2 # (C) Copyright 2000 - 2013
3 # Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
5 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
11 This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
12 Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
13 processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
14 initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
17 The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
18 the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
19 header files in common, and special provision has been made to
20 support booting of Linux images.
22 Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
23 configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
24 implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
25 add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
26 code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
27 load and run it dynamically.
33 In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
34 Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
35 "working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
37 In case of problems see the CHANGELOG file to find out who contributed
38 the specific port. In addition, there are various MAINTAINERS files
39 scattered throughout the U-Boot source identifying the people or
40 companies responsible for various boards and subsystems.
42 Note: As of August, 2010, there is no longer a CHANGELOG file in the
43 actual U-Boot source tree; however, it can be created dynamically
44 from the Git log using:
52 In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
53 U-Boot, you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
54 <u-boot@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic
55 on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
56 Please see http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
57 http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot
60 Where to get source code:
61 =========================
63 The U-Boot source code is maintained in the Git repository at
64 git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
65 http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
67 The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
68 any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
69 available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
72 Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
73 ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
79 - start from 8xxrom sources
80 - create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
82 - make it easier to add custom boards
83 - make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
84 - extend functions, especially:
85 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
88 * PCMCIA / CompactFlash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
89 - create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
90 - add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
91 - create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
92 - current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
98 The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
99 "U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
100 in source files etc.). Example:
102 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
104 File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
106 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
108 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
110 Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
111 the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
113 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
114 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
120 Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
121 were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
122 into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
123 names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
124 Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
125 releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
128 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
129 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
130 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candidate 1 for September 2010 release
136 /arch Architecture specific files
137 /arc Files generic to ARC architecture
138 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture
139 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
140 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
141 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
142 /nds32 Files generic to NDS32 architecture
143 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
144 /openrisc Files generic to OpenRISC architecture
145 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
146 /sandbox Files generic to HW-independent "sandbox"
147 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
148 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
149 /api Machine/arch independent API for external apps
150 /board Board dependent files
151 /cmd U-Boot commands functions
152 /common Misc architecture independent functions
153 /configs Board default configuration files
154 /disk Code for disk drive partition handling
155 /doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
156 /drivers Commonly used device drivers
157 /dts Contains Makefile for building internal U-Boot fdt.
158 /examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
159 /fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
160 /include Header Files
161 /lib Library routines generic to all architectures
162 /Licenses Various license files
164 /post Power On Self Test
165 /scripts Various build scripts and Makefiles
166 /test Various unit test files
167 /tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
169 Software Configuration:
170 =======================
172 Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
173 rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
175 There are two classes of configuration variables:
177 * Configuration _OPTIONS_:
178 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
181 * Configuration _SETTINGS_:
182 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
183 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
186 Previously, all configuration was done by hand, which involved creating
187 symbolic links and editing configuration files manually. More recently,
188 U-Boot has added the Kbuild infrastructure used by the Linux kernel,
189 allowing you to use the "make menuconfig" command to configure your
193 Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
194 ---------------------------------------------------
196 For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
197 configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_defconfig".
199 Example: For a TQM823L module type:
202 make TQM823L_defconfig
204 Note: If you're looking for the default configuration file for a board
205 you're sure used to be there but is now missing, check the file
206 doc/README.scrapyard for a list of no longer supported boards.
211 U-Boot can be built natively to run on a Linux host using the 'sandbox'
212 board. This allows feature development which is not board- or architecture-
213 specific to be undertaken on a native platform. The sandbox is also used to
214 run some of U-Boot's tests.
216 See board/sandbox/README.sandbox for more details.
219 Board Initialisation Flow:
220 --------------------------
222 This is the intended start-up flow for boards. This should apply for both
223 SPL and U-Boot proper (i.e. they both follow the same rules).
225 Note: "SPL" stands for "Secondary Program Loader," which is explained in
226 more detail later in this file.
228 At present, SPL mostly uses a separate code path, but the function names
229 and roles of each function are the same. Some boards or architectures
230 may not conform to this. At least most ARM boards which use
231 CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK conform to this.
233 Execution typically starts with an architecture-specific (and possibly
234 CPU-specific) start.S file, such as:
236 - arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
237 - arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/start.S
238 - arch/mips/cpu/start.S
240 and so on. From there, three functions are called; the purpose and
241 limitations of each of these functions are described below.
244 - purpose: essential init to permit execution to reach board_init_f()
245 - no global_data or BSS
246 - there is no stack (ARMv7 may have one but it will soon be removed)
247 - must not set up SDRAM or use console
248 - must only do the bare minimum to allow execution to continue to
250 - this is almost never needed
251 - return normally from this function
254 - purpose: set up the machine ready for running board_init_r():
255 i.e. SDRAM and serial UART
256 - global_data is available
258 - BSS is not available, so you cannot use global/static variables,
259 only stack variables and global_data
261 Non-SPL-specific notes:
262 - dram_init() is called to set up DRAM. If already done in SPL this
266 - you can override the entire board_init_f() function with your own
268 - preloader_console_init() can be called here in extremis
269 - should set up SDRAM, and anything needed to make the UART work
270 - these is no need to clear BSS, it will be done by crt0.S
271 - must return normally from this function (don't call board_init_r()
274 Here the BSS is cleared. For SPL, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined, then at
275 this point the stack and global_data are relocated to below
276 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR. For non-SPL, U-Boot is relocated to run at the top of
280 - purpose: main execution, common code
281 - global_data is available
283 - BSS is available, all static/global variables can be used
284 - execution eventually continues to main_loop()
286 Non-SPL-specific notes:
287 - U-Boot is relocated to the top of memory and is now running from
291 - stack is optionally in SDRAM, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined and
292 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR points into SDRAM
293 - preloader_console_init() can be called here - typically this is
294 done by selecting CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT and then supplying a
295 spl_board_init() function containing this call
296 - loads U-Boot or (in falcon mode) Linux
300 Configuration Options:
301 ----------------------
303 Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
304 such information is kept in a configuration file
305 "include/configs/<board_name>.h".
307 Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
308 "include/configs/TQM823L.h".
311 Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
312 kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
313 build a config tool - later.
316 The following options need to be configured:
318 - CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
320 - Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
322 - Marvell Family Member
323 CONFIG_SYS_MVFS - define it if you want to enable
324 multiple fs option at one time
325 for marvell soc family
330 Specifies that the core is a 64-bit PowerPC implementation (implements
331 the "64" category of the Power ISA). This is necessary for ePAPR
332 compliance, among other possible reasons.
334 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
336 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
337 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
338 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
340 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
342 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
343 tree nodes for the given platform.
345 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510
347 Enables a workaround for erratum A004510. If set,
348 then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and
349 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY must be set.
351 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV
352 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV2 (optional)
354 Defines one or two SoC revisions (low 8 bits of SVR)
355 for which the A004510 workaround should be applied.
357 The rest of SVR is either not relevant to the decision
358 of whether the erratum is present (e.g. p2040 versus
359 p2041) or is implied by the build target, which controls
360 whether CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 is set.
362 See Freescale App Note 4493 for more information about
365 CONFIG_A003399_NOR_WORKAROUND
366 Enables a workaround for IFC erratum A003399. It is only
367 required during NOR boot.
369 CONFIG_A008044_WORKAROUND
370 Enables a workaround for T1040/T1042 erratum A008044. It is only
371 required during NAND boot and valid for Rev 1.0 SoC revision
373 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY
375 This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600
376 according to the A004510 workaround.
378 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_DDR_ADDR
379 This value denotes start offset of DDR memory which is
380 connected exclusively to the DSP cores.
382 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M2_RAM_ADDR
383 This value denotes start offset of M2 memory
384 which is directly connected to the DSP core.
386 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M3_RAM_ADDR
387 This value denotes start offset of M3 memory which is directly
388 connected to the DSP core.
390 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT
391 This value denotes start offset of DSP CCSR space.
393 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SINGLE_SOURCE_CLK
394 Single Source Clock is clocking mode present in some of FSL SoC's.
395 In this mode, a single differential clock is used to supply
396 clocks to the sysclock, ddrclock and usbclock.
398 CONFIG_SYS_CPC_REINIT_F
399 This CONFIG is defined when the CPC is configured as SRAM at the
400 time of U-Boot entry and is required to be re-initialized.
403 Indicates this SoC supports deep sleep feature. If deep sleep is
404 supported, core will start to execute uboot when wakes up.
406 - Generic CPU options:
407 CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_GLOBAL_DATA
408 Defines global data is initialized in generic board board_init_f().
409 If this macro is defined, global data is created and cleared in
410 generic board board_init_f(). Without this macro, architecture/board
411 should initialize global data before calling board_init_f().
413 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
415 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
416 values is arch specific.
419 Freescale DDR driver in use. This type of DDR controller is
420 found in mpc83xx, mpc85xx, mpc86xx as well as some ARM core
423 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_ADDR
424 Freescale DDR memory-mapped register base.
426 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_EMU
427 Specify emulator support for DDR. Some DDR features such as
428 deskew training are not available.
430 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN1
431 Freescale DDR1 controller.
433 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN2
434 Freescale DDR2 controller.
436 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN3
437 Freescale DDR3 controller.
439 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN4
440 Freescale DDR4 controller.
442 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_ARM_GEN3
443 Freescale DDR3 controller for ARM-based SoCs.
446 Board config to use DDR1. It can be enabled for SoCs with
447 Freescale DDR1 or DDR2 controllers, depending on the board
451 Board config to use DDR2. It can be enabled for SoCs with
452 Freescale DDR2 or DDR3 controllers, depending on the board
456 Board config to use DDR3. It can be enabled for SoCs with
457 Freescale DDR3 or DDR3L controllers.
460 Board config to use DDR3L. It can be enabled for SoCs with
464 Board config to use DDR4. It can be enabled for SoCs with
467 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_BE
468 Defines the IFC controller register space as Big Endian
470 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_LE
471 Defines the IFC controller register space as Little Endian
473 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_CLK_DIV
474 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to IFC controller).
476 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_LBC_CLK_DIV
477 Defines divider of platform clock(clock input to eLBC controller).
479 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_PBI
480 It enables addition of RCW (Power on reset configuration) in built image.
481 Please refer doc/README.pblimage for more details
483 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_RCW
484 It adds PBI(pre-boot instructions) commands in u-boot build image.
485 PBI commands can be used to configure SoC before it starts the execution.
486 Please refer doc/README.pblimage for more details
489 It adds a target to create boot binary having SPL binary in PBI format
490 concatenated with u-boot binary.
492 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_BE
493 Defines the DDR controller register space as Big Endian
495 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_LE
496 Defines the DDR controller register space as Little Endian
498 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_SDRAM_BASE_PHY
499 Physical address from the view of DDR controllers. It is the
500 same as CONFIG_SYS_DDR_SDRAM_BASE for all Power SoCs. But
501 it could be different for ARM SoCs.
503 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_INTLV_256B
504 DDR controller interleaving on 256-byte. This is a special
505 interleaving mode, handled by Dickens for Freescale layerscape
508 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_MAIN_NUM_CTRLS
509 Number of controllers used as main memory.
511 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_OTHER_DDR_NUM_CTRLS
512 Number of controllers used for other than main memory.
514 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_DP_DDR
515 Defines the SoC has DP-DDR used for DPAA.
517 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_BE
518 Defines the SEC controller register space as Big Endian
520 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_LE
521 Defines the SEC controller register space as Little Endian
524 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET
526 Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack
527 pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before
530 CONFIG_SYS_MIPS_CACHE_MODE
532 Cache operation mode for the MIPS CPU.
533 See also arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h.
535 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NO_WA
538 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NONCOHERENT
542 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_ACCELERATED
544 CONFIG_SYS_XWAY_EBU_BOOTCFG
546 Special option for Lantiq XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash.
547 See also arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S.
549 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
551 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
552 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
553 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
556 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
558 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
559 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
562 Generic timer clock source frequency.
564 COUNTER_FREQUENCY_REAL
565 Generic timer clock source frequency if the real clock is
566 different from COUNTER_FREQUENCY, and can only be determined
570 CONFIG_TEGRA_SUPPORT_NON_SECURE
572 Support executing U-Boot in non-secure (NS) mode. Certain
573 impossible actions will be skipped if the CPU is in NS mode,
574 such as ARM architectural timer initialization.
576 - Linux Kernel Interface:
579 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
580 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
581 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
582 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
583 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
584 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
586 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
587 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
590 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
592 When transferring memsize parameter to Linux, some versions
593 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
594 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
598 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
599 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
603 * New libfdt-based support
604 * Adds the "fdt" command
605 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
607 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
608 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
610 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
613 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
615 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
616 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
618 CONFIG_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP
620 Other code has addition modification that it wants to make
621 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel.
622 This causes ft_system_setup() to be called before booting
627 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
628 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
629 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
630 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
631 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
632 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
634 CONFIG_MACH_TYPE [relevant for ARM only][mandatory]
636 This setting is mandatory for all boards that have only one
637 machine type and must be used to specify the machine type
638 number as it appears in the ARM machine registry
639 (see http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/).
640 Only boards that have multiple machine types supported
641 in a single configuration file and the machine type is
642 runtime discoverable, do not have to use this setting.
