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.
334 - Marvell Family Member
335 CONFIG_SYS_MVFS - define it if you want to enable
336 multiple fs option at one time
337 for marvell soc family
342 Specifies that the core is a 64-bit PowerPC implementation (implements
343 the "64" category of the Power ISA). This is necessary for ePAPR
344 compliance, among other possible reasons.
346 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
348 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
349 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
350 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
352 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
354 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
355 tree nodes for the given platform.
357 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510
359 Enables a workaround for erratum A004510. If set,
360 then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and
361 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY must be set.
363 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV
364 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV2 (optional)
366 Defines one or two SoC revisions (low 8 bits of SVR)
367 for which the A004510 workaround should be applied.
369 The rest of SVR is either not relevant to the decision
370 of whether the erratum is present (e.g. p2040 versus
371 p2041) or is implied by the build target, which controls
372 whether CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 is set.
374 See Freescale App Note 4493 for more information about
377 CONFIG_A003399_NOR_WORKAROUND
378 Enables a workaround for IFC erratum A003399. It is only
379 required during NOR boot.
381 CONFIG_A008044_WORKAROUND
382 Enables a workaround for T1040/T1042 erratum A008044. It is only
383 required during NAND boot and valid for Rev 1.0 SoC revision
385 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY
387 This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600
388 according to the A004510 workaround.
390 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_DDR_ADDR
391 This value denotes start offset of DDR memory which is
392 connected exclusively to the DSP cores.
394 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M2_RAM_ADDR
395 This value denotes start offset of M2 memory
396 which is directly connected to the DSP core.
398 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M3_RAM_ADDR
399 This value denotes start offset of M3 memory which is directly
400 connected to the DSP core.
402 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT
403 This value denotes start offset of DSP CCSR space.
405 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SINGLE_SOURCE_CLK
406 Single Source Clock is clocking mode present in some of FSL SoC's.
407 In this mode, a single differential clock is used to supply
408 clocks to the sysclock, ddrclock and usbclock.
410 CONFIG_SYS_CPC_REINIT_F
411 This CONFIG is defined when the CPC is configured as SRAM at the
412 time of U-Boot entry and is required to be re-initialized.
415 Indicates this SoC supports deep sleep feature. If deep sleep is
416 supported, core will start to execute uboot when wakes up.
418 - Generic CPU options:
419 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
421 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
422 values is arch specific.
425 Freescale DDR driver in use. This type of DDR controller is
426 found in mpc83xx, mpc85xx, mpc86xx as well as some ARM core
429 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_ADDR
430 Freescale DDR memory-mapped register base.
432 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_EMU
433 Specify emulator support for DDR. Some DDR features such as
434 deskew training are not available.
436 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN1
437 Freescale DDR1 controller.
439 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN2
440 Freescale DDR2 controller.
442 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN3
443 Freescale DDR3 controller.
445 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN4
446 Freescale DDR4 controller.
448 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_ARM_GEN3
449 Freescale DDR3 controller for ARM-based SoCs.
452 Board config to use DDR1. It can be enabled for SoCs with
453 Freescale DDR1 or DDR2 controllers, depending on the board
457 Board config to use DDR2. It can be enabled for SoCs with
458 Freescale DDR2 or DDR3 controllers, depending on the board
462 Board config to use DDR3. It can be enabled for SoCs with
463 Freescale DDR3 or DDR3L controllers.
466 Board config to use DDR3L. It can be enabled for SoCs with
470 Board config to use DDR4. It can be enabled for SoCs with
473 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_BE
474 Defines the IFC controller register space as Big Endian
476 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_LE
477 Defines the IFC controller register space as Little Endian
479 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_CLK_DIV
480 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to IFC controller).
482 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_LBC_CLK_DIV
483 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to eLBC controller).
485 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_PBI
486 It enables addition of RCW (Power on reset configuration) in built image.
487 Please refer doc/README.pblimage for more details
489 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_RCW
490 It adds PBI(pre-boot instructions) commands in u-boot build image.
491 PBI commands can be used to configure SoC before it starts the execution.
492 Please refer doc/README.pblimage for more details
495 It adds a target to create boot binary having SPL binary in PBI format
496 concatenated with u-boot binary.
498 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_BE
499 Defines the DDR controller register space as Big Endian
501 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_LE
502 Defines the DDR controller register space as Little Endian
504 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_SDRAM_BASE_PHY
505 Physical address from the view of DDR controllers. It is the
506 same as CONFIG_SYS_DDR_SDRAM_BASE for all Power SoCs. But
507 it could be different for ARM SoCs.
509 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_INTLV_256B
510 DDR controller interleaving on 256-byte. This is a special
511 interleaving mode, handled by Dickens for Freescale layerscape
514 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_MAIN_NUM_CTRLS
515 Number of controllers used as main memory.
517 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_OTHER_DDR_NUM_CTRLS
518 Number of controllers used for other than main memory.
520 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_DP_DDR
521 Defines the SoC has DP-DDR used for DPAA.
523 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_BE
524 Defines the SEC controller register space as Big Endian
526 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_LE
527 Defines the SEC controller register space as Little Endian
530 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET
532 Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack
533 pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before
536 CONFIG_SYS_MIPS_CACHE_MODE
538 Cache operation mode for the MIPS CPU.
539 See also arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h.
541 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NO_WA
544 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NONCOHERENT
548 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_ACCELERATED
550 CONFIG_SYS_XWAY_EBU_BOOTCFG
552 Special option for Lantiq XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash.
553 See also arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S.
555 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
557 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
558 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
559 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
562 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
564 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
565 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
568 Generic timer clock source frequency.
570 COUNTER_FREQUENCY_REAL
571 Generic timer clock source frequency if the real clock is
572 different from COUNTER_FREQUENCY, and can only be determined
576 CONFIG_TEGRA_SUPPORT_NON_SECURE
578 Support executing U-Boot in non-secure (NS) mode. Certain
579 impossible actions will be skipped if the CPU is in NS mode,
580 such as ARM architectural timer initialization.
582 - Linux Kernel Interface:
585 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
586 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
587 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
588 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
589 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
590 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
592 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
593 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
596 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
598 When transferring memsize parameter to Linux, some versions
599 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
600 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
604 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
605 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
609 * New libfdt-based support
610 * Adds the "fdt" command
611 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
613 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
614 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
616 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
619 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
621 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
622 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
624 CONFIG_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP
626 Other code has addition modification that it wants to make
627 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel.
628 This causes ft_system_setup() to be called before booting
633 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
634 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
635 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
636 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
637 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
638 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
640 CONFIG_MACH_TYPE [relevant for ARM only][mandatory]
642 This setting is mandatory for all boards that have only one
643 machine type and must be used to specify the machine type
644 number as it appears in the ARM machine registry
645 (see http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/).
646 Only boards that have multiple machine types supported
647 in a single configuration file and the machine type is
648 runtime discoverable, do not have to use this setting.
650 - vxWorks boot parameters:
652 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
653 environments variables: bootdev, bootfile, ipaddr, netmask,
654 serverip, gatewayip, hostname, othbootargs.
655 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
657 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
658 the defaults discussed just above.
660 - Cache Configuration:
661 CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF - Do not enable instruction cache in U-Boot
662 CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF - Do not enable data cache in U-Boot
663 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot
665 - Cache Configuration for ARM:
666 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
668 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
669 controller register space
674 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
678 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
682 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
683 the clock speed of the UARTs.
687 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
688 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
689 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
691 CONFIG_SERIAL_HW_FLOW_CONTROL
693 Define this variable to enable hw flow control in serial driver.
694 Current user of this option is drivers/serial/nsl16550.c driver
697 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
698 Select one of the baudrates listed in
699 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
703 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
704 define a command string that is automatically executed
705 when no character is read on the console interface
706 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
708 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
709 The value of these goes into the environment as
710 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
711 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
717 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
718 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
719 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
720 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
721 entering interactive mode.
723 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
724 automatically generated or modified. For an example
725 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
726 modified when the user holds down a certain
727 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
730 - Serial Download Echo Mode:
732 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
733 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
734 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
735 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
736 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
737 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
739 - Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
741 Select one of the baudrates listed in
742 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
744 - Removal of commands
745 If no commands are needed to boot, you can disable
746 CONFIG_CMDLINE to remove them. In this case, the command line
747 will not be available, and when U-Boot wants to execute the
748 boot command (on start-up) it will call board_run_command()
749 instead. This can reduce image size significantly for very
750 simple boot procedures.
752 - Regular expression support:
754 If this variable is defined, U-Boot is linked against
755 the SLRE (Super Light Regular Expression) library,
756 which adds regex support to some commands, as for
757 example "env grep" and "setexpr".
761 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree
762 to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically
763 compiled #defines in the board file. This option is
764 experimental and only available on a few boards. The device
765 tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob.
767 U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can
768 be done using one of the three options below:
771 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will embed a device tree
772 binary in its image. This device tree file should be in the
773 board directory and called <soc>-<board>.dts. The binary file
774 is then picked up in board_init_f() and made available through
775 the global data structure as gd->fdt_blob.
778 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree
779 binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific
780 code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by:
782 cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
784 and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called
785 u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can
786 still use the individual files if you need something more
790 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use the device tree
791 provided by the board at runtime instead of embedding one with
792 the image. Only boards defining board_fdt_blob_setup() support
793 this option (see include/fdtdec.h file).
797 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
798 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
799 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx
800 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
801 register. When supported for a specific SoC is
802 available, then no further board specific code should
806 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
807 SoC, then define this variable and provide board
808 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
810 CONFIG_AT91_HW_WDT_TIMEOUT
811 specify the timeout in seconds. default 2 seconds.
815 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
816 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
819 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
820 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
821 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
822 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
823 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
824 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
825 CONFIG_RTC_DS1339 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1339 RTC
826 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
827 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
828 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
829 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
830 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
833 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
834 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
837 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
839 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
840 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
841 pins supported by a particular chip.
843 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
844 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
847 When CONFIG_IO_TRACE is selected, U-Boot intercepts all I/O
848 accesses and can checksum them or write a list of them out
849 to memory. See the 'iotrace' command for details. This is
850 useful for testing device drivers since it can confirm that
851 the driver behaves the same way before and after a code
852 change. Currently this is supported on sandbox and arm. To
853 add support for your architecture, add '#include <iotrace.h>'
854 to the bottom of arch/<arch>/include/asm/io.h and test.
