1 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
3 # (C) Copyright 2000 - 2013
4 # Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
9 This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
10 Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
11 processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
12 initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
15 The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
16 the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
17 header files in common, and special provision has been made to
18 support booting of Linux images.
20 Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
21 configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
22 implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
23 add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
24 code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
25 load and run it dynamically.
31 In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
32 Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
33 "working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
35 In case of problems see the CHANGELOG file to find out who contributed
36 the specific port. In addition, there are various MAINTAINERS files
37 scattered throughout the U-Boot source identifying the people or
38 companies responsible for various boards and subsystems.
40 Note: As of August, 2010, there is no longer a CHANGELOG file in the
41 actual U-Boot source tree; however, it can be created dynamically
42 from the Git log using:
50 In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
51 U-Boot, you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
52 <u-boot@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic
53 on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
54 Please see http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
55 http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot
58 Where to get source code:
59 =========================
61 The U-Boot source code is maintained in the Git repository at
62 git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
63 http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
65 The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
66 any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
67 available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
70 Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
71 ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
77 - start from 8xxrom sources
78 - create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
80 - make it easier to add custom boards
81 - make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
82 - extend functions, especially:
83 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
86 * PCMCIA / CompactFlash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
87 - create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
88 - add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
89 - create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
90 - current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
96 The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
97 "U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
98 in source files etc.). Example:
100 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
102 File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
104 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
106 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
108 Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
109 the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
111 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
112 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
118 Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
119 were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
120 into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
121 names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
122 Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
123 releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
126 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
127 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
128 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candidate 1 for September 2010 release
134 /arch Architecture specific files
135 /arc Files generic to ARC architecture
136 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture
137 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
138 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
139 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
140 /nds32 Files generic to NDS32 architecture
141 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
142 /openrisc Files generic to OpenRISC architecture
143 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
144 /riscv Files generic to RISC-V architecture
145 /sandbox Files generic to HW-independent "sandbox"
146 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
147 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
148 /api Machine/arch independent API for external apps
149 /board Board dependent files
150 /cmd U-Boot commands functions
151 /common Misc architecture independent functions
152 /configs Board default configuration files
153 /disk Code for disk drive partition handling
154 /doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
155 /drivers Commonly used device drivers
156 /dts Contains Makefile for building internal U-Boot fdt.
157 /examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
158 /fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
159 /include Header Files
160 /lib Library routines generic to all architectures
161 /Licenses Various license files
163 /post Power On Self Test
164 /scripts Various build scripts and Makefiles
165 /test Various unit test files
166 /tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
168 Software Configuration:
169 =======================
171 Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
172 rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
174 There are two classes of configuration variables:
176 * Configuration _OPTIONS_:
177 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
180 * Configuration _SETTINGS_:
181 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
182 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
185 Previously, all configuration was done by hand, which involved creating
186 symbolic links and editing configuration files manually. More recently,
187 U-Boot has added the Kbuild infrastructure used by the Linux kernel,
188 allowing you to use the "make menuconfig" command to configure your
192 Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
193 ---------------------------------------------------
195 For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
196 configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_defconfig".
198 Example: For a TQM823L module type:
201 make TQM823L_defconfig
203 Note: If you're looking for the default configuration file for a board
204 you're sure used to be there but is now missing, check the file
205 doc/README.scrapyard for a list of no longer supported boards.
210 U-Boot can be built natively to run on a Linux host using the 'sandbox'
211 board. This allows feature development which is not board- or architecture-
212 specific to be undertaken on a native platform. The sandbox is also used to
213 run some of U-Boot's tests.
215 See board/sandbox/README.sandbox for more details.
218 Board Initialisation Flow:
219 --------------------------
221 This is the intended start-up flow for boards. This should apply for both
222 SPL and U-Boot proper (i.e. they both follow the same rules).
224 Note: "SPL" stands for "Secondary Program Loader," which is explained in
225 more detail later in this file.
227 At present, SPL mostly uses a separate code path, but the function names
228 and roles of each function are the same. Some boards or architectures
229 may not conform to this. At least most ARM boards which use
230 CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK conform to this.
232 Execution typically starts with an architecture-specific (and possibly
233 CPU-specific) start.S file, such as:
235 - arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
236 - arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/start.S
237 - arch/mips/cpu/start.S
239 and so on. From there, three functions are called; the purpose and
240 limitations of each of these functions are described below.
243 - purpose: essential init to permit execution to reach board_init_f()
244 - no global_data or BSS
245 - there is no stack (ARMv7 may have one but it will soon be removed)
246 - must not set up SDRAM or use console
247 - must only do the bare minimum to allow execution to continue to
249 - this is almost never needed
250 - return normally from this function
253 - purpose: set up the machine ready for running board_init_r():
254 i.e. SDRAM and serial UART
255 - global_data is available
257 - BSS is not available, so you cannot use global/static variables,
258 only stack variables and global_data
260 Non-SPL-specific notes:
261 - dram_init() is called to set up DRAM. If already done in SPL this
265 - you can override the entire board_init_f() function with your own
267 - preloader_console_init() can be called here in extremis
268 - should set up SDRAM, and anything needed to make the UART work
269 - these is no need to clear BSS, it will be done by crt0.S
270 - must return normally from this function (don't call board_init_r()
273 Here the BSS is cleared. For SPL, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined, then at
274 this point the stack and global_data are relocated to below
275 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR. For non-SPL, U-Boot is relocated to run at the top of
279 - purpose: main execution, common code
280 - global_data is available
282 - BSS is available, all static/global variables can be used
283 - execution eventually continues to main_loop()
285 Non-SPL-specific notes:
286 - U-Boot is relocated to the top of memory and is now running from
290 - stack is optionally in SDRAM, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined and
291 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR points into SDRAM
292 - preloader_console_init() can be called here - typically this is
293 done by selecting CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT and then supplying a
294 spl_board_init() function containing this call
295 - loads U-Boot or (in falcon mode) Linux
299 Configuration Options:
300 ----------------------
302 Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
303 such information is kept in a configuration file
304 "include/configs/<board_name>.h".
306 Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
307 "include/configs/TQM823L.h".
310 Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
311 kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
312 build a config tool - later.
314 - ARM Platform Bus Type(CCI):
315 CoreLink Cache Coherent Interconnect (CCI) is ARM BUS which
316 provides full cache coherency between two clusters of multi-core
317 CPUs and I/O coherency for devices and I/O masters
319 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCI400
321 Defined For SoC that has cache coherent interconnect
324 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_CCN504
326 Defined for SoC that has cache coherent interconnect CCN-504
328 The following options need to be configured:
330 - CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
332 - Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
337 Specifies that the core is a 64-bit PowerPC implementation (implements
338 the "64" category of the Power ISA). This is necessary for ePAPR
339 compliance, among other possible reasons.
341 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
343 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
344 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
345 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
347 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
349 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
350 tree nodes for the given platform.
352 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510
354 Enables a workaround for erratum A004510. If set,
355 then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and
356 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY must be set.
358 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV
359 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV2 (optional)
361 Defines one or two SoC revisions (low 8 bits of SVR)
362 for which the A004510 workaround should be applied.
364 The rest of SVR is either not relevant to the decision
365 of whether the erratum is present (e.g. p2040 versus
366 p2041) or is implied by the build target, which controls
367 whether CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 is set.
369 See Freescale App Note 4493 for more information about
372 CONFIG_A003399_NOR_WORKAROUND
373 Enables a workaround for IFC erratum A003399. It is only
374 required during NOR boot.
376 CONFIG_A008044_WORKAROUND
377 Enables a workaround for T1040/T1042 erratum A008044. It is only
378 required during NAND boot and valid for Rev 1.0 SoC revision
380 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY
382 This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600
383 according to the A004510 workaround.
385 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_DDR_ADDR
386 This value denotes start offset of DDR memory which is
387 connected exclusively to the DSP cores.
389 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M2_RAM_ADDR
390 This value denotes start offset of M2 memory
391 which is directly connected to the DSP core.
393 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M3_RAM_ADDR
394 This value denotes start offset of M3 memory which is directly
395 connected to the DSP core.
397 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT
398 This value denotes start offset of DSP CCSR space.
400 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SINGLE_SOURCE_CLK
401 Single Source Clock is clocking mode present in some of FSL SoC's.
402 In this mode, a single differential clock is used to supply
403 clocks to the sysclock, ddrclock and usbclock.
405 CONFIG_SYS_CPC_REINIT_F
406 This CONFIG is defined when the CPC is configured as SRAM at the
407 time of U-Boot entry and is required to be re-initialized.
410 Indicates this SoC supports deep sleep feature. If deep sleep is
411 supported, core will start to execute uboot when wakes up.
413 - Generic CPU options:
414 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
416 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
417 values is arch specific.
420 Freescale DDR driver in use. This type of DDR controller is
421 found in mpc83xx, mpc85xx, mpc86xx as well as some ARM core
424 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_ADDR
425 Freescale DDR memory-mapped register base.
427 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_EMU
428 Specify emulator support for DDR. Some DDR features such as
429 deskew training are not available.
431 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN1
432 Freescale DDR1 controller.
434 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN2
435 Freescale DDR2 controller.
437 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN3
438 Freescale DDR3 controller.
440 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN4
441 Freescale DDR4 controller.
443 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_ARM_GEN3
444 Freescale DDR3 controller for ARM-based SoCs.
447 Board config to use DDR1. It can be enabled for SoCs with
448 Freescale DDR1 or DDR2 controllers, depending on the board
452 Board config to use DDR2. It can be enabled for SoCs with
453 Freescale DDR2 or DDR3 controllers, depending on the board
457 Board config to use DDR3. It can be enabled for SoCs with
458 Freescale DDR3 or DDR3L controllers.
461 Board config to use DDR3L. It can be enabled for SoCs with
465 Board config to use DDR4. It can be enabled for SoCs with
468 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_BE
469 Defines the IFC controller register space as Big Endian
471 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_LE
472 Defines the IFC controller register space as Little Endian
474 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_CLK_DIV
475 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to IFC controller).
477 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_LBC_CLK_DIV
478 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to eLBC controller).
480 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_PBI
481 It enables addition of RCW (Power on reset configuration) in built image.
482 Please refer doc/README.pblimage for more details
484 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_RCW
485 It adds PBI(pre-boot instructions) commands in u-boot build image.
486 PBI commands can be used to configure SoC before it starts the execution.
487 Please refer doc/README.pblimage for more details
490 It adds a target to create boot binary having SPL binary in PBI format
491 concatenated with u-boot binary.
493 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_BE
494 Defines the DDR controller register space as Big Endian
496 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_LE
497 Defines the DDR controller register space as Little Endian
499 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_SDRAM_BASE_PHY
500 Physical address from the view of DDR controllers. It is the
501 same as CONFIG_SYS_DDR_SDRAM_BASE for all Power SoCs. But
502 it could be different for ARM SoCs.
