2 # (C) Copyright 2000 - 2013
3 # Wolfgang Denk, DENX Software Engineering, wd@denx.de.
5 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0+
11 This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
12 Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
13 processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
14 initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
17 The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
18 the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
19 header files in common, and special provision has been made to
20 support booting of Linux images.
22 Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
23 configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
24 implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
25 add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
26 code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
27 load and run it dynamically.
33 In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
34 Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
35 "working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
37 In case of problems see the CHANGELOG file to find out who contributed
38 the specific port. In addition, there are various MAINTAINERS files
39 scattered throughout the U-Boot source identifying the people or
40 companies responsible for various boards and subsystems.
42 Note: As of August, 2010, there is no longer a CHANGELOG file in the
43 actual U-Boot source tree; however, it can be created dynamically
44 from the Git log using:
52 In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
53 U-Boot, you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
54 <u-boot@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic
55 on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
56 Please see http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
57 http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot
60 Where to get source code:
61 =========================
63 The U-Boot source code is maintained in the Git repository at
64 git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
65 http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
67 The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
68 any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
69 available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
72 Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
73 ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
79 - start from 8xxrom sources
80 - create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
82 - make it easier to add custom boards
83 - make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
84 - extend functions, especially:
85 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
88 * PCMCIA / CompactFlash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
89 - create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
90 - add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
91 - create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
92 - current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
98 The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
99 "U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
100 in source files etc.). Example:
102 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
104 File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
106 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
108 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
110 Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
111 the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
113 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
114 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
120 Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
121 were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
122 into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
123 names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
124 Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
125 releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
128 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
129 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
130 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candiate 1 for September 2010 release
136 /arch Architecture specific files
137 /arc Files generic to ARC architecture
138 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture
139 /avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
140 /blackfin Files generic to Analog Devices Blackfin architecture
141 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
142 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
143 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
144 /nds32 Files generic to NDS32 architecture
145 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
146 /openrisc Files generic to OpenRISC architecture
147 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
148 /sandbox Files generic to HW-independent "sandbox"
149 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
150 /sparc Files generic to SPARC architecture
151 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
152 /api Machine/arch independent API for external apps
153 /board Board dependent files
154 /cmd U-Boot commands functions
155 /common Misc architecture independent functions
156 /configs Board default configuration files
157 /disk Code for disk drive partition handling
158 /doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
159 /drivers Commonly used device drivers
160 /dts Contains Makefile for building internal U-Boot fdt.
161 /examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
162 /fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
163 /include Header Files
164 /lib Library routines generic to all architectures
165 /Licenses Various license files
167 /post Power On Self Test
168 /scripts Various build scripts and Makefiles
169 /test Various unit test files
170 /tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
172 Software Configuration:
173 =======================
175 Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
176 rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
178 There are two classes of configuration variables:
180 * Configuration _OPTIONS_:
181 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
184 * Configuration _SETTINGS_:
185 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
186 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
189 Previously, all configuration was done by hand, which involved creating
190 symbolic links and editing configuration files manually. More recently,
191 U-Boot has added the Kbuild infrastructure used by the Linux kernel,
192 allowing you to use the "make menuconfig" command to configure your
196 Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
197 ---------------------------------------------------
199 For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
200 configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_defconfig".
202 Example: For a TQM823L module type:
205 make TQM823L_defconfig
207 Note: If you're looking for the default configuration file for a board
208 you're sure used to be there but is now missing, check the file
209 doc/README.scrapyard for a list of no longer supported boards.
214 U-Boot can be built natively to run on a Linux host using the 'sandbox'
215 board. This allows feature development which is not board- or architecture-
216 specific to be undertaken on a native platform. The sandbox is also used to
217 run some of U-Boot's tests.
219 See board/sandbox/README.sandbox for more details.
222 Board Initialisation Flow:
223 --------------------------
225 This is the intended start-up flow for boards. This should apply for both
226 SPL and U-Boot proper (i.e. they both follow the same rules).
228 Note: "SPL" stands for "Secondary Program Loader," which is explained in
229 more detail later in this file.
231 At present, SPL mostly uses a separate code path, but the function names
232 and roles of each function are the same. Some boards or architectures
233 may not conform to this. At least most ARM boards which use
234 CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK conform to this.
236 Execution typically starts with an architecture-specific (and possibly
237 CPU-specific) start.S file, such as:
239 - arch/arm/cpu/armv7/start.S
240 - arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc83xx/start.S
241 - arch/mips/cpu/start.S
243 and so on. From there, three functions are called; the purpose and
244 limitations of each of these functions are described below.
247 - purpose: essential init to permit execution to reach board_init_f()
248 - no global_data or BSS
249 - there is no stack (ARMv7 may have one but it will soon be removed)
250 - must not set up SDRAM or use console
251 - must only do the bare minimum to allow execution to continue to
253 - this is almost never needed
254 - return normally from this function
257 - purpose: set up the machine ready for running board_init_r():
258 i.e. SDRAM and serial UART
259 - global_data is available
261 - BSS is not available, so you cannot use global/static variables,
262 only stack variables and global_data
264 Non-SPL-specific notes:
265 - dram_init() is called to set up DRAM. If already done in SPL this
269 - you can override the entire board_init_f() function with your own
271 - preloader_console_init() can be called here in extremis
272 - should set up SDRAM, and anything needed to make the UART work
273 - these is no need to clear BSS, it will be done by crt0.S
274 - must return normally from this function (don't call board_init_r()
277 Here the BSS is cleared. For SPL, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined, then at
278 this point the stack and global_data are relocated to below
279 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR. For non-SPL, U-Boot is relocated to run at the top of
283 - purpose: main execution, common code
284 - global_data is available
286 - BSS is available, all static/global variables can be used
287 - execution eventually continues to main_loop()
289 Non-SPL-specific notes:
290 - U-Boot is relocated to the top of memory and is now running from
294 - stack is optionally in SDRAM, if CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R is defined and
295 CONFIG_SPL_STACK_R_ADDR points into SDRAM
296 - preloader_console_init() can be called here - typically this is
297 done by defining CONFIG_SPL_BOARD_INIT and then supplying a
298 spl_board_init() function containing this call
299 - loads U-Boot or (in falcon mode) Linux
303 Configuration Options:
304 ----------------------
306 Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
307 such information is kept in a configuration file
308 "include/configs/<board_name>.h".
310 Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
311 "include/configs/TQM823L.h".
314 Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
315 kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
316 build a config tool - later.
319 The following options need to be configured:
321 - CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
323 - Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
325 - CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
326 Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
328 - Marvell Family Member
329 CONFIG_SYS_MVFS - define it if you want to enable
330 multiple fs option at one time
331 for marvell soc family
333 - 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx CPU)
334 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
335 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
336 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
337 reference PIT/RTC clock
338 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
341 - 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
342 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
343 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
344 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
345 See doc/README.MPC866
347 CONFIG_SYS_MEASURE_CPUCLK
349 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
350 of relying on the correctness of the configured
351 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
352 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
353 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
354 RTC clock or CONFIG_SYS_8XX_XIN)
356 CONFIG_SYS_DELAYED_ICACHE
358 Define this option if you want to enable the
359 ICache only when Code runs from RAM.
364 Specifies that the core is a 64-bit PowerPC implementation (implements
365 the "64" category of the Power ISA). This is necessary for ePAPR
366 compliance, among other possible reasons.
368 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
370 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
371 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
372 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
374 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
376 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
377 tree nodes for the given platform.
379 CONFIG_SYS_PPC_E500_DEBUG_TLB
381 Enables a temporary TLB entry to be used during boot to work
382 around limitations in e500v1 and e500v2 external debugger
383 support. This reduces the portions of the boot code where
384 breakpoints and single stepping do not work. The value of this
385 symbol should be set to the TLB1 entry to be used for this
388 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510
390 Enables a workaround for erratum A004510. If set,
391 then CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV and
392 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY must be set.
394 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV
395 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510_SVR_REV2 (optional)
397 Defines one or two SoC revisions (low 8 bits of SVR)
398 for which the A004510 workaround should be applied.
400 The rest of SVR is either not relevant to the decision
401 of whether the erratum is present (e.g. p2040 versus
402 p2041) or is implied by the build target, which controls
403 whether CONFIG_SYS_FSL_ERRATUM_A004510 is set.
405 See Freescale App Note 4493 for more information about
408 CONFIG_A003399_NOR_WORKAROUND
409 Enables a workaround for IFC erratum A003399. It is only
410 required during NOR boot.
412 CONFIG_A008044_WORKAROUND
413 Enables a workaround for T1040/T1042 erratum A008044. It is only
414 required during NAND boot and valid for Rev 1.0 SoC revision
416 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_CORENET_SNOOPVEC_COREONLY
418 This is the value to write into CCSR offset 0x18600
419 according to the A004510 workaround.
421 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_DDR_ADDR
422 This value denotes start offset of DDR memory which is
423 connected exclusively to the DSP cores.
425 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M2_RAM_ADDR
426 This value denotes start offset of M2 memory
427 which is directly connected to the DSP core.
429 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_M3_RAM_ADDR
430 This value denotes start offset of M3 memory which is directly
431 connected to the DSP core.
433 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DSP_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT
434 This value denotes start offset of DSP CCSR space.
436 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SINGLE_SOURCE_CLK
437 Single Source Clock is clocking mode present in some of FSL SoC's.
438 In this mode, a single differential clock is used to supply
439 clocks to the sysclock, ddrclock and usbclock.
441 CONFIG_SYS_CPC_REINIT_F
442 This CONFIG is defined when the CPC is configured as SRAM at the
443 time of U-Boot entry and is required to be re-initialized.
446 Indicates this SoC supports deep sleep feature. If deep sleep is
447 supported, core will start to execute uboot when wakes up.
449 - Generic CPU options:
450 CONFIG_SYS_GENERIC_GLOBAL_DATA
451 Defines global data is initialized in generic board board_init_f().
452 If this macro is defined, global data is created and cleared in
453 generic board board_init_f(). Without this macro, architecture/board
454 should initialize global data before calling board_init_f().
456 CONFIG_SYS_BIG_ENDIAN, CONFIG_SYS_LITTLE_ENDIAN
458 Defines the endianess of the CPU. Implementation of those
459 values is arch specific.
462 Freescale DDR driver in use. This type of DDR controller is
463 found in mpc83xx, mpc85xx, mpc86xx as well as some ARM core
466 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_ADDR
467 Freescale DDR memory-mapped register base.
469 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_EMU
470 Specify emulator support for DDR. Some DDR features such as
471 deskew training are not available.
473 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN1
474 Freescale DDR1 controller.
476 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN2
477 Freescale DDR2 controller.
479 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN3
480 Freescale DDR3 controller.
482 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_GEN4
483 Freescale DDR4 controller.
485 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDRC_ARM_GEN3
486 Freescale DDR3 controller for ARM-based SoCs.
489 Board config to use DDR1. It can be enabled for SoCs with
490 Freescale DDR1 or DDR2 controllers, depending on the board
494 Board config to use DDR2. It can be enabled for SoCs with
495 Freescale DDR2 or DDR3 controllers, depending on the board
499 Board config to use DDR3. It can be enabled for SoCs with
500 Freescale DDR3 or DDR3L controllers.
503 Board config to use DDR3L. It can be enabled for SoCs with
507 Board config to use DDR4. It can be enabled for SoCs with
510 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_BE
511 Defines the IFC controller register space as Big Endian
513 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_IFC_LE
514 Defines the IFC controller register space as Little Endian
516 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_PBI
517 It enables addition of RCW (Power on reset configuration) in built image.
518 Please refer doc/README.pblimage for more details
520 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PBL_RCW
521 It adds PBI(pre-boot instructions) commands in u-boot build image.
522 PBI commands can be used to configure SoC before it starts the execution.
523 Please refer doc/README.pblimage for more details
526 It adds a target to create boot binary having SPL binary in PBI format
527 concatenated with u-boot binary.
529 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_BE
530 Defines the DDR controller register space as Big Endian
532 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_LE
533 Defines the DDR controller register space as Little Endian
535 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_SDRAM_BASE_PHY
536 Physical address from the view of DDR controllers. It is the
537 same as CONFIG_SYS_DDR_SDRAM_BASE for all Power SoCs. But
538 it could be different for ARM SoCs.
540 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_INTLV_256B
541 DDR controller interleaving on 256-byte. This is a special
542 interleaving mode, handled by Dickens for Freescale layerscape
545 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_DDR_MAIN_NUM_CTRLS
546 Number of controllers used as main memory.
548 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_OTHER_DDR_NUM_CTRLS
549 Number of controllers used for other than main memory.
551 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_HAS_DP_DDR
552 Defines the SoC has DP-DDR used for DPAA.
554 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_BE
555 Defines the SEC controller register space as Big Endian
557 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_SEC_LE
558 Defines the SEC controller register space as Little Endian
561 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET
563 Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack
564 pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before
567 CONFIG_SYS_MIPS_CACHE_MODE
569 Cache operation mode for the MIPS CPU.
570 See also arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h.
572 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NO_WA
575 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NONCOHERENT
579 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_ACCELERATED
581 CONFIG_SYS_XWAY_EBU_BOOTCFG
583 Special option for Lantiq XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash.
584 See also arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S.
586 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
588 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
589 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
590 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
593 CONFIG_SYS_EXCEPTION_VECTORS_HIGH
595 Select high exception vectors of the ARM core, e.g., do not
596 clear the V bit of the c1 register of CP15.
598 CONFIG_SYS_THUMB_BUILD
600 Use this flag to build U-Boot using the Thumb instruction
601 set for ARM architectures. Thumb instruction set provides
602 better code density. For ARM architectures that support
603 Thumb2 this flag will result in Thumb2 code generated by
606 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_716044
607 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_742230
608 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_743622
609 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_751472
610 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_761320
611 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_773022
612 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_774769
613 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_794072
615 If set, the workarounds for these ARM errata are applied early
616 during U-Boot startup. Note that these options force the
617 workarounds to be applied; no CPU-type/version detection
618 exists, unlike the similar options in the Linux kernel. Do not
619 set these options unless they apply!
622 Generic timer clock source frequency.
624 COUNTER_FREQUENCY_REAL
625 Generic timer clock source frequency if the real clock is
626 different from COUNTER_FREQUENCY, and can only be determined
629 NOTE: The following can be machine specific errata. These
630 do have ability to provide rudimentary version and machine
631 specific checks, but expect no product checks.
632 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_430973
633 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_454179
634 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_621766
635 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_798870
636 CONFIG_ARM_ERRATA_801819
639 CONFIG_TEGRA_SUPPORT_NON_SECURE
641 Support executing U-Boot in non-secure (NS) mode. Certain
642 impossible actions will be skipped if the CPU is in NS mode,
643 such as ARM architectural timer initialization.
645 - Linux Kernel Interface:
648 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
649 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
650 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
651 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
652 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
653 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
655 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
656 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
659 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
661 When transferring memsize parameter to Linux, some versions
662 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
663 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
667 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
668 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
672 * New libfdt-based support
673 * Adds the "fdt" command
674 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
676 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node (only required for
677 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
678 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node (only required for
679 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
680 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
681 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
683 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
686 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
688 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
689 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
691 CONFIG_OF_SYSTEM_SETUP
693 Other code has addition modification that it wants to make
694 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel.
695 This causes ft_system_setup() to be called before booting
700 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
701 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
702 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
703 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
704 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
705 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
707 CONFIG_MACH_TYPE [relevant for ARM only][mandatory]
709 This setting is mandatory for all boards that have only one
710 machine type and must be used to specify the machine type
711 number as it appears in the ARM machine registry
712 (see http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/).
713 Only boards that have multiple machine types supported
714 in a single configuration file and the machine type is
715 runtime discoverable, do not have to use this setting.
717 - vxWorks boot parameters:
719 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
720 environments variables: bootdev, bootfile, ipaddr, netmask,
721 serverip, gatewayip, hostname, othbootargs.
722 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
724 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
725 the defaults discussed just above.