856 Example output from the 'iotrace stats' command is below.
857 Note that if the trace buffer is exhausted, the checksum will
858 still continue to operate.
861 Start: 10000000 (buffer start address)
862 Size: 00010000 (buffer size)
863 Offset: 00000120 (current buffer offset)
864 Output: 10000120 (start + offset)
865 Count: 00000018 (number of trace records)
866 CRC32: 9526fb66 (CRC32 of all trace records)
870 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
871 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
872 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
873 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
875 - Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported:
876 Zero or more of the following:
877 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table.
878 CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc.
879 CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the
880 bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see
882 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS Memory Technology Device partition table.
884 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CONFIG_IDE or
885 CONFIG_SCSI) you must configure support for at
886 least one non-MTD partition type as well.
889 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
890 board configurations files but used nowhere!
892 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
893 be performed by calling the function
894 ide_set_reset(int reset)
895 which has to be defined in a board specific file
900 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
905 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
906 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
907 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
908 support disks up to 2.1TB.
910 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
911 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
915 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
916 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
917 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
918 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
921 The environment variable 'scsidevs' is set to the number of
922 SCSI devices found during the last scan.
924 - NETWORK Support (PCI):
926 Support for Intel 8254x/8257x gigabit chips.
929 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
930 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
931 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
933 CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC
934 Allow generic access to the SPI bus on the Intel 8257x, for
935 example with the "sspi" command.
938 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
939 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
940 write routine for first time initialisation.
943 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
944 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
945 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
948 Support for National dp83815 chips.
951 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
953 - NETWORK Support (other):
955 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC
956 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.
959 Define this to use reduced MII inteface
961 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
962 If this defined, the driver is quiet.
963 The driver doen't show link status messages.
966 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
969 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
971 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
972 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
975 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
978 Define this to hold the physical address
979 of the device (I/O space)
981 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
982 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
984 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
985 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
986 (some hardware wont work with macros)
988 CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC
989 Support for davinci emac
991 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
992 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
995 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
997 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
998 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
999 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
1000 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
1001 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
1002 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
1003 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
1004 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
1007 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
1009 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
1010 Define the number of ports to be used
1012 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
1013 Define the ETH PHY's address
1015 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
1016 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
1020 Support for PWM module on the imx6.
1024 Support TPM devices.
1026 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_INFINEON
1027 Support for Infineon i2c bus TPM devices. Only one device
1028 per system is supported at this time.
1030 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C_BURST_LIMITATION
1031 Define the burst count bytes upper limit
1034 Support for STMicroelectronics TPM devices. Requires DM_TPM support.
1036 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_I2C
1037 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 I2C devices.
1038 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and I2C.
1040 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_SPI
1041 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 SPI devices.
1042 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and SPI.
1044 CONFIG_TPM_ATMEL_TWI
1045 Support for Atmel TWI TPM device. Requires I2C support.
1048 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
1049 per system is supported at this time.
1051 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
1052 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
1053 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
1057 Define this to enable the TPM support library which provides
1058 functional interfaces to some TPM commands.
1059 Requires support for a TPM device.
1061 CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS
1062 Define this to enable authorized functions in the TPM library.
1063 Requires CONFIG_TPM and CONFIG_SHA1.
1066 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
1067 supported (PIP405, MIP405); define
1068 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
1069 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
1070 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
1073 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
1076 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the
1077 txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset.
1079 CONFIG_USB_DWC2_REG_ADDR the physical CPU address of the DWC2
1080 HW module registers.
1083 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
1084 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
1085 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
1086 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
1087 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
1088 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
1089 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
1090 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
1091 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
1093 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
1094 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
1095 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
1096 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
1099 Define this to build a UDC device
1102 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
1103 talk to the UDC device
1106 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
1107 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
1108 int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
1109 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
1110 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
1113 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
1114 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
1117 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
1118 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
1119 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
1120 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
1121 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
1122 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
1124 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
1125 Define this string as the name of your company for
1126 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
1128 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
1129 Define this string as the name of your product
1130 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
1132 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
1133 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
1134 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
1135 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
1136 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
1138 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
1139 Define this as the unique Product ID
1141 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
1143 - ULPI Layer Support:
1144 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
1145 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
1146 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
1147 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
1148 viewport is supported.
1149 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
1150 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
1151 If your ULPI phy needs a different reference clock than the
1152 standard 24 MHz then you have to define CONFIG_ULPI_REF_CLK to
1153 the appropriate value in Hz.
1156 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1157 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1158 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
1159 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
1160 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1161 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
1164 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
1166 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
1167 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
1170 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
1172 CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_BOOT
1173 Enable some additional features of the eMMC boot partitions.
1175 CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_RPMB
1176 Enable the commands for reading, writing and programming the
1177 key for the Replay Protection Memory Block partition in eMMC.
1179 - USB Device Firmware Update (DFU) class support:
1181 This enables the USB portion of the DFU USB class
1184 This enables support for exposing (e)MMC devices via DFU.
1187 This enables support for exposing NAND devices via DFU.
1190 This enables support for exposing RAM via DFU.
1191 Note: DFU spec refer to non-volatile memory usage, but
1192 allow usages beyond the scope of spec - here RAM usage,
1193 one that would help mostly the developer.
1195 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_DATA_BUF_SIZE
1196 Dfu transfer uses a buffer before writing data to the
1197 raw storage device. Make the size (in bytes) of this buffer
1198 configurable. The size of this buffer is also configurable
1199 through the "dfu_bufsiz" environment variable.
1201 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_MAX_FILE_SIZE
1202 When updating files rather than the raw storage device,
1203 we use a static buffer to copy the file into and then write
1204 the buffer once we've been given the whole file. Define
1205 this to the maximum filesize (in bytes) for the buffer.
1206 Default is 4 MiB if undefined.
1208 DFU_DEFAULT_POLL_TIMEOUT
1209 Poll timeout [ms], is the timeout a device can send to the
1210 host. The host must wait for this timeout before sending
1211 a subsequent DFU_GET_STATUS request to the device.
1213 DFU_MANIFEST_POLL_TIMEOUT
1214 Poll timeout [ms], which the device sends to the host when
1215 entering dfuMANIFEST state. Host waits this timeout, before
1216 sending again an USB request to the device.
1218 - Journaling Flash filesystem support:
1220 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1222 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1223 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
1224 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1227 See Kconfig help for available keyboard drivers.
1231 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1232 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1233 defined in your board-specific files. This option is deprecated
1234 and is only used by novena. For new boards, use driver model
1239 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
1240 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1241 support, and should also define these other macros:
1246 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1247 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1249 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1251 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1252 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
1253 boot. See the documentation file doc/README.video for a
1254 description of this variable.
1256 - LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1258 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1259 display); also select one of the supported displays
1260 by defining one of these:
1264 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1266 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
1268 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
1270 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
1272 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1273 Active, color, single scan.
1275 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1277 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
1278 Active, color, single scan.
1282 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1283 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1285 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1287 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1288 Active, color, single scan.
1292 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1293 Active, color, single scan.
1297 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1299 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1303 320x240. Black & white.
1305 CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT
1307 Normally the LCD is page-aligned (typically 4KB). If this is
1308 defined then the LCD will be aligned to this value instead.
1309 For ARM it is sometimes useful to use MMU_SECTION_SIZE
1310 here, since it is cheaper to change data cache settings on
1311 a per-section basis.
1316 Sometimes, for example if the display is mounted in portrait
1317 mode or even if it's mounted landscape but rotated by 180degree,
1318 we need to rotate our content of the display relative to the
1319 framebuffer, so that user can read the messages which are
1321 Once CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is defined, the lcd_console will be
1322 initialized with a given rotation from "vl_rot" out of
1323 "vidinfo_t" which is provided by the board specific code.
1324 The value for vl_rot is coded as following (matching to
1325 fbcon=rotate:<n> linux-kernel commandline):
1326 0 = no rotation respectively 0 degree
1327 1 = 90 degree rotation
1328 2 = 180 degree rotation
1329 3 = 270 degree rotation
1331 If CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is not defined, the console will be
1332 initialized with 0degree rotation.
1336 Support drawing of RLE8-compressed bitmaps on the LCD.
1340 Enables an 'i2c edid' command which can read EDID
1341 information over I2C from an attached LCD display.
1343 - Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
1345 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1346 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1347 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
1348 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
1349 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1350 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1351 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1352 loaded very quickly after power-on.
1354 CONFIG_SPLASHIMAGE_GUARD
1356 If this option is set, then U-Boot will prevent the environment
1357 variable "splashimage" from being set to a problematic address
1358 (see doc/README.displaying-bmps).
1359 This option is useful for targets where, due to alignment
1360 restrictions, an improperly aligned BMP image will cause a data
1361 abort. If you think you will not have problems with unaligned
1362 accesses (for example because your toolchain prevents them)
1363 there is no need to set this option.
1365 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN
1367 If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
1368 on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
1369 position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
1370 number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
1371 is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
1372 specify 'm' for centering the image.
1375 setenv splashpos m,m
1376 => image at center of screen
1378 setenv splashpos 30,20
1379 => image at x = 30 and y = 20
1381 setenv splashpos -10,m
1382 => vertically centered image
1383 at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9
1385 - Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
1387 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1388 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1389 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1391 - Run length encoded BMP image (RLE8) support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8
1393 If this option is set, 8-bit RLE compressed BMP images
1394 can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the
1397 - Compression support:
1400 Enabled by default to support gzip compressed images.
1404 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1405 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1406 compressed images are supported.
1408 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
1409 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
1413 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1415 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1417 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1419 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1420 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1421 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1422 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1424 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1426 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1427 command issued before MII status register can be read
1432 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1433 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
1434 determined through e.g. bootp.
1435 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
1437 - Server IP address:
1440 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
1441 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1442 (Environment variable "serverip")
1444 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1446 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1447 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1449 - Gateway IP address:
1452 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1453 default router where packets to other networks are
1455 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1460 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1461 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1462 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1463 forwarded through a router.
