2 # (C) Copyright 2000 - 2013
3 # Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
5 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
11 This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
12 Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
13 processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
14 initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
17 The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
18 the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
19 header files in common, and special provision has been made to
20 support booting of Linux images.
22 Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
23 configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
24 implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
25 add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
26 code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
27 load and run it dynamically.
33 In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
34 Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
35 "working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
37 In case of problems see the CHANGELOG file to find out who contributed
38 the specific port. In addition, there are various MAINTAINERS files
39 scattered throughout the U-Boot source identifying the people or
40 companies responsible for various boards and subsystems.
42 Note: As of August, 2010, there is no longer a CHANGELOG file in the
43 actual U-Boot source tree; however, it can be created dynamically
44 from the Git log using:
52 In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
53 U-Boot, you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
54 <u-boot@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic
55 on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
56 Please see http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
57 http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot
60 Where to get source code:
61 =========================
63 The U-Boot source code is maintained in the Git repository at
64 git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
65 http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
67 The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
68 any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
69 available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
72 Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
73 ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
79 - start from 8xxrom sources
80 - create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
82 - make it easier to add custom boards
83 - make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
84 - extend functions, especially:
85 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
88 * PCMCIA / CompactFlash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
89 - create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
90 - add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
91 - create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
92 - current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
98 The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
99 "U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
100 in source files etc.). Example:
102 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
104 File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
106 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
108 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
110 Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
111 the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
113 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
114 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
120 Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
121 were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
122 into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
123 names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
124 Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
125 releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
128 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
129 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
130 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candidate 1 for September 2010 release
136 /arch Architecture specific files
137 /arc Files generic to ARC architecture
138 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture
139 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
140 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
141 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
142 /nds32 Files generic to NDS32 architecture
143 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
144 /openrisc Files generic to OpenRISC architecture
145 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
146 /sandbox Files generic to HW-independent "sandbox"
147 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
148 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
149 /api Machine/arch independent API for external apps
150 /board Board dependent files
151 /cmd U-Boot commands functions
152 /common Misc architecture independent functions
153 /configs Board default configuration files
154 /disk Code for disk drive partition handling
155 /doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
156 /drivers Commonly used device drivers
157 /dts Contains Makefile for building internal U-Boot fdt.
158 /examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
159 /fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
160 /include Header Files
161 /lib Library routines generic to all architectures
162 /Licenses Various license files
164 /post Power On Self Test
165 /scripts Various build scripts and Makefiles
166 /test Various unit test files
167 /tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
169 Software Configuration:
170 =======================
172 Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
173 rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
175 There are two classes of configuration variables:
177 * Configuration _OPTIONS_:
178 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
181 * Configuration _SETTINGS_:
182 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
183 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
186 Previously, all configuration was done by hand, which involved creating
187 symbolic links and editing configuration files manually. More recently,
188 U-Boot has added the Kbuild infrastructure used by the Linux kernel,
189 allowing you to use the "make menuconfig" command to configure your
193 Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
194 ---------------------------------------------------
196 For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
197 configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_defconfig".
199 Example: For a TQM823L module type:
202 make TQM823L_defconfig
204 Note: If you're looking for the default configuration file for a board
205 you're sure used to be there but is now missing, check the file
206 doc/README.scrapyard for a list of no longer supported boards.
211 U-Boot can be built natively to run on a Linux host using the 'sandbox'
212 board. This allows feature development which is not board- or architecture-
213 specific to be undertaken on a native platform. The sandbox is also used to
214 run some of U-Boot's tests.
216 See board/sandbox/README.sandbox for more details.
219 Board Initialisation Flow:
220 --------------------------
222 This is the intended start-up flow for boards. This should apply for both
223 SPL and U-Boot proper (i.e. they both follow the same rules).
225 Note: "SPL" stands for "Secondary Program Loader," which is explained in
226 more detail later in this file.
228 At present, SPL mostly uses a separate code path, but the function names
229 and roles of each function are the same. Some boards or architectures
230 may not conform to this. At least most ARM boards which use
231 CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK conform to this.
233 Execution typically starts with an architecture-specific (and possibly
234 CPU-specific) start.S file, such as:
236 - arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
237 - arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/start.S
238 - arch/mips/cpu/start.S
240 and so on. From there, three functions are called; the purpose and
241 limitations of each of these functions are described below.
244 - purpose: essential init to permit execution to reach board_init_f()
245 - no global_data or BSS
246 - there is no stack (ARMv7 may have one but it will soon be removed)
247 - must not set up SDRAM or use console
248 - must only do the bare minimum to allow execution to continue to
250 - this is almost never needed
251 - return normally from this function
254 - purpose: set up the machine ready for running board_init_r():
255 i.e. SDRAM and serial UART
256 - global_data is available
258 - BSS is not available, so you cannot use global/static variables,
259 only stack variables and global_data
261 Non-SPL-specific notes:
262 - dram_init() is called to set up DRAM. If already done in SPL this
266 - you can override the entire board_init_f() function with your own
268 - preloader_console_init() can be called here in extremis
269 - should set up SDRAM, and anything needed to make the UART work
270 - these is no need to clear BSS, it will be done by crt0.S
271 - must return normally from this function (don't call board_init_r()
274 Here the BSS is cleared. For SPL, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined, then at
275 this point the stack and global_data are relocated to below
276 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR. For non-SPL, U-Boot is relocated to run at the top of
280 - purpose: main execution, common code
281 - global_data is available
283 - BSS is available, all static/global variables can be used
284 - execution eventually continues to main_loop()
286 Non-SPL-specific notes:
287 - U-Boot is relocated to the top of memory and is now running from
291 - stack is optionally in SDRAM, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined and
292 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR points into SDRAM
293 - preloader_console_init() can be called here - typically this is
294 done by selecting CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT and then supplying a
295 spl_board_init() function containing this call
296 - loads U-Boot or (in falcon mode) Linux
300 Configuration Options:
301 ----------------------
303 Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
304 such information is kept in a configuration file
305 "include/configs/<board_name>.h".
307 Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
308 "include/configs/TQM823L.h".
311 Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
312 kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
313 build a config tool - later.
316 The following options need to be configured:
318 - CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
320 - Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
322 - Marvell Family Member
323 CONFIG_SYS_MVFS - define it if you want to enable
324 multiple fs option at one time
325 for marvell soc family
330 Specifies that the core is a 64-bit PowerPC implementation (implements
331 the "64" category of the Power ISA). This is necessary for ePAPR
332 compliance, among other possible reasons.
334 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
336 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
337 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
338 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
340 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
342 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
343 tree nodes for the given platform.
345 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510
347 Enables a workaround for erratum A004510. If set,
348 then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and
349 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY must be set.
351 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV
352 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV2 (optional)
354 Defines one or two SoC revisions (low 8 bits of SVR)
355 for which the A004510 workaround should be applied.
357 The rest of SVR is either not relevant to the decision
358 of whether the erratum is present (e.g. p2040 versus
359 p2041) or is implied by the build target, which controls
360 whether CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 is set.
362 See Freescale App Note 4493 for more information about
365 CONFIG_A003399_NOR_WORKAROUND
366 Enables a workaround for IFC erratum A003399. It is only
367 required during NOR boot.
369 CONFIG_A008044_WORKAROUND
370 Enables a workaround for T1040/T1042 erratum A008044. It is only
371 required during NAND boot and valid for Rev 1.0 SoC revision
373 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY
375 This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600
376 according to the A004510 workaround.
378 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_DDR_ADDR
379 This value denotes start offset of DDR memory which is
380 connected exclusively to the DSP cores.
382 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M2_RAM_ADDR
383 This value denotes start offset of M2 memory
384 which is directly connected to the DSP core.
386 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M3_RAM_ADDR
387 This value denotes start offset of M3 memory which is directly
388 connected to the DSP core.
390 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT
391 This value denotes start offset of DSP CCSR space.
393 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SINGLE_SOURCE_CLK
394 Single Source Clock is clocking mode present in some of FSL SoC's.
395 In this mode, a single differential clock is used to supply
396 clocks to the sysclock, ddrclock and usbclock.
398 CONFIG_SYS_CPC_REINIT_F
399 This CONFIG is defined when the CPC is configured as SRAM at the
400 time of U-Boot entry and is required to be re-initialized.
403 Indicates this SoC supports deep sleep feature. If deep sleep is
404 supported, core will start to execute uboot when wakes up.
406 - Generic CPU options:
407 CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_GLOBAL_DATA
408 Defines global data is initialized in generic board board_init_f().
409 If this macro is defined, global data is created and cleared in
410 generic board board_init_f(). Without this macro, architecture/board
411 should initialize global data before calling board_init_f().
413 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
415 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
416 values is arch specific.
419 Freescale DDR driver in use. This type of DDR controller is
420 found in mpc83xx, mpc85xx, mpc86xx as well as some ARM core
423 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_ADDR
424 Freescale DDR memory-mapped register base.
426 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_EMU
427 Specify emulator support for DDR. Some DDR features such as
428 deskew training are not available.
430 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN1
431 Freescale DDR1 controller.
433 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN2
434 Freescale DDR2 controller.
436 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN3
437 Freescale DDR3 controller.
439 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN4
440 Freescale DDR4 controller.
442 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_ARM_GEN3
443 Freescale DDR3 controller for ARM-based SoCs.
446 Board config to use DDR1. It can be enabled for SoCs with
447 Freescale DDR1 or DDR2 controllers, depending on the board
451 Board config to use DDR2. It can be enabled for SoCs with
452 Freescale DDR2 or DDR3 controllers, depending on the board
456 Board config to use DDR3. It can be enabled for SoCs with
457 Freescale DDR3 or DDR3L controllers.
460 Board config to use DDR3L. It can be enabled for SoCs with
464 Board config to use DDR4. It can be enabled for SoCs with
467 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_BE
468 Defines the IFC controller register space as Big Endian
470 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_LE
471 Defines the IFC controller register space as Little Endian
473 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_CLK_DIV
474 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to IFC controller).
476 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_LBC_CLK_DIV
477 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to eLBC controller).
479 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_PBI
480 It enables addition of RCW (Power on reset configuration) in built image.
481 Please refer doc/README.pblimage for more details
483 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_RCW
484 It adds PBI(pre-boot instructions) commands in u-boot build image.
485 PBI commands can be used to configure SoC before it starts the execution.
486 Please refer doc/README.pblimage for more details
489 It adds a target to create boot binary having SPL binary in PBI format
490 concatenated with u-boot binary.
492 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_BE
493 Defines the DDR controller register space as Big Endian
495 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_LE
496 Defines the DDR controller register space as Little Endian
498 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_SDRAM_BASE_PHY
499 Physical address from the view of DDR controllers. It is the
500 same as CONFIG_SYS_DDR_SDRAM_BASE for all Power SoCs. But
501 it could be different for ARM SoCs.
503 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_INTLV_256B
504 DDR controller interleaving on 256-byte. This is a special
505 interleaving mode, handled by Dickens for Freescale layerscape
508 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_MAIN_NUM_CTRLS
509 Number of controllers used as main memory.
511 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_OTHER_DDR_NUM_CTRLS
512 Number of controllers used for other than main memory.
514 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_DP_DDR
515 Defines the SoC has DP-DDR used for DPAA.
517 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_BE
518 Defines the SEC controller register space as Big Endian
520 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_LE
521 Defines the SEC controller register space as Little Endian
524 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET
526 Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack
527 pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before
530 CONFIG_SYS_MIPS_CACHE_MODE
532 Cache operation mode for the MIPS CPU.
533 See also arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h.
535 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NO_WA
538 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NONCOHERENT
542 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_ACCELERATED
544 CONFIG_SYS_XWAY_EBU_BOOTCFG
546 Special option for Lantiq XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash.
547 See also arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S.
549 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
551 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
552 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
553 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
556 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
558 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
559 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
562 Generic timer clock source frequency.
564 COUNTER_FREQUENCY_REAL
565 Generic timer clock source frequency if the real clock is
566 different from COUNTER_FREQUENCY, and can only be determined
570 CONFIG_TEGRA_SUPPORT_NON_SECURE
572 Support executing U-Boot in non-secure (NS) mode. Certain
573 impossible actions will be skipped if the CPU is in NS mode,
574 such as ARM architectural timer initialization.