504 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_INTLV_256B
505 DDR controller interleaving on 256-byte. This is a special
506 interleaving mode, handled by Dickens for Freescale layerscape
509 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_MAIN_NUM_CTRLS
510 Number of controllers used as main memory.
512 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_OTHER_DDR_NUM_CTRLS
513 Number of controllers used for other than main memory.
515 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_DP_DDR
516 Defines the SoC has DP-DDR used for DPAA.
518 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_BE
519 Defines the SEC controller register space as Big Endian
521 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_LE
522 Defines the SEC controller register space as Little Endian
525 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET
527 Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack
528 pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before
531 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
533 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
534 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
535 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
538 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
540 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
541 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
544 Generic timer clock source frequency.
546 COUNTER_FREQUENCY_REAL
547 Generic timer clock source frequency if the real clock is
548 different from COUNTER_FREQUENCY, and can only be determined
552 CONFIG_TEGRA_SUPPORT_NON_SECURE
554 Support executing U-Boot in non-secure (NS) mode. Certain
555 impossible actions will be skipped if the CPU is in NS mode,
556 such as ARM architectural timer initialization.
558 - Linux Kernel Interface:
561 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
562 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
563 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
564 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
565 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
566 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
568 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
569 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
572 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
574 When transferring memsize parameter to Linux, some versions
575 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
576 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
580 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
581 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
585 * New libfdt-based support
586 * Adds the "fdt" command
587 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
589 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
590 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
592 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
595 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
597 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
598 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
600 CONFIG_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP
602 Other code has addition modification that it wants to make
603 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel.
604 This causes ft_system_setup() to be called before booting
609 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
610 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
611 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
612 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
613 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
614 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
616 CONFIG_MACH_TYPE [relevant for ARM only][mandatory]
618 This setting is mandatory for all boards that have only one
619 machine type and must be used to specify the machine type
620 number as it appears in the ARM machine registry
621 (see http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/).
622 Only boards that have multiple machine types supported
623 in a single configuration file and the machine type is
624 runtime discoverable, do not have to use this setting.
626 - vxWorks boot parameters:
628 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
629 environments variables: bootdev, bootfile, ipaddr, netmask,
630 serverip, gatewayip, hostname, othbootargs.
631 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
633 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
634 the defaults discussed just above.
636 - Cache Configuration:
637 CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF - Do not enable instruction cache in U-Boot
638 CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF - Do not enable data cache in U-Boot
639 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot
641 - Cache Configuration for ARM:
642 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
644 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
645 controller register space
650 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
654 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
658 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
659 the clock speed of the UARTs.
663 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
664 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
665 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
667 CONFIG_SERIAL_HW_FLOW_CONTROL
669 Define this variable to enable hw flow control in serial driver.
670 Current user of this option is drivers/serial/nsl16550.c driver
673 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
674 Select one of the baudrates listed in
675 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
679 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
680 define a command string that is automatically executed
681 when no character is read on the console interface
682 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
684 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
685 The value of these goes into the environment as
686 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
687 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
693 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
694 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
695 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
696 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
697 entering interactive mode.
699 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
700 automatically generated or modified. For an example
701 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
702 modified when the user holds down a certain
703 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
706 - Serial Download Echo Mode:
708 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
709 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
710 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
711 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
712 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
713 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
715 - Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
717 Select one of the baudrates listed in
718 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
720 - Removal of commands
721 If no commands are needed to boot, you can disable
722 CONFIG_CMDLINE to remove them. In this case, the command line
723 will not be available, and when U-Boot wants to execute the
724 boot command (on start-up) it will call board_run_command()
725 instead. This can reduce image size significantly for very
726 simple boot procedures.
728 - Regular expression support:
730 If this variable is defined, U-Boot is linked against
731 the SLRE (Super Light Regular Expression) library,
732 which adds regex support to some commands, as for
733 example "env grep" and "setexpr".
737 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree
738 to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically
739 compiled #defines in the board file. This option is
740 experimental and only available on a few boards. The device
741 tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob.
743 U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can
744 be done using one of the three options below:
747 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will embed a device tree
748 binary in its image. This device tree file should be in the
749 board directory and called <soc>-<board>.dts. The binary file
750 is then picked up in board_init_f() and made available through
751 the global data structure as gd->fdt_blob.
754 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree
755 binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific
756 code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by:
758 cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
760 and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called
761 u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can
762 still use the individual files if you need something more
766 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use the device tree
767 provided by the board at runtime instead of embedding one with
768 the image. Only boards defining board_fdt_blob_setup() support
769 this option (see include/fdtdec.h file).
773 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
774 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
775 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx
776 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
777 register. When supported for a specific SoC is
778 available, then no further board specific code should
782 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
783 SoC, then define this variable and provide board
784 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
786 CONFIG_AT91_HW_WDT_TIMEOUT
787 specify the timeout in seconds. default 2 seconds.
791 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
792 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
795 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
796 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
797 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
798 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
799 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
800 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
801 CONFIG_RTC_DS1339 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1339 RTC
802 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
803 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
804 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
805 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
806 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
809 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
810 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
813 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
815 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
816 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
817 pins supported by a particular chip.
819 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
820 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
823 When CONFIG_IO_TRACE is selected, U-Boot intercepts all I/O
824 accesses and can checksum them or write a list of them out
825 to memory. See the 'iotrace' command for details. This is
826 useful for testing device drivers since it can confirm that
827 the driver behaves the same way before and after a code
828 change. Currently this is supported on sandbox and arm. To
829 add support for your architecture, add '#include <iotrace.h>'
830 to the bottom of arch/<arch>/include/asm/io.h and test.
832 Example output from the 'iotrace stats' command is below.
833 Note that if the trace buffer is exhausted, the checksum will
834 still continue to operate.
837 Start: 10000000 (buffer start address)
838 Size: 00010000 (buffer size)
839 Offset: 00000120 (current buffer offset)
840 Output: 10000120 (start + offset)
841 Count: 00000018 (number of trace records)
842 CRC32: 9526fb66 (CRC32 of all trace records)
846 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
847 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
848 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
849 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
851 - Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported:
852 Zero or more of the following:
853 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table.
854 CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc.
855 CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the
856 bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see
858 CONFIG_SCSI) you must configure support for at
859 least one non-MTD partition type as well.
862 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
863 board configurations files but used nowhere!
865 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
866 be performed by calling the function
867 ide_set_reset(int reset)
868 which has to be defined in a board specific file
873 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
878 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
879 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
880 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
881 support disks up to 2.1TB.
883 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
884 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
888 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
889 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
890 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
891 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
894 The environment variable 'scsidevs' is set to the number of
895 SCSI devices found during the last scan.
897 - NETWORK Support (PCI):
899 Support for Intel 8254x/8257x gigabit chips.
902 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
903 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
904 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
906 CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC
907 Allow generic access to the SPI bus on the Intel 8257x, for
908 example with the "sspi" command.
911 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
912 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
913 write routine for first time initialisation.
916 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
917 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
918 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
921 Support for National dp83815 chips.
924 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
926 - NETWORK Support (other):
928 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC
929 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.
932 Define this to use reduced MII inteface
934 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
935 If this defined, the driver is quiet.
936 The driver doen't show link status messages.
939 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
942 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
944 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
945 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
948 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
951 Define this to hold the physical address
952 of the device (I/O space)
954 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
955 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
957 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
958 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
959 (some hardware wont work with macros)
961 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
962 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
965 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
967 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
968 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
969 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
970 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
971 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
972 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
973 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
974 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
977 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
979 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
980 Define the number of ports to be used
982 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
983 Define the ETH PHY's address
985 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
986 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
990 Support for PWM module on the imx6.
996 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_INFINEON
997 Support for Infineon i2c bus TPM devices. Only one device
998 per system is supported at this time.
1000 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C_BURST_LIMITATION
1001 Define the burst count bytes upper limit
1004 Support for STMicroelectronics TPM devices. Requires DM_TPM support.
1006 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_I2C
1007 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 I2C devices.
1008 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and I2C.
1010 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_SPI
1011 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 SPI devices.
1012 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and SPI.
1014 CONFIG_TPM_ATMEL_TWI
1015 Support for Atmel TWI TPM device. Requires I2C support.
1018 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
1019 per system is supported at this time.
1021 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
1022 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
1023 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
1027 Define this to enable the TPM support library which provides
1028 functional interfaces to some TPM commands.
1029 Requires support for a TPM device.
1031 CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS
1032 Define this to enable authorized functions in the TPM library.
1033 Requires CONFIG_TPM and CONFIG_SHA1.
1036 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
1037 supported (PIP405, MIP405); define
1038 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
1039 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
1040 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
1043 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
1046 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the
1047 txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset.
1049 CONFIG_USB_DWC2_REG_ADDR the physical CPU address of the DWC2
1050 HW module registers.
1053 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
1054 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
1055 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
1056 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
1057 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
1058 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
1059 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
1060 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
1061 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
1063 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
1064 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
1065 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
1066 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
1069 Define this to build a UDC device
1072 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
1073 talk to the UDC device
1076 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
1077 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
1078 int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
1079 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
1080 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
1083 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
1084 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
1087 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
1088 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
1089 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
1090 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
1091 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
1092 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
1094 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
1095 Define this string as the name of your company for
1096 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
1098 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
1099 Define this string as the name of your product
1100 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
1102 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
1103 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
1104 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
1105 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
1106 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
1108 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
1109 Define this as the unique Product ID
1111 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
1113 - ULPI Layer Support:
1114 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
1115 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
1116 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
1117 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
1118 viewport is supported.
1119 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
1120 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
1121 If your ULPI phy needs a different reference clock than the
1122 standard 24 MHz then you have to define CONFIG_ULPI_REF_CLK to
1123 the appropriate value in Hz.
1126 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1127 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1128 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
1129 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
1130 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1131 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
1134 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
1136 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
1137 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
1140 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
1142 CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_BOOT
1143 Enable some additional features of the eMMC boot partitions.
1145 - USB Device Firmware Update (DFU) class support:
1147 This enables the USB portion of the DFU USB class
1150 This enables support for exposing (e)MMC devices via DFU.
1153 This enables support for exposing NAND devices via DFU.
1156 This enables support for exposing RAM via DFU.
1157 Note: DFU spec refer to non-volatile memory usage, but
1158 allow usages beyond the scope of spec - here RAM usage,
1159 one that would help mostly the developer.
1161 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_DATA_BUF_SIZE
1162 Dfu transfer uses a buffer before writing data to the
1163 raw storage device. Make the size (in bytes) of this buffer
1164 configurable. The size of this buffer is also configurable
1165 through the "dfu_bufsiz" environment variable.
1167 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_MAX_FILE_SIZE
1168 When updating files rather than the raw storage device,
1169 we use a static buffer to copy the file into and then write
1170 the buffer once we've been given the whole file. Define
1171 this to the maximum filesize (in bytes) for the buffer.
1172 Default is 4 MiB if undefined.
1174 DFU_DEFAULT_POLL_TIMEOUT
1175 Poll timeout [ms], is the timeout a device can send to the
1176 host. The host must wait for this timeout before sending
1177 a subsequent DFU_GET_STATUS request to the device.
1179 DFU_MANIFEST_POLL_TIMEOUT
1180 Poll timeout [ms], which the device sends to the host when
1181 entering dfuMANIFEST state. Host waits this timeout, before
1182 sending again an USB request to the device.
