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wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002#
Wolfgang Denk1234ce72013-06-21 10:22:36 +02003# (C) Copyright 2000 - 2013
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00004# Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00005
6Summary:
7========
8
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00009This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
wdenkce4832c2004-10-17 21:12:06 +000010Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
11processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
12initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
13code.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000014
15The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000016the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
17header files in common, and special provision has been made to
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000018support booting of Linux images.
19
20Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
21configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
22implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
23add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
24code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
25load and run it dynamically.
26
27
28Status:
29=======
30
31In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000032Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000033"working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
34
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -050035In case of problems see the CHANGELOG file to find out who contributed
36the specific port. In addition, there are various MAINTAINERS files
37scattered throughout the U-Boot source identifying the people or
38companies responsible for various boards and subsystems.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000039
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -050040Note: As of August, 2010, there is no longer a CHANGELOG file in the
41actual U-Boot source tree; however, it can be created dynamically
42from the Git log using:
Robert P. J. Day974ed2f2012-11-14 02:03:20 +000043
44 make CHANGELOG
45
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000046
47Where to get help:
48==================
49
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000050In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -050051U-Boot, you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
Peter Tyser8804a612008-09-10 09:18:34 -050052<u-boot@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic
53on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
Naoki Hayama2bc50c22020-10-08 13:16:18 +090054Please see https://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
55https://marc.info/?l=u-boot
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000056
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +010057Where to get source code:
58=========================
59
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -050060The U-Boot source code is maintained in the Git repository at
Heinrich Schuchardt28b2b852021-02-24 13:19:04 +010061https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
62https://source.denx.de/u-boot/u-boot
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +010063
Naoki Hayama65ae68a2020-10-08 13:16:25 +090064The "Tags" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +020065any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
Naoki Hayama65ae68a2020-10-08 13:16:25 +090066available from the DENX file server through HTTPS or FTP.
67https://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
68ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +010069
70
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000071Where we come from:
72===================
73
74- start from 8xxrom sources
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +090075- create PPCBoot project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000076- clean up code
77- make it easier to add custom boards
78- make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
79- extend functions, especially:
80 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
81 * S-Record download
82 * network boot
Simon Glassaaef3bf2019-08-01 09:47:14 -060083 * ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +090084- create ARMBoot project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +000085- add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +090086- create U-Boot project (https://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
87- current project page: see https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +000088
89
90Names and Spelling:
91===================
92
93The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
94"U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
95in source files etc.). Example:
96
97 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
98
99File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
100
101 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
102
103 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
104
105Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
106the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000107
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +0000108 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
109 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
110
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000111
wdenk7474aca2002-12-17 17:55:09 +0000112Versioning:
113===========
114
Thomas Webere89e6282010-09-28 08:06:25 +0200115Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
116were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
117into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
118names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
119Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
120releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
wdenk7474aca2002-12-17 17:55:09 +0000121
Thomas Webere89e6282010-09-28 08:06:25 +0200122Examples:
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +0000123 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
Thomas Webere89e6282010-09-28 08:06:25 +0200124 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
Jelle van der Waa30245ca2016-10-30 17:30:30 +0100125 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candidate 1 for September 2010 release
wdenk7474aca2002-12-17 17:55:09 +0000126
127
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000128Directory Hierarchy:
129====================
130
Simon Glass1a0a4ac2021-07-10 21:14:21 -0600131/arch Architecture-specific files
Masahiro Yamadaef6ebff2014-03-07 18:02:02 +0900132 /arc Files generic to ARC architecture
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500133 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500134 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500135 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500136 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
Macpaul Lin1cac36e2011-10-19 20:41:11 +0000137 /nds32 Files generic to NDS32 architecture
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500138 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +0200139 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
Rick Chend7e6f922017-12-26 13:55:59 +0800140 /riscv Files generic to RISC-V architecture
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500141 /sandbox Files generic to HW-independent "sandbox"
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500142 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
Robert P. J. Daya269c932013-09-15 18:34:15 -0400143 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
Naoki Hayama411f5c62020-10-08 13:16:38 +0900144 /xtensa Files generic to Xtensa architecture
Simon Glass1a0a4ac2021-07-10 21:14:21 -0600145/api Machine/arch-independent API for external apps
146/board Board-dependent files
Simon Glass91944df2021-10-14 12:47:54 -0600147/boot Support for images and booting
Xu Ziyuanfb1f9392016-08-26 19:54:49 +0800148/cmd U-Boot commands functions
Simon Glass1a0a4ac2021-07-10 21:14:21 -0600149/common Misc architecture-independent functions
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500150/configs Board default configuration files
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500151/disk Code for disk drive partition handling
Simon Glass1a0a4ac2021-07-10 21:14:21 -0600152/doc Documentation (a mix of ReST and READMEs)
153/drivers Device drivers
154/dts Makefile for building internal U-Boot fdt.
155/env Environment support
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500156/examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
157/fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
158/include Header Files
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500159/lib Library routines generic to all architectures
160/Licenses Various license files
Peter Tysere4d1abc2010-04-12 22:28:21 -0500161/net Networking code
162/post Power On Self Test
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500163/scripts Various build scripts and Makefiles
164/test Various unit test files
Simon Glass1a0a4ac2021-07-10 21:14:21 -0600165/tools Tools to build and sign FIT images, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000166
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000167Software Configuration:
168=======================
169
170Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
171rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
172
173There are two classes of configuration variables:
174
175* Configuration _OPTIONS_:
176 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
177 "CONFIG_".
178
179* Configuration _SETTINGS_:
180 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
181 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +0200182 "CONFIG_SYS_".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000183
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500184Previously, all configuration was done by hand, which involved creating
185symbolic links and editing configuration files manually. More recently,
186U-Boot has added the Kbuild infrastructure used by the Linux kernel,
187allowing you to use the "make menuconfig" command to configure your
188build.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000189
190
191Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
192---------------------------------------------------
193
194For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +0200195configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_defconfig".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000196
197Example: For a TQM823L module type:
198
199 cd u-boot
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +0200200 make TQM823L_defconfig
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000201
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500202Note: If you're looking for the default configuration file for a board
203you're sure used to be there but is now missing, check the file
204doc/README.scrapyard for a list of no longer supported boards.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000205
Simon Glass53552c92014-03-22 17:12:59 -0600206Sandbox Environment:
207--------------------
208
209U-Boot can be built natively to run on a Linux host using the 'sandbox'
210board. This allows feature development which is not board- or architecture-
211specific to be undertaken on a native platform. The sandbox is also used to
212run some of U-Boot's tests.
213
Naoki Hayamadd860ca2020-10-08 13:16:58 +0900214See doc/arch/sandbox.rst for more details.
Simon Glass53552c92014-03-22 17:12:59 -0600215
216
Simon Glassd8711af2015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700217Board Initialisation Flow:
218--------------------------
219
220This is the intended start-up flow for boards. This should apply for both
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500221SPL and U-Boot proper (i.e. they both follow the same rules).
222
223Note: "SPL" stands for "Secondary Program Loader," which is explained in
224more detail later in this file.
225
226At present, SPL mostly uses a separate code path, but the function names
227and roles of each function are the same. Some boards or architectures
228may not conform to this. At least most ARM boards which use
229CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK conform to this.
Simon Glassd8711af2015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700230
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -0500231Execution typically starts with an architecture-specific (and possibly
232CPU-specific) start.S file, such as:
233
234 - arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
235 - arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/start.S
236 - arch/mips/cpu/start.S
237
238and so on. From there, three functions are called; the purpose and
239limitations of each of these functions are described below.
Simon Glassd8711af2015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700240
241lowlevel_init():
242 - purpose: essential init to permit execution to reach board_init_f()
243 - no global_data or BSS
244 - there is no stack (ARMv7 may have one but it will soon be removed)
245 - must not set up SDRAM or use console
246 - must only do the bare minimum to allow execution to continue to
247 board_init_f()
248 - this is almost never needed
249 - return normally from this function
250
251board_init_f():
252 - purpose: set up the machine ready for running board_init_r():
253 i.e. SDRAM and serial UART
254 - global_data is available
255 - stack is in SRAM
256 - BSS is not available, so you cannot use global/static variables,
257 only stack variables and global_data
258
259 Non-SPL-specific notes:
260 - dram_init() is called to set up DRAM. If already done in SPL this
261 can do nothing
262
263 SPL-specific notes:
264 - you can override the entire board_init_f() function with your own
265 version as needed.
266 - preloader_console_init() can be called here in extremis
267 - should set up SDRAM, and anything needed to make the UART work
Naoki Hayamaebfd8192020-09-24 15:57:19 +0900268 - there is no need to clear BSS, it will be done by crt0.S
Andreas Dannenberg7673bed2019-08-08 12:54:49 -0500269 - for specific scenarios on certain architectures an early BSS *can*
270 be made available (via CONFIG_SPL_EARLY_BSS by moving the clearing
271 of BSS prior to entering board_init_f()) but doing so is discouraged.
272 Instead it is strongly recommended to architect any code changes
273 or additions such to not depend on the availability of BSS during
274 board_init_f() as indicated in other sections of this README to
275 maintain compatibility and consistency across the entire code base.
Simon Glassd8711af2015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700276 - must return normally from this function (don't call board_init_r()
277 directly)
278
279Here the BSS is cleared. For SPL, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined, then at
280this point the stack and global_data are relocated to below
281CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR. For non-SPL, U-Boot is relocated to run at the top of
282memory.
283
284board_init_r():
285 - purpose: main execution, common code
286 - global_data is available
287 - SDRAM is available
288 - BSS is available, all static/global variables can be used
289 - execution eventually continues to main_loop()
290
291 Non-SPL-specific notes:
292 - U-Boot is relocated to the top of memory and is now running from
293 there.
294
295 SPL-specific notes:
296 - stack is optionally in SDRAM, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined and
297 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR points into SDRAM
298 - preloader_console_init() can be called here - typically this is
Ley Foon Tan48fcc4a2017-05-03 17:13:32 +0800299 done by selecting CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT and then supplying a
Simon Glassd8711af2015-03-03 08:03:00 -0700300 spl_board_init() function containing this call
301 - loads U-Boot or (in falcon mode) Linux
302
303
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000304Configuration Options:
305----------------------
306
307Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
308such information is kept in a configuration file
309"include/configs/<board_name>.h".
310
311Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
312"include/configs/TQM823L.h".
313
314
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +0000315Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
316kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
317build a config tool - later.
318
Ashish Kumar11234062017-08-11 11:09:14 +0530319- ARM Platform Bus Type(CCI):
320 CoreLink Cache Coherent Interconnect (CCI) is ARM BUS which
321 provides full cache coherency between two clusters of multi-core
322 CPUs and I/O coherency for devices and I/O masters
323
324 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCI400
325
326 Defined For SoC that has cache coherent interconnect
327 CCN-400
wdenk1272e232002-11-10 22:06:23 +0000328
Ashish Kumar97393d62017-08-18 10:54:36 +0530329 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCN504
330
331 Defined for SoC that has cache coherent interconnect CCN-504
332
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000333The following options need to be configured:
334
Kim Phillips203fee32007-08-10 13:28:25 -0500335- CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000336
Kim Phillips203fee32007-08-10 13:28:25 -0500337- Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
Wolfgang Denk994ad962006-10-24 14:42:37 +0200338
Kumar Galaf4fb90f2011-02-18 05:40:54 -0600339- 85xx CPU Options:
York Sun2394a0f2012-10-08 07:44:30 +0000340 CONFIG_SYS_PPC64
341
342 Specifies that the core is a 64-bit PowerPC implementation (implements
343 the "64" category of the Power ISA). This is necessary for ePAPR
344 compliance, among other possible reasons.
345
Kumar Galaf4fb90f2011-02-18 05:40:54 -0600346 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
347
348 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
349 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
350 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
351
Kumar Gala179b1b22011-05-20 00:39:21 -0500352 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
353
354 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
355 tree nodes for the given platform.
356
Scott Wood80806962012-08-14 10:14:53 +0000357 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510
358
359 Enables a workaround for erratum A004510. If set,
360 then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and
361 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY must be set.
362
363 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV
364 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV2 (optional)
365
366 Defines one or two SoC revisions (low 8 bits of SVR)
367 for which the A004510 workaround should be applied.
368
369 The rest of SVR is either not relevant to the decision
370 of whether the erratum is present (e.g. p2040 versus
371 p2041) or is implied by the build target, which controls
372 whether CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 is set.
373
374 See Freescale App Note 4493 for more information about
375 this erratum.
376
Prabhakar Kushwahad324f472013-04-16 13:27:44 +0530377 CONFIG_A003399_NOR_WORKAROUND
378 Enables a workaround for IFC erratum A003399. It is only
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -0800379 required during NOR boot.
Prabhakar Kushwahad324f472013-04-16 13:27:44 +0530380
Prabhakar Kushwahac4c10d12014-10-29 22:33:09 +0530381 CONFIG_A008044_WORKAROUND
382 Enables a workaround for T1040/T1042 erratum A008044. It is only
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -0800383 required during NAND boot and valid for Rev 1.0 SoC revision
Prabhakar Kushwahac4c10d12014-10-29 22:33:09 +0530384
Scott Wood80806962012-08-14 10:14:53 +0000385 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY
386
387 This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600
388 according to the A004510 workaround.
389
Priyanka Jainc73b9032013-07-02 09:21:04 +0530390 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_DDR_ADDR
391 This value denotes start offset of DDR memory which is
392 connected exclusively to the DSP cores.
393
Priyanka Jainf81e8b22013-04-04 09:31:54 +0530394 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M2_RAM_ADDR
395 This value denotes start offset of M2 memory
396 which is directly connected to the DSP core.
397
Priyanka Jainc73b9032013-07-02 09:21:04 +0530398 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M3_RAM_ADDR
399 This value denotes start offset of M3 memory which is directly
400 connected to the DSP core.
401
Priyanka Jainf81e8b22013-04-04 09:31:54 +0530402 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT
403 This value denotes start offset of DSP CCSR space.
404
Priyanka Jaine9dcaa82013-12-17 14:25:52 +0530405 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SINGLE_SOURCE_CLK
406 Single Source Clock is clocking mode present in some of FSL SoC's.
407 In this mode, a single differential clock is used to supply
408 clocks to the sysclock, ddrclock and usbclock.
409
Aneesh Bansal8bcbc272014-03-18 23:40:26 +0530410 CONFIG_SYS_CPC_REINIT_F
411 This CONFIG is defined when the CPC is configured as SRAM at the
Bin Meng75574052016-02-05 19:30:11 -0800412 time of U-Boot entry and is required to be re-initialized.
Aneesh Bansal8bcbc272014-03-18 23:40:26 +0530413
Tang Yuantiana7364af2014-04-17 15:33:46 +0800414 CONFIG_DEEP_SLEEP
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -0800415 Indicates this SoC supports deep sleep feature. If deep sleep is
Tang Yuantiana7364af2014-04-17 15:33:46 +0800416 supported, core will start to execute uboot when wakes up.
417
Daniel Schwierzeckd8a49ca2012-04-02 02:57:56 +0000418- Generic CPU options:
419 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
420
421 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
422 values is arch specific.