576 - Linux Kernel Interface:
579 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
580 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
581 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
582 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
583 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
584 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
586 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
587 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
590 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
592 When transferring memsize parameter to Linux, some versions
593 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
594 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
598 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
599 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
603 * New libfdt-based support
604 * Adds the "fdt" command
605 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
607 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
608 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
610 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
613 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
615 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
616 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
618 CONFIG_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP
620 Other code has addition modification that it wants to make
621 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel.
622 This causes ft_system_setup() to be called before booting
627 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
628 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
629 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
630 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
631 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
632 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
634 CONFIG_MACH_TYPE [relevant for ARM only][mandatory]
636 This setting is mandatory for all boards that have only one
637 machine type and must be used to specify the machine type
638 number as it appears in the ARM machine registry
639 (see http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/).
640 Only boards that have multiple machine types supported
641 in a single configuration file and the machine type is
642 runtime discoverable, do not have to use this setting.
644 - vxWorks boot parameters:
646 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
647 environments variables: bootdev, bootfile, ipaddr, netmask,
648 serverip, gatewayip, hostname, othbootargs.
649 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
651 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
652 the defaults discussed just above.
654 - Cache Configuration:
655 CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF - Do not enable instruction cache in U-Boot
656 CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF - Do not enable data cache in U-Boot
657 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot
659 - Cache Configuration for ARM:
660 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
662 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
663 controller register space
668 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
672 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
676 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
677 the clock speed of the UARTs.
681 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
682 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
683 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
685 CONFIG_SERIAL_HW_FLOW_CONTROL
687 Define this variable to enable hw flow control in serial driver.
688 Current user of this option is drivers/serial/nsl16550.c driver
691 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
692 Select one of the baudrates listed in
693 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
697 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
698 define a command string that is automatically executed
699 when no character is read on the console interface
700 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
703 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
704 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
705 environment value "bootargs".
707 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
708 The value of these goes into the environment as
709 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
710 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
714 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_LIMIT
715 Implements a mechanism for detecting a repeating reboot
717 http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/UBootBootCountLimit
720 If no softreset save registers are found on the hardware
721 "bootcount" is stored in the environment. To prevent a
722 saveenv on all reboots, the environment variable
723 "upgrade_available" is used. If "upgrade_available" is
724 0, "bootcount" is always 0, if "upgrade_available" is
725 1 "bootcount" is incremented in the environment.
726 So the Userspace Applikation must set the "upgrade_available"
727 and "bootcount" variable to 0, if a boot was successfully.
732 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
733 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
734 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
735 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
736 entering interactive mode.
738 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
739 automatically generated or modified. For an example
740 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
741 modified when the user holds down a certain
742 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
745 - Serial Download Echo Mode:
747 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
748 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
749 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
750 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
751 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
752 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
754 - Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
756 Select one of the baudrates listed in
757 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
760 Monitor commands can be included or excluded
761 from the build by using the #include files
762 <config_cmd_all.h> and #undef'ing unwanted
763 commands, or adding #define's for wanted commands.
765 The default command configuration includes all commands
766 except those marked below with a "*".
768 CONFIG_CMD_AES AES 128 CBC encrypt/decrypt
769 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
770 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
771 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
772 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTI * ARM64 Linux kernel Image support
773 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
774 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
775 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
776 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
777 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
778 CONFIG_CMD_EDITENV edit env variable
779 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
780 CONFIG_CMD_ENV_EXISTS * check existence of env variable
781 CONFIG_CMD_EXPORTENV * export the environment
782 CONFIG_CMD_EXT2 * ext2 command support
783 CONFIG_CMD_EXT4 * ext4 command support
784 CONFIG_CMD_FS_GENERIC * filesystem commands (e.g. load, ls)
785 that work for multiple fs types
786 CONFIG_CMD_FS_UUID * Look up a filesystem UUID
787 CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV saveenv
788 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
789 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
790 CONFIG_CMD_GO * the 'go' command (exec code)
791 CONFIG_CMD_GREPENV * search environment
792 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
793 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
794 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all images found in NOR flash
795 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS_NAND * List all images found in NAND flash
796 CONFIG_CMD_IMPORTENV * import an environment
797 CONFIG_CMD_INI * import data from an ini file into the env
798 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
799 CONFIG_CMD_LDRINFO * ldrinfo (display Blackfin loader)
800 CONFIG_CMD_LINK_LOCAL * link-local IP address auto-configuration
802 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
803 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
804 CONFIG_CMD_MD5SUM * print md5 message digest
805 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY and CONFIG_MD5)
806 CONFIG_CMD_MEMINFO * Display detailed memory information
807 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
809 CONFIG_CMD_MEMTEST * mtest
810 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
811 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
812 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
813 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
814 CONFIG_CMD_NFS NFS support
815 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X * PCA953x I2C gpio commands
816 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X_INFO * PCA953x I2C gpio info command
817 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
818 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
819 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
821 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
822 CONFIG_CMD_READ * Read raw data from partition
823 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
824 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
825 CONFIG_CMD_SANDBOX * sb command to access sandbox features
826 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
827 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
828 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
829 CONFIG_CMD_SF * Read/write/erase SPI NOR flash
830 CONFIG_CMD_SOFTSWITCH * Soft switch setting command for BF60x
831 CONFIG_CMD_SOURCE "source" command Support
832 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
833 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPSRV * TFTP transfer in server mode
834 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT * TFTP put command (upload)
835 CONFIG_CMD_TIME * run command and report execution time (ARM specific)
836 CONFIG_CMD_TIMER * access to the system tick timer
837 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
838 CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
839 CONFIG_CMD_MFSL * Microblaze FSL support
840 CONFIG_CMD_XIMG Load part of Multi Image
841 CONFIG_CMD_UUID * Generate random UUID or GUID string
843 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
844 support you can write:
846 #include "config_cmd_all.h"
847 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
850 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
852 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
853 (configuration option CONFIG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
854 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
855 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the
856 8xx (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
857 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
858 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
859 initial stack and some data.
862 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
864 - Removal of commands
865 If no commands are needed to boot, you can disable
866 CONFIG_CMDLINE to remove them. In this case, the command line
867 will not be available, and when U-Boot wants to execute the
868 boot command (on start-up) it will call board_run_command()
869 instead. This can reduce image size significantly for very
870 simple boot procedures.
872 - Regular expression support:
874 If this variable is defined, U-Boot is linked against
875 the SLRE (Super Light Regular Expression) library,
876 which adds regex support to some commands, as for
877 example "env grep" and "setexpr".
881 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree
882 to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically
883 compiled #defines in the board file. This option is
884 experimental and only available on a few boards. The device
885 tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob.
887 U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can
888 be done using one of the three options below:
891 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will embed a device tree
892 binary in its image. This device tree file should be in the
893 board directory and called <soc>-<board>.dts. The binary file
894 is then picked up in board_init_f() and made available through
895 the global data structure as gd->blob.
898 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree
899 binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific
900 code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by:
902 cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
904 and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called
905 u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can
906 still use the individual files if you need something more
910 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use the device tree
911 provided by the board at runtime instead of embedding one with
912 the image. Only boards defining board_fdt_blob_setup() support
913 this option (see include/fdtdec.h file).
917 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
918 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
919 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx
920 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
921 register. When supported for a specific SoC is
922 available, then no further board specific code should
926 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
927 SoC, then define this variable and provide board
928 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
930 CONFIG_AT91_HW_WDT_TIMEOUT
931 specify the timeout in seconds. default 2 seconds.
934 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
935 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
936 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
937 version as printed by the "version" command.
938 Any change to this variable will be reverted at the
943 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
944 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
947 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
948 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
949 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
950 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
951 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
952 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
953 CONFIG_RTC_DS1339 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1339 RTC
954 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
955 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
956 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
957 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
958 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
961 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
962 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
965 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
967 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
968 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
969 pins supported by a particular chip.
971 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
972 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
975 When CONFIG_IO_TRACE is selected, U-Boot intercepts all I/O
976 accesses and can checksum them or write a list of them out
977 to memory. See the 'iotrace' command for details. This is
978 useful for testing device drivers since it can confirm that
979 the driver behaves the same way before and after a code
980 change. Currently this is supported on sandbox and arm. To
981 add support for your architecture, add '#include <iotrace.h>'
982 to the bottom of arch/<arch>/include/asm/io.h and test.
984 Example output from the 'iotrace stats' command is below.
985 Note that if the trace buffer is exhausted, the checksum will
986 still continue to operate.
989 Start: 10000000 (buffer start address)
990 Size: 00010000 (buffer size)
991 Offset: 00000120 (current buffer offset)
992 Output: 10000120 (start + offset)
993 Count: 00000018 (number of trace records)
994 CRC32: 9526fb66 (CRC32 of all trace records)
998 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
999 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
1000 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
1001 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
1003 - Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported:
1004 Zero or more of the following:
1005 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table.
1006 CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc.
1007 CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the
1008 bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see
1010 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS Memory Technology Device partition table.
1012 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CONFIG_IDE or
1013 CONFIG_SCSI) you must configure support for at
1014 least one non-MTD partition type as well.
1017 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
1018 board configurations files but used nowhere!
1020 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
1021 be performed by calling the function
1022 ide_set_reset(int reset)
1023 which has to be defined in a board specific file
1028 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
1033 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
1034 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
1035 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
1036 support disks up to 2.1TB.
1038 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
1039 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
1043 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
1044 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
1045 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
1046 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
1049 The environment variable 'scsidevs' is set to the number of
1050 SCSI devices found during the last scan.
1052 - NETWORK Support (PCI):
1054 Support for Intel 8254x/8257x gigabit chips.
1057 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
1058 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
1059 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
1061 CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC
1062 Allow generic access to the SPI bus on the Intel 8257x, for
1063 example with the "sspi" command.
1066 Management command for E1000 devices. When used on devices
1067 with SPI support you can reprogram the EEPROM from U-Boot.
1070 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
1071 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
1072 write routine for first time initialisation.
1075 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
1076 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
1077 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
1080 Support for National dp83815 chips.
1083 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
1085 - NETWORK Support (other):
1087 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC
1088 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.
1091 Define this to use reduced MII inteface
1093 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
1094 If this defined, the driver is quiet.
1095 The driver doen't show link status messages.
1097 CONFIG_CALXEDA_XGMAC
1098 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
1101 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
1103 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
1104 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
1107 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
1109 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
1110 Define this to hold the physical address
1111 of the device (I/O space)
1113 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
1114 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1116 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
1117 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
1118 (some hardware wont work with macros)
1120 CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC
1121 Support for davinci emac
1123 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
1124 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
1127 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
1129 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
1130 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
1131 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
1132 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
1133 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
1134 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
1135 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
1136 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
1139 Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips
1142 Define this to hold the physical address
1143 of the device (I/O space)
1145 CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT
1146 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1148 CONFIG_SMC911X_16_BIT
1149 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
1150 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
1151 words you may also try CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT.
1154 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
1156 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
1157 Define the number of ports to be used
1159 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
1160 Define the ETH PHY's address
1162 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
1163 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
1167 Support for PWM module on the imx6.
1171 Support TPM devices.
1173 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_INFINEON
1174 Support for Infineon i2c bus TPM devices. Only one device
1175 per system is supported at this time.
1177 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C_BURST_LIMITATION
1178 Define the burst count bytes upper limit
1181 Support for STMicroelectronics TPM devices. Requires DM_TPM support.
1183 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_I2C
1184 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 I2C devices.
1185 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and I2C.
1187 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_SPI
1188 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 SPI devices.
1189 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and SPI.
1191 CONFIG_TPM_ATMEL_TWI
1192 Support for Atmel TWI TPM device. Requires I2C support.
1195 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
1196 per system is supported at this time.
1198 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
1199 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
1200 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
1204 Add tpm monitor functions.
1205 Requires CONFIG_TPM. If CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS is set, also
1206 provides monitor access to authorized functions.
1209 Define this to enable the TPM support library which provides
1210 functional interfaces to some TPM commands.
1211 Requires support for a TPM device.
1213 CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS
1214 Define this to enable authorized functions in the TPM library.
1215 Requires CONFIG_TPM and CONFIG_SHA1.
1218 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
1219 supported (PIP405, MIP405); define
1220 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
1221 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
1222 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
1225 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
1228 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the
1229 txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset.