1464 (Environment variable "netmask")
1466 - Multicast TFTP Mode:
1469 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1470 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
1471 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
1472 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1475 - BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1476 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1478 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1479 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1480 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1481 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1482 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1483 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1484 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1485 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1486 following delays are inserted then:
1488 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1489 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1490 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1492 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1494 CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE
1496 BOOTP packets are uniquely identified using a 32-bit ID. The
1497 server will copy the ID from client requests to responses and
1498 U-Boot will use this to determine if it is the destination of
1499 an incoming response. Some servers will check that addresses
1500 aren't in use before handing them out (usually using an ARP
1501 ping) and therefore take up to a few hundred milliseconds to
1502 respond. Network congestion may also influence the time it
1503 takes for a response to make it back to the client. If that
1504 time is too long, U-Boot will retransmit requests. In order
1505 to allow earlier responses to still be accepted after these
1506 retransmissions, U-Boot's BOOTP client keeps a small cache of
1507 IDs. The CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE controls the size of this
1508 cache. The default is to keep IDs for up to four outstanding
1509 requests. Increasing this will allow U-Boot to accept offers
1510 from a BOOTP client in networks with unusually high latency.
1512 - DHCP Advanced Options:
1513 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1514 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1516 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1517 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1518 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1519 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1520 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1521 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
1522 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL
1524 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1525 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
1527 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL - If the DHCP server is not found
1528 after the configured retry count, the call will fail
1529 instead of starting over. This can be used to fail over
1530 to Link-local IP address configuration if the DHCP server
1533 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1534 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1535 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
1536 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
1537 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1538 option 12 to the DHCP server.
1540 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1542 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1543 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1544 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1545 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1546 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1547 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1548 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1549 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1550 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1551 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1554 - Link-local IP address negotiation:
1555 Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network
1556 for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration.
1557 This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed
1558 to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
1560 See doc/README.link-local for more information.
1562 - MAC address from environment variables
1564 FDT_SEQ_MACADDR_FROM_ENV
1566 Fix-up device tree with MAC addresses fetched sequentially from
1567 environment variables. This config work on assumption that
1568 non-usable ethernet node of device-tree are either not present
1569 or their status has been marked as "disabled".
1572 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
1574 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1576 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1578 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1583 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1584 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1585 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1587 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1589 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1590 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1594 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1598 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1602 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1604 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1606 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1607 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1609 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1611 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1613 - Status LED: CONFIG_LED_STATUS
1615 Several configurations allow to display the current
1616 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1617 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1618 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1619 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1620 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1621 kernel). Defining CONFIG_LED_STATUS enables this
1626 CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
1627 The status LED can be connected to a GPIO pin.
1628 In such cases, the gpio_led driver can be used as a
1629 status LED backend implementation. Define CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
1630 to include the gpio_led driver in the U-Boot binary.
1632 CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE
1633 Some GPIO connected LEDs may have inverted polarity in which
1634 case the GPIO high value corresponds to LED off state and
1635 GPIO low value corresponds to LED on state.
1636 In such cases CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE may be defined
1637 with a list of GPIO LEDs that have inverted polarity.
1639 - I2C Support: CONFIG_SYS_I2C
1641 This enable the NEW i2c subsystem, and will allow you to use
1642 i2c commands at the u-boot command line (as long as you set
1643 CONFIG_CMD_I2C in CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c
1644 based realtime clock chips or other i2c devices. See
1645 common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the command line
1648 ported i2c driver to the new framework:
1649 - drivers/i2c/soft_i2c.c:
1650 - activate first bus with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT define
1651 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE
1652 for defining speed and slave address
1653 - activate second bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS2 define
1654 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_2 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_2
1655 for defining speed and slave address
1656 - activate third bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS3 define
1657 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_3 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_3
1658 for defining speed and slave address
1659 - activate fourth bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS4 define
1660 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_4 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_4
1661 for defining speed and slave address
1663 - drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c:
1664 - activate i2c driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_FSL
1665 define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_OFFSET for setting the register
1666 offset CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_SPEED for the i2c speed and
1667 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_SLAVE for the slave addr of the first
1669 - If your board supports a second fsl i2c bus, define
1670 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_OFFSET for the register offset
1671 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_SPEED for the speed and
1672 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_SLAVE for the slave address of the
1675 - drivers/i2c/tegra_i2c.c:
1676 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_TEGRA
1677 - This driver adds 4 i2c buses with a fix speed from
1678 100000 and the slave addr 0!
1680 - drivers/i2c/ppc4xx_i2c.c
1681 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX
1682 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX_CH0 activate hardware channel 0
1683 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX_CH1 activate hardware channel 1
1685 - drivers/i2c/i2c_mxc.c
1686 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC
1687 - enable bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C1
1688 - enable bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C2
1689 - enable bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C3
1690 - enable bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C4
1691 - define speed for bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C1_SPEED
1692 - define slave for bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C1_SLAVE
1693 - define speed for bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C2_SPEED
1694 - define slave for bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C2_SLAVE
1695 - define speed for bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C3_SPEED
1696 - define slave for bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C3_SLAVE
1697 - define speed for bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C4_SPEED
1698 - define slave for bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C4_SLAVE
1699 If those defines are not set, default value is 100000
1700 for speed, and 0 for slave.
1702 - drivers/i2c/rcar_i2c.c:
1703 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_RCAR
1704 - This driver adds 4 i2c buses
1706 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C0_BASE for setting the register channel 0
1707 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C0_SPEED for for the speed channel 0
1708 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C1_BASE for setting the register channel 1
1709 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C1_SPEED for for the speed channel 1
1710 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C2_BASE for setting the register channel 2
1711 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C2_SPEED for for the speed channel 2
1712 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C3_BASE for setting the register channel 3
1713 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C3_SPEED for for the speed channel 3
1714 - CONFIF_SYS_RCAR_I2C_NUM_CONTROLLERS for number of i2c buses
1716 - drivers/i2c/sh_i2c.c:
1717 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH
1718 - This driver adds from 2 to 5 i2c buses
1720 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE0 for setting the register channel 0
1721 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED0 for for the speed channel 0
1722 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE1 for setting the register channel 1
1723 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED1 for for the speed channel 1
1724 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE2 for setting the register channel 2
1725 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED2 for for the speed channel 2
1726 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE3 for setting the register channel 3
1727 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED3 for for the speed channel 3
1728 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE4 for setting the register channel 4
1729 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED4 for for the speed channel 4
1730 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_NUM_CONTROLLERS for number of i2c buses
1732 - drivers/i2c/omap24xx_i2c.c
1733 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_OMAP24XX
1734 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED speed channel 0
1735 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE slave addr channel 0
1736 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED1 speed channel 1
1737 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE1 slave addr channel 1
1738 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED2 speed channel 2
1739 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE2 slave addr channel 2
1740 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED3 speed channel 3
1741 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE3 slave addr channel 3
1742 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED4 speed channel 4
1743 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE4 slave addr channel 4
1745 - drivers/i2c/zynq_i2c.c
1746 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ
1747 - set CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ_SPEED for speed setting
1748 - set CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ_SLAVE for slave addr
1750 - drivers/i2c/s3c24x0_i2c.c:
1751 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_S3C24X0
1752 - This driver adds i2c buses (11 for Exynos5250, Exynos5420
1753 9 i2c buses for Exynos4 and 1 for S3C24X0 SoCs from Samsung)
1754 with a fix speed from 100000 and the slave addr 0!
1756 - drivers/i2c/ihs_i2c.c
1757 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS
1758 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH0 activate hardware channel 0
1759 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_0 speed channel 0
1760 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_0 slave addr channel 0
1761 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH1 activate hardware channel 1
1762 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_1 speed channel 1
1763 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_1 slave addr channel 1
1764 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH2 activate hardware channel 2
1765 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_2 speed channel 2
1766 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_2 slave addr channel 2
1767 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH3 activate hardware channel 3
1768 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_3 speed channel 3
1769 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_3 slave addr channel 3
1770 - activate dual channel with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_DUAL
1771 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_0_1 speed channel 0_1
1772 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_0_1 slave addr channel 0_1
1773 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_1_1 speed channel 1_1
1774 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_1_1 slave addr channel 1_1
1775 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_2_1 speed channel 2_1
1776 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_2_1 slave addr channel 2_1
1777 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_3_1 speed channel 3_1
1778 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_3_1 slave addr channel 3_1
1782 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES
1783 Hold the number of i2c buses you want to use.
1785 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS
1786 define this, if you don't use i2c muxes on your hardware.
1787 if CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS is not defined or == 0 you can
1790 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS
1791 define how many muxes are maximal consecutively connected
1792 on one i2c bus. If you not use i2c muxes, omit this
1795 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES
1796 hold a list of buses you want to use, only used if
1797 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS is not defined, for example
1798 a board with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS = 1 and
1799 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES = 9:
1801 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES {{0, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
1802 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 1}}}, \
1803 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 2}}}, \
1804 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 3}}}, \
1805 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 4}}}, \
1806 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 5}}}, \
1807 {1, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
1808 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 1}}}, \
1809 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 2}}}, \
1813 bus 0 on adapter 0 without a mux
1814 bus 1 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 1
1815 bus 2 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 2
1816 bus 3 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 3
1817 bus 4 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 4
1818 bus 5 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 5
1819 bus 6 on adapter 1 without a mux
1820 bus 7 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 1
1821 bus 8 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 2
1823 If you do not have i2c muxes on your board, omit this define.
1825 - Legacy I2C Support:
1826 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT)
1827 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1828 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
1832 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
1833 controller or configure ports.
1835 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
1839 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1840 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1843 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1847 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1848 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1851 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1855 Code that returns true if the I2C data line is high,
1858 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1862 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1863 is false, it clears it (low).
1865 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
1866 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
1867 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
1871 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1872 is false, it clears it (low).
1874 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
1875 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
1876 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
1880 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1881 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
1882 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
1885 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
1887 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
1889 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
1890 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
1891 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
1892 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
1894 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
1895 the generic GPIO functions.
1897 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1899 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1900 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1901 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1902 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1903 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1904 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1905 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1906 is run early in the boot sequence.
1908 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1910 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
1911 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1912 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
1913 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1915 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
1917 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
1918 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1919 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
1920 a 1D array of device addresses
1923 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1924 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
1926 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1928 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1929 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
1931 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1933 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
1935 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1936 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1938 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
1940 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1941 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1943 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
1945 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
1946 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
1947 between writing the address pointer and reading the
1948 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
1949 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
1950 devices can use either method, but some require one or
1953 - SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1955 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1956 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1957 D/As on the SACSng board)
1961 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1962 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1963 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1964 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1965 defined, the board configuration must define several
1966 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1967 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
1971 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
1972 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
1973 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
1974 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
1975 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
1977 CONFIG_SYS_SPI_MXC_WAIT
1978 Timeout for waiting until spi transfer completed.
1979 default: (CONFIG_SYS_HZ/100) /* 10 ms */
1981 - FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
1983 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1985 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1987 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1990 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
1992 Enables support for FPGA family.
1993 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1997 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
1999 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
2001 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
2003 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
2005 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
2006 status by the configuration function. This option
2007 will require a board or device specific function to
2012 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
2013 configuration driver.