423
York Sunf0626592013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700424 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR
425 Freescale DDR driver in use. This type of DDR controller is
Tom Rinie5404982021-05-14 21:34:26 -0400426 found in mpc83xx, mpc85xx as well as some ARM core SoCs.
York Sunf0626592013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700427
428 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_ADDR
429 Freescale DDR memory-mapped register base.
430
431 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_EMU
432 Specify emulator support for DDR. Some DDR features such as
433 deskew training are not available.
434
435 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN1
436 Freescale DDR1 controller.
437
438 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN2
439 Freescale DDR2 controller.
440
441 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN3
442 Freescale DDR3 controller.
443
York Sun2896cb72014-03-27 17:54:47 -0700444 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN4
445 Freescale DDR4 controller.
446
York Sun461c9392013-09-30 14:20:51 -0700447 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_ARM_GEN3
448 Freescale DDR3 controller for ARM-based SoCs.
449
York Sunf0626592013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700450 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR1
451 Board config to use DDR1. It can be enabled for SoCs with
452 Freescale DDR1 or DDR2 controllers, depending on the board
453 implemetation.
454
455 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR2
Robert P. J. Day8d56db92016-07-15 13:44:45 -0400456 Board config to use DDR2. It can be enabled for SoCs with
York Sunf0626592013-09-30 09:22:09 -0700457 Freescale DDR2 or DDR3 controllers, depending on the board
458 implementation.
459
460 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR3
461 Board config to use DDR3. It can be enabled for SoCs with
York Sun2896cb72014-03-27 17:54:47 -0700462 Freescale DDR3 or DDR3L controllers.
463
464 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR3L
465 Board config to use DDR3L. It can be enabled for SoCs with
466 DDR3L controllers.
467
Prabhakar Kushwaha62908c22014-01-18 12:28:30 +0530468 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_BE
469 Defines the IFC controller register space as Big Endian
470
471 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_LE
472 Defines the IFC controller register space as Little Endian
473
Prabhakar Kushwaha3c48f582017-02-02 15:01:26 +0530474 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_CLK_DIV
475 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to IFC controller).
476
Prabhakar Kushwahabedc5622017-02-02 15:02:00 +0530477 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_LBC_CLK_DIV
478 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to eLBC controller).
479
York Sun29647ab2014-02-10 13:59:42 -0800480 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_BE
481 Defines the DDR controller register space as Big Endian
482
483 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_LE
484 Defines the DDR controller register space as Little Endian
485
York Sun3a0916d2014-02-10 13:59:43 -0800486 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_SDRAM_BASE_PHY
487 Physical address from the view of DDR controllers. It is the
488 same as CONFIG_SYS_DDR_SDRAM_BASE for all Power SoCs. But
489 it could be different for ARM SoCs.
490
York Sunc459ae62014-02-10 13:59:44 -0800491 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_INTLV_256B
492 DDR controller interleaving on 256-byte. This is a special
493 interleaving mode, handled by Dickens for Freescale layerscape
494 SoCs with ARM core.
495
York Sun79a779b2014-08-01 15:51:00 -0700496 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_MAIN_NUM_CTRLS
497 Number of controllers used as main memory.
498
499 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_OTHER_DDR_NUM_CTRLS
500 Number of controllers used for other than main memory.
501
Prabhakar Kushwaha122bcfd2015-11-09 16:42:07 +0530502 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_DP_DDR
503 Defines the SoC has DP-DDR used for DPAA.
504
Ruchika Guptabb7143b2014-09-09 11:50:31 +0530505 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_BE
506 Defines the SEC controller register space as Big Endian
507
508 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_LE
509 Defines the SEC controller register space as Little Endian
510
Daniel Schwierzeckd52a6232011-07-27 13:22:39 +0200511- MIPS CPU options:
512 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET
513
514 Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack
515 pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before
516 relocation.
517
Daniel Schwierzeckd52a6232011-07-27 13:22:39 +0200518 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
519
520 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
521 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
522 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
523
Christian Riesch48c2d6d2012-02-02 00:44:39 +0000524- ARM options:
525 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
526
527 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
528 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
529
York Sun77a10972015-03-20 19:28:08 -0700530 COUNTER_FREQUENCY
531 Generic timer clock source frequency.
532
533 COUNTER_FREQUENCY_REAL
534 Generic timer clock source frequency if the real clock is
535 different from COUNTER_FREQUENCY, and can only be determined
536 at run time.
537
Stephen Warren8d1fb312015-01-19 16:25:52 -0700538- Tegra SoC options:
539 CONFIG_TEGRA_SUPPORT_NON_SECURE
540
541 Support executing U-Boot in non-secure (NS) mode. Certain
542 impossible actions will be skipped if the CPU is in NS mode,
543 such as ARM architectural timer initialization.
544
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000545- Linux Kernel Interface:
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000546 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
547
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -0800548 When transferring memsize parameter to Linux, some versions
wdenk9b7f3842003-10-09 20:09:04 +0000549 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
550 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
551
Gerald Van Barenfcd91bb2008-06-03 20:34:45 -0400552 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
Wolfgang Denk27a5b0b2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200553
554 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
Gerald Van Barend6abef42007-03-31 12:23:51 -0400555 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
556 concepts).
557
558 CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
559 * New libfdt-based support
560 * Adds the "fdt" command
Kim Phillips9b46eb62007-08-10 14:34:14 -0500561 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
Gerald Van Barend6abef42007-03-31 12:23:51 -0400562
Wolfgang Denk27a5b0b2005-10-13 01:45:54 +0200563 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
564
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +0200565 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
566 addresses
Kim Phillips9b46eb62007-08-10 14:34:14 -0500567
Kumar Gala1e26aa52006-01-11 13:54:17 -0600568 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
569
570 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
571 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000572
Simon Glass6c0be912014-10-23 18:58:54 -0600573 CONFIG_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP
574
575 Other code has addition modification that it wants to make
576 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel.
577 This causes ft_system_setup() to be called before booting
578 the kernel.
579
Heiko Schocherffb293a2009-09-23 07:56:08 +0200580 CONFIG_OF_IDE_FIXUP
581
582 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
583 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
584 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
585 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
586 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
587 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
588
Niklaus Giger0ab978d2008-11-03 22:13:47 +0100589- vxWorks boot parameters:
590
591 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
Bin Mengfb694b92015-10-07 20:19:17 -0700592 environments variables: bootdev, bootfile, ipaddr, netmask,
593 serverip, gatewayip, hostname, othbootargs.
Niklaus Giger0ab978d2008-11-03 22:13:47 +0100594 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
595
Naoki Hayama158c2262020-10-08 13:17:08 +0900596 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will override
Niklaus Giger0ab978d2008-11-03 22:13:47 +0100597 the defaults discussed just above.
598
Aneesh V960f5c02011-06-16 23:30:47 +0000599- Cache Configuration:
Aneesh V960f5c02011-06-16 23:30:47 +0000600 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot
601
Aneesh V686a0752011-06-16 23:30:51 +0000602- Cache Configuration for ARM:
603 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
604 controller
605 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
606 controller register space
607
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000608- Serial Ports:
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000609 CONFIG_PL011_CLOCK
610
611 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
612 the clock speed of the UARTs.
613
614 CONFIG_PL01x_PORTS
615
616 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
617 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
618 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
619
Karicheri, Muralidharancbc08882014-04-09 15:38:46 -0400620 CONFIG_SERIAL_HW_FLOW_CONTROL
621
622 Define this variable to enable hw flow control in serial driver.
623 Current user of this option is drivers/serial/nsl16550.c driver
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +0000624
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000625- Serial Download Echo Mode:
626 CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
627 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
628 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
629 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
630 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
631 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
632 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
633
Simon Glassaa34ef22016-03-13 19:07:28 -0600634- Removal of commands
635 If no commands are needed to boot, you can disable
636 CONFIG_CMDLINE to remove them. In this case, the command line
637 will not be available, and when U-Boot wants to execute the
638 boot command (on start-up) it will call board_run_command()
639 instead. This can reduce image size significantly for very
640 simple boot procedures.
641
Wolfgang Denk2aceea12013-03-23 23:50:31 +0000642- Regular expression support:
643 CONFIG_REGEX
Wolfgang Denkec7fbf52013-10-04 17:43:24 +0200644 If this variable is defined, U-Boot is linked against
645 the SLRE (Super Light Regular Expression) library,
646 which adds regex support to some commands, as for
647 example "env grep" and "setexpr".
Wolfgang Denk2aceea12013-03-23 23:50:31 +0000648
Simon Glass3d686442011-10-15 05:48:20 +0000649- Device tree:
650 CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
651 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree
652 to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically
653 compiled #defines in the board file. This option is
654 experimental and only available on a few boards. The device
655 tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob.
656
Simon Glass5cb34db2011-10-24 19:15:31 +0000657 U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can
Alex Deymo5b661ec2017-04-02 01:25:20 -0700658 be done using one of the three options below:
Simon Glass38d6b8d2011-10-15 05:48:21 +0000659
Simon Glass5cb34db2011-10-24 19:15:31 +0000660 CONFIG_OF_SEPARATE
661 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree
662 binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific
663 code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by:
664
665 cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
666
667 and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called
668 u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can
669 still use the individual files if you need something more
670 exotic.
671
Alex Deymo5b661ec2017-04-02 01:25:20 -0700672 CONFIG_OF_BOARD
673 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use the device tree
674 provided by the board at runtime instead of embedding one with
675 the image. Only boards defining board_fdt_blob_setup() support
676 this option (see include/fdtdec.h file).
677
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000678- Watchdog:
679 CONFIG_WATCHDOG
680 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
Detlev Zundel6aa4d7b2011-04-27 05:25:59 +0000681 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
Christophe Leroy069fa832017-07-06 10:23:22 +0200682 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx
683 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
684 register. When supported for a specific SoC is
685 available, then no further board specific code should
686 be needed to use it.
Detlev Zundel6aa4d7b2011-04-27 05:25:59 +0000687
688 CONFIG_HW_WATCHDOG
689 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
690 SoC, then define this variable and provide board
691 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000692
Rasmus Villemoes134cc2b2021-04-14 09:18:22 +0200693 CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ
694 Some platforms automatically call WATCHDOG_RESET()
695 from the timer interrupt handler every
696 CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ interrupts. If not set by the
697 board configuration file, a default of CONFIG_SYS_HZ/2
698 (i.e. 500) is used. Setting CONFIG_SYS_WATCHDOG_FREQ
699 to 0 disables calling WATCHDOG_RESET() from the timer
700 interrupt.
701
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000702- Real-Time Clock:
703
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500704 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000705 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
706 following options:
707
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000708 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
Fabio Estevam3f8d1782011-10-24 06:44:15 +0000709 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000710 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
wdenk1fe2c702003-03-06 21:55:29 +0000711 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000712 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
wdenk0893c472003-05-20 14:25:27 +0000713 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
Markus Niebel90491f22014-07-21 11:06:16 +0200714 CONFIG_RTC_DS1339 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1339 RTC
wdenkef5fe752003-03-12 10:41:04 +0000715 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
Tor Krillb27939b2008-03-15 15:40:26 +0100716 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
wdenkaeba06f2004-06-09 17:34:58 +0000717 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
Chris Packham2d3ac512017-05-30 12:03:33 +1200718 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
Heiko Schocher1f1b7012011-03-28 09:24:22 +0200719 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
720 RV3029 RTC.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000721
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +0000722 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
723 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
724
Peter Tyser9902e422008-12-17 16:36:21 -0600725- GPIO Support:
726 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
Peter Tyser9902e422008-12-17 16:36:21 -0600727
Chris Packham9b383202010-12-19 10:12:13 +0000728 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
729 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
730 pins supported by a particular chip.
731
Peter Tyser9902e422008-12-17 16:36:21 -0600732 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
733 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
734
Simon Glass4dc47ca2014-06-11 23:29:41 -0600735- I/O tracing:
736 When CONFIG_IO_TRACE is selected, U-Boot intercepts all I/O
737 accesses and can checksum them or write a list of them out
738 to memory. See the 'iotrace' command for details. This is
739 useful for testing device drivers since it can confirm that
740 the driver behaves the same way before and after a code
741 change. Currently this is supported on sandbox and arm. To
742 add support for your architecture, add '#include <iotrace.h>'
743 to the bottom of arch/<arch>/include/asm/io.h and test.
744
745 Example output from the 'iotrace stats' command is below.
746 Note that if the trace buffer is exhausted, the checksum will
747 still continue to operate.
748
749 iotrace is enabled
750 Start: 10000000 (buffer start address)
751 Size: 00010000 (buffer size)
752 Offset: 00000120 (current buffer offset)
753 Output: 10000120 (start + offset)
754 Count: 00000018 (number of trace records)
755 CRC32: 9526fb66 (CRC32 of all trace records)
756
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000757- Timestamp Support:
758
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +0000759 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
760 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
761 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -0500762 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000763
Karl O. Pinc8b1f90a2012-08-16 06:20:15 +0000764- Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported:
765 Zero or more of the following:
766 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table.
Karl O. Pinc8b1f90a2012-08-16 06:20:15 +0000767 CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc.
768 CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the
769 bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see
770 disk/part_efi.c
Simon Glass8706b812016-05-01 11:36:02 -0600771 CONFIG_SCSI) you must configure support for at
Karl O. Pinc8b1f90a2012-08-16 06:20:15 +0000772 least one non-MTD partition type as well.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000773
774- IDE Reset method:
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000775 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
776 board configurations files but used nowhere!
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000777
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000778 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
779 be performed by calling the function
780 ide_set_reset(int reset)
781 which has to be defined in a board specific file
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000782
783- ATAPI Support:
784 CONFIG_ATAPI
785
786 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
787
wdenkf602aa02004-03-13 23:29:43 +0000788- LBA48 Support
789 CONFIG_LBA48
790
791 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
Heiko Schocher0f602e12009-12-03 11:21:21 +0100792 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
wdenkf602aa02004-03-13 23:29:43 +0000793 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
794 support disks up to 2.1TB.