1231 CONFIG_USB_DWC2_REG_ADDR the physical CPU address of the DWC2
1232 HW module registers.
1235 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
1236 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
1237 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
1238 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
1239 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
1240 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
1241 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
1242 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
1243 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
1245 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
1246 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
1247 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
1248 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
1251 Define this to build a UDC device
1254 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
1255 talk to the UDC device
1258 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
1259 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
1260 int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
1261 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
1262 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
1265 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
1266 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
1269 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
1270 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
1271 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
1272 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
1273 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
1274 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
1276 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
1277 Define this string as the name of your company for
1278 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
1280 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
1281 Define this string as the name of your product
1282 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
1284 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
1285 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
1286 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
1287 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
1288 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
1290 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
1291 Define this as the unique Product ID
1293 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
1295 - ULPI Layer Support:
1296 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
1297 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
1298 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
1299 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
1300 viewport is supported.
1301 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
1302 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
1303 If your ULPI phy needs a different reference clock than the
1304 standard 24 MHz then you have to define CONFIG_ULPI_REF_CLK to
1305 the appropriate value in Hz.
1308 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1309 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1310 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
1311 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
1312 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1313 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
1316 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
1318 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
1319 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
1322 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
1324 CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_BOOT
1325 Enable some additional features of the eMMC boot partitions.
1327 CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_RPMB
1328 Enable the commands for reading, writing and programming the
1329 key for the Replay Protection Memory Block partition in eMMC.
1331 - USB Device Firmware Update (DFU) class support:
1332 CONFIG_USB_FUNCTION_DFU
1333 This enables the USB portion of the DFU USB class
1336 This enables the command "dfu" which is used to have
1337 U-Boot create a DFU class device via USB. This command
1338 requires that the "dfu_alt_info" environment variable be
1339 set and define the alt settings to expose to the host.
1342 This enables support for exposing (e)MMC devices via DFU.
1345 This enables support for exposing NAND devices via DFU.
1348 This enables support for exposing RAM via DFU.
1349 Note: DFU spec refer to non-volatile memory usage, but
1350 allow usages beyond the scope of spec - here RAM usage,
1351 one that would help mostly the developer.
1353 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_DATA_BUF_SIZE
1354 Dfu transfer uses a buffer before writing data to the
1355 raw storage device. Make the size (in bytes) of this buffer
1356 configurable. The size of this buffer is also configurable
1357 through the "dfu_bufsiz" environment variable.
1359 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_MAX_FILE_SIZE
1360 When updating files rather than the raw storage device,
1361 we use a static buffer to copy the file into and then write
1362 the buffer once we've been given the whole file. Define
1363 this to the maximum filesize (in bytes) for the buffer.
1364 Default is 4 MiB if undefined.
1366 DFU_DEFAULT_POLL_TIMEOUT
1367 Poll timeout [ms], is the timeout a device can send to the
1368 host. The host must wait for this timeout before sending
1369 a subsequent DFU_GET_STATUS request to the device.
1371 DFU_MANIFEST_POLL_TIMEOUT
1372 Poll timeout [ms], which the device sends to the host when
1373 entering dfuMANIFEST state. Host waits this timeout, before
1374 sending again an USB request to the device.
1376 - USB Device Android Fastboot support:
1377 CONFIG_USB_FUNCTION_FASTBOOT
1378 This enables the USB part of the fastboot gadget
1381 This enables the command "fastboot" which enables the Android
1382 fastboot mode for the platform's USB device. Fastboot is a USB
1383 protocol for downloading images, flashing and device control
1384 used on Android devices.
1385 See doc/README.android-fastboot for more information.
1387 CONFIG_ANDROID_BOOT_IMAGE
1388 This enables support for booting images which use the Android
1389 image format header.
1391 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_BUF_ADDR
1392 The fastboot protocol requires a large memory buffer for
1393 downloads. Define this to the starting RAM address to use for
1396 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_BUF_SIZE
1397 The fastboot protocol requires a large memory buffer for
1398 downloads. This buffer should be as large as possible for a
1399 platform. Define this to the size available RAM for fastboot.
1401 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_FLASH
1402 The fastboot protocol includes a "flash" command for writing
1403 the downloaded image to a non-volatile storage device. Define
1404 this to enable the "fastboot flash" command.
1406 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_FLASH_MMC_DEV
1407 The fastboot "flash" command requires additional information
1408 regarding the non-volatile storage device. Define this to
1409 the eMMC device that fastboot should use to store the image.
1411 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_GPT_NAME
1412 The fastboot "flash" command supports writing the downloaded
1413 image to the Protective MBR and the Primary GUID Partition
1414 Table. (Additionally, this downloaded image is post-processed
1415 to generate and write the Backup GUID Partition Table.)
1416 This occurs when the specified "partition name" on the
1417 "fastboot flash" command line matches this value.
1418 The default is "gpt" if undefined.
1420 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_MBR_NAME
1421 The fastboot "flash" command supports writing the downloaded
1423 This occurs when the "partition name" specified on the
1424 "fastboot flash" command line matches this value.
1425 If not defined the default value "mbr" is used.
1427 - Journaling Flash filesystem support:
1429 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1431 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1432 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
1433 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1436 See Kconfig help for available keyboard drivers.
1440 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1441 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1442 defined in your board-specific files. This option is deprecated
1443 and is only used by novena. For new boards, use driver model
1448 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
1449 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1450 support, and should also define these other macros:
1455 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1456 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1458 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1460 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1461 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
1462 boot. See the documentation file doc/README.video for a
1463 description of this variable.
1465 - LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1467 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1468 display); also select one of the supported displays
1469 by defining one of these:
1473 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1475 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
1477 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
1479 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
1481 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1482 Active, color, single scan.
1484 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1486 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
1487 Active, color, single scan.
1491 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1492 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1494 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1496 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1497 Active, color, single scan.
1501 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1502 Active, color, single scan.
1506 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1508 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1512 320x240. Black & white.
1514 CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT
1516 Normally the LCD is page-aligned (typically 4KB). If this is
1517 defined then the LCD will be aligned to this value instead.
1518 For ARM it is sometimes useful to use MMU_SECTION_SIZE
1519 here, since it is cheaper to change data cache settings on
1520 a per-section basis.
1525 Sometimes, for example if the display is mounted in portrait
1526 mode or even if it's mounted landscape but rotated by 180degree,
1527 we need to rotate our content of the display relative to the
1528 framebuffer, so that user can read the messages which are
1530 Once CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is defined, the lcd_console will be
1531 initialized with a given rotation from "vl_rot" out of
1532 "vidinfo_t" which is provided by the board specific code.
1533 The value for vl_rot is coded as following (matching to
1534 fbcon=rotate:<n> linux-kernel commandline):
1535 0 = no rotation respectively 0 degree
1536 1 = 90 degree rotation
1537 2 = 180 degree rotation
1538 3 = 270 degree rotation
1540 If CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is not defined, the console will be
1541 initialized with 0degree rotation.
1545 Support drawing of RLE8-compressed bitmaps on the LCD.
1549 Enables an 'i2c edid' command which can read EDID
1550 information over I2C from an attached LCD display.
1552 - Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
1554 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1555 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1556 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
1557 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
1558 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1559 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1560 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1561 loaded very quickly after power-on.
1563 CONFIG_SPLASHIMAGE_GUARD
1565 If this option is set, then U-Boot will prevent the environment
1566 variable "splashimage" from being set to a problematic address
1567 (see doc/README.displaying-bmps).
1568 This option is useful for targets where, due to alignment
1569 restrictions, an improperly aligned BMP image will cause a data
1570 abort. If you think you will not have problems with unaligned
1571 accesses (for example because your toolchain prevents them)
1572 there is no need to set this option.
1574 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN
1576 If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
1577 on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
1578 position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
1579 number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
1580 is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
1581 specify 'm' for centering the image.
1584 setenv splashpos m,m
1585 => image at center of screen
1587 setenv splashpos 30,20
1588 => image at x = 30 and y = 20
1590 setenv splashpos -10,m
1591 => vertically centered image
1592 at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9
1594 - Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
1596 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1597 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1598 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1600 - Run length encoded BMP image (RLE8) support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8
1602 If this option is set, 8-bit RLE compressed BMP images
1603 can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the
1606 - Compression support:
1609 Enabled by default to support gzip compressed images.
1613 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1614 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1615 compressed images are supported.
1617 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
1618 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
1624 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1626 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1628 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1632 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
1633 detection of gigabit PHY is included.
1635 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1637 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1638 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1639 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1640 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1642 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1644 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1645 command issued before MII status register can be read
1650 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1651 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
1652 determined through e.g. bootp.
1653 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
1655 - Server IP address:
1658 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
1659 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1660 (Environment variable "serverip")
1662 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1664 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1665 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1667 - Gateway IP address:
1670 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1671 default router where packets to other networks are
1673 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1678 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1679 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1680 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1681 forwarded through a router.
1682 (Environment variable "netmask")
1684 - Multicast TFTP Mode:
1687 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1688 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
1689 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
1690 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1693 - BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1694 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1696 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1697 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1698 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1699 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1700 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1701 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1702 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1703 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1704 following delays are inserted then:
1706 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1707 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1708 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1710 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1712 CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE
1714 BOOTP packets are uniquely identified using a 32-bit ID. The
1715 server will copy the ID from client requests to responses and
1716 U-Boot will use this to determine if it is the destination of
1717 an incoming response. Some servers will check that addresses
1718 aren't in use before handing them out (usually using an ARP
1719 ping) and therefore take up to a few hundred milliseconds to
1720 respond. Network congestion may also influence the time it
1721 takes for a response to make it back to the client. If that
1722 time is too long, U-Boot will retransmit requests. In order
1723 to allow earlier responses to still be accepted after these
1724 retransmissions, U-Boot's BOOTP client keeps a small cache of
1725 IDs. The CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE controls the size of this
1726 cache. The default is to keep IDs for up to four outstanding
1727 requests. Increasing this will allow U-Boot to accept offers
1728 from a BOOTP client in networks with unusually high latency.
1730 - DHCP Advanced Options:
1731 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1732 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1734 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1735 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1736 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1737 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1738 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1739 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1742 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1743 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1744 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1745 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
1746 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL
1748 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1749 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
1751 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL - If the DHCP server is not found
1752 after the configured retry count, the call will fail
1753 instead of starting over. This can be used to fail over
1754 to Link-local IP address configuration if the DHCP server
1757 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1758 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1759 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1760 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1761 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1762 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1763 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1766 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1767 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1768 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
1769 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
1770 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1771 option 12 to the DHCP server.
1773 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1775 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1776 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1777 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1778 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1779 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1780 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1781 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1782 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1783 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1784 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1787 - Link-local IP address negotiation:
1788 Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network
1789 for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration.
1790 This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed
1791 to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
1793 See doc/README.link-local for more information.
1796 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
1798 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1800 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1802 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1807 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1808 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1809 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1811 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1813 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1814 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1818 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1822 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1826 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1828 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1830 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1831 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1833 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1835 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1837 - Status LED: CONFIG_LED_STATUS
1839 Several configurations allow to display the current
1840 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1841 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1842 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1843 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1844 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1845 kernel). Defining CONFIG_LED_STATUS enables this
1850 CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
1851 The status LED can be connected to a GPIO pin.
1852 In such cases, the gpio_led driver can be used as a
1853 status LED backend implementation. Define CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
1854 to include the gpio_led driver in the U-Boot binary.
1856 CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE
1857 Some GPIO connected LEDs may have inverted polarity in which
1858 case the GPIO high value corresponds to LED off state and
1859 GPIO low value corresponds to LED on state.
1860 In such cases CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE may be defined
1861 with a list of GPIO LEDs that have inverted polarity.