1184 - Journaling Flash filesystem support:
1186 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1188 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1189 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
1190 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1193 See Kconfig help for available keyboard drivers.
1197 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1198 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1199 defined in your board-specific files. This option is deprecated
1200 and is only used by novena. For new boards, use driver model
1205 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
1206 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1207 support, and should also define these other macros:
1212 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1213 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1215 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1217 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1218 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
1219 boot. See the documentation file doc/README.video for a
1220 description of this variable.
1222 - LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1224 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1225 display); also select one of the supported displays
1226 by defining one of these:
1230 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1232 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
1234 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
1236 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
1238 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1239 Active, color, single scan.
1241 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1243 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
1244 Active, color, single scan.
1248 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1249 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1251 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1253 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1254 Active, color, single scan.
1258 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1259 Active, color, single scan.
1263 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1265 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1269 320x240. Black & white.
1271 CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT
1273 Normally the LCD is page-aligned (typically 4KB). If this is
1274 defined then the LCD will be aligned to this value instead.
1275 For ARM it is sometimes useful to use MMU_SECTION_SIZE
1276 here, since it is cheaper to change data cache settings on
1277 a per-section basis.
1282 Sometimes, for example if the display is mounted in portrait
1283 mode or even if it's mounted landscape but rotated by 180degree,
1284 we need to rotate our content of the display relative to the
1285 framebuffer, so that user can read the messages which are
1287 Once CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is defined, the lcd_console will be
1288 initialized with a given rotation from "vl_rot" out of
1289 "vidinfo_t" which is provided by the board specific code.
1290 The value for vl_rot is coded as following (matching to
1291 fbcon=rotate:<n> linux-kernel commandline):
1292 0 = no rotation respectively 0 degree
1293 1 = 90 degree rotation
1294 2 = 180 degree rotation
1295 3 = 270 degree rotation
1297 If CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is not defined, the console will be
1298 initialized with 0degree rotation.
1302 Support drawing of RLE8-compressed bitmaps on the LCD.
1306 Enables an 'i2c edid' command which can read EDID
1307 information over I2C from an attached LCD display.
1309 - Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
1311 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1312 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1313 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
1314 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
1315 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1316 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1317 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1318 loaded very quickly after power-on.
1320 CONFIG_SPLASHIMAGE_GUARD
1322 If this option is set, then U-Boot will prevent the environment
1323 variable "splashimage" from being set to a problematic address
1324 (see doc/README.displaying-bmps).
1325 This option is useful for targets where, due to alignment
1326 restrictions, an improperly aligned BMP image will cause a data
1327 abort. If you think you will not have problems with unaligned
1328 accesses (for example because your toolchain prevents them)
1329 there is no need to set this option.
1331 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN
1333 If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
1334 on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
1335 position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
1336 number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
1337 is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
1338 specify 'm' for centering the image.
1341 setenv splashpos m,m
1342 => image at center of screen
1344 setenv splashpos 30,20
1345 => image at x = 30 and y = 20
1347 setenv splashpos -10,m
1348 => vertically centered image
1349 at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9
1351 - Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
1353 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1354 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1355 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1357 - Run length encoded BMP image (RLE8) support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8
1359 If this option is set, 8-bit RLE compressed BMP images
1360 can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the
1363 - Compression support:
1366 Enabled by default to support gzip compressed images.
1370 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1371 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1372 compressed images are supported.
1374 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
1375 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
1379 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1381 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1383 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1385 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1386 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1387 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1388 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1390 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1392 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1393 command issued before MII status register can be read
1398 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1399 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
1400 determined through e.g. bootp.
1401 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
1403 - Server IP address:
1406 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
1407 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1408 (Environment variable "serverip")
1410 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1412 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1413 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1415 - Gateway IP address:
1418 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1419 default router where packets to other networks are
1421 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1426 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1427 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1428 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1429 forwarded through a router.
1430 (Environment variable "netmask")
1432 - Multicast TFTP Mode:
1435 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1436 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
1437 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
1438 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1441 - BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1442 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1444 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1445 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1446 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1447 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1448 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1449 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1450 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1451 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1452 following delays are inserted then:
1454 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1455 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1456 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1458 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1460 CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE
1462 BOOTP packets are uniquely identified using a 32-bit ID. The
1463 server will copy the ID from client requests to responses and
1464 U-Boot will use this to determine if it is the destination of
1465 an incoming response. Some servers will check that addresses
1466 aren't in use before handing them out (usually using an ARP
1467 ping) and therefore take up to a few hundred milliseconds to
1468 respond. Network congestion may also influence the time it
1469 takes for a response to make it back to the client. If that
1470 time is too long, U-Boot will retransmit requests. In order
1471 to allow earlier responses to still be accepted after these
1472 retransmissions, U-Boot's BOOTP client keeps a small cache of
1473 IDs. The CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE controls the size of this
1474 cache. The default is to keep IDs for up to four outstanding
1475 requests. Increasing this will allow U-Boot to accept offers
1476 from a BOOTP client in networks with unusually high latency.
1478 - DHCP Advanced Options:
1479 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1480 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1482 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1483 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1484 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1485 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1486 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1487 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
1488 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL
1490 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1491 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
1493 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL - If the DHCP server is not found
1494 after the configured retry count, the call will fail
1495 instead of starting over. This can be used to fail over
1496 to Link-local IP address configuration if the DHCP server
1499 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1500 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1501 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
1502 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
1503 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1504 option 12 to the DHCP server.
1506 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1508 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1509 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1510 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1511 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1512 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1513 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1514 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1515 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1516 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1517 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1520 - Link-local IP address negotiation:
1521 Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network
1522 for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration.
1523 This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed
1524 to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
1526 See doc/README.link-local for more information.
1528 - MAC address from environment variables
1530 FDT_SEQ_MACADDR_FROM_ENV
1532 Fix-up device tree with MAC addresses fetched sequentially from
1533 environment variables. This config work on assumption that
1534 non-usable ethernet node of device-tree are either not present
1535 or their status has been marked as "disabled".
1538 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
1540 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1542 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1544 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1549 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1550 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1551 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1553 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1555 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1556 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1560 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1564 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1568 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1570 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1572 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1573 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1575 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1577 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1579 - Status LED: CONFIG_LED_STATUS
1581 Several configurations allow to display the current
1582 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1583 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1584 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1585 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1586 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1587 kernel). Defining CONFIG_LED_STATUS enables this
1592 CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
1593 The status LED can be connected to a GPIO pin.
1594 In such cases, the gpio_led driver can be used as a
1595 status LED backend implementation. Define CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
1596 to include the gpio_led driver in the U-Boot binary.
1598 CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE
1599 Some GPIO connected LEDs may have inverted polarity in which
1600 case the GPIO high value corresponds to LED off state and
1601 GPIO low value corresponds to LED on state.
1602 In such cases CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE may be defined
1603 with a list of GPIO LEDs that have inverted polarity.
1605 - I2C Support: CONFIG_SYS_I2C
1607 This enable the NEW i2c subsystem, and will allow you to use
1608 i2c commands at the u-boot command line (as long as you set
1609 CONFIG_CMD_I2C in CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c
1610 based realtime clock chips or other i2c devices. See
1611 common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the command line
1614 ported i2c driver to the new framework:
1615 - drivers/i2c/soft_i2c.c:
1616 - activate first bus with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT define
1617 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE
1618 for defining speed and slave address
1619 - activate second bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS2 define
1620 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_2 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_2
1621 for defining speed and slave address
1622 - activate third bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS3 define
1623 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_3 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_3
1624 for defining speed and slave address
1625 - activate fourth bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS4 define
1626 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_4 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_4
1627 for defining speed and slave address
1629 - drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c:
1630 - activate i2c driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_FSL
1631 define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_OFFSET for setting the register
1632 offset CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_SPEED for the i2c speed and
1633 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_SLAVE for the slave addr of the first
1635 - If your board supports a second fsl i2c bus, define
1636 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_OFFSET for the register offset
1637 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_SPEED for the speed and
1638 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_SLAVE for the slave address of the
1641 - drivers/i2c/tegra_i2c.c:
1642 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_TEGRA
1643 - This driver adds 4 i2c buses with a fix speed from
1644 100000 and the slave addr 0!
1646 - drivers/i2c/ppc4xx_i2c.c
1647 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX
1648 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX_CH0 activate hardware channel 0
1649 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX_CH1 activate hardware channel 1
1651 - drivers/i2c/i2c_mxc.c
1652 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC
1653 - enable bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C1
1654 - enable bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C2
1655 - enable bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C3
1656 - enable bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C4
1657 - define speed for bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C1_SPEED
1658 - define slave for bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C1_SLAVE
1659 - define speed for bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C2_SPEED
1660 - define slave for bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C2_SLAVE
1661 - define speed for bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C3_SPEED
1662 - define slave for bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C3_SLAVE
1663 - define speed for bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C4_SPEED
1664 - define slave for bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C4_SLAVE
1665 If those defines are not set, default value is 100000
1666 for speed, and 0 for slave.
1668 - drivers/i2c/rcar_i2c.c:
1669 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_RCAR
1670 - This driver adds 4 i2c buses
1672 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C0_BASE for setting the register channel 0
1673 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C0_SPEED for for the speed channel 0
1674 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C1_BASE for setting the register channel 1
1675 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C1_SPEED for for the speed channel 1
1676 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C2_BASE for setting the register channel 2
1677 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C2_SPEED for for the speed channel 2
1678 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C3_BASE for setting the register channel 3
1679 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C3_SPEED for for the speed channel 3
1680 - CONFIF_SYS_RCAR_I2C_NUM_CONTROLLERS for number of i2c buses
1682 - drivers/i2c/sh_i2c.c:
1683 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH
1684 - This driver adds from 2 to 5 i2c buses
1686 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE0 for setting the register channel 0
1687 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED0 for for the speed channel 0
1688 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE1 for setting the register channel 1
1689 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED1 for for the speed channel 1
1690 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE2 for setting the register channel 2
1691 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED2 for for the speed channel 2
1692 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE3 for setting the register channel 3
1693 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED3 for for the speed channel 3
1694 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE4 for setting the register channel 4
1695 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED4 for for the speed channel 4
1696 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_NUM_CONTROLLERS for number of i2c buses
1698 - drivers/i2c/omap24xx_i2c.c
1699 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_OMAP24XX
1700 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED speed channel 0
1701 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE slave addr channel 0
1702 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED1 speed channel 1
1703 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE1 slave addr channel 1
1704 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED2 speed channel 2
1705 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE2 slave addr channel 2
1706 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED3 speed channel 3
1707 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE3 slave addr channel 3
1708 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED4 speed channel 4
1709 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE4 slave addr channel 4
1711 - drivers/i2c/zynq_i2c.c
1712 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ
1713 - set CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ_SPEED for speed setting
1714 - set CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ_SLAVE for slave addr
1716 - drivers/i2c/s3c24x0_i2c.c:
1717 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_S3C24X0
1718 - This driver adds i2c buses (11 for Exynos5250, Exynos5420
1719 9 i2c buses for Exynos4 and 1 for S3C24X0 SoCs from Samsung)
1720 with a fix speed from 100000 and the slave addr 0!