795
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +0200796 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
wdenkf602aa02004-03-13 23:29:43 +0000797 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
798 Default is 32bit.
799
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000800- SCSI Support:
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +0200801 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
802 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
803 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000804 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
805 devices.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000806
Wolfgang Denkec7fbf52013-10-04 17:43:24 +0200807 The environment variable 'scsidevs' is set to the number of
808 SCSI devices found during the last scan.
Stefan Reinauere50a10e2012-10-29 05:23:48 +0000809
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000810- NETWORK Support (PCI):
Kyle Moffett64b94dd2011-10-18 11:05:29 +0000811 CONFIG_E1000_SPI
812 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
813 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
814 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
815
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000816 CONFIG_NATSEMI
817 Support for National dp83815 chips.
818
819 CONFIG_NS8382X
820 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
821
wdenkaa603362003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000822- NETWORK Support (other):
Rob Herringc9830dc2011-12-15 11:15:49 +0000823 CONFIG_CALXEDA_XGMAC
824 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
825
Ashok93fb8722012-10-15 06:20:47 +0000826 CONFIG_LAN91C96
wdenkaa603362003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000827 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
828
wdenkaa603362003-05-12 21:50:16 +0000829 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
830 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
831
Ashok93fb8722012-10-15 06:20:47 +0000832 CONFIG_SMC91111
wdenk3c711762004-06-09 13:37:52 +0000833 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
834
835 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
836 Define this to hold the physical address
837 of the device (I/O space)
838
839 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
840 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
841
842 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
843 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
844 (some hardware wont work with macros)
845
Heiko Schocher7d037f72011-11-15 10:00:04 -0500846 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
847 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
848
Macpaul Lin199c6252010-12-21 16:59:46 +0800849 CONFIG_FTGMAC100
850 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
851
852 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
853 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
854 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
855 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
856 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
857 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
858 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
859 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
860
Yoshihiro Shimodaed4cea02011-01-27 10:06:03 +0900861 CONFIG_SH_ETHER
862 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
863
864 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
865 Define the number of ports to be used
866
867 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
868 Define the ETH PHY's address
869
Yoshihiro Shimoda281aa052011-01-27 10:06:08 +0900870 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
871 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
872
Vadim Bendeburydac69642011-10-17 08:36:14 +0000873- TPM Support:
Che-liang Chiouacea5702013-04-12 11:04:34 +0000874 CONFIG_TPM
875 Support TPM devices.
876
Christophe Ricard8759ff82015-10-06 22:54:41 +0200877 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_INFINEON
878 Support for Infineon i2c bus TPM devices. Only one device
Tom Wai-Hong Tame49fed52013-04-12 11:04:37 +0000879 per system is supported at this time.
880
Tom Wai-Hong Tame49fed52013-04-12 11:04:37 +0000881 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C_BURST_LIMITATION
882 Define the burst count bytes upper limit
883
Christophe Ricard88249232016-01-21 23:27:13 +0100884 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24
885 Support for STMicroelectronics TPM devices. Requires DM_TPM support.
886
887 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_I2C
888 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 I2C devices.
889 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and I2C.
890
Christophe Ricard5ffadc32016-01-21 23:27:14 +0100891 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_SPI
892 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 SPI devices.
893 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and SPI.
894
Dirk Eibach20489092013-06-26 15:55:15 +0200895 CONFIG_TPM_ATMEL_TWI
896 Support for Atmel TWI TPM device. Requires I2C support.
897
Che-liang Chiouacea5702013-04-12 11:04:34 +0000898 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_LPC
Vadim Bendeburydac69642011-10-17 08:36:14 +0000899 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
900 per system is supported at this time.
901
902 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
903 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
904 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
905 0xfed40000.
906
Reinhard Pfau4fece432013-06-26 15:55:13 +0200907 CONFIG_TPM
908 Define this to enable the TPM support library which provides
909 functional interfaces to some TPM commands.
910 Requires support for a TPM device.
911
912 CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS
913 Define this to enable authorized functions in the TPM library.
914 Requires CONFIG_TPM and CONFIG_SHA1.
915
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000916- USB Support:
917 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
Heiko Schocher6f90e582017-06-14 05:49:40 +0200918 supported (PIP405, MIP405); define
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000919 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
920 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
wdenkfb30b4c2004-10-09 22:44:59 +0000921 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000922 storage devices.
923 Note:
924 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
925 (TEAC FD-05PUB).
wdenk369d43d2004-03-14 14:09:05 +0000926
Simon Glass5978cdb2012-02-27 10:52:47 +0000927 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the
928 txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset.
929
Oleksandr Tymoshenko7a881752014-02-01 21:51:25 -0700930 CONFIG_USB_DWC2_REG_ADDR the physical CPU address of the DWC2
931 HW module registers.
932
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200933- USB Device:
934 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
935 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
936 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +0200937 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200938 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
939 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200940 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200941 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
942 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
943 a Linux host by
944 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
945 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
946 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
947 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200948
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200949 CONFIG_USB_DEVICE
950 Define this to build a UDC device
951
952 CONFIG_USB_TTY
953 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
954 talk to the UDC device
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200955
Vipin KUMARbdb17702012-03-26 15:38:06 +0530956 CONFIG_USBD_HS
957 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
958 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
959 int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
960 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
961 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
962 speed.
963
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200964 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200965 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200966 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200967 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
968 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
969 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
970
971 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
972 Define this string as the name of your company for
973 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200974
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200975 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
976 Define this string as the name of your product
977 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +0000978
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200979 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
980 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
981 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
982 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
983 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200984
Wolfgang Denk3f0137b2006-06-14 17:45:53 +0200985 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
986 Define this as the unique Product ID
987 for your device
988 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
Wolfgang Denke2601822006-06-14 18:14:56 +0200989
Igor Grinbergac5f6ee2011-12-12 12:08:35 +0200990- ULPI Layer Support:
991 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
992 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
993 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
994 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
995 viewport is supported.
996 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
997 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
Lucas Stachf31e4112012-10-01 00:44:35 +0200998 If your ULPI phy needs a different reference clock than the
999 standard 24 MHz then you have to define CONFIG_ULPI_REF_CLK to
1000 the appropriate value in Hz.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001001
wdenk7a428cc2003-06-15 22:40:42 +00001002- MMC Support:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001003 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1004 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1005 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
wdenk7a428cc2003-06-15 22:40:42 +00001006 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
Jon Loeligerc1da5c92007-06-11 19:03:39 -05001007 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1008 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
wdenk7a428cc2003-06-15 22:40:42 +00001009
Yoshihiro Shimodadb7717b2011-07-04 22:21:22 +00001010 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF
1011 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
1012
1013 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
1014 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
1015
1016 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_CLK
1017 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
1018
Tom Rini58a8d322013-03-14 05:32:47 +00001019- USB Device Firmware Update (DFU) class support:
Marek Vasut7f8d4362018-02-16 16:41:18 +01001020 CONFIG_DFU_OVER_USB
Tom Rini58a8d322013-03-14 05:32:47 +00001021 This enables the USB portion of the DFU USB class
1022
Pantelis Antonioucf14d0d2013-03-14 05:32:52 +00001023 CONFIG_DFU_NAND
1024 This enables support for exposing NAND devices via DFU.
1025
Afzal Mohammede3c687a2013-09-18 01:15:24 +05301026 CONFIG_DFU_RAM
1027 This enables support for exposing RAM via DFU.
1028 Note: DFU spec refer to non-volatile memory usage, but
1029 allow usages beyond the scope of spec - here RAM usage,
1030 one that would help mostly the developer.
1031
Heiko Schochera2f831e2013-06-12 06:05:51 +02001032 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_DATA_BUF_SIZE
1033 Dfu transfer uses a buffer before writing data to the
1034 raw storage device. Make the size (in bytes) of this buffer
1035 configurable. The size of this buffer is also configurable
1036 through the "dfu_bufsiz" environment variable.
1037
Pantelis Antonioua6e788d2013-03-14 05:32:48 +00001038 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_MAX_FILE_SIZE
1039 When updating files rather than the raw storage device,
1040 we use a static buffer to copy the file into and then write
1041 the buffer once we've been given the whole file. Define
1042 this to the maximum filesize (in bytes) for the buffer.
1043 Default is 4 MiB if undefined.
1044
Heiko Schochere1ba1512014-03-18 08:09:56 +01001045 DFU_DEFAULT_POLL_TIMEOUT
1046 Poll timeout [ms], is the timeout a device can send to the
1047 host. The host must wait for this timeout before sending
1048 a subsequent DFU_GET_STATUS request to the device.
1049
1050 DFU_MANIFEST_POLL_TIMEOUT
1051 Poll timeout [ms], which the device sends to the host when
1052 entering dfuMANIFEST state. Host waits this timeout, before
1053 sending again an USB request to the device.
1054
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +00001055- Journaling Flash filesystem support:
Simon Glassfa8527b2016-10-02 18:00:59 -06001056 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +00001057 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1058
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001059 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1060 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
wdenkda04a8b2004-08-02 23:22:59 +00001061 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1062
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001063- Keyboard Support:
Simon Glasseaba37e2015-11-11 10:05:47 -07001064 See Kconfig help for available keyboard drivers.
1065
1066 CONFIG_KEYBOARD
1067
1068 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1069 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1070 defined in your board-specific files. This option is deprecated
1071 and is only used by novena. For new boards, use driver model
1072 instead.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001073
1074- Video support:
Timur Tabi020edd22011-02-15 17:09:19 -06001075 CONFIG_FSL_DIU_FB
Wolfgang Denk825223d2011-09-11 21:24:09 +02001076 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
Timur Tabi020edd22011-02-15 17:09:19 -06001077 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1078 support, and should also define these other macros:
1079
1080 CONFIG_SYS_DIU_ADDR
1081 CONFIG_VIDEO
Timur Tabi020edd22011-02-15 17:09:19 -06001082 CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE
1083 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1084 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1085 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
1086 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1087
Timur Tabi32f709e2011-04-11 14:18:22 -05001088 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1089 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
Fabio Estevamd3ad5e52016-04-02 11:53:18 -03001090 boot. See the documentation file doc/README.video for a
Timur Tabi32f709e2011-04-11 14:18:22 -05001091 description of this variable.
Timur Tabi020edd22011-02-15 17:09:19 -06001092
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001093- LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1094
1095 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1096 display); also select one of the supported displays
1097 by defining one of these:
1098
Stelian Popf6f86652008-05-09 21:57:18 +02001099 CONFIG_ATMEL_LCD:
1100
1101 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1102
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +00001103 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001104
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +00001105 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001106
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +00001107 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
1108
1109 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1110 Active, color, single scan.
1111
1112 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001113
wdenkc0d54ae2003-11-25 16:55:19 +00001114 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001115 Active, color, single scan.
1116
1117 CONFIG_SHARP_16x9
1118
1119 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1120 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1121
1122 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1123
1124 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1125 Active, color, single scan.
1126
1127 CONFIG_HLD1045
1128
1129 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1130 Active, color, single scan.
1131
1132 CONFIG_OPTREX_BW
1133
1134 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1135 or
1136 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1137 or
1138 Hitachi SP14Q002
1139
1140 320x240. Black & white.
1141
Simon Glass599a4df2012-10-17 13:24:54 +00001142 CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT
1143
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001144 Normally the LCD is page-aligned (typically 4KB). If this is
Simon Glass599a4df2012-10-17 13:24:54 +00001145 defined then the LCD will be aligned to this value instead.
1146 For ARM it is sometimes useful to use MMU_SECTION_SIZE
1147 here, since it is cheaper to change data cache settings on
1148 a per-section basis.
1149
1150
Hannes Petermaiera3c8e862015-03-27 08:01:38 +01001151 CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION
1152
1153 Sometimes, for example if the display is mounted in portrait
1154 mode or even if it's mounted landscape but rotated by 180degree,
1155 we need to rotate our content of the display relative to the
1156 framebuffer, so that user can read the messages which are
1157 printed out.
1158 Once CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is defined, the lcd_console will be
1159 initialized with a given rotation from "vl_rot" out of
1160 "vidinfo_t" which is provided by the board specific code.
1161 The value for vl_rot is coded as following (matching to
1162 fbcon=rotate:<n> linux-kernel commandline):
1163 0 = no rotation respectively 0 degree
1164 1 = 90 degree rotation
1165 2 = 180 degree rotation
1166 3 = 270 degree rotation
1167
1168 If CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is not defined, the console will be
1169 initialized with 0degree rotation.
1170
Tom Wai-Hong Tam79926a42012-09-28 15:11:16 +00001171 CONFIG_LCD_BMP_RLE8
1172
1173 Support drawing of RLE8-compressed bitmaps on the LCD.
1174
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +00001175- MII/PHY support:
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +00001176 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1177
1178 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1179
wdenk0e2bd9c2004-06-06 21:51:03 +00001180 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1181
1182 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1183 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1184 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1185 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1186
1187 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1188
1189 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1190 command issued before MII status register can be read
1191
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001192- IP address:
1193 CONFIG_IPADDR
1194
1195 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001196 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001197 determined through e.g. bootp.
Wolfgang Denk26da2992011-10-26 10:21:22 +00001198 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001199
1200- Server IP address:
1201 CONFIG_SERVERIP
1202
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001203 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001204 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
Wolfgang Denk26da2992011-10-26 10:21:22 +00001205 (Environment variable "serverip")
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001206
Robin Getz470a6d42009-07-21 12:15:28 -04001207 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1208
1209 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1210 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1211
Wolfgang Denk26da2992011-10-26 10:21:22 +00001212- Gateway IP address:
1213 CONFIG_GATEWAYIP
1214
1215 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1216 default router where packets to other networks are
1217 sent to.
1218 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1219
1220- Subnet mask:
1221 CONFIG_NETMASK
1222
1223 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1224 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1225 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1226 forwarded through a router.
1227 (Environment variable "netmask")
1228
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001229- BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1230 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1231
1232 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1233 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1234 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1235 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1236 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1237 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1238 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1239 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
Wolfgang Denkb65aaf92007-08-06 23:21:05 +02001240 following delays are inserted then:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001241
1242 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1243 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1244 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1245 4th and following
1246 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1247
Thierry Reding8977cda2014-08-19 10:21:24 +02001248 CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE
1249
1250 BOOTP packets are uniquely identified using a 32-bit ID. The
1251 server will copy the ID from client requests to responses and
1252 U-Boot will use this to determine if it is the destination of
1253 an incoming response. Some servers will check that addresses
1254 aren't in use before handing them out (usually using an ARP
1255 ping) and therefore take up to a few hundred milliseconds to
1256 respond. Network congestion may also influence the time it
1257 takes for a response to make it back to the client. If that
1258 time is too long, U-Boot will retransmit requests. In order
1259 to allow earlier responses to still be accepted after these
1260 retransmissions, U-Boot's BOOTP client keeps a small cache of
1261 IDs. The CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE controls the size of this
1262 cache. The default is to keep IDs for up to four outstanding
1263 requests. Increasing this will allow U-Boot to accept offers
1264 from a BOOTP client in networks with unusually high latency.
1265
stroesee0aadfb2003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001266- DHCP Advanced Options:
Jon Loeliger5336a762007-07-09 22:08:34 -05001267 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1268 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
stroesee0aadfb2003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001269
Jon Loeliger5336a762007-07-09 22:08:34 -05001270 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
Jon Loeliger5336a762007-07-09 22:08:34 -05001271 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
Jon Loeliger5336a762007-07-09 22:08:34 -05001272 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1273 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1274 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
Joe Hershberger8ca7fa02012-05-23 07:59:19 +00001275 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL
stroesee0aadfb2003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001276
Wilson Callan22bcd6e2007-07-28 10:56:13 -04001277 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1278 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
stroesee0aadfb2003-08-28 14:17:32 +00001279
Joe Hershberger8ca7fa02012-05-23 07:59:19 +00001280 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL - If the DHCP server is not found
1281 after the configured retry count, the call will fail
1282 instead of starting over. This can be used to fail over
1283 to Link-local IP address configuration if the DHCP server
1284 is not available.
