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27 This directory contains the source code for U-Boot, a boot loader for
28 Embedded boards based on PowerPC, ARM, MIPS and several other
29 processors, which can be installed in a boot ROM and used to
30 initialize and test the hardware or to download and run application
33 The development of U-Boot is closely related to Linux: some parts of
34 the source code originate in the Linux source tree, we have some
35 header files in common, and special provision has been made to
36 support booting of Linux images.
38 Some attention has been paid to make this software easily
39 configurable and extendable. For instance, all monitor commands are
40 implemented with the same call interface, so that it's very easy to
41 add new commands. Also, instead of permanently adding rarely used
42 code (for instance hardware test utilities) to the monitor, you can
43 load and run it dynamically.
49 In general, all boards for which a configuration option exists in the
50 Makefile have been tested to some extent and can be considered
51 "working". In fact, many of them are used in production systems.
53 In case of problems see the CHANGELOG and CREDITS files to find out
54 who contributed the specific port. The MAINTAINERS file lists board
61 In case you have questions about, problems with or contributions for
62 U-Boot you should send a message to the U-Boot mailing list at
63 <u-boot@lists.denx.de>. There is also an archive of previous traffic
64 on the mailing list - please search the archive before asking FAQ's.
65 Please see http://lists.denx.de/pipermail/u-boot and
66 http://dir.gmane.org/gmane.comp.boot-loaders.u-boot
69 Where to get source code:
70 =========================
72 The U-Boot source code is maintained in the git repository at
73 git://www.denx.de/git/u-boot.git ; you can browse it online at
74 http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=u-boot.git;a=summary
76 The "snapshot" links on this page allow you to download tarballs of
77 any version you might be interested in. Official releases are also
78 available for FTP download from the ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/
81 Pre-built (and tested) images are available from
82 ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/
88 - start from 8xxrom sources
89 - create PPCBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/ppcboot)
91 - make it easier to add custom boards
92 - make it possible to add other [PowerPC] CPUs
93 - extend functions, especially:
94 * Provide extended interface to Linux boot loader
97 * PCMCIA / CompactFlash / ATA disk / SCSI ... boot
98 - create ARMBoot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/armboot)
99 - add other CPU families (starting with ARM)
100 - create U-Boot project (http://sourceforge.net/projects/u-boot)
101 - current project page: see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot
107 The "official" name of this project is "Das U-Boot". The spelling
108 "U-Boot" shall be used in all written text (documentation, comments
109 in source files etc.). Example:
111 This is the README file for the U-Boot project.
113 File names etc. shall be based on the string "u-boot". Examples:
115 include/asm-ppc/u-boot.h
117 #include <asm/u-boot.h>
119 Variable names, preprocessor constants etc. shall be either based on
120 the string "u_boot" or on "U_BOOT". Example:
122 U_BOOT_VERSION u_boot_logo
123 IH_OS_U_BOOT u_boot_hush_start
129 Starting with the release in October 2008, the names of the releases
130 were changed from numerical release numbers without deeper meaning
131 into a time stamp based numbering. Regular releases are identified by
132 names consisting of the calendar year and month of the release date.
133 Additional fields (if present) indicate release candidates or bug fix
134 releases in "stable" maintenance trees.
137 U-Boot v2009.11 - Release November 2009
138 U-Boot v2009.11.1 - Release 1 in version November 2009 stable tree
139 U-Boot v2010.09-rc1 - Release candiate 1 for September 2010 release
145 /arch Architecture specific files
146 /arm Files generic to ARM architecture
147 /cpu CPU specific files
148 /arm720t Files specific to ARM 720 CPUs
149 /arm920t Files specific to ARM 920 CPUs
150 /at91 Files specific to Atmel AT91RM9200 CPU
151 /imx Files specific to Freescale MC9328 i.MX CPUs
152 /s3c24x0 Files specific to Samsung S3C24X0 CPUs
153 /arm925t Files specific to ARM 925 CPUs
154 /arm926ejs Files specific to ARM 926 CPUs
155 /arm1136 Files specific to ARM 1136 CPUs
156 /ixp Files specific to Intel XScale IXP CPUs
157 /pxa Files specific to Intel XScale PXA CPUs
158 /s3c44b0 Files specific to Samsung S3C44B0 CPUs
159 /sa1100 Files specific to Intel StrongARM SA1100 CPUs
160 /lib Architecture specific library files
161 /avr32 Files generic to AVR32 architecture
162 /cpu CPU specific files
163 /lib Architecture specific library files
164 /blackfin Files generic to Analog Devices Blackfin architecture
165 /cpu CPU specific files
166 /lib Architecture specific library files
167 /x86 Files generic to x86 architecture
168 /cpu CPU specific files
169 /lib Architecture specific library files
170 /m68k Files generic to m68k architecture
171 /cpu CPU specific files
172 /mcf52x2 Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF52x2 CPUs
173 /mcf5227x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5227x CPUs
174 /mcf532x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5329 CPUs
175 /mcf5445x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF5445x CPUs
176 /mcf547x_8x Files specific to Freescale ColdFire MCF547x_8x CPUs
177 /lib Architecture specific library files
178 /microblaze Files generic to microblaze architecture
179 /cpu CPU specific files
180 /lib Architecture specific library files
181 /mips Files generic to MIPS architecture
182 /cpu CPU specific files
183 /mips32 Files specific to MIPS32 CPUs
184 /xburst Files specific to Ingenic XBurst CPUs
185 /lib Architecture specific library files
186 /nds32 Files generic to NDS32 architecture
187 /cpu CPU specific files
188 /n1213 Files specific to Andes Technology N1213 CPUs
189 /lib Architecture specific library files
190 /nios2 Files generic to Altera NIOS2 architecture
191 /cpu CPU specific files
192 /lib Architecture specific library files
193 /powerpc Files generic to PowerPC architecture
194 /cpu CPU specific files
195 /74xx_7xx Files specific to Freescale MPC74xx and 7xx CPUs
196 /mpc5xx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xx CPUs
197 /mpc5xxx Files specific to Freescale MPC5xxx CPUs
198 /mpc8xx Files specific to Freescale MPC8xx CPUs
199 /mpc8220 Files specific to Freescale MPC8220 CPUs
200 /mpc824x Files specific to Freescale MPC824x CPUs
201 /mpc8260 Files specific to Freescale MPC8260 CPUs
202 /mpc85xx Files specific to Freescale MPC85xx CPUs
203 /ppc4xx Files specific to AMCC PowerPC 4xx CPUs
204 /lib Architecture specific library files
205 /sh Files generic to SH architecture
206 /cpu CPU specific files
207 /sh2 Files specific to sh2 CPUs
208 /sh3 Files specific to sh3 CPUs
209 /sh4 Files specific to sh4 CPUs
210 /lib Architecture specific library files
211 /sparc Files generic to SPARC architecture
212 /cpu CPU specific files
213 /leon2 Files specific to Gaisler LEON2 SPARC CPU
214 /leon3 Files specific to Gaisler LEON3 SPARC CPU
215 /lib Architecture specific library files
216 /api Machine/arch independent API for external apps
217 /board Board dependent files
218 /common Misc architecture independent functions
219 /disk Code for disk drive partition handling
220 /doc Documentation (don't expect too much)
221 /drivers Commonly used device drivers
222 /examples Example code for standalone applications, etc.
223 /fs Filesystem code (cramfs, ext2, jffs2, etc.)
224 /include Header Files
225 /lib Files generic to all architectures
226 /libfdt Library files to support flattened device trees
227 /lzma Library files to support LZMA decompression
228 /lzo Library files to support LZO decompression
230 /post Power On Self Test
231 /rtc Real Time Clock drivers
232 /tools Tools to build S-Record or U-Boot images, etc.
234 Software Configuration:
235 =======================
237 Configuration is usually done using C preprocessor defines; the
238 rationale behind that is to avoid dead code whenever possible.
240 There are two classes of configuration variables:
242 * Configuration _OPTIONS_:
243 These are selectable by the user and have names beginning with
246 * Configuration _SETTINGS_:
247 These depend on the hardware etc. and should not be meddled with if
248 you don't know what you're doing; they have names beginning with
251 Later we will add a configuration tool - probably similar to or even
252 identical to what's used for the Linux kernel. Right now, we have to
253 do the configuration by hand, which means creating some symbolic
254 links and editing some configuration files. We use the TQM8xxL boards
258 Selection of Processor Architecture and Board Type:
259 ---------------------------------------------------
261 For all supported boards there are ready-to-use default
262 configurations available; just type "make <board_name>_config".
264 Example: For a TQM823L module type:
269 For the Cogent platform, you need to specify the CPU type as well;
270 e.g. "make cogent_mpc8xx_config". And also configure the cogent
271 directory according to the instructions in cogent/README.
274 Configuration Options:
275 ----------------------
277 Configuration depends on the combination of board and CPU type; all
278 such information is kept in a configuration file
279 "include/configs/<board_name>.h".
281 Example: For a TQM823L module, all configuration settings are in
282 "include/configs/TQM823L.h".
285 Many of the options are named exactly as the corresponding Linux
286 kernel configuration options. The intention is to make it easier to
287 build a config tool - later.
290 The following options need to be configured:
292 - CPU Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC85XX.
294 - Board Type: Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_MPC8540ADS.
296 - CPU Daughterboard Type: (if CONFIG_ATSTK1000 is defined)
297 Define exactly one, e.g. CONFIG_ATSTK1002
299 - CPU Module Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
300 Define exactly one of
302 --- FIXME --- not tested yet:
303 CONFIG_CMA286_60, CONFIG_CMA286_21, CONFIG_CMA286_60P,
304 CONFIG_CMA287_23, CONFIG_CMA287_50
306 - Motherboard Type: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
307 Define exactly one of
308 CONFIG_CMA101, CONFIG_CMA102
310 - Motherboard I/O Modules: (if CONFIG_COGENT is defined)
311 Define one or more of
314 - Motherboard Options: (if CONFIG_CMA101 or CONFIG_CMA102 are defined)
315 Define one or more of
316 CONFIG_LCD_HEARTBEAT - update a character position on
317 the LCD display every second with
320 - Board flavour: (if CONFIG_MPC8260ADS is defined)
323 CONFIG_SYS_8260ADS - original MPC8260ADS
324 CONFIG_SYS_8266ADS - MPC8266ADS
325 CONFIG_SYS_PQ2FADS - PQ2FADS-ZU or PQ2FADS-VR
326 CONFIG_SYS_8272ADS - MPC8272ADS
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 - MPC824X Family Member (if CONFIG_MPC824X is defined)
334 Define exactly one of
335 CONFIG_MPC8240, CONFIG_MPC8245
337 - 8xx CPU Options: (if using an MPC8xx CPU)
338 CONFIG_8xx_GCLK_FREQ - deprecated: CPU clock if
339 get_gclk_freq() cannot work
340 e.g. if there is no 32KHz
341 reference PIT/RTC clock
342 CONFIG_8xx_OSCLK - PLL input clock (either EXTCLK
345 - 859/866/885 CPU options: (if using a MPC859 or MPC866 or MPC885 CPU):
346 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MIN
347 CONFIG_SYS_8xx_CPUCLK_MAX
348 CONFIG_8xx_CPUCLK_DEFAULT
349 See doc/README.MPC866
351 CONFIG_SYS_MEASURE_CPUCLK
353 Define this to measure the actual CPU clock instead
354 of relying on the correctness of the configured
355 values. Mostly useful for board bringup to make sure
356 the PLL is locked at the intended frequency. Note
357 that this requires a (stable) reference clock (32 kHz
358 RTC clock or CONFIG_SYS_8XX_XIN)
360 CONFIG_SYS_DELAYED_ICACHE
362 Define this option if you want to enable the
363 ICache only when Code runs from RAM.
366 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_TBCLK_DIV
368 Defines the core time base clock divider ratio compared to the
369 system clock. On most PQ3 devices this is 8, on newer QorIQ
370 devices it can be 16 or 32. The ratio varies from SoC to Soc.
372 CONFIG_SYS_FSL_PCIE_COMPAT
374 Defines the string to utilize when trying to match PCIe device
375 tree nodes for the given platform.
377 - Intel Monahans options:
378 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_RUN_MODE_OSC_RATIO
380 Defines the Monahans run mode to oscillator
381 ratio. Valid values are 8, 16, 24, 31. The core
382 frequency is this value multiplied by 13 MHz.
384 CONFIG_SYS_MONAHANS_TURBO_RUN_MODE_RATIO
386 Defines the Monahans turbo mode to oscillator
387 ratio. Valid values are 1 (default if undefined) and
388 2. The core frequency as calculated above is multiplied
392 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_SP_OFFSET
394 Offset relative to CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE for initial stack
395 pointer. This is needed for the temporary stack before
398 CONFIG_SYS_MIPS_CACHE_MODE
400 Cache operation mode for the MIPS CPU.
401 See also arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h.
403 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NO_WA
406 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_NONCOHERENT
410 CONF_CM_CACHABLE_ACCELERATED
412 CONFIG_SYS_XWAY_EBU_BOOTCFG
414 Special option for Lantiq XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash.
415 See also arch/mips/cpu/mips32/start.S.
417 CONFIG_XWAY_SWAP_BYTES
419 Enable compilation of tools/xway-swap-bytes needed for Lantiq
420 XWAY SoCs for booting from NOR flash. The U-Boot image needs to
421 be swapped if a flash programmer is used.
423 - Linux Kernel Interface:
426 U-Boot stores all clock information in Hz
427 internally. For binary compatibility with older Linux
428 kernels (which expect the clocks passed in the
429 bd_info data to be in MHz) the environment variable
430 "clocks_in_mhz" can be defined so that U-Boot
431 converts clock data to MHZ before passing it to the
433 When CONFIG_CLOCKS_IN_MHZ is defined, a definition of
434 "clocks_in_mhz=1" is automatically included in the
437 CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES [relevant for MIPS only]
439 When transferring memsize parameter to linux, some versions
440 expect it to be in bytes, others in MB.
441 Define CONFIG_MEMSIZE_IN_BYTES to make it in bytes.
445 New kernel versions are expecting firmware settings to be
446 passed using flattened device trees (based on open firmware
450 * New libfdt-based support
451 * Adds the "fdt" command
452 * The bootm command automatically updates the fdt
454 OF_CPU - The proper name of the cpus node (only required for
455 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
456 OF_SOC - The proper name of the soc node (only required for
457 MPC512X and MPC5xxx based boards).
458 OF_TBCLK - The timebase frequency.
459 OF_STDOUT_PATH - The path to the console device
461 boards with QUICC Engines require OF_QE to set UCC MAC
464 CONFIG_OF_BOARD_SETUP
466 Board code has addition modification that it wants to make
467 to the flat device tree before handing it off to the kernel
471 This define fills in the correct boot CPU in the boot
472 param header, the default value is zero if undefined.
476 U-Boot can detect if an IDE device is present or not.
477 If not, and this new config option is activated, U-Boot
478 removes the ATA node from the DTS before booting Linux,
479 so the Linux IDE driver does not probe the device and
480 crash. This is needed for buggy hardware (uc101) where
481 no pull down resistor is connected to the signal IDE5V_DD7.
483 CONFIG_MACH_TYPE [relevant for ARM only][mandatory]
485 This setting is mandatory for all boards that have only one
486 machine type and must be used to specify the machine type
487 number as it appears in the ARM machine registry
488 (see http://www.arm.linux.org.uk/developer/machines/).
489 Only boards that have multiple machine types supported
490 in a single configuration file and the machine type is
491 runtime discoverable, do not have to use this setting.
493 - vxWorks boot parameters:
495 bootvx constructs a valid bootline using the following
496 environments variables: bootfile, ipaddr, serverip, hostname.
497 It loads the vxWorks image pointed bootfile.
499 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_DEVICE - The vxworks device name
500 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_MAC_PTR - Ethernet 6 byte MA -address
501 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_SERVERNAME - Name of the server
502 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_BOOT_ADDR - Address of boot parameters
504 CONFIG_SYS_VXWORKS_ADD_PARAMS
506 Add it at the end of the bootline. E.g "u=username pw=secret"
508 Note: If a "bootargs" environment is defined, it will overwride
509 the defaults discussed just above.
511 - Cache Configuration:
512 CONFIG_SYS_ICACHE_OFF - Do not enable instruction cache in U-Boot
513 CONFIG_SYS_DCACHE_OFF - Do not enable data cache in U-Boot
514 CONFIG_SYS_L2CACHE_OFF- Do not enable L2 cache in U-Boot
516 - Cache Configuration for ARM:
517 CONFIG_SYS_L2_PL310 - Enable support for ARM PL310 L2 cache
519 CONFIG_SYS_PL310_BASE - Physical base address of PL310
520 controller register space
525 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL010 UARTs.
529 Define this if you want support for Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs.
533 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL011 UARTs, set this variable to
534 the clock speed of the UARTs.
538 If you have Amba PrimeCell PL010 or PL011 UARTs on your board,
539 define this to a list of base addresses for each (supported)
540 port. See e.g. include/configs/versatile.h
542 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_RLCR
544 Some vendor versions of PL011 serial ports (e.g. ST-Ericsson U8500)
545 have separate receive and transmit line control registers. Set
546 this variable to initialize the extra register.
548 CONFIG_PL011_SERIAL_FLUSH_ON_INIT
550 On some platforms (e.g. U8500) U-Boot is loaded by a second stage
551 boot loader that has already initialized the UART. Define this
552 variable to flush the UART at init time.
556 Depending on board, define exactly one serial port
557 (like CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC1, CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SMC2,
558 CONFIG_8xx_CONS_SCC1, ...), or switch off the serial
559 console by defining CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE
561 Note: if CONFIG_8xx_CONS_NONE is defined, the serial
562 port routines must be defined elsewhere
563 (i.e. serial_init(), serial_getc(), ...)
566 Enables console device for a color framebuffer. Needs following
567 defines (cf. smiLynxEM, i8042, board/eltec/bab7xx)
568 VIDEO_FB_LITTLE_ENDIAN graphic memory organisation
570 VIDEO_HW_RECTFILL graphic chip supports
573 VIDEO_HW_BITBLT graphic chip supports
574 bit-blit (cf. smiLynxEM)
575 VIDEO_VISIBLE_COLS visible pixel columns
577 VIDEO_VISIBLE_ROWS visible pixel rows
578 VIDEO_PIXEL_SIZE bytes per pixel
579 VIDEO_DATA_FORMAT graphic data format
580 (0-5, cf. cfb_console.c)
581 VIDEO_FB_ADRS framebuffer address
582 VIDEO_KBD_INIT_FCT keyboard int fct
583 (i.e. i8042_kbd_init())
584 VIDEO_TSTC_FCT test char fct
586 VIDEO_GETC_FCT get char fct
588 CONFIG_CONSOLE_CURSOR cursor drawing on/off
589 (requires blink timer
591 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_BLINK_COUNT blink interval (cf. i8042.c)
592 CONFIG_CONSOLE_TIME display time/date info in
594 (requires CONFIG_CMD_DATE)
595 CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO display Linux logo in
597 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO use bmp_logo.h instead of
598 linux_logo.h for logo.
599 Requires CONFIG_VIDEO_LOGO
600 CONFIG_CONSOLE_EXTRA_INFO
601 additional board info beside
604 When CONFIG_CFB_CONSOLE is defined, video console is
605 default i/o. Serial console can be forced with
606 environment 'console=serial'.
608 When CONFIG_SILENT_CONSOLE is defined, all console
609 messages (by U-Boot and Linux!) can be silenced with
610 the "silent" environment variable. See
611 doc/README.silent for more information.
614 CONFIG_BAUDRATE - in bps
615 Select one of the baudrates listed in
616 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
617 CONFIG_SYS_BRGCLK_PRESCALE, baudrate prescale
619 - Console Rx buffer length
620 With CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN it is possible to define
621 the maximum receive buffer length for the SMC.
622 This option is actual only for 82xx and 8xx possible.
623 If using CONFIG_SYS_SMC_RXBUFLEN also CONFIG_SYS_MAXIDLE
624 must be defined, to setup the maximum idle timeout for
627 - Pre-Console Buffer:
628 Prior to the console being initialised (i.e. serial UART
629 initialised etc) all console output is silently discarded.