644 - vxWorks boot parameters:
646 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
647 environments variables: bootdev, bootfile, ipaddr, netmask,
648 serverip, gatewayip, hostname, othbootargs.
649 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
651 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
652 the defaults discussed just above.
654 - Cache Configuration:
655 CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF - Do not enable instruction cache in U-Boot
656 CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF - Do not enable data cache in U-Boot
657 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot
659 - Cache Configuration for ARM:
660 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
662 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
663 controller register space
668 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
672 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
676 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
677 the clock speed of the UARTs.
681 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
682 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
683 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
685 CONFIG_SERIAL_HW_FLOW_CONTROL
687 Define this variable to enable hw flow control in serial driver.
688 Current user of this option is drivers/serial/nsl16550.c driver
691 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
692 Select one of the baudrates listed in
693 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
697 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
698 define a command string that is automatically executed
699 when no character is read on the console interface
700 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
703 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
704 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
705 environment value "bootargs".
707 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
708 The value of these goes into the environment as
709 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
710 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
714 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_LIMIT
715 Implements a mechanism for detecting a repeating reboot
717 http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/UBootBootCountLimit
720 If no softreset save registers are found on the hardware
721 "bootcount" is stored in the environment. To prevent a
722 saveenv on all reboots, the environment variable
723 "upgrade_available" is used. If "upgrade_available" is
724 0, "bootcount" is always 0, if "upgrade_available" is
725 1 "bootcount" is incremented in the environment.
726 So the Userspace Applikation must set the "upgrade_available"
727 and "bootcount" variable to 0, if a boot was successfully.
732 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
733 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
734 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
735 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
736 entering interactive mode.
738 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
739 automatically generated or modified. For an example
740 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
741 modified when the user holds down a certain
742 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
745 - Serial Download Echo Mode:
747 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
748 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
749 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
750 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
751 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
752 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
754 - Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
756 Select one of the baudrates listed in
757 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
760 Monitor commands can be included or excluded
761 from the build by using the #include files
762 <config_cmd_all.h> and #undef'ing unwanted
763 commands, or adding #define's for wanted commands.
765 The default command configuration includes all commands
766 except those marked below with a "*".
768 CONFIG_CMD_AES AES 128 CBC encrypt/decrypt
769 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
770 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
771 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
772 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTI * ARM64 Linux kernel Image support
773 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
774 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
775 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
776 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
777 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
778 CONFIG_CMD_EDITENV edit env variable
779 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
780 CONFIG_CMD_ENV_EXISTS * check existence of env variable
781 CONFIG_CMD_EXPORTENV * export the environment
782 CONFIG_CMD_EXT2 * ext2 command support
783 CONFIG_CMD_EXT4 * ext4 command support
784 CONFIG_CMD_FS_GENERIC * filesystem commands (e.g. load, ls)
785 that work for multiple fs types
786 CONFIG_CMD_FS_UUID * Look up a filesystem UUID
787 CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV saveenv
788 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
789 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
790 CONFIG_CMD_GO * the 'go' command (exec code)
791 CONFIG_CMD_GREPENV * search environment
792 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
793 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
794 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all images found in NOR flash
795 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS_NAND * List all images found in NAND flash
796 CONFIG_CMD_IMPORTENV * import an environment
797 CONFIG_CMD_INI * import data from an ini file into the env
798 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
799 CONFIG_CMD_LDRINFO * ldrinfo (display Blackfin loader)
800 CONFIG_CMD_LINK_LOCAL * link-local IP address auto-configuration
802 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
803 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
804 CONFIG_CMD_MD5SUM * print md5 message digest
805 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY and CONFIG_MD5)
806 CONFIG_CMD_MEMINFO * Display detailed memory information
807 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
809 CONFIG_CMD_MEMTEST * mtest
810 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
811 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
812 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
813 CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS * MTD partition support
814 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
815 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
816 CONFIG_CMD_NFS NFS support
817 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X * PCA953x I2C gpio commands
818 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X_INFO * PCA953x I2C gpio info command
819 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
820 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
821 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
823 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
824 CONFIG_CMD_READ * Read raw data from partition
825 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
826 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
827 CONFIG_CMD_SANDBOX * sb command to access sandbox features
828 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
829 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
830 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
831 CONFIG_CMD_SF * Read/write/erase SPI NOR flash
832 CONFIG_CMD_SOFTSWITCH * Soft switch setting command for BF60x
833 CONFIG_CMD_SOURCE "source" command Support
834 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
835 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPSRV * TFTP transfer in server mode
836 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT * TFTP put command (upload)
837 CONFIG_CMD_TIME * run command and report execution time (ARM specific)
838 CONFIG_CMD_TIMER * access to the system tick timer
839 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
840 CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
841 CONFIG_CMD_MFSL * Microblaze FSL support
842 CONFIG_CMD_XIMG Load part of Multi Image
843 CONFIG_CMD_UUID * Generate random UUID or GUID string
845 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
846 support you can write:
848 #include "config_cmd_all.h"
849 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
852 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
854 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
855 (configuration option CONFIG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
856 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
857 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the
858 8xx (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
859 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
860 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
861 initial stack and some data.
864 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
866 - Removal of commands
867 If no commands are needed to boot, you can disable
868 CONFIG_CMDLINE to remove them. In this case, the command line
869 will not be available, and when U-Boot wants to execute the
870 boot command (on start-up) it will call board_run_command()
871 instead. This can reduce image size significantly for very
872 simple boot procedures.
874 - Regular expression support:
876 If this variable is defined, U-Boot is linked against
877 the SLRE (Super Light Regular Expression) library,
878 which adds regex support to some commands, as for
879 example "env grep" and "setexpr".
883 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree
884 to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically
885 compiled #defines in the board file. This option is
886 experimental and only available on a few boards. The device
887 tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob.
889 U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can
890 be done using one of the three options below:
893 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will embed a device tree
894 binary in its image. This device tree file should be in the
895 board directory and called <soc>-<board>.dts. The binary file
896 is then picked up in board_init_f() and made available through
897 the global data structure as gd->blob.
900 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree
901 binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific
902 code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by:
904 cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
906 and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called
907 u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can
908 still use the individual files if you need something more
912 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use the device tree
913 provided by the board at runtime instead of embedding one with
914 the image. Only boards defining board_fdt_blob_setup() support
915 this option (see include/fdtdec.h file).
919 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
920 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
921 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx
922 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
923 register. When supported for a specific SoC is
924 available, then no further board specific code should
928 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
929 SoC, then define this variable and provide board
930 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
932 CONFIG_AT91_HW_WDT_TIMEOUT
933 specify the timeout in seconds. default 2 seconds.
936 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
937 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
938 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
939 version as printed by the "version" command.
940 Any change to this variable will be reverted at the
945 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
946 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
949 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
950 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
951 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
952 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
953 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
954 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
955 CONFIG_RTC_DS1339 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1339 RTC
956 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
957 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
958 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
959 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
960 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
963 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
964 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
967 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
969 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
970 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
971 pins supported by a particular chip.
973 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
974 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
977 When CONFIG_IO_TRACE is selected, U-Boot intercepts all I/O
978 accesses and can checksum them or write a list of them out
979 to memory. See the 'iotrace' command for details. This is
980 useful for testing device drivers since it can confirm that
981 the driver behaves the same way before and after a code
982 change. Currently this is supported on sandbox and arm. To
983 add support for your architecture, add '#include <iotrace.h>'
984 to the bottom of arch/<arch>/include/asm/io.h and test.
986 Example output from the 'iotrace stats' command is below.
987 Note that if the trace buffer is exhausted, the checksum will
988 still continue to operate.
991 Start: 10000000 (buffer start address)
992 Size: 00010000 (buffer size)
993 Offset: 00000120 (current buffer offset)
994 Output: 10000120 (start + offset)
995 Count: 00000018 (number of trace records)
996 CRC32: 9526fb66 (CRC32 of all trace records)
1000 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
1001 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
1002 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
1003 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
1005 - Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported:
1006 Zero or more of the following:
1007 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table.
1008 CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc.
1009 CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the
1010 bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see
1012 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS Memory Technology Device partition table.
1014 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CONFIG_IDE or
1015 CONFIG_SCSI) you must configure support for at
1016 least one non-MTD partition type as well.
1019 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
1020 board configurations files but used nowhere!
1022 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
1023 be performed by calling the function
1024 ide_set_reset(int reset)
1025 which has to be defined in a board specific file
1030 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
1035 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
1036 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
1037 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
1038 support disks up to 2.1TB.
1040 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
1041 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
1045 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
1046 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
1047 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
1048 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
1051 The environment variable 'scsidevs' is set to the number of
1052 SCSI devices found during the last scan.
1054 - NETWORK Support (PCI):
1056 Support for Intel 8254x/8257x gigabit chips.
1059 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
1060 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
1061 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
1063 CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC
1064 Allow generic access to the SPI bus on the Intel 8257x, for
1065 example with the "sspi" command.
1068 Management command for E1000 devices. When used on devices
1069 with SPI support you can reprogram the EEPROM from U-Boot.
1072 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
1073 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
1074 write routine for first time initialisation.
1077 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
1078 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
1079 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
1082 Support for National dp83815 chips.
1085 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
1087 - NETWORK Support (other):
1089 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC
1090 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.
1093 Define this to use reduced MII inteface
1095 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
1096 If this defined, the driver is quiet.
1097 The driver doen't show link status messages.
1099 CONFIG_CALXEDA_XGMAC
1100 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
1103 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
1105 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
1106 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
1109 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
1111 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
1112 Define this to hold the physical address
1113 of the device (I/O space)
1115 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
1116 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1118 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
1119 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
1120 (some hardware wont work with macros)
1122 CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC
1123 Support for davinci emac
1125 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
1126 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
1129 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
1131 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
1132 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
1133 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
1134 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
1135 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
1136 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
1137 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
1138 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
1141 Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips
1144 Define this to hold the physical address
1145 of the device (I/O space)
1147 CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT
1148 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1150 CONFIG_SMC911X_16_BIT
1151 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
1152 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
1153 words you may also try CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT.
1156 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
1158 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
1159 Define the number of ports to be used
1161 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
1162 Define the ETH PHY's address
1164 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
1165 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
1169 Support for PWM module on the imx6.
1173 Support TPM devices.
1175 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_INFINEON
1176 Support for Infineon i2c bus TPM devices. Only one device
1177 per system is supported at this time.
1179 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C_BURST_LIMITATION
1180 Define the burst count bytes upper limit
1183 Support for STMicroelectronics TPM devices. Requires DM_TPM support.
1185 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_I2C
1186 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 I2C devices.
1187 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and I2C.
1189 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_SPI
1190 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 SPI devices.
1191 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and SPI.
1193 CONFIG_TPM_ATMEL_TWI
1194 Support for Atmel TWI TPM device. Requires I2C support.
1197 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
1198 per system is supported at this time.
1200 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
1201 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
1202 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
1206 Add tpm monitor functions.
1207 Requires CONFIG_TPM. If CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS is set, also
1208 provides monitor access to authorized functions.
1211 Define this to enable the TPM support library which provides
1212 functional interfaces to some TPM commands.
1213 Requires support for a TPM device.
1215 CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS
1216 Define this to enable authorized functions in the TPM library.
1217 Requires CONFIG_TPM and CONFIG_SHA1.
1220 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
1221 supported (PIP405, MIP405); define
1222 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
1223 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
1224 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
1227 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
1230 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the
1231 txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset.
1233 CONFIG_USB_DWC2_REG_ADDR the physical CPU address of the DWC2
1234 HW module registers.
1237 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
1238 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
1239 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
1240 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
1241 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
1242 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
1243 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
1244 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
1245 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
1247 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
1248 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
1249 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
1250 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
1253 Define this to build a UDC device
1256 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
1257 talk to the UDC device
1260 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
1261 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
1262 int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
1263 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
1264 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
1267 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
1268 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
1271 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
1272 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
1273 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
1274 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
1275 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
1276 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
1278 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
1279 Define this string as the name of your company for
1280 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
1282 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
1283 Define this string as the name of your product
1284 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
1286 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
1287 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
1288 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
1289 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
1290 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
1292 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
1293 Define this as the unique Product ID
1295 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
1297 - ULPI Layer Support:
1298 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
1299 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
1300 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
1301 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
1302 viewport is supported.
1303 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
1304 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
1305 If your ULPI phy needs a different reference clock than the
1306 standard 24 MHz then you have to define CONFIG_ULPI_REF_CLK to
1307 the appropriate value in Hz.
1310 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1311 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1312 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
1313 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
1314 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1315 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
1318 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
1320 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
1321 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
1324 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
1326 CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_BOOT
1327 Enable some additional features of the eMMC boot partitions.
1329 CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_RPMB
1330 Enable the commands for reading, writing and programming the
1331 key for the Replay Protection Memory Block partition in eMMC.
1333 - USB Device Firmware Update (DFU) class support:
1334 CONFIG_USB_FUNCTION_DFU
1335 This enables the USB portion of the DFU USB class
1338 This enables the command "dfu" which is used to have
1339 U-Boot create a DFU class device via USB. This command
1340 requires that the "dfu_alt_info" environment variable be
1341 set and define the alt settings to expose to the host.
