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001823 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
1824 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001825 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
1826
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001827- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001828 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
wdenk2cefd152004-02-08 22:55:38 +00001829 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
1830
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD8d94c232008-08-13 01:40:42 +02001831- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
wdenk2cefd152004-02-08 22:55:38 +00001832 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
1833 in the drivers directory
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001834
Piotr Ziecik3e939e92008-11-17 15:57:58 +01001835- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
1836 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
1837 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
1838 to the MTD layer.
1839
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001840- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
Guennadi Liakhovetski183284f2008-04-03 13:36:02 +02001841 Use buffered writes to flash.
1842
1843- CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
1844 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
1845 write commands.
1846
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001847- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
Stefan Roesec443fe92005-11-22 13:20:42 +01001848 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
1849 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
1850 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
1851 optionally available.
1852
Jerry Van Barenaae73572008-03-08 13:48:01 -05001853- CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
1854 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
1855 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
1856 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
1857
Stefan Roesed20cba52013-04-04 15:53:14 +02001858- CONFIG_FLASH_VERIFY
1859 If defined, the content of the flash (destination) is compared
1860 against the source after the write operation. An error message
1861 will be printed when the contents are not identical.
1862 Please note that this option is useless in nearly all cases,
1863 since such flash programming errors usually are detected earlier
1864 while unprotecting/erasing/programming. Please only enable
1865 this option if you really know what you are doing.
1866
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001867- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
1868- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
Robert P. J. Day832d36e2013-09-16 07:15:45 -04001869 Enable validation of the values given to environment variables when
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001870 calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal,
1871 hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined,
1872 the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address.
1873
1874 The format of the list is:
1875 type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m]
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001876 access_attribute = [a|r|o|c]
1877 attributes = type_attribute[access_attribute]
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001878 entry = variable_name[:attributes]
1879 list = entry[,list]
1880
1881 The type attributes are:
1882 s - String (default)
1883 d - Decimal
1884 x - Hexadecimal
1885 b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF])
1886 i - IP address
1887 m - MAC address
1888
Joe Hershberger6fe26c92012-12-11 22:16:34 -06001889 The access attributes are:
1890 a - Any (default)
1891 r - Read-only
1892 o - Write-once
1893 c - Change-default
1894
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001895 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
1896 Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags"
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001897 environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001898
1899 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
1900 Define this to a list (string) to define validation that
1901 should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags"
1902 environment variable. To override a setting in the static
1903 list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the
1904 ".flags" variable.
1905
Joe Hershberger6db9fd42015-05-20 14:27:20 -05001906 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
1907 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to define the same
1908 flags without explicitly listing them for each variable.
1909
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001910The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
1911of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
1912following configurations:
1913
Mike Frysinger63b8f122011-07-08 10:44:25 +00001914- CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
1915
1916 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
1917 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
1918
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001919BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001920in U-Boot initialization (when we try to get the setting of for the
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001921console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001922U-Boot will hang.
1923
1924Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
1925environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
1926keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
1927to save the current settings.
1928
Liu Gang85bcd732012-03-08 00:33:20 +00001929BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
1930"saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
Liu Gang357bf5a2012-08-09 05:10:01 +00001931environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE link,
1932but it can not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE interface.
Liu Gang85bcd732012-03-08 00:33:20 +00001933
Guennadi Liakhovetskifad24442009-05-18 16:07:22 +02001934- CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
1935
1936 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
1937 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
1938 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
1939
Bruce Adleredecc942007-11-02 13:15:42 -07001940Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001941has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
Simon Glass64b723f2017-08-03 12:22:12 -06001942created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use env_get_f()
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001943until then to read environment variables.
1944
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001945The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
1946is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
1947with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
1948necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
1949"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
1950have any device yet where we could complain.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001951
1952Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
1953the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00001954use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001955
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001956- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00001957 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001958
Ron Madriddfa028a2009-02-18 14:30:44 -08001959- CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
1960 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
1961 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
1962 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
1963 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
1964 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
1965
Simon Glass28a9e332012-11-30 13:01:18 +00001966- CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
1967 Display information about the board that U-Boot is running on
1968 when U-Boot starts up. The board function checkboard() is called
1969 to do this.
1970
Simon Glasse8822012012-11-30 13:01:19 +00001971- CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE
1972 Similar to the previous option, but display this information
1973 later, once stdio is running and output goes to the LCD, if
1974 present.
1975
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001976Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
wdenkc8434db2003-03-26 06:55:25 +00001977---------------------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001978
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001979- CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001980 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
1981
Timur Tabid8f341c2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05001982- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
1983 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
1984 PowerPC SOCs.
1985
1986- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
1987 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
1988 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
1989
Timur Tabid8f341c2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05001990- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
1991 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
1992 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001993 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
Timur Tabid8f341c2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05001994 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
1995 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
1996 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
1997
1998 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
1999 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
2000
2001- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
Wolfgang Denkd590fb12011-10-07 09:58:21 +02002002 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
2003 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
Timur Tabid8f341c2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05002004 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
2005 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
2006
2007- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
2008 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
2009 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
2010 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
2011
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002012- CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002013 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
Christophe Leroy069fa832017-07-06 10:23:22 +02002014 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx systems only]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002015
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002016- CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002017
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002018 Start address of memory area that can be used for
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002019 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
2020 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
2021 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
2022 will become available only after programming the
2023 memory controller and running certain initialization
2024 sequences.