630 Defining CONFIG_PRE_CONSOLE_BUFFER will cause U-Boot to
631 buffer any console messages prior to the console being
632 initialised to a buffer of size CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ
633 bytes located at CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_ADDR. The buffer is
634 a circular buffer, so if more than CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ
635 bytes are output before the console is initialised, the
636 earlier bytes are discarded.
638 'Sane' compilers will generate smaller code if
639 CONFIG_PRE_CON_BUF_SZ is a power of 2
641 - Boot Delay: CONFIG_BOOTDELAY - in seconds
642 Delay before automatically booting the default image;
643 set to -1 to disable autoboot.
645 See doc/README.autoboot for these options that
646 work with CONFIG_BOOTDELAY. None are required.
647 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
648 CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_MIN
649 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_KEYED
650 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_PROMPT
651 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
652 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
653 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR2
654 CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR2
655 CONFIG_ZERO_BOOTDELAY_CHECK
656 CONFIG_RESET_TO_RETRY
660 Only needed when CONFIG_BOOTDELAY is enabled;
661 define a command string that is automatically executed
662 when no character is read on the console interface
663 within "Boot Delay" after reset.
666 This can be used to pass arguments to the bootm
667 command. The value of CONFIG_BOOTARGS goes into the
668 environment value "bootargs".
670 CONFIG_RAMBOOT and CONFIG_NFSBOOT
671 The value of these goes into the environment as
672 "ramboot" and "nfsboot" respectively, and can be used
673 as a convenience, when switching between booting from
679 When this option is #defined, the existence of the
680 environment variable "preboot" will be checked
681 immediately before starting the CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
682 countdown and/or running the auto-boot command resp.
683 entering interactive mode.
685 This feature is especially useful when "preboot" is
686 automatically generated or modified. For an example
687 see the LWMON board specific code: here "preboot" is
688 modified when the user holds down a certain
689 combination of keys on the (special) keyboard when
692 - Serial Download Echo Mode:
694 If defined to 1, all characters received during a
695 serial download (using the "loads" command) are
696 echoed back. This might be needed by some terminal
697 emulations (like "cu"), but may as well just take
698 time on others. This setting #define's the initial
699 value of the "loads_echo" environment variable.
701 - Kgdb Serial Baudrate: (if CONFIG_CMD_KGDB is defined)
703 Select one of the baudrates listed in
704 CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE, see below.
707 Monitor commands can be included or excluded
708 from the build by using the #include files
709 "config_cmd_all.h" and #undef'ing unwanted
710 commands, or using "config_cmd_default.h"
711 and augmenting with additional #define's
714 The default command configuration includes all commands
715 except those marked below with a "*".
717 CONFIG_CMD_ASKENV * ask for env variable
718 CONFIG_CMD_BDI bdinfo
719 CONFIG_CMD_BEDBUG * Include BedBug Debugger
720 CONFIG_CMD_BMP * BMP support
721 CONFIG_CMD_BSP * Board specific commands
722 CONFIG_CMD_BOOTD bootd
723 CONFIG_CMD_CACHE * icache, dcache
724 CONFIG_CMD_CONSOLE coninfo
725 CONFIG_CMD_CRC32 * crc32
726 CONFIG_CMD_DATE * support for RTC, date/time...
727 CONFIG_CMD_DHCP * DHCP support
728 CONFIG_CMD_DIAG * Diagnostics
729 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510 * ds4510 I2C gpio commands
730 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_INFO * ds4510 I2C info command
731 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_MEM * ds4510 I2C eeprom/sram commansd
732 CONFIG_CMD_DS4510_RST * ds4510 I2C rst command
733 CONFIG_CMD_DTT * Digital Therm and Thermostat
734 CONFIG_CMD_ECHO echo arguments
735 CONFIG_CMD_EDITENV edit env variable
736 CONFIG_CMD_EEPROM * EEPROM read/write support
737 CONFIG_CMD_ELF * bootelf, bootvx
738 CONFIG_CMD_EXPORTENV * export the environment
739 CONFIG_CMD_SAVEENV saveenv
740 CONFIG_CMD_FDC * Floppy Disk Support
741 CONFIG_CMD_FAT * FAT partition support
742 CONFIG_CMD_FDOS * Dos diskette Support
743 CONFIG_CMD_FLASH flinfo, erase, protect
744 CONFIG_CMD_FPGA FPGA device initialization support
745 CONFIG_CMD_GO * the 'go' command (exec code)
746 CONFIG_CMD_GREPENV * search environment
747 CONFIG_CMD_HWFLOW * RTS/CTS hw flow control
748 CONFIG_CMD_I2C * I2C serial bus support
749 CONFIG_CMD_IDE * IDE harddisk support
750 CONFIG_CMD_IMI iminfo
751 CONFIG_CMD_IMLS List all found images
752 CONFIG_CMD_IMMAP * IMMR dump support
753 CONFIG_CMD_IMPORTENV * import an environment
754 CONFIG_CMD_IRQ * irqinfo
755 CONFIG_CMD_ITEST Integer/string test of 2 values
756 CONFIG_CMD_JFFS2 * JFFS2 Support
757 CONFIG_CMD_KGDB * kgdb
758 CONFIG_CMD_LDRINFO ldrinfo (display Blackfin loader)
759 CONFIG_CMD_LOADB loadb
760 CONFIG_CMD_LOADS loads
761 CONFIG_CMD_MD5SUM print md5 message digest
762 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY and CONFIG_MD5)
763 CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY md, mm, nm, mw, cp, cmp, crc, base,
765 CONFIG_CMD_MISC Misc functions like sleep etc
766 CONFIG_CMD_MMC * MMC memory mapped support
767 CONFIG_CMD_MII * MII utility commands
768 CONFIG_CMD_MTDPARTS * MTD partition support
769 CONFIG_CMD_NAND * NAND support
770 CONFIG_CMD_NET bootp, tftpboot, rarpboot
771 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X * PCA953x I2C gpio commands
772 CONFIG_CMD_PCA953X_INFO * PCA953x I2C gpio info command
773 CONFIG_CMD_PCI * pciinfo
774 CONFIG_CMD_PCMCIA * PCMCIA support
775 CONFIG_CMD_PING * send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network
777 CONFIG_CMD_PORTIO * Port I/O
778 CONFIG_CMD_REGINFO * Register dump
779 CONFIG_CMD_RUN run command in env variable
780 CONFIG_CMD_SAVES * save S record dump
781 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI * SCSI Support
782 CONFIG_CMD_SDRAM * print SDRAM configuration information
783 (requires CONFIG_CMD_I2C)
784 CONFIG_CMD_SETGETDCR Support for DCR Register access
786 CONFIG_CMD_SHA1SUM print sha1 memory digest
787 (requires CONFIG_CMD_MEMORY)
788 CONFIG_CMD_SOURCE "source" command Support
789 CONFIG_CMD_SPI * SPI serial bus support
790 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPSRV * TFTP transfer in server mode
791 CONFIG_CMD_TFTPPUT * TFTP put command (upload)
792 CONFIG_CMD_TIME * run command and report execution time
793 CONFIG_CMD_USB * USB support
794 CONFIG_CMD_CDP * Cisco Discover Protocol support
795 CONFIG_CMD_FSL * Microblaze FSL support
798 EXAMPLE: If you want all functions except of network
799 support you can write:
801 #include "config_cmd_all.h"
802 #undef CONFIG_CMD_NET
805 fdt (flattened device tree) command: CONFIG_OF_LIBFDT
807 Note: Don't enable the "icache" and "dcache" commands
808 (configuration option CONFIG_CMD_CACHE) unless you know
809 what you (and your U-Boot users) are doing. Data
810 cache cannot be enabled on systems like the 8xx or
811 8260 (where accesses to the IMMR region must be
812 uncached), and it cannot be disabled on all other
813 systems where we (mis-) use the data cache to hold an
814 initial stack and some data.
817 XXX - this list needs to get updated!
821 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will use a device tree
822 to configure its devices, instead of relying on statically
823 compiled #defines in the board file. This option is
824 experimental and only available on a few boards. The device
825 tree is available in the global data as gd->fdt_blob.
827 U-Boot needs to get its device tree from somewhere. This can
828 be done using one of the two options below:
831 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will embed a device tree
832 binary in its image. This device tree file should be in the
833 board directory and called <soc>-<board>.dts. The binary file
834 is then picked up in board_init_f() and made available through
835 the global data structure as gd->blob.
838 If this variable is defined, U-Boot will build a device tree
839 binary. It will be called u-boot.dtb. Architecture-specific
840 code will locate it at run-time. Generally this works by:
842 cat u-boot.bin u-boot.dtb >image.bin
844 and in fact, U-Boot does this for you, creating a file called
845 u-boot-dtb.bin which is useful in the common case. You can
846 still use the individual files if you need something more
851 If this variable is defined, it enables watchdog
852 support for the SoC. There must be support in the SoC
853 specific code for a watchdog. For the 8xx and 8260
854 CPUs, the SIU Watchdog feature is enabled in the SYPCR
855 register. When supported for a specific SoC is
856 available, then no further board specific code should
860 When using a watchdog circuitry external to the used
861 SoC, then define this variable and provide board
862 specific code for the "hw_watchdog_reset" function.
865 CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE
866 If this variable is defined, an environment variable
867 named "ver" is created by U-Boot showing the U-Boot
868 version as printed by the "version" command.
869 This variable is readonly.
873 When CONFIG_CMD_DATE is selected, the type of the RTC
874 has to be selected, too. Define exactly one of the
877 CONFIG_RTC_MPC8xx - use internal RTC of MPC8xx
878 CONFIG_RTC_PCF8563 - use Philips PCF8563 RTC
879 CONFIG_RTC_MC13XXX - use MC13783 or MC13892 RTC
880 CONFIG_RTC_MC146818 - use MC146818 RTC
881 CONFIG_RTC_DS1307 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1307 RTC
882 CONFIG_RTC_DS1337 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1337 RTC
883 CONFIG_RTC_DS1338 - use Maxim, Inc. DS1338 RTC
884 CONFIG_RTC_DS164x - use Dallas DS164x RTC
885 CONFIG_RTC_ISL1208 - use Intersil ISL1208 RTC
886 CONFIG_RTC_MAX6900 - use Maxim, Inc. MAX6900 RTC
887 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_DS1337_NOOSC - Turn off the OSC output for DS1337
888 CONFIG_SYS_RV3029_TCR - enable trickle charger on
891 Note that if the RTC uses I2C, then the I2C interface
892 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
895 CONFIG_PCA953X - use NXP's PCA953X series I2C GPIO
896 CONFIG_PCA953X_INFO - enable pca953x info command
898 The CONFIG_SYS_I2C_PCA953X_WIDTH option specifies a list of
899 chip-ngpio pairs that tell the PCA953X driver the number of
900 pins supported by a particular chip.
902 Note that if the GPIO device uses I2C, then the I2C interface
903 must also be configured. See I2C Support, below.
907 When CONFIG_TIMESTAMP is selected, the timestamp
908 (date and time) of an image is printed by image
909 commands like bootm or iminfo. This option is
910 automatically enabled when you select CONFIG_CMD_DATE .
913 CONFIG_MAC_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_DOS_PARTITION
914 and/or CONFIG_ISO_PARTITION and/or CONFIG_EFI_PARTITION
916 If IDE or SCSI support is enabled (CONFIG_CMD_IDE or
917 CONFIG_CMD_SCSI) you must configure support for at
918 least one partition type as well.
921 CONFIG_IDE_RESET_ROUTINE - this is defined in several
922 board configurations files but used nowhere!
924 CONFIG_IDE_RESET - is this is defined, IDE Reset will
925 be performed by calling the function
926 ide_set_reset(int reset)
927 which has to be defined in a board specific file
932 Set this to enable ATAPI support.
937 Set this to enable support for disks larger than 137GB
938 Also look at CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA.
939 Whithout these , LBA48 support uses 32bit variables and will 'only'
940 support disks up to 2.1TB.
942 CONFIG_SYS_64BIT_LBA:
943 When enabled, makes the IDE subsystem use 64bit sector addresses.
947 At the moment only there is only support for the
948 SYM53C8XX SCSI controller; define
949 CONFIG_SCSI_SYM53C8XX to enable it.
951 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN [8], CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID [7] and
952 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_DEVICE [CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_SCSI_ID *
953 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_MAX_LUN] can be adjusted to define the
954 maximum numbers of LUNs, SCSI ID's and target
956 CONFIG_SYS_SCSI_SYM53C8XX_CCF to fix clock timing (80Mhz)
958 - NETWORK Support (PCI):
960 Support for Intel 8254x/8257x gigabit chips.
963 Utility code for direct access to the SPI bus on Intel 8257x.
964 This does not do anything useful unless you set at least one
965 of CONFIG_CMD_E1000 or CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC.
967 CONFIG_E1000_SPI_GENERIC
968 Allow generic access to the SPI bus on the Intel 8257x, for
969 example with the "sspi" command.
972 Management command for E1000 devices. When used on devices
973 with SPI support you can reprogram the EEPROM from U-Boot.
975 CONFIG_E1000_FALLBACK_MAC
976 default MAC for empty EEPROM after production.
979 Support for Intel 82557/82559/82559ER chips.
980 Optional CONFIG_EEPRO100_SROM_WRITE enables EEPROM
981 write routine for first time initialisation.
984 Support for Digital 2114x chips.
985 Optional CONFIG_TULIP_SELECT_MEDIA for board specific
986 modem chip initialisation (KS8761/QS6611).
989 Support for National dp83815 chips.
992 Support for National dp8382[01] gigabit chips.
994 - NETWORK Support (other):
996 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC
997 Support for AT91RM9200 EMAC.
1000 Define this to use reduced MII inteface
1002 CONFIG_DRIVER_AT91EMAC_QUIET
1003 If this defined, the driver is quiet.
1004 The driver doen't show link status messages.
1006 CONFIG_DRIVER_LAN91C96
1007 Support for SMSC's LAN91C96 chips.
1009 CONFIG_LAN91C96_BASE
1010 Define this to hold the physical address
1011 of the LAN91C96's I/O space
1013 CONFIG_LAN91C96_USE_32_BIT
1014 Define this to enable 32 bit addressing
1016 CONFIG_DRIVER_SMC91111
1017 Support for SMSC's LAN91C111 chip
1019 CONFIG_SMC91111_BASE
1020 Define this to hold the physical address
1021 of the device (I/O space)
1023 CONFIG_SMC_USE_32_BIT
1024 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1026 CONFIG_SMC_USE_IOFUNCS
1027 Define this to use i/o functions instead of macros
1028 (some hardware wont work with macros)
1030 CONFIG_DRIVER_TI_EMAC
1031 Support for davinci emac
1033 CONFIG_SYS_DAVINCI_EMAC_PHY_COUNT
1034 Define this if you have more then 3 PHYs.
1037 Support for Faraday's FTGMAC100 Gigabit SoC Ethernet
1039 CONFIG_FTGMAC100_EGIGA
1040 Define this to use GE link update with gigabit PHY.
1041 Define this if FTGMAC100 is connected to gigabit PHY.
1042 If your system has 10/100 PHY only, it might not occur
1043 wrong behavior. Because PHY usually return timeout or
1044 useless data when polling gigabit status and gigabit
1045 control registers. This behavior won't affect the
1046 correctnessof 10/100 link speed update.
1049 Support for SMSC's LAN911x and LAN921x chips
1052 Define this to hold the physical address
1053 of the device (I/O space)
1055 CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT
1056 Define this if data bus is 32 bits
1058 CONFIG_SMC911X_16_BIT
1059 Define this if data bus is 16 bits. If your processor
1060 automatically converts one 32 bit word to two 16 bit
1061 words you may also try CONFIG_SMC911X_32_BIT.
1064 Support for Renesas on-chip Ethernet controller
1066 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_USE_PORT
1067 Define the number of ports to be used
1069 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_PHY_ADDR
1070 Define the ETH PHY's address
1072 CONFIG_SH_ETHER_CACHE_WRITEBACK
1073 If this option is set, the driver enables cache flush.
1076 At the moment only the UHCI host controller is
1077 supported (PIP405, MIP405, MPC5200); define
1078 CONFIG_USB_UHCI to enable it.
1079 define CONFIG_USB_KEYBOARD to enable the USB Keyboard
1080 and define CONFIG_USB_STORAGE to enable the USB
1083 Supported are USB Keyboards and USB Floppy drives
1085 MPC5200 USB requires additional defines:
1087 for 528 MHz Clock: 0x0001bbbb
1091 for differential drivers: 0x00001000
1092 for single ended drivers: 0x00005000
1093 for differential drivers on PSC3: 0x00000100
1094 for single ended drivers on PSC3: 0x00004100
1095 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EVENT_POLL
1096 May be defined to allow interrupt polling
1097 instead of using asynchronous interrupts
1100 Define the below if you wish to use the USB console.
1101 Once firmware is rebuilt from a serial console issue the
1102 command "setenv stdin usbtty; setenv stdout usbtty" and
1103 attach your USB cable. The Unix command "dmesg" should print
1104 it has found a new device. The environment variable usbtty
1105 can be set to gserial or cdc_acm to enable your device to
1106 appear to a USB host as a Linux gserial device or a
1107 Common Device Class Abstract Control Model serial device.
1108 If you select usbtty = gserial you should be able to enumerate
1110 # modprobe usbserial vendor=0xVendorID product=0xProductID
1111 else if using cdc_acm, simply setting the environment
1112 variable usbtty to be cdc_acm should suffice. The following
1113 might be defined in YourBoardName.h
1116 Define this to build a UDC device
1119 Define this to have a tty type of device available to
1120 talk to the UDC device
1122 CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
1123 Define this if you want stdin, stdout &/or stderr to
1127 CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0xBLAH
1128 Derive USB clock from external clock "blah"
1129 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_EXTC_CLK 0x02
1131 CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0xBLAH
1132 Derive USB clock from brgclk
1133 - CONFIG_SYS_USB_BRG_CLK 0x04
1135 If you have a USB-IF assigned VendorID then you may wish to
1136 define your own vendor specific values either in BoardName.h
1137 or directly in usbd_vendor_info.h. If you don't define
1138 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER, CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME,
1139 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID and CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID, then U-Boot
1140 should pretend to be a Linux device to it's target host.
1142 CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER
1143 Define this string as the name of your company for
1144 - CONFIG_USBD_MANUFACTURER "my company"
1146 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME
1147 Define this string as the name of your product
1148 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCT_NAME "acme usb device"
1150 CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID
1151 Define this as your assigned Vendor ID from the USB
1152 Implementors Forum. This *must* be a genuine Vendor ID
1153 to avoid polluting the USB namespace.
1154 - CONFIG_USBD_VENDORID 0xFFFF
1156 CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID
1157 Define this as the unique Product ID
1159 - CONFIG_USBD_PRODUCTID 0xFFFF
1163 The MMC controller on the Intel PXA is supported. To
1164 enable this define CONFIG_MMC. The MMC can be
1165 accessed from the boot prompt by mapping the device
1166 to physical memory similar to flash. Command line is
1167 enabled with CONFIG_CMD_MMC. The MMC driver also works with
1168 the FAT fs. This is enabled with CONFIG_CMD_FAT.
1171 Support for Renesas on-chip MMCIF controller
1173 CONFIG_SH_MMCIF_ADDR
1174 Define the base address of MMCIF registers
1177 Define the clock frequency for MMCIF
1179 - Journaling Flash filesystem support:
1180 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_OFF, CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_SIZE,
1181 CONFIG_JFFS2_NAND_DEV
1182 Define these for a default partition on a NAND device
1184 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_SECTOR,
1185 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_FIRST_BANK, CONFIG_SYS_JFFS2_NUM_BANKS
1186 Define these for a default partition on a NOR device
1188 CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_CUSTOM_PART
1189 Define this to create an own partition. You have to provide a
1190 function struct part_info* jffs2_part_info(int part_num)
1192 If you define only one JFFS2 partition you may also want to
1193 #define CONFIG_SYS_JFFS_SINGLE_PART 1
1194 to disable the command chpart. This is the default when you
1195 have not defined a custom partition
1197 - FAT(File Allocation Table) filesystem write function support:
1199 Support for saving memory data as a file
1200 in FAT formatted partition
1205 Define this to enable standard (PC-Style) keyboard
1209 Standard PC keyboard driver with US (is default) and
1210 GERMAN key layout (switch via environment 'keymap=de') support.
1211 Export function i8042_kbd_init, i8042_tstc and i8042_getc
1212 for cfb_console. Supports cursor blinking.