1344 This enables support for exposing (e)MMC devices via DFU.
1347 This enables support for exposing NAND devices via DFU.
1350 This enables support for exposing RAM via DFU.
1351 Note: DFU spec refer to non-volatile memory usage, but
1352 allow usages beyond the scope of spec - here RAM usage,
1353 one that would help mostly the developer.
1355 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_DATA_BUF_SIZE
1356 Dfu transfer uses a buffer before writing data to the
1357 raw storage device. Make the size (in bytes) of this buffer
1358 configurable. The size of this buffer is also configurable
1359 through the "dfu_bufsiz" environment variable.
1361 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_MAX_FILE_SIZE
1362 When updating files rather than the raw storage device,
1363 we use a static buffer to copy the file into and then write
1364 the buffer once we've been given the whole file. Define
1365 this to the maximum filesize (in bytes) for the buffer.
1366 Default is 4 MiB if undefined.
1368 DFU_DEFAULT_POLL_TIMEOUT
1369 Poll timeout [ms], is the timeout a device can send to the
1370 host. The host must wait for this timeout before sending
1371 a subsequent DFU_GET_STATUS request to the device.
1373 DFU_MANIFEST_POLL_TIMEOUT
1374 Poll timeout [ms], which the device sends to the host when
1375 entering dfuMANIFEST state. Host waits this timeout, before
1376 sending again an USB request to the device.
1378 - USB Device Android Fastboot support:
1379 CONFIG_USB_FUNCTION_FASTBOOT
1380 This enables the USB part of the fastboot gadget
1383 This enables the command "fastboot" which enables the Android
1384 fastboot mode for the platform's USB device. Fastboot is a USB
1385 protocol for downloading images, flashing and device control
1386 used on Android devices.
1387 See doc/README.android-fastboot for more information.
1389 CONFIG_ANDROID_BOOT_IMAGE
1390 This enables support for booting images which use the Android
1391 image format header.
1393 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_BUF_ADDR
1394 The fastboot protocol requires a large memory buffer for
1395 downloads. Define this to the starting RAM address to use for
1398 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_BUF_SIZE
1399 The fastboot protocol requires a large memory buffer for
1400 downloads. This buffer should be as large as possible for a
1401 platform. Define this to the size available RAM for fastboot.
1403 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_FLASH
1404 The fastboot protocol includes a "flash" command for writing
1405 the downloaded image to a non-volatile storage device. Define
1406 this to enable the "fastboot flash" command.
1408 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_FLASH_MMC_DEV
1409 The fastboot "flash" command requires additional information
1410 regarding the non-volatile storage device. Define this to
1411 the eMMC device that fastboot should use to store the image.
1413 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_GPT_NAME
1414 The fastboot "flash" command supports writing the downloaded
1415 image to the Protective MBR and the Primary GUID Partition
1416 Table. (Additionally, this downloaded image is post-processed
1417 to generate and write the Backup GUID Partition Table.)
1418 This occurs when the specified "partition name" on the
1419 "fastboot flash" command line matches this value.
1420 The default is "gpt" if undefined.
1422 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_MBR_NAME
1423 The fastboot "flash" command supports writing the downloaded
1425 This occurs when the "partition name" specified on the
1426 "fastboot flash" command line matches this value.
1427 If not defined the default value "mbr" is used.
1429 - Journaling Flash filesystem support:
1431 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1433 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1434 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
1435 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1438 See Kconfig help for available keyboard drivers.
1442 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1443 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1444 defined in your board-specific files. This option is deprecated
1445 and is only used by novena. For new boards, use driver model
1450 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
1451 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1452 support, and should also define these other macros:
1457 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1458 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1460 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1462 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1463 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
1464 boot. See the documentation file doc/README.video for a
1465 description of this variable.
1467 - LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1469 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1470 display); also select one of the supported displays
1471 by defining one of these:
1475 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1477 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
1479 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
1481 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
1483 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1484 Active, color, single scan.
1486 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1488 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
1489 Active, color, single scan.
1493 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1494 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1496 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1498 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1499 Active, color, single scan.
1503 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1504 Active, color, single scan.
1508 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1510 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1514 320x240. Black & white.
1516 CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT
1518 Normally the LCD is page-aligned (typically 4KB). If this is
1519 defined then the LCD will be aligned to this value instead.
1520 For ARM it is sometimes useful to use MMU_SECTION_SIZE
1521 here, since it is cheaper to change data cache settings on
1522 a per-section basis.
1527 Sometimes, for example if the display is mounted in portrait
1528 mode or even if it's mounted landscape but rotated by 180degree,
1529 we need to rotate our content of the display relative to the
1530 framebuffer, so that user can read the messages which are
1532 Once CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is defined, the lcd_console will be
1533 initialized with a given rotation from "vl_rot" out of
1534 "vidinfo_t" which is provided by the board specific code.
1535 The value for vl_rot is coded as following (matching to
1536 fbcon=rotate:<n> linux-kernel commandline):
1537 0 = no rotation respectively 0 degree
1538 1 = 90 degree rotation
1539 2 = 180 degree rotation
1540 3 = 270 degree rotation
1542 If CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is not defined, the console will be
1543 initialized with 0degree rotation.
1547 Support drawing of RLE8-compressed bitmaps on the LCD.
1551 Enables an 'i2c edid' command which can read EDID
1552 information over I2C from an attached LCD display.
1554 - Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
1556 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1557 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1558 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
1559 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
1560 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1561 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1562 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1563 loaded very quickly after power-on.
1565 CONFIG_SPLASHIMAGE_GUARD
1567 If this option is set, then U-Boot will prevent the environment
1568 variable "splashimage" from being set to a problematic address
1569 (see doc/README.displaying-bmps).
1570 This option is useful for targets where, due to alignment
1571 restrictions, an improperly aligned BMP image will cause a data
1572 abort. If you think you will not have problems with unaligned
1573 accesses (for example because your toolchain prevents them)
1574 there is no need to set this option.
1576 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN
1578 If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
1579 on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
1580 position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
1581 number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
1582 is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
1583 specify 'm' for centering the image.
1586 setenv splashpos m,m
1587 => image at center of screen
1589 setenv splashpos 30,20
1590 => image at x = 30 and y = 20
1592 setenv splashpos -10,m
1593 => vertically centered image
1594 at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9
1596 - Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
1598 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1599 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1600 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1602 - Run length encoded BMP image (RLE8) support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8
1604 If this option is set, 8-bit RLE compressed BMP images
1605 can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the
1608 - Compression support:
1611 Enabled by default to support gzip compressed images.
1615 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1616 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1617 compressed images are supported.
1619 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
1620 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
1625 If this option is set, support for LZO compressed images
1631 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1633 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1635 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1639 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
1640 detection of gigabit PHY is included.
1642 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1644 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1645 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1646 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1647 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1649 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1651 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1652 command issued before MII status register can be read
1657 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1658 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
1659 determined through e.g. bootp.
1660 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
1662 - Server IP address:
1665 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
1666 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1667 (Environment variable "serverip")
1669 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1671 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1672 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1674 - Gateway IP address:
1677 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1678 default router where packets to other networks are
1680 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1685 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1686 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1687 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1688 forwarded through a router.
1689 (Environment variable "netmask")
1691 - Multicast TFTP Mode:
1694 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1695 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
1696 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
1697 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1700 - BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1701 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1703 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1704 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1705 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1706 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1707 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1708 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1709 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1710 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1711 following delays are inserted then:
1713 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1714 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1715 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1717 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1719 CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE
1721 BOOTP packets are uniquely identified using a 32-bit ID. The
1722 server will copy the ID from client requests to responses and
1723 U-Boot will use this to determine if it is the destination of
1724 an incoming response. Some servers will check that addresses
1725 aren't in use before handing them out (usually using an ARP
1726 ping) and therefore take up to a few hundred milliseconds to
1727 respond. Network congestion may also influence the time it
1728 takes for a response to make it back to the client. If that
1729 time is too long, U-Boot will retransmit requests. In order
1730 to allow earlier responses to still be accepted after these
1731 retransmissions, U-Boot's BOOTP client keeps a small cache of
1732 IDs. The CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE controls the size of this
1733 cache. The default is to keep IDs for up to four outstanding
1734 requests. Increasing this will allow U-Boot to accept offers
1735 from a BOOTP client in networks with unusually high latency.
1737 - DHCP Advanced Options:
1738 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1739 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1741 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1742 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1743 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1744 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1745 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1746 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1749 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1750 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1751 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1752 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
1753 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL
1755 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1756 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
1758 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL - If the DHCP server is not found
1759 after the configured retry count, the call will fail
1760 instead of starting over. This can be used to fail over
1761 to Link-local IP address configuration if the DHCP server
1764 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1765 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1766 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1767 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1768 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1769 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1770 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1773 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1774 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1775 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
1776 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
1777 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1778 option 12 to the DHCP server.
1780 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1782 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1783 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1784 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1785 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1786 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1787 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1788 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1789 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1790 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1791 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1794 - Link-local IP address negotiation:
1795 Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network
1796 for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration.
1797 This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed
1798 to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
1800 See doc/README.link-local for more information.
1803 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
1805 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1807 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1809 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1814 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1815 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1816 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1818 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1820 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1821 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1825 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1829 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1833 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1835 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1837 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1838 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1840 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1842 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1844 - Status LED: CONFIG_LED_STATUS
1846 Several configurations allow to display the current
1847 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1848 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1849 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1850 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1851 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1852 kernel). Defining CONFIG_LED_STATUS enables this
1857 CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
1858 The status LED can be connected to a GPIO pin.
1859 In such cases, the gpio_led driver can be used as a
1860 status LED backend implementation. Define CONFIG_LED_STATUS_GPIO
1861 to include the gpio_led driver in the U-Boot binary.
1863 CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE
1864 Some GPIO connected LEDs may have inverted polarity in which
1865 case the GPIO high value corresponds to LED off state and
1866 GPIO low value corresponds to LED on state.
1867 In such cases CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE may be defined
1868 with a list of GPIO LEDs that have inverted polarity.
1870 - I2C Support: CONFIG_SYS_I2C
1872 This enable the NEW i2c subsystem, and will allow you to use
1873 i2c commands at the u-boot command line (as long as you set
1874 CONFIG_CMD_I2C in CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c
1875 based realtime clock chips or other i2c devices. See
1876 common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the command line
1879 ported i2c driver to the new framework:
1880 - drivers/i2c/soft_i2c.c:
1881 - activate first bus with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT define
1882 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE
1883 for defining speed and slave address
1884 - activate second bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS2 define
1885 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_2 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_2
1886 for defining speed and slave address
1887 - activate third bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS3 define
1888 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_3 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_3
1889 for defining speed and slave address
1890 - activate fourth bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS4 define
1891 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_4 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_4
1892 for defining speed and slave address
1894 - drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c:
1895 - activate i2c driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_FSL
1896 define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_OFFSET for setting the register
1897 offset CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_SPEED for the i2c speed and
1898 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_SLAVE for the slave addr of the first
1900 - If your board supports a second fsl i2c bus, define
1901 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_OFFSET for the register offset
1902 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_SPEED for the speed and
1903 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_SLAVE for the slave address of the
1906 - drivers/i2c/tegra_i2c.c:
1907 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_TEGRA
1908 - This driver adds 4 i2c buses with a fix speed from
1909 100000 and the slave addr 0!
1911 - drivers/i2c/ppc4xx_i2c.c
1912 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX
1913 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX_CH0 activate hardware channel 0
1914 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX_CH1 activate hardware channel 1
1916 - drivers/i2c/i2c_mxc.c
1917 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC
1918 - enable bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C1
1919 - enable bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C2
1920 - enable bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C3
1921 - enable bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C4
1922 - define speed for bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C1_SPEED
1923 - define slave for bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C1_SLAVE
1924 - define speed for bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C2_SPEED
1925 - define slave for bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C2_SLAVE
1926 - define speed for bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C3_SPEED
1927 - define slave for bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C3_SLAVE
1928 - define speed for bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C4_SPEED
1929 - define slave for bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C4_SLAVE
1930 If those defines are not set, default value is 100000
1931 for speed, and 0 for slave.
1933 - drivers/i2c/rcar_i2c.c:
1934 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_RCAR
1935 - This driver adds 4 i2c buses
1937 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C0_BASE for setting the register channel 0
1938 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C0_SPEED for for the speed channel 0
1939 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C1_BASE for setting the register channel 1
1940 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C1_SPEED for for the speed channel 1
1941 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C2_BASE for setting the register channel 2
1942 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C2_SPEED for for the speed channel 2
1943 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C3_BASE for setting the register channel 3
1944 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C3_SPEED for for the speed channel 3
1945 - CONFIF_SYS_RCAR_I2C_NUM_CONTROLLERS for number of i2c buses
1947 - drivers/i2c/sh_i2c.c:
1948 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH
1949 - This driver adds from 2 to 5 i2c buses
1951 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE0 for setting the register channel 0
1952 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED0 for for the speed channel 0
1953 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE1 for setting the register channel 1
1954 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED1 for for the speed channel 1
1955 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE2 for setting the register channel 2
1956 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED2 for for the speed channel 2
1957 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE3 for setting the register channel 3
1958 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED3 for for the speed channel 3
1959 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE4 for setting the register channel 4
1960 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED4 for for the speed channel 4
1961 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_NUM_CONTROLLERS for number of i2c buses
1963 - drivers/i2c/omap24xx_i2c.c
1964 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_OMAP24XX
1965 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED speed channel 0
1966 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE slave addr channel 0
1967 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED1 speed channel 1
1968 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE1 slave addr channel 1
1969 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED2 speed channel 2
1970 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE2 slave addr channel 2
1971 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED3 speed channel 3
1972 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE3 slave addr channel 3
1973 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED4 speed channel 4
1974 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE4 slave addr channel 4
1976 - drivers/i2c/zynq_i2c.c
1977 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ
1978 - set CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ_SPEED for speed setting
1979 - set CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ_SLAVE for slave addr
1981 - drivers/i2c/s3c24x0_i2c.c:
1982 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_S3C24X0
1983 - This driver adds i2c buses (11 for Exynos5250, Exynos5420
1984 9 i2c buses for Exynos4 and 1 for S3C24X0 SoCs from Samsung)
1985 with a fix speed from 100000 and the slave addr 0!