2015 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
2016 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
2018 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
2020 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
2021 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
2022 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
2023 indicated a CRC error).
2025 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
2027 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to de-assert
2028 after PROB_B has been de-asserted during a Virtex II
2029 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
2032 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
2034 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to de-assert during
2035 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
2037 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
2039 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
2042 - Configuration Management:
2045 Some SoCs need special image types (e.g. U-Boot binary
2046 with a special header) as build targets. By defining
2047 CONFIG_BUILD_TARGET in the SoC / board header, this
2048 special image will be automatically built upon calling
2053 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
2054 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
2056 - Vendor Parameter Protection:
2058 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
2059 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
2060 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
2061 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
2062 protects these variables from casual modification by
2063 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
2064 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
2065 change this behaviour:
2067 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
2068 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
2069 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
2072 Alternatively, if you define _both_ an ethaddr in the
2073 default env _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
2074 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
2075 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
2076 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
2079 The same can be accomplished in a more flexible way
2080 for any variable by configuring the type of access
2081 to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable
2082 or define CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC.
2087 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
2088 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
2089 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
2090 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
2091 this default value by defining an environment
2092 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
2093 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
2094 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
2095 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
2096 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
2097 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
2098 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
2100 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
2103 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
2104 either, which results in a memory region that will
2105 not be affected by reboots.
2107 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
2108 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
2109 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
2110 following board configurations are known to be
2113 IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx,
2114 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON,
2117 - Access to physical memory region (> 4GB)
2118 Some basic support is provided for operations on memory not
2119 normally accessible to U-Boot - e.g. some architectures
2120 support access to more than 4GB of memory on 32-bit
2121 machines using physical address extension or similar.
2122 Define CONFIG_PHYSMEM to access this basic support, which
2123 currently only supports clearing the memory.
2126 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
2128 This variable defines the number of retries for
2129 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
2130 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
2131 default value of 5 is used.
2135 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
2139 Timeout in milliseconds used in NFS protocol.
2140 If you encounter "ERROR: Cannot umount" in nfs command,
2141 try longer timeout such as
2142 #define CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT 10000UL
2144 - Command Interpreter:
2145 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
2147 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
2148 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
2149 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
2153 In the current implementation, the local variables
2154 space and global environment variables space are
2155 separated. Local variables are those you define by
2156 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
2157 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
2158 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
2159 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
2161 Global environment variables are those you use
2162 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
2163 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
2164 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
2166 To store commands and special characters in a
2167 variable, please use double quotation marks
2168 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
2169 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
2172 - Command Line Editing and History:
2173 CONFIG_CMDLINE_PS_SUPPORT
2175 Enable support for changing the command prompt string
2176 at run-time. Only static string is supported so far.
2177 The string is obtained from environment variables PS1
2180 - Default Environment:
2181 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
2183 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
2184 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
2185 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2187 For example, place something like this in your
2188 board's config file:
2190 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
2194 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
2195 internal format how the environment is stored by the
2196 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
2197 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
2198 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
2199 You better know what you are doing here.
2201 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
2202 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
2203 the environment like the "source" command or the
2206 CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT
2208 Normally the environment is loaded when the board is
2209 initialised so that it is available to U-Boot. This inhibits
2210 that so that the environment is not available until
2211 explicitly loaded later by U-Boot code. With CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
2212 this is instead controlled by the value of
2213 /config/load-environment.
2215 - Serial Flash support
2216 Usage requires an initial 'sf probe' to define the serial
2217 flash parameters, followed by read/write/erase/update
2220 The following defaults may be provided by the platform
2221 to handle the common case when only a single serial
2222 flash is present on the system.
2224 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_BUS Bus identifier
2225 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_CS Chip-select
2226 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_MODE (see include/spi.h)
2227 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED in Hz
2230 - TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
2233 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
2234 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
2235 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
2236 number generator is used.
2238 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
2239 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
2240 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
2242 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
2243 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
2244 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
2245 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
2246 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
2247 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
2248 but sometimes that is not allowed.
2250 - Show boot progress:
2251 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
2253 Defining this option allows to add some board-
2254 specific code (calling a user-provided function
2255 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
2256 the system's boot progress on some display (for
2257 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
2258 the following checkpoints are implemented:
2261 Legacy uImage format:
2264 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
2265 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
2266 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
2267 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
2268 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
2269 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
2270 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
2271 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
2272 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2273 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
2274 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
2275 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
2276 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
2277 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
2278 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
2279 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
2281 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2282 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
2283 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
2284 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
2285 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
2286 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
2287 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
2288 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
2289 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
2290 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
2292 15 arch/<arch>/lib/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
2294 -30 arch/powerpc/lib/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
2295 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
2296 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
2298 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
2299 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
2300 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
2301 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
2302 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
2303 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2304 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
2305 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
2306 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
2307 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
2308 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2309 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
2310 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2311 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
2312 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
2313 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
2314 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
2315 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
2316 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
2317 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
2318 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
2319 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
2320 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
2321 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
2322 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
2323 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
2324 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2325 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
2326 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
2327 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
2328 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
2329 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
2330 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
2331 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
2332 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
2333 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
2334 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
2335 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
2336 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
2337 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2338 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
2339 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2340 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
2341 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
2342 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
2343 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
2344 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
2346 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
2348 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
2349 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
2350 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
2352 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
2353 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling net_loop()
2354 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in net_loop() occurred
2355 81 common/cmd_net.c net_loop() back without error
2356 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
2357 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
2358 83 common/cmd_net.c running "source" command
2359 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or "source" command
2360 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
2365 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
2366 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
2367 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
2368 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
2369 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
2370 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
2371 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
2372 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
2373 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
2374 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
2375 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
2376 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2377 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
2378 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
2379 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
2380 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
2381 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
2382 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
2383 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
2384 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
2385 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
2386 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
2388 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2389 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
2390 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
2391 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
2392 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
2393 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
2394 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
2395 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
2396 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
2397 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
2398 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
2399 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
2400 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
2401 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
2402 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
2403 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
2405 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
2406 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
2408 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
2409 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
2411 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
2412 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
2414 - Standalone program support:
2415 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
2417 This option defines a board specific value for the
2418 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
2419 overwriting the architecture dependent default
2422 - Frame Buffer Address:
2425 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific
2426 address for frame buffer. This is typically the case
2427 when using a graphics controller has separate video
2428 memory. U-Boot will then place the frame buffer at
2429 the given address instead of dynamically reserving it
2430 in system RAM by calling lcd_setmem(), which grabs
2431 the memory for the frame buffer depending on the
2432 configured panel size.
2434 Please see board_init_f function.
2436 - Automatic software updates via TFTP server
2438 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
2439 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
2441 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
2442 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
2444 - MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
2447 Adds the MTD device infrastructure from the Linux kernel.
2448 Needed for mtdparts command support.
2450 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
2452 Adds the MTD partitioning infrastructure from the Linux
2453 kernel. Needed for UBI support.
2456 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD
2457 This parameter defines the maximum difference between the highest
2458 erase counter value and the lowest erase counter value of eraseblocks
2459 of UBI devices. When this threshold is exceeded, UBI starts performing
2460 wear leveling by means of moving data from eraseblock with low erase
2461 counter to eraseblocks with high erase counter.
2463 The default value should be OK for SLC NAND flashes, NOR flashes and
2464 other flashes which have eraseblock life-cycle 100000 or more.
2465 However, in case of MLC NAND flashes which typically have eraseblock
2466 life-cycle less than 10000, the threshold should be lessened (e.g.,
2467 to 128 or 256, although it does not have to be power of 2).
2471 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT
2472 This option specifies the maximum bad physical eraseblocks UBI
2473 expects on the MTD device (per 1024 eraseblocks). If the
2474 underlying flash does not admit of bad eraseblocks (e.g. NOR
2475 flash), this value is ignored.
2477 NAND datasheets often specify the minimum and maximum NVM
2478 (Number of Valid Blocks) for the flashes' endurance lifetime.
2479 The maximum expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 eraseblocks
2480 then can be calculated as "1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB)",
2481 which gives 20 for most NANDs (MaxNVB is basically the total
2482 count of eraseblocks on the chip).
2484 To put it differently, if this value is 20, UBI will try to
2485 reserve about 1.9% of physical eraseblocks for bad blocks
2486 handling. And that will be 1.9% of eraseblocks on the entire
2487 NAND chip, not just the MTD partition UBI attaches. This means
2488 that if you have, say, a NAND flash chip admits maximum 40 bad
2489 eraseblocks, and it is split on two MTD partitions of the same
2490 size, UBI will reserve 40 eraseblocks when attaching a
2495 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
2496 Fastmap is a mechanism which allows attaching an UBI device
2497 in nearly constant time. Instead of scanning the whole MTD device it
2498 only has to locate a checkpoint (called fastmap) on the device.
2499 The on-flash fastmap contains all information needed to attach
2500 the device. Using fastmap makes only sense on large devices where
2501 attaching by scanning takes long. UBI will not automatically install
2502 a fastmap on old images, but you can set the UBI parameter
2503 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT to 1 if you want so. Please note
2504 that fastmap-enabled images are still usable with UBI implementations
2505 without fastmap support. On typical flash devices the whole fastmap
2506 fits into one PEB. UBI will reserve PEBs to hold two fastmaps.
2508 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT
2509 Set this parameter to enable fastmap automatically on images
2513 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FM_DEBUG
2514 Enable UBI fastmap debug
2519 Enable building of SPL globally.
2522 LDSCRIPT for linking the SPL binary.
2524 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT
2525 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL, BSS included.
2526 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory
2527 used by SPL from _start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
2528 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2529 must not be both defined at the same time.
2532 Maximum size of the SPL image (text, data, rodata, and
2533 linker lists sections), BSS excluded.
2534 When defined, the linker checks that the actual size does
2537 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
2538 TEXT_BASE for linking the SPL binary.
2540 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_TEXT_BASE
2541 Address to relocate to. If unspecified, this is equal to
2542 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE (i.e. no relocation is done).