727 - Cache Configuration:
728 CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF - Do not enable instruction cache in U-Boot
729 CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF - Do not enable data cache in U-Boot
730 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot
732 - Cache Configuration for ARM:
733 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
735 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
736 controller register space
741 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
745 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
749 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
750 the clock speed of the UARTs.
754 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
755 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
756 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
758 CONFIG_SERIAL_HW_FLOW_CONTROL
760 Define this variable to enable hw flow control in serial driver.
761 Current user of this option is drivers/serial/nsl16550.c driver
764 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
765 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
766 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
767 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
769 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
770 port routines must be defined elsewhere
771 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
773 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE_ANSI is defined, console will support
774 a limited number of ANSI escape sequences (cursor control,
775 erase functions and limited graphics rendition control).
777 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_BG_COL: define the backgroundcolor, default
779 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_FG_COL: define the foregroundcolor, default
783 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
784 Select one of the baudrates listed in
785 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
786 CONFIG_SYS_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
788 - Console Rx buffer length
789 With CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN it is possible to define
790 the maximum receive buffer length for the SMC.
791 This option is actual only for 82xx and 8xx possible.
792 If using CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN also CONFIG_SYS_MAXIDLE
793 must be defined, to setup the maximum idle timeout for
798 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
799 define a command string that is automatically executed
800 when no character is read on the console interface
801 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
804 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
805 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
806 environment value "bootargs".
808 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
809 The value of these goes into the environment as
810 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
811 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
815 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_LIMIT
816 Implements a mechanism for detecting a repeating reboot
818 http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/UBootBootCountLimit
821 If no softreset save registers are found on the hardware
822 "bootcount" is stored in the environment. To prevent a
823 saveenv on all reboots, the environment variable
824 "upgrade_available" is used. If "upgrade_available" is
825 0, "bootcount" is always 0, if "upgrade_available" is
826 1 "bootcount" is incremented in the environment.
827 So the Userspace Applikation must set the "upgrade_available"
828 and "bootcount" variable to 0, if a boot was successfully.
833 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
834 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
835 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
836 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
837 entering interactive mode.
839 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
840 automatically generated or modified. For an example
841 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
842 modified when the user holds down a certain
843 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
846 - Serial Download Echo Mode:
848 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
849 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
850 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
851 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
852 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
853 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
855 - Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
857 Select one of the baudrates listed in
858 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
861 Monitor commands can be included or excluded
862 from the build by using the #include files
863 <config_cmd_all.h> and #undef'ing unwanted
864 commands, or adding #define's for wanted commands.
866 The default command configuration includes all commands
867 except those marked below with a "*".
869 CONFIG_CMD_AES AES 128 CBC encrypt/decrypt
870 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
871 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
872 CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
873 CONFIG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
874 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
875 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
876 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTI * ARM64 Linux kernel Image support
877 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
878 CONFIG_CMD_CLK * clock command support
879 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
880 CONFIG_CMD_CRC32 * crc32
881 CONFIG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
882 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
883 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
884 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510 * ds4510 I2C gpio commands
885 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_INFO * ds4510 I2C info command
886 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_MEM * ds4510 I2C eeprom/sram commansd
887 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_RST * ds4510 I2C rst command
888 CONFIG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
889 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
890 CONFIG_CMD_EDITENV edit env variable
891 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
892 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM_LAYOUT* EEPROM layout aware commands
893 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
894 CONFIG_CMD_ENV_CALLBACK * display details about env callbacks
895 CONFIG_CMD_ENV_FLAGS * display details about env flags
896 CONFIG_CMD_ENV_EXISTS * check existence of env variable
897 CONFIG_CMD_EXPORTENV * export the environment
898 CONFIG_CMD_EXT2 * ext2 command support
899 CONFIG_CMD_EXT4 * ext4 command support
900 CONFIG_CMD_FS_GENERIC * filesystem commands (e.g. load, ls)
901 that work for multiple fs types
902 CONFIG_CMD_FS_UUID * Look up a filesystem UUID
903 CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV saveenv
904 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
905 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT command support
906 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
907 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
908 CONFIG_CMD_FUSE * Device fuse support
909 CONFIG_CMD_GETTIME * Get time since boot
910 CONFIG_CMD_GO * the 'go' command (exec code)
911 CONFIG_CMD_GREPENV * search environment
912 CONFIG_CMD_HASH * calculate hash / digest
913 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
914 CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
915 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
916 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all images found in NOR flash
917 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS_NAND * List all images found in NAND flash
918 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
919 CONFIG_CMD_IOTRACE * I/O tracing for debugging
920 CONFIG_CMD_IMPORTENV * import an environment
921 CONFIG_CMD_INI * import data from an ini file into the env
922 CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
923 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
924 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
925 CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
926 CONFIG_CMD_LDRINFO * ldrinfo (display Blackfin loader)
927 CONFIG_CMD_LINK_LOCAL * link-local IP address auto-configuration
929 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
930 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
931 CONFIG_CMD_MD5SUM * print md5 message digest
932 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY and CONFIG_MD5)
933 CONFIG_CMD_MEMINFO * Display detailed memory information
934 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
936 CONFIG_CMD_MEMTEST * mtest
937 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
938 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
939 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
940 CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS * MTD partition support
941 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
942 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
943 CONFIG_CMD_NFS NFS support
944 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X * PCA953x I2C gpio commands
945 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X_INFO * PCA953x I2C gpio info command
946 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
947 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
948 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
950 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
951 CONFIG_CMD_READ * Read raw data from partition
952 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
953 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
954 CONFIG_CMD_SANDBOX * sb command to access sandbox features
955 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
956 CONFIG_SCSI * SCSI Support
957 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
958 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
959 CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access
961 CONFIG_CMD_SF * Read/write/erase SPI NOR flash
962 CONFIG_CMD_SHA1SUM * print sha1 memory digest
963 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY)
964 CONFIG_CMD_SOFTSWITCH * Soft switch setting command for BF60x
965 CONFIG_CMD_SOURCE "source" command Support
966 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
967 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPSRV * TFTP transfer in server mode
968 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT * TFTP put command (upload)
969 CONFIG_CMD_TIME * run command and report execution time (ARM specific)
970 CONFIG_CMD_TIMER * access to the system tick timer
971 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
972 CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
973 CONFIG_CMD_MFSL * Microblaze FSL support
974 CONFIG_CMD_XIMG Load part of Multi Image
975 CONFIG_CMD_UUID * Generate random UUID or GUID string
977 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
978 support you can write:
980 #include "config_cmd_all.h"
981 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
984 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
986 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
987 (configuration option CONFIG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
988 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
989 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
990 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
991 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
992 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
993 initial stack and some data.
996 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
998 - Removal of commands
999 If no commands are needed to boot, you can disable
1000 CONFIG_CMDLINE to remove them. In this case, the command line
1001 will not be available, and when U-Boot wants to execute the
1002 boot command (on start-up) it will call board_run_command()
1003 instead. This can reduce image size significantly for very
1004 simple boot procedures.
1006 - Regular expression support:
1008 If this variable is defined, U-Boot is linked against
1009 the SLRE (Super Light Regular Expression) library,
1010 which adds regex support to some commands, as for
1011 example "env grep" and "setexpr".
1015 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree
1016 to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically
1017 compiled #defines in the board file. This option is
1018 experimental and only available on a few boards. The device
1019 tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob.
1021 U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can
1022 be done using one of the two options below:
1025 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will embed a device tree
1026 binary in its image. This device tree file should be in the
1027 board directory and called <soc>-<board>.dts. The binary file
1028 is then picked up in board_init_f() and made available through
1029 the global data structure as gd->blob.
1032 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree
1033 binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific
1034 code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by:
1036 cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
1038 and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called
1039 u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can
1040 still use the individual files if you need something more
1045 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
1046 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
1047 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260
1048 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
1049 register. When supported for a specific SoC is
1050 available, then no further board specific code should
1051 be needed to use it.
1054 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
1055 SoC, then define this variable and provide board
1056 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
1058 CONFIG_AT91_HW_WDT_TIMEOUT
1059 specify the timeout in seconds. default 2 seconds.
1062 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
1063 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
1064 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
1065 version as printed by the "version" command.
1066 Any change to this variable will be reverted at the
1071 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
1072 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
1075 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
1076 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
1077 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
1078 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
1079 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
1080 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
1081 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
1082 CONFIG_RTC_DS1339 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1339 RTC
1083 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
1084 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
1085 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
1086 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
1087 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
1090 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
1091 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
1094 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
1096 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
1097 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
1098 pins supported by a particular chip.
1100 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
1101 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
1104 When CONFIG_IO_TRACE is selected, U-Boot intercepts all I/O
1105 accesses and can checksum them or write a list of them out
1106 to memory. See the 'iotrace' command for details. This is
1107 useful for testing device drivers since it can confirm that
1108 the driver behaves the same way before and after a code
1109 change. Currently this is supported on sandbox and arm. To
1110 add support for your architecture, add '#include <iotrace.h>'
1111 to the bottom of arch/<arch>/include/asm/io.h and test.
1113 Example output from the 'iotrace stats' command is below.
1114 Note that if the trace buffer is exhausted, the checksum will
1115 still continue to operate.
1118 Start: 10000000 (buffer start address)
1119 Size: 00010000 (buffer size)
1120 Offset: 00000120 (current buffer offset)
1121 Output: 10000120 (start + offset)
1122 Count: 00000018 (number of trace records)
1123 CRC32: 9526fb66 (CRC32 of all trace records)
1125 - Timestamp Support:
1127 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
1128 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
1129 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
1130 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
1132 - Partition Labels (disklabels) Supported:
1133 Zero or more of the following:
1134 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION Apple's MacOS partition table.
1135 CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION MS Dos partition table, traditional on the
1136 Intel architecture, USB sticks, etc.
1137 CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION ISO partition table, used on CDROM etc.
1138 CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION GPT partition table, common when EFI is the
1139 bootloader. Note 2TB partition limit; see
1141 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS Memory Technology Device partition table.
1143 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CONFIG_CMD_IDE or
1144 CONFIG_SCSI) you must configure support for at
1145 least one non-MTD partition type as well.
1148 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
1149 board configurations files but used nowhere!
1151 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
1152 be performed by calling the function
1153 ide_set_reset(int reset)
1154 which has to be defined in a board specific file
1159 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
1164 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
1165 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
1166 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
1167 support disks up to 2.1TB.
1169 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
1170 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
1174 At the moment only there is only support for the
1175 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
1176 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
1178 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
1179 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
1180 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
1181 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
1183 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
1185 The environment variable 'scsidevs' is set to the number of
1186 SCSI devices found during the last scan.
1188 - NETWORK Support (PCI):
1190 Support for Intel 8254x/8257x gigabit chips.
1193 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
1194 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
1195 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
1197 CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC
1198 Allow generic access to the SPI bus on the Intel 8257x, for
1199 example with the "sspi" command.
1202 Management command for E1000 devices. When used on devices
1203 with SPI support you can reprogram the EEPROM from U-Boot.
1206 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
1207 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
1208 write routine for first time initialisation.
1211 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
1212 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
1213 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
1216 Support for National dp83815 chips.
1219 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
1221 - NETWORK Support (other):
1223 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC
1224 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.
1227 Define this to use reduced MII inteface
1229 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
1230 If this defined, the driver is quiet.
1231 The driver doen't show link status messages.
1233 CONFIG_CALXEDA_XGMAC
1234 Support for the Calxeda XGMAC device
1237 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
1239 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
1240 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
1243 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
1245 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
1246 Define this to hold the physical address
1247 of the device (I/O space)
1249 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
1250 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1252 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
1253 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
1254 (some hardware wont work with macros)
1256 CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC
1257 Support for davinci emac
1259 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
1260 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
1263 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
1265 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
1266 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
1267 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
1268 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
1269 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
1270 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
1271 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
1272 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
1275 Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips
1278 Define this to hold the physical address
1279 of the device (I/O space)
1281 CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT
1282 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1284 CONFIG_SMC911X_16_BIT
1285 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
1286 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
1287 words you may also try CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT.
1290 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
1292 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
1293 Define the number of ports to be used
1295 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
1296 Define the ETH PHY's address
1298 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
1299 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
1303 Support for PWM module on the imx6.
1307 Support TPM devices.
1309 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_INFINEON
1310 Support for Infineon i2c bus TPM devices. Only one device
1311 per system is supported at this time.
1313 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_I2C_BURST_LIMITATION
1314 Define the burst count bytes upper limit
1317 Support for STMicroelectronics TPM devices. Requires DM_TPM support.
1319 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_I2C
1320 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 I2C devices.
1321 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and I2C.
1323 CONFIG_TPM_ST33ZP24_SPI
1324 Support for STMicroelectronics ST33ZP24 SPI devices.
1325 Requires TPM_ST33ZP24 and SPI.
1327 CONFIG_TPM_ATMEL_TWI
1328 Support for Atmel TWI TPM device. Requires I2C support.
1331 Support for generic parallel port TPM devices. Only one device
1332 per system is supported at this time.
1334 CONFIG_TPM_TIS_BASE_ADDRESS
1335 Base address where the generic TPM device is mapped
1336 to. Contemporary x86 systems usually map it at
1340 Add tpm monitor functions.
1341 Requires CONFIG_TPM. If CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS is set, also
1342 provides monitor access to authorized functions.
1345 Define this to enable the TPM support library which provides
1346 functional interfaces to some TPM commands.
1347 Requires support for a TPM device.
1349 CONFIG_TPM_AUTH_SESSIONS
1350 Define this to enable authorized functions in the TPM library.
1351 Requires CONFIG_TPM and CONFIG_SHA1.
1354 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
1355 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
1356 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
1357 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
1358 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
1361 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
1363 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
1365 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
1369 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
1370 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
1371 for differential drivers on PSC3: 0x00000100
1372 for single ended drivers on PSC3: 0x00004100
1373 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EVENT_POLL
1374 May be defined to allow interrupt polling
1375 instead of using asynchronous interrupts
1377 CONFIG_USB_EHCI_TXFIFO_THRESH enables setting of the
1378 txfilltuning field in the EHCI controller on reset.
1380 CONFIG_USB_DWC2_REG_ADDR the physical CPU address of the DWC2
1381 HW module registers.
1384 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
1385 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
1386 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
1387 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
1388 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
1389 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
1390 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
1391 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
1392 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
1394 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
1395 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
1396 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
1397 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
1400 Define this to build a UDC device
1403 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
1404 talk to the UDC device
1407 Define this to enable the high speed support for usb
1408 device and usbtty. If this feature is enabled, a routine
1409 int is_usbd_high_speed(void)
1410 also needs to be defined by the driver to dynamically poll
1411 whether the enumeration has succeded at high speed or full
1414 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
1415 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
1419 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
1420 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
1421 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0x02
1423 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
1424 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
1425 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
1426 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
1427 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
1428 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
1430 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
1431 Define this string as the name of your company for
1432 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
1434 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
1435 Define this string as the name of your product
1436 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
1438 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
1439 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
1440 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
1441 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
1442 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
1444 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
1445 Define this as the unique Product ID
1447 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
1449 - ULPI Layer Support:
1450 The ULPI (UTMI Low Pin (count) Interface) PHYs are supported via
1451 the generic ULPI layer. The generic layer accesses the ULPI PHY
1452 via the platform viewport, so you need both the genric layer and
1453 the viewport enabled. Currently only Chipidea/ARC based
1454 viewport is supported.
1455 To enable the ULPI layer support, define CONFIG_USB_ULPI and
1456 CONFIG_USB_ULPI_VIEWPORT in your board configuration file.
1457 If your ULPI phy needs a different reference clock than the
1458 standard 24 MHz then you have to define CONFIG_ULPI_REF_CLK to
1459 the appropriate value in Hz.