1217 Define this to enable video support (for output to
1220 CONFIG_VIDEO_CT69000
1222 Enable Chips & Technologies 69000 Video chip
1224 CONFIG_VIDEO_SMI_LYNXEM
1225 Enable Silicon Motion SMI 712/710/810 Video chip. The
1226 video output is selected via environment 'videoout'
1227 (1 = LCD and 2 = CRT). If videoout is undefined, CRT is
1230 For the CT69000 and SMI_LYNXEM drivers, videomode is
1231 selected via environment 'videomode'. Two different ways
1233 - "videomode=num" 'num' is a standard LiLo mode numbers.
1234 Following standard modes are supported (* is default):
1236 Colors 640x480 800x600 1024x768 1152x864 1280x1024
1237 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1238 8 bits | 0x301* 0x303 0x305 0x161 0x307
1239 15 bits | 0x310 0x313 0x316 0x162 0x319
1240 16 bits | 0x311 0x314 0x317 0x163 0x31A
1241 24 bits | 0x312 0x315 0x318 ? 0x31B
1242 -------------+---------------------------------------------
1243 (i.e. setenv videomode 317; saveenv; reset;)
1245 - "videomode=bootargs" all the video parameters are parsed
1246 from the bootargs. (See drivers/video/videomodes.c)
1249 CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806
1250 Enable Epson SED13806 driver. This driver supports 8bpp
1251 and 16bpp modes defined by CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_8BPP
1252 or CONFIG_VIDEO_SED13806_16BPP
1255 Enable the Freescale DIU video driver. Reference boards for
1256 SOCs that have a DIU should define this macro to enable DIU
1257 support, and should also define these other macros:
1263 CONFIG_VIDEO_SW_CURSOR
1264 CONFIG_VGA_AS_SINGLE_DEVICE
1266 CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_LOGO
1268 The DIU driver will look for the 'video-mode' environment
1269 variable, and if defined, enable the DIU as a console during
1270 boot. See the documentation file README.video for a
1271 description of this variable.
1276 Define this to enable a custom keyboard support.
1277 This simply calls drv_keyboard_init() which must be
1278 defined in your board-specific files.
1279 The only board using this so far is RBC823.
1281 - LCD Support: CONFIG_LCD
1283 Define this to enable LCD support (for output to LCD
1284 display); also select one of the supported displays
1285 by defining one of these:
1289 HITACHI TX09D70VM1CCA, 3.5", 240x320.
1291 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448AC33:
1293 NEC NL6448AC33-18. Active, color, single scan.
1295 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC20
1297 NEC NL6448BC20-08. 6.5", 640x480.
1298 Active, color, single scan.
1300 CONFIG_NEC_NL6448BC33_54
1302 NEC NL6448BC33-54. 10.4", 640x480.
1303 Active, color, single scan.
1307 Sharp 320x240. Active, color, single scan.
1308 It isn't 16x9, and I am not sure what it is.
1310 CONFIG_SHARP_LQ64D341
1312 Sharp LQ64D341 display, 640x480.
1313 Active, color, single scan.
1317 HLD1045 display, 640x480.
1318 Active, color, single scan.
1322 Optrex CBL50840-2 NF-FW 99 22 M5
1324 Hitachi LMG6912RPFC-00T
1328 320x240. Black & white.
1330 Normally display is black on white background; define
1331 CONFIG_SYS_WHITE_ON_BLACK to get it inverted.
1333 - Splash Screen Support: CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN
1335 If this option is set, the environment is checked for
1336 a variable "splashimage". If found, the usual display
1337 of logo, copyright and system information on the LCD
1338 is suppressed and the BMP image at the address
1339 specified in "splashimage" is loaded instead. The
1340 console is redirected to the "nulldev", too. This
1341 allows for a "silent" boot where a splash screen is
1342 loaded very quickly after power-on.
1344 CONFIG_SPLASH_SCREEN_ALIGN
1346 If this option is set the splash image can be freely positioned
1347 on the screen. Environment variable "splashpos" specifies the
1348 position as "x,y". If a positive number is given it is used as
1349 number of pixel from left/top. If a negative number is given it
1350 is used as number of pixel from right/bottom. You can also
1351 specify 'm' for centering the image.
1354 setenv splashpos m,m
1355 => image at center of screen
1357 setenv splashpos 30,20
1358 => image at x = 30 and y = 20
1360 setenv splashpos -10,m
1361 => vertically centered image
1362 at x = dspWidth - bmpWidth - 9
1364 - Gzip compressed BMP image support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_GZIP
1366 If this option is set, additionally to standard BMP
1367 images, gzipped BMP images can be displayed via the
1368 splashscreen support or the bmp command.
1370 - Run length encoded BMP image (RLE8) support: CONFIG_VIDEO_BMP_RLE8
1372 If this option is set, 8-bit RLE compressed BMP images
1373 can be displayed via the splashscreen support or the
1376 - Compression support:
1379 If this option is set, support for bzip2 compressed
1380 images is included. If not, only uncompressed and gzip
1381 compressed images are supported.
1383 NOTE: the bzip2 algorithm requires a lot of RAM, so
1384 the malloc area (as defined by CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN) should
1389 If this option is set, support for lzma compressed
1392 Note: The LZMA algorithm adds between 2 and 4KB of code and it
1393 requires an amount of dynamic memory that is given by the
1396 (1846 + 768 << (lc + lp)) * sizeof(uint16)
1398 Where lc and lp stand for, respectively, Literal context bits
1399 and Literal pos bits.
1401 This value is upper-bounded by 14MB in the worst case. Anyway,
1402 for a ~4MB large kernel image, we have lc=3 and lp=0 for a
1403 total amount of (1846 + 768 << (3 + 0)) * 2 = ~41KB... that is
1404 a very small buffer.
1406 Use the lzmainfo tool to determinate the lc and lp values and
1407 then calculate the amount of needed dynamic memory (ensuring
1408 the appropriate CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN value).
1413 The address of PHY on MII bus.
1415 CONFIG_PHY_CLOCK_FREQ (ppc4xx)
1417 The clock frequency of the MII bus
1421 If this option is set, support for speed/duplex
1422 detection of gigabit PHY is included.
1424 CONFIG_PHY_RESET_DELAY
1426 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1427 reset before any MII register access is possible.
1428 For such PHY, set this option to the usec delay
1429 required. (minimum 300usec for LXT971A)
1431 CONFIG_PHY_CMD_DELAY (ppc4xx)
1433 Some PHY like Intel LXT971A need extra delay after
1434 command issued before MII status register can be read
1444 Define a default value for Ethernet address to use
1445 for the respective Ethernet interface, in case this
1446 is not determined automatically.
1451 Define a default value for the IP address to use for
1452 the default Ethernet interface, in case this is not
1453 determined through e.g. bootp.
1454 (Environment variable "ipaddr")
1456 - Server IP address:
1459 Defines a default value for the IP address of a TFTP
1460 server to contact when using the "tftboot" command.
1461 (Environment variable "serverip")
1463 CONFIG_KEEP_SERVERADDR
1465 Keeps the server's MAC address, in the env 'serveraddr'
1466 for passing to bootargs (like Linux's netconsole option)
1468 - Gateway IP address:
1471 Defines a default value for the IP address of the
1472 default router where packets to other networks are
1474 (Environment variable "gatewayip")
1479 Defines a default value for the subnet mask (or
1480 routing prefix) which is used to determine if an IP
1481 address belongs to the local subnet or needs to be
1482 forwarded through a router.
1483 (Environment variable "netmask")
1485 - Multicast TFTP Mode:
1488 Defines whether you want to support multicast TFTP as per
1489 rfc-2090; for example to work with atftp. Lets lots of targets
1490 tftp down the same boot image concurrently. Note: the Ethernet
1491 driver in use must provide a function: mcast() to join/leave a
1494 - BOOTP Recovery Mode:
1495 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY
1497 If you have many targets in a network that try to
1498 boot using BOOTP, you may want to avoid that all
1499 systems send out BOOTP requests at precisely the same
1500 moment (which would happen for instance at recovery
1501 from a power failure, when all systems will try to
1502 boot, thus flooding the BOOTP server. Defining
1503 CONFIG_BOOTP_RANDOM_DELAY causes a random delay to be
1504 inserted before sending out BOOTP requests. The
1505 following delays are inserted then:
1507 1st BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 1 sec
1508 2nd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 2 sec
1509 3rd BOOTP request: delay 0 ... 4 sec
1511 BOOTP requests: delay 0 ... 8 sec
1513 - DHCP Advanced Options:
1514 You can fine tune the DHCP functionality by defining
1515 CONFIG_BOOTP_* symbols:
1517 CONFIG_BOOTP_SUBNETMASK
1518 CONFIG_BOOTP_GATEWAY
1519 CONFIG_BOOTP_HOSTNAME
1520 CONFIG_BOOTP_NISDOMAIN
1521 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTPATH
1522 CONFIG_BOOTP_BOOTFILESIZE
1525 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME
1526 CONFIG_BOOTP_NTPSERVER
1527 CONFIG_BOOTP_TIMEOFFSET
1528 CONFIG_BOOTP_VENDOREX
1530 CONFIG_BOOTP_SERVERIP - TFTP server will be the serverip
1531 environment variable, not the BOOTP server.
1533 CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 - If a DHCP client requests the DNS
1534 serverip from a DHCP server, it is possible that more
1535 than one DNS serverip is offered to the client.
1536 If CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS2 is enabled, the secondary DNS
1537 serverip will be stored in the additional environment
1538 variable "dnsip2". The first DNS serverip is always
1539 stored in the variable "dnsip", when CONFIG_BOOTP_DNS
1542 CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME - Some DHCP servers are capable
1543 to do a dynamic update of a DNS server. To do this, they
1544 need the hostname of the DHCP requester.
1545 If CONFIG_BOOTP_SEND_HOSTNAME is defined, the content
1546 of the "hostname" environment variable is passed as
1547 option 12 to the DHCP server.
1549 CONFIG_BOOTP_DHCP_REQUEST_DELAY
1551 A 32bit value in microseconds for a delay between
1552 receiving a "DHCP Offer" and sending the "DHCP Request".
1553 This fixes a problem with certain DHCP servers that don't
1554 respond 100% of the time to a "DHCP request". E.g. On an
1555 AT91RM9200 processor running at 180MHz, this delay needed
1556 to be *at least* 15,000 usec before a Windows Server 2003
1557 DHCP server would reply 100% of the time. I recommend at
1558 least 50,000 usec to be safe. The alternative is to hope
1559 that one of the retries will be successful but note that
1560 the DHCP timeout and retry process takes a longer than
1564 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID
1566 The device id used in CDP trigger frames.
1568 CONFIG_CDP_DEVICE_ID_PREFIX
1570 A two character string which is prefixed to the MAC address
1575 A printf format string which contains the ascii name of
1576 the port. Normally is set to "eth%d" which sets
1577 eth0 for the first Ethernet, eth1 for the second etc.
1579 CONFIG_CDP_CAPABILITIES
1581 A 32bit integer which indicates the device capabilities;
1582 0x00000010 for a normal host which does not forwards.
1586 An ascii string containing the version of the software.
1590 An ascii string containing the name of the platform.
1594 A 32bit integer sent on the trigger.
1596 CONFIG_CDP_POWER_CONSUMPTION
1598 A 16bit integer containing the power consumption of the
1599 device in .1 of milliwatts.
1601 CONFIG_CDP_APPLIANCE_VLAN_TYPE
1603 A byte containing the id of the VLAN.
1605 - Status LED: CONFIG_STATUS_LED
1607 Several configurations allow to display the current
1608 status using a LED. For instance, the LED will blink
1609 fast while running U-Boot code, stop blinking as
1610 soon as a reply to a BOOTP request was received, and
1611 start blinking slow once the Linux kernel is running
1612 (supported by a status LED driver in the Linux
1613 kernel). Defining CONFIG_STATUS_LED enables this
1616 - CAN Support: CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER
1618 Defining CONFIG_CAN_DRIVER enables CAN driver support
1619 on those systems that support this (optional)
1620 feature, like the TQM8xxL modules.
1622 - I2C Support: CONFIG_HARD_I2C | CONFIG_SOFT_I2C
1624 These enable I2C serial bus commands. Defining either of
1625 (but not both of) CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C will
1626 include the appropriate I2C driver for the selected CPU.
1628 This will allow you to use i2c commands at the u-boot
1629 command line (as long as you set CONFIG_CMD_I2C in
1630 CONFIG_COMMANDS) and communicate with i2c based realtime
1631 clock chips. See common/cmd_i2c.c for a description of the
1632 command line interface.
1634 CONFIG_HARD_I2C selects a hardware I2C controller.
1636 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C configures u-boot to use a software (aka
1637 bit-banging) driver instead of CPM or similar hardware
1640 There are several other quantities that must also be
1641 defined when you define CONFIG_HARD_I2C or CONFIG_SOFT_I2C.
1643 In both cases you will need to define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SPEED
1644 to be the frequency (in Hz) at which you wish your i2c bus
1645 to run and CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to be the address of this node (ie
1646 the CPU's i2c node address).
1648 Now, the u-boot i2c code for the mpc8xx
1649 (arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8xx/i2c.c) sets the CPU up as a master node
1650 and so its address should therefore be cleared to 0 (See,
1651 eg, MPC823e User's Manual p.16-473). So, set
1652 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_SLAVE to 0.
1654 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_MPC5XXX
1656 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1657 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1658 in progress. Reset the slave devices by sending start
1659 commands until the slave device responds.
1661 That's all that's required for CONFIG_HARD_I2C.
1663 If you use the software i2c interface (CONFIG_SOFT_I2C)
1664 then the following macros need to be defined (examples are
1665 from include/configs/lwmon.h):
1669 (Optional). Any commands necessary to enable the I2C
1670 controller or configure ports.
1672 eg: #define I2C_INIT (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SCL)
1676 (Only for MPC8260 CPU). The I/O port to use (the code
1677 assumes both bits are on the same port). Valid values
1678 are 0..3 for ports A..D.
1682 The code necessary to make the I2C data line active
1683 (driven). If the data line is open collector, this
1686 eg: #define I2C_ACTIVE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir |= PB_SDA)
1690 The code necessary to make the I2C data line tri-stated
1691 (inactive). If the data line is open collector, this
1694 eg: #define I2C_TRISTATE (immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdir &= ~PB_SDA)
1698 Code that returns TRUE if the I2C data line is high,
1701 eg: #define I2C_READ ((immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat & PB_SDA) != 0)
1705 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C data line high. If it
1706 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1708 eg: #define I2C_SDA(bit) \
1709 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SDA; \
1710 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SDA
1714 If <bit> is TRUE, sets the I2C clock line high. If it
1715 is FALSE, it clears it (low).
1717 eg: #define I2C_SCL(bit) \
1718 if(bit) immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat |= PB_SCL; \
1719 else immr->im_cpm.cp_pbdat &= ~PB_SCL
1723 This delay is invoked four times per clock cycle so this
1724 controls the rate of data transfer. The data rate thus
1725 is 1 / (I2C_DELAY * 4). Often defined to be something
1728 #define I2C_DELAY udelay(2)
1730 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SCL / CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_GPIO_SDA
1732 If your arch supports the generic GPIO framework (asm/gpio.h),
1733 then you may alternatively define the two GPIOs that are to be
1734 used as SCL / SDA. Any of the previous I2C_xxx macros will
1735 have GPIO-based defaults assigned to them as appropriate.
1737 You should define these to the GPIO value as given directly to
1738 the generic GPIO functions.
1740 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD
1742 When a board is reset during an i2c bus transfer
1743 chips might think that the current transfer is still
1744 in progress. On some boards it is possible to access
1745 the i2c SCLK line directly, either by using the
1746 processor pin as a GPIO or by having a second pin
1747 connected to the bus. If this option is defined a
1748 custom i2c_init_board() routine in boards/xxx/board.c
1749 is run early in the boot sequence.
1751 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_BOARD_LATE_INIT
1753 An alternative to CONFIG_SYS_I2C_INIT_BOARD. If this option is
1754 defined a custom i2c_board_late_init() routine in
1755 boards/xxx/board.c is run AFTER the operations in i2c_init()
1756 is completed. This callpoint can be used to unreset i2c bus
1757 using CPU i2c controller register accesses for CPUs whose i2c
1758 controller provide such a method. It is called at the end of
1759 i2c_init() to allow i2c_init operations to setup the i2c bus
1760 controller on the CPU (e.g. setting bus speed & slave address).
1762 CONFIG_I2CFAST (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
1764 This option enables configuration of bi_iic_fast[] flags
1765 in u-boot bd_info structure based on u-boot environment
1766 variable "i2cfast". (see also i2cfast)
1768 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1770 This option allows the use of multiple I2C buses, each of which
1771 must have a controller. At any point in time, only one bus is
1772 active. To switch to a different bus, use the 'i2c dev' command.
1773 Note that bus numbering is zero-based.
1775 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES
1777 This option specifies a list of I2C devices that will be skipped
1778 when the 'i2c probe' command is issued. If CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1779 is set, specify a list of bus-device pairs. Otherwise, specify
1780 a 1D array of device addresses
1783 #undef CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1784 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_NOPROBES {0x50,0x68}
1786 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on a board with one I2C bus
1788 #define CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS
1789 #define CONFIG_SYS_I2C_MULTI_NOPROBES {{0,0x50},{0,0x68},{1,0x54}}
1791 will skip addresses 0x50 and 0x68 on bus 0 and address 0x54 on bus 1
1793 CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
1795 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for DDR SPD.
1796 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that SPD is on I2C bus 0.
1798 CONFIG_SYS_RTC_BUS_NUM
1800 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the RTC.
1801 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that RTC is on I2C bus 0.
1803 CONFIG_SYS_DTT_BUS_NUM
1805 If defined, then this indicates the I2C bus number for the DTT.
1806 If not defined, then U-Boot assumes that DTT is on I2C bus 0.
1808 CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DTT_ADDR:
1810 If defined, specifies the I2C address of the DTT device.
1811 If not defined, then U-Boot uses predefined value for
1812 specified DTT device.
1816 Define this option if you want to use Freescale's I2C driver in
1817 drivers/i2c/fsl_i2c.c.
1821 Define this option if you have I2C devices reached over 1 .. n
1822 I2C Muxes like the pca9544a. This option addes a new I2C
1823 Command "i2c bus [muxtype:muxaddr:muxchannel]" which adds a
1824 new I2C Bus to the existing I2C Busses. If you select the
1825 new Bus with "i2c dev", u-bbot sends first the commandos for
1826 the muxes to activate this new "bus".
1828 CONFIG_I2C_MULTI_BUS must be also defined, to use this
1832 Adding a new I2C Bus reached over 2 pca9544a muxes
1833 The First mux with address 70 and channel 6
1834 The Second mux with address 71 and channel 4
1836 => i2c bus pca9544a:70:6:pca9544a:71:4
1838 Use the "i2c bus" command without parameter, to get a list
1839 of I2C Busses with muxes:
1842 Busses reached over muxes:
1844 reached over Mux(es):
1847 reached over Mux(es):
1852 If you now switch to the new I2C Bus 3 with "i2c dev 3"
1853 u-boot first sends the command to the mux@70 to enable
1854 channel 6, and then the command to the mux@71 to enable
1857 After that, you can use the "normal" i2c commands as
1858 usual to communicate with your I2C devices behind
1861 This option is actually implemented for the bitbanging
1862 algorithm in common/soft_i2c.c and for the Hardware I2C
1863 Bus on the MPC8260. But it should be not so difficult
1864 to add this option to other architectures.
