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27 This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
28 Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
29 processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
30 initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
33 The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
34 the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
35 header files in common, and special provision has been made to
36 support booting of Linux images.
38 Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
39 configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
40 implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
41 add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
42 code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
43 load and run it dynamically.
49 In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
50 Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
51 "working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
53 In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
54 who contributed the specific port. The MAINTAINERS file lists board
61 In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
62 U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
63 <u-boot@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic
64 on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
65 Please see http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
66 http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot
69 Where to get source code:
70 =========================
72 The U-Boot source code is maintained in the git repository at
73 git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
74 http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
76 The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
77 any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
78 available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
81 Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
82 ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
88 - start from 8xxrom sources
89 - create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
91 - make it easier to add custom boards
92 - make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
93 - extend functions, especially:
94 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
97 * PCMCIA / CompactFlash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
98 - create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
99 - add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
100 - create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
101 - current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
107 The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
108 "U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
109 in source files etc.). Example:
111 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
113 File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
115 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
117 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
119 Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
120 the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
122 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
123 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
129 Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
130 were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
131 into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
132 names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
133 Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
134 releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
137 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
138 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
139 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candiate 1 for September 2010 release
145 /arch Architecture specific files
146 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture
147 /cpu CPU specific files
148 /arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
149 /arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
150 /at91rm9200 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
151 /imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
152 /s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
153 /arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
154 /arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
155 /arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
156 /ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
157 /pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
158 /s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
159 /sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
160 /lib Architecture specific library files
161 /avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
162 /cpu CPU specific files
163 /lib Architecture specific library files
164 /blackfin Files generic to Analog Devices Blackfin architecture
165 /cpu CPU specific files
166 /lib Architecture specific library files
167 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
168 /cpu CPU specific files
169 /lib Architecture specific library files
170 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
171 /cpu CPU specific files
172 /mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
173 /mcf5227x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5227x CPUs
174 /mcf532x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5329 CPUs
175 /mcf5445x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5445x CPUs
176 /mcf547x_8x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF547x_8x CPUs
177 /lib Architecture specific library files
178 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
179 /cpu CPU specific files
180 /lib Architecture specific library files
181 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
182 /cpu CPU specific files
183 /lib Architecture specific library files
184 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
185 /cpu CPU specific files
186 /lib Architecture specific library files
187 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
188 /cpu CPU specific files
189 /74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
190 /mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
191 /mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
192 /mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
193 /mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
194 /mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
195 /mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
196 /mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
197 /ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
198 /lib Architecture specific library files
199 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
200 /cpu CPU specific files
201 /sh2 Files specific to sh2 CPUs
202 /sh3 Files specific to sh3 CPUs
203 /sh4 Files specific to sh4 CPUs
204 /lib Architecture specific library files
205 /sparc Files generic to SPARC architecture
206 /cpu CPU specific files
207 /leon2 Files specific to Gaisler LEON2 SPARC CPU
208 /leon3 Files specific to Gaisler LEON3 SPARC CPU
209 /lib Architecture specific library files
210 /api Machine/arch independent API for external apps
211 /board Board dependent files
212 /common Misc architecture independent functions
213 /disk Code for disk drive partition handling
214 /doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
215 /drivers Commonly used device drivers
216 /examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
217 /fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
218 /include Header Files
219 /lib Files generic to all architectures
220 /libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees
221 /lzma Library files to support LZMA decompression
222 /lzo Library files to support LZO decompression
224 /post Power On Self Test
225 /rtc Real Time Clock drivers
226 /tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
228 Software Configuration:
229 =======================
231 Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
232 rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
234 There are two classes of configuration variables:
236 * Configuration _OPTIONS_:
237 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
240 * Configuration _SETTINGS_:
241 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
242 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
245 Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
246 identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
247 do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
248 links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
252 Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
253 ---------------------------------------------------
255 For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
256 configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
258 Example: For a TQM823L module type:
263 For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the CPU type as well;
264 e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
265 directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
268 Configuration Options:
269 ----------------------
271 Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
272 such information is kept in a configuration file
273 "include/configs/<board_name>.h".
275 Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
276 "include/configs/TQM823L.h".
279 Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
280 kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
281 build a config tool - later.
284 The following options need to be configured:
286 - CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
288 - Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
290 - CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
291 Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
293 - CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
294 Define exactly one of
296 --- FIXME --- not tested yet:
297 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
298 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
300 - Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
301 Define exactly one of
302 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
304 - Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
305 Define one or more of
308 - Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
309 Define one or more of
310 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
311 the LCD display every second with
314 - Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
317 CONFIG_SYS_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
318 CONFIG_SYS_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
319 CONFIG_SYS_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
320 CONFIG_SYS_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
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
327 - MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
328 Define exactly one of
329 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
331 - 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx CPU)
332 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
333 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
334 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
335 reference PIT/RTC clock
336 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
339 - 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
340 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
341 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
342 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
343 See doc/README.MPC866
345 CONFIG_SYS_MEASURE_CPUCLK
347 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
348 of relying on the correctness of the configured
349 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
350 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
351 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
352 RTC clock or CONFIG_SYS_8XX_XIN)
354 CONFIG_SYS_DELAYED_ICACHE
356 Define this option if you want to enable the
357 ICache only when Code runs from RAM.
359 - Intel Monahans options:
360 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
362 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
363 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
364 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
366 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
368 Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator
369 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
370 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
373 - Linux Kernel Interface:
376 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
377 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
378 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
379 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
380 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
381 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
383 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
384 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
387 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
389 When transferring memsize parameter to linux, some versions
390 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
391 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
395 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
396 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
400 * New libfdt-based support
401 * Adds the "fdt" command
402 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
404 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node (only required for
405 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
406 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node (only required for
407 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
408 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
409 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
411 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
414 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
416 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
417 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
421 This define fills in the correct boot CPU in the boot
422 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
426 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
427 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
428 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
429 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
430 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
431 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
433 - vxWorks boot parameters:
435 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
436 environments variables: bootfile, ipaddr, serverip, hostname.
437 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
439 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_DEVICE - The vxworks device name
440 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_MAC_PTR - Ethernet 6 byte MA -address
441 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_SERVERNAME - Name of the server
442 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_ADDR - Address of boot parameters
444 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_ADD_PARAMS
446 Add it at the end of the bootline. E.g "u=username pw=secret"
448 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
449 the defaults discussed just above.
454 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
458 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
462 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
463 the clock speed of the UARTs.
467 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
468 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
469 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
473 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
474 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
475 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
476 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
478 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
479 port routines must be defined elsewhere
480 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
483 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
484 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
485 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
487 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
490 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
491 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
492 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
494 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
495 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
496 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
497 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
498 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
499 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
500 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
501 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
503 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
505 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
506 (requires blink timer
508 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
509 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
511 (requires CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
512 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
514 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
515 linux_logo.h for logo.
516 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
517 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
518 additional board info beside
521 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
522 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
523 environment 'console=serial'.
525 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
526 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
527 the "silent" environment variable. See
528 doc/README.silent for more information.