2025
2026 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
Christophe Leroy069fa832017-07-06 10:23:22 +02002027 - MPC8xx: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002028
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002029- CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002030
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002031- CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002032 SDRAM timing
2033
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002034- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002035 periodic timer for refresh
2036
Kumar Gala8975d7a2010-12-30 12:09:53 -06002037- CONFIG_SYS_SRIO:
2038 Chip has SRIO or not
2039
2040- CONFIG_SRIO1:
2041 Board has SRIO 1 port available
2042
2043- CONFIG_SRIO2:
2044 Board has SRIO 2 port available
2045
Liu Gang27afb9c2013-05-07 16:30:46 +08002046- CONFIG_SRIO_PCIE_BOOT_MASTER
2047 Board can support master function for Boot from SRIO and PCIE
2048
Kumar Gala8975d7a2010-12-30 12:09:53 -06002049- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
2050 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2051
Simon Glass970b61e2019-11-14 12:57:09 -07002052- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYxS:
Kumar Gala8975d7a2010-12-30 12:09:53 -06002053 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2054
2055- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
2056 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2057
Fabio Estevamf17e8782013-04-11 09:35:34 +00002058- CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BUSWIDTH_16BIT
2059 Defined to tell the NAND controller that the NAND chip is using
2060 a 16 bit bus.
2061 Not all NAND drivers use this symbol.
Fabio Estevam417052b2013-04-11 09:35:35 +00002062 Example of drivers that use it:
Miquel Raynal1f1ae152018-08-16 17:30:07 +02002063 - drivers/mtd/nand/raw/ndfc.c
2064 - drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxc_nand.c
Alex Watermancd6aae32011-05-19 15:08:36 -04002065
2066- CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
2067 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
2068 a default value will be used.
2069
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04002070- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002071 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
2072 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
2073
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04002074 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
2075 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
2076
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002077- CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002078 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
2079 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
2080 to something your driver can deal with.
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04002081
York Sune73cc042011-06-07 09:42:16 +08002082- CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
2083 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
2084 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
2085 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
2086 header files or board specific files.
2087
York Sunbd495cf2011-09-16 13:21:35 -07002088- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
2089 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
2090
York Sun8ced0502015-01-06 13:18:55 -08002091- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_SYNC_REFRESH
2092 Enable sync of refresh for multiple controllers.
2093
York Sunb6a35f82015-03-19 09:30:28 -07002094- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_BIST
2095 Enable built-in memory test for Freescale DDR controllers.
2096
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002097- CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002098 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2099 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
Timur Tabi054838e2006-10-31 18:44:42 -06002100
wdenk6203e402004-04-18 10:13:26 +00002101- CONFIG_RMII
2102 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2103 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2104 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2105
wdenk20c98a62004-04-23 20:32:05 +00002106- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2107 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2108 The syntax is:
2109
2110 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2111
2112 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2113 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2114 area should have.
2115
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002116- CONFIG_LOOPW
2117 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
Simon Glass92ffdee2017-08-04 16:34:27 -06002118 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002119
Joel Johnsondb5a97e2020-01-29 09:17:18 -07002120- CONFIG_CMD_MX_CYCLIC
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002121 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2122 "md/mw" commands.
2123 Examples:
2124
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002125 => mdc.b 10 4 500
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002126 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
2127
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002128 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002129 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
2130
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002131 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
Simon Glass92ffdee2017-08-04 16:34:27 -06002132 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002133
Aneesh V552a3192011-07-13 05:11:07 +00002134- CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
Thomas Hebbfd37f242019-11-13 18:18:03 -08002135 Set when the currently-running compilation is for an artifact
2136 that will end up in the SPL (as opposed to the TPL or U-Boot
2137 proper). Code that needs stage-specific behavior should check
2138 this.
wdenk336b2bc2005-04-02 23:52:25 +00002139
Ying Zhang2d2e3b62013-08-16 15:16:15 +08002140- CONFIG_TPL_BUILD
Thomas Hebbfd37f242019-11-13 18:18:03 -08002141 Set when the currently-running compilation is for an artifact
2142 that will end up in the TPL (as opposed to the SPL or U-Boot
2143 proper). Code that needs stage-specific behavior should check
2144 this.
Ying Zhang2d2e3b62013-08-16 15:16:15 +08002145
Simon Glass17dabf02013-02-24 17:33:14 +00002146- CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM
2147 Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses
2148 effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard
2149 U-Boot address as virtual addresses that need to be translated
2150 to physical addresses. However, sandbox requires this, since
2151 it maintains its own little RAM buffer which contains all
2152 addressable memory. This option causes some memory accesses
2153 to be mapped through map_sysmem() / unmap_sysmem().