1866 CONFIG_SOFT_I2C_READ_REPEATED_START
1868 defining this will force the i2c_read() function in
1869 the soft_i2c driver to perform an I2C repeated start
1870 between writing the address pointer and reading the
1871 data. If this define is omitted the default behaviour
1872 of doing a stop-start sequence will be used. Most I2C
1873 devices can use either method, but some require one or
1876 - SPI Support: CONFIG_SPI
1878 Enables SPI driver (so far only tested with
1879 SPI EEPROM, also an instance works with Crystal A/D and
1880 D/As on the SACSng board)
1884 Enables the driver for SPI controller on SuperH. Currently
1885 only SH7757 is supported.
1889 Enables extended (16-bit) SPI EEPROM addressing.
1890 (symmetrical to CONFIG_I2C_X)
1894 Enables a software (bit-bang) SPI driver rather than
1895 using hardware support. This is a general purpose
1896 driver that only requires three general I/O port pins
1897 (two outputs, one input) to function. If this is
1898 defined, the board configuration must define several
1899 SPI configuration items (port pins to use, etc). For
1900 an example, see include/configs/sacsng.h.
1904 Enables a hardware SPI driver for general-purpose reads
1905 and writes. As with CONFIG_SOFT_SPI, the board configuration
1906 must define a list of chip-select function pointers.
1907 Currently supported on some MPC8xxx processors. For an
1908 example, see include/configs/mpc8349emds.h.
1912 Enables the driver for the SPI controllers on i.MX and MXC
1913 SoCs. Currently i.MX31/35/51 are supported.
1915 - FPGA Support: CONFIG_FPGA
1917 Enables FPGA subsystem.
1919 CONFIG_FPGA_<vendor>
1921 Enables support for specific chip vendors.
1924 CONFIG_FPGA_<family>
1926 Enables support for FPGA family.
1927 (SPARTAN2, SPARTAN3, VIRTEX2, CYCLONE2, ACEX1K, ACEX)
1931 Specify the number of FPGA devices to support.
1933 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_PROG_FEEDBACK
1935 Enable printing of hash marks during FPGA configuration.
1937 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_BUSY
1939 Enable checks on FPGA configuration interface busy
1940 status by the configuration function. This option
1941 will require a board or device specific function to
1946 If defined, a function that provides delays in the FPGA
1947 configuration driver.
1949 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_CTRLC
1950 Allow Control-C to interrupt FPGA configuration
1952 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_CHECK_ERROR
1954 Check for configuration errors during FPGA bitfile
1955 loading. For example, abort during Virtex II
1956 configuration if the INIT_B line goes low (which
1957 indicated a CRC error).
1959 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_INIT
1961 Maximum time to wait for the INIT_B line to deassert
1962 after PROB_B has been deasserted during a Virtex II
1963 FPGA configuration sequence. The default time is 500
1966 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_BUSY
1968 Maximum time to wait for BUSY to deassert during
1969 Virtex II FPGA configuration. The default is 5 ms.
1971 CONFIG_SYS_FPGA_WAIT_CONFIG
1973 Time to wait after FPGA configuration. The default is
1976 - Configuration Management:
1979 If defined, this string will be added to the U-Boot
1980 version information (U_BOOT_VERSION)
1982 - Vendor Parameter Protection:
1984 U-Boot considers the values of the environment
1985 variables "serial#" (Board Serial Number) and
1986 "ethaddr" (Ethernet Address) to be parameters that
1987 are set once by the board vendor / manufacturer, and
1988 protects these variables from casual modification by
1989 the user. Once set, these variables are read-only,
1990 and write or delete attempts are rejected. You can
1991 change this behaviour:
1993 If CONFIG_ENV_OVERWRITE is #defined in your config
1994 file, the write protection for vendor parameters is
1995 completely disabled. Anybody can change or delete
1998 Alternatively, if you #define _both_ CONFIG_ETHADDR
1999 _and_ CONFIG_OVERWRITE_ETHADDR_ONCE, a default
2000 Ethernet address is installed in the environment,
2001 which can be changed exactly ONCE by the user. [The
2002 serial# is unaffected by this, i. e. it remains
2008 Define this variable to enable the reservation of
2009 "protected RAM", i. e. RAM which is not overwritten
2010 by U-Boot. Define CONFIG_PRAM to hold the number of
2011 kB you want to reserve for pRAM. You can overwrite
2012 this default value by defining an environment
2013 variable "pram" to the number of kB you want to
2014 reserve. Note that the board info structure will
2015 still show the full amount of RAM. If pRAM is
2016 reserved, a new environment variable "mem" will
2017 automatically be defined to hold the amount of
2018 remaining RAM in a form that can be passed as boot
2019 argument to Linux, for instance like that:
2021 setenv bootargs ... mem=\${mem}
2024 This way you can tell Linux not to use this memory,
2025 either, which results in a memory region that will
2026 not be affected by reboots.
2028 *WARNING* If your board configuration uses automatic
2029 detection of the RAM size, you must make sure that
2030 this memory test is non-destructive. So far, the
2031 following board configurations are known to be
2034 ETX094, IVMS8, IVML24, SPD8xx, TQM8xxL,
2035 HERMES, IP860, RPXlite, LWMON, LANTEC,
2041 Define this variable to stop the system in case of a
2042 fatal error, so that you have to reset it manually.
2043 This is probably NOT a good idea for an embedded
2044 system where you want the system to reboot
2045 automatically as fast as possible, but it may be
2046 useful during development since you can try to debug
2047 the conditions that lead to the situation.
2049 CONFIG_NET_RETRY_COUNT
2051 This variable defines the number of retries for
2052 network operations like ARP, RARP, TFTP, or BOOTP
2053 before giving up the operation. If not defined, a
2054 default value of 5 is used.
2058 Timeout waiting for an ARP reply in milliseconds.
2060 - Command Interpreter:
2061 CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE
2063 Enable auto completion of commands using TAB.
2065 Note that this feature has NOT been implemented yet
2066 for the "hush" shell.
2069 CONFIG_SYS_HUSH_PARSER
2071 Define this variable to enable the "hush" shell (from
2072 Busybox) as command line interpreter, thus enabling
2073 powerful command line syntax like
2074 if...then...else...fi conditionals or `&&' and '||'
2075 constructs ("shell scripts").
2077 If undefined, you get the old, much simpler behaviour
2078 with a somewhat smaller memory footprint.
2081 CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT_HUSH_PS2
2083 This defines the secondary prompt string, which is
2084 printed when the command interpreter needs more input
2085 to complete a command. Usually "> ".
2089 In the current implementation, the local variables
2090 space and global environment variables space are
2091 separated. Local variables are those you define by
2092 simply typing `name=value'. To access a local
2093 variable later on, you have write `$name' or
2094 `${name}'; to execute the contents of a variable
2095 directly type `$name' at the command prompt.
2097 Global environment variables are those you use
2098 setenv/printenv to work with. To run a command stored
2099 in such a variable, you need to use the run command,
2100 and you must not use the '$' sign to access them.
2102 To store commands and special characters in a
2103 variable, please use double quotation marks
2104 surrounding the whole text of the variable, instead
2105 of the backslashes before semicolons and special
2108 - Commandline Editing and History:
2109 CONFIG_CMDLINE_EDITING
2111 Enable editing and History functions for interactive
2112 commandline input operations
2114 - Default Environment:
2115 CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS
2117 Define this to contain any number of null terminated
2118 strings (variable = value pairs) that will be part of
2119 the default environment compiled into the boot image.
2121 For example, place something like this in your
2122 board's config file:
2124 #define CONFIG_EXTRA_ENV_SETTINGS \
2128 Warning: This method is based on knowledge about the
2129 internal format how the environment is stored by the
2130 U-Boot code. This is NOT an official, exported
2131 interface! Although it is unlikely that this format
2132 will change soon, there is no guarantee either.
2133 You better know what you are doing here.
2135 Note: overly (ab)use of the default environment is
2136 discouraged. Make sure to check other ways to preset
2137 the environment like the "source" command or the
2140 - DataFlash Support:
2141 CONFIG_HAS_DATAFLASH
2143 Defining this option enables DataFlash features and
2144 allows to read/write in Dataflash via the standard
2147 - SystemACE Support:
2150 Adding this option adds support for Xilinx SystemACE
2151 chips attached via some sort of local bus. The address
2152 of the chip must also be defined in the
2153 CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE macro. For example:
2155 #define CONFIG_SYSTEMACE
2156 #define CONFIG_SYS_SYSTEMACE_BASE 0xf0000000
2158 When SystemACE support is added, the "ace" device type
2159 becomes available to the fat commands, i.e. fatls.
2161 - TFTP Fixed UDP Port:
2164 If this is defined, the environment variable tftpsrcp
2165 is used to supply the TFTP UDP source port value.
2166 If tftpsrcp isn't defined, the normal pseudo-random port
2167 number generator is used.
2169 Also, the environment variable tftpdstp is used to supply
2170 the TFTP UDP destination port value. If tftpdstp isn't
2171 defined, the normal port 69 is used.
2173 The purpose for tftpsrcp is to allow a TFTP server to
2174 blindly start the TFTP transfer using the pre-configured
2175 target IP address and UDP port. This has the effect of
2176 "punching through" the (Windows XP) firewall, allowing
2177 the remainder of the TFTP transfer to proceed normally.
2178 A better solution is to properly configure the firewall,
2179 but sometimes that is not allowed.
2181 - Show boot progress:
2182 CONFIG_SHOW_BOOT_PROGRESS
2184 Defining this option allows to add some board-
2185 specific code (calling a user-provided function
2186 "show_boot_progress(int)") that enables you to show
2187 the system's boot progress on some display (for
2188 example, some LED's) on your board. At the moment,
2189 the following checkpoints are implemented:
2191 Legacy uImage format:
2194 1 common/cmd_bootm.c before attempting to boot an image
2195 -1 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad magic number
2196 2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct magic number
2197 -2 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has bad checksum
2198 3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image header has correct checksum
2199 -3 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has bad checksum
2200 4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image data has correct checksum
2201 -4 common/cmd_bootm.c Image is for unsupported architecture
2202 5 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2203 -5 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong Image Type (not kernel, multi)
2204 6 common/cmd_bootm.c Image Type check OK
2205 -6 common/cmd_bootm.c gunzip uncompression error
2206 -7 common/cmd_bootm.c Unimplemented compression type
2207 7 common/cmd_bootm.c Uncompression OK
2208 8 common/cmd_bootm.c No uncompress/copy overwrite error
2209 -9 common/cmd_bootm.c Unsupported OS (not Linux, BSD, VxWorks, QNX)
2211 9 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2212 -10 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad magic number
2213 -11 common/image.c Ramdisk header has bad checksum
2214 10 common/image.c Ramdisk header is OK
2215 -12 common/image.c Ramdisk data has bad checksum
2216 11 common/image.c Ramdisk data has correct checksum
2217 12 common/image.c Ramdisk verification complete, start loading
2218 -13 common/image.c Wrong Image Type (not PPC Linux ramdisk)
2219 13 common/image.c Start multifile image verification
2220 14 common/image.c No initial ramdisk, no multifile, continue.
2222 15 arch/<arch>/lib/bootm.c All preparation done, transferring control to OS
2224 -30 arch/powerpc/lib/board.c Fatal error, hang the system
2225 -31 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_output_backlog()
2226 -32 post/post.c POST test failed, detected by post_run_single()
2228 34 common/cmd_doc.c before loading a Image from a DOC device
2229 -35 common/cmd_doc.c Bad usage of "doc" command
2230 35 common/cmd_doc.c correct usage of "doc" command
2231 -36 common/cmd_doc.c No boot device
2232 36 common/cmd_doc.c correct boot device
2233 -37 common/cmd_doc.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2234 37 common/cmd_doc.c correct chip ID found, device available
2235 -38 common/cmd_doc.c Read Error on boot device
2236 38 common/cmd_doc.c reading Image header from DOC device OK
2237 -39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has bad magic number
2238 39 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2239 -40 common/cmd_doc.c Error reading Image from DOC device
2240 40 common/cmd_doc.c Image header has correct magic number
2241 41 common/cmd_ide.c before loading a Image from a IDE device
2242 -42 common/cmd_ide.c Bad usage of "ide" command
2243 42 common/cmd_ide.c correct usage of "ide" command
2244 -43 common/cmd_ide.c No boot device
2245 43 common/cmd_ide.c boot device found
2246 -44 common/cmd_ide.c Device not available
2247 44 common/cmd_ide.c Device available
2248 -45 common/cmd_ide.c wrong partition selected
2249 45 common/cmd_ide.c partition selected
2250 -46 common/cmd_ide.c Unknown partition table
2251 46 common/cmd_ide.c valid partition table found
2252 -47 common/cmd_ide.c Invalid partition type
2253 47 common/cmd_ide.c correct partition type
2254 -48 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2255 48 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image Header from IDE device OK
2256 -49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad magic number
2257 49 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct magic number
2258 -50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has bad checksum
2259 50 common/cmd_ide.c Image header has correct checksum
2260 -51 common/cmd_ide.c Error reading Image from IDE device
2261 51 common/cmd_ide.c reading Image from IDE device OK
2262 52 common/cmd_nand.c before loading a Image from a NAND device
2263 -53 common/cmd_nand.c Bad usage of "nand" command
2264 53 common/cmd_nand.c correct usage of "nand" command
2265 -54 common/cmd_nand.c No boot device
2266 54 common/cmd_nand.c boot device found
2267 -55 common/cmd_nand.c Unknown Chip ID on boot device
2268 55 common/cmd_nand.c correct chip ID found, device available
2269 -56 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image Header on boot device
2270 56 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image Header from NAND device OK
2271 -57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has bad magic number
2272 57 common/cmd_nand.c Image header has correct magic number
2273 -58 common/cmd_nand.c Error reading Image from NAND device
2274 58 common/cmd_nand.c reading Image from NAND device OK
2276 -60 common/env_common.c Environment has a bad CRC, using default
2278 64 net/eth.c starting with Ethernet configuration.
2279 -64 net/eth.c no Ethernet found.
2280 65 net/eth.c Ethernet found.
2282 -80 common/cmd_net.c usage wrong
2283 80 common/cmd_net.c before calling NetLoop()
2284 -81 common/cmd_net.c some error in NetLoop() occurred
2285 81 common/cmd_net.c NetLoop() back without error
2286 -82 common/cmd_net.c size == 0 (File with size 0 loaded)
2287 82 common/cmd_net.c trying automatic boot
2288 83 common/cmd_net.c running "source" command
2289 -83 common/cmd_net.c some error in automatic boot or "source" command
2290 84 common/cmd_net.c end without errors
2295 100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has correct format
2296 -100 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel FIT Image has incorrect format
2297 101 common/cmd_bootm.c No Kernel subimage unit name, using configuration
2298 -101 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get configuration for kernel subimage
2299 102 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel unit name specified
2300 -103 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage node offset
2301 103 common/cmd_bootm.c Found configuration node
2302 104 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage node offset
2303 -104 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification failed
2304 105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage hash verification OK
2305 -105 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage is for unsupported architecture
2306 106 common/cmd_bootm.c Architecture check OK
2307 -106 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage has wrong type
2308 107 common/cmd_bootm.c Kernel subimage type OK
2309 -107 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage data/size
2310 108 common/cmd_bootm.c Got kernel subimage data/size
2311 -108 common/cmd_bootm.c Wrong image type (not legacy, FIT)
2312 -109 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage type
2313 -110 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage comp
2314 -111 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage os
2315 -112 common/cmd_bootm.c Can't get kernel subimage load address
2316 -113 common/cmd_bootm.c Image uncompress/copy overwrite error
2318 120 common/image.c Start initial ramdisk verification
2319 -120 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has incorrect format
2320 121 common/image.c Ramdisk FIT image has correct format
2321 122 common/image.c No ramdisk subimage unit name, using configuration
2322 -122 common/image.c Can't get configuration for ramdisk subimage
2323 123 common/image.c Ramdisk unit name specified
2324 -124 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage node offset
2325 125 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage node offset
2326 -125 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification failed
2327 126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage hash verification OK
2328 -126 common/image.c Ramdisk subimage for unsupported architecture
2329 127 common/image.c Architecture check OK
2330 -127 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk subimage data/size
2331 128 common/image.c Got ramdisk subimage data/size
2332 129 common/image.c Can't get ramdisk load address
2333 -129 common/image.c Got ramdisk load address
2335 -130 common/cmd_doc.c Incorrect FIT image format
2336 131 common/cmd_doc.c FIT image format OK
2338 -140 common/cmd_ide.c Incorrect FIT image format
2339 141 common/cmd_ide.c FIT image format OK
2341 -150 common/cmd_nand.c Incorrect FIT image format
2342 151 common/cmd_nand.c FIT image format OK
2344 - Standalone program support:
2345 CONFIG_STANDALONE_LOAD_ADDR
2347 This option defines a board specific value for the
2348 address where standalone program gets loaded, thus
2349 overwriting the architecture dependent default
2352 - Frame Buffer Address:
2355 Define CONFIG_FB_ADDR if you want to use specific
2356 address for frame buffer.
2357 Then system will reserve the frame buffer address to
2358 defined address instead of lcd_setmem (this function
2359 grabs the memory for frame buffer by panel's size).
2361 Please see board_init_f function.
2363 - Automatic software updates via TFTP server
2365 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_CNT_MAX
2366 CONFIG_UPDATE_TFTP_MSEC_MAX
2368 These options enable and control the auto-update feature;
2369 for a more detailed description refer to doc/README.update.
2371 - MTD Support (mtdparts command, UBI support)
2374 Adds the MTD device infrastructure from the Linux kernel.
2375 Needed for mtdparts command support.
2377 CONFIG_MTD_PARTITIONS
2379 Adds the MTD partitioning infrastructure from the Linux
2380 kernel. Needed for UBI support.
2384 Enable building of SPL globally.
2386 CONFIG_SPL_TEXT_BASE
2387 TEXT_BASE for linking the SPL binary.
2390 LDSCRIPT for linking the SPL binary.
2392 CONFIG_SPL_LIBCOMMON_SUPPORT
2393 Support for common/libcommon.o in SPL binary
2395 CONFIG_SPL_LIBDISK_SUPPORT
2396 Support for disk/libdisk.o in SPL binary
2398 CONFIG_SPL_I2C_SUPPORT
2399 Support for drivers/i2c/libi2c.o in SPL binary
2401 CONFIG_SPL_GPIO_SUPPORT
2402 Support for drivers/gpio/libgpio.o in SPL binary
2404 CONFIG_SPL_MMC_SUPPORT
2405 Support for drivers/mmc/libmmc.o in SPL binary
2407 CONFIG_SPL_SERIAL_SUPPORT
2408 Support for drivers/serial/libserial.o in SPL binary
2410 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_FLASH_SUPPORT
2411 Support for drivers/mtd/spi/libspi_flash.o in SPL binary
2413 CONFIG_SPL_SPI_SUPPORT
2414 Support for drivers/spi/libspi.o in SPL binary
2416 CONFIG_SPL_FAT_SUPPORT
2417 Support for fs/fat/libfat.o in SPL binary
2419 CONFIG_SPL_LIBGENERIC_SUPPORT
2420 Support for lib/libgeneric.o in SPL binary
2425 [so far only for SMDK2400 boards]
2427 - Modem support enable:
2428 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT
2430 - RTS/CTS Flow control enable:
2433 - Modem debug support:
2434 CONFIG_MODEM_SUPPORT_DEBUG
2436 Enables debugging stuff (char screen[1024], dbg())
2437 for modem support. Useful only with BDI2000.
2439 - Interrupt support (PPC):
2441 There are common interrupt_init() and timer_interrupt()
2442 for all PPC archs. interrupt_init() calls interrupt_init_cpu()
2443 for CPU specific initialization. interrupt_init_cpu()
2444 should set decrementer_count to appropriate value. If
2445 CPU resets decrementer automatically after interrupt
2446 (ppc4xx) it should set decrementer_count to zero.