1987 - drivers/i2c/ihs_i2c.c
1988 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS
1989 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH0 activate hardware channel 0
1990 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_0 speed channel 0
1991 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_0 slave addr channel 0
1992 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH1 activate hardware channel 1
1993 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_1 speed channel 1
1994 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_1 slave addr channel 1
1995 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH2 activate hardware channel 2
1996 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_2 speed channel 2
1997 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_2 slave addr channel 2
1998 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH3 activate hardware channel 3
1999 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_3 speed channel 3
2000 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_3 slave addr channel 3
2001 - activate dual channel with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_DUAL
2002 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_0_1 speed channel 0_1
2003 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_0_1 slave addr channel 0_1
2004 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_1_1 speed channel 1_1
2005 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_1_1 slave addr channel 1_1
2006 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_2_1 speed channel 2_1
2007 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_2_1 slave addr channel 2_1
2008 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_3_1 speed channel 3_1
2009 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_3_1 slave addr channel 3_1
2013 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES
2014 Hold the number of i2c buses you want to use.
2016 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS
2017 define this, if you don't use i2c muxes on your hardware.
2018 if CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS is not defined or == 0 you can
2021 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS
2022 define how many muxes are maximal consecutively connected
2023 on one i2c bus. If you not use i2c muxes, omit this
2026 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES
2027 hold a list of buses you want to use, only used if
2028 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS is not defined, for example
2029 a board with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS = 1 and
2030 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES = 9:
2032 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES {{0, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
2033 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 1}}}, \
2034 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 2}}}, \
2035 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 3}}}, \
2036 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 4}}}, \
2037 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 5}}}, \
2038 {1, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
2039 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 1}}}, \
2040 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 2}}}, \
2044 bus 0 on adapter 0 without a mux
2045 bus 1 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 1
2046 bus 2 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 2
2047 bus 3 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 3
2048 bus 4 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 4
2049 bus 5 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 5
2050 bus 6 on adapter 1 without a mux
2051 bus 7 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 1
2052 bus 8 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 2
2054 If you do not have i2c muxes on your board, omit this define.
2056 - Legacy I2C Support:
2057 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT)
2058 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
2059 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
2063 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
2064 controller or configure ports.
2066 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
2070 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
2071 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
2074 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
2078 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
2079 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
2082 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
2086 Code that returns true if the I2C data line is high,
2089 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
2093 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C data line high. If it
2094 is false, it clears it (low).
2096 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
2097 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
2098 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
2102 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
2103 is false, it clears it (low).
2105 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
2106 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
2107 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
2111 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
2112 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
2113 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
2116 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
2118 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
2120 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
2121 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
2122 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
2123 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
2125 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
2126 the generic GPIO functions.
2128 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
2130 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
2131 chips might think that the current transfer is still
2132 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
2133 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
2134 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
2135 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
2136 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
2137 is run early in the boot sequence.
2139 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2141 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
2142 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
2143 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
2144 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
2146 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
2148 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
2149 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2150 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
2151 a 1D array of device addresses
2154 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2155 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
2157 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
2159 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2160 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
2162 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
2164 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
2166 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
2167 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
2169 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
2171 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
2172 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
2174 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
2176 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
2177 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
2178 between writing the address pointer and reading the
2179 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
2180 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
2181 devices can use either method, but some require one or
2184 - SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
2186 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
2187 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
2188 D/As on the SACSng board)
2192 Enables the driver for SPI controller on SuperH. Currently
2193 only SH7757 is supported.
2197 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
2198 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
2199 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
2200 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
2201 defined, the board configuration must define several
2202 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
2203 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
2207 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
2208 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
2209 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
2210 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
2211 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
2215 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
2216 SoCs. Currently i.MX31/35/51 are supported.
2218 CONFIG_SYS_SPI_MXC_WAIT
2219 Timeout for waiting until spi transfer completed.
2220 default: (CONFIG_SYS_HZ/100) /* 10 ms */
2222 - FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
2224 Enables FPGA subsystem.
2226 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
2228 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
2231 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
2233 Enables support for FPGA family.
2234 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
2238 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
2240 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
2242 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
2244 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
2246 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
2247 status by the configuration function. This option
2248 will require a board or device specific function to
2253 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
2254 configuration driver.
2256 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
2257 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
2259 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
2261 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
2262 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
2263 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
2264 indicated a CRC error).
2266 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
2268 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to de-assert
2269 after PROB_B has been de-asserted during a Virtex II
2270 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
2273 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
2275 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to de-assert during
2276 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
2278 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
2280 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
2283 - Configuration Management:
2286 Some SoCs need special image types (e.g. U-Boot binary
2287 with a special header) as build targets. By defining
2288 CONFIG_BUILD_TARGET in the SoC / board header, this
2289 special image will be automatically built upon calling
2294 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
2295 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
2297 - Vendor Parameter Protection:
2299 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
2300 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
2301 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
2302 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
2303 protects these variables from casual modification by
2304 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
2305 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
2306 change this behaviour:
2308 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
2309 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
2310 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
2313 Alternatively, if you define _both_ an ethaddr in the
2314 default env _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
2315 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
2316 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
2317 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
2320 The same can be accomplished in a more flexible way
2321 for any variable by configuring the type of access
2322 to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable
2323 or define CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC.
2328 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
2329 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
2330 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
2331 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
2332 this default value by defining an environment
2333 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
2334 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
2335 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
2336 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
2337 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
2338 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
2339 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
2341 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
2344 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
2345 either, which results in a memory region that will
2346 not be affected by reboots.
2348 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
2349 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
2350 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
2351 following board configurations are known to be
2354 IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx,
2355 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON,
2358 - Access to physical memory region (> 4GB)
2359 Some basic support is provided for operations on memory not
2360 normally accessible to U-Boot - e.g. some architectures
2361 support access to more than 4GB of memory on 32-bit
2362 machines using physical address extension or similar.
2363 Define CONFIG_PHYSMEM to access this basic support, which
2364 currently only supports clearing the memory.
2369 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
2370 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
2371 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
2372 system where you want the system to reboot
2373 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
2374 useful during development since you can try to debug
2375 the conditions that lead to the situation.
2377 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
2379 This variable defines the number of retries for
2380 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
2381 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
2382 default value of 5 is used.
2386 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
2390 Timeout in milliseconds used in NFS protocol.
2391 If you encounter "ERROR: Cannot umount" in nfs command,
2392 try longer timeout such as
2393 #define CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT 10000UL
2395 - Command Interpreter:
2396 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
2398 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
2400 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
2402 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
2403 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
2404 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
2408 In the current implementation, the local variables
2409 space and global environment variables space are
2410 separated. Local variables are those you define by
2411 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
2412 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
2413 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
2414 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
2416 Global environment variables are those you use
2417 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
2418 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
2419 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
2421 To store commands and special characters in a
2422 variable, please use double quotation marks
2423 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
2424 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
2427 - Command Line Editing and History:
2428 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
2430 Enable editing and History functions for interactive
2431 command line input operations
2433 - Command Line PS1/PS2 support:
2434 CONFIG_CMDLINE_PS_SUPPORT
2436 Enable support for changing the command prompt string
2437 at run-time. Only static string is supported so far.
2438 The string is obtained from environment variables PS1
2441 - Default Environment:
2442 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
2444 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
2445 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
2446 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2448 For example, place something like this in your
2449 board's config file:
2451 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
2455 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
2456 internal format how the environment is stored by the
2457 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
2458 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
2459 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
2460 You better know what you are doing here.
2462 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
2463 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
2464 the environment like the "source" command or the
2467 CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_CONFIG
2469 Define this in order to add variables describing the
2470 U-Boot build configuration to the default environment.
2471 These will be named arch, cpu, board, vendor, and soc.
2473 Enabling this option will cause the following to be defined:
2481 CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_RUNTIME_CONFIG
2483 Define this in order to add variables describing certain
2484 run-time determined information about the hardware to the
2485 environment. These will be named board_name, board_rev.
2487 CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT
2489 Normally the environment is loaded when the board is
2490 initialised so that it is available to U-Boot. This inhibits
2491 that so that the environment is not available until
2492 explicitly loaded later by U-Boot code. With CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
2493 this is instead controlled by the value of
2494 /config/load-environment.
2496 - DataFlash Support:
2497 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
2499 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
2500 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
2503 - Serial Flash support
2506 Defining this option enables SPI flash commands
2507 'sf probe/read/write/erase/update'.
2509 Usage requires an initial 'probe' to define the serial
2510 flash parameters, followed by read/write/erase/update
2513 The following defaults may be provided by the platform
2514 to handle the common case when only a single serial
2515 flash is present on the system.
2517 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_BUS Bus identifier
2518 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_CS Chip-select
2519 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_MODE (see include/spi.h)
2520 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED in Hz
2524 Define this option to include a destructive SPI flash
2527 - SystemACE Support:
2530 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
2531 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
2532 of the chip must also be defined in the
2533 CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
2535 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
2536 #define CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
2538 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
2539 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
2541 - TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
2544 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
2545 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
2546 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
2547 number generator is used.
2549 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
2550 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
2551 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
2553 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
2554 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
2555 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
2556 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
2557 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
2558 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
2559 but sometimes that is not allowed.
2561 - bootcount support:
2562 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_LIMIT
2564 This enables the bootcounter support, see:
2565 http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/UBootBootCountLimit
2568 enable special bootcounter support on at91sam9xe based boards.
2570 enable special bootcounter support on da850 based boards.
2571 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_RAM
2572 enable support for the bootcounter in RAM
2573 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_I2C
2574 enable support for the bootcounter on an i2c (like RTC) device.
2575 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_RTC_ADDR = i2c chip address
2576 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_ADDR = i2c addr which is used for
2578 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_ALEN = address len
2580 - Show boot progress:
2581 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
2583 Defining this option allows to add some board-
2584 specific code (calling a user-provided function
2585 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
2586 the system's boot progress on some display (for
2587 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
2588 the following checkpoints are implemented:
2591 Legacy uImage format:
2594 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
2595 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
2596 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
2597 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
2598 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
2599 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
2600 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
2601 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
2602 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2603 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
2604 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
2605 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
2606 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
2607 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
2608 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
2609 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
2611 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2612 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
2613 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
2614 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
2615 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
2616 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
2617 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
2618 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
2619 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
2620 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
2622 15 arch/<arch>/lib/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
2624 -30 arch/powerpc/lib/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
2625 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
2626 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
2628 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
2629 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
2630 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
2631 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
2632 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
2633 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2634 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
2635 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
2636 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
2637 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
2638 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2639 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
2640 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2641 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
2642 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
2643 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
2644 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
2645 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
2646 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
2647 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
2648 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
2649 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
2650 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
2651 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
2652 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
2653 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
2654 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2655 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
2656 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
2657 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
2658 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
2659 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
2660 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
2661 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
2662 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
2663 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
2664 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
2665 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
2666 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
2667 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2668 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
2669 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2670 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
2671 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
2672 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
2673 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
2674 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
2676 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
2678 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
2679 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
2680 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
2682 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
2683 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling net_loop()
2684 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in net_loop() occurred
2685 81 common/cmd_net.c net_loop() back without error
2686 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
2687 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
2688 83 common/cmd_net.c running "source" command
2689 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or "source" command
2690 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
2695 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
2696 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
2697 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
2698 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
2699 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
2700 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
2701 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
2702 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
2703 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
2704 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
2705 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
2706 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2707 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
2708 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
2709 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
2710 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
2711 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
2712 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
2713 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
2714 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
2715 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
2716 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
2718 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2719 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
2720 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
2721 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
2722 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
2723 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
2724 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
2725 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
2726 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
2727 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
2728 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
2729 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
2730 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
2731 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
2732 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
2733 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
2735 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
2736 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
2738 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
2739 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
2741 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
2742 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
2744 - legacy image format:
2745 CONFIG_IMAGE_FORMAT_LEGACY
2746 enables the legacy image format support in U-Boot.
2749 enabled if CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE is not defined.
2751 CONFIG_DISABLE_IMAGE_LEGACY
2752 disable the legacy image format
2754 This define is introduced, as the legacy image format is
2755 enabled per default for backward compatibility.