2154
Simon Glassbfb59802013-02-14 04:18:54 +00002155- CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR
2156 If defined, the x86 reset vector code is included. This is not
2157 needed when U-Boot is running from Coreboot.
Gabe Black14f82462012-11-27 21:08:06 +00002158
Karicheri, Muralidharanc1dc61b2014-04-04 13:16:50 -04002159- CONFIG_SYS_NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE
2160 Option to disable subpage write in NAND driver
2161 driver that uses this:
Miquel Raynal1f1ae152018-08-16 17:30:07 +02002162 drivers/mtd/nand/raw/davinci_nand.c
Karicheri, Muralidharanc1dc61b2014-04-04 13:16:50 -04002163
Timur Tabi275f4bb2011-11-22 09:21:25 -06002164Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
2165-----------------------------------
2166
2167The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
2168loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
2169This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
2170are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
2171within that device.
2172
Zhao Qiang83a90842014-03-21 16:21:44 +08002173- CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR
2174 The address in the storage device where the FMAN microcode is located. The
Tom Rinifa911f82019-05-12 07:59:12 -04002175 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_xxx macro
Zhao Qiang83a90842014-03-21 16:21:44 +08002176 is also specified.
2177
2178- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_ADDR
2179 The address in the storage device where the QE microcode is located. The
Tom Rinifa911f82019-05-12 07:59:12 -04002180 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_xxx macro
Timur Tabi275f4bb2011-11-22 09:21:25 -06002181 is also specified.
2182
2183- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
2184 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
2185 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
2186 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
2187 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
2188
2189- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
2190 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
2191 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
2192 virtual address in NOR flash.
2193
2194- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
2195 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
2196 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
2197
2198- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
2199 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
2200 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
2201
Liu Gang1e084582012-03-08 00:33:18 +00002202- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
2203 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
2204 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
Liu Gang357bf5a2012-08-09 05:10:01 +00002205 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO or PCIE outbound
2206 window->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in
2207 master's memory space.
Timur Tabi275f4bb2011-11-22 09:21:25 -06002208
J. German Rivera8ff14b72014-06-23 15:15:55 -07002209Freescale Layerscape Management Complex Firmware Support:
2210---------------------------------------------------------
2211The Freescale Layerscape Management Complex (MC) supports the loading of
2212"firmware".
2213This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
2214are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
2215within that device.
2216
2217- CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
2218 Enable the MC driver for Layerscape SoCs.
2219
Prabhakar Kushwaha853a9012015-06-02 10:55:52 +05302220Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support:
2221-------------------------------------------
2222The Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support supports the loading of
2223"Debug Server firmware" and triggering SP boot-rom.
2224This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting.
2225
York Sun928b6812015-12-07 11:08:58 -08002226- CONFIG_SYS_MC_RSV_MEM_ALIGN
2227 Define alignment of reserved memory MC requires
Prabhakar Kushwaha853a9012015-06-02 10:55:52 +05302228
Paul Kocialkowski7b917022015-07-26 18:48:15 +02002229Reproducible builds
2230-------------------
2231
2232In order to achieve reproducible builds, timestamps used in the U-Boot build
2233process have to be set to a fixed value.
2234
2235This is done using the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable.
2236SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is to be set on the build host's shell, not as a configuration
2237option for U-Boot or an environment variable in U-Boot.
2238
2239SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH should be set to a number of seconds since the epoch, in UTC.
2240
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002241Building the Software:
2242======================
2243
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002244Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
2245and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
2246all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
2247(potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09002248recommend to use the ELDK (see https://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002249which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002250
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002251If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
2252have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
2253you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
2254Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
2255necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002256
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002257 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
2258 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002259
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002260U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
2261sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002262is done by typing:
2263
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002264 make NAME_defconfig
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002265
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002266where "NAME_defconfig" is the name of one of the existing configu-
Heinrich Schuchardtd6e07af2020-02-24 18:36:30 +01002267rations; see configs/*_defconfig for supported names.
wdenk2f0812d2003-10-08 22:45:44 +00002268
Heinrich Schuchardtd6e07af2020-02-24 18:36:30 +01002269Note: for some boards special configuration names may exist; check if
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002270 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2271 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
2272 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002273 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002274
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002275 make TQM823L_defconfig
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002276 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002277
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002278 make TQM823L_LCD_defconfig
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002279 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002280
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002281 etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002282
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002283
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002284Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
2285images ready for download to / installation on your system:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002286
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002287- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
2288- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
2289- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002290
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002291By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
2292in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
2293this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
2294
22951. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
2296
2297 make O=/tmp/build distclean
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002298 make O=/tmp/build NAME_defconfig
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002299 make O=/tmp/build all
2300
Timo Ketolac8c67602014-11-06 14:39:05 +020023012. Set environment variable KBUILD_OUTPUT to point to the desired location:
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002302
Timo Ketolac8c67602014-11-06 14:39:05 +02002303 export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/build
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002304 make distclean
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002305 make NAME_defconfig
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002306 make all
2307
Timo Ketolac8c67602014-11-06 14:39:05 +02002308Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the KBUILD_OUTPUT environment
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002309variable.