531 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
532 Select one of the baudrates listed in
533 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
534 CONFIG_SYS_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
536 - Console Rx buffer length
537 With CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN it is possible to define
538 the maximum receive buffer length for the SMC.
539 This option is actual only for 82xx and 8xx possible.
540 If using CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN also CONFIG_SYS_MAXIDLE
541 must be defined, to setup the maximum idle timeout for
544 - Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
545 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
546 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
548 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
549 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
550 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
551 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
552 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
553 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
554 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
555 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
556 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
557 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
558 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
559 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
563 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
564 define a command string that is automatically executed
565 when no character is read on the console interface
566 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
569 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
570 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
571 environment value "bootargs".
573 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
574 The value of these goes into the environment as
575 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
576 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
582 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
583 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
584 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
585 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
586 entering interactive mode.
588 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
589 automatically generated or modified. For an example
590 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
591 modified when the user holds down a certain
592 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
595 - Serial Download Echo Mode:
597 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
598 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
599 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
600 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
601 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
602 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
604 - Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
606 Select one of the baudrates listed in
607 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
610 Monitor commands can be included or excluded
611 from the build by using the #include files
612 "config_cmd_all.h" and #undef'ing unwanted
613 commands, or using "config_cmd_default.h"
614 and augmenting with additional #define's
617 The default command configuration includes all commands
618 except those marked below with a "*".
620 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
621 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
622 CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
623 CONFIG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
624 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
625 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
626 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
627 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
628 CONFIG_CMD_CRC32 * crc32
629 CONFIG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
630 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
631 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
632 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510 * ds4510 I2C gpio commands
633 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_INFO * ds4510 I2C info command
634 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_MEM * ds4510 I2C eeprom/sram commansd
635 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_RST * ds4510 I2C rst command
636 CONFIG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
637 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
638 CONFIG_CMD_EDITENV edit env variable
639 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
640 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
641 CONFIG_CMD_EXPORTENV * export the environment
642 CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV saveenv
643 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
644 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support
645 CONFIG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
646 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
647 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
648 CONFIG_CMD_GO * the 'go' command (exec code)
649 CONFIG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
650 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
651 CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
652 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
653 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
654 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
655 CONFIG_CMD_IMPORTENV * import an environment
656 CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
657 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
658 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
659 CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
660 CONFIG_CMD_LDRINFO ldrinfo (display Blackfin loader)
661 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
662 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
663 CONFIG_CMD_MD5SUM print md5 message digest
664 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY and CONFIG_MD5)
665 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
667 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
668 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
669 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
670 CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS * MTD partition support
671 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
672 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
673 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X * PCA953x I2C gpio commands
674 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X_INFO * PCA953x I2C gpio info command
675 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
676 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
677 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
679 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
680 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
681 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
682 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
683 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
684 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
685 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
686 CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access
688 CONFIG_CMD_SHA1SUM print sha1 memory digest
689 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY)
690 CONFIG_CMD_SOURCE "source" command Support
691 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
692 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
693 CONFIG_CMD_VFD * VFD support (TRAB)
694 CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
695 CONFIG_CMD_FSL * Microblaze FSL support
698 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
699 support you can write:
701 #include "config_cmd_all.h"
702 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
705 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
707 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
708 (configuration option CONFIG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
709 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
710 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
711 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
712 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
713 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
714 initial stack and some data.
717 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
721 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
722 support. There must be support in the platform specific
723 code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260 CPUs, the
724 SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
728 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
729 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
730 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
731 version as printed by the "version" command.
732 This variable is readonly.
736 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
737 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
740 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
741 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
742 CONFIG_RTC_MC13783 - use MC13783 RTC
743 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
744 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
745 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
746 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
747 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
748 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
749 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
750 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
751 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
754 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
755 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
758 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
759 CONFIG_PCA953X_INFO - enable pca953x info command
761 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
762 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
763 pins supported by a particular chip.
765 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
766 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
770 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
771 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
772 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
773 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
776 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
777 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION
779 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CONFIG_CMD_IDE or
780 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at
781 least one partition type as well.
784 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
785 board configurations files but used nowhere!
787 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
788 be performed by calling the function
789 ide_set_reset(int reset)
790 which has to be defined in a board specific file
795 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
800 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
801 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
802 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
803 support disks up to 2.1TB.
805 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
806 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
810 At the moment only there is only support for the
811 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
812 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
814 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
815 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
816 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
817 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
819 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
821 - NETWORK Support (PCI):
823 Support for Intel 8254x gigabit chips.
825 CONFIG_E1000_FALLBACK_MAC
826 default MAC for empty EEPROM after production.
829 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
830 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
831 write routine for first time initialisation.
834 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
835 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
836 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
839 Support for National dp83815 chips.
842 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
844 - NETWORK Support (other):
846 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC
847 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.
850 Define this to use reduced MII inteface
852 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
853 If this defined, the driver is quiet.
854 The driver doen't show link status messages.
856 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
857 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
860 Define this to hold the physical address
861 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
863 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
864 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
866 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111
867 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
870 Define this to hold the physical address
871 of the device (I/O space)
873 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
874 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
876 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
877 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
878 (some hardware wont work with macros)
881 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
883 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
884 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
885 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
886 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
887 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
888 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
889 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
890 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
893 Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips
896 Define this to hold the physical address
897 of the device (I/O space)
899 CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT
900 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
902 CONFIG_SMC911X_16_BIT
903 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
904 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
905 words you may also try CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT.
908 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
910 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
911 Define the number of ports to be used
913 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
914 Define the ETH PHY's address
916 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
917 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
920 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
921 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
922 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
923 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
924 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
927 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
929 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
931 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
935 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
936 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
937 for differential drivers on PSC3: 0x00000100
938 for single ended drivers on PSC3: 0x00004100
939 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EVENT_POLL
940 May be defined to allow interrupt polling
941 instead of using asynchronous interrupts
944 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
945 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
946 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
947 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
948 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
949 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
950 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
951 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
952 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
954 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
955 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
956 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
957 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
960 Define this to build a UDC device
963 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
964 talk to the UDC device
966 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
967 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
971 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
972 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
973 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0x02
975 CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0xBLAH
976 Derive USB clock from brgclk
977 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0x04
979 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
980 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
981 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
982 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
983 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
984 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
986 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
987 Define this string as the name of your company for
988 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
990 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
991 Define this string as the name of your product
992 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
995 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
996 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
997 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
998 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
1000 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
1001 Define this as the unique Product ID
1003 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
1007 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1008 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1009 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
1010 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
1011 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1012 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
1014 - Journaling Flash filesystem support:
1015 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
1016 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
1017 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1019 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1020 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
1021 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1023 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
1024 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
1025 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
1027 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
1028 #define CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
1029 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you
1030 have not defined a custom partition
1035 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
1039 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
1040 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
1041 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
1042 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
1047 Define this to enable video support (for output to
1050 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
1052 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
1054 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
1055 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
1056 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
1057 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
1060 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
1061 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two different ways
1063 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
1064 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
1066 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
1067 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1068 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
1069 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
1070 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
1071 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
1072 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1073 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
1075 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
1076 from the bootargs. (See drivers/video/videomodes.c)
1079 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
1080 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
1081 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
1082 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
1085 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
1086 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1087 support, and should also define these other macros:
1093 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1094 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1096 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1098 The DIU driver will look for the 'monitor' environment variable,
1099 and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during boot. This
1100 variable should be set to one of these values:
1102 '0' Output video to the DVI connector
1103 '1' Output video to the LVDS connector
1104 '2' Output video to the Dual-Link LVDS connector
1109 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1110 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1111 defined in your board-specific files.