1722 - drivers/i2c/ihs_i2c.c
1723 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS
1724 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH0 activate hardware channel 0
1725 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_0 speed channel 0
1726 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_0 slave addr channel 0
1727 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH1 activate hardware channel 1
1728 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_1 speed channel 1
1729 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_1 slave addr channel 1
1730 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH2 activate hardware channel 2
1731 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_2 speed channel 2
1732 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_2 slave addr channel 2
1733 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH3 activate hardware channel 3
1734 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_3 speed channel 3
1735 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_3 slave addr channel 3
1736 - activate dual channel with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_DUAL
1737 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_0_1 speed channel 0_1
1738 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_0_1 slave addr channel 0_1
1739 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_1_1 speed channel 1_1
1740 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_1_1 slave addr channel 1_1
1741 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_2_1 speed channel 2_1
1742 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_2_1 slave addr channel 2_1
1743 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_3_1 speed channel 3_1
1744 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_3_1 slave addr channel 3_1
1748 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES
1749 Hold the number of i2c buses you want to use.
1751 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS
1752 define this, if you don't use i2c muxes on your hardware.
1753 if CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS is not defined or == 0 you can
1756 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS
1757 define how many muxes are maximal consecutively connected
1758 on one i2c bus. If you not use i2c muxes, omit this
1761 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES
1762 hold a list of buses you want to use, only used if
1763 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS is not defined, for example
1764 a board with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS = 1 and
1765 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES = 9:
1767 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES {{0, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
1768 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 1}}}, \
1769 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 2}}}, \
1770 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 3}}}, \
1771 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 4}}}, \
1772 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 5}}}, \
1773 {1, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
1774 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 1}}}, \
1775 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 2}}}, \
1779 bus 0 on adapter 0 without a mux
1780 bus 1 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 1
1781 bus 2 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 2
1782 bus 3 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 3
1783 bus 4 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 4
1784 bus 5 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 5
1785 bus 6 on adapter 1 without a mux
1786 bus 7 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 1
1787 bus 8 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 2
1789 If you do not have i2c muxes on your board, omit this define.
1791 - Legacy I2C Support:
1792 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT)
1793 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1794 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
1798 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
1799 controller or configure ports.
1801 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
1805 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1806 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1809 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1813 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1814 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1817 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1821 Code that returns true if the I2C data line is high,
1824 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1828 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1829 is false, it clears it (low).
1831 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
1832 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
1833 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
1837 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1838 is false, it clears it (low).
1840 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
1841 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
1842 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
1846 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1847 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
1848 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
1851 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
1853 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
1855 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
1856 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
1857 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
1858 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
1860 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
1861 the generic GPIO functions.
1863 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1865 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1866 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1867 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1868 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1869 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1870 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1871 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1872 is run early in the boot sequence.
1874 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1876 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
1877 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1878 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
1879 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1881 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
1883 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
1884 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1885 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
1886 a 1D array of device addresses
1889 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1890 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
1892 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1894 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1895 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
1897 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1899 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
1901 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1902 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1904 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
1906 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1907 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1909 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
1911 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
1912 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
1913 between writing the address pointer and reading the
1914 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
1915 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
1916 devices can use either method, but some require one or
1919 - SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1921 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1922 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1923 D/As on the SACSng board)
1927 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1928 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1929 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1930 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1931 defined, the board configuration must define several
1932 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1933 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
1937 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
1938 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
1939 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
1940 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
1941 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
1943 CONFIG_SYS_SPI_MXC_WAIT
1944 Timeout for waiting until spi transfer completed.
1945 default: (CONFIG_SYS_HZ/100) /* 10 ms */
1947 - FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
1949 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1951 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1953 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1956 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
1958 Enables support for FPGA family.
1959 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1963 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
1965 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
1967 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
1969 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1971 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1972 status by the configuration function. This option
1973 will require a board or device specific function to
1978 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1979 configuration driver.
1981 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1982 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1984 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1986 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1987 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1988 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1989 indicated a CRC error).
1991 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1993 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to de-assert
1994 after PROB_B has been de-asserted during a Virtex II
1995 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
1998 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
2000 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to de-assert during
2001 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
2003 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
2005 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
2008 - Configuration Management:
2011 Some SoCs need special image types (e.g. U-Boot binary
2012 with a special header) as build targets. By defining
2013 CONFIG_BUILD_TARGET in the SoC / board header, this
2014 special image will be automatically built upon calling
2019 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
2020 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
2022 - Vendor Parameter Protection:
2024 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
2025 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
2026 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
2027 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
2028 protects these variables from casual modification by
2029 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
2030 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
2031 change this behaviour:
2033 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
2034 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
2035 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
2038 Alternatively, if you define _both_ an ethaddr in the
2039 default env _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
2040 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
2041 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
2042 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
2045 The same can be accomplished in a more flexible way
2046 for any variable by configuring the type of access
2047 to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable
2048 or define CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC.
2053 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
2054 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
2055 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
2056 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
2057 this default value by defining an environment
2058 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
2059 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
2060 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
2061 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
2062 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
2063 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
2064 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
2066 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
2069 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
2070 either, which results in a memory region that will
2071 not be affected by reboots.
2073 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
2074 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
2075 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
2076 following board configurations are known to be
2079 IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx,
2080 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON,
2083 - Access to physical memory region (> 4GB)
2084 Some basic support is provided for operations on memory not
2085 normally accessible to U-Boot - e.g. some architectures
2086 support access to more than 4GB of memory on 32-bit
2087 machines using physical address extension or similar.
2088 Define CONFIG_PHYSMEM to access this basic support, which
2089 currently only supports clearing the memory.
2092 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
2094 This variable defines the number of retries for
2095 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
2096 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
2097 default value of 5 is used.
2101 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
2105 Timeout in milliseconds used in NFS protocol.
2106 If you encounter "ERROR: Cannot umount" in nfs command,
2107 try longer timeout such as
2108 #define CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT 10000UL
2110 - Command Interpreter:
2111 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
2113 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
2114 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
2115 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
2119 In the current implementation, the local variables
2120 space and global environment variables space are
2121 separated. Local variables are those you define by
2122 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
2123 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
2124 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
2125 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
2127 Global environment variables are those you use
2128 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
2129 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
2130 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
2132 To store commands and special characters in a
2133 variable, please use double quotation marks
2134 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
2135 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
2138 - Command Line Editing and History:
2139 CONFIG_CMDLINE_PS_SUPPORT
2141 Enable support for changing the command prompt string
2142 at run-time. Only static string is supported so far.
2143 The string is obtained from environment variables PS1
2146 - Default Environment:
2147 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
2149 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
2150 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
2151 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2153 For example, place something like this in your
2154 board's config file:
2156 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
2160 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
2161 internal format how the environment is stored by the
2162 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
2163 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
2164 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
2165 You better know what you are doing here.
2167 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
2168 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
2169 the environment like the "source" command or the
2172 CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT
2174 Normally the environment is loaded when the board is
2175 initialised so that it is available to U-Boot. This inhibits
2176 that so that the environment is not available until
2177 explicitly loaded later by U-Boot code. With CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
2178 this is instead controlled by the value of
2179 /config/load-environment.
2181 - Serial Flash support
2182 Usage requires an initial 'sf probe' to define the serial
2183 flash parameters, followed by read/write/erase/update
2186 The following defaults may be provided by the platform
2187 to handle the common case when only a single serial
2188 flash is present on the system.
2190 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_BUS Bus identifier
2191 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_CS Chip-select
2192 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_MODE (see include/spi.h)
2193 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED in Hz
2196 - TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
2199 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
2200 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
2201 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
2202 number generator is used.
2204 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
2205 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
2206 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
2208 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
2209 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
2210 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
2211 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
2212 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
2213 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
2214 but sometimes that is not allowed.
2216 - Show boot progress:
2217 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
2219 Defining this option allows to add some board-
2220 specific code (calling a user-provided function
2221 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
2222 the system's boot progress on some display (for
2223 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
2224 the following checkpoints are implemented:
2227 Legacy uImage format:
2230 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
2231 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
2232 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
2233 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
2234 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
2235 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
2236 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
2237 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
2238 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2239 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
2240 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
2241 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
2242 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
2243 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
2244 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
2245 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
2247 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2248 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
2249 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
2250 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
2251 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
2252 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
2253 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
2254 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
2255 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
2256 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
2258 15 arch/<arch>/lib/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
2260 -30 arch/powerpc/lib/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
2261 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
2262 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
2264 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
2265 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
2266 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
2267 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
2268 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
2269 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2270 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
2271 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
2272 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
2273 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
2274 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2275 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
2276 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2277 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
2278 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
2279 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
2280 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
2281 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
2282 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
2283 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
2284 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
2285 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
2286 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
2287 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
2288 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
2289 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
2290 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2291 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
2292 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
2293 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
2294 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
2295 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
2296 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
2297 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
2298 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
2299 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
2300 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
2301 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
2302 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
2303 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2304 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
2305 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2306 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
2307 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
2308 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
2309 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
2310 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
2312 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
2314 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
2315 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
2316 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
2318 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
2319 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling net_loop()
2320 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in net_loop() occurred
2321 81 common/cmd_net.c net_loop() back without error
2322 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
2323 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
2324 83 common/cmd_net.c running "source" command
2325 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or "source" command
2326 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
2331 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
2332 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
2333 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
2334 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
2335 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
2336 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
2337 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
2338 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
2339 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
2340 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
2341 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
2342 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2343 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
2344 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
2345 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
2346 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
2347 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
2348 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
2349 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
2350 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
2351 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
2352 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
2354 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2355 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
2356 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
2357 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
2358 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
2359 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
2360 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
2361 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
2362 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
2363 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
2364 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
2365 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
2366 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
2367 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
2368 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
2369 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
2371 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
2372 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
2374 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
2375 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
2377 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
2378 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
2380 - Standalone program support:
2381 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
2383 This option defines a board specific value for the
2384 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
2385 overwriting the architecture dependent default
2388 - Frame Buffer Address:
2391 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific
2392 address for frame buffer. This is typically the case
2393 when using a graphics controller has separate video
2394 memory. U-Boot will then place the frame buffer at
2395 the given address instead of dynamically reserving it
2396 in system RAM by calling lcd_setmem(), which grabs
2397 the memory for the frame buffer depending on the
2398 configured panel size.
2400 Please see board_init_f function.
2402 - Automatic software updates via TFTP server
2404 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
2405 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
2407 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
2408 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
2410 - MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
2411 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD
2412 This parameter defines the maximum difference between the highest
2413 erase counter value and the lowest erase counter value of eraseblocks
2414 of UBI devices. When this threshold is exceeded, UBI starts performing
2415 wear leveling by means of moving data from eraseblock with low erase
2416 counter to eraseblocks with high erase counter.
2418 The default value should be OK for SLC NAND flashes, NOR flashes and
2419 other flashes which have eraseblock life-cycle 100000 or more.
2420 However, in case of MLC NAND flashes which typically have eraseblock
2421 life-cycle less than 10000, the threshold should be lessened (e.g.,
2422 to 128 or 256, although it does not have to be power of 2).