2310
Daniel Schwierzeck88484422018-01-26 16:31:04 +01002311User specific CPPFLAGS, AFLAGS and CFLAGS can be passed to the compiler by
2312setting the according environment variables KCPPFLAGS, KAFLAGS and KCFLAGS.
2313For example to treat all compiler warnings as errors:
2314
2315 make KCFLAGS=-Werror
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002316
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002317Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
2318for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
2319native "make".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002320
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002321
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002322If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
2323to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
2324steps:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002325
Phil Sutterc77b4882015-12-25 14:41:18 +010023261. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002327 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
Phil Sutterc77b4882015-12-25 14:41:18 +01002328 the "Makefile" and a "<board>.c".
23292. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
2330 your board.
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +000023313. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
2332 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +020023334. Run "make <board>_defconfig" with your new name.
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +000023345. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
2335 to be installed on your target system.
23366. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
2337 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002338
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002339
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002340Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
2341==============================================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002342
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002343If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
2344or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002345provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
Thomas Hebbfd37f242019-11-13 18:18:03 -08002346the form of a "patch", i.e. a context diff against a certain (latest
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002347official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002348
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002349But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
2350cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002351the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
Simon Glassdc27def2016-07-27 20:33:08 -06002352just run the buildman script (tools/buildman/buildman), which will
2353configure and build U-Boot for ALL supported system. Be warned, this
2354will take a while. Please see the buildman README, or run 'buildman -H'
2355for documentation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002356
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002357
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002358See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002359
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002360
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002361Monitor Commands - Overview:
2362============================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002363
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002364go - start application at address 'addr'
2365run - run commands in an environment variable
2366bootm - boot application image from memory
2367bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
Marek Vasutcf41a9b2012-03-14 21:52:45 +00002368bootz - boot zImage from memory
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002369tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
2370 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
2371 (and eventually "gatewayip")
Simon Glass6a398d22011-10-24 18:00:07 +00002372tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002373rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
2374diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
2375loads - load S-Record file over serial line
2376loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
Rui Miguel Silva433f15a2022-05-11 10:55:40 +01002377loadm - load binary blob from source address to destination address
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002378md - memory display
2379mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2380nm - memory modify (constant address)
2381mw - memory write (fill)
Simon Glass19038de2020-06-02 19:26:49 -06002382ms - memory search
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002383cp - memory copy
2384cmp - memory compare
2385crc32 - checksum calculation
Peter Tyser469cde42009-04-18 22:34:03 -05002386i2c - I2C sub-system
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002387sspi - SPI utility commands
2388base - print or set address offset
2389printenv- print environment variables
Pragnesh Patel1d5955f2020-12-22 11:30:05 +05302390pwm - control pwm channels
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002391setenv - set environment variables
2392saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
2393protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
2394erase - erase FLASH memory
2395flinfo - print FLASH memory information
Karl O. Pinc4baf03d2012-08-03 05:57:21 +00002396nand - NAND memory operations (see doc/README.nand)
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002397bdinfo - print Board Info structure
2398iminfo - print header information for application image
2399coninfo - print console devices and informations
2400ide - IDE sub-system
2401loop - infinite loop on address range
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002402loopw - infinite write loop on address range
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002403mtest - simple RAM test
2404icache - enable or disable instruction cache
2405dcache - enable or disable data cache
2406reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
2407echo - echo args to console
2408version - print monitor version
2409help - print online help
2410? - alias for 'help'
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002411
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002412
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002413Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
2414========================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002415
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002416TODO.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002417
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002418For now: just type "help <command>".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002419
2420
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002421Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
2422=======================================
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002423
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002424Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002425such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
2426"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002427
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002428Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
2429MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
2430"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002431
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002432If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
2433in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
2434ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
2435variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002436
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002437o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
2438 environment, the SROM's address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002439
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002440o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
2441 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
2442 used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002443
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002444o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
2445 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002446
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002447o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
2448 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
2449 warning is printed.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002450
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002451o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
Joe Hershberger2dc2b5d2015-05-04 14:55:13 -05002452 is raised. If CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, then in this case
2453 a random, locally-assigned MAC is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002454
Ben Warren6db991a2010-04-26 11:11:46 -07002455If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00002456will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
Ben Warren6db991a2010-04-26 11:11:46 -07002457may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
2458The naming convention is as follows:
2459"ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002460
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002461Image Formats:
2462==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002463
Marian Balakowicz18710b82008-03-12 12:13:13 +01002464U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
2465images in two formats:
2466
2467New uImage format (FIT)
2468-----------------------
2469
2470Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
2471to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
2472components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
2473SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
2474
2475
2476Old uImage format
2477-----------------
2478
2479Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
2480preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
2481details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002482
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002483* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
2484 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
Peter Tyser56b8dd12008-09-08 14:56:49 -05002485 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
Thomas Huthc90d56a2021-11-13 18:13:50 +01002486 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY).