1112 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
1114 - LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1116 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1117 display); also select one of the supported displays
1118 by defining one of these:
1122 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1124 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
1126 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
1128 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
1130 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1131 Active, color, single scan.
1133 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1135 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
1136 Active, color, single scan.
1140 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1141 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1143 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1145 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1146 Active, color, single scan.
1150 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1151 Active, color, single scan.
1155 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1157 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1161 320x240. Black & white.
1163 Normally display is black on white background; define
1164 CONFIG_SYS_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
1166 - Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
1168 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1169 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1170 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
1171 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
1172 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1173 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1174 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1175 loaded very quickly after power-on.
1177 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN
1179 If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
1180 on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
1181 position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
1182 number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
1183 is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
1184 specify 'm' for centering the image.
1187 setenv splashpos m,m
1188 => image at center of screen
1190 setenv splashpos 30,20
1191 => image at x = 30 and y = 20
1193 setenv splashpos -10,m
1194 => vertically centered image
1195 at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9
1197 - Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
1199 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1200 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1201 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1203 - Run length encoded BMP image (RLE8) support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8
1205 If this option is set, 8-bit RLE compressed BMP images
1206 can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the
1209 - Compression support:
1212 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1213 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1214 compressed images are supported.
1216 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
1217 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
1222 If this option is set, support for lzma compressed
1225 Note: The LZMA algorithm adds between 2 and 4KB of code and it
1226 requires an amount of dynamic memory that is given by the
1229 (1846 + 768 << (lc + lp)) * sizeof(uint16)
1231 Where lc and lp stand for, respectively, Literal context bits
1232 and Literal pos bits.
1234 This value is upper-bounded by 14MB in the worst case. Anyway,
1235 for a ~4MB large kernel image, we have lc=3 and lp=0 for a
1236 total amount of (1846 + 768 << (3 + 0)) * 2 = ~41KB... that is
1237 a very small buffer.
1239 Use the lzmainfo tool to determinate the lc and lp values and
1240 then calculate the amount of needed dynamic memory (ensuring
1241 the appropriate CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN value).
1246 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1248 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1250 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1254 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
1255 detection of gigabit PHY is included.
1257 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1259 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1260 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1261 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1262 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1264 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1266 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1267 command issued before MII status register can be read
1277 Define a default value for Ethernet address to use
1278 for the respective Ethernet interface, in case this
1279 is not determined automatically.
1284 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1285 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
1286 determined through e.g. bootp.
1288 - Server IP address:
1291 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
1292 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1294 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1296 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1297 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1299 - Multicast TFTP Mode:
1302 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1303 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
1304 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
1305 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1308 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1309 - BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1310 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1312 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1313 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1314 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1315 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1316 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1317 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1318 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1319 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1320 following delays are inserted then:
1322 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1323 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1324 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1326 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1328 - DHCP Advanced Options:
1329 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1330 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1332 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1333 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1334 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1335 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1336 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1337 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1340 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1341 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1342 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1343 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
1345 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1346 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
1348 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1349 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1350 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1351 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1352 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1353 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1354 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1357 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1358 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1359 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
1360 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
1361 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1362 option 12 to the DHCP server.
1364 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1366 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1367 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1368 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1369 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1370 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1371 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1372 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1373 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1374 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1375 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1379 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
1381 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1383 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1385 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1390 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1391 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1392 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1394 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1396 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1397 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1401 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1405 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1409 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1411 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1413 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1414 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1416 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1418 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1420 - Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1422 Several configurations allow to display the current
1423 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1424 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1425 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1426 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1427 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1428 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1431 - CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1433 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1434 on those systems that support this (optional)
1435 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1437 - I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1439 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
1440 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
1441 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected CPU.
1443 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
1444 command line (as long as you set CONFIG_CMD_I2C in
1445 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1446 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
1447 command line interface.
1449 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
1451 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
1452 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1455 There are several other quantities that must also be
1456 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
1458 In both cases you will need to define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED
1459 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
1460 to run and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
1461 the CPU's i2c node address).
1463 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx
1464 (arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c) sets the CPU up as a master node
1465 and so its address should therefore be cleared to 0 (See,
1466 eg, MPC823e User's Manual p.16-473). So, set
1467 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
1469 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_MPC5XXX
1471 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1472 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1473 in progress. Reset the slave devices by sending start
1474 commands until the slave device responds.
1476 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
1478 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1479 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1480 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
1484 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
1485 controller or configure ports.
1487 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
1491 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1492 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1493 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
1497 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1498 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1501 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1505 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1506 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1509 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1513 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1516 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1520 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1521 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1523 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
1524 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
1525 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
1529 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1530 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1532 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
1533 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
1534 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
1538 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1539 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
1540 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
1543 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
1545 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
1547 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
1548 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
1549 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
1550 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
1552 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
1553 the generic GPIO functions.
1555 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1557 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1558 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1559 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1560 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1561 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1562 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1563 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1564 is run early in the boot sequence.
1566 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BOARD_LATE_INIT
1568 An alternative to CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD. If this option is
1569 defined a custom i2c_board_late_init() routine in
1570 boards/xxx/board.c is run AFTER the operations in i2c_init()
1571 is completed. This callpoint can be used to unreset i2c bus
1572 using CPU i2c controller register accesses for CPUs whose i2c
1573 controller provide such a method. It is called at the end of
1574 i2c_init() to allow i2c_init operations to setup the i2c bus
1575 controller on the CPU (e.g. setting bus speed & slave address).
1577 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1579 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1580 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1581 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1583 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1585 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
1586 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1587 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
1588 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1590 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
1592 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
1593 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1594 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
1595 a 1D array of device addresses
1598 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1599 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
1601 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1603 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1604 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
1606 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1608 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
1610 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1611 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1613 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
1615 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1616 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1618 CONFIG_SYS_DTT_BUS_NUM
1620 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
1621 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
1623 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DTT_ADDR:
1625 If defined, specifies the I2C address of the DTT device.
1626 If not defined, then U-Boot uses predefined value for
1627 specified DTT device.
1631 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
1632 drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c.
1636 Define this option if you have I2C devices reached over 1 .. n
1637 I2C Muxes like the pca9544a. This option addes a new I2C
1638 Command "i2c bus [muxtype:muxaddr:muxchannel]" which adds a
1639 new I2C Bus to the existing I2C Busses. If you select the
1640 new Bus with "i2c dev", u-bbot sends first the commandos for
1641 the muxes to activate this new "bus".