2426 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT
2427 This option specifies the maximum bad physical eraseblocks UBI
2428 expects on the MTD device (per 1024 eraseblocks). If the
2429 underlying flash does not admit of bad eraseblocks (e.g. NOR
2430 flash), this value is ignored.
2432 NAND datasheets often specify the minimum and maximum NVM
2433 (Number of Valid Blocks) for the flashes' endurance lifetime.
2434 The maximum expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 eraseblocks
2435 then can be calculated as "1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB)",
2436 which gives 20 for most NANDs (MaxNVB is basically the total
2437 count of eraseblocks on the chip).
2439 To put it differently, if this value is 20, UBI will try to
2440 reserve about 1.9% of physical eraseblocks for bad blocks
2441 handling. And that will be 1.9% of eraseblocks on the entire
2442 NAND chip, not just the MTD partition UBI attaches. This means
2443 that if you have, say, a NAND flash chip admits maximum 40 bad
2444 eraseblocks, and it is split on two MTD partitions of the same
2445 size, UBI will reserve 40 eraseblocks when attaching a
2450 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
2451 Fastmap is a mechanism which allows attaching an UBI device
2452 in nearly constant time. Instead of scanning the whole MTD device it
2453 only has to locate a checkpoint (called fastmap) on the device.
2454 The on-flash fastmap contains all information needed to attach
2455 the device. Using fastmap makes only sense on large devices where
2456 attaching by scanning takes long. UBI will not automatically install
2457 a fastmap on old images, but you can set the UBI parameter
2458 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT to 1 if you want so. Please note
2459 that fastmap-enabled images are still usable with UBI implementations
2460 without fastmap support. On typical flash devices the whole fastmap
2461 fits into one PEB. UBI will reserve PEBs to hold two fastmaps.
2463 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT
2464 Set this parameter to enable fastmap automatically on images
2468 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FM_DEBUG
2469 Enable UBI fastmap debug
2474 Enable building of SPL globally.
2477 LDSCRIPT for linking the SPL binary.
2479 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT
2480 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL, BSS included.
2481 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory
2482 used by SPL from _start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
2483 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2484 must not be both defined at the same time.
2487 Maximum size of the SPL image (text, data, rodata, and
2488 linker lists sections), BSS excluded.
2489 When defined, the linker checks that the actual size does
2492 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
2493 TEXT_BASE for linking the SPL binary.
2495 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_TEXT_BASE
2496 Address to relocate to. If unspecified, this is equal to
2497 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE (i.e. no relocation is done).
2499 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR
2500 Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary.
2502 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2503 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL BSS.
2504 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory used
2505 by SPL from __bss_start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
2506 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2507 must not be both defined at the same time.
2510 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use
2512 CONFIG_SPL_PANIC_ON_RAW_IMAGE
2513 When defined, SPL will panic() if the image it has
2514 loaded does not have a signature.
2515 Defining this is useful when code which loads images
2516 in SPL cannot guarantee that absolutely all read errors
2518 An example is the LPC32XX MLC NAND driver, which will
2519 consider that a completely unreadable NAND block is bad,
2520 and thus should be skipped silently.
2522 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_STACK
2523 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use after
2524 relocation. If unspecified, this is equal to
2527 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
2528 Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL.
2529 When this option is set the full malloc is used in SPL and
2530 it is set up by spl_init() and before that, the simple malloc()
2531 can be used if CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F is defined.
2533 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
2534 The size of the malloc pool used in SPL.
2537 Enable booting directly to an OS from SPL.
2538 See also: doc/README.falcon
2540 CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT
2541 For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information
2542 about the running system.
2544 CONFIG_SPL_INIT_MINIMAL
2545 Arch init code should be built for a very small image
2547 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_PARTITION
2548 Partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from when the MMC is being
2551 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_KERNEL_SECTOR
2552 Sector to load kernel uImage from when MMC is being
2553 used in raw mode (for Falcon mode)
2555 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTOR,
2556 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTORS
2557 Sector and number of sectors to load kernel argument
2558 parameters from when MMC is being used in raw mode
2561 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_FS_BOOT_PARTITION
2562 Partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from when the MMC is being
2565 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
2566 Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from filesystem
2568 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_KERNEL_NAME
2569 Filename to read to load kernel uImage when reading
2570 from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
2572 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_ARGS_NAME
2573 Filename to read to load kernel argument parameters
2574 when reading from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
2576 CONFIG_SPL_MPC83XX_WAIT_FOR_NAND
2577 Set this for NAND SPL on PPC mpc83xx targets, so that
2578 start.S waits for the rest of the SPL to load before
2579 continuing (the hardware starts execution after just
2580 loading the first page rather than the full 4K).
2582 CONFIG_SPL_SKIP_RELOCATE
2583 Avoid SPL relocation
2585 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BASE
2586 Include nand_base.c in the SPL. Requires
2587 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS.
2589 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS
2590 SPL uses normal NAND drivers, not minimal drivers.
2592 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_IDENT
2593 SPL uses the chip ID list to identify the NAND flash.
2594 Requires CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BASE.
2597 Include standard software ECC in the SPL
2599 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE
2600 Support for NAND boot using simple NAND drivers that
2601 expose the cmd_ctrl() interface.
2604 Support for a lightweight UBI (fastmap) scanner and
2607 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_RAW_ONLY
2608 Support to boot only raw u-boot.bin images. Use this only
2609 if you need to save space.
2611 CONFIG_SPL_COMMON_INIT_DDR
2612 Set for common ddr init with serial presence detect in
2615 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
2616 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
2617 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
2618 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
2619 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
2620 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
2623 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BOOT
2624 Add support NAND boot
2626 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS
2627 Location in NAND to read U-Boot from
2629 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST
2630 Location in memory to load U-Boot to
2632 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE
2633 Size of image to load
2635 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
2636 Entry point in loaded image to jump to
2638 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
2639 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
2640 data. This is used, for example, on davinci platforms.
2642 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE
2643 Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary
2646 Image offset to which the SPL should be padded before appending
2647 the SPL payload. By default, this is defined as
2648 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
2649 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
2650 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
2653 Final target image containing SPL and payload. Some SPLs
2654 use an arch-specific makefile fragment instead, for
2655 example if more than one image needs to be produced.
2657 CONFIG_SPL_FIT_PRINT
2658 Printing information about a FIT image adds quite a bit of
2659 code to SPL. So this is normally disabled in SPL. Use this
2660 option to re-enable it. This will affect the output of the
2661 bootm command when booting a FIT image.
2665 Enable building of TPL globally.
2668 Image offset to which the TPL should be padded before appending
2669 the TPL payload. By default, this is defined as
2670 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
2671 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
2672 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
2674 - Interrupt support (PPC):
2676 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
2677 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
2678 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
2679 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
2680 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
2681 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
2682 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
2683 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
2684 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
2685 general timer_interrupt().
2688 Board initialization settings:
2689 ------------------------------
2691 During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
2692 to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
2693 before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
2694 following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
2695 architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
2696 typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
2698 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
2699 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
2700 - CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
2701 - CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init()
2703 Configuration Settings:
2704 -----------------------
2706 - CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORT_64BIT_DATA: Defined automatically if compiled as 64-bit.
2707 Optionally it can be defined to support 64-bit memory commands.
2709 - CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
2710 undefine this when you're short of memory.
2712 - CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
2713 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
2715 - CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
2716 prompt for user input.
2718 - CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
2720 - CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
2722 - CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
2724 - CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
2725 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
2728 - CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
2729 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
2731 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
2732 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
2735 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
2736 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
2737 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
2739 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE
2740 Only implemented for ARMv8 for now.
2741 If defined, the size of CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE memory
2742 is substracted from total RAM and won't be reported to OS.
2743 This memory can be used as secure memory. A variable
2744 gd->arch.secure_ram is used to track the location. In systems
2745 the RAM base is not zero, or RAM is divided into banks,
2746 this variable needs to be recalcuated to get the address.
2748 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE:
2749 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
2750 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
2751 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
2752 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
2753 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
2754 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
2755 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
2756 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
2757 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
2759 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
2760 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
2763 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
2764 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
2765 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
2766 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
2769 - CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
2770 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
2772 - CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
2773 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
2775 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
2776 Physical start address of Flash memory.
2778 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
2779 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2780 make config files to be same as the text base address
2781 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
2782 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
2784 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
2785 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2786 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2787 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2790 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
2791 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2793 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
2794 Size of the malloc() pool for use before relocation. If
2795 this is defined, then a very simple malloc() implementation
2796 will become available before relocation. The address is just
2797 below the global data, and the stack is moved down to make
2800 This feature allocates regions with increasing addresses
2801 within the region. calloc() is supported, but realloc()
2802 is not available. free() is supported but does nothing.
2803 The memory will be freed (or in fact just forgotten) when
2804 U-Boot relocates itself.
2806 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE
2807 Provides a simple and small malloc() and calloc() for those
2808 boards which do not use the full malloc in SPL (which is
2809 enabled with CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START).
2811 - CONFIG_SYS_NONCACHED_MEMORY:
2812 Size of non-cached memory area. This area of memory will be
2813 typically located right below the malloc() area and mapped
2814 uncached in the MMU. This is useful for drivers that would
2815 otherwise require a lot of explicit cache maintenance. For
2816 some drivers it's also impossible to properly maintain the
2817 cache. For example if the regions that need to be flushed
2818 are not a multiple of the cache-line size, *and* padding
2819 cannot be allocated between the regions to align them (i.e.
2820 if the HW requires a contiguous array of regions, and the
2821 size of each region is not cache-aligned), then a flush of
2822 one region may result in overwriting data that hardware has
2823 written to another region in the same cache-line. This can
2824 happen for example in network drivers where descriptors for
2825 buffers are typically smaller than the CPU cache-line (e.g.
2826 16 bytes vs. 32 or 64 bytes).
2828 Non-cached memory is only supported on 32-bit ARM at present.
2830 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
2831 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
2832 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
2833 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
2834 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2836 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
2837 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2838 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
2839 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2840 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
2841 environment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
2842 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
2843 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
2844 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
2845 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
2846 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
2848 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
2849 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
2850 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
2853 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
2854 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
2855 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2857 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
2858 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
2859 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2861 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
2862 Max number of Flash memory banks
2864 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
2865 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2867 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
2868 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2870 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
2871 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2873 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
2874 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2876 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
2877 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2879 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
2880 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2881 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2883 - CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
2885 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2886 without this option such a download has to be
2887 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2888 copy from RAM to flash.
2890 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2891 you can check if the download worked before you erase
2892 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
2893 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
2894 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2896 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
2897 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
2898 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2900 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
2901 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2902 in the drivers directory
2904 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
2905 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
2906 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
2909 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
2910 Use buffered writes to flash.
2912 - CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2913 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2916 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
2917 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2918 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2919 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2920 optionally available.
2922 - CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2923 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2924 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2925 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2927 - CONFIG_FLASH_VERIFY
2928 If defined, the content of the flash (destination) is compared
2929 against the source after the write operation. An error message
2930 will be printed when the contents are not identical.