Andy Shevchenko8cb5cdd2017-07-05 16:25:22 +03002487* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86,
Tom Rini53320122022-04-06 09:21:25 -04002488 IA64, MIPS, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
2489 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, Nios II, PowerPC).
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002490* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
2491* Load Address
2492* Entry Point
2493* Image Name
2494* Image Timestamp
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002495
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002496The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
2497and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
2498CRC32 checksums.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002499
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002500
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002501Linux Support:
2502==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002503
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002504Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
2505easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
2506U-Boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002507
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002508U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
2509special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
2510"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
2511instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
2512serves several purposes:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002513
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002514- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
2515 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
2516 Flash memory footprint)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002517
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002518- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
2519 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002520
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002521- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
2522 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
2523 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
2524 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
2525 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
2526 software is easier now.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002527
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002528
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002529Linux HOWTO:
2530============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002531
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002532Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
2533---------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002534
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002535U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
2536configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
2537(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
2538Linux :-).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002539
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +02002540But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002541
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002542Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
2543include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
Markus Heidelberg47167572008-09-07 20:18:27 +02002544Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
2545and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002546as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002547
Simon Glassd097e592014-06-11 23:29:46 -06002548Note that U-Boot now has a driver model, a unified model for drivers.
2549If you are adding a new driver, plumb it into driver model. If there
2550is no uclass available, you are encouraged to create one. See
2551doc/driver-model.
2552
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002553
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002554Configuring the Linux kernel:
2555-----------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002556
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002557No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
2558device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002559
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002560
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002561Building a Linux Image:
2562-----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002563
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002564With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
2565not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
2566"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
2567U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
2568which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
2569100% compatible format.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002570
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002571Example:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002572
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002573 make TQM850L_defconfig
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002574 make oldconfig
2575 make dep
2576 make uImage
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002577
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002578The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
2579encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
2580CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002581
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002582* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002583
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002584* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002585
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002586 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
2587 -R .note -R .comment \
2588 -S vmlinux linux.bin
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002589
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002590* compress the binary image:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002591
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002592 gzip -9 linux.bin
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002593
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002594* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002595
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002596 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
2597 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
2598 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002599
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002600
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002601The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
2602with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
2603combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
2604byte header containing information about target architecture,
2605operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
2606stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002607
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002608"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
2609print the header information, or to build new images.
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002610
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002611In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
2612contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
2613checksum verification:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002614
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002615 tools/mkimage -l image
2616 -l ==> list image header information
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002617
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002618The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
2619from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002620
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002621 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
2622 -n name -d data_file image
2623 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
2624 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
2625 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
2626 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
2627 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
2628 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
2629 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
2630 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00002631
wdenkcd914452004-05-29 16:53:29 +00002632Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
2633address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
2634kernel version:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002635
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002636- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
2637- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002638
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002639So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002640
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002641 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2642 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +02002643 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002644 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
2645 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2646 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2647 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2648 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2649 Load Address: 0x00000000
2650 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002651
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002652To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002653
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002654 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
2655 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2656 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2657 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2658 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
2659 Load Address: 0x00000000
2660 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002661
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002662NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
2663speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
2664needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
2665need to be uncompressed:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002666
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +02002667 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002668 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
2669 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +02002670 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002671 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
2672 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
2673 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
2674 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
2675 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
2676 Load Address: 0x00000000
2677 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002678
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002679
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002680Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
2681when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002682
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002683 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
2684 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
2685 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
2686 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2687 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
2688 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2689 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
2690 Load Address: 0x00000000
2691 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002692
Tyler Hicks791c7472020-10-26 10:40:24 -05002693The "dumpimage" tool can be used to disassemble or list the contents of images
2694built by mkimage. See dumpimage's help output (-h) for details.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002695
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002696Installing a Linux Image:
2697-------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002698
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002699To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
2700you must convert the image to S-Record format:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002701
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002702 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002703
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002704The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
2705image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
2706address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
2707specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
2708command.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002709
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002710Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
2711TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002712
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002713 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002714
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002715 .......... done
2716 Erased 8 sectors
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002717
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002718 => loads 40100000
2719 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2720 ~>examples/image.srec
2721 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
2722 ...