1643 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS must be also defined, to use this
1647 Adding a new I2C Bus reached over 2 pca9544a muxes
1648 The First mux with address 70 and channel 6
1649 The Second mux with address 71 and channel 4
1651 => i2c bus pca9544a:70:6:pca9544a:71:4
1653 Use the "i2c bus" command without parameter, to get a list
1654 of I2C Busses with muxes:
1657 Busses reached over muxes:
1659 reached over Mux(es):
1662 reached over Mux(es):
1667 If you now switch to the new I2C Bus 3 with "i2c dev 3"
1668 u-boot sends First the Commando to the mux@70 to enable
1669 channel 6, and then the Commando to the mux@71 to enable
1672 After that, you can use the "normal" i2c commands as
1673 usual, to communicate with your I2C devices behind
1676 This option is actually implemented for the bitbanging
1677 algorithm in common/soft_i2c.c and for the Hardware I2C
1678 Bus on the MPC8260. But it should be not so difficult
1679 to add this option to other architectures.
1681 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
1683 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
1684 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
1685 between writing the address pointer and reading the
1686 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
1687 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
1688 devices can use either method, but some require one or
1691 - SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1693 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1694 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1695 D/As on the SACSng board)
1699 Enables the driver for SPI controller on SuperH. Currently
1700 only SH7757 is supported.
1704 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1705 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1709 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1710 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1711 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1712 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1713 defined, the board configuration must define several
1714 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1715 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
1719 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
1720 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
1721 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
1722 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
1723 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
1727 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
1728 SoCs. Currently only i.MX31 is supported.
1730 - FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
1732 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1734 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1736 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1739 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
1741 Enables support for FPGA family.
1742 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1746 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
1748 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
1750 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
1752 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1754 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1755 status by the configuration function. This option
1756 will require a board or device specific function to
1761 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1762 configuration driver.
1764 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1765 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1767 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1769 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1770 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1771 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1772 indicated a CRC error).
1774 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1776 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1777 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1778 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
1781 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1783 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
1784 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
1786 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1788 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1791 - Configuration Management:
1794 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1795 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
1797 - Vendor Parameter Protection:
1799 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1800 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
1801 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
1802 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1803 protects these variables from casual modification by
1804 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1805 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
1806 change this behaviour:
1808 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1809 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
1810 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
1813 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1814 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
1815 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
1816 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
1817 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
1823 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
1824 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
1825 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
1826 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
1827 this default value by defining an environment
1828 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
1829 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
1830 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
1831 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
1832 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
1833 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
1834 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
1836 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
1839 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
1840 either, which results in a memory region that will
1841 not be affected by reboots.
1843 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
1844 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
1845 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
1846 following board configurations are known to be
1849 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
1850 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
1856 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
1857 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
1858 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
1859 system where you want the system to reboot
1860 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
1861 useful during development since you can try to debug
1862 the conditions that lead to the situation.
1864 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
1866 This variable defines the number of retries for
1867 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
1868 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
1869 default value of 5 is used.
1873 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
1875 - Command Interpreter:
1876 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
1878 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
1880 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
1881 for the "hush" shell.
1884 CONFIG_SYS_HUSH_PARSER
1886 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
1887 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
1888 powerful command line syntax like
1889 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
1890 constructs ("shell scripts").
1892 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
1893 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
1896 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
1898 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
1899 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
1900 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
1904 In the current implementation, the local variables
1905 space and global environment variables space are
1906 separated. Local variables are those you define by
1907 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
1908 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
1909 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
1910 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
1912 Global environment variables are those you use
1913 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
1914 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
1915 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
1917 To store commands and special characters in a
1918 variable, please use double quotation marks
1919 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
1920 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
1923 - Commandline Editing and History:
1924 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
1926 Enable editing and History functions for interactive
1927 commandline input operations
1929 - Default Environment:
1930 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
1932 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
1933 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
1934 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
1936 For example, place something like this in your
1937 board's config file:
1939 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
1943 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
1944 internal format how the environment is stored by the
1945 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
1946 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
1947 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
1948 You better know what you are doing here.
1950 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
1951 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
1952 the environment like the "source" command or the
1955 - DataFlash Support:
1956 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
1958 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
1959 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
1962 - SystemACE Support:
1965 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
1966 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
1967 of the chip must also be defined in the
1968 CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
1970 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
1971 #define CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
1973 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
1974 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
1976 - TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
1979 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
1980 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
1981 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
1982 number generator is used.
1984 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
1985 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
1986 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
1988 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
1989 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
1990 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
1991 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
1992 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
1993 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
1994 but sometimes that is not allowed.
1996 - Show boot progress:
1997 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
1999 Defining this option allows to add some board-
2000 specific code (calling a user-provided function
2001 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
2002 the system's boot progress on some display (for
2003 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
2004 the following checkpoints are implemented:
2006 - Standalone program support:
2007 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
2009 This option allows to define board specific values
2010 for the address where standalone program gets loaded,
2011 thus overwriting the architecutre dependent default
2014 Legacy uImage format:
2017 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
2018 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
2019 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
2020 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
2021 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
2022 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
2023 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
2024 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
2025 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2026 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
2027 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
2028 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
2029 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
2030 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
2031 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
2032 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
2034 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2035 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
2036 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
2037 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
2038 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
2039 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
2040 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
2041 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
2042 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
2043 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
2045 15 arch/<arch>/lib/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
2047 -30 arch/powerpc/lib/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
2048 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
2049 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
2051 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
2052 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
2053 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
2054 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
2055 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
2056 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2057 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
2058 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
2059 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
2060 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
2061 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2062 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
2063 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2064 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
2065 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
2066 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
2067 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
2068 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
2069 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
2070 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
2071 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
2072 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
2073 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
2074 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
2075 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
2076 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
2077 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2078 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
2079 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
2080 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
2081 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
2082 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
2083 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
2084 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
2085 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
2086 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
2087 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
2088 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
2089 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
2090 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2091 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
2092 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2093 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
2094 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
2095 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
2096 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
2097 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
2099 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
2101 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
2102 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
2103 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
2105 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
2106 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling NetLoop()
2107 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in NetLoop() occurred
2108 81 common/cmd_net.c NetLoop() back without error
2109 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
2110 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
2111 83 common/cmd_net.c running "source" command
2112 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or "source" command
2113 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
2118 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
2119 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
2120 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
2121 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
2122 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
2123 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
2124 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
2125 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
2126 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
2127 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
2128 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
2129 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2130 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
2131 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
2132 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
2133 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
2134 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
2135 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
2136 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
2137 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
2138 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
2139 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
2141 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2142 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
2143 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
2144 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
2145 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
2146 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
2147 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
2148 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
2149 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
2150 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
2151 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
2152 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
2153 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
2154 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
2155 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
2156 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
2158 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
2159 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
2161 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
2162 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
2164 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
2165 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
2167 - Automatic software updates via TFTP server
2169 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
2170 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
2172 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
2173 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
2175 - MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
2178 Adds the MTD device infrastructure from the Linux kernel.
2179 Needed for mtdparts command support.
2181 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
2183 Adds the MTD partitioning infrastructure from the Linux
2184 kernel. Needed for UBI support.