1863 - I2C Support: CONFIG_SYS_I2C
1865 This enable the NEW i2c subsystem, and will allow you to use
1866 i2c commands at the u-boot command line (as long as you set
1867 CONFIG_CMD_I2C in CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c
1868 based realtime clock chips or other i2c devices. See
1869 common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the command line
1872 ported i2c driver to the new framework:
1873 - drivers/i2c/soft_i2c.c:
1874 - activate first bus with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT define
1875 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE
1876 for defining speed and slave address
1877 - activate second bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS2 define
1878 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_2 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_2
1879 for defining speed and slave address
1880 - activate third bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS3 define
1881 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_3 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_3
1882 for defining speed and slave address
1883 - activate fourth bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS4 define
1884 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_4 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_4
1885 for defining speed and slave address
1887 - drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c:
1888 - activate i2c driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_FSL
1889 define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_OFFSET for setting the register
1890 offset CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_SPEED for the i2c speed and
1891 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_SLAVE for the slave addr of the first
1893 - If your board supports a second fsl i2c bus, define
1894 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_OFFSET for the register offset
1895 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_SPEED for the speed and
1896 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_SLAVE for the slave address of the
1899 - drivers/i2c/tegra_i2c.c:
1900 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_TEGRA
1901 - This driver adds 4 i2c buses with a fix speed from
1902 100000 and the slave addr 0!
1904 - drivers/i2c/ppc4xx_i2c.c
1905 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX
1906 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX_CH0 activate hardware channel 0
1907 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX_CH1 activate hardware channel 1
1909 - drivers/i2c/i2c_mxc.c
1910 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC
1911 - enable bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C1
1912 - enable bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C2
1913 - enable bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C3
1914 - enable bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C4
1915 - define speed for bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C1_SPEED
1916 - define slave for bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C1_SLAVE
1917 - define speed for bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C2_SPEED
1918 - define slave for bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C2_SLAVE
1919 - define speed for bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C3_SPEED
1920 - define slave for bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C3_SLAVE
1921 - define speed for bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C4_SPEED
1922 - define slave for bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C4_SLAVE
1923 If those defines are not set, default value is 100000
1924 for speed, and 0 for slave.
1926 - drivers/i2c/rcar_i2c.c:
1927 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_RCAR
1928 - This driver adds 4 i2c buses
1930 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C0_BASE for setting the register channel 0
1931 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C0_SPEED for for the speed channel 0
1932 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C1_BASE for setting the register channel 1
1933 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C1_SPEED for for the speed channel 1
1934 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C2_BASE for setting the register channel 2
1935 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C2_SPEED for for the speed channel 2
1936 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C3_BASE for setting the register channel 3
1937 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C3_SPEED for for the speed channel 3
1938 - CONFIF_SYS_RCAR_I2C_NUM_CONTROLLERS for number of i2c buses
1940 - drivers/i2c/sh_i2c.c:
1941 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH
1942 - This driver adds from 2 to 5 i2c buses
1944 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE0 for setting the register channel 0
1945 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED0 for for the speed channel 0
1946 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE1 for setting the register channel 1
1947 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED1 for for the speed channel 1
1948 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE2 for setting the register channel 2
1949 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED2 for for the speed channel 2
1950 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE3 for setting the register channel 3
1951 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED3 for for the speed channel 3
1952 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE4 for setting the register channel 4
1953 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED4 for for the speed channel 4
1954 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_NUM_CONTROLLERS for number of i2c buses
1956 - drivers/i2c/omap24xx_i2c.c
1957 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_OMAP24XX
1958 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED speed channel 0
1959 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE slave addr channel 0
1960 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED1 speed channel 1
1961 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE1 slave addr channel 1
1962 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED2 speed channel 2
1963 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE2 slave addr channel 2
1964 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED3 speed channel 3
1965 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE3 slave addr channel 3
1966 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED4 speed channel 4
1967 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE4 slave addr channel 4
1969 - drivers/i2c/zynq_i2c.c
1970 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ
1971 - set CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ_SPEED for speed setting
1972 - set CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ_SLAVE for slave addr
1974 - drivers/i2c/s3c24x0_i2c.c:
1975 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_S3C24X0
1976 - This driver adds i2c buses (11 for Exynos5250, Exynos5420
1977 9 i2c buses for Exynos4 and 1 for S3C24X0 SoCs from Samsung)
1978 with a fix speed from 100000 and the slave addr 0!
1980 - drivers/i2c/ihs_i2c.c
1981 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS
1982 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH0 activate hardware channel 0
1983 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_0 speed channel 0
1984 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_0 slave addr channel 0
1985 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH1 activate hardware channel 1
1986 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_1 speed channel 1
1987 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_1 slave addr channel 1
1988 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH2 activate hardware channel 2
1989 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_2 speed channel 2
1990 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_2 slave addr channel 2
1991 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH3 activate hardware channel 3
1992 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_3 speed channel 3
1993 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_3 slave addr channel 3
1994 - activate dual channel with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_DUAL
1995 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_0_1 speed channel 0_1
1996 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_0_1 slave addr channel 0_1
1997 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_1_1 speed channel 1_1
1998 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_1_1 slave addr channel 1_1
1999 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_2_1 speed channel 2_1
2000 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_2_1 slave addr channel 2_1
2001 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_3_1 speed channel 3_1
2002 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_3_1 slave addr channel 3_1
2006 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES
2007 Hold the number of i2c buses you want to use.
2009 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS
2010 define this, if you don't use i2c muxes on your hardware.
2011 if CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS is not defined or == 0 you can
2014 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS
2015 define how many muxes are maximal consecutively connected
2016 on one i2c bus. If you not use i2c muxes, omit this
2019 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES
2020 hold a list of buses you want to use, only used if
2021 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS is not defined, for example
2022 a board with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS = 1 and
2023 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES = 9:
2025 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES {{0, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
2026 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 1}}}, \
2027 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 2}}}, \
2028 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 3}}}, \
2029 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 4}}}, \
2030 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 5}}}, \
2031 {1, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
2032 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 1}}}, \
2033 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 2}}}, \
2037 bus 0 on adapter 0 without a mux
2038 bus 1 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 1
2039 bus 2 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 2
2040 bus 3 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 3
2041 bus 4 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 4
2042 bus 5 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 5
2043 bus 6 on adapter 1 without a mux
2044 bus 7 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 1
2045 bus 8 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 2
2047 If you do not have i2c muxes on your board, omit this define.
2049 - Legacy I2C Support:
2050 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT)
2051 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
2052 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
2056 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
2057 controller or configure ports.
2059 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
2063 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
2064 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
2067 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
2071 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
2072 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
2075 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
2079 Code that returns true if the I2C data line is high,
2082 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
2086 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C data line high. If it
2087 is false, it clears it (low).
2089 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
2090 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
2091 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
2095 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
2096 is false, it clears it (low).
2098 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
2099 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
2100 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
2104 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
2105 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
2106 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
2109 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
2111 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
2113 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
2114 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
2115 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
2116 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
2118 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
2119 the generic GPIO functions.
2121 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
2123 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
2124 chips might think that the current transfer is still
2125 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
2126 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
2127 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
2128 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
2129 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
2130 is run early in the boot sequence.
2132 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2134 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
2135 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
2136 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
2137 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
2139 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
2141 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
2142 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2143 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
2144 a 1D array of device addresses
2147 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2148 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
2150 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
2152 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2153 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
2155 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
2157 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
2159 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
2160 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
2162 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
2164 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
2165 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
2167 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
2169 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
2170 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
2171 between writing the address pointer and reading the
2172 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
2173 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
2174 devices can use either method, but some require one or
2177 - SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
2179 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
2180 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
2181 D/As on the SACSng board)
2185 Enables the driver for SPI controller on SuperH. Currently
2186 only SH7757 is supported.
2190 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
2191 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
2192 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
2193 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
2194 defined, the board configuration must define several
2195 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
2196 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
2200 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
2201 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
2202 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
2203 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
2204 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
2208 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
2209 SoCs. Currently i.MX31/35/51 are supported.
2211 CONFIG_SYS_SPI_MXC_WAIT
2212 Timeout for waiting until spi transfer completed.
2213 default: (CONFIG_SYS_HZ/100) /* 10 ms */
2215 - FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
2217 Enables FPGA subsystem.
2219 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
2221 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
2224 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
2226 Enables support for FPGA family.
2227 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
2231 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
2233 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
2235 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
2237 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
2239 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
2240 status by the configuration function. This option
2241 will require a board or device specific function to
2246 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
2247 configuration driver.
2249 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
2250 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
2252 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
2254 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
2255 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
2256 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
2257 indicated a CRC error).
2259 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
2261 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to de-assert
2262 after PROB_B has been de-asserted during a Virtex II
2263 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
2266 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
2268 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to de-assert during
2269 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
2271 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
2273 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
2276 - Configuration Management:
2279 Some SoCs need special image types (e.g. U-Boot binary
2280 with a special header) as build targets. By defining
2281 CONFIG_BUILD_TARGET in the SoC / board header, this
2282 special image will be automatically built upon calling
2287 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
2288 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
2290 - Vendor Parameter Protection:
2292 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
2293 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
2294 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
2295 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
2296 protects these variables from casual modification by
2297 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
2298 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
2299 change this behaviour:
2301 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
2302 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
2303 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
2306 Alternatively, if you define _both_ an ethaddr in the
2307 default env _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
2308 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
2309 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
2310 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
2313 The same can be accomplished in a more flexible way
2314 for any variable by configuring the type of access
2315 to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable
2316 or define CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC.
2321 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
2322 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
2323 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
2324 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
2325 this default value by defining an environment
2326 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
2327 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
2328 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
2329 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
2330 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
2331 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
2332 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
2334 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
2337 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
2338 either, which results in a memory region that will
2339 not be affected by reboots.
2341 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
2342 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
2343 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
2344 following board configurations are known to be
2347 IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx,
2348 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON,
2351 - Access to physical memory region (> 4GB)
2352 Some basic support is provided for operations on memory not
2353 normally accessible to U-Boot - e.g. some architectures
2354 support access to more than 4GB of memory on 32-bit
2355 machines using physical address extension or similar.
2356 Define CONFIG_PHYSMEM to access this basic support, which
2357 currently only supports clearing the memory.
2362 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
2363 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
2364 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
2365 system where you want the system to reboot
2366 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
2367 useful during development since you can try to debug
2368 the conditions that lead to the situation.
2370 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
2372 This variable defines the number of retries for
2373 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
2374 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
2375 default value of 5 is used.
2379 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
2383 Timeout in milliseconds used in NFS protocol.
2384 If you encounter "ERROR: Cannot umount" in nfs command,
2385 try longer timeout such as
2386 #define CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT 10000UL
2388 - Command Interpreter:
2389 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
2391 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
2393 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
2395 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
2396 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
2397 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
2401 In the current implementation, the local variables
2402 space and global environment variables space are
2403 separated. Local variables are those you define by
2404 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
2405 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
2406 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
2407 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
2409 Global environment variables are those you use
2410 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
2411 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
2412 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
2414 To store commands and special characters in a
2415 variable, please use double quotation marks
2416 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
2417 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
2420 - Command Line Editing and History:
2421 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
2423 Enable editing and History functions for interactive
2424 command line input operations
2426 - Command Line PS1/PS2 support:
2427 CONFIG_CMDLINE_PS_SUPPORT
2429 Enable support for changing the command prompt string
2430 at run-time. Only static string is supported so far.
2431 The string is obtained from environment variables PS1
2434 - Default Environment:
2435 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
2437 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
2438 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
2439 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2441 For example, place something like this in your
2442 board's config file:
2444 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
2448 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
2449 internal format how the environment is stored by the
2450 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
2451 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
2452 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
2453 You better know what you are doing here.
2455 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
2456 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
2457 the environment like the "source" command or the
2460 CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_CONFIG
2462 Define this in order to add variables describing the
2463 U-Boot build configuration to the default environment.
2464 These will be named arch, cpu, board, vendor, and soc.
2466 Enabling this option will cause the following to be defined:
2474 CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_RUNTIME_CONFIG
2476 Define this in order to add variables describing certain
2477 run-time determined information about the hardware to the
2478 environment. These will be named board_name, board_rev.
2480 CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT
2482 Normally the environment is loaded when the board is
2483 initialised so that it is available to U-Boot. This inhibits
2484 that so that the environment is not available until
2485 explicitly loaded later by U-Boot code. With CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
2486 this is instead controlled by the value of
2487 /config/load-environment.
2489 - DataFlash Support:
2490 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
2492 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
2493 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
2496 - Serial Flash support
2499 Defining this option enables SPI flash commands
2500 'sf probe/read/write/erase/update'.
2502 Usage requires an initial 'probe' to define the serial
2503 flash parameters, followed by read/write/erase/update
2506 The following defaults may be provided by the platform
2507 to handle the common case when only a single serial
2508 flash is present on the system.