1285
Aras Vaichas72aa3f32008-03-26 09:43:57 +11001286 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1287
1288 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1289 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1290 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1291 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1292 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1293 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1294 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1295 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1296 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1297 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1298 this delay.
1299
Joe Hershbergerb35a3a62012-05-23 08:00:12 +00001300 - Link-local IP address negotiation:
1301 Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network
1302 for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration.
1303 This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed
1304 to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
1305
1306 See doc/README.link-local for more information.
1307
Prabhakar Kushwaha2dec06f2017-11-23 16:51:32 +05301308 - MAC address from environment variables
1309
1310 FDT_SEQ_MACADDR_FROM_ENV
1311
1312 Fix-up device tree with MAC addresses fetched sequentially from
1313 environment variables. This config work on assumption that
1314 non-usable ethernet node of device-tree are either not present
1315 or their status has been marked as "disabled".
1316
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001317 - CDP Options:
wdenk05939202004-04-18 17:39:38 +00001318 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001319
1320 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1321
1322 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1323
1324 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1325 of the device.
1326
1327 CONFIG_CDP_PORT_ID
1328
1329 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1330 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001331 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
wdenk145d2c12004-04-15 21:48:45 +00001332
1333 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1334
1335 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1336 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1337
1338 CONFIG_CDP_VERSION
1339
1340 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1341
1342 CONFIG_CDP_PLATFORM
1343
1344 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1345
1346 CONFIG_CDP_TRIGGER
1347
1348 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1349
1350 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1351
1352 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1353 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1354
1355 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1356
1357 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1358
Uri Mashiach3dc6f652017-01-19 10:51:05 +02001359- Status LED: CONFIG_LED_STATUS
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001360
1361 Several configurations allow to display the current
1362 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1363 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1364 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1365 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1366 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
Uri Mashiach3dc6f652017-01-19 10:51:05 +02001367 kernel). Defining CONFIG_LED_STATUS enables this
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001368 feature in U-Boot.
1369
Igor Grinberg4997a9e2013-11-08 01:03:50 +02001370 Additional options:
1371
Uri Mashiach3dc6f652017-01-19 10:51:05 +02001372 CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
Igor Grinberg4997a9e2013-11-08 01:03:50 +02001373 The status LED can be connected to a GPIO pin.
1374 In such cases, the gpio_led driver can be used as a
Uri Mashiach3dc6f652017-01-19 10:51:05 +02001375 status LED backend implementation. Define CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
Igor Grinberg4997a9e2013-11-08 01:03:50 +02001376 to include the gpio_led driver in the U-Boot binary.
1377
Igor Grinberg203bd9f2013-11-08 01:03:52 +02001378 CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE
1379 Some GPIO connected LEDs may have inverted polarity in which
1380 case the GPIO high value corresponds to LED off state and
1381 GPIO low value corresponds to LED on state.
1382 In such cases CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE may be defined
1383 with a list of GPIO LEDs that have inverted polarity.
1384
Tom Rini52b2e262021-08-18 23:12:24 -04001385- I2C Support:
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001386 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES
Simon Glassb05e2b32016-10-02 18:01:05 -06001387 Hold the number of i2c buses you want to use.
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001388
1389 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS
1390 define this, if you don't use i2c muxes on your hardware.
1391 if CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS is not defined or == 0 you can
1392 omit this define.
1393
1394 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS
1395 define how many muxes are maximal consecutively connected
1396 on one i2c bus. If you not use i2c muxes, omit this
1397 define.
1398
1399 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001400 hold a list of buses you want to use, only used if
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001401 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS is not defined, for example
1402 a board with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS = 1 and
1403 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES = 9:
1404
1405 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES {{0, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
1406 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 1}}}, \
1407 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 2}}}, \
1408 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 3}}}, \
1409 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 4}}}, \
1410 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 5}}}, \
1411 {1, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
1412 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 1}}}, \
1413 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 2}}}, \
1414 }
1415
1416 which defines
1417 bus 0 on adapter 0 without a mux
Heiko Schocher479a4cf2013-01-29 08:53:15 +01001418 bus 1 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 1
1419 bus 2 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 2
1420 bus 3 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 3
1421 bus 4 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 4
1422 bus 5 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 5
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001423 bus 6 on adapter 1 without a mux
Heiko Schocher479a4cf2013-01-29 08:53:15 +01001424 bus 7 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 1
1425 bus 8 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 2
Heiko Schochere0e55bc2012-01-16 21:12:24 +00001426
1427 If you do not have i2c muxes on your board, omit this define.
1428
Simon Glass3efce392017-05-12 21:10:00 -06001429- Legacy I2C Support:
Heiko Schocher479a4cf2013-01-29 08:53:15 +01001430 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT)
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001431 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1432 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001433
1434 I2C_INIT
1435
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001436 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001437 controller or configure ports.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001438
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001439 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001440
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001441 I2C_ACTIVE
1442
1443 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1444 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1445 define can be null.
1446
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001447 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1448
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001449 I2C_TRISTATE
1450
1451 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1452 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1453 define can be null.
1454
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001455 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1456
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001457 I2C_READ
1458
York Sun4a598092013-04-01 11:29:11 -07001459 Code that returns true if the I2C data line is high,
1460 false if it is low.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001461
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001462 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1463
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001464 I2C_SDA(bit)
1465
York Sun4a598092013-04-01 11:29:11 -07001466 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1467 is false, it clears it (low).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001468
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001469 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001470 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001471 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001472
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001473 I2C_SCL(bit)
1474
York Sun4a598092013-04-01 11:29:11 -07001475 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1476 is false, it clears it (low).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001477
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001478 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
wdenk2bb11052003-07-17 23:16:40 +00001479 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
wdenk544e9732004-02-06 23:19:44 +00001480 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001481
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001482 I2C_DELAY
1483
1484 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1485 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001486 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
wdenk21136db2003-07-16 21:53:01 +00001487 like:
1488
wdenkb9bbd242003-06-30 16:24:52 +00001489 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001490
Mike Frysingeree12d542010-07-21 13:38:02 -04001491 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
1492
1493 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
1494 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
1495 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
1496 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
1497
1498 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
1499 the generic GPIO functions.
1500
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001501 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001502
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001503 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1504 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1505 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1506 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1507 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1508 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1509 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1510 is run early in the boot sequence.
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001511
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001512 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1513
1514 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001515 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1516 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001517 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1518
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001519 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001520
1521 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001522 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
Peter Tyser469cde42009-04-18 22:34:03 -05001523 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
1524 a 1D array of device addresses
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001525
1526 e.g.
1527 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001528 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001529
1530 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1531
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00001532 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
Simon Glassb05e2b32016-10-02 18:01:05 -06001533 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04001534
1535 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1536
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001537 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
Timur Tabiab347542006-11-03 19:15:00 -06001538
1539 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1540 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1541
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001542 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
Stefan Roese096cc9b2007-02-20 10:51:26 +01001543
1544 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1545 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1546
Andrew Dyer58c41f92008-12-29 17:36:01 -06001547 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
1548
1549 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
1550 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
1551 between writing the address pointer and reading the
1552 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
1553 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
1554 devices can use either method, but some require one or
1555 the other.
Timur Tabiab347542006-11-03 19:15:00 -06001556
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001557- SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1558
1559 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1560 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1561 D/As on the SACSng board)
1562
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001563 CONFIG_SOFT_SPI
1564
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001565 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1566 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1567 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1568 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1569 defined, the board configuration must define several
1570 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1571 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001572
Heiko Schocherb77c8882014-07-14 10:22:11 +02001573 CONFIG_SYS_SPI_MXC_WAIT
1574 Timeout for waiting until spi transfer completed.
1575 default: (CONFIG_SYS_HZ/100) /* 10 ms */
1576
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001577- FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001578
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001579 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1580
1581 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1582
1583 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1584 (ALTERA, XILINX)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001585
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001586 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001587
Matthias Fuchsa4400872007-12-27 17:12:34 +01001588 Enables support for FPGA family.
1589 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1590
1591 CONFIG_FPGA_COUNT
1592
1593 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001594
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001595 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001596
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001597 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001598
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001599 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001600
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001601 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1602 status by the configuration function. This option
1603 will require a board or device specific function to
1604 be written.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001605
1606 CONFIG_FPGA_DELAY
1607
1608 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1609 configuration driver.
1610
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001611 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001612 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1613
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001614 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001615
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001616 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1617 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1618 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1619 indicated a CRC error).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001620
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001621 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001622
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001623 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to de-assert
1624 after PROB_B has been de-asserted during a Virtex II
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001625 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001626 ms.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001627
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001628 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001629
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001630 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to de-assert during
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001631 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001632
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02001633 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001634
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001635 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001636 200 ms.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001637
1638- Configuration Management:
Stefan Roese141ed202014-10-22 12:13:24 +02001639
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001640 CONFIG_IDENT_STRING
1641
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001642 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1643 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001644
1645- Vendor Parameter Protection:
1646
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001647 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1648 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001649 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001650 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1651 protects these variables from casual modification by
1652 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1653 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001654 change this behaviour:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001655
1656 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1657 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
wdenkcc1e2562003-03-06 13:39:27 +00001658 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001659 these parameters.
1660
Joe Hershberger76f353e2015-05-04 14:55:14 -05001661 Alternatively, if you define _both_ an ethaddr in the
1662 default env _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02001663 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001664 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1665 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1666 read-only.]
1667
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06001668 The same can be accomplished in a more flexible way
1669 for any variable by configuring the type of access
1670 to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable
1671 or define CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC.
1672
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001673- Protected RAM:
1674 CONFIG_PRAM
1675
1676 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1677 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1678 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1679 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1680 this default value by defining an environment
1681 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1682 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1683 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1684 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1685 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1686 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1687 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1688
Wolfgang Denk86eb3b72005-11-20 21:40:11 +01001689 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001690 saveenv
1691
1692 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1693 either, which results in a memory region that will
1694 not be affected by reboots.
1695
1696 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1697 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1698 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1699 following board configurations are known to be
1700 "pRAM-clean":
1701
Heiko Schocher65d94db2017-06-07 17:33:09 +02001702 IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx,
Wolfgang Denk90326762012-10-24 02:36:15 +00001703 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON,
Heiko Schocher71cb3e92017-06-07 17:33:10 +02001704 FLAGADM
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001705
Gabe Blacka2f3a932012-12-02 04:55:18 +00001706- Access to physical memory region (> 4GB)
1707 Some basic support is provided for operations on memory not
1708 normally accessible to U-Boot - e.g. some architectures
1709 support access to more than 4GB of memory on 32-bit
1710 machines using physical address extension or similar.
1711 Define CONFIG_PHYSMEM to access this basic support, which
1712 currently only supports clearing the memory.
1713
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001714- Error Recovery:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001715 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1716
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001717 This variable defines the number of retries for
1718 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1719 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1720 default value of 5 is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001721
Guennadi Liakhovetskib38c2b32008-04-03 17:04:19 +02001722 CONFIG_ARP_TIMEOUT
1723
1724 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
1725
Tetsuyuki Kobayashi147e3902012-07-03 22:25:21 +00001726 CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT
1727
1728 Timeout in milliseconds used in NFS protocol.
1729 If you encounter "ERROR: Cannot umount" in nfs command,
1730 try longer timeout such as
1731 #define CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT 10000UL
1732
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001733 Note:
1734
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00001735 In the current implementation, the local variables
1736 space and global environment variables space are
1737 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1738 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1739 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1740 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1741 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001742
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001743 Global environment variables are those you use
1744 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1745 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1746 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001747
1748 To store commands and special characters in a
1749 variable, please use double quotation marks
1750 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1751 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1752 symbols.
1753
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001754- Command Line Editing and History:
Marek Vasut734fb042016-01-27 04:47:55 +01001755 CONFIG_CMDLINE_PS_SUPPORT
1756
1757 Enable support for changing the command prompt string
1758 at run-time. Only static string is supported so far.
1759 The string is obtained from environment variables PS1
1760 and PS2.
1761
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00001762- Default Environment:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001763 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1764
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001765 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1766 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001767 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
wdenk591dda52002-11-18 00:14:45 +00001768
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001769 For example, place something like this in your
1770 board's config file:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001771
1772 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1773 "myvar1=value1\0" \
1774 "myvar2=value2\0"
1775
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001776 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1777 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1778 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1779 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00001780 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001781 You better know what you are doing here.
1782
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001783 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1784 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
Wolfgang Denk85c25df2009-04-01 23:34:12 +02001785 the environment like the "source" command or the
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00001786 boot command first.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00001787
Simon Glass6b8d5fd2012-11-30 13:01:17 +00001788 CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT
1789
1790 Normally the environment is loaded when the board is
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08001791 initialised so that it is available to U-Boot. This inhibits
Simon Glass6b8d5fd2012-11-30 13:01:17 +00001792 that so that the environment is not available until
1793 explicitly loaded later by U-Boot code. With CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
1794 this is instead controlled by the value of
1795 /config/load-environment.
1796
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001797- TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
1798 CONFIG_TFTP_PORT
1799
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02001800 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001801 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02001802 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001803 number generator is used.
1804
Wolfgang Denk227b5192005-09-24 23:25:46 +02001805 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
1806 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
1807 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
1808
1809 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
Wolfgang Denke3cfce52005-09-24 22:37:32 +02001810 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
1811 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
1812 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
1813 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
1814 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
1815 but sometimes that is not allowed.
1816
Wolfgang Denkd590fb12011-10-07 09:58:21 +02001817 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
1818
Wolfgang Denk23f78482011-10-09 21:06:34 +02001819 This option defines a board specific value for the
1820 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
1821 overwriting the architecture dependent default
Wolfgang Denkd590fb12011-10-07 09:58:21 +02001822 settings.
1823
1824- Frame Buffer Address:
1825 CONFIG_FB_ADDR
1826
1827 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific
Wolfgang Denka71eb8e2013-01-03 00:43:59 +00001828 address for frame buffer. This is typically the case
1829 when using a graphics controller has separate video
1830 memory. U-Boot will then place the frame buffer at
1831 the given address instead of dynamically reserving it
1832 in system RAM by calling lcd_setmem(), which grabs
1833 the memory for the frame buffer depending on the
1834 configured panel size.
Wolfgang Denkd590fb12011-10-07 09:58:21 +02001835
1836 Please see board_init_f function.
1837
Detlev Zundel0ecb6112009-12-01 17:16:19 +01001838- Automatic software updates via TFTP server
1839 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP
1840 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
1841 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
1842
1843 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
1844 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
1845
1846- MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
Heiko Schocherf5895d12014-06-24 10:10:04 +02001847 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD
1848 This parameter defines the maximum difference between the highest
1849 erase counter value and the lowest erase counter value of eraseblocks
1850 of UBI devices. When this threshold is exceeded, UBI starts performing
1851 wear leveling by means of moving data from eraseblock with low erase
1852 counter to eraseblocks with high erase counter.
1853
1854 The default value should be OK for SLC NAND flashes, NOR flashes and
1855 other flashes which have eraseblock life-cycle 100000 or more.