2447 timer_interrupt() calls timer_interrupt_cpu() for CPU
2448 specific handling. If board has watchdog / status_led
2449 / other_activity_monitor it works automatically from
2450 general timer_interrupt().
2454 In the target system modem support is enabled when a
2455 specific key (key combination) is pressed during
2456 power-on. Otherwise U-Boot will boot normally
2457 (autoboot). The key_pressed() function is called from
2458 board_init(). Currently key_pressed() is a dummy
2459 function, returning 1 and thus enabling modem
2462 If there are no modem init strings in the
2463 environment, U-Boot proceed to autoboot; the
2464 previous output (banner, info printfs) will be
2467 See also: doc/README.Modem
2469 Board initialization settings:
2470 ------------------------------
2472 During Initialization u-boot calls a number of board specific functions
2473 to allow the preparation of board specific prerequisites, e.g. pin setup
2474 before drivers are initialized. To enable these callbacks the
2475 following configuration macros have to be defined. Currently this is
2476 architecture specific, so please check arch/your_architecture/lib/board.c
2477 typically in board_init_f() and board_init_r().
2479 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_F: Call board_early_init_f()
2480 - CONFIG_BOARD_EARLY_INIT_R: Call board_early_init_r()
2481 - CONFIG_BOARD_LATE_INIT: Call board_late_init()
2482 - CONFIG_BOARD_POSTCLK_INIT: Call board_postclk_init()
2484 Configuration Settings:
2485 -----------------------
2487 - CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP: Defined when you want long help messages included;
2488 undefine this when you're short of memory.
2490 - CONFIG_SYS_HELP_CMD_WIDTH: Defined when you want to override the default
2491 width of the commands listed in the 'help' command output.
2493 - CONFIG_SYS_PROMPT: This is what U-Boot prints on the console to
2494 prompt for user input.
2496 - CONFIG_SYS_CBSIZE: Buffer size for input from the Console
2498 - CONFIG_SYS_PBSIZE: Buffer size for Console output
2500 - CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS: max. Number of arguments accepted for monitor commands
2502 - CONFIG_SYS_BARGSIZE: Buffer size for Boot Arguments which are passed to
2503 the application (usually a Linux kernel) when it is
2506 - CONFIG_SYS_BAUDRATE_TABLE:
2507 List of legal baudrate settings for this board.
2509 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_INFO_QUIET
2510 Suppress display of console information at boot.
2512 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_IS_IN_ENV
2513 If the board specific function
2514 extern int overwrite_console (void);
2515 returns 1, the stdin, stderr and stdout are switched to the
2516 serial port, else the settings in the environment are used.
2518 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_OVERWRITE_ROUTINE
2519 Enable the call to overwrite_console().
2521 - CONFIG_SYS_CONSOLE_ENV_OVERWRITE
2522 Enable overwrite of previous console environment settings.
2524 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_START, CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_END:
2525 Begin and End addresses of the area used by the
2528 - CONFIG_SYS_ALT_MEMTEST:
2529 Enable an alternate, more extensive memory test.
2531 - CONFIG_SYS_MEMTEST_SCRATCH:
2532 Scratch address used by the alternate memory test
2533 You only need to set this if address zero isn't writeable
2535 - CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE (PPC only):
2536 If CONFIG_SYS_MEM_TOP_HIDE is defined in the board config header,
2537 this specified memory area will get subtracted from the top
2538 (end) of RAM and won't get "touched" at all by U-Boot. By
2539 fixing up gd->ram_size the Linux kernel should gets passed
2540 the now "corrected" memory size and won't touch it either.
2541 This should work for arch/ppc and arch/powerpc. Only Linux
2542 board ports in arch/powerpc with bootwrapper support that
2543 recalculate the memory size from the SDRAM controller setup
2544 will have to get fixed in Linux additionally.
2546 This option can be used as a workaround for the 440EPx/GRx
2547 CHIP 11 errata where the last 256 bytes in SDRAM shouldn't
2550 WARNING: Please make sure that this value is a multiple of
2551 the Linux page size (normally 4k). If this is not the case,
2552 then the end address of the Linux memory will be located at a
2553 non page size aligned address and this could cause major
2556 - CONFIG_SYS_TFTP_LOADADDR:
2557 Default load address for network file downloads
2559 - CONFIG_SYS_LOADS_BAUD_CHANGE:
2560 Enable temporary baudrate change while serial download
2562 - CONFIG_SYS_SDRAM_BASE:
2563 Physical start address of SDRAM. _Must_ be 0 here.
2565 - CONFIG_SYS_MBIO_BASE:
2566 Physical start address of Motherboard I/O (if using a
2569 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE:
2570 Physical start address of Flash memory.
2572 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_BASE:
2573 Physical start address of boot monitor code (set by
2574 make config files to be same as the text base address
2575 (CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE) used when linking) - same as
2576 CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE when booting from flash.
2578 - CONFIG_SYS_MONITOR_LEN:
2579 Size of memory reserved for monitor code, used to
2580 determine _at_compile_time_ (!) if the environment is
2581 embedded within the U-Boot image, or in a separate
2584 - CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN:
2585 Size of DRAM reserved for malloc() use.
2587 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN:
2588 Normally compressed uImages are limited to an
2589 uncompressed size of 8 MBytes. If this is not enough,
2590 you can define CONFIG_SYS_BOOTM_LEN in your board config file
2591 to adjust this setting to your needs.
2593 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ:
2594 Maximum size of memory mapped by the startup code of
2595 the Linux kernel; all data that must be processed by
2596 the Linux kernel (bd_info, boot arguments, FDT blob if
2597 used) must be put below this limit, unless "bootm_low"
2598 enviroment variable is defined and non-zero. In such case
2599 all data for the Linux kernel must be between "bootm_low"
2600 and "bootm_low" + CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. The environment
2601 variable "bootm_mapsize" will override the value of
2602 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ. If CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is undefined,
2603 then the value in "bootm_size" will be used instead.
2605 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_RAMDISK_HIGH:
2606 Enable initrd_high functionality. If defined then the
2607 initrd_high feature is enabled and the bootm ramdisk subcommand
2610 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_CMDLINE:
2611 Enables allocating and saving kernel cmdline in space between
2612 "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2614 - CONFIG_SYS_BOOT_GET_KBD:
2615 Enables allocating and saving a kernel copy of the bd_info in
2616 space between "bootm_low" and "bootm_low" + BOOTMAPSZ.
2618 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_BANKS:
2619 Max number of Flash memory banks
2621 - CONFIG_SYS_MAX_FLASH_SECT:
2622 Max number of sectors on a Flash chip
2624 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_ERASE_TOUT:
2625 Timeout for Flash erase operations (in ms)
2627 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_WRITE_TOUT:
2628 Timeout for Flash write operations (in ms)
2630 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_LOCK_TOUT
2631 Timeout for Flash set sector lock bit operation (in ms)
2633 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_UNLOCK_TOUT
2634 Timeout for Flash clear lock bits operation (in ms)
2636 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_PROTECTION
2637 If defined, hardware flash sectors protection is used
2638 instead of U-Boot software protection.
2640 - CONFIG_SYS_DIRECT_FLASH_TFTP:
2642 Enable TFTP transfers directly to flash memory;
2643 without this option such a download has to be
2644 performed in two steps: (1) download to RAM, and (2)
2645 copy from RAM to flash.
2647 The two-step approach is usually more reliable, since
2648 you can check if the download worked before you erase
2649 the flash, but in some situations (when system RAM is
2650 too limited to allow for a temporary copy of the
2651 downloaded image) this option may be very useful.
2653 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_CFI:
2654 Define if the flash driver uses extra elements in the
2655 common flash structure for storing flash geometry.
2657 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_DRIVER
2658 This option also enables the building of the cfi_flash driver
2659 in the drivers directory
2661 - CONFIG_FLASH_CFI_MTD
2662 This option enables the building of the cfi_mtd driver
2663 in the drivers directory. The driver exports CFI flash
2666 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_USE_BUFFER_WRITE
2667 Use buffered writes to flash.
2669 - CONFIG_FLASH_SPANSION_S29WS_N
2670 s29ws-n MirrorBit flash has non-standard addresses for buffered
2673 - CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_QUIET_TEST
2674 If this option is defined, the common CFI flash doesn't
2675 print it's warning upon not recognized FLASH banks. This
2676 is useful, if some of the configured banks are only
2677 optionally available.
2679 - CONFIG_FLASH_SHOW_PROGRESS
2680 If defined (must be an integer), print out countdown
2681 digits and dots. Recommended value: 45 (9..1) for 80
2682 column displays, 15 (3..1) for 40 column displays.
2684 - CONFIG_SYS_RX_ETH_BUFFER:
2685 Defines the number of Ethernet receive buffers. On some
2686 Ethernet controllers it is recommended to set this value
2687 to 8 or even higher (EEPRO100 or 405 EMAC), since all
2688 buffers can be full shortly after enabling the interface
2689 on high Ethernet traffic.
2690 Defaults to 4 if not defined.
2692 - CONFIG_ENV_MAX_ENTRIES
2694 Maximum number of entries in the hash table that is used
2695 internally to store the environment settings. The default
2696 setting is supposed to be generous and should work in most
2697 cases. This setting can be used to tune behaviour; see
2698 lib/hashtable.c for details.
2700 The following definitions that deal with the placement and management
2701 of environment data (variable area); in general, we support the
2702 following configurations:
2704 - CONFIG_BUILD_ENVCRC:
2706 Builds up envcrc with the target environment so that external utils
2707 may easily extract it and embed it in final U-Boot images.
2709 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH:
2711 Define this if the environment is in flash memory.
2713 a) The environment occupies one whole flash sector, which is
2714 "embedded" in the text segment with the U-Boot code. This
2715 happens usually with "bottom boot sector" or "top boot
2716 sector" type flash chips, which have several smaller
2717 sectors at the start or the end. For instance, such a
2718 layout can have sector sizes of 8, 2x4, 16, Nx32 kB. In
2719 such a case you would place the environment in one of the
2720 4 kB sectors - with U-Boot code before and after it. With
2721 "top boot sector" type flash chips, you would put the
2722 environment in one of the last sectors, leaving a gap
2723 between U-Boot and the environment.
2725 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2727 Offset of environment data (variable area) to the
2728 beginning of flash memory; for instance, with bottom boot
2729 type flash chips the second sector can be used: the offset
2730 for this sector is given here.
2732 CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET is used relative to CONFIG_SYS_FLASH_BASE.
2736 This is just another way to specify the start address of
2737 the flash sector containing the environment (instead of
2740 - CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE:
2742 Size of the sector containing the environment.
2745 b) Sometimes flash chips have few, equal sized, BIG sectors.
2746 In such a case you don't want to spend a whole sector for
2751 If you use this in combination with CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_FLASH
2752 and CONFIG_ENV_SECT_SIZE, you can specify to use only a part
2753 of this flash sector for the environment. This saves
2754 memory for the RAM copy of the environment.
2756 It may also save flash memory if you decide to use this
2757 when your environment is "embedded" within U-Boot code,
2758 since then the remainder of the flash sector could be used
2759 for U-Boot code. It should be pointed out that this is
2760 STRONGLY DISCOURAGED from a robustness point of view:
2761 updating the environment in flash makes it always
2762 necessary to erase the WHOLE sector. If something goes
2763 wrong before the contents has been restored from a copy in
2764 RAM, your target system will be dead.
2766 - CONFIG_ENV_ADDR_REDUND
2767 CONFIG_ENV_SIZE_REDUND
2769 These settings describe a second storage area used to hold
2770 a redundant copy of the environment data, so that there is
2771 a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure during
2772 a "saveenv" operation.
2774 BE CAREFUL! Any changes to the flash layout, and some changes to the
2775 source code will make it necessary to adapt <board>/u-boot.lds*
2779 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NVRAM:
2781 Define this if you have some non-volatile memory device
2782 (NVRAM, battery buffered SRAM) which you want to use for the
2788 These two #defines are used to determine the memory area you
2789 want to use for environment. It is assumed that this memory
2790 can just be read and written to, without any special
2793 BE CAREFUL! The first access to the environment happens quite early
2794 in U-Boot initalization (when we try to get the setting of for the
2795 console baudrate). You *MUST* have mapped your NVRAM area then, or
2798 Please note that even with NVRAM we still use a copy of the
2799 environment in RAM: we could work on NVRAM directly, but we want to
2800 keep settings there always unmodified except somebody uses "saveenv"
2801 to save the current settings.
2804 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_EEPROM:
2806 Use this if you have an EEPROM or similar serial access
2807 device and a driver for it.
2809 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2812 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the
2813 environment area within the total memory of your EEPROM.
2815 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR:
2816 If defined, specified the chip address of the EEPROM device.
2817 The default address is zero.
2819 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_BITS:
2820 If defined, the number of bits used to address bytes in a
2821 single page in the EEPROM device. A 64 byte page, for example
2822 would require six bits.
2824 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_PAGE_WRITE_DELAY_MS:
2825 If defined, the number of milliseconds to delay between
2826 page writes. The default is zero milliseconds.
2828 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_LEN:
2829 The length in bytes of the EEPROM memory array address. Note
2830 that this is NOT the chip address length!
2832 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_EEPROM_ADDR_OVERFLOW:
2833 EEPROM chips that implement "address overflow" are ones
2834 like Catalyst 24WC04/08/16 which has 9/10/11 bits of
2835 address and the extra bits end up in the "chip address" bit
2836 slots. This makes a 24WC08 (1Kbyte) chip look like four 256
2839 Note that we consider the length of the address field to
2840 still be one byte because the extra address bits are hidden
2841 in the chip address.
2843 - CONFIG_SYS_EEPROM_SIZE:
2844 The size in bytes of the EEPROM device.
2846 - CONFIG_ENV_EEPROM_IS_ON_I2C
2847 define this, if you have I2C and SPI activated, and your
2848 EEPROM, which holds the environment, is on the I2C bus.
2850 - CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS
2851 if you have an Environment on an EEPROM reached over
2852 I2C muxes, you can define here, how to reach this
2853 EEPROM. For example:
2855 #define CONFIG_I2C_ENV_EEPROM_BUS "pca9547:70:d\0"
2857 EEPROM which holds the environment, is reached over
2858 a pca9547 i2c mux with address 0x70, channel 3.
2860 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_DATAFLASH:
2862 Define this if you have a DataFlash memory device which you
2863 want to use for the environment.
2865 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2869 These three #defines specify the offset and size of the
2870 environment area within the total memory of your DataFlash placed
2871 at the specified address.
2873 - CONFIG_ENV_IS_IN_NAND:
2875 Define this if you have a NAND device which you want to use
2876 for the environment.
2878 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET:
2881 These two #defines specify the offset and size of the environment
2882 area within the first NAND device. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET must be
2883 aligned to an erase block boundary.
2885 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND (optional):
2887 This setting describes a second storage area of CONFIG_ENV_SIZE
2888 size used to hold a redundant copy of the environment data, so
2889 that there is a valid backup copy in case there is a power failure
2890 during a "saveenv" operation. CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_RENDUND must be
2891 aligned to an erase block boundary.
2893 - CONFIG_ENV_RANGE (optional):
2895 Specifies the length of the region in which the environment
2896 can be written. This should be a multiple of the NAND device's
2897 block size. Specifying a range with more erase blocks than
2898 are needed to hold CONFIG_ENV_SIZE allows bad blocks within
2899 the range to be avoided.
2901 - CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB (optional):
2903 Enables support for dynamically retrieving the offset of the
2904 environment from block zero's out-of-band data. The
2905 "nand env.oob" command can be used to record this offset.
2906 Currently, CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_REDUND is not supported when
2907 using CONFIG_ENV_OFFSET_OOB.
2909 - CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST
2911 Defines address in RAM to which the nand_spl code should copy the
2912 environment. If redundant environment is used, it will be copied to
2913 CONFIG_NAND_ENV_DST + CONFIG_ENV_SIZE.
2915 - CONFIG_SYS_SPI_INIT_OFFSET
2917 Defines offset to the initial SPI buffer area in DPRAM. The
2918 area is used at an early stage (ROM part) if the environment
2919 is configured to reside in the SPI EEPROM: We need a 520 byte
2920 scratch DPRAM area. It is used between the two initialization
2921 calls (spi_init_f() and spi_init_r()). A value of 0xB00 seems
2922 to be a good choice since it makes it far enough from the
2923 start of the data area as well as from the stack pointer.
2925 Please note that the environment is read-only until the monitor
2926 has been relocated to RAM and a RAM copy of the environment has been
2927 created; also, when using EEPROM you will have to use getenv_f()
2928 until then to read environment variables.
2930 The environment is protected by a CRC32 checksum. Before the monitor
2931 is relocated into RAM, as a result of a bad CRC you will be working
2932 with the compiled-in default environment - *silently*!!! [This is
2933 necessary, because the first environment variable we need is the
2934 "baudrate" setting for the console - if we have a bad CRC, we don't
2935 have any device yet where we could complain.]
2937 Note: once the monitor has been relocated, then it will complain if
2938 the default environment is used; a new CRC is computed as soon as you
2939 use the "saveenv" command to store a valid environment.
2941 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_ECHO_LINK_DOWN:
2942 Echo the inverted Ethernet link state to the fault LED.
2944 Note: If this option is active, then CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR
2945 also needs to be defined.
2947 - CONFIG_SYS_FAULT_MII_ADDR:
2948 MII address of the PHY to check for the Ethernet link state.
2950 - CONFIG_NS16550_MIN_FUNCTIONS:
2951 Define this if you desire to only have use of the NS16550_init
2952 and NS16550_putc functions for the serial driver located at
2953 drivers/serial/ns16550.c. This option is useful for saving
2954 space for already greatly restricted images, including but not
2955 limited to NAND_SPL configurations.
2957 Low Level (hardware related) configuration options:
2958 ---------------------------------------------------
2960 - CONFIG_SYS_CACHELINE_SIZE:
2961 Cache Line Size of the CPU.
2963 - CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR:
2964 Default address of the IMMR after system reset.
2966 Needed on some 8260 systems (MPC8260ADS, PQ2FADS-ZU,
2967 and RPXsuper) to be able to adjust the position of
2968 the IMMR register after a reset.
2970 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT:
2971 Default (power-on reset) physical address of CCSR on Freescale
2974 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR:
2975 Virtual address of CCSR. On a 32-bit build, this is typically
2976 the same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT.
2978 CONFIG_SYS_DEFAULT_IMMR must also be set to this value,
2979 for cross-platform code that uses that macro instead.
2981 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS:
2982 Physical address of CCSR. CCSR can be relocated to a new
2983 physical address, if desired. In this case, this macro should
2984 be set to that address. Otherwise, it should be set to the
2985 same value as CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_DEFAULT. For example, CCSR
2986 is typically relocated on 36-bit builds. It is recommended
2987 that this macro be defined via the _HIGH and _LOW macros:
2989 #define CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS ((CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH
2990 * 1ull) << 32 | CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW)
2992 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_HIGH:
2993 Bits 33-36 of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This value is typically
2994 either 0 (32-bit build) or 0xF (36-bit build). This macro is
2995 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
2996 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
2998 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS_LOW:
2999 Lower 32-bits of CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS. This macro is
3000 used in assembly code, so it must not contain typecasts or
3001 integer size suffixes (e.g. "ULL").
3003 - CONFIG_SYS_CCSR_DO_NOT_RELOCATE:
3004 If this macro is defined, then CONFIG_SYS_CCSRBAR_PHYS will be
3005 forced to a value that ensures that CCSR is not relocated.
3007 - Floppy Disk Support:
3008 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER
3010 the default drive number (default value 0)
3012 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE
3014 defines the spacing between FDC chipset registers
3017 CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET
3019 defines the offset of register from address. It
3020 depends on which part of the data bus is connected to
3021 the FDC chipset. (default value 0)
3023 If CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_STRIDE CONFIG_SYS_ISA_IO_OFFSET and
3024 CONFIG_SYS_FDC_DRIVE_NUMBER are undefined, they take their
3027 if CONFIG_SYS_FDC_HW_INIT is defined, then the function
3028 fdc_hw_init() is called at the beginning of the FDC
3029 setup. fdc_hw_init() must be provided by the board
3030 source code. It is used to make hardware dependant
3034 Most IDE controllers were designed to be connected with PCI
3035 interface. Only few of them were designed for AHB interface.