2544 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR
2545 Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary.
2547 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2548 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL BSS.
2549 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory used
2550 by SPL from __bss_start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
2551 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2552 must not be both defined at the same time.
2555 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use
2557 CONFIG_SPL_PANIC_ON_RAW_IMAGE
2558 When defined, SPL will panic() if the image it has
2559 loaded does not have a signature.
2560 Defining this is useful when code which loads images
2561 in SPL cannot guarantee that absolutely all read errors
2563 An example is the LPC32XX MLC NAND driver, which will
2564 consider that a completely unreadable NAND block is bad,
2565 and thus should be skipped silently.
2567 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_STACK
2568 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use after
2569 relocation. If unspecified, this is equal to
2572 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
2573 Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL.
2574 When this option is set the full malloc is used in SPL and
2575 it is set up by spl_init() and before that, the simple malloc()
2576 can be used if CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F is defined.
2578 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
2579 The size of the malloc pool used in SPL.
2582 Enable booting directly to an OS from SPL.
2583 See also: doc/README.falcon
2585 CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT
2586 For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information
2587 about the running system.
2589 CONFIG_SPL_INIT_MINIMAL
2590 Arch init code should be built for a very small image
2592 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_PARTITION
2593 Partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from when the MMC is being
2596 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_KERNEL_SECTOR
2597 Sector to load kernel uImage from when MMC is being
2598 used in raw mode (for Falcon mode)
2600 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTOR,
2601 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTORS
2602 Sector and number of sectors to load kernel argument
2603 parameters from when MMC is being used in raw mode
2606 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_FS_BOOT_PARTITION
2607 Partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from when the MMC is being
2610 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
2611 Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from filesystem
2613 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_KERNEL_NAME
2614 Filename to read to load kernel uImage when reading
2615 from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
2617 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_ARGS_NAME
2618 Filename to read to load kernel argument parameters
2619 when reading from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
2621 CONFIG_SPL_MPC83XX_WAIT_FOR_NAND
2622 Set this for NAND SPL on PPC mpc83xx targets, so that
2623 start.S waits for the rest of the SPL to load before
2624 continuing (the hardware starts execution after just
2625 loading the first page rather than the full 4K).
2627 CONFIG_SPL_SKIP_RELOCATE
2628 Avoid SPL relocation
2630 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BASE
2631 Include nand_base.c in the SPL. Requires
2632 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS.
2634 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS
2635 SPL uses normal NAND drivers, not minimal drivers.
2638 Include standard software ECC in the SPL
2640 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE
2641 Support for NAND boot using simple NAND drivers that
2642 expose the cmd_ctrl() interface.
2645 Support for a lightweight UBI (fastmap) scanner and
2648 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_RAW_ONLY
2649 Support to boot only raw u-boot.bin images. Use this only
2650 if you need to save space.
2652 CONFIG_SPL_COMMON_INIT_DDR
2653 Set for common ddr init with serial presence detect in
2656 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
2657 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
2658 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
2659 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
2660 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
2661 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
2664 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BOOT
2665 Add support NAND boot
2667 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS
2668 Location in NAND to read U-Boot from
2670 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST
2671 Location in memory to load U-Boot to
2673 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE
2674 Size of image to load
2676 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
2677 Entry point in loaded image to jump to
2679 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
2680 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
2681 data. This is used, for example, on davinci platforms.
2683 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE
2684 Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary
2687 Image offset to which the SPL should be padded before appending
2688 the SPL payload. By default, this is defined as
2689 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
2690 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
2691 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
2694 Final target image containing SPL and payload. Some SPLs
2695 use an arch-specific makefile fragment instead, for
2696 example if more than one image needs to be produced.
2698 CONFIG_FIT_SPL_PRINT
2699 Printing information about a FIT image adds quite a bit of
2700 code to SPL. So this is normally disabled in SPL. Use this
2701 option to re-enable it. This will affect the output of the
2702 bootm command when booting a FIT image.
2706 Enable building of TPL globally.
2709 Image offset to which the TPL should be padded before appending
2710 the TPL payload. By default, this is defined as
2711 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
2712 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
2713 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
2715 - Interrupt support (PPC):
2717 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
2718 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
2719 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
2720 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
2721 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
2722 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
2723 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
2724 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
2725 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
2726 general timer_interrupt().
2729 Board initialization settings:
2730 ------------------------------
2732 During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
2733 to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
2734 before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
2735 following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
2736 architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
2737 typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
2739 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
2740 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
2741 - CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
2742 - CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init()
2744 Configuration Settings:
2745 -----------------------
2747 - CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORT_64BIT_DATA: Defined automatically if compiled as 64-bit.
2748 Optionally it can be defined to support 64-bit memory commands.
2750 - CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
2751 undefine this when you're short of memory.
2753 - CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
2754 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
2756 - CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
2757 prompt for user input.
2759 - CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
2761 - CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
2763 - CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
2765 - CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
2766 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
2769 - CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
2770 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
2772 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
2773 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
2776 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
2777 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
2778 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
2780 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE
2781 Only implemented for ARMv8 for now.
2782 If defined, the size of CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE memory
2783 is substracted from total RAM and won't be reported to OS.
2784 This memory can be used as secure memory. A variable
2785 gd->arch.secure_ram is used to track the location. In systems
2786 the RAM base is not zero, or RAM is divided into banks,
2787 this variable needs to be recalcuated to get the address.
2789 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE:
2790 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
2791 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
2792 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
2793 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
2794 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
2795 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
2796 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
2797 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
2798 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
2800 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
2801 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
2804 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
2805 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
2806 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
2807 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
2810 - CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
2811 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
2813 - CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
2814 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
2816 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
2817 Physical start address of Flash memory.
2819 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
2820 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2821 make config files to be same as the text base address
2822 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
2823 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
2825 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
2826 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2827 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2828 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2831 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
2832 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2834 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
2835 Size of the malloc() pool for use before relocation. If
2836 this is defined, then a very simple malloc() implementation
2837 will become available before relocation. The address is just
2838 below the global data, and the stack is moved down to make
2841 This feature allocates regions with increasing addresses
2842 within the region. calloc() is supported, but realloc()
2843 is not available. free() is supported but does nothing.
2844 The memory will be freed (or in fact just forgotten) when
2845 U-Boot relocates itself.
2847 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE
2848 Provides a simple and small malloc() and calloc() for those
2849 boards which do not use the full malloc in SPL (which is
2850 enabled with CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START).
2852 - CONFIG_SYS_NONCACHED_MEMORY:
2853 Size of non-cached memory area. This area of memory will be
2854 typically located right below the malloc() area and mapped
2855 uncached in the MMU. This is useful for drivers that would
2856 otherwise require a lot of explicit cache maintenance. For
2857 some drivers it's also impossible to properly maintain the
2858 cache. For example if the regions that need to be flushed
2859 are not a multiple of the cache-line size, *and* padding
2860 cannot be allocated between the regions to align them (i.e.
2861 if the HW requires a contiguous array of regions, and the
2862 size of each region is not cache-aligned), then a flush of
2863 one region may result in overwriting data that hardware has
2864 written to another region in the same cache-line. This can
2865 happen for example in network drivers where descriptors for
2866 buffers are typically smaller than the CPU cache-line (e.g.
2867 16 bytes vs. 32 or 64 bytes).
2869 Non-cached memory is only supported on 32-bit ARM at present.
2871 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
2872 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
2873 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
2874 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
2875 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2877 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
2878 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2879 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
2880 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2881 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
2882 environment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
2883 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
2884 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
2885 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
2886 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
2887 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
2889 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
2890 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
2891 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
2894 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
2895 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
2896 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2898 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
2899 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
2900 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2902 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
2903 Max number of Flash memory banks
2905 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
2906 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2908 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
2909 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2911 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
2912 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2914 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
2915 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2917 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
2918 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2920 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
2921 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2922 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2924 - CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
2926 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2927 without this option such a download has to be
2928 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2929 copy from RAM to flash.
2931 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2932 you can check if the download worked before you erase
2933 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
2934 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
2935 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2937 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
2938 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
2939 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2941 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
2942 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2943 in the drivers directory
2945 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
2946 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
2947 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
2950 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
2951 Use buffered writes to flash.
2953 - CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2954 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2957 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
2958 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2959 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2960 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2961 optionally available.
2963 - CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2964 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2965 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2966 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2968 - CONFIG_FLASH_VERIFY
2969 If defined, the content of the flash (destination) is compared
2970 against the source after the write operation. An error message
2971 will be printed when the contents are not identical.
2972 Please note that this option is useless in nearly all cases,
2973 since such flash programming errors usually are detected earlier
2974 while unprotecting/erasing/programming. Please only enable
2975 this option if you really know what you are doing.
2977 - CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
2978 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
2979 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
2980 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2981 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
2982 on high Ethernet traffic.
2983 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2985 - CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
2987 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
2988 internally to store the environment settings. The default
2989 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
2990 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
2991 lib/hashtable.c for details.
2993 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
2994 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
2995 Enable validation of the values given to environment variables when
2996 calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal,
2997 hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined,
2998 the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address.
3000 The format of the list is:
3001 type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m]
3002 access_attribute = [a|r|o|c]
3003 attributes = type_attribute[access_attribute]
3004 entry = variable_name[:attributes]
3007 The type attributes are:
3008 s - String (default)
3011 b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF])
3015 The access attributes are:
3021 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
3022 Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags"
3023 environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
3025 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
3026 Define this to a list (string) to define validation that
3027 should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags"
3028 environment variable. To override a setting in the static
3029 list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the
3032 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
3033 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to define the same
3034 flags without explicitly listing them for each variable.
3036 - CONFIG_ENV_ACCESS_IGNORE_FORCE
3037 If defined, don't allow the -f switch to env set override variable
3041 If stdint.h is available with your toolchain you can define this
3042 option to enable it. You can provide option 'USE_STDINT=1' when
3043 building U-Boot to enable this.
3045 The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
3046 of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
3047 following configurations:
3049 - CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
3051 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
3052 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
3054 BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
3055 in U-Boot initialization (when we try to get the setting of for the
3056 console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
3059 Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
3060 environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
3061 keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
3062 to save the current settings.
3064 BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
3065 "saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
3066 environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE link,
3067 but it can not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE interface.
3069 - CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
3071 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
3072 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
3073 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
3075 Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
3076 has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
3077 created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use env_get_f()
3078 until then to read environment variables.