1856 However, in case of MLC NAND flashes which typically have eraseblock
1857 life-cycle less than 10000, the threshold should be lessened (e.g.,
1858 to 128 or 256, although it does not have to be power of 2).
1859
1860 default: 4096
Simon Glass6c0be912014-10-23 18:58:54 -06001861
Heiko Schocherf5895d12014-06-24 10:10:04 +02001862 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT
1863 This option specifies the maximum bad physical eraseblocks UBI
1864 expects on the MTD device (per 1024 eraseblocks). If the
1865 underlying flash does not admit of bad eraseblocks (e.g. NOR
1866 flash), this value is ignored.
1867
1868 NAND datasheets often specify the minimum and maximum NVM
1869 (Number of Valid Blocks) for the flashes' endurance lifetime.
1870 The maximum expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 eraseblocks
1871 then can be calculated as "1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB)",
1872 which gives 20 for most NANDs (MaxNVB is basically the total
1873 count of eraseblocks on the chip).
1874
1875 To put it differently, if this value is 20, UBI will try to
1876 reserve about 1.9% of physical eraseblocks for bad blocks
1877 handling. And that will be 1.9% of eraseblocks on the entire
1878 NAND chip, not just the MTD partition UBI attaches. This means
1879 that if you have, say, a NAND flash chip admits maximum 40 bad
1880 eraseblocks, and it is split on two MTD partitions of the same
1881 size, UBI will reserve 40 eraseblocks when attaching a
1882 partition.
1883
1884 default: 20
1885
1886 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
1887 Fastmap is a mechanism which allows attaching an UBI device
1888 in nearly constant time. Instead of scanning the whole MTD device it
1889 only has to locate a checkpoint (called fastmap) on the device.
1890 The on-flash fastmap contains all information needed to attach
1891 the device. Using fastmap makes only sense on large devices where
1892 attaching by scanning takes long. UBI will not automatically install
1893 a fastmap on old images, but you can set the UBI parameter
1894 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT to 1 if you want so. Please note
1895 that fastmap-enabled images are still usable with UBI implementations
1896 without fastmap support. On typical flash devices the whole fastmap
1897 fits into one PEB. UBI will reserve PEBs to hold two fastmaps.
1898
1899 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT
1900 Set this parameter to enable fastmap automatically on images
1901 without a fastmap.
1902 default: 0
1903
Heiko Schocher94b66de2015-10-22 06:19:21 +02001904 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FM_DEBUG
1905 Enable UBI fastmap debug
1906 default: 0
1907
Daniel Schwierzeck39ca08e2011-07-18 07:48:07 +00001908- SPL framework
Wolfgang Denk825223d2011-09-11 21:24:09 +02001909 CONFIG_SPL
1910 Enable building of SPL globally.
Daniel Schwierzeck39ca08e2011-07-18 07:48:07 +00001911
Albert ARIBAUDe916e052013-04-12 05:14:30 +00001912 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT
1913 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL, BSS included.
1914 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory
1915 used by SPL from _start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
Albert ARIBAUDafab1482013-04-14 04:48:38 +00001916 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
Albert ARIBAUDe916e052013-04-12 05:14:30 +00001917 must not be both defined at the same time.
1918
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001919 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE
Albert ARIBAUDe916e052013-04-12 05:14:30 +00001920 Maximum size of the SPL image (text, data, rodata, and
1921 linker lists sections), BSS excluded.
1922 When defined, the linker checks that the actual size does
1923 not exceed it.
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001924
Scott Woodc4f0d002012-09-20 19:05:12 -05001925 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_TEXT_BASE
1926 Address to relocate to. If unspecified, this is equal to
1927 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE (i.e. no relocation is done).
1928
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001929 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR
1930 Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary.
1931
1932 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
Albert ARIBAUDe916e052013-04-12 05:14:30 +00001933 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL BSS.
1934 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory used
1935 by SPL from __bss_start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
Albert ARIBAUDafab1482013-04-14 04:48:38 +00001936 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
Albert ARIBAUDe916e052013-04-12 05:14:30 +00001937 must not be both defined at the same time.
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001938
1939 CONFIG_SPL_STACK
1940 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use
1941
Albert ARIBAUD \(3ADEV\)287b0942015-03-31 11:40:50 +02001942 CONFIG_SPL_PANIC_ON_RAW_IMAGE
1943 When defined, SPL will panic() if the image it has
1944 loaded does not have a signature.
1945 Defining this is useful when code which loads images
1946 in SPL cannot guarantee that absolutely all read errors
1947 will be caught.
1948 An example is the LPC32XX MLC NAND driver, which will
1949 consider that a completely unreadable NAND block is bad,
1950 and thus should be skipped silently.
1951
Scott Woodc4f0d002012-09-20 19:05:12 -05001952 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_STACK
1953 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use after
1954 relocation. If unspecified, this is equal to
1955 CONFIG_SPL_STACK.
1956
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001957 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
1958 Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL.
Fabio Estevam38e1a972015-11-12 12:30:19 -02001959 When this option is set the full malloc is used in SPL and
1960 it is set up by spl_init() and before that, the simple malloc()
1961 can be used if CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F is defined.
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00001962
1963 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
1964 The size of the malloc pool used in SPL.
Daniel Schwierzeck39ca08e2011-07-18 07:48:07 +00001965
Tom Rinife3b0c72012-08-13 11:37:56 -07001966 CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT
1967 For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information
1968 about the running system.
1969
Scott Wood7c810902012-09-20 16:35:21 -05001970 CONFIG_SPL_INIT_MINIMAL
1971 Arch init code should be built for a very small image
1972
Paul Kocialkowski17675c82014-11-08 23:14:56 +01001973 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_PARTITION
1974 Partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from when the MMC is being
1975 used in raw mode
1976
Peter Korsgaard01b542f2013-05-13 08:36:29 +00001977 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_KERNEL_SECTOR
1978 Sector to load kernel uImage from when MMC is being
1979 used in raw mode (for Falcon mode)
1980
1981 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTOR,
1982 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTORS
1983 Sector and number of sectors to load kernel argument
1984 parameters from when MMC is being used in raw mode
1985 (for falcon mode)
1986
Guillaume GARDET5065b712014-10-15 17:53:13 +02001987 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
1988 Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from filesystem
1989
1990 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_KERNEL_NAME
Peter Korsgaard465f1f82013-05-13 08:36:27 +00001991 Filename to read to load kernel uImage when reading
Guillaume GARDET5065b712014-10-15 17:53:13 +02001992 from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
Peter Korsgaard465f1f82013-05-13 08:36:27 +00001993
Guillaume GARDET5065b712014-10-15 17:53:13 +02001994 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_ARGS_NAME
Peter Korsgaard465f1f82013-05-13 08:36:27 +00001995 Filename to read to load kernel argument parameters
Guillaume GARDET5065b712014-10-15 17:53:13 +02001996 when reading from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
Peter Korsgaard465f1f82013-05-13 08:36:27 +00001997
Scott Wood2b36fbb2012-12-06 13:33:17 +00001998 CONFIG_SPL_MPC83XX_WAIT_FOR_NAND
1999 Set this for NAND SPL on PPC mpc83xx targets, so that
2000 start.S waits for the rest of the SPL to load before
2001 continuing (the hardware starts execution after just
2002 loading the first page rather than the full 4K).
2003
Prabhakar Kushwaha6e2b9a32014-04-08 19:12:31 +05302004 CONFIG_SPL_SKIP_RELOCATE
2005 Avoid SPL relocation
2006
Jörg Krause6f8190f2018-01-14 19:26:38 +01002007 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_IDENT
2008 SPL uses the chip ID list to identify the NAND flash.
2009 Requires CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BASE.
2010
Thomas Gleixner820d24d2016-07-12 20:28:12 +02002011 CONFIG_SPL_UBI
2012 Support for a lightweight UBI (fastmap) scanner and
2013 loader
2014
Heiko Schochercf000272014-10-31 08:31:00 +01002015 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_RAW_ONLY
2016 Support to boot only raw u-boot.bin images. Use this only
2017 if you need to save space.
2018
Ying Zhangdfb2b152013-08-16 15:16:12 +08002019 CONFIG_SPL_COMMON_INIT_DDR
2020 Set for common ddr init with serial presence detect in
2021 SPL binary.
2022
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00002023 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
2024 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
2025 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
2026 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
2027 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
2028 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
Scott Wood36c440e2012-09-21 18:35:27 -05002029 to read U-Boot
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00002030
Scott Wood36c440e2012-09-21 18:35:27 -05002031 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST
2032 Location in memory to load U-Boot to
2033
2034 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE
2035 Size of image to load
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00002036
2037 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
Scott Wood36c440e2012-09-21 18:35:27 -05002038 Entry point in loaded image to jump to
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00002039
2040 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
2041 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08002042 data. This is used, for example, on davinci platforms.
Tom Rini36853852012-02-14 07:29:40 +00002043
Pavel Machekde997252012-08-30 22:42:11 +02002044 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE
2045 Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary
2046
Scott Woodeb7bd972012-12-06 13:33:16 +00002047 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO
Benoît Thébaudeauf0180722013-04-11 09:35:49 +00002048 Image offset to which the SPL should be padded before appending
2049 the SPL payload. By default, this is defined as
2050 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
2051 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
2052 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
Scott Woodeb7bd972012-12-06 13:33:16 +00002053
Scott Woodf147eb72012-09-21 16:27:32 -05002054 CONFIG_SPL_TARGET
2055 Final target image containing SPL and payload. Some SPLs
2056 use an arch-specific makefile fragment instead, for
2057 example if more than one image needs to be produced.
2058
Marek Vasut9f2e0eb2018-05-13 00:22:52 +02002059 CONFIG_SPL_FIT_PRINT
Simon Glass82d94532013-05-08 08:05:59 +00002060 Printing information about a FIT image adds quite a bit of
2061 code to SPL. So this is normally disabled in SPL. Use this
2062 option to re-enable it. This will affect the output of the
2063 bootm command when booting a FIT image.
2064
Ying Zhang2d2e3b62013-08-16 15:16:15 +08002065- TPL framework
2066 CONFIG_TPL
2067 Enable building of TPL globally.
2068
2069 CONFIG_TPL_PAD_TO
2070 Image offset to which the TPL should be padded before appending
2071 the TPL payload. By default, this is defined as
Wolfgang Denkec7fbf52013-10-04 17:43:24 +02002072 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
2073 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
2074 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
Ying Zhang2d2e3b62013-08-16 15:16:15 +08002075
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00002076- Interrupt support (PPC):
2077
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00002078 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
2079 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002080 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00002081 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002082 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00002083 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002084 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
wdenk1ebf41e2004-01-02 14:00:00 +00002085 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
2086 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
2087 general timer_interrupt().
wdenkc0aa5c52003-12-06 19:49:23 +00002088
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002089
Helmut Raigerd5a184b2011-10-20 04:19:47 +00002090Board initialization settings:
2091------------------------------
2092
2093During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
2094to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
2095before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
2096following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
2097architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
2098typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
2099
2100- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
2101- CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
2102- CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
2103- CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init()
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002104
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002105Configuration Settings:
2106-----------------------
2107
Simon Glass8927bf22019-12-28 10:45:10 -07002108- MEM_SUPPORT_64BIT_DATA: Defined automatically if compiled as 64-bit.
York Sun6c480012014-02-26 17:03:19 -08002109 Optionally it can be defined to support 64-bit memory commands.
2110
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002111- CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002112 undefine this when you're short of memory.
2113
Peter Tyserdfb72b82009-01-27 18:03:12 -06002114- CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
2115 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
2116
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002117- CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002118 prompt for user input.
2119
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002120- CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002121
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002122- CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002123
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002124- CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002125
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002126- CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002127 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
2128 booted
2129
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002130- CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002131 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
2132
York Sun5d286cd2015-12-04 11:57:07 -08002133- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE
York Sun1ef95cc2016-06-24 16:46:18 -07002134 Only implemented for ARMv8 for now.
York Sun5d286cd2015-12-04 11:57:07 -08002135 If defined, the size of CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE memory
2136 is substracted from total RAM and won't be reported to OS.
2137 This memory can be used as secure memory. A variable
York Sun1ef95cc2016-06-24 16:46:18 -07002138 gd->arch.secure_ram is used to track the location. In systems
York Sun5d286cd2015-12-04 11:57:07 -08002139 the RAM base is not zero, or RAM is divided into banks,
2140 this variable needs to be recalcuated to get the address.
2141
York Sun50739372015-12-07 11:05:29 -08002142- CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE:
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002143 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
Stefan Roesea13709f2008-03-26 10:14:11 +01002144 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002145 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
Stefan Roesea13709f2008-03-26 10:14:11 +01002146 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
2147 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
2148 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
Stefan Roese37f31bf2008-03-28 11:02:53 +01002149 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
Stefan Roesea13709f2008-03-26 10:14:11 +01002150 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
Stefan Roese37f31bf2008-03-28 11:02:53 +01002151 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
Stefan Roesea13709f2008-03-26 10:14:11 +01002152
2153 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
2154 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
2155 be touched.
2156
2157 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
2158 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
2159 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
2160 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
2161 problems.
2162
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002163- CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002164 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
2165
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002166- CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002167 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
2168
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002169- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002170 Physical start address of Flash memory.
2171
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002172- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002173 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2174 make config files to be same as the text base address
Wolfgang Denk0708bc62010-10-07 21:51:12 +02002175 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002176 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002177
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002178- CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00002179 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2180 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2181 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2182 flash sector.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002183
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002184- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002185 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2186
Simon Glass863e4042014-07-10 22:23:28 -06002187- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
2188 Size of the malloc() pool for use before relocation. If
2189 this is defined, then a very simple malloc() implementation
2190 will become available before relocation. The address is just
2191 below the global data, and the stack is moved down to make
2192 space.
2193
2194 This feature allocates regions with increasing addresses
2195 within the region. calloc() is supported, but realloc()
2196 is not available. free() is supported but does nothing.
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08002197 The memory will be freed (or in fact just forgotten) when
Simon Glass863e4042014-07-10 22:23:28 -06002198 U-Boot relocates itself.
2199
Simon Glass9fa901b2014-11-10 17:16:54 -07002200- CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE
2201 Provides a simple and small malloc() and calloc() for those
2202 boards which do not use the full malloc in SPL (which is
2203 enabled with CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START).
2204
Thierry Redingc97d9742014-12-09 22:25:22 -07002205- CONFIG_SYS_NONCACHED_MEMORY:
2206 Size of non-cached memory area. This area of memory will be
2207 typically located right below the malloc() area and mapped
2208 uncached in the MMU. This is useful for drivers that would
2209 otherwise require a lot of explicit cache maintenance. For
2210 some drivers it's also impossible to properly maintain the
2211 cache. For example if the regions that need to be flushed
2212 are not a multiple of the cache-line size, *and* padding
2213 cannot be allocated between the regions to align them (i.e.
2214 if the HW requires a contiguous array of regions, and the
2215 size of each region is not cache-aligned), then a flush of
2216 one region may result in overwriting data that hardware has
2217 written to another region in the same cache-line. This can
2218 happen for example in network drivers where descriptors for
2219 buffers are typically smaller than the CPU cache-line (e.g.