2931 Please note that this option is useless in nearly all cases,
2932 since such flash programming errors usually are detected earlier
2933 while unprotecting/erasing/programming. Please only enable
2934 this option if you really know what you are doing.
2936 - CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
2937 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
2938 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
2939 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2940 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
2941 on high Ethernet traffic.
2942 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2944 - CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
2946 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
2947 internally to store the environment settings. The default
2948 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
2949 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
2950 lib/hashtable.c for details.
2952 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
2953 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
2954 Enable validation of the values given to environment variables when
2955 calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal,
2956 hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined,
2957 the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address.
2959 The format of the list is:
2960 type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m]
2961 access_attribute = [a|r|o|c]
2962 attributes = type_attribute[access_attribute]
2963 entry = variable_name[:attributes]
2966 The type attributes are:
2967 s - String (default)
2970 b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF])
2974 The access attributes are:
2980 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
2981 Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags"
2982 environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
2984 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
2985 Define this to a list (string) to define validation that
2986 should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags"
2987 environment variable. To override a setting in the static
2988 list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the
2991 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
2992 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to define the same
2993 flags without explicitly listing them for each variable.
2995 - CONFIG_ENV_ACCESS_IGNORE_FORCE
2996 If defined, don't allow the -f switch to env set override variable
2999 The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
3000 of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
3001 following configurations:
3003 - CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
3005 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
3006 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
3008 BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
3009 in U-Boot initialization (when we try to get the setting of for the
3010 console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
3013 Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
3014 environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
3015 keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
3016 to save the current settings.
3018 BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
3019 "saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
3020 environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE link,
3021 but it can not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE interface.
3023 - CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
3025 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
3026 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
3027 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
3029 Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
3030 has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
3031 created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use env_get_f()
3032 until then to read environment variables.
3034 The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
3035 is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
3036 with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
3037 necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
3038 "baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
3039 have any device yet where we could complain.]
3041 Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
3042 the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
3043 use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
3045 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
3046 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
3048 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
3049 also needs to be defined.
3051 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
3052 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
3054 - CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
3055 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
3056 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
3057 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
3058 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
3059 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
3061 - CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
3062 Display information about the board that U-Boot is running on
3063 when U-Boot starts up. The board function checkboard() is called
3066 - CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE
3067 Similar to the previous option, but display this information
3068 later, once stdio is running and output goes to the LCD, if
3071 - CONFIG_BOARD_SIZE_LIMIT:
3072 Maximum size of the U-Boot image. When defined, the
3073 build system checks that the actual size does not
3076 Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
3077 ---------------------------------------------------
3079 - CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
3080 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
3082 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
3083 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
3086 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
3087 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
3088 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
3090 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
3091 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
3092 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
3093 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
3094 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
3095 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
3096 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
3098 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
3099 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
3101 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
3102 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
3103 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
3104 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3105 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3107 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
3108 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
3109 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3110 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3112 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE:
3113 If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be
3114 forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated.
3116 - Floppy Disk Support:
3117 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
3119 the default drive number (default value 0)
3121 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
3123 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
3126 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
3128 defines the offset of register from address. It
3129 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
3130 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
3132 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
3133 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
3136 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
3137 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
3138 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
3139 source code. It is used to make hardware-dependent
3143 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
3144 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
3145 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
3146 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
3147 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
3150 - CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
3151 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
3152 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx systems only]
3154 - CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
3156 Start address of memory area that can be used for
3157 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
3158 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
3159 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
3160 will become available only after programming the
3161 memory controller and running certain initialization
3164 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
3165 - MPC8xx: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
3167 - CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
3169 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
3170 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
3171 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
3172 data is located at the end of the available space
3173 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
3174 GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
3175 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
3176 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
3179 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
3180 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
3181 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
3182 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
3183 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
3185 - CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
3187 - CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
3190 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
3191 periodic timer for refresh
3193 - FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
3194 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
3195 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
3196 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
3197 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
3199 - SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
3200 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
3201 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
3202 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
3204 - CONFIG_PCI_ENUM_ONLY
3205 Only scan through and get the devices on the buses.
3206 Don't do any setup work, presumably because someone or
3207 something has already done it, and we don't need to do it
3208 a second time. Useful for platforms that are pre-booted
3209 by coreboot or similar.
3211 - CONFIG_PCI_INDIRECT_BRIDGE:
3212 Enable support for indirect PCI bridges.
3215 Chip has SRIO or not
3218 Board has SRIO 1 port available
3221 Board has SRIO 2 port available
3223 - CONFIG_SRIO_PCIE_BOOT_MASTER
3224 Board can support master function for Boot from SRIO and PCIE
3226 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
3227 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3229 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYS:
3230 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3232 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
3233 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3235 - CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BUSWIDTH_16BIT
3236 Defined to tell the NAND controller that the NAND chip is using
3238 Not all NAND drivers use this symbol.
3239 Example of drivers that use it:
3240 - drivers/mtd/nand/raw/ndfc.c
3241 - drivers/mtd/nand/raw/mxc_nand.c
3243 - CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
3244 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
3245 a default value will be used.
3248 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
3249 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
3252 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
3254 - CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
3255 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
3256 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
3257 to something your driver can deal with.
3259 - CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
3260 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
3261 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
3262 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
3263 header files or board specific files.
3265 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
3266 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
3268 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_SYNC_REFRESH
3269 Enable sync of refresh for multiple controllers.
3271 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_BIST
3272 Enable built-in memory test for Freescale DDR controllers.
3274 - CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
3275 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
3276 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
3279 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
3280 Note that this is a global option, we can't
3281 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
3283 - CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
3284 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
3287 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
3289 Where address/count indicate a memory area
3290 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
3294 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
3295 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
3298 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
3303 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
3305 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
3306 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
3308 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
3309 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
3311 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
3312 [ARM, NDS32, MIPS, RISC-V only] If this variable is defined, then certain
3313 low level initializations (like setting up the memory
3314 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
3315 relocate itself into RAM.
3317 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
3318 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
3319 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
3320 these initializations itself.
3322 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT_ONLY
3323 [ARM926EJ-S only] This allows just the call to lowlevel_init()
3324 to be skipped. The normal CP15 init (such as enabling the
3325 instruction cache) is still performed.
3328 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
3329 that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
3330 compiling a NAND SPL.
3333 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
3334 that is executed after the SPL and before the actual U-Boot.
3335 It is loaded by the SPL.
3337 - CONFIG_SYS_MPC85XX_NO_RESETVEC
3338 Only for 85xx systems. If this variable is specified, the section
3339 .resetvec is not kept and the section .bootpg is placed in the
3340 previous 4k of the .text section.
3342 - CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM
3343 Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses
3344 effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard
3345 U-Boot address as virtual addresses that need to be translated
3346 to physical addresses. However, sandbox requires this, since
3347 it maintains its own little RAM buffer which contains all
3348 addressable memory. This option causes some memory accesses
3349 to be mapped through map_sysmem() / unmap_sysmem().
3351 - CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR
3352 If defined, the x86 reset vector code is included. This is not
3353 needed when U-Boot is running from Coreboot.
3355 - CONFIG_SYS_NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE
3356 Option to disable subpage write in NAND driver
3357 driver that uses this:
3358 drivers/mtd/nand/raw/davinci_nand.c
3360 Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
3361 -----------------------------------
3363 The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
3364 loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
3365 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
3366 are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
3369 - CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR
3370 The address in the storage device where the FMAN microcode is located. The
3371 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
3374 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_ADDR
3375 The address in the storage device where the QE microcode is located. The
3376 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
3379 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
3380 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
3381 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
3382 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
3383 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
3385 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
3386 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
3387 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
3388 virtual address in NOR flash.
3390 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
3391 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
3392 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
3394 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
3395 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
3396 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
3398 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
3399 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
3400 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
3401 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO or PCIE outbound
3402 window->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in
3403 master's memory space.
3405 Freescale Layerscape Management Complex Firmware Support:
3406 ---------------------------------------------------------
3407 The Freescale Layerscape Management Complex (MC) supports the loading of
3409 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
3410 are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
3413 - CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
3414 Enable the MC driver for Layerscape SoCs.
3416 Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support:
3417 -------------------------------------------
3418 The Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support supports the loading of
3419 "Debug Server firmware" and triggering SP boot-rom.
3420 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting.
3422 - CONFIG_SYS_MC_RSV_MEM_ALIGN
3423 Define alignment of reserved memory MC requires
3428 In order to achieve reproducible builds, timestamps used in the U-Boot build
3429 process have to be set to a fixed value.
3431 This is done using the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable.
3432 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is to be set on the build host's shell, not as a configuration
3433 option for U-Boot or an environment variable in U-Boot.
3435 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH should be set to a number of seconds since the epoch, in UTC.
3437 Building the Software:
3438 ======================
3440 Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
3441 and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
3442 all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
3443 (potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
3444 recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
3445 which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
3447 If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
3448 have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
3449 you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
3450 Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
3451 necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
3453 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
3454 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
3456 Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
3457 the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
3458 (http://www.mingw.org). Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
3459 toolchain and execute 'make tools'. For example:
3461 $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools
3463 Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
3464 be executed on computers running Windows.
3466 U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
3467 sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
3472 where "NAME_defconfig" is the name of one of the existing configu-
3473 rations; see boards.cfg for supported names.
3475 Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
3476 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
3477 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
3478 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
3479 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
3481 make TQM823L_defconfig
3482 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
3484 make TQM823L_LCD_defconfig
3485 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
3490 Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
3491 images ready for download to / installation on your system:
3493 - "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
3494 - "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
3495 - "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
3497 By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
3498 in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
3499 this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
3501 1. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
3503 make O=/tmp/build distclean
3504 make O=/tmp/build NAME_defconfig
3505 make O=/tmp/build all
3507 2. Set environment variable KBUILD_OUTPUT to point to the desired location:
3509 export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/build
3514 Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the KBUILD_OUTPUT environment
3517 User specific CPPFLAGS, AFLAGS and CFLAGS can be passed to the compiler by
3518 setting the according environment variables KCPPFLAGS, KAFLAGS and KCFLAGS.
3519 For example to treat all compiler warnings as errors:
3521 make KCFLAGS=-Werror
3523 Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
3524 for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
3528 If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
3529 to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
3532 1. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
3533 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
3534 the "Makefile" and a "<board>.c".
3535 2. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
3537 3. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
3538 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
3539 4. Run "make <board>_defconfig" with your new name.
3540 5. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
3541 to be installed on your target system.