2757 - Standalone program support:
2758 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
2760 This option defines a board specific value for the
2761 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
2762 overwriting the architecture dependent default
2765 - Frame Buffer Address:
2768 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific
2769 address for frame buffer. This is typically the case
2770 when using a graphics controller has separate video
2771 memory. U-Boot will then place the frame buffer at
2772 the given address instead of dynamically reserving it
2773 in system RAM by calling lcd_setmem(), which grabs
2774 the memory for the frame buffer depending on the
2775 configured panel size.
2777 Please see board_init_f function.
2779 - Automatic software updates via TFTP server
2781 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
2782 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
2784 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
2785 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
2787 - MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
2790 Adds the MTD device infrastructure from the Linux kernel.
2791 Needed for mtdparts command support.
2793 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
2795 Adds the MTD partitioning infrastructure from the Linux
2796 kernel. Needed for UBI support.
2801 Adds commands for interacting with MTD partitions formatted
2802 with the UBI flash translation layer
2804 Requires also defining CONFIG_RBTREE
2806 CONFIG_UBI_SILENCE_MSG
2808 Make the verbose messages from UBI stop printing. This leaves
2809 warnings and errors enabled.
2812 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD
2813 This parameter defines the maximum difference between the highest
2814 erase counter value and the lowest erase counter value of eraseblocks
2815 of UBI devices. When this threshold is exceeded, UBI starts performing
2816 wear leveling by means of moving data from eraseblock with low erase
2817 counter to eraseblocks with high erase counter.
2819 The default value should be OK for SLC NAND flashes, NOR flashes and
2820 other flashes which have eraseblock life-cycle 100000 or more.
2821 However, in case of MLC NAND flashes which typically have eraseblock
2822 life-cycle less than 10000, the threshold should be lessened (e.g.,
2823 to 128 or 256, although it does not have to be power of 2).
2827 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT
2828 This option specifies the maximum bad physical eraseblocks UBI
2829 expects on the MTD device (per 1024 eraseblocks). If the
2830 underlying flash does not admit of bad eraseblocks (e.g. NOR
2831 flash), this value is ignored.
2833 NAND datasheets often specify the minimum and maximum NVM
2834 (Number of Valid Blocks) for the flashes' endurance lifetime.
2835 The maximum expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 eraseblocks
2836 then can be calculated as "1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB)",
2837 which gives 20 for most NANDs (MaxNVB is basically the total
2838 count of eraseblocks on the chip).
2840 To put it differently, if this value is 20, UBI will try to
2841 reserve about 1.9% of physical eraseblocks for bad blocks
2842 handling. And that will be 1.9% of eraseblocks on the entire
2843 NAND chip, not just the MTD partition UBI attaches. This means
2844 that if you have, say, a NAND flash chip admits maximum 40 bad
2845 eraseblocks, and it is split on two MTD partitions of the same
2846 size, UBI will reserve 40 eraseblocks when attaching a
2851 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
2852 Fastmap is a mechanism which allows attaching an UBI device
2853 in nearly constant time. Instead of scanning the whole MTD device it
2854 only has to locate a checkpoint (called fastmap) on the device.
2855 The on-flash fastmap contains all information needed to attach
2856 the device. Using fastmap makes only sense on large devices where
2857 attaching by scanning takes long. UBI will not automatically install
2858 a fastmap on old images, but you can set the UBI parameter
2859 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT to 1 if you want so. Please note
2860 that fastmap-enabled images are still usable with UBI implementations
2861 without fastmap support. On typical flash devices the whole fastmap
2862 fits into one PEB. UBI will reserve PEBs to hold two fastmaps.
2864 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT
2865 Set this parameter to enable fastmap automatically on images
2869 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FM_DEBUG
2870 Enable UBI fastmap debug
2876 Adds commands for interacting with UBI volumes formatted as
2877 UBIFS. UBIFS is read-only in u-boot.
2879 Requires UBI support as well as CONFIG_LZO
2881 CONFIG_UBIFS_SILENCE_MSG
2883 Make the verbose messages from UBIFS stop printing. This leaves
2884 warnings and errors enabled.
2888 Enable building of SPL globally.
2891 LDSCRIPT for linking the SPL binary.
2893 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT
2894 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL, BSS included.
2895 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory
2896 used by SPL from _start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
2897 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2898 must not be both defined at the same time.
2901 Maximum size of the SPL image (text, data, rodata, and
2902 linker lists sections), BSS excluded.
2903 When defined, the linker checks that the actual size does
2906 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
2907 TEXT_BASE for linking the SPL binary.
2909 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_TEXT_BASE
2910 Address to relocate to. If unspecified, this is equal to
2911 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE (i.e. no relocation is done).
2913 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR
2914 Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary.
2916 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2917 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL BSS.
2918 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory used
2919 by SPL from __bss_start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
2920 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
2921 must not be both defined at the same time.
2924 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use
2926 CONFIG_SPL_PANIC_ON_RAW_IMAGE
2927 When defined, SPL will panic() if the image it has
2928 loaded does not have a signature.
2929 Defining this is useful when code which loads images
2930 in SPL cannot guarantee that absolutely all read errors
2932 An example is the LPC32XX MLC NAND driver, which will
2933 consider that a completely unreadable NAND block is bad,
2934 and thus should be skipped silently.
2936 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_STACK
2937 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use after
2938 relocation. If unspecified, this is equal to
2941 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
2942 Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL.
2943 When this option is set the full malloc is used in SPL and
2944 it is set up by spl_init() and before that, the simple malloc()
2945 can be used if CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F is defined.
2947 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
2948 The size of the malloc pool used in SPL.
2950 CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK
2951 Enable the SPL framework under common/. This framework
2952 supports MMC, NAND and YMODEM loading of U-Boot and NAND
2953 NAND loading of the Linux Kernel.
2956 Enable booting directly to an OS from SPL.
2957 See also: doc/README.falcon
2959 CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT
2960 For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information
2961 about the running system.
2963 CONFIG_SPL_INIT_MINIMAL
2964 Arch init code should be built for a very small image
2966 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_PARTITION
2967 Partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from when the MMC is being
2970 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_KERNEL_SECTOR
2971 Sector to load kernel uImage from when MMC is being
2972 used in raw mode (for Falcon mode)
2974 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTOR,
2975 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTORS
2976 Sector and number of sectors to load kernel argument
2977 parameters from when MMC is being used in raw mode
2980 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_FS_BOOT_PARTITION
2981 Partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from when the MMC is being
2984 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
2985 Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from filesystem
2987 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_KERNEL_NAME
2988 Filename to read to load kernel uImage when reading
2989 from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
2991 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_ARGS_NAME
2992 Filename to read to load kernel argument parameters
2993 when reading from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
2995 CONFIG_SPL_MPC83XX_WAIT_FOR_NAND
2996 Set this for NAND SPL on PPC mpc83xx targets, so that
2997 start.S waits for the rest of the SPL to load before
2998 continuing (the hardware starts execution after just
2999 loading the first page rather than the full 4K).
3001 CONFIG_SPL_SKIP_RELOCATE
3002 Avoid SPL relocation
3004 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BASE
3005 Include nand_base.c in the SPL. Requires
3006 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS.
3008 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS
3009 SPL uses normal NAND drivers, not minimal drivers.
3012 Include standard software ECC in the SPL
3014 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE
3015 Support for NAND boot using simple NAND drivers that
3016 expose the cmd_ctrl() interface.
3019 Support for a lightweight UBI (fastmap) scanner and
3022 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_RAW_ONLY
3023 Support to boot only raw u-boot.bin images. Use this only
3024 if you need to save space.
3026 CONFIG_SPL_COMMON_INIT_DDR
3027 Set for common ddr init with serial presence detect in
3030 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
3031 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
3032 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
3033 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
3034 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
3035 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
3038 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BOOT
3039 Add support NAND boot
3041 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS
3042 Location in NAND to read U-Boot from
3044 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST
3045 Location in memory to load U-Boot to
3047 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE
3048 Size of image to load
3050 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
3051 Entry point in loaded image to jump to
3053 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
3054 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
3055 data. This is used, for example, on davinci platforms.
3057 CONFIG_SPL_OMAP3_ID_NAND
3058 Support for an OMAP3-specific set of functions to return the
3059 ID and MFR of the first attached NAND chip, if present.
3061 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE
3062 Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary
3065 Image offset to which the SPL should be padded before appending
3066 the SPL payload. By default, this is defined as
3067 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
3068 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
3069 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
3072 Final target image containing SPL and payload. Some SPLs
3073 use an arch-specific makefile fragment instead, for
3074 example if more than one image needs to be produced.
3076 CONFIG_FIT_SPL_PRINT
3077 Printing information about a FIT image adds quite a bit of
3078 code to SPL. So this is normally disabled in SPL. Use this
3079 option to re-enable it. This will affect the output of the
3080 bootm command when booting a FIT image.
3084 Enable building of TPL globally.
3087 Image offset to which the TPL should be padded before appending
3088 the TPL payload. By default, this is defined as
3089 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
3090 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
3091 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
3093 - Interrupt support (PPC):
3095 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
3096 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
3097 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
3098 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
3099 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
3100 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
3101 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
3102 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
3103 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
3104 general timer_interrupt().
3107 Board initialization settings:
3108 ------------------------------
3110 During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
3111 to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
3112 before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
3113 following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
3114 architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
3115 typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
3117 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
3118 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
3119 - CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
3120 - CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init()
3122 Configuration Settings:
3123 -----------------------
3125 - CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORT_64BIT_DATA: Defined automatically if compiled as 64-bit.
3126 Optionally it can be defined to support 64-bit memory commands.
3128 - CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
3129 undefine this when you're short of memory.
3131 - CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
3132 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
3134 - CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
3135 prompt for user input.
3137 - CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
3139 - CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
3141 - CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
3143 - CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
3144 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
3147 - CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
3148 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
3150 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
3151 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
3154 - CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST:
3155 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
3157 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
3158 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
3159 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
3161 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE
3162 Only implemented for ARMv8 for now.
3163 If defined, the size of CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE memory
3164 is substracted from total RAM and won't be reported to OS.
3165 This memory can be used as secure memory. A variable
3166 gd->arch.secure_ram is used to track the location. In systems
3167 the RAM base is not zero, or RAM is divided into banks,
3168 this variable needs to be recalcuated to get the address.
3170 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE:
3171 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
3172 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
3173 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
3174 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
3175 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
3176 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
3177 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
3178 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
3179 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
3181 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
3182 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
3185 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
3186 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
3187 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
3188 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
3191 - CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
3192 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
3194 - CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
3195 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
3197 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
3198 Physical start address of Flash memory.
3200 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
3201 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
3202 make config files to be same as the text base address
3203 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
3204 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
3206 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
3207 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
3208 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
3209 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
3212 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
3213 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
3215 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
3216 Size of the malloc() pool for use before relocation. If
3217 this is defined, then a very simple malloc() implementation
3218 will become available before relocation. The address is just
3219 below the global data, and the stack is moved down to make
3222 This feature allocates regions with increasing addresses
3223 within the region. calloc() is supported, but realloc()
3224 is not available. free() is supported but does nothing.
3225 The memory will be freed (or in fact just forgotten) when
3226 U-Boot relocates itself.
3228 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE
3229 Provides a simple and small malloc() and calloc() for those
3230 boards which do not use the full malloc in SPL (which is
3231 enabled with CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START).
3233 - CONFIG_SYS_NONCACHED_MEMORY:
3234 Size of non-cached memory area. This area of memory will be
3235 typically located right below the malloc() area and mapped
3236 uncached in the MMU. This is useful for drivers that would
3237 otherwise require a lot of explicit cache maintenance. For
3238 some drivers it's also impossible to properly maintain the
3239 cache. For example if the regions that need to be flushed
3240 are not a multiple of the cache-line size, *and* padding
3241 cannot be allocated between the regions to align them (i.e.
3242 if the HW requires a contiguous array of regions, and the
3243 size of each region is not cache-aligned), then a flush of
3244 one region may result in overwriting data that hardware has
3245 written to another region in the same cache-line. This can
3246 happen for example in network drivers where descriptors for
3247 buffers are typically smaller than the CPU cache-line (e.g.
3248 16 bytes vs. 32 or 64 bytes).
3250 Non-cached memory is only supported on 32-bit ARM at present.
3252 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
3253 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
3254 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
3255 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
3256 to adjust this setting to your needs.
3258 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
3259 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
3260 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
3261 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
3262 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
3263 environment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
3264 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
3265 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
3266 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
3267 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
3268 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
3270 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
3271 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
3272 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
3275 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
3276 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
3277 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
3279 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
3280 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
3281 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
3283 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
3284 Max number of Flash memory banks
3286 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
3287 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
3289 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
3290 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
3292 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
3293 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
3295 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
3296 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
3298 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
3299 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
3301 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
3302 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
3303 instead of U-Boot software protection.
3305 - CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
3307 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
3308 without this option such a download has to be
3309 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
3310 copy from RAM to flash.
3312 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
3313 you can check if the download worked before you erase
3314 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
3315 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
3316 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
3318 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
3319 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
3320 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
3322 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
3323 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
3324 in the drivers directory
3326 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
3327 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
3328 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
3331 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
3332 Use buffered writes to flash.
3334 - CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
3335 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
3338 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
3339 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
3340 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
3341 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
3342 optionally available.