2190 [so far only for SMDK2400 and TRAB boards]
2192 - Modem support enable:
2193 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
2195 - RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
2198 - Modem debug support:
2199 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
2201 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
2202 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
2204 - Interrupt support (PPC):
2206 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
2207 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
2208 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
2209 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
2210 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
2211 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
2212 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
2213 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
2214 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
2215 general timer_interrupt().
2219 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
2220 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
2221 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
2222 (autoboot). The key_pressed() function is called from
2223 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
2224 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
2227 If there are no modem init strings in the
2228 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
2229 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
2232 See also: doc/README.Modem
2235 Configuration Settings:
2236 -----------------------
2238 - CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
2239 undefine this when you're short of memory.
2241 - CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
2242 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
2244 - CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
2245 prompt for user input.
2247 - CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
2249 - CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
2251 - CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
2253 - CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
2254 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
2257 - CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
2258 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
2260 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
2261 Suppress display of console information at boot.
2263 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
2264 If the board specific function
2265 extern int overwrite_console (void);
2266 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
2267 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
2269 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
2270 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
2272 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
2273 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
2275 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
2276 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
2279 - CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST:
2280 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
2282 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
2283 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
2284 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
2286 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE (PPC only):
2287 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
2288 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
2289 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
2290 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
2291 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
2292 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
2293 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
2294 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
2295 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
2297 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
2298 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
2301 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
2302 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
2303 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
2304 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
2307 - CONFIG_SYS_TFTP_LOADADDR:
2308 Default load address for network file downloads
2310 - CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
2311 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
2313 - CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
2314 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
2316 - CONFIG_SYS_MBIO_BASE:
2317 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
2320 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
2321 Physical start address of Flash memory.
2323 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
2324 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2325 make config files to be same as the text base address
2326 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
2327 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
2329 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
2330 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2331 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2332 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2335 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
2336 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2338 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
2339 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
2340 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
2341 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
2342 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2344 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
2345 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2346 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
2347 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2348 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
2349 enviroment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
2350 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
2351 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ.
2353 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
2354 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
2355 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
2358 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
2359 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
2360 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2362 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
2363 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
2364 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2366 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
2367 Max number of Flash memory banks
2369 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
2370 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2372 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
2373 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2375 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
2376 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2378 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
2379 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2381 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
2382 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2384 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
2385 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2386 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2388 - CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
2390 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2391 without this option such a download has to be
2392 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2393 copy from RAM to flash.
2395 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2396 you can check if the download worked before you erase
2397 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
2398 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
2399 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2401 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
2402 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
2403 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2405 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
2406 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2407 in the drivers directory
2409 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
2410 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
2411 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
2414 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
2415 Use buffered writes to flash.
2417 - CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2418 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2421 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
2422 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2423 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2424 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2425 optionally available.
2427 - CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2428 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2429 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2430 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2432 - CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
2433 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
2434 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
2435 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2436 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
2437 on high Ethernet traffic.
2438 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2440 - CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
2442 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
2443 internally to store the environment settings. The default
2444 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
2445 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
2446 lib/hashtable.c for details.
2448 The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
2449 of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
2450 following configurations:
2452 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
2454 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
2456 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
2457 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
2458 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
2459 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
2460 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
2461 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
2462 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
2463 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
2464 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
2465 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
2466 between U-Boot and the environment.
2468 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2470 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
2471 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
2472 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
2473 for this sector is given here.
2475 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE.
2479 This is just another way to specify the start address of
2480 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
2483 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
2485 Size of the sector containing the environment.
2488 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
2489 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
2494 If you use this in combination with CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
2495 and CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
2496 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
2497 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
2499 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
2500 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
2501 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
2502 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
2503 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
2504 updating the environment in flash makes it always
2505 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
2506 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
2507 RAM, your target system will be dead.
2509 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
2510 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
2512 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
2513 a redundant copy of the environment data, so that there is
2514 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
2515 a "saveenv" operation.
2517 BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
2518 source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
2522 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
2524 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
2525 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
2531 These two #defines are used to determine the memory area you
2532 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
2533 can just be read and written to, without any special
2536 BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
2537 in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
2538 console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
2541 Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
2542 environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
2543 keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
2544 to save the current settings.
2547 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
2549 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
2550 device and a driver for it.
2552 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2555 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
2556 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
2558 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
2559 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
2560 The default address is zero.
2562 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
2563 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
2564 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
2565 would require six bits.
2567 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
2568 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
2569 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
2571 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
2572 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
2573 that this is NOT the chip address length!
2575 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
2576 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
2577 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
2578 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
2579 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
2582 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
2583 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
2584 in the chip address.
2586 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_SIZE:
2587 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
2589 - CONFIG_ENV_EEPROM_IS_ON_I2C
2590 define this, if you have I2C and SPI activated, and your
2591 EEPROM, which holds the environment, is on the I2C bus.
2593 - CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS
2594 if you have an Environment on an EEPROM reached over
2595 I2C muxes, you can define here, how to reach this
2596 EEPROM. For example:
2598 #define CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS "pca9547:70:d\0"
2600 EEPROM which holds the environment, is reached over
2601 a pca9547 i2c mux with address 0x70, channel 3.
2603 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
2605 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
2606 want to use for the environment.
2608 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2612 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
2613 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
2614 at the specified address.
2616 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
2618 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
2619 for the environment.
2621 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2624 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
2625 area within the first NAND device. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET must be
2626 aligned to an erase block boundary.
2628 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
2630 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
2631 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, so
2632 that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure
2633 during a "saveenv" operation. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_RENDUND must be
2634 aligned to an erase block boundary.
2636 - CONFIG_ENV_RANGE (optional):
2638 Specifies the length of the region in which the environment
2639 can be written. This should be a multiple of the NAND device's
2640 block size. Specifying a range with more erase blocks than
2641 are needed to hold CONFIG_ENV_SIZE allows bad blocks within
2642 the range to be avoided.
2644 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB (optional):
2646 Enables support for dynamically retrieving the offset of the
2647 environment from block zero's out-of-band data. The
2648 "nand env.oob" command can be used to record this offset.
2649 Currently, CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND is not supported when
2650 using CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB.
2652 - CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
2654 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
2655 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
2656 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
2658 - CONFIG_SYS_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
2660 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
2661 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
2662 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
2663 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
2664 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
2665 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
2666 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
2668 Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
2669 has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
2670 created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_f()
2671 until then to read environment variables.
2673 The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
2674 is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
2675 with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
2676 necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
2677 "baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
2678 have any device yet where we could complain.]
2680 Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
2681 the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
2682 use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
2684 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
2685 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
2687 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
2688 also needs to be defined.
2690 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
2691 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
2693 - CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
2694 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
2695 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
2696 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
2697 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
2698 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
2700 Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
2701 ---------------------------------------------------
2703 - CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
2704 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
2706 - CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR:
2707 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
2709 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
2710 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
2711 the IMMR register after a reset.