3080 The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
3081 is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
3082 with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
3083 necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
3084 "baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
3085 have any device yet where we could complain.]
3087 Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
3088 the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
3089 use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
3091 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
3092 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
3094 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
3095 also needs to be defined.
3097 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
3098 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
3100 - CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
3101 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
3102 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
3103 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
3104 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
3105 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
3107 - CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
3108 Display information about the board that U-Boot is running on
3109 when U-Boot starts up. The board function checkboard() is called
3112 - CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE
3113 Similar to the previous option, but display this information
3114 later, once stdio is running and output goes to the LCD, if
3117 - CONFIG_BOARD_SIZE_LIMIT:
3118 Maximum size of the U-Boot image. When defined, the
3119 build system checks that the actual size does not
3122 Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
3123 ---------------------------------------------------
3125 - CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
3126 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
3128 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
3129 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
3132 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
3133 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
3134 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
3136 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
3137 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
3138 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
3139 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
3140 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
3141 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
3142 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
3144 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
3145 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
3147 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
3148 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
3149 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
3150 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3151 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3153 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
3154 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
3155 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3156 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3158 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE:
3159 If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be
3160 forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated.
3162 - Floppy Disk Support:
3163 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
3165 the default drive number (default value 0)
3167 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
3169 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
3172 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
3174 defines the offset of register from address. It
3175 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
3176 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
3178 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
3179 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
3182 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
3183 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
3184 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
3185 source code. It is used to make hardware-dependent
3189 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
3190 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
3191 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
3192 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
3193 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
3196 - CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
3197 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
3198 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx systems only]
3200 - CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
3202 Start address of memory area that can be used for
3203 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
3204 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
3205 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
3206 will become available only after programming the
3207 memory controller and running certain initialization
3210 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
3211 - MPC8xx: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
3213 - CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
3215 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
3216 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
3217 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
3218 data is located at the end of the available space
3219 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
3220 GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
3221 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
3222 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
3225 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
3226 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
3227 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
3228 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
3229 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
3231 - CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
3233 - CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
3236 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
3237 periodic timer for refresh
3239 - FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
3240 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
3241 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
3242 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
3243 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
3245 - SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
3246 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
3247 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
3248 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
3250 - CONFIG_PCI_ENUM_ONLY
3251 Only scan through and get the devices on the buses.
3252 Don't do any setup work, presumably because someone or
3253 something has already done it, and we don't need to do it
3254 a second time. Useful for platforms that are pre-booted
3255 by coreboot or similar.
3257 - CONFIG_PCI_INDIRECT_BRIDGE:
3258 Enable support for indirect PCI bridges.
3261 Chip has SRIO or not
3264 Board has SRIO 1 port available
3267 Board has SRIO 2 port available
3269 - CONFIG_SRIO_PCIE_BOOT_MASTER
3270 Board can support master function for Boot from SRIO and PCIE
3272 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
3273 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3275 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYS:
3276 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3278 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
3279 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3281 - CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BUSWIDTH_16BIT
3282 Defined to tell the NAND controller that the NAND chip is using
3284 Not all NAND drivers use this symbol.
3285 Example of drivers that use it:
3286 - drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c
3287 - drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
3289 - CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
3290 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
3291 a default value will be used.
3294 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
3295 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
3298 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
3300 - CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
3301 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
3302 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
3303 to something your driver can deal with.
3305 - CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
3306 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
3307 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
3308 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
3309 header files or board specific files.
3311 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
3312 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
3314 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_SYNC_REFRESH
3315 Enable sync of refresh for multiple controllers.
3317 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_BIST
3318 Enable built-in memory test for Freescale DDR controllers.
3320 - CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
3321 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
3322 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
3325 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
3326 Note that this is a global option, we can't
3327 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
3329 - CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
3330 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
3333 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
3335 Where address/count indicate a memory area
3336 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
3340 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
3341 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
3344 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
3349 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
3351 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
3352 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
3354 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
3355 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY).
3357 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
3358 [ARM, NDS32, MIPS, RISC-V only] If this variable is defined, then certain
3359 low level initializations (like setting up the memory
3360 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
3361 relocate itself into RAM.
3363 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
3364 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
3365 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
3366 these initializations itself.
3368 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT_ONLY
3369 [ARM926EJ-S only] This allows just the call to lowlevel_init()
3370 to be skipped. The normal CP15 init (such as enabling the
3371 instruction cache) is still performed.
3374 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
3375 that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
3376 compiling a NAND SPL.
3379 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
3380 that is executed after the SPL and before the actual U-Boot.
3381 It is loaded by the SPL.
3383 - CONFIG_SYS_MPC85XX_NO_RESETVEC
3384 Only for 85xx systems. If this variable is specified, the section
3385 .resetvec is not kept and the section .bootpg is placed in the
3386 previous 4k of the .text section.
3388 - CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM
3389 Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses
3390 effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard
3391 U-Boot address as virtual addresses that need to be translated
3392 to physical addresses. However, sandbox requires this, since
3393 it maintains its own little RAM buffer which contains all
3394 addressable memory. This option causes some memory accesses
3395 to be mapped through map_sysmem() / unmap_sysmem().
3397 - CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR
3398 If defined, the x86 reset vector code is included. This is not
3399 needed when U-Boot is running from Coreboot.
3401 - CONFIG_SYS_NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE
3402 Option to disable subpage write in NAND driver
3403 driver that uses this:
3404 drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
3406 Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
3407 -----------------------------------
3409 The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
3410 loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
3411 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
3412 are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
3415 - CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR
3416 The address in the storage device where the FMAN microcode is located. The
3417 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
3420 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_ADDR
3421 The address in the storage device where the QE microcode is located. The
3422 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
3425 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
3426 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
3427 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
3428 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
3429 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
3431 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
3432 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
3433 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
3434 virtual address in NOR flash.
3436 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
3437 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
3438 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
3440 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
3441 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
3442 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
3444 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
3445 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
3446 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
3447 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO or PCIE outbound
3448 window->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in
3449 master's memory space.
3451 Freescale Layerscape Management Complex Firmware Support:
3452 ---------------------------------------------------------
3453 The Freescale Layerscape Management Complex (MC) supports the loading of
3455 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
3456 are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
3459 - CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
3460 Enable the MC driver for Layerscape SoCs.
3462 Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support:
3463 -------------------------------------------
3464 The Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support supports the loading of
3465 "Debug Server firmware" and triggering SP boot-rom.
3466 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting.
3468 - CONFIG_SYS_MC_RSV_MEM_ALIGN
3469 Define alignment of reserved memory MC requires
3474 In order to achieve reproducible builds, timestamps used in the U-Boot build
3475 process have to be set to a fixed value.
3477 This is done using the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable.
3478 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is to be set on the build host's shell, not as a configuration
3479 option for U-Boot or an environment variable in U-Boot.
3481 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH should be set to a number of seconds since the epoch, in UTC.
3483 Building the Software:
3484 ======================
3486 Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
3487 and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
3488 all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
3489 (potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
3490 recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
3491 which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
3493 If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
3494 have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
3495 you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
3496 Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
3497 necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
3499 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
3500 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
3502 Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
3503 the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
3504 (http://www.mingw.org). Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
3505 toolchain and execute 'make tools'. For example:
3507 $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools
3509 Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
3510 be executed on computers running Windows.
3512 U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
3513 sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
3518 where "NAME_defconfig" is the name of one of the existing configu-
3519 rations; see boards.cfg for supported names.
3521 Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
3522 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
3523 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
3524 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
3525 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
3527 make TQM823L_defconfig
3528 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
3530 make TQM823L_LCD_defconfig
3531 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
3536 Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
3537 images ready for download to / installation on your system:
3539 - "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
3540 - "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
3541 - "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
3543 By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
3544 in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
3545 this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
3547 1. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
3549 make O=/tmp/build distclean
3550 make O=/tmp/build NAME_defconfig
3551 make O=/tmp/build all
3553 2. Set environment variable KBUILD_OUTPUT to point to the desired location:
3555 export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/build
3560 Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the KBUILD_OUTPUT environment
3563 User specific CPPFLAGS, AFLAGS and CFLAGS can be passed to the compiler by
3564 setting the according environment variables KCPPFLAGS, KAFLAGS and KCFLAGS.
3565 For example to treat all compiler warnings as errors:
3567 make KCFLAGS=-Werror
3569 Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
3570 for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
3574 If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
3575 to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
3578 1. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
3579 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
3580 the "Makefile" and a "<board>.c".
3581 2. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
3583 3. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
3584 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
3585 4. Run "make <board>_defconfig" with your new name.
3586 5. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
3587 to be installed on your target system.
3588 6. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
3589 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
3592 Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
3593 ==============================================================
3595 If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
3596 or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
3597 provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
3598 the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
3599 official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
3601 But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
3602 cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
3603 the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
3604 just run the buildman script (tools/buildman/buildman), which will
3605 configure and build U-Boot for ALL supported system. Be warned, this
3606 will take a while. Please see the buildman README, or run 'buildman -H'
3610 See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
3613 Monitor Commands - Overview:
3614 ============================
3616 go - start application at address 'addr'
3617 run - run commands in an environment variable
3618 bootm - boot application image from memory
3619 bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
3620 bootz - boot zImage from memory
3621 tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
3622 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
3623 (and eventually "gatewayip")
3624 tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
3625 rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
3626 diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
3627 loads - load S-Record file over serial line
3628 loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
3630 mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
3631 nm - memory modify (constant address)
3632 mw - memory write (fill)
3634 cmp - memory compare
3635 crc32 - checksum calculation
3636 i2c - I2C sub-system
3637 sspi - SPI utility commands
3638 base - print or set address offset
3639 printenv- print environment variables
3640 setenv - set environment variables
3641 saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
3642 protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
3643 erase - erase FLASH memory
3644 flinfo - print FLASH memory information
3645 nand - NAND memory operations (see doc/README.nand)
3646 bdinfo - print Board Info structure
3647 iminfo - print header information for application image
3648 coninfo - print console devices and informations
3649 ide - IDE sub-system
3650 loop - infinite loop on address range
3651 loopw - infinite write loop on address range
3652 mtest - simple RAM test
3653 icache - enable or disable instruction cache
3654 dcache - enable or disable data cache
3655 reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
3656 echo - echo args to console
3657 version - print monitor version
3658 help - print online help
3659 ? - alias for 'help'
3662 Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
3663 ========================================
3667 For now: just type "help <command>".
3670 Environment Variables:
3671 ======================
3673 U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
3674 can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
3676 Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
3677 "printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
3678 without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
3679 environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
3680 working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
3681 environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
3683 Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
3685 List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
3687 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
3689 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
3691 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
3693 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
3695 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
3697 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3698 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3699 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
3700 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
3701 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
3702 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
3703 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
3706 bootm_mapsize - Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel.