3344 - CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
3345 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
3346 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
3347 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
3349 - CONFIG_FLASH_VERIFY
3350 If defined, the content of the flash (destination) is compared
3351 against the source after the write operation. An error message
3352 will be printed when the contents are not identical.
3353 Please note that this option is useless in nearly all cases,
3354 since such flash programming errors usually are detected earlier
3355 while unprotecting/erasing/programming. Please only enable
3356 this option if you really know what you are doing.
3358 - CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
3359 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
3360 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
3361 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
3362 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
3363 on high Ethernet traffic.
3364 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
3366 - CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
3368 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
3369 internally to store the environment settings. The default
3370 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
3371 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
3372 lib/hashtable.c for details.
3374 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
3375 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
3376 Enable validation of the values given to environment variables when
3377 calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal,
3378 hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined,
3379 the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address.
3381 The format of the list is:
3382 type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m]
3383 access_attribute = [a|r|o|c]
3384 attributes = type_attribute[access_attribute]
3385 entry = variable_name[:attributes]
3388 The type attributes are:
3389 s - String (default)
3392 b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF])
3396 The access attributes are:
3402 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
3403 Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags"
3404 environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
3406 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
3407 Define this to a list (string) to define validation that
3408 should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags"
3409 environment variable. To override a setting in the static
3410 list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the
3413 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
3414 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to define the same
3415 flags without explicitly listing them for each variable.
3417 - CONFIG_ENV_ACCESS_IGNORE_FORCE
3418 If defined, don't allow the -f switch to env set override variable
3422 If stdint.h is available with your toolchain you can define this
3423 option to enable it. You can provide option 'USE_STDINT=1' when
3424 building U-Boot to enable this.
3426 The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
3427 of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
3428 following configurations:
3430 - CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
3432 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
3433 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
3435 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
3437 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
3439 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
3440 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
3441 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
3442 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
3443 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
3444 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
3445 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
3446 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
3447 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
3448 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
3449 between U-Boot and the environment.
3451 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3453 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
3454 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
3455 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
3456 for this sector is given here.
3458 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE.
3462 This is just another way to specify the start address of
3463 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
3466 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
3468 Size of the sector containing the environment.
3471 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
3472 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
3477 If you use this in combination with CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
3478 and CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
3479 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
3480 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
3482 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
3483 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
3484 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
3485 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
3486 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
3487 updating the environment in flash makes it always
3488 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
3489 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
3490 RAM, your target system will be dead.
3492 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
3493 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
3495 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
3496 a redundant copy of the environment data, so that there is
3497 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
3498 a "saveenv" operation.
3500 BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
3501 source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
3505 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
3507 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
3508 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
3514 These two #defines are used to determine the memory area you
3515 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
3516 can just be read and written to, without any special
3519 BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
3520 in U-Boot initialization (when we try to get the setting of for the
3521 console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
3524 Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
3525 environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
3526 keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
3527 to save the current settings.
3530 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
3532 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
3533 device and a driver for it.
3535 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3538 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
3539 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
3541 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
3542 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
3543 The default address is zero.
3545 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_BUS:
3546 If defined, specified the i2c bus of the EEPROM device.
3548 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
3549 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
3550 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
3551 would require six bits.
3553 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
3554 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
3555 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
3557 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
3558 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
3559 that this is NOT the chip address length!
3561 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
3562 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
3563 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
3564 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
3565 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
3568 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
3569 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
3570 in the chip address.
3572 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_SIZE:
3573 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
3575 - CONFIG_ENV_EEPROM_IS_ON_I2C
3576 define this, if you have I2C and SPI activated, and your
3577 EEPROM, which holds the environment, is on the I2C bus.
3579 - CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS
3580 if you have an Environment on an EEPROM reached over
3581 I2C muxes, you can define here, how to reach this
3582 EEPROM. For example:
3584 #define CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS 1
3586 EEPROM which holds the environment, is reached over
3587 a pca9547 i2c mux with address 0x70, channel 3.
3589 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
3591 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
3592 want to use for the environment.
3594 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3598 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
3599 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
3600 at the specified address.
3602 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_SPI_FLASH:
3604 Define this if you have a SPI Flash memory device which you
3605 want to use for the environment.
3607 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3610 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
3611 environment area within the SPI Flash. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET must be
3612 aligned to an erase sector boundary.
3614 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
3616 Define the SPI flash's sector size.
3618 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
3620 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
3621 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, so
3622 that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure
3623 during a "saveenv" operation. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND must be
3624 aligned to an erase sector boundary.
3626 - CONFIG_ENV_SPI_BUS (optional):
3627 - CONFIG_ENV_SPI_CS (optional):
3629 Define the SPI bus and chip select. If not defined they will be 0.
3631 - CONFIG_ENV_SPI_MAX_HZ (optional):
3633 Define the SPI max work clock. If not defined then use 1MHz.
3635 - CONFIG_ENV_SPI_MODE (optional):
3637 Define the SPI work mode. If not defined then use SPI_MODE_3.
3639 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_REMOTE:
3641 Define this if you have a remote memory space which you
3642 want to use for the local device's environment.
3647 These two #defines specify the address and size of the
3648 environment area within the remote memory space. The
3649 local device can get the environment from remote memory
3650 space by SRIO or PCIE links.
3652 BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
3653 "saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
3654 environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE link,
3655 but it can not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE interface.
3657 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
3659 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
3660 for the environment.
3662 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3665 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
3666 area within the first NAND device. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET must be
3667 aligned to an erase block boundary.
3669 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
3671 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
3672 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, so
3673 that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure
3674 during a "saveenv" operation. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND must be
3675 aligned to an erase block boundary.
3677 - CONFIG_ENV_RANGE (optional):
3679 Specifies the length of the region in which the environment
3680 can be written. This should be a multiple of the NAND device's
3681 block size. Specifying a range with more erase blocks than
3682 are needed to hold CONFIG_ENV_SIZE allows bad blocks within
3683 the range to be avoided.
3685 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB (optional):
3687 Enables support for dynamically retrieving the offset of the
3688 environment from block zero's out-of-band data. The
3689 "nand env.oob" command can be used to record this offset.
3690 Currently, CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND is not supported when
3691 using CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB.
3693 - CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
3695 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
3696 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
3697 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
3699 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_UBI:
3701 Define this if you have an UBI volume that you want to use for the
3702 environment. This has the benefit of wear-leveling the environment
3703 accesses, which is important on NAND.
3705 - CONFIG_ENV_UBI_PART:
3707 Define this to a string that is the mtd partition containing the UBI.
3709 - CONFIG_ENV_UBI_VOLUME:
3711 Define this to the name of the volume that you want to store the
3714 - CONFIG_ENV_UBI_VOLUME_REDUND:
3716 Define this to the name of another volume to store a second copy of
3717 the environment in. This will enable redundant environments in UBI.
3718 It is assumed that both volumes are in the same MTD partition.
3720 - CONFIG_UBI_SILENCE_MSG
3721 - CONFIG_UBIFS_SILENCE_MSG
3723 You will probably want to define these to avoid a really noisy system
3724 when storing the env in UBI.
3726 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FAT:
3727 Define this if you want to use the FAT file system for the environment.
3729 - FAT_ENV_INTERFACE:
3731 Define this to a string that is the name of the block device.
3733 - FAT_ENV_DEVICE_AND_PART:
3735 Define this to a string to specify the partition of the device. It can
3738 "D:P", "D:0", "D", "D:" or "D:auto" (D, P are integers. And P >= 1)
3739 - "D:P": device D partition P. Error occurs if device D has no
3742 - "D" or "D:": device D partition 1 if device D has partition
3743 table, or the whole device D if has no partition
3745 - "D:auto": first partition in device D with bootable flag set.
3746 If none, first valid partition in device D. If no
3747 partition table then means device D.
3751 It's a string of the FAT file name. This file use to store the
3755 This must be enabled. Otherwise it cannot save the environment file.
3757 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_MMC:
3759 Define this if you have an MMC device which you want to use for the
3762 - CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV:
3764 Specifies which MMC device the environment is stored in.
3766 - CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_PART (optional):
3768 Specifies which MMC partition the environment is stored in. If not
3769 set, defaults to partition 0, the user area. Common values might be
3770 1 (first MMC boot partition), 2 (second MMC boot partition).
3772 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3775 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
3776 area within the specified MMC device.
3778 If offset is positive (the usual case), it is treated as relative to
3779 the start of the MMC partition. If offset is negative, it is treated
3780 as relative to the end of the MMC partition. This can be useful if
3781 your board may be fitted with different MMC devices, which have
3782 different sizes for the MMC partitions, and you always want the
3783 environment placed at the very end of the partition, to leave the
3784 maximum possible space before it, to store other data.
3786 These two values are in units of bytes, but must be aligned to an
3787 MMC sector boundary.
3789 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
3791 Specifies a second storage area, of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE size, used to
3792 hold a redundant copy of the environment data. This provides a
3793 valid backup copy in case the other copy is corrupted, e.g. due
3794 to a power failure during a "saveenv" operation.
3796 This value may also be positive or negative; this is handled in the
3797 same way as CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET.
3799 This value is also in units of bytes, but must also be aligned to
3800 an MMC sector boundary.
3802 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND (optional):
3804 This value need not be set, even when CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND is
3805 set. If this value is set, it must be set to the same value as
3808 Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
3809 has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
3810 created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_f()
3811 until then to read environment variables.
3813 The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
3814 is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
3815 with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
3816 necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
3817 "baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
3818 have any device yet where we could complain.]
3820 Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
3821 the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
3822 use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
3824 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
3825 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
3827 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
3828 also needs to be defined.
3830 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
3831 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
3833 - CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
3834 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
3835 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
3836 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
3837 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
3838 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
3840 - CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
3841 Display information about the board that U-Boot is running on
3842 when U-Boot starts up. The board function checkboard() is called
3845 - CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE
3846 Similar to the previous option, but display this information
3847 later, once stdio is running and output goes to the LCD, if
3850 - CONFIG_BOARD_SIZE_LIMIT:
3851 Maximum size of the U-Boot image. When defined, the
3852 build system checks that the actual size does not
3855 Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
3856 ---------------------------------------------------
3858 - CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
3859 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
3861 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
3862 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
3865 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
3866 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
3867 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
3869 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
3870 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
3871 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
3872 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
3873 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
3874 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
3875 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
3877 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
3878 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
3880 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
3881 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
3882 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
3883 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3884 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3886 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
3887 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
3888 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3889 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3891 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE:
3892 If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be
3893 forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated.
3895 - Floppy Disk Support:
3896 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
3898 the default drive number (default value 0)
3900 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
3902 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
3905 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
3907 defines the offset of register from address. It
3908 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
3909 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
3911 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
3912 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
3915 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
3916 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
3917 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
3918 source code. It is used to make hardware-dependent
3922 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
3923 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
3924 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
3925 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
3926 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
3929 - CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
3930 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
3931 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx systems only]
3933 - CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
3935 Start address of memory area that can be used for
3936 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
3937 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
3938 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
3939 will become available only after programming the
3940 memory controller and running certain initialization
3943 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
3944 - MPC8xx: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
3946 - CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
3948 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
3949 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
3950 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
3951 data is located at the end of the available space
3952 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
3953 GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
3954 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
3955 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
3958 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
3959 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
3960 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
3961 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
3962 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
3964 - CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
3966 - CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
3969 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
3970 periodic timer for refresh
3972 - FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
3973 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
3974 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
3975 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
3976 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
3978 - SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
3979 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
3980 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
3981 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
3983 - CONFIG_PCI_ENUM_ONLY
3984 Only scan through and get the devices on the buses.
3985 Don't do any setup work, presumably because someone or
3986 something has already done it, and we don't need to do it
3987 a second time. Useful for platforms that are pre-booted
3988 by coreboot or similar.
3990 - CONFIG_PCI_INDIRECT_BRIDGE:
3991 Enable support for indirect PCI bridges.
3994 Chip has SRIO or not
3997 Board has SRIO 1 port available
4000 Board has SRIO 2 port available
4002 - CONFIG_SRIO_PCIE_BOOT_MASTER
4003 Board can support master function for Boot from SRIO and PCIE
4005 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
4006 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
4008 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYS:
4009 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
4011 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
4012 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
4014 - CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BUSWIDTH_16BIT
4015 Defined to tell the NAND controller that the NAND chip is using
4017 Not all NAND drivers use this symbol.
4018 Example of drivers that use it:
4019 - drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c
4020 - drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
4022 - CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
4023 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
4024 a default value will be used.
4027 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
4028 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
4031 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
4033 - CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
4034 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
4035 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
4036 to something your driver can deal with.
4038 - CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
4039 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
4040 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
4041 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
4042 header files or board specific files.
4044 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
4045 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
4047 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_SYNC_REFRESH
4048 Enable sync of refresh for multiple controllers.
4050 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_BIST
4051 Enable built-in memory test for Freescale DDR controllers.
4053 - CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
4054 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
4055 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
4058 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
4059 Note that this is a global option, we can't
4060 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
4062 - CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
4063 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
4066 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
4068 Where address/count indicate a memory area
4069 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
4073 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
4074 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
4077 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
4082 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
4084 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
4085 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
4087 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
4088 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
4090 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
4091 [ARM, NDS32, MIPS only] If this variable is defined, then certain
4092 low level initializations (like setting up the memory
4093 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
4094 relocate itself into RAM.