2713 - Floppy Disk Support:
2714 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
2716 the default drive number (default value 0)
2718 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
2720 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
2723 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
2725 defines the offset of register from address. It
2726 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
2727 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
2729 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
2730 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
2733 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
2734 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
2735 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
2736 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
2739 - CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
2740 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
2741 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
2743 - CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
2745 Start address of memory area that can be used for
2746 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
2747 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
2748 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
2749 will become available only after programming the
2750 memory controller and running certain initialization
2753 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
2754 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
2755 - MPC824X: data cache
2756 - PPC4xx: data cache
2758 - CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
2760 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
2761 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
2762 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
2763 data is located at the end of the available space
2764 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
2765 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
2766 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
2767 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
2770 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
2771 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
2772 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
2773 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
2774 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
2776 - CONFIG_SYS_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
2778 - CONFIG_SYS_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
2780 - CONFIG_SYS_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
2782 - CONFIG_SYS_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
2784 - CONFIG_SYS_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
2786 - CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
2788 - CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
2791 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
2792 periodic timer for refresh
2794 - CONFIG_SYS_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
2796 - FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
2797 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
2798 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
2799 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
2800 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
2802 - SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
2803 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
2804 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
2805 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
2807 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
2808 CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_8COL, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_9COL:
2809 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
2810 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
2812 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2813 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2814 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
2816 - CONFIG_SYS_SMC_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SMC_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2817 enable SMC microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2818 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]
2820 - CONFIG_SYS_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
2821 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
2822 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
2824 - CONFIG_SYS_USE_OSCCLK:
2825 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
2826 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
2827 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
2829 - CONFIG_SYS_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
2830 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
2831 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
2832 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
2835 - CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2836 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK0_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
2837 CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK1_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
2838 CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
2839 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
2840 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
2841 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
2842 CONFIG_SYS_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
2843 Overrides the default PCI memory map in arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
2845 - CONFIG_PCI_DISABLE_PCIE:
2846 Disable PCI-Express on systems where it is supported but not
2850 Chip has SRIO or not
2853 Board has SRIO 1 port available
2856 Board has SRIO 2 port available
2858 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
2859 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2861 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYS:
2862 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2864 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
2865 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
2868 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
2869 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
2872 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
2874 - CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
2875 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
2876 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
2877 to something your driver can deal with.
2879 - CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
2880 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
2881 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
2883 - CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
2884 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
2886 - CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
2887 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
2888 to the given FEC; i. e.
2889 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
2890 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
2892 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
2894 - CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
2895 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
2896 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
2899 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
2900 Note that this is a global option, we can't
2901 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
2903 - CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
2904 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
2907 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
2909 Where address/count indicate a memory area
2910 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
2914 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
2915 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
2918 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
2923 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
2925 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
2926 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
2928 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
2929 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
2931 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
2932 [ARM only] If this variable is defined, then certain
2933 low level initializations (like setting up the memory
2934 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
2935 relocate itself into RAM.
2937 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
2938 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
2939 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
2940 these initializations itself.
2943 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
2944 that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
2945 compiling a NAND SPL.
2947 Building the Software:
2948 ======================
2950 Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
2951 and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
2952 all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
2953 (potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
2954 recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
2955 which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
2957 If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
2958 have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
2959 you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
2960 Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
2961 necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
2963 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
2964 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
2966 Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
2967 the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
2968 (http://www.mingw.org). Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
2969 toolchain and execute 'make tools'. For example:
2971 $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools
2973 Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
2974 be executed on computers running Windows.
2976 U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
2977 sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
2982 where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing configu-
2983 rations; see the main Makefile for supported names.
2985 Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
2986 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
2987 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
2988 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
2989 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
2992 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
2994 make TQM823L_LCD_config
2995 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
3000 Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
3001 images ready for download to / installation on your system:
3003 - "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
3004 - "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
3005 - "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
3007 By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
3008 in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
3009 this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
3011 1. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
3013 make O=/tmp/build distclean
3014 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
3015 make O=/tmp/build all
3017 2. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
3019 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
3024 Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
3028 Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
3029 for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
3033 If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
3034 to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
3037 1. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
3038 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
3039 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
3040 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please
3042 2. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
3043 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
3044 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
3045 3. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
3047 3. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
3048 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
3049 4. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
3050 5. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
3051 to be installed on your target system.
3052 6. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
3053 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
3056 Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
3057 ==============================================================
3059 If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
3060 or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
3061 provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
3062 the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
3063 official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
3065 But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
3066 cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
3067 the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
3068 just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
3069 for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
3070 select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
3071 environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the ELDK cross tools
3074 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
3076 or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
3078 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
3080 When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build
3081 U-Boot in the source directory. This location can be changed by
3082 setting the BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target
3083 built, the MAKEALL script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and
3084 <target>.MAKEALL) in the <source dir>/LOG directory. This default
3085 location can be changed by setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment
3086 variable. For example:
3088 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
3089 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
3090 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
3092 With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build,
3093 log files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean
3094 during the whole build process.
3097 See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
3100 Monitor Commands - Overview:
3101 ============================
3103 go - start application at address 'addr'
3104 run - run commands in an environment variable
3105 bootm - boot application image from memory
3106 bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
3107 tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
3108 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
3109 (and eventually "gatewayip")
3110 rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
3111 diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
3112 loads - load S-Record file over serial line
3113 loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
3115 mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
3116 nm - memory modify (constant address)
3117 mw - memory write (fill)
3119 cmp - memory compare
3120 crc32 - checksum calculation
3121 i2c - I2C sub-system
3122 sspi - SPI utility commands
3123 base - print or set address offset
3124 printenv- print environment variables
3125 setenv - set environment variables
3126 saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
3127 protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
3128 erase - erase FLASH memory
3129 flinfo - print FLASH memory information
3130 bdinfo - print Board Info structure
3131 iminfo - print header information for application image
3132 coninfo - print console devices and informations
3133 ide - IDE sub-system
3134 loop - infinite loop on address range
3135 loopw - infinite write loop on address range
3136 mtest - simple RAM test
3137 icache - enable or disable instruction cache
3138 dcache - enable or disable data cache
3139 reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
3140 echo - echo args to console
3141 version - print monitor version
3142 help - print online help
3143 ? - alias for 'help'
3146 Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
3147 ========================================
3151 For now: just type "help <command>".
3154 Environment Variables:
3155 ======================
3157 U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
3158 can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
3160 Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
3161 "printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
3162 without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
3163 environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
3164 working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
3165 environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
3167 Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
3169 List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
3171 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
3173 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
3175 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
3177 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
3179 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
3181 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3182 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3183 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
3184 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
3185 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
3186 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
3187 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ.
3189 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3190 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3191 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
3192 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
3193 environment variable.
3195 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
3196 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
3197 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
3199 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
3200 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
3201 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
3202 load any image using TFTP
3204 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
3205 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
3206 be automatically started (by internally calling
3209 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
3210 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
3211 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
3212 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
3215 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
3216 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
3217 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
3218 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
3219 it must be saved and board must be reset.