3707 This variable is given as a hexadecimal number and it
3708 defines the size of the memory region starting at base
3709 address bootm_low that is accessible by the Linux kernel
3710 during early boot. If unset, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is used
3711 as the default value if it is defined, and bootm_size is
3714 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3715 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3716 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
3717 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
3718 environment variable.
3720 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
3721 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
3722 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
3724 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
3725 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
3726 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
3727 load any image using TFTP
3729 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
3730 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
3731 be automatically started (by internally calling
3734 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
3735 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
3736 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
3737 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
3740 fdt_high - if set this restricts the maximum address that the
3741 flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot.
3742 For example, if you have a system with 1 GB memory
3743 at physical address 0x10000000, while Linux kernel
3744 only recognizes the first 704 MB as low memory, you
3745 may need to set fdt_high as 0x3C000000 to have the
3746 device tree blob be copied to the maximum address
3747 of the 704 MB low memory, so that Linux kernel can
3748 access it during the boot procedure.
3750 If this is set to the special value 0xFFFFFFFF then
3751 the fdt will not be copied at all on boot. For this
3752 to work it must reside in writable memory, have
3753 sufficient padding on the end of it for u-boot to
3754 add the information it needs into it, and the memory
3755 must be accessible by the kernel.
3757 fdtcontroladdr- if set this is the address of the control flattened
3758 device tree used by U-Boot when CONFIG_OF_CONTROL is
3761 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
3762 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
3763 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
3764 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
3765 it must be saved and board must be reset.
3767 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
3768 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
3769 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
3770 is usually what you want since it allows for
3771 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
3772 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
3773 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
3774 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
3775 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
3776 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
3777 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
3779 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
3780 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
3781 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
3782 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
3783 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
3784 12 MB as well - this can be done with
3786 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
3788 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
3789 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
3790 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
3791 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
3792 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
3793 boot time on your system, but requires that this
3794 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
3796 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
3798 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
3799 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
3801 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
3803 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
3805 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
3807 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
3809 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
3811 ethprime - controls which interface is used first.
3813 ethact - controls which interface is currently active.
3814 For example you can do the following
3816 => setenv ethact FEC
3817 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
3818 => setenv ethact SCC
3819 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
3821 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
3822 available network interfaces.
3823 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
3825 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
3826 either succeed or fail without retrying.
3827 When set to "once" the network operation will
3828 fail when all the available network interfaces
3829 are tried once without success.
3830 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
3833 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
3835 silent_linux - If set then Linux will be told to boot silently, by
3836 changing the console to be empty. If "yes" it will be
3837 made silent. If "no" it will not be made silent. If
3838 unset, then it will be made silent if the U-Boot console
3841 tftpsrcp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
3844 tftpdstp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
3845 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
3847 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
3848 we use the TFTP server's default block size
3850 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
3851 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
3852 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
3853 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
3854 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
3855 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
3856 with unreliable TFTP servers.
3858 tftptimeoutcountmax - maximum count of TFTP timeouts (no
3859 unit, minimum value = 0). Defines how many timeouts
3860 can happen during a single file transfer before that
3861 transfer is aborted. The default is 10, and 0 means
3862 'no timeouts allowed'. Increasing this value may help
3863 downloads succeed with high packet loss rates, or with
3864 unreliable TFTP servers or client hardware.
3866 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
3867 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
3870 bootpretryperiod - Period during which BOOTP/DHCP sends retries.
3871 Unsigned value, in milliseconds. If not set, the period will
3872 be either the default (28000), or a value based on
3873 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT, if defined. This value has
3874 precedence over the valu based on CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT.
3876 The following image location variables contain the location of images
3877 used in booting. The "Image" column gives the role of the image and is
3878 not an environment variable name. The other columns are environment
3879 variable names. "File Name" gives the name of the file on a TFTP
3880 server, "RAM Address" gives the location in RAM the image will be
3881 loaded to, and "Flash Location" gives the image's address in NOR
3882 flash or offset in NAND flash.
3884 *Note* - these variables don't have to be defined for all boards, some
3885 boards currently use other variables for these purposes, and some
3886 boards use these variables for other purposes.
3888 Image File Name RAM Address Flash Location
3889 ----- --------- ----------- --------------
3890 u-boot u-boot u-boot_addr_r u-boot_addr
3891 Linux kernel bootfile kernel_addr_r kernel_addr
3892 device tree blob fdtfile fdt_addr_r fdt_addr
3893 ramdisk ramdiskfile ramdisk_addr_r ramdisk_addr
3895 The following environment variables may be used and automatically
3896 updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
3897 depending the information provided by your boot server:
3899 bootfile - see above
3900 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
3901 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
3902 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
3903 hostname - Target hostname
3905 netmask - Subnet Mask
3906 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
3907 serverip - see above
3910 There are two special Environment Variables:
3912 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
3913 as type string and/or serial number
3914 ethaddr - Ethernet address
3916 These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
3917 the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
3918 once they have been set once.
3921 Further special Environment Variables:
3923 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
3924 with the "version" command. This variable is
3925 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
3928 Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
3929 only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
3932 Callback functions for environment variables:
3933 ---------------------------------------------
3935 For some environment variables, the behavior of u-boot needs to change
3936 when their values are changed. This functionality allows functions to
3937 be associated with arbitrary variables. On creation, overwrite, or
3938 deletion, the callback will provide the opportunity for some side
3939 effect to happen or for the change to be rejected.
3941 The callbacks are named and associated with a function using the
3942 U_BOOT_ENV_CALLBACK macro in your board or driver code.
3944 These callbacks are associated with variables in one of two ways. The
3945 static list can be added to by defining CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_STATIC
3946 in the board configuration to a string that defines a list of
3947 associations. The list must be in the following format:
3949 entry = variable_name[:callback_name]
3952 If the callback name is not specified, then the callback is deleted.
3953 Spaces are also allowed anywhere in the list.
3955 Callbacks can also be associated by defining the ".callbacks" variable
3956 with the same list format above. Any association in ".callbacks" will
3957 override any association in the static list. You can define
3958 CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_DEFAULT to a list (string) to define the
3959 ".callbacks" environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
3961 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
3962 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to be connected to
3963 the same callback without explicitly listing them all out.
3966 Command Line Parsing:
3967 =====================
3969 There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
3970 the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
3972 Old, simple command line parser:
3973 --------------------------------
3975 - supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
3976 - several commands on one line, separated by ';'
3977 - variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
3978 - special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
3980 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
3981 - You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
3982 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
3987 - similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
3988 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
3989 until...do...done, ...
3990 - supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
3991 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
3992 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
3998 (1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
3999 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
4000 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
4003 (2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
4004 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
4005 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
4006 variables are not executed.
4008 Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
4009 =======================================
4011 Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
4012 such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
4013 "working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
4015 Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
4016 MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
4017 "eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
4019 If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
4020 in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
4021 ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
4022 variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
4024 o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
4025 environment, the SROM's address is used.
4027 o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
4028 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
4031 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
4032 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
4034 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
4035 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
4038 o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
4039 is raised. If CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, then in this case
4040 a random, locally-assigned MAC is used.
4042 If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
4043 will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
4044 may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
4045 The naming convention is as follows:
4046 "ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
4051 U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
4052 images in two formats:
4054 New uImage format (FIT)
4055 -----------------------
4057 Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
4058 to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
4059 components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
4060 SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
4066 Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
4067 preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
4068 details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
4070 * Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
4071 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
4072 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
4073 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
4075 * Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86,
4076 IA64, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
4077 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC).
4078 * Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
4084 The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
4085 and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
4092 Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
4093 easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
4096 U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
4097 special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
4098 "initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
4099 instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
4100 serves several purposes:
4102 - the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
4103 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
4104 Flash memory footprint)
4106 - it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
4107 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
4109 - the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
4110 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
4111 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
4112 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
4113 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
4114 software is easier now.
4120 Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
4121 ---------------------------------------
4123 U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
4124 configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
4125 (no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
4128 But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
4130 Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
4131 include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
4132 Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
4133 and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
4134 as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
4136 Note that U-Boot now has a driver model, a unified model for drivers.
4137 If you are adding a new driver, plumb it into driver model. If there
4138 is no uclass available, you are encouraged to create one. See
4142 Configuring the Linux kernel:
4143 -----------------------------
4145 No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
4146 device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
4149 Building a Linux Image:
4150 -----------------------
4152 With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
4153 not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
4154 "uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
4155 U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
4156 which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
4157 100% compatible format.
4161 make TQM850L_defconfig
4166 The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
4167 encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
4168 CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
4170 * build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
4172 * convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
4174 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
4175 -R .note -R .comment \
4176 -S vmlinux linux.bin
4178 * compress the binary image:
4182 * package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
4184 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
4185 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
4186 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
4189 The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
4190 with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
4191 combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
4192 byte header containing information about target architecture,
4193 operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
4194 stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
4196 "mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
4197 print the header information, or to build new images.