2220 16 bytes vs. 32 or 64 bytes).
2221
2222 Non-cached memory is only supported on 32-bit ARM at present.
2223
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002224- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
Stefan Roese5d5ce292006-03-13 11:16:36 +01002225 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
2226 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002227 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
Stefan Roese5d5ce292006-03-13 11:16:36 +01002228 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2229
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002230- CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002231 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2232 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
Bartlomiej Siekac5648c82008-04-14 15:44:16 +02002233 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2234 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
Robert P. J. Day832d36e2013-09-16 07:15:45 -04002235 environment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
Bartlomiej Siekac5648c82008-04-14 15:44:16 +02002236 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00002237 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
Grant Likely26396382011-03-28 09:58:43 +00002238 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
2239 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
2240 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002241
John Rigbyeea8e692010-10-13 13:57:35 -06002242- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
2243 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
2244 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
2245 is enabled.
2246
2247- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
2248 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
2249 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2250
2251- CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
2252 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
2253 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2254
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002255- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002256 Max number of Flash memory banks
2257
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002258- CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002259 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2260
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002261- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002262 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2263
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002264- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002265 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2266
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002267- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
wdenkdccbda02003-07-14 22:13:32 +00002268 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2269
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002270- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
wdenkdccbda02003-07-14 22:13:32 +00002271 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2272
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002273- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
wdenkdccbda02003-07-14 22:13:32 +00002274 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2275 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2276
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002277- CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002278
2279 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2280 without this option such a download has to be
2281 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2282 copy from RAM to flash.
2283
2284 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2285 you can check if the download worked before you erase
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002286 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
2287 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002288 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2289
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002290- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00002291 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
wdenk2cefd152004-02-08 22:55:38 +00002292 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2293
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD8d94c232008-08-13 01:40:42 +02002294- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
wdenk2cefd152004-02-08 22:55:38 +00002295 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2296 in the drivers directory
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002297
Piotr Ziecik3e939e92008-11-17 15:57:58 +01002298- CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
2299 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
2300 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
2301 to the MTD layer.
2302
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002303- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
Guennadi Liakhovetski183284f2008-04-03 13:36:02 +02002304 Use buffered writes to flash.
2305
2306- CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2307 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2308 write commands.
2309
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002310- CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
Stefan Roesec443fe92005-11-22 13:20:42 +01002311 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2312 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2313 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2314 optionally available.
2315
Jerry Van Barenaae73572008-03-08 13:48:01 -05002316- CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2317 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2318 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2319 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2320
Stefan Roesed20cba52013-04-04 15:53:14 +02002321- CONFIG_FLASH_VERIFY
2322 If defined, the content of the flash (destination) is compared
2323 against the source after the write operation. An error message
2324 will be printed when the contents are not identical.
2325 Please note that this option is useless in nearly all cases,
2326 since such flash programming errors usually are detected earlier
2327 while unprotecting/erasing/programming. Please only enable
2328 this option if you really know what you are doing.
2329
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002330- CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002331 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
2332 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
stroese94ef1cf2003-06-05 15:39:44 +00002333 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2334 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002335 on high Ethernet traffic.
stroese94ef1cf2003-06-05 15:39:44 +00002336 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2337
Wolfgang Denk460a9ff2010-06-20 23:33:59 +02002338- CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
2339
Wolfgang Denk1136f692010-10-27 22:48:30 +02002340 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
2341 internally to store the environment settings. The default
2342 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
2343 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
2344 lib/hashtable.c for details.
Wolfgang Denk460a9ff2010-06-20 23:33:59 +02002345
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06002346- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
2347- CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
Robert P. J. Day832d36e2013-09-16 07:15:45 -04002348 Enable validation of the values given to environment variables when
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06002349 calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal,
2350 hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined,
2351 the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address.
2352
2353 The format of the list is:
2354 type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m]
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08002355 access_attribute = [a|r|o|c]
2356 attributes = type_attribute[access_attribute]
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06002357 entry = variable_name[:attributes]
2358 list = entry[,list]
2359
2360 The type attributes are:
2361 s - String (default)
2362 d - Decimal
2363 x - Hexadecimal
2364 b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF])
2365 i - IP address
2366 m - MAC address
2367
Joe Hershberger6fe26c92012-12-11 22:16:34 -06002368 The access attributes are:
2369 a - Any (default)
2370 r - Read-only
2371 o - Write-once
2372 c - Change-default
2373
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06002374 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
2375 Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags"
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08002376 environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
Joe Hershberger71497d02012-12-11 22:16:31 -06002377
2378 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
2379 Define this to a list (string) to define validation that
2380 should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags"
2381 environment variable. To override a setting in the static
2382 list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the
2383 ".flags" variable.
2384
Joe Hershberger6db9fd42015-05-20 14:27:20 -05002385 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
2386 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to define the same
2387 flags without explicitly listing them for each variable.
2388
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002389The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
2390of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
2391following configurations:
2392
Mike Frysinger63b8f122011-07-08 10:44:25 +00002393- CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
2394
2395 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
2396 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
2397
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002398BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08002399in U-Boot initialization (when we try to get the setting of for the
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002400console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002401U-Boot will hang.
2402
2403Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
2404environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
2405keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
2406to save the current settings.
2407
Liu Gang85bcd732012-03-08 00:33:20 +00002408BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
2409"saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
Liu Gang357bf5a2012-08-09 05:10:01 +00002410environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE link,
2411but it can not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE interface.
Liu Gang85bcd732012-03-08 00:33:20 +00002412
Guennadi Liakhovetskifad24442009-05-18 16:07:22 +02002413- CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
2414
2415 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
2416 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
2417 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
2418
Bruce Adleredecc942007-11-02 13:15:42 -07002419Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002420has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
Simon Glass64b723f2017-08-03 12:22:12 -06002421created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use env_get_f()
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002422until then to read environment variables.
2423
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002424The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
2425is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
2426with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
2427necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
2428"baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
2429have any device yet where we could complain.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002430
2431Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
2432the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00002433use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002434
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002435- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00002436 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
wdenk49c3f672003-10-08 22:33:00 +00002437
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002438 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
wdenk49c3f672003-10-08 22:33:00 +00002439 also needs to be defined.
2440
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002441- CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
wdenk9c53f402003-10-15 23:53:47 +00002442 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002443
Ron Madriddfa028a2009-02-18 14:30:44 -08002444- CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
2445 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
2446 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
2447 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
2448 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
2449 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
2450
Simon Glass28a9e332012-11-30 13:01:18 +00002451- CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
2452 Display information about the board that U-Boot is running on
2453 when U-Boot starts up. The board function checkboard() is called
2454 to do this.
2455
Simon Glasse8822012012-11-30 13:01:19 +00002456- CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE
2457 Similar to the previous option, but display this information
2458 later, once stdio is running and output goes to the LCD, if
2459 present.
2460
Sascha Silbe4b9c17c2013-08-11 16:40:43 +02002461- CONFIG_BOARD_SIZE_LIMIT:
2462 Maximum size of the U-Boot image. When defined, the
2463 build system checks that the actual size does not
2464 exceed it.
2465
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002466Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
wdenkc8434db2003-03-26 06:55:25 +00002467---------------------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002468
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002469- CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002470 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
2471
Timur Tabid8f341c2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05002472- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
2473 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
2474 PowerPC SOCs.
2475
2476- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
2477 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
2478 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
2479
Timur Tabid8f341c2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05002480- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
2481 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
2482 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00002483 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
Timur Tabid8f341c2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05002484 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
2485 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
2486 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
2487
2488 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
2489 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
2490
2491- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
Wolfgang Denkd590fb12011-10-07 09:58:21 +02002492 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
2493 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
Timur Tabid8f341c2011-08-04 18:03:41 -05002494 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
2495 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
2496
2497- CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
2498 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
2499 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
2500 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
2501
2502- CONFIG_SYS_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE:
2503 If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be
2504 forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated.
2505
Macpaul Lind1e49942011-04-11 20:45:32 +00002506- CONFIG_IDE_AHB:
2507 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
2508 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
2509 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
2510 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
2511 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08002512 is required.
Macpaul Lind1e49942011-04-11 20:45:32 +00002513
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002514- CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002515 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
Christophe Leroy069fa832017-07-06 10:23:22 +02002516 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx systems only]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002517
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002518- CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002519
wdenkeb20ad32003-09-05 23:19:14 +00002520 Start address of memory area that can be used for
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002521 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
2522 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
2523 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
2524 will become available only after programming the
2525 memory controller and running certain initialization
2526 sequences.
2527
2528 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
Christophe Leroy069fa832017-07-06 10:23:22 +02002529 - MPC8xx: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002530
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002531- CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002532
2533 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002534 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
2535 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002536 data is located at the end of the available space
Wolfgang Denk1c2e98e2010-10-26 13:32:32 +02002537 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
Simon Glass9a6ac8b2016-10-02 18:01:06 -06002538 GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002539 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
2540 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002541
2542 Note:
2543 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
2544 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002545 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002546 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
2547 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
2548
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002549- CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002550
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002551- CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002552 SDRAM timing
2553
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002554- CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002555 periodic timer for refresh
2556
Kumar Gala8975d7a2010-12-30 12:09:53 -06002557- CONFIG_SYS_SRIO:
2558 Chip has SRIO or not
2559
2560- CONFIG_SRIO1:
2561 Board has SRIO 1 port available
2562
2563- CONFIG_SRIO2:
2564 Board has SRIO 2 port available
2565
Liu Gang27afb9c2013-05-07 16:30:46 +08002566- CONFIG_SRIO_PCIE_BOOT_MASTER
2567 Board can support master function for Boot from SRIO and PCIE
2568
Kumar Gala8975d7a2010-12-30 12:09:53 -06002569- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
2570 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2571
Simon Glass970b61e2019-11-14 12:57:09 -07002572- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYxS:
Kumar Gala8975d7a2010-12-30 12:09:53 -06002573 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2574
2575- CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
2576 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2577
Fabio Estevamf17e8782013-04-11 09:35:34 +00002578- CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BUSWIDTH_16BIT
2579 Defined to tell the NAND controller that the NAND chip is using
2580 a 16 bit bus.
2581 Not all NAND drivers use this symbol.
Fabio Estevam417052b2013-04-11 09:35:35 +00002582 Example of drivers that use it:
Miquel Raynal1f1ae152018-08-16 17:30:07 +02002583 - drivers/mtd/nand/raw/ndfc.c
2584 - drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxc_nand.c
Alex Watermancd6aae32011-05-19 15:08:36 -04002585
2586- CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
2587 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
2588 a default value will be used.
2589
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04002590- CONFIG_SPD_EEPROM
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002591 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
2592 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
2593
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04002594 SPD_EEPROM_ADDRESS
2595 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
2596
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002597- CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002598 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
2599 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
2600 to something your driver can deal with.
Ben Warren45657152006-09-07 16:50:54 -04002601
York Sune73cc042011-06-07 09:42:16 +08002602- CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
2603 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
2604 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
2605 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
2606 header files or board specific files.
2607
York Sunbd495cf2011-09-16 13:21:35 -07002608- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
2609 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
2610
York Sun8ced0502015-01-06 13:18:55 -08002611- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_SYNC_REFRESH
2612 Enable sync of refresh for multiple controllers.
2613
York Sunb6a35f82015-03-19 09:30:28 -07002614- CONFIG_FSL_DDR_BIST
2615 Enable built-in memory test for Freescale DDR controllers.
2616
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02002617- CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002618 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2619 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
Timur Tabi054838e2006-10-31 18:44:42 -06002620
wdenk6203e402004-04-18 10:13:26 +00002621- CONFIG_RMII
2622 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2623 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2624 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2625
wdenk20c98a62004-04-23 20:32:05 +00002626- CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2627 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2628 The syntax is:
2629
2630 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2631
2632 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2633 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2634 area should have.
2635
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002636- CONFIG_LOOPW
2637 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
Simon Glass92ffdee2017-08-04 16:34:27 -06002638 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002639
Joel Johnsondb5a97e2020-01-29 09:17:18 -07002640- CONFIG_CMD_MX_CYCLIC
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002641 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2642 "md/mw" commands.
2643 Examples:
2644
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002645 => mdc.b 10 4 500
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002646 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
2647
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002648 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002649 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
2650
wdenk07d7e6b2004-12-16 21:44:03 +00002651 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
Simon Glass92ffdee2017-08-04 16:34:27 -06002652 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
stroesecc3af832004-12-16 18:46:55 +00002653
Aneesh V552a3192011-07-13 05:11:07 +00002654- CONFIG_SPL_BUILD
Thomas Hebbfd37f242019-11-13 18:18:03 -08002655 Set when the currently-running compilation is for an artifact
2656 that will end up in the SPL (as opposed to the TPL or U-Boot
2657 proper). Code that needs stage-specific behavior should check
2658 this.
wdenk336b2bc2005-04-02 23:52:25 +00002659
Ying Zhang2d2e3b62013-08-16 15:16:15 +08002660- CONFIG_TPL_BUILD
Thomas Hebbfd37f242019-11-13 18:18:03 -08002661 Set when the currently-running compilation is for an artifact
2662 that will end up in the TPL (as opposed to the SPL or U-Boot
2663 proper). Code that needs stage-specific behavior should check
2664 this.
Ying Zhang2d2e3b62013-08-16 15:16:15 +08002665
Ying Zhang0d4f5442013-05-20 14:07:23 +08002666- CONFIG_SYS_MPC85XX_NO_RESETVEC
2667 Only for 85xx systems. If this variable is specified, the section
2668 .resetvec is not kept and the section .bootpg is placed in the
2669 previous 4k of the .text section.
2670
Simon Glass17dabf02013-02-24 17:33:14 +00002671- CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM
2672 Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses
2673 effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard
2674 U-Boot address as virtual addresses that need to be translated
2675 to physical addresses. However, sandbox requires this, since
2676 it maintains its own little RAM buffer which contains all
2677 addressable memory. This option causes some memory accesses
2678 to be mapped through map_sysmem() / unmap_sysmem().
2679
Simon Glassbfb59802013-02-14 04:18:54 +00002680- CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR
2681 If defined, the x86 reset vector code is included. This is not
2682 needed when U-Boot is running from Coreboot.
Gabe Black14f82462012-11-27 21:08:06 +00002683
Karicheri, Muralidharanc1dc61b2014-04-04 13:16:50 -04002684- CONFIG_SYS_NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE
2685 Option to disable subpage write in NAND driver
2686 driver that uses this:
Miquel Raynal1f1ae152018-08-16 17:30:07 +02002687 drivers/mtd/nand/raw/davinci_nand.c
Karicheri, Muralidharanc1dc61b2014-04-04 13:16:50 -04002688
Timur Tabi275f4bb2011-11-22 09:21:25 -06002689Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
2690-----------------------------------
2691
2692The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
2693loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
2694This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
2695are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
2696within that device.