3221 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
3222 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
3223 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
3224 is usually what you want since it allows for
3225 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
3226 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
3227 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
3228 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
3229 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
3230 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
3231 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
3233 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
3234 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
3235 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
3236 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
3237 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
3238 12 MB as well - this can be done with
3240 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
3242 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
3243 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
3244 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
3245 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
3246 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
3247 boot time on your system, but requires that this
3248 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
3250 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
3252 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
3253 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
3255 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
3257 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
3259 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
3261 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
3263 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
3265 ethprime - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
3266 interface is used first.
3268 ethact - When CONFIG_NET_MULTI is enabled controls which
3269 interface is currently active. For example you
3270 can do the following
3272 => setenv ethact FEC
3273 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
3274 => setenv ethact SCC
3275 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
3277 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
3278 available network interfaces.
3279 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
3281 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
3282 either succeed or fail without retrying.
3283 When set to "once" the network operation will
3284 fail when all the available network interfaces
3285 are tried once without success.
3286 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
3289 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
3291 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
3294 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
3295 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
3297 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
3298 we use the TFTP server's default block size
3300 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
3301 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
3302 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
3303 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
3304 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
3305 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
3306 with unreliable TFTP servers.
3308 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
3309 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
3312 The following environment variables may be used and automatically
3313 updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
3314 depending the information provided by your boot server:
3316 bootfile - see above
3317 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
3318 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
3319 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
3320 hostname - Target hostname
3322 netmask - Subnet Mask
3323 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
3324 serverip - see above
3327 There are two special Environment Variables:
3329 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
3330 as type string and/or serial number
3331 ethaddr - Ethernet address
3333 These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
3334 the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
3335 once they have been set once.
3338 Further special Environment Variables:
3340 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
3341 with the "version" command. This variable is
3342 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
3345 Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
3346 only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
3349 Command Line Parsing:
3350 =====================
3352 There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
3353 the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
3355 Old, simple command line parser:
3356 --------------------------------
3358 - supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
3359 - several commands on one line, separated by ';'
3360 - variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
3361 - special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
3363 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
3364 - You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
3365 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
3370 - similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
3371 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
3372 until...do...done, ...
3373 - supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
3374 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
3375 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
3381 (1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
3382 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
3383 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
3386 (2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
3387 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
3388 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
3389 variables are not executed.
3391 Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
3392 =======================================
3394 Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
3395 such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
3396 "working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
3398 Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
3399 MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
3400 "eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
3402 If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
3403 in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
3404 ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
3405 variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
3407 o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
3408 environment, the SROM's address is used.
3410 o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
3411 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
3414 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
3415 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
3417 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
3418 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
3421 o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
3424 If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
3425 will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
3426 may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
3427 The naming convention is as follows:
3428 "ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
3433 U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
3434 images in two formats:
3436 New uImage format (FIT)
3437 -----------------------
3439 Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
3440 to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
3441 components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
3442 SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
3448 Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
3449 preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
3450 details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
3452 * Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
3453 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
3454 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
3455 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
3457 * Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
3458 IA64, MIPS, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
3459 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, Nios II, PowerPC).
3460 * Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
3466 The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
3467 and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
3474 Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
3475 easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
3478 U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
3479 special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
3480 "initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
3481 instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
3482 serves several purposes:
3484 - the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
3485 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
3486 Flash memory footprint)
3488 - it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
3489 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
3491 - the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
3492 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
3493 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
3494 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
3495 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
3496 software is easier now.
3502 Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
3503 ---------------------------------------
3505 U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
3506 configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
3507 (no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
3510 But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
3512 Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
3513 include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
3514 Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
3515 and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
3516 as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
3519 Configuring the Linux kernel:
3520 -----------------------------
3522 No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
3523 device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
3526 Building a Linux Image:
3527 -----------------------
3529 With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
3530 not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
3531 "uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
3532 U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
3533 which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
3534 100% compatible format.
3543 The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
3544 encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
3545 CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
3547 * build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
3549 * convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
3551 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
3552 -R .note -R .comment \
3553 -S vmlinux linux.bin
3555 * compress the binary image:
3559 * package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
3561 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
3562 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
3563 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
3566 The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
3567 with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
3568 combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
3569 byte header containing information about target architecture,
3570 operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
3571 stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
3573 "mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
3574 print the header information, or to build new images.
3576 In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
3577 contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
3578 checksum verification:
3580 tools/mkimage -l image
3581 -l ==> list image header information
3583 The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
3584 from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
3586 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
3587 -n name -d data_file image
3588 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
3589 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
3590 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
3591 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
3592 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
3593 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
3594 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
3595 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
3597 Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
3598 address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
3601 - 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
3602 - 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
3604 So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
3606 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3607 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
3608 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
3609 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
3610 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3611 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3612 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3613 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3614 Load Address: 0x00000000
3615 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3617 To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
3619 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
3620 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3621 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3622 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3623 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3624 Load Address: 0x00000000
3625 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3627 NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
3628 speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
3629 needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
3630 need to be uncompressed:
3632 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
3633 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3634 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
3635 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
3636 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
3637 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3638 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3639 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
3640 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
3641 Load Address: 0x00000000
3642 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3645 Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
3646 when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
3648 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
3649 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
3650 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
3651 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3652 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
3653 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3654 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
3655 Load Address: 0x00000000
3656 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3659 Installing a Linux Image:
3660 -------------------------
3662 To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
3663 you must convert the image to S-Record format:
3665 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
3667 The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
3668 image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
3669 address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
3670 specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
3673 Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
3674 TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
3676 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
3682 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3683 ~>examples/image.srec
3684 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
3686 15989 15990 15991 15992
3687 [file transfer complete]
3689 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
3692 You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
3693 this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
3694 corruption happened:
3698 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3699 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3700 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3701 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3702 Load Address: 00000000
3703 Entry Point: 0000000c
3704 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3710 The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
3711 memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
3712 of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
3713 parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
3714 "printenv" and "setenv" commands:
3717 => printenv bootargs
3718 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
3720 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3722 => printenv bootargs
3723 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3726 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
3727 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
3728 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3729 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
3730 Load Address: 00000000
3731 Entry Point: 0000000c
3732 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3733 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3734 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
3735 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
3736 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3737 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3738 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
3741 If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
3742 the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
3743 format!) to the "bootm" command:
3745 => imi 40100000 40200000
3747 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
3748 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3749 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3750 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3751 Load Address: 00000000
3752 Entry Point: 0000000c
3753 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3755 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
3756 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3757 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3758 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3759 Load Address: 00000000
3760 Entry Point: 00000000
3761 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3763 => bootm 40100000 40200000
3764 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
3765 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
3766 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3767 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
3768 Load Address: 00000000
3769 Entry Point: 0000000c
3770 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3771 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3772 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
3773 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
3774 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
3775 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
3776 Load Address: 00000000
3777 Entry Point: 00000000
3778 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3779 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
3780 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
3781 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
3782 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
3783 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
3785 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
3786 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
3790 Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
3793 First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
3794 titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
3795 following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
3801 oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
3802 => tftp $oftaddr $oft
3803 Speed: 1000, full duplex
3805 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
3806 Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
3807 Load address: 0x300000
3810 Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
3811 => tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
3812 Speed: 1000, full duplex
3814 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
3816 Load address: 0x200000
3817 Loading:############
3819 Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
3824 => bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
3825 ## Booting image at 00200000 ...