3542 6. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
3543 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
3546 Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
3547 ==============================================================
3549 If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
3550 or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
3551 provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
3552 the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
3553 official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
3555 But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
3556 cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
3557 the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
3558 just run the buildman script (tools/buildman/buildman), which will
3559 configure and build U-Boot for ALL supported system. Be warned, this
3560 will take a while. Please see the buildman README, or run 'buildman -H'
3564 See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
3567 Monitor Commands - Overview:
3568 ============================
3570 go - start application at address 'addr'
3571 run - run commands in an environment variable
3572 bootm - boot application image from memory
3573 bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
3574 bootz - boot zImage from memory
3575 tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
3576 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
3577 (and eventually "gatewayip")
3578 tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
3579 rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
3580 diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
3581 loads - load S-Record file over serial line
3582 loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
3584 mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
3585 nm - memory modify (constant address)
3586 mw - memory write (fill)
3588 cmp - memory compare
3589 crc32 - checksum calculation
3590 i2c - I2C sub-system
3591 sspi - SPI utility commands
3592 base - print or set address offset
3593 printenv- print environment variables
3594 setenv - set environment variables
3595 saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
3596 protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
3597 erase - erase FLASH memory
3598 flinfo - print FLASH memory information
3599 nand - NAND memory operations (see doc/README.nand)
3600 bdinfo - print Board Info structure
3601 iminfo - print header information for application image
3602 coninfo - print console devices and informations
3603 ide - IDE sub-system
3604 loop - infinite loop on address range
3605 loopw - infinite write loop on address range
3606 mtest - simple RAM test
3607 icache - enable or disable instruction cache
3608 dcache - enable or disable data cache
3609 reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
3610 echo - echo args to console
3611 version - print monitor version
3612 help - print online help
3613 ? - alias for 'help'
3616 Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
3617 ========================================
3621 For now: just type "help <command>".
3624 Environment Variables:
3625 ======================
3627 U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
3628 can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
3630 Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
3631 "printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
3632 without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
3633 environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
3634 working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
3635 environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
3637 Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
3639 List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
3641 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
3643 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
3645 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
3647 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
3649 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
3651 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3652 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3653 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
3654 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
3655 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
3656 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
3657 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
3660 bootm_mapsize - Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel.
3661 This variable is given as a hexadecimal number and it
3662 defines the size of the memory region starting at base
3663 address bootm_low that is accessible by the Linux kernel
3664 during early boot. If unset, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is used
3665 as the default value if it is defined, and bootm_size is
3668 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3669 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3670 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
3671 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
3672 environment variable.
3674 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
3675 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
3676 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
3678 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
3679 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
3680 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
3681 load any image using TFTP
3683 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
3684 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
3685 be automatically started (by internally calling
3688 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
3689 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
3690 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
3691 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
3694 fdt_high - if set this restricts the maximum address that the
3695 flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot.
3696 For example, if you have a system with 1 GB memory
3697 at physical address 0x10000000, while Linux kernel
3698 only recognizes the first 704 MB as low memory, you
3699 may need to set fdt_high as 0x3C000000 to have the
3700 device tree blob be copied to the maximum address
3701 of the 704 MB low memory, so that Linux kernel can
3702 access it during the boot procedure.
3704 If this is set to the special value 0xFFFFFFFF then
3705 the fdt will not be copied at all on boot. For this
3706 to work it must reside in writable memory, have
3707 sufficient padding on the end of it for u-boot to
3708 add the information it needs into it, and the memory
3709 must be accessible by the kernel.
3711 fdtcontroladdr- if set this is the address of the control flattened
3712 device tree used by U-Boot when CONFIG_OF_CONTROL is
3715 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
3716 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
3717 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
3718 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
3719 it must be saved and board must be reset.
3721 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
3722 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
3723 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
3724 is usually what you want since it allows for
3725 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
3726 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
3727 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
3728 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
3729 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
3730 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
3731 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
3733 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
3734 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
3735 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
3736 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
3737 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
3738 12 MB as well - this can be done with
3740 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
3742 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
3743 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
3744 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
3745 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
3746 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
3747 boot time on your system, but requires that this
3748 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
3750 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
3752 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
3753 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
3755 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
3757 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
3759 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
3761 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
3763 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
3765 ethprime - controls which interface is used first.
3767 ethact - controls which interface is currently active.
3768 For example you can do the following
3770 => setenv ethact FEC
3771 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
3772 => setenv ethact SCC
3773 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
3775 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
3776 available network interfaces.
3777 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
3779 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
3780 either succeed or fail without retrying.
3781 When set to "once" the network operation will
3782 fail when all the available network interfaces
3783 are tried once without success.
3784 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
3787 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
3789 silent_linux - If set then Linux will be told to boot silently, by
3790 changing the console to be empty. If "yes" it will be
3791 made silent. If "no" it will not be made silent. If
3792 unset, then it will be made silent if the U-Boot console
3795 tftpsrcp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
3798 tftpdstp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
3799 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
3801 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
3802 we use the TFTP server's default block size
3804 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
3805 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
3806 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
3807 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
3808 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
3809 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
3810 with unreliable TFTP servers.
3812 tftptimeoutcountmax - maximum count of TFTP timeouts (no
3813 unit, minimum value = 0). Defines how many timeouts
3814 can happen during a single file transfer before that
3815 transfer is aborted. The default is 10, and 0 means
3816 'no timeouts allowed'. Increasing this value may help
3817 downloads succeed with high packet loss rates, or with
3818 unreliable TFTP servers or client hardware.
3820 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
3821 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
3824 bootpretryperiod - Period during which BOOTP/DHCP sends retries.
3825 Unsigned value, in milliseconds. If not set, the period will
3826 be either the default (28000), or a value based on
3827 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT, if defined. This value has
3828 precedence over the valu based on CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT.
3830 The following image location variables contain the location of images
3831 used in booting. The "Image" column gives the role of the image and is
3832 not an environment variable name. The other columns are environment
3833 variable names. "File Name" gives the name of the file on a TFTP
3834 server, "RAM Address" gives the location in RAM the image will be
3835 loaded to, and "Flash Location" gives the image's address in NOR
3836 flash or offset in NAND flash.
3838 *Note* - these variables don't have to be defined for all boards, some
3839 boards currently use other variables for these purposes, and some
3840 boards use these variables for other purposes.
3842 Image File Name RAM Address Flash Location
3843 ----- --------- ----------- --------------
3844 u-boot u-boot u-boot_addr_r u-boot_addr
3845 Linux kernel bootfile kernel_addr_r kernel_addr
3846 device tree blob fdtfile fdt_addr_r fdt_addr
3847 ramdisk ramdiskfile ramdisk_addr_r ramdisk_addr
3849 The following environment variables may be used and automatically
3850 updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
3851 depending the information provided by your boot server:
3853 bootfile - see above
3854 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
3855 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
3856 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
3857 hostname - Target hostname
3859 netmask - Subnet Mask
3860 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
3861 serverip - see above
3864 There are two special Environment Variables:
3866 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
3867 as type string and/or serial number
3868 ethaddr - Ethernet address
3870 These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
3871 the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
3872 once they have been set once.
3875 Further special Environment Variables:
3877 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
3878 with the "version" command. This variable is
3879 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
3882 Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
3883 only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
3886 Callback functions for environment variables:
3887 ---------------------------------------------
3889 For some environment variables, the behavior of u-boot needs to change
3890 when their values are changed. This functionality allows functions to
3891 be associated with arbitrary variables. On creation, overwrite, or
3892 deletion, the callback will provide the opportunity for some side
3893 effect to happen or for the change to be rejected.
3895 The callbacks are named and associated with a function using the
3896 U_BOOT_ENV_CALLBACK macro in your board or driver code.
3898 These callbacks are associated with variables in one of two ways. The
3899 static list can be added to by defining CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_STATIC
3900 in the board configuration to a string that defines a list of
3901 associations. The list must be in the following format:
3903 entry = variable_name[:callback_name]
3906 If the callback name is not specified, then the callback is deleted.
3907 Spaces are also allowed anywhere in the list.
3909 Callbacks can also be associated by defining the ".callbacks" variable
3910 with the same list format above. Any association in ".callbacks" will
3911 override any association in the static list. You can define
3912 CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_DEFAULT to a list (string) to define the
3913 ".callbacks" environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
3915 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
3916 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to be connected to
3917 the same callback without explicitly listing them all out.
3919 The signature of the callback functions is:
3921 int callback(const char *name, const char *value, enum env_op op, int flags)
3923 * name - changed environment variable
3924 * value - new value of the environment variable
3925 * op - operation (create, overwrite, or delete)
3926 * flags - attributes of the environment variable change, see flags H_* in
3929 The return value is 0 if the variable change is accepted and 1 otherwise.
3931 Command Line Parsing:
3932 =====================
3934 There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
3935 the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
3937 Old, simple command line parser:
3938 --------------------------------
3940 - supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
3941 - several commands on one line, separated by ';'
3942 - variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
3943 - special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
3945 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
3946 - You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
3947 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
3952 - similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
3953 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
3954 until...do...done, ...
3955 - supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
3956 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
3957 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
3963 (1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
3964 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
3965 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
3968 (2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
3969 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
3970 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
3971 variables are not executed.
3973 Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
3974 =======================================
3976 Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
3977 such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
3978 "working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
3980 Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
3981 MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
3982 "eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
3984 If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
3985 in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
3986 ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
3987 variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
3989 o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
3990 environment, the SROM's address is used.
3992 o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
3993 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
3996 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
3997 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
3999 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
4000 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
4003 o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
4004 is raised. If CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, then in this case
4005 a random, locally-assigned MAC is used.
4007 If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
4008 will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
4009 may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
4010 The naming convention is as follows:
4011 "ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
4016 U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
4017 images in two formats:
4019 New uImage format (FIT)
4020 -----------------------
4022 Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
4023 to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
4024 components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
4025 SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
4031 Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
4032 preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
4033 details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
4035 * Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
4036 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
4037 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
4038 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
4040 * Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86,
4041 IA64, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
4042 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC).
4043 * Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
4049 The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
4050 and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
4057 Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
4058 easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
4061 U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
4062 special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
4063 "initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
4064 instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
4065 serves several purposes:
4067 - the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
4068 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
4069 Flash memory footprint)
4071 - it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
4072 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
4074 - the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
4075 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
4076 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
4077 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
4078 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
4079 software is easier now.
4085 Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
4086 ---------------------------------------
4088 U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
4089 configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
4090 (no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
4093 But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
4095 Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
4096 include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
4097 Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
4098 and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
4099 as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
4101 Note that U-Boot now has a driver model, a unified model for drivers.
4102 If you are adding a new driver, plumb it into driver model. If there
4103 is no uclass available, you are encouraged to create one. See
4107 Configuring the Linux kernel:
4108 -----------------------------
4110 No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
4111 device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
4114 Building a Linux Image:
4115 -----------------------
4117 With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
4118 not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
4119 "uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
4120 U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
4121 which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
4122 100% compatible format.
4126 make TQM850L_defconfig
4131 The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
4132 encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
4133 CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
4135 * build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
4137 * convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
4139 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
4140 -R .note -R .comment \
4141 -S vmlinux linux.bin
4143 * compress the binary image:
4147 * package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
4149 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
4150 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
4151 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
4154 The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
4155 with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
4156 combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
4157 byte header containing information about target architecture,
4158 operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
4159 stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
4161 "mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
4162 print the header information, or to build new images.