2697
Zhao Qiang83a90842014-03-21 16:21:44 +08002698- CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR
2699 The address in the storage device where the FMAN microcode is located. The
Tom Rinifa911f82019-05-12 07:59:12 -04002700 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_xxx macro
Zhao Qiang83a90842014-03-21 16:21:44 +08002701 is also specified.
2702
2703- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_ADDR
2704 The address in the storage device where the QE microcode is located. The
Tom Rinifa911f82019-05-12 07:59:12 -04002705 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_xxx macro
Timur Tabi275f4bb2011-11-22 09:21:25 -06002706 is also specified.
2707
2708- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
2709 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
2710 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
2711 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
2712 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
2713
2714- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
2715 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
2716 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
2717 virtual address in NOR flash.
2718
2719- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
2720 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
2721 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
2722
2723- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
2724 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
2725 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
2726
Liu Gang1e084582012-03-08 00:33:18 +00002727- CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
2728 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
2729 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
Liu Gang357bf5a2012-08-09 05:10:01 +00002730 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO or PCIE outbound
2731 window->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in
2732 master's memory space.
Timur Tabi275f4bb2011-11-22 09:21:25 -06002733
J. German Rivera8ff14b72014-06-23 15:15:55 -07002734Freescale Layerscape Management Complex Firmware Support:
2735---------------------------------------------------------
2736The Freescale Layerscape Management Complex (MC) supports the loading of
2737"firmware".
2738This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
2739are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
2740within that device.
2741
2742- CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
2743 Enable the MC driver for Layerscape SoCs.
2744
Prabhakar Kushwaha853a9012015-06-02 10:55:52 +05302745Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support:
2746-------------------------------------------
2747The Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support supports the loading of
2748"Debug Server firmware" and triggering SP boot-rom.
2749This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting.
2750
York Sun928b6812015-12-07 11:08:58 -08002751- CONFIG_SYS_MC_RSV_MEM_ALIGN
2752 Define alignment of reserved memory MC requires
Prabhakar Kushwaha853a9012015-06-02 10:55:52 +05302753
Paul Kocialkowski7b917022015-07-26 18:48:15 +02002754Reproducible builds
2755-------------------
2756
2757In order to achieve reproducible builds, timestamps used in the U-Boot build
2758process have to be set to a fixed value.
2759
2760This is done using the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable.
2761SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is to be set on the build host's shell, not as a configuration
2762option for U-Boot or an environment variable in U-Boot.
2763
2764SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH should be set to a number of seconds since the epoch, in UTC.
2765
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002766Building the Software:
2767======================
2768
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002769Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
2770and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
2771all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
2772(potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09002773recommend to use the ELDK (see https://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002774which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002775
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002776If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
2777have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
2778you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
2779Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
2780necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002781
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002782 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
2783 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002784
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002785U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
2786sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002787is done by typing:
2788
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002789 make NAME_defconfig
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002790
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002791where "NAME_defconfig" is the name of one of the existing configu-
Heinrich Schuchardtd6e07af2020-02-24 18:36:30 +01002792rations; see configs/*_defconfig for supported names.
wdenk2f0812d2003-10-08 22:45:44 +00002793
Heinrich Schuchardtd6e07af2020-02-24 18:36:30 +01002794Note: for some boards special configuration names may exist; check if
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002795 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2796 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
2797 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002798 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002799
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002800 make TQM823L_defconfig
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002801 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002802
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002803 make TQM823L_LCD_defconfig
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002804 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002805
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002806 etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002807
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002808
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002809Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
2810images ready for download to / installation on your system:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002811
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002812- "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
2813- "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
2814- "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002815
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002816By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
2817in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
2818this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
2819
28201. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
2821
2822 make O=/tmp/build distclean
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002823 make O=/tmp/build NAME_defconfig
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002824 make O=/tmp/build all
2825
Timo Ketolac8c67602014-11-06 14:39:05 +020028262. Set environment variable KBUILD_OUTPUT to point to the desired location:
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002827
Timo Ketolac8c67602014-11-06 14:39:05 +02002828 export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/build
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002829 make distclean
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02002830 make NAME_defconfig
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002831 make all
2832
Timo Ketolac8c67602014-11-06 14:39:05 +02002833Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the KBUILD_OUTPUT environment
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002834variable.
2835
Daniel Schwierzeck88484422018-01-26 16:31:04 +01002836User specific CPPFLAGS, AFLAGS and CFLAGS can be passed to the compiler by
2837setting the according environment variables KCPPFLAGS, KAFLAGS and KCFLAGS.
2838For example to treat all compiler warnings as errors:
2839
2840 make KCFLAGS=-Werror
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002841
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002842Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
2843for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
2844native "make".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002845
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002846
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002847If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
2848to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
2849steps:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002850
Phil Sutterc77b4882015-12-25 14:41:18 +010028511. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002852 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
Phil Sutterc77b4882015-12-25 14:41:18 +01002853 the "Makefile" and a "<board>.c".
28542. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
2855 your board.
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +000028563. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
2857 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +020028584. Run "make <board>_defconfig" with your new name.
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +000028595. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
2860 to be installed on your target system.
28616. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
2862 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002863
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002864
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002865Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
2866==============================================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002867
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002868If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
2869or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002870provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
Thomas Hebbfd37f242019-11-13 18:18:03 -08002871the form of a "patch", i.e. a context diff against a certain (latest
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002872official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002873
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01002874But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
2875cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002876the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
Simon Glassdc27def2016-07-27 20:33:08 -06002877just run the buildman script (tools/buildman/buildman), which will
2878configure and build U-Boot for ALL supported system. Be warned, this
2879will take a while. Please see the buildman README, or run 'buildman -H'
2880for documentation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002881
Marian Balakowiczefe063f2006-09-07 17:25:40 +02002882
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002883See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002884
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002885
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002886Monitor Commands - Overview:
2887============================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002888
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002889go - start application at address 'addr'
2890run - run commands in an environment variable
2891bootm - boot application image from memory
2892bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
Marek Vasutcf41a9b2012-03-14 21:52:45 +00002893bootz - boot zImage from memory
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002894tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
2895 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
2896 (and eventually "gatewayip")
Simon Glass6a398d22011-10-24 18:00:07 +00002897tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002898rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
2899diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
2900loads - load S-Record file over serial line
2901loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
2902md - memory display
2903mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
2904nm - memory modify (constant address)
2905mw - memory write (fill)
Simon Glass19038de2020-06-02 19:26:49 -06002906ms - memory search
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002907cp - memory copy
2908cmp - memory compare
2909crc32 - checksum calculation
Peter Tyser469cde42009-04-18 22:34:03 -05002910i2c - I2C sub-system
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002911sspi - SPI utility commands
2912base - print or set address offset
2913printenv- print environment variables
Pragnesh Patel1d5955f2020-12-22 11:30:05 +05302914pwm - control pwm channels
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002915setenv - set environment variables
2916saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
2917protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
2918erase - erase FLASH memory
2919flinfo - print FLASH memory information
Karl O. Pinc4baf03d2012-08-03 05:57:21 +00002920nand - NAND memory operations (see doc/README.nand)
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002921bdinfo - print Board Info structure
2922iminfo - print header information for application image
2923coninfo - print console devices and informations
2924ide - IDE sub-system
2925loop - infinite loop on address range
wdenk64519362004-07-11 17:40:54 +00002926loopw - infinite write loop on address range
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002927mtest - simple RAM test
2928icache - enable or disable instruction cache
2929dcache - enable or disable data cache
2930reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
2931echo - echo args to console
2932version - print monitor version
2933help - print online help
2934? - alias for 'help'
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002935
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002936
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002937Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
2938========================================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002939
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002940TODO.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002941
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002942For now: just type "help <command>".
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002943
2944
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002945Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
2946=======================================
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002947
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02002948Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002949such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
2950"working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002951
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002952Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
2953MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
2954"eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002955
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002956If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
2957in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
2958ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
2959variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
wdenkf4688a22003-05-28 08:06:31 +00002960
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002961o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
2962 environment, the SROM's address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002963
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002964o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
2965 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
2966 used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002967
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002968o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
2969 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002970
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002971o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
2972 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
2973 warning is printed.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002974
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002975o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
Joe Hershberger2dc2b5d2015-05-04 14:55:13 -05002976 is raised. If CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, then in this case
2977 a random, locally-assigned MAC is used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002978
Ben Warren6db991a2010-04-26 11:11:46 -07002979If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
Wolfgang Denk092ae952011-10-26 10:21:21 +00002980will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
Ben Warren6db991a2010-04-26 11:11:46 -07002981may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
2982The naming convention is as follows:
2983"ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002984
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00002985Image Formats:
2986==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00002987
Marian Balakowicz18710b82008-03-12 12:13:13 +01002988U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
2989images in two formats:
2990
2991New uImage format (FIT)
2992-----------------------
2993
2994Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
2995to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
2996components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
2997SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
2998
2999
3000Old uImage format
3001-----------------
3002
3003Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
3004preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
3005details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003006
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003007* Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
3008 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
Peter Tyser56b8dd12008-09-08 14:56:49 -05003009 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
3010 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
3011 INTEGRITY).
Andy Shevchenko8cb5cdd2017-07-05 16:25:22 +03003012* Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86,
Macpaul Lin1cac36e2011-10-19 20:41:11 +00003013 IA64, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
Andy Shevchenko8cb5cdd2017-07-05 16:25:22 +03003014 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC).
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003015* Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
3016* Load Address
3017* Entry Point
3018* Image Name
3019* Image Timestamp
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003020
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003021The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
3022and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
3023CRC32 checksums.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003024
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003025
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003026Linux Support:
3027==============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003028
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003029Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
3030easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
3031U-Boot.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003032
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003033U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
3034special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
3035"initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
3036instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
3037serves several purposes:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003038
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003039- the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
3040 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
3041 Flash memory footprint)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003042
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003043- it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
3044 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003045
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003046- the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
3047 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
3048 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
3049 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
3050 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
3051 software is easier now.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003052
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003053
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003054Linux HOWTO:
3055============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003056
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003057Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
3058---------------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003059
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003060U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
3061configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
3062(no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
3063Linux :-).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003064
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +02003065But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003066
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003067Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
3068include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
Markus Heidelberg47167572008-09-07 20:18:27 +02003069Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
3070and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02003071as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003072
Simon Glassd097e592014-06-11 23:29:46 -06003073Note that U-Boot now has a driver model, a unified model for drivers.
3074If you are adding a new driver, plumb it into driver model. If there
3075is no uclass available, you are encouraged to create one. See
3076doc/driver-model.
3077
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003078
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003079Configuring the Linux kernel:
3080-----------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003081
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003082No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
3083device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003084
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003085
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003086Building a Linux Image:
3087-----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003088
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003089With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
3090not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
3091"uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
3092U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
3093which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
3094100% compatible format.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003095
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003096Example:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003097
Holger Freyther7ba4e572014-08-04 09:26:05 +02003098 make TQM850L_defconfig
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003099 make oldconfig
3100 make dep
3101 make uImage
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003102
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003103The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
3104encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
3105CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003106
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003107* build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003108
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003109* convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003110
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003111 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
3112 -R .note -R .comment \
3113 -S vmlinux linux.bin
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003114
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003115* compress the binary image:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003116
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003117 gzip -9 linux.bin
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003118
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003119* package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003120
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003121 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
3122 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
3123 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003124
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003125
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003126The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
3127with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
3128combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
3129byte header containing information about target architecture,
3130operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
3131stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003132
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003133"mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
3134print the header information, or to build new images.
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003135
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003136In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
3137contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
3138checksum verification:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003139
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003140 tools/mkimage -l image
3141 -l ==> list image header information
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003142
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003143The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
3144from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003145
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003146 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
3147 -n name -d data_file image
3148 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
3149 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
3150 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
3151 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
3152 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
3153 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
3154 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
3155 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
wdenk24ee89b2002-11-03 17:56:27 +00003156
wdenkcd914452004-05-29 16:53:29 +00003157Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
3158address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
3159kernel version:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003160
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003161- 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
3162- 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003163
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003164So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003165
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003166 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3167 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +02003168 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003169 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
3170 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3171 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3172 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3173 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3174 Load Address: 0x00000000
3175 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003176
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003177To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003178
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003179 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
3180 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3181 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3182 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3183 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3184 Load Address: 0x00000000
3185 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003186
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003187NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
3188speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
3189needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
3190need to be uncompressed:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003191
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +02003192 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003193 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3194 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
Stefan Roese88fbf932010-04-15 16:07:28 +02003195 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003196 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
3197 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3198 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3199 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
3200 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
3201 Load Address: 0x00000000
3202 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003203
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003204
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003205Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
3206when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003207
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003208 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
3209 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
3210 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
3211 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3212 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
3213 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3214 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
3215 Load Address: 0x00000000
3216 Entry Point: 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003217
Tyler Hicks791c7472020-10-26 10:40:24 -05003218The "dumpimage" tool can be used to disassemble or list the contents of images
3219built by mkimage. See dumpimage's help output (-h) for details.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003220
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003221Installing a Linux Image:
3222-------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003223
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003224To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
3225you must convert the image to S-Record format:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003226
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003227 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003228
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003229The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
3230image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
3231address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
3232specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
3233command.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003234
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003235Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
3236TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003237
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003238 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003239
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003240 .......... done
3241 Erased 8 sectors
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003242
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003243 => loads 40100000
3244 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3245 ~>examples/image.srec
3246 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
3247 ...
3248 15989 15990 15991 15992
3249 [file transfer complete]
3250 [connected]
3251 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003252
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003253
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003254You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003255this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003256corruption happened:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003257
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003258 => imi 40100000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003259
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003260 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3261 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3262 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3263 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3264 Load Address: 00000000
3265 Entry Point: 0000000c
3266 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003267
3268
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003269Boot Linux:
3270-----------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003271
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003272The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
3273memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
3274of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
3275parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
3276"printenv" and "setenv" commands:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003277
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003278
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003279 => printenv bootargs
3280 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003281
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003282 => 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 +00003283
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003284 => printenv bootargs
3285 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 +00003286
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003287 => bootm 40020000
3288 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
3289 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
3290 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3291 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
3292 Load Address: 00000000
3293 Entry Point: 0000000c
3294 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3295 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3296 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
3297 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3298 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3299 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3300 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
3301 ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003302
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02003303If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003304the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
3305format!) to the "bootm" command:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003306
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003307 => imi 40100000 40200000
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003308
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003309 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3310 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3311 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3312 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3313 Load Address: 00000000
3314 Entry Point: 0000000c
3315 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003316
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003317 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
3318 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3319 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3320 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3321 Load Address: 00000000
3322 Entry Point: 00000000
3323 Verifying Checksum ... OK
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003324
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003325 => bootm 40100000 40200000
3326 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
3327 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3328 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3329 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3330 Load Address: 00000000
3331 Entry Point: 0000000c
3332 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3333 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3334 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
3335 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3336 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3337 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3338 Load Address: 00000000
3339 Entry Point: 00000000
3340 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3341 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
3342 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
3343 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
3344 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3345 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3346 ...