2723 15989 15990 15991 15992
2724 [file transfer complete]
2725 [connected]
2726 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002727
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002728
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002729You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002730this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002731corruption happened:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002732
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002733 => imi 40100000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002734
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002735 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
2736 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2737 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2738 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2739 Load Address: 00000000
2740 Entry Point: 0000000c
2741 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002742
2743
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002744Boot Linux:
2745-----------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002746
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002747The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
2748memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
2749of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
2750parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
2751"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002752
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002753
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002754 => printenv bootargs
2755 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002756
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002757 => 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 +00002758
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002759 => printenv bootargs
2760 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 +00002761
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002762 => bootm 40020000
2763 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
2764 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
2765 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2766 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
2767 Load Address: 00000000
2768 Entry Point: 0000000c
2769 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2770 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2771 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
2772 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
2773 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
2774 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
2775 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
2776 ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002777
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002778If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002779the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
2780format!) to the "bootm" command:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002781
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002782 => imi 40100000 40200000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002783
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002784 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
2785 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2786 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2787 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2788 Load Address: 00000000
2789 Entry Point: 0000000c
2790 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002791
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002792 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
2793 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2794 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2795 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
2796 Load Address: 00000000
2797 Entry Point: 00000000
2798 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002799
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002800 => bootm 40100000 40200000
2801 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
2802 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
2803 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2804 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
2805 Load Address: 00000000
2806 Entry Point: 0000000c
2807 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2808 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2809 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
2810 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
2811 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
2812 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
2813 Load Address: 00000000
2814 Entry Point: 00000000
2815 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2816 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
2817 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
2818 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
2819 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
2820 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
2821 ...
2822 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
2823 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002824
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002825 bash#
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002826
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -05002827Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
2828-----------
2829
2830First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
2831titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
2832following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
2833flat device tree:
2834
2835=> print oftaddr
2836oftaddr=0x300000
2837=> print oft
2838oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
2839=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
2840Speed: 1000, full duplex
2841Using TSEC0 device
2842TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
2843Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
2844Load address: 0x300000
2845Loading: #
2846done
2847Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
2848=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
2849Speed: 1000, full duplex
2850Using TSEC0 device
2851TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
2852Filename 'uImage'.
2853Load address: 0x200000
2854Loading:############
2855done
2856Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
2857=> print loadaddr
2858loadaddr=200000
2859=> print oftaddr
2860oftaddr=0x300000
2861=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
2862## Booting image at 00200000 ...
Wolfgang Denk018147d2006-11-27 15:32:42 +01002863 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
2864 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
2865 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -05002866 Load Address: 00000000
Wolfgang Denk018147d2006-11-27 15:32:42 +01002867 Entry Point: 00000000
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -05002868 Verifying Checksum ... OK
2869 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
2870Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
2871Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
2872Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
2873[snip]
2874
2875
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002876More About U-Boot Image Types:
2877------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002878
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002879U-Boot supports the following image types:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002880
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002881 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
2882 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
2883 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
2884 the Standalone Program.
2885 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
2886 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
2887 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
2888 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
2889 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
2890 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
2891 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
2892 being started.
2893 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
2894 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
2895 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
2896 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
2897 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
2898 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002899
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002900 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
2901 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
2902 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
2903 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
2904 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
2905 a multiple of 4 bytes).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002906
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002907 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
2908 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
2909 flash memory.
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002910
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002911 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
2912 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
2913 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
2914 as command interpreter.
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002915
Marek Vasutcf41a9b2012-03-14 21:52:45 +00002916Booting the Linux zImage:
2917-------------------------
2918
2919On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
2920using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
2921as the syntax of "bootm" command.
2922
Tom Rini45f46d12013-05-16 11:40:11 -04002923Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD allows user to supply
Marek Vasut28850d02012-03-18 11:47:58 +00002924kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
2925address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
2926format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
2927
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002928
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002929Standalone HOWTO:
2930=================
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002931
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002932One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
2933run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
2934U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00002935
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002936Two simple examples are included with the sources:
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00002937
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002938"Hello World" Demo:
2939-------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002940
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002941'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
2942application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
2943It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
2944like that:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002945
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002946 => loads
2947 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2948 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
2949 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
2950 [file transfer complete]
2951 [connected]
2952 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002953
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002954 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
2955 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
2956 Hello World
2957 argc = 7
2958 argv[0] = "40004"
2959 argv[1] = "Hello"
2960 argv[2] = "World!"
2961 argv[3] = "This"
2962 argv[4] = "is"
2963 argv[5] = "a"
2964 argv[6] = "test."
2965 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
2966 Hit any key to exit ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002967
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002968 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002969
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002970Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
2971handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
2972Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
2973The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
2974character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
2975controlled by the following keys:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002976
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002977 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
2978 b - enable interrupts and start timer
2979 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
2980 q - quit application
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002981
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002982 => loads
2983 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
2984 ~>examples/timer.srec
2985 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
2986 [file transfer complete]
2987 [connected]
2988 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002989
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002990 => go 40004
2991 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
2992 TIMERS=0xfff00980
2993 Using timer 1
2994 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002995
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002996Hit 'b':
2997 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
2998 Enabling timer
2999Hit '?':
3000 [q, b, e, ?] ........
3001 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
3002Hit '?':
3003 [q, b, e, ?] .
3004 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
3005Hit '?':
3006 [q, b, e, ?] .
3007 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
3008Hit '?':
3009 [q, b, e, ?] .