4096 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
4097 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
4098 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
4099 these initializations itself.
4101 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT_ONLY
4102 [ARM926EJ-S only] This allows just the call to lowlevel_init()
4103 to be skipped. The normal CP15 init (such as enabling the
4104 instruction cache) is still performed.
4107 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
4108 that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
4109 compiling a NAND SPL.
4112 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
4113 that is executed after the SPL and before the actual U-Boot.
4114 It is loaded by the SPL.
4116 - CONFIG_SYS_MPC85XX_NO_RESETVEC
4117 Only for 85xx systems. If this variable is specified, the section
4118 .resetvec is not kept and the section .bootpg is placed in the
4119 previous 4k of the .text section.
4121 - CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM
4122 Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses
4123 effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard
4124 U-Boot address as virtual addresses that need to be translated
4125 to physical addresses. However, sandbox requires this, since
4126 it maintains its own little RAM buffer which contains all
4127 addressable memory. This option causes some memory accesses
4128 to be mapped through map_sysmem() / unmap_sysmem().
4130 - CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR
4131 If defined, the x86 reset vector code is included. This is not
4132 needed when U-Boot is running from Coreboot.
4134 - CONFIG_SPL_AM33XX_ENABLE_RTC32K_OSC:
4135 Enables the RTC32K OSC on AM33xx based plattforms
4137 - CONFIG_SYS_NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE
4138 Option to disable subpage write in NAND driver
4139 driver that uses this:
4140 drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
4142 Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
4143 -----------------------------------
4145 The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
4146 loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
4147 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
4148 are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
4151 - CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR
4152 The address in the storage device where the FMAN microcode is located. The
4153 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
4156 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_ADDR
4157 The address in the storage device where the QE microcode is located. The
4158 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
4161 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
4162 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
4163 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
4164 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
4165 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
4167 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
4168 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
4169 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
4170 virtual address in NOR flash.
4172 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
4173 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
4174 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
4176 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
4177 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
4178 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
4180 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
4181 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
4182 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
4183 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO or PCIE outbound
4184 window->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in
4185 master's memory space.
4187 Freescale Layerscape Management Complex Firmware Support:
4188 ---------------------------------------------------------
4189 The Freescale Layerscape Management Complex (MC) supports the loading of
4191 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
4192 are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
4195 - CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
4196 Enable the MC driver for Layerscape SoCs.
4198 Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support:
4199 -------------------------------------------
4200 The Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support supports the loading of
4201 "Debug Server firmware" and triggering SP boot-rom.
4202 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting.
4204 - CONFIG_SYS_MC_RSV_MEM_ALIGN
4205 Define alignment of reserved memory MC requires
4210 In order to achieve reproducible builds, timestamps used in the U-Boot build
4211 process have to be set to a fixed value.
4213 This is done using the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable.
4214 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is to be set on the build host's shell, not as a configuration
4215 option for U-Boot or an environment variable in U-Boot.
4217 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH should be set to a number of seconds since the epoch, in UTC.
4219 Building the Software:
4220 ======================
4222 Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
4223 and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
4224 all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
4225 (potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
4226 recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
4227 which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
4229 If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
4230 have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
4231 you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
4232 Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
4233 necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
4235 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
4236 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
4238 Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
4239 the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
4240 (http://www.mingw.org). Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
4241 toolchain and execute 'make tools'. For example:
4243 $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools
4245 Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
4246 be executed on computers running Windows.
4248 U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
4249 sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
4254 where "NAME_defconfig" is the name of one of the existing configu-
4255 rations; see boards.cfg for supported names.
4257 Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
4258 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
4259 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
4260 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
4261 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
4263 make TQM823L_defconfig
4264 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
4266 make TQM823L_LCD_defconfig
4267 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
4272 Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
4273 images ready for download to / installation on your system:
4275 - "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
4276 - "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
4277 - "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
4279 By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
4280 in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
4281 this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
4283 1. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
4285 make O=/tmp/build distclean
4286 make O=/tmp/build NAME_defconfig
4287 make O=/tmp/build all
4289 2. Set environment variable KBUILD_OUTPUT to point to the desired location:
4291 export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/build
4296 Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the KBUILD_OUTPUT environment
4300 Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
4301 for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
4305 If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
4306 to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
4309 1. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
4310 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
4311 the "Makefile" and a "<board>.c".
4312 2. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
4314 3. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
4315 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
4316 4. Run "make <board>_defconfig" with your new name.
4317 5. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
4318 to be installed on your target system.
4319 6. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
4320 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
4323 Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
4324 ==============================================================
4326 If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
4327 or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
4328 provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
4329 the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
4330 official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
4332 But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
4333 cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
4334 the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
4335 just run the buildman script (tools/buildman/buildman), which will
4336 configure and build U-Boot for ALL supported system. Be warned, this
4337 will take a while. Please see the buildman README, or run 'buildman -H'
4341 See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
4344 Monitor Commands - Overview:
4345 ============================
4347 go - start application at address 'addr'
4348 run - run commands in an environment variable
4349 bootm - boot application image from memory
4350 bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
4351 bootz - boot zImage from memory
4352 tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
4353 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
4354 (and eventually "gatewayip")
4355 tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
4356 rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
4357 diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
4358 loads - load S-Record file over serial line
4359 loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
4361 mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
4362 nm - memory modify (constant address)
4363 mw - memory write (fill)
4365 cmp - memory compare
4366 crc32 - checksum calculation
4367 i2c - I2C sub-system
4368 sspi - SPI utility commands
4369 base - print or set address offset
4370 printenv- print environment variables
4371 setenv - set environment variables
4372 saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
4373 protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
4374 erase - erase FLASH memory
4375 flinfo - print FLASH memory information
4376 nand - NAND memory operations (see doc/README.nand)
4377 bdinfo - print Board Info structure
4378 iminfo - print header information for application image
4379 coninfo - print console devices and informations
4380 ide - IDE sub-system
4381 loop - infinite loop on address range
4382 loopw - infinite write loop on address range
4383 mtest - simple RAM test
4384 icache - enable or disable instruction cache
4385 dcache - enable or disable data cache
4386 reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
4387 echo - echo args to console
4388 version - print monitor version
4389 help - print online help
4390 ? - alias for 'help'
4393 Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
4394 ========================================
4398 For now: just type "help <command>".
4401 Environment Variables:
4402 ======================
4404 U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
4405 can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
4407 Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
4408 "printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
4409 without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
4410 environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
4411 working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
4412 environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
4414 Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
4416 List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
4418 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
4420 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
4422 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
4424 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
4426 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
4428 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
4429 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
4430 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
4431 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
4432 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
4433 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
4434 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
4437 bootm_mapsize - Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel.
4438 This variable is given as a hexadecimal number and it
4439 defines the size of the memory region starting at base
4440 address bootm_low that is accessible by the Linux kernel
4441 during early boot. If unset, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is used
4442 as the default value if it is defined, and bootm_size is
4445 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
4446 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
4447 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
4448 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
4449 environment variable.
4451 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
4452 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
4453 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
4455 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
4456 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
4457 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
4458 load any image using TFTP
4460 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
4461 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
4462 be automatically started (by internally calling
4465 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
4466 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
4467 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
4468 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
4471 fdt_high - if set this restricts the maximum address that the
4472 flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot.
4473 For example, if you have a system with 1 GB memory
4474 at physical address 0x10000000, while Linux kernel
4475 only recognizes the first 704 MB as low memory, you
4476 may need to set fdt_high as 0x3C000000 to have the
4477 device tree blob be copied to the maximum address
4478 of the 704 MB low memory, so that Linux kernel can
4479 access it during the boot procedure.
4481 If this is set to the special value 0xFFFFFFFF then
4482 the fdt will not be copied at all on boot. For this
4483 to work it must reside in writable memory, have
4484 sufficient padding on the end of it for u-boot to
4485 add the information it needs into it, and the memory
4486 must be accessible by the kernel.
4488 fdtcontroladdr- if set this is the address of the control flattened
4489 device tree used by U-Boot when CONFIG_OF_CONTROL is
4492 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
4493 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
4494 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
4495 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
4496 it must be saved and board must be reset.
4498 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
4499 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
4500 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
4501 is usually what you want since it allows for
4502 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
4503 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
4504 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
4505 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
4506 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
4507 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
4508 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
4510 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
4511 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
4512 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
4513 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
4514 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
4515 12 MB as well - this can be done with
4517 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
4519 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
4520 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
4521 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
4522 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
4523 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
4524 boot time on your system, but requires that this
4525 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
4527 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
4529 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
4530 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
4532 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
4534 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
4536 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
4538 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
4540 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
4542 ethprime - controls which interface is used first.
4544 ethact - controls which interface is currently active.
4545 For example you can do the following
4547 => setenv ethact FEC
4548 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
4549 => setenv ethact SCC
4550 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
4552 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
4553 available network interfaces.
4554 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
4556 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
4557 either succeed or fail without retrying.
4558 When set to "once" the network operation will
4559 fail when all the available network interfaces
4560 are tried once without success.
4561 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
4564 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
4566 silent_linux - If set then Linux will be told to boot silently, by
4567 changing the console to be empty. If "yes" it will be
4568 made silent. If "no" it will not be made silent. If
4569 unset, then it will be made silent if the U-Boot console
4572 tftpsrcp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
4575 tftpdstp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
4576 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
4578 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
4579 we use the TFTP server's default block size
4581 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
4582 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
4583 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
4584 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
4585 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
4586 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
4587 with unreliable TFTP servers.
4589 tftptimeoutcountmax - maximum count of TFTP timeouts (no
4590 unit, minimum value = 0). Defines how many timeouts
4591 can happen during a single file transfer before that
4592 transfer is aborted. The default is 10, and 0 means
4593 'no timeouts allowed'. Increasing this value may help
4594 downloads succeed with high packet loss rates, or with
4595 unreliable TFTP servers or client hardware.
4597 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
4598 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
4601 bootpretryperiod - Period during which BOOTP/DHCP sends retries.
4602 Unsigned value, in milliseconds. If not set, the period will
4603 be either the default (28000), or a value based on
4604 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT, if defined. This value has
4605 precedence over the valu based on CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT.
4607 The following image location variables contain the location of images
4608 used in booting. The "Image" column gives the role of the image and is
4609 not an environment variable name. The other columns are environment
4610 variable names. "File Name" gives the name of the file on a TFTP
4611 server, "RAM Address" gives the location in RAM the image will be
4612 loaded to, and "Flash Location" gives the image's address in NOR
4613 flash or offset in NAND flash.
4615 *Note* - these variables don't have to be defined for all boards, some
4616 boards currently use other variables for these purposes, and some
4617 boards use these variables for other purposes.
4619 Image File Name RAM Address Flash Location
4620 ----- --------- ----------- --------------
4621 u-boot u-boot u-boot_addr_r u-boot_addr
4622 Linux kernel bootfile kernel_addr_r kernel_addr
4623 device tree blob fdtfile fdt_addr_r fdt_addr
4624 ramdisk ramdiskfile ramdisk_addr_r ramdisk_addr
4626 The following environment variables may be used and automatically
4627 updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
4628 depending the information provided by your boot server:
4630 bootfile - see above
4631 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
4632 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
4633 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
4634 hostname - Target hostname
4636 netmask - Subnet Mask
4637 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
4638 serverip - see above
4641 There are two special Environment Variables:
4643 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
4644 as type string and/or serial number
4645 ethaddr - Ethernet address
4647 These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
4648 the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
4649 once they have been set once.
4652 Further special Environment Variables:
4654 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
4655 with the "version" command. This variable is
4656 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
4659 Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
4660 only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
4663 Callback functions for environment variables:
4664 ---------------------------------------------
4666 For some environment variables, the behavior of u-boot needs to change
4667 when their values are changed. This functionality allows functions to
4668 be associated with arbitrary variables. On creation, overwrite, or
4669 deletion, the callback will provide the opportunity for some side
4670 effect to happen or for the change to be rejected.
4672 The callbacks are named and associated with a function using the
4673 U_BOOT_ENV_CALLBACK macro in your board or driver code.
4675 These callbacks are associated with variables in one of two ways. The
4676 static list can be added to by defining CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_STATIC
4677 in the board configuration to a string that defines a list of
4678 associations. The list must be in the following format:
4680 entry = variable_name[:callback_name]
4683 If the callback name is not specified, then the callback is deleted.
4684 Spaces are also allowed anywhere in the list.
4686 Callbacks can also be associated by defining the ".callbacks" variable
4687 with the same list format above. Any association in ".callbacks" will
4688 override any association in the static list. You can define
4689 CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_DEFAULT to a list (string) to define the
4690 ".callbacks" environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
4692 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
4693 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to be connected to
4694 the same callback without explicitly listing them all out.
4697 Command Line Parsing:
4698 =====================
4700 There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
4701 the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
4703 Old, simple command line parser:
4704 --------------------------------
4706 - supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
4707 - several commands on one line, separated by ';'
4708 - variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
4709 - special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
4711 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
4712 - You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
4713 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
4718 - similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
4719 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
4720 until...do...done, ...