1462 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1463 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1464 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
1465 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
1466 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1467 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
1470 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
1472 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
1473 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
1476 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
1479 Enable the generic MMC driver
1481 CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_BOOT
1482 Enable some additional features of the eMMC boot partitions.
1484 CONFIG_SUPPORT_EMMC_RPMB
1485 Enable the commands for reading, writing and programming the
1486 key for the Replay Protection Memory Block partition in eMMC.
1488 - USB Device Firmware Update (DFU) class support:
1489 CONFIG_USB_FUNCTION_DFU
1490 This enables the USB portion of the DFU USB class
1493 This enables the command "dfu" which is used to have
1494 U-Boot create a DFU class device via USB. This command
1495 requires that the "dfu_alt_info" environment variable be
1496 set and define the alt settings to expose to the host.
1499 This enables support for exposing (e)MMC devices via DFU.
1502 This enables support for exposing NAND devices via DFU.
1505 This enables support for exposing RAM via DFU.
1506 Note: DFU spec refer to non-volatile memory usage, but
1507 allow usages beyond the scope of spec - here RAM usage,
1508 one that would help mostly the developer.
1510 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_DATA_BUF_SIZE
1511 Dfu transfer uses a buffer before writing data to the
1512 raw storage device. Make the size (in bytes) of this buffer
1513 configurable. The size of this buffer is also configurable
1514 through the "dfu_bufsiz" environment variable.
1516 CONFIG_SYS_DFU_MAX_FILE_SIZE
1517 When updating files rather than the raw storage device,
1518 we use a static buffer to copy the file into and then write
1519 the buffer once we've been given the whole file. Define
1520 this to the maximum filesize (in bytes) for the buffer.
1521 Default is 4 MiB if undefined.
1523 DFU_DEFAULT_POLL_TIMEOUT
1524 Poll timeout [ms], is the timeout a device can send to the
1525 host. The host must wait for this timeout before sending
1526 a subsequent DFU_GET_STATUS request to the device.
1528 DFU_MANIFEST_POLL_TIMEOUT
1529 Poll timeout [ms], which the device sends to the host when
1530 entering dfuMANIFEST state. Host waits this timeout, before
1531 sending again an USB request to the device.
1533 - USB Device Android Fastboot support:
1534 CONFIG_USB_FUNCTION_FASTBOOT
1535 This enables the USB part of the fastboot gadget
1538 This enables the command "fastboot" which enables the Android
1539 fastboot mode for the platform's USB device. Fastboot is a USB
1540 protocol for downloading images, flashing and device control
1541 used on Android devices.
1542 See doc/README.android-fastboot for more information.
1544 CONFIG_ANDROID_BOOT_IMAGE
1545 This enables support for booting images which use the Android
1546 image format header.
1548 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_BUF_ADDR
1549 The fastboot protocol requires a large memory buffer for
1550 downloads. Define this to the starting RAM address to use for
1553 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_BUF_SIZE
1554 The fastboot protocol requires a large memory buffer for
1555 downloads. This buffer should be as large as possible for a
1556 platform. Define this to the size available RAM for fastboot.
1558 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_FLASH
1559 The fastboot protocol includes a "flash" command for writing
1560 the downloaded image to a non-volatile storage device. Define
1561 this to enable the "fastboot flash" command.
1563 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_FLASH_MMC_DEV
1564 The fastboot "flash" command requires additional information
1565 regarding the non-volatile storage device. Define this to
1566 the eMMC device that fastboot should use to store the image.
1568 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_GPT_NAME
1569 The fastboot "flash" command supports writing the downloaded
1570 image to the Protective MBR and the Primary GUID Partition
1571 Table. (Additionally, this downloaded image is post-processed
1572 to generate and write the Backup GUID Partition Table.)
1573 This occurs when the specified "partition name" on the
1574 "fastboot flash" command line matches this value.
1575 The default is "gpt" if undefined.
1577 CONFIG_FASTBOOT_MBR_NAME
1578 The fastboot "flash" command supports writing the downloaded
1580 This occurs when the "partition name" specified on the
1581 "fastboot flash" command line matches this value.
1582 If not defined the default value "mbr" is used.
1584 - Journaling Flash filesystem support:
1586 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1588 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1589 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
1590 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1592 - FAT(File Allocation Table) filesystem write function support:
1595 Define this to enable support for saving memory data as a
1596 file in FAT formatted partition.
1598 This will also enable the command "fatwrite" enabling the
1599 user to write files to FAT.
1601 CBFS (Coreboot Filesystem) support
1604 Define this to enable support for reading from a Coreboot
1605 filesystem. Available commands are cbfsinit, cbfsinfo, cbfsls
1608 - FAT(File Allocation Table) filesystem cluster size:
1609 CONFIG_FS_FAT_MAX_CLUSTSIZE
1611 Define the max cluster size for fat operations else
1612 a default value of 65536 will be defined.
1615 See Kconfig help for available keyboard drivers.
1619 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1620 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1621 defined in your board-specific files. This option is deprecated
1622 and is only used by novena. For new boards, use driver model
1626 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
1628 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
1630 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
1631 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
1632 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
1633 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
1636 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
1637 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two different ways
1639 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
1640 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
1642 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
1643 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1644 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
1645 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
1646 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
1647 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
1648 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1649 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
1651 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
1652 from the bootargs. (See drivers/video/videomodes.c)
1655 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
1656 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
1657 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
1658 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
1661 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
1662 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1663 support, and should also define these other macros:
1669 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1670 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1672 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1674 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1675 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
1676 boot. See the documentation file doc/README.video for a
1677 description of this variable.
1679 - LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1681 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1682 display); also select one of the supported displays
1683 by defining one of these:
1687 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1689 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
1691 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
1693 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
1695 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1696 Active, color, single scan.
1698 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1700 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
1701 Active, color, single scan.
1705 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1706 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1708 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1710 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1711 Active, color, single scan.
1715 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1716 Active, color, single scan.
1720 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1722 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1726 320x240. Black & white.
1728 Normally display is black on white background; define
1729 CONFIG_SYS_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
1731 CONFIG_LCD_ALIGNMENT
1733 Normally the LCD is page-aligned (typically 4KB). If this is
1734 defined then the LCD will be aligned to this value instead.
1735 For ARM it is sometimes useful to use MMU_SECTION_SIZE
1736 here, since it is cheaper to change data cache settings on
1737 a per-section basis.
1739 CONFIG_CONSOLE_SCROLL_LINES
1741 When the console need to be scrolled, this is the number of
1742 lines to scroll by. It defaults to 1. Increasing this makes
1743 the console jump but can help speed up operation when scrolling
1748 Sometimes, for example if the display is mounted in portrait
1749 mode or even if it's mounted landscape but rotated by 180degree,
1750 we need to rotate our content of the display relative to the
1751 framebuffer, so that user can read the messages which are
1753 Once CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is defined, the lcd_console will be
1754 initialized with a given rotation from "vl_rot" out of
1755 "vidinfo_t" which is provided by the board specific code.
1756 The value for vl_rot is coded as following (matching to
1757 fbcon=rotate:<n> linux-kernel commandline):
1758 0 = no rotation respectively 0 degree
1759 1 = 90 degree rotation
1760 2 = 180 degree rotation
1761 3 = 270 degree rotation
1763 If CONFIG_LCD_ROTATION is not defined, the console will be
1764 initialized with 0degree rotation.
1768 Support drawing of RLE8-compressed bitmaps on the LCD.
1772 Enables an 'i2c edid' command which can read EDID
1773 information over I2C from an attached LCD display.
1775 - Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
1777 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1778 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1779 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
1780 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
1781 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1782 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1783 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1784 loaded very quickly after power-on.
1786 CONFIG_SPLASHIMAGE_GUARD
1788 If this option is set, then U-Boot will prevent the environment
1789 variable "splashimage" from being set to a problematic address
1790 (see doc/README.displaying-bmps).
1791 This option is useful for targets where, due to alignment
1792 restrictions, an improperly aligned BMP image will cause a data
1793 abort. If you think you will not have problems with unaligned
1794 accesses (for example because your toolchain prevents them)
1795 there is no need to set this option.
1797 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN
1799 If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
1800 on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
1801 position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
1802 number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
1803 is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
1804 specify 'm' for centering the image.
1807 setenv splashpos m,m
1808 => image at center of screen
1810 setenv splashpos 30,20
1811 => image at x = 30 and y = 20
1813 setenv splashpos -10,m
1814 => vertically centered image
1815 at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9
1817 - Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
1819 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1820 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1821 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1823 - Run length encoded BMP image (RLE8) support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8
1825 If this option is set, 8-bit RLE compressed BMP images
1826 can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the
1829 - Do compressing for memory range:
1832 If this option is set, it would use zlib deflate method
1833 to compress the specified memory at its best effort.
1835 - Compression support:
1838 Enabled by default to support gzip compressed images.
1842 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1843 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1844 compressed images are supported.
1846 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
1847 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
1852 If this option is set, support for lzma compressed
1855 Note: The LZMA algorithm adds between 2 and 4KB of code and it
1856 requires an amount of dynamic memory that is given by the
1859 (1846 + 768 << (lc + lp)) * sizeof(uint16)
1861 Where lc and lp stand for, respectively, Literal context bits
1862 and Literal pos bits.
1864 This value is upper-bounded by 14MB in the worst case. Anyway,
1865 for a ~4MB large kernel image, we have lc=3 and lp=0 for a
1866 total amount of (1846 + 768 << (3 + 0)) * 2 = ~41KB... that is
1867 a very small buffer.
1869 Use the lzmainfo tool to determinate the lc and lp values and
1870 then calculate the amount of needed dynamic memory (ensuring
1871 the appropriate CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN value).
1875 If this option is set, support for LZO compressed images
1881 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1883 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1885 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1889 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
1890 detection of gigabit PHY is included.
1892 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1894 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1895 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1896 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1897 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1899 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1901 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1902 command issued before MII status register can be read
1907 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1908 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
1909 determined through e.g. bootp.
1910 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
1912 - Server IP address:
1915 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
1916 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1917 (Environment variable "serverip")
1919 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1921 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1922 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1924 - Gateway IP address:
1927 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1928 default router where packets to other networks are
1930 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1935 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1936 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1937 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1938 forwarded through a router.
1939 (Environment variable "netmask")
1941 - Multicast TFTP Mode:
1944 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1945 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
1946 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
1947 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1950 - BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1951 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1953 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1954 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1955 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1956 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1957 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1958 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1959 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1960 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1961 following delays are inserted then:
1963 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1964 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1965 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1967 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1969 CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE
1971 BOOTP packets are uniquely identified using a 32-bit ID. The
1972 server will copy the ID from client requests to responses and
1973 U-Boot will use this to determine if it is the destination of
1974 an incoming response. Some servers will check that addresses
1975 aren't in use before handing them out (usually using an ARP
1976 ping) and therefore take up to a few hundred milliseconds to
1977 respond. Network congestion may also influence the time it
1978 takes for a response to make it back to the client. If that
1979 time is too long, U-Boot will retransmit requests. In order
1980 to allow earlier responses to still be accepted after these
1981 retransmissions, U-Boot's BOOTP client keeps a small cache of
1982 IDs. The CONFIG_BOOTP_ID_CACHE_SIZE controls the size of this
1983 cache. The default is to keep IDs for up to four outstanding
1984 requests. Increasing this will allow U-Boot to accept offers
1985 from a BOOTP client in networks with unusually high latency.
1987 - DHCP Advanced Options:
1988 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1989 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1991 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1992 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1993 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1994 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1995 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1996 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1999 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
2000 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
2001 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
2002 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
2003 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL
2005 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
2006 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
2008 CONFIG_BOOTP_MAY_FAIL - If the DHCP server is not found
2009 after the configured retry count, the call will fail
2010 instead of starting over. This can be used to fail over
2011 to Link-local IP address configuration if the DHCP server
2014 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
2015 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
2016 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
2017 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
2018 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
2019 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
2020 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
2023 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
2024 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
2025 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
2026 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
2027 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
2028 option 12 to the DHCP server.
2030 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
2032 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
2033 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
2034 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
2035 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
2036 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
2037 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
2038 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
2039 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
2040 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
2041 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
2044 - Link-local IP address negotiation:
2045 Negotiate with other link-local clients on the local network
2046 for an address that doesn't require explicit configuration.
2047 This is especially useful if a DHCP server cannot be guaranteed
2048 to exist in all environments that the device must operate.
2050 See doc/README.link-local for more information.
2053 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
2055 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
2057 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
2059 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
2064 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
2065 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
2066 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
2068 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
2070 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
2071 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
2075 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
2079 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
2083 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
2085 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
2087 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
2088 device in .1 of milliwatts.
2090 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
2092 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
2094 - Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
2096 Several configurations allow to display the current
2097 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
2098 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
2099 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
2100 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
2101 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
2102 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
2108 The status LED can be connected to a GPIO pin.
2109 In such cases, the gpio_led driver can be used as a
2110 status LED backend implementation. Define CONFIG_GPIO_LED
2111 to include the gpio_led driver in the U-Boot binary.
2113 CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE
2114 Some GPIO connected LEDs may have inverted polarity in which
2115 case the GPIO high value corresponds to LED off state and
2116 GPIO low value corresponds to LED on state.
2117 In such cases CONFIG_GPIO_LED_INVERTED_TABLE may be defined
2118 with a list of GPIO LEDs that have inverted polarity.
2120 - CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
2122 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
2123 on those systems that support this (optional)
2124 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
2126 - I2C Support: CONFIG_SYS_I2C
2128 This enable the NEW i2c subsystem, and will allow you to use
2129 i2c commands at the u-boot command line (as long as you set
2130 CONFIG_CMD_I2C in CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c
2131 based realtime clock chips or other i2c devices. See
2132 common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the command line
2135 ported i2c driver to the new framework:
2136 - drivers/i2c/soft_i2c.c:
2137 - activate first bus with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT define
2138 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE
2139 for defining speed and slave address
2140 - activate second bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS2 define
2141 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_2 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_2
2142 for defining speed and slave address
2143 - activate third bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS3 define
2144 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_3 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_3
2145 for defining speed and slave address
2146 - activate fourth bus with I2C_SOFT_DECLARATIONS4 define
2147 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SPEED_4 and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT_SLAVE_4
2148 for defining speed and slave address
2150 - drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c:
2151 - activate i2c driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_FSL
2152 define CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_OFFSET for setting the register
2153 offset CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_SPEED for the i2c speed and
2154 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C_SLAVE for the slave addr of the first
2156 - If your board supports a second fsl i2c bus, define
2157 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_OFFSET for the register offset
2158 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_SPEED for the speed and
2159 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_I2C2_SLAVE for the slave address of the
2162 - drivers/i2c/tegra_i2c.c:
2163 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_TEGRA
2164 - This driver adds 4 i2c buses with a fix speed from
2165 100000 and the slave addr 0!
2167 - drivers/i2c/ppc4xx_i2c.c
2168 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX
2169 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX_CH0 activate hardware channel 0
2170 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PPC4XX_CH1 activate hardware channel 1
2172 - drivers/i2c/i2c_mxc.c
2173 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC
2174 - enable bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C1
2175 - enable bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C2
2176 - enable bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C3
2177 - enable bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MXC_I2C4
2178 - define speed for bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C1_SPEED
2179 - define slave for bus 1 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C1_SLAVE
2180 - define speed for bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C2_SPEED
2181 - define slave for bus 2 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C2_SLAVE
2182 - define speed for bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C3_SPEED
2183 - define slave for bus 3 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C3_SLAVE
2184 - define speed for bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C4_SPEED
2185 - define slave for bus 4 with CONFIG_SYS_MXC_I2C4_SLAVE
2186 If those defines are not set, default value is 100000
2187 for speed, and 0 for slave.