3010 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
3011Hit 'e':
3012 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
3013Hit 'q':
3014 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003015
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003016
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003017Minicom warning:
3018================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003019
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003020Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
3021"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
3022consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
3023Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
3024especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
Karl O. Pinca0189bb2012-10-01 05:11:56 +00003025use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). See
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09003026https://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.
Karl O. Pinca0189bb2012-10-01 05:11:56 +00003027for help with kermit.
3028
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003029
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003030Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
3031configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003032
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003033 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
3034 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
3035 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00003036
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00003037
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003038NetBSD Notes:
3039=============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003040
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003041Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
3042(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003043
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003044Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
3045NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
3046need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
3047Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
3048attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
3049missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003050
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003051 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
3052 # mkdir powerpc
3053 # ln -s powerpc machine
3054 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
3055 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003056
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003057Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
3058and U-Boot include files.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003059
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003060Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
3061stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
3062proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
3063tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
wdenkd0245fc2005-04-13 10:02:42 +00003064meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003065
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003066
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003067Implementation Internals:
3068=========================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003069
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003070The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
3071implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
3072inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
3073hardware.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003074
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003075
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003076Initial Stack, Global Data:
3077---------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003078
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003079The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
3080starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
3081system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
3082This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
3083is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
3084at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
3085options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
3086models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
3087MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
3088locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003089
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003090 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01003091 U-Boot mailing list:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003092
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003093 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
3094 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
3095 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
3096 ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003097
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003098 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
3099 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
3100 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
3101 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
3102 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02003103 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003104 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
3105 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003106
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003107 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
3108 is another option for the system designer to use as an
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02003109 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003110 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
3111 board designers haven't used it for something that would
3112 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
3113 used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003114
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02003115 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003116 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
3117 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
Stefan Roese3e1f1b32005-08-01 16:49:12 +02003118 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003119 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
3120 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
3121 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
3122 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
3123 you get the config right.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003124
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003125 -Chris Hallinan
3126 DS4.COM, Inc.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003127
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003128It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
3129code for the initialization procedures:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003130
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003131* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
3132 to write it.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003133
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08003134* Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitly initialized
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003135 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
3136 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003137
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003138* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
3139 that.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003140
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003141Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08003142normal global data to share information between the code. But it
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003143turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
3144simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
3145functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
3146functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
3147the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
3148place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
3149reserve for this purpose.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003150
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003151When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
3152relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
3153GCC's implementation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003154
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003155For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
3156 R1: stack pointer
Wolfgang Denk69c09642008-02-14 22:43:22 +01003157 R2: reserved for system use
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003158 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
3159 R5-R10: parameter passing
3160 R13: small data area pointer
3161 R30: GOT pointer
3162 R31: frame pointer
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003163
Joakim Tjernlund693c0c12010-01-19 14:41:58 +01003164 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
3165 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
3166 going back and forth between asm and C)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003167
Wolfgang Denk69c09642008-02-14 22:43:22 +01003168 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003169
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003170 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
3171 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
3172 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
3173 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
3174 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
3175 624 text + 127 data).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003176
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003177On ARM, the following registers are used:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003178
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003179 R0: function argument word/integer result
3180 R1-R3: function argument word
Jeroen Hofsteea556aca2013-09-21 14:04:42 +02003181 R9: platform specific
3182 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking is enabled)
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003183 R11: argument (frame) pointer
3184 R12: temporary workspace
3185 R13: stack pointer
3186 R14: link register
3187 R15: program counter
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003188
Jeroen Hofsteea556aca2013-09-21 14:04:42 +02003189 ==> U-Boot will use R9 to hold a pointer to the global data
3190
3191 Note: on ARM, only R_ARM_RELATIVE relocations are supported.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003192
Thomas Chou8fa38582010-05-21 11:08:03 +08003193On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09003194 https://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
Thomas Chou8fa38582010-05-21 11:08:03 +08003195
3196 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
3197
3198 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
3199 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
3200
Rick Chend7e6f922017-12-26 13:55:59 +08003201On RISC-V, the following registers are used:
3202
3203 x0: hard-wired zero (zero)
3204 x1: return address (ra)
3205 x2: stack pointer (sp)
3206 x3: global pointer (gp)
3207 x4: thread pointer (tp)
3208 x5: link register (t0)
3209 x8: frame pointer (fp)
3210 x10-x11: arguments/return values (a0-1)
3211 x12-x17: arguments (a2-7)
3212 x28-31: temporaries (t3-6)
3213 pc: program counter (pc)
3214
3215 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
3216
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003217Memory Management:
3218------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003219
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003220U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
3221MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003222
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003223The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
3224controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
3225memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
3226physical memory banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003227
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003228U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
3229TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
3230booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
3231to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02003232memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003233configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
3234Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003235
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003236Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
3237of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003238
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003239So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
3240this:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003241
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003242 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
3243 :
3244 0x0000 1FFF
3245 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
3246 :
3247 :
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003248
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003249 :
3250 :
3251 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
3252 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
3253 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
3254 :
3255 0x00FD FFFF
3256 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
3257 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
3258 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
3259 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003260
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003261
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003262System Initialization:
3263----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003264
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003265In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02003266(on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08003267configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the on board Flash memory.