4721 - supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
4722 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
4723 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
4729 (1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
4730 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
4731 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
4734 (2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
4735 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
4736 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
4737 variables are not executed.
4739 Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
4740 =======================================
4742 Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
4743 such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
4744 "working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
4746 Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
4747 MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
4748 "eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
4750 If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
4751 in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
4752 ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
4753 variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
4755 o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
4756 environment, the SROM's address is used.
4758 o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
4759 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
4762 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
4763 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
4765 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
4766 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
4769 o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
4770 is raised. If CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, then in this case
4771 a random, locally-assigned MAC is used.
4773 If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
4774 will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
4775 may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
4776 The naming convention is as follows:
4777 "ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
4782 U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
4783 images in two formats:
4785 New uImage format (FIT)
4786 -----------------------
4788 Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
4789 to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
4790 components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
4791 SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
4797 Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
4798 preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
4799 details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
4801 * Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
4802 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
4803 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
4804 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
4806 * Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, Intel x86,
4807 IA64, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
4808 Currently supported: ARM, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC).
4809 * Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
4815 The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
4816 and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
4823 Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
4824 easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
4827 U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
4828 special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
4829 "initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
4830 instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
4831 serves several purposes:
4833 - the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
4834 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
4835 Flash memory footprint)
4837 - it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
4838 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
4840 - the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
4841 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
4842 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
4843 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
4844 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
4845 software is easier now.
4851 Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
4852 ---------------------------------------
4854 U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
4855 configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
4856 (no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
4859 But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
4861 Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
4862 include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
4863 Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
4864 and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
4865 as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
4867 Note that U-Boot now has a driver model, a unified model for drivers.
4868 If you are adding a new driver, plumb it into driver model. If there
4869 is no uclass available, you are encouraged to create one. See
4873 Configuring the Linux kernel:
4874 -----------------------------
4876 No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
4877 device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
4880 Building a Linux Image:
4881 -----------------------
4883 With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
4884 not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
4885 "uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
4886 U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
4887 which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
4888 100% compatible format.
4892 make TQM850L_defconfig
4897 The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
4898 encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
4899 CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
4901 * build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
4903 * convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
4905 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
4906 -R .note -R .comment \
4907 -S vmlinux linux.bin
4909 * compress the binary image:
4913 * package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
4915 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
4916 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
4917 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
4920 The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
4921 with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
4922 combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
4923 byte header containing information about target architecture,
4924 operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
4925 stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
4927 "mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
4928 print the header information, or to build new images.
4930 In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
4931 contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
4932 checksum verification:
4934 tools/mkimage -l image
4935 -l ==> list image header information
4937 The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
4938 from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
4940 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
4941 -n name -d data_file image
4942 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
4943 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
4944 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
4945 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
4946 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
4947 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
4948 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
4949 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
4951 Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
4952 address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
4955 - 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
4956 - 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
4958 So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
4960 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4961 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
4962 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
4963 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
4964 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4965 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4966 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4967 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4968 Load Address: 0x00000000
4969 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4971 To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
4973 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
4974 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4975 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4976 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4977 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
4978 Load Address: 0x00000000
4979 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4981 NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
4982 speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
4983 needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
4984 need to be uncompressed:
4986 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
4987 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4988 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
4989 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
4990 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
4991 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4992 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4993 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
4994 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
4995 Load Address: 0x00000000
4996 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4999 Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
5000 when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
5002 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
5003 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
5004 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
5005 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
5006 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
5007 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
5008 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
5009 Load Address: 0x00000000
5010 Entry Point: 0x00000000
5012 The "dumpimage" is a tool to disassemble images built by mkimage. Its "-i"
5013 option performs the converse operation of the mkimage's second form (the "-d"
5014 option). Given an image built by mkimage, the dumpimage extracts a "data file"
5017 tools/dumpimage -i image -T type -p position data_file
5018 -i ==> extract from the 'image' a specific 'data_file'
5019 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
5020 -p ==> 'position' (starting at 0) of the 'data_file' inside the 'image'
5023 Installing a Linux Image:
5024 -------------------------
5026 To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
5027 you must convert the image to S-Record format:
5029 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
5031 The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
5032 image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
5033 address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
5034 specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
5037 Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
5038 TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
5040 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
5046 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
5047 ~>examples/image.srec
5048 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
5050 15989 15990 15991 15992
5051 [file transfer complete]
5053 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
5056 You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
5057 this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
5058 corruption happened:
5062 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
5063 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
5064 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5065 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
5066 Load Address: 00000000
5067 Entry Point: 0000000c
5068 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5074 The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
5075 memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
5076 of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
5077 parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
5078 "printenv" and "setenv" commands:
5081 => printenv bootargs
5082 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
5084 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
5086 => printenv bootargs
5087 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
5090 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
5091 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
5092 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5093 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
5094 Load Address: 00000000
5095 Entry Point: 0000000c
5096 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5097 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
5098 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
5099 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
5100 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
5101 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
5102 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
5105 If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
5106 the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
5107 format!) to the "bootm" command:
5109 => imi 40100000 40200000
5111 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
5112 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
5113 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5114 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
5115 Load Address: 00000000
5116 Entry Point: 0000000c
5117 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5119 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
5120 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
5121 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
5122 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
5123 Load Address: 00000000
5124 Entry Point: 00000000
5125 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5127 => bootm 40100000 40200000
5128 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
5129 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
5130 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5131 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
5132 Load Address: 00000000
5133 Entry Point: 0000000c
5134 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5135 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
5136 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
5137 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
5138 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
5139 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
5140 Load Address: 00000000
5141 Entry Point: 00000000
5142 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5143 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
5144 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
5145 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
5146 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
5147 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
5149 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
5150 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
5154 Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
5157 First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
5158 titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
5159 following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
5165 oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
5166 => tftp $oftaddr $oft
5167 Speed: 1000, full duplex
5169 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
5170 Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
5171 Load address: 0x300000
5174 Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
5175 => tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
5176 Speed: 1000, full duplex
5178 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
5180 Load address: 0x200000
5181 Loading:############
5183 Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
5188 => bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
5189 ## Booting image at 00200000 ...
5190 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
5191 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5192 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
5193 Load Address: 00000000
5194 Entry Point: 00000000
5195 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5196 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
5197 Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
5198 Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
5199 Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
5203 More About U-Boot Image Types:
5204 ------------------------------
5206 U-Boot supports the following image types:
5208 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
5209 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
5210 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
5211 the Standalone Program.
5212 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
5213 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
5214 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
5215 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
5216 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
5217 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
5218 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
5220 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
5221 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
5222 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
5223 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
5224 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
5225 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
5227 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
5228 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
5229 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
5230 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
5231 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
5232 a multiple of 4 bytes).
5234 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
5235 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
5238 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
5239 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
5240 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
5241 as command interpreter.
5243 Booting the Linux zImage:
5244 -------------------------
5246 On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
5247 using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
5248 as the syntax of "bootm" command.
5250 Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD allows user to supply
5251 kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
5252 address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
5253 format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
5259 One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
5260 run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
5261 U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
5263 Two simple examples are included with the sources:
5268 'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
5269 application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
5270 It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
5274 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
5275 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
5276 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
5277 [file transfer complete]
5279 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
5281 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
5282 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
5293 Hit any key to exit ...
5295 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
5297 Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
5298 handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
5299 Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
5300 The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
5301 character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
5302 controlled by the following keys:
5304 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
5305 b - enable interrupts and start timer
5306 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
5307 q - quit application
5310 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
5311 ~>examples/timer.srec
5312 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
5313 [file transfer complete]
5315 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
5318 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
5321 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
5324 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
5327 [q, b, e, ?] ........
5328 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
5331 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
5334 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
5337 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
5339 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
5341 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
5347 Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
5348 "minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
5349 consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
5350 Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
5351 especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
5352 use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). See
5353 http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.
5354 for help with kermit.
5357 Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
5358 configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
5360 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
5361 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
5362 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
5368 Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
5369 (build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
5371 Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
5372 NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
5373 need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
5374 Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
5375 attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
5376 missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
5378 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
5380 # ln -s powerpc machine
5381 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
5382 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
5384 Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
5385 and U-Boot include files.
5387 Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
5388 stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
5389 proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
5390 tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
5391 meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
5394 Implementation Internals:
5395 =========================
5397 The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
5398 implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
5399 inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
5403 Initial Stack, Global Data:
5404 ---------------------------
5406 The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
5407 starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
5408 system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
5409 This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
5410 is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
5411 at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
5412 options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
5413 models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
5414 MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
5415 locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
5417 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
5418 U-Boot mailing list:
5420 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
5421 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
5422 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
5425 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
5426 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
5427 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
5428 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
5429 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
5430 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
5431 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
5432 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
5434 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
5435 is another option for the system designer to use as an
5436 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
5437 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
5438 board designers haven't used it for something that would
5439 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
5442 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
5443 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
5444 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
5445 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
5446 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
5447 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
5448 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
5449 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
5450 you get the config right.
5455 It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
5456 code for the initialization procedures:
5458 * Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
5461 * Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitly initialized
5462 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
5463 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
5465 * Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
5468 Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
5469 normal global data to share information between the code. But it
5470 turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
5471 simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
5472 functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
5473 functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
5474 the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
5475 place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
5476 reserve for this purpose.
5478 When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
5479 relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
5480 GCC's implementation.
5482 For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
5484 R2: reserved for system use
5485 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
5486 R5-R10: parameter passing
5487 R13: small data area pointer
5491 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
5492 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
5493 going back and forth between asm and C)
5495 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
5497 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
5498 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
5499 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
5500 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
5501 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
5502 624 text + 127 data).
5504 On ARM, the following registers are used:
5506 R0: function argument word/integer result
5507 R1-R3: function argument word
5508 R9: platform specific
5509 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking is enabled)
5510 R11: argument (frame) pointer
5511 R12: temporary workspace
5514 R15: program counter
5516 ==> U-Boot will use R9 to hold a pointer to the global data
5518 Note: on ARM, only R_ARM_RELATIVE relocations are supported.
5520 On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
5521 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
5523 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
5525 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
5526 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
5528 On NDS32, the following registers are used:
5530 R0-R1: argument/return
5532 R15: temporary register for assembler
5533 R16: trampoline register
5534 R28: frame pointer (FP)
5535 R29: global pointer (GP)
5536 R30: link register (LP)
5537 R31: stack pointer (SP)
5538 PC: program counter (PC)
5540 ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data
5542 NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
5543 or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
5548 U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
5549 MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
5551 The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
5552 controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
5553 memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
5554 physical memory banks.
5556 U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
5557 TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
5558 booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
5559 to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
5560 memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
5561 configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
5562 Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
5564 Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
5565 of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
5567 So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
5570 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
5573 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
5579 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
5580 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
5581 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
5584 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
5585 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
5586 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
5587 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
5590 System Initialization:
5591 ----------------------
5593 In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
5594 (on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
5595 configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the on board Flash memory.
5596 To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
5597 To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
5598 initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
5599 which provide such a feature like), or in a locked part of the data
5600 cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core, the caches and
5603 Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
5604 preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
5605 (multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
5606 on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
5607 programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
5608 simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
5611 When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
5612 different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
5613 bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
5614 0x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
5615 contiguous memory starting from 0.
5617 Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
5618 and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
5619 Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
5620 pages, and the final stack is set up.
5622 Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
5623 until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
5624 running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
5628 U-Boot Porting Guide:
5629 ----------------------
5631 [Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
5635 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
5637 sighandler_t no_more_time;
5639 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
5640 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
5642 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
5643 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
5647 Download latest U-Boot source;
5649 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
5652 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
5655 Read the README file in the top level directory;
5656 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
5657 Read applicable doc/*.README;
5658 Read the source, Luke;
5659 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
5662 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
5665 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
5667 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
5668 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
5669 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
5671 Create your own board support subdirectory;
5672 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
5674 Edit new board/<myboard> files
5675 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
5680 Add / modify source code;
5684 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
5686 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
5687 if (reasonable critiques)
5688 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
5690 Defend code as written;
5696 void no_more_time (int sig)
5705 All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
5706 coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
5707 "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
5709 Source files originating from a different project (for example the
5710 MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
5711 reformatted to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
5714 Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
5715 Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
5718 Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
5719 - remove any trailing white space
5720 - use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
5721 - make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
5722 - do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
5723 - do not add trailing empty lines to source files
5725 Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
5726 with a request to reformat the changes.
5732 Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
5733 establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
5734 may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
5736 Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
5738 Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
5739 see http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
5741 When you send a patch, please include the following information with
5744 * For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
5745 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
5746 patch actually fixes something.
5748 * For new features: a description of the feature and your
5751 * A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
5753 * For major contributions, add a MAINTAINERS file with your
5754 information and associated file and directory references.
5756 * When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add a
5757 maintainer e-mail address to the boards.cfg file, too.
5759 * If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
5760 document these in the README file.
5762 * The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
5763 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
5764 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
5765 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
5766 with some other mail clients.
5768 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
5769 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
5772 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
5773 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
5774 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
5777 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
5778 and compressed attachments must not be used.
5780 * If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
5781 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
5783 * Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
5784 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
5789 * Before sending the patch, run the buildman script on your patched
5790 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
5791 for any of the boards.
5793 * Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
5794 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
5795 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
5797 * If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
5798 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
5799 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
5800 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
5801 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
5804 * Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
5805 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
5806 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
5807 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.