2189 - drivers/i2c/rcar_i2c.c:
2190 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_RCAR
2191 - This driver adds 4 i2c buses
2193 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C0_BASE for setting the register channel 0
2194 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C0_SPEED for for the speed channel 0
2195 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C1_BASE for setting the register channel 1
2196 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C1_SPEED for for the speed channel 1
2197 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C2_BASE for setting the register channel 2
2198 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C2_SPEED for for the speed channel 2
2199 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C3_BASE for setting the register channel 3
2200 - CONFIG_SYS_RCAR_I2C3_SPEED for for the speed channel 3
2201 - CONFIF_SYS_RCAR_I2C_NUM_CONTROLLERS for number of i2c buses
2203 - drivers/i2c/sh_i2c.c:
2204 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH
2205 - This driver adds from 2 to 5 i2c buses
2207 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE0 for setting the register channel 0
2208 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED0 for for the speed channel 0
2209 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE1 for setting the register channel 1
2210 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED1 for for the speed channel 1
2211 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE2 for setting the register channel 2
2212 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED2 for for the speed channel 2
2213 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE3 for setting the register channel 3
2214 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED3 for for the speed channel 3
2215 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_BASE4 for setting the register channel 4
2216 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_SPEED4 for for the speed channel 4
2217 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SH_NUM_CONTROLLERS for number of i2c buses
2219 - drivers/i2c/omap24xx_i2c.c
2220 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_OMAP24XX
2221 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED speed channel 0
2222 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE slave addr channel 0
2223 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED1 speed channel 1
2224 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE1 slave addr channel 1
2225 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED2 speed channel 2
2226 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE2 slave addr channel 2
2227 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED3 speed channel 3
2228 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE3 slave addr channel 3
2229 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SPEED4 speed channel 4
2230 - CONFIG_SYS_OMAP24_I2C_SLAVE4 slave addr channel 4
2232 - drivers/i2c/zynq_i2c.c
2233 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ
2234 - set CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ_SPEED for speed setting
2235 - set CONFIG_SYS_I2C_ZYNQ_SLAVE for slave addr
2237 - drivers/i2c/s3c24x0_i2c.c:
2238 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_S3C24X0
2239 - This driver adds i2c buses (11 for Exynos5250, Exynos5420
2240 9 i2c buses for Exynos4 and 1 for S3C24X0 SoCs from Samsung)
2241 with a fix speed from 100000 and the slave addr 0!
2243 - drivers/i2c/ihs_i2c.c
2244 - activate this driver with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS
2245 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH0 activate hardware channel 0
2246 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_0 speed channel 0
2247 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_0 slave addr channel 0
2248 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH1 activate hardware channel 1
2249 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_1 speed channel 1
2250 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_1 slave addr channel 1
2251 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH2 activate hardware channel 2
2252 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_2 speed channel 2
2253 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_2 slave addr channel 2
2254 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_CH3 activate hardware channel 3
2255 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_3 speed channel 3
2256 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_3 slave addr channel 3
2257 - activate dual channel with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_DUAL
2258 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_0_1 speed channel 0_1
2259 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_0_1 slave addr channel 0_1
2260 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_1_1 speed channel 1_1
2261 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_1_1 slave addr channel 1_1
2262 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_2_1 speed channel 2_1
2263 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_2_1 slave addr channel 2_1
2264 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SPEED_3_1 speed channel 3_1
2265 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_IHS_SLAVE_3_1 slave addr channel 3_1
2269 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES
2270 Hold the number of i2c buses you want to use.
2272 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS
2273 define this, if you don't use i2c muxes on your hardware.
2274 if CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS is not defined or == 0 you can
2277 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS
2278 define how many muxes are maximal consecutively connected
2279 on one i2c bus. If you not use i2c muxes, omit this
2282 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES
2283 hold a list of buses you want to use, only used if
2284 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DIRECT_BUS is not defined, for example
2285 a board with CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MAX_HOPS = 1 and
2286 CONFIG_SYS_NUM_I2C_BUSES = 9:
2288 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BUSES {{0, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
2289 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 1}}}, \
2290 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 2}}}, \
2291 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 3}}}, \
2292 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 4}}}, \
2293 {0, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9547, 0x70, 5}}}, \
2294 {1, {I2C_NULL_HOP}}, \
2295 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 1}}}, \
2296 {1, {{I2C_MUX_PCA9544, 0x72, 2}}}, \
2300 bus 0 on adapter 0 without a mux
2301 bus 1 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 1
2302 bus 2 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 2
2303 bus 3 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 3
2304 bus 4 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 4
2305 bus 5 on adapter 0 with a PCA9547 on address 0x70 port 5
2306 bus 6 on adapter 1 without a mux
2307 bus 7 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 1
2308 bus 8 on adapter 1 with a PCA9544 on address 0x72 port 2
2310 If you do not have i2c muxes on your board, omit this define.
2312 - Legacy I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C
2314 NOTE: It is intended to move drivers to CONFIG_SYS_I2C which
2315 provides the following compelling advantages:
2317 - more than one i2c adapter is usable
2318 - approved multibus support
2319 - better i2c mux support
2321 ** Please consider updating your I2C driver now. **
2323 These enable legacy I2C serial bus commands. Defining
2324 CONFIG_HARD_I2C will include the appropriate I2C driver
2325 for the selected CPU.
2327 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
2328 command line (as long as you set CONFIG_CMD_I2C in
2329 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
2330 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
2331 command line interface.
2333 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
2335 There are several other quantities that must also be
2336 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
2338 In both cases you will need to define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED
2339 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
2340 to run and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
2341 the CPU's i2c node address).
2343 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx
2344 (arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c) sets the CPU up as a master node
2345 and so its address should therefore be cleared to 0 (See,
2346 eg, MPC823e User's Manual p.16-473). So, set
2347 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
2349 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_MPC5XXX
2351 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
2352 chips might think that the current transfer is still
2353 in progress. Reset the slave devices by sending start
2354 commands until the slave device responds.
2356 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
2358 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SOFT)
2359 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
2360 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
2364 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
2365 controller or configure ports.
2367 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
2371 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
2372 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
2373 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
2377 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
2378 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
2381 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
2385 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
2386 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
2389 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
2393 Code that returns true if the I2C data line is high,
2396 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
2400 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C data line high. If it
2401 is false, it clears it (low).
2403 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
2404 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
2405 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
2409 If <bit> is true, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
2410 is false, it clears it (low).
2412 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
2413 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
2414 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
2418 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
2419 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
2420 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
2423 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
2425 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
2427 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
2428 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
2429 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
2430 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
2432 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
2433 the generic GPIO functions.
2435 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
2437 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
2438 chips might think that the current transfer is still
2439 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
2440 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
2441 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
2442 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
2443 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
2444 is run early in the boot sequence.
2446 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BOARD_LATE_INIT
2448 An alternative to CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD. If this option is
2449 defined a custom i2c_board_late_init() routine in
2450 boards/xxx/board.c is run AFTER the operations in i2c_init()
2451 is completed. This callpoint can be used to unreset i2c bus
2452 using CPU i2c controller register accesses for CPUs whose i2c
2453 controller provide such a method. It is called at the end of
2454 i2c_init() to allow i2c_init operations to setup the i2c bus
2455 controller on the CPU (e.g. setting bus speed & slave address).
2457 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
2459 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
2460 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
2461 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
2463 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2465 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
2466 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
2467 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
2468 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
2470 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
2472 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
2473 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2474 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
2475 a 1D array of device addresses
2478 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2479 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
2481 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
2483 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
2484 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
2486 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
2488 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
2490 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
2491 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
2493 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
2495 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
2496 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
2498 CONFIG_SYS_DTT_BUS_NUM
2500 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
2501 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
2503 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DTT_ADDR:
2505 If defined, specifies the I2C address of the DTT device.
2506 If not defined, then U-Boot uses predefined value for
2507 specified DTT device.
2509 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
2511 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
2512 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
2513 between writing the address pointer and reading the
2514 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
2515 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
2516 devices can use either method, but some require one or
2519 - SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
2521 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
2522 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
2523 D/As on the SACSng board)
2527 Enables the driver for SPI controller on SuperH. Currently
2528 only SH7757 is supported.
2532 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
2533 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
2534 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
2535 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
2536 defined, the board configuration must define several
2537 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
2538 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
2542 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
2543 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
2544 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
2545 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
2546 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
2550 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
2551 SoCs. Currently i.MX31/35/51 are supported.
2553 CONFIG_SYS_SPI_MXC_WAIT
2554 Timeout for waiting until spi transfer completed.
2555 default: (CONFIG_SYS_HZ/100) /* 10 ms */
2557 - FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
2559 Enables FPGA subsystem.
2561 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
2563 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
2566 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
2568 Enables support for FPGA family.
2569 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
2573 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
2575 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA_LOADMK
2577 Enable support for fpga loadmk command
2579 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA_LOADP
2581 Enable support for fpga loadp command - load partial bitstream
2583 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA_LOADBP
2585 Enable support for fpga loadbp command - load partial bitstream
2588 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
2590 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
2592 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
2594 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
2595 status by the configuration function. This option
2596 will require a board or device specific function to
2601 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
2602 configuration driver.
2604 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
2605 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
2607 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
2609 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
2610 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
2611 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
2612 indicated a CRC error).
2614 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
2616 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to de-assert
2617 after PROB_B has been de-asserted during a Virtex II
2618 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
2621 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
2623 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to de-assert during
2624 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
2626 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
2628 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
2631 - Configuration Management:
2634 Some SoCs need special image types (e.g. U-Boot binary
2635 with a special header) as build targets. By defining
2636 CONFIG_BUILD_TARGET in the SoC / board header, this
2637 special image will be automatically built upon calling
2642 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
2643 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
2645 - Vendor Parameter Protection:
2647 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
2648 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
2649 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
2650 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
2651 protects these variables from casual modification by
2652 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
2653 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
2654 change this behaviour:
2656 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
2657 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
2658 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
2661 Alternatively, if you define _both_ an ethaddr in the
2662 default env _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
2663 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
2664 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
2665 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
2668 The same can be accomplished in a more flexible way
2669 for any variable by configuring the type of access
2670 to allow for those variables in the ".flags" variable
2671 or define CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC.
2676 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
2677 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
2678 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
2679 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
2680 this default value by defining an environment
2681 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
2682 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
2683 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
2684 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
2685 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
2686 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
2687 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
2689 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
2692 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
2693 either, which results in a memory region that will
2694 not be affected by reboots.
2696 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
2697 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
2698 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
2699 following board configurations are known to be
2702 IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
2703 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON,
2706 - Access to physical memory region (> 4GB)
2707 Some basic support is provided for operations on memory not
2708 normally accessible to U-Boot - e.g. some architectures
2709 support access to more than 4GB of memory on 32-bit
2710 machines using physical address extension or similar.
2711 Define CONFIG_PHYSMEM to access this basic support, which
2712 currently only supports clearing the memory.
2717 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
2718 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
2719 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
2720 system where you want the system to reboot
2721 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
2722 useful during development since you can try to debug
2723 the conditions that lead to the situation.
2725 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
2727 This variable defines the number of retries for
2728 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
2729 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
2730 default value of 5 is used.
2734 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
2738 Timeout in milliseconds used in NFS protocol.
2739 If you encounter "ERROR: Cannot umount" in nfs command,
2740 try longer timeout such as
2741 #define CONFIG_NFS_TIMEOUT 10000UL
2743 - Command Interpreter:
2744 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
2746 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
2748 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
2750 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
2751 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
2752 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
2756 In the current implementation, the local variables
2757 space and global environment variables space are
2758 separated. Local variables are those you define by
2759 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
2760 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
2761 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
2762 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
2764 Global environment variables are those you use
2765 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
2766 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
2767 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
2769 To store commands and special characters in a
2770 variable, please use double quotation marks
2771 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
2772 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
2775 - Command Line Editing and History:
2776 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
2778 Enable editing and History functions for interactive
2779 command line input operations
2781 - Command Line PS1/PS2 support:
2782 CONFIG_CMDLINE_PS_SUPPORT
2784 Enable support for changing the command prompt string
2785 at run-time. Only static string is supported so far.
2786 The string is obtained from environment variables PS1
2789 - Default Environment:
2790 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
2792 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
2793 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
2794 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2796 For example, place something like this in your
2797 board's config file:
2799 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
2803 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
2804 internal format how the environment is stored by the
2805 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
2806 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
2807 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
2808 You better know what you are doing here.
2810 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
2811 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
2812 the environment like the "source" command or the
2815 CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_CONFIG
2817 Define this in order to add variables describing the
2818 U-Boot build configuration to the default environment.
2819 These will be named arch, cpu, board, vendor, and soc.
2821 Enabling this option will cause the following to be defined:
2829 CONFIG_ENV_VARS_UBOOT_RUNTIME_CONFIG
2831 Define this in order to add variables describing certain
2832 run-time determined information about the hardware to the
2833 environment. These will be named board_name, board_rev.
2835 CONFIG_DELAY_ENVIRONMENT
2837 Normally the environment is loaded when the board is
2838 initialised so that it is available to U-Boot. This inhibits
2839 that so that the environment is not available until
2840 explicitly loaded later by U-Boot code. With CONFIG_OF_CONTROL
2841 this is instead controlled by the value of
2842 /config/load-environment.
2844 - Parallel Flash support:
2847 Traditionally U-Boot was run on systems with parallel NOR
2848 flash. This option is used to disable support for parallel NOR
2849 flash. This option should be defined if the board does not have
2852 If this option is not defined one of the generic flash drivers
2853 (e.g. CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER or CONFIG_ST_SMI) must be
2854 selected or the board must provide an implementation of the
2855 flash API (see include/flash.h).
2857 - DataFlash Support:
2858 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
2860 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
2861 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
2864 - Serial Flash support
2867 Defining this option enables SPI flash commands
2868 'sf probe/read/write/erase/update'.
2870 Usage requires an initial 'probe' to define the serial
2871 flash parameters, followed by read/write/erase/update
2874 The following defaults may be provided by the platform
2875 to handle the common case when only a single serial
2876 flash is present on the system.
2878 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_BUS Bus identifier
2879 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_CS Chip-select
2880 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_MODE (see include/spi.h)
2881 CONFIG_SF_DEFAULT_SPEED in Hz
2885 Define this option to include a destructive SPI flash
2888 CONFIG_SF_DUAL_FLASH Dual flash memories
2890 Define this option to use dual flash support where two flash
2891 memories can be connected with a given cs line.
2892 Currently Xilinx Zynq qspi supports these type of connections.
2894 - SystemACE Support:
2897 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
2898 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
2899 of the chip must also be defined in the
2900 CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
2902 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
2903 #define CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
2905 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
2906 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
2908 - TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
2911 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
2912 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
2913 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
2914 number generator is used.
2916 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
2917 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
2918 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
2920 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
2921 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
2922 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
2923 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
2924 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
2925 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
2926 but sometimes that is not allowed.
2931 This enables a generic 'hash' command which can produce
2932 hashes / digests from a few algorithms (e.g. SHA1, SHA256).
2936 Enable the hash verify command (hash -v). This adds to code
2939 CONFIG_SHA1 - This option enables support of hashing using SHA1
2940 algorithm. The hash is calculated in software.
2941 CONFIG_SHA256 - This option enables support of hashing using
2942 SHA256 algorithm. The hash is calculated in software.
2943 CONFIG_SHA_HW_ACCEL - This option enables hardware acceleration
2944 for SHA1/SHA256 hashing.
2945 This affects the 'hash' command and also the
2946 hash_lookup_algo() function.
2947 CONFIG_SHA_PROG_HW_ACCEL - This option enables
2948 hardware-acceleration for SHA1/SHA256 progressive hashing.
2949 Data can be streamed in a block at a time and the hashing
2950 is performed in hardware.
2952 Note: There is also a sha1sum command, which should perhaps
2953 be deprecated in favour of 'hash sha1'.
2955 - Freescale i.MX specific commands:
2956 CONFIG_CMD_HDMIDETECT
2957 This enables 'hdmidet' command which returns true if an
2958 HDMI monitor is detected. This command is i.MX 6 specific.
2961 This enables the 'bmode' (bootmode) command for forcing
2962 a boot from specific media.