3036 When software is doing ATA command and data transfer to
3037 IDE devices through IDE-AHB controller, some additional
3038 registers accessing to these kind of IDE-AHB controller
3041 - CONFIG_SYS_IMMR: Physical address of the Internal Memory.
3042 DO NOT CHANGE unless you know exactly what you're
3043 doing! (11-4) [MPC8xx/82xx systems only]
3045 - CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR:
3047 Start address of memory area that can be used for
3048 initial data and stack; please note that this must be
3049 writable memory that is working WITHOUT special
3050 initialization, i. e. you CANNOT use normal RAM which
3051 will become available only after programming the
3052 memory controller and running certain initialization
3055 U-Boot uses the following memory types:
3056 - MPC8xx and MPC8260: IMMR (internal memory of the CPU)
3057 - MPC824X: data cache
3058 - PPC4xx: data cache
3060 - CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET:
3062 Offset of the initial data structure in the memory
3063 area defined by CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR. Usually
3064 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET is chosen such that the initial
3065 data is located at the end of the available space
3066 (sometimes written as (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_SIZE -
3067 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_DATA_SIZE), and the initial stack is just
3068 below that area (growing from (CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR +
3069 CONFIG_SYS_GBL_DATA_OFFSET) downward.
3072 On the MPC824X (or other systems that use the data
3073 cache for initial memory) the address chosen for
3074 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR is basically arbitrary - it must
3075 point to an otherwise UNUSED address space between
3076 the top of RAM and the start of the PCI space.
3078 - CONFIG_SYS_SIUMCR: SIU Module Configuration (11-6)
3080 - CONFIG_SYS_SYPCR: System Protection Control (11-9)
3082 - CONFIG_SYS_TBSCR: Time Base Status and Control (11-26)
3084 - CONFIG_SYS_PISCR: Periodic Interrupt Status and Control (11-31)
3086 - CONFIG_SYS_PLPRCR: PLL, Low-Power, and Reset Control Register (15-30)
3088 - CONFIG_SYS_SCCR: System Clock and reset Control Register (15-27)
3090 - CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM:
3093 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA:
3094 periodic timer for refresh
3096 - CONFIG_SYS_DER: Debug Event Register (37-47)
3098 - FLASH_BASE0_PRELIM, FLASH_BASE1_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_REMAP_OR_AM,
3099 CONFIG_SYS_PRELIM_OR_AM, CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_FLASH, CONFIG_SYS_OR0_REMAP,
3100 CONFIG_SYS_OR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR0_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_REMAP, CONFIG_SYS_OR1_PRELIM,
3101 CONFIG_SYS_BR1_PRELIM:
3102 Memory Controller Definitions: BR0/1 and OR0/1 (FLASH)
3104 - SDRAM_BASE2_PRELIM, SDRAM_BASE3_PRELIM, SDRAM_MAX_SIZE,
3105 CONFIG_SYS_OR_TIMING_SDRAM, CONFIG_SYS_OR2_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR2_PRELIM,
3106 CONFIG_SYS_OR3_PRELIM, CONFIG_SYS_BR3_PRELIM:
3107 Memory Controller Definitions: BR2/3 and OR2/3 (SDRAM)
3109 - CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_PTA, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_4K, CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_2BK_8K,
3110 CONFIG_SYS_MPTPR_1BK_8K, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_8COL, CONFIG_SYS_MAMR_9COL:
3111 Machine Mode Register and Memory Periodic Timer
3112 Prescaler definitions (SDRAM timing)
3114 - CONFIG_SYS_I2C_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_I2C_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
3115 enable I2C microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3116 define relocation offset in DPRAM [DSP2]
3118 - CONFIG_SYS_SMC_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SMC_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
3119 enable SMC microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3120 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SMC1]
3122 - CONFIG_SYS_SPI_UCODE_PATCH, CONFIG_SYS_SPI_DPMEM_OFFSET [0x1FC0]:
3123 enable SPI microcode relocation patch (MPC8xx);
3124 define relocation offset in DPRAM [SCC4]
3126 - CONFIG_SYS_USE_OSCCLK:
3127 Use OSCM clock mode on MBX8xx board. Be careful,
3128 wrong setting might damage your board. Read
3129 doc/README.MBX before setting this variable!
3131 - CONFIG_SYS_CPM_POST_WORD_ADDR: (MPC8xx, MPC8260 only)
3132 Offset of the bootmode word in DPRAM used by post
3133 (Power On Self Tests). This definition overrides
3134 #define'd default value in commproc.h resp.
3137 - CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_SLV_MEM_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_PICMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
3138 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR0_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK0_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR1_LOCAL,
3139 CONFIG_SYS_PCIMSK1_MASK, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_BUS,
3140 CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_MEM_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEM_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR0_MASK_ATTRIB,
3141 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_LOCAL, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_BUS, CPU_PCI_MEMIO_START,
3142 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_MEMIO_SIZE, CONFIG_SYS_POCMR1_MASK_ATTRIB, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_LOCAL,
3143 CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_BUS, CONFIG_SYS_CPU_PCI_IO_START, CONFIG_SYS_PCI_MSTR_IO_SIZE,
3144 CONFIG_SYS_POCMR2_MASK_ATTRIB: (MPC826x only)
3145 Overrides the default PCI memory map in arch/powerpc/cpu/mpc8260/pci.c if set.
3147 - CONFIG_PCI_DISABLE_PCIE:
3148 Disable PCI-Express on systems where it is supported but not
3152 Chip has SRIO or not
3155 Board has SRIO 1 port available
3158 Board has SRIO 2 port available
3160 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_VIRT:
3161 Virtual Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3163 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_PHYS:
3164 Physical Address of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3166 - CONFIG_SYS_SRIOn_MEM_SIZE:
3167 Size of SRIO port 'n' memory region
3169 - CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_16
3170 Defined to tell the NDFC that the NAND chip is using a
3173 - CONFIG_SYS_NDFC_EBC0_CFG
3174 Sets the EBC0_CFG register for the NDFC. If not defined
3175 a default value will be used.
3178 Get DDR timing information from an I2C EEPROM. Common
3179 with pluggable memory modules such as SODIMMs
3182 I2C address of the SPD EEPROM
3184 - CONFIG_SYS_SPD_BUS_NUM
3185 If SPD EEPROM is on an I2C bus other than the first
3186 one, specify here. Note that the value must resolve
3187 to something your driver can deal with.
3189 - CONFIG_SYS_DDR_RAW_TIMING
3190 Get DDR timing information from other than SPD. Common with
3191 soldered DDR chips onboard without SPD. DDR raw timing
3192 parameters are extracted from datasheet and hard-coded into
3193 header files or board specific files.
3195 - CONFIG_FSL_DDR_INTERACTIVE
3196 Enable interactive DDR debugging. See doc/README.fsl-ddr.
3198 - CONFIG_SYS_83XX_DDR_USES_CS0
3199 Only for 83xx systems. If specified, then DDR should
3200 be configured using CS0 and CS1 instead of CS2 and CS3.
3202 - CONFIG_ETHER_ON_FEC[12]
3203 Define to enable FEC[12] on a 8xx series processor.
3205 - CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY
3206 Define to the hardcoded PHY address which corresponds
3207 to the given FEC; i. e.
3208 #define CONFIG_FEC1_PHY 4
3209 means that the PHY with address 4 is connected to FEC1
3211 When set to -1, means to probe for first available.
3213 - CONFIG_FEC[12]_PHY_NORXERR
3214 The PHY does not have a RXERR line (RMII only).
3215 (so program the FEC to ignore it).
3218 Enable RMII mode for all FECs.
3219 Note that this is a global option, we can't
3220 have one FEC in standard MII mode and another in RMII mode.
3222 - CONFIG_CRC32_VERIFY
3223 Add a verify option to the crc32 command.
3226 => crc32 -v <address> <count> <crc32>
3228 Where address/count indicate a memory area
3229 and crc32 is the correct crc32 which the
3233 Add the "loopw" memory command. This only takes effect if
3234 the memory commands are activated globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
3237 Add the "mdc" and "mwc" memory commands. These are cyclic
3242 This command will print 4 bytes (10,11,12,13) each 500 ms.
3244 => mwc.l 100 12345678 10
3245 This command will write 12345678 to address 100 all 10 ms.
3247 This only takes effect if the memory commands are activated
3248 globally (CONFIG_CMD_MEM).
3250 - CONFIG_SKIP_LOWLEVEL_INIT
3251 [ARM, NDS32, MIPS only] If this variable is defined, then certain
3252 low level initializations (like setting up the memory
3253 controller) are omitted and/or U-Boot does not
3254 relocate itself into RAM.
3256 Normally this variable MUST NOT be defined. The only
3257 exception is when U-Boot is loaded (to RAM) by some
3258 other boot loader or by a debugger which performs
3259 these initializations itself.
3262 Modifies the behaviour of start.S when compiling a loader
3263 that is executed before the actual U-Boot. E.g. when
3264 compiling a NAND SPL.
3266 - CONFIG_SYS_NAND_HW_ECC_OOBFIRST
3267 define this, if you want to read first the oob data
3268 and then the data. This is used for example on
3271 - CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMCPY
3272 CONFIG_USE_ARCH_MEMSET
3273 If these options are used a optimized version of memcpy/memset will
3274 be used if available. These functions may be faster under some
3275 conditions but may increase the binary size.
3277 Building the Software:
3278 ======================
3280 Building U-Boot has been tested in several native build environments
3281 and in many different cross environments. Of course we cannot support
3282 all possibly existing versions of cross development tools in all
3283 (potentially obsolete) versions. In case of tool chain problems we
3284 recommend to use the ELDK (see http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/ELDK)
3285 which is extensively used to build and test U-Boot.
3287 If you are not using a native environment, it is assumed that you
3288 have GNU cross compiling tools available in your path. In this case,
3289 you must set the environment variable CROSS_COMPILE in your shell.
3290 Note that no changes to the Makefile or any other source files are
3291 necessary. For example using the ELDK on a 4xx CPU, please enter:
3293 $ CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_4xx-
3294 $ export CROSS_COMPILE
3296 Note: If you wish to generate Windows versions of the utilities in
3297 the tools directory you can use the MinGW toolchain
3298 (http://www.mingw.org). Set your HOST tools to the MinGW
3299 toolchain and execute 'make tools'. For example:
3301 $ make HOSTCC=i586-mingw32msvc-gcc HOSTSTRIP=i586-mingw32msvc-strip tools
3303 Binaries such as tools/mkimage.exe will be created which can
3304 be executed on computers running Windows.
3306 U-Boot is intended to be simple to build. After installing the
3307 sources you must configure U-Boot for one specific board type. This
3312 where "NAME_config" is the name of one of the existing configu-
3313 rations; see the main Makefile for supported names.
3315 Note: for some board special configuration names may exist; check if
3316 additional information is available from the board vendor; for
3317 instance, the TQM823L systems are available without (standard)
3318 or with LCD support. You can select such additional "features"
3319 when choosing the configuration, i. e.
3322 - will configure for a plain TQM823L, i. e. no LCD support
3324 make TQM823L_LCD_config
3325 - will configure for a TQM823L with U-Boot console on LCD
3330 Finally, type "make all", and you should get some working U-Boot
3331 images ready for download to / installation on your system:
3333 - "u-boot.bin" is a raw binary image
3334 - "u-boot" is an image in ELF binary format
3335 - "u-boot.srec" is in Motorola S-Record format
3337 By default the build is performed locally and the objects are saved
3338 in the source directory. One of the two methods can be used to change
3339 this behavior and build U-Boot to some external directory:
3341 1. Add O= to the make command line invocations:
3343 make O=/tmp/build distclean
3344 make O=/tmp/build NAME_config
3345 make O=/tmp/build all
3347 2. Set environment variable BUILD_DIR to point to the desired location:
3349 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
3354 Note that the command line "O=" setting overrides the BUILD_DIR environment
3358 Please be aware that the Makefiles assume you are using GNU make, so
3359 for instance on NetBSD you might need to use "gmake" instead of
3363 If the system board that you have is not listed, then you will need
3364 to port U-Boot to your hardware platform. To do this, follow these
3367 1. Add a new configuration option for your board to the toplevel
3368 "Makefile" and to the "MAKEALL" script, using the existing
3369 entries as examples. Note that here and at many other places
3370 boards and other names are listed in alphabetical sort order. Please
3372 2. Create a new directory to hold your board specific code. Add any
3373 files you need. In your board directory, you will need at least
3374 the "Makefile", a "<board>.c", "flash.c" and "u-boot.lds".
3375 3. Create a new configuration file "include/configs/<board>.h" for
3377 3. If you're porting U-Boot to a new CPU, then also create a new
3378 directory to hold your CPU specific code. Add any files you need.
3379 4. Run "make <board>_config" with your new name.
3380 5. Type "make", and you should get a working "u-boot.srec" file
3381 to be installed on your target system.
3382 6. Debug and solve any problems that might arise.
3383 [Of course, this last step is much harder than it sounds.]
3386 Testing of U-Boot Modifications, Ports to New Hardware, etc.:
3387 ==============================================================
3389 If you have modified U-Boot sources (for instance added a new board
3390 or support for new devices, a new CPU, etc.) you are expected to
3391 provide feedback to the other developers. The feedback normally takes
3392 the form of a "patch", i. e. a context diff against a certain (latest
3393 official or latest in the git repository) version of U-Boot sources.
3395 But before you submit such a patch, please verify that your modifi-
3396 cation did not break existing code. At least make sure that *ALL* of
3397 the supported boards compile WITHOUT ANY compiler warnings. To do so,
3398 just run the "MAKEALL" script, which will configure and build U-Boot
3399 for ALL supported system. Be warned, this will take a while. You can
3400 select which (cross) compiler to use by passing a `CROSS_COMPILE'
3401 environment variable to the script, i. e. to use the ELDK cross tools
3404 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
3406 or to build on a native PowerPC system you can type
3408 CROSS_COMPILE=' ' MAKEALL
3410 When using the MAKEALL script, the default behaviour is to build
3411 U-Boot in the source directory. This location can be changed by
3412 setting the BUILD_DIR environment variable. Also, for each target
3413 built, the MAKEALL script saves two log files (<target>.ERR and
3414 <target>.MAKEALL) in the <source dir>/LOG directory. This default
3415 location can be changed by setting the MAKEALL_LOGDIR environment
3416 variable. For example:
3418 export BUILD_DIR=/tmp/build
3419 export MAKEALL_LOGDIR=/tmp/log
3420 CROSS_COMPILE=ppc_8xx- MAKEALL
3422 With the above settings build objects are saved in the /tmp/build,
3423 log files are saved in the /tmp/log and the source tree remains clean
3424 during the whole build process.
3427 See also "U-Boot Porting Guide" below.
3430 Monitor Commands - Overview:
3431 ============================
3433 go - start application at address 'addr'
3434 run - run commands in an environment variable
3435 bootm - boot application image from memory
3436 bootp - boot image via network using BootP/TFTP protocol
3437 tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol
3438 and env variables "ipaddr" and "serverip"
3439 (and eventually "gatewayip")
3440 tftpput - upload a file via network using TFTP protocol
3441 rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol
3442 diskboot- boot from IDE devicebootd - boot default, i.e., run 'bootcmd'
3443 loads - load S-Record file over serial line
3444 loadb - load binary file over serial line (kermit mode)
3446 mm - memory modify (auto-incrementing)
3447 nm - memory modify (constant address)
3448 mw - memory write (fill)
3450 cmp - memory compare
3451 crc32 - checksum calculation
3452 i2c - I2C sub-system
3453 sspi - SPI utility commands
3454 base - print or set address offset
3455 printenv- print environment variables
3456 setenv - set environment variables
3457 saveenv - save environment variables to persistent storage
3458 protect - enable or disable FLASH write protection
3459 erase - erase FLASH memory
3460 flinfo - print FLASH memory information
3461 bdinfo - print Board Info structure
3462 iminfo - print header information for application image
3463 coninfo - print console devices and informations
3464 ide - IDE sub-system
3465 loop - infinite loop on address range
3466 loopw - infinite write loop on address range
3467 mtest - simple RAM test
3468 icache - enable or disable instruction cache
3469 dcache - enable or disable data cache
3470 reset - Perform RESET of the CPU
3471 echo - echo args to console
3472 version - print monitor version
3473 help - print online help
3474 ? - alias for 'help'
3477 Monitor Commands - Detailed Description:
3478 ========================================
3482 For now: just type "help <command>".
3485 Environment Variables:
3486 ======================
3488 U-Boot supports user configuration using Environment Variables which
3489 can be made persistent by saving to Flash memory.
3491 Environment Variables are set using "setenv", printed using
3492 "printenv", and saved to Flash using "saveenv". Using "setenv"
3493 without a value can be used to delete a variable from the
3494 environment. As long as you don't save the environment you are
3495 working with an in-memory copy. In case the Flash area containing the
3496 environment is erased by accident, a default environment is provided.
3498 Some configuration options can be set using Environment Variables.
3500 List of environment variables (most likely not complete):
3502 baudrate - see CONFIG_BAUDRATE
3504 bootdelay - see CONFIG_BOOTDELAY
3506 bootcmd - see CONFIG_BOOTCOMMAND
3508 bootargs - Boot arguments when booting an RTOS image
3510 bootfile - Name of the image to load with TFTP
3512 bootm_low - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3513 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3514 a hexadecimal number and defines lowest address allowed
3515 for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_size"
3516 environment variable. Address defined by "bootm_low" is
3517 also the base of the initial memory mapping for the Linux
3518 kernel -- see the description of CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ and
3521 bootm_mapsize - Size of the initial memory mapping for the Linux kernel.
3522 This variable is given as a hexadecimal number and it
3523 defines the size of the memory region starting at base
3524 address bootm_low that is accessible by the Linux kernel
3525 during early boot. If unset, CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ is used
3526 as the default value if it is defined, and bootm_size is
3529 bootm_size - Memory range available for image processing in the bootm
3530 command can be restricted. This variable is given as
3531 a hexadecimal number and defines the size of the region
3532 allowed for use by the bootm command. See also "bootm_low"
3533 environment variable.
3535 updatefile - Location of the software update file on a TFTP server, used
3536 by the automatic software update feature. Please refer to
3537 documentation in doc/README.update for more details.
3539 autoload - if set to "no" (any string beginning with 'n'),
3540 "bootp" will just load perform a lookup of the
3541 configuration from the BOOTP server, but not try to
3542 load any image using TFTP
3544 autostart - if set to "yes", an image loaded using the "bootp",
3545 "rarpboot", "tftpboot" or "diskboot" commands will
3546 be automatically started (by internally calling
3549 If set to "no", a standalone image passed to the
3550 "bootm" command will be copied to the load address
3551 (and eventually uncompressed), but NOT be started.
3552 This can be used to load and uncompress arbitrary
3555 fdt_high - if set this restricts the maximum address that the
3556 flattened device tree will be copied into upon boot.
3557 If this is set to the special value 0xFFFFFFFF then
3558 the fdt will not be copied at all on boot. For this
3559 to work it must reside in writable memory, have
3560 sufficient padding on the end of it for u-boot to
3561 add the information it needs into it, and the memory
3562 must be accessible by the kernel.
3564 fdtcontroladdr- if set this is the address of the control flattened
3565 device tree used by U-Boot when CONFIG_OF_CONTROL is
3568 i2cfast - (PPC405GP|PPC405EP only)
3569 if set to 'y' configures Linux I2C driver for fast
3570 mode (400kHZ). This environment variable is used in
3571 initialization code. So, for changes to be effective
3572 it must be saved and board must be reset.
3574 initrd_high - restrict positioning of initrd images:
3575 If this variable is not set, initrd images will be
3576 copied to the highest possible address in RAM; this
3577 is usually what you want since it allows for
3578 maximum initrd size. If for some reason you want to
3579 make sure that the initrd image is loaded below the
3580 CONFIG_SYS_BOOTMAPSZ limit, you can set this environment
3581 variable to a value of "no" or "off" or "0".