4164 In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
4165 contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
4166 checksum verification:
4168 tools/mkimage -l image
4169 -l ==> list image header information
4171 The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
4172 from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
4174 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
4175 -n name -d data_file image
4176 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
4177 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
4178 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
4179 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
4180 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
4181 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
4182 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
4183 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
4185 Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
4186 address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
4189 - 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
4190 - 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
4192 So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
4194 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4195 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
4196 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
4197 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
4198 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4199 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4200 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4201 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4202 Load Address: 0x00000000
4203 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4205 To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
4207 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
4208 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4209 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4210 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4211 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4212 Load Address: 0x00000000
4213 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4215 NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
4216 speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
4217 needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
4218 need to be uncompressed:
4220 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
4221 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4222 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
4223 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
4224 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
4225 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4226 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4227 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
4228 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
4229 Load Address: 0x00000000
4230 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4233 Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
4234 when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
4236 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
4237 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
4238 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
4239 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4240 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
4241 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4242 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
4243 Load Address: 0x00000000
4244 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4246 The "dumpimage" is a tool to disassemble images built by mkimage. Its "-i"
4247 option performs the converse operation of the mkimage's second form (the "-d"
4248 option). Given an image built by mkimage, the dumpimage extracts a "data file"
4251 tools/dumpimage -i image -T type -p position data_file
4252 -i ==> extract from the 'image' a specific 'data_file'
4253 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
4254 -p ==> 'position' (starting at 0) of the 'data_file' inside the 'image'
4257 Installing a Linux Image:
4258 -------------------------
4260 To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
4261 you must convert the image to S-Record format:
4263 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
4265 The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
4266 image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
4267 address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
4268 specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
4271 Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
4272 TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
4274 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
4280 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4281 ~>examples/image.srec
4282 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
4284 15989 15990 15991 15992
4285 [file transfer complete]
4287 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
4290 You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
4291 this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
4292 corruption happened:
4296 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4297 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4298 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4299 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4300 Load Address: 00000000
4301 Entry Point: 0000000c
4302 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4308 The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
4309 memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
4310 of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
4311 parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
4312 "printenv" and "setenv" commands:
4315 => printenv bootargs
4316 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
4318 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4320 => printenv bootargs
4321 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4324 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
4325 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
4326 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4327 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
4328 Load Address: 00000000
4329 Entry Point: 0000000c
4330 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4331 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4332 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
4333 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4334 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4335 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4336 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
4339 If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
4340 the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
4341 format!) to the "bootm" command:
4343 => imi 40100000 40200000
4345 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4346 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4347 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4348 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4349 Load Address: 00000000
4350 Entry Point: 0000000c
4351 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4353 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
4354 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4355 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4356 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4357 Load Address: 00000000
4358 Entry Point: 00000000
4359 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4361 => bootm 40100000 40200000
4362 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
4363 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4364 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4365 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4366 Load Address: 00000000
4367 Entry Point: 0000000c
4368 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4369 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4370 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
4371 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4372 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4373 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4374 Load Address: 00000000
4375 Entry Point: 00000000
4376 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4377 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
4378 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
4379 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
4380 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4381 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4383 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
4384 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
4388 Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
4391 First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
4392 titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
4393 following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
4399 oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
4400 => tftp $oftaddr $oft
4401 Speed: 1000, full duplex
4403 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
4404 Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
4405 Load address: 0x300000
4408 Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
4409 => tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
4410 Speed: 1000, full duplex
4412 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
4414 Load address: 0x200000
4415 Loading:############
4417 Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
4422 => bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
4423 ## Booting image at 00200000 ...
4424 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
4425 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4426 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
4427 Load Address: 00000000
4428 Entry Point: 00000000
4429 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4430 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4431 Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
4432 Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
4433 Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
4437 More About U-Boot Image Types:
4438 ------------------------------
4440 U-Boot supports the following image types:
4442 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
4443 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
4444 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
4445 the Standalone Program.
4446 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
4447 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
4448 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
4449 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
4450 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
4451 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
4452 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
4454 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
4455 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
4456 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
4457 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
4458 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
4459 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
4461 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
4462 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
4463 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
4464 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
4465 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
4466 a multiple of 4 bytes).
4468 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
4469 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
4472 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
4473 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
4474 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
4475 as command interpreter.
4477 Booting the Linux zImage:
4478 -------------------------
4480 On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
4481 using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
4482 as the syntax of "bootm" command.
4484 Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD allows user to supply
4485 kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
4486 address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
4487 format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
4493 One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
4494 run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
4495 U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
4497 Two simple examples are included with the sources:
4502 'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
4503 application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
4504 It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
4508 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4509 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
4510 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4511 [file transfer complete]
4513 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4515 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
4516 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4527 Hit any key to exit ...
4529 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4531 Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
4532 handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
4533 Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
4534 The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
4535 character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
4536 controlled by the following keys:
4538 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
4539 b - enable interrupts and start timer
4540 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
4541 q - quit application
4544 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4545 ~>examples/timer.srec
4546 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4547 [file transfer complete]
4549 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4552 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4555 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
4558 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
4561 [q, b, e, ?] ........
4562 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
4565 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
4568 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
4571 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
4573 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
4575 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4581 Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
4582 "minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
4583 consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
4584 Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
4585 especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
4586 use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). See
4587 http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.
4588 for help with kermit.
4591 Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
4592 configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
4594 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
4595 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
4596 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
4602 Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
4603 (build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
4605 Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
4606 NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
4607 need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
4608 Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
4609 attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
4610 missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
4612 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
4614 # ln -s powerpc machine
4615 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
4616 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
4618 Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
4619 and U-Boot include files.
4621 Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
4622 stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
4623 proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
4624 tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
4625 meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
4628 Implementation Internals:
4629 =========================
4631 The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
4632 implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
4633 inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
4637 Initial Stack, Global Data:
4638 ---------------------------
4640 The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
4641 starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
4642 system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
4643 This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
4644 is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
4645 at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
4646 options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
4647 models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
4648 MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
4649 locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
4651 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
4652 U-Boot mailing list:
4654 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
4655 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
4656 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
4659 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
4660 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
4661 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
4662 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
4663 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
4664 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
4665 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
4666 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
4668 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
4669 is another option for the system designer to use as an
4670 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
4671 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
4672 board designers haven't used it for something that would
4673 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
4676 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
4677 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
4678 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
4679 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
4680 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
4681 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
4682 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
4683 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
4684 you get the config right.
4689 It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
4690 code for the initialization procedures:
4692 * Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
4695 * Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitly initialized
4696 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
4697 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
4699 * Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
4702 Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
4703 normal global data to share information between the code. But it
4704 turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
4705 simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
4706 functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
4707 functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
4708 the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
4709 place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
4710 reserve for this purpose.
4712 When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
4713 relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
4714 GCC's implementation.
4716 For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
4718 R2: reserved for system use
4719 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
4720 R5-R10: parameter passing
4721 R13: small data area pointer
4725 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
4726 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
4727 going back and forth between asm and C)
4729 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
4731 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
4732 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
4733 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
4734 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
4735 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
4736 624 text + 127 data).
4738 On ARM, the following registers are used:
4740 R0: function argument word/integer result
4741 R1-R3: function argument word
4742 R9: platform specific
4743 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking is enabled)
4744 R11: argument (frame) pointer
4745 R12: temporary workspace
4748 R15: program counter
4750 ==> U-Boot will use R9 to hold a pointer to the global data
4752 Note: on ARM, only R_ARM_RELATIVE relocations are supported.
4754 On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
4755 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
4757 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
4759 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
4760 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
4762 On NDS32, the following registers are used:
4764 R0-R1: argument/return
4766 R15: temporary register for assembler
4767 R16: trampoline register
4768 R28: frame pointer (FP)
4769 R29: global pointer (GP)
4770 R30: link register (LP)
4771 R31: stack pointer (SP)
4772 PC: program counter (PC)
4774 ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data
4776 NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
4777 or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
4779 On RISC-V, the following registers are used:
4781 x0: hard-wired zero (zero)
4782 x1: return address (ra)
4783 x2: stack pointer (sp)
4784 x3: global pointer (gp)
4785 x4: thread pointer (tp)
4786 x5: link register (t0)
4787 x8: frame pointer (fp)
4788 x10-x11: arguments/return values (a0-1)
4789 x12-x17: arguments (a2-7)
4790 x28-31: temporaries (t3-6)
4791 pc: program counter (pc)
4793 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
4798 U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
4799 MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
4801 The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
4802 controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
4803 memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
4804 physical memory banks.
4806 U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
4807 TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
4808 booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
4809 to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
4810 memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
4811 configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
4812 Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
4814 Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
4815 of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
4817 So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
4820 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
4823 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
4829 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
4830 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
4831 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
4834 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
4835 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
4836 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
4837 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
4840 System Initialization:
4841 ----------------------
4843 In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
4844 (on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
4845 configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the on board Flash memory.
4846 To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
4847 To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
4848 initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
4849 which provide such a feature like), or in a locked part of the data
4850 cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, the caches and
4853 Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
4854 preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
4855 (multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
4856 on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
4857 programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
4858 simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
4861 When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
4862 different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
4863 bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
4864 0x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
4865 contiguous memory starting from 0.
4867 Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
4868 and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
4869 Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
4870 pages, and the final stack is set up.
4872 Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
4873 until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
4874 running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
4878 U-Boot Porting Guide:
4879 ----------------------
4881 [Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
4885 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
4887 sighandler_t no_more_time;
4889 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
4890 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
4892 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
4893 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
4897 Download latest U-Boot source;
4899 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
4902 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
4905 Read the README file in the top level directory;
4906 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
4907 Read applicable doc/*.README;
4908 Read the source, Luke;
4909 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
4912 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
4915 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
4917 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
4918 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
4919 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
4921 Create your own board support subdirectory;
4922 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
4924 Edit new board/<myboard> files
4925 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
4930 Add / modify source code;
4934 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
4936 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
4937 if (reasonable critiques)
4938 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
4940 Defend code as written;
4946 void no_more_time (int sig)
4955 All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
4956 coding style; see the kernel coding style guide at
4957 https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html, and the
4958 script "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
4960 Source files originating from a different project (for example the
4961 MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
4962 reformatted to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
4965 Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
4966 Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
4969 Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
4970 - remove any trailing white space
4971 - use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
4972 - make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
4973 - do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
4974 - do not add trailing empty lines to source files
4976 Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
4977 with a request to reformat the changes.
4983 Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
4984 establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
4985 may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
4987 Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
4989 Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
4990 see https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot
4992 When you send a patch, please include the following information with
4995 * For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
4996 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
4997 patch actually fixes something.
4999 * For new features: a description of the feature and your
5002 * A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
5004 * For major contributions, add a MAINTAINERS file with your
5005 information and associated file and directory references.
5007 * When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add a
5008 maintainer e-mail address to the boards.cfg file, too.
5010 * If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
5011 document these in the README file.
5013 * The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
5014 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
5015 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
5016 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
5017 with some other mail clients.
5019 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
5020 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
5023 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
5024 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
5025 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
5028 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
5029 and compressed attachments must not be used.
5031 * If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
5032 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
5034 * Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
5035 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
5040 * Before sending the patch, run the buildman script on your patched
5041 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
5042 for any of the boards.
5044 * Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
5045 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
5046 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
5048 * If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
5049 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
5050 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
5051 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
5052 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
5055 * Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
5056 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
5057 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
5058 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.