2964 This is useful for forcing the ROM's usb downloader to
2965 activate upon a watchdog reset which is nice when iterating
2966 on U-Boot. Using the reset button or running bmode normal
2967 will set it back to normal. This command currently
2968 supports i.MX53 and i.MX6.
2970 - bootcount support:
2971 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_LIMIT
2973 This enables the bootcounter support, see:
2974 http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/UBootBootCountLimit
2977 enable special bootcounter support on at91sam9xe based boards.
2979 enable special bootcounter support on blackfin based boards.
2981 enable special bootcounter support on da850 based boards.
2982 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_RAM
2983 enable support for the bootcounter in RAM
2984 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_I2C
2985 enable support for the bootcounter on an i2c (like RTC) device.
2986 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_RTC_ADDR = i2c chip address
2987 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTCOUNT_ADDR = i2c addr which is used for
2989 CONFIG_BOOTCOUNT_ALEN = address len
2991 - Show boot progress:
2992 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
2994 Defining this option allows to add some board-
2995 specific code (calling a user-provided function
2996 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
2997 the system's boot progress on some display (for
2998 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
2999 the following checkpoints are implemented:
3002 Legacy uImage format:
3005 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
3006 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
3007 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
3008 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
3009 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
3010 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
3011 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
3012 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
3013 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
3014 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
3015 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
3016 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
3017 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
3018 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
3019 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
3020 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
3022 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
3023 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
3024 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
3025 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
3026 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
3027 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
3028 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
3029 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
3030 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
3031 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
3033 15 arch/<arch>/lib/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
3035 -30 arch/powerpc/lib/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
3036 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
3037 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
3039 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
3040 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
3041 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
3042 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
3043 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
3044 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
3045 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
3046 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
3047 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
3048 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
3049 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
3050 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
3051 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
3052 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
3053 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
3054 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
3055 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
3056 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
3057 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
3058 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
3059 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
3060 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
3061 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
3062 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
3063 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
3064 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
3065 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
3066 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
3067 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
3068 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
3069 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
3070 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
3071 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
3072 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
3073 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
3074 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
3075 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
3076 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
3077 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
3078 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
3079 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
3080 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
3081 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
3082 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
3083 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
3084 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
3085 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
3087 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
3089 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
3090 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
3091 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
3093 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
3094 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling net_loop()
3095 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in net_loop() occurred
3096 81 common/cmd_net.c net_loop() back without error
3097 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
3098 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
3099 83 common/cmd_net.c running "source" command
3100 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or "source" command
3101 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
3106 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
3107 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
3108 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
3109 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
3110 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
3111 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
3112 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
3113 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
3114 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
3115 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
3116 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
3117 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
3118 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
3119 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
3120 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
3121 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
3122 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
3123 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
3124 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
3125 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
3126 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
3127 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
3129 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
3130 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
3131 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
3132 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
3133 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
3134 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
3135 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
3136 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
3137 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
3138 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
3139 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
3140 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
3141 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
3142 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
3143 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
3144 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
3146 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
3147 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
3149 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
3150 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
3152 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
3153 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
3155 - legacy image format:
3156 CONFIG_IMAGE_FORMAT_LEGACY
3157 enables the legacy image format support in U-Boot.
3160 enabled if CONFIG_FIT_SIGNATURE is not defined.
3162 CONFIG_DISABLE_IMAGE_LEGACY
3163 disable the legacy image format
3165 This define is introduced, as the legacy image format is
3166 enabled per default for backward compatibility.
3168 - FIT image support:
3169 CONFIG_FIT_DISABLE_SHA256
3170 Supporting SHA256 hashes has quite an impact on binary size.
3171 For constrained systems sha256 hash support can be disabled
3174 TODO(sjg@chromium.org): Adjust this option to be positive,
3175 and move it to Kconfig
3177 - Standalone program support:
3178 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
3180 This option defines a board specific value for the
3181 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
3182 overwriting the architecture dependent default
3185 - Frame Buffer Address:
3188 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific
3189 address for frame buffer. This is typically the case
3190 when using a graphics controller has separate video
3191 memory. U-Boot will then place the frame buffer at
3192 the given address instead of dynamically reserving it
3193 in system RAM by calling lcd_setmem(), which grabs
3194 the memory for the frame buffer depending on the
3195 configured panel size.
3197 Please see board_init_f function.
3199 - Automatic software updates via TFTP server
3201 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
3202 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
3204 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
3205 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
3207 - MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
3210 Adds the MTD device infrastructure from the Linux kernel.
3211 Needed for mtdparts command support.
3213 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
3215 Adds the MTD partitioning infrastructure from the Linux
3216 kernel. Needed for UBI support.
3221 Adds commands for interacting with MTD partitions formatted
3222 with the UBI flash translation layer
3224 Requires also defining CONFIG_RBTREE
3226 CONFIG_UBI_SILENCE_MSG
3228 Make the verbose messages from UBI stop printing. This leaves
3229 warnings and errors enabled.
3232 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_WL_THRESHOLD
3233 This parameter defines the maximum difference between the highest
3234 erase counter value and the lowest erase counter value of eraseblocks
3235 of UBI devices. When this threshold is exceeded, UBI starts performing
3236 wear leveling by means of moving data from eraseblock with low erase
3237 counter to eraseblocks with high erase counter.
3239 The default value should be OK for SLC NAND flashes, NOR flashes and
3240 other flashes which have eraseblock life-cycle 100000 or more.
3241 However, in case of MLC NAND flashes which typically have eraseblock
3242 life-cycle less than 10000, the threshold should be lessened (e.g.,
3243 to 128 or 256, although it does not have to be power of 2).
3247 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_BEB_LIMIT
3248 This option specifies the maximum bad physical eraseblocks UBI
3249 expects on the MTD device (per 1024 eraseblocks). If the
3250 underlying flash does not admit of bad eraseblocks (e.g. NOR
3251 flash), this value is ignored.
3253 NAND datasheets often specify the minimum and maximum NVM
3254 (Number of Valid Blocks) for the flashes' endurance lifetime.
3255 The maximum expected bad eraseblocks per 1024 eraseblocks
3256 then can be calculated as "1024 * (1 - MinNVB / MaxNVB)",
3257 which gives 20 for most NANDs (MaxNVB is basically the total
3258 count of eraseblocks on the chip).
3260 To put it differently, if this value is 20, UBI will try to
3261 reserve about 1.9% of physical eraseblocks for bad blocks
3262 handling. And that will be 1.9% of eraseblocks on the entire
3263 NAND chip, not just the MTD partition UBI attaches. This means
3264 that if you have, say, a NAND flash chip admits maximum 40 bad
3265 eraseblocks, and it is split on two MTD partitions of the same
3266 size, UBI will reserve 40 eraseblocks when attaching a
3271 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP
3272 Fastmap is a mechanism which allows attaching an UBI device
3273 in nearly constant time. Instead of scanning the whole MTD device it
3274 only has to locate a checkpoint (called fastmap) on the device.
3275 The on-flash fastmap contains all information needed to attach
3276 the device. Using fastmap makes only sense on large devices where
3277 attaching by scanning takes long. UBI will not automatically install
3278 a fastmap on old images, but you can set the UBI parameter
3279 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT to 1 if you want so. Please note
3280 that fastmap-enabled images are still usable with UBI implementations
3281 without fastmap support. On typical flash devices the whole fastmap
3282 fits into one PEB. UBI will reserve PEBs to hold two fastmaps.
3284 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FASTMAP_AUTOCONVERT
3285 Set this parameter to enable fastmap automatically on images
3289 CONFIG_MTD_UBI_FM_DEBUG
3290 Enable UBI fastmap debug
3296 Adds commands for interacting with UBI volumes formatted as
3297 UBIFS. UBIFS is read-only in u-boot.
3299 Requires UBI support as well as CONFIG_LZO
3301 CONFIG_UBIFS_SILENCE_MSG
3303 Make the verbose messages from UBIFS stop printing. This leaves
3304 warnings and errors enabled.
3308 Enable building of SPL globally.
3311 LDSCRIPT for linking the SPL binary.
3313 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT
3314 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL, BSS included.
3315 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory
3316 used by SPL from _start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
3317 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
3318 must not be both defined at the same time.
3321 Maximum size of the SPL image (text, data, rodata, and
3322 linker lists sections), BSS excluded.
3323 When defined, the linker checks that the actual size does
3326 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
3327 TEXT_BASE for linking the SPL binary.
3329 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_TEXT_BASE
3330 Address to relocate to. If unspecified, this is equal to
3331 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE (i.e. no relocation is done).
3333 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_START_ADDR
3334 Link address for the BSS within the SPL binary.
3336 CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
3337 Maximum size in memory allocated to the SPL BSS.
3338 When defined, the linker checks that the actual memory used
3339 by SPL from __bss_start to __bss_end does not exceed it.
3340 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_FOOTPRINT and CONFIG_SPL_BSS_MAX_SIZE
3341 must not be both defined at the same time.
3344 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use
3346 CONFIG_SPL_PANIC_ON_RAW_IMAGE
3347 When defined, SPL will panic() if the image it has
3348 loaded does not have a signature.
3349 Defining this is useful when code which loads images
3350 in SPL cannot guarantee that absolutely all read errors
3352 An example is the LPC32XX MLC NAND driver, which will
3353 consider that a completely unreadable NAND block is bad,
3354 and thus should be skipped silently.
3356 CONFIG_SPL_ABORT_ON_RAW_IMAGE
3357 When defined, SPL will proceed to another boot method
3358 if the image it has loaded does not have a signature.
3360 CONFIG_SPL_RELOC_STACK
3361 Adress of the start of the stack SPL will use after
3362 relocation. If unspecified, this is equal to
3365 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START
3366 Starting address of the malloc pool used in SPL.
3367 When this option is set the full malloc is used in SPL and
3368 it is set up by spl_init() and before that, the simple malloc()
3369 can be used if CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F is defined.
3371 CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_SIZE
3372 The size of the malloc pool used in SPL.
3374 CONFIG_SPL_FRAMEWORK
3375 Enable the SPL framework under common/. This framework
3376 supports MMC, NAND and YMODEM loading of U-Boot and NAND
3377 NAND loading of the Linux Kernel.
3380 Enable booting directly to an OS from SPL.
3381 See also: doc/README.falcon
3383 CONFIG_SPL_DISPLAY_PRINT
3384 For ARM, enable an optional function to print more information
3385 about the running system.
3387 CONFIG_SPL_INIT_MINIMAL
3388 Arch init code should be built for a very small image
3390 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_SECTOR,
3391 CONFIG_SYS_U_BOOT_MAX_SIZE_SECTORS,
3392 Address and partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from
3393 when the MMC is being used in raw mode.
3395 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_U_BOOT_PARTITION
3396 Partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from when the MMC is being
3399 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_KERNEL_SECTOR
3400 Sector to load kernel uImage from when MMC is being
3401 used in raw mode (for Falcon mode)
3403 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTOR,
3404 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_RAW_MODE_ARGS_SECTORS
3405 Sector and number of sectors to load kernel argument
3406 parameters from when MMC is being used in raw mode
3409 CONFIG_SYS_MMCSD_FS_BOOT_PARTITION
3410 Partition on the MMC to load U-Boot from when the MMC is being
3413 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_PAYLOAD_NAME
3414 Filename to read to load U-Boot when reading from filesystem
3416 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_KERNEL_NAME
3417 Filename to read to load kernel uImage when reading
3418 from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
3420 CONFIG_SPL_FS_LOAD_ARGS_NAME
3421 Filename to read to load kernel argument parameters
3422 when reading from filesystem (for Falcon mode)
3424 CONFIG_SPL_MPC83XX_WAIT_FOR_NAND
3425 Set this for NAND SPL on PPC mpc83xx targets, so that
3426 start.S waits for the rest of the SPL to load before
3427 continuing (the hardware starts execution after just
3428 loading the first page rather than the full 4K).
3430 CONFIG_SPL_SKIP_RELOCATE
3431 Avoid SPL relocation
3433 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BASE
3434 Include nand_base.c in the SPL. Requires
3435 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS.
3437 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_DRIVERS
3438 SPL uses normal NAND drivers, not minimal drivers.
3441 Include standard software ECC in the SPL
3443 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_SIMPLE
3444 Support for NAND boot using simple NAND drivers that
3445 expose the cmd_ctrl() interface.
3448 Support for a lightweight UBI (fastmap) scanner and
3451 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_RAW_ONLY
3452 Support to boot only raw u-boot.bin images. Use this only
3453 if you need to save space.
3455 CONFIG_SPL_COMMON_INIT_DDR
3456 Set for common ddr init with serial presence detect in
3459 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_5_ADDR_CYCLE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_COUNT,
3460 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_PAGE_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_OOBSIZE,
3461 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BLOCK_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BAD_BLOCK_POS,
3462 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCPOS, CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCSIZE,
3463 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_ECCBYTES
3464 Defines the size and behavior of the NAND that SPL uses
3467 CONFIG_SPL_NAND_BOOT
3468 Add support NAND boot
3470 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_OFFS
3471 Location in NAND to read U-Boot from
3473 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_DST
3474 Location in memory to load U-Boot to
3476 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_SIZE
3477 Size of image to load
3479 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_U_BOOT_START
3480 Entry point in loaded image to jump to
3482 CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
3483 Define this if you need to first read the OOB and then the
3484 data. This is used, for example, on davinci platforms.
3486 CONFIG_SPL_OMAP3_ID_NAND
3487 Support for an OMAP3-specific set of functions to return the
3488 ID and MFR of the first attached NAND chip, if present.
3490 CONFIG_SPL_RAM_DEVICE
3491 Support for running image already present in ram, in SPL binary
3494 Image offset to which the SPL should be padded before appending
3495 the SPL payload. By default, this is defined as
3496 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
3497 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
3498 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
3501 Final target image containing SPL and payload. Some SPLs
3502 use an arch-specific makefile fragment instead, for
3503 example if more than one image needs to be produced.
3505 CONFIG_FIT_SPL_PRINT
3506 Printing information about a FIT image adds quite a bit of
3507 code to SPL. So this is normally disabled in SPL. Use this
3508 option to re-enable it. This will affect the output of the
3509 bootm command when booting a FIT image.
3513 Enable building of TPL globally.
3516 Image offset to which the TPL should be padded before appending
3517 the TPL payload. By default, this is defined as
3518 CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE, or 0 if CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE is undefined.
3519 CONFIG_SPL_PAD_TO must be either 0, meaning to append the SPL
3520 payload without any padding, or >= CONFIG_SPL_MAX_SIZE.
3522 - Interrupt support (PPC):
3524 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
3525 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
3526 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
3527 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
3528 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
3529 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
3530 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
3531 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
3532 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
3533 general timer_interrupt().
3536 Board initialization settings:
3537 ------------------------------
3539 During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
3540 to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
3541 before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
3542 following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
3543 architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
3544 typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
3546 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
3547 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
3548 - CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
3549 - CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init()
3551 Configuration Settings:
3552 -----------------------
3554 - CONFIG_SYS_SUPPORT_64BIT_DATA: Defined automatically if compiled as 64-bit.
3555 Optionally it can be defined to support 64-bit memory commands.
3557 - CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
3558 undefine this when you're short of memory.
3560 - CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
3561 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
3563 - CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
3564 prompt for user input.
3566 - CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
3568 - CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
3570 - CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
3572 - CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
3573 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
3576 - CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
3577 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
3579 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
3580 Suppress display of console information at boot.
3582 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
3583 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
3585 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
3586 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
3588 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
3589 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
3592 - CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST:
3593 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
3595 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
3596 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
3597 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
3599 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE
3600 Only implemented for ARMv8 for now.
3601 If defined, the size of CONFIG_SYS_MEM_RESERVE_SECURE memory
3602 is substracted from total RAM and won't be reported to OS.
3603 This memory can be used as secure memory. A variable
3604 gd->arch.secure_ram is used to track the location. In systems
3605 the RAM base is not zero, or RAM is divided into banks,
3606 this variable needs to be recalcuated to get the address.