3582 Alternatively, you can set it to a maximum upper
3583 address to use (U-Boot will still check that it
3584 does not overwrite the U-Boot stack and data).
3586 For instance, when you have a system with 16 MB
3587 RAM, and want to reserve 4 MB from use by Linux,
3588 you can do this by adding "mem=12M" to the value of
3589 the "bootargs" variable. However, now you must make
3590 sure that the initrd image is placed in the first
3591 12 MB as well - this can be done with
3593 setenv initrd_high 00c00000
3595 If you set initrd_high to 0xFFFFFFFF, this is an
3596 indication to U-Boot that all addresses are legal
3597 for the Linux kernel, including addresses in flash
3598 memory. In this case U-Boot will NOT COPY the
3599 ramdisk at all. This may be useful to reduce the
3600 boot time on your system, but requires that this
3601 feature is supported by your Linux kernel.
3603 ipaddr - IP address; needed for tftpboot command
3605 loadaddr - Default load address for commands like "bootp",
3606 "rarpboot", "tftpboot", "loadb" or "diskboot"
3608 loads_echo - see CONFIG_LOADS_ECHO
3610 serverip - TFTP server IP address; needed for tftpboot command
3612 bootretry - see CONFIG_BOOT_RETRY_TIME
3614 bootdelaykey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_DELAY_STR
3616 bootstopkey - see CONFIG_AUTOBOOT_STOP_STR
3618 ethprime - controls which interface is used first.
3620 ethact - controls which interface is currently active.
3621 For example you can do the following
3623 => setenv ethact FEC
3624 => ping 192.168.0.1 # traffic sent on FEC
3625 => setenv ethact SCC
3626 => ping 10.0.0.1 # traffic sent on SCC
3628 ethrotate - When set to "no" U-Boot does not go through all
3629 available network interfaces.
3630 It just stays at the currently selected interface.
3632 netretry - When set to "no" each network operation will
3633 either succeed or fail without retrying.
3634 When set to "once" the network operation will
3635 fail when all the available network interfaces
3636 are tried once without success.
3637 Useful on scripts which control the retry operation
3640 npe_ucode - set load address for the NPE microcode
3642 tftpsrcport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's
3645 tftpdstport - If this is set, the value is used for TFTP's UDP
3646 destination port instead of the Well Know Port 69.
3648 tftpblocksize - Block size to use for TFTP transfers; if not set,
3649 we use the TFTP server's default block size
3651 tftptimeout - Retransmission timeout for TFTP packets (in milli-
3652 seconds, minimum value is 1000 = 1 second). Defines
3653 when a packet is considered to be lost so it has to
3654 be retransmitted. The default is 5000 = 5 seconds.
3655 Lowering this value may make downloads succeed
3656 faster in networks with high packet loss rates or
3657 with unreliable TFTP servers.
3659 vlan - When set to a value < 4095 the traffic over
3660 Ethernet is encapsulated/received over 802.1q
3663 The following image location variables contain the location of images
3664 used in booting. The "Image" column gives the role of the image and is
3665 not an environment variable name. The other columns are environment
3666 variable names. "File Name" gives the name of the file on a TFTP
3667 server, "RAM Address" gives the location in RAM the image will be
3668 loaded to, and "Flash Location" gives the image's address in NOR
3669 flash or offset in NAND flash.
3671 *Note* - these variables don't have to be defined for all boards, some
3672 boards currenlty use other variables for these purposes, and some
3673 boards use these variables for other purposes.
3675 Image File Name RAM Address Flash Location
3676 ----- --------- ----------- --------------
3677 u-boot u-boot u-boot_addr_r u-boot_addr
3678 Linux kernel bootfile kernel_addr_r kernel_addr
3679 device tree blob fdtfile fdt_addr_r fdt_addr
3680 ramdisk ramdiskfile ramdisk_addr_r ramdisk_addr
3682 The following environment variables may be used and automatically
3683 updated by the network boot commands ("bootp" and "rarpboot"),
3684 depending the information provided by your boot server:
3686 bootfile - see above
3687 dnsip - IP address of your Domain Name Server
3688 dnsip2 - IP address of your secondary Domain Name Server
3689 gatewayip - IP address of the Gateway (Router) to use
3690 hostname - Target hostname
3692 netmask - Subnet Mask
3693 rootpath - Pathname of the root filesystem on the NFS server
3694 serverip - see above
3697 There are two special Environment Variables:
3699 serial# - contains hardware identification information such
3700 as type string and/or serial number
3701 ethaddr - Ethernet address
3703 These variables can be set only once (usually during manufacturing of
3704 the board). U-Boot refuses to delete or overwrite these variables
3705 once they have been set once.
3708 Further special Environment Variables:
3710 ver - Contains the U-Boot version string as printed
3711 with the "version" command. This variable is
3712 readonly (see CONFIG_VERSION_VARIABLE).
3715 Please note that changes to some configuration parameters may take
3716 only effect after the next boot (yes, that's just like Windoze :-).
3719 Command Line Parsing:
3720 =====================
3722 There are two different command line parsers available with U-Boot:
3723 the old "simple" one, and the much more powerful "hush" shell:
3725 Old, simple command line parser:
3726 --------------------------------
3728 - supports environment variables (through setenv / saveenv commands)
3729 - several commands on one line, separated by ';'
3730 - variable substitution using "... ${name} ..." syntax
3731 - special characters ('$', ';') can be escaped by prefixing with '\',
3733 setenv bootcmd bootm \${address}
3734 - You can also escape text by enclosing in single apostrophes, for example:
3735 setenv addip 'setenv bootargs $bootargs ip=$ipaddr:$serverip:$gatewayip:$netmask:$hostname::off'
3740 - similar to Bourne shell, with control structures like
3741 if...then...else...fi, for...do...done; while...do...done,
3742 until...do...done, ...
3743 - supports environment ("global") variables (through setenv / saveenv
3744 commands) and local shell variables (through standard shell syntax
3745 "name=value"); only environment variables can be used with "run"
3751 (1) If a command line (or an environment variable executed by a "run"
3752 command) contains several commands separated by semicolon, and
3753 one of these commands fails, then the remaining commands will be
3756 (2) If you execute several variables with one call to run (i. e.
3757 calling run with a list of variables as arguments), any failing
3758 command will cause "run" to terminate, i. e. the remaining
3759 variables are not executed.
3761 Note for Redundant Ethernet Interfaces:
3762 =======================================
3764 Some boards come with redundant Ethernet interfaces; U-Boot supports
3765 such configurations and is capable of automatic selection of a
3766 "working" interface when needed. MAC assignment works as follows:
3768 Network interfaces are numbered eth0, eth1, eth2, ... Corresponding
3769 MAC addresses can be stored in the environment as "ethaddr" (=>eth0),
3770 "eth1addr" (=>eth1), "eth2addr", ...
3772 If the network interface stores some valid MAC address (for instance
3773 in SROM), this is used as default address if there is NO correspon-
3774 ding setting in the environment; if the corresponding environment
3775 variable is set, this overrides the settings in the card; that means:
3777 o If the SROM has a valid MAC address, and there is no address in the
3778 environment, the SROM's address is used.
3780 o If there is no valid address in the SROM, and a definition in the
3781 environment exists, then the value from the environment variable is
3784 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and
3785 both addresses are the same, this MAC address is used.
3787 o If both the SROM and the environment contain a MAC address, and the
3788 addresses differ, the value from the environment is used and a
3791 o If neither SROM nor the environment contain a MAC address, an error
3794 If Ethernet drivers implement the 'write_hwaddr' function, valid MAC addresses
3795 will be programmed into hardware as part of the initialization process. This
3796 may be skipped by setting the appropriate 'ethmacskip' environment variable.
3797 The naming convention is as follows:
3798 "ethmacskip" (=>eth0), "eth1macskip" (=>eth1) etc.
3803 U-Boot is capable of booting (and performing other auxiliary operations on)
3804 images in two formats:
3806 New uImage format (FIT)
3807 -----------------------
3809 Flexible and powerful format based on Flattened Image Tree -- FIT (similar
3810 to Flattened Device Tree). It allows the use of images with multiple
3811 components (several kernels, ramdisks, etc.), with contents protected by
3812 SHA1, MD5 or CRC32. More details are found in the doc/uImage.FIT directory.
3818 Old image format is based on binary files which can be basically anything,
3819 preceded by a special header; see the definitions in include/image.h for
3820 details; basically, the header defines the following image properties:
3822 * Target Operating System (Provisions for OpenBSD, NetBSD, FreeBSD,
3823 4.4BSD, Linux, SVR4, Esix, Solaris, Irix, SCO, Dell, NCR, VxWorks,
3824 LynxOS, pSOS, QNX, RTEMS, INTEGRITY;
3825 Currently supported: Linux, NetBSD, VxWorks, QNX, RTEMS, LynxOS,
3827 * Target CPU Architecture (Provisions for Alpha, ARM, AVR32, Intel x86,
3828 IA64, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC, IBM S390, SuperH, Sparc, Sparc 64 Bit;
3829 Currently supported: ARM, AVR32, Intel x86, MIPS, NDS32, Nios II, PowerPC).
3830 * Compression Type (uncompressed, gzip, bzip2)
3836 The header is marked by a special Magic Number, and both the header
3837 and the data portions of the image are secured against corruption by
3844 Although U-Boot should support any OS or standalone application
3845 easily, the main focus has always been on Linux during the design of
3848 U-Boot includes many features that so far have been part of some
3849 special "boot loader" code within the Linux kernel. Also, any
3850 "initrd" images to be used are no longer part of one big Linux image;
3851 instead, kernel and "initrd" are separate images. This implementation
3852 serves several purposes:
3854 - the same features can be used for other OS or standalone
3855 applications (for instance: using compressed images to reduce the
3856 Flash memory footprint)
3858 - it becomes much easier to port new Linux kernel versions because
3859 lots of low-level, hardware dependent stuff are done by U-Boot
3861 - the same Linux kernel image can now be used with different "initrd"
3862 images; of course this also means that different kernel images can
3863 be run with the same "initrd". This makes testing easier (you don't
3864 have to build a new "zImage.initrd" Linux image when you just
3865 change a file in your "initrd"). Also, a field-upgrade of the
3866 software is easier now.
3872 Porting Linux to U-Boot based systems:
3873 ---------------------------------------
3875 U-Boot cannot save you from doing all the necessary modifications to
3876 configure the Linux device drivers for use with your target hardware
3877 (no, we don't intend to provide a full virtual machine interface to
3880 But now you can ignore ALL boot loader code (in arch/powerpc/mbxboot).
3882 Just make sure your machine specific header file (for instance
3883 include/asm-ppc/tqm8xx.h) includes the same definition of the Board
3884 Information structure as we define in include/asm-<arch>/u-boot.h,
3885 and make sure that your definition of IMAP_ADDR uses the same value
3886 as your U-Boot configuration in CONFIG_SYS_IMMR.
3889 Configuring the Linux kernel:
3890 -----------------------------
3892 No specific requirements for U-Boot. Make sure you have some root
3893 device (initial ramdisk, NFS) for your target system.
3896 Building a Linux Image:
3897 -----------------------
3899 With U-Boot, "normal" build targets like "zImage" or "bzImage" are
3900 not used. If you use recent kernel source, a new build target
3901 "uImage" will exist which automatically builds an image usable by
3902 U-Boot. Most older kernels also have support for a "pImage" target,
3903 which was introduced for our predecessor project PPCBoot and uses a
3904 100% compatible format.
3913 The "uImage" build target uses a special tool (in 'tools/mkimage') to
3914 encapsulate a compressed Linux kernel image with header information,
3915 CRC32 checksum etc. for use with U-Boot. This is what we are doing:
3917 * build a standard "vmlinux" kernel image (in ELF binary format):
3919 * convert the kernel into a raw binary image:
3921 ${CROSS_COMPILE}-objcopy -O binary \
3922 -R .note -R .comment \
3923 -S vmlinux linux.bin
3925 * compress the binary image:
3929 * package compressed binary image for U-Boot:
3931 mkimage -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip \
3932 -a 0 -e 0 -n "Linux Kernel Image" \
3933 -d linux.bin.gz uImage
3936 The "mkimage" tool can also be used to create ramdisk images for use
3937 with U-Boot, either separated from the Linux kernel image, or
3938 combined into one file. "mkimage" encapsulates the images with a 64
3939 byte header containing information about target architecture,
3940 operating system, image type, compression method, entry points, time
3941 stamp, CRC32 checksums, etc.
3943 "mkimage" can be called in two ways: to verify existing images and
3944 print the header information, or to build new images.
3946 In the first form (with "-l" option) mkimage lists the information
3947 contained in the header of an existing U-Boot image; this includes
3948 checksum verification:
3950 tools/mkimage -l image
3951 -l ==> list image header information
3953 The second form (with "-d" option) is used to build a U-Boot image
3954 from a "data file" which is used as image payload:
3956 tools/mkimage -A arch -O os -T type -C comp -a addr -e ep \
3957 -n name -d data_file image
3958 -A ==> set architecture to 'arch'
3959 -O ==> set operating system to 'os'
3960 -T ==> set image type to 'type'
3961 -C ==> set compression type 'comp'
3962 -a ==> set load address to 'addr' (hex)
3963 -e ==> set entry point to 'ep' (hex)
3964 -n ==> set image name to 'name'
3965 -d ==> use image data from 'datafile'
3967 Right now, all Linux kernels for PowerPC systems use the same load
3968 address (0x00000000), but the entry point address depends on the
3971 - 2.2.x kernels have the entry point at 0x0000000C,
3972 - 2.3.x and later kernels have the entry point at 0x00000000.
3974 So a typical call to build a U-Boot image would read:
3976 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
3977 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C gzip -a 0 -e 0 \
3978 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz \
3979 > examples/uImage.TQM850L
3980 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3981 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3982 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3983 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3984 Load Address: 0x00000000
3985 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3987 To verify the contents of the image (or check for corruption):
3989 -> tools/mkimage -l examples/uImage.TQM850L
3990 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
3991 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
3992 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
3993 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327.86 kB = 0.32 MB
3994 Load Address: 0x00000000
3995 Entry Point: 0x00000000
3997 NOTE: for embedded systems where boot time is critical you can trade
3998 speed for memory and install an UNCOMPRESSED image instead: this
3999 needs more space in Flash, but boots much faster since it does not
4000 need to be uncompressed:
4002 -> gunzip /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux.gz
4003 -> tools/mkimage -n '2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L' \
4004 > -A ppc -O linux -T kernel -C none -a 0 -e 0 \
4005 > -d /opt/elsk/ppc_8xx/usr/src/linux-2.4.4/arch/powerpc/coffboot/vmlinux \
4006 > examples/uImage.TQM850L-uncompressed
4007 Image Name: 2.4.4 kernel for TQM850L
4008 Created: Wed Jul 19 02:34:59 2000
4009 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (uncompressed)
4010 Data Size: 792160 Bytes = 773.59 kB = 0.76 MB
4011 Load Address: 0x00000000
4012 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4015 Similar you can build U-Boot images from a 'ramdisk.image.gz' file
4016 when your kernel is intended to use an initial ramdisk:
4018 -> tools/mkimage -n 'Simple Ramdisk Image' \
4019 > -A ppc -O linux -T ramdisk -C gzip \
4020 > -d /LinuxPPC/images/SIMPLE-ramdisk.image.gz examples/simple-initrd
4021 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4022 Created: Wed Jan 12 14:01:50 2000
4023 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4024 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553.25 kB = 0.54 MB
4025 Load Address: 0x00000000
4026 Entry Point: 0x00000000
4029 Installing a Linux Image:
4030 -------------------------
4032 To downloading a U-Boot image over the serial (console) interface,
4033 you must convert the image to S-Record format:
4035 objcopy -I binary -O srec examples/image examples/image.srec
4037 The 'objcopy' does not understand the information in the U-Boot
4038 image header, so the resulting S-Record file will be relative to
4039 address 0x00000000. To load it to a given address, you need to
4040 specify the target address as 'offset' parameter with the 'loads'
4043 Example: install the image to address 0x40100000 (which on the
4044 TQM8xxL is in the first Flash bank):
4046 => erase 40100000 401FFFFF
4052 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4053 ~>examples/image.srec
4054 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 ...
4056 15989 15990 15991 15992
4057 [file transfer complete]
4059 ## Start Addr = 0x00000000
4062 You can check the success of the download using the 'iminfo' command;
4063 this includes a checksum verification so you can be sure no data
4064 corruption happened:
4068 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4069 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4070 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4071 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4072 Load Address: 00000000
4073 Entry Point: 0000000c
4074 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4080 The "bootm" command is used to boot an application that is stored in
4081 memory (RAM or Flash). In case of a Linux kernel image, the contents
4082 of the "bootargs" environment variable is passed to the kernel as
4083 parameters. You can check and modify this variable using the
4084 "printenv" and "setenv" commands:
4087 => printenv bootargs
4088 bootargs=root=/dev/ram
4090 => setenv bootargs root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4092 => printenv bootargs
4093 bootargs=root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4096 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40020000 ...
4097 Image Name: 2.2.13 for NFS on TQM850L
4098 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4099 Data Size: 381681 Bytes = 372 kB = 0 MB
4100 Load Address: 00000000
4101 Entry Point: 0000000c
4102 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4103 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4104 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
4105 Boot arguments: root=/dev/nfs rw nfsroot=10.0.0.2:/LinuxPPC nfsaddrs=10.0.0.99:10.0.0.2
4106 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4107 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4108 Memory: 15208k available (700k kernel code, 444k data, 32k init) [c0000000,c1000000]
4111 If you want to boot a Linux kernel with initial RAM disk, you pass
4112 the memory addresses of both the kernel and the initrd image (PPBCOOT
4113 format!) to the "bootm" command:
4115 => imi 40100000 40200000
4117 ## Checking Image at 40100000 ...
4118 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4119 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4120 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4121 Load Address: 00000000
4122 Entry Point: 0000000c
4123 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4125 ## Checking Image at 40200000 ...
4126 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4127 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4128 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4129 Load Address: 00000000
4130 Entry Point: 00000000
4131 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4133 => bootm 40100000 40200000
4134 ## Booting Linux kernel at 40100000 ...
4135 Image Name: 2.2.13 for initrd on TQM850L
4136 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4137 Data Size: 335725 Bytes = 327 kB = 0 MB
4138 Load Address: 00000000
4139 Entry Point: 0000000c
4140 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4141 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4142 ## Loading RAMDisk Image at 40200000 ...
4143 Image Name: Simple Ramdisk Image
4144 Image Type: PowerPC Linux RAMDisk Image (gzip compressed)
4145 Data Size: 566530 Bytes = 553 kB = 0 MB
4146 Load Address: 00000000
4147 Entry Point: 00000000
4148 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4149 Loading Ramdisk ... OK
4150 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
4151 Boot arguments: root=/dev/ram
4152 time_init: decrementer frequency = 187500000/60
4153 Calibrating delay loop... 49.77 BogoMIPS
4155 RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0
4156 VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem).
4160 Boot Linux and pass a flat device tree:
4163 First, U-Boot must be compiled with the appropriate defines. See the section
4164 titled "Linux Kernel Interface" above for a more in depth explanation. The
4165 following is an example of how to start a kernel and pass an updated
4171 oft=oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb
4172 => tftp $oftaddr $oft
4173 Speed: 1000, full duplex
4175 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.101
4176 Filename 'oftrees/mpc8540ads.dtb'.
4177 Load address: 0x300000
4180 Bytes transferred = 4106 (100a hex)
4181 => tftp $loadaddr $bootfile
4182 Speed: 1000, full duplex
4184 TFTP from server 192.168.1.1; our IP address is 192.168.1.2
4186 Load address: 0x200000
4187 Loading:############
4189 Bytes transferred = 1029407 (fb51f hex)
4194 => bootm $loadaddr - $oftaddr
4195 ## Booting image at 00200000 ...