4199 In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
4200 contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
4201 checksum verification:
4203 tools/mkimage -l image
4204 -l ==> list image header information
4206 The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
4207 from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
4209 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
4210 -n name -d data_file image
4211 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
4212 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
4213 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
4214 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
4215 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
4216 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
4217 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
4218 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
4220 Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
4221 address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
4224 - 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
4225 - 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
4227 So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
4229 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4230 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
4231 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
4232 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
4233 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4234 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4235 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4236 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4237 Load Address: 0x00000000
4238 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4240 To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
4242 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
4243 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4244 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4245 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4246 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4247 Load Address: 0x00000000
4248 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4250 NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
4251 speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
4252 needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
4253 need to be uncompressed:
4255 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
4256 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4257 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
4258 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
4259 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
4260 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4261 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4262 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
4263 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
4264 Load Address: 0x00000000
4265 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4268 Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
4269 when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
4271 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
4272 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
4273 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
4274 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4275 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
4276 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4277 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
4278 Load Address: 0x00000000
4279 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4281 The "dumpimage" is a tool to disassemble images built by mkimage. Its "-i"
4282 option performs the converse operation of the mkimage's second form (the "-d"
4283 option). Given an image built by mkimage, the dumpimage extracts a "data file"
4286 tools/dumpimage -i image -T type -p position data_file
4287 -i ==> extract from the 'image' a specific 'data_file'
4288 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
4289 -p ==> 'position' (starting at 0) of the 'data_file' inside the 'image'
4292 Installing a Linux Image:
4293 -------------------------
4295 To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
4296 you must convert the image to S-Record format:
4298 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
4300 The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
4301 image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
4302 address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
4303 specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
4306 Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
4307 TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
4309 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
4315 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4316 ~>examples/image.srec
4317 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
4319 15989 15990 15991 15992
4320 [file transfer complete]
4322 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
4325 You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
4326 this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
4327 corruption happened:
4331 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4332 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4333 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4334 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4335 Load Address: 00000000
4336 Entry Point: 0000000c
4337 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4343 The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
4344 memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
4345 of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
4346 parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
4347 "printenv" and "setenv" commands:
4350 => printenv bootargs
4351 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
4353 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4355 => printenv bootargs
4356 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4359 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
4360 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
4361 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4362 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
4363 Load Address: 00000000
4364 Entry Point: 0000000c
4365 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4366 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4367 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
4368 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4369 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4370 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4371 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
4374 If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
4375 the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
4376 format!) to the "bootm" command:
4378 => imi 40100000 40200000
4380 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4381 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4382 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4383 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4384 Load Address: 00000000
4385 Entry Point: 0000000c
4386 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4388 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
4389 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4390 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4391 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4392 Load Address: 00000000
4393 Entry Point: 00000000
4394 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4396 => bootm 40100000 40200000
4397 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
4398 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4399 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4400 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4401 Load Address: 00000000
4402 Entry Point: 0000000c
4403 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4404 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4405 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
4406 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4407 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4408 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4409 Load Address: 00000000
4410 Entry Point: 00000000
4411 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4412 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
4413 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
4414 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
4415 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4416 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4418 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
4419 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
4423 Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
4426 First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
4427 titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
4428 following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
4434 oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
4435 => tftp $oftaddr $oft
4436 Speed: 1000, full duplex
4438 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
4439 Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
4440 Load address: 0x300000
4443 Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
4444 => tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
4445 Speed: 1000, full duplex
4447 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
4449 Load address: 0x200000
4450 Loading:############
4452 Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
4457 => bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
4458 ## Booting image at 00200000 ...
4459 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
4460 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4461 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
4462 Load Address: 00000000
4463 Entry Point: 00000000
4464 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4465 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4466 Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
4467 Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
4468 Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
4472 More About U-Boot Image Types:
4473 ------------------------------
4475 U-Boot supports the following image types:
4477 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
4478 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
4479 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
4480 the Standalone Program.
4481 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
4482 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
4483 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
4484 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
4485 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
4486 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
4487 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
4489 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
4490 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
4491 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
4492 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
4493 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
4494 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
4496 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
4497 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
4498 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
4499 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
4500 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
4501 a multiple of 4 bytes).
4503 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
4504 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
4507 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
4508 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
4509 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
4510 as command interpreter.
4512 Booting the Linux zImage:
4513 -------------------------
4515 On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
4516 using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
4517 as the syntax of "bootm" command.
4519 Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD allows user to supply
4520 kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
4521 address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
4522 format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
4528 One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
4529 run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
4530 U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
4532 Two simple examples are included with the sources:
4537 'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
4538 application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
4539 It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
4543 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4544 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
4545 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4546 [file transfer complete]
4548 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4550 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
4551 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4562 Hit any key to exit ...
4564 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4566 Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
4567 handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
4568 Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
4569 The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
4570 character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
4571 controlled by the following keys:
4573 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
4574 b - enable interrupts and start timer
4575 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
4576 q - quit application
4579 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4580 ~>examples/timer.srec
4581 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4582 [file transfer complete]
4584 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4587 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4590 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
4593 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
4596 [q, b, e, ?] ........
4597 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
4600 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
4603 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
4606 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
4608 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
4610 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4616 Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
4617 "minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
4618 consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
4619 Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
4620 especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
4621 use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). See
4622 http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.
4623 for help with kermit.
4626 Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
4627 configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
4629 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
4630 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
4631 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
4637 Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
4638 (build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
4640 Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
4641 NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
4642 need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
4643 Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
4644 attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
4645 missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
4647 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
4649 # ln -s powerpc machine
4650 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
4651 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
4653 Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
4654 and U-Boot include files.
4656 Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
4657 stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
4658 proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
4659 tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
4660 meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
4663 Implementation Internals:
4664 =========================
4666 The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
4667 implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
4668 inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
4672 Initial Stack, Global Data:
4673 ---------------------------
4675 The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
4676 starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
4677 system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
4678 This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
4679 is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
4680 at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
4681 options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
4682 models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
4683 MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
4684 locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
4686 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
4687 U-Boot mailing list:
4689 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
4690 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
4691 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
4694 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
4695 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
4696 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
4697 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
4698 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
4699 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
4700 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
4701 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
4703 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
4704 is another option for the system designer to use as an
4705 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
4706 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
4707 board designers haven't used it for something that would
4708 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
4711 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
4712 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
4713 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
4714 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
4715 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
4716 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
4717 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
4718 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
4719 you get the config right.
4724 It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
4725 code for the initialization procedures:
4727 * Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
4730 * Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitly initialized
4731 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
4732 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
4734 * Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
4737 Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
4738 normal global data to share information between the code. But it
4739 turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
4740 simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
4741 functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
4742 functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
4743 the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
4744 place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
4745 reserve for this purpose.
4747 When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
4748 relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
4749 GCC's implementation.
4751 For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
4753 R2: reserved for system use
4754 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
4755 R5-R10: parameter passing
4756 R13: small data area pointer
4760 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
4761 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
4762 going back and forth between asm and C)
4764 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
4766 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
4767 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
4768 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
4769 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
4770 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
4771 624 text + 127 data).
4773 On ARM, the following registers are used:
4775 R0: function argument word/integer result
4776 R1-R3: function argument word
4777 R9: platform specific
4778 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking is enabled)
4779 R11: argument (frame) pointer
4780 R12: temporary workspace
4783 R15: program counter
4785 ==> U-Boot will use R9 to hold a pointer to the global data
4787 Note: on ARM, only R_ARM_RELATIVE relocations are supported.
4789 On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
4790 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
4792 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
4794 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
4795 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
4797 On NDS32, the following registers are used:
4799 R0-R1: argument/return
4801 R15: temporary register for assembler
4802 R16: trampoline register
4803 R28: frame pointer (FP)
4804 R29: global pointer (GP)
4805 R30: link register (LP)
4806 R31: stack pointer (SP)
4807 PC: program counter (PC)
4809 ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data
4811 NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
4812 or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
4814 On RISC-V, the following registers are used:
4816 x0: hard-wired zero (zero)
4817 x1: return address (ra)
4818 x2: stack pointer (sp)
4819 x3: global pointer (gp)
4820 x4: thread pointer (tp)
4821 x5: link register (t0)
4822 x8: frame pointer (fp)
4823 x10-x11: arguments/return values (a0-1)
4824 x12-x17: arguments (a2-7)
4825 x28-31: temporaries (t3-6)
4826 pc: program counter (pc)
4828 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
4833 U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
4834 MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
4836 The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
4837 controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
4838 memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
4839 physical memory banks.
4841 U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
4842 TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
4843 booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
4844 to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
4845 memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
4846 configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
4847 Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
4849 Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
4850 of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
4852 So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
4855 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
4858 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
4864 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
4865 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
4866 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
4869 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
4870 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
4871 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
4872 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
4875 System Initialization:
4876 ----------------------
4878 In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
4879 (on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
4880 configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the on board Flash memory.
4881 To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
4882 To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
4883 initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
4884 which provide such a feature like), or in a locked part of the data
4885 cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, the caches and
4888 Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
4889 preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
4890 (multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
4891 on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
4892 programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
4893 simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
4896 When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
4897 different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
4898 bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
4899 0x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
4900 contiguous memory starting from 0.
4902 Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
4903 and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
4904 Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
4905 pages, and the final stack is set up.
4907 Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
4908 until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
4909 running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
4913 U-Boot Porting Guide:
4914 ----------------------
4916 [Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
4920 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
4922 sighandler_t no_more_time;
4924 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
4925 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
4927 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
4928 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
4932 Download latest U-Boot source;
4934 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
4937 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
4940 Read the README file in the top level directory;
4941 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
4942 Read applicable doc/*.README;
4943 Read the source, Luke;
4944 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
4947 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
4950 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
4952 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
4953 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
4954 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
4956 Create your own board support subdirectory;
4957 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
4959 Edit new board/<myboard> files
4960 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
4965 Add / modify source code;
4969 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
4971 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
4972 if (reasonable critiques)
4973 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
4975 Defend code as written;
4981 void no_more_time (int sig)
4990 All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
4991 coding style; see the kernel coding style guide at
4992 https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/process/coding-style.html, and the
4993 script "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
4995 Source files originating from a different project (for example the
4996 MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
4997 reformatted to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
5000 Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
5001 Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
5004 Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
5005 - remove any trailing white space
5006 - use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
5007 - make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
5008 - do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
5009 - do not add trailing empty lines to source files
5011 Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
5012 with a request to reformat the changes.
5018 Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
5019 establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
5020 may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
5022 Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
5024 Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
5025 see https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot
5027 When you send a patch, please include the following information with
5030 * For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
5031 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
5032 patch actually fixes something.
5034 * For new features: a description of the feature and your
5037 * A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
5039 * For major contributions, add a MAINTAINERS file with your
5040 information and associated file and directory references.
5042 * When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add a
5043 maintainer e-mail address to the boards.cfg file, too.
5045 * If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
5046 document these in the README file.
5048 * The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
5049 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
5050 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
5051 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
5052 with some other mail clients.
5054 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
5055 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
5058 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
5059 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
5060 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
5063 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
5064 and compressed attachments must not be used.
5066 * If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
5067 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
5069 * Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
5070 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
5075 * Before sending the patch, run the buildman script on your patched
5076 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
5077 for any of the boards.
5079 * Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
5080 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
5081 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
5083 * If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
5084 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
5085 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
5086 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
5087 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
5090 * Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
5091 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
5092 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
5093 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.