3826 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
3827 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3828 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
3829 Load Address: 00000000
3830 Entry Point: 00000000
3831 Verifying Checksum ... OK
3832 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
3833 Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
3834 Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
3835 Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
3839 More About U-Boot Image Types:
3840 ------------------------------
3842 U-Boot supports the following image types:
3844 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
3845 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
3846 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
3847 the Standalone Program.
3848 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
3849 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
3850 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
3851 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
3852 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
3853 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
3854 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
3856 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
3857 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
3858 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
3859 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
3860 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
3861 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
3863 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
3864 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
3865 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
3866 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
3867 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
3868 a multiple of 4 bytes).
3870 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
3871 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
3874 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
3875 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
3876 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
3877 as command interpreter.
3883 One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
3884 run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
3885 U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
3887 Two simple examples are included with the sources:
3892 'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
3893 application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
3894 It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
3898 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3899 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
3900 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3901 [file transfer complete]
3903 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3905 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
3906 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3917 Hit any key to exit ...
3919 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
3921 Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
3922 handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
3923 Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
3924 The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
3925 character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
3926 controlled by the following keys:
3928 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
3929 b - enable interrupts and start timer
3930 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
3931 q - quit application
3934 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
3935 ~>examples/timer.srec
3936 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
3937 [file transfer complete]
3939 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
3942 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
3945 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
3948 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
3951 [q, b, e, ?] ........
3952 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
3955 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
3958 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
3961 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
3963 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
3965 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
3971 Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
3972 "minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
3973 consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
3974 Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
3975 especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
3976 use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
3978 Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
3979 configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
3981 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
3982 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
3983 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
3989 Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
3990 (build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
3992 Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
3993 NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
3994 need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
3995 Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
3996 attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
3997 missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
3999 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
4001 # ln -s powerpc machine
4002 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
4003 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
4005 Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
4006 and U-Boot include files.
4008 Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
4009 stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
4010 proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
4011 tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
4012 meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
4015 Implementation Internals:
4016 =========================
4018 The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
4019 implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
4020 inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
4024 Initial Stack, Global Data:
4025 ---------------------------
4027 The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
4028 starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
4029 system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
4030 This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
4031 is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
4032 at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
4033 options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
4034 models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
4035 MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
4036 locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
4038 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
4039 U-Boot mailing list:
4041 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
4042 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
4043 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
4046 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
4047 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
4048 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
4049 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
4050 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
4051 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
4052 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
4053 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
4055 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
4056 is another option for the system designer to use as an
4057 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
4058 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
4059 board designers haven't used it for something that would
4060 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
4063 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
4064 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
4065 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
4066 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
4067 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
4068 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
4069 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
4070 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
4071 you get the config right.
4076 It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
4077 code for the initialization procedures:
4079 * Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
4082 * Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
4083 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
4084 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
4086 * Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
4089 Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
4090 normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
4091 turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
4092 simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
4093 functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
4094 functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
4095 the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
4096 place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
4097 reserve for this purpose.
4099 When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
4100 relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
4101 GCC's implementation.
4103 For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
4105 R2: reserved for system use
4106 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
4107 R5-R10: parameter passing
4108 R13: small data area pointer
4112 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
4113 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
4114 going back and forth between asm and C)
4116 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
4118 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
4119 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
4120 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
4121 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
4122 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
4123 624 text + 127 data).
4125 On Blackfin, the normal C ABI (except for P3) is followed as documented here:
4126 http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=application_binary_interface
4128 ==> U-Boot will use P3 to hold a pointer to the global data
4130 On ARM, the following registers are used:
4132 R0: function argument word/integer result
4133 R1-R3: function argument word
4135 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
4136 R11: argument (frame) pointer
4137 R12: temporary workspace
4140 R15: program counter
4142 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
4144 On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
4145 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
4147 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
4149 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
4150 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
4152 NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
4153 or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
4158 U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
4159 MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
4161 The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
4162 controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
4163 memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
4164 physical memory banks.
4166 U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
4167 TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
4168 booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
4169 to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
4170 memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
4171 configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
4172 Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
4174 Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
4175 of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
4177 So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
4180 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
4183 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
4189 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
4190 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
4191 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
4194 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
4195 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
4196 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
4197 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
4200 System Initialization:
4201 ----------------------
4203 In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
4204 (on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
4205 configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
4206 To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
4207 To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
4208 initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
4209 which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
4210 part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
4211 the caches and the SIU.
4213 Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
4214 preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
4215 (multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
4216 on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
4217 programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
4218 simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
4221 When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
4222 different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
4223 bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
4224 0x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
4225 contiguous memory starting from 0.
4227 Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
4228 and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
4229 Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
4230 pages, and the final stack is set up.
4232 Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
4233 until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
4234 running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
4238 U-Boot Porting Guide:
4239 ----------------------
4241 [Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
4245 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
4247 sighandler_t no_more_time;
4249 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
4250 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
4252 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
4253 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
4257 Download latest U-Boot source;
4259 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
4262 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
4265 Read the README file in the top level directory;
4266 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
4267 Read applicable doc/*.README;
4268 Read the source, Luke;
4269 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
4272 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
4275 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
4277 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
4278 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
4279 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
4281 Create your own board support subdirectory;
4282 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
4284 Edit new board/<myboard> files
4285 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
4290 Add / modify source code;
4294 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
4296 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
4297 if (reasonable critiques)
4298 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
4300 Defend code as written;
4306 void no_more_time (int sig)
4315 All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
4316 coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
4317 "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory. In sources
4318 originating from U-Boot a style corresponding to "Lindent -pcs" (adding
4319 spaces before parameters to function calls) is actually used.
4321 Source files originating from a different project (for example the
4322 MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
4323 reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
4326 Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
4327 Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
4330 Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
4331 - remove any trailing white space
4332 - use TAB characters for indentation, not spaces
4333 - make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
4334 - do not add more than 2 empty lines to source files
4335 - do not add trailing empty lines to source files
4337 Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
4338 with a request to reformat the changes.
4344 Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
4345 establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
4346 may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
4348 Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
4350 Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
4351 see http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
4353 When you send a patch, please include the following information with
4356 * For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
4357 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
4358 patch actually fixes something.
4360 * For new features: a description of the feature and your
4363 * A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
4365 * For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
4367 * When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
4368 board to the MAKEALL script, too.
4370 * If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
4371 document these in the README file.
4373 * The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
4374 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
4375 "git-format-patch". If you then use "git-send-email" to send it to
4376 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
4377 with some other mail clients.
4379 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
4380 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
4383 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
4384 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
4385 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
4388 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
4389 and compressed attachments must not be used.
4391 * If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
4392 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
4394 * Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
4395 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
4400 * Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
4401 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
4402 for any of the boards.
4404 * Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
4405 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
4406 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
4408 * If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
4409 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
4410 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
4411 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
4412 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
4415 * Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
4416 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
4417 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
4418 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.