2510 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_BUS Bus identifier
2511 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_CS Chip-select
2512 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_MODE (see include/spi.h)
2513 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED in Hz
2517 Define this option to include a destructive SPI flash
2520 - SystemACE Support:
2523 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
2524 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
2525 of the chip must also be defined in the
2526 CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
2528 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
2529 #define CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
2531 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
2532 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
2534 - TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
2537 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
2538 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
2539 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
2540 number generator is used.
2542 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
2543 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
2544 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
2546 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
2547 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
2548 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
2549 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
2550 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
2551 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
2552 but sometimes that is not allowed.
2554 - bootcount support:
2555 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_LIMIT
2557 This enables the bootcounter support, see:
2558 http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/UBootBootCountLimit
2561 enable special bootcounter support on at91sam9xe based boards.
2563 enable special bootcounter support on da850 based boards.
2564 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_RAM
2565 enable support for the bootcounter in RAM
2566 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_I2C
2567 enable support for the bootcounter on an i2c (like RTC) device.
2568 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_RTC_ADDR = i2c chip address
2569 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_ADDR = i2c addr which is used for
2571 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_ALEN = address len
2573 - Show boot progress:
2574 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
2576 Defining this option allows to add some board-
2577 specific code (calling a user-provided function
2578 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
2579 the system's boot progress on some display (for
2580 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
2581 the following checkpoints are implemented:
2584 Legacy uImage format:
2587 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
2588 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
2589 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
2590 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
2591 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
2592 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
2593 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
2594 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
2595 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2596 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
2597 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
2598 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
2599 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
2600 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
2601 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
2602 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
2604 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2605 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
2606 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
2607 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
2608 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
2609 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
2610 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
2611 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
2612 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
2613 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
2615 15 arch/<arch>/lib/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
2617 -30 arch/powerpc/lib/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
2618 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
2619 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
2621 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
2622 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
2623 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
2624 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
2625 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
2626 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2627 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
2628 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
2629 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
2630 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
2631 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2632 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
2633 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2634 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
2635 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
2636 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
2637 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
2638 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
2639 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
2640 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
2641 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
2642 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
2643 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
2644 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
2645 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
2646 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
2647 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2648 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
2649 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
2650 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
2651 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
2652 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
2653 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
2654 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
2655 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
2656 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
2657 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
2658 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
2659 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
2660 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2661 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
2662 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2663 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
2664 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
2665 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
2666 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
2667 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
2669 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
2671 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
2672 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
2673 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
2675 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
2676 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling net_loop()
2677 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in net_loop() occurred
2678 81 common/cmd_net.c net_loop() back without error
2679 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
2680 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
2681 83 common/cmd_net.c running "source" command
2682 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or "source" command
2683 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
2688 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
2689 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
2690 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
2691 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
2692 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
2693 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
2694 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
2695 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
2696 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
2697 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
2698 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
2699 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2700 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
2701 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
2702 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
2703 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
2704 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
2705 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
2706 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
2707 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
2708 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
2709 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
2711 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2712 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
2713 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
2714 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
2715 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
2716 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
2717 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
2718 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
2719 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
2720 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
2721 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
2722 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
2723 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
2724 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
2725 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
2726 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
2728 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
2729 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
2731 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
2732 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
2734 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
2735 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
2737 - legacy image format:
2738 CONFIG_IMAGE_FORMAT_LEGACY
2739 enables the legacy image format support in U-Boot.
2742 enabled if CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE is not defined.
2744 CONFIG_DISABLE_IMAGE_LEGACY
2745 disable the legacy image format
2747 This define is introduced, as the legacy image format is
2748 enabled per default for backward compatibility.
2750 - Standalone program support:
2751 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
2753 This option defines a board specific value for the
2754 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
2755 overwriting the architecture dependent default
2758 - Frame Buffer Address:
2761 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific
2762 address for frame buffer. This is typically the case
2763 when using a graphics controller has separate video
2764 memory. U-Boot will then place the frame buffer at
2765 the given address instead of dynamically reserving it
2766 in system RAM by calling lcd_setmem(), which grabs
2767 the memory for the frame buffer depending on the
2768 configured panel size.
2770 Please see board_init_f function.
2772 - Automatic software updates via TFTP server
2774 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
2775 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
2777 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
2778 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
2780 - MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
2783 Adds the MTD device infrastructure from the Linux kernel.
2784 Needed for mtdparts command support.
2786 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
2788 Adds the MTD partitioning infrastructure from the Linux
2789 kernel. Needed for UBI support.
2792 CONFIG_UBI_SILENCE_MSG
2794 Make the verbose messages from UBI stop printing. This leaves
2795 warnings and errors enabled.
2798 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD
2799 This parameter defines the maximum difference between the highest
2800 erase counter value and the lowest erase counter value of eraseblocks
2801 of UBI devices. When this threshold is exceeded, UBI starts performing
2802 wear leveling by means of moving data from eraseblock with low erase
2803 counter to eraseblocks with high erase counter.
2805 The default value should be OK for SLC NAND flashes, NOR flashes and
2806 other flashes which have eraseblock life-cycle 100000 or more.
2807 However, in case of MLC NAND flashes which typically have eraseblock
2808 life-cycle less than 10000, the threshold should be lessened (e.g.,
2809 to 128 or 256, although it does not have to be power of 2).
2813 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT
2814 This option specifies the maximum bad physical eraseblocks UBI
2815 expects on the MTD device (per 1024 eraseblocks). If the
2816 underlying flash does not admit of bad eraseblocks (e.g. NOR
2817 flash), this value is ignored.
2819 NAND datasheets often specify the minimum and maximum NVM
2820 (Number of Valid Blocks) for the flashes' endurance lifetime.
2821 The maximum expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 eraseblocks
2822 then can be calculated as "1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB)",
2823 which gives 20 for most NANDs (MaxNVB is basically the total
2824 count of eraseblocks on the chip).
2826 To put it differently, if this value is 20, UBI will try to
2827 reserve about 1.9% of physical eraseblocks for bad blocks
2828 handling. And that will be 1.9% of eraseblocks on the entire
2829 NAND chip, not just the MTD partition UBI attaches. This means
2830 that if you have, say, a NAND flash chip admits maximum 40 bad
2831 eraseblocks, and it is split on two MTD partitions of the same
2832 size, UBI will reserve 40 eraseblocks when attaching a
2837 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
2838 Fastmap is a mechanism which allows attaching an UBI device
2839 in nearly constant time. Instead of scanning the whole MTD device it
2840 only has to locate a checkpoint (called fastmap) on the device.
2841 The on-flash fastmap contains all information needed to attach
2842 the device. Using fastmap makes only sense on large devices where
2843 attaching by scanning takes long. UBI will not automatically install
2844 a fastmap on old images, but you can set the UBI parameter
2845 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT to 1 if you want so. Please note
2846 that fastmap-enabled images are still usable with UBI implementations
2847 without fastmap support. On typical flash devices the whole fastmap
2848 fits into one PEB. UBI will reserve PEBs to hold two fastmaps.
2850 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT
2851 Set this parameter to enable fastmap automatically on images
2855 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FM_DEBUG
2856 Enable UBI fastmap debug
2860 CONFIG_UBIFS_SILENCE_MSG
2862 Make the verbose messages from UBIFS stop printing. This leaves
2863 warnings and errors enabled.
2867 Enable building of SPL globally.
2870 LDSCRIPT for linking the SPL binary.
2872 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT
2873 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL, BSS included.
2874 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory
2875 used by SPL from _start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
2876 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2877 must not be both defined at the same time.
2880 Maximum size of the SPL image (text, data, rodata, and
2881 linker lists sections), BSS excluded.
2882 When defined, the linker checks that the actual size does
2885 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
2886 TEXT_BASE for linking the SPL binary.
2888 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_TEXT_BASE
2889 Address to relocate to. If unspecified, this is equal to
2890 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE (i.e. no relocation is done).
2892 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR
2893 Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary.
2895 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2896 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL BSS.
2897 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory used
2898 by SPL from __bss_start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
2899 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2900 must not be both defined at the same time.
2903 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use
2905 CONFIG_SPL_PANIC_ON_RAW_IMAGE
2906 When defined, SPL will panic() if the image it has
2907 loaded does not have a signature.
2908 Defining this is useful when code which loads images
2909 in SPL cannot guarantee that absolutely all read errors
2911 An example is the LPC32XX MLC NAND driver, which will
2912 consider that a completely unreadable NAND block is bad,
2913 and thus should be skipped silently.
2915 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_STACK
2916 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use after
2917 relocation. If unspecified, this is equal to
2920 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
2921 Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL.
2922 When this option is set the full malloc is used in SPL and
2923 it is set up by spl_init() and before that, the simple malloc()
2924 can be used if CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F is defined.
2926 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
2927 The size of the malloc pool used in SPL.
2929 CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK
2930 Enable the SPL framework under common/. This framework
2931 supports MMC, NAND and YMODEM loading of U-Boot and NAND
2932 NAND loading of the Linux Kernel.
2935 Enable booting directly to an OS from SPL.
2936 See also: doc/README.falcon
2938 CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT
2939 For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information
2940 about the running system.
2942 CONFIG_SPL_INIT_MINIMAL
2943 Arch init code should be built for a very small image
2945 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_PARTITION
2946 Partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from when the MMC is being
2949 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_KERNEL_SECTOR
2950 Sector to load kernel uImage from when MMC is being
2951 used in raw mode (for Falcon mode)
2953 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTOR,
2954 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTORS
2955 Sector and number of sectors to load kernel argument
2956 parameters from when MMC is being used in raw mode
2959 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_FS_BOOT_PARTITION
2960 Partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from when the MMC is being
2963 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
2964 Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from filesystem
2966 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_KERNEL_NAME
2967 Filename to read to load kernel uImage when reading
2968 from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
2970 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_ARGS_NAME
2971 Filename to read to load kernel argument parameters
2972 when reading from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
2974 CONFIG_SPL_MPC83XX_WAIT_FOR_NAND
2975 Set this for NAND SPL on PPC mpc83xx targets, so that
2976 start.S waits for the rest of the SPL to load before
2977 continuing (the hardware starts execution after just
2978 loading the first page rather than the full 4K).
2980 CONFIG_SPL_SKIP_RELOCATE
2981 Avoid SPL relocation
2983 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BASE
2984 Include nand_base.c in the SPL. Requires
2985 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS.
2987 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS
2988 SPL uses normal NAND drivers, not minimal drivers.
2991 Include standard software ECC in the SPL
2993 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE
2994 Support for NAND boot using simple NAND drivers that
2995 expose the cmd_ctrl() interface.
2998 Support for a lightweight UBI (fastmap) scanner and
3001 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_RAW_ONLY
3002 Support to boot only raw u-boot.bin images. Use this only
3003 if you need to save space.
3005 CONFIG_SPL_COMMON_INIT_DDR
3006 Set for common ddr init with serial presence detect in
3009 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
3010 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
3011 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
3012 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
3013 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
3014 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
3017 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BOOT
3018 Add support NAND boot
3020 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS
3021 Location in NAND to read U-Boot from
3023 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST
3024 Location in memory to load U-Boot to
3026 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE
3027 Size of image to load
3029 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
3030 Entry point in loaded image to jump to
3032 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
3033 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
3034 data. This is used, for example, on davinci platforms.
3036 CONFIG_SPL_OMAP3_ID_NAND
3037 Support for an OMAP3-specific set of functions to return the
3038 ID and MFR of the first attached NAND chip, if present.
3040 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE
3041 Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary
3044 Image offset to which the SPL should be padded before appending
3045 the SPL payload. By default, this is defined as
3046 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
3047 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
3048 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
3051 Final target image containing SPL and payload. Some SPLs
3052 use an arch-specific makefile fragment instead, for
3053 example if more than one image needs to be produced.
3055 CONFIG_FIT_SPL_PRINT
3056 Printing information about a FIT image adds quite a bit of
3057 code to SPL. So this is normally disabled in SPL. Use this
3058 option to re-enable it. This will affect the output of the
3059 bootm command when booting a FIT image.