3608 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE:
3609 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
3610 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
3611 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
3612 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
3613 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
3614 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
3615 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
3616 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
3617 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
3619 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
3620 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
3623 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
3624 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
3625 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
3626 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
3629 - CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
3630 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
3632 - CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
3633 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
3635 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
3636 Physical start address of Flash memory.
3638 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
3639 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
3640 make config files to be same as the text base address
3641 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
3642 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
3644 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
3645 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
3646 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
3647 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
3650 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
3651 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
3653 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_F_LEN
3654 Size of the malloc() pool for use before relocation. If
3655 this is defined, then a very simple malloc() implementation
3656 will become available before relocation. The address is just
3657 below the global data, and the stack is moved down to make
3660 This feature allocates regions with increasing addresses
3661 within the region. calloc() is supported, but realloc()
3662 is not available. free() is supported but does nothing.
3663 The memory will be freed (or in fact just forgotten) when
3664 U-Boot relocates itself.
3666 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_SIMPLE
3667 Provides a simple and small malloc() and calloc() for those
3668 boards which do not use the full malloc in SPL (which is
3669 enabled with CONFIG_SYS_SPL_MALLOC_START).
3671 - CONFIG_SYS_NONCACHED_MEMORY:
3672 Size of non-cached memory area. This area of memory will be
3673 typically located right below the malloc() area and mapped
3674 uncached in the MMU. This is useful for drivers that would
3675 otherwise require a lot of explicit cache maintenance. For
3676 some drivers it's also impossible to properly maintain the
3677 cache. For example if the regions that need to be flushed
3678 are not a multiple of the cache-line size, *and* padding
3679 cannot be allocated between the regions to align them (i.e.
3680 if the HW requires a contiguous array of regions, and the
3681 size of each region is not cache-aligned), then a flush of
3682 one region may result in overwriting data that hardware has
3683 written to another region in the same cache-line. This can
3684 happen for example in network drivers where descriptors for
3685 buffers are typically smaller than the CPU cache-line (e.g.
3686 16 bytes vs. 32 or 64 bytes).
3688 Non-cached memory is only supported on 32-bit ARM at present.
3690 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
3691 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
3692 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
3693 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
3694 to adjust this setting to your needs.
3696 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
3697 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
3698 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
3699 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
3700 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
3701 environment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
3702 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
3703 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
3704 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
3705 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
3706 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
3708 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
3709 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
3710 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
3713 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
3714 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
3715 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
3717 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
3718 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
3719 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
3721 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
3722 Max number of Flash memory banks
3724 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
3725 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
3727 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
3728 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
3730 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
3731 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
3733 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
3734 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
3736 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
3737 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
3739 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
3740 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
3741 instead of U-Boot software protection.
3743 - CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
3745 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
3746 without this option such a download has to be
3747 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
3748 copy from RAM to flash.
3750 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
3751 you can check if the download worked before you erase
3752 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
3753 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
3754 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
3756 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
3757 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
3758 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
3760 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
3761 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
3762 in the drivers directory
3764 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
3765 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
3766 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
3769 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
3770 Use buffered writes to flash.
3772 - CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
3773 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
3776 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
3777 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
3778 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
3779 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
3780 optionally available.
3782 - CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
3783 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
3784 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
3785 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
3787 - CONFIG_FLASH_VERIFY
3788 If defined, the content of the flash (destination) is compared
3789 against the source after the write operation. An error message
3790 will be printed when the contents are not identical.
3791 Please note that this option is useless in nearly all cases,
3792 since such flash programming errors usually are detected earlier
3793 while unprotecting/erasing/programming. Please only enable
3794 this option if you really know what you are doing.
3796 - CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
3797 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
3798 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
3799 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
3800 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
3801 on high Ethernet traffic.
3802 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
3804 - CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
3806 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
3807 internally to store the environment settings. The default
3808 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
3809 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
3810 lib/hashtable.c for details.
3812 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
3813 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
3814 Enable validation of the values given to environment variables when
3815 calling env set. Variables can be restricted to only decimal,
3816 hexadecimal, or boolean. If CONFIG_CMD_NET is also defined,
3817 the variables can also be restricted to IP address or MAC address.
3819 The format of the list is:
3820 type_attribute = [s|d|x|b|i|m]
3821 access_attribute = [a|r|o|c]
3822 attributes = type_attribute[access_attribute]
3823 entry = variable_name[:attributes]
3826 The type attributes are:
3827 s - String (default)
3830 b - Boolean ([1yYtT|0nNfF])
3834 The access attributes are:
3840 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_DEFAULT
3841 Define this to a list (string) to define the ".flags"
3842 environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
3844 - CONFIG_ENV_FLAGS_LIST_STATIC
3845 Define this to a list (string) to define validation that
3846 should be done if an entry is not found in the ".flags"
3847 environment variable. To override a setting in the static
3848 list, simply add an entry for the same variable name to the
3851 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
3852 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to define the same
3853 flags without explicitly listing them for each variable.
3855 - CONFIG_ENV_ACCESS_IGNORE_FORCE
3856 If defined, don't allow the -f switch to env set override variable
3859 - CONFIG_OMAP_PLATFORM_RESET_TIME_MAX_USEC (OMAP only)
3860 This is set by OMAP boards for the max time that reset should
3861 be asserted. See doc/README.omap-reset-time for details on how
3862 the value can be calculated on a given board.
3865 If stdint.h is available with your toolchain you can define this
3866 option to enable it. You can provide option 'USE_STDINT=1' when
3867 building U-Boot to enable this.
3869 The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
3870 of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
3871 following configurations:
3873 - CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
3875 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
3876 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
3878 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
3880 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
3882 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
3883 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
3884 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
3885 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
3886 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
3887 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
3888 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
3889 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
3890 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
3891 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
3892 between U-Boot and the environment.
3894 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3896 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
3897 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
3898 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
3899 for this sector is given here.
3901 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE.
3905 This is just another way to specify the start address of
3906 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
3909 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
3911 Size of the sector containing the environment.
3914 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
3915 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
3920 If you use this in combination with CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
3921 and CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
3922 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
3923 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
3925 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
3926 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
3927 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
3928 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
3929 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
3930 updating the environment in flash makes it always
3931 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
3932 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
3933 RAM, your target system will be dead.
3935 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
3936 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
3938 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
3939 a redundant copy of the environment data, so that there is
3940 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
3941 a "saveenv" operation.
3943 BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
3944 source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
3948 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
3950 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
3951 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
3957 These two #defines are used to determine the memory area you
3958 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
3959 can just be read and written to, without any special
3962 BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
3963 in U-Boot initialization (when we try to get the setting of for the
3964 console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
3967 Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
3968 environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
3969 keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
3970 to save the current settings.
3973 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
3975 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
3976 device and a driver for it.
3978 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
3981 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
3982 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
3984 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
3985 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
3986 The default address is zero.
3988 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_BUS:
3989 If defined, specified the i2c bus of the EEPROM device.
3991 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
3992 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
3993 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
3994 would require six bits.
3996 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
3997 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
3998 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
4000 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
4001 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
4002 that this is NOT the chip address length!
4004 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
4005 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
4006 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
4007 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
4008 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
4011 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
4012 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
4013 in the chip address.
4015 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_SIZE:
4016 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
4018 - CONFIG_ENV_EEPROM_IS_ON_I2C
4019 define this, if you have I2C and SPI activated, and your
4020 EEPROM, which holds the environment, is on the I2C bus.
4022 - CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS
4023 if you have an Environment on an EEPROM reached over
4024 I2C muxes, you can define here, how to reach this
4025 EEPROM. For example:
4027 #define CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS 1
4029 EEPROM which holds the environment, is reached over
4030 a pca9547 i2c mux with address 0x70, channel 3.
4032 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
4034 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
4035 want to use for the environment.
4037 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
4041 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
4042 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
4043 at the specified address.
4045 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_SPI_FLASH:
4047 Define this if you have a SPI Flash memory device which you
4048 want to use for the environment.
4050 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
4053 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
4054 environment area within the SPI Flash. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET must be
4055 aligned to an erase sector boundary.
4057 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
4059 Define the SPI flash's sector size.
4061 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
4063 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
4064 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, so
4065 that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure
4066 during a "saveenv" operation. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND must be
4067 aligned to an erase sector boundary.
4069 - CONFIG_ENV_SPI_BUS (optional):
4070 - CONFIG_ENV_SPI_CS (optional):
4072 Define the SPI bus and chip select. If not defined they will be 0.
4074 - CONFIG_ENV_SPI_MAX_HZ (optional):
4076 Define the SPI max work clock. If not defined then use 1MHz.
4078 - CONFIG_ENV_SPI_MODE (optional):
4080 Define the SPI work mode. If not defined then use SPI_MODE_3.
4082 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_REMOTE:
4084 Define this if you have a remote memory space which you
4085 want to use for the local device's environment.
4090 These two #defines specify the address and size of the
4091 environment area within the remote memory space. The
4092 local device can get the environment from remote memory
4093 space by SRIO or PCIE links.
4095 BE CAREFUL! For some special cases, the local device can not use
4096 "saveenv" command. For example, the local device will get the
4097 environment stored in a remote NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE link,
4098 but it can not erase, write this NOR flash by SRIO or PCIE interface.
4100 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
4102 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
4103 for the environment.
4105 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
4108 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
4109 area within the first NAND device. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET must be
4110 aligned to an erase block boundary.
4112 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
4114 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
4115 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, so
4116 that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure
4117 during a "saveenv" operation. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND must be
4118 aligned to an erase block boundary.
4120 - CONFIG_ENV_RANGE (optional):
4122 Specifies the length of the region in which the environment
4123 can be written. This should be a multiple of the NAND device's
4124 block size. Specifying a range with more erase blocks than
4125 are needed to hold CONFIG_ENV_SIZE allows bad blocks within
4126 the range to be avoided.
4128 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB (optional):
4130 Enables support for dynamically retrieving the offset of the
4131 environment from block zero's out-of-band data. The
4132 "nand env.oob" command can be used to record this offset.
4133 Currently, CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND is not supported when
4134 using CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB.
4136 - CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
4138 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
4139 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
4140 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
4142 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_UBI:
4144 Define this if you have an UBI volume that you want to use for the
4145 environment. This has the benefit of wear-leveling the environment
4146 accesses, which is important on NAND.
4148 - CONFIG_ENV_UBI_PART:
4150 Define this to a string that is the mtd partition containing the UBI.
4152 - CONFIG_ENV_UBI_VOLUME:
4154 Define this to the name of the volume that you want to store the
4157 - CONFIG_ENV_UBI_VOLUME_REDUND:
4159 Define this to the name of another volume to store a second copy of
4160 the environment in. This will enable redundant environments in UBI.
4161 It is assumed that both volumes are in the same MTD partition.
4163 - CONFIG_UBI_SILENCE_MSG
4164 - CONFIG_UBIFS_SILENCE_MSG
4166 You will probably want to define these to avoid a really noisy system
4167 when storing the env in UBI.
4169 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FAT:
4170 Define this if you want to use the FAT file system for the environment.
4172 - FAT_ENV_INTERFACE:
4174 Define this to a string that is the name of the block device.
4176 - FAT_ENV_DEV_AND_PART:
4178 Define this to a string to specify the partition of the device. It can
4181 "D:P", "D:0", "D", "D:" or "D:auto" (D, P are integers. And P >= 1)
4182 - "D:P": device D partition P. Error occurs if device D has no
4185 - "D" or "D:": device D partition 1 if device D has partition
4186 table, or the whole device D if has no partition
4188 - "D:auto": first partition in device D with bootable flag set.
4189 If none, first valid partition in device D. If no
4190 partition table then means device D.
4194 It's a string of the FAT file name. This file use to store the
4198 This should be defined. Otherwise it cannot save the environment file.
4200 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_MMC:
4202 Define this if you have an MMC device which you want to use for the
4205 - CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_DEV:
4207 Specifies which MMC device the environment is stored in.
4209 - CONFIG_SYS_MMC_ENV_PART (optional):
4211 Specifies which MMC partition the environment is stored in. If not
4212 set, defaults to partition 0, the user area. Common values might be
4213 1 (first MMC boot partition), 2 (second MMC boot partition).
4215 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
4218 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
4219 area within the specified MMC device.
4221 If offset is positive (the usual case), it is treated as relative to
4222 the start of the MMC partition. If offset is negative, it is treated
4223 as relative to the end of the MMC partition. This can be useful if
4224 your board may be fitted with different MMC devices, which have
4225 different sizes for the MMC partitions, and you always want the
4226 environment placed at the very end of the partition, to leave the
4227 maximum possible space before it, to store other data.
4229 These two values are in units of bytes, but must be aligned to an
4230 MMC sector boundary.
4232 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
4234 Specifies a second storage area, of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE size, used to
4235 hold a redundant copy of the environment data. This provides a
4236 valid backup copy in case the other copy is corrupted, e.g. due
4237 to a power failure during a "saveenv" operation.
4239 This value may also be positive or negative; this is handled in the
4240 same way as CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET.
4242 This value is also in units of bytes, but must also be aligned to
4243 an MMC sector boundary.
4245 - CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND (optional):
4247 This value need not be set, even when CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND is
4248 set. If this value is set, it must be set to the same value as
4251 - CONFIG_SYS_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
4253 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
4254 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
4255 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
4256 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
4257 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
4258 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
4259 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
4261 Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
4262 has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
4263 created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_f()
4264 until then to read environment variables.
4266 The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
4267 is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
4268 with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
4269 necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
4270 "baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
4271 have any device yet where we could complain.]
4273 Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
4274 the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
4275 use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
4277 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
4278 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
4280 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
4281 also needs to be defined.
4283 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
4284 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
4286 - CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
4287 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
4288 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
4289 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
4290 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
4291 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
4293 - CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO
4294 Display information about the board that U-Boot is running on
4295 when U-Boot starts up. The board function checkboard() is called
4298 - CONFIG_DISPLAY_BOARDINFO_LATE
4299 Similar to the previous option, but display this information
4300 later, once stdio is running and output goes to the LCD, if
4303 - CONFIG_BOARD_SIZE_LIMIT:
4304 Maximum size of the U-Boot image. When defined, the
4305 build system checks that the actual size does not
4308 Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
4309 ---------------------------------------------------
4311 - CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
4312 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
4314 - CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR:
4315 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
4317 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
4318 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
4319 the IMMR register after a reset.
4321 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
4322 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
4325 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
4326 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
4327 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
4329 CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR must also be set to this value,
4330 for cross-platform code that uses that macro instead.
4332 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
4333 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
4334 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
4335 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
4336 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
4337 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
4338 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
4340 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
4341 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
4343 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
4344 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
4345 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
4346 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
4347 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
4349 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
4350 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
4351 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
4352 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
4354 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE:
4355 If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be
4356 forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated.