3347 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
3348 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003349
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003350 bash#
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003351
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -05003352Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
3353-----------
3354
3355First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
3356titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
3357following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
3358flat device tree:
3359
3360=> print oftaddr
3361oftaddr=0x300000
3362=> print oft
3363oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
3364=> tftp $oftaddr $oft
3365Speed: 1000, full duplex
3366Using TSEC0 device
3367TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
3368Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
3369Load address: 0x300000
3370Loading: #
3371done
3372Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
3373=> tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
3374Speed: 1000, full duplex
3375Using TSEC0 device
3376TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
3377Filename 'uImage'.
3378Load address: 0x200000
3379Loading:############
3380done
3381Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
3382=> print loadaddr
3383loadaddr=200000
3384=> print oftaddr
3385oftaddr=0x300000
3386=> bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
3387## Booting image at 00200000 ...
Wolfgang Denk018147d2006-11-27 15:32:42 +01003388 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
3389 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3390 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -05003391 Load Address: 00000000
Wolfgang Denk018147d2006-11-27 15:32:42 +01003392 Entry Point: 00000000
Matthew McClintockefae4ca2006-06-28 10:41:37 -05003393 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3394 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3395Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
3396Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
3397Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
3398[snip]
3399
3400
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003401More About U-Boot Image Types:
3402------------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003403
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003404U-Boot supports the following image types:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003405
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003406 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
3407 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
3408 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
3409 the Standalone Program.
3410 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
3411 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
3412 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
3413 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
3414 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
3415 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
3416 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
3417 being started.
3418 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
3419 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
3420 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
3421 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
3422 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
3423 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003424
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003425 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
3426 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
3427 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
3428 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
3429 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
3430 a multiple of 4 bytes).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003431
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003432 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
3433 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
3434 flash memory.
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00003435
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003436 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
3437 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
3438 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
3439 as command interpreter.
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00003440
Marek Vasutcf41a9b2012-03-14 21:52:45 +00003441Booting the Linux zImage:
3442-------------------------
3443
3444On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
3445using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
3446as the syntax of "bootm" command.
3447
Tom Rini45f46d12013-05-16 11:40:11 -04003448Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD allows user to supply
Marek Vasut28850d02012-03-18 11:47:58 +00003449kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
3450address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
3451format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
3452
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00003453
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003454Standalone HOWTO:
3455=================
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00003456
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003457One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
3458run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
3459U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
stroeseb9c17c52003-04-04 15:53:41 +00003460
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003461Two simple examples are included with the sources:
wdenk4fc95692003-02-28 00:49:47 +00003462
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003463"Hello World" Demo:
3464-------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003465
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003466'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
3467application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
3468It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
3469like that:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003470
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003471 => loads
3472 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3473 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
3474 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3475 [file transfer complete]
3476 [connected]
3477 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003478
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003479 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
3480 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3481 Hello World
3482 argc = 7
3483 argv[0] = "40004"
3484 argv[1] = "Hello"
3485 argv[2] = "World!"
3486 argv[3] = "This"
3487 argv[4] = "is"
3488 argv[5] = "a"
3489 argv[6] = "test."
3490 argv[7] = "<NULL>"
3491 Hit any key to exit ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003492
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003493 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003494
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003495Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
3496handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
3497Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
3498The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
3499character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
3500controlled by the following keys:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003501
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003502 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
3503 b - enable interrupts and start timer
3504 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
3505 q - quit application
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003506
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003507 => loads
3508 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3509 ~>examples/timer.srec
3510 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3511 [file transfer complete]
3512 [connected]
3513 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003514
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003515 => go 40004
3516 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3517 TIMERS=0xfff00980
3518 Using timer 1
3519 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003520
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003521Hit 'b':
3522 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
3523 Enabling timer
3524Hit '?':
3525 [q, b, e, ?] ........
3526 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
3527Hit '?':
3528 [q, b, e, ?] .
3529 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
3530Hit '?':
3531 [q, b, e, ?] .
3532 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
3533Hit '?':
3534 [q, b, e, ?] .
3535 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
3536Hit 'e':
3537 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
3538Hit 'q':
3539 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003540
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003541
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003542Minicom warning:
3543================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003544
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003545Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
3546"minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
3547consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
3548Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
3549especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
Karl O. Pinca0189bb2012-10-01 05:11:56 +00003550use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). See
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09003551https://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.
Karl O. Pinca0189bb2012-10-01 05:11:56 +00003552for help with kermit.
3553
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003554
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003555Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
3556configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003557
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003558 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
3559 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
3560 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00003561
wdenk8dba0502003-03-31 16:34:49 +00003562
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003563NetBSD Notes:
3564=============
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003565
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003566Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
3567(build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003568
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003569Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
3570NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
3571need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
3572Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
3573attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
3574missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003575
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003576 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
3577 # mkdir powerpc
3578 # ln -s powerpc machine
3579 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
3580 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003581
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003582Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
3583and U-Boot include files.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003584
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003585Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
3586stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
3587proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
3588tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
wdenkd0245fc2005-04-13 10:02:42 +00003589meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003590
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003591
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003592Implementation Internals:
3593=========================
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003594
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003595The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
3596implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
3597inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
3598hardware.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003599
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003600
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003601Initial Stack, Global Data:
3602---------------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003603
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003604The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
3605starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
3606system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
3607This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
3608is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
3609at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
3610options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
3611models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
3612MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
3613locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003614
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003615 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01003616 U-Boot mailing list:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003617
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003618 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
3619 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
3620 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
3621 ...
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003622
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003623 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
3624 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
3625 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
3626 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
3627 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02003628 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003629 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
3630 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003631
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003632 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
3633 is another option for the system designer to use as an
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02003634 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003635 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
3636 board designers haven't used it for something that would
3637 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
3638 used.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003639
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02003640 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003641 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
3642 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
Stefan Roese3e1f1b32005-08-01 16:49:12 +02003643 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003644 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
3645 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
3646 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
3647 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
3648 you get the config right.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003649
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003650 -Chris Hallinan
3651 DS4.COM, Inc.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003652
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003653It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
3654code for the initialization procedures:
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003655
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003656* Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
3657 to write it.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003658
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08003659* Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitly initialized
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003660 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
3661 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003662
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003663* Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
3664 that.
wdenk4a5c8a72003-03-06 00:02:04 +00003665
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003666Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08003667normal global data to share information between the code. But it
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003668turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
3669simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
3670functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
3671functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
3672the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
3673place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
3674reserve for this purpose.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003675
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003676When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
3677relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
3678GCC's implementation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003679
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003680For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
3681 R1: stack pointer
Wolfgang Denk69c09642008-02-14 22:43:22 +01003682 R2: reserved for system use
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003683 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
3684 R5-R10: parameter passing
3685 R13: small data area pointer
3686 R30: GOT pointer
3687 R31: frame pointer
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003688
Joakim Tjernlund693c0c12010-01-19 14:41:58 +01003689 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
3690 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
3691 going back and forth between asm and C)
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003692
Wolfgang Denk69c09642008-02-14 22:43:22 +01003693 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003694
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003695 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
3696 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
3697 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
3698 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
3699 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
3700 624 text + 127 data).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003701
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003702On ARM, the following registers are used:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003703
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003704 R0: function argument word/integer result
3705 R1-R3: function argument word
Jeroen Hofsteea556aca2013-09-21 14:04:42 +02003706 R9: platform specific
3707 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking is enabled)
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003708 R11: argument (frame) pointer
3709 R12: temporary workspace
3710 R13: stack pointer
3711 R14: link register
3712 R15: program counter
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003713
Jeroen Hofsteea556aca2013-09-21 14:04:42 +02003714 ==> U-Boot will use R9 to hold a pointer to the global data
3715
3716 Note: on ARM, only R_ARM_RELATIVE relocations are supported.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003717
Thomas Chou8fa38582010-05-21 11:08:03 +08003718On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09003719 https://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
Thomas Chou8fa38582010-05-21 11:08:03 +08003720
3721 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
3722
3723 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
3724 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
3725
Macpaul Lin1cac36e2011-10-19 20:41:11 +00003726On NDS32, the following registers are used:
3727
3728 R0-R1: argument/return
3729 R2-R5: argument
3730 R15: temporary register for assembler
3731 R16: trampoline register
3732 R28: frame pointer (FP)
3733 R29: global pointer (GP)
3734 R30: link register (LP)
3735 R31: stack pointer (SP)
3736 PC: program counter (PC)
3737
3738 ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data
3739
Wolfgang Denk6405a152006-03-31 18:32:53 +02003740NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
3741or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003742
Rick Chend7e6f922017-12-26 13:55:59 +08003743On RISC-V, the following registers are used:
3744
3745 x0: hard-wired zero (zero)
3746 x1: return address (ra)
3747 x2: stack pointer (sp)
3748 x3: global pointer (gp)
3749 x4: thread pointer (tp)
3750 x5: link register (t0)
3751 x8: frame pointer (fp)
3752 x10-x11: arguments/return values (a0-1)
3753 x12-x17: arguments (a2-7)
3754 x28-31: temporaries (t3-6)
3755 pc: program counter (pc)
3756
3757 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
3758
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003759Memory Management:
3760------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003761
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003762U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
3763MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003764
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003765The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
3766controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
3767memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
3768physical memory banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003769
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003770U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
3771TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
3772booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
3773to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
Jean-Christophe PLAGNIOL-VILLARD03836942008-10-16 15:01:15 +02003774memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003775configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
3776Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003777
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003778Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
3779of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003780
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003781So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
3782this:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003783
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003784 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
3785 :
3786 0x0000 1FFF
3787 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
3788 :
3789 :
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003790
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003791 :
3792 :
3793 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
3794 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
3795 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
3796 :
3797 0x00FD FFFF
3798 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
3799 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
3800 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
3801 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003802
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003803
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003804System Initialization:
3805----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003806
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003807In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
Marcel Ziswilerabd8dcb2008-07-09 08:17:15 +02003808(on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08003809configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the on board Flash memory.
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003810To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
3811To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
3812initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
Heiko Schocher71cb3e92017-06-07 17:33:10 +02003813which provide such a feature like), or in a locked part of the data
3814cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, the caches and
3815the SIU.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003816
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003817Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
3818preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
3819(multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
3820on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
3821programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
3822simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
3823banks.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003824
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003825When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
3826different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
3827bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
38280x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
3829contiguous memory starting from 0.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003830
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003831Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
3832and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
3833Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
3834pages, and the final stack is set up.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003835
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003836Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
3837until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
3838running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
3839new address in RAM.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003840
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003841
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003842U-Boot Porting Guide:
3843----------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003844
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003845[Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
3846list, October 2002]
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003847
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003848
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003849int main(int argc, char *argv[])
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003850{
3851 sighandler_t no_more_time;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003852
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003853 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
3854 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003855
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003856 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003857 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003858 return 0;
3859 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003860
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003861 Download latest U-Boot source;
wdenk34b613e2002-12-17 01:51:00 +00003862
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01003863 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003864
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003865 if (clueless)
3866 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003867
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003868 while (learning) {
3869 Read the README file in the top level directory;
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09003870 Read https://www.denx.de/wiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
Patrick Delaunay9b281fa2020-02-28 15:18:10 +01003871 Read applicable doc/README.*;
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003872 Read the source, Luke;
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003873 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003874 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003875
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003876 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
3877 Buy a BDI3000;
3878 else
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003879 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003880
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003881 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
3882 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
3883 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
3884 } else {
3885 Create your own board support subdirectory;
3886 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
3887 }
3888 Edit new board/<myboard> files
3889 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003890
Jerry Van Barenba0687c2009-07-15 20:42:59 -04003891 while (!accepted) {
3892 while (!running) {
3893 do {
3894 Add / modify source code;
3895 } until (compiles);
3896 Debug;
3897 if (clueless)
3898 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
3899 }
3900 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
3901 if (reasonable critiques)
3902 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
3903 else
3904 Defend code as written;
wdenk634d2f72004-04-15 23:14:49 +00003905 }
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003906
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003907 return 0;
3908}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003909
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003910void no_more_time (int sig)
3911{
3912 hire_a_guru();
3913}
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003914
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003915
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003916Coding Standards:
3917-----------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003918
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003919All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
Baruch Siachb1081252017-12-10 17:34:35 +02003920coding style; see the kernel coding style guide at
3921https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html, and the
3922script "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
Detlev Zundelaa63d482006-09-01 15:39:02 +02003923
3924Source files originating from a different project (for example the
3925MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
Jeremiah Mahler03f930c2015-01-04 18:56:50 -08003926reformatted to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
Detlev Zundelaa63d482006-09-01 15:39:02 +02003927sources.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003928
Detlev Zundelaa63d482006-09-01 15:39:02 +02003929Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
3930Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
3931in your code.
wdenkad276f22004-01-04 16:28:35 +00003932
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003933Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
3934- remove any trailing white space
Wolfgang Denk20bd2a62011-07-27 10:59:55 +00003935- use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003936- make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
Wolfgang Denk20bd2a62011-07-27 10:59:55 +00003937- do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003938- do not add trailing empty lines to source files
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003939
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003940Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
3941with a request to reformat the changes.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003942
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003943
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003944Submitting Patches:
3945-------------------
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003946
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003947Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
3948establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
3949may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003950
Naoki Hayamae0cc1852020-10-08 13:17:16 +09003951Please see https://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003952
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01003953Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
S. Lockwood-Childsda6d34c2017-11-14 22:56:42 -08003954see https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01003955
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003956When you send a patch, please include the following information with
3957it:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003958
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003959* For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
3960 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
3961 patch actually fixes something.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003962
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003963* For new features: a description of the feature and your
3964 implementation.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003965
Robert P. J. Day076ed9b2015-12-19 07:16:10 -05003966* For major contributions, add a MAINTAINERS file with your
3967 information and associated file and directory references.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003968
Albert ARIBAUD48e910f2013-09-11 15:52:51 +02003969* When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add a
3970 maintainer e-mail address to the boards.cfg file, too.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003971
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003972* If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
3973 document these in the README file.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003974
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003975* The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
3976 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
Wolfgang Denk20bd2a62011-07-27 10:59:55 +00003977 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003978 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
3979 with some other mail clients.
wdenkca9bc762003-07-15 07:45:49 +00003980
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003981 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
3982 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
3983 GNU diff.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003984
Wolfgang Denkb240aef2008-03-26 10:40:12 +01003985 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
3986 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
3987 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
3988 affected files).
3989
3990 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
3991 and compressed attachments must not be used.
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003992
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003993* If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
3994 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
wdenk57b2d802003-06-27 21:31:46 +00003995
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00003996* Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
3997 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
wdenk88e72a32003-06-19 23:04:19 +00003998
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00003999
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00004000Notes:
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00004001
Simon Glassdc27def2016-07-27 20:33:08 -06004002* Before sending the patch, run the buildman script on your patched
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00004003 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
4004 for any of the boards.
4005
4006* Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
4007 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
4008 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
wdenkc6097192002-11-03 00:24:07 +00004009
wdenk6c59edc2004-05-03 20:45:30 +00004010* If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
4011 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
4012 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
4013 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
4014 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
4015 modification.
wdenkcbc49a52005-05-03 14:12:25 +00004016
Wolfgang Denk290ae6b2008-12-30 22:56:11 +01004017* Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
4018 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
4019 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
4020 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.