4196 Image Name: Linux-2.6.17-dirty
4197 Image Type: PowerPC Linux Kernel Image (gzip compressed)
4198 Data Size: 1029343 Bytes = 1005.2 kB
4199 Load Address: 00000000
4200 Entry Point: 00000000
4201 Verifying Checksum ... OK
4202 Uncompressing Kernel Image ... OK
4203 Booting using flat device tree at 0x300000
4204 Using MPC85xx ADS machine description
4205 Memory CAM mapping: CAM0=256Mb, CAM1=256Mb, CAM2=0Mb residual: 0Mb
4209 More About U-Boot Image Types:
4210 ------------------------------
4212 U-Boot supports the following image types:
4214 "Standalone Programs" are directly runnable in the environment
4215 provided by U-Boot; it is expected that (if they behave
4216 well) you can continue to work in U-Boot after return from
4217 the Standalone Program.
4218 "OS Kernel Images" are usually images of some Embedded OS which
4219 will take over control completely. Usually these programs
4220 will install their own set of exception handlers, device
4221 drivers, set up the MMU, etc. - this means, that you cannot
4222 expect to re-enter U-Boot except by resetting the CPU.
4223 "RAMDisk Images" are more or less just data blocks, and their
4224 parameters (address, size) are passed to an OS kernel that is
4226 "Multi-File Images" contain several images, typically an OS
4227 (Linux) kernel image and one or more data images like
4228 RAMDisks. This construct is useful for instance when you want
4229 to boot over the network using BOOTP etc., where the boot
4230 server provides just a single image file, but you want to get
4231 for instance an OS kernel and a RAMDisk image.
4233 "Multi-File Images" start with a list of image sizes, each
4234 image size (in bytes) specified by an "uint32_t" in network
4235 byte order. This list is terminated by an "(uint32_t)0".
4236 Immediately after the terminating 0 follow the images, one by
4237 one, all aligned on "uint32_t" boundaries (size rounded up to
4238 a multiple of 4 bytes).
4240 "Firmware Images" are binary images containing firmware (like
4241 U-Boot or FPGA images) which usually will be programmed to
4244 "Script files" are command sequences that will be executed by
4245 U-Boot's command interpreter; this feature is especially
4246 useful when you configure U-Boot to use a real shell (hush)
4247 as command interpreter.
4253 One of the features of U-Boot is that you can dynamically load and
4254 run "standalone" applications, which can use some resources of
4255 U-Boot like console I/O functions or interrupt services.
4257 Two simple examples are included with the sources:
4262 'examples/hello_world.c' contains a small "Hello World" Demo
4263 application; it is automatically compiled when you build U-Boot.
4264 It's configured to run at address 0x00040004, so you can play with it
4268 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4269 ~>examples/hello_world.srec
4270 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4271 [file transfer complete]
4273 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4275 => go 40004 Hello World! This is a test.
4276 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4287 Hit any key to exit ...
4289 ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4291 Another example, which demonstrates how to register a CPM interrupt
4292 handler with the U-Boot code, can be found in 'examples/timer.c'.
4293 Here, a CPM timer is set up to generate an interrupt every second.
4294 The interrupt service routine is trivial, just printing a '.'
4295 character, but this is just a demo program. The application can be
4296 controlled by the following keys:
4298 ? - print current values og the CPM Timer registers
4299 b - enable interrupts and start timer
4300 e - stop timer and disable interrupts
4301 q - quit application
4304 ## Ready for S-Record download ...
4305 ~>examples/timer.srec
4306 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ...
4307 [file transfer complete]
4309 ## Start Addr = 0x00040004
4312 ## Starting application at 0x00040004 ...
4315 tgcr @ 0xfff00980, tmr @ 0xfff00990, trr @ 0xfff00994, tcr @ 0xfff00998, tcn @ 0xfff0099c, ter @ 0xfff009b0
4318 [q, b, e, ?] Set interval 1000000 us
4321 [q, b, e, ?] ........
4322 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0xef6, ter=0x0
4325 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x2ad4, ter=0x0
4328 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x1efc, ter=0x0
4331 tgcr=0x1, tmr=0xff1c, trr=0x3d09, tcr=0x0, tcn=0x169d, ter=0x0
4333 [q, b, e, ?] ...Stopping timer
4335 [q, b, e, ?] ## Application terminated, rc = 0x0
4341 Over time, many people have reported problems when trying to use the
4342 "minicom" terminal emulation program for serial download. I (wd)
4343 consider minicom to be broken, and recommend not to use it. Under
4344 Unix, I recommend to use C-Kermit for general purpose use (and
4345 especially for kermit binary protocol download ("loadb" command), and
4346 use "cu" for S-Record download ("loads" command).
4348 Nevertheless, if you absolutely want to use it try adding this
4349 configuration to your "File transfer protocols" section:
4351 Name Program Name U/D FullScr IO-Red. Multi
4352 X kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -s Y U Y N N
4353 Y kermit /usr/bin/kermit -i -l %l -r N D Y N N
4359 Starting at version 0.9.2, U-Boot supports NetBSD both as host
4360 (build U-Boot) and target system (boots NetBSD/mpc8xx).
4362 Building requires a cross environment; it is known to work on
4363 NetBSD/i386 with the cross-powerpc-netbsd-1.3 package (you will also
4364 need gmake since the Makefiles are not compatible with BSD make).
4365 Note that the cross-powerpc package does not install include files;
4366 attempting to build U-Boot will fail because <machine/ansi.h> is
4367 missing. This file has to be installed and patched manually:
4369 # cd /usr/pkg/cross/powerpc-netbsd/include
4371 # ln -s powerpc machine
4372 # cp /usr/src/sys/arch/powerpc/include/ansi.h powerpc/ansi.h
4373 # ${EDIT} powerpc/ansi.h ## must remove __va_list, _BSD_VA_LIST
4375 Native builds *don't* work due to incompatibilities between native
4376 and U-Boot include files.
4378 Booting assumes that (the first part of) the image booted is a
4379 stage-2 loader which in turn loads and then invokes the kernel
4380 proper. Loader sources will eventually appear in the NetBSD source
4381 tree (probably in sys/arc/mpc8xx/stand/u-boot_stage2/); in the
4382 meantime, see ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/ppcboot_stage2.tar.gz
4385 Implementation Internals:
4386 =========================
4388 The following is not intended to be a complete description of every
4389 implementation detail. However, it should help to understand the
4390 inner workings of U-Boot and make it easier to port it to custom
4394 Initial Stack, Global Data:
4395 ---------------------------
4397 The implementation of U-Boot is complicated by the fact that U-Boot
4398 starts running out of ROM (flash memory), usually without access to
4399 system RAM (because the memory controller is not initialized yet).
4400 This means that we don't have writable Data or BSS segments, and BSS
4401 is not initialized as zero. To be able to get a C environment working
4402 at all, we have to allocate at least a minimal stack. Implementation
4403 options for this are defined and restricted by the CPU used: Some CPU
4404 models provide on-chip memory (like the IMMR area on MPC8xx and
4405 MPC826x processors), on others (parts of) the data cache can be
4406 locked as (mis-) used as memory, etc.
4408 Chris Hallinan posted a good summary of these issues to the
4409 U-Boot mailing list:
4411 Subject: RE: [U-Boot-Users] RE: More On Memory Bank x (nothingness)?
4412 From: "Chris Hallinan" <clh@net1plus.com>
4413 Date: Mon, 10 Feb 2003 16:43:46 -0500 (22:43 MET)
4416 Correct me if I'm wrong, folks, but the way I understand it
4417 is this: Using DCACHE as initial RAM for Stack, etc, does not
4418 require any physical RAM backing up the cache. The cleverness
4419 is that the cache is being used as a temporary supply of
4420 necessary storage before the SDRAM controller is setup. It's
4421 beyond the scope of this list to explain the details, but you
4422 can see how this works by studying the cache architecture and
4423 operation in the architecture and processor-specific manuals.
4425 OCM is On Chip Memory, which I believe the 405GP has 4K. It
4426 is another option for the system designer to use as an
4427 initial stack/RAM area prior to SDRAM being available. Either
4428 option should work for you. Using CS 4 should be fine if your
4429 board designers haven't used it for something that would
4430 cause you grief during the initial boot! It is frequently not
4433 CONFIG_SYS_INIT_RAM_ADDR should be somewhere that won't interfere
4434 with your processor/board/system design. The default value
4435 you will find in any recent u-boot distribution in
4436 walnut.h should work for you. I'd set it to a value larger
4437 than your SDRAM module. If you have a 64MB SDRAM module, set
4438 it above 400_0000. Just make sure your board has no resources
4439 that are supposed to respond to that address! That code in
4440 start.S has been around a while and should work as is when
4441 you get the config right.
4446 It is essential to remember this, since it has some impact on the C
4447 code for the initialization procedures:
4449 * Initialized global data (data segment) is read-only. Do not attempt
4452 * Do not use any uninitialized global data (or implicitely initialized
4453 as zero data - BSS segment) at all - this is undefined, initiali-
4454 zation is performed later (when relocating to RAM).
4456 * Stack space is very limited. Avoid big data buffers or things like
4459 Having only the stack as writable memory limits means we cannot use
4460 normal global data to share information beween the code. But it
4461 turned out that the implementation of U-Boot can be greatly
4462 simplified by making a global data structure (gd_t) available to all
4463 functions. We could pass a pointer to this data as argument to _all_
4464 functions, but this would bloat the code. Instead we use a feature of
4465 the GCC compiler (Global Register Variables) to share the data: we
4466 place a pointer (gd) to the global data into a register which we
4467 reserve for this purpose.
4469 When choosing a register for such a purpose we are restricted by the
4470 relevant (E)ABI specifications for the current architecture, and by
4471 GCC's implementation.
4473 For PowerPC, the following registers have specific use:
4475 R2: reserved for system use
4476 R3-R4: parameter passing and return values
4477 R5-R10: parameter passing
4478 R13: small data area pointer
4482 (U-Boot also uses R12 as internal GOT pointer. r12
4483 is a volatile register so r12 needs to be reset when
4484 going back and forth between asm and C)
4486 ==> U-Boot will use R2 to hold a pointer to the global data
4488 Note: on PPC, we could use a static initializer (since the
4489 address of the global data structure is known at compile time),
4490 but it turned out that reserving a register results in somewhat
4491 smaller code - although the code savings are not that big (on
4492 average for all boards 752 bytes for the whole U-Boot image,
4493 624 text + 127 data).
4495 On Blackfin, the normal C ABI (except for P3) is followed as documented here:
4496 http://docs.blackfin.uclinux.org/doku.php?id=application_binary_interface
4498 ==> U-Boot will use P3 to hold a pointer to the global data
4500 On ARM, the following registers are used:
4502 R0: function argument word/integer result
4503 R1-R3: function argument word
4505 R10: stack limit (used only if stack checking if enabled)
4506 R11: argument (frame) pointer
4507 R12: temporary workspace
4510 R15: program counter
4512 ==> U-Boot will use R8 to hold a pointer to the global data
4514 On Nios II, the ABI is documented here:
4515 http://www.altera.com/literature/hb/nios2/n2cpu_nii51016.pdf
4517 ==> U-Boot will use gp to hold a pointer to the global data
4519 Note: on Nios II, we give "-G0" option to gcc and don't use gp
4520 to access small data sections, so gp is free.
4522 On NDS32, the following registers are used:
4524 R0-R1: argument/return
4526 R15: temporary register for assembler
4527 R16: trampoline register
4528 R28: frame pointer (FP)
4529 R29: global pointer (GP)
4530 R30: link register (LP)
4531 R31: stack pointer (SP)
4532 PC: program counter (PC)
4534 ==> U-Boot will use R10 to hold a pointer to the global data
4536 NOTE: DECLARE_GLOBAL_DATA_PTR must be used with file-global scope,
4537 or current versions of GCC may "optimize" the code too much.
4542 U-Boot runs in system state and uses physical addresses, i.e. the
4543 MMU is not used either for address mapping nor for memory protection.
4545 The available memory is mapped to fixed addresses using the memory
4546 controller. In this process, a contiguous block is formed for each
4547 memory type (Flash, SDRAM, SRAM), even when it consists of several
4548 physical memory banks.
4550 U-Boot is installed in the first 128 kB of the first Flash bank (on
4551 TQM8xxL modules this is the range 0x40000000 ... 0x4001FFFF). After
4552 booting and sizing and initializing DRAM, the code relocates itself
4553 to the upper end of DRAM. Immediately below the U-Boot code some
4554 memory is reserved for use by malloc() [see CONFIG_SYS_MALLOC_LEN
4555 configuration setting]. Below that, a structure with global Board
4556 Info data is placed, followed by the stack (growing downward).
4558 Additionally, some exception handler code is copied to the low 8 kB
4559 of DRAM (0x00000000 ... 0x00001FFF).
4561 So a typical memory configuration with 16 MB of DRAM could look like
4564 0x0000 0000 Exception Vector code
4567 0x0000 2000 Free for Application Use
4573 0x00FB FF20 Monitor Stack (Growing downward)
4574 0x00FB FFAC Board Info Data and permanent copy of global data
4575 0x00FC 0000 Malloc Arena
4578 0x00FE 0000 RAM Copy of Monitor Code
4579 ... eventually: LCD or video framebuffer
4580 ... eventually: pRAM (Protected RAM - unchanged by reset)
4581 0x00FF FFFF [End of RAM]
4584 System Initialization:
4585 ----------------------
4587 In the reset configuration, U-Boot starts at the reset entry point
4588 (on most PowerPC systems at address 0x00000100). Because of the reset
4589 configuration for CS0# this is a mirror of the onboard Flash memory.
4590 To be able to re-map memory U-Boot then jumps to its link address.
4591 To be able to implement the initialization code in C, a (small!)
4592 initial stack is set up in the internal Dual Ported RAM (in case CPUs
4593 which provide such a feature like MPC8xx or MPC8260), or in a locked
4594 part of the data cache. After that, U-Boot initializes the CPU core,
4595 the caches and the SIU.
4597 Next, all (potentially) available memory banks are mapped using a
4598 preliminary mapping. For example, we put them on 512 MB boundaries
4599 (multiples of 0x20000000: SDRAM on 0x00000000 and 0x20000000, Flash
4600 on 0x40000000 and 0x60000000, SRAM on 0x80000000). Then UPM A is
4601 programmed for SDRAM access. Using the temporary configuration, a
4602 simple memory test is run that determines the size of the SDRAM
4605 When there is more than one SDRAM bank, and the banks are of
4606 different size, the largest is mapped first. For equal size, the first
4607 bank (CS2#) is mapped first. The first mapping is always for address
4608 0x00000000, with any additional banks following immediately to create
4609 contiguous memory starting from 0.
4611 Then, the monitor installs itself at the upper end of the SDRAM area
4612 and allocates memory for use by malloc() and for the global Board
4613 Info data; also, the exception vector code is copied to the low RAM
4614 pages, and the final stack is set up.
4616 Only after this relocation will you have a "normal" C environment;
4617 until that you are restricted in several ways, mostly because you are
4618 running from ROM, and because the code will have to be relocated to a
4622 U-Boot Porting Guide:
4623 ----------------------
4625 [Based on messages by Jerry Van Baren in the U-Boot-Users mailing
4629 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
4631 sighandler_t no_more_time;
4633 signal(SIGALRM, no_more_time);
4634 alarm(PROJECT_DEADLINE - toSec (3 * WEEK));
4636 if (available_money > available_manpower) {
4637 Pay consultant to port U-Boot;
4641 Download latest U-Boot source;
4643 Subscribe to u-boot mailing list;
4646 email("Hi, I am new to U-Boot, how do I get started?");
4649 Read the README file in the top level directory;
4650 Read http://www.denx.de/twiki/bin/view/DULG/Manual;
4651 Read applicable doc/*.README;
4652 Read the source, Luke;
4653 /* find . -name "*.[chS]" | xargs grep -i <keyword> */
4656 if (available_money > toLocalCurrency ($2500))
4659 Add a lot of aggravation and time;
4661 if (a similar board exists) { /* hopefully... */
4662 cp -a board/<similar> board/<myboard>
4663 cp include/configs/<similar>.h include/configs/<myboard>.h
4665 Create your own board support subdirectory;
4666 Create your own board include/configs/<myboard>.h file;
4668 Edit new board/<myboard> files
4669 Edit new include/configs/<myboard>.h
4674 Add / modify source code;
4678 email("Hi, I am having problems...");
4680 Send patch file to the U-Boot email list;
4681 if (reasonable critiques)
4682 Incorporate improvements from email list code review;
4684 Defend code as written;
4690 void no_more_time (int sig)
4699 All contributions to U-Boot should conform to the Linux kernel
4700 coding style; see the file "Documentation/CodingStyle" and the script
4701 "scripts/Lindent" in your Linux kernel source directory.
4703 Source files originating from a different project (for example the
4704 MTD subsystem) are generally exempt from these guidelines and are not
4705 reformated to ease subsequent migration to newer versions of those
4708 Please note that U-Boot is implemented in C (and to some small parts in
4709 Assembler); no C++ is used, so please do not use C++ style comments (//)
4712 Please also stick to the following formatting rules:
4713 - remove any trailing white space
4714 - use TAB characters for indentation and vertical alignment, not spaces
4715 - make sure NOT to use DOS '\r\n' line feeds
4716 - do not add more than 2 consecutive empty lines to source files
4717 - do not add trailing empty lines to source files
4719 Submissions which do not conform to the standards may be returned
4720 with a request to reformat the changes.
4726 Since the number of patches for U-Boot is growing, we need to
4727 establish some rules. Submissions which do not conform to these rules
4728 may be rejected, even when they contain important and valuable stuff.
4730 Please see http://www.denx.de/wiki/U-Boot/Patches for details.
4732 Patches shall be sent to the u-boot mailing list <u-boot@lists.denx.de>;
4733 see http://lists.denx.de/mailman/listinfo/u-boot
4735 When you send a patch, please include the following information with
4738 * For bug fixes: a description of the bug and how your patch fixes
4739 this bug. Please try to include a way of demonstrating that the
4740 patch actually fixes something.
4742 * For new features: a description of the feature and your
4745 * A CHANGELOG entry as plaintext (separate from the patch)
4747 * For major contributions, your entry to the CREDITS file
4749 * When you add support for a new board, don't forget to add this
4750 board to the MAINTAINERS file, too.
4752 * If your patch adds new configuration options, don't forget to
4753 document these in the README file.
4755 * The patch itself. If you are using git (which is *strongly*
4756 recommended) you can easily generate the patch using the
4757 "git format-patch". If you then use "git send-email" to send it to
4758 the U-Boot mailing list, you will avoid most of the common problems
4759 with some other mail clients.
4761 If you cannot use git, use "diff -purN OLD NEW". If your version of
4762 diff does not support these options, then get the latest version of
4765 The current directory when running this command shall be the parent
4766 directory of the U-Boot source tree (i. e. please make sure that
4767 your patch includes sufficient directory information for the
4770 We prefer patches as plain text. MIME attachments are discouraged,
4771 and compressed attachments must not be used.
4773 * If one logical set of modifications affects or creates several
4774 files, all these changes shall be submitted in a SINGLE patch file.
4776 * Changesets that contain different, unrelated modifications shall be
4777 submitted as SEPARATE patches, one patch per changeset.
4782 * Before sending the patch, run the MAKEALL script on your patched
4783 source tree and make sure that no errors or warnings are reported
4784 for any of the boards.
4786 * Keep your modifications to the necessary minimum: A patch
4787 containing several unrelated changes or arbitrary reformats will be
4788 returned with a request to re-formatting / split it.
4790 * If you modify existing code, make sure that your new code does not
4791 add to the memory footprint of the code ;-) Small is beautiful!
4792 When adding new features, these should compile conditionally only
4793 (using #ifdef), and the resulting code with the new feature
4794 disabled must not need more memory than the old code without your
4797 * Remember that there is a size limit of 100 kB per message on the
4798 u-boot mailing list. Bigger patches will be moderated. If they are
4799 reasonable and not too big, they will be acknowledged. But patches
4800 bigger than the size limit should be avoided.