4 Commands are added to U-Boot by creating a new command structure.
5 This is done by first including command.h, then using the U_BOOT_CMD() or the
6 U_BOOT_CMD_COMPLETE macro to fill in a cmd_tbl_t struct.
8 U_BOOT_CMD(name, maxargs, repeatable, command, "usage", "help")
9 U_BOOT_CMD_COMPLETE(name, maxargs, repeatable, command, "usage, "help", comp)
11 name: The name of the command. THIS IS NOT a string.
13 maxargs: The maximum number of arguments this function takes including
16 repeatable: Either 0 or 1 to indicate if autorepeat is allowed.
18 command: Pointer to the command function. This is the function that is
19 called when the command is issued.
21 usage: Short description. This is a string.
23 help: Long description. This is a string. The long description is
24 only available if CONFIG_SYS_LONGHELP is defined.
26 comp: Pointer to the completion function. May be NULL.
27 This function is called if the user hits the TAB key while
28 entering the command arguments to complete the entry. Command
29 completion is only available if CONFIG_AUTO_COMPLETE is defined.
31 Sub-command definition
32 ----------------------
34 Likewise an array of cmd_tbl_t holding sub-commands can be created using either
35 of the following macros:
37 * U_BOOT_CMD_MKENT(name, maxargs, repeatable, command, "usage", "help")
38 * U_BOOT_CMD_MKENTCOMPLETE(name, maxargs, repeatable, command, "usage, "help",
41 This table has to be evaluated in the command function of the main command, e.g.
43 static cmd_tbl_t cmd_sub[] = {
44 U_BOOT_CMD_MKENT(foo, CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS, 1, do_foo, "", ""),
45 U_BOOT_CMD_MKENT(bar, CONFIG_SYS_MAXARGS, 1, do_bar, "", ""),
48 static int do_cmd(cmd_tbl_t *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, char * const argv[])
55 /* drop sub-command argument */
59 cp = find_cmd_tbl(argv[0], cmd_ut_sub, ARRAY_SIZE(cmd_sub));
62 return cp->cmd(cmdtp, flag, argc, argv);
70 The command function pointer has to be of type
71 int (*cmd)(struct cmd_tbl_s *cmdtp, int flag, int argc, const char *argv[]);
73 cmdtp: Table entry describing the command (see above).
75 flag: A bitmap which may contain the following bit:
76 CMD_FLAG_REPEAT - The last command is repeated.
77 CMD_FLAG_BOOTD - The command is called by the bootd command.
78 CMD_FLAG_ENV - The command is called by the run command.
80 argc: Number of arguments including the command.
84 Allowable return value are:
86 CMD_SUCCESS The command was successfully executed.
88 CMD_FAILURE The command failed.
90 CMD_RET_USAGE The command was called with invalid parameters. This value
91 leads to the display of the usage string.
96 The completion function pointer has to be of type
97 int (*complete)(int argc, char *const argv[], char last_char,
98 int maxv, char *cmdv[]);
100 argc: Number of arguments including the command.
104 last_char: The last character in the command line buffer.
106 maxv: Maximum number of possible completions that may be returned by
109 cmdv: Used to return possible values for the last argument. The last
110 possible completion must be followed by NULL.
112 The function returns the number of possible completions (without the terminating
118 The structure created is named with a special prefix and placed by
119 the linker in a special section using the linker lists mechanism
120 (see include/linker_lists.h)
122 This makes it possible for the final link to extract all commands
123 compiled into any object code and construct a static array so the
124 command array can be iterated over using the linker lists macros.
126 The linker lists feature ensures that the linker does not discard
127 these symbols when linking full U-Boot even though they are not
128 referenced in the source code as such.
130 If a new board is defined do not forget to define the command section
131 by writing in u-boot.lds ($(srctree)/board/boardname/u-boot.lds) these
135 KEEP(*(SORT(.u_boot_list*)));