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003268To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
3269To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
3270initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
Heiko Schocher71cb3e92017-06-07 17:33:10 +02003271which provide such a feature like), or in a locked part of the data
3272cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, the caches and
3273the SIU.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003274
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003275Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
3276preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
3277(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
3278on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
3279programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
3280simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
3281banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003282
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003283When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
3284different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
3285bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
32860x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
3287contiguous memory starting from 0.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003288
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003289Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
3290and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
3291Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
3292pages, and the final stack is set up.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003293
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003294Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
3295until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
3296running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
3297new address in RAM.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003298
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003299
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003300U-Boot Porting Guide:
3301----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003302
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003303[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
3304list, October 2002]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003305
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003306
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003307int main(int argc, char *argv[])
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003308{
3309 sighandler_t no_more_time;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003310
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003311 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
3312 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003313
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003314 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003315 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003316 return 0;
3317 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003318
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003319 Download latest U-Boot source;
wdenk34b613e2002-12-17 01:51:00 +00003320
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01003321 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003322
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003323 if (clueless)
3324 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003325
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003326 while (learning) {
3327 Read the README file in the top level directory;
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09003328 Read https://www.denx.de/wiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
Patrick Delaunay9b281fa2020-02-28 15:18:10 +01003329 Read applicable doc/README.*;
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003330 Read the source, Luke;
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003331 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003332 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003333
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003334 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
3335 Buy a BDI3000;
3336 else
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003337 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003338
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003339 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
3340 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
3341 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
3342 } else {
3343 Create your own board support subdirectory;
3344 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
3345 }
3346 Edit new board/<myboard> files
3347 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003348
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003349 while (!accepted) {
3350 while (!running) {
3351 do {
3352 Add / modify source code;
3353 } until (compiles);
3354 Debug;
3355 if (clueless)
3356 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
3357 }
3358 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
3359 if (reasonable critiques)
3360 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
3361 else
3362 Defend code as written;
wdenk634d2f72004-04-15 23:14:49 +00003363 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003364
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003365 return 0;
3366}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003367
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003368void no_more_time (int sig)
3369{
3370 hire_a_guru();
3371}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003372
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003373
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003374Coding Standards:
3375-----------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003376
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003377All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
Baruch Siachb1081252017-12-10 17:34:35 +02003378coding style; see the kernel coding style guide at
3379https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html, and the
3380script "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
Detlev Zundelaa63d482006-09-01 15:39:02 +02003381
3382Source files originating from a different project (for example the
3383MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08003384reformatted to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
Detlev Zundelaa63d482006-09-01 15:39:02 +02003385sources.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003386
Detlev Zundelaa63d482006-09-01 15:39:02 +02003387Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
3388Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
3389in your code.
wdenkad276f22004-01-04 16:28:35 +00003390
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003391Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
3392- remove any trailing white space
Wolfgang Denk20bd2a62011-07-27 10:59:55 +00003393- use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003394- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
Wolfgang Denk20bd2a62011-07-27 10:59:55 +00003395- do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003396- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003397
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003398Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
3399with a request to reformat the changes.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003400
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003401
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003402Submitting Patches:
3403-------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003404
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003405Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
3406establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
3407may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003408
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09003409Please see https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003410
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01003411Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
S. Lockwood-Childsda6d34c2017-11-14 22:56:42 -08003412see https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01003413
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003414When you send a patch, please include the following information with
3415it:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003416
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003417* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
3418 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
3419 patch actually fixes something.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003420
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003421* For new features: a description of the feature and your
3422 implementation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003423
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -05003424* For major contributions, add a MAINTAINERS file with your
3425 information and associated file and directory references.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003426
Albert ARIBAUD48e910f2013-09-11 15:52:51 +02003427* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add a
3428 maintainer e-mail address to the boards.cfg file, too.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003429
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003430* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
3431 document these in the README file.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003432
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003433* The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
3434 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
Wolfgang Denk20bd2a62011-07-27 10:59:55 +00003435 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003436 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
3437 with some other mail clients.
wdenkca9bc762003-07-15 07:45:49 +00003438
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003439 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
3440 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
3441 GNU diff.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003442
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003443 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
3444 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
3445 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
3446 affected files).
3447
3448 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
3449 and compressed attachments must not be used.
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003450
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003451* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
3452 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00003453
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003454* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
3455 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003456
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003457
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003458Notes:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003459
Simon Glassdc27def2016-07-27 20:33:08 -06003460* Before sending the patch, run the buildman script on your patched
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003461 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
3462 for any of the boards.
3463
3464* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
3465 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
3466 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003467
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003468* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
3469 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
3470 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
3471 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
3472 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
3473 modification.
wdenkcbc49a52005-05-03 14:12:25 +00003474
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01003475* Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
3476 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
3477 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
3478 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.