4358 - Floppy Disk Support:
4359 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
4361 the default drive number (default value 0)
4363 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
4365 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
4368 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
4370 defines the offset of register from address. It
4371 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
4372 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
4374 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
4375 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
4378 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
4379 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
4380 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
4381 source code. It is used to make hardware-dependent
4385 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
4386 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
4387 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
4388 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
4389 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
4392 - CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
4393 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
4394 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
4396 - CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
4398 Start address of memory area that can be used for
4399 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
4400 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
4401 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
4402 will become available only after programming the
4403 memory controller and running certain initialization
4406 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
4407 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
4408 - MPC824X: data cache
4409 - PPC4xx: data cache
4411 - CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
4413 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
4414 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
4415 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
4416 data is located at the end of the available space
4417 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
4418 GENERATED_GBL_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
4419 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
4420 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
4423 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
4424 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
4425 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
4426 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
4427 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
4429 - CONFIG_SYS_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
4431 - CONFIG_SYS_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
4433 - CONFIG_SYS_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
4435 - CONFIG_SYS_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
4437 - CONFIG_SYS_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
4439 - CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
4441 - CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
4444 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
4445 periodic timer for refresh
4447 - CONFIG_SYS_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
4449 - FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
4450 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
4451 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
4452 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
4453 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
4455 - SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
4456 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
4457 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
4458 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
4460 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
4461 CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_8COL, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_9COL:
4462 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
4463 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
4465 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
4466 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
4467 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
4469 - CONFIG_SYS_SMC_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SMC_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
4470 enable SMC microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
4471 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]
4473 - CONFIG_SYS_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
4474 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
4475 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
4477 - CONFIG_SYS_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
4478 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
4479 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
4480 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
4483 - CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
4484 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK0_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
4485 CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK1_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
4486 CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
4487 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
4488 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
4489 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
4490 CONFIG_SYS_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
4491 Overrides the default PCI memory map in arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
4493 - CONFIG_PCI_DISABLE_PCIE:
4494 Disable PCI-Express on systems where it is supported but not
4497 - CONFIG_PCI_ENUM_ONLY
4498 Only scan through and get the devices on the buses.
4499 Don't do any setup work, presumably because someone or
4500 something has already done it, and we don't need to do it
4501 a second time. Useful for platforms that are pre-booted
4502 by coreboot or similar.
4504 - CONFIG_PCI_INDIRECT_BRIDGE:
4505 Enable support for indirect PCI bridges.
4508 Chip has SRIO or not
4511 Board has SRIO 1 port available
4514 Board has SRIO 2 port available
4516 - CONFIG_SRIO_PCIE_BOOT_MASTER
4517 Board can support master function for Boot from SRIO and PCIE
4519 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
4520 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
4522 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYS:
4523 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
4525 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
4526 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
4528 - CONFIG_SYS_NAND_BUSWIDTH_16BIT
4529 Defined to tell the NAND controller that the NAND chip is using
4531 Not all NAND drivers use this symbol.
4532 Example of drivers that use it:
4533 - drivers/mtd/nand/ndfc.c
4534 - drivers/mtd/nand/mxc_nand.c
4536 - CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
4537 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
4538 a default value will be used.
4541 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
4542 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
4545 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
4547 - CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
4548 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
4549 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
4550 to something your driver can deal with.
4552 - CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
4553 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
4554 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
4555 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
4556 header files or board specific files.
4558 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
4559 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
4561 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_SYNC_REFRESH
4562 Enable sync of refresh for multiple controllers.
4564 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_BIST
4565 Enable built-in memory test for Freescale DDR controllers.
4567 - CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
4568 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
4569 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
4571 - CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
4572 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
4574 - CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
4575 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
4576 to the given FEC; i. e.
4577 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
4578 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
4580 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
4582 - CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
4583 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
4584 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
4587 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
4588 Note that this is a global option, we can't
4589 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
4591 - CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
4592 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
4595 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
4597 Where address/count indicate a memory area
4598 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
4602 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
4603 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
4606 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
4611 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
4613 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
4614 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
4616 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
4617 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
4619 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
4620 [ARM, NDS32, MIPS only] If this variable is defined, then certain
4621 low level initializations (like setting up the memory
4622 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
4623 relocate itself into RAM.
4625 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
4626 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
4627 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
4628 these initializations itself.
4630 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT_ONLY
4631 [ARM926EJ-S only] This allows just the call to lowlevel_init()
4632 to be skipped. The normal CP15 init (such as enabling the
4633 instruction cache) is still performed.
4636 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
4637 that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
4638 compiling a NAND SPL.
4641 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
4642 that is executed after the SPL and before the actual U-Boot.
4643 It is loaded by the SPL.
4645 - CONFIG_SYS_MPC85XX_NO_RESETVEC
4646 Only for 85xx systems. If this variable is specified, the section
4647 .resetvec is not kept and the section .bootpg is placed in the
4648 previous 4k of the .text section.
4650 - CONFIG_ARCH_MAP_SYSMEM
4651 Generally U-Boot (and in particular the md command) uses
4652 effective address. It is therefore not necessary to regard
4653 U-Boot address as virtual addresses that need to be translated
4654 to physical addresses. However, sandbox requires this, since
4655 it maintains its own little RAM buffer which contains all
4656 addressable memory. This option causes some memory accesses
4657 to be mapped through map_sysmem() / unmap_sysmem().
4659 - CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMCPY
4660 CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMSET
4661 If these options are used a optimized version of memcpy/memset will
4662 be used if available. These functions may be faster under some
4663 conditions but may increase the binary size.
4665 - CONFIG_X86_RESET_VECTOR
4666 If defined, the x86 reset vector code is included. This is not
4667 needed when U-Boot is running from Coreboot.
4670 Defines the MPU clock speed (in MHz).
4672 NOTE : currently only supported on AM335x platforms.
4674 - CONFIG_SPL_AM33XX_ENABLE_RTC32K_OSC:
4675 Enables the RTC32K OSC on AM33xx based plattforms
4677 - CONFIG_SYS_NAND_NO_SUBPAGE_WRITE
4678 Option to disable subpage write in NAND driver
4679 driver that uses this:
4680 drivers/mtd/nand/davinci_nand.c
4682 Freescale QE/FMAN Firmware Support:
4683 -----------------------------------
4685 The Freescale QUICCEngine (QE) and Frame Manager (FMAN) both support the
4686 loading of "firmware", which is encoded in the QE firmware binary format.
4687 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
4688 are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
4691 - CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR
4692 The address in the storage device where the FMAN microcode is located. The
4693 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
4696 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_ADDR
4697 The address in the storage device where the QE microcode is located. The
4698 meaning of this address depends on which CONFIG_SYS_QE_FW_IN_xxx macro
4701 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_LENGTH
4702 The maximum possible size of the firmware. The firmware binary format
4703 has a field that specifies the actual size of the firmware, but it
4704 might not be possible to read any part of the firmware unless some
4705 local storage is allocated to hold the entire firmware first.
4707 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NOR
4708 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NOR flash, mapped as
4709 normal addressable memory via the LBC. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the
4710 virtual address in NOR flash.
4712 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_NAND
4713 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in NAND flash.
4714 CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the offset within NAND flash.
4716 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_MMC
4717 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located on the primary SD/MMC
4718 device. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is the byte offset on that device.
4720 - CONFIG_SYS_QE_FMAN_FW_IN_REMOTE
4721 Specifies that QE/FMAN firmware is located in the remote (master)
4722 memory space. CONFIG_SYS_FMAN_FW_ADDR is a virtual address which
4723 can be mapped from slave TLB->slave LAW->slave SRIO or PCIE outbound
4724 window->master inbound window->master LAW->the ucode address in
4725 master's memory space.
4727 Freescale Layerscape Management Complex Firmware Support:
4728 ---------------------------------------------------------
4729 The Freescale Layerscape Management Complex (MC) supports the loading of
4731 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting, so macros
4732 are used to identify the storage device (NOR flash, SPI, etc) and the address
4735 - CONFIG_FSL_MC_ENET
4736 Enable the MC driver for Layerscape SoCs.
4738 Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support:
4739 -------------------------------------------
4740 The Freescale Layerscape Debug Server Support supports the loading of
4741 "Debug Server firmware" and triggering SP boot-rom.
4742 This firmware often needs to be loaded during U-Boot booting.
4744 - CONFIG_SYS_MC_RSV_MEM_ALIGN
4745 Define alignment of reserved memory MC requires
4750 In order to achieve reproducible builds, timestamps used in the U-Boot build
4751 process have to be set to a fixed value.
4753 This is done using the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable.
4754 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH is to be set on the build host's shell, not as a configuration
4755 option for U-Boot or an environment variable in U-Boot.
4757 SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH should be set to a number of seconds since the epoch, in UTC.
4759 Building the Software:
4760 ======================
4762 Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
4763 and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
4764 all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
4765 (potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
4766 recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
4767 which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
4769 If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
4770 have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
4771 you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
4772 Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
4773 necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
4775 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
4776 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
4778 Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
4779 the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
4780 (http://www.mingw.org). Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
4781 toolchain and execute 'make tools'. For example:
4783 $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools
4785 Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
4786 be executed on computers running Windows.
4788 U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
4789 sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
4794 where "NAME_defconfig" is the name of one of the existing configu-
4795 rations; see boards.cfg for supported names.
4797 Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
4798 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
4799 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
4800 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
4801 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
4803 make TQM823L_defconfig
4804 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
4806 make TQM823L_LCD_defconfig
4807 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
4812 Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
4813 images ready for download to / installation on your system:
4815 - "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
4816 - "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
4817 - "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
4819 By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
4820 in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
4821 this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
4823 1. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
4825 make O=/tmp/build distclean
4826 make O=/tmp/build NAME_defconfig
4827 make O=/tmp/build all
4829 2. Set environment variable KBUILD_OUTPUT to point to the desired location:
4831 export KBUILD_OUTPUT=/tmp/build
4836 Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the KBUILD_OUTPUT environment
4840 Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
4841 for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
4845 If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
4846 to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
4849 1. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
4850 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
4851 the "Makefile" and a "<board>.c".
4852 2. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
4854 3. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
4855 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
4856 4. Run "make <board>_defconfig" with your new name.
4857 5. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
4858 to be installed on your target system.
4859 6. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
4860 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
4863 Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
4864 ==============================================================
4866 If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
4867 or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
4868 provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
4869 the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
4870 official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
4872 But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
4873 cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
4874 the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
4875 just run the buildman script (tools/buildman/buildman), which will
4876 configure and build U-Boot for ALL supported system. Be warned, this
4877 will take a while. Please see the buildman README, or run 'buildman -H'
4881 See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
4884 Monitor Commands - Overview:
4885 ============================
4887 go - start application at address 'addr'
4888 run - run commands in an environment variable
4889 bootm - boot application image from memory
4890 bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
4891 bootz - boot zImage from memory
4892 tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
4893 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
4894 (and eventually "gatewayip")
4895 tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
4896 rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
4897 diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
4898 loads - load S-Record file over serial line
4899 loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
4901 mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
4902 nm - memory modify (constant address)
4903 mw - memory write (fill)
4905 cmp - memory compare
4906 crc32 - checksum calculation
4907 i2c - I2C sub-system
4908 sspi - SPI utility commands
4909 base - print or set address offset
4910 printenv- print environment variables
4911 setenv - set environment variables
4912 saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
4913 protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
4914 erase - erase FLASH memory
4915 flinfo - print FLASH memory information
4916 nand - NAND memory operations (see doc/README.nand)
4917 bdinfo - print Board Info structure
4918 iminfo - print header information for application image
4919 coninfo - print console devices and informations
4920 ide - IDE sub-system
4921 loop - infinite loop on address range
4922 loopw - infinite write loop on address range
4923 mtest - simple RAM test
4924 icache - enable or disable instruction cache
4925 dcache - enable or disable data cache
4926 reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
4927 echo - echo args to console
4928 version - print monitor version
4929 help - print online help
4930 ? - alias for 'help'
4933 Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
4934 ========================================
4938 For now: just type "help <command>".
4941 Environment Variables:
4942 ======================
4944 U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
4945 can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
4947 Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
4948 "printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
4949 without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
4950 environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
4951 working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
4952 environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
4954 Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
4956 List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
4958 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
4960 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
4962 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
4964 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
4966 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
4968 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
4969 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
4970 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
4971 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
4972 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
4973 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
4974 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
4977 bootm_mapsize - Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel.
4978 This variable is given as a hexadecimal number and it
4979 defines the size of the memory region starting at base
4980 address bootm_low that is accessible by the Linux kernel
4981 during early boot. If unset, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is used
4982 as the default value if it is defined, and bootm_size is
4985 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
4986 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
4987 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
4988 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
4989 environment variable.
4991 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
4992 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
4993 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
4995 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
4996 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
4997 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
4998 load any image using TFTP
5000 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
5001 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
5002 be automatically started (by internally calling
5005 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
5006 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
5007 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
5008 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
5011 fdt_high - if set this restricts the maximum address that the
5012 flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot.
5013 For example, if you have a system with 1 GB memory
5014 at physical address 0x10000000, while Linux kernel
5015 only recognizes the first 704 MB as low memory, you
5016 may need to set fdt_high as 0x3C000000 to have the
5017 device tree blob be copied to the maximum address
5018 of the 704 MB low memory, so that Linux kernel can
5019 access it during the boot procedure.
5021 If this is set to the special value 0xFFFFFFFF then
5022 the fdt will not be copied at all on boot. For this
5023 to work it must reside in writable memory, have
5024 sufficient padding on the end of it for u-boot to
5025 add the information it needs into it, and the memory
5026 must be accessible by the kernel.
5028 fdtcontroladdr- if set this is the address of the control flattened
5029 device tree used by U-Boot when CONFIG_OF_CONTROL is
5032 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
5033 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
5034 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
5035 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
5036 it must be saved and board must be reset.
5038 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
5039 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
5040 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
5041 is usually what you want since it allows for
5042 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
5043 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
5044 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
5045 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
5046 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
5047 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
5048 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
5050 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
5051 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
5052 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
5053 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
5054 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
5055 12 MB as well - this can be done with
5057 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
5059 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
5060 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
5061 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
5062 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
5063 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
5064 boot time on your system, but requires that this
5065 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
5067 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
5069 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
5070 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
5072 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
5074 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
5076 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
5078 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
5080 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
5082 ethprime - controls which interface is used first.
5084 ethact - controls which interface is currently active.
5085 For example you can do the following
5087 => setenv ethact FEC
5088 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
5089 => setenv ethact SCC
5090 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
5092 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
5093 available network interfaces.
5094 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
5096 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
5097 either succeed or fail without retrying.
5098 When set to "once" the network operation will
5099 fail when all the available network interfaces
5100 are tried once without success.
5101 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
5104 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
5106 silent_linux - If set then Linux will be told to boot silently, by
5107 changing the console to be empty. If "yes" it will be
5108 made silent. If "no" it will not be made silent. If
5109 unset, then it will be made silent if the U-Boot console
5112 tftpsrcp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
5115 tftpdstp - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
5116 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
5118 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
5119 we use the TFTP server's default block size
5121 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
5122 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
5123 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
5124 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
5125 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
5126 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
5127 with unreliable TFTP servers.
5129 tftptimeoutcountmax - maximum count of TFTP timeouts (no
5130 unit, minimum value = 0). Defines how many timeouts
5131 can happen during a single file transfer before that
5132 transfer is aborted. The default is 10, and 0 means
5133 'no timeouts allowed'. Increasing this value may help
5134 downloads succeed with high packet loss rates, or with
5135 unreliable TFTP servers or client hardware.
5137 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
5138 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
5141 bootpretryperiod - Period during which BOOTP/DHCP sends retries.
5142 Unsigned value, in milliseconds. If not set, the period will
5143 be either the default (28000), or a value based on
5144 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT, if defined. This value has
5145 precedence over the valu based on CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT.
5147 The following image location variables contain the location of images
5148 used in booting. The "Image" column gives the role of the image and is
5149 not an environment variable name. The other columns are environment
5150 variable names. "File Name" gives the name of the file on a TFTP
5151 server, "RAM Address" gives the location in RAM the image will be
5152 loaded to, and "Flash Location" gives the image's address in NOR
5153 flash or offset in NAND flash.
5155 *Note* - these variables don't have to be defined for all boards, some
5156 boards currently use other variables for these purposes, and some
5157 boards use these variables for other purposes.
5159 Image File Name RAM Address Flash Location
5160 ----- --------- ----------- --------------
5161 u-boot u-boot u-boot_addr_r u-boot_addr
5162 Linux kernel bootfile kernel_addr_r kernel_addr
5163 device tree blob fdtfile fdt_addr_r fdt_addr
5164 ramdisk ramdiskfile ramdisk_addr_r ramdisk_addr
5166 The following environment variables may be used and automatically
5167 updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
5168 depending the information provided by your boot server:
5170 bootfile - see above
5171 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
5172 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
5173 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
5174 hostname - Target hostname
5176 netmask - Subnet Mask
5177 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
5178 serverip - see above
5181 There are two special Environment Variables:
5183 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
5184 as type string and/or serial number
5185 ethaddr - Ethernet address
5187 These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
5188 the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
5189 once they have been set once.