3063 Enable building of TPL globally.
3066 Image offset to which the TPL should be padded before appending
3067 the TPL payload. By default, this is defined as
3068 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
3069 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
3070 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
3072 - Interrupt support (PPC):
3074 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
3075 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
3076 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
3077 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
3078 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
3079 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
3080 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
3081 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
3082 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
3083 general timer_interrupt().
3086 Board initialization settings:
3087 ------------------------------
3089 During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
3090 to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
3091 before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
3092 following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
3093 architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
3094 typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
3096 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
3097 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
3098 - CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
3099 - CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init()
3101 Configuration Settings:
3102 -----------------------
3104 - CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORT_64BIT_DATA: Defined automatically if compiled as 64-bit.
3105 Optionally it can be defined to support 64-bit memory commands.
3107 - CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
3108 undefine this when you're short of memory.
3110 - CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
3111 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
3113 - CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
3114 prompt for user input.
3116 - CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
3118 - CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
3120 - CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
3122 - CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
3123 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
3126 - CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
3127 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
3129 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
3130 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
3133 - CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST:
3134 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
3136 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
3137 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
3138 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
3140 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE
3141 Only implemented for ARMv8 for now.
3142 If defined, the size of CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE memory
3143 is substracted from total RAM and won't be reported to OS.
3144 This memory can be used as secure memory. A variable
3145 gd->arch.secure_ram is used to track the location. In systems
3146 the RAM base is not zero, or RAM is divided into banks,
3147 this variable needs to be recalcuated to get the address.
3149 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE:
3150 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
3151 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
3152 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
3153 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
3154 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
3155 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
3156 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
3157 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
3158 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
3160 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
3161 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
3164 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
3165 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
3166 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
3167 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
3170 - CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
3171 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
3173 - CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
3174 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
3176 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
3177 Physical start address of Flash memory.
3179 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
3180 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
3181 make config files to be same as the text base address
3182 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
3183 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
3185 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
3186 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
3187 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
3188 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
3191 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
3192 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
3194 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
3195 Size of the malloc() pool for use before relocation. If
3196 this is defined, then a very simple malloc() implementation
3197 will become available before relocation. The address is just
3198 below the global data, and the stack is moved down to make
3201 This feature allocates regions with increasing addresses
3202 within the region. calloc() is supported, but realloc()
3203 is not available. free() is supported but does nothing.
3204 The memory will be freed (or in fact just forgotten) when
3205 U-Boot relocates itself.
3207 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE
3208 Provides a simple and small malloc() and calloc() for those
3209 boards which do not use the full malloc in SPL (which is
3210 enabled with CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START).
3212 - CONFIG_SYS_NONCACHED_MEMORY:
3213 Size of non-cached memory area. This area of memory will be
3214 typically located right below the malloc() area and mapped
3215 uncached in the MMU. This is useful for drivers that would
3216 otherwise require a lot of explicit cache maintenance. For
3217 some drivers it's also impossible to properly maintain the
3218 cache. For example if the regions that need to be flushed
3219 are not a multiple of the cache-line size, *and* padding
3220 cannot be allocated between the regions to align them (i.e.
3221 if the HW requires a contiguous array of regions, and the
3222 size of each region is not cache-aligned), then a flush of
3223 one region may result in overwriting data that hardware has
3224 written to another region in the same cache-line. This can
3225 happen for example in network drivers where descriptors for
3226 buffers are typically smaller than the CPU cache-line (e.g.
3227 16 bytes vs. 32 or 64 bytes).
3229 Non-cached memory is only supported on 32-bit ARM at present.
3231 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
3232 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
3233 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
3234 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
3235 to adjust this setting to your needs.
3237 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
3238 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
3239 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
3240 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
3241 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
3242 environment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
3243 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
3244 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
3245 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
3246 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
3247 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
3249 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
3250 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
3251 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
3254 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
3255 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
3256 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
3258 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
3259 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
3260 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
3262 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
3263 Max number of Flash memory banks
3265 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
3266 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
3268 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
3269 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
3271 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
3272 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
3274 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
3275 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
3277 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
3278 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
3280 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
3281 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
3282 instead of U-Boot software protection.
3284 - CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
3286 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
3287 without this option such a download has to be
3288 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
3289 copy from RAM to flash.
3291 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
3292 you can check if the download worked before you erase
3293 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
3294 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
3295 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
3297 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
3298 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
3299 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
3301 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
3302 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
3303 in the drivers directory
3305 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
3306 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
3307 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
3310 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
3311 Use buffered writes to flash.
3313 - CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
3314 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
3317 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
3318 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
3319 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
3320 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
3321 optionally available.
3323 - CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
3324 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
3325 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
3326 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
3328 - CONFIG_FLASH_VERIFY
3329 If defined, the content of the flash (destination) is compared
3330 against the source after the write operation. An error message
3331 will be printed when the contents are not identical.
3332 Please note that this option is useless in nearly all cases,
3333 since such flash programming errors usually are detected earlier
3334 while unprotecting/erasing/programming. Please only enable
3335 this option if you really know what you are doing.
3337 - CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
3338 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
3339 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
3340 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
3341 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
3342 on high Ethernet traffic.
3343 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
3345 - CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
3347 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
3348 internally to store the environment settings. The default
3349 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
3350 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
3351 lib/hashtable.c for details.
3353 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
3354 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
3355 Enable validation of the values given to environment variables when
3356 calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal,
3357 hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined,
3358 the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address.
3360 The format of the list is:
3361 type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m]
3362 access_attribute = [a|r|o|c]
3363 attributes = type_attribute[access_attribute]
3364 entry = variable_name[:attributes]
3367 The type attributes are:
3368 s - String (default)
3371 b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF])
3375 The access attributes are:
3381 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
3382 Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags"
3383 environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
3385 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
3386 Define this to a list (string) to define validation that
3387 should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags"
3388 environment variable. To override a setting in the static
3389 list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the
3392 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
3393 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to define the same
3394 flags without explicitly listing them for each variable.
3396 - CONFIG_ENV_ACCESS_IGNORE_FORCE
3397 If defined, don't allow the -f switch to env set override variable
3401 If stdint.h is available with your toolchain you can define this
3402 option to enable it. You can provide option 'USE_STDINT=1' when
3403 building U-Boot to enable this.
3405 The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
3406 of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
3407 following configurations:
3409 - CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
3411 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
3412 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
3414 BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
3415 in U-Boot initialization (when we try to get the setting of for the
3416 console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
3419 Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
3420 environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
3421 keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
3422 to save the current settings.
3424 BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
3425 "saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
3426 environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE link,
3427 but it can not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE interface.
3429 - CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
3431 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
3432 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
3433 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
3435 Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
3436 has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
3437 created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_f()
3438 until then to read environment variables.
3440 The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
3441 is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
3442 with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
3443 necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
3444 "baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
3445 have any device yet where we could complain.]
3447 Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
3448 the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
3449 use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
3451 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
3452 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
3454 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
3455 also needs to be defined.
3457 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
3458 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
3460 - CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
3461 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
3462 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
3463 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
3464 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
3465 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
3467 - CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
3468 Display information about the board that U-Boot is running on
3469 when U-Boot starts up. The board function checkboard() is called
3472 - CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE
3473 Similar to the previous option, but display this information
3474 later, once stdio is running and output goes to the LCD, if
3477 - CONFIG_BOARD_SIZE_LIMIT:
3478 Maximum size of the U-Boot image. When defined, the
3479 build system checks that the actual size does not
3482 Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
3483 ---------------------------------------------------
3485 - CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
3486 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
3488 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
3489 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
3492 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
3493 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
3494 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
3496 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
3497 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
3498 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
3499 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
3500 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
3501 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
3502 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
3504 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
3505 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
3507 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
3508 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
3509 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
3510 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3511 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3513 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
3514 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
3515 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3516 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3518 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE:
3519 If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be
3520 forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated.
3522 - Floppy Disk Support:
3523 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
3525 the default drive number (default value 0)
3527 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
3529 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
3532 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
3534 defines the offset of register from address. It
3535 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
3536 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
3538 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
3539 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
3542 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
3543 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
3544 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
3545 source code. It is used to make hardware-dependent
3549 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
3550 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
3551 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
3552 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
3553 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
3556 - CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
3557 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
3558 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx systems only]
3560 - CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
3562 Start address of memory area that can be used for
3563 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
3564 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
3565 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
3566 will become available only after programming the
3567 memory controller and running certain initialization
3570 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
3571 - MPC8xx: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
3573 - CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
3575 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
3576 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
3577 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
3578 data is located at the end of the available space
3579 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
3580 GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
3581 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
3582 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
3585 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
3586 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
3587 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
3588 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
3589 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
3591 - CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
3593 - CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
3596 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
3597 periodic timer for refresh
3599 - FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
3600 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
3601 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
3602 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
3603 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
3605 - SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
3606 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
3607 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
3608 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
3610 - CONFIG_PCI_ENUM_ONLY
3611 Only scan through and get the devices on the buses.
3612 Don't do any setup work, presumably because someone or
3613 something has already done it, and we don't need to do it
3614 a second time. Useful for platforms that are pre-booted
3615 by coreboot or similar.
3617 - CONFIG_PCI_INDIRECT_BRIDGE:
3618 Enable support for indirect PCI bridges.
3621 Chip has SRIO or not
3624 Board has SRIO 1 port available
3627 Board has SRIO 2 port available
3629 - CONFIG_SRIO_PCIE_BOOT_MASTER
3630 Board can support master function for Boot from SRIO and PCIE
3632 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
3633 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3635 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYS:
3636 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3638 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
3639 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3641 - CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BUSWIDTH_16BIT
3642 Defined to tell the NAND controller that the NAND chip is using
3644 Not all NAND drivers use this symbol.
3645 Example of drivers that use it:
3646 - drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c
3647 - drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
3649 - CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
3650 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
3651 a default value will be used.
3654 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
3655 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
3658 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
3660 - CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
3661 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
3662 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
3663 to something your driver can deal with.
3665 - CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
3666 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
3667 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
3668 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
3669 header files or board specific files.
3671 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
3672 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
3674 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_SYNC_REFRESH
3675 Enable sync of refresh for multiple controllers.
3677 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_BIST
3678 Enable built-in memory test for Freescale DDR controllers.
3680 - CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
3681 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
3682 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
3685 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
3686 Note that this is a global option, we can't
3687 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
3689 - CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
3690 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
3693 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
3695 Where address/count indicate a memory area
3696 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
3700 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
3701 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
3704 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
3709 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
3711 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
3712 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
3714 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
3715 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
3717 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
3718 [ARM, NDS32, MIPS only] If this variable is defined, then certain
3719 low level initializations (like setting up the memory
3720 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
3721 relocate itself into RAM.
3723 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
3724 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
3725 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
3726 these initializations itself.
3728 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT_ONLY
3729 [ARM926EJ-S only] This allows just the call to lowlevel_init()
3730 to be skipped. The normal CP15 init (such as enabling the
3731 instruction cache) is still performed.
3734 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
3735 that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
3736 compiling a NAND SPL.
3739 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
3740 that is executed after the SPL and before the actual U-Boot.
3741 It is loaded by the SPL.
3743 - CONFIG_SYS_MPC85XX_NO_RESETVEC
3744 Only for 85xx systems. If this variable is specified, the section
3745 .resetvec is not kept and the section .bootpg is placed in the
3746 previous 4k of the .text section.
3748 - CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM
3749 Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses
3750 effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard
3751 U-Boot address as virtual addresses that need to be translated
3752 to physical addresses. However, sandbox requires this, since
3753 it maintains its own little RAM buffer which contains all
3754 addressable memory. This option causes some memory accesses
3755 to be mapped through map_sysmem() / unmap_sysmem().
3757 - CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR
3758 If defined, the x86 reset vector code is included. This is not
3759 needed when U-Boot is running from Coreboot.
3761 - CONFIG_SPL_AM33XX_ENABLE_RTC32K_OSC:
3762 Enables the RTC32K OSC on AM33xx based plattforms
3764 - CONFIG_SYS_NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE
3765 Option to disable subpage write in NAND driver
3766 driver that uses this:
3767 drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
3769 Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
3770 -----------------------------------
3772 The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
3773 loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
3774 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
3775 are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
3778 - CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR
3779 The address in the storage device where the FMAN microcode is located. The
3780 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
3783 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_ADDR
3784 The address in the storage device where the QE microcode is located. The
3785 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
3788 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
3789 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
3790 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
3791 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
3792 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
3794 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
3795 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
3796 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
3797 virtual address in NOR flash.
3799 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
3800 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
3801 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
3803 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
3804 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
3805 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
3807 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
3808 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
3809 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
3810 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO or PCIE outbound
3811 window->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in
3812 master's memory space.
3814 Freescale Layerscape Management Complex Firmware Support:
3815 ---------------------------------------------------------
3816 The Freescale Layerscape Management Complex (MC) supports the loading of
3818 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
3819 are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
3822 - CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
3823 Enable the MC driver for Layerscape SoCs.
3825 Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support:
3826 -------------------------------------------
3827 The Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support supports the loading of
3828 "Debug Server firmware" and triggering SP boot-rom.
3829 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting.
3831 - CONFIG_SYS_MC_RSV_MEM_ALIGN
3832 Define alignment of reserved memory MC requires
3837 In order to achieve reproducible builds, timestamps used in the U-Boot build
3838 process have to be set to a fixed value.
3840 This is done using the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable.
3841 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is to be set on the build host's shell, not as a configuration
3842 option for U-Boot or an environment variable in U-Boot.
3844 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH should be set to a number of seconds since the epoch, in UTC.
3846 Building the Software:
3847 ======================
3849 Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
3850 and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
3851 all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
3852 (potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
3853 recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
3854 which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
3856 If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
3857 have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
3858 you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
3859 Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
3860 necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
3862 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
3863 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
3865 Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
3866 the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
3867 (http://www.mingw.org). Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
3868 toolchain and execute 'make tools'. For example:
3870 $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools
3872 Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
3873 be executed on computers running Windows.
3875 U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
3876 sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
3881 where "NAME_defconfig" is the name of one of the existing configu-
3882 rations; see boards.cfg for supported names.
3884 Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
3885 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
3886 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
3887 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
3888 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
3890 make TQM823L_defconfig
3891 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
3893 make TQM823L_LCD_defconfig
3894 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
3899 Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
3900 images ready for download to / installation on your system:
3902 - "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
3903 - "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
3904 - "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
3906 By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
3907 in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
3908 this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
3910 1. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
3912 make O=/tmp/build distclean
3913 make O=/tmp/build NAME_defconfig
3914 make O=/tmp/build all
3916 2. Set environment variable KBUILD_OUTPUT to point to the desired location:
3918 export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/build
3923 Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the KBUILD_OUTPUT environment
3927 Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
3928 for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
3932 If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
3933 to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
3936 1. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
3937 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
3938 the "Makefile" and a "<board>.c".
3939 2. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
3941 3. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
3942 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
3943 4. Run "make <board>_defconfig" with your new name.
3944 5. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
3945 to be installed on your target system.
3946 6. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
3947 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
3950 Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
3951 ==============================================================
3953 If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
3954 or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
3955 provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
3956 the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
3957 official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
3959 But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
3960 cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
3961 the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
3962 just run the buildman script (tools/buildman/buildman), which will
3963 configure and build U-Boot for ALL supported system. Be warned, this
3964 will take a while. Please see the buildman README, or run 'buildman -H'
3968 See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
3971 Monitor Commands - Overview:
3972 ============================
3974 go - start application at address 'addr'
3975 run - run commands in an environment variable
3976 bootm - boot application image from memory
3977 bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
3978 bootz - boot zImage from memory
3979 tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
3980 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
3981 (and eventually "gatewayip")
3982 tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
3983 rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
3984 diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
3985 loads - load S-Record file over serial line
3986 loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
3988 mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
3989 nm - memory modify (constant address)
3990 mw - memory write (fill)
3992 cmp - memory compare
3993 crc32 - checksum calculation
3994 i2c - I2C sub-system
3995 sspi - SPI utility commands
3996 base - print or set address offset
3997 printenv- print environment variables
3998 setenv - set environment variables
3999 saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
4000 protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
4001 erase - erase FLASH memory
4002 flinfo - print FLASH memory information
4003 nand - NAND memory operations (see doc/README.nand)
4004 bdinfo - print Board Info structure
4005 iminfo - print header information for application image
4006 coninfo - print console devices and informations
4007 ide - IDE sub-system
4008 loop - infinite loop on address range
4009 loopw - infinite write loop on address range
4010 mtest - simple RAM test
4011 icache - enable or disable instruction cache
4012 dcache - enable or disable data cache
4013 reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
4014 echo - echo args to console
4015 version - print monitor version
4016 help - print online help
4017 ? - alias for 'help'
4020 Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
4021 ========================================
4025 For now: just type "help <command>".
4028 Environment Variables:
4029 ======================
4031 U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
4032 can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
4034 Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
4035 "printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
4036 without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
4037 environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
4038 working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
4039 environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
4041 Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
4043 List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
4045 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
4047 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
4049 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
4051 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
4053 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
4055 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
4056 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
4057 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
4058 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
4059 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
4060 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
4061 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
4064 bootm_mapsize - Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel.
4065 This variable is given as a hexadecimal number and it
4066 defines the size of the memory region starting at base
4067 address bootm_low that is accessible by the Linux kernel
4068 during early boot. If unset, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is used
4069 as the default value if it is defined, and bootm_size is
4072 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
4073 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
4074 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
4075 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
4076 environment variable.
4078 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
4079 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
4080 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
4082 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
4083 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
4084 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
4085 load any image using TFTP
4087 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
4088 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
4089 be automatically started (by internally calling
4092 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
4093 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
4094 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
4095 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
4098 fdt_high - if set this restricts the maximum address that the
4099 flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot.
4100 For example, if you have a system with 1 GB memory
4101 at physical address 0x10000000, while Linux kernel
4102 only recognizes the first 704 MB as low memory, you
4103 may need to set fdt_high as 0x3C000000 to have the
4104 device tree blob be copied to the maximum address
4105 of the 704 MB low memory, so that Linux kernel can
4106 access it during the boot procedure.
4108 If this is set to the special value 0xFFFFFFFF then
4109 the fdt will not be copied at all on boot. For this
4110 to work it must reside in writable memory, have
4111 sufficient padding on the end of it for u-boot to
4112 add the information it needs into it, and the memory
4113 must be accessible by the kernel.
4115 fdtcontroladdr- if set this is the address of the control flattened
4116 device tree used by U-Boot when CONFIG_OF_CONTROL is
4119 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
4120 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
4121 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
4122 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
4123 it must be saved and board must be reset.
4125 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
4126 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
4127 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
4128 is usually what you want since it allows for
4129 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
4130 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
4131 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
4132 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
4133 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
4134 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
4135 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
4137 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
4138 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
4139 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
4140 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
4141 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
4142 12 MB as well - this can be done with
4144 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
4146 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
4147 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
4148 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
4149 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
4150 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
4151 boot time on your system, but requires that this
4152 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
4154 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
4156 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
4157 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
4159 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
4161 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
4163 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
4165 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
4167 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
4169 ethprime - controls which interface is used first.
4171 ethact - controls which interface is currently active.
4172 For example you can do the following
4174 => setenv ethact FEC
4175 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
4176 => setenv ethact SCC
4177 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
4179 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
4180 available network interfaces.
4181 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
4183 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
4184 either succeed or fail without retrying.
4185 When set to "once" the network operation will
4186 fail when all the available network interfaces
4187 are tried once without success.
4188 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
4191 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
4193 silent_linux - If set then Linux will be told to boot silently, by
4194 changing the console to be empty. If "yes" it will be
4195 made silent. If "no" it will not be made silent. If
4196 unset, then it will be made silent if the U-Boot console
4199 tftpsrcp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
4202 tftpdstp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
4203 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
4205 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
4206 we use the TFTP server's default block size
4208 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
4209 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
4210 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
4211 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
4212 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
4213 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
4214 with unreliable TFTP servers.
4216 tftptimeoutcountmax - maximum count of TFTP timeouts (no
4217 unit, minimum value = 0). Defines how many timeouts
4218 can happen during a single file transfer before that
4219 transfer is aborted. The default is 10, and 0 means
4220 'no timeouts allowed'. Increasing this value may help
4221 downloads succeed with high packet loss rates, or with
4222 unreliable TFTP servers or client hardware.
4224 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
4225 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
4228 bootpretryperiod - Period during which BOOTP/DHCP sends retries.
4229 Unsigned value, in milliseconds. If not set, the period will
4230 be either the default (28000), or a value based on
4231 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT, if defined. This value has
4232 precedence over the valu based on CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT.
4234 The following image location variables contain the location of images
4235 used in booting. The "Image" column gives the role of the image and is
4236 not an environment variable name. The other columns are environment
4237 variable names. "File Name" gives the name of the file on a TFTP
4238 server, "RAM Address" gives the location in RAM the image will be
4239 loaded to, and "Flash Location" gives the image's address in NOR
4240 flash or offset in NAND flash.
4242 *Note* - these variables don't have to be defined for all boards, some
4243 boards currently use other variables for these purposes, and some
4244 boards use these variables for other purposes.
4246 Image File Name RAM Address Flash Location
4247 ----- --------- ----------- --------------
4248 u-boot u-boot u-boot_addr_r u-boot_addr
4249 Linux kernel bootfile kernel_addr_r kernel_addr
4250 device tree blob fdtfile fdt_addr_r fdt_addr
4251 ramdisk ramdiskfile ramdisk_addr_r ramdisk_addr
4253 The following environment variables may be used and automatically
4254 updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
4255 depending the information provided by your boot server:
4257 bootfile - see above
4258 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
4259 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
4260 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
4261 hostname - Target hostname
4263 netmask - Subnet Mask
4264 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
4265 serverip - see above
4268 There are two special Environment Variables:
4270 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
4271 as type string and/or serial number
4272 ethaddr - Ethernet address
4274 These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
4275 the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
4276 once they have been set once.
4279 Further special Environment Variables:
4281 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
4282 with the "version" command. This variable is
4283 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
4286 Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
4287 only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
4290 Callback functions for environment variables:
4291 ---------------------------------------------
4293 For some environment variables, the behavior of u-boot needs to change
4294 when their values are changed. This functionality allows functions to
4295 be associated with arbitrary variables. On creation, overwrite, or
4296 deletion, the callback will provide the opportunity for some side
4297 effect to happen or for the change to be rejected.
4299 The callbacks are named and associated with a function using the
4300 U_BOOT_ENV_CALLBACK macro in your board or driver code.
4302 These callbacks are associated with variables in one of two ways. The
4303 static list can be added to by defining CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_STATIC
4304 in the board configuration to a string that defines a list of
4305 associations. The list must be in the following format:
4307 entry = variable_name[:callback_name]
4310 If the callback name is not specified, then the callback is deleted.
4311 Spaces are also allowed anywhere in the list.
4313 Callbacks can also be associated by defining the ".callbacks" variable
4314 with the same list format above. Any association in ".callbacks" will
4315 override any association in the static list. You can define
4316 CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_DEFAULT to a list (string) to define the
4317 ".callbacks" environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
4319 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
4320 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to be connected to
4321 the same callback without explicitly listing them all out.
4324 Command Line Parsing:
4325 =====================
4327 There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
4328 the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
4330 Old, simple command line parser:
4331 --------------------------------
4333 - supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
4334 - several commands on one line, separated by ';'
4335 - variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
4336 - special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
4338 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
4339 - You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
4340 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
4345 - similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
4346 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
4347 until...do...done, ...
4348 - supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
4349 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
4350 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
4356 (1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
4357 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
4358 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
4361 (2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
4362 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
4363 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
4364 variables are not executed.
4366 Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
4367 =======================================
4369 Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
4370 such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
4371 "working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
4373 Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
4374 MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
4375 "eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
4377 If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
4378 in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
4379 ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
4380 variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
4382 o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
4383 environment, the SROM's address is used.
4385 o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
4386 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
4389 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
4390 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
4392 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
4393 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
4396 o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
4397 is raised. If CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, then in this case
4398 a random, locally-assigned MAC is used.
4400 If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
4401 will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
4402 may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
4403 The naming convention is as follows:
4404 "ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
4409 U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
4410 images in two formats:
4412 New uImage format (FIT)
4413 -----------------------
4415 Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
4416 to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
4417 components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
4418 SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
4424 Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
4425 preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
4426 details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
4428 * Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
4429 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
4430 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
4431 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
4433 * Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86,
4434 IA64, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
4435 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC).