5192 Further special Environment Variables:
5194 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
5195 with the "version" command. This variable is
5196 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
5199 Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
5200 only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
5203 Callback functions for environment variables:
5204 ---------------------------------------------
5206 For some environment variables, the behavior of u-boot needs to change
5207 when their values are changed. This functionality allows functions to
5208 be associated with arbitrary variables. On creation, overwrite, or
5209 deletion, the callback will provide the opportunity for some side
5210 effect to happen or for the change to be rejected.
5212 The callbacks are named and associated with a function using the
5213 U_BOOT_ENV_CALLBACK macro in your board or driver code.
5215 These callbacks are associated with variables in one of two ways. The
5216 static list can be added to by defining CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_STATIC
5217 in the board configuration to a string that defines a list of
5218 associations. The list must be in the following format:
5220 entry = variable_name[:callback_name]
5223 If the callback name is not specified, then the callback is deleted.
5224 Spaces are also allowed anywhere in the list.
5226 Callbacks can also be associated by defining the ".callbacks" variable
5227 with the same list format above. Any association in ".callbacks" will
5228 override any association in the static list. You can define
5229 CONFIG_ENV_CALLBACK_LIST_DEFAULT to a list (string) to define the
5230 ".callbacks" environment variable in the default or embedded environment.
5232 If CONFIG_REGEX is defined, the variable_name above is evaluated as a
5233 regular expression. This allows multiple variables to be connected to
5234 the same callback without explicitly listing them all out.
5237 Command Line Parsing:
5238 =====================
5240 There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
5241 the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
5243 Old, simple command line parser:
5244 --------------------------------
5246 - supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
5247 - several commands on one line, separated by ';'
5248 - variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
5249 - special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
5251 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
5252 - You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
5253 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
5258 - similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
5259 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
5260 until...do...done, ...
5261 - supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
5262 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
5263 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
5269 (1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
5270 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
5271 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
5274 (2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
5275 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
5276 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
5277 variables are not executed.
5279 Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
5280 =======================================
5282 Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
5283 such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
5284 "working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
5286 Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
5287 MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
5288 "eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
5290 If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
5291 in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
5292 ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
5293 variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
5295 o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
5296 environment, the SROM's address is used.
5298 o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
5299 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
5302 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
5303 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
5305 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
5306 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
5309 o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
5310 is raised. If CONFIG_NET_RANDOM_ETHADDR is defined, then in this case
5311 a random, locally-assigned MAC is used.
5313 If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
5314 will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
5315 may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
5316 The naming convention is as follows:
5317 "ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
5322 U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
5323 images in two formats:
5325 New uImage format (FIT)
5326 -----------------------
5328 Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
5329 to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
5330 components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
5331 SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
5337 Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
5338 preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
5339 details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
5341 * Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
5342 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
5343 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
5344 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
5346 * Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
5347 IA64, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
5348 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC).
5349 * Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
5355 The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
5356 and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
5363 Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
5364 easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
5367 U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
5368 special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
5369 "initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
5370 instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
5371 serves several purposes:
5373 - the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
5374 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
5375 Flash memory footprint)
5377 - it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
5378 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
5380 - the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
5381 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
5382 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
5383 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
5384 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
5385 software is easier now.
5391 Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
5392 ---------------------------------------
5394 U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
5395 configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
5396 (no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
5399 But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
5401 Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
5402 include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
5403 Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
5404 and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
5405 as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
5407 Note that U-Boot now has a driver model, a unified model for drivers.
5408 If you are adding a new driver, plumb it into driver model. If there
5409 is no uclass available, you are encouraged to create one. See
5413 Configuring the Linux kernel:
5414 -----------------------------
5416 No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
5417 device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
5420 Building a Linux Image:
5421 -----------------------
5423 With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
5424 not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
5425 "uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
5426 U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
5427 which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
5428 100% compatible format.
5432 make TQM850L_defconfig
5437 The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
5438 encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
5439 CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
5441 * build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
5443 * convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
5445 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
5446 -R .note -R .comment \
5447 -S vmlinux linux.bin
5449 * compress the binary image:
5453 * package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
5455 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
5456 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
5457 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
5460 The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
5461 with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
5462 combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
5463 byte header containing information about target architecture,
5464 operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
5465 stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
5467 "mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
5468 print the header information, or to build new images.
5470 In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
5471 contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
5472 checksum verification:
5474 tools/mkimage -l image
5475 -l ==> list image header information
5477 The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
5478 from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
5480 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
5481 -n name -d data_file image
5482 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
5483 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
5484 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
5485 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
5486 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
5487 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
5488 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
5489 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
5491 Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
5492 address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
5495 - 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
5496 - 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
5498 So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
5500 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
5501 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
5502 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
5503 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
5504 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
5505 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
5506 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5507 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
5508 Load Address: 0x00000000
5509 Entry Point: 0x00000000
5511 To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
5513 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
5514 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
5515 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
5516 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5517 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
5518 Load Address: 0x00000000
5519 Entry Point: 0x00000000
5521 NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
5522 speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
5523 needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
5524 need to be uncompressed:
5526 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
5527 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
5528 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
5529 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
5530 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
5531 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
5532 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
5533 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
5534 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
5535 Load Address: 0x00000000
5536 Entry Point: 0x00000000
5539 Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
5540 when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
5542 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
5543 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
5544 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
5545 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
5546 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
5547 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
5548 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
5549 Load Address: 0x00000000
5550 Entry Point: 0x00000000
5552 The "dumpimage" is a tool to disassemble images built by mkimage. Its "-i"
5553 option performs the converse operation of the mkimage's second form (the "-d"
5554 option). Given an image built by mkimage, the dumpimage extracts a "data file"
5557 tools/dumpimage -i image -T type -p position data_file
5558 -i ==> extract from the 'image' a specific 'data_file'
5559 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
5560 -p ==> 'position' (starting at 0) of the 'data_file' inside the 'image'
5563 Installing a Linux Image:
5564 -------------------------
5566 To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
5567 you must convert the image to S-Record format:
5569 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
5571 The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
5572 image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
5573 address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
5574 specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
5577 Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
5578 TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
5580 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
5586 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
5587 ~>examples/image.srec
5588 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
5590 15989 15990 15991 15992
5591 [file transfer complete]
5593 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
5596 You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
5597 this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
5598 corruption happened:
5602 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
5603 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
5604 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5605 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
5606 Load Address: 00000000
5607 Entry Point: 0000000c
5608 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5614 The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
5615 memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
5616 of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
5617 parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
5618 "printenv" and "setenv" commands:
5621 => printenv bootargs
5622 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
5624 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
5626 => printenv bootargs
5627 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
5630 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
5631 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
5632 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5633 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
5634 Load Address: 00000000
5635 Entry Point: 0000000c
5636 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5637 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
5638 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
5639 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
5640 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
5641 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
5642 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
5645 If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
5646 the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
5647 format!) to the "bootm" command:
5649 => imi 40100000 40200000
5651 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
5652 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
5653 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5654 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
5655 Load Address: 00000000
5656 Entry Point: 0000000c
5657 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5659 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
5660 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
5661 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
5662 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
5663 Load Address: 00000000
5664 Entry Point: 00000000
5665 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5667 => bootm 40100000 40200000
5668 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
5669 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
5670 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5671 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
5672 Load Address: 00000000
5673 Entry Point: 0000000c
5674 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5675 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
5676 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
5677 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
5678 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
5679 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
5680 Load Address: 00000000
5681 Entry Point: 00000000
5682 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5683 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
5684 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
5685 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
5686 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
5687 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
5689 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
5690 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
5694 Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
5697 First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
5698 titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
5699 following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
5705 oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
5706 => tftp $oftaddr $oft
5707 Speed: 1000, full duplex
5709 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
5710 Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
5711 Load address: 0x300000
5714 Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
5715 => tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
5716 Speed: 1000, full duplex
5718 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
5720 Load address: 0x200000
5721 Loading:############
5723 Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
5728 => bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
5729 ## Booting image at 00200000 ...
5730 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
5731 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
5732 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
5733 Load Address: 00000000
5734 Entry Point: 00000000
5735 Verifying Checksum ... OK
5736 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
5737 Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
5738 Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
5739 Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
5743 More About U-Boot Image Types:
5744 ------------------------------
5746 U-Boot supports the following image types:
5748 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
5749 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
5750 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
5751 the Standalone Program.
5752 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
5753 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
5754 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
5755 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
5756 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
5757 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
5758 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
5760 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
5761 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
5762 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
5763 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
5764 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
5765 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
5767 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
5768 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
5769 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
5770 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
5771 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
5772 a multiple of 4 bytes).
5774 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
5775 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
5778 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
5779 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
5780 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
5781 as command interpreter.
5783 Booting the Linux zImage:
5784 -------------------------
5786 On some platforms, it's possible to boot Linux zImage. This is done
5787 using the "bootz" command. The syntax of "bootz" command is the same
5788 as the syntax of "bootm" command.
5790 Note, defining the CONFIG_SUPPORT_RAW_INITRD allows user to supply
5791 kernel with raw initrd images. The syntax is slightly different, the
5792 address of the initrd must be augmented by it's size, in the following
5793 format: "<initrd addres>:<initrd size>".
5799 One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
5800 run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
5801 U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
5803 Two simple examples are included with the sources:
5808 'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
5809 application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
5810 It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
5814 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
5815 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
5816 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
5817 [file transfer complete]
5819 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
5821 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
5822 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
5833 Hit any key to exit ...
5835 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
5837 Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
5838 handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
5839 Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
5840 The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
5841 character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
5842 controlled by the following keys:
5844 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
5845 b - enable interrupts and start timer
5846 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
5847 q - quit application
5850 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
5851 ~>examples/timer.srec
5852 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
5853 [file transfer complete]
5855 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
5858 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
5861 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
5864 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
5867 [q, b, e, ?] ........
5868 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
5871 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
5874 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
5877 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
5879 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
5881 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
5887 Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
5888 "minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
5889 consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
5890 Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
5891 especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
5892 use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command). See
5893 http://www.denx.de/wiki/view/DULG/SystemSetup#Section_4.3.
5894 for help with kermit.
5897 Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
5898 configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
5900 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
5901 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
5902 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
5908 Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
5909 (build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
5911 Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
5912 NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
5913 need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
5914 Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
5915 attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
5916 missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
5918 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
5920 # ln -s powerpc machine
5921 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
5922 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
5924 Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
5925 and U-Boot include files.
5927 Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
5928 stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
5929 proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
5930 tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
5931 meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
5934 Implementation Internals:
5935 =========================
5937 The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
5938 implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
5939 inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
5943 Initial Stack, Global Data:
5944 ---------------------------
5946 The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
5947 starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
5948 system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
5949 This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
5950 is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
5951 at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
5952 options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
5953 models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
5954 MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
5955 locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
5957 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
5958 U-Boot mailing list:
5960 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
5961 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
5962 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
5965 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
5966 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
5967 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
5968 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
5969 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
5970 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
5971 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
5972 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
5974 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
5975 is another option for the system designer to use as an
5976 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
5977 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
5978 board designers haven't used it for something that would
5979 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
5982 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
5983 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
5984 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
5985 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
5986 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
5987 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
5988 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
5989 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
5990 you get the config right.
5995 It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
5996 code for the initialization procedures:
5998 * Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
6001 * Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitly initialized
6002 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
6003 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
6005 * Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
6008 Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
6009 normal global data to share information between the code. But it
6010 turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
6011 simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
6012 functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
6013 functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
6014 the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
6015 place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
6016 reserve for this purpose.
6018 When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
6019 relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
6020 GCC's implementation.
6022 For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
6024 R2: reserved for system use
6025 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
6026 R5-R10: parameter passing
6027 R13: small data area pointer
6031 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
6032 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
6033 going back and forth between asm and C)
6035 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
6037 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
6038 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
6039 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
6040 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
6041 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
6042 624 text + 127 data).
6044 On Blackfin, the normal C ABI (except for P3) is followed as documented here:
6045 http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=application_binary_interface
6047 ==> U-Boot will use P3 to hold a pointer to the global data
6049 On ARM, the following registers are used:
6051 R0: function argument word/integer result
6052 R1-R3: function argument word
6053 R9: platform specific
6054 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking is enabled)
6055 R11: argument (frame) pointer
6056 R12: temporary workspace
6059 R15: program counter
6061 ==> U-Boot will use R9 to hold a pointer to the global data
6063 Note: on ARM, only R_ARM_RELATIVE relocations are supported.
6065 On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
6066 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
6068 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
6070 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
6071 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
6073 On NDS32, the following registers are used:
6075 R0-R1: argument/return
6077 R15: temporary register for assembler
6078 R16: trampoline register
6079 R28: frame pointer (FP)
6080 R29: global pointer (GP)
6081 R30: link register (LP)
6082 R31: stack pointer (SP)
6083 PC: program counter (PC)
6085 ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data
6087 NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
6088 or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
6093 U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
6094 MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
6096 The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
6097 controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
6098 memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
6099 physical memory banks.
6101 U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
6102 TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
6103 booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
6104 to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
6105 memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
6106 configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
6107 Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
6109 Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
6110 of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
6112 So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
6115 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
6118 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
6124 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
6125 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
6126 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
6129 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
6130 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
6131 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
6132 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
6135 System Initialization:
6136 ----------------------
6138 In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
6139 (on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
6140 configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the on board Flash memory.
6141 To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
6142 To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
6143 initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
6144 which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
6145 part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
6146 the caches and the SIU.
6148 Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
6149 preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
6150 (multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
6151 on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
6152 programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
6153 simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
6156 When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
6157 different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
6158 bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
6159 0x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
6160 contiguous memory starting from 0.
6162 Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
6163 and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
6164 Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
6165 pages, and the final stack is set up.
6167 Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
6168 until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
6169 running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
6173 U-Boot Porting Guide:
6174 ----------------------
6176 [Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
6180 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
6182 sighandler_t no_more_time;
6184 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
6185 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
6187 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
6188 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
6192 Download latest U-Boot source;
6194 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
6197 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
6200 Read the README file in the top level directory;
6201 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
6202 Read applicable doc/*.README;
6203 Read the source, Luke;
6204 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
6207 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
6210 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
6212 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
6213 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
6214 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
6216 Create your own board support subdirectory;
6217 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
6219 Edit new board/<myboard> files
6220 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
6225 Add / modify source code;
6229 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
6231 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
6232 if (reasonable critiques)
6233 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
6235 Defend code as written;
6241 void no_more_time (int sig)
6250 All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
6251 coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
6252 "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
6254 Source files originating from a different project (for example the
6255 MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
6256 reformatted to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
6259 Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
6260 Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
6263 Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
6264 - remove any trailing white space
6265 - use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
6266 - make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
6267 - do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
6268 - do not add trailing empty lines to source files
6270 Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
6271 with a request to reformat the changes.
6277 Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
6278 establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
6279 may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
6281 Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
6283 Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
6284 see http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
6286 When you send a patch, please include the following information with
6289 * For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
6290 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
6291 patch actually fixes something.
6293 * For new features: a description of the feature and your
6296 * A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
6298 * For major contributions, add a MAINTAINERS file with your
6299 information and associated file and directory references.
6301 * When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add a
6302 maintainer e-mail address to the boards.cfg file, too.
6304 * If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
6305 document these in the README file.
6307 * The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
6308 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
6309 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
6310 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
6311 with some other mail clients.
6313 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
6314 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
6317 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
6318 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
6319 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
6322 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
6323 and compressed attachments must not be used.
6325 * If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
6326 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
6328 * Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
6329 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
6334 * Before sending the patch, run the buildman script on your patched
6335 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
6336 for any of the boards.
6338 * Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
6339 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
6340 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
6342 * If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
6343 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
6344 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
6345 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
6346 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
6349 * Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
6350 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
6351 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
6352 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.