4436 * Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
4442 The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
4443 and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
4450 Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
4451 easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
4454 U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
4455 special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
4456 "initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
4457 instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
4458 serves several purposes:
4460 - the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
4461 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
4462 Flash memory footprint)
4464 - it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
4465 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
4467 - the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
4468 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
4469 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
4470 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
4471 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
4472 software is easier now.
4478 Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
4479 ---------------------------------------
4481 U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
4482 configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
4483 (no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
4486 But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
4488 Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
4489 include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
4490 Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
4491 and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
4492 as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
4494 Note that U-Boot now has a driver model, a unified model for drivers.
4495 If you are adding a new driver, plumb it into driver model. If there
4496 is no uclass available, you are encouraged to create one. See
4500 Configuring the Linux kernel:
4501 -----------------------------
4503 No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
4504 device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
4507 Building a Linux Image:
4508 -----------------------
4510 With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
4511 not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
4512 "uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
4513 U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
4514 which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
4515 100% compatible format.
4519 make TQM850L_defconfig
4524 The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
4525 encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
4526 CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
4528 * build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
4530 * convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
4532 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
4533 -R .note -R .comment \
4534 -S vmlinux linux.bin
4536 * compress the binary image:
4540 * package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
4542 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
4543 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
4544 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
4547 The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
4548 with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
4549 combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
4550 byte header containing information about target architecture,
4551 operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
4552 stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
4554 "mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
4555 print the header information, or to build new images.
4557 In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
4558 contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
4559 checksum verification:
4561 tools/mkimage -l image
4562 -l ==> list image header information
4564 The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
4565 from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
4567 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
4568 -n name -d data_file image
4569 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
4570 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
4571 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
4572 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
4573 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
4574 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
4575 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
4576 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
4578 Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
4579 address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
4582 - 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
4583 - 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
4585 So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
4587 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4588 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
4589 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
4590 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
4591 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4592 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4593 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4594 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4595 Load Address: 0x00000000
4596 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4598 To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
4600 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
4601 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4602 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4603 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4604 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4605 Load Address: 0x00000000
4606 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4608 NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
4609 speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
4610 needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
4611 need to be uncompressed:
4613 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
4614 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4615 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
4616 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
4617 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
4618 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4619 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4620 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
4621 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
4622 Load Address: 0x00000000
4623 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4626 Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
4627 when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
4629 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
4630 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
4631 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
4632 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4633 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
4634 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4635 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
4636 Load Address: 0x00000000
4637 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4639 The "dumpimage" is a tool to disassemble images built by mkimage. Its "-i"
4640 option performs the converse operation of the mkimage's second form (the "-d"
4641 option). Given an image built by mkimage, the dumpimage extracts a "data file"
4644 tools/dumpimage -i image -T type -p position data_file
4645 -i ==> extract from the 'image' a specific 'data_file'
4646 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
4647 -p ==> 'position' (starting at 0) of the 'data_file' inside the 'image'
4650 Installing a Linux Image:
4651 -------------------------
4653 To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
4654 you must convert the image to S-Record format:
4656 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
4658 The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
4659 image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
4660 address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
4661 specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
4664 Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
4665 TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
4667 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
4673 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4674 ~>examples/image.srec
4675 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
4677 15989 15990 15991 15992
4678 [file transfer complete]
4680 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
4683 You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
4684 this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
4685 corruption happened:
4689 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4690 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4691 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4692 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4693 Load Address: 00000000
4694 Entry Point: 0000000c
4695 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4701 The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
4702 memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
4703 of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
4704 parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
4705 "printenv" and "setenv" commands:
4708 => printenv bootargs
4709 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
4711 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4713 => printenv bootargs
4714 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4717 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
4718 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
4719 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4720 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
4721 Load Address: 00000000
4722 Entry Point: 0000000c
4723 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4724 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4725 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
4726 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4727 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4728 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4729 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
4732 If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
4733 the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
4734 format!) to the "bootm" command:
4736 => imi 40100000 40200000
4738 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4739 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4740 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4741 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4742 Load Address: 00000000
4743 Entry Point: 0000000c
4744 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4746 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
4747 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4748 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4749 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4750 Load Address: 00000000
4751 Entry Point: 00000000
4752 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4754 => bootm 40100000 40200000
4755 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
4756 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4757 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4758 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4759 Load Address: 00000000
4760 Entry Point: 0000000c
4761 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4762 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4763 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
4764 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4765 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4766 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4767 Load Address: 00000000
4768 Entry Point: 00000000
4769 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4770 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
4771 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
4772 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
4773 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4774 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4776 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
4777 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
4781 Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
4784 First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
4785 titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
4786 following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
4792 oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
4793 => tftp $oftaddr $oft
4794 Speed: 1000, full duplex
4796 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
4797 Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
4798 Load address: 0x300000
4801 Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
4802 => tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
4803 Speed: 1000, full duplex
4805 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
4807 Load address: 0x200000
4808 Loading:############
4810 Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
4815 => bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
4816 ## Booting image at 00200000 ...
4817 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
4818 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4819 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
4820 Load Address: 00000000
4821 Entry Point: 00000000
4822 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4823 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4824 Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
4825 Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
4826 Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
4830 More About U-Boot Image Types:
4831 ------------------------------
4833 U-Boot supports the following image types:
4835 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
4836 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
4837 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
4838 the Standalone Program.
4839 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
4840 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
4841 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
4842 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
4843 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
4844 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
4845 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
4847 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
4848 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
4849 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
4850 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
4851 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
4852 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
4854 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
4855 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
4856 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
4857 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
4858 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
4859 a multiple of 4 bytes).
4861 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
4862 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
4865 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
4866 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
4867 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
4868 as command interpreter.
4870 Booting the Linux zImage:
4871 -------------------------
4873 On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
4874 using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
4875 as the syntax of "bootm" command.
4877 Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD allows user to supply
4878 kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
4879 address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
4880 format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
4886 One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
4887 run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
4888 U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
4890 Two simple examples are included with the sources:
4895 'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
4896 application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
4897 It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
4901 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4902 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
4903 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4904 [file transfer complete]
4906 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4908 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
4909 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4920 Hit any key to exit ...
4922 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4924 Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
4925 handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
4926 Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
4927 The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
4928 character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
4929 controlled by the following keys:
4931 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
4932 b - enable interrupts and start timer
4933 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
4934 q - quit application
4937 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4938 ~>examples/timer.srec
4939 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4940 [file transfer complete]
4942 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4945 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4948 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
4951 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
4954 [q, b, e, ?] ........
4955 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
4958 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
4961 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
4964 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
4966 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
4968 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4974 Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
4975 "minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
4976 consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
4977 Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
4978 especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
4979 use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). See
4980 http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.
4981 for help with kermit.
4984 Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
4985 configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
4987 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
4988 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
4989 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
4995 Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
4996 (build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
4998 Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
4999 NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
5000 need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
5001 Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
5002 attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
5003 missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
5005 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
5007 # ln -s powerpc machine
5008 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
5009 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
5011 Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
5012 and U-Boot include files.
5014 Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
5015 stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
5016 proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
5017 tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
5018 meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
5021 Implementation Internals:
5022 =========================
5024 The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
5025 implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
5026 inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
5030 Initial Stack, Global Data:
5031 ---------------------------
5033 The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
5034 starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
5035 system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
5036 This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
5037 is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
5038 at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
5039 options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
5040 models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
5041 MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
5042 locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
5044 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
5045 U-Boot mailing list:
5047 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
5048 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
5049 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
5052 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
5053 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
5054 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
5055 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
5056 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
5057 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
5058 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
5059 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
5061 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
5062 is another option for the system designer to use as an
5063 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
5064 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
5065 board designers haven't used it for something that would
5066 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
5069 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
5070 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
5071 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
5072 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
5073 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
5074 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
5075 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
5076 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
5077 you get the config right.
5082 It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
5083 code for the initialization procedures:
5085 * Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
5088 * Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitly initialized
5089 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
5090 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
5092 * Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
5095 Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
5096 normal global data to share information between the code. But it
5097 turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
5098 simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
5099 functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
5100 functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
5101 the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
5102 place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
5103 reserve for this purpose.
5105 When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
5106 relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
5107 GCC's implementation.
5109 For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
5111 R2: reserved for system use
5112 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
5113 R5-R10: parameter passing
5114 R13: small data area pointer
5118 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
5119 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
5120 going back and forth between asm and C)
5122 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
5124 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
5125 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
5126 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
5127 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
5128 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
5129 624 text + 127 data).
5131 On ARM, the following registers are used:
5133 R0: function argument word/integer result
5134 R1-R3: function argument word
5135 R9: platform specific
5136 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking is enabled)
5137 R11: argument (frame) pointer
5138 R12: temporary workspace
5141 R15: program counter
5143 ==> U-Boot will use R9 to hold a pointer to the global data
5145 Note: on ARM, only R_ARM_RELATIVE relocations are supported.
5147 On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
5148 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
5150 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
5152 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
5153 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
5155 On NDS32, the following registers are used:
5157 R0-R1: argument/return
5159 R15: temporary register for assembler
5160 R16: trampoline register
5161 R28: frame pointer (FP)
5162 R29: global pointer (GP)
5163 R30: link register (LP)
5164 R31: stack pointer (SP)
5165 PC: program counter (PC)
5167 ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data
5169 NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
5170 or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
5175 U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
5176 MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
5178 The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
5179 controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
5180 memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
5181 physical memory banks.
5183 U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
5184 TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
5185 booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
5186 to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
5187 memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
5188 configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
5189 Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
5191 Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
5192 of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
5194 So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
5197 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
5200 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
5206 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
5207 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
5208 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
5211 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
5212 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
5213 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
5214 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
5217 System Initialization:
5218 ----------------------
5220 In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
5221 (on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
5222 configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the on board Flash memory.
5223 To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
5224 To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
5225 initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
5226 which provide such a feature like), or in a locked part of the data
5227 cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, the caches and
5230 Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
5231 preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
5232 (multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
5233 on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
5234 programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
5235 simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
5238 When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
5239 different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
5240 bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
5241 0x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
5242 contiguous memory starting from 0.
5244 Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
5245 and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
5246 Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
5247 pages, and the final stack is set up.
5249 Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
5250 until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
5251 running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
5255 U-Boot Porting Guide:
5256 ----------------------
5258 [Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
5262 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
5264 sighandler_t no_more_time;
5266 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
5267 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
5269 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
5270 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
5274 Download latest U-Boot source;
5276 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
5279 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
5282 Read the README file in the top level directory;
5283 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
5284 Read applicable doc/*.README;
5285 Read the source, Luke;
5286 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
5289 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
5292 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
5294 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
5295 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
5296 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
5298 Create your own board support subdirectory;
5299 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
5301 Edit new board/<myboard> files
5302 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
5307 Add / modify source code;
5311 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
5313 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
5314 if (reasonable critiques)
5315 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
5317 Defend code as written;
5323 void no_more_time (int sig)
5332 All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
5333 coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
5334 "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
5336 Source files originating from a different project (for example the
5337 MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
5338 reformatted to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
5341 Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
5342 Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
5345 Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
5346 - remove any trailing white space
5347 - use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
5348 - make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
5349 - do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
5350 - do not add trailing empty lines to source files
5352 Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
5353 with a request to reformat the changes.
5359 Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
5360 establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
5361 may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
5363 Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
5365 Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
5366 see http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
5368 When you send a patch, please include the following information with
5371 * For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
5372 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
5373 patch actually fixes something.
5375 * For new features: a description of the feature and your
5378 * A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
5380 * For major contributions, add a MAINTAINERS file with your
5381 information and associated file and directory references.
5383 * When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add a
5384 maintainer e-mail address to the boards.cfg file, too.
5386 * If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
5387 document these in the README file.
5389 * The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
5390 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
5391 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
5392 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
5393 with some other mail clients.
5395 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
5396 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
5399 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
5400 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
5401 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
5404 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
5405 and compressed attachments must not be used.
5407 * If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
5408 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
5410 * Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
5411 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
5416 * Before sending the patch, run the buildman script on your patched
5417 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
5418 for any of the boards.
5420 * Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
5421 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
5422 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
5424 * If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
5425 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
5426 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
5427 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
5428 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
5431 * Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
5432 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
5433